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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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where 15 gangs of riveters were
tearing the air to little pieces.
There Chris Hauge, the fore
man, turned philosopher.
"I been on this kind of work
since 1911," he said. "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."
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