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Choice of Three Taxes Said Likely in Effort To Raise Revenue for State
Wednesday, March 23, 195S
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Howry Aims Measure at Sewage Problem
Salem U.R) Sen. Phil
Lowry's plan to rescue Oregon
suburbia from its burgeoning
sewage disposal problems was
up for first reading in the Sen
ate today.
The Medford Republican in
troduced a bill that would per
mit both cities and unincorpor-
Shady Cove Man Hurt
In Automobile Crash
Jesse Lawrence Smith, 28,
Shady Cove, suffered a broken
leg and head injuries shortly
before 6 p.m. yesterday, when
the car he was driving left the
Crater Lake highway near the
Eutte Balls junction.
He was taken to Community
hospital by Perl ambulance.
State police said the car was
southbound coming down the
Reese Creek hill and skidded on
wet pavement, hit a rock, then
struck a tree off the right side
of the highway, and rolled over
down the bank, pinning the driv
er under it.
The car was a total loss, offic
ers reported.
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and up
ated areas in counties to join
forces to provide sewage dis
posal facilities.
It would allow areas like the
mushrooming residential dist
ricts on the fringes of nearly
every Oregon city to form sani
tary authorities. They could
then issue general obligation or
revenue bonds to finance sewage
disposal.
The problem has become acute
in several areas, even to the ex
tent that further home construc
tion has been banned until ade
quate sewage disposal works are
available. In some areas, county
health officials have reported
increasing alarm for the state of
public health.
Lowry said "It is contem
plated that considerable savings!
will be accomplished through
low cost financing and utiliza-
RELEASED Vincent Hallinan, Independent Progressive
Party candidate for President in 1952, shown a he arrived
in San Francisco from McNeil Federal Prison, where he
served 14Vfc months for income tax evasion. He carried
book "False Witness," by Harvey Matusow, and said, "I
don't have to read this I saw three false witnesses perjure
themselves in the last Bridges trial and walk out free."
Correct Answers Not Enough at Dartmouth
Hanover, N.H. (U.R) Stu
dents in many courses at Dart
mouth must do more than write
the correct answers to examin
ation questions to get high
marks.
The college has declared that
grades will be lowered if an
swers are marred "grossly by
faulty composition and gram
mar." "All this," said a Dartmouth
announcement, "is partly in re
sponse to grumbling from the
business world that students to
day are leaving educational in
stitutions without a proper com
mand if their own language."
LUCKY TO APPEAR
Princeton, Ind. (U.R) M.
H. Hall of Birmingham, Ala.,
should consider himself lucky
to appear in court today on
speeding charges. Hall was
charged by state police with
speeding in a truck loaded with
21,000 pounds of . dynamite.
Hall's truck overturned in a
ditch and the dynamite didn't explode.
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tion of an experienced central
agency in the county to admin
ister sewage systems in various
parts of the authority."
Provides for Authorities
Lowry's bill provides for or
ganization of such authorities by
a procedure similar to that for
other districts petitions, public
hearings, and election.
Authorities would have the
power of eminent domain; could
compel connection with the sew
age facilities, and could operate
garbage dumps and garbage col
lection systems.
Spanish Painting,
Lost 150 Years,
Found in Chicago
Chicago U.R) A 17th cen
tury Spanish masterpiece, "lost"
for nearly 150 years, has been re
covered by the Chicago Art In
stitute. The painting, "Crucifixion,"
by Francisco de Zurbaran, is one
of the most remarkable recover
ies in art history, curators of
the institute said.
Twist of Fate
They told yesterday how an
ironic twist of fate enabled Dan
iel C. Rich, director of the insti
tute, to arrange for its purchase.
The painting, retouched after
being hidden in an English the
ological seminary since 1880,
was offered for sale to the world
famous Louvre art galleries in
Paris in 1950.
But Louvre connoisseurs, un
convinced of the painting's value
and identity, declined to buy it.
It was sold to a French dealer
in 1953, and from there the ac
quisition of the masterpiece
moved to a climax.
Rich came across a relative of
the dealer trying to sell it by
photograph to the Archbishop of
Mexico.
Impressed by Original
Impressed with the photo, he
cabled Carl Schniewind, curator
of the institute's prints and
drawings, who was then in Swit
zerland. Schniewind checked the
original, which had been taken
to Switzerland by the dealer for
cleaning, and was also im
pressed. He arranged for experts on
Zurbaran in Chicago and Snain
to study the painting. When they
agreed on -its significance, the
purchase was made.
Sculptural Realism
Zurbaran was considered one
of Spain's four great painters
and "Crucifixion" was noted in
the 18th century for its "stu
pendous" effect on sculptural
realism.
The simple 10-by-5 'z foot can
vas, painted in 1627, depicts a
cross rising against a black back
ground. The powerfully modeled
body of the dead Christ is re
vealed on it in clear, dramatic
lighting. A sparkling white loin
cloth is draped over the body.
