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SQUARE DANCE CALLER H.
shown above testing his vocal chords for the biggest
square dance in Oregon history to be held in Portland
Jan. 22 and 23. He will be one of the callers in the gigan
tic affair at the Fred Meier warehouse on Swan Island
on Saturday of the two-day session. Some 80 dancers from
Roseburg are expected to participate in the Shrine Hos
pital benefit. Shown giving Reynolds some moral support
is Marcel Johnson, one of the Roseburg dancers. (Paul
Jenkins Picture).
Atom Powered Sub Nautilus
Christened At Ceremonies
By Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower
GROTON, Conn. UP) The world's first atom powered
vessel the submarine Nautilus was launched Thurs
day, opening a new era in sea power.
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, wife of the President, swung
a bottle of champagne across the bow to send the sleek
craft sliding down the ways into the Thames River at
Coroner States
Broken Neck
Caused Death
Coroner L. L. Powers reported
officially today that Douglas Coun
ty's fourth traffic fatality in 1954,
Ambrose Joseph Heilman died
Tuesday evening of a broken
neck rather than from a severed
jugular vein as previously report
ed. Heilman, a 40-year-old boiler
imaker and nicked smelter from
Portland, was fatally injured when
the car in which he was riding
spun' off Highway 99 near Curtin
and crashed into a tree. The car
was driven by Ridhard Spoone
imore, 30, also of Portland. Spoone
imore was in Cottage Grove Hos
pital suffering from a broken arm
and shock. He was Charged with
drunken driving. He will be re
turned here for arraignment, state
police say.
Heilman's body will be shipped
to New Rockford, N. D. His moth
er and brother are enroute to Ore
gon from New Rockford to claim
the body. The Roseburg Funeral
Home is in charge of arrange
ments. The accident occurred at about
7:45 p.m. Tuesday.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
With its new hardboard plant at
Klamath Falls, Weyerhaueser in
augurates a new era of lumber
ing in the State of Jefferson the
era of WOOD PROCESSING as
distinguished from merely cutting
down trees and sawing them up
into lumber.
It is a revolutionary develop
ment. With the advent of this new
era, two things will happen:
1. The lumber industry will no
longer cut out and move on. Its
raw material supply will become
permanent.
2 Every tree cut on our sus
tained vield timber lands will pro
duce MORE MAN HOURS OF
EMPLOYMENT.
What is hardboard?
How is it made?
.l - ....... in itmcA mmetinng is
interesting This new plant which !
" just going into production liter-!
alii takes a tree apart and re-1
. ' i .uhnio-umnH i
fibers The"e fibers are then hot-
ftners. i nee iiuc. dcT-'72
presstd into board,, of a i de..r
(Continued on page Fourl
The Weather
Mostly cloudy anr warmer with
a faw showers tonight and Fri
day. Windy today anq rarajm.
-r. i, 11 hnun 46
nigneil I ' ...... in
I awett amp, it hwwi
lowci i viMr. ,
u.h.t TifliD. any Jan.
Lowtst Tamp, any Jan.
Preeip. last 24 houra .
Precip. from Jan. 1 .-
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1.13
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5.29 I
Pracip. from Sept. I
Excass from Sep. 1
Sonsat today, 5:10 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:31 m
R. (Curley) Reynolds is
10:57 a.m. (EST).
A crowd of about 12,000 persons
including a number of notables
cheered as the Nautilus entered
the water under a bright sunlit sky.
Speakers hailed the nuclear
driven vessel as not only a power
ful new sea weapon but as a
harbinger of peaceful use of
a torn lie engines.
As Mrs. Eisenhower moved for
ward on the gaily decorated
launching platform to christen the
vessel, a masculine voice called
out:
"Hit it hard."
She took a few practice swings
and then hit the hull sharply. The
bottle crashed and champagne
splashed. The crowd roared and
whistles blew.
The nation's first lady stood
watching silently and bit her lower
lip as the Nautilus slid into the
river.
AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss
said during the launching cere
monies the craft simbolized both
the "atomic thunderbolts" of de
fense and of a peaceful boon of
nuclear power,
And NiWi ta mmmJnrf.r
Adm. Robert B. Carney, saw the
historic occasion as an unfolding
of "new vistas of American sea
Pwer'" . . .. , , ,
Strauss praised the teamwork of
industry and of the government
agencies, AEC and the Navy, j
which he said made possible crea-
tion of this first atom sub.
