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SPECIAL SESSION SEEN IF TAXES REJECTED Message Carries
Most Requests
Salem -m- Gov. Mark Hut
field said Monday he would
have to consider the possibil
ity of catling a special session
if voters reject lax increases
expected to be enacted by the
current legislature.
Hatfield made the comment
at a press conference when
asked if he agreed with
House Speaker Clarence Bar
ton (D-Coquillc), thai cutbacks
might have to be made in
basic school support.
Barton proposed basic
school support should be cut
if voters rejected tax increas
es. Barton termed it the only
fair way to have everyone
share in cutbacks.
Hatfield iiicl as governor he
would first have to consider
the question of cutbacks in
slate services, and might have
to call a special session.
He said lie would be in a
bcltc. position to judge Hie
"trend" of current revenues
after the end of the month.
Hatfield has not yet announc
ed where the SI. 7 million in
cutback? announced last week
will be made.
Hatfield said he felt the
suggestion of Sen. Alfred Cor.
bell (D-Porlland) lo finance
classroom construction from
tuition fees "only postponed"
the question.
"We ought to face up to the
real question and vole on the
bund program 1 recommend
ed." He said "we will make a
jiilch" for a special in-sessiou
tax election during committee
hearings on tax bills.
Halfield. referring to tax
bills already submitted, said
the key part of his legislative
program had already been in
troduced. He said "it depends on the
timing" whether he would
commute death sentences if
the capital punishment issue
went to the voters. "I canitct
commute on a temporary ba
sis, I cannot postpone a deci-
, sum. he explained.
I The governor said "all in
! volved" are greatly concerned
' in protecting the future of the
I task assigned to the Oregon
Primate Center, and "the fu
ture and career of a very bril
liant scientist, Dr. Donald
Pickering.
He said "we are closer lo
resolving" the dispute at the
center.
Hatfield said a counter pro
posal to the Corps of Engi
neers was being made con
cerning the Boardman project
and use of waterfront proper
ty. lie si) id "we are hopeful
that if the corps accepts, that
Boeing will continue to cooperate."
WRESTLERS ARRIVE Eight Japanese
youlhs. who arc national wrestling cham
pions in their country arrived at Mcdford
High school this morning. Mcdford High
School Wresllina Coach Ralph Monroe is
shown greeting them as they got off the
bus in the picture above. The visitors will
compete with Mcdford High school wres
tlers at Hcdrick Junior High school gyam
nasium at 8 o'clock tonight. Reported to
be extremely clever, the Japanese wres
tlers have won all their matches during
their tour of Oregon.
Portland Schools
Closed Following
Monday Snowfall
Portland - l - Western j
OrpL'nn'is hifypM snow of whiit
has been a drv winter snarled I Between six and eight inch
traffic, closed schools and con- j cs of snow is expected to blan
tribulcd tu at least one death. kel the Mcdford area tonight
The sun broke out over the I and tomorrow, according lo
Portland area today and chilly I the U. S. weather bureau sta
casl winds whipped down the ! lion at the Mcdford airport.
Columbia Gorge over a snow- i About one inch fell here
fall that measured from two last night, resulting in hazard
to six inches in the cily. The ous traffic conditions,
snow ranged throughout West- j The snowcover also resulted
crn Oregon. in a plea from C. C. Hoover,
All Portland public schools i Eagle Point, for county resi-
closcd because of hazardous
Iralfic conditions, as (I'd some
Heavier Snowfall
Expected in Area
Yonight,Tcmorrow
suburban sdmoU. Portland
Slate rollcsc also shut down.
Accidents Reported
Iural schools in Polk and
lM:irkm counties closed but
Knlem and Corvallis schools
were open.
A rash of traffic accidents
y;is reported.
Orville William Laphani,
5'), Boring, was dead on ar
rival at a hospital alter a two
car colh-ion 10 miics east of
Oregon City. Sheriff's officers
said icy roads and snow con
tributed lo tlie accident. Four
persons were hurt, none criti
cally, when a car struck an
icy spot north of Vancouver,
Vah., and roiled down a 1!U0
f tol embankment.
Slcdder Hurl
Bradley Smith. :M, Port
land sulfered facial injuries
viien liislcd struck a parked
ca r.
Service station alien dan Is
In downtown Portland ran
tv. o hours be hind in putting
f)ii chains before the evening
Irallic rush Mondav.
