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STRUCTURE DESTROYED Damage estimates ranged as two-story structure contained a general store, post office,
high as $400,000 from a fire which destroyed the Pines bar, two restaurants, a barber shop and several second
Shopping Center at Bass Lake, Calif., Tuesday night. The story offices. (UPI)
Peiition Contests
Nov. 6 Election of
Talent Officials
Talent The question of
whether the Talent mayor and
city council election of Nov.
6 has to be held over again
may be decided on Jan. 7.
That is the date set for a
hearing on a petition filed
Monday contesting the city
election held Nov. 6. The peti
tion was filed by John Tomp
kins, incumbent councilman,
in Jackson - county circuit
court.
Tompkins ran fourth In a
field of four candidates run
ning for three seats on the
Talent city council, but there
are only eleven votes separ
ating him from the third and
second place finishers.
Principal reason for con
testing tile election is the fact
that 45 of the ballots were
incorrectly printed. The name
of Eddie Lunsford, one of the
city council candidates, ap
peared on those 45 ballots
twice, as running for both
mayor and council, while the
name of Edward Switzer, one
of the mayor candidates, was
left out.
Reelected Mayor
Wayne Reichstein was de
cisively reelected mayor of
Talent, and observers believe
that had Switzer's name not
been left off the 45 incorrect
ballots, Reichstein still would
have won easily.
The city council race was
much closer, however, tinal
returns, excluding the 45 con
tested ballots, gave F. W. Gil
breath 165 votes, Lunsford
146, Ellis Beeson 142 and
Tompkins 135.
With the 45 ballots added
to these totals, the results
have been: Gilbreath 206,
Lunsford 178. Beeson 175 and
Tompkins 162.
At the Jan. 7 hearing Judge
M. Main is expected to enter
a decree either acknowledg
ing that the candidates elect
ed are the duly elected city
officials or determining that
there is a need for another
election.
ITIMJ PROM 2y MOUND THI OlOII
BALLOON LAUNCH PLANNED THURSDAY
Holloman AFB, N.M.-tPP-The
Thuriday't scheduled launching of Project Siargaser
balloon aicent to give man his first clear look at the Hart.
If weather permits, the
highest iitronomical-retearch
RUSK WINS APPROVAL OP DE CAULLE
Paris-'inSecretarr of State Dean Rusk won warm en
dorsement from French President Charles de Gaulle today
for U.S. handling of the Cuban crisis and its refusal to enter
new East-West talks with the Soviets until the crisis is fully
cleaned up.
NIKE ROCKET INTERCEPTS MISSILE
Washington-arti-A Nikt Ztus rockst today successfully
InttrcspUd an Atlas InUrcontlntntal ballistic missil that
had bxn firad on a 5,000 mil courts ovar tha Pacific, tht
Dsfantt Dtpartmsnt announced.
STUDENTS PLANNING TRIP TO CUBA
Ntw York-'IPt'-A pro-Castro U.S. studtnt group Is plan
ning to dsfr the govsrnmant's ban on iravtl to Cub and
slip out of tht county to visit Havana over in Christmas
holidays, it was Itarnad htra today. -
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MEDFORD. OREGON.
Kennedy's Budget
Outlay May Exceed
S100 Billion Mark
Washington -(UPD- As it now
si. apes up, the 1964 budget
President Kennedy is prepar
ing to send Congress in Janu
ary will project spending of
nearly $100 billion.
Planned outlays for the fis
cal year which starts July 1
may well exceed $99 billion,
topping the all-time high of
$98.3 billion reached in 1945
under war financing pres
sures. Spending in the current
fiscal year is estimated, at a
peacetime record of $037 bil
lion, i - v
Expenditures could easily
top $100 billion In fact by the
end of fiscal 1964. Qualified
government sources indicated
that refusal of Congress to en
act administration farm leg
islation might in itself send
outlays above the $100 billion
mark.
Another Deficit Certain
Another budget deficit in
fiscal 1964 is certain. The
1963 deficit is estimated at
$7.8 billion. With tax relief
effective in 1963 the adminis
tration's announced goal, the
1964 deficit could exceed the
Christmas Tree Lift
Planned by Moose
The Medford Moose lodge
will conduct its ninth annual
Christmas Wee lift following
the holiday season, B. J. Gil
bert, governor of the lodge,
has announced.
