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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamalh Falls. Ore.
Monday, Feb. 29, 1960
District Blames Planning, Deficits;
Cites Money Saved On Sale Of Bonds
Edltor' Note This Is tho fifth
in a series of six articles on the
South Suburban Sanitary District.
By TOM STIMMFX
Faced with a $200,000 deficit
even before construction began,
the South Suburban Sanitary Dis
trict cut corners as sharply as il
dared. Its economics were signifi
cant, It changed plans, rescheduled
work, and developed new tech
niques to save money. It delayed
paying almost half a million dol
lars by deleting that much work
from its contractors.
But unplanned and unanticipated
expenses transcended savings the
district had achieved. A result was
a proposed tax levy to meet im
minent bond and interest pay
ments and to fix streets.
A unique cost saver was a pipe
laying machine developed by
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UNPLANNED and unanticipated expensoiOontributod to
South Suburban sewer construction costs, example was
water erosion of oxidation pond dllcet (top photo) con
trolled,' at an extra cost of $5,000, bf a rock rip-rap surface
(lower photo I.
Decision By Supreme Court
Gives Womgn Right To Sue
LANSING, Mich. VP - Mar
ried women of Michigan now en
joy a new right before the ba
of justice under a pioneering 4-3
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eoio b, ot iux Cinim.ScodE' srtOPHONio ounb
Maurice Gunderson, district proj
ect manager, and pieced together
by Gunderson and Fred Lewis,
president of the board of directors.
It is the only known machine ca
pablc of simultaneously grilling
under streets and laying asbestos
cement pipe without cutting into
street surfaces. It saved time,
tempers, and money an estimat
ed W0. 000 -so far.
Construction was scheduled on a
basis of minimum cost instead oj
convenience. That was one reason
crews seemed to be working in
one place one day and somewhere
else Qk next. "We had to go by
something," Gunderson said, "and
cost of construction was tllQanglc
we used. It wasn't convenient,
but it saved money."
The type of excavation employed
mncl ,f il Pla C K3vnH mnn.
cy although it contributed muclWii
mud and dust, and left, great
decision of the State Supremo
Court.
It is the right to sue for loss
of consortium that is, marital
cijQforl, affection and companion-
Miip. me uuuuinc icporieuiy ex
ists ifew other states.
Justice Talbot Smith, who wrote
the majority opinion, said the de
cision marks a stride away from
the outworn legal view derived
trom Old lCnglish and Roman law
that a wile is only a "vassal,
chattel, and household drudge
The court ruled Thursday in the
case of Shirley Montgomery oi
Garden City, who sued William S
.itepnan. Mcpnan drove a car
which collided in 1958 with one
driven by her husband, lioberl
injuring him severely.
Mrs. Montgomery said she was
deprived of her husband's "aid
assistance, enjoyment, sexual re
latlons, love, conjugal affection.
companionship, felicity, advice
counsel, comfort, cooperation and
mutual service. f
She asked $35,000 damages.
Judge Carl M. Weideman dis
missed the case in Wayne County
ana me nign court re
versed Weideman.
In the accident, Smith said, the
husband suffered a brain concus
sion, lost voluntary kidney func
tioning, and sustained four frac
tures of the pelvis and other
severe injuries.
, QUAKE SHAKES TOWN
ORLIiANSVILLE Algeria lUPP
Orl(sville. scene of a 1954
1.500 lives, was shake nhlshyilg a
1.300 lives, was shaken by a slight
temblor Sunday night. There was
no damage or casualties.
Door
Open
6:45 P.M.
NOW
doe the most
surprising
things!
Who
heaps of dirt along most suburban
streets. Pipe used most of it as
bcslos cement was considered
wholly practical, but less cxpen
sivc than other types.
The office, unpretentious by any
standard, was equipped with
used typewriter, used adding ma
chine, used desks, and some fur
niture obtained for nothing. Ve
hicles and construction equipment
were second hand. A tank truck
needed to water down dusty
streets was assembled for $3,000
.iiosi oi xne aistswi s 18-nun
crew works on Saturdays, and lor
overtime payment receives n o I
cash but promissory notes due in
five years.
The office is open on Saturday
and inspections may be arranged
on Sundays for convenience of
propQiy owners. Consumers could
o themselves and the district a
favor by paying $14,000 due in de
linquent connection fees and ren
tal charges. The district caiQi
legally wrile off unpaid charges.
drawing interest at cigQper cent.
