Port Angeles Evening News (Newspaper) - April 20, 1969, Port Angeles, Washington Sunday Edition eies 9th Issue of 54th Year 12 Pages 10 Cents AM Clam gulping record set By MARINE DOUBEK PORT TOWNSEND Bob Port set a new for the consumption of littleneck clams at the fourth Annual Worlds Championship contest held at Port Townsend Cooper gulped 220 lent breaking a ord of 210 set by Hobart Ror rer of Whidbey Island In Rorrer pushed Cooper part of the way but faded to come In for second place with 169 clams stowed Third place winner was Jim Jones of Port Townsend who downed 122 Nels a Port send came in much to the disappointment of young fans who had gathered to cheer him He made fourth place with 120 A side contest between Port Townsend Elks Lodge 317 resented by Wally and Port Angeles Elks Naval Lodge represented by Al saw Norton taking the contest 97 Happy Hannah from a entry and the first woman to enter one of the clam came in fourth place with 101 clams to her cred The took place ov er an eight minute period with a break after the first five min Cooper was still chewing clams for a half hour after the contest Rorrer went on record as hat ing said he only en ters the annual event because Port shanghai House passes state income tax proposal s CLAM CHAMP DEMONSTRATES FINE FORM Bob Cooper sets new clam gulping record News photo by Maxine Doubek County officials ask for additional space OLYMPIA The House Representatives Saturday Proved a constitutional amend ment authorizing an Income tax by a vote of the House passed on a 6335 vote a setting up the tax at a single Both the Hems now go to the The compromise unveiled Friday would permit a change from one type of Income tax to another by a 60 per cent vote of the two houses of the leg This vote would be subject to either ordered by the legislature or Initiated by a Petition of registered Republicans want ed a 60 per cent vote of both houses and an automatic refer Democrats In the House wanted a lower Percentage and no thus making It easier to change to the gradu ated The new plan was submitted to the rank and file of both parties In a series of closed meetings Friday afternoon amid reports that a vote was set for Friday But John D and some other Demo crats wanted to wait until Sat little before 1 on the motion ol Dick the Democratic caucus decided on this course of Republican needing Democratic votes to se curp thp necessary twothirds majority for passage of the con reluc tantly went Enough Democrats appeared willing to accept the 60 per cent requirement In return for scrapping the automatic refer to assure Some of the Democrats who wanted to push for a vote Friday were fearful that some votes might be lost over The which was turned down 5343 on Wednesday but was brought back by a vote of calls for a Per cent Income reduction In the sales tax from per cent to per cent and a re duction In the business and oc tax by about None of this Proposed law would be effective unless a con amendment were ap proved at the polls after being submitted by two thirds vote of both The constitutional amend ment would authorize either a a tax rate with one rate for Individuals and one for or a grad It would also limit Property tax at one Per cent of market The Senate Put off until Mon day further consideration of a constitutional amendment of Us own which calls for one income tax rate on Individuals and one on It also Pro vides that this plan could be suspended by a vote of the Peo ple and calls for reduction of the property tax tlon of special and an ex from the business and occupation tax for firms paying an Income majority floor said the postponement was designed to allow time for refinements of the apparently In an effort to gain needed Leaders of both parties were working on a compromise ver sion of a limit for the income An amendment to the measure by Harry one of several GOP amendments defeated would have barred the Individ ual income tax rate from ever exceeding the sales tax The compromise being worked on would tie the two rates to but allow the Income tax rate to be somewhat I think the people will de mand a constitutional Lewis told the and this will make sure we will not make the great lunges and Plunges we have done with the sales I dont want to dash cold water on the theory of an upper We Intent to continue with negotiations to ar rive at a He said there at least 18 Democratic votes for the meaning up to 15 Re publican votes would be needed to put It over with two thirds of the 49member Refugee from Port sends clam gulping contest rushing toward Port ships stopped in bor Cello player Ing Instrument to concert Fishing equipment getting a hearty dusting High school and college stu dents getting ready for spring Woman burned Hazel 909 Si was severely burned about the arms and shoulders as the result of a fireplace accident Saturday Her said she was In poor condition at Olympic Memorial She apparently falling Into the A group of elected county of presented another pro posal for construction of an ad dition to the courthouse to the county board The group presented a letter to the commissioners which re from an extended meet Ing held Monday to discuss the problem of providing more space for the The letter outlined four bond proposals present ed to the voters since 1946 and concluded with the following rec to the commis sions That the board immediate ly consider Issuance of 000 in commissioners bonds to ward constructing a jail plus two additional stories of office space on the north side of the old The new structure would be separate from the old court but connected by an en closed hallway on all three the letter The di would be approximate ly 90 feet by 120 or as large as available space will it The document was signed by Joseph judge Frank assessor Alice auditor Harley sher iff Robert treasurer engineer and Hoi lis According to