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Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, February 19, 1957 THE CAPITA JOURNAL Section' 2-Page" S INFLATION MAIN VILLAIN All States Casting About for New Tax Sources By DAVID C. BEEDER t ine Associated Press It's costing record sums of mon ey to oil the wheels of state gov ernment and lawmakers are cast ing around for new tax sources. Record budgets are nothing new. They've been increasing steadily since the end ot World War II. Increased government activity is one reason, but inflation is the main factor. With state govern ments trying to do more things for more people, the biggest prob lem facing lawmakers is where to send the tax bill. An Associated Press survey shows higher salaries for teachers and state employes, highway pro grams and welfare projects are the major reasons behind in creased state spending. In ail of these cases, the mounting cost nf living is in the background. Highest state budgets are those proposed in heavily populated II linois. New York and California. Illinois is cxnected to nans b budget calling for spending of 528 Diinon collars lor 1957-59. Two years aso. the Illinois Lee. Islature appropriated a record $1-,-736.000,000. The increases are due to expected higher appropriations for schools, mental institutions and salary boosts for state employes. Increases in Illinois and other states also result from the mas sive federal highway program, States must match part of the federal funds. Like many states, the hard facts on the Illinois budget are as yet 'unavauaDie. itepublican liov. Wil liam G. Stratton won't have it ready for presentation until April. A sales tax increase is expected. In New York, Gov. Averell Har- riman already has sent a record $1,617,400,000 budget to the Legis lature for the next biennium. Schools, inflation and expanded state programs were cited by Harriman as reasons for the in crease from last year's $1,441,800, 000 budget. Gov. Goodwin J. Knight attri butes a record-high $1,947,964,933 California budget proposal to the "inexorable demands of growth." Knight's budget request exceeds the state's previous budget by more than 119 million dollars. Seventy millions of the increase, to be used for additional school aid, would come from a cigarette and beer tax increase recom mended by Knight. In New Hampshire, Gov. Lane Dwincll handed lawmakers a rec ord 155.-million-dollar budget re quest. Dwincll has asked for re enactment of a $5 "head tax" on all residents between the ages of 21 and 70 to help foot the bill. New Hampshire is one of the few states without either a sales tax or an income tax. Some big boosts in state budg ets have been proposed in fast growing Western states. Washington state officials say Increases in the record $1,106,769, 111 budget request are needed to meet higher pay demands of state employes and teachers and the requirements of a rapidly growing population. The proposed budget is up almost 39 million dollars. The cost of government would go up more than 120 million dol lars in Oregon if a record state budget ot $741,654,533 is approved. Record high budgets also have been advanced by governors in Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado. Okla homa, Utah, Montana, Nevada and North and South Dakota. Wisconsin's proposed 343-billion-dollar budget needs 47 million dollars in new revenue before it will balance. Indiana's financial outlook has been described by tome observers as a "crisis." Indiana Gov. Harold W. Hand Icy, GOP factional foe of outgoing Gov. George N. Craig, has called "fantastic" Craig's proposed 790- Occupants Slightly Hurt in Spectacular Wreck CHATSWORTH, Calif. Two film com pany employes got a good scare but only minor hurts when their truck rolled over eight times as it plunged into a canyon yesterday. Wreckage of the truck is draped over a huge boulder, which halted it on the brink of a 1000-foot drop. The occupants were Harry Arnold and Max Schneider, each treated for shock and abrasions after being pulled from the wreckage by members of a film studio company on location. (AP Wirephoto) H-Raid Warning System to Cost at Least $ 700 Million By ELTON C. FAY WASHINGTON tft-To the esti mated 40 billion dollars which would be needed for a national program of building H-bomb shel ters, add another 700 million dol lars for establishing a reliable warning system to tell all the people to take cover. A study mode for the National Academy of Sciences' Advisory Committee on Civil Defense makes that cost estimate for the warning system. The report was prepared last year by Willard Bascom, an engi neer and scientist, but comes to attention now in light of a White House announcement last week that it has an H-bomb shelter pro gram under active consideration, million-dollar request. Both Indiana and Wisconsin are exDected to enact increases in state income tax. In most states