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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.
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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.
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