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December 23, 1965     Shelton Mason County Journal
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PAGE 10 @I-IELTON--MASON COUNTY JOURNAL-- in "Oh WasM Decembar'.: .......... ?i: ........ ~*F~':" ":- .............. :'~ Drawn by Wendell Fosdick 4th Grade, Bordeaux School l COAST TO COAST STOneS I 126 S. 2nd e. Prouty, Owner 6th Grade Greeting by Barry Bailey Bordeaux School RIC CO. Greeting by Susan Attwood Age 11 Mr. View School T : Les Shelver UHI}ER THE Additional State Troopers Saving Lives; Traffic Record Improving In Washington By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS OLYMPIA -- The increase in State Patrol personnel authorized by the 1965 Legislature apparent- ly is paying dividends, though only. one.Lm,(~ of the 150 additional The situation isn't critical. There still is a considerable supply and FPC approval would ease the sit- uation considerably, SALES TAX State officials believe that en- SERVICEMEN Seamma Richard C. Holtorf, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Holtorf, Shelton, will always remember Dec. 2, 1965---the day nuclear-powered warships were first used in armed comba~ against an enemy. He is serving aboard ; the nuclear-powered attack air- craft carrier USS Enterprise. i troopers authorized has been ad- ded to the force so far. Thzough the first half of this year, before the first class of re- cruits had been graduated from the academy at Shelton, the traffic fa- tality rate was running well ahead of a comparable period of 1964. Since graduation of the first class, the trend has been reversed At the end of November, with on- ly one month left to go, the toll for this year was 650, just 20 be- low the total for the first ii months of last year. The record is much better than appears on the surface. The rural death rate is 27 below last year, while the urban toll, in azeas be- yond jurisdiction of the patrol, is seven more than last year. 35 LIVES SAVED It can be assumed on the basis of these figures, that the increase in patrol personnel has saved at least 35 lives. There is still one month to go, and December is a bad month. Last year, 61 were killed in December. Fifty men have been added to the patrol in two classes. Another 28 will be graduated and added to the force Jan. 14. The patrol has every hope that it will continue to reduce the staggering toll on the highways. LOGS Research studies on the log ex- port controversy, conducted by the Pacific' Northwest Forest and Range Eperiment Station of Wash- ington State Univ.ersity, show- ed that logs exported to Japan have an average value of $99.70 per thous:~.nd board feet, compared with $95.24 for the same logs on a mixed yield of lumber and other primary manufactured products. Costs of each operation were In- cluded in these figures. As for employment, it showed ~ha.t logs used for domestic man- ufacturing in sawmills and ply- wood plants provide eight to near- ly 10 man hours per thousand board feet, compared with. three man hours per thousand feet in log exporting. On the other hand, the research showed that only 9 percent of the exported logs are Douglas fir. Sev- cnty-~'~ix percent are western hem- h)ck oz' white fir, with various spe- cies making up the balance. GAS There has been a curtailment in the supply of intemx~ptible nat- ural gas used principally by paper mills, sugar mills, state institutions and some schools. Domestic users aren't affected, ,a they all use firm gas; neither are any customers of Washington :Natural Gas Company, which does- n't sell interruptible gass. "" ~kbo~lt ]20 million cubic feet of ]interruptible gas, which is cheap- er than firm, is used in this state. The curtailment was ordered be- cause of the heavy demand on firm gas. All pipelines supplying this area are carrying their maximum authorized capacity. The Federal Power Commission has been asked to grant a tempor- ary permit authorizing importation of an additional 50 million cubic feet a day. hb r Coue il Automation The Mason County Labor Coun- cil this week issued a statement concerning the effects of automa- tion and the need for increasing the minimum wage. The statement was signed by Darrell Sparks, pre- sident of the Labor Council. A National planning academy and federal minimum wage safe- guards for every American worker could offset unemployment and un- der-employment resulting from au- tomation, a labor member of the National Commission on Technol- ogy, Automation and Economic Progress said. Such an academy, pulling to- gether the best minds from Amer- ica's business, industry, unions, professions and colleges, could ap- praise technological developments and their use for the benefit and advancement of the entire nation, President Joseph A. Beirne of the Communications Workers said on the n~tionwide radio interview, Labor News Conference. BEIRNE SAID the minimum wage should be increased now to $2. an hour and apply to "every worker in the United States." He specifically meant, he said, to in- clude workers in intrastate com- merce under the Fair Labor Stand- ards Act. The social security sys- tem, he suggested, has "destroyed the myth of interstate versus in- trastate commerce." The A FL-CIO's position on soLo- marion is clear, said Beirne, who is a federation vice president. "We welcome it; we look forward to the introduction of new technolo- gy," provided