The law snvs f-hiirrmt mnct ho
paid. ,
lllames Engineers
Despite an op'ftiistic prediction
by Cornell, Howiand, Hayes and
Morryticld that its cngiQring es
timate should absorb a fu per cent
increase in bids.jniderson says
bluntly that the Vaulting engi
neers goofed.
"They didn't includeicidental
costs they should have," he said
As examples, they forgot 0ffiO
rental and supplies, omitted the
two office employes salaries, and
underestimated legal costs by
sa,oon
On We job, too, engineering or
rorsQrerc costly. An estimated
100 yards of blasting at $25 a yard
actually became 1.104 yards. The
job cost $27,610 instead of $2,500.
Wind and water erosion began
eating away dikes around the oxi
dutfji ponds. The district covered
(uses wun rocfQp-rap an unanti
iipaled $5,000 expense.
When these omissions and extra
costs began to compound, the dis
trict exercised its option to delete
work from the contract. From a
$1,018,412 contract ithc value of
performance bonds), it deleted
$226, DUO from sewer line construc
tion. $17,703 'rom the oxidation
ponds, and (Uo from pumphouse
construction. Total deletions: $249.-
249. O A
A. few of these deletions repre
sent money saved, but most
pIctiQuch ot the wQV
"We hava a. lot of work, to do,'
Lewis said,
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Long before construction began,
the district effected substantial
savings in two areas. One was
(he disposal facility; the other
was the bond sale.
Kor treatment facilities, the dis
trict chose oxidaiinn ponds that
S3ate without "anpower and
render waste biologically pure. Di
rectors say the unit, largest on
the West Coast, emits no odors
The puBiphousc and oxidation
pond Ml along Kwaun.
were lescriucd byfin engineer
for the Oregon Slate Sanitary' Au
thority as the most satisfactory
sewerage (iiosal unit now opcr
aling in tlMstate.
Kngineers estimated a conven
lional plant would cost $510,000:
the pumphouse and ponds cost
i by contract price) $200,401. Over
the 25-ycar bonded indebtedness
period, the facility is expected to
save property owners a million
dollars.
Bond Interest
Th& first estimate the district
referred on bond interest: approxi
mated five per cent. This was dis
missed immediately as too high,
and Gunderson was put to work
seeking a belter raQ lie and
ll'.,.nM v..il. ,r;.. -
,,iiv,i nuiui, unite nidiicici, pre
pared their own prospectus, rather
than hiring an outside firm to do
the job, and made a pilch for
ICaslcrn buyers.
i ne prospectus attracted more
than 40 bond purchasing firm:
The fijxt opening produced a low
avcragVbid of 3.9085 per cent in
terest. The district rejected this
offer and re-advertised. The sec
ond opening produced a low bid of
3.7095 per cent from John Nuveen
and Company of Chicago. The dis
trict had saved $77,000.
It was almost unheard of in
financial circles to turn a bid
down." Lewis said. "Bond and in
surant' people trom all over the
United States came here take
a look at us to see what kind ol
people we were, and how we got
that low rate." A Portland finan
cier told Gunderson it was the
slickest bit ot bond selling he's
ever seen, and he was willing to
bet it couldn't happen again.
Simple interest over a 23-year-
I
period is expensive. The average
3. 70.)5 rate accepted will cost $1,
032.374 interest on a Sl.800.000
principal. Any higher interest
would have cost that muchmore.
and would have required monthly
charges higher than $3.25, Lewis
said.
"Every properly owner out here
owes Gunderson a real debt ol
gratitude for getting the interest
where it is." Lewis added. "This
is the only issue (bond buyers'
were scrambling for."
Next: The District and the Court
,"DEifNIS THE MENACE"
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1 DON'T WWTa RED COWBOY SHIRT ! VA CANT
SEE THE BLOOD'.' ft
Con's LaeyeP
HONOLULU (UPD- C. Ed
mund G. Brown of California
could "walk into the While;
House if he commuted Caryl
Chessman's death sentences ac
cording to Chessman's attorney
George T. Davis, who is vaca
tioning here, said such action
would establish Brown as "the
- !rea'cst humanitarian who ever
j.al in the California governor s
ch.sir.
