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.
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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.
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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)
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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! Where
you save dnrt make a diffcrcnee!
0 Investment made by the
tenth earns at of the first
CURRENT DIVIDEND 4 PER ANNUM
"OIL TO BURN"
Mobilhett
S & H Green Stamps
MEDFORD FUEL CO.
772-2111
and LOAN ASSOCIATION
201 West 6th
Ft Cutlomir Parking in Our Lot
Robert F. Kyle, Mgr.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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....men inem aner ine snoot- ,i)n sl,KQvM ,.., invo,v.
ing. They lound Snears body inR rP.fale, nf ,,ondr wllirkv
sprawled in the living room Certificates. The complicated
beside a brightly - lighted schrmP involved inducing per
Christmas tree and next to 5on, t0 turn nvrr rr,-tifratc.
piles of presents which Spear, ( which in turn wive ottered
his wife and daughter. Susie, i or sajc tn ntorr than one pcr
13. had unwrapped earlier in son
Hie day. The Iowa indirtmcnl in
cluded at least two dozen
counts, each representing a
different mailing
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Bsker Building
Approved by GSA
Washington 'Tt - Sen.
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
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land than the combined arrs
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