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University Of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97403 Nyssa Gate City Journal VOLUME LXIII THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA, OREGON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1969 The Sugar City GOVERNOR APPOINTS TASK FORCE TO EVALUATE NUCLEAR POWER SITES Governor McCall has an nounced establishment of a Nu clear Siting Task Force manned by 10 heads of key state agencies. The new body will operate as a sub-committee of the Governor’s Nuclear De velopment Coordinating Com- mittee. Created for the purpose of evaluating proposed locations for nuclear power plants within Oregon, the task force will receive and investigate sites which will--at intervals--be submitted by utilities systems. "Paramount in the duties of this task force, “McCall said, "is to make certain that any such building site would not in any way jeopardize our prime concern: the protection of Ore gon’s incomparable environ mental quality.” Listed as probing concerns for the group are such con siderations as the prevention of pollution in all forms and the absolute protection of the state’s people, water, air, land resources, wildlife, fisheries, and aquatic life. H. J. HEINZ CO. UPS DIVIDENDS The Board of Directors of H. J. Heinz Co. today voted to increase the quarterly divi dend on the company’s common shares from 21 to 23 cents, payable January 10, 1970 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 22, 1969. Today’s dividend increase was the fifth in the past 29 months. The company also announced that it is filing today with the Securities and Exchange Com mission a registration state ment covering 1,675,000 shares of its common stock, of which 1,500,000 shares will be offered by the company and 175,000 shares will be offered by the Howard Heinz Endowment, a charitable trust. The shares will be offered to the public by a nationwide group of under writers managed by Morgan Stanley & Co. WORK PROGRESSES ON ORE-IDA PLANT SANTA RETURNS Santa will make his final appearance for 1969 in Nyssa on Saturday, Decem ber 20. He will be at the Library Meeting Room from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. with treats for the child ren and will listen to their Christmas wishes. The Jolly Old Gent will make brief appearances in the main street stores fol lowing his interviews at the library. * OUTDOOR LIGHTING City Manager Fred Koch said that there had been a rash of vandalism on outdoor Christ mas decorations. The hoodlums have been stealing light bulbs and breaking them. If caught they will be prose cuted to the fullest extend of the law, according to Municipal Judge A. C. Sallee. There is no excuse for this senseless vandalism, Koch said, and anyone noting this mali cious destruction of property could help stop it by calling the police immediately. I Thunderegg Sculpture Shown above is the metal sculpture mounted on the west wall of the U. S. National Bank. Created by John Richen, it tells the story ofthe "Thunder Egg”. The sculpture is 14 feet wide by 7 feet tail. The lower circles represent the core of the earth, where millions of years ago firey avalanches of molten rock poured out and flowed over the land. The large angular bodies on both sides of the large circle represent the erupting force that formed Mt. Hood and Mt. Jef ferson. The Indian legend tells us that Mt. Hood and Mt. Jefferson Officers of the bank shown around the table in the new conference room are, left to right, Wally Beckett, vice-president and Eastern Oregon regional manager; Joe Martin, operations officer; Donald Young, manager; Earl Dressier, executive vice-president; Harold Zodrow, assistant vice-president; and Ray Baugh, press relations officer. would orten fight by hurling rocks at each other. They believed that the Mountain Gods had robbed the nests of the Thunderbirds to have their fear ful, thunderous battles; hence the legend and the name of Thunder eggs evolved. The large, uncut stones represent the nests of the Thundereggs, and the stones which bridge between them represent their fight. The Thunderegg is officially the state rock of Oregon, and Nyssa is the 1 hundereggCapUoi of Oregon. Now that we under* stand it, the sculpture seems quite appropriate. Over two thousand visitors passed through the new U. S. National Bankof Oregon Monday as the bank opened its doors for business. Malheur County Treasurer Jean "Pat” Bond cut the rib bon at the dedication ceremony, then spoke a few words. She noted that this is the second new bank to open in Malheur County in 1969, an indication of the area's economic growth. Other dignitaries who spoke at the brief ceremony were Nyssa Mayor Cecil Morrison; Earl Dressier, U.S. National’s executive vice-president; Bob Franklin, master of ceremonies and the bank’s public relations representative; and Don Young, manager of the new Nyssa branch. After the dedication the doors were opened to the public, and a constant flow of people passed through the bank until closing ALIENS MUST FILE ADDRESS REPORTS NOW C.W. Johnson, District Direc tor, of the Immigration and Naturalization Service advised today that the annual alien ad dress report program is again under way. According to Mr. Johnson. 