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EIGHT MTOTORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. April 13. 1955 Effect of Atomic Blasts on Weather, Health, Safety Object of Hearing Income Tax Payers Wait as Usual Until Last Minute To File Return By UNITED PRESS Income tax day across the na tion fell a month later than for merly today. But tax payers v.ere still waiting until the last minute to pay up. Internal Revenue officials re ported that the fellow who de lays filling out his tax form until the night before deadline was up to bis old tricks. It didn't make much differ ence that Congress had moved the day of retribution from the traditional -'Ides cf March" to April 15, exactly a month later, many officials said. There were still the last-minute lines of taxpayers and the bigger Internal Revenue offices once again made plans to stay open until midnight. In some places, it wai even worse than usual. Same Old Story Wisconsin had moved its state tax deadline up to April 15 in WEEK END SPECIALS o Weeping $50 CHERRY J oBLUE SJJ00 CYPRESS 9 4 to 5 ft. o Golden $075 BERKMANS IRISH JUNIPER 4 to 5 ft.' A Basket of PANSIES With Every Purchase of $2.00 or Over Court Street NURSERY 1132 Court St. fCE ill j (Halter') 1 II $iJm&'. nil I! tesSS 11 W.A.HALLER ASK FOR "COUNTY FAIR" AT YOUR FAVORITE hopes of getting earlier returns. Instead, there were more un paid taxes at the last minute than ever before and state tax offices added extra help all week for late filers. Milwaukee state and federal tax officials expected the big gest rush in years. It was much the same at Springfield, 111., where District Internal Revenue Director H. K. White said "Those who waited until the last two weeks in March also waited until the last two weeks in April." In other cities, however, the extra month appeared to have helped smooth things out. The change meant that the federal and state income tax days coincided in New York. Eut officials in New York City reported the later federal tax date "helped out quite a bit." 'Good Progress' Said Being Made in Study Of Off-Street Parking "Good progress" in studying the off-street parking problem and devising a solution for Med ford has been made by a spe cial city-chamber of commerce committee, it was reported yes terday to the directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Jack Crawford, a member of the board and of the committee, said that the committee's recom mendations were to be put in final form Ff iday, and that they will be presented to the city council at its meeting next Tues day. He said that committee members, who have been study ing the problem for several months, have reached basic agreement on the suggested so lution for the situation. Long Study The committee's work has in cluded consultation with experts on off-street parking problems in other areas, a study of the basic survey conducted by Vern Thorpe, Medford director of pub lic works, and a study of how other cities have gone about pro viding parking for the increas ing number of automobiles in congested areas. The chamber's weekly round table sessions, held Monday noons, is being expanded and consideration is being given to using it as a means of coordinat ing activities of civic and service organizations.lt was reported by Vic Milnes, chairman of the com mittee in charge. He said repre sentatives . of Medford's various groups are being invited to at tend each week, and that the 1UU ULZJ LhL 100 PROOF PREMIUM QUALITY STRAIGHT BOURBON HI15 J3)70 ,45 QT. V A I 11 The 12 mid-Manhattan federal tax offices had given assistance to 196,107 taxpayers as com pared to 184,503 by March 15 last year. Still, a good number of New York taxpayers grumbled be cause they couldn't fork over their state and.federal payments at the same office. There was also muttering because refunds on federal taxes didn't arrive in time to help pay off the state government and because federal officials wouldn't help out with state forms. One confused Gotham tax payer filled out his state tax report anfi then made out the accompanying check to the U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue. To complicate things further, he sent the return to the Lower Manhattan Internal Revenue office. roundtable could also serve as a "clearing house" of meeting dates and places to eliminate conflicts. May Change By-Laws John Pletsch, chamber presi dent, appointed a committee headed by George Flanagan to study the possibility of revising the chamber's by-laws to permit election of board members in September and officers in Octo ber, to take office in January. He indicated he believes officers should have this extra time to make committee selections and set out policies before they take office. Directors voted approval of a plan of membership renewal and canvass proposed by Russ Brown. They also turned down a pro posal by Sid Pyle, Grants Pass, to have the chamber sell Rogue River boat trips on a commission basis. It was pointed out that the chamber does not endorse, nor participate in, any commercial shopping guide type of publica tion. The chamber was solicited for its endorsement of one such publication recently, according to Chamber Manager Don Mc Neil. Approve Ad Funds The board approved expendi ture of an estimated $250 as the chamber's part of an advertising campaign sponsored by Southern Oregon Hospitality Unlimited, an organization of the chambers in Grants Pass, Cave Junction, Medford, Ashland and Klamath Falls. Advertisements this year will appear in San Francisco b 0 J PINT Haflro urn CORP.,- PHIIA, PA. BAR. CLUB. HOTEL. Witnesses Ready To Debunk Some Wild Predictions Washington (U.P.) Congress men asked the Atomic Energy Commission today for a frank appraisal of reports that nuclear weapons tests disrupt the world's weather and threaten its health and safety. Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission, Commissioner John Von Neu mann, and Dr. John Bugher, head of the AEC's medical divi sion, prepared to give their views at a public hearing before the Congressional Atomic Ener gy Committee. Weather bureau experts also were scheduled to testify. To Debunk Predictions The AEC witnesses were re ported ready to debunk some of the extreme predictions that dire consequences would result from the nuclear tests in Nevada and at the Pacific testing grounds. Informed sources said the AEC has been preparing information to put such reports in what it regards as a roper persective. Sen. Bourge B. Hickenlooper (R-Iwa.) said the Senate-House atomic committee wants to bring to light "the facts" on the likely effects of radioactivity released in weapon tests. He said he be lieves those facts will "pretty well dispel" some of the extreme reports. Exaggerated Stories Chairman Clinton P. Anderson (D-N.M.) referred to "exaggerat ed and inaccurate stories" when he announced the hearing earlier this week. Anderson said he hopes the testimony will give the American people "a full, respon sible, and accurate account of the effects of our tests, together with a better understanding of the steps which have been taken to protect the public safety." Concern over tlje weather ef fects of nuclear tests was under stood to stem in part from com plaints to congressmen, that the atom tests have contributed to the dry windy spring in the West. There have been some claims, although the AEC denies them, that radioactivity from the tests conceivably could cause genetic mutations that might result, in time, in a race of deformed humans. newspapers and in the travel magazine, Westways. The board passed a resolution supporting enactment of federal legislation which would remove the Federal Power commission's authority to regulate natural gas prices at the producing field. The FPC was given that authority under the terms of a recent court decision, and the oil and gas in dustry is sponsoring amendments which would reverse the court decision. The chamber supported the proposal on the grounds that exploration and initial produc tion of natural gas should be on a free, competitive basis. Flier Claims Women's Glider Altitude Mark Bishop, Calif. 4U.P.) Betsy Woodward, 26, Riderwood, Md., today claimed a new women's world altitude record for single place glider flight today after soaring 40,160 feet above the Si erra in her Pratt-Reed glider. The old record was held by Madame Yvonne Gaudry of France, who soared to 27,342 feet in that country Jan. 20, 1951. The former UCLA student, now a woman flight instructor, was towed by a plane to 12,000 feet before being released for her climb. Her record will remain un official until approved by the Soaring Society of America, the National Aeronautic Assn., and the Federation Aeronautique In ternationale of Paris. B47 Jet Bomber Crashes in Bermuda St. George's, Bermuda U.R) A. U.S. Air Force B47 jet. bomb er crashed shortly after takeoff from Kindley Air Force Base today. Witnesses that said the giant bomber crashed into the nearby waters of Castle Harbor. They said the plane burst into flames. The B47, a six-engine strato jet plane built by Boeing, has a maximum speed of 600 miles per hour. It is used as a bomber and long-range photographic recon naissance plane. An Air Force spokesman would say only that a B47 crashed with three men aboard. He said that additional details would be released later. Temperatures at the North Pole are often more moderate than those prevailing in Siberia or Montana. New York Observing Noise Week; Sound By H. D. QUIGG United Press Correspondent New York (U.P.) Aiiti noise week in New York is go ing over with a (sh-h-h-h) BANG. Also with a s-c-r-e-e-c-h, a rumble, and a roar full-throated enough to frighten s herd of African lions. And in some sec tors with a: "Be qui-yut, stupid wha ya t'ink ya are, blowin" ya horn dat way, a lire engine or sumpin'?" A reporter, bent on recording scientifically the silence, of be quiet week, started out with a sound meter, an electric gadget that records with a trembling needle the number of decibels of sound it hears. Thus: 20-30 decibels "Quiet country residence"; 60-70 "conversation average to loud"; Little Hope Held For Speedup on Highway 101 Work Portland (U.R) The State Highway Commission gave little encouragement to