Proposed Sunday Closing Bill
Could Be Session's Blockbuster
Salem - (UPD - What could
become the "blockbuster" of
the 52nd Legislative Assem
bly a tough Sunday closing
law will be introduced in
the House Monday.
Willamette University Pres
ident Dr. G. Herbert Smith,
chairman of the "Save a Day
for the Family Committee,"
said Friday the bill would be
sponsored in the House by
Victor Atiyeh, R-Bcavcrton,
and William Holmstrom, D
Gearhart, and in the Senate
by Harry Boivln, D-Klamath
Falls, and Anthony Yturri, It
Ontario. Smith pointed to what he
termed the "continued eros
ion of one day for the family
for recreation, rest, and fam
ily affairs."
He said a day must be
maintained for the family,
and "state regulation is the
only way to get it done."
Smith said "representative
citizens throughout the state"
supported his idea. "There
has not yet been any opposi
tion, we may get some when
this hits the press."
He said supporters Includ
ed businessmen who now op
erate on Sundays as well as
those who close Sunday.
"Six or seven slates'1 pres
ently have such laws, he ex
plained. It was brought out
that Washington, Idaho and
California also were consld-
Survey Of Major
Tax Bills Slated
To Start Monday
-(UPD- Matters touch.
ing the pocketbook of the Ore
gon taxpayer get their most
serious legislative attention to
date Monday when the House
Tax committee opens a survey
of all major tax bills.
New plans to ease Oregon's
fiscal woes kept turning up
as the legislature completed
its third week Friday and ad
journed for the week end.
The survey will cover the
governor's net receipts income
tax plan, the Musa Income tax
plan, the Mo:scs flat five per
cent income tax proposal, two
3-cent sales tax bills that also
call for an election to get
voter views, the cigarette tax
bill, and a measure to Increase
Income taxes by 20 per cent
for property tax relief, j
Under the jovernor's pro
posed $404.1 million budget,
the state needs some $49 mil
lion In new taxes.
As the third week ended,
blue laws and trading stamps
promised to stir up interest.
One bill was scheduled next
week to eliminate Sunday
sales of Hems .like cars and
furniture but permit enter
tainment and sale of Items
like foods' and drugs.
Stamp Bill Drafted
Another bill was being
dratted to make trading
stamps available to all stores.
The third week saw Intro
duction of Gov. Mark Hat
field's plan for a natural re
sources department, and prep,
aration of uls bill for a com
merce department.
The standard of legislative
living was improved when
Hatfield signed a bill setting
legislators' salaries at $3,000
a year plus $20 a day in ex
penses up to 120 dayg of a
session.
The bill whipped through
the Senate 17-12 after one sen
ator said there was no point
in talking about it any longer.
Taxes held their own as a
major area of legislative sig
nificance during the week.
Strong support for business
inventory tax relief was evi
denced at a hearing.
Hatfield said he will have
to consider a special session
of the legislature tf voters
turn down tax hikes.
Legislative fiscal officer
Kenneth Bragg Issued a report
suggesting the legislature trim
some $20 million from Hat
field's budget. He also called
for some sharp revisions in
a few financing procedures,
Civil Defense Rapped
The Columbus Day Btorm
rropped up several times. The
state Civil Defense agency's
performance during the storm
drew barbs from legislators
examining the agency's budg
et. A memorial urging federal
agencies to facilitate faster
salvage of windblown timber
was sent to the Senate floor
with unanimous committee ap
proval, And Rep. Jake Ben
nett (D -Portland) said the state
hnnH share the cost of storm
repairs by exempting up to
$1,000 in repairs from proper
ty taxes for five years.
Josephine Safely
Council Organized
Grants Pass A group of
Grants Pass business and civic
leaders met here recently to
organize a Josephine County
Safety council.
The council, which will
meet monthly, will back up
all safety endeavors under
taken by various groups and
Industries in the community.
Medford Police Captain
Clyde Firhtnor and Assistant
School Superintendent Elliott
Beeken. both members of the
Medford Safety council, were
on hand to help launch the
new organization.
Grants Ps biiainemn
Jack Dunham w elected If"'1?!'.?-? f
chairman. Vice chairman is I
Fred Kitterman; secretary.
Bernadlne Graham; treasurer.
George Eckstein: and direct-1
u, waiirea rwosKi, .arivv
uurnsey ana James BrocKus, ,. .
Sen. Thomas Mahoney (D-
Portland) announced his ju
diciary committee will hold a
hearing Monday on an obscen
ity bill aimed at movies.
Sen. Don Willnor (D-Port-
land) introduced a resolution
calling for an Interim com
mittee to study the problem
of automation.
The co-chairmen of the pow
erful Ways and Means com
mittee took issue with the
governor's proposal to budget
$40.1 million but raise and
spend only $308 million.
Rep. Ross Morgan (D-Gresh-
am) said the legislature should
do just the reverse: Provide
for $405 million in revenues,
but budget only $308 million
in the spending side.
ering such legislation.
No Blue Law
Smith said he was "not fa
miliar" with any efforts by
church groups to get Sunday
closing laws enacted nation
wide. "This is not a blue law, not
an effort to legislate morality
or religion," Smith insisted.
"It is simply an effort to
maintain what has traditional
ly been a family day in Amer
ica for that purpose."
Holmstrom, sales manager
for an auto company, said it
was "very desirable legisla
tion." He said his firm did not
open on Sundays.
Yturri said mos' businesses
In Malheur County along the
Idaho border did not now
open on Sunday. He said resi
dents of that area support the
idea, and added he did not
think It mattered whether
Idaho adopted such laws.
