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Forestry Personnel
Gets Fire Training
' Seasonal personnel of the
state department of forestry
ih Jackson and Josephine
counties are receiving train
ing at a fire school this week
Bfld next.
; A district-wide session for
wardens was held at the Med
ford headquarters yesterday.
i Today and Thursday unit
instruction for lookouts will
be held in Medford and
Grants Pass.
, Next Monday and Tuesday
there will be further training
for wardens on a unit basis
Monday in Medford and Tues
day in Grants Pass.
: Forestry department offi
cials are enthusiastic aboul
tliig year's fire school, because
the training is more Intensive
than before and more time is
being spent with the individ
ual. Most of last year's season
al personnel have returned
this year, they added.
; The fire school generally is
covering organizational pro
cedure, fire prevention and
various problems.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18. 1982
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD.
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EDWARD
BRANCHFIELD
For
State Representative
REPUBLICAN
Dedicated to Jickion
County Intaraitt
Pd. Pol. Ad. Sam B. Harbison
Chm., 201 U.S. Natl. Bank
BUILDING WRECKED A tornado wrecked this building 2,000-square-foot building, said the tornado picked up the
in Gardena, Calif., as rain, hail, snow, lightning and winds building and carried it 300 feet to fall on another building,
hit southern California. Roy Bremmer, owner of this (UPI)
Great Monuments Soon To Disappear
By RALPH VILLERS
United Preas Intarnational
New York - Some of the
greatest monuments of the
past will, in a few years, dis
appear beneath the waters
which will back up behind the
Aswan High Dam and if
not seen soon, may never be
seen.
That was brought out vivid
ly by Dr. Armed Fakhry as
he sat talking one recent day
about his favorite subject
the treasures of ancient Nu
bia. Fakhry, professor of the
history of ancient Egypt and
the Near East at Cairo univer
sity, spoke as an Egyptologist,
rather than at a travel expert.
But his words should be
something of a timely warn
ing to the traveler who likes
to wrap a bit of ancient his
tory and age old sights into
a tour.
More than 20 great and
minor temples and monu
ments from the days of the
Pharaohs stand In an area to
be covered by the great lake
which will back up behind
the Aswan dam in southern
Egypt. Some of the temples
are being moved to high and
dry locations but others are
cut into the rock along the
Nil River and cannot be
moved, or no money is avail
able to move them.
Those which must be left
VOTERS OF JACKSON COUNTY ARE BEING DELIBERATELY
MISLED
by false charges against the HOME RULE CHARTER (One leaflet has been distributed anony
mously and one by Ray O. DeMarrs, who Is not even a registered voler of Jackson County.)
In order that the voters may ludge the charter on the basis of truth, he erroneous 'u
ere answered below. Check the charge . . .check the charter ... and KNOW THE TRU1 n
WHEN YOU VOTE.
Charge: "Tho power and authority you now have . . . will be lost lo you be
cause you confer It to the County Commissioners."
, Answer: FALSE. Power and authority over county affairs now rests entirely with
the state legislature. The charter returns this power 10 the people and
provides for Its exercise through elected commissioners. Our system
of representative government rests on this principle-for power in
people with no agreed-upon method of exercising it is anarchy.
Charge: "You will lose your right to vote for all office holders except for one
which is that of Commissioner."
Answer: MISLEADING. You will vote for seven commissioners to represent you
in solving local problems locally. You now vote for eight officials who
can do for you only those things allowed by the state legislature.
Charge: "All other offices will be appointed, and thereby you will lose your
right to petition of recall to those appointed offices."
Answer: MISLEADING. At present, to recall an unsatisfactory sheriff would re
quire over 7,000 signatures on petitions, a special eleclion-at great
expense to the county, and a majority vote at that election. Under
the charter, citizens would need to convince just four of the seven com
missioners that the public was dissatisfied with the sheriff, in order
to have him removed.
Charge: "You may be governed by appointive offices, who may also make
policy Including rules and regulations . . ."