The weather man ;od oc
casional lb:hl snow would eon
linuc m southern Ore"n to
day, Willi I reeinu I em pe ra
in res over the stale tonicjil.
Another storm front is ap
proaching from the south and
Js c.Nperied to move inland
Jale Wednesday but this one
should bripir rain west of the
Cascades, the weather man
ha id.
dents to provide feed for
birds. Bad driving conditions
from the snow, and the pros
pect of heavier amounts of
snow resulted in cancellation
of adult education classes
sponsored by the Med ford
school district.
Grants Pass reported about
a quarter of an inch of snow,
and Ashland reported only a
trace.
Heavier in Mounlains
Last night's snow was heav
ier in the mountains. Eight j the birds.
seven al Prospect. Howard
Prairie got one inch.
Most of the expected heavy
snow during the next 24 hours
will fall tonight and tomorrow
morning, the weather bureau
predicted.
The snow, combined with
below freezing temperatures,
made roads in both Jackson
and Josephine counties slick.
The first and second grades
in the Grants Pass eily school
district were closed today.
State police advised motor
ists to carry chains, but chains
were not required this morn
ing on any highways in south
western Oregon.
Bird-Feeding Program
Hoover said this morning"
he will conduct his annual
bird-feeding program with the
Boy Scouts and school chil
dren, but meanwhile urged
people to save table scraps for
Bill To limit Open
Season on Deer Slated
S;U :;i ".Ti H':i Ki Uder
fTi-Eu'.-i i.ei sud todjty he will
I-iibuM a bill lo limit the ;pcn
Feason on ri.-cr iiud elk to a
tutal cl i;i d..y
lie ;ud he is having the
bill dialled at the roqueM of
t ie Lane couiny chapter of
Tic On 4011 Stale Fish and
Game council
i inches fell at Craler Lake and
i
j Summary of Study
I Of Decline Ready
! A complete summary of in
J vesications pertaining to pear
' decline in Oregon between
I ! 058 and intil lias been pub-
lished by the Oregon State
' university agricultural experi
ment station.
The special report was writ
ten by Henry llartman, OSU
professor emeritus of horti
; culture, wiio headed up Hie
investigation into the pear
tree disorder,
j llartman reports his investi
gations pertaining to true dc
; cline and psylla shock, of dis
orders associated w-illi decline,
root and trunkslock investiga
tions and work pertaining to
Ihe identification of true de
cline. His work was financd
I in part by funds from the
! F r 11 i t Growers' League of
! Jackson county.
This is the fust publication
which draws together in fine
report all of the work which
; llartman did during that
three-year period and is val
uable as a reference, accord
ing lo Dr. S. B. Apple. Jr.,
head of the OSU department
of horticulture. Pear growers
and others interested in the
report may obtain copies by
writing to the OSU depart
ment ol Horticulture, Corv.il-
! hs.
Hoover recommended hang
ing suet from trees and using
opened egg cartons as feeders.
By feeding late and in thick
brush and verry vines, resi
dents in areas containing large
flocks of starlings can avoid
feeding those birds, he said.
Mcdford street crews began
sanding and putting salt on a
number of cily streets during
the middle of the night, ac
cording to Public Works Di
rector Vernon Thorpe.
Two trucks spread sand on
streets without curbs, Thorpe
said. Salt was sprinkled at in
tersections, on bridges and
throughout the central busi-
j ncss district.
ITEMS FRO
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Airport Study Group
Named by Dunlevy
Mcdford Mayor James Dun
levy yesterday announced ap
pointment of a committee to
study conditions at the Mcd
ford airport.
Named to the committee
were City Councilman Hobert
Cunningham, Dick Alley, a
private pilot, and Bob Larson,
a base operator al the airport.
City Manager Robert Duff.
Airport Manager Gilbert J.
Gutjahr and Dunlevy will
work with the commillc.
Dunlevy formed the group
as a result of some recent ac
cusations made by Brian
Douglass, former manager of
Rogue (Tying Service, that
rales charged the base ope-,
ators al Ihe airport by the city
were untair.
oicce
AROUND TX1 OIOBI
LAUNCH Or SATELLITE POSTPONED
C.ipc Canaveral, Fla.-M'l-U. S. scientists today postponed
for about one week their plant lo orbit a new complex
communications satellite.
