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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1974
Senator Packwood Slates
Views On Inflation
SENATOR ROBERT PACKWOOD hit the campaign trail in
Columbia County last Wednesday morning
Vernonia CATV
Has New Owner
Bud Foster of ('arson, Wash
ington became the new owner
manager of Vernonia CATV ef
fective August 1 with the pur
chase of the cable antenna
service from Bud Seegar who
has owned it for the past five
years
The service, which is lix-atcd
in the Quinn Building, provides
cable antenna service for all
Portland TV channels and FM
stations, which often means
better reception than than ob
tamed by conventional antennas.
At present the service is avail
, abl< to anyone living within the
city lim its of Vernonia at a
nominal cost but Foster, who
w ill commute from Washington,
plans to build in areas where
services haven’t been available
previously "T hai's one of the
first things on my agenda," he
said, adding “ and I ’ll continue to
provide the same fine service
customers have enjoyed in the
past.”
Local Control
Hurt By New
Election Law
State School Supl Jesse Fas
old, in the wake of 25 school
elections Tuesday, said the new
law restricting levy election
dates for Oregon schools and
other local governments infring
es on local control.
Time is running out on 14
school districts without approv
ed budgets as only two of eight
election dates rem ain -Septem
ber 17 and November 5.
i
Fasold wants the 1975 Legis
lature to consider revising the
law "The intent of the law was
to make elections more orderly
by restricting and specifying the
dates,” he said "But I don't
think government at the state
level should be telling local
officials and citizens when they
can and cannot vote on matters
which are mainly their eon
cern.”
“ Even it a levy is approved on
September 17, an assessor has
only until October 14 to notify tax
collectors, who must send tax
notices by the first of November
so that taxpayers can qualify for
the three percent discouni by
paying before November 15."
Dedication
Slated For
JC Firewagon
The Firewagon for
Camp
Wilkerson, which was assembled
through the efforts of the Scap
poose Jaycees, w ill be given to
the camp in dedication cere
monies on Saturday, August 17.
The public is invited to attend
the Saturday morning event
from 11 a m . to noon
Featured speaker for the day
w ill be County Commissioner
Jay Ahlborn who was very
instrumental in the rebuilding of
Camp Wilkerson after the fire of
1970 which devastated the area
For those interested in attend
ing the ceremonies. Camp W ilk
erson is located on Apiary Road
about eight miles from the in
tersection on Apiary Road and
the Vernonia-Mist Highway.
Trophy Given
Dick Steams
The Vernonia Jamboree Com
mittee met this past week to
accept nominations for officers
for the coming year. Nominated
for the position of chairman
were Ruth Steers. Gerald Rus
sell. Chuck Hendry, Alice Men-
ary and Del Harrison
Bobbi Enneberg and Louise
Hamnett were nominated for
secretary while Pal Goodman
was nominated as treasurer.
During the meeting Gerald
Russell awarded a trophy to
Dick Stearns-on behalf of the
committc-c-in appreciation for
his hard work and many efforts
to assure the success of the 18th
annual Jamboree.
The final meeting of the Ver
nonia Jamboree Committee w ill
be Wednesday, September 18 at
which time more nominations
w ill be accepted and elections
held
Reports w ill be completed and
made at that time
Chamber Meets
Due to a lack of attendance by
Several directors, a special
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce has been called for Wed
nesday, August 21, at the West
Oregon meeting room at 8 p.m.
Routine business and the pay
ment of hills are on the agenda
Following is an interview con
ducted with Senator Bob Pack-
wood during his tour of Columbia
County Wednesday, August 7.
Reporter: One question in
volves Watergate and the
president Do you think there is
any chance that he can survive
as President?
Packwood I think there is no
chance al all that he can survive
as an effective president whet
her or not the Senate were to
acquit him
I think his moral
leadership is gone beyond any
hope of revival, period! My
hunch is that within a week he
w ill have resigned, and we w ill
be faced We’ll have Jerry Ford
for President I ’ll say by a week
from now (This conversation
took place on Wed prior to the
actual resignation on Thurs
day)
Reporter The second ques
tion
concerns
inflation
If
you’ve been reading news
papers as I have you are
aware that there is a kind of
concensus that nobody really
knows what to do with the sit
uation and I was wondering if
you had any answers to it.
Packwood: Yeah You bet!
One is, we can cut federal
spending this year by about ten
billion dollars and bring the bud
get into balance If our budget
figures are right that would
bring it in to balance.
