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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7. 196a hi Colorado River Water Decision To Result In Extensive Irrigation in Central Arizona New York - (UPD - Special Master Simon F. Rifkind has . Issued his final report on plan to end the half-century - dispute over the water of the .'. lower basin of the Colorado river, Rifkind, appointed by the ,' U.S. Supreme Cqurt to hear ' the case, called for pro-rating use of the water in future dry years between the states of ' Arizona, California and Ne- vada. The decision was a victory for Arizona, which had lost High Westerlies Shift; Rugged Winter Expected Washington - IUP1I - The : high westerlies have changed - course again, and instead of - a generally mild winter it . looks as though we're in for a generally nasty one. The high westerlies have a lot to do with what kind of '. weather we have. They are great air currents which swirl around the northern hemisphere from west to east, During the first half of No- vember they blew straight and fast across the northern U.S. border, fending off invasions of cold air from the polar regions. ' If they had stayed on that track, the continental United . Slates would have enjoyed a generally mild winter - "gen erally mild" being a term meaning "occasionally mean." Weilerliei Meander But they didn't, Jeroma Namias, said today, Namias, chief of the Weather Bureau's ' extended forecasts sec t i o n, said the westerlies took to meandering about 10 days ago in great north-south loops. As a. result, cold air from Alaska and Canada has brok en through to trigger an early onset of winter. This is in contrast to last winter when the bad weather held off gen erally until the mid-February to mid-March period. Namias said the two times of year when the high wester ; lies are most likely to change ' their pattern, if they're going : to, are November and April- May. four previous suits filed against California- in an at tempt to win more water. It abandoned the West's tradi tional "first come, first served" water priority rule. T.rmi of Plan Under the plan, Arizona will get 2.8 million acre-feet of water a year; California, 4.4 million acre-feet; and Ne vada, 300,000 acre-feet when the mainstream flow is 7.5 million acre-feet a year. When the flow is more than 7.5 million acre-feet a year, California and Arizona will share the surplus equally. However, four per cent of Ari zona's share of the surplus goes to Nevada - if that state requests it and the U.S. Secre tary of Interior aproves. The plan submitted by Rif kind would allow extensive irrigation in central Arizona. It would remove the doubts of a number of Southwest com munities concerning their water supply - including some in California, where water also is needed to expand irri gation. Agr.tm.nt RafltcUd The final report of the spe cial master did not depart in any Important respects from the draft report he submitted to the Supreme Court and all Interested parties on May 5, I860. It also reflected an agree ment between Arizona and New Mexico as to their dis pute over the water in the Gila River system. The report said agreement had been reached on appor tionment of the waters of s portion of the Gila river sys tem among Arizona and New Mexico. It postponed adjudi cation of rights in waters of the tributaries of the Colorado in the Lower Basin on the ground that "these streams are still under-appropriated and that the controversy with re- Portland Speaker Urges Program Portland - IUP1I - Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., noted Har vard historian, said Tuesday this country should have a , "double barrelled" program for rebuilding economic and military strength. He told a Portland State ' College audience the strength : should be used to win friends, ' particularly among underde ' velopcd nations. Schlesinger said the United . States should make a "serious, sustained effort" to negotiate disarmament but that an Inv . mediate buildup of arms was . not contradictory with the aim of disarmament. '. Aid Change Suggesttd "The hnrsh facts of Inter national life are that the only way we can convince the So- ' vlel Union of the need for ' disarmament is to convince - them that If they won't sub mit to United Nations arms control and inspection, we are - in the arms race to stay." He suggested a "drastic change" in the foreign aid program to win friends abroad. The chief threat of . the Communists is not that they will invade neutral coun tries from outside but that their program will appeal to the poor and uneducated, he said. The present topheavy emphasis on military aid should be changed with in- creased medical, technical and educational assistance, he add ed. Kennedy Infant's Baptism Thursday Washington MPli John F -Kennedy Jr., the infant son of the president -elect, has climbed back up to six pounds, only three ounces short of his birth weight, and will be In fine shape for his christening Thursday. This was reported