Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, December 13, 1956, Page 13, Image 13

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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, December 13, 1958
Legislature's Tax Troubles Affect Schools
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
Associated Press writer
SALEM tfi The key to whether
the 1957 Oregon Legislature will
have financial troubles hinges on
whether it plans to increase the
basic school support fund.
Gov. Elmo Smith will submit a
balanced budget of about 260 mil
lion dollars (or the next two years.
Hungarians
Reach Italy
MILAN'. Italy UP A French
airliner landed here yesterday
with 45 Hungarians from the
Olympic Games in Melbourne.
Most of them vere expected to
So on to Budapest by special train.
'We must return to Budapest
because out families are there,"
one member of the Hungarian
water polo team told reporters.
Dr. G. Rozrony. fencing team
official, said "most members" of
the group would go on to Hun
gary. 'it may be." he added, "that
about 10 per cent of the athletes
will prefer to remain here in or
der to have exact news of their
families. Those knowing their rel
atives are in Hungary will return
home."
A second plane carrying B2
more Hungarian athletes is sched'
uled to arrive here Thursday.
But It will be based upon keeping
basic school support, which is the
state's way of helping school dis
tricts, at the present level of $80
per 6chool census child per year.
The groups interested jn schools,
hacked by the Legislature's Inter
im Committee on Education, want
it increased to $120 per child.
Democrats ana ncpuDiicans
alike arc pledged to repeal the
45 per 'cent income surtax that
was voted in 1355. It looks, how
ever, as though income tax rates
will be increased to raise the
same amount of money as the sur
tax. '
If that is done, says a state
Tax Commission expert, the state
won t have any financial problcr I
in the next two years. Provided,
of course, that the basic school
formula isn't chanced to $120,
If the basic school increase is
approved, then the Legislature
would have to find about 38 mil
lion dollars in additional revenue
Since the Democratic majority in
the House is committed against
a sales tax. raising that kind of
money won't be easy.
Supporters of the basic school
fund increase point out that it
wouldn't increase total taxes. It
would only shift some more of the
burden from the school districts
to the state, and thus bring about
a reduction in local property
taxes.
The people, by a very narrow
margin, voted in 1MB tor the Bas
ic school support plan, providing
for $50 per year per child. I he
theory was that the state should
Tell Your Meddling Sisters
To Mind Their Own Business
By DOROTHY DIX
ni.-An nnnnTHY DIX: Several years ago I came home
take care of my invalid mother, who recently passed away. A single
brother lived at home, and there are several married sisters wun
homes of inei own. inrougnoui moi.ncr s nines.,,
I had full responsibility for her.
Now that she is gone, my brother has asked
me to remain and keep house for him. We get
along very well, and the arrangement would be
ideal, except for the sisters who are interfering.
They tell me what to do, what to buy, how much
lo spend. Friends say I am foolish to stay under
these circumstances, but I know my brother and
I would be happy if the others kept out. What
should I do?-Polly.
DEAR POLLY: Tell the meddling relations
lo slay out. Remind them that this Is your home. You don't go
around butting into their domestic affairs, and you expect the same
courteous restraint from them. Stress the fact that you love your
family and want to enjoy harmonious living with everyone, but there
is a limit of endurance beyond which they cannot go.
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DEAR DOROTHY DIX: There nro two darling boys In my school
I don't neluallv know them and they don't know me, although we
are In four classes together. How can I introduce myself in a sbutlc
manner? Tessa.
DEAR TESSA: II you young people aren't acquainted after sce-
Inl each other every day. 1 doubt II subtlety will go. Maybe you
don't have to be as obvious as "Pardon me, could you givo me the
history assignment for tomorrow? I didn't quite catch it!" Can't you
take no a collection, sell tickets for a basketball came. Inveigle vol
unteers to decorate for the Christmas dance or make up a caroling
party? My stars, girl, have you no initiative?
DEAR DOROTHY DIX: If I think a boy Is culc, I get very shy.
I have a feeling boys are aware of their attraction and would think
me stupid for noticing them. Teeny.
