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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE State Sales Tax Flan To Be rafted, ' Printed an Form Jor Further Study Tuesday, April 19, 1955 "IT TP 71 FREED FROM CARES Relaxing from the cares of state for the first time in many years, Sir Winston Churchill strolls through luxuriant gardens of the hotel where he is vacationing at Syracuse, Sicily. With him are Lady Church ill and two unidentified members of his staff. Hank Girl Took Own Life, Ex-Undercover Man Says He Was Told Portland (U.R) A bartender testified yesterday that while ha was working as a police under cover man, Sherry Forig told him Diane Hank had taken her own life. Robert Richards, testifying at the murder trial of Wey Him and Sherry Fong, told the jury Mrs. Fong told him the 16-year- old girl "took barbiturates be cause she was jealous of Sher ry s power and money and be cause she was in' love with a man who was in love with Sher ry." , Friends Helped Remove Body Richard added that Mrs. Fong told him she took the body to Vancouver, Wash.,., -with the help of two friends. The body was found wrapped in blankets near Washodgal, Wash. ( Sherman J. Marriott, a restu rant operator, and his wife told of a chance meeting with Mrs. Fong at a restaurant where Richards worked as a bartender. They testified Mrs- Fong spoke of a body in her basement. Former District Attorney John B. McCourt would have sought a first degree murder indict ment against the Fongs if he had had the proper medical evi dence, former Chief Criminal Deputy J. Raymond Carkskadon testified. Evidence Undetermined "We could not determine the medical evidence necessary for an indictment," Carskadon said, but "we had enough other evi dence to substantiate a murder ' charge." . On cross-examination, Carska don told defense attorney Irvih Goodman that never in his 31 years with the district attorney's office had a first degrees mur der indictment been returned. in j PoUtry Clinic Planned In County for April 27 Dr. E. M. Dickinson, poultry veterinarian of Oregon State college, will conduct a poultry clinic starting at 1 p.m. Wednes day, April 27, in the Jackson county court house at 1 p.m. The clinic will be to acquaint local poultrymen with the more prevalent poultry diseases, and Dr. Dickinson will discuss mod em methods of control and man agement of diseases. which the cause of death was not set forth. Goodman has been trying to make the points that the indict ment did not show the cause of death and that for almost a year, McCourt did not bring out" a murder indictment. Americans Urge No Quemoy Defense Washington (U.R). Forty seven prominent-Americans, in cluding Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, urged President Eisenhower to day to declare that the United States will not fight to defend Quemoy and the Matsu islands. The group's plea was' contain ed in a telegram to the President made public by Americans for Democratic Action. The telegram asked Mr. Eisen hower "to use. all the powers of your great office to prevent the United States from becoming en gaged in hostilities over the pos session of the islands of Quemoy and Matsu." Among other signers were ra dio commentator Elmer Dais; Mrs. India Edwards, vice chair-: man of the Democratic National Committee; Socialist Leader Nor man Thomas, and President W. P. Kennedy of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. EVADES INCOME TAXES St.- Petersburg, Fla. (U.R) A cafeteria owner apparently has taken steps to end his in come tax worries once and. for all. Lander Hiage was due in federal court here Monday on charges of evading $10,000 in taxes! However, Hiage's lawyer appeared with a letter from his client. The letter was postmark ed Sweden and in it Hiage said he did not intend to return to the United States. USED CARS Chicago (U.R) Three brand new automobiles became used cars Monday without leaving the showroom floor. An auto agency employee, Alec McQuire, lost control of a. car outside and crashed through the showroom window. He banged in to a floor model car which smashed into two others. r, 1" sM x 1 First time in Southern Oregon Forever Young Fashion Show .SATURDAY 11:30 and 3:00 COUNTESS RENEE de SIERRAGORDA Glamorous fashion ex pert, will appear with her lovely models and will narrate at both showings. MEDFORD Program Would Be Contingent on Voter Acceptance By BILL FORCE '. United Press Correspondent Salem (U.R) A plan to solve Oregon's money troubles with a three per cent sales tax, with food exempt, was put before the House Taxation Committee late yesterday and a majority of the members voted to have the plan drafted and printed in bill form for more study. The plan came from a subcom mittee headed by Rep. Ed Card well (R-Sweet Home) which also proposed a five-point package program which would be con tingent on voter acceptance of the sales tax itself at a special election. If the people declare at the polls that they would rather have a sales tax in Oregon than an in crease of 50 per cent in their personal income tax rates, there would follow, under the 'sub committee plan, several changes: Changes Listed 1. A reduction in personal in come taxes by increasing the ex emptions for a husband and wife from the present $600 to $1200 and $600 for each child. That would be a total exemption of $3000 for a man and wife and one child. 