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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1954)
PACE EIGHTEEN HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON KKIIMY, MAY 21, 1054 t I i' - ar -u i ILL GOLDEN Establishment Of State Architect's Office Urged Army Yet Now GOC Member Bill Oolden was born March 31, '19 3 4, at Concrete, Washington. When he was five years of age, his lamlly took him to Port Ar thur, Texas, where they remained until 1936. That year they came to Klamath Falls ana toot rest - dence on the Lakevlew Highway. Bill finished high school at Henley, and the same year enlisted in the United States Army, where he served with the 70th and later, with the Third Infantry Divisions as a radio operator and forward scout in the Intelligence and re connaissance platoon. His platoon landed In France ana immeaiateiy went into action in the Battle of the Bulge. Said Billy, "our outfit was the first to spear-head to the 8aar River basin In Germany." He also saw action is the battle for the Rhine. When the war ended, the fol lowing Christmas saw young Bill Oolden with a ninety day furlough to spend just as he wanted to! For many months he hadn't been able to do that. There was just one thine he wanted to do most go hornet and home he went by plane. The battle of the bulge and the battle for the Rhine, and a few other "little ruckuses' weren't enough for this soldier, so when his furlough was up, be re enlisted for another IS months and was tent to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey to attend radio school. He graduated, and was sent to Camp Hood, Texas where- be served as radio Instructor and was later put In complete charge of communi cations. In the summer of 1947 he waa discharged from military ser vice, and returned to bis home in Klamath Falls. Ever in search for knowledge tn the radio field, this seasoned vet i erao enrolled at OTT to further his study in that line. He also attended Klamath Business Col lege. When asked what were some of the highlights of his past life, he named three: first "While I was at Camp Hood, Texas, I was rec ommended to West Point by my Division Commander. But the best By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM un Now that Oregon has spent almost 30 million dollars for new buildings at state mstriu lions since the end of World War II, the people can be proud of the way in which they are taking care of state wards. But the hodge-podge of archi tecture at the institutions is caus ing an Increasing demand that the state have an architect. Supporters of the state architect idea also point out it would go a long way toward preventing dis. putcs between the State Emergen cy Board ana tne state Board ot Control. These arguments relate to cost estimates, which would be prepared by the state architect. The new buildings at the Institu tions are beautiful, but since they are mull bv different architects. they look different. There isn't any master plan. The Legislature appropriates the money for them, and tells the Board of Control to build the new structures. The board" chooses an architect and calls for bids. In these days, these bids often are bigger than the amount of money available, so the Board of Control has to ask the Emergency Board for more money. The Emergency Board gets sore about it, and blames the Board of Control. Members of the Emergency Board, the Board of Control and many architects think that a state employed, architect would avoid all this trouble. I asked William A. Williams and John G. Groom, Salem architects who have done lots of work for the state and who know the insti tutions inside and out, to give their ideas. These ideas are strikingly similar to those of the state off!- highlight of my life was when I married Helen Kennega September 6. 19521 Highlight number three, was when I became a member of The Ground Observers Corps a little over a year ago. Now my wife and mother are Ground Observers too! . Bill continues to serve his country every Monday night in the observation tower at the air port, teaming up with Gilbert Morey be tween the hours of 10 to 13. Bill's clay time Job is parts man and oooueeper lor J. W. Kerns Co. on South Sixth Street. His radio and communications experience serves him well when he "com municates" with the filter center at Portland, in calling to report various types of Diane, vnnnr trails to the sky, or any other object that appears to be a little out-of-the-ordlnary. - T v'm ll CoawM " clals responsible for the buildings. "Tho primary duties of a state architect," Williams and Oroom said, "would be the preparation and maintenance of a master plan for each institution, development ot a program for each new uult as Uie need arose, and to establish an accurate cost estimate to present to the Legislature along with a firm program. "He would suggest to Ihe project architect the manner by which any new unit could conform to existing and projected overall design schemes. "While builders have to keep abreast of building progress, it still would be possible to have continuity of design and use of harmonizing materials through a master plan." Williams and Oroom say that the state architect should not en gage in his own practice, and that he shouldn't draw any plans. He would be appointed by the Board of Control from a list provided by Hie American institute of Archi tects. "The state architect." Williams and Groom continued, "would work with each Institution admin istrator to establish the needs of the institution. He would prepare estimated costs, giving the Legis lature a complete study of the pro posed new building and its place in the master program." This information would be a boon to the Legislature, which now has to make its appropriations for