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r'ni zf.rs,’ y of Oregon Libr-ai7 Eugeni-, Ore. 77403 Nyssa Gate City Journal 67th Year 52nd Issue The Sugar City Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, December 27, 197 3 BABSON'S REPORTS FINANCIAL -BUSNESS FORECAST FOR 1974 By Babson's Reports Inc., Wellesley Hills, Mass., De cember 27, 1973, Shortly after publication of our 1973 forecast, a vital change in the ground rules occurred when the Administration sud denly put into effect Phase 3 of its economic game plan. With fear of Inadequacies of food and feed supplies al ready drivingpricesupward, this unexpectedly early shift in policy sent many other pri ces soaring. In our forecast of a year ago, we warned against suc cumbing to the outright op timism on 1973 then pre vailing, citing inflation as a possible pocket of serious trouble. Despite some prob lems no one could predict, factory output, retail trade, profits, employment, per sonal Income, and business capital expenditures achie ved the lofty results we projected. Except for limita tions of productive capacity and transportation, 1973 could have seen larger gains CHANGE IN LIFE STYLE AHEAD The staff of Babson’s Re ports now detects signs of a period of change in the life style of the nation's po pulace. For an indefinite time, rising costs alongwith inadequate supplies of fuel and energy could force al terations In demand and liv ing habits, just as high pri ces and short supplies of food have forced changes in our diet. Industrial and commercial establishments and even the nation's in ternational posture could be affected. Use of leisure time and consumer shopping habits may be influenced. Even protection of the en vironment could become less imperative. On the positive side, however, the might of the country's research and. technology will be brought to bear most forcefully upon the fuel andenergyproblems. SOME LETDOWN FOR 1974 Even before the energy shortage had reached acute proportions, there were in creasing signals that the cyclical rise in economic activity was aging, tn 1973 this three-year-old had al ready encountered produc tion capacity limitations in one industry after another of a nature not easily re medied. Then came the fuel shortage to cinch mat ters. So, with interest ra tes at stratospheric levels and credit supplies still stringent, some letdown seems inevitable for 1974. At this juncture, its mag nitude Is iffy, depending in large measure upon how long and how onerous the cur tailment of Mideast oil sup plies turns out to be. Even If the spigots were soon turned on again, we would not be likely to escape with out some industrial and com mercial disruptions, while consumers might tug their purse strings tighter be cause of impaired employ ment and income prospects. Thus, an economic setback of wider scope than a “growth recession’* seems imminent. NO DOUBT ABOUT INFLA TION Almost as critical to bu sinessmen, consumers, and Investors is inflation. 1973 was a traumatic period on this score, inflation viru lent and visible along a broad front. In (lie opinion of the Babson’s Reports staff, the Thunderegg Capital Nyce Elected Chamber Head only uncertainty is the DEGREE of inflation that will be seen in 1974. It is too much to hope it will be mild in view of the ongoing es calation of fuel costs along with the inevitable hikes in other fields. Also, the se cond phase of multi-year labor pacts signed in 1973 will automatically boost wa ges nearly as much as In the past year, as could any new pacts negotiated over the next twelve months. Many will be augmented by raises guaranteed under living-cost THE SHAY BYBEE HOME on Columbia fully decorated and lighted to help make escalation clauses. Avenue was again the festive spirit, beauti- Christmas In Nyssa a warm occasion. As of now, we forecast an inflation rise of approxi mately 6% In 1974. Here are some of the reasons for this seemingly moderate pro jection: Interest rates may already have crested over Treasure Valley Oppor for this cycle; monetary au tunities, Inc., the local shel The Red Cross Blood their physician to see if they thorities are not likely to tered workshop, will begin Mobile will be in Nyssa, may give. completely abandon their operations in Ontario. Don December 28, between the There is a heavy call for anti-inflation credit stance Mickey, Executive Director, hours of 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. blood at this time of year and unless Inflation is super stated that TVO Inc. which It will be stationed at the all persons who can give are seded by threat of a deeper has been in operation in the Eagles Hall and the quota requested to do so, espe recession than is now anti