The ldun:hii-j cf the 150 pound Syncom "space switch
board.'' oricmally set lor Keb. 6. is expected about Feb, 13,
informed sources sjid.
NUCLEAH TEST
Urn
Un:tea
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PROSPECTS SAID GOOD
Nalions. N.V.-ll'l-Secrelary General Than! of the
!icn said todi-y that prospects for a nuclear test
;;-.cr.t a.e ' much hl3her than at any time in
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V.-r:
petition
for a v:
fro
fro-i. the K'
talc:, tried ti.
if sigiitit'j.-c.
r;n petition cipculated
:: n-f r -Liberals tody circulated i round-robin
. 7".:d :c c-t majority ci Ihe Senate on record
!dv-; o !";h:cmng its anli filibuster rule,
"j 1.7 Scr-.t!t r.;ic and U:k ol a helping hand
;-n;-.rcry ddnnnistrriiicn, lh rulcchangej advo
l:.e Cfvice ol gniuig an unofficial commilmonl
Adult Education
: Classes Cancelled
Adult evening crlucH'ion
' cIims poriMrrd by the Mrd
fird school district hnvc boon
cam Tiled for the remainder
nf the week. Lind;ty Vinsel,
d. rector of adult education,
announced this inormnu.
The present term of even-
' intf cla!-r; started lat week.
j Vin.-el aid this wo-k s clas
hes were cancelled bocau.-c of
v.eathor
Slippery ro,id !a-t nitfht
ca ;.- d cop,.-(del uhle concern
amon,; t.Ia,--c.. V:;i-c ;nid.
':(r prnp et for
pie of da s are not
Senate Approves
Legislative Pay;
Sent To Hatfield
Salem-iOT-The Senalc pass
ed and sent lo the governor
for signature today the con
troversial legislative pay bill.
Senators voted 17 to 12 to
adopt the measure, and also
voted to appropriate S1.-25.-000
to finance the legislature
through June 30.
Both bills first were intro
duced in the House. The pay
bill passed the House 41-18
after heated debate.
Senate action on the meas
ure seemed almost routine
compared to the hassle which
developed in the House.
Sen. Al Flcgel (D-Roscburg)
moved for passage.
Voices Opposition
Sen. Glen Stadler (D-Eu-gene)
voiced opposition and
said pay increases should be
adopted in step form - S15 a
day expenses and SI, 500 a
year salary this session, and
then lo S3'000 a year an ' S20
a day expenses next session.
Sen. Thomas Mahoney (D
Portland) said prolonged de
bate would not change any
one's mind, and called for an
immediate vote.
The measure which now
goes to Gov. Mark Hatfield
for signature, calls for a
S3.000 a year salary and S20
a day expenses for not more
than 120 days.
Other Action
In other Senate action to
day, Mahoney submitted a
bill requested by the Oregon
Bar providing a death sen
tence shall be stayed if .an
appeal is taken. The bill also
prescribes the procedure for
staying of sentences in other
cases in event of an appeal.
Sen. Vera Cook (D-Grcsh-am)
introduced a bill lo in
crease the maximum on vet
erans' home loans from SI3,
500 lo $15,000, and farm
loans from 530,000 to S40.000.
Rep. Howard Willits ID
Portland) and 31 other repre
sentatives and three senators
submitted a bill which would
keep the racing commission
from granting more than one
race meet license for every
400,000 population, or more
than one race meet of a class
within 100 miles of each other
in the same year. Race meets
at state or county fairs are
exempted. This would affecl
a proposed dog racing plant
al Wilsonvillc in Clackamas
county.
Election Pay Bill
Rep. Philip D. Lang (D
Portland) introduced a bill to
raise the minimum pay for
election board clerks from SI
lo SI. 25 per hour and from SB
lo $10 a day.
A bill by Rep. Robert Pack
wood (R-Portland) would
raise the total base year earn
ings needed to qualify for un
employment compen s a t i o n
benefits from $700 to $1,200.
BODY FOUND
Kenosha. Wis. - qjpli - The
lime-coated body of missing
juke box distributor Anthony
J. (Tony) Bicrnat was found
Monday nighl in a vacant
house on the abandoned Bong
Air Force Base.
