RUSSIANS ACCEPT
IRogue Valley Edition
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SUMMER WHITE HOUSE This is to be the new summer
While House. It is t he home of Louis R. Thun. Reading,
Pa . industrialist, and is located at the end of Squaw Is
Committee Denies
Public Works,
Shelter Stocks
Washington - IVPD - In a
mble economy move.
t h e i
use Appropriations
Corn-
Suttee today denied
extra
fuikis fur stocking fallout
"shelters and refused President
Kennedy's
request for S500 j
million in
new emergency ,
public works. I
("The committee, handing the I A total of 12 persons spoke
Republicans the biggest vie- j in opposition to the proposed
tory to date in their current 1 route at the hearing, held to
economy drive, decided that: j record the opinions of Jack--Civil
Defense boss Steuart i sonville residents and others
L. Pittman could get along
without $61.9 million in sup
plemental appropriations. He
said the money was urgently
needed to complete a fallout
shelter program with space
and supplies for 70 million
persons.
-It would not grant one j
ent of the S300" million m
emergency public works re
quested by Kennedy to help
head off a possible recession.
The government now has
almost $1.5' billion in appli
cations from communities
around the country seeking
federal funds to help finance
local projects. But the gov
iernment has run out of money
8, voted by the previous Con
egress for the program.
A H o u s e appropriations
'-subcommittee, headed by Rep.
Albert Thomas (D-Tex'.) had
' drafted a bill containing $450
million of the S500 million
sought by the President. But
the entire committee, on a
j;. 22-19 vote, knocked out all of
the funds.
Holmer Named to
Replace McNeel
I The appointment of John
T. Holmer, Central Point, as
tacting building safety director
Hor the city of Medford was
announced today by City Man
lager Robert Duff.
I Holmer will replace O. R.
fiMcNeel, who resigned about
two weeks ago to accept em
Iployment elsewhere. The po
sition will become affective
April 12. Duff said.
Holmer. 62. joined t h e
-building department in March.
1962. as an inspector, follow
ing several years of exper
ience in building cent-acting
ifand construction.
TO INTRODUCE BILL
Salcm-4?l-The Senate Ju-
Iriiciary Committee has voted
introduce a bill to let ma
nor boards ana commissions
appoint their own counsel, in
I stead of being represented by
the state attorney general.
NEWS&yBRiEFS
ITtMS ROM Jr "OONO THI OlOM
GAO ASKED TO END PLANE CONTROVERSY
Washington-lPI-Senate investigators have asked lhe Gen
era Accounlina Officer to determine once and lor sll which
of two competing companies
TFX warplane al least cost,
OPPENHEIMER TO GET ENRICO FERMI AWARD
Washingion-'IPKDr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, whose se
curity clearance was suspended by the Atomic Energy Com
mossion in 1353. "ill receive the agency's coveted $50,000
Enrico Fermi Award.
1LWN TO HEAR SENATOR MORSE
San Francisco-IPI-Delegates to the International Long
shoreman's and Warehouseman's Union convention were to
hear Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) at lodsy's closing session.
ARGENTINE NAVY BOWS TO TERMS
Buenos Aires. Argent. na-lPI-The navy was reported to
day to have bowed to stiff "submission" terms, including
a deep cut in marine strength and surrender of the Puerto
Brlqrano base, to end Argentina's four-day revolt
MEDFORD,
J?i W Sill Si : .-fr
i9 lli.jse"'.'- r Mi hi ;
Highway Relocation
Opposed by People
Of Jacksonville
Jacksonville Sentiment i
expressed at a formal public 1
hearing here yesterday ran
! about 2 to 1 against the state
; highway department's pro-
posed route for relocation of
the Medford-Provolt highway
through Jacksonville.
interested In the project
Four persons spoke in favor
of the relocation route, while
letters were read from two
others favoring it.
Bid Accepted for
Mt. Ashland Work
The regional office of the
U. S. forest service, Portland,
has accepted the lone bid of
the Mt. Ashland Ski corpora
tion for development of a
lodge and ski facilities on
Mt. Ashland, the office of the
Rogue River National forest
announced today.
The Ashland corporation's
bid was 1V6 per cent of the
gross receipts from the con
cession to be paid the forest
service. Bid opening was Mon
day afternoon.