buildings with very few facts. The state architect also could advise on construction of state office buildings. Here, however, need isn't so great, because the Capitol Planning Commission makes sure that a uniform plan is followed. The State Emergency Board, at a meeting a few months ago. de cided to confer with architects on the desirability of having a state architect, but this wasn't followed up. While most architects seem to favor the idea, many of them ap pear to have a fear that the state architect would take over Dart of their work by drawing plans. The state officials promise that would not happen. Groom says that California adopted the state architect nlan. and that it grew into a big bureau with more than 100 architects who drew all the plans. That cut a lot of private architects out of their bread and butter. While 30 millions -of dollars have k a S SGT. GENE V. CHRISTENSEN Merrill Airman Reenlists In AF S-Sgt. Gene V. Christensen. who reenllsted in the USAF for anoth er six yeors after completing four vears' service at Randolph Field, will report this month to Parks Air Base for overseas duty in the Far East. He has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emll Chris tensen, Merrill. He entered t h e service immediately after h I s graduation from Merrill High School in '40: ; and plans to make the Air Force his career. He was married Easter Sunday to Nancy Woodall daughter of Major and Mrs. Randall W. Woodall. Major Woodall is a base adjutant with the USAF in Korea. Financial Troubles Of TV Industry' Object Of Study been spenon new buildings at the state hospitals, tuberculosis hos pitals, boys and girls training schools, the schools for the blind and deaf, Fairvtew home for feeble minded- persons, and the peniten tiary, a lot more will be spent In the next few years. The job is an endless one. For Instance, the state hospital, suffering from the worst over crowding In its history, is getting a new 670-bed building. When it's finished in two years, the over crowding will be as bad as ever. So. when the next 30 million is spent, maybe a state architect will supervise it. '.z. it t S SKnn fnr anaoe Trees, Shrubs, Conifers properly stored and cored for by ex perienced help. Alto BEDDING PLANTS grown in pasteurised toil. Suburban Flower Shop 3614 So. Sixth Phone 8188 By BAM, DAWSON 8YRACUSK Wl Television's troubles are being tackled today on three fronts. In Washington some senators are looking into the sad pllubt of certain TV stations who aay they're losing money because they can't get the good network ahows, and of about 70 would-be TV sta tions who say they dropped their grants because of programing till IiculUes. In Chicago several groups of set manufacturers, parts and equip ment makers, and distributors are meeting Jointly today to diagnose the Ills of an Industry beset Just now by price cutting and periodi cally by sprees of overproduction. On the producing level as here In Syracuse, where a lot of TV sets are made they're talking confidently ot progress in color but concentrating more Just now on a new idea or two in black and white to stimulate sales next fall, when they expect business to pick up. Dr. Walter R. O. Baker. Gen eral Electric- vice president and general manager of Its electronics division, says the Industry's main problem Just now Is price Insta bility rather than any trouble with coy customers walling tor color sets. He expects a good-as-usual pickup this foil in production and sales of black and whites but with tne big question: Who's going to make the sales. Competi tion was never Keener. Color TV sets will be too ex pensive for most folks porkethooks and too small for most folks tastes for some time yet. he says. One new black-and-white Idea you may see In your TV store this fall will be a set "with the picture on the floor" a slanted screen that rests on the floor instead of a table. You view the program with your head at the same angle as when you read your newspaper. TV engineers already have put screens on the ceiling for hospital patients, and think some chair borne customers are going to be Intrigued by the down-look Idea. The Radlo-Electronlcs-Televlslon Manufacturers Assn. reports that. oven at Uie atari of Uio slack TV season, sets are being turned out ut a rate ot better Uiiiu 100,000 u week, and home and ear radius nt better than 167,000 a week. Tills asswlation, along Willi tho National Electronic Distributors Assn. and the Association of Klec. Iiicliii eri), la meeting this week In I of tills triiilltloniilly Uoom-or-biul Chicago to discuss tho problems luidusliy. " Remember Memorial Day Clarence Ward KLAMATH MONUMENT CO. 92S High l' Phono 9333 eaVataStaXitteaaeU Saturday Night at the ARMORY BOBBY CHAMPION and his Melody Wranglers THE NO. 1 WESTERN SWING DANCING 9 'til 1 BAND IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 1 oo Adm, person tax Inc. The Copco sTory fs a story of ttie Taxes . . . take a big slice of revenues The electric utility industry is in two parts. One consists of companies that pay all taxes in full The other comprises companies that are owned by government and quasi-government bodies, and pay no federal taxes, and little, if any, state and local taxes. In common with all privately owned electric utilities this company pays a multitude of taxes each year to help support the cost of government t federal, state, county and local Last year $3,287,000 or 22.9 of 1953 operating revenues went to the tax collectors. Taxes continue to be COPCO 's largest item of expense. In 1953 they exceeded by substantial amounts both the Company operating payroll and dividends paid to shareholders for use of their money. THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY Your partner in progress since 1920 (In Hn .