Date of the lift and the
Jackson county organization
in need of assistance which
will receive the entire pro
ceeds from the project, will
be announced. The dale of the
Christmas tree burn also will
be announced.
Residents will be asked to
place their contribution in an
envelope and pin it to the tree
for pick up after Christmas
when members of the lodge
and other organizations will
participate. No expenses are
involved in the lift and all do
nations are given each year
for charitable work.
countdown begin today lor
manned balloon will make the
ascension in history.
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER
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$12.4 billion peacetime record
posted in 1959. ' -
Partly to hold the deficit
down, the administration is
considering proposing to Con
gress a $2 billion boost in
Social Security payments as
a substitute for $2 billion of
general tax relief. Social Se
curity payments come out of
a special trust fund, not the
federal budget.
Some officials have argued
within the administration that
increasing pymehtS'tS'PetTr'ecl'
persons and survivors would
stimulate the economy more
than giving a like amount of
tax relief to the general pub
lic. Would Spend Money
They contend that retired
persons, having little income,
would spend virtually all of
the extra money, whereas
most taxpayers would save
some.
Most of the planning for the
1964 budget has been com
pleted. Defense and foreign
aid, usually the last major
spending items decided, have
been pinned down earlier than
usual. Defense outlays will
be more than $50 billion, and
more than $51 billion if a
much-discussed pay boost for
servicemen is included.
Still unresolved is how
much to spend on space. The
outlay hinges on a decision
about how fast to proceed
with the man - on - the moon
program. Also awaiting final
decisions are spending plans
for the Labor, Commerce and
Health, Education and Wel
fare departments.
Gold Hill Home
Destroyed by Fire
Gold Hill-Fire of undeter
mined origin destroyed the
one-story three-bedroom home
of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Calla
han and their five children
Tuesday about 11:50 a.m.
The Callahan home, a few
feet outside the northwest
city limits of Gold hill, was
the former Fred Taylor resi
dence. The family lost all clothing
and household items, includ
ing recently purchased gro
cery supplies and Christmas
presents the couple had for
their five sons, ages 10, 6, 5,
3 and 1.
The couple and youngsters
are now staying at the home
of Callahan's brother and sis
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Clar
enre Callahan at Fifth ave
and Fourth st. here. Those
who wish to help the family
may leave clothing and house
hold items at the Clarence
Callahan home.
The city fire department re
sponded to the alarm, but the
house was already engulfed in
flames when firemen arrived.
Revolt Collapsing,
British Leader Says
Singapore - (C?t - British
troops captured the town of
Kuala Ballet in Brunei today,
and the commander of British
ground forces in the Far East
said the revolt in the protec
torate on Borneo was collaps
ing. it
57th Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
12. 1962 No. 227
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Emigrant Drops
Peak Flow in Area
During Flooding
If Emigrant reservoir had
not stored all of its inflow dur
ing the heavy rainfall Dec. 2,
Bear creek at Medford would
have had a peak flow of 22,-
500 cubic feet per second in
stead of the recorded 15,000
cubic feet per second peak.
These statistics were re
leased today by the bureau of
reclamation office in Boise,
Idaho. Flood control opera
tion of Emigrant lake re
duce4.the..flpw ,at MedfordUby
33 per cjbnt, It atuled. . , '
.The" reservoir, used pri
marily to store irrigation wa
ter, impounds water from
only 22 per cent of the total
Bear creek watershed.
Storage Capacity
The storage capacity of
Emigrant lake prior to its en
largement in 1961 was 8,000
acre feet. The enlarged reser
voir has a useable capacity
of 39,000 acre feet, and is op
erated as a multiple-purpose
reservoir for both irrigation
and flood control.
Regional Director H. T. Nel
son said sufficient flood con
trol space remained after the
passage of the flood to give
equal control had the flood
been repeated, which appear
ed a definite possibility based
on weather forecasts at the
time.
Bureau engineers, dispatch
ed from Boise, Idaho, to the
flood area Dec. 2, estimated
that the recent flood was the
largest in peak discharge ex
perienced in the Medford
area in more than 100 years.
Previous major floods on
Bear creek occurred in Feb-
rurary, 1861; February, 1890;
February, 1927; and Decem
ber, 1955.