planning stage since July has for the drawing is 150 pints. cially since we have had cipated, beleagueredconsu- secured a short term lease Mrs. Robert Wilson, Hos some Nyssa residents who mers will display sharper on the building formerly pital Auxiliary President and have had open heart surgery price resistance, and the known as WE MO Manufac Chairman of the Blood Mo recently. cooling of domestic and fo turing. Financing to pur bile, said those between the reign industrial activity chase the building will be The Boy and Girl Scouts ages of 18 and 65 are asked should ease the feverish arranged over the next few will again be distributing re to give. Persons who have scramble for raw materials months. minder leaflets throughout had malaria, but have not and commodities. Treasure Valley Oppor Nyssa on the day of the draw had a recurrence in the past tunities will be training men ing. three years, are eligible to LESS PRESSURE ON THE tally and physically handi give blood. Persons taking Refreshments will be ser LABOR FRONT capped adults. The clients ved to the donors. medications may check with No one can blame the will come from a large area unions solely for the acute including both Idaho and Ore inflationary pressures of gon. As Don Mickey stated 1973 To their credit, labor that the river serves no bar leaders were moderate in rier to the training program. new contract demands, and Many contracts have been the danger-fraught calendar secured so that production The Malheur CountyCourt struction was contracted passed with no sequence of will begin the first of Janu Friday signed a contract with with Kinney. harmful strikes. Looking ary. Seven to ten clients Ray Kinney ConstructionCo. ahead, 1974 will be the li will start in the training pro The company plans to start of Ontario for a part of the ghtest of the three-year cycle cess and build in number construction early in Ja project to expand and re that recurs in major labor as more contracts are se nuary. The project is to be model the Malheur Nursing contract expirations, with the cured. completed in 310 calendar Home. steel industry virtually alone The building is certainly days. Bids were opened for the in the spotlight. There will one of the finest if not the construction project Wed be numerous secondary best workshop type facility Construction will include nesday and Kinney’s low bid unions at the bargaining ta in the Northwest area. The an 8,200 square foot addi of $428,889 was 22 1/2 per ble, but none with the clout diversified production pro tion to include an office, li cent above the estimate. of the United Steelworkers. cesses will serve as reward ving room, dining area, kit F unds for the proposed con The severe upthrust in con ing work experience to the chen, storage and increase struction had been granted sumer prices will make the clients as they train to se bed space from 39 to 50. by the court from Revenue steel group bargain more cure jobs in their local com Sharing Funds and totaled Also to be improved are aggressively, but the ex munities. the toilet rooms, showers, about $348,000. pected sag in business could nurses station and utility The budget committee Speed Limits lighten some of this pres room. Electric heat will be Friday agreed to recommend sure. Then, too, the close Cut Accidents put in the new addition. to the new budget committee relationship between labor that the revenue funds for The Oregon speed limit and management in trying to the two quarters after July has been reduced for a month do away with crisis bargain 1 be granted to the nursing now and the preliminary re ing in steel is an experi home fund. sults are in. ment that may well pay off. Gil Bellamy, the Adminis Friday, only the amount GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT trator of the Oregon Traffic already budgeted for the con- Safety Commission reports The staff of Babson's Re that there was a 17 per cent ports looks for a 5% increase Albert Conversano, Jr., reduction in accident reports in the Gross National Pro District Director, of the Im and a 28 percent reduction in duct (in current dollars) for migration and Naturalization traffic fatalities. 