a plea by a Curry county delegation that completion of relocated highway 101 between Gold Beach and Brookings be speeded up. Chairman Ben Chandler told delegation leader Vern Ayers that the project had not been dropped. However, he said, the section from Pistol river to Brookings wouldn't be possible for some time as it will cost an estimated $400,000 a mile for 15 miles along the beach. Decision Dalayed He said the commission wouldn't reach a decision on the section between Gold Beach and Pistol river until a . complete survey is finished. . A Harney county, delegation was told a survey would be made of a proposed traffic signal near the Burns city limits Chandler said $260,000 in fed eral funds were set aside for highway improvements through Hines and Burns. The money will be available in July, 196. Commissioners said a survey may be made of improvement to the Alsea mountain section of the Alsea highway proposed by Eep. Wayne Giesy, representing the Benton county Chamber of Commerce. Taste Meter Made Nervous Wreck 90 "loud radio set"; 100-105 " loud motor horn"; 110 "vicinity of pneumatic drill"; 110-120 "vicinity of airplane engine"; 130 "threshold of pain." Meter a Nervous Wreck Within 15 minutes, the meter was a nervous wreck. It began throwing fits. Then if went plumb crazy, unable to feel pain even if it had been on the threshold, and finally had to be taken to an electronic observation ward probably Britain Rejects Peiping Charges 01 Crash Blame London (U.P.) Britain today firmly and formally rejected Peiping charges that British negligence was responsible for the crash of an Air India trans port carrying Red Chinese dip lomats to the Afro-Asian confer ence in Indonesia. Communist China had charged the chartered airliner crashed Monday into the China Sea be cause of American-directed sabo tage and British carelessness at Eong Kong. The U. S. State De partment oromptly dismissed the accusation as "ridiculous. Formal Rejection Informed sources said British Charge d' Affaires Humphrey Trevelyan would deliver Brit ain's formal rejection of the charges to Peiping authorities today. The note was framed by the Foreign Office here and is a followup to the verbal on the spot protest made by Trevelyan when he was handed the Com munist note Wednesday. Regret Expressed It was understood the Brit ish communication expressed re gret over the loss of life in the crash but rejected strongly alle gations of negligence in handl ing the plane at Hong Kong. Eight Chinese Red delegates to the Bandung conference died in the crash of the four-engined Constellation off Borneo. Two Communist newsmen, a Com munist Viet Minh delegate and four Indian crewmen also were killed. Three Indian crewmen who survived arrived in Sing apore yesterday but were barred from talking to the press. , alone proves Milll II . V . Illl MlTll'' llllll T I II I II II I Mini .MttM.. "S&Mi t-l " i I i I v a v lit' tonnybank naturally better! Abatement ended up in a straitjacket. A lound backfire, from a trail er truck, did it. The meter was on the sidewalk of a busy freight street, ticking along between 95 and 100 and doing nicely when suddenly BLAM! The needle flopped to the threshold of pain, and right' through the threshold irto the living room. After that the thing was no good. The reporter had to go it alone, depending on his own ears. For the governor's infor mation, it'll take some mighty loud shushing to quiet this city down to the shouting level. On a subway train known as the "Lex. Ave. Express the win dows were open as it roared Tip- town. The passengers started at e?ch other, unable to talk above the racket. Two conductors (one apparently off work) talking on the swaying car platform, sound ed like this: First conductor waving arms ana shouting: "Started out . . argle blednah blonk dodle . . three months ago . . . reglo flub." Second conductor (his ear six inches from the other's mouth: "what's 'at?" They kept it up. And got no where. The reported approach ed and shouted: "Do you know this is noise abatement week?" The first conductor cupped his ear. "Boys in what basement?" he yelled. The reporter debarked at a mid-town corner. He found one of those hopeless traffic jams, horns going for a block in all four directions. A taxi driver screamed , at another: "Cha watch where ya going' bird brain?" The other driver's lips moved. His face was scarlet. But no sound from him broke through the sound level of the horns. Then to the 14th floor (some climb) of the," Socony-Vacuum Bldg., now under construction. 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"I think this stuff t is good for your nerves. You get used to it being noisy, and then when you get off work you're i.ot nervous don't jump at every little noise like some people. "I been married 38 years to day. My wife never yells at me. , She knows it wouldn't do any good." Need A Place To Hang Your Hat? Investigate Jackson County Federal HOME LOANS for building ... purchasing ... remodeling . . . repairing . f, LOAN ASSOC ATOM 126 East Main St. Medford T & HADIO REPAIR "We Service All Makes" AUTHORIZED RCA VICTOR SERVICE