McNeil Named To
National Committee
Donald P. McNeil, manager
of the Medford Chamber of
Commerce, has been appoint
ed to the membership com
mittee of the American Cham
ber of Commerce executives,
Albert C. Boyd of Lansing,
Mich., president of the na
tional association, announced
today.
In making the announce
ment, Boyd said, "McNeil has
distinguished himself in the
field of chamber administra
tion, and we are pleased to
call upon his knowledge and
experience in furthering the
work of our organization."
The executive group is the
national management associ
ation of about 2,400 chamber
executives. It is the national
spokesman for chamber of
commerce management and
is dedicated to the principle
of the development and en
forcement of ethical stand
ards of practice and the main
tenance of high educational
standards.
Number of Employed
Declines in Oregon
Salem - (UPt - The number
of employed people In Ore
gon declined by 12.900 from
October to 680.7000 In mid
November. David H. Camer
on, commissioner of the Ore
gon Department of Employ
mcnt, said today.
Weather-Caused
Death Toll Soars
Past 100 Mark
Water Lines Burst
In Columbus, Ohio
By United Press International
Aching cold from the Ca
nadian border to the Gulf
Coast choked off the water
supply in Columbus, Ohio,
froze Florida, and sent the
week's toll of weather-caused
deaths climbing past 100
today.
Below zero temperature
records were commonplace
from the Midwest prairies to
the Atlantic Seaboard. It was
23 below zero at Mt. Pishah,
N.C., 19 below at Mt. Mit
chell, N.C., and below zero
for the first. time in recent
memory at every reporting
station in Illinois.
32 Dead in Ohio
At least 104 deaths were
blamed on the series of win
try storms and Arctic chills
which have punished the na
tion's eastern half since late
Wednesday. They included 32
in Ohio, 22 in Michigan, 10
in New England, 7 each
in New York State and Indi
ana, 6 each in Pennsylvania
and Kentucky, 4 in Tennes
see, 3 each in West Virginia
and Illinois, and 2 each in
Missouri and Kansas.
The cold wave burst the
frozen water lines in Colum
bus, cutting off supplies to
the business section of the
city for six hours.
Water Pressure Low
Service was restored at
midmorning, but Mayor Ral
ston Westlake maintained a
state of emergency in Ohio's
capitol city because water
pressure in the area was dan
gerously low in case of fire.
The water famine forced
most downtown Columbus
stores and businesses to close.
Water was cut off to hotel
rooms. The water system at
the Ohio Penitentiary was
also frozen and 4,500 inmates
had no water or heat.
Cold in Florida
Elsewhere, the weather was
warmer in Anchorage, Alas
ka with 42 degrees than at
Pensacola, Fla. with a rec-
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one tnna or eiorma s nufle
tomato crop had been dam
aged by frost and heavy loss
es of snap beans and sweet
corn were reported as far
south as Okeechobee. A hard
chill settled on the state's lu
crative resort industry.
Elections Staled
In Talent Area
Two elections are sched
uled in Talent, one Jan. IS for
the South Talent Sanitary
district, and one Jan. IB for
the Talent Rural Fire district,
the county court reported to
day. The sanitary district elec
tion will be held at the Res
More Motel In Talent, and the
fire district election in the
office of the old agronomy
station on Colver rd., Talent.
Area residents attending
two recent public hearings on
formation of the districts
voiced overwhelming support.
Earlier, Consulting E n g i
neer James K. Hooey said the
proposed area had been en
larged to include the property
from the present Highway 99
to Bear creek.
Overall estimated cost for
serving the entire area with a
sewer system would be $161,-
485, without the city of Tal
ent. The proposed sewage dis
posal plant would be a lagoon
type with five-acre pond to
serve 500 people.
The general district would
be assessed for the main sewer
trunk and the residents for
laterals serving their homes,
it was explained.
Both sanitary and fire dis
tricts will elect boards of
directors.
Generally, the proposed
rural fire district would cover
the Talent and Phoenix rural
areas, according to John
Tompkins, Talent, who Is
spear heading the district
formation.
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Nikita
Policy Averted War
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said today that Russia's policy of peace
ful coexistence averted a nuclear war over Cuba. He also warned the belligerent
Chinese Communists that the American "paper tiger" has atomic teeth. He said
that Moscow will honor agreements on Cuba so long as the United States honors
them. The story is on page 2A.