The
President has presented a bud
get of 305 billion and revenues of
295 I initia lly supported and
co-sponsored with Senator Prox-
m ire an amendment to just cut
the budget across the board 10
billion That failed But we can
cut six billion out of the m ilita ry,
principally by withdrawing our
troops from Europe, which are
unnecessary We can take about
two billion out of the foreign aid,
four-and one half billion dollar
foreign aid budget and there is
about two billion we could pare
off of housing and urban deve
lopment. transportation, public
works. HEW, and that would
bring the budget in balance, and
that in and of itself would be the
single biggest thing we can do
It is to get the government out of
the bond market so that the
interest rates come down The
government goes and borrows
the same place you do
We
borrow from hanks and pension
trusts and Savings bonds There
is only so much money to loan
and when we are borrowing it
forces the interest rates up.
Secondly, is tax reform One is
closing the loophole on the oil
depletion allowance which would
give us about 2.5 billion dollars a
year in addition. Secondly, I
would close the loophole on the
hobby farms where people of a
fa ir degree of wealth are in
vesting, taking advantage of
deductions that were intended
for fajjners and are using them
to buyland farm it for five cr ten
years, normally to a tenant, or
lease it and then develop it for
real estate.
And those tax
loopholes were not intended, if
you call them loopholes, they
were not intended for city slick
ers to buy up real estate and turn
it into developments. They were
intended to help keep fam ily
farmers on the farm . Third, we
were successful several years
ago in lim iting farm payments to
20 thousand dollars and no more
than that to any single farm er
and I think we ought to quit
paying them to anybody except
fam ily farmers
Third, we can change the
anti-trust laws If the present
ones don’t work and I am not
sure they have ever have been
adequately enforced but assum
ing that they were and didn’t
work, I would change the anti
trust laws and almost make a
standard of either size or pro
portion of the market. For some
types of industries you might
want one and for some types the
other, because at the moment
you have to try to prove conspir
acy to restrain trade or con
spiracy to monopolize or con
spiracy to control prices and
conspiracy is a hard thing to
prove
And I just am so
convinced that small business
RETRACTION:
The City Recorder wishes to
apologize to Norman Davis and
the Senior Citizens for appar
ently misunderstanding a state
ment at the August 5 council
meeting They encourage young
people to make use of their
transportation facilities and no
abuse of this privilege has
occurred.
Packwood To latroduce Bill
Restrictiag Oil Companies
W’arning that the oil com companies,” he said.
panies' stranglehold on the Am
The Oregon Senator said rep
erican public must be broken. resentatives of the oil industry
Senator Bob Packwood (R-Ore.) have pleaded before the Senate
said he w ill introduce legislation
Interior Committee that they
to prohibit oil companies from
need enormous profits to finance
retailing or operating gas sta development of petroleum re
tions
sources “ If these companies
In a speech before the Seaside would stick to petroleum de
Rotary Club at the Crab Broiler, velopment, fine But they are
Packwood pointed out that more expanding into alternative sour
than 500 of Oregon’s independent ces of energy such as geo
gas dealers were forced out of
thermal, solar and coal. Two
business during the energy crisis years ago Arco began acquiring
last winter Unless the m ajor oil
property in downtown Los An
companies are kept out of re
geles; Gulf Oil Real Estate is
tailing. independent gasoline
developing land in Reston, Va
marketers, already weakened
and F lorida ; and recently Mobil
financially by two years of
announced its intention of pur
supply starvation, are going to
chasing a controlling interest in
be virtua lly destroyed” the Ore
Marcor Corp., the parent com
gon Senator said.
pany of Montgomery Ward and
Packwood, who is on a two- Container Corp of America
week swing through the western
"These activities raise serious
part of the state, explained that
questions in regard to antitrust
now that overseas oil-producing
laws,” Packwood said. “ Vertical
companies have seized control of
expansion must be ended, and
much of the crude production one of the first steps we should
and the associated profits, the take to accomplish this is to stop
m ajor companies are turning oil companies’ robbery of the
increasing attention to tighten
public by keeping them out of
ing their grip on the downstream selling gas at tne ; retail
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level,” he
sectors such as pumping gas-and said
to increasing profits there.
