WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
Mission 66 Program
Readies Parks for
Upsurge of Visitors
Washington (CQ) A 10-
year program to improve con
ditions in the Nation's parks
is progressing satisfactorily,
according to Interior Depart
ment officials.
; The program called Mis
sion 66 was inaugurated by
the Department's National
Park Service on July 1, 1956.
It will be completed on June
30, 1966 if the program's
schedule is kept and Congress
votes the necessary funds.
Designed as a conservation
program to complement the
Government's overall aim of
preserving the Nation's na
tural resources, Mission 66 has
focused on the following
goals: removing the deficits in
park staffs, facilities and
maintenance which have de
veloped since World War II;
providing full conservation
protection for the areas under
the administration of the Na
tional Park Service; and eval
uating the total outdoor rec
reation resources in order to
develop a national recreation
program for the United States.
Before the program was in
augurated, the service reports,
Parents Meet With
School Therapists
Lone Pine - On Thursday,
Dec. 1, Lone Pine parents met
with Medford school thera
pists William Young and Jim
Kelly at the Lone Pine school,
where they were shown a film
pertaining to speech defects.
. This was followed by re
freshments at which time par
ents met individually with
them to discuss their chil
dren's speech problems.
This past week students
were shown a film on, "The
Mayflower Story." This was
a colored film which showed
the construction of the May
flower II and the crossing of
the Atlantic to America. The
film was of historic value, be
cause of the costuming and
customs.
Thursday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m.
the executive committee of
the P.T.A. will meet with the
faculty, at ihe school to dis
cuss and make plans for
"Lights on for Education." A
statewide legislative program,
sponsored by the Oregon Edu
cation association PTA in
which every school in the
state will be cooperating -will
be launched soon. The regular
meeting will be Jan. 5, 1961.
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park facilities and manage
ment had deteriorated to such
an extent that roads had be
come unsafe, campgrounds
were run down and over
crowded, and other facilities
were at substandard levels.
Although the completion of
Mission 66 will mean the con
struction of many new facili
ties, Park Service officials
point out that providing new
equipment is not as important
as reconditioning existing fa.
cilities and making the parks
more attractive to users. The
program is being carried out
while the annual number of
visitors to the parks rises
steadily. In 1959 more than
62 million persons visited Na
tional Parks. In 1966, the pre
diction is 80 million visitors.
Accomplishments Listed
By the end of its first four
years June 30, 1960 Mis
sion 66 had made the follow
ing improvements:
Constructed or improved
over 200 miles of trails in
creasing the total of existing
trails to nearly 8,400 miles.
The goal for 1966 is the con
struction or rehabilitation of
1,500 miles of trails.
Constructed over 10.000
new campsites, raising the to
tal from more than 12,800 to
nearly 23,000. The goal is 30,
593 campsites.
Fithor rpnntrprt nr con
structed over 500 miles of ex
isting maintenance or service
roads and 100 miles of park
wfivs for motor touring. This
brought the total of road-miles
to more than 6,000 and parkway-miles
to 700. The goal for
1966 is 6.500 miles of main
tenance roads and 1,100 miles
in parkways, including the re
construction of 2.000 miles of
existing roads.
Acauired more than 190.-
000 acres of ""isolated" lands
which had been retained by
nrivatp individuals when the
parks were formed. By 1966,
the Park Service plans to ac
quire over 360,000 acres of
these lands.
In addition, under Mission
66 the Park Service has in
creased parking facilities; con
structed exhibits, campfire
circles and visitor centers;
hired new personnel; and Im
proved sewage systems ana
water storage facilities.
Finances Anticipated
Th National Park Service.
In draftine plans for Mission
66, anticipated a total budget
for the 10 years oi isrno.o mil
lion. Of this amount, $476.3
million would be spent on
capital improvements and
S310.2 million for operat
ing the service. Actual ap
Dronriations by Congress have
exceeded these anticipated
noon's, hut have lagged benina
revised estimates, according to
Park. Service officials.
In the first year of the pro
gramfiscal 1956 Congress
appropriated $68 million for
the National Park Service,
$19 million more than had
been appropriated for tne pre
vious fiscal vear. The appro
priation for fiscal 1961 was
$83 million, increasing me to
tal amount voted for the first
five vears of the program to
$386.3 million.
(Copyright 18bU,
Congressional Quarterly Inc.)
Salem Judge Acts
When Drunk Spotted
Salem HJPD Justice Court
Judge Elmer D. Cook of West
Salem doesn't fool around.
Looking out the court win
dow Monday on Northwest
Edgewater st., he spotted
what appeared to be a drunk
en driver. He ordered a near-
state policeman to go out and
arrest the man.
The motorist, Omer Ver
non Carr, 44, Tieton, Wash.,
pleaded guilty and Judge
Cook fined him $500 and gave
him 90 days in the Polk coun
ty jail.
The whole procedure took
only minutes.
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the current Mr. Universe, shows his lung power by inflating
a hot water bottle. He can blow until the bottle bursts.
(UPI Telephoto)
Guerrillas Battle -Castro's
Forces
Havana - (UPD - Anti-government
guerrillas battled Pre
mier Fidel Castro's troops all
day Tuesday near the road
junction to.vn of Corralillo.
120 miles east of here in San
ta Clara province, it was re
ported today.
Informants said two sol
diers captured by the guerril
las were shot and killed by
firing squads after summary
Castro-style "trials."
There was no other men
tion of casualties, nor was
there any indication of the
size of the forces involved in
the Corralillo battle. Reports
from Matanzas said Castroite
authorities in the Corralilli
area arrested 150 persons on
suspicion, including a number
of sugar planters in whose
fields arms caches were
found.
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Portland Group Protests Sign
Portland-fllPD - A billboard
firm has taken down a sign
plugging the Portland Sym
phony after receiving protests
from the symphony society.
Mrs. Walter McMonics,
president of the symphony,
charged that the firm used the
society as a "screen", to dis
regard public opinion and put
up the billboard near the Vis
ta ave. bridge in west Port
land. She had opposed erec
tion of the billboard there.
Robert D. McGuire, man
ager of the firm which put up
the billboard, said that in the
past the company has given
the society free billboard
space and that when new
boards were put up public
service type advertising is
displayed on them.
McGuire denied his firm
was attempting to "use" the
society.
Mrs. McMonics said in a
letter that it was "not until
after the recent election, when
the billboard industry defeat
ed an attempt by the public
to regulate billboards, that
you were emboldened actually
to erect this sign."
McGuire said the sign was
being removed in the regular
course of advertising shifting.
The billboard remains.
The manufacture of plastics
set a record highf or the sixth
consecutive year, turning out
2.272,000 tons of plastics and
resinous materials, a gain of
5 per cent over the previous
year.
A process that soldific
quicksand into a stone-like
substance able to support
large buildings and tunnels
was adopted for scores of en
gineering projects in 1958.
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