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NEW SCHOOL This turtle-shaped high school auditorium
at Pago Pago, American Samoa, is one of the numerous
buildings which had been built in the "crash" construction
program under way there. More than $22,000,000 of U. S.
money has transformed American Samoa from the stepchild
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of the South Seas to the CiMerella of the New Frontier.
Eastern Samoa s Commonwealth neighbors chide the Amer
icans there and describe the huge dose of dollars as
"conscience money" appropriated by Washington to atone
for years of neglect. (UPI)
'Crash' Program in American Samoa Is
Criticized By Islands' Neighbors
By ROBERT C. MILLER
United Pres. International
Pago Pago, American Sa
moa -(UPU More than $22 mil
lion of "conscience money"
has transformed American
Samoa from the stepchild of
the South Seas to the Cinder
ella of the New Frontier.
But the good, or evil, ef
fects of this highest per capita
budget in the United States
probably will not be known
for a decade.
Last year's budget of nearly
$9.5 million coupled with this
year's $12.8 million appropria
tion gives American Samoa's
20,000 population the equiva
lent of an average of $1,100
per person in an economy
where the family budget runs
less than $200 a year.
Eastern Samoa's Common
wealth neighbors chide the
Americans here and describe
the huge dose of dollars as
"conscience money" appropri
ated by Washington to atone
for years of neglect.
The more cynical of the
observers say the dollar flood
and a crash construction pro
gram were designed merely
as a "showcase" to impress
the nearly 200 delegates and
staff members of the six - na
tion South Pacific conference
mote meat
ore flavors
which held its fifth conclave
here at Pago Pago.
"You Yanks," challenged
one Commonwealth delegate,
"never would have built all
these new roads, put in the jet
airport and painted everything
in sight if it hadn t been for
the conference and the desire
to impress the oceanic peoples
who came here.
Magnificent Job
"But," he added somewhat
grudgingly, "you have cer
tainly done a magnificent job,
and one that will be enviously
discussed from one end of the
Pacific to the other."
The man who has moved
the millions of Washington
dollars across the Equator to
Pago Pago is an Idaho Mor
mon, H. Rex Lee, who was
appointed Governor of Ameri
can Samoa by Interior Secre
tary Stewart Udall.
No one in Samoa, be he Re
publican or Democrat, denies
that Democrat Lee has done
more financially for American
Samoa in shorter time than
any other governor. There
are, naturally enough, diver
gent opinions as to whether
this is all good or bad, and
some question both the meth
ods and the end results, but
all agree that Lee has pried
more money out of Washing
ton in two budgets than any
of his predecessors could get
in a decade.
The results are unique not
only for American Samoa but
for the entire South Pacific.
Houses Painted
More paint has been splash
ed on more houses here than
probably any other aged com
munity in the world. The gov
ernment furnished the paint
free with the home owners ap
plying it. The result is every
fale - Samoan house - has a
glistening red or green surface
somewhere on the premises,
and the frame houses have a
completely renovated look.
For an island that had a
pavsd main street and rutted
country roads, eastern Samoa
now has black-topped high
ways extending both ways out
of Pago Pago with a complete
ly paved highway all the way
around the island the goal for
the next year.
The $4.6 million jet airport
was dedicated simultaneously
with opening of the South
Pacific conference. Its 9,600
foot runway will accommo
date the fastest, biggest jets
now in operation. Governor
Lee says it is the foundation
of his plan to make American
Samoa the playground of the
South Seas; a tourist attrac
tion which will compete with
Hawaii for the traveler's
checks.
Money For Education
The biggest chunk of the
budget has been earmarked
for education. New elemen
tary and high schools are
being blueprinted along with
a $1,240,000 television station
which will be used primarily
for teaching purposes.
The Lee economic shock
treatment has brought a pre
viously unheard of prosperity
to American Samoa. Employ
ment is at an all-time high and
the people have more money
in their lalavs than they ever
had.
Even the staunchest of the
governor's supporters concede
that there has been waste and
extravagance in most of the
crash construction programs.
More Earthquakes
Feared in Utah
Salt Lake City - (UPI) - The
uncertainty of possible addi
tional earthquakes hung over
Northern Utah today follow
ing Wednesday's tremor which
dealt minor, but widespread
damage in Salt Lake county.
Preliminary calculations by
University of Utah seismolo
gists placed the epicenter of
the quake about 18 miles
southwest of the center of Sail
Lake City.
The temblor followed by six
days one which shook a wide
area of Northern Utah, caus
ing damage estimated at more
than $1 million.
Wednesday's shock, which
struck at 9:05 a.m. (PDT)
knocked bricks from chim
neys, cracked walls, broke
glass, dumped merchandise
from store shelves and sent
some interior structures crash
ing to the ground. One woman
was injured.
The cost of paving the
roads and building the airport
could probably have been
done at two-thirds the cost,"
one engineer s,r,id, "if there
had been more planning, more
time and better organization.
But the important thing is the
projects were completed; the
jobs done. And on Samoa that
is something practically un
heard of before."
