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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1963)
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SPECIAL SESSION REPORTS BOB BRUCE With Direct Reports From the State House in Salem PATMcCOY Reporting Direct Wire Dispatches News Times Are: 7:30 A.M.-8:30 A.M.-5:30 P.M. While the Special Session of the Legis lature is assembled, KYJC News will report all the action to you. "KYJC News Tells You More... Says It Better" By JOSEPH D. HUTNYAN United Press International WASHINGTON (UPIi Na. ture lovers are losing their war io na roaasiae landscapes of il lustrated messages proclaiming the benefits of Zip-Top beer. The Bureau of Public Roads reports that only 20 out of 49 eligible states have agreed to limit use of billboards on inter state highways in return for spe cial teaeral grants although the program is nearly six years old. Avid boosters of the anti-billboard drive, asked about the matter by United Press Inter national, expressed disappoint ment and some bitterness at their inability to get rid of the outsized posters. Bonus Law Extended The law permitting the "bo nus" payment for billboard con trol recently was extended by Congress for two more years. But bureau officials do not ex pect very many states to par ticipate, i "It is very discouraging," said Rep. Morris K. Udall, D- Ariz., enthusiastic backer of the program who has been unable to sell his own state on the idea. Udall claimed the public does not want its handsome inter state roads turned into "b i 1 1 board alleys," but that the out door advertising lobby has mar shalled the political power to stifle the program at the state level. Opponents scoff at this. They argue that the anti-billboard campaign has failed to get off the ground because it was a worthless idea from the start. Permits Payment Briefly, the federal law per mits payment of a bonus to states whose legislatures pass siauues restricting billboard ad vertising within 660 feet (about two city blocks) of the highway rignt-ot-way. The bonus totals one-half of 1 per cent of the federal cost of that part of the highway with' in the state. The federal gov ernment pays up to 90 ner cent oi tne bin tor the new 41,000- mile interstate system now un der construction. The states that have signed contracts with the bureau to re ceive the billboard control bo nus are Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Ore' gon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is. land, Vermont. Virginia. Wash. ington, West Virginia and Wis consin. All states were eligible ex cept Alaska which has no in. terstate highway program. Has Strong Backing The billboard control law has strong -backing from garden clubs, auto associations and civic groups who do not want Schools Not Doing Job They Should PORTLAND (UPI) - Oregon school, board members, meeting here, were told Thursday schools are not doing the job they should in teaching about the seriousness of the Commun ist threat. Dr. Richard Walker, director of the Institute of International Studies at the University of South Carolina, addressed the group. - He called for community and school board cooperation to raise money so teachers can go to seminars on the subject. "America is in an age of un matched peril today," he said. "The Communists are dedicated to destroy us." He said guides such as Ore gon has on teaching about com munism were a help but that teachers "must understand more about communism before thev can use the guides effectively." Gov. Mark Hatfield spoke to the School Board Association Thursday night and said "the total economic future of the state is hinged to education." He said voter rejection of the tax measure last month wns not a death blow, but a chal lenge." The governor also called for more school district mergers, for reasons of economy and ef ficiency. He criticized plans ,of a local school district, Columbia, to build a new high school for 190 students. John Birch Society To Meet Tuesday A meeting of the local chap ter of the John Birch Society has been announced for Tues day, Nov 19, by the chapter I chairman, Mrs. George S. Jen nings of Medford. ' The meetings, which will be open to the public, is scheduled for 7:50 p.m. in the Academic j Lecture Room of Medford High School. j A film explaining the aims and purposes of the John Birch Society will be presented, Mrs. Jennings said. There will be no admission charge, the local chairman emphasized. The session will be an educa tion meeting, Mrs. Jennings said. She suggested that per sons attending use the Monroe Street entrance, which is the most accessible to the lecture room. the beauty of the countryside Interrupted by multicolored com mercials for cigarets, whiskey and big city hotels. It has been attacked by bill board and hotel interests who claim it is an infringement on personal property rights, and is contrary to the free enter prise philosophy. "As we see it, it Is a bride to do away with something and the states are not buying it," said Fred Hussey, Washington representative for the Outdoor Advertising Association of Am erica, inc. The . anti-billboard bloc also claims the ads are a safety hazard because they distract the motorist. The pro - billboard group says they help by break ing up the monotony and stim ulating the driver to keep him awake. Both sides have produced sur veys intended to prove their points. Advocates of billboard con trol contend the present pro gram is making little progress because it is bucking an awe some, well financed corps of lobbyists in the halls of the state legislatures. Some even hint that the bill board interests are exploiting their ties with politicians who frequently depend on the indus try for roadside advertising in their reelection campaigns. Chairman Neill Phillips of the committee of one hundred on the federal city a District of Columbia civic group said, "I have no way of proving this but I think it's pretty general knowledge." "They go to everybody who runs for election locally and nationally," added Phillips in an interview, "and say, 'if you are for billboard control, we are against you and if you are against billboard control, we are for you.' ." Hussey vigorously denies this. "That's the old war cry," he said. "I know of no case where one of our operators ever turn ed down a politician who asked for space if it was available." HaaHhy SBPTie J TANKS CESSPOOLS AND MAINS CHEMICAL T.lllll la rauoei SMiiTitt Us. SEPTONIC Regularly! Ktpi lank working, edttr m fk (fee. Easy to ut. Fatt, naf, y V 4 V harmteit to plumbing. C)it H only 3le mo., 500-gal. tank. 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