1974 as compared with 1973, Service advised today that Bellamy notes that while primarily as a reflection of the annual alien address re the 55 M.P.H. speed limit higher prices. If the fuel port program is again under Clyde Swisher has been was adopted to save fuel it and energy shortages are not way. appointed to one of five ad has proven to be a life sa ultra-severe in the winter According to Mr. Conver visory committees of the months, early-year economic ver too. To keep the new sano, 23,791 aliens repor Oregon Board of Education. speed limit in perspective activity could be bolstered ted their addresses last year The appointment of Swis he points out that traffic by existing backlogs of un in the State of Oregon. The her was to the statewide deaths have been lower all filled orders. Capital out number this year is expec assessment advisory com year for a variety of factors, lays and government spend ted to be slightly larger. mittee. ing will be the backbone of particularly the special se The Immigration official lective enforcement teams GNP, while the prime boos pointed out that the address Swisher is one of 14 mem which have been organized in ters of the past two years-- reports are required by law bers who will serve on the inventory accumulation and several Oregon counties this and willful failure to comply panel which was established year. consumer spending--will with these requirements may to make recommendations on exert a largely negative in guidelines for implementing lead to serious consequences fluence. The GNP will pro Forms with which to make a statewide assessment plan, bably be more deceptive in the reports are available at according to the board. 1974 than for many a year, all Post Offices and Immi with inflation making any DATE MAX. MIN. PREC. gration and Naturalization 28 41 Dec. 19 gain in the “current dol Drivers License Service Offices. After filling 29 Dec. 20 40 lars” figure illusionary. out the card the alien may .32 34 Dec. 21 43 All in all, 1974’s “real” place a stamp on the card Examinations 35 Dec. 22 50 GNP (expressed inconstant and mail it directly to the ad 34 Dec. 23 45 dollars--currently based on dress preprinted on the re Drivers license examina 38 26 Dec. 24 1958) may shade off lilfrom verse of the form. Aliens tions will be held at the City .06 28 Dec. 25 41 the 1973 level. The quar who complete the alien card Library Meeting Room in 22 Dec. 26 terly figures are likely to at a Service Office will give Nyssa from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m chart a downward path for Owyhee Reservoir Storage the completed card to the on January 9, February 13 the first three quarters of 12/24/73 428,950 Acre Feet service employee For those and March 13 in the first (Continued On Page 11) unable to personally return 12/24/72 493,390 Acre Feet quarter of 1974, the cards may mail them to TVO, Inc. Will Begin Operation Blood Drawing Friday At Eagl es Hall County Court Awards Nursing Home Contract Ken Nyce, manager of Stunz Lumber Company, was elected president of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce for 1974. Nyce has been vice- president, and will take over from Rod George, outgoing president. Jake Fischer was elected vice-president, and Ralph Lawrence was re-elec ted secretary-treasurer at the board of directors meet ing Wednesday noon at the Twilight Cafe Plans were discussed for the annual meeting and instal lation dinner to beheldearly in January, time and place to be announced later. Chamber membersagreed to set up and take down the Red Cross Bloodmobile ap paratus for the blood draw ing Friday, December 28. Local Men Purchase Sale Yards Ore-Ida Foods Plans $7.5 Million Expansion Ore-Ida Foods, Inc. will spent $7.5 million in ex panding its Ontario proces sing plant in the coming year Work is expected to start in the spring and to be com pleted by December 1, 1974. The expansion project will result in up to 350 new em ployees and will more than double the Ontario plant’s production volume of potato products over the next three or four years, according to a joint announcement by Ore- Ida Foods in Boise and the Oregon Department of Eco nomic Development in Port land. All of the raw protkicts required will be procured through contract and open market purchases with gro wers in the surrounding areas. Production of corn and onion products will not be affected. Growth of these product lines will continue as presently scheduled. Most of the work will take place inside the plant and will consist largely of equip ment installation. There will be few major changes in the exterior of the plant. Robert K. Peterson, Ore- Ida President, stated: “The continuing consumer accep tance of Ore-Ida products has created a dramatic in crease in sales during the past two years, requiring our company to expand its production facilities.” The company also ope rates factories in Burley, Idaho and Greenville, Mi chigan. The decision to ex pand the Oregon facility was based on several major fac tors. The area in and around Ontario provides an excellent labor source, particularly in light of the fact of other recent industrial curtail ments in the area. Eastern Oregon and wes tern Idaho provide an ex cellent potential for increa sed agricultural production. Another