the budget story is the same: all-time high expen ditures arc planned to meet stead ily increasing needs of government. Outlook for future state budg ets: more record breakers. DOROTHY DIX You Can't Lose Anything hy Chasing the Man a Little DEAR DOROTHY DIX: I'm a professional woman, 45, widowed, tnd considered attractive. For the past three i years I've been friendly with a bachelor slightly older than I. He described himself as not lne marryuiK miiu au, o"s" ally well suited to each other, I did not expect marriage. ' Decently, however, I told him our relationship was too onc-sided. He retaliated by saying I wasn't the good old pal I had been, and left. I realized I loved him, and separation after our long lovely friendship seemed senseless. Final ly I wrote, asked him to dinner, and received no reply. I was terribly hurt. Must I stand by and wait, or should I try again? P.P. DEAR P.P.! If vou think anything can be gained by It. by all means try again. You can't lose anyhtlng lhat 'Sn Thean'wanlways very frank with you In discussing his reluc tance to marry. He didn't deceive you. lie accepted friendship, giving in return pleasant times and the stimulation of male companionship. Settled bachelors are hard to jolt out of the groove; however, It can and has been done. Good luck to your efforts. DEAR DOROTHY DIX: I'm working at my first job, in a very nice office. The other employees think I'm not very talkalivc. I don't mean to be unsociable; it's just my way. How can I improve? Jlr)EAR JL'NE: The olhrr workers might make allowances tor the fart that you're new In the business world. They should co operate Instead of criticize. II someone asks a question, or makes an observation, answer In such a way that further comment Is Invited. Don't make your responses a" definite yes or no. Try. "Yes, but what do you think?" Avoid conversation-stoppers like the plague. That announcement said the cost of such a project might run be tween 20 billion and 40 billion dollars. Rep. Albert Thomas (D-Tex) said Saturday a shelter program to provide "minimum protection" against hydrogen bomb attack would cost from 35 to 40 billion dollars based on civil defense estimates. The study prepared for the academy is based on two prem ises: 1. "The old concept of warning only those who live near the cen ters of potential target areas is not acceptable. Initial weapons effects can reach out 50 miles and fall-out can go many times far ther; bombs in aircraft which are brought down by our defenses' may explode and missiles from submarines or other continents may go wild and miss their tar gets by many miles. 2. Probably by I960, when transoceanic missiles are ready for use, warning time will drop to a matter of minutes. The academy study says that "a reasonable goal" to aim for is the ability to warn 95 per cent of the United States population with in five minutes. A nationwide, effective warning system would include both inter ior and exterior systems such as radio and telephone devices, sirens and specialized equipment for sounding warnings in factories and other places where the nor mal noise level might drown out a siren sound. HE HAS 3 BEST SELLERS Spade-Bearded Edward Tanner Is This Season's No. 1 Author DEAR DOROTHY DIX: ago, I loved another man. By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD tP The most successful author of the season is spade-bearded, debonair New Yorker of 35 named Edward Ever ett Tanner. III. Never heard of him? He's better known as Patrick Dennis or Vir ginia Rowans. As such, he recent ly had three books on the best seller list: "Auntie Mamc," "The Loving Couple" and "Guestward Ho!" Auntie Mamc" is a Broadway smash with Rosalind Russell and has been bought by Warners for a movie. Frederick Brisson bought "The Loving Couple" for films and hauled Tanner out to do the screen play. "1 don't know a thing about 'pans' and 'fades.' " said the urbane author. "They'll have to accept mc as I am." Here with his wife and his young son, Tanner remarked that he wasn't so sure it was nice to have three best sellers at once. Said he: "The next time you come out with a book, people might say, "Oh, him again! What on earth is he writing about now?" I asked him why he adopted the pseudonyms. "Because I am one of those strange people who sincerely like privacy," he replied. "And until July 4, 1956. 