BRITAIN LOSES
FOR COMMON
BIO
MARK
ET
Talks Collapse
As De Gaulle
Ignores Appeals
Brussels. Belgium - ll'Pli -Britain's
bid lo enter the Eu
ropean Common Market today
ended in failure, scuttled by
President Charles dc Gaulle
of France.
France ignored a last-ditch
appeal from the United Stales
in behalf of Britain and brush
ed aside Ihe Washington warn
ing thai banning Britain from
the market could imperil the
Atlantic alliance.
Talks Collapse
Talks among the foreign
ministers of the six market
nations collapsed in failure
after a series of "crisis" meet
ings Monday and today.
Five members of the Euro
pean Economic Community
West Germany, Belgium, Hol
land, Luxembourg and Italy
wanted Britain in; France did
not.
The five failed to convince
France that further discus
sions should be held on Brit
ain's admission. De Gaulle felt
that 15 months of talks were
enough.
Wanted Special Treatment
Britain wanted entry with
special provisions to protect
its domestic agriculture and
commonwealth trade. France
said it must come in without
special arrangements.
When the long talks failed
to make progress, the other
five members of the market
proposed that the executive
commission of the EEC re
capitulate developments and
hold more talks in a lew
weeks.
Said Not Ready
Dc Gaulle has said Britain
is not ready lor admission
now, and wanted no more
talks in the foreseeable future.
He remained adamant in
the face of pressure from all
sources, including the United
Stales.
The move could change the
economic and political face of
Europe and the shape of the
Atlantic alliance with the
United States.
A final meeting, attended
by the six market members
and Britain, wound up with
France effectively vetoing
London's bid lor entry.
The final collapse was fore
shadowed when West German
Vice Chancellor Ludwig Er
hard said earlier "all hopes
arc gone."
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FOUR CHILDREN DIE
Puyallup. Wash. -il'Pli-Four
children died in an early
morning fire which swept
through the two-story frame
home of Mr. and Mrs. Hurley
Spencer here today.
Tension Increased
In Southeast Asia
By Borneo Claims
Tokyo-lll'li-Tension mount
ed in Southeast. Asia today
over rival claims to portions
of rugged Borneo, the world's
third largest island.
The dispute involved Indo
nesia, Britain, Malaya and
The Philippines in varying
roles.
Indonesian Army Chief of
Staff Maj. Gen. Achmad Jani
flew to Pontianak in western
Borneo for an inspection trip
Support Urged To
Change Date ol
Primary Election
Salem -H'Pli- "This will
greatly cut down on the tur
moil of the election period,"
Rep. Jake Bennett said Mon
day as he urged support of
a bill to move Oregon's pri
mary election date from May
to September.
The Portland Democrat tes
tified before the House Elec
tions committee.
"This is the people's bill,"
he said.
He said the change would
eliminate "long drawn - out
campaigns," reduce the "al
most prohibitive cost," and
let public officials spend more
time tending to the people's
business instead of campaigning.
Alternate Method
Bennett said the committee
would have lo work out an
alternate way of electing dele
gates lo presidential nominat
ing conventions.
J. D. McDonald of Ihe Ore
gon AFL-CIO endorsed the
proposal.
Slate Elections Director
Jack Thompson, however, said
a massive revision of Ore
gon s election laws would be
required lo implement a
change in the primary elec
tion date.
He said It would take a long
lime to draw up the changes
-- more than the present ses
sion. The committee did not take
any action.
Forget the Snow: Spring's On
Its Way; The Herons Are Back
and t!lr wr
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By KATHERINE CHAPMAN
Mail Tribune Correipondenl
llornbiook -"Whatever Happened lo the
Baby Cranes1'' Why, they've come back
home to raise more baby cranes
And the Great Blue Herons are back'
(There are those who call them "Cranes,"
but Ihe bird hooks say "No").
Bob Church and hi.s crew of weather
merchants al the Mcdford airport can talk
all lliey want about ' continued cold " winter
weather but. "Mother know bet"- Moth
er Nature, that is. Let the cold nip us every
night - come daytime and Minshine, and
unmistakable first ofl stirrings of spring
are on cveiy hand Yellow-hammer scream
at each other in the Iranu work nf the wind
mill, or do noc-riie from the top down
into t'ne furrow of dead have.- blown along
Ihe lence-line then let slr-cpui; bui;s ix .
ware of that trip-hammer bill: Two white
crowned sparrows are Milium on the wood
pile, giving each other the eye; object, math
nionv M adow-iarhs. and ihe t cr-prcscnt
starling'- those black sin p of the bird
world -waddle along side by side among
the brown uead weeds in Ine fields.
