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VIEWED PRACTICE ASSAULT U.S. Senator Maurine
Neuberger chats with Army and Navy personnel atop am
phibious landing vehicle off Camp Rilea, Ore., Monday.
Senator Neuberger viewed practice assault staged by 4B8th
Feathered Dynamite Held
In Eight-Foot Eagle's Nest
It was a long, hard climb
up the tall pine tree. We were
out of breath when we finally
pulled ourselves up over the
edge of the bald eagle's nest
and grabbed a dead tree
stump that extended a few
feet above the huge pile of
ticks that was the nest.
We looked down. The
ground was a long way off.
Then we began the examina
tion of the surface on which
we were perched.
It was a strange and sur
prising sight. The nest had
been there for several years
nd had been added to and
enlarged every year by the
addition of more sticks, until
now It was nearly eight feet
across the top and probably
that much in thickness. It
seemed that the pile of old
sticks was about all the tree
could support.
We were glad we had se
lected a time when the nest
was dry, for an increase in
weight, after a rain, would
have added to our weight and
would have been too much.
For the past several years
the eagles had raised one or
two eaglets every other year
on this old platform, and this
year was no exception. On
the nest was an unusal assort
ment of articles brought home
by the big birds, including
golf balls, an electric light
bulb, a silver spoon, and a
half dozen fishing lures that
some human fisherman had
lost. All this wp- mixed in
with various sized bones and
fish skeletons.
Most of these articles are
common and caused no sur
prise, but in this nest there
was a sour note. The baby
eagle, partly feathered out, op
ened his beak and glared an
grily at us. At least he was
an accepted part of the nest,
but there, about four feet
from him and near the outer
edge of the nest, was a pair
of "squatters." In fact they
were intruders two baby
great-horned owls. They, like
the baby eagle, forgot for a
moment their resentment for
one another, if any existed,
and faced us the new
enemy.
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. WATKINS
(Regliter and Tribune
Syndicate. .9J)
Here were two families, or
at least the children of two
different parents, occupying
the one nest and separated
by only a few feet. It was
obvious the children didn't
get along very well, for even
as we watched they glared
at one another when they
weren't staring at us. We
could see, too, where scraps
of food had been taken away
from one side or the other.
The owls helped themselves
when the eagle looked the
other way.
It couldn't have been a
more ridiculous situation. It
was silly, not because the
main actors In the drama
were so dissimilar, but be
cause the possibilities seemed
to be so loaded with feather
ed dynamite. It waa like a
time bomb ready to explode.
The original homesteaders, the
eagles who had built this
platform, were sheltering a
family of squatters.
No Body Contact
The situation must have ex
isted for some time, but an-
parently there had never been
an actual bodily contact be
tween the owners and the in
truders. There had been no
crowding or pushing, other
wise one side or the other
would have been disloged.
Each family remained in its
own corner. Mrs. Eagle must
have wondered where In the
world Mrs. Owl went every
nlgiu. Probably thought she
was out gallivanting around.
We left the two sets of
youngsters there, glaring at
one another, for neither un
derstood the other any more
than we did. Maybe squatters
have their rights as well as
their troubles.
Creswef Firm Is
Awarded Contract
Washlngton-WPll-The Bonne
ville Power Administration
has awarded a $48,900 con
tract to Spragucs, Inc., of
Creswell, Sen. Wayne Morse
(D-Orc.) announced Tuesday.
The contract was for clearing
of right-of-wny In Hood Rivci
and Clackamas counties fur
the Parkdalc section for
transmission lines from tile
John Day Dam.
AUGUST
Engineer amphibious support command as part of Opera
tion Cascade Columbia I. Members of regular Army, Army
reserve and Navy took part in the exercise. (UPI)
442 New State Laws
Scheduled to Go
Into Effect
Salem (UPB At 12:01 a.m.
Monday 442 new state laws
will go into effect in Oregon.
One the 1963 legisla
ture's $60 million tax hike
measure has been referred
to a special election Oct. 15.
Another 202 carried either
the emergency clause or a
specific effective date. The
emergency clause measures
went into effect as soon as
they were signed by Gov.
Mark Hatfield.
Most of these were appro
priation measures which al
lotcd money for operation of
state agencies and depart
ments for the 1963-65 bien-
nium. Depatrment budgets
became effective on July 1,
the first day of the bienmum.
A total of 1,413 bills were
introduced during the 141
day 1963 session. Of these,
654 were approved by both
houses and sent to the gov
ernor for signature.
Hatfield vetoed nine, and
allowed 25 to become law
without his signature.
In addition to the 645 bills
that were passed by the leg
islature and allowed to be
come law by the governor,
lawmakers approved three
proposed constitutional
changes, and 67 other meas
ures such as resolutions and
memorials.
The flow of bills into the
legislative hopper rose stead
Eagle Point Schools
Will Open
Eagle Point All schools
in the. Eagle Point district will
open Sept. 9 for a full day of
school, Glenn D. Hale, super
intendent of Eagle Point Pub
lic schools has announced.
Schools in the district in
clude Elk-Trail, Shady Cove,
Eagle Point primary school,
Eagle Point grade school, and
Eagle Point High school.
