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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2S. 1962 PP&Lto Spend Up- To $58 Million on Building System Portland Pacific Power and Light company reported recently its system-wide con struction program for 1963 will require the outlay of al most S58.000.000 for the pow er generating, transmission and distribution facilities that will be needed to provide the increasing amounts of elec tricity being used by its cus tomers. President D. R McClung said the company's expendi tures for the improvement and expansion of the capacity of existing distribution and transmission installations throughout its service areas will be a record one-year total. In terms of construction wages to be paid and pur chases of materials in the re gion the PP&L program will he one of the largest in the Northwest, he said. Funds for Symterns McClung said that in addi tion to the work for the elec tric system serving 391,000 customers in parts of the six states in which it operates, t lie program includes funds for the 11 water systems lo cated in several states, a tele phone system in Kalispell. Mont., and central steam sys tems in Yakima, Wash., and Portland. Approximately $28,000,000 has been budgeted to carry forward power generation and major transmission proj ect begun in the past year, in cluding a 200,000-kilowatt ex pansion of a coal-fired gen erating plant in its Wyoming system. Additional funds are allo cated for research work un der wav at a coal by-product pilot plant located near PP&L's Wyoming coal field and other investigations relat ed to industrial raw materials and other prospects for indus trial growth in PP&L's serv ice territory. r. 03, . k if. 1 K a - fc.'v ' f, I , vw f ' -rfx- 1 ALL QUIET ON WATERFRONT It was mighty quiet along the New York a deserted section of piers in Brooklyn Monday. The Manhattan watertronl because of the dockworkers' strike. 'I his was the scene along is in the background. tUPl) skyline Plans for Bidders Hot Requirement Salem-ilTH-A school board ir- not required to furnish plans and specifications to prospective bidders, Attorney llnliert Y. Thornton said in an opinion today. The district attorney of Clackamas county had asked if it was the duty of school boards to furnish blueprints and other paraphernalia at public expense. Thornton said the statute requires plans or specifica tions to be included in the no tice of bidding, or to refer in terested persons to the public nttice where the specifications may be inspected. Claussen Quits as Executive of GOP Snlcm -'i;PI- Jerry Claussen, field representative and exec utive director of the Republi can State Central committee for the past 1R months, an nounced today he was resign ing effective Dec. 3 1 . A former newsman with Population in Jackson County Shows Increase Portland - IUM - The popu lation of Oregon was 1,825, 138 on July 1. 1962, the Ore gon State Board of Census said today. The figure represents an in crease of 7.5 per cent and Lane county jumped by 10 9 per cent, the board said. Jefferson county, with con struction under way ai Round Butte dam. increased 38.5 per cent in population, the high est rate in the state, followed by Sherman county, also with a construction boom, at 18. 1 per cent, the -hoard said. Increases of 7 per cent or more occurred in Benton, Jackson," Marion, Polk, Wash ington, and Yamhill counties. Twenty counties increased in population and 16 de creased. The largest drop was in Clatsop county where a loss' of 14 per cent occurred. Lin coln. Tillamook. Cons. Curry and Douulas counties showed losses. The largest total population gain for the year ending July 1. I!J62, of an single city was registered al Corvallis which gained 3,283, mostly by an nexation. Lake Oswego and Milwau kie entered the over 10,000 category with Milwaukie be coming the 11th ranked city in Oregon. Roscburc took over 10th place. People Warned of Effects of Alcohol "Widespread ignorance of the effect of alcohol on driv ing abilities is an important factor in many holiday traffic mishaps," Charles P. Champ lin, chief of the Medford Po lice department said today. "Too many motorists are under the mistaken impres sion that an evening of moder ate drinking does not impair their driving ability." Champ lin noted that studies show that even small amounts of liquor have a "slowing" effect on drivers' reaction time and judgment. While all drinking drivers are a potential hazard on the Policeman Slain In Family Quarrel Soattlc-'liPl) -Gene Spear, 54. ,a member of the Seattle police ! force for 21 years, was shot Ihr Salem Capital Journal, he ' t0 drath with his own service will remain in Salem in the (revolver in the climax to a news -public relations field, i Clau.-st n said. Claussen was appointed ex ecutive director in May, Rnsign.i'inns nf three slate central ci'mmitlee leaders. Fo.