Some major companies are
taking over previously franchis
ed new stations for their own
use, and all of them are con
tinuing to build new stations,
A three month-old baby g irl
stations that w ill compete d ir
ectly with the independent gas apparently escaped serious in
ju ry following a fall from a
oline retailers, he said.
pick-up truck at the corner of
"This is a dangerous trend,”
Packwood said. “ If we are to Weed Avenue and Bridge Street
as the d river was preparing to
protect both the independent
businessman and the consumer, make a left turn
The infant, daughter of Mr.
we must preserve the compet
itive influence of the indepen and Mrs Harold Redfern of Ver
nonia, was rushed to the Ver
dents," he said.
nonia Clinic where she was ex
amined by Dr T M Hobart then
The gravity of this problem is
transferred by ambulance to the
emphasized by the recent flu rry
Forest Grove Community Hos
of financial reports by oil com
pital for observation Reports
panies, Packwood said During
from the hospital al presstime
the second quarter of this year,
indicate the baby is doing fine
he said. 14 m ajor oil companies
reported profit increased rang
ing from a low of 18 percent to a
high of 292 percent over the
same period of last year
The monthly meeting of the
“ The vicitm who is paying of
for these enormous profits is the Clatsop - Columbia Washington
American consumer He is pay Chapter of Oregon Ixjg Truckers
ing 40 percent more for regular w ill be held this Saturday,
gas than he was last year and 70 August 17, at the Vernonia Golf
percent more for home heating Course There w ill be a social
hour at 7 with dinner being
o il” , Packwood said
“ Oil companies already dom served at 7:30
The Chapter president Fred
inate exploration, d rilling, re
fining. transportation and re Skidmare urges all members to
attend and bring a friend Also
tailing of the product, and this
vertical integration must be any interested log trucker is
invited to attend the meeting.
stopped or the consumer, once
Truckers wives are also wel
again, is likely to be enveloped
by yet another tentacle of the oil come to attend meetings
Baby Injured In
Accidental Fall
can be competitive if it has
access to capital and I think you
would have infinitely greater
competition among business if
you were to break up some of
these large businesses and I am
not saying that they are evil I
am just saying that we need to
make them smaller so that you
have got more competition.
I would pass the trade bill, that
we now have before congress
and lower our tariffs as much as
we can because at the moment
we are still protecting many
industries with high tariffs and
consumers would have lower
prices if some of these good
foreign products could get in
over our ta riff barriers. And the
other way around, because it is
reciprocal it would increase our
balance of payments, and it
would help our exports if we
could get some of the foreign
nations to lower tariffs and in
some of the foreign nations to
lower tariffs and in some cases
there are even non ta riff b arr
iers. Basically red tape; they
say we don’t have any ta riff, but.
And you have to go through a
whole rigamorole to get into
their market.
Reporter: I. have one more
quick question, and I don't know
if you can answer it quickly but.
It is a two part question, it
involves campaign financing.
Your stand on that and them in
your last campaign you received
a large contribution from a man
by the name of L.H. Hunt and I
would like to know your feelings
on this and a third question tied
to that, how can you as a Senator
take a position on oil when you
have a campaign contributor
giving your two hundred thou
sand dollars from oil money?
Packwood:
I never had a
contribution of 200 thousand. I
think the one from M r Hunt was
two or three thousand dollars not
two hundred thousand. I don't
know where. I have never had a
contribution of that, any place
close to that size in my life. It
came late in the campaign; at
the time it came it just came in
the mail and we didn’t even
know who he was. But in any
event I am sure he is not very
happy with my position about
elim inating the oil depletion
allowance and about - I have
already introduced a bill to
prohibit the oil companies from
bidding on geothermal leases
and I am soon to be introducing a
bill to prohibit them from re
tailing gasoline. So I guess that
just would be 180 degrees in
opposition to whatever his inter
est is
But the contribution I
think was 2,000 not 200,000.
Reporter: What is your posi
tion then on campaign fi
nancing?
Packwood: I would lim it con
tributions to a relatively small
amount and I would allow a
hundred dollar tax credit for
anybody up to a hundred dollars,
because I am convinced there
are people that have never given
money that if they could take it
right off the top, I don't mean a
deduction; I mean a credit,
dollar for dollar
I like that
rather than public financing be
cause that lets you make the
choice as to who you want to give
it to.
It really is public f i
nancing. It's coming out of the
treasury because it is money
that would otherwise go there
but it lets you make the choice as
to where you want to give it. If
you had a hundred dollar tax
credit I think you could finance
every congressional and sena
torial campaign with contribu
tions of no more than probably
100 dollars
School Opens
August 30 for
1974-75 Year
All schools in Vernonia School
D istrict 47J w ill open August 30
this year for the 1974-75 school
year. Prior to the opening date
the total staff w ill meet August
26 through August 29 for an in-
service and preparation for the
opening of school.
