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8 The Bend Bulletin, Mondoy. January 30. 19S4
Storm Swirls Across Nation
By I'NITKI) 1'IJKSS
A faxl-movi.nR snow srorm swept
Hit I lhe Mid'l' in' lne Onio
-Valley and He east .Monday, bring
ing sleet, freriiw ruin and nearly
u. Juot o( snow.
r.'The storm, spawned in NVa
'Mexico, moved nearly the length
of the country in a little more than
a day.
.. ' It caused the Weather Bureau al
Washington, In a special advisory.
' W' warn the Ohio Valley and Ap-
Uachian areas to brace for hazar-
. dous ice and snow.
dleavy snow warnings were Is
ied lor parts of Michigan, Indiana
;gid Illinois.
OuinM Heavy Hnow
. ""As tie storm moved northeas'-
wanl, it dumped heavy snow on
much of the central plains anil
southern Midwest.
-At least 10 inches of snow was
f&rartcd at Ottawa, Kan., and Just
about ttat amount was expected
by early Monday at Kansas City
Blowing and drifting snow, plus
a hand of sleet and freezing rain.
xtendi-d from Northeast Oklahoma
la Missouri. Highway patrolmen
warned motorUts off icy highways
in Northern Oklahoma.
NO OAIN IN THIS
HILLSDALE. Mich. (UP) May
or George Convis of Hillsdale es
timated he relumed abaut i-t per
cent of his IS jO salary lo me cny
f;ir onvment of overtime parxini!
fines. Convis, whose salary is $"0
a year, said he collected most .'
the tickets when he was delayed
In public offices while on city
business.
WIIKAT 1,'SKItS
Prehistoric races, such as the
Swiss lake dwellers, are known to
have cultivated wheat, while the
Chinese claim the use of it as food
2700 years before the Christian
era.
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ENLISTS IN NAVY Dale
Brandon, ion of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Brandon, Sisters, left
Monday for Portland where he
entered the U. S. Navy. He
will receive his basic training
at the San Diego, Calif., base.
Broader Limits in Effect On Claiming of Dependents
(Kditor's Nolo: What dend
en It ur you entitled to claim
in filing your federal Inrome lav
returns? Bawd on qui-Htluns
frequently ak-d by taxpayer in
this state, the tax Information j
coniniilteft of the Oregon Amoc- !
lution of I'ublic AccountanUt has
prepared thl dlst-UHslun of vital
dependeney consideration. Tha
Bend Bulletin presents It a
another reader ervlco.)
Under the 1954 tax coie, broad-,
or limits have been established!
whereby a person may be claimed j
as a dependent for tax purposes.
To claim an individual an a de
pendent on your federal return,
there are five general tests which
should be considered:
1. RELATIONSHIP In general,
lhe dependent claimed must be
closely related to you. This rela
tionship may include: Your child,
or children's descendants (legally
adopted child is considered a child
by blood); stepchild (but nbt his
descendants); your brother, sister.
half-brother, half-sister, stepbroth
er or stepsister; your parent.
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grandparent or other dirwt ances
tor (but not foster parent); your
stepfather or stepmother; your
brother's or sister's son or dauh-:
ter (i. e., direct nephew or niece);
your father's or mothers brother
or sister (direct uncle or aunt);
or your son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
father-in-law, motherinlaw.
brother-in-law, or sister-in-law.
Must Live With You '
Further, an exemption for a de
pendent who Is not reiated to you
in any manner may 'be obiamed
if the person claimed is a member
uf vour household ano nves
your home for the entire taxable
year. It is also possible to claim
a cousin who, during the year, re
ceived, institutional care for a
physical or mental deficiency but
who was a member of your house
hold prior to such iasiiiutionat
care.
2. SUPPORT The individual
claimed as a dependent generally
must receive more than one-half
his support from you. There are
two exceptions; (A) When two or
more persons join in the support
of another individual and all other
tests are met, except for the sup-
means of a multiple support ae-
cord to aiiow one wno comnouies
mnro th;n nno-half of (hp deDcnd-
ents support to claim the exemp
tion. AU wno conirmuie more inan.
in no ont miict arrp in written
form that they will not claim the
same dependency exemption, im
or stepchild who is a student and
received a scholarship, tne amount
ed in determining whether you
have iurnisnca more inan one-imu
the support.
Is Than $600
3. DEPENDENT'S GPvOSS IN-
lYlVfC Tkia fiuilM milCt h lM4
than J500 for the calendar year
in wnicn your laxaoie year w--
ttina hnfnrn Vnll ftPA ' Until Ipd to
claim the individual as a depend
ent. However, your child may re
ceive gross income of $600 or more
!and still be claimed as a depend
ent, provided (A ne is less man
1Q uaiM nt aatt rm ("R ctllHpnt
! who is regularly enrolled full time
in a school for at least live calen
dar months of your tax year. A
recognized, . supervised, full-time
on-far m training course can
qualify, but not night school train
ing while working days, nor cor
respondence courses, nor other on
job training courses.
4. QTIZENSir.P AND RESI
DENCE Tiie o'i" dent must
qualify under specific provisions
of law concerning citizenship and
residence. He must be a citizen
or resident of this country, oi
resident of Canada, Mexico, the
Canal Zone, or the Republic ot
Panama. A person living outside
any of these boundaries must be a
citizen of the U. S. to quality as
a dependent.
5. JOINT RETURNS The de
pendent must not file a joint re
turn with his or her spouse.
Each qualification must be fully
met as applied to each individual
claimed, except as specifically pro
vided in the foregoing tests. Often
unusual or borderline cases may
arise, the public accountants who
prepared this scries have found
in such cases professional assis
tancewill prove wise.
Doctors Revive
Frozen Infant
WASHINGTON (UP) An aban
doned live-week-oli 1 baby boy.
brought back to life after hospital
doctors had pronounced him frozen
to death, remained on the "criti
cal" list ladny.
The tiny baby was found yester
day morning on -the doorstep of
Cathleen Weber. She told police
she stepped out of her front door
to bring in the paper and "there
he was."
T'le infant was rushed to the
District of Columbia General Hos
pital. Its temperature had dropped
to 73 degrees, over 25 degrees be
low normal. Doctors said the in
fant did not have any heart beat.
But they began applying artificiul
respiration anyway.
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