reason for selection of the Ontario facilities is that the company has deve loped with the growers of the area and the community a fine working relationship. Pe terson further reports, "Al- The Ontario Livestock Commission Co. was sold Friday to C. John Stringer, Nyssa and Lon Chisum, F ruitland. The sale includes both the Ontario and Weiser sale yards with the purchase price not disclosed. All 33 former stockhol ders have been bought out, Stringer said. Chisum will be new ge neral manager and DaleMe- hlhorn has been named of fice manager. The structure of the business will be changed somewhat, according to Stringer, who reported that the firm will no longer have buyers in the field, purcha sing cattle. All cattle sold will be consigned to the auc tion yard and the auction yard will operate as an auction. Mehlhorn announced that there will be no sales at either Ontario or Weiser next week with Ontario to have a sale on Monday. Dec. 31. Beginning with the first full week in January, Weiser will again have weekly Monday sales and Onta... will have weekly Tuesday sales. Stringer said the new ow ners are looking forward to serving the public in a con scientious way. Their rea Treasure Valley Com son for being he re is to serve munity College Dean ofStu- the public, he said. dents, Dick DeBisschop, an nounced that winter term re gistration will be Monday, January 7, instead of Ja nuary 3, as originally an nounced. Doors will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. The original date permit ted only one day of class the address on the card. sessions during the first Mr. Conversano added that week of 1974, a situation trained personnel will be on which is not practical from hand in all offices of the the stan<$x>int of energy con Immigration and Naturali servation as recommended zation Service to answer any by Governor Tom McCall questions the reporting aliens and State Superintendent of may have regarding Immigra Public Instruction, Dale Par tion and Naturalization mat nell. Conversely, to have ters. Sufficient trained per moved registration back a sonnel are not available to day earlier would have re furnish this assistance in all quired many students to tra Post Offices. vel New Years Day. Appointed though somewhat concerned about the energy crisis, the company feels the Ontario area has the best potential in electrical power and wa ter resources.” Governor Tom McCall des cribed the expansion pro ject as highly beneficial to Oregon's economy. He said it was compatible with the state’s goal for balanced growth, would provide a high ratio of jobs to energy con sumption and foster the con tinued growth andprosperity of agriculture. Edward Whelan, Directory of Oregon's Department of Economic Development, said he was working with the com pany on energy supply prob lems and was confident that these and other problems re lated to the expansion would be resolved. Governor Cecil D. Andrus said that “the impact of the new expansion to the On tario factory on Idaho will be significant as the com pany’s workforce at Ontario is drawn almost equally from Idaho and Oregon residents. Each new factory job creates additional jobs for service industries. One further fa vorable aspect is an increas ing demand for Idaho's No.l agricultural product--pota toes.” Company officials are working with the States of Oregon and Idaho and the Federal Government in assur ing adequate supplies of na tural gas and fuel oil and have also indicated they are looking into other alterna tives such as coal, and steam generation by means of solid waste burning. One of the major consi derations in selecting this site for the massive expan sion is that the present plant facility lends itself to the expansion both within the factory and the newly com pleted waste treatment fa cility. The new waste treat ment installation can be ex panded economically to meet ecological requirements. The company is proceed ing with plans for installa tion and is entertaining bids to begin construction. TVCC Registration Jan.7 Alien Address Report Program Now Underway Clyde Swisher 15< Per Copy NYSS^/L>.EMENTARY SCHOOL students serenaded the downtown area last Friday with Christmas carols before dismissal for Treasure Valley Com munity College faculty and student personnel people will be on campus January 3 and 4, for counseling andpre- registration for those stu dents who do appear. In ad dition, dormitories and the cafeteria will be open.Clas- ses will begin January 8. January 7, 1974 W-6, W-8, W-10 (Snack Bar -Cafeteria area) 9:00 a.m. W-Z 9:30 a.m. N-Q 10:00 a.m. T-V 10:30 a.m. G-H 11:00 a.m. C 1:00 p.m. R-S 1:30 p.m. M 2:00 p.m D-F the Christmas vacation School will convene again on January 2 1974,