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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MKDFORD. OREGON THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1962 School News Automobile Sticker May Replace Boat Tax for Recreation rrm Wm Snillli impose an an nual tax on A m e r i c as fast Browing number of boat owners. By stro n g 1 y pro testing to Ashland High School By Lonna Baiz This year Mrs. Barbara Wight of Santa Monica. Calif., is the new part-lime secretary in the high school office. She is replacing Mrs. Martha Van derburg, the previous secre tary, who was transferred to the junior high office. Under the direction of Mrs. Peggy Zwick, dean of girls at Ashland High, a discussion seminar is being initiated the purpose of which is to study the humanities. Twenty-six students were selected, In cluding seniors, juniors, and sophomores. Seniors selected for the cpminar art T.nnnn Raip. Carol Bjork. Bill Bowman, land conservation fund with Mike Cotton. Carolyn Har- whleh lo "nance additional mon, Jane Hcnnick, Barbara I outdoor recreation areas. Pres-l.arpnr-e .lim l.amh Rptlv i lflpnl Kennedy urced Congress By A. ROBERT SMITH i not in government recreation Mail Tribune areas. Presumably boaters Washington Correspondent j who used waters in federal Washington -(Special)- The ; recreation areas, whether Kennedy Administration plans man-made or natural water to retreat from its attempt to i ways, would have to buy an voirs created by the dams the Corps has built. Visitations went up from 5 million in 1946 tn 108 million in 19(i0. are more widely heralded for their beauty and drew some 72 million visitors last yrvir. slate parks last year had 273 million visits, including 21 auto sticker to reach the area with their cars and boat trail ers. One index of the mounting popularity of even the man made lakes since the onset of the postwar boating boom are figures comniled bv the Congress, the Army's Corps of Engineers for I grants to the states. boaters h a v e recreation visits to the reser-1 While the national licked the administration's Another major change in million overnight stays, ac me conservation fund bill de signed to improve its popu larity is addition of a pro vision for turning 60 per cent of the money over to the states for their own park pro grams. The old bill provided only for modest planning plan to levy an annual $5 tax on all motor and sail boats be tween 14 and 16 feet in length, with an extra $2 for every foot of length over 16 feet. This lax proposal was part of a bill to create a national Martin. Craig Pennington, i Rirk Pierce, and Doree Woo-' dell, .'uniors are Connie Kel ger. Trudee Lewis. Brian Mc Cormick, Don Scriptcr, Jan Susee, Tim Thompson, Kalhy Tilford, and Diane Williams. Sophomores are John Fowler, Barbara Jones. Kandy Kor thase, Dave Lohman, and Dave White. The group's first weekly meeting was held Nov. 12. at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Woodell. Three films were shown cocerning the meaning of the humanities. The next meeting will be held Nov. 19. and other meet ings will be scheduled throughout the year. The junior class has planned to hold two activities which will help pay expenses at the Prom next spring. One of these is the annual Sadie Hawkins dance which was held Nov. 17 at the high school. The other event will be a style show which will be open to the public for a small ad mission charge. The slyle show will be held Dec. 1; dresses will be modeled by junior class girls and Ihe dresses are being loaned by local merchants. tn enact the measure last spring: but after holding hear ings. Congress let the bill die. Internior Secretary Stewart Udall plans lo launch a ma jor drive for the conservation fund bill in the new Congress. But the direct annual tax on boats is expected to be quietly dropped, possibly in favor of a one-shot excise at the manu facturing level. Major source of revenue for the fund under the new plan, according to administration of ficials, will probably be an automobile sticker which citizens will buy if they wish to use various federal outdoor recreation areas, such as parks, campgrounds and pic nic sites. User fees currently are charged for some areas, such as selected national parks, but not others. Politically Palatable Some officials regard the auto sticker as more political ly palatable than the annual boat tax. as well as more fair because it would apply only to those who use recreation areas developed or maintained with federal funds. While some boaters use in land lakes and reservoirs cre ated by government dams, many others use rivers, bays. i sounds and oceasn which are parks cording to reports compiled by the government's new Bu reau of Outdoor Recreation in the Interior Department. Ore gon parks had 12 2 million visitors. Only five states had more. Increased use of state parksl noting stale riiflirulties in fl- is pressing stale agencies forjnancing parks, hope the con expansion and improvement j scrvatum fund bill will help, plans. Stale park expenditures The grants to the stales would fur 11)61 amounted to $1 10 follow the matching fund prin million, which was 26 penciple. Slates could cent more than was spent in I grants for planning I960. At the same time the states received about S23 mil lion from user fees, commer cial concessions and other park income. Administration off i c i a 1 s, use the acquisi tion or development, but first they would have to adopt a comprehensive statewide rec reation plan that received ap proval of the secretary of the Interior. NATURAL GAS EQUIPMENT COMPANY On Dtpl?y - the Uigest selection of gas heating equip-' ment in So. Ore. . COLEMAN Space Floor iln.r' Forced Air Upflow Down Flow Monionral Wall - Furnaces Hot Water Heateri. 1 1 1 West Main Phone 772-2322 t mif .ii w v.:i : . -,fl - "frrf '- iti:: a wt. m v - rev- -mm r . rPENNEYS jvtvers foul weather ahead PONDERS ANSWER Indian ambassador B. K. Nehru looks skyward as he ponders the answer to a question during an interview with newsmen as he leaves the White House after he delivered a message from Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru lo President Kennedy. Nehru's message said that the need for arms to defend his country against Chinese attacks was urgent. (UPI) yop don't I wash clothes like this anymore... areiyou still washing dishe by hand? 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