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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, ORE.
Try and StopMc
By BENNETT CERT
. A L DORNE, prexy of Westport-'s Famous, Artists School,
was told that a student-had a very important question
for him. "Fire away," said Expert Dome. "It's this," frown-
r a uic aiuueni oay
. you've got a whole house
' lull ol priceless, world-famous
paintings. A flash
Cre breaks out You've
T cot time to save only one
: ol the paintings. Which
,. one do 1 you choose?"
I That's easy," pontificated-
Expert Doran. "The
pne nearest the door."
....
' During a water shortage
in Southern California, stu
dents at a. local high school
were asked to make sug
gestions for conaervatinn.
Most ingenious one was this: "Make everybody hold an armload
M dirty dishes in his arms while taking a shower bath."
'..''. .
"I can't understand you young whippersnappers today," grum
bled a boss to an underling who had had the temerity to ask for
; ev raise. "Why, boy, by the time I waa your age, I had already
,, Inherited my first million!"
OIS60. by Bennett Cert Distributed by Kins futures Syndicate
Education Board
DKs Gladstone
'K Salem - ItffD - The State
Board of Education set a
precedent late Tuesday by
authorizing a school district,
'Gladstone, to become an ad
ministrative -school district
" even though the district has
no high school.
, v Oregon's counties are In the
process of consolidating their
' districts into administrative
, ones, which provide education
from grades one through 12
The board action means that
an election must be called in
Gladstone within 60. days by
the Clackamas county schools
superintendent for a vote by
Gladstone citizens. The issue
has been hotly contested in
the county. -Attend
Milwaukie School
1 - Gladstone now' is an ele
mentary district only, and
Gladstone teenagers attend
Milwaukie Union high school.
If the new plan is approved
by the voters, Gladstone
would withdraw from the Mil
waukie district and .students
would have to attend nearby
high ' schools, Milwaukie or
West 'Linn, ' ori a tuition basis
until Gladstone could build
its own high school '
The vote was 5-2 with Mrs.
Roberta Caldwell, Oregon
City, moving for approval. An
initial . motion by Ronald
. Jones, Salem, for rejection of
the. Gladstone plan had no sec
ond and was lost.
- Twenty-seven counties were
granted six-month extensions
for submitting final school
district reorganization plans.
They i are Baker, Clackamas,
Clatsop, Columbia, Crook,
Curry, Deschutes, Douglas,
Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson.
Lake, Lane, Linn, - Malheur,
Marion, Multnomah, Polk,
Sherman, Tillamook, .Umatil
la, Union, Wallowa, Wasco,
Washington,. Wheeler- and
Yamhill.
To Grant Degrees
The board set another piece
dent by authorizing : the
Pendleton school district to
grant associate degrees in ap
plied science. The post high
school classes, in. electronics,
are now held' in the vocational
building of the old Pendleton
high , school. The instructors
are local engineers.
The board voted to support
the state apprenticeship coun
cil in its deferral of a voca
tional education program for
employees of General Engi
neering, Inc., at The Dalles.
General Engineering is asso
ciated with Harvey Alumi
num. The council notified the
board it had decided to hold
up the program loca.ly pend
ing settlement of a labor-management
dispute.
EARTH'S WEIGHT
Chicago-The earth's weight
is computed to be about six
sextillion six hundred and six
ty quintillions of tons.
Too Many Calls
Displease Boss '
Dallas,. Tex. IUPB-- James
D. Mask's, director of the
Dalles Public Library, has
posted, a new. memo.
It is 'Administrative Direc
tive No. 158. and says: .
To: all staff members '
'. Subject: personal J e 1 -phone
calls
1. There will be - abso
lutely , no . more personal
telephone calls in and1 out
of this building. ,
2. The telephone is al
ways so busy that I cannot
even call my wife.
Finch Jury Told
To Be Prepared
- -Cos Angeles'. -JUPDr The 11
women and 1 man making up
the jury in the second murder
trial of Dr;. R, Bernard Finch
and : Carole Tregoff were in
structed to appear in court
today prepared to begin de
liberations. . '. f ..'
Superior Court Judge Le
Roy Dawson told the jurors
to bring extra clothing be
cause as soon as they get the
case they will not be allowed
to go home until they arrive
at a verdictor become" hope
lessly deadlocked . as did ju
rors in the first trial..
They will be asked to find
Finch,- 43, and Carole,- 23,
guilty of first degree murder
for the July 18, 1959 gunshot
slaying of the surgeon's wife.
