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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1963)
Tempo of Legislature Quickens; Major Bills Reach Floor Br ANN H. PEARSON United Press International Salem IUPU- The tempo of the 90-day-old Oregon Legis lature quickened suddenly last week and major bills started coming to the (ioor, with more nearly ready to follow. The Senate, waiting for the House to lend over key meas ures, stayed with light sched ules. But more bills, and more controversial bills, started hit ting the House floor and the lower chamber went into lengthy morning sessions that pilled over into three after noons. The House held its first afternoon meeting of the 1963 assembly Monday. It capped tne week Friday by convening at 9:30 insead of 10 a.m. and acting on 27 measures in five hours. Perhaps the most signifi cant advances were made by the House Tax committee. The thinking of its members sud denly jelled on most features of a key income tax revenue raising measorc. Here is how major issues stand: Budgel - A Ways and Means subcommittee made its first real policy decisions on cutting higher education's budget. Other trimmed bums cts are clearing ways and means and moving through both houses. Work has started on the big welfare budget. Proposals to revamp basic school support were advanced. Tax - The House Tax com mittee decided on a new in come tax law with a broader base, deductions, credits in stead of exemptions, and elim ination of the federal income tax deduction. A subcommit tee was named to work out a graduated rate formula over the week end that would raise $35 million in the new rev enue. The bill is due on the House floor soon. Meanwhile, the committee sent a sales tax bill to the House floor in hopes it will be killed for good. A cigarette tax is back in committee after near death In the House. Page 2A MEDFORD Tribune MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY. APRIL 14, 1963 Constitution - Joint com- is about ready to come out mittecs on constitutional re-1 with a proposal to revamp j urcgon s industrial accident ! insurance law. Crux of the Impact of Lumber Industry on County Economy Is Reviewed Chester Irish, Medfnrd branch, Firat National Bank of Oregon, and County Judge Earl M. Miller Friday night told members of the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association of the impact by the lumber in dustry on the valley economy. The bank spokesman cited figures to show the lumber Industry is the first major in dustry in the valley. The county judge noted that SO per cent of the money used to operate the county govern ment comes from timber pur chases of O and C and nation al forest land. The lumber in dustry is a vital part of the local government for that rea son, he said. Attend Meeting Miller reported that he and other members of the county court attended a meeting last week of the Association of O and C counties. The forest In ventory as prepared by a pri vate firm for the western Ore gon counties should be com pleted in two or three weeks and published, he reported. This reappraisal of the al lowable cut of government timber already must have had some effect, since the forest service recently Increased the total allowable annual cut from 140 million board feet when the study was started to 177 million a year, he noted. Non-O and C counties are taking a closer look at O and C monies in hopes of getting a (hare, Miller said. The O and C counties are taking steps to try to prevent this, he added, Talis of Trends Carroll Brown, supervisor of the Rogue River National forest, told SOCTFA members what the forest service has been doing in recent years and the general new trends. About 10 years ago, recrea tion had some importance and comparatively few people were interested in timber management. Now the forest service is developing more and more recreation areas. Both the public and lumber Industry are watching timber management closely so the forest service has to be more exact in its practices than ever before, Brown explained. More time is being spent on roadside park manage ment, Brown said. Union Creek and Prospect areas arc good examples. Fish lake area will be managed similar ly so the general public will not be able to tell there has ever been any logging there. Share in Responsibility The forest supervisor com plimented Louis L. (Luke) Bi- den, Prospect, on his careful job of road side strip logging. The Industry has a great share of the responsibility on how forest proporty looks, he said. Approximately 00 per cent of the timber cut this year will be on a selective basis. Brown explained. The forest service Is trying to avoid clear cut practices such as laying out a block of timber and al lowing the industry to mow it down. Since this is a transi tion area with mixed timber species more selective cutting will have to be done, he ex plained. Don Schofield, manager for the Medford district, bureau of land management, second ed Brown s remarks. Curt Neshiem, district war den, state department of for estry, spoke briefly on the fire protection program. The southwest Oregon district has always been a bad fire area, Accident Involves School Bus, Auto A car-school bus collision occurred Friday afternoon on Kings highway and Garfield St., state police reported. No injuries were reported and only moderate damage resulted. A car driven by Richard James Stemler, 20, of 405!i Earliart St., Medford, pulled out from a stop sign on Gar field st. into the left side of the school bus, state police id. The. school bus operated by Robert A. Daniel Daun, 50, of 