Answer: FALSE. Under the charter the appointed officers would have only
administrative duties assigned to them by the commissioners. The
Board of Commissioners would set policy for the county and would
be responsible for administration of its affairs. The administrative
assistant Is forbidden by the charter any legislative, budgetary, or
appointive power.
Charge: "The cost of County government will In all probability double or triple
within a very short time."
Answer: COMPLETE FABRICATION. The cost of county government cannot, by
state law (with or without a charter), Increase more than 6 without
a vote of the people approving the necessary levy. The probability of
voters approving a doubled or tripled budget is slim indeedl
Charge: "A new Jax base will be established . . . and bonds may be issued
without your consent so long as a part of the Bond Issue Is by special
assessment."
Answer: FALSE ON TWO COUNTS. 1) The charier cannot change the tax base
law, and 2) all bonds must be approved by vote of the people con
cernedincluding bonds to be retired by special assessment. At pres
ent, by special acts of the state legislature, some bonding of the county
may be done without a vote. This is forbidden by the charter.
Charge: "You will lose control of a special district . . ."
Answer: FALSE. Decision as to whether members of a special district wish lo
operate under state or county provisions rests witn the members of
the district. If they elect to coordinate their administration, purchasing,
etc., with other similar districts in the interest of economy and effi
ciency, the board of 7 county commissioners will serve as the govern
ing body of the district- at the request of the district members.
Charge: "You will be controlled mainly by but one person, the Board Chair
man." Answer: FALSE AGAIN ON TWO COUNTS. 1) The voters will control the board,
not the board the voters. 2) The chairman will have just one vote
among seven. It Is highly unlikely that any six commissioners elected
by the people of Jackson County will allow themselves to be "bossed"!
Charge: "We have a government now which hos power and authority to do
about everything necessary for the County and the People."
Answer: FALSE OBVIOUSLY. If this were true, the legislature would not hove
proposed the home rule amendment to the state constitution and the
voters would not have approved It 2 lo 1. In the lost legislature, the
counties asked for 27 bills-of which only three were passed. Many
of these bills were for things the counties could handle locally under
home rule,
Charge: "The Charter will have the Government decide what you wont or
don't want . . ."
Answer: RIDICULOUS. The voters are the government. Under the charter the
voters can exercise control over county affairs as they have never
been able lo under the present system.
VOTE TO CONTR9L YOUR OWN COUNTY AFFAIRS
VOTE (X) YES FOR THE HOME RULE CHARTER0
Pd. Pol. Adv. Pd. by County Citiiens for Home Rule Charter
Robertwn Collins. Chmn. Bo U0 Merlford
behind will be covered by
up to 200 feet of water. Even
one of Egypt's most famous
sights, the Abu Simbel Tem
ple, with its four towering
statues of Ramses II carved
into the sandstone face of a
bluff overlooking the Nile,
could disappear beneath the
water.
Fakhry said "all of us are
full of hope" that the money
can be raised to salvage the
magnificent Abu Simbel,
which dates from more than
1,200 years before Christ. But
$70 million is needed for a
proposal to cut the temple
from the rock and hydraulic
ally hoist it to safety.
And, as Fakhry said: From
the aesthetic point of view,
they (the temples) should be
seen in their natural setting
. . . to see them on a stage
is not like the original."
This ancient land of Nubia,
storehouse of so many of
Egypt's archaeological treas
ures, is for the traveler who
likes to go off the usual track
to do his sightseeing. But it
is not out of reach.
The city of Aswan, some
800 miles south of Cairo, and
the taking - off point to see
the temples which should be
submerged within four to sev
en years, is reachable by both
plant (2V4 hours) or train (16
hours) from the capital, ac
cording to Aly Kamel, direc
tor of the United Arab Re
public tourist office here.
From Shellal, 7 miles out of
Aswan, Nile steamers regu
larly make the three - day,
two - night round - trip to
Abu Simbel during the season
from November through mid-
April for about $60.
One of Four
Fakhry pointed out that
Abu Simbel is just one of four
major temple sites along the
180 - mile river route, not to
mention lesser sites.
The other major ones are:
- The Island of Philae, a
sacred isle of the goddess Isis,
with its collection of temples,
which at times already go un
der water backed up behind
the present Aswan dam. A
series of coffer dams will be
used to save this site from
permanent loss.