He singled out, with the only
mention of a specific name, Rear
Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, tolling
the admiral this was a job "well
done" and noting this must be an
occasion of "supreme gratifica
tion" for him.
BICYCLE STOLEN
His son's bicycle was stolen
Tuesday afternoon from in front
of his residence, Bruce Elliott,
1314 Madrone St., complained to
city police.
State Highway Commission
Will LetS31 Million Worth
Of Contracts During 1954
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM W The Oregon High
way Commission will award 31
muiion nonars worm oi contracts
this year to improve 425 miles of
roads, and then it will have to
come down to earth again.
since ,9i1'the commission, with
million dollars worth of highway
. has been c J
emergency construction program
to eliminate the worst bottlenecks
on the highwiys.
This whole program will be un
der contract by next July 1, except
for a few small jobs to be awarded
Idte this year.
After th:s year, the commission
v.ih have to So hack to its no-mil
...pnitino rato of 15 In 1H minions
r , - ............
-n-.iPIIi Tk.r. ill
the money that is cvailable from
normal revenues.
Last year, the commission award-
cd 38 million dollars worth of con-
tract, hut this year, it is tapering
oil to 31 minions.
This bond program, with federal
Estobliihed 1873 - 20 Pagei
Defense' Takes
Owens Claims
His Wife Had
Threatened Him
Defense attorneys for Bert Ow
ens began presenting their case
on his behalf Thursday morning,
calling eight persons to the stand
Deiore 11 a.m
Most of the testimony offered said m his return bere some eye
S U'nr e(.ifT"yiS witnesses put the total killed or
consisted of Irvine to establish
whether Mrs. Betty Owens had
threatened to Kill her husband.
The Riddle man has been charg
ed with first degree murder in
Ihe shooting last Aug. 25 of his
wife, Betty.
. Testifying Thursday morning
were Mrs. Flossie Boyd, half
sister of the defendant: Albert
Blankensliip and Vernon Chees
man, neighbors: William Bovd.
Owens' brother-in-law; Aaron Ow
ens, son of the defendant by a
previous marriage: Bruce Wvnter.
relief ambulance driver for Ganz
Morturary, Myrtle Creek; Sam
Winship, an acquaintance of the
defendant and the victim, and Leo
Demon, an acquaintance ot Owens.
Mr. and Mrs. Bovd and Win.
ship testified Mrs. Owens had
threatened to kill her husband.
Winship said she also threatened
to "drill" him one time.
A gun allegedly used bv Bettv
Owens in firing three shots at her
nusoana on Aug. 16 was intro
duced as evidence, as was a punc
tured tare and photographs of
Owens' car. He reportedly was in
in car when his wife tired three
shots from a .22 pistol.
(Additional Details Page 9.)
x
3 BLM Tracts
Sold At Auction
Three small parcels of Bureau
of band Management Umber
were sold at auction Wednesday
in the BLM offices in Roseburg,
according K James watts, dis
trict forester. Only one of the
traots was sold for more than the
appraised price.
A 34,000-board-foot parcel was
purchased lor $342.30 by Dumont
Logging Co., Roseburg. Appraised
price was $198. The only compe
tition in bidding came in this par
cel, located on Little River. Allen
and Dawson Logging Co. entered
a bid.
A tract containing 171,000-board
feet on Smith River was sold at
the appraised price of J1312 to
South Fork Lumber Co., Drain.
Another containing 17,000 board
feet on Little River went to Hub
Lumber Co., Roseburg, at the
appraised price of $85.
Friday Is Deadline
To Buy Banquet Tickets
Friday is the deadline for the
purchase of tickets to the Junioi
:nln,tr 01 iommerce s annual
'nS. J. "qUrt' tWe?"
w, B ocordn. ,to
an Woodruf. banquet chair-
The tickets are avaHahle from
Jaycee members. Speaker at the
banquet will be Dain Domich. Sac
ramento, president of the U.S. Ju-
nior Chamber of. Commerce,
!
Foreign Ministers Get
Creen Light For Meet
BERLIN im Tne Big Four
foreign ministers got a final green
light Thursday from the arrange
ments committee for their historic
conference opening here Monday.
Technical experts of the four na
tionsthe United States the Soviet
Union, Britain and. France an
nounced they have reachd "basic
agreement on the questions of ad
ministration security, comnnunica-
I tions and the press."
matching funds, is enabling the
commission to spend a total of 150
millions for the emergency pro
gram. When it is completed, Ore
gon still will need around 250 mil
lion dollars worth of road building
to get a modern system.
