MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
State Sales Tax Flan To Be rafted, ' Printed an
Form Jor Further Study
Tuesday, April 19, 1955
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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
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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.
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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.
Frank offered a $25,000 re
ward for capture ancf conviction
of the extortionist.
Bolger said he and Brown
found similarities in the two
notes and in the methods used
in both extortion attempts. He
also pointed out that Boysen and
Frank are close friends and that
both recently returned from
trips to Honolulu.
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