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WEATHER
FOItllCAST: A titllr rain to
nl tlit. Mostly cloudy with a
few showers Thursday. Low to
night, 40-44. inch 'IhurtUay
40-JO.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 36
Loweta This Morning 31
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:30 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 1:32 a.m.
The Moon rises 6:19 p.m.
tonight and rides high.
Last Quarter .. Dec. 18
The planet.Venus,
rises 4:4.3 a.m.
and Is now 35 million miles
from the Earth. Mam, high in
south as Venus rises. Is now
S5 million miles from the
Earth.
U.S. Watching
Aga
inst Return
Of Cuba Weapons
Washington -IUPD- President
Kennedy said today the
United States is taking every
step necessary to see that of
fensive Soviet weapons are
not brought back to Cuba,
At his news conference,
Kennedy also said he was
hopeful that U.S.-Russian ne
gotiations to clear up the
Cuban situation will be suc
cessful but stood on his prev
iously announced position.
He expressed his views in
response to a question about
a statement by Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev today that
the Russians were holding the
United States to a pledge
against any invasion of Cuba.
Position Unchanged
Kennedy said he had not
yet had a chance to analyze
Khrushchev's major policy
speech with the care needed
but. said his. position was he
same '&' that e"nuiiciated at
his last news conference two
weeks ago.
At that time, the President
said that on-the-spot inspection
in Cuba would have to be
made before any formal "no
invasion" pledge could be
made by the United States.
He said today that in the
meantime the United States
taking every step neces
sary" to see that Russian
rockets and other offensive
weapons are not brought back
to Cuba.
Surveillance Conducted
He said that surveillance of
the island to check on this is
being conducted daily.
Kennedy noted that UN
Ambassador Adlai E. Steven
son and his chief Cuban ne
gotiator, John J. McCloy, are
continuing discussions with
Soviet spokesmen ' in New
York on the situation.
'I'm hopeful that the ne
gotiations in New York will
come to a successful conclu
sion," the President said.
Agate Project Land
To Be Designated
Lands to be irrigated under
the recently authorized Agate
project will be designated by
Dec. 21, according to Harold
Sexton, Rogue Rivr Valley
Irrigation district manager.
Area residents with ques
tions or those wishing to re
view the list of lands propos
ed for inclusion should visit
the RRVID district office be
fore Dec. 21, Sexton said.
Land classification maps and
the list of acreages proposed
for Inclusion are available, he
said.
Sexton said Verne Law
rence, of the Salem office of
the bureau of reclammation,
is working with the district
on the proposed land Inclu
sion list which will be fin
ished tomorrow.
Approximately 1,810 acres
of land will be brought un
der Irrigation for the first
time under the row Agate dam
project. Sexton said. It will
furnish supplementary Irriga
tion to 4.820 acres.
Higher Education To
Fight for Own Budget
Portland - WW - The State
Board of Higher Education
pledged Tuesday to battle for
its own bigger budget, and
said the legislature's verdict
will set the level of Oregon
education for a decade to
come.
Board members voted to
ask the legislature to ap
prove the board's own budget
for the 1963-65 blcnnliim In
stead of Gov. Mark Hatfield's
reduced spending plan.
Claims
Allowable
Rogue Increases
58.6 Million Feet
The annual allowable cut
on Rogue River National for
est has been increased 58.6
million board feet. Forest Su
pervisor C. E. Brown has an
nounced.
The increase from 135 to
176.4 million board feet is
part of a 124.6 million board
foot increase for the Facuic
Northwest region announced
recently by Regional Forester
Herbert Stone in Portland.
Brown pointed out that the
increase is the result of new
forest inventories and increas
ingly better utilization of in
dividual trees by the forest
industry. The new inventory
on Rogue River National for
est was completed In 1980, he
said, and showed higher vol
umes of standing timber and
better growth rates than the
original inventories indicated
in the 1930s.
Mora Timber Harvested
Because of this, he said.
more timber can be harvest
ed each year in perpetuity
without danger of depleting
the resource. The better utili
zation by the forest indus
try of material which was
once left in the woods also
contributes to the increased
cut, since more material is
now recovered from each
acre of forest land, Brown
noted.
New assigned cuts In tne
districts are APPlegate, 22 mil'
lion board feet harvest cut.