Construction of the lv mile
entrance rd. from the Siski
you summit should start in
May or June, forestry officials
said. They hope to advertise
for bids starting April 8.
The corporation would have
the ski lodge and one ski lift
of the poma-lift type com
pleted by April 15. 1964, ac
cording to its bid informa
tion. This would include rest
room facilities, and facilities
for food and beverages.
The ski shop probably
would be established the first
operating year and the area
could eventually have four or
more poma-lift and T-bar sys
tems. Jury Trial Scheduled
In Assault Case
A jury trial for Robert Jo
seph Garcia, 24. of 113 Tripp
st.. Medford. who is charged
with assault and battery in
connection with an incident
involving his three-year-old
son on Christmas Eve. has
been scheduled May fi in
Jackson county circuit court.
Garcia pleaded innocent to
; the charge in circuit court
I this morning.
could produce lhe controversial
it was disclosed today.
OREGON, FRIDAY, APRit 5,
land near Hyannis Port, Mass.. on Cape Cod. The house
is a short distance from the Morton Downey home which
President Kennedy rented last summer. (UPII
All statements were tape
recorded and will be tran
scribed and made available to
1 the state highway commission
; for study. Persons who did
i not make a statement at the
hearing yesterday were en
! couraged to write letters to
I the commission, in Salem,
Ore.
Agreed On Principle
As at an informal meeting ,
the night before, most per
sons at yesterday's formal
hearing agreed that some
kind of a bypass, taking heavy
traffic off Jacksonville's main
streets, would be desirable.
Bui those attending dis
agreed over where the road
should go. Some felt it should
be run along the north side of
Jackson creek , instead of
alongside the south side da
proposed by the highway de
partment. Others felt that it
should run around the north
side of the Jacksonville ceme- ,
tery and bypass the city en- J
tirely.
E. O. Graham, mayor of
Jacksonville, said he had not
yet made up his mind on the
question. He indicated that
the city council plans to study
the matter further and prob
ably will issue a statement
after due consideration.
John Knaveny, president of
the Jacksonville planning
commission, opposed the route
on the grounds that it would
rob the city of too much as-!
sessed valuation. Others
thought it would destroy
Jacksonville's historical at
mosphere. Many persons expressed
surprise at the Wednesday
night meeting that the project j
had been conceived and sur-.
veyed so quickly, Yesterday
ii was learned that the reason
for the hurry reportedly was!
that a large timber sale 'is;
scheduled to take place in the
Applcnate valley this sum
; mcr, as a result of which
numerous logging trucks will
, be traveling the Medford-Pro-:
volt highway.
Leave Preseni Highway
The highway departments
: proposed route would leave
i the present highway at Black
stone alley and run along the
! south side of Jackson creek,
crossing E st. between Third
and Fourth sts. and Oregon
i st. between C and D sts., re
: joining the present road at
the west end of the city's bus
iness district.
Enough right-of-way for a
four-lane highway would be
purchased, although only two
lanes are scheduled to be con-
structed initially. The new
road would be built at ground
level, with access at Oregon
and E sts.
Victor Wolfe, administra
tive assistant to the state
highway engineer, conducted
the hearing He announced
that the department has re
location advisory assistance
available for residents dis
placed by a new highway Be-
(w0(,n 4 an(j lous05 would
have to be removed if the
proposed route through Jack
sonville is adopted.
At present it is not legal
for the highway department
to pay moving expenses of
persons forced to relocate, but
a bill to permit such pay
ments has passed the Oregon
senate and is now pending
before a house committee.
CLASH BREWING
Salem - ilTT - A clash is
brewing over which of Ore
gon's two remaining tubercu
losis hospitals should be shut
T
Tribune
1963
Powell Hit by
Libel Judgment
For $211500
New York -WPH Rep. Adam
Clayton Powell Jr. (D-N. Y.),
the "bad boy" of Congress
but the darling of his Harlem
constituents, was hit by a Su
preme Court jury Thursday
with a $211,500 libel judg
ment. Mrs. Esther James. 66, who
sued the Negro lawmaker for
SI million after he referred
to ner on television program
bag woman" (graft col
lector) for the police depart
ment, received the .verdict
with tears of joy.