I
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Now and then a mcadowlark Is over
come by the spirit of spring and the pure
gold notes of his joyous spring song pour
forth from his equally pure gold bosom.
Small boys go hop-skipping by on their
way to school Willi their hmy new Christ
mas baseball bats and mills held proudly
over their shoulders - each one sure he'll
be Ihe "Mickey Mantle" of the schoolyard
this year.
But for llnrnhrookers, the real proff that
spring is Jusl around the corner Is when
the lirst Greal Blue Heron appears in the
tall pines in the cemetery, duly chroniciled
in the Mail Tribune each year It was on
Feb 4 last year, and on Jan 311 the year
bffore that Ihe fust one was spotted. Some
thing Mirrcd in Ihcir breasts a little earlier
this year, as it w-as early on the morning
of Jan. 24. that the first scout showed up,
followed on Jan. L'H by three more.
And as spring steps up if tempo, more
nd more v ill join these tally birds until
Ihe heronry will have its normal popula
tion of these magnificent, dignee1 heralds
of spring,
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aimed specially al "that sec
lion bordered on the turbu
lent northern segment of Bor
neo," according to Radio Indo
nesia. Indonesia controls the south
ern two-thirds of Borneo. Eng
land dominates the orthcrn
third through two colonics -Sarawak
and North Borneo -and
the oil-rich protectorate
ol Brunei.
Reports from Indonesia said
lens of thousands of volun
teers have offered to Join na
tionalist jungle units to "lib
erate" Brunei from British
rule,
Britain alcrlcd 2,000 stra
tegic reserve troops in Lon
don for possible Southeast
Asia duty if the situation gets
worse. Airborne British infan
trymen were airlifted lo Bru
nei over the week end from
Singapore.
In Malaya. Prime Minister
Tcngku Abdul Rahman told
a news conference Ihe Brit
ish troop movements were
connected with Indonesia's vit
riolic attacks on Malaya and
the proposed Malaysia Fed
eration. The federation is scheduled
for creation sometime this
year. 11 would include Ma
laya, Singapore, Sarawak,
North Borneo and possibly
Brunei.
A rebellion broke out in
Brunei and areas of Sarawak
and North Borneo last month,
led by nationalists oprjosinc
both British rule and inclusion
in Malaysia.
The Philippines, which star
lied the British government
by claiming North Borneo laic
last year, Monday formally
presented the claim in London.
Newbry Introduces
Bill on Explosives
Salem -IUPD- Penalties for
abandoning or carelessly stor
ing explosives would be stif
fened under a bill introduced
today by Sen. L. W. Newbry,
R-Ashland.
Newbry said every year
children in Oregon suffer
blindness or loss of limbs from
handling explosives such as
blasting caps.
Newbry said Improperly
stored dynamite presents a
hazard to hunters and range
animals and wildlife.
He said 1 1 cattle died in the
Applegatc area of Oregon last
year from eating abandoned
dynamite.
PICKET BILL OFFERED
Salem-itPli- A bill lo prohi
bit labor unions from hiring
"professional pickets" was
proposed today by Rep. Phil
Lang, (D-Porlland),
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Four Pultiier Prizes
Poet Robert Frost
Loses Lengthy
Battle (or Life
Boston - lUI'll - Robert Frost,
America's unofficial poet
laureate whose warmth and
honesty bridged the gulf be
tween nations torn by cold
war hostilities, died early to
day at the age of 88.
Authorities al Peter Bent
Brigham hospital said the
craggy, white-haired poet - a
friend of President Kennedy
and a "friendly rival" of So
viet Premier Nikita S. Khru
shchev - succumbed at 1:50
a.m. (EST).
Frost's death, apparently
caused by blood clols which
cnlered his lungs, ended a
seven-week balllc against a
scries of critical complica
tions which arose from major
surgery to remove a blockage
of the urinary tract last Dec.
10.
Frost's four Pulitzer Prizes
stand as a monument to his
poetic genius, and in the
waning years of his life he be
came a symbol of Internation
al good will.