Buses will operate on regu
lar schedules, and all cafeter
ias will serve food.
Parents who have children
entering first grade this fall
are asked to register them be
tween 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Fri
duy, Sept. 6, at the primary
school. A physical examina
tion and denial check are re
31
Monday
ily in the early part of the
session from 150 the first
week to the high of 235 the
sixth week.
Flow Dipped
During the remaining 14
weeks of the session the flow
dipped sharply, and only one
measure each was introduced
In the 19th and 20th weeks.
i n e legislature s major
measure, the tax Increase
bill, was the center of atten
tion and heated controversy,
and finally emerged as a
compromise which Hatfield
would not sign.
. Public opposition was cli
maxed with circulation of re
ferral petitions, which re
sulted in the call for the spe
cial election.
The big measure which did
not survive the legislature
was a proposed new state
constitution. It won house
approval, but died In the
senate.
Oregonians will vote next
year on a proposal to remove
the death penalty from the
state's constitution.
Among the more significant
laws was a new subdivision
regulation measure designed
to curb fraudulent and mis
leading land promotion
schemes.
Other measures approved
ran the gamut from new laws
to revisions of technical
working in present statutes.
Sept. 9
quired prior to registration
The forms may be obtained
at the primary school office.
Verification of age in the
form of birth certificates
should be presented when reg
istering children. Elk-Trail
and Shady Cove first grade
students will register on the
first day of school Sept. 9.
All high school students
new to the district are to pre
rrgistcr in the high school of
fice Sept. 5 from 1 to 3 p.m.,
or 7 to 9 p.m., and Sept. 6,
from 1 to 3 p.m.
High school students who
plan to work in the fruit af
ter Sept. 9 should contact the
high school principal, Hale
pointed out.
MZDrOMD MAIL TIIBTTME, MIDrORD. OREGON
Portland Consumer
Prices Set New High
Portland - (UPB - Consumer
prices in Portland rose to an
all-time high in July, accord
ing to U.S. Department of La
bor's Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics. Food costs were the most
important factor in the ad
vance, rising 1.2 per cent.
Housing costs were up 0.8 per
cent and medical care, and
other goods and services also
increased.
Transportation, apparel
prices, and reading and rec
reation costs dropped, the
bureau said.
Eartha Kitt Sues
Husband for Divorce
Santa Mnnira. Palif nrpn
Divorce action was under
way today between singer
Eartha Kitt anri rpal estatn
investor William O. MeDnn.
aid.
The Nearo singer eharrprl
mental crueltv . in the suit
filed Tuesday aeainst her hus
band, a Caucasian. They were
married June 1, 1960, and
have a 21-month-old daugh
ter, Kitt.
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Confused With Ethiopia
West Ponders Danger of Possible
Euphoria If
By DICK WEST
United Pfest International
Washington 0IPH During
recent Senate hearings on
the test ban treaty, a couple
of witnesses
cautioned
was some
danger it
might lead
to "euphoria."
At first, that
part of the
testimony did
not make
West much of an
impression on me. That was
because I had euphoria con
fused with Ethiopia.
I thought the witnesses
were warning that Ethiopia
micht start nuclear testing.
Which didn't seem very like
ly because Ethiopia had al
ready signed the treaty.
Besides that, I wasn't
aware that Ethiopia had any
nuclear weapons to test.
Upon reconsideration, I
concluded that euphoria must
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be some kind of atmoepherie
condition; that when you
tested you got fallout, and
when you didn't test you got
euphoria.
Curious to know whether
euphoria was as harmful as
fallout, I consulted a diction
ary and learned that the
word means "a feeling of
well-being." That confirmed
my worst fears.
Since then I have been
keeping a close watch to see
if I could detect any signs of
creeping euphoria. My vigi
lance may have hit pay dirt.
Assuming that I can recog
nize euphoria when I see it,
then Vi'-e President Lyndon
B. Johnson scattered some of
it around in a speech before
an AFL-CIO convention at
Houston, Tex., Monday.
"I feel good today," John
son said. "Our nation was
never stronger. Our economy
was never healthier. I am j
here in my home state. My 1
friends are in this room. It j
rained last night in the hill I
Signed
country. And tomorrow'- my
i birthday.
Its Full Effect
If Johnson has that much
euphoria even before the
treaty is ratified by the Sen
ate, I shudder to think how
well he will feel when it is
in full effect.
Clearly, some sort of coun
ter measures are called for
before euphoria begins to run
rampant. Let it never be said
that I'm not doing my part
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to step the tide. I feel lousy.
Also apprehensive. The lace
bugs are ruining my azaleas.
Over the week end my son,
who is home from college,
banged up the car.
It hardly rained here at all
this summer. Then came a
flood and washed away near
ly everything that wasn't
killed by the drouth. The rest
undoubtedly will succumb to
an early frost.
There is blight on the to
mato plants and mildew in
the basement. The furnace
needs fixing before cold
weather comes. I think the
house has termites.
In short, the way it looks
now I will be able to stave
off euphoria indefinitely.
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