- Kalabsha and the Temple
of Beit-el-Wali, also built by
Ramses II and decorated with
battle scenes and triumphal
processions glorifying the
pharaoh.
- Dakka Temple,, which is
one of the most perfectly pre
served. None of the temples are
younger than 2,000 years old,
said Fakhry, adding with a
grin: "That's from a very late
period of Egyptian history."
And with that remark Fak
hry returned to his trustee
ship over 34 priceless objects
from the tomb of King Tut
(really, Tuthukhamun), which
he is shepherding on their
first nationwide tour of the
United States. The objects, all
from the Cairo Museum, will
be seen in the next two years
in Houston; Omaha, Neb.; Chi
cago; Seattle; San Francisco;
Los Angeles; Cleveland; Bos
ton; St. Louis; Baltimore; Day
ton and Toledo, Ohio.
Coast Schedule Given For Old Vic's Plays
By JACK GAVER
UPI Drama Editor
New York -IUP1I- If you
want to know why the living
theater stays alive despite all
the things that have plagued
it for centuries, why nothing
else ever equals it when it is
at its best, one of the answers
can be found in the Old Vic's
Prolonged Flight
In Radiation Belt
Would Be Fatal
Washlngton-IUPfi- An almost
certain death awaits the astro
naut who flies for more than
24 hours in parts of the earth
circling Van Allen radiation
belt.
The warning about the le
thal dangers of the wide ring
of radiation came from its dis
coverer, Dr. James A. Van
Allen, during a closed meeting
of a House appropriations sub
committee. The University of Iowa
professor told the congress
men that radiation readings
from high-flying satellites in
dicated the part of the belt
stretching from 2,000 to about
40,000 miles above the earth
was "uninhabitable."
Fatal Dose
"Anyone flying in this in
ner region for as much as a
day would very likely have
a fatal dose of radiation in
any present type spacecraft,"
he said.
Van Alien stressed, how
ever, that the ring was not an
absolute barrier to sending a
team of space explorers to the
moon.
"I do not wish to leave the
impression that the radiation
belt constitutes a barrier in
any absolute sense to extend
ing our space flight capability
and our space flight pro
gram," he said.
Van Allen said men could
travel to the moon because
they would spend "only a few
hours in the intense radiation
area and during that time the
cumulative dosage is not severe."
Court Records
CIRCUIT COURT
Everett Hotchhiss vs. Helen
Hotchklss, divorce complaint..
Harriet Gaylc Copley vs. Dale
Gene Copley, divorce complaint,
Beverly Joan Simmons vs. Phil
Edwin Simmons, divorce complaint.
Douglas Smith vs. Mildred Joan
Smith, divorce decree.
Ilia Mae castel vs. William David
Castel. divorce complaint.
juaun uayie i.ingren vs. unanes
Elmer Lindgren, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
Joaenh H. Adams. Los Aneeles.
nnd Claire Alyce McLelland, Mont
rose, Calif.
Everett William Harmon. Shadv
Cove, and Pamela Jean Abrott,
lo to KODeris ra., jvieaiora.
current production of "Ro
meo and Juliet."
This is the production de
signed and staged by the rap
Idly rising Italian director,
Franco Zeffirelli, a.ti there
have been advance reports
for months from London that
this was one to look forward
to. 1
The reports were not exag
productions of this Shakes
pearean tragic romance you
have seen, no matter how
many great stars you have
seen in the title roles, you
haven't reall, seen this play
until you view Zeffirelli's
presentation.
It is beautiful and earthy
and altogethe. superb, from
the Zeffirelli scenery and Pet
er Hall costumes on up. And
it is "real." You almost forget
you are watching actors spell
out a story. No one has ap
plied such down-to-earth tac
tics to this play before.
Little Roles
The production is fortunate
in having for the title roles
two young people who are in
such tune with the director's
aims and so competent within
themselves that I must say I
have never seen in all the
many "star productions" of
this work a Romeo and Juli t
as convincing as John Stride
and Joanna Dunham.