24,012 aliens reported their ad dresses last year in the State The number this of Oregon, year is expected to be slightly larger. Immigration official The pointed out that the address reports are required by law and willful failure to comply with these requirements may lead to serious consequences. Forms with which to make the reports are available at all Post Offices and Immigration and Naturalization Service Offices. It is an easy matter to fill out one of the cards and return it to the same office. Mr. Johnson added that trained personnel will be on hand in all offices of the Im migration and Naturalization Service to answer any Questions the reporting aliens may have regarding Immigration and Na turalization matters. Sufficient trained personnel are not avail able to furnish this assistance in all Post Offices. WEATHER DA it LAX. 1U Dec. 11 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Dec. 17 MAX. MIN. PR EC ft 31 45 40 .14 .16 46 37 38 .22 46 49 33 46 30 33 40 .02 RESERVOIR STORAGE 12/15/69 456,240 Acre Feet 12/15/68 161,350 Acre Feet. OWYHEE at 8 p.m. Of interest was the Treasure Chest, with each visitor given a key to unlock it. Ninety-two lucky key holders unlocked the chest, and they won a total of $740. Manager Don Young said that he was most gratified with the response of Nyssa area resi dents. He said that four new U.S. National Bank branches were opened in Oregon this month, and the Nyssa opening was the largest. Bank em ployees from La Grande, Baker, The Dalles, Halfway, Ontario and Vale assisted in the opening, in addition to the hqme office personnel from Portland. Manager Young said that he oarticularly wanted to thank the several Nyssa High School seniors for their help. They blew up the balloons, served re freshments, and were of great assistance throughout the long day. Early Journal Next Two Weeks The Journal will be printed and mailed on Tuesday each of the follow ing two weeks for the Dec ember 25 and January 1 issues. This will enable all of our readers to re ceive their papers before the holidays. Please bring in your news and ad copy by Mon day noon each week in order to meet the deadline on these issues. LOONEY RETIRES FROM DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE Clifford Looney, Malheur County District Attorney, an nounced today that he is retiring from this office effective January 1, 1970. Looney said that he will re main in the area, but is not at liberty to announce his plans until after the first of the year. TVCC Starts Art Class For Children An art class for children ages 9-12 will be offered at Treasure Valley Community College win ter term. The class will meet Thursdays andFridays4;OOp.m. -5:30 p.m. in the Art Building and will be taught by Julie Remmerde. Learning exper iences will include painting, drawing, ceramics, stitchery, printmaking, tie-dyeing and weaving. During the holidays, pre-registration for this class will be taken bv Mrs. Goin, secretary of Continuing Educa- tion at Treasure Valley Com- munity College. An organ izational meeting will be held Thursday, January8at4:00p.m. in the Art Building on campus. CHUKAR SEASON ENDS Upland game bird hunters are remindedby the Game Com mission that the chukar, Hungarian partridge, valley and mountain quail season ends December 31. This is a change in the regulation from previous years when the seasons extended into January. Game biologists in the northeastern part of the state believed the earlier clo sure desireable to protect the bird population from over harvest. In times of deep snow many chukar and quail would concentrate around cattle feed lots. At these times the birds were subjected to heavy and constant pressure. The waterfowl season extends into the new year in Malheur and the other Columbia Basin counties. The duck season closes January 18. The seasons on goose, merganser and coot end January 11, 1970. NFO DELEGATES RETURN FROM NATIONAL CONVENTION OPEN NEW NYSSA BRANCH OF U. S. NATIONAL BANK VANDALISM ON Dale McLane, Public Re lations director for Ore-Ida Food, said that work is pro gressing on schedule in re building the burnt out section of the plant, and the target date for completion is still Feb ruary 1, 1970. McLane said that most of the roof supporting columns are now up and the freezing tunnel walls have been completed. Part of the roof is in place, and construction is to the point where the interior layout and size fo the building can be easily seen. He said that within a relatively short time after the • roof is on the walls will be > placed, and as they are made of ) prestressed concrete, they will | CHRISTMAS SEALS FIGHT EMPHYSEMA TUBERCULOSIS AND AIR POLLUTION go up very rapidly. I The