Conviction would- carry with
it a mandatory sentence of
either - life -imprisonment or
death in the gas chamber.
Chances were coprosecutor
Clifford Crail would conclude
his summation - the last of
four delivered by defense and
state attorneys-either late to
day or early Thursday. The
judge's instructions will take
about one hour after Crail
finishes and - then the case
will go to the jury. '
State Highway
Men Promoted :
"Salem -flJPD- Four state high
way department employees in
the construction division, two
in the Portland area and' two
in Salem, have, been promoted,
the department announced to
day. ' ' ' " ' ; ' '.
-Draftsman Donald E. Keys
of Hillsboro will become an
engineer-designer In ihe rural
design section in Salem.
William S. Wells, a drafts
man in Portland, was named
an engineer-designer, also in
Salem.
Kenneth Boardman, Salem
draftsman, will move up to
engineer - designer here and
Lewis A. Carlile, photogram-
metrist in Salem, was pro
moted to assistant photogram-
metric engineer. .
NEW WORKERS
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In the Days News
: By FRANK JENKINS '
From San Francisco:
Californian's must approve
the water bond measure on
Nov. 8 or face the threat of
a nose-diving economy, dead
ly floods, parched lands and
abandoned farms, according
to Thomas J. Mellon, a San
Francisco, business executive.
He told the monthly meet
ing of the Feather River Proj
ect Association today that the
state 'water program as em
bodied in Proposition 1 on the
ballot holds the answers to
the problems of growth, flood
and water shortages. He pre
dicted Proposition 1 will be
passed by the California vot-
I THINK most of us up this
way will agree that Prop
osition 1 is probably the most
important measure to be vot
ed on in California since Ad
mission Day.' But up here in
the North,, which HAS the
water that is so precious to
the state's future, there are
some problems. -
For example: : . .
On the California ballot at
the Nov. 8 election there will
be another measure that is
immensely significant. If is
Proposition 15. It proposes to
reapportion the California leg
islature in such a manner as
to give the South a majority
in the Senate.
-The South already has a
majority of the popular vote,
it has a majority, as of now,
in the Assembly. If -Proposition
15 is. approved at the
coming election, the South
will have a majority in BOTH
houses of- the legislature.
That is to say: If Proposi
tion 15 is approved on Nov.
8, the North will be in per
petual danger of losing its
water to the, more populous
South.
HERE'S a thought:
The South has oil. Its
oil is a natural resource. The
North needs oil. It GETS oil.
There, is no battle over it.
The North BUYS ITS OIL
from . the South, ; which has
more than it can use and so
is happy to export its surplus.
The North has water. Wa
ter, too, is a natural resource.
But the North can't sell its
surplus water-legally! It has
to give it away. Not only that.
The North will have to pay
its share of the taxes to build
the facilities to carry the wa
ter . to the South after the
North has given its surplus
away; . : : " .-.-'.
- Somehow that doesn't
sound right. It certainly won't
be right if after having given
its water and having helped
by paying taxes to build the
facilities to carry its water
away, a situation arises in
which the North will have to
give away water it is going
to NEED BADLY in the fu
ture if it is to bring about
full development of its area.
That situation could arise
if Proposition 15 is approved
on Nov. 8.
WHAT will the North do on
Nov. 8?
Personally, I think the at
titude of the North toward
Proposition 1 will depend on
the Fate of Proposition 15,
the. legislature.- If Proposition
which proposes to reapportion
15 is approved, the North
will be, in perpetual danger
of losing its water.
So ' ''':. '' :
It seems reasonable to ex
pect that , until , the . fate .of
Proposition 15 ; is ' known
(which can't be until after the
election in November at which
the voters will pass on BOTH
issues) the North, will be in
clined to VOTE AGAINST
BOTH. -
That would be only simple
precaution.
Russian Ships
Head for Home
Washington (UPD Four So
viet ships, once believed in
position to track' a dramatic
Russian space shot, are head
ing back across the Pacific
home.
Their departure after more
than four weeks on station
buttressed a belief here that
Russia failed or . postponed
some spectacular space feat
planned to coincide with So
viet Premier Nikita Khru
shchev's trip to the United
Nations.
The Navy said Tuesday in
reply- to questions that the
four Russian missile tracking
ships turned around during
the week end and began to
steam west toward Siberia.