No more bonds can be issued,
because the state is virtually at
its bonding limit.
Much of the bond money has
been used to modernize the Colum
bia River and Pacific Highways.
But all of the highways are getting
some benefit from this source.
' During the first six months of
this year, the commission will
award 29 million dollars worth of
contracts, of which 17 millions is
bond money. This will improve 375
miles of roads.
In the last half of the year, the
total contracts will be only two
millions, of which half will come
from the bonds. This will improve
50 miles of highways.
After all these contracts are
(Continued on Page Two)
ROSEBURC, OREGON
Pakistan Train
Crash Dead May
Run Up To 300
KARACHI. Pakistan W The
Pakistan Mail, this country's
crack passenger train, tripped at
60 miles an hour into a freight
train early Thursday 75 miles
north of here.
Foreign Minister Sir Zafrullah
Khan, who escaped unscathed.
injured at around 300.
The train was roaring through
the desolate Sind desert from La
hore to Karachi when it crashed
into the train of oil tank cars.
The first two passenser coaches
were - reported "completely'
burned," although the oil freight
did not explode.
A number of foreigners, includ
ing Americans and Britons, were
aboard the train.
Zafrullch Khan walked to the
nearest road, where his own car
picked him up and brought htm
to Karachi. He said snmp vp.
witnesses estimated casualties at
a top of 300, but that he personally
would not put the toll at more
than 100.
28 U.S. Marines
Drown In Upset
INCHON, Korea I Twenty
eight U.S. Marines were dead or
missing Thursday after a troop
ship loaded with Chinese war
prisoners collided with and cap
sized a small landing craft.
The toll was surpassed by that
of only one other naval disaster
in the Korean theater.
Maj. Gen. William S. I.awton,
commanding general ot the Ko
rean communication zone, said 22
survivors 3rd Uivtsion Marines
and crewmen were rescued from
the chill waters of lnchon Harbor
minutes after the collision be
tween a big Formosa-bound LST
(landing ship, tank) and an LCM
(landing craft, medium). They
were not seriously hurt. The Ma
rines were weighted down with
heavy equipment.
Six bodies were recovered and
22 others were presumed dead
when the search was called off
at dusk. The small ship had car
ried 50 men, Lawton said.
The Marine helmsman of the
IiOM. Pfc. John D. Gates Jr.. 22.
of Pensacola, Fla., said he was
approaching the LST to put a Ma
rine .guard aboard before the ship
sailed for Formosa. The LST car
ried 1,000 Chinese POWs returned
to U.N. custody by Indian cus
todian troops in the Korean neu
tral zone.
Gates, formerly a commercial
fisherman added:
"The current was against my
boat. It forced me against the
LST. It was so strong it capsized
my boat before I could move."
Attorney General
To Talk With DA
ROBERT Y. THORNTON
. . . back to Douglas
Atty. Gen.' Robert Y. Thorton
will be in Roseburg today to con
fer with Dist. Atty. Robert M.
Stults.
This is one of the conferences
Thornton is having with district
attorneys of the five Southwestern
Oregon counties as part of a pro
gram begun last year to learn
about local law enforcement prob
lems throughout the state.
Friday, Thornton will move on
to Grants Pass for a joint meeting
with Dist. Atty. Waltex D. Nunlty
of Jackson County and Dist. Atty.
Max L. McMillin of Josephine
County. Saturday he will be in
Coquille for a joint meeting with
Disty. Atty. Samuel A. Hall of
Curry County and Dist. Atty. John
F. Pickett of Coos County.
His last official visit in Douglas
County was for the 1953 investiga
tion by his office of the shooting
death of Claire D. Burgoyne.
THURSDAY, JANUARY
Over
Indians Will
Free Pro-Reds
If Not Taken
PANMUNJOM WV-If the Com
munists do not take back 349 pro
Red war prisoners including 21
Americans Indian guards will
open the gates of their neutral
zone stockade and walk away at
midnight Friday, an Indian gen
eral said today.
"First we will have to tell the
prisoners that their owners re
fuse to take them back," said Lt.
Gen. K. S. Thimayya. "Then we
will open the gate and we will tell
our men to go back to their line "
The Indian chairman of th Neu
tral Nations Repatriation Com
mission conceded that if the pris
oners refuse to leave their com
pound it would create a problem
since neither Allied nor Red troops
are permitted to enter Korea's de
militarized zone.