raw potatoes in storage f G reet / h G o MS A are keeping well and barring 5 C ~ any extraordinary problem, 5 li they should be processed , according to plans. L— Two changes to the Snake River angling regulations will go into effect January 1, 1970. A "fishing for fun” regulation for the Sturgeon was recently adopted by the Oregon State Game Commission. The new regulation states that all stur geon caught must be im mediately released unharmed back into the river. Many anglers have been requesting this rule. Population studies have shown that the number of legal size sturgeon have been declining even though good numbers of smaller and larger sturgeon were found. The Idaho Fish and Game department had adopted this same "fishing for fun” regulation. The second regulation change will reduce the trout limit on the Snake River from 15 to 10 fish per day. This move makes the daily and possession limit for trout the same as on other eastern Oregon streams. lARGE CROWDS HELP TO MANAGER REPORTS NUMBER LI GAME COMMISSION MAKES CHANGES FOR FISHING, BIRD HUNTING Evaluation procedures will involve the calling of public hearings about the site inques tion and the enlistment of aid from any or all of Oregon’s central agencies. The task force also expects to work closely with officials of local government as a means of as suring all-Oregon cooperation in this new field. Findings in all investigations will be reported directly to Governor McCall and to the parent group--the Nuclear De velopment Coordinating Com mittee. L. E. Wilkenson, state nu clear coordinator, will serve as chairman. The rest of the panel will comprise the heads, or designated representives from, the Agriculture Department, the Environmental Quality Com mission, the Fish Commission, the Game Commission, the Public Utility Commission, State Board of Health, State Engineer, State Department of Geology and Mineral Studies, and the Water Resources Board. Thunderegg Capital Shown cutting the ribbon in the dedication ceremony is Pat Bond, Malheur County Treasurer. Looking on are Earl Dressier, U.S. National executive vice-president; Nyssa Mayor Cecil Morrison; and Donald Young, bank manager. y ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blood Drawing Nears Quota, Nets 139 Pints A good turn-out for the'blood drawing last Thursday resulted in 139 pints of blood being given to the Red Cross Blood- mobile. Eight persons were rejected, and the drawing fell a little short of the 150 pint quota set by the committee. Ruth Allen, chairman of the blood drawing committee, and representing the Jay-C-Ettes, wishes to thank all donors and all committee members who made the good showing possible, and particularly those members of the Malheur Memorial Hos pital Auxiliary. She also wishes to thank Stephen Fonda for his article in the Journal on the need for blood by several area youngsters. Amalgamated Sugar Company employees had the largest turn out of any group, and won the travelling trophy. Art Cartwright was awarded a 5-gallon pin; Ethel Lawrence the 4-gallon pin; and Harold Kassman and Harold Alexander were each given the 1-gallon pin. Robert Deboard and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Peterson, Canyon County NFO delegates and mem bers, returned home from Louisville, Kentucky, this week following the largest and most successful national convention in the history of the National Farmers Organization. A record 14,000 voting dele gates attended two days of meetings, which charted the fu ture of agriculture and streng thened the position of the family type farm in Rural America. It was the largest farm con vention in American history. Delegates heard fact-backed re ports from various commodity department heads, calling atten tion to price increases being received by NFO members for their products through the NFO collective bargainig program. Growth of the organization also was reflected by the reports of many new commodities added to the bargaining program. "For the first time in the history of agriculture, a co ordinated bargaining program in all 48 states of the continental United States is operating or has the capability of operation, which makes the NFO struc- YOUNG SPEAKS TO CHAMBER Donald E. Young, manager oi the Nyssa branch of the U.S. National Bank, was principal speaker at the Wednesday HIGH SCHOOL BAND meeting of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce. Young told the AND CHORUS WILL group of the computer opera tions of his bank, saying it PERFORM TONIGHT was the first bank in the nation to post accounts by the The Nyssa High School Band computer. Now the system is and Chorus Is presenting theii in general use all over the coun annual Christman Concert to try. night at 8 p.m. in the multi President Wayne Moncur an purpose room of the Primary The Budget Board Members Building. Admission is free, plan to meet each Thursday for nounced that this is the last and parents and friends are lunch at the cafeteria. Following