They were riding high in the
water, indicating thy were
low on tuei ana xooa. . .
Some days before Khru
shchev's Sept. 19 arrival in
New York City, the ships
took up positions in the Pa
cific on a line stretching 1,500
miles from a point 500 miles
southwest of Hawaii back to
ward Siberia.
The vessels were of the
same class as ships that track
ed two series of long-range
Russian missile tests in the
Pacific earlier this year.
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A PASTOR, TOO Some people call him Father King. Others
call him Chief King, while still others have dubbed him
Fire-ahd-Sin-Fighter King. In reality, he is Father Stephen
King, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul parish at Leeds, N.D.,
and captain of the Leeds volunteer fire department. The
priest started his fire-fighting avocation in 1932 when he
organized a fire department for the Trappist monstery in
Rhode Island. Since then, Father King has led a double life
a priest and a fireman. (UPI Telephoto)
Southwest Oregon Directorships OK'd
Salem-IUPD - Sixteen nomi
nating petitions for director
ships in the southwest Oregon
area, education district were
approved . Tuesday by the
State. Board of Education.
Oscar Paulson , assistant
state superintendent, said all
16 petitions had been certi
fied by the appropriate county
clerks.
The action clears the candi
dacy of the 16 persons for
five director posts when two
suits involving the proposed
district are settled. The suits,
one in Curry county and the
other in Marion county, seek
to nullify boundaries of the
district as established by the
board this summer. .
Bonneville Power
Signs Contract
Washington-IUPD-The Bonne
ville Poer Aamimstration
and Webb & Knapp, Inc.,
New York City, today signed
a 20-year contract to supply
electric power for a new type
of steel mill to be built at
Anaconda, Mont. I
William A. Pearl, Bonne
ville power administrator,
said the contract calls for de
livery of 120,000 kilowatts of
power. Half of the supply
will be delivered starting
July 1, 1963, and the re
mainder by Nov. 1, 1963.
About 45,000 kilowatts are
firm and 75,000 are second
ary industrial type.
The contract was signed at
the Interior Department by
Pearl and William Zecken
dorf, president of Webb &
Knapp.
Webb & Knapp will build
a steel mill of 350,000 tons
annual capacity costing be
tween $30 million and $40
million. The plant, which
will be the largest steel pro
ducing facility in the North
west, will use a new process
to make steel from iron left
in discarded copper slag at
the Anaconda Company's
smelter. . . .
Pearl said a new substation
would be built at Anaconda.
He said $145 million in new
plants would be in operation
when all contracts are com
pleted and . that Bonneville
power revenues should rise
by $6.5 million a year.
SOVIET EXHIBITION
Jakarta, Indonesia (UPI)
The Soviet Union Tuesday
night opened an 18-acre ex
hibition of products ranging
from farm equipment to a
model of a Russian earth sa
tellite. The permanent pavi
lion housing the displays will
be turned over to the Indo
nesian government at the end
of the exhibition's one-month
run.
Pearl Mesta Backs
Nixon Candidacy
Washington -IIIPII- Washing
ton hostess Pearl Mesta, who
once supported Lyndon B.
Johnson for president because
he s got everything, today
endorsed Richard M. Nixon as
"the best qualified candi
date." Mrs. Mesta said in a state
ment she was supporting the
GOP nominee because "we
need a man not only of test
ed experience but also of hu
man understanding, guided by
deep principles."
The famed Washington party-giver,
U.S. minister to Lux
embourg under President Tru
man, said she had decided to
back Nixon "only after much
prayerful reflection because I
have many affectionate tics
with the Democratic party,
but of course my country
conies first."
Hollywood WPll Actor Jo
seph Cotten, 55, and British
actress Patricia Medina, 37,
will be married Thursday at
the home of producer David
Sclznick. The couple took out
a marriage license Tuesday in
nearby Santa Monica. Both
have been married once before.
Birmingham, Ala.-dPD-Mrs.
Kathryn Anderson,- 33, a
"model housewife" and moth
er of three who was'acquitted
last year of bank robbery
charges, pleaded guilty Tues
day to forging a $502 check
on her husband's insurance
company. She was sentenced
to five years in prison.
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EX-COLLEGE HEAD DIES
High Point, N. C;-(UPIl-Dr
Eugene J. Coltrane, 77' for
mer president of Brevare
College and onetime fielc
representative of the,Nationa.
Committee of Education bji
Radio, died Tuesday. - :
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