"The king is dead Adam
Clayton Powell is dead. Now
he will just have to keep his
mouth shut." she said.
Will Appeal Verdict
Powell, often a congression
al absentee, was In Washlns-
of the trial, though a court
room appearance had been
promised by his lawyer. A
spokesman said only that
Powell would appeal the ver
dict. The heavy judgment includ
ed SI 1,500 in compensatory
a&taages for loss of income
and damage to reputation -and
S200.000 in punitive dam-
ages for wanton, malicious
and reckless defamation.
The all-white jury of seven J
men and five women handed
dOwh its verdict after four
hours of deliberation.
The settlement came as the j
newest in a spate of personal j
and political setbacks for the
debonair Powell. As a 19-year!
veteran of Congress and chair- i
man of the House Committee
on Education and Labor, he
has weathered many crises, j
including income tax scandals. j
Returns Each Term
But the 400.000 constituents 1
of his lb'th Congressional Dis
trict in Manhattan, where he
serves as pastor of the Abys-
sinian Baptist Church, have ;
shooed him in to Congress,
term after term.
One Harlemite, asked about :
Powell's recent trips abroad,;
said "Man. does that cat live!'' j
The way Powell lives - spe- j
cifically, the huge staff he has
marshaled about his commit
tee and a European junket he
made last year with two
pretty secretaries brought a
public outcry, plus wrathful
action against him by his con
gressional peers.
Powell requested $348,000
for operation of his educaiion
and labor committee during
the coming year. Holders of
the congressional purso-strings
cut that figure by 40 per cent
to $200,000.
Group Moves To Stem
Defiance of Legislature
Salem 0!PP - The Ways
and Means Committee moved
today to stem what it con
siders defiance of the leg
islature by voting to intro
duce a bill to give the leg
islature control of space al
location in the capitol build
ing WEATHER
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tiimgrit Variant Iviurlinm
lth .h"rr Hturday. A Ut
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LOWMtl Tllll .Morninc IB
Prec. to Hi a m Today .1)8
Our Skies Toniaht
Stinet today
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Moon set lomorrnw
Full Moon
PROMINENT STAB
6:41 v m.
Ml p in.
3:09 a. in
April
Prorynn.
rneri In tmithwrit S:33 p.m.
VIMBI.I PLANKTX
Mar, huh ihuv Prnryon
S'tiirn. rises 1:12 m
nuv rlw 1:H a.m.
'HOT LINE' PROPOSAL
58th Year Price 10 Cents!
No. 13
Senate Elects To
Put Death Penalty
Before Voters
Murder Would Bring
Life Imprisonment
Salem-iUPD-The Senate vot
ed 25 to 3 today to allow
voters to decide whether the
death penalty should be re
tained in Oregon.
The Senate approved a pro
posed change in the constitu
tion which would make life
imprisonment the penalty for
first degree murder.
The measure now goes to
the House.
The Senate resolution on
the death penalty calls for
the vote on the issue at the
next regular general election
in 1964.
Opposition Votes
voiiug against me proposal
were Sens. Ward Cook, Eddie
Ahrens and Ben Musa. Sens.
Harry Boivin and Al Flegel
were absent.
The House passed a bill to
encourage hiring of the handi
capped by revising the work
men's compensation law to
eliminate charges against an
employer's experience rating
for a disability-related acci
dent. The House refused. 40-18,
to call the basic school fund
bill from committee for a vote
on the floor in the next few
days. Rep. Joe Rogers (R-In-dependence)
said it should not
be left for "left-over" money.
The House received a bill
to create a special committee
to look into the spending of
public funds for lobbying.
It also received a bill to
appropriate $3 million to
cities in lieu of a share of a
cigarette tax, if such a tax
is approved.
Not Crime Deterrent
In arguing for approval of
"L SS?,"." " Srf"
011. lfuii iini'-i iwt.ww
Oswegdisaid the death ptnaV
ty was not a deterrent to
crime. He termed
.,.
"part of a world-wide strug
gle for the dignity of the hu
man being."
Sen. Thomas Mahoney (D
Portland) reminded senators
that the issue was rejected by
12,000 voles the last time it
was on tile oanoi. nc point
ed out the ballot description
at that time was confusing.