that its benefits flow to all the people and its policies are not based on "financial con- siderations alone," he emphasized. He rejected the theory that auto- mation threatens only unskilled workers and predicted that "low- er-level" decision-making manage- ment jobs" will be seriously affect- ed as well. That makes "education-free pub- lic education from the age of three . . . to the doctorate level," for those with the ability, "one of the keystones" of any effort to lessen the blow of automation, he said. MANN REAL ESTATE Where The Action Is actment of an initiative measure being sponsored by the Association of Washington Cities would mean a 5-cent sales tax. Assuming that the cities will be able to get the signatures nec- essary to qualify, the initiative will be on .the general election •ballot next November. It would grant, cities and town~ a portion of the sales tax now col- lected by the state. If approved by the voters, the Legislature would have to provide the state with additional revenue to make up the difference. State officials ,are convinced a 5-cent sales tax would be the only answer. While state officials plan to re- main neutral, word of the 5-cent sales tax possibility, is certain to be well circulated. It could be* enough to spell failure for the in- itit~tive. PROPERTY TAX An organization has aready formed for a big push behind a proposed constitutional amendment. in the next Legislature which would set the assessment base for taxing property at 25 percent of true value. The present provision calls for an assessment base of 50 percent, but the average statewide is only 25 per. cent. The County Assessors' AsSocia- tion pressed for a 25 percent am- endment in the last Legislature, but they bumped'into a drive bY ,Gov. Dan Evans for a 36 percen£ base. Both prqposals failed. EARI~Y START. , The new organization "Citizens for 25 percent Amendment," in- cludes all of the county assessors, plus numerous other organizations, including the Grange, Farm Bur- eau, taxpayer groups, realtors and other businessmen. This larger group, starting much earlier, should stand a much bet- ter chance of gettingthe two: thirds vote in the Legislafure nec- essary to put in on the 1968 gen- .eral election ballot. If a 1965 law designed to raise assessed valuations to. 25 percent by 1968 woz'k.s, the proposed~ con- stitutional amendment~ would :be a "ceiling" rather than an increase in property taxes. ' It would Stand an excellent chance of winning'approval, at the polls. HOSPITALS Hospitals are expected'to ask the next Legislature for an ap- propriation of $300,000 to make up for money they will lose from care of welfare patients during the current biennium, through the reimbursable reductions put into effect by the Department, Of P:Ub~ lic Assistance. , ,, The departmental action was ne: cessary because the 1965-67 ~.ap- propriation fell short of the am- ount which the department has agreed to pay: MEDICARE Implementation of the federal. medicare program is expected to mean a savings in the Department of Institutions, as well as Public Assistance. The act provides for payment of care of mental patients over age 65. The savings for the Department of Public Assi~tapce is estimated at $2.6 million, but it won't~ affect the department's budget. It hb.d been anticipated and allowed for when the 1965-67 appropriation was approved. SPACE The next Governor may not have to worry about a place to v,.~rk between election day and inaugu- ration. The Legislative Council's ~ub- committee on state governmen,t is proposing that an incoming Gov- ernor be provided with office spac~ in which to:werk at least, 30 day~ prior to his.takin~t off.ice. • ! • As the carrier Enterprise went { : ' "" !' : ": against the Communisl Viet Cong in South Viet Nam, the nuclear- powered guided missile frigate ~ .' Bainbridge was again at the "Big E's" side, providing anti-air an(~ ....... ..... . anti-submarine defense f()r the : , • " . pleted a 30-day, 16,000 mile tran- ,, ' . sit from Norfolk, Vs., to the Western Pacific to become the first nuclear-powered vessels to . :.:' , ....... operate with the Seventh Fleet. : * $ * U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Ap- prentice Dean E. Dewell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Dewell, Shel- ton, graduated Dec. 17 from an eight-week training program at Government ~sland, Alameda, Cal- ifornia. His company, of which he was an assistant platoon leader, was winner of Honor Company of the Week twice. After spending Christmas at home with his parents, he will report to Yorktown, Vs., for ad- ditional training and will return to Seattle for one-the-job training as a Boatswain's mate. After 12 months of active duty, he will then serve five years in the active ;reserve stationed in Tacoma. • Alrmm~ Third Class James J. Rutledge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene R. Rutlcdge, Shelton, has been gi~aduated with honors at Chanute AFB, Ill., from the train- ing course for U.S. Air Force air- C~kft mechanics. Airman Rutledge, a graduate of Shelton High School. is being zeassigned to Bergstrom AFB, Tex., for duty with the Strateglc~ Air Command. Greeting by Peggy 5th Grade ACROSS FROM,: EVERGREEN INSURANCEI,: and TRAVEL CLARA HERB EBER ANGI DICK ANGLi EVA CAROL Greeting by Cindy Grade 5 Bordeaux :! 6th Grade Greeting by Scott Miltenberger Mt. View School