their proposal backing for the commis bonds would come from the investment of surplus mon ies which was authorized by the 1967 legislature and has result ed in an accumulation of over The annual amount of est being earned averages over and could be used to pay a bond issue of considerable The group said in its letter the request was being made realizing the immediate need for additional space and recog that a bond issue approv ed by the voter is virtually im There seemed to be general agreement among the commis as to the need for addi tional Discussion included questions on financing and the relationship of the City of Port Angeles in such a At issue is a long discussed city county jail Com missioner Thomas Mansfield said the county would like to co operate and make room for Commissioner Harry emphasized the need to get to gether with the city as soon as possible on such a joint jail ef fort which he estimated would save the city and county com between and 000 a Sheriff Bishop said the pro posed plan would provide facil for 50 This would be more than adequate for both the city and county and still have enough room left over for justice he add In other action the commis action on an agreement for the sale of coun ty gravel through an ment with the Clallam Soil and Water Conservation final approval to the Rivers Bend The site is near the mouth of the yute Little opposition heard in PUD nuclear plant hearing c J n l I Residents and public officials Thursday night voiced technical advice and emotional fears at a public hear ing on a lease for a thermal nuclear plant site on the Blyn The Clallam County Public Utility District 1 held the hearing as part of its lease negotiations with the State De of Natural Resources for a 650acre The regis ter showed 136 people at the THE LEASE WOULD PERMIT the PUD to conduct extensive feasibility studies and experi ments on the land so it can make a decision about the possible construction of a nuclear pow ered electric generating PUD chair said the PUDs concern really goes back to a power FERRIS AREA manager for the federal Bonne ville Power The use of electricity out here is much greater than anywhere else in the The Pacific Northwest will require one new thermal generating plant every year in the The electrical load doubles every 10 he Were reaching where the economical sites for hydro electric generation on rivers have been Were go ing to have to start moving into thermal generation PUD We have been working on this project at least two The site under consideration is IVa miles east of a tenta tive location for a thermal nu clear power plant proposed in 1967 by a study completed by PHIL PUD super said a field patrol of the original proposed site privately owned and the one under negotiation with the state showed more desirable fea tures for plant construction on the state James a Well hit PUD said the lease with the state for the land will cost a year during the feasibility study An owner of the privately own ed land wanted from the PUD for his sell THIS PARTICULAR method leasing state land is the least Fletcher The lease only opens the door so we can make these He said the PUD must make further studies before it can make any comment on technical aspects of the We are not asking for technical advice we are asking only for a he FRED OF Route Box gave a minute talk on his technical views of the I am op posed only to the site he Two juniors from a Port An geles High School physics class countered his comments with the results of their The and Greg Van they began studying the many aspects of a thermal nuclear generating plant when it was first proposed two years Kintner At Im in favor of leasing the land and making the WALLACE said the ini tial part of this lease is for and study Later talks between the PUD and DNR will be expanded to include tech aspects of the plant and its he We havent reached that point speaking as an individu al citizen who is a native ojf the North Olympic Hoff the PUD commis at least have an obliga tion to JAMES president of the First National Bank of Port said Weve been assured this is strictly an inves I see no reason why we should not go ahead with this in Tom Clallam County The PUD is obligated to make the We are entitled to know if it is feasible to have this plant here or All three members of the county board attended the Parrett said the PUD will consider the formal act of plying for the lease at its lar meeting Nixon WASHINGTON AP dent Nixon will order drastic without for any future attack on intelli gence ships or responsi ble members of Congress said These sources said Nixon made this statement in review ing with congressional leaders the reasons he feels it necessary to continue flights of electronics planes such as the one shot down in the Sea of Japan by North At his Friday news conference Nixon said when planes of the United States and ships of the United States are in Internation al airspace or in international they are not fair They will not be ta the WEA considers 3part action SPOKANE AP TWO Friday delegates to the Wash ington Education Association Representative Assembly in Spokane against hasty action as the body considered impos ing sanctions on the ton legislature if it does not prove a tax reform and Frank Brouil flew to kane to address the and then returned immediately to Toe assembly voted to put off until today further consid of the They proved and sent to the lature a petition bearing more than 5QQ names tition Indicated the delegates are disturbed by reports session may adjourn before passage of a tax reform In a statement made earlier Robert WEA executive WEA members were but the question was what to do and how to do He The of statewide sanctions is going o be Sanctions take the form of censure of or they might go the way to a holding of teacher service at the beginning of the school