374 Complaints Are
Received by Sheriff
The Jackson county sher
iff's office last month re
ceived 374 complaints, include
mg 44 felony cases, accord
ing to the monthly report
from that office.
The felonies involved 18
cases each of burglary and
larceny and seven check com
plaints. During the month 271
cases were cleared or closed
and 32 were unfounded.
The number of complaints
received is a substantial in
crease over the 315 reported
during the same month in
1961.
Of other complaints re
ceived, 103 involved misde
meanors and 227 were for
non-criminal matters.
During the month, 114 per
sons were lodged in the coun
ty jail by law enforcement
agencies throughout the coun
ty and Medford police lodged
26 persons there.
One Person Kurt
In City Accident
One person was injured In
one of three accidents investi
gated by Medford police
Wednesday.
A car driven by Hazel Irene
Shopp, 43, of 1506 West Main
St., struck two parked cars on
North Columbus ave. between
Jackson st. and McAndrews
rd. about 9:45 p.m., police
said. The parked cars were
registered to Donald Earle
Gray, 1508 Jasper st.. and
Jack Duane Pfeifer, 2806 j
Larch St., Medford.
Mrs. Shopp, who was cited
for violation of the basic rule,
suffered lacerations of the i
forehead and knee injuries, I
according to the police. She
was taken to Rogue Valley ;
hospital for treatment, and
was reported in fair condition
this morning.
No injuries were reported
in the other two accidents.
About 9:09 a.m. Wednesday
three cars were involved in an
accident at the corner of South
Central ave. and 12th st. Ve
hicles were driven by Delores
Jeanne Madden, 24, of 848
East Ninth st.; Kenneth Earl
Breazeale, 23, of 2954 Table
Rock rd.; and Richard A.
Clough, 80, of Osage City,
Kan.
Early in the afternoon, a
car driven bv Robert Louis
Poindexter, 38, of 1504 Wil
son place, and a car operated
by Donald Charles McVay,
41, of 113 Western ave., were
involved in an accident, po
lice reported. Poindexter was
cited by police for following
too close.
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Sign Ordinance Is
Passed by Council
Grants Pass The Grants
Pass city council last night
passed an ordinance regulat
ing construction of signs with
in the city.
City Manager Roy Eames
said the need for a better or
dinance regulating sign con
struction became apparent
with the recent adoption of
new zoning ordinance, which
opened new areas to bill
boards and electrical signs.
Councilmen Reece Jameson
and Frank Shepard were ap
pointed by Mayor Charles B.
Gill Jr. to work with the city
administration in the study
and selection of a new type
of street name signs for the
city.
A total of $4,000 was budg
eted to begin a study for the
street name sign moderniza
tion program.
Registrars To Be
Available in Area
A registrar from the county
elections department will be
available at several places In
the valley prior to election,
according to County Clerk
Marvin Madden.
They will register voters at
each location from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. he said. The locations
and dates are as follows:
Ideal Drug store, Ashland,
Sept. 14, 15, 26, 27; Piggly
Wiggly Market, Medford,
Sept. 17, 18, 28, 29; Mont
gomery Ward store, Medford,
Sept. 19, 20, Oct. 1, 2; New.
berry's, Medford, Sept. 7, 8,
Oct. 3, 4; Big Y Shopping
Center, Medford, Sept. 10, 11,
21, 22, Oct. 5, 6; Thunderbird
Market, Medford, Sept. 12,
13, 24, 25.
Registration service also is
available at the headquarters
locations of both the Repub
lican and Democratic parties.
Republican head quarters,
237 East Main st., will be
open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Saturdays.
Telephone number is 772
7344. The Democratic headquar
ters is at 414 East Main st.
and will be open Monday
through Saturdays until clec-1
tion from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The
telephone number is 779-1351.
Madden said he is preparing
a list of registrars throughout
the county.
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FRESH POULTRY DAILY
2 ib. 55i
FRESH GIBLETS
29c Ib.
FRYER LIVERS
79c Ib.
STEW HENS
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Cul-Up-3 Ibt. Plus
Medford Man Wins in
'Coin Treasure Hunt'
James C. Capman, 205 Gi
rard dr., Medford, has been
named one of 88 winners in
the most recent "Coin Treas
ure Hunt." featured in Fam
ily Weekly, Sunday magazine
supplement to the Mail
Tribune.
A "Treasure Hunt" is fea
tured in each Family Weekly,
which is published biweekly
during the summer.
Fire Damages PP&L
Transformer Vault
Portland-(UPU-A fire caused
heavy damage at a Pacific
Power and Light Co. under
ground transformer vault in
the downtown section of the
city early today.
The one-alarm blaze caused
power to be lost in ome sec
tions of the city.
The fire broke out when oil
inside one of two large trans
formers in the vault burst into
flames. The blaze took four
hours to quell and flames shot
high into the air from under
neath a manhole cover.
A spokesman for the com
pany said damage would run
into the thousands of dollars.
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DENTAL SOCIETY
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welcoming to
the Medford area
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with officet at
842 East Main
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