Thimayya told a news confer
ence he planned to send another
letter to the Communist high com
mand asking the Reds to accept
the return of the 21 Americans, 1
Briton and 327 South Koreans who
chose to stay with the Commu
nists. The Indian command returned
21,809 anti-Communist Chinese and
Korean war prisoners to U. N.
custody in a smooth operation yes
terday and today.
Access Roads Get
Lift From Budget
Of Eisenhower
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Nows-Raviow Washington
- Correspondent
WASHINGTON President Ei
senhower's budget message Thurs
day called for increased govern
ment expenditures lor access
roads into federal forests of West
ern Oregon both the national for
ests and 0 & C grant lands.
"Increased funds are recom
mended to complete construction
of access roads needed to salvage
timber in beetle-infested and wind.
blown forest areas of Oregon and
Washington," the President de
clared. . Eisenhower backed tjp this dec
laration with the requests of $3,
000.000 for O it C access roads
'and $16,000,000 for national forest
roads and trails. Both represented
substantial increases over the S2,
000.000 for O 4 C roads and $14,
500.000 for Forest Service roads
during the current year.
The funds for O & C roads are
subject to repayment by the 18
O 4 C counties of Western Ore
gon from their share of timber
sale revenue.
Otherwise, the budget message
asked for no "new starts" in the
river development program of the
Pacific Northwest, lt asked S38.-
782.000 for The Dalles danv-not
enough to keep that project on
schedule. Instead of Nov. 1957, the
first generator will be delayed
until 1958 unless Congress substan
tially increases this amount.
Howard Herriclc Held
On Larceny Charge
A 34-year-old Roseburg man
Wednesday pleaded innocent to a
charge of larceny of personal
property over $75 after his arrest
in the afternoon by Roseburg po
lice, according to District Judge
A. J. Ceddes.
Howard Edward Herrick, 421 S.
Pine St., wa released after pay
ing $200 cash bail.
Police said he was arrested on a
warrant signed by Charles Glade
complaining of theft of house
hold goods. ,
Driving With License
Revoked Draws $50 Fine
William Charles Keafilc, 40,
2443 N. Stephens St., Thursday
was fined $50 when he pleaded
guilty to driving while his li
cense whs suspended, according
to Municipal Judge Randolph Slo
cum. His driver's license also was
suspended for an additional year.
He was arrested early Thurs
day morning at Harvard Avenue
anil Wharton Street, city police
aid.
Innocent Plea Entered
To Contributing Charge
A Yoncalla man, Homer Gra
ham, Wednesday pleaded innocent
to a charge of contributing to the
delinquency of a 13-ycar-old girl
after his arrest by the sheriff's
office according to District Judge
A. J. Gedues.
Graham asked a preliminary
hearing. He was lodged in the
county jail when he was unahle
to post $2500 bond let by Judge
Geddcs.
17-54
In Trial
MORRIS C. BOWKER
... antors assessor ract
Morris Bowker
Files Candidacy
For Assessor
Morris C. Bowker, one - time
Douglas county judge. Wednesday
became the first candidate on the
Republican ticket for county as
sessor in the May primaries, ac
cording to County Clerk Charles
Doerner.
Bowker, a longtime resident of
Douglas County, now is a deputy
in the assessor's office. He will
run for the office to be left va
cant by Ned Dixon, who has in
dicated he wiU not run for re
election. He has had a long tenure in the
county government. From 1925
until 1938 he was a deputy and as -
siMmiL w me i-uumy engineer. io
1939, he was elected county judge,
serving in mat ouice until 1941,
when he was called up for serv
ice witn tne Army as a reserve
officer. He entered service be
fore completing his term as coun
ty judge.
Bowker was discharged in April
1946 after hospitalization. In
his service, he had risen to as
sistant chief of staff of the Ninth
Coroa ya n rnlnnp).
He was named deputv. assessor
in 1949 and has served in that
capacity until now.
Bowker is a 1922 graduate of
Oregon State Couege, and is a
member of Elks, Masons, the
American Legion and Disabled'
American Veterans. He also is a
licensed registered land surveyor.
He was born in Minnesota in
1899, but moved here at an early
age, graduating Irom Roseburg
High hciiocu
James Chadd Arrested
On Charge Of Assault
James Jefferson Chadd. 55. Myr
tle Creek, was bound over to the
grand jury Tuesday by Justice of
the Peace Nina Pietzold, Canyon
ville, after his arrest Monday on
a charge of assault with a dan
gerous weapon.
He was released the same day
from the county jail when he
posted $500 bond.