Davis, the convict-author's at
torncy, said Brown might have
Moutft CanceP
Ted RepuflGfl
WASHINGTON (UPD - The
Veterans Administration reports
the devciopjuent of a simple and
painless tiV for mouth cancer
that has proved "highly efficient
for en diagnosis" in a three-
year trial.
Dr. Henry C. Sandler, ARf of
dental service at the VA's Brook
lyn, N.Y..ospitaL said Sunday
night the TrL'hniquSJirQves tak
ing a smear or scraping from the
mouth for microscopic examina
tion. O
He said in a statement that the
method'Q'accuracy as a cancer
test compares lavoraj wun the
niopsy test, wnicn cans tor re
moval and laboratory examina
tion of a tissue sample.
Sandler said Jie smear tech
nique may be wiWy used by den
tists to check on harmless ap
pearing lesions of the moutind
for patients who object to bfflfsy.
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a chance to commute the sen
tences because the California Su
preme Court "might" change its
opinion in the case,
"flight now BiAn .O.n't the
power," Davis said. "He has to
have a majority recommendation
from the court. I think a mem
ber of the court is wavQig and
will give him the fourth vote
needed for a majority."
Davis said Brown would have
a "choice of actio n" if that
happened. O
"He has the choice of either
flopping around and getting no
place ... or of walking Q the
White House," the attorney said.
Stata Ehsaa)Qd
DOWSfKVlLLE (UPD The
prosecution resumes its case
today against Larry Lord .Mother
well, 43-year-old construction fore
man accused of murdering Mrs.
Pearl Putney, 72, a Washington,
D.C., widow, O
The stale is expected to call
two women to the stand, who as
sertedly received jewelry from
Motherwell belonging to Mrs.
Putney.
On Friday the jury was pre
sented with the bleached skull and
bones allegedly those of Mrs.
Putney.
Motherwell" is accused of slaying
the widow after traveling across
theyunlry with her from Wash-
he left her body on an abandoned
logging road in Sierra County
after murdering her.
State police reported a minor
two-car accident at Modoc Point
about 3:45 p.m. Sunday.
Officers said a car driven by
John Lehan, 55, 45000 Greensprings
Drive, was making a left On
from lasf. 97 to the old highway
wQi it yjs struck by a car driv
en by MScellus Adama, 65, 1139
N E. Imperial, Portland.
With Lehan were three passen
gers. Officers said no injuries
were reporters. Both cars left the
scene on therf own power.
HIS LEGS FASCINATING
EAST HAGBOURNE, England
ili Qvinner of a "most fas
cinating legs" contest in which 15
barefoot coniestants Sunday night
paraded beWid a curtain Qaised
knee-high was 29-year-old Colin
Chappie, a married man. Lucy
Granilo, 15, was runner-up.
Paris Debuts
Knee Hemline
PARIS (AP) Paris fashion de-1
signers today lifted the wraps
from their new spring creations,
to permit publication of the first
I960 (f)igh fashion photos. Q
Buyers and manufacturers have
had a month to exploit the new
styles before copyists jet a chance
to make what they can of pictures
and sketches. a
The public can now take its
choice between Dior's somewhat
shapeless "Silhouette of Tomor
row," Nina liicci's whirling gypsy
line, Heim's conical Eiffel tower,
Ballinain's tubelike Corinthian
column, Lain in-Castillo's "free
and easy" fashions, or half a doz
en others.
The "free and easy" claim and
a hemlength that just covers the
knees, incidentally, are the two
things that "11 the major fashion
collections have in common.
The wQtline ftanders from
normal to low to high, jackets are
long, or short, or medium, and
Hie new colors make up a whole
spectrum white, coral pinks,
violets, blues, yellows, e green,
beige, gQy, navy, and black and
white combinations. Shallow
scoops and bateau necklines are
winners, and sleeveless dresses
are as common as crocuses in
spring.
IQt silk prints, mostly W'ral.
are out in front, with a modest
following of polka dots and big
pale plaids. Crepes, shantung;
chiffon, mat satin, organdy, lace
and smooth woolens fill in the
fabrics picture.
Nothing the designers brought
out could be described as revolu
tionary. Even Saint - Laurent .
Silhouette of Tomorrow" didn
keep the fashion crowd sitting on
the edge of its chair for long
What could be less original thaff
the small-waistcd, flaring-skirted
pleated-princess style which is the
basis of Ricci's I960 gypsy? But
by a sort of slight-of-scam, de
signer Crahay's creations on a
Oiliar theme manarggfl to look
lresh as a daisy. w
Tanganyifcin?