1 was able to enjoy McKellar Has Ulcer Surgery MEMPHIS. Tenn. -K. D. Mc Kellar, 88. one-time dean of the U.S. Senate, was in "serious" con dition at Methodist Hospital today after surgery to remove duodenal ulcers. i The operation was performed yesterday when the former sena tor went into shock from loss of blood through Internal hemorrhag ing. He was reported to have with- hours of surgery re- Bcfore I married my husband five years However, my husband had more money, SO I ChOSe him. rOW 1 am imrotivu lu mmiivu ,.. -.., been verv understanding about listening to my troubles. I feel sure he loves me and would make mc happier than I am. Do you think 1 can find happiness with him and con trust him to be faithful to mc? Disillusioned. DEAR DISILLUSIONED: Your only problems, my dear, are the outgrowth ot a small mind and an even smaller heart. You have . j -- H,n. u n I i r riit anil v n n i t V . ' .". " " . :..M.. V. vnvn ... - enr,nll' Stood two riaemy .no : ... , - ----,.., . SttSE. kTTlT ' ' ' j McKf r ren In a bid for an s I unprecedented seventh six-year Send your problem to Dorothy Dix. Or write for her tree leaflet term in the 1952 Tennessee Dcmo-D-4z. "Cautious Parents." In all eases, he sure to enclose a stamped. Icratic primary, was admitted to ell-addressed envelope, and tend request to her, rare of this news-1 the hospital Friday after fainting gnptr. I in his hotel suite. 1 it." That was when a newsmaga zine revealed his identity. But doesn't it pay an author to be publicized? "I don't think so," he said. "I used to be in the book business, and I don't think it means a thing. "Oh, I know authors like nothing better than to get on Mary Mar garet McBridc's program and talk for half an hour about how great tliey are. They don't realize that the people who listen don't buy books. You don't get a single order out of it." Langley Files Innocent Plea On One Count PORTLAND IrK Multnomah County Dist. Atty. William Lang- ley Monday pleaded innocent to a charge of neglecting his duty by falling to prosecute gambling. This was one of three indict ments returned against him by a grand jury earlier this month. It was the only misdemeanor charge. The other charges, both felon ies, accuse him of conspiracy to hinder justice and malfeasance In office. He has not yet entered his plea on these. Langley is among some 20 per sons subpenaed to testify in Wash ington next week when a Senate subc6mmittee opens hearings on charges of racketeering by unions and underworld figures. Other subpenaed include: for mer Portland Mayor Fred Peter son, City Commissioners Stanley Earl, and Oregon Teamster head Clyde C. Crosby. All made charges which were the subject of last summer's grand jury investigation of vice conditions in Portland. PORTLAND Wl Pleas of inno cent were entered in federal court Monday by James B. Elkins and Raymond F. Clark, both of whom are under indictment on charges of illegal wire tapping. Judge William East gave them permission to leave the state to answer a subpoena by the Senate committee investigating labor rackteteering. Britain Forms Missile Force LONDON m Britain Tuesday announced the formation of its first guided weapons regiment. A War Office spokesman said the outfit will be made up of officers and men trained in America by the U. S. Army. This is the latest step in stream lining and reshaping Britain s armed forces to fit the nuclear age. The Defense Ministry also dis closed that it is studying the pos sibility of slashing its forces throughout the world including those in Libya, Hong Kong and Gibraltar to fit the atomic age. Blaze Kills 4 Ohio Children SALEM, Ohio m Four chil dren burned to death Tuesday in a fire at a big, old farm house at Kuyper's Landing on Guilford Lake, about 10 miles south of here. The children of Mr. and Mrs Dcncil Anderson Martha, 12; Ed ward, 5; Cathy, 3, and Alma, 1- were trapped by the fire lhat raced through the 13-room, 85- year-old house. The parents saved another child, Ansel, 10. LONG HAIR STORY TEMPLE CITY, Calif. (UP) Baseball Coach Bill Davis rues the day he decreed that the mem ber of the Temple City High School's team with the longest hair would have to carry the bat bag throughout the coming season. Davis, who wears a crew cut. wound up being the longhair him self Monday when all the players showed up with their heads shaved as bald as baseballs. He will car ry the bat bag. PROBE COSTS SUIT AIRED PORTLAND un The second day of hearings opened here Tues day in a suit to determine wheth er the state of Oregon or Mult nomah County must pay for the grand jury investigation of vice conditions in Portland last summer. Loses Hair for 'Stalin's' Displeasure Si I,. ff ; V -2 HOLLYWOOD Natalia Daryll, 24-year-old Russian-born girl, who won a movie role because she was willing to have her head shaved, lost her tresses before the cameras yesterday In the filming of "The Secret Diary of Joseph Stalin." At left, snipping began. At right, Stalin, portrayed by Maurice Manson, checks the thorough ness of the job. In the movie, any girl who displeases the former Russian dic tator has her head shaved. (AP Wirephoto) MOSES' NOT NOMINATED Ingrid, Dean and 'Gianf Hold Pole Positions in Oscar Derby By JIM BACON HOLLYWOOD Ifl-Ingrid Berg man, Hollywood s most lamous exile, and James Dean, only per son ever nominated twice ir death, were rated today as the actress and actor to beat in the movie's annual race for Oscars And the movie "Giant" took