Russian Chemical Production
May Not Meet Seven-Year Goal
By HENRY J. BECHTOLD
UPI Financial Editor
i New York - (VPD - Russia's
chemical industry may be
caught in a squeeze between
r e a 1 i z ation
and ambition.
I n dications
are that it
will not meet
the produc
tion and ex
pansion goals
set lor it un
der the seven
year plan due
for comple
tion in 1963, according to the
latest issue of Chemical News
put out by the Manufacturing
Chemists' association.
The USSR is the world's
second largest chemical pro
ducer, its output rated at
bout 30 to 40 per cent of the
U.S. production.
But while the present So
viet seven year plan probably
will not reach its goal, Rus
sia's output at its present rate
of growth could overtake ours
by 1980, the publication said.
Rapid Soritl Growth
The Soviet growth rate
averaged 15 per cent from
1950 to 1958, according to
their statistics, while the U.S.
chemical industry grew by 5
to 6 per cent annually during
the same period.
In 1959 and 1960, Chem
ical News noted, Soviet chem
ical output grew 10 and 12
per cent, respectively, as an
ticipated, but this is well be
low the average annual gain
needed to reach the 1965 goal.
Should the Soviet industry
gain at an annual rate of 10
per cent for the next five
years, the 1965 goals will be
only about two-thirds fulfill
ed and chemical production
will be equal to about half
the U.S. output.
Goals of the seven-year pro
gram outline a twelvefold in
crease in synthetic fibers, a
sevenfold hike in plastics and
synthetic resins output, and
nearly a threefold rise in syn
thetic rubber. -.
Chemical News said prog
ress has been slowed by sev
eral major problems, the most
important of which are in
adequate production, particu
larly of synthetic organic
chemical products; use of
much obsolete technology; In
ability to develop and com
mercialize new chemical pro
cesses as rapidly as needed;
and lack of sufficient mech
anization and automation. ,
Help from Abroad
Because of these difficulties
the Soviet plan relies heavily
on the purchase of chemical
plants and . know-how from
abroad. . ,
Practically all new produc
tion of the synthetic organic
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plan is to be based on two
raw materials ou reiinery
gases and natural gas, accord
ing to the report.
1 But, it added, the rapid
develop ment of processes
utilizing these materials has
been a weakness of Soviet re
search and technology. And
the creation of a modern or
g a n i c chemical industry
would, of necessity, be slow,
and without Free World as
sistance, impossible of attain
ment quickly enough to meet
the rapidly increasing de
mand for synthetic products.
Aware of this, the publica
tion stated, Khrushchev in
1958 requested U.S. assis
tance in building up the So
viet chemical industry. The
U.S. chemical Industry at that
time opposed the sale of plant
and advanced technology to
the Russians, and still main
tains that position today,
Poulson Ordered
To Produce Records
Los Angeles (DTD - Mayor
Norris Poulson has been or
dered to produce his financial
records at a deposition hear
ing Thursday in connection
with a $2.2 million slander
suit filed against him by Sam
uel W. Yorty.
Yorty's lawyer, Phil Silver,
obtained the order from
County Clerk Harold J. Ostly.
Yorty claimed he was slan
dered by Poulson during the
mayor's April 5 press con
ference when he said the
former congressman was sup
ported by underworld charac
ters. " Silver said the financial
records of the mayor are need
ed to determine the amount
of punitive damages Yorty
may receive.
Financial matters also were
spotlighted In the mayorality
race after Yorty questioned
where Poulson obtained mon
ey for a 390-acre ranch near
Baker, Ore.
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SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1961 PAGES 1 to 12
TWO APPOINTED
Salem -IUPB- Senate Presi
dent Harry Boivin has ap
pointed Sens. Robert White,
(R-Salem) and E. D. Potts CD
Grants Pass) to the State
Emergency Board, the legis
lative body that passes on
emergency money requests be
tween legislatures.
WINNER Lana Green, 18,
has been crowned Miss San
Francisco. The 35V4-23V4-35V4
brunette will represent the
city in the Miss America pa
gaent in Atlantic City, N.J.
(UPI Telephoto)
Merger of Packing
Firm Receives OK
Astoria - IUPD - Merger of
Columbia River Packers As
sociation Inc. into Castle St
Cook Inc., of Honolulu, has
been approved at a special
meeting of 'CRPA stockhold
ers. Castle & Cook shareholders
recently approved merger of
Dole Corp. and CRPA into
Castle and Cook.