DEAR TEENY: Boys are appreciative of girls who notice their
good points. I seriously doubt that any young man would admit to
being "cute," however.
DEAR DOROTHY DIX: My husband is wonderful about every
thing but my clothes. When we married two years ago, I had an ex
tensive and expensive wardrobe. Now that we're buying a home,
naturally I haven't anything new to wear. When we go out he
always complains about my old-fashioned dress, or shoes. Sometimes
I have to change three times before 1 satisfy him. Dinah.
DEAR DINAH: Assuming that wardrobe replacements are fi
nancially out of the question, let your husband select your clothes
before instead of after you dress.
DEAR DOROTHY DIX: Martin comes over lo my house two or
three times a week after school. I used to like him, but stopped
because he is such a pest. How can I tell him he's a pest without
hurting his feelings? Slielin
DEAR SHELIA: Today's pest oflen becomes tomorrow's pet!
Send your problem In Dorothy DIx. Or write for her free leaflet
D-19. "Are You A Gond Daughter-ln-Law?" In all rases, he sure
to enclose a stamped, trlf-artdrcssrd envelope, and send request lo
her rare of this newspaper.
"COT THE COOD 01D SNIFFLES!" !
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pay half the cost of education.
but it amounted only to 36 perl
cent in the first year. j
In 1950, the people, again by a!
small margin, voted to boost the,
apportionment to $80, the idea
again being to try to bring thej
state's share to 50 per cent. j
However, because of soaring!
costs at the local level. Hie state's
share never did get to 50 per cent. I
Now it's about 33 per cent.
Back in 1H47, the stale paid IS
million dollars in basic school aid. I
This year the total is-36 millions
With a $120 formula, it would soar
beyond 55 millions a year.
The slate budget for the current
hiennium is 221 millions. Of that
amount, 111 millions is being
spent for grade, high school and
college education.
With the number of children In
creasing rapidly, you can't talk
in terms of -reducing state ex
penses when education eats up
half the budget.
But basic school fund now
amounts to 32 per cent of thej
state budget. If the $120 formula!
is approved, it would be 39 perj
cent. I
A principal theory of basic'
school aid is that it is intended to:
equalize education costs and op
portunities throughout the state. I
In other words, the rich districts
help pay the costs in poor dis
tricts. I
Consequently, the rich districts'
generally aren't enthusiastic j
about the idea.
Supporters of the $120 formula
believe they have a friend in Rob
ert D. Holmes, Democratic governor-elect.
Holmes, as a state
senator, has been education'.
staunch friend. It was he who car
ried the ball during the reorgan
ization of the school system a few
years ago.
He hasn't said whether he'll go
for the $120 formula. If he does,
he'll also have to say how the
state should pay the extra cost.
Israel Admits
Massacre of
Arab Families
JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector ,11
.Israeli authorities disclosed
Thursday the killing of a num
ber of Arabs by Israeli frontier
police in a curfew' incident 45 days
ago at Kfar Kassem, a village
near the Jordan border.
Men, women and children were
slain. The exact number, was not
disclosed. Premier David Ben
Gurion said it was a "terrible oc
currence." and the police respon
sible will be tried.
The government has decided to
pay 1,000 Israeli pounds ($560) to
every Arab family affected.
All deputies in the Israeli Par
liament stood in silence in mem
ory of the victims. Joseph spnn
! zak, the speaker, read a state
' ment expressing shock and bewil
i derment at the shooting.
An all-night curfew was pro
' claimed In several Israeli villages
on the eastern border after the
Sinai Peninsula invasion and a
j unit of Israeli border police was
'charged with supervising it.
Villages generally complied with
the curfew order, but 'some who
came home after the curfew hour
were killed by jnembers of the
patrol.
Molalla Lad Burned
MOLALLA (Special) Mrs. John
Rollins' grandson, Dickey Grieve,
nearly 2 years old, was badly
burned recently pn the left arm
when a glass coffee-maker ex
ploded, spilling boiling coffee on
his arm. Dickie had just been
brought home from the doctor's of
fice after receiving a shot for coldj
and was hurried back to receive .
treatment for second degree burns.
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