Sen. Walter Pearson ID
Portland) said it was an issue
that the people should decide.
Youngster Admits
Causing Hotel Fire
Boston lUPP Police dis
closed today a n-year-old boy
has admitted playing with
matches in the Sherry Bill
more hotel room where a fire
that took four lives and in
jured 24 others started early
last Friday.
Police said the boy was the
son of a member of the cast
of the Broadway road show
"The Sound of Music" which
is currently playing at a down
town theater here.
Four times in recent months
fire has broken out in hotels
where the cast has been stay
ing. Previous fires occurred
in Minneapolis. Columbus.
Ohio, and Baltimore. Md. No
lives were lost in any of those
fires.
No charges were placed im
mediately against the young
ster. His mother, weeping,
was brought to police head
quarters. Neuberger Accused
In Dunes Proposal
Florence nj-Scn. Maunne
Neuberger (D-Ore.,, was ac
cused today of trying to by -
pass property owners in the
area proposed lor a Dunes na -
tlonal seashore by advocating
UWUHlgSU, n iuimsxia, v..
instead of the Horcncc-Keeds-port
area.
John S- Parker, chairman
of the Western Lane Taxpay
ers Association, made the ac
cusation in a telegram lo Sen.
Alan Bible CD-Ncv.), chair
man of the Public Lands Sub
corn mittec.
Parker said the hearings
should be held where lhe citi- j
.ens most directly affected -and
best informed on the is-'
sues would have an opportu- i
nity to present oral testimony
Salem - HPT - Residents of
the Masonic and Eastern Star
Home al Forest Grove are
not eligible to receive old
; age assistance. Atty Gen.
Robert Y. Thornton said to
' day.
I
U S-Soviet Hot Line'
East-West Berlin
Clash Increases
Border Tensions
Berlin -WPP- Tension rose
abruptly in Berlin today when
East-West police clashed along
the border wall and the Rus
sians blocked a British tele
vision star from flying his
plane in the air corridors
leading to the West.
The West considered the
Soviet veto of the flight a se
rious violation of the Western
Allied right of access. It was
the first time in the four-pow
er occupation of the city that
the Russians prevented
western night tn one of the
vital nlr lane
when Ewtern nolle, fired 10
ine ouraer uash Drose ouip"u. ne wm .w.rt
1 , , . . -. , . ,
; " MJ Y ' . 7 72
w" nn capiurea
"'. int' i, men , h i.ycni-uiu
across.
Bricks Hurled
Communist police hurled
bricks at two Western police-
men who went to investigate
the shooting. The Western po
lice drove back the Commu
nists by throwing four tear
gas grenades over the wall.
No injuries were reported.
The flight veto was served
by Russia's representative al
Berlin's four-power air safety
center. It prevented a return
flight to the West by Hughie
Green, a Canadian-born per
former on British television
who said Russian jets fired
six machine gun bursts along
side his Cessna when he flew
In last Tuesday. He claimed
the jets tried to force him to
land.
Implied Consent
Measure Defeated
Salem ojph-a hill thai
would have Riven a driver
suspected of drunkenness lhe
choice of takinK a chemical
test or losing his license went
down to narrow defeat today
In the Senate.
The "implied consent bill,"
was defeated, 1513, after op-
ponents termed i' an invasion
of individual rights that could
lay the grounds for harass
merit of motorists.
The bill, one of a package
of traffic safety measures!
urged by the governor, was
based on the premise that a
driver implies his consent to
a chemical test when he ac
cepts a driver's license. Sup
porters said driving on the
liiuli luutic uhfiiilj-) he r-nnuiHcr-
, d ivi
The b w(md
, cd p,.,,, to arrest ,ua.
i d drunkcn driver and
, ,t chcmica test. tht,
rcrtuged, he would have
... h(, ,., ,. ,.,,H have
asked for a hearing within
10 days. If hia license were
not restored, he could have
appealed
Pear Blossoms in
Bloom on Week End
Pear blossoms in the Rogue
valley will be at the height of
j their beauty thii week end.
according to t h e county
j agent's office.