School offices w ill be open
beginning Monday, August 19 for
all parents desiring registration
information.
Parents of all kindergarten
students and any first graders
entering S'-hool for the first time
are reminded that state laws
require these new students to
have a health examination, a
birth certificate and proof of
immunizatins. Forms and ap
plication blanks may be obtained
at the Washington Grade School
office.
The school calendar for the
’74-'75 school year lists the fol
lowing schedule of classes and
holidays:
August 30-School Opens <Vfc day
session)
September 2-Labor Day (legal
holiday)
October 11-State In-Service Day
(no school)
November 11-Veterans D a y
(legal holiday)
November 28-29 - Thanksgiving
Day and vacation
December 23-Jan 6-Christmas
Vacation
March 17-21-Spring Vacation
May 26-Memorial Day (legal
holiday)
June 6-School Closes
Quarterly Checks Due
For School Support
State Sup! Jesse Fasold an
nounced that Oregon school dis
tricts w ill receive a record $170.7
m illion in basic school support
for 1974-75. This is $27.2 m illion
more than last school year and
$66.6 m illion over than in 1972-72.
The first quarterly check is
expected to be issued this Thurs
day, Aug. 15. Columbia County
payments include; Columbia-
Scappoose $197,362, Columbia
$147,709, Rainier $117,757, Ver
nonia $78,021, St. Helens $186,326.
Total $727,177.
Servicemen
Due Back Pay
The Comptroller of the United
States has recently ruled that
many former civ il service em
ployees and servicemen are
entitled to back pay.
In 1972, Congress passed a
salary increase for civil service
and m ilita ry employees, effect
ive October 1 of that year, but
the President of the United
States adm inistratively delayed
the increase to January I, 1973.
The recent Comptroller ruling
overrides the presidential delay
and entitles civil service em
ployees and servicemen to a
retroactive salary increase from
October 1 to December 31, 1973
Former National Guardsmen
who served during the period
can secure necessary inform at
ion and forms to obtain the back
pay from the nearest National
Guard armory or by w riting to
the M ilita ry Department, 2150
Fairgrounds Rd N.E., Salem,
97310.
Personnel on active duty at the
time should forward their claim
to the U.S. Arm y
Finance
Support Agency, Dept. 77, In
dianapolis, Indiana, 46249, to
gether with their name, social
security number, and a copy of
their discharge certificate
Food And Fun
Highlight Day
Hungry people and good food
were in happy accord at the
second annual Community Pic
nic Sunday, August 11, co-hosted
this year by Gordon Smith and
Chris Hendryx of Vernonia Sen
try Market and Dick Stearns of
Lew’s Place.
The feed fest was held on the
Justice property located on
Highway 47 and provided plenty
of parking space and room for
games of horseshoes, volleyball,
softball with swimming for the
kids and those adults brave
enough to go in the chilly water.
Barbequed hamburgers, hot
dogs, roasting ears of corn, pots
of baked beans and salads galore
tempted the appetites of the
multitude who turned out to
visit, play games and listen to
the bands that entertained the
guests.
It was fun in the sun and when
the day was over, they all went
happy, well fed, and, maybe a bit
sunburned.
F U N A N D GOOD food highlighted the second annual Community
Picnic held Sunday, August 11 on the Justice property on High
w ay 47. Carloads of people soon had the picnic grounds full
and a w a rm sunny day aided in making the picnic a success.
Z'A
Old Timers Picnic
REMEMBER-the 16th annual
Old Timers Picnic w ill be held
Sunday, August 18 at Anderson
Park with registration beginning
at 10 a m
Everyone is welcome and join
in the fun, say “ hello” to old
friends, neighbors and class
mates and make new friends
while there
T H R E E BANDS provided entertainm ent throughout the da;
lay at
the Comm unity Picnic where friends gathered to enjoy visiting
(siting
and games,
Oregon Log Truckers
Mett In Vernonia
A B O V E Ted W hite, Columbia County C harter Com m ittee chair
m an In shown presenting the document to Deputy County Clerk
M rs. Fannie Rhine at the Court House In St. Helens. The
C harter, presented Tuesday morning. August «. now aw aits a
ballot title and w ill appear on the Novem ber ballot.
SPECTATORS watch those with energy to get
Mt in the hot sun and play a good game of
softball at the Community Picnic.