Justice Mrs. Pietzold said that
Lawrence Montgomery of Myrtle
Creek complained Chadd had hit
him over the head with a metal
ash can, causing hospitalization.
The fracas, she said occurred Sat
urday night. i -
SPY TO BE SHOT
SEOUL ( South Korean ed
itor Chung Kook Gun, J8, convict
ed as a Communist spy, will be
executed publicly By an Army
firing squad Saturday, the Defense
Ministry announced today.
Chung, former editor of the
newspaper Yun - Hap Shinmoon
was sentenced to death last!
month by a military court.
Woman Freed
Which Wasn't
CARSON CITY, Nev. I Dark-
haired Emma Jo Johnson is "not
angry at anyone" for sending her
to prison for murder a murder
which the Nevada Board of Par
dons now says never was com
mitted. Emma Jo. 35, was ordered freed
yesterday after 2 years, S months
and 28 days behind bars as a re
sult of a year-long, $15,000 inves
tigation by mystery story author
Erie Stanley Gardner ind others.
The board accepted doctors'
findings that Mrs. Jane Jones, 72,
of Las Vegas died of a brain tu
mor not as a result of an as
serted attack by Emma Jo. Em
ma Jo's troubles started in early
May 1951 when she called at the
home of her former landlady,
Mrs. Jones, for mail.
At th" trial, the slate said the
j two women got into a fight
nd
Emma Jo beat Mrs. Jones so se
verely that a resulting blood clot
caused the older woman's death
two weeks later.
Emma Jo testified she only
grabbed Mrs. Jones by her braids
1 in self-defense and Mrs. Jones
21, 1954
Reduced Military Spending;
Higher Debt Limit Asked
In Budget Sent To Congress
Broad Tax Law Program Changes
Proposed By President, But No -Further
Cuts Suggested For Now :
By FRANK O'BRIEN
' WASHINGTON UP) President Eisenhower laid a 65 V2-billion-dollar
budget before Congress today, slashing 5
billion dollars from total spending but proposing record out
lays for atomic energy, continental defense and overseas
. . , , . , , 1
Ike's Military
Budget Set At
ZVi Billion
WASHINGTON W President
Eisenhower recommended today a
$37,575,000,000. military outlay for
the next fiscal year, with a shift
in emphasis from foot soldiery to
a "full exploitation of air power
and modern weapons."
The spending Tmdact he nronos-
cd to Congress for the Defense
Department is about four billion
dollars loss than that estimated
for the current year, which ends
June 30.
Eisenhower said the budget is
based on a "new concept tor. . .
our national security program."
A substantial part of the sav
ings obviously would come in man
power, particularly Army man
power. The budget Iigures reflect
an over-all reduction of about 8.7
per cent in manpower for all the
armed forces. Army personnel
would be reduced by 17.3 per cent.
dropped from the present 20.
Among the cutback in strength warning and reaction to attack,
of the Army, in which Eisenhower Military aid would rise by 75
was a five-star general, there was million dollars, he said, to a new
the President's emphatic advocacy peak of $4,275,000,000 for round
of greater power in the air. the-world assistance to friendly na-
He said the Air Force, Navy
and Marine r.nnm nniv haui.
1 among them, about 33,000 planes.
iuruvg me next tnree years, ne
said, this will be increased to 40
000, more than halt of them jets.
Twenty-two per cent of defense ex
penditures In the new fiscal year
wouia go to airplane procurement.
rne ma tiscal year program.
tne President wrote, "calls for im.
poving combat effectiveness by
tne application ot new weapons
and new techniques, including full
realization of our nuclear capabil
ities, and provides for the rapid
and orderly phasing of programs
to improve continental defense
against possible enemy attack."
21 Americans
To Be Declared
'Undesirable'
WASHINGTON Wl The 21
American soldiers who have re
fused to come home from Commu
nist Korea will be declared "un
desirable" and discharged tomor
row. The undesirable discharge pa
pers for the prisoners of war who
declined to be returned have been
completed by the Army after
weeks of consultation with the De
fense and State departments. The
action will convert the soldiers in
to civilians "under conditions oth
er than honorable."
The Pentagon chose this middle
course in dealing with the 21 to
avoid possible legal difficulties in
the way of sterner action, and to
leave a loophole for the men to
clear themselves, should any of
thorn get back to the United Slates.
One month ago the Defense De
partment said that it had narrow
ed the Army's choices of action
against the men to three:
(1) Keep them on Army rolls
and defer a division for the in
definite future; (2) give them un
desirable discharges by adminis
trative action of the Army secre
tary and (3) drop thorn from the
Army's rolls as deserters.