favored spot in the Dcsc film cate gory as the smoke cleared from last night's announcement of the 29th annual Academy Award nominations. Miss Bergman, absent eight years from the town where she gained her greatest fame, will have stiff competition in the top actress division, (rom the follow ing: Carroll Baker of the controver sial "Baby Doll ; Kolhenne Hep burn for The Rainmaker ; Nan cy Kelly for "The Bad Seed"; and Deborah Kerr for The King and I" Miss Bergman was nominated for her sensitive portrayal of the Russian princess in "Anastasia. Dean, nominated last year for the brooding adolescent of "East of Eden, got it this year for his first role as an adult that of the millionaire oil wildcatter in Giant." He likewise will have exception ally stiff opposition in Yul Brynner ("King and 1); Kirk Douglas ("Lust for Life"); Hock Hudson ("Giant") and Sir Laurence Oliv ier ("Richard III"). Dean's role in "Giant" was com pleted only days before his tragic death in an auto crash. Others in the best movie cate- Tractor Drop Kills Farmer SCIO, Ore. Ml A tractor Mon day dropped over a steep bank into a creek, killing the driver 75-year-old Scio farmer James Trollingcr. The accident occurred when Trollingcr was grading a road near this little town northeast of Albany. V Afu'V"?, -vrY-A' Sv2TSV-7 The incomparable Y EMPIRE BUILDER tf 3G0 GREAT to Chicago j I G0 GREAT NORTHERN j Enjoy a great scenic trip across the top of the U.S. Great Domes for coach 1 'l and Pullman passengers. No extra fare, leaves Portland 3 P.M. daily. fL 'v SCfjlfl Ask about low fares -; JTf for family travel. : t . m Phil Tax r t . From 'orlW MOJ.' HUT I. WAUOH, Trm-rlinf W , '? , Wnr Ai. W.W'J .." s.'-.Ut NX 07 S W. W.nhinrlon St., . W tM NV Horll.nd 6, Ore. gC3 M fWT V. iV gory where an Oscar win means millions more at the box office were "Around the World in 80 Days"; "Friendly Persuasion"; The King and 1"; and Cecil B. De Millc's "The Ten Commandments." The nominations contained few surprises, save perhaps for the Moses of "The Ten command ments." The nomination of Nancy Kelly was seen as a moral victory of sorts for the noted Broadway ac tress. She had not made a movie in 10 years until "The Bad Seed Once a contract player here, her talents had been wasted in a long succession ot H movies. Nominated for best supporting actor were Don Murray ("Bus Stop"); Anthony Quinn ("Lust for Life ); Anthony Perkins ( Friend ly Persuasion"); Mickey Rooney ("The Bold and tho Brave"); and Robert Stack ("Written on the wind"). Best supporting actress nomi nees were Mildred Dunnock ("Ba by Doll"); Eileen Ifcckart ("The Bad Seed"); Mercedes McCam- bridge ("Giant"); Dorothy Malonc ( Written on the Wind ) and child actress Patty McCormack ("The Bad Seed"). The best directors nominated were Michael Anderson ("Around the World in 110 Days"); William Wyicr ("Friendly Persuasion"); George Slovens ("Giant"); Wal ter Lang ("The King and I ); and King Vidor ("War and Peace"). The winners will be announced March 27 in a nationwide telecast. Court Upsets PUCOrderon Shuttle Buses PORTLAND un A state Pub lic Utilities Commission order re quiring shuttle bus service to link the east side terminal of the Port land Traction Co. with the west side business district was set aside Monday by Circuit Judge Charles Redding. He said the hearings had not been completed so the order was premature. The final session of the hearing was scheduled for Tuesday. At the court hearing Monday, Redding also restrained the PUC from enforcing penalties on the traction firm for not following the order. PUC Commissioner Howard Morgan earlier had ruled the firm must pay $500 a day to date and $1,000 thereafter for not restoring the shuttle service if it failed to follow bis order promptly. The traction company contend ed that it had not been given an opportunity to present its side of the case. Woman Lives I riiroughjump PORTLAND uT) A woman who told police she jumped from a fifth-floor apartment house win dow because of domestic difficul ties was in "satisfactory" condi tion Tuesday in a hospital here. Dorothy L. Goldstein, 32, plunged from the window Sunday night, landed in a flower bed, then walked back into the apart ment house. Hospital attendants said she suffered fractured spinal vertebra. "Old at 40,50,60?" Man, Get Wise! Pep Up Thouwndi re peppy at 70! So if yoo ttol weak, low Id energy, "old" at 40, 50 or 60. quit blaming it on age. If you want to foil yoimser try new, improved Ortrex Tonic Tablet! at once. For debility duo to rundown bpdyi lack of iron and Vitamin Bi, to be ow-par" feeling! you miy call 'bainf l peppy. qualnteb? ' (iz only Octnai - yean younger. 3-day "ffeta f . All drufgtrta. YOUR INVESTMENT HOLDS... when you go Si OLDS1 OUimobll. for '37-rtie wk)or of t ywrl And It holdi lhat valu. for yari to com commandl a blgg.r ratutn at fradVh. 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