today by Dr. Edward B. Broocks, the baby's pediatrician, who said he was "pleased" with young Kennedy s gain in weight and the way he is "taking his food." Dr. Broocks is one of the few persons outside the Ken nedy family who has been in vited to attend the baptism which will be held in the Ro man Catholic chapel at Georgetown University hospi tal at 1 p.m. (PST) Thursday. The doctor plans to attend if he can get away from hit of fice hours. , Living Organisms Recovered From Space Satellite Washington - (Science Serv ice) - Living organisms have been recovered from the Dis coverer XVII satellite after orbiting the earth 31 times Algae, human tissue cul ture, and a radiation photo graphic plate sped through space at altitudes as high as 615 miles from earth. The biopack was cushioned in a three-pound aluminum cap sule buiii by Lockheed for the Air Force School of Avia tion Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. It was included irstlie Discoverer on "space avail able" basis, Science Service was told. Part of Study The biological experiment Is part of a continuing study of the effect of space environ ment on living organisms that have been planned for the Discoverer series. Such experiments had been includ ed in previous Discoverer shots, but this was the first to be recovered. The sliver of human tissue in the culture medium and the algae will be examined by researchers at the School of Aviation Medicine to see what effects weightlessness, cosmic radiation, and launch and recovery may have pro duced. The radiation photo graphic plate is part of the study by the Cambridge Re search Center to measure and identify radiation in a space cabin environment. Oil Search Near Lakeview Resumed Lakcvlew-IUPII-Humble Oil and Refining Co. Tuesday re newed its efforts to find oil near here. Dick Vivian, of the coin pany's Olympia office, said graders were preparing the ground for drilling on a new site four miles south of here The well will be known as the "B. J. Lcavltt No. 1." Sun Drilling Co., Los Ange les, which drilled the com pany's 12,093-foot dry well north of here, also will drill the new well. The first well, which cost more than a quarter of a mil lion dollars, failed to break through volcanic rock forma tions. No oil has been found In the region. Tucson, Ariz.-Deputy Sher iff Albert Plna breathed a high of relief when Informed his wife and a new 10-pound son were doing fine. The waiting makes a father nervous, he explained. Plna is the father of nine boys and nine girls. wig 218 EAST MAIN spect to them has not become real and genuine. In allocating water to In dian reservations, the report said each Indian reservation on the main stream is given a priority in specific amounts of water as of the date the reser vation was created. This allo cation is to be treated' as part of the apportionment of the state in which the Indian lands are located. In periods of short supply, the report said, all three states on the mainstream of the Colo rado - Arizona, California and Nevada - are treated on a parity. "No one state has a priority to available supply as against any of the other states, except that if there is not enough water to satisfy perfected rights that existed in 1929, these must first be satisfied," the report said. Report Mailed Rifkind said the final report has been mailed to all parties and the Supreme Court. The parties may file exceptions to all or any part of it, and the Supreme Court may consider the matter of these exceptions. The water case has been in and out of the courts for half a century. In 1935, the con troversy generated such heat that Arizona called out its Na tional Guard for a period of six months. It went to the high court for the first time in 1952. Rif kind was appointed to hear the case in 1955. His draft re port early this year followed a 26-month trial. PARENTS STAND READY Rumors of attempts to integrate other schools in New Orleans brought about this scene at the Gayaree Elementary schools. Parents line botn sides of tne streets in front of the school, awaiting to remove their children if the integration is attempted. (UPI Telephoto) Bundle Days Being Held in Ashland Ashland-This week is Save the Children Federation Bun dle Days in Ashland. Students of Ashland elementary schools are collecting clothing, shoes and blankets for distribution to needy people in the south ern United States. Students are conducting a house - to - house collection drive. Contributors may bring clothing directly to the school also. The Save the Children Fed eration is a 29-year old in ternational organization, bas ed on dedication to the serv ice of children in all lands Other projects include spon sorship of overseas and Amer ican Indian children; family and school sponsorships and family and village self-help programs. v ,y: ir- ?. If: A' w. . rtt ngerie frill and frothy as her heart desires and she knows designs delightful slips, petticoats and gowns . . . 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