B million board feet restrict
ed area cut: Ashland. 31 MBF
'harvest cut,. ! MBF restricted
cut; Butte Falls, 30 MBF har
vest, 2 MBIT reatriciea out;
Prospect, 38 MBF harvest, 1
MBF restricted cut: ana un
ion Creek, 46.4 MBF harvest
cut, and 1 MBF restricted
cut.
The thhn ns cut in all dis
tricts will be 200,000 board
feet.
Timb.r Managamant
Additional cut oblectlves in
the forest include mortality
237 Pints of
Blood Donated
A total of 237 pints of blood
was donated In Medford dur
ing the Bloodmobilei visit
Monday and Tuesday to the
local Red Cross chapter
house.
The Bloodmobile will be In
Ashland at the Elks club from
1 until 6 o'clock this after
noon. Thursday it will move
to Grants Pass wnere it win
be at the Veterans of Foreign
Wars hall from 2 to 7 p.m.
and Friday in Cave Junction
at the American Legion hall
from 3 to 7 p.m.
Mrs. J. W. Burba, blood
program chairman, said there
were 22 rejects for various
health reasons. She said 40
pints of blood were donated
in the name of John Bratton,
route 4, box 316. Medford
logger who was injured in s
logging accident last month
in northern California.
Mrs. Burba said some per-
sons who had been unable to
attend the Medford drawing
reported they would be In
Ashland today. Jackson coun
ty needs 839 pints of blood to
replace what has Deen usea
here so far this year.
Voters in Three
Areas Approve Bonds
By Unitad Press International
Voters in Salem, OBk Grove
and Tlaard Monday approved
chool financing bonds but
similar proposals were turn
ed down by voters In Beaver
ton and Oregon City.
Three bonds totaling 12.2
million were rejected by Bea
verton School District voters.
The key proposal, a 11.9 mil
lion issue for construction of
the city's third Junior high
school, was rejected 3,063 to
1,995.
PROPOSAL ENDORSED
Salem d'PtT h Oregon
Purebred Sheep Breeders As
sociation has endorsed a pro
posal for i sales tax to be
used for education only. It
would be accompanied by
property tax reductions.
Peace
Cut in
salvage, which amounts to 2
million board feet in all but
the Applegate district, where
the cut will be 1 million board
feet, and lodgepole pine cut
of 220, 360 and 1.820 million
board feet in Butte Falls,
Prospect and Union Creek.
Brown said the harvest cut
will be made in areas desig
nated as primarily important
for timber management pur
poses. Restricted area cuts
will come from areas impor
tant for forest recreation and
is made up of dead, dying and
dangerous trees whose remov
al will make the area safer
and more attractive for rec
reational purposes.
The thinning cut, he said,
will come from stands under
70 years old and will be small
material which would die be
fore the stand reaches maturi
ty, trees of poor form, or trees
removed to promote better
growth on the leave trees.
Brown said the mortality
salvage will be dead and
down material cut from areas
not scheduled for cutting dur
ing this 10-year planning pe
riod. Lodgepole pine will be
sold it markets develop, he
added.
Three Arrested on
Jury Indictment
Grants Pass - Two 'WoWl London let it be known
Creek, men and a Rogue Rlv
er woman were arrested Tues
day after a secret grand jury
Indictment was returned
against them a few hours ear
lier in connection with a
charge of taking fish out of
the fish ladder at Savage
Rapids dam.
Arrested on a charge of per
jury were Harry Warren
Stumbo, 34, and Franklin Ed
ward Pickett, 35, . both of
Wolf Creek, Arrested on a
charge of false swearing was
Delia May Hatch, 27, of
Rogue River.
The grand Jury also Indict
ed Leo Vincent Thompson,
39, of Rogue River on a
charge of false swearing.
Thompson, however, is al
ready serving a 'sentence tn
the state penitentiary on a
charge of setting fire to for
est lands, following convic
tion in Jackson county.
Stumbo, Pickett and Miss
Hatch were freed on $500 bail
each Tuesday night. They face
arraignment in . Josephine
county circuit court Monday.
All four persons were or
iginally tried in Grants Pass
Justice court June 26 on
charges of taking fish out
of the fish ladder at Savage
Rapids dam. At that time all
four pleaded not guilty, but
were convicted by the Jury.