Terms provide for CRPA
to transfer its assets to a new
Oregon corporation to be
known as Bumble Bee Sea
foods, Inc. The new corpora
tion will have the same board
of directors, same officers and
management as CRPA. '
Priest Accused of
Allowing Gambling
At Church Bazaar
Groves, Tex.-OIPS-There are
times when DUt, Atty. W. G.
Walley would rather dig
ditches for avliving, or just
about anything else. And this
is one of them.
"This case is just about as
touchy as they come," Walley
said today.
It started with the bazaar
Sunday at the Roman Immacu
late Church. Its an annual
event the church holds to
raise funds to pay oft the
church debt.
The Rev. Charles R. John
son, pastor of the Wheatley
Memorial Baptist Church, had
a gambling charge filed
against the Rev. B. J. Marino,
pastor of the Catholic church,
for letting games of chance
run at the bazaar.
Delicate Situation
It's a delicate situation.
And the way Walley looks
at it, no matter what happens,
he stands to be a loser.
There are more Catholics
in Groves than there are in
many sections of Texas, and
Measure For Four
Bridges Tabled
Salem -IUPD- The Ways and
Means committee Tuesday
tabled a bill asking $7 mil
lion in bonds for bridges at
Oswego, Ontario, Dayton and
Albany.
. This means the end of the
measure unless proponents
can muster enough support on
the floor to bring it out
The bill had passed the
Senate.
The committee approved
two more 1962 interim
studies. One creates an in
terim committee on social
problems. This group would
study divorce and sex offen
ders. A sum of $15,000 was
allocated.
An appropriation of $10,
000 was approved to let the
Legislative Fiscal committee
study puDiic weuare.
any disposition of the case is
likely to make somebody un
happy. The Rev. Mr. Johnson went
to Father Marino's bazaar to
look for gambling. Father Ma
rino said he ordered the Rev.
Mr. Johnson to leave because
he considered him "undesir
able and looking for trouble."
The Rev. Mr. Johnson said
Father Marino told him-and
he has witnesses-"you get the
hell off of my property."
"I didn't say anything at
all," the Rev. Mr. Johnson
said. "I didn't file any com
plaints. Dist. Atty. Walley
filed the complaint , , , at my
request."
"We've done it (run bazaars)
for 15 years and nobody has
complained before," Father
Marino said.
'Selling Lottery Tickets'
"He was selling lottery tic
kets, spinning a wheel for
silver dollars and pitching
pennies for a payoff . . . and
that's against state law," the
Rev. Mr. Johnson charged.
' "He and his congregation
sold their raffle tickets on a
new automobile to a 15-year-old
Boy who is a member of
my congregation." :
Walley has ordered a full
Investigation of the gambling
charge. He said his assistant,
John Dewitt, would make a
report before any decision
was reached on whether to
prosecute.
"He will talk to witnesses
and do some briefing before
we decide what action will
be taken," Walley said.
"We will handle this as a
routine case just like any oth
er case of this nature - to the
best interests of both the peo
ple of Groves and the two
parties involved."
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Washington HIPH - Agrlcul
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rapidly in Alaska, but an
agriculture department study
reports tftat the state's farm
ers supply less than 10 per
cent of the food consumed
there. .
Receipts from the sale of
Alaska's farm products totaled
$3.5 million In 1959. This was
less than 8 per cent of the
revenue from the fishing in
dustry, Alaska's largest priv
ate source of Income. The val
ue of farm- products sold,
however, doubled between
1949 and 1959.
Total 23,000 Acres
Cropland' in Alaska totaled
about 23,000 acres in ' 1959,
nearly double the acreage in
1949. There were only 6,450
harvested acres in 1949.
There were 367 farms In
Alaska in 1960. About half of
these were parttime farms,
with the operators working
100 or more days off the farm.
The average value of land and
buildings per farm was about
$43,000 in 1960, up from $12,
500 in 1950. The department
said most Alaskan farms
operated by fulltime farmers
have electricity, tractors and
other equipment and conveniences.
The study indicated that in
some areas of Alaska, it is
cheaper to import even per
ishable products than to pro
duce them locally. Milk, pota
toes, eggs, and fresh veget
ables are Alaska's principal
farm products. Farmers gener
ally market their products
Jointly through a farmers' co
operative or individually, sell
ing directly to retailers and
consumers.
Extra Costs
There are few assemblers,
processors and other dealers
in locally grown farm prod
ucts. Generally, products are
not shipped from the produc
ing area. Extra shipping costs
incurred by all Imported foods
make retail food prices high
er In Alaska than in other
states. Locally produced food
products also bring relatively
high prices. Farmers' costs
also are higher than those of
farmers in other states.
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speak at the San Francisco
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