The first course would have per-
mitted the men to accumulate and
perhaps some day draw their pay.
Of Murder
Committed
slumped to the Door unconscious.
The jury convicted Emma Jo of
second degre murder; sentence,
10 to 12 years.
Author Gardner, who also is a
successful attorney, went to work
on the case about a year ago as a
result of a letter from Jack Wen-
gert, 44, Emma Jo's Fiance.
Gardner, pathologist Le Moyne
Snyder of Michigan and Dr.
R. B. H. Gradwohl of St. Louis
became convinced that Mrs. Junes
was not murdered, but died of a
brain tumor.
In the long, expensive investi
gation, they found Dr. T. V. Nen
dick, Las Vegas physiotherapist,
to whom Mrs. Jones had gone
the day bofore the altercation. Dr.
Nendick said Mrs. Jones was dy
ing of the brain tumor and need
ed immediate surgery. He was not
called to testify at Emma Jo's
trial, although he said he scnl
the defense attorney an anony
mous letter. The lawyer said tne
letter came on the final day of the
trial ana ne was unaoie io suiisian -
tiate it. The case was not appeal-
ed.
military aid.
Despite a 7V4 .Dercent cut under
estimated spending this y ear
also lowered Eisenhower told
Congress the government will
wind up the 1955 fiscal year
nearly three billion dollars in ths
red. Fiscal 1355 starts July 1.
Although he proposed a broad
program of tax law changes, he
told Congress no further general
tax cuts are justified at present.
His message said the budget was
based on a "new concept" of se
curity planning which places re
liance on "the full exploitation of
modern air power" and on "new
weapons" to justify manpower
and dollar defense cuts. .
He proposed spending $2,425,000,.
000 next year for atomic energy.
A darallad raport an ' Eisen
hower's budsat message to Con
gress appears on editorial paga.
This increase of 225 millions over
this year would bring atomic
spending to "the highest point in
our history," he said. He also said
that since most atomic energy
plant construction is complete,
spending now - would concentrate
on "operations." ...
He set no figure for continental
defense, but said outlays would
be "greater than ever before ia
our history" to provide early
(ions.
1 The President told Ooneresa
I "there will be no way of operat-
wiuun cne present aem umn -
of 275 billion dollars in the last
six months of this year. There
fore, he said, he was renewing,
his request, stymied jn. the Sen-
ate last summer, for a higher ced
ing. -Secretary
of the Treasury Hum
phrey told newsmen the adminis
tration would again ask for 2M
(Continued on Page Two)
I I wJIMCIII fUn
Tax Revision
' WASHINGTON UPl President
Eisenhower today urged upon Con
gress a big tax revision project
that would reduce revenue about
$1,215,000,000 net year and then
drew a line against further cuts
now.
The revision program, he said
in his budget message, would re
write a tax structure he termed
'haphazaid. easing burdens for
millions of persons and promoting
business expansion to push Ameri
ca "to ever higher standards of
living."
But Eisenhower said this pro- '
gram and the five billion dollars
in annual tax cuts which took ef
fect Jan. 1 are all the reductions
'our national security and well-
being wiU permit" right now.
lie thus raised a barrier against
growing talk by some Congress
members in this election year lor
(1) a further general cut m in
dividual income taxes and (2) a
lowering of all excise or sales
taxes which are above 10 per cent
to that level.
The President reiterated his re
quest, first made last May and re
newed in his stale ot tne union
message, for extension of presnt
rates of excise and corporation in
come taxes. They are due' to drop
Aoril 1 to their ore-Korea levels.
three billion dollars under present
levels.
The revision program would re
duce taxes an estimated two bil
lion dollars annually when it
reaches full effect in later years.
MOTHER, SONS DROWN
COLUMBIA, Tenn. W A young
mother, carrying two tiuy sons,
slipped on a rain-soaked foot
bridge and toppled into a swollen
creek near here yesterday. All
three drowned.
Victims were Mrs. James Sims,
21; Larry 2; and David, 2 months.
A third son, James Jr., who also
fell in, was rescued by, his father.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. P. Reizenstein
The nursery rhyme eow
that jumped over the moon
was just cheap potential ham
burger compared with the
Junction City, Ore., raised
bossy sold this week at the
Denver Livestock show. The
Hereford heifer brought a
price of $4700, a sum that
, few yeort qo would have
i. .., .- .,.. i
b.M" enough to start a good
sized cattle herd.
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