Hear GraBaifl
MOSHt, Tanganyika (UPD -
Evangelist Billy Graham told
40.000 persons Sunday that 'jChrisI
belongs to Africa just as Viuch
he beliefs to any other con
tinent."
More than 10 times the popula
tion of this Tanganyika town
flocked to hear Graham on his
religious crusade of Africa.
The meetine was conducted hp.
(ore the backO'P of snow-covered'
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tall
est mountain.
Graham is on a three-month
religious crusade over the Afri
can continent.
At his rally,. Graham urged
those who had never been Chris
tians to remain after the meet
ing. More than 6.000 persons
stayed behind to hear Graham
speak on the Christian faith.
After the mcQng, Graham was
introduced to 103-year-old Samson
Chakuagaro who. in Iiiq youth,
met the famou.PBritish explorer
David Livingstone in Nyasaland.
Samson is now apastor of the
Lutheran Church the Moshi
area.
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Beafnik Poet Takes Bride
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KYOTO, Japan CUPD Beatnik
poet Gary Snyder of San Francis-
was married Sunday to Joann
Kyger, 25, of Santa Barbara, Cn
a Zen Buddhist ceremony.
Snyder, 29, has been living in
Japan forlhe past year studying
the Zen Buddhist religion. He met
his bride at a poetry recital in
San Francisco's North Beach area
in 1958.
Kennedy Asks
Defense Hj6e0
WASHINGTON (AP)-Sen. John
F, Kennedy (D-Mass) called on
Congress today to vote increased'
missile, air-alert and ground force
spending before President Eisen
hower goes to the summit confer
ence. A candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination, Kennedy
said in a prepared Senate speech
this "investment in peace" would
cost less than Eisenhower's esti
mated $4,200,000,000 budget sur
plus, Kennedy said he agrees with Ei
senhoQ that, with its present
mixture of forces, America s de
fenses are superior to the Soviet
Union's at the present time.
But if the administration's de
fense program is allowed to stand,
Kennedy said the United States
faces a missile gap "on which
we are gambling with our survi
val." Such a situation, he said, not
onlv creates doubt amnnp: U.S. al-
.Qesfkit leaves the enemy in doubt
T "Snd such doubts are tempting
him."
"While those doubts persist, he
will want to push, to probe and
possibly to attack, Kennedy said.
"He will not want to talk disarma
ment. He will not 'want to talk
peace at the summit.
"I urge that this Congress, be
fore the President departs for the
summit, demonstrate conclusively
that we are removing those doubts
sgr-l that we are prepared to
pay the full costs necessary to in
sure thsfVeace."
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The couple exchanged their
vows before a small group of
friends and rows of Zen Buddhist
monks who sat closely together?
chanting the traditional sutras.
Snyder recited a solemn pledge"
of marriage and then the couple'
exchanged a string of Buddhist
beads to complete the ceremony.
Snyder, who describes himself
as a "vagabond" poet, said he n'
a serious student of Zen. "But I
am not qualified to discuss any.;
thing about Zen," he said.
H is studying under Ruth.
Sosaki, an American woman wl
is the widow of Shigetsu Sasaki,"
Sasaki is credited with spreading
Zen in the United States.
Snyder lives in a three-room'
Japanese house on the outskirts
of Kyoto. He draws his water
from a well and cooks with a
wood stove. He chops the wood
himself.
His bride is aO'i'mcr student
at Santa Barbara College anVtha'
daughter of retired U.S. Navy
Capt. J. H. Kyger, of Santa
BarUstra.
SnTtfcr said he has no definite!
plans about coming back to thg
t!nitfH Stales, hut nlans to writ
a novel if he docs.
On The Record
SISKIYOU ("Ol'NTV
MARRIAGE LICENSE.. .
Homer Dumt Alex-nder, 24. S-.
Cloud, and Dorothy Marie Hamlltnn,
McCIoud, licenie iuued Febri)
23. W
Donald Lee Addinffton, 34. Central
Point. Oregon, and Myrna Lee Reed.
22. Talent, Oregon, license iaaued Fbr,,
ruary
DIVORCES
Helen Rirhter from Joe A. Rlchter j
granted February 19.
Final decree or divorce: Arue l.
Price from Evelyn G. Price, granted
February 23.
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