An appeal of the convic
tion was made to the circuit
court, but when it came up
Nov. 8, Stumbo and Pickett
changed their pleas to guil
ty. Renaming Procedure
On Meeting Agenda
The procedure for renam
lng county roads will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the
Jackson county planning
commission at 8 o'clock to
night tn the courthouse audi
torium. Also on the agenda is a dis
cussion of the public building
plan.
New Timber
Hard at Lake Taxpayers
Salem-IDTO-Taxpayers in the
Silver Lake School District of
Lake county face a $28.29 per
$1,000 assessed valuation In
crease In properly taxes for
the 1962-63 tax year as a re
sult of the Eastern Oregon
timber tax law.
Tht same law, adopted by
the 1961 legislature, result
ed In a $22.70 decrease per
$1,000 of assessed valuation
In Lake county's Vernon
School District.
A study of effects of the
new law was released today
by the State Tax Commission.
The report refers to tht 17
Eastern Oregon counties con
Skybolt Missile
Project Plans
Irritate British
Threat To Use of
British Bases Seen
Washington - (UPD - Anglo
American relations were chill
ed to the near-freezing point
today by U.S. threats to kill
the Skybolt missile on which
Britain has staked Its nuclear
future.
Rescuing the rocket project
from oblivion will be at the
top of Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan's agenda when he
goes to Nassau for conference
with President Kennedy start
ing a week from today.
By London accounts, De
fense Secretary Robert S. Mc
Namara was subjected to as
icy a reception as an Ameri
can has had in Britain's capi
tal in many a year when he
stubbornly expressed his con
viction Tuesday that the mis
sile was no longer needed.
Counted on Skybolt
A British spokesman said
that Defense Minister Peter
Thorneycroft left McNamara
' under no illusions whatever
to the consequences of
American cancellation of the
missile. Britain has counted
on the Skybolt as Its chief
deterrent weapon from the
mld-60s into the 1970's.
Britain's decision to arm Its
Vulcan bombers with the
1,000-mile range ballistic mis
siles grew out of the 1960
Camp David, Md., conference
between former Presi dent
Dwight D. Eisenhower and
Macmillan.
When questions were raised
in the House of Commons in
1961 as to whether America
would carry out the weapon's
development, the then Brit
ish Defense Minister Harold
Watkinson said: "The sugges- ,
tion that the United States
would repudiate agreements
It had made with us on this
matter will be treated with
the contempt' it deserves In
London and Washington."
- 1 Tuesday that if the United
States dropped the Skybolt
project there would be an
"agonizing reappraisal" of the
n II If i u - niueiii'tfu auiainc
This was viewed as a threat to
the future of America's bomb
er and nuclear submarine
bases in the British Isles.
Five Failures
The Skybolt has had five
failures in five attempted
tests, but technical difficul
ties were not considered to be
the chief reason that McNa
mara has left new funds for
the missile out of his tentative
budget for next year.
The London conference
Tuesday and reports about the
Skybolt's dark future which
preceded it have raised two
key questions here to which
answers are not yet available:
-Does the United States .
want Britain to get out of the
strategic nuclear deterrent
business? Britain's spokesman
said Tuesday "It is our inten
tion to stay In the independ
ent deterrent business.
-Is a new strategic shift In
the making in the United
States, with emphasis almost
entirely on intercontinental
missiles and Polaris subma
rines, with manned bombers
making a hastier exit than
previously planned? The U. S.
Air Force fears It, and a warm
controversy can be expected
In Congress where the ending
of B52 bomber production
and the administration's re
sistance to pushing the RS70
warplane were bitterly pro
tested this year.
Hatfield Says Labor
Study 'Waste of Time'
Salem-OIFD-Gov. Mark Hat
field today termed an "assin
Ine waste of time" a Board of
Control staff study which in
dicated replacing of prison
and state ward labor could
cost more than $18.2 million
a blennlum.
Tax Law Hits
taining 131 elementary or uni
fied school districts.
The Eastern Oregon law
provides for a 5 per cent sev
erance tax on timber at the
time it is harvested, In lieu
of the ad vadorem tax on
standing timber.
The legislature adopted the
law on a conservation measure
and to stabllze the timber in
dustry. Lake County was hard hit
by the tax. Lake County As
sessor Harold Langslet said
the new law resulted in a tax
loss of $133,870 to the county.
Deschutes and Jefferson
counties were also hard hit
by the new timber tax law.