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Ways and Means Committeemen Visit SOC, OTI The Joint ways and means committee of the Oregon state legislature was visiting this area Friday and Saturday to examine the physical facilities of Southern Oregon college in Ashland and Oregon Tech nical Institute in Klamath Falls. Friday the committee held an informal dinner meeting at the Mark Antony hotel in Ashland with educators and prominent citizens of the area to discuss problems of financ ine such institutions as the two schools. Sen. Lyndcl Ncwbry (ft -Talent) acted as master ol ceremonies. Growth of Southern Ore gon college, classroom needs and usage were discussed by Dr. Esby C. McGill, professor of economics, assistant to the president and director of aca demic affairs at the college. He noted that the use of the college has increased 190 per cent of the full utilization ac cording to recommended stan dards. Annual growth for the last 10 years has been 10 per cent a year. Out of state at tendance has been 6.4 per cent which is below that of state institutions of higher educa tion which have 24 per cent. Most of the SOC graduate education majors find jobs in this area and comprise over 79 per cent of the graduates. Other legislators present were Sen. Daniel A. Thiel (D Clatsop), vice chairman of the Joint ways and means com mittee; Sen. Ward Cook ID Portland), Sen. Ross Morgan (D-Mullnomah) t,nd Stafford Hansell (R-Umatilla). Among others attending were Donald E. Lewis, South ern Oregon college business manager, and Gerald Latham, Mcdford. Page 2A Medford, Tribune Hatfield's Programs Have Bad Week MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1963 Oregonians Must Wait Longer For State Tax Refunds Civil Defense Officials Visit Jackson County Dr. Fred J. Fielding, medi cal coordinator for the Ore gon state civil defense agen cy, and a federal civil de fense emergency hospital in spection and servicing team from Spokane, Wash., visit ed Jackson county recently. They checked the two 200 bed hospitals which are stor ed for the Oregon civil de fense agency by the Jackson county civil defense agency. One unit Is stored at South ern Oregon college and the other at the Veterans' Ad ministration D o m ictllary, Camp White. These hospitals can be made operable with 120 man hours of work. The team checked and re placed when necessary all bl ologicals, blood scrum, insu lin, oxygen, nitrous - oxide and x-ray film. The genera tors were test run and re placed in long term storage effective for five years. At the domiciliary, the unit was restored functional ly, equipment and supplies for each section being placed togclhcr. Dr. Fielding said an expan sion program is underway and the present period of two days' operational capability will be extended to 30 days. An application is pending for one more unit to be stored In Jackson county. Both Dr. Fielding and Team Captain Clarence Far rell complimented the Jack son county ( civil defense agency and said the storage facilities In this area are superior. Seventeen Attend Budget Hearing Central Point - Seventeen persons attended the school district 6C budget hearing in the Central Point Junior High cafeteria Thursday The budget amount outside the 6 per cent limitation re quiring a tax levy Is $881, 051.51. District 6C residents will vote on this at the May election, when they will also vole for school board members. C. A. Meyer, district 6C school superintendent, com mended the budget committee for their work on the budget. Budget committee members ore Donald E. Morrow, chair man, Gold Hill; W. C. Hlgin botham, secretary, Central Point; Paul Molloy, Gold Hill, Dalton Straus, Sams Valley, and Dr. Bruce Turner, Cen tral Point. Also working with, as a part of the committee, were the five members of district 6C board of directors, Wilton White, C. W. Anhorn, and Leo Ghelardi, Central Point; J. W. Fitzgerold, Sams Valley, and H. S. Deuel, Gold Hill. After a tour of all schools in the district, three meetings, loianng u nours, were held. During these meetings the or iginal budget was cut by $58,- jju, Meyer continued. A question and answer nr.. riod followed Meyer's expla nation of the budget. Salem - WPD - Oregonians arc going to have to wait a while longer for state income tax refunds this year, Tax Commissioner Fred Hoefke said Saturday. Hoefke told the House Tax committee that the new tax commission policy is to audit refund claims before the re fund is mailed. In past years the refund claimed by the taxpayers was mailed soon after the return was received, and the return was audited later, "perhaps months later," Hoefke said. Under the old system the tax commission then had to bill the taxpayer for return of any overpayment of the re fund Richard Eymann (D-Marcola) asked if the new policy riid not have the effect of paying agency 1962 refunds out of the 1863 65 biennium budget, and thus help avoid a deficit in this biennium. Hoefke laughed and said "Yes, it will have that effect." By ZAN STABK United Press International Salem - UPD - From Gov. Mark Hatfield's point of view, it was not a good week as far as the legislature was con cerned. His "implied consent" mcas. ure was defeated. His plan to eliminate several state holi days was rejected. Construc tion of a civil defense head quarters in the basement of the Capitol came to light and may result in total elimi A fight over power has de- to life when it was discovered veloped between the legisla- a new $36,000 CD hcadquar- lure and Hatfield. Lawmakers ters was started the day be- are sensitive to react to moves fore the CD cutback was