Capitol Memo
Emergency Board
Shies From State
Executive Branch
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
FRIDAY, JUHE IS, 19G2
By DOUGLAS GRIPP
Salem lira - No member of
the State Emergency Board
seemed eager today to accept
a dare from Oregon's execu
tive branch to
take legal ac
tion for flout
ing the board's
authority t o
oversee state
' spending. But
there were
ominous rum
blings from
some of the
Douglas Gripn nine legisla
tors who make up the board,
and a few cries of indigna
tion. The challenge for a law
suit came Tuesday from the
State Board of Control make
up of the governor, secretary
of state and state treasurer,
all Republicans. The emergen
cy board has a Democratic
majority.
The control board, which
sets policy for all state insti
tutions, issued a formal invi
tation for a test case by turn
ing its back on the emergency
group on a $12,000 fence job
at the site of Oregon's new
women's prison.
A 1901 law requires the
control board to submit for
emergency board approval
every phase of the new worn-
Fire Fighters Asked
To Sign Up in Yreka
Yreka, Calif. - Persons wish
ing to be considered for emer
gency fire fighting in the
Yreka area have been asked
to register at the employment
service office, 601 South Main
St., Yreka.
Wilbur V. Howard, fire
control officer of the Klam
at: National forest, said the
recruiting agreement between
the forest service and the
California Department of em
ployment to recruit firefight
ers is still in effect.
Both agencies require that
applicants be in good health
and physical condition, ac
cording to Howard.
When firelighters are need
ed, the employment service
will contact applicants by tel
ephone, in addition to making
public announcements. Qual
ified firefighters will be hired
during fire emergencies only
at the Yreka employment office.
Soviet Tests Cause
Tritium Content Rise
Washington - IUPI1 - Soviet
tests last fall have caused a
major rise in the tritium con
tent of rain falling in the U.S.
interior, the Geological Survey
said Thursday.
It said that through the
summer of 1961, the average
tritium level in Lincoln, Neb.,
was about 75 units. It rose
sharply to 237 units last No
vember. The survey said it is
not a health danger.
en's prison. This is clearly set
out in a separate 1961 law,
and was done so purposely by
the legislature because it felt
plans for the women's prison
at the last session were in
complete. At that time, the proposed
prison was only in the sketch
stage. But this law is uncon
stitutional, according to the
control board, which said it
is an invasion of the executive
department's role of admin
istering laws.
This position was hailed in
print Wednesday by former
Gov. Charles A. Sprague,
Salem publisher, who urged
the State Board of Higher
Education to join in the
showdown of emergency
board authority.
Also on Wednesday, House
Speaker Robert B. Duncan
(D-Medford), announced he is
asking Atty. Gen. Robert Y.
Thornton for an opinion. And
State Rep. Clarence Barton
(D-Coquille), said since the
control board is so fussed up,
it should file the test case it
self, adding this would be a
fine example of wasting the
taxpayer's money.
Meanwhile there were these
new developments Thursday.
-The control board office
dispatched a letter to Warden
Clarence T. Gladden ordering
the fence job to proceed im
mediately. Gladden said he
would put the project out for
public bidding right away.
-Secretary of State Howell
Appling Jr. freshened his
stand on the law suit chal
lenge, declaring that the em
ergency board has been try
ing to illegally "dabble" in
administration for some time.
He added the time is ripe
now "to bring the issue to a
head."
Appling and others say the
emergency board is limited to
passing on emergency mat
ters only, complaining that
the board has tended to stick
its finger into non-emergency
matters with increasing regularity.
Two Accidents Are
Reported in City
Two automobile accidents
were investigated by Medford
city police Wednesday In
volving four cars. One cita
tion was issued by police.
Robert Lee Lunceford, 17
of route 2, box 205A, Med
ford was cited by police for
violation of basic rule, after
his car struck a parked car
owned by Stanley M. Davis
Sales. San Leandro, Calif., on
Crater Lake ave. north of
Spring St.
The other accident occurred
at the intersection of Jackson
st. and Riverside ave. about
12:07 p.m. including vehicles
operated by Terrill Lee Cow
den. IB, of 411 South C st.,
Eagle Point, and Robert Col
lins, 38. of 1817 Stratford
Way, Medford.
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Control-State Emergency Board controversy is a $12,000
fence to be built in area east of Oregon penetentiary. The
fence, to enclose building site of new women's prison, was
to be given approval by legislative Emergency board, but
the Board of Control rejected the idea, calling for a court
test of the Emergency Board's powers. The Board of Con
trol claims this is an infringement on executive matters.
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Eugene There can be a
big difference between what
people say they want in tele
vision, and what they actually
use.
This was the finding of a
study in the differences in
demand and use of television
programing variety made by
John R. Shepherd, associate
professor of speech at the
University of Oregon, and T.
M. Scheidel, assistant profes
sor of speech and drama at
Cornell university.
