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Get Approval by
Education Group
' Salem -IUPU- The legislative
Interim committee on educa
tion has given final approval
to 24 recommendations that
will be submitted to the 1961
legislature.
! The two major recommen
dations involve an increase in
the amount of basic school
support, and a revolutionary
new structure of school fi
nance called the equalized flat
grant system.
The committee recommends
for the 1961-63 biennium a
state appropriation of $130
million for public schools,
about $6 million more than
Gov. Mark Hatfield recom
mended in his budget.
The committee's plan would
bring the state's share of total
school costs to 42 per cent in
1962, and 44 per cent in 1963.
By the 1965-66 fiscal year, the
state would be contributing
50 per cent of all school costs.
Under the flat grant sys
tem, all funds, including state
aid, rural and county school
district tax money, Oregon
and California Railroad land
grant revenue, and forest fees,
would ' be combined. The
money would be distributed to
school districts on the basis
of the number of pupils in
each district. !
Power Outages
Caused by Storm
Portland IUPII A storm
struck Oregon Sunday and
caused several power outages
and some damage.
Minor power failures were
reported by Pacific Power
and Light Co. in Warrenton
and Seaside on the coast and
In the Upper Hood river val
ley early Sunday.
Power failed at Timberllne
and Rhododendron for about
Vi hours Sunday night, ac
cording to Portland General
Electric Co.
A Portland home belonging
to Mrs. Hugh Hedinger was
struck by lightning Sunday
afternoon. Shingles were
ripped from the roof but no
fire was caused.
Heavy rain lashed the Ore
gon and Washington coasts.
Gusty winds and a high tide
at .Cannon Beach backed up
Elk creek and resulted in
some minor damage. .
McCone To Resign
As Head of AEC
. Washington (UPU Atomic
Energy Commission Chair
man John A. McCone says he
will resign from the AEC and
return to private life' when
President Eisenhower leaves
office.
It had been believed that
McCone would step down as
AEC chairman but continue
as a member when President
elect John F. Kennedy takes
office Jan. 20.
McCone said Sunday, how
ever, that he told Eisenhower
"I would have to return" to
Los Angeles to resume busi
ness connections, rather than
finish out the appointment
which runs until 1963.
West Linn Girl
Pie Baking Champ
Salem -WPU- Vera Mae Sal
tier, a teen-age West Linn
girl, won the Oregon cherry
pie baking contest here Sat
urday. The girl, who captured the
title over 22 other teen-agers
from 11 counties, won the
right to compete in the nation
al cherry Pie baking contest
at Chicago Feb. 25.
Timber Taxation
Battle Predicted
Salem IUPII - A wide open
legislative battle on timber
taxation appeared in prospect
today, after the Legislative
Interim Committee on Taxa
tion refused to make any
recommendations on the con
troversial timber tax.
The lawmakers, after a
lengthy Saturday meeting,
withdrew their earlier en
dorsement of a "compromise"
timber tax plan worked out by
the Industrial Forest Associa
tion. The IFA plan, similar to the
one currently in use, would
tax timber on an ad valorem,
or value, basis.
The committee took back
its approval for the IFA plan,
however, after hearing re
newed protests from the State
Tax Commission.
The commission has fought
for a severance tax plan that
would take into account tim
ber use as well as basic value
of forests. The severance tax,
the commission maintained,
would encourage timber op
erations on a sustained yield
basis in the long run.
The legislative committee
had spent months looking into
various aspects of the timber
tax problem.
Bids To Be Called;
Work Set on Tunnel
Cave Junction - Bids are
expected to be advertised to
day in California for the con
struction of the' south ap
proach to the proposed Ore
gon Mountain Tunnel on U. S.
Highway 199. Bids will be
opened in Sacramento in mid-January.
The contract will be the
third in the tunnel project
which includes the 1.4-mile
north approach to the tunnel,
the tunnel, and the 2.5-mile
south approach.
Heavy equipment is expect
ed to be moved to the bore
about Jan. 10 by the Grafe-
Callahan Construction com
pany, Los Angeles, low bid
ders on the tunnel project. Be
tween 40 and 50 employees
are expected to be hired to
work . on the two shifts
planned.
The project will relocate
U. S. 199 at Hazelview Sum
mit, shortening the highway
by 2.8 miles and eliminate
more than 100 curves. The
California state legislature has
approved more than $20 mil
lion for the project.
Rogue River Man
Is Held for Thefts
William Crispen Roberts, 18,
of Rogue River, is being held
In the Jackson county jail on
charges of stealing gas from a
Rogue River school bus about
Dec. 4, state ponce said today,
He was arrested by state po
lice during the week end. The
youth admitted throwing a
rock through the bus wind
shield and taking a large
amount of gas from S and D
Construction company during
the past month.
Complaint To Be
Filed After Collision
A car driven by Roy Kiser,
20, of 24 North Orange St.,
Medford, collided with one
driven by Alfred Bendickson,
59, of 785 Waverly ave., Med
ford, Saturday on South Stage
rd., state police said.
The Kiser car was traveling
east on South Stage rd. when
the driver evidently lost con
trol. The car crossed the cen
ter line and hit the Bendick
son car which had pulled onto
the shoulder in an attempt to
avoid a collision, state police
said. Police said they will file
a complaint in district court
charging Kiser with failure to
operate on the right side of
the road.
Fire Department's
Monthly Report
Lists 58 Alarms
Medford's city fire depart
ment responded to 56 fire
alarms during November, and
the rural fire department re
sponded to 15, according to
Fire Chief Gordon Barker s
monthly report.
Of the 58 alarms in the city,
26 of them were for house
fires. The report noted that 15
of the house fires were flue
fires, three of the fires were
caused by defective appliances
and two fires were caused by
careless smokers.
There were also 16 grass or
trash fires and two false i
alarms reported during the
month. City equipment spent
a total of 35Vi hours out on
alarms.
Ten of the 15 alarms turned
into the rural district were for
house fires. Seven of the
house fires were flue fires and
two of the fires were caused
by faulty fireplaces. The rural
department also responded to
one lumber mill fire and two
car fires.
Rural equipment spent a to
tal of 12 hours out on alarms.
It was pointed out that all
of firemen's available time
during the month was spent
working on the department's
Christmas toy repair program.
The fire marshal noted in
his report that 50 inspections
were made during November,
including 32 in business oc
cupancies. He issued 94 orders
or recommendations for the
removal of fire hazards, and
102 were actually removed.
The fire marshal issued 654
fire permits during the montn.
Hatfield Urges
Another Airport
Salem-IUPII-Gov. Mark Hat
field said Saturday the New
York air tragedy is cause to
speed up Oregon's planning
for a second major airport to
serve the heavily populated
northern Willamette valley.
There is only one now-
Portland International.
Hatfield favors the second
airport on the 400-acre Wil
liams-Hart property' which
the state owns near Wood
burn. This would serve Port
land and Salem as well as
other points.
"I have repeatedly urged
holding it for such use against
pressures to sell it," Hatfield
said. Land is now leased for
private farming.
"The property is ideal for
large airplane use," Hatfield
continued, "and is one of the
few , remaining areas which
offer ideal conditions."-
PLANE CRASH LANDS
Boston - (UPU - An Ameri
can Airlines Bocinc 707 jet
liner with 111 persons aboard
skidded during landing Sat
urday and plowed through
two huge snowbanks rimming
Logan airport before halting
in a snow-covered field. There
were no injuries.
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