D'Anjou plantings are In
full bloom today and the
Bartlett tree buds are opening
Persons wanting to see the
bloom at its best are advised
I to make the tour of tin- valley
Sunday.
t
Billboard Ordinance
Passed by Council
After Discussion
An anticipated explosion
over the freeway Billboard
sign ordinance failed to come
off at last night's meeting of
the Medford city council. The
measure passed by a comfort
able 6 lo 2 margin after a
scant half hour discussion.
Mayor James Dunlevy an
nounced when the matter
came on the floor that "this
is not a public hearing." He
limited discussion to 15 min
utes for each side.
Coiincl mnn Al Rrnrlfo
cnairman oi ine mayor's sub
commmec which draft! Yi.
mny PDle fU th. bill was
"iAn r,,.-l " u.., l.
Th i.7,', .T"
Travi, and R. L. Van Sickle. ucn uarrnaD w-
-
Try To Be Lenient
He said his committee, com
posed of two councllmen and
two monibers of the planning
commission, had "tried to be
lenient, but still get as good
an ordinance as the people
of Medford wanted.
Bradford pointed nul that
the ordinance had been re
vised from Its original draft
out of consideration for the
established businesses along
Riverside avc.
Under the amended version,
signs with a total area of .'100
square feet and 40 feet high
will be permitted In the strip
between 270 feet and 600 feet
from the centcrline of the
freeway.
The original draft of the
measure had limited signs in
that area to 200 square feet
and 30 feel high.
Address Council
Two motel owners address
ed the council in opposition
to the ordinance.
Max Weston, 1102 North
Riverside avc., handed the
council petitions which lie said
bore 445 signatures of persons
who were against the meas
ure. "This ordinance is not a
sound one," Weston said. "All
the regulations staled in this
ordinance are based upon a
safety fnctor and that Is just
a convenient excuse."
He said that "tourists ap-
Remodeling Set for Post Office
Remodeling of the present
post office building in Med
ford into federal offices fol
lowing construction of the
new post office was assured
Thursday when House and
Senate public works commit
tees agreed to authorize ex
penditures of $226,000 for al
terations, repairs and im-
provements, according to Con- j represented here in the two
gressman Robert B. Duncan. buildings, if possible. No of
No floor action will be re-,ficial announcement bus been
quired, Duncan stated. The ! made as to which agencies will
actual fund; will be appropri-' be placed in the new building,
ated as required by separate1 At the present time federal
H0Ufe-Stt.Bt6 procedures. The! agencies in Medford are scat
president's budget includes tered about the city. Some are
SlU, 000 for design work in the ; located on McAiidrews rd.,
fiscal year 10U4
The remaining funds, Dun
call said, are to be appropri
ated in later years. Work will
start when the new post office
bUildfng. to be constructed in
the block on Eighth st. neigh
boring the Medford library
park, is completed and oecu
pied, lhe congressman stated.
Checking In Medford
Laurent Chantry, chief of
repair and improvement, was
In Medford a mnnlli ago
1
preciate and look for signs,"
and that outdoor advertising
displays are effective "and do
bring in business.'
Another motel owner, Dale
Hearrell, 1237 North River
side avc., called the ordinance
a "total inequity to wayside
industries."
No one in the over 75 nerv
Die in the audience snnke in
, summi t nr the nrrlinnnro
One section of the measure
or ov ides that slana for which
permits have already been
- BUed w the ares adiacent
. ,
removed with In live years.
. ! wiuutiimen voiinR against , . , . " . .
l niinrl rwn ttmllnv nn
the ordinance were Richattf wyar -lew- mat
-,
'.Concession To Be
Operated As Usual
Laurence V. Espcy, Jack
son county parka and recrea
tion chairman, snid today the
commission agreed recently
that collection of overnight
camping fees and area main
tenance at Howard Prairie
lake would be handled as be
fore.
In a letter lo the county
court regarding changes rec
ommended in the contract by
the bureau of reclamation and
National Park service, Espcy
agreed with some minor tech
nical corrections.
However, he pointed out
that the entire developed rec
reation area as serviced by
the concessionaire would cost
the county twice what the
concessionaire charges. Con
cessionaire Bob Johnston,
Medford, performs services
and does work which is tech
nically a county responsibil
ity, Espcy wrote.