vot- thcy interpret as grabs for power on the part of the gov ernor. The surface explosions have centered around the budgets for higher education and civil defense. To date the war over educa ed by the committee. Members of the governor's staff discounted criticism. They said the project had been started last year, and argued ; the headquarters would be needed in case of emergency I no matter what the size of tion has been confined to one ; the permanent CD agency. of words. The legislative com mittees have continued profa nation of a stale Civil Defense ing, checking, seeking. Undoubtedly there will be Organized labor said it , budget adjustments, but it's would not appeal recent court still too early to determine action which rnded legal ma- how severe they will be. Hatfield remained silent as the controversy raged. Some legislators quietly predicted the cutdown CD budget ould be defeated on the floor of the House. Many of these same legis lators also said off the rec ord - -that they recognized there was a need for civil de fense, but they felt the only way to get an efficient and workable program was to wipe out the present agency and start over again from scratch. And still being obscured by ail the surface fighting was the big issue of the session: How much of a tax increase will be asked, and will the people accept it. or reject it at a special election? The answer will determine the validity of Hatfield's charge that this is a "do noth ing" legislature. Thebirds is coming! Eagle Point Canal Repairs Scheduled Eagle Point -will be diverted main canal of the Eagle Point Irrigation district Tuesday in order to facilitate the annual spring clean-up. It is antici pated that service will be re- Hnefkp mm ihn hanHlino nf i sumcd Sunday, April 14. ncuvering to halt use of in mate labor. The governor had sided with organized labor. And the Ways and Means subcommittee on higher edu cation continued its critical review and indicated it did not have full confidence in h pnvprnor'jt rpvenue esti- All water !matcs. out oi me refunds would be slower, pecially refunds on the great bulk of returns that arc being filed now, just before the April 15 deadline. Tax Committee Chair m a n Three File For District 6C Board Central Point - Three men have filed for membership on the school board of District 6C. They are Frank Armstrong, Charles L. Ghelardi and J. W. Fitzgerald. Armstrong and Ghelardi are seeking a three year position vacated with the resignation of Dr. Alvin Rob erts. Ghelardi was appointed to fill the term until the an nual election. Fitzgerald, who also is ; board member, seeks a five year term in the May 6 elec tion. During the annual clean-up various phases of construction and repair will be undertak en, a major job being the T.in ing of the 700 feet a ro stave flume and the replacement of portions of the flume's sup porting members. In addition it is anticipated that several portions of the canal will have concrete lining installed. All construction and repair work planned, will, upon com pletion, reduce loss of water from the canal and provide a wider margin of safely for the canal's operation, district of ficials said. Storms of the last two weeks have increased opti mism as to the amount of wa ter that will be available dur ing the 1963 irrigation season. Present indications are for a normal water year, based on the past 10 years. How ever, the lack of further storms and an early hot spell could reduce the late season supply to near record lows. But the week was not a to tal loss by any means. The Civil defense is another matter. The subject of more charges, counter-charges, an ger, and frustration than any other issue this session, there is a possibility it could be wiped out. The governor has defended civil defense. But his call for public pressure on legislators had no effect. The Ways and Means com- governor's cigarette tax pro-1 mittee voted overwhelmingly posal, which would raise $18 million a biennium, was ap proved by the House Tax committee. This is one of the key items in the governor's program and its approval could more than make up for some minor losses. Yesterday was the 83rd cal endar day of the 52nd Legis lature assembly, and what happens during the next 30 to 40 days will tell the tale. Power Fight Waged Wlial's happened during those 83 days could have a major effect on what will hap pen during the remainder of the session. for a three-man agency, in stead of the 20-man depart ment asked by Hatfield. And they proposed reorganization of the advisory council for CD. CD Project Started What appeared to legisla tors as a deliberate violation of their intentions exploded Grants Pass Voters Pass School Budget Grants Pass - Grants Pass voters Thursday passed by a vote of approximately two to one a city school district budg et of $2,583,750 total estimat ed expenditures for the 1063 64 school year. The vote was 583 lo 245. For everyone you know Easter- Awards Many religious, traditional, and humorous designs. Choose yours from our com plete selection. 217 E. Main St Midford HEAVY DUTY MUFFLERS INSTALLED WHILE-U WAIT AMERICAN & FOREIGN OPEN SUNDAYS DUAL EXHAUST SYSTEMS TAIL PIPES CUSTOM TUBE BENDING SEAT BELTS SHOCK ABSORBERS ALL WORK GUARANTEED - LOANER CAR THRIFT AUTO SUPPLY Home of 10,000 Item AUTO SUPPLY Medford, 801 N. Riverside-Grants Piss, 529 S.E. 6th Norris To Head Grants Pass JC's Grants Pbss - Clarence Norrla, owner of a Grants Pass landscaping business, has been elected to head the Grants Pass Junior Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. 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