2. The tax withheld from pay checks would be kept at the pres ent one per cent, instead of the two per cent that was part of the original tax program passed by the House Taxation Committee. . 3. Basic school support would be raised from the present $80 per census .child to $90. Half of that $10 increase would be ear marked to help those distressed schools districts that have reach ed the limit of their bonding ca pacity. 4. County contributions for basic school support would be reduced by $10 per census child with a property tax offset so that the savings could not be used for other county expenses but would be passed on, to the county tax payer. 5. The state would get out of the property tax field except for purposes of bond and debt serv ice. That field of taxation would then be reserved to the counties. The plan would raise $75,000, 000 the first biennium and $90, 000,000 thereafter. It would sup port a biennial budget for the 1955-57 period of $224,200,000 and leave a cushion of some $6, 000,000 to begin the next bien nium. When the Cardwell subcom mittee presented its plans at yes terday's meeting, there was im mediate reaction from labor, farm groups and others in the audience. Tom Scanlon, lobbyist for the Oregon Federation of Labor, re peated his organization's long standing opposition to a sales tax, regardless of what he called "the sugar coating" that went along with it. Grange Opposition Unchanged P. M. Laubenfells of the state Grange said his opposition to a sales tax had not been changed by the subcommittee plan. R. E. Kerr of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation told the com mittee his group would favor a sales tax with the property tax offset feature. , - - Cecil Posey of the Oregon Edu cation Association said the plan was the first put before the Leg islature t this session that would help schools. The order to put the plan into bill form for introduction was passed by a six to three vote in the committee. Oakland, Calif., Extortion Try Linked With Aaron Frank Case Oakland, Calif. (U.R) Oak land police have linked an East Bay extortion threat to a similar case that resulted in a depart ment store bombing in Portland, Ore. "We have a particular suspect in mind," said Captain of Inspec tors Anthony Bolger after "con fering with Portland's Captain of Inspectors William E. Brown. "There are similarities in the two cases." $75,000 Demanded The East Bay threat involved Walter Boysen, a wealthy paint manufacturer. A note left in his office door on March 14 demand ed $75,000. It warned that fail ure to pay would mean "the death of you, your wife, or one of your little girls." Sheriff's deputies were keep ing a 24-hour-a-day watch on Security Council To Study Israel Strife United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) The United Nations Security Council, armed with a new re port from its Palestine truce supervisor, meets today in a new effort to end border strife be tween Israel and Egypt. The meeting follows an agree ment between Israeli and Jordan ian commanders designed to pre vent any further armed clashes in the Jerusalem area. Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns of Canada, chief of the Palestine truce supervision organization, last week urged Israel and Egypt also to make local military com manders responsible for keeping peace along their border. Burns made his recommendation in a 2,400-word report to the council. FLAG COMES DOWN Detroit (U.R) Suburban Roseville police Sgt. Raymond Hartley noted that firemen for got to take down the flag over the city hall Monday night. He switched on the fire depart ment's public address system and said: "The rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there and it's 9 p.m." The flag was down mo- 4-H Club Antelope Club Antelope 4-H club held its an nual box social April 15 at the Eagle Point Grange hall. George Barr of Medford. Feed and Seed was auctioner and the box soc ial was a big success. David Woolf oik, Wallace Rags dale and Glenn Klein gave re ports on the Junior Livestock Ex position held in San Francisco at the Cow Palace. Klein said he was very pleased the way Jack son county placed in represent ing Oregon at the fair. Bob Taylor presented the club with a gavel and block which he had made in shop at school. A tour was planned for May 28 when we will visit all live stock members homes and the monthly business meeting will be held timing lunch hour. The two Cochran families are providing coffee and cold drinks. After the supper a Hopalong Cassidy and Mighty Mouse film was shown by Earl Jossy. Bob Hayes Reporter SHOES FOR NO USE Grand Rapids, Mich. (U.R) Shoe salesman Fred Nordstrom told police someone broke into his garage and opened five car tons of sample shoes. But the in truder left empty-handed prob ably because all of the shoes t1 with vigorous Canterbury TEA Relax with a cup of Canter buryf Notice that golden amber color sunshine in cup! Taste that lively, brac ing flavor . . . feel Canter bury's bright refreshment bring new vigor and life. Stop for Canterbury the one fine tea that always, costs you less .. . at the Boysen home in Orinda. In Portland last Friday, a note demanding $50,000 ap peared on the desk of Aaron Frank, president of the Meier and Frank department store. It warned of an impending bomb blast. A few moments after Frank read the note, a bomb exploded in a washroom on the third floor of the store. Two persons were slightly Injured. 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