-:rr A n d c r s o n. Eugene; Wapp C'i'v. Corvallis. and Mrs. Dnnald Richardson, Sa- lcm. a! mi were announced. Republican s'ate headquar- j trr ;1I rrmain in Salem. ! C1hi(m said, but the month- i ly party magazine has been ' temporarily discontinued. Claussen said the state cen tral committee will meet here i Jan. 12 to seek a solution to; the group's financial problem, i Christmas day family quarrel last night. Spear's wife Lorraine, 2fi. was being held today for ques tioning in connection with the slaying The King county coroner's of i ice said Spear, a member of oft dutv. was Mint once in the Jirir right side nf the chest with a ,:ifl caliber rrvolver. Police said Mrs Spear sum- Jake the Barber Receives Pardon From Kennedy Beverly Hills, Calif-HIPD-John (Jake the Barber) Factor relumed to his home today with the "best Christmas pres ent ever" a pardon from President Kennedy that spar ed him from possible deporta tion. It was confirmed in Palm Beach. Fla., Tuesday, where the President spend the holi days, that Kennedy had grant ed Factor a Christmas pardon on a 1943 mail fraud convic tion. The pardon, in effect, nulli fied deportation proceedings against the Southern Cali fornia millionaire thai were begun only last week by the U. S. Immigration Service. The proceedings were based on the conviction. 'Just Wonderful' Factor was ecstatic over the news nf the pardon. When told by United Press Interna tional at Palm Springs. Calif., where he spent Christmas. Factor called the pardon "ju?t wonderful." "It's just about loo much for one man to cet tt Christ mastime.' h said, shortly be fore returning to his homo I'm very cr.Ueful. I knew il would all come o'.it right some day " Factor served nine yetrs in federal prison for ron ic road, law enforcement officers and safety officials are par ticularly concerned with the "social drinker" and his ap parent ignorance of what one or two drinks can do to his coordination and decision making abilities. While the weaving, horn blowing, light-blinking "life of the party" is easy to spot when he gets behind the wheel, the mildly intoxicated driver is quite unobtrusive -until he has an accident. Champlin warned all Med ford area motorists to elimi nate their holiday drinking if i they plan to do any driving. I He also cautioned all motor-1 ists and pedestrians to be especially watchful for the erratic movements of obvious ly intoxicated drivers and to report them to police as soon as possible. "Once an intoxicated driver is behind the wheel, our warn ing program has to stop and our enforcement program must begin," Champlin said. l-n 1 ' f I . " I . f V " 1 lr v 1 V. , . e' ( , I l.' -' , r f $ " , f ' 1 h 1 A: 1 Airman Held in Murder Spends Day With Family Mountain Home, Idaho -HTH - The central figure in the celebrated civil nshts case at Mountain Home Air Force Base spent Christmas Day with members of his family. A-lc Gerald M. Anderson was joined at the Mountain Home Air Force Base stock ade by his father, Martin An derson, San Bernardino, Calif., and his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Braden of Colton, Calif. His wife and her three children spent Christmas in Ogden, Utah, with her parents. Anderson, 25-ycar-old serv iceman from San Diego, Calif., is waiting in the base stock ade to see if he will be tried for a double murder. Transcript Studied While he waits, Air Force officers are studying the lengthy transcript of a hear ing conducted to determine if the airman will stand a gen eral court martial for the mur ders of Mrs. Nancy Joy John son and her small son, Danny, at Mountain Home last April a Anderson was freed of a charge of knifing to death Mrs. Johnson by a civilian court after the crimes were confessed by 2-year-old Theo dore Thomas Dickie, a Boise jail prisoner. After Dickie confessed, An derson contended the Air Force coerced him into mak ing his own admission of the murder of Mrs. Johnson. The charge has led to a civil rights investigation by the Justice Department and threats of probes by two congressional committees. The Air Force says it will be several weeks before they will be able to announce whether or not they will bring Anderson to trial. Elmore county authorities have charged Dickie with the John son murders. CELEBRATES 100TH STAMPS BRING NEW BUS Monroe, Wis. - iUPIi - Mrs. i Ventura, Calif. - il'Pli - Tiie Carl Marty celebrated her j parents guild of Our Lady ut 100th birthday anniversary the Assumption School ha 9 on Christmas Day by watch-i bought a new school bus -ing television as she always I with 3.570 books of trading does, without glasses. 'stamps. LOSES WALLET Los Angeles -HOT- Eugene Moneymaker, 35, hopes today he can live up to his name -and fast. He lost his wallet the day before Christmas and it contained $400 earmarked for gifts. REACHES BAHAMAS The Nina II has crossed the Atlantic Ocean safely to reach San Salvador, Bahamas, where its crew recnactcd the landing of Chrislonher Columbus 470 years ago. The vessel, a tiny round-bottom square-rigger, is a replica of Columbus's smallest ship. (UPI) CPS I33I I939 IB'.O I94I I942 S I944 I94S I946 1947 194S I949 19S0 I9SI I9S2 I9S3 I9S4 I9SS Htl 9S7 195S Not a penny lost Since Mo I, when Congress established the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, ho one Uns ever loul a penny in insured savings accounts in any of America's F.S. L.I.C.-Insured Savings and Loan Associations. We are F.S. L.I.C.-Insured and we offer excellent earnings, too! 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Wayne Mnrse .D-Ore ) said to day that the General Services Administration has apprnvid plans for a new federal office building at Baker He said the plans called for the building to be constructed at a cost of S.'i.VI.BOO to house p.rsonnel of tne departments of agriculture and interior . Morse said 1h project would be submitted next year to Congress Vii't i fiy",l m ml nil., -"'a. WIDE CL eA RA ! C LASHED IN EVERY DEPARTMENT PUBLIC PARKS Wahinctnn Public prks nf Ihr f S romprisp niore land than the combined arrs nf Vermont, New Hamphitc, M;isach tint's. Htuv'f lsla:iti, C"rnnri ticut. Driawarp and ha if of rv Jrrjwy. if IT'