Trash Can Mailing
Doesn't Assure Delivery
Kearney, Neb. (U.R) The
Kearney Daily Hub warned citi
zens that the city does not guar
antee delivery of letters "mail
ed" in the city's new trash cans.
The city placed 16 of the new
cans on Central avenue to help
keep the city clean.
But the newspaper reported
that "because the containers are
aboot the same color of letter
drop boxes, some persons have
been putting in mail."
Vote on Sales Tax
in May or June
Seen Possibility
Salem U.R) Which do you
prefer: An increase in your prop
erty tax, an increase in your in
come tax, or a sales tax?
Rep. Earl Hill (R-Cushman)
says the choice is just about that
blunt. If his sales tax measure
gets through the Legislature
you will have your chance to
vote your preference, probably
late in May or early in June.
In one manner or another the
Legislature has to raise some
$30,000,000 a year in additional
revenues to meet an estimated
deficit of $60,000,000 in the bi
ennium starting next July 1. Hill
thinks the sales tax is the solu
tion to the problem. And a grow
ing number of legislators agree
with him.
Money for Schools
Oregon voters have rejected
the sales tax five times. But Hill
said today that he has found in
creasing sentiment in favor of
the sales tax to halt the upward
trend of property taxes and to
fend off a new bulge in state
income taxes.
A 3 per cent sales tax pro
vided in the Cushman Republi
can's bill would raise some $75,
000,000 a year, experts have
estimated. He proposes to use up
to $50,000,000 a year of this as a
property tax offset at the county
level for schools. Some 75 per
cent of county taxes now go for
school purposes.
The balance would go into the
basic school fund, which must be
raised by a state property tax if
other funds are not available.
Basic school support may
amount to some $35,000,000 a
year, and the estimated $25,000,
000 a year that would go into the
fund would replace money that
could go for other state purposes
and thus obviate the necessity of
a state property tax.
Voters Decide Anyway
A proposal to raise part of
the needed money by increasing
state income taxes together with
a tax of 3 cents a pack on cig
arettes, would almost certainly
be referred to the voters. Hill
said. That would mean Oregon
would be without the benefit of
these funds for at least until the
1956 November general election.
That, he said, could force the
state onto a warrant basis,
which would impair the state's
credit and raise the interest
rates on bonds it sells.
Because he does not want to
see the state forced onto a war
rant basis, Hill said he proposes
a special election in late May or
early June, so that the people
may vote on it before the next
fiscal year starts July 1. Should
it then be rejected, a special ses
sion of the Legislature might be
called to try again to strike a
balance.
But Hill is convinced the peo
ple now are in a mood to accept
the sales tax. He thinks you
would prefer it to an increase in
either property or income taxes.
Fiance Substitutes
At Bridal Shower
Pratt, Kan. (U.R) When
Don Stevens' fiancee, Carolyn
Kaier of Wichita became ill with
the flu, he substituted for her
at a shower given by a group of
local women.
He attended the otherwise
all-women party, opened the
gifts, and, as the hostess describ
ed it, "graciously stayed through
the tea hour and what would
have been a reception for Miss
Kaier."
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Radar Speed Law Bill Amended
To Require Use of Warning Signs
Salem U.PJ The bill to clar
ify the law on radar sped detec
tion devices was kept alive in
the House Highways Committee
yesterday by adoption of an
amendment to require cities
using the devices to post warn
ing signs.
The controversial radar bill
was sent back to committee
Saturday when lawyers on the
floor attacked it on constitu
tional grounds.
Truck Speed Bill Returned
At the end of a four-hour hear
ing yesterday, the committee
also voted to send back to the
floor of the House a bill increas
ing the speed limit on trucks
from 45 to 55 miles an hour.
That bill was also returned to
committee Saturday by mem
bers who felt 55 was too fast for
log trucks.
The committee disagreed and
sent the bill back without
change.
Another speed issue before the
committee was the proposal to
establish a maximum speed law
for state highways within city
limits. At present, those high
ways come under the basic rule
provisions that apply on all state
highways in Oregon.
Seen As Lifesaver
Rep. Al Loucks (R-Salem) told
the committee that a hard and
fast speed limit within cities
would be a lifesaver and would
do more to slow down speeding
teen-agers than any other move
the Legislature could make. He
asserted that police now hesitate
to make arrests for speed viola
tions because of all the consid
erations and items of proof that
are required to obtain a convic
tion for violation of the basic
rule.
R. H. Baldock, state highway
engineer, opposed the bill, say
ing that there was a danger in
having two types of speed laws
apply to different parts of state
highways.
Oregon Highway Lifesaversi
supported the bill but their
spokesman, Marshall Dana, said'
the organization was opposed to
elimination of the basic rule for
the open highways.
TIME TURNED BACK
Flint, Mich. U.R) Strong
winds turned back the hands of
time here Tuesday. The winds
pushed back the hands of an
outdoor clock at a rate of several
revolution sper minute.
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