Bulletin
Caracas, Venezuela - I t'l -Pro-Castro
terrorist!, early
today blew up Radio Trop
ical's transmitting plant de
stroying equipment valued
al $100,000.
checking on lhe post office
building in lieu of the project,
F. G. Herdman of the General
Services Administration, re
ported. Some federal agencies will
be located in the new post of
fice and others In the remod
eled building. The plan is to
house all federal agencies
some on Liberty st., some on
South Riverside avc., some in
the post office and oilier build
ings. In the post office build
ing at lhe present time are
federal court, Rogue River
National forest service, the
recruiting services, the Gen
eral Services administration,
Geological Survey, surface
water division, Crater Lake
National Park service, and
Federal bureau of Investiga
Informal Talks
To Cement Plans
Requested by U.S.
East Germany Offers
Disarmament Pact
Geneva-OIPD-The Soviet Un
ion today accepted the Ameri
can proposal for a "hot line"
telegraph or teletype link be
tween Moscow and Washing
ton to ease the threat of a
nuclear war starting by acci
dent. Soviet chief delegate Sem
yon K. Tsarapkln said the ac
ceptance was the "first prac
tical result" achieved in 13
months of negotiations at the
17-nation Disarmament Con
ference. U. S. delegate Charles C.
Stelle "warmly welcomed"
the move and called for in
formal American-Russian dis
cussions to work out details
of the communciattons link
over which President Ken
nedy and Soviet Premier Ni
kita Khrushchev could con
fer directly to head off a
war through error.
First Conciliatory- Step
Acceptance of the U.S. pro
posal was the first concilia
tory step made by the So
viets here in months.
"The Soviet Union is ready
to accept a direct communica
tion link, either telegram or
teletype, between govern
ments," Tsarapkln said.
His mention of "telegraph
or teletype" was in line with
U. S. State Department think
ing. A direct line telephone
between Kennedy and Khru
shchev was ruled out because
of the translation problem,
possibilities of misunderstand
ing in a tension-filled direct
conversation, and other tech
nical problems.
The Soviet move came just
after TsaraDkin read to, the
conference a cable from East
Germany offering in start
1 rlinarmnmnt tttYrM.ma.nt .HK
Wt rwrnatw uhUh u
wnu "matuu., nM(iiM,..
1 to the cause of world disarm-
mem.
m - nenmr nm nonftR o
to many is a member ot thft eotv
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:
nit l "k n
imumnm irnniHiMiH mnifl
onjy benefit the Communists.
I East Germany's army la rela
tively small, while West Ger
many's armed forces form a
I substantial part of NATO's
defense in Eurnoe.
5pinaf Meningitis
Attack Confirmed
San Diego-fllPP-The fourth
case ot spinal meningitis
among Naval Training Center
recruits in the past week was
confirmed by the Navy today.
Robere E. Lcheuquet, IB,
son of Mrs. Leoh Leheuquet,
Milwaukic, Ore., was admit
ted to naval hospital Thurs
day night. He was reported
in critical condition today.
Navy officials ordered men
of Recruit Company 119, of
which he is a member, quar
antined. Recruit Company 118
was quarantined Thursday
when David W. Hall, 17, San
Leandro, Calif., was stricken
with the infectious disease.
The latest outbreak of the
disease began last Thursday
when Thomas C. Hester, 20,
New Orleans, a member of
Recruit Company 129, wa
stricken. The company waa
placed under quarantine for
three days and was quaran
tined again this week when
another member of the unit,
John G. Routon, 18, Man
chester, Ga., reported sick
Tuesday morning and died
that night.
tion,
Predictions on the progress
of the new post office indi
cate that it will not be ready
for occupancy In less than
two years.
The 12 houses In the block,
bordered by K i g h t h and
Ninth st. and Holly and Ivy
sts. where the post office is
to be constructed, are now
vacant.
The additional 75 feet of
land across Ninth st. for
which the government is ne
gotiating with local owners is
still occupied. Owners said
Friday they were awaiting
word from the government
regarding the transfer.
The public hearing for the
vacation of Ninth st. between
Holly and Ivy sts. has been
held. This section of gravel
ed street was offered by the
city as limited parking and
landscaping arer for the new
post office. The actual vaca
tion of the street haa not oc
curred, but can be acted upon
at any time by the city coun
cil. City Manager Robert A.
Duff said