Death came a little less
than two years after Frost's
unprecedented appearance at
President Kennedy's inaugu
ration. Few who watched the
ceremonies on that hitler cold
January day in 1061 will for
get the sight of Frost, defeat
cd by the sun's glare from
reading a poem specially writ
ten for the occasion, recited
from memory his famed work,
"The Gift Outright."
Frost and Interior Secretary
Stewart M. Udall spent 10
days in the Soviet Union, last
Aug. 28 to Sept. 9. as part of
an exchange program be
tween this country and Russia.
Made Previously
Parochial Dispute
Left Unsettled
Washington -1PH- President
Kennedy today offered Con
gress an education package
that would double Drcscnt
federal school aid snendins.
It was erected bv a threaten
ed revival of a religious dis
pute which killed its prede
cessor. Kennedy submitted the pro
gram with the promise that
it would give every American
a chance to learn more, earn
more and live better.
Less than an hour .fter his
message wag received in Con
gress. Chairman Adam C.
Powell. (D-N.Y.) of the House
Education and Labor Com
mittee said the program was
dead unless the dispute over
aid to parochial schools was
solved first.
But Senate Democratic
Whip Hubert H. Humphrey
(Minn.) told reporters he be
lieved Kennedy's over-all pro
gram has "belter than a 50-50
chance of being adopted" and
that some of its proposals
have a "very, very good
chance."
"I commend the President,"
he said. "Our educational
needs are increasing, not de
creasing. Congress will have
to come to grips with it
sooner or laler."
The President asked for a
catchall school aid bill that
would provide new assistance
about equal to the $1.5 billion
already being spent on educa
tion each year by the federal
government.
The bill carried - with
some notable concessions -nearly
every education re
quest Kennedy has made
since taking office two years
ago. It also carried most of the
controversy, including the bit
ter public parochial school
dispute, that killed off the en
tire Kennedy education pro
gram in the last Congress.
The legislation outlined In
cKnnedy's education message
would help pay for new class
rooms, laboratories, libraries
and shops; provide higher pay
and better training for teach
ers; and open new sources ot
funds for college students.
Unofficially, its total cost
over three to four years
would be about $5 billion.
The program was tailored
to meet some of the congres
sional objections that have
dogged school aid proposals
from both Democratic and Re
publican presidents. These
changes may get some parts ot
the program through Con
gress. But it carried little promise
for an end to the church-state
fight for aid to grade and
high schools. Kennedy asked
for a four-year, $1.5 billion
program to help public
schools build classrooms and
raise teacher pay. The pro
gram was smaller and cheap
er than in 1961. Unlike past
requests, he did not give his
reasons this time for seeking
no direct aid to private and
parochial schools.
However, the President
made it clear he regarded
Congress as duty-bound to
face and resolve the religious
dispute as well as others fac
ing school aid proposals.
"We can no longer afford
the luxury of endless debate
over all the sensitive ques
tions raised by each new pro
posal," he said.
The federal government . . .
has clearly not met its respon
sibilities in education," the
President said.
Warning that "Ignorance
and illiteracy . . . breed fail
ures," the President said his
bill would Increase the edu
cational opportunities of "po
tentially every American." He
said this was vital both to
national security and domes
tic well-being.
Harvey Aluminum Is
Invited to Committee
Salcm-diPll-Tlie Senate Tax
committee voted 5-2 Monday
to invite Harvey Aluminum
ot The Dalles to air its taa
grievances before the commit
tee. Harvey has protested the
lax assessment made by the
rlate tax commission.
Long Distance Telephone
Calls for $1 Proposed
Washington-itPli- The Bell
telephone companies have
proposed new interstate tele
phone rates that would permit
long distance calls anywhere
i n Ihe continental United
States lor SI or less between
the hours of 9 p.m. and 4:30
a in.
The Federal Communica
tions Commission, which an
nounced Ihe proposal, said the
wltt-raMs would be accom
KMtidi 4V:vcr, by increases
of 5 or 10 cents on pcrson-to-person
calls up to 800 miles.
Although the Bell proposal
still requires FCC approval,
this was considered a mere
formality Inasmuch as the
agency iniliated the Idea.
Under the new rale sched
ule, a thrcc-mlnute station-to-station
Interstate call placed
between 9 p.m. and 4:30 a.m.
local time could be made any
where In the continental Uni
ted States for $1 or less.
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