"I think there's more sup
port than opposition for this
plan," Yturri added.
When asked by UPI if he
felt business firms remained
open on Sundays in response
to consumer demand, Smith
replied "I think that demand
has been created by the mer
chants." Smith stressed several
times that the proposed Sun
day closing law "was not or
ganized by any church."
Auto Salts Illegal
The city of Salem present
ly has a law which forbids
auto sales on Sundays. The
law was termed unconstitu
tional by a municipal court,
then termed valid by a cir
cuit court. At least two Salem
auto dealers recently violated
the law as the first step to
ward testing its constitutional
ity in a higher court.
Smith said the proposed
law would have no effect on
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the sale of food, beverages,
drugs, gasoline, real estate or
sporting goods. Nor will it
hinder the operation of rest
aurants, places of entertain
ment or sporting events, he
added.
The proposed bill specific
ally prohibits the "selling, ex
changing or trading" of such
items of clothing, household
goods, electric and gas ap
pliances and equipment, bus
iness or home furnishings,
tools, paints and hardware,
building supply materials,
new and used motor vehicles,
cameras, radios, television
sets and record players, and
many other items.
"The measure has the sup
port of an overwhelming ma
jority of the state's retailers
who have been polled on the
proposal," Smith said.
Most of these retailers are
closed now on Sunday and
would prefer to remain so,
he added.
Eastern Oregon
Highways Flooded
By United Press Intornational
Fast-melting snow and ice
flooded parts of two highways
in Eastern Oregon, the State
Highway Department report
ed Saturday.
Sections of U.S. 95 were
under as much as 18 inches of
water and parts of U.S. 20
near Baker were closed by
floods.
! There was one-way traffic
near Wilson River Summit
when a rock and mud slide
blocked the highway for a
time Friday.
Officials said that in other
areas, however, slow warming
seemed to be holding back
Hood dangers.
Rains were forecast for
most of the state through
Sunday with a rise in temper
atures which were expected
to reach 60 on parts of the
coast Sunday.
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Pilot Killed As Plane
Crashes On Highway 15
Eugene, Ore. (UPD - A
twin engine Navy Reserve
S2A patrol plane crashed on
a highway 15 miles south of
here Saturday.
The pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Ralph
Valentine, 38, Salem, was
killed, and hi; co-pilot, Lt.
Ralph McLooughlin, Portland,
was injured when they bailed
out from a low altitude.
The Western Air Rescue
center at Hamilton Air Force
Base, Calif., announced the
plane was on flight from
Sand Point Naval Air Station
at Seattle to Mather Air Force
Base, near Sacramento, Calif.
It came down on Delight
Va'.ley road pear the commu
nity of Saginaw Junction.
There was no traffic on the
road at the time.
Navy officials in Seattle
said the plane's starboard en
gine caught fire.
Bandon Man Awarded
Legion of Merit
Honolulu - (UPD - David J.
McDonald of Bandon. Ore.,
was awarded the nation's
highest peace time honor, the
Legion of Merit, in ceremon
ies Saturday at the Pearl Har
bor submarine base.
EXTENT OF DAMAGE - The front wall of
the Peter Dee Flury home in the Prospect
powerhouse area was torn out when a log
ging truck ran into it late Thursday night.
There was heavy damage to the front bed
room, occupied by Peter Dee Flury, 31, and
his wife Gwendolyn, 32. Both were taken
to Rogue Valley hospital by ambulance.
Mr. Flury was released after treatment.
Mrs. Flury is still hospitalized but in good
condition. The logging truck was north
bound on highway 62 at 11:15 p.m. Thurs
day when it ran into the house for some
unknown reason, state police said. Driving
the truck, which was empty, was Luther
Leverne Lambert, 40, of Prospect.
500 At Governor's
Prayer Breakfast
Salem - (UPD - An estimated
500 civic and economic lead
ers attended the fourth an
nual Governor's Prayer
Breakfast here early Satur
day. Boyd Lcedom, a member
of the National Labor Rela
tions Board in Washington,
DC, said "The man in public
life can double, triple his ef
fectiveness if he will only ac
cept the claims Jesus Christ
made for him.
"A new life in the spirit of
Christ doesn't make a nut of
you, he assured.
"You'll have an answer for
every problem you've got, and
it can turn your life around
180 degrees."
Leedom turned to Gov.
Mark Hatfield, seated at his
left and said, "The nation is
aware of the Christian lead
ership provided by this young
man."
Leedom, a former Supreme
Court judge in South Dakota
who described himself as "a
renegade Republican in Wash
ington," is president of the
International Christian Lead
ership, a group coordinating
prayer breakfasts this week
in 40 slates Mississippi was
not interested.
Hatfield told his audience,
which came from all parts of
the state, "we hear many dis
turbing and conflicting re
ports about the future of our
nation. I firmly believe we as
Americans should take coun
sel with our faith, not our
fears . . . America looks to
ward leadership that is more
than just a Sunday activity."
Another Intertie
Proposal Submitted
Portland - (UPD - Northwest
Intertie, an Oregon nonprofit
corporation owned by 25 rur
al electric cooperatives, has
submitted a proposal to build
an 800-mile electric transmis
sion intertie between the Pa
cific Northwest and Southern
California.
The corporation told the
Bonneville Power Administra
tion that it would build the
power line by way of Nevada
and Owens Valley.
The proposal was the fifth
submitted to the BPA since
it issued an invitation Nov. 6
to 21 utilities to make propo
sals for a nonfederal intertie
between the two regions.
Deadline for receipt of the
proposals was Thursday.
The blink of the eye occu
pies about one-fortieth of a
second.
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