The study was discussed at
the Federal Communications
commission hearings held re
cently in Washington, D. C.
Data From Project
Data for the study were
drawn from the Oregon Edu
cational Television project, to
which Dr. Shepherd is a con
sultant. Dr. Scheidel was a
visiting research associate on
the project last summer. An
article on the study and its
findings appears in the spring
Journal of Broadcasting.
As part of a study sponsor
ed by a U. S. Department of
Health, Education and Wel
fare act, 1,024 persons were
questioned on their viewing
habits and attitudes toward
educational television and tel
evision in general.
One item asked the indi
vidual to indicate which of
seven possibilities was the
factor he most disliked about
television. Ninety - four per
sons marked "the lack of pro
gram variety," and subse
quently became the subjects
for this study on programing
variety.
Investigated Stations
The study investigated the
question of whether Eugene's
four commercial television
stations offered a variety of
programing during a selected
week. If the variety did exist,
investigators wanted to learn
what use was made of it by
the individual who said he
thought progaming lacked va
riety. Programs were separated
into 14 categories such as
information-news, artistic en
tertainment, drama-miscellaneous,
sports and movies.
Drs. Shepherd and Scheidel
made a table of the weekly
time devoted by the stations
to each program category, and
found that the opportunity to
view a variety of each of the
14 categories was present.
By comparing the time
spent viewing each category
by the viewers who complain
ed of a lack of variety and
those viewers who hadn't
complained, the educators
discovered no great differ
ences in viewing habits.
Lilllt Evidence'
"There seems to be little
evidence here that the view
ers who express interest
'greater variety' are in fact
seeking greater variety in the
programs they select for view
ing. "This is one instance in
which there is a singular dif
ference between what people
say they want in television
programing and what they ac
tually use," the article concluded.
Stravinsky
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New York -WPli- Composer
Igor Stravinsky launched No
ah's Ark on television Thurs
day night and it foundered
under the weight of arty pre
tensions. Stravinsky, who will be 80
next Sunday, has more than
a half century of world-shak-ii
; successes behind him. So
perhaps he can be forgiven
the patch-work dance-drama
presented Thursday night by
CBS-TV, which commissioned
the work two years ago and
entitled it "Noah and the
Flood."
It was Stravinsky's first
work for television, and CBS
and the program sponsor
built it up as a milestone in
television's unsteady climb
toward long-promised cultur
al peaks. Master choreogra
pher George Balanchine cre
ated the dance accompani
ment which was performed
by the stars of the New York
City Ballet. Lawrence Har
vey was narrator and the
voices of such stars as Sebas
tian Cabot and Els . Lanches
tcr read the text. Who could
ask for anything more?
Bold Musical Idtas
For one thing, television
asks - even demands - the
soil of bold musical ideas that
marked Stravinsky's early
works, his "Firebird" and
"Pctrouchka," and even his
later "Rake's Progress." The
astringent score of "Noah
and the Flood," composed in
the 12-tone serial style of
Stravinsky's later years, seem-
's 'Noah's Ark'
d Pretentious
A 3
ed a sterile conception of one
of mankind's richest legends.
The strident strings, thump
ing drums and shrike-voiced
horns added little splendor to
the presentation's two big
dance scenes - the building of
the ark and the flood. The
music certainly failed to in
spire the genius of Balanch
ine, one of the great dance
creators of all times.
Banal Danci Patterns
The dancers performed the
most banal dance patterns.
There were some architectur
al groupings in the ark-building
scene but that ark never
got built. The flood scene,
with its heaving figures un
der what appeared to be wet
oil-cloth, was more like a
Gustave D o r e etching of
Hell's holocaust come to life.
The dance-drama account
ed for only 20 minutes of the
hour-long show. There was a
prelude in which Harvey poe
tically described origins of
the flood. Then the composer
discussed his "last work" and
mounted the podium to con
duct an invisible orchestra.
There also was a postlude
of really interesting film
clips, photo. -aphs, sketches,
and narrative describing Stra
vinsky's career and the ar
tists with whom he has been
associated. The birthday sa
lute to one of the music
world's greatest personalities
was interrupted by no lest
than five shampoo commercials.
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ever stole their kangaroo
court stockade is clean
shaven. The stockade was to
incarcerate residents who fail
ed to raise beards for th
city's centennial celebration
starting July 1.
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Central Point - Central
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barn fire on Hamrick rd. yes
terday before the blaze did
serious damage.
They reported that fire
went up one end of the barn,
which is owned by Bear
Creek orchards. Firemen said
that the blaze appeared to be
caused by smoker careless
new, and that the fire appar
ently had smouldered 1 n
straw over night.
Firemen reported that they
understood a truck driver
spotted the fire. The alarm
was relayed to them by Ken
Snook. Central Point.
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during the past week have
taken five lives, injuring 16
persons and caused a lime pit
cave-in that left seven work
ers buried alive, police said
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