meeting of 1969, as the next two Wednesdays fall on Christ invited to attend. lunch they will break up into The young musicians will sing small groups to spend some mas Eve and New Years Eve. Moncur thanked officers and and play a program of sacred time visiting classrooms, the and secular Christmas music. resource center, shops and all members of the chamber for their help during the past year. The symphonic band will climax phases of the curriculum. Tom Stenkamp, newly elected the program with Irving Berlin’s The Board will become ac "White Christmas” and a quainted with the teachers and president of the chamber, will medley of Christmas Carols various school programs. This assume office with the first meeting in 1970. from all over the world. will aid them in making budget The band is under the decisions concerning the Nyssa direction ofCraigNorthrup,and school system. the choir is directed by Gary The School Board authorized Condon. the opening of the high school Budget Board Wil) Observe Class Routine USE CHRISTMAS SEALS gym week-ends starting Jan uary 9 and 10. Mr. Charles Chapman will be in charge of the gym. Saturdays the gym Three courses, sponsored by will be open from 11 a.m. Eastern Oregon College, will to 2 p.m. and Sundays from be offered in Ontario at 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. the Weese Building at Treasure Valley Community College this winter term, starting on or BANKER NAMED TO after Monday, Jan. 5, according to Dr. Floyd C. Hill, direc AGRICULTURE BOARD Grant W. Perry, senior vice tor of continuing education at the president at First National Bank college. Three-hour courses in Read of Oregon, has been named to ing in High School and Contem the 12-man agricultural com porary American Literature mittee of the American Bankers Perry, the only will be offered if professors Association. are available. Information may representative from the Pacific be obtainedby telephoning Leroy Coast, will serve a three-year term ending in October, 1972. Paulsen, 437-3138. The committee’s three-point EOC Howard Anderson, associate professor of education program promotes the deve will teach Principles and Prac lopment of a competitive and tices of Guidance Services Fri profitable agriculture, develops days from 7 to 10 p.m. and means for the provision of ad Saturdays from 9 to 12 noon equate funds for agriculture and for five weekends beginning Jan broadens the economic base of rural communities by encourag 9. Students may register during ing the development of busi the first two meetings of any ness, industry, recreation and other resourses. class. EOC SPONSORS COLLEGE COURSES 4 ture a total collective bar gaining structure”, President Oren Lee Staley told members in his State of Affairs message. Delegates were warned that the first two years of the 70’s will decide whether the family type farms or corporate ventures will supply the nation's foods. The NFO announced a "gi gantic” organizational drive this winter, designed to con tact every farmer who is not a member of the NFO and ask him to join. Staley pointed out that rural business men also have a large stake in the battle for Rural America survival. “In corpo rate agriculture structure, small business men will go down the drain along with the farmer.” Delegates were told that stepped-up bargaining efforts will be designed to secure more contracts and to improve the contracts the NFO already has in operation, and to secure added block bargaining. The NFO still reprds its holding actions of various farm commodities as a major factor in winning goals. Spot holding actions will be used as needed and now are in use on such products as grain sorghum, durum wheat and some other feed grains in various areas. Staley, of Rea, Missouri, was re-elected national presi dent and Erhard Pfingsten, Ser geant Bluff, Iowa, was renamed vice-president. ONION SHIPMENTS TOP LAST YEAR The onion situation for Western Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon remains about steady with the demand being slow for Jumbo Yellow Sweet Spanish onions, reports Warren Henninger, Malheur County, Oregon Extension Agent. The market is slightly stronger for yellow mediums with good de mand. Yellow Sweet Spanish U.S. *1 50# sacks 3 inch and larger are 2.50 -2.65 with most being 2.60 with the 2 - 3 inch size being 1.80-2.00. Whites 3 inch and larger are 3.75- 4.00 with the 1 3/4-3 inch being 3.90-4.00. As of December 1,1969 onion shipments are 114 carlots ahead of a year ago with 4,102carlots of onions remaining in storage. This compares to 4,615 carlots remaining in storeage for December 1,1968. Onion shrink is ranging from 18 - 30%, re ports Henninger. ------------ - The Nyssa High School varsity wrestling team, left to right front row, is Richard Beck, Mark Hartley, Joe Bernal, Gary Sadamori, Kirk Cleaver and Kyle Lassiter. Back row, Dan Haney, Curtis Reece, Ken Church, Mark Peterson, assistant coach Henry Mendazona, and head coach Mel Calhoun. I