They actually make you be
lieve they are teen-agers
swept' suddenly and devastat
ingly into a love passion that
can only result tragically. I
got a look at SLide earlier in
the brief role of Malco'm in
"Macbeth," . d I thought
right away that here was a
lad who really "had it," and
for once I was right.
Miss Dunham is a delight
to gaze upon, and she reads
those beautiful lines as su
perbly as anyone could wish.
Supporting Cast
There are a few roles I have
seen played better by others
in previous productions, but
this is really nothing to com
plain about. Edward Atlenza's
Mercutio is quite good, and
Gerald James Is a fine Friar
Laurence. Rosalind Atkinson,
Job Stewart and Michael
Meacham have other import
ant: assignments.
The troupes "Macbeth
production, directed by Mi
chael Bentha'l and with John
Clements and Barbara Jefford
as Macbeth and his lady, is a
drab affair. There is no life
anywhere, and I am inclined
to blame the director more
than the players.
Bernard Shaw's "Saint
Joan," third item in the reper
toire on this visit, had not
been seen at this writing.
But by all means see "Ro
meo and Juliet" if it comes
your way during the Old Vic's
tour. The New York engage
ment closed March 18, fol
lowed by this itinerary:
Los Angeles, April 17-May
5; San Francisco, May 7-19;
Vancouver, B.C., May 22-26;
Seattle, May 29-June 3.
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Elect
HOMER A. CONGER
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
For County Judge
We the undersigned recommend your support of
HOMER A. CONGER for County Judge:
MEDFORD
Rolland Holmes
John Niedermeyer
D. O. Fredrick
Jack Canon
Oliver O. Morton
George Gilman
R. A. Naumes
Sam Jennings
' Merritt Hittle
GOLD HILL
William M. Foley
Jim Estremado
PROSPECT
A. V. McKillop
CENTRAL POINT
Otto Balmert
Sam B. Taylor
E. M. Hanawalt
Ray Vogle
C. C. Thompson
M. C. Gleason
Frank Hammond
Tom R. Williams
EAGLE POINT
Bill Bray .
ASHLAND
Rodney Keating
O. C. Maust
Pd. Pol. Adv., Homer A. Conger, Rt. 1, Central Point
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CAMP DIRECTOR The YMCA summer camp at Diamond
lake litis year will be under the direction of Odd Bjerke,
naturalist and wilderness survival expert of Spokane, Wash.
Bjerke (above), who was In Medford earlier this vear civing
survival demonstrations to groups in this area, has a unique
program of activities planned, aimed at educating youngsters
in all phases of wilderness "intelligence." Youths will be'
able to select each day trom some 20 courses that will be
available. He urged youths (eight to 16 years of age), wheth
er YMCA members or not. to register early for the camp,
which starts July 18. Bjerke added that adult supervisors,:
or coordinators, arc needed, and that they would get free
"board nnd room" at camp in exchange for merely heioing
the boys get their assigned places at the proper time.
(X) VOTE and ELECT
DONALD E. "DON"
FABER
Republican Candidate for
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
for Sound.e Planned County Gov't
Pd. Pol utv. bv D. E. Fiber
Cc'fcal Point, Oregon
Are YOU in the proposed
Annexation Area?
DO YOU KNOW THAT:
Annexation to the city Means Higher Taxes
-But no guarantee of Sewer Services?
City will provide services only upon majority petition - street by street.
Your county has an obligation to you! You can have a sewer without an
nexation. Just Read O.R.S. 451 at your public library. 1200 acres are
still without services in the city limits.
Your Reasons for locating outside the
City Limits will be replaced by:
City Regulations Restrict! ns
Building Codes Inspection License Fees ,
Higher Taxes and Other City Problems
LET'S KEEP HAPPY COUNTRY LIVING!
An organized committee will follow through to obtain your lawful
rights to sewer, under O.R.S. 451.
Be Informed Before You Vote May 18
VOTE
les
ANNEXATION
Pd. Pol. Adv. through donations of home ownert forming th Anti-Annexation CommiHeiL
Hobb, Chmn., 1822A W. Main
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