2413 Kings highway, was loaded with 80 school chil dren and headed south on Kings highway. Department Warns Of Construction Salem - Red flags along Oregon's highways arc as much a sign of spring as showers, flowers, tree buds, and women's bright, attractive dresses. The red warning flags mean that the Oregon state highway department has start ed permanent repair of win ter-ravaged highways or that new construction is under way. Every attempt is made to keep traffic flowing smoothly with a minimum of delay when work is being done on the highways. To aid in this phase of their work, highway crews use many warnig signs. A red flag is displayed with each warning sign to help the public quickly tell the dif. ferencc between the warning and the standard regulatory signs. When necessary, flagmen are stationed at strategic points near the job to assist the traffic. A flagman's duty is to protect the crew and the traveling public. For this rea son, it is important that a flagman's signals be closely heeded. New construction will be gin soon in many parts of the stale, and this will mean the presenco of heavy dirl-moving equipment and detours lor which the puhlic should lie alert. No 'Civil Service' School Connected With Federal Agency The United States Civil Service commission, beset with complaint regarding ac tivities of schools that offer correspondence courses claim ing to be "civil service" schools, has Issued a warning to the public. No "civil service" school is Connected with the Civil Serv ice Commission, the agency of the federal government de clared. Neither the commission nor any other agency of the fed eral government gives coach ing courses in preparation for civil service examinations They do nol have agents who offer such courses. No Special Advantages The commission does nol make recommendations re garding any school, the release further cautioned the public No school can obtain special advantages for its students in civil service examinations or appointments. No school which gives spe cial preparation for civil serv ice examinations is given any advance or special informa tion regarding civil service ex aminations, or any other civil service Information that Is not available to the public with out cost No school can properly promise success in passing civ il service examinations or guarantee employment in the federal civil service, the com mission pointed out. Announced examinations are competitive A list Is es tablished from each examina tion, containing the names of persons who pass. The names of persons highest on the lust are referred to appointing of ficials for filling a particular position, and selection Is made from that list. ne said. Its difficult to pre dict how bad this year will be due to the recent blow down, although it is outside the state district. vision next week tackle their last big decision: Legislative apportionment. Then they will be ready to start giving final approval to revised articles in a proposed new constitution. Reorganisation - Gov. Mark Hatfield's proposal for a nat ural resources department was sent to the House floor with 6-2 committee approval. The State Game commission and its employees were ac cused of trying to fight the bill by "intimidation" of leg islators. Other reorganization bills have gone nowhere so far. Workmen's Compensation- The Senate Labor and Indus tries committee indicated it the House floor Monday. The more than one senator or rep- land went to the House. Traffic House approved a measure re-1 resentative. Bills for single safety measures on "arrest writing the Civil Defense law i senator and representative for probable cause" and seat to bring other agencies more ! districts in Multnomah coun-! belts have cleared the House, closely into advisory and co-! ty were back in committee ! The Senate killed the "im ordinating functions. T h e after near House defeat. I plied consent" bill for chemi- House Military Affairs com- Highways - A bill lo give cal tests for suspected drunk mittee was told by National the big truck weight-mile tax drivers. Guard officers that an inspec- j relief at the expense of small- Others - Measures to ask tor general would be nice, er trucks passed the Senate voters to repeal the death but wouldn't have prevented I - the Withycombe scandal. Sex offenders - Three of 1 six bills aimed at sex offend- penalty, and to increase mini mum life imprisonment, pass ed the Senate and went to the House. A lobbyists' regis tration bill was given one hearing, then put off until April 23. The Senate passed a bill to extend summer day light time to the last Sunday In October. issue is whether private firms should be brought into the field. Labor - Management - The House Labor and committee killed strikebreaker bill, increased unemployment benefits, .and a proposed labor dispute me diation panel. The Senate committee held a hearing on a proposed $1.25 minimum wage. A bill to prohibit em ployers from requiring lie detector tests as a condition of employment passed the House Sex Bills Passed Military - The slashed civ el defense budget is due on ers passed the House and went lo the Senate. They deal with "peeping toms," sen tences, and jurisdiction over Industries ! sex eases involving children. anti- Another court jurisdiction bill was defeated, then revived. Two more, on commitment and on a police filing system, are due soon on the House floor. Consumers - Bills on milk , prices, trading stamps, Dread loaves, gasoline, barber shop j advertising, and truth-in-lcnd-ing are slill in committees. 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