Friday. April 29, 195S
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN
Senate Planning Overhaul of House Sales Tax Measure
Mrs. Smith Weeps At Arraignment
Portland IU.R) Mrs. Mar
jorie Smith cried softly yester
day as she was arraigned with
Victor Laurence Wolf on a first
degree murder charge in con
nection with the bomb death of
her attorney husband last week.
Judge James W. Crawford set
next Thursday afternoon for en
tering of pleas after naming a
former prosecutor as one of
Wolfs defense attorneys. He is
Charles E. Raymond, who has
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helped prosecute several murder
cases while working for the dis
trict attorney's office here. Judge
Crawford also named Nicholas
Granet to help defend Wolf.
Mrs. Smith continues to deny
any part in the death of her hus
band, Attorney Kermit Smith,
She was implicated by Wolf.
Meanwhile, authorities said
they had learned Wolf did not
have a police record in Ohio as
indicated possible by a report
yesterday. Wolf had denied be
ing in any previous trouble with
the law.
Water Control Board
Approved by Senate
salem W.P.); A seven -man
board with comprehensive con
trol over all uses of water, in
Oregon was approved by the
Senate yesterday with only five
dissenting vote's.
The measure, which Sens.
Paul Geddes (R-Roseburg) and
Walter Leth (R-Monmouth) said
might well be one of the most
important adopted by the 1955
Legislature, now goes to a con
ference committee to iron out
differences between House and
Senate amendments
I he water resources but, a
companion to a bill passed two
days ago setting up a statewide
ground water code, vas the re
sult of a two-year interim study
conducted throughout the state.
The board would take over all
the functions of the Upper Co
lombia Basin Commission and
. 2 Willamette Basin Commis-
s'ol and part of the functions of
th State Hydroelectric Commis-
rl-.n and tna Slate Fish and
'Jame Commissions.
The Homestake gold mine at
Lead, S. D., gets less than a half
ounce of gold from a ton of ore.!
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Revenue Felt
To Be Inadequate;
Charts Ordered
By BILL FORCE
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Saiem (tl.R) An overhaul of
the sales tax bill passed yester
day by the House was indicated
here today when the Senate As
sessment and Taxation Commit
tee went to work in earnest on
the measure.
There were signs that the
House Taxation committee had
been too liberal with exemptions
that would be granted to the
tax, and that the revenue it
would raise would be inade
quate. Charts Ordered
After a preliminary look at
the sales tax last night, the
Senate committee ordered re
searchers to prepare a half-dozen
charts showing where the richest
veins of revenue lay, and how
the House version could be
adapted to estimated needs.
In companion measures to the
sales tax bill, the House had
granted double exemptions to
ease the income tax burden at
the lower pay levels, and had
provided that the sales tax
would not become effective un
til Jan. 1, 1956, if it were ap
proved at the Nov. 3 special
election. That delay of the ef
fective date would result in loss
of several million dollars rev
enue.
Would Void Fag Tax
The House has also provided
that if the sales tax snould. go
into effect, the proposed cigar
ette tax would automatically be
voided. The cigarette tax was
up for final action in the Senate
today.
The Senate committee last
night ordered a bill drafted that
would call a special election
some time this fall on the in
creased income tax rate already
passed, provided the measure is
referred by the voters.
The Senate's plan was to re
solve the income tax issue as
soon as possible, . so that lost
revenue would not force the
bulk of state finances onto ' a
state property tax..
The building program . t ha t
cleared the House yesterday was
referred late in the day to the
Senate Tax Committee., instead
pf to the Ways, and Means Com
mittee 7 which originated the
program.
Eye To Finances
Sen. Rudie Wilhelm (It-Portland),
chairman of the Senate
tax group, promised, that his
committee would not judge the
merits of the building projects
themselves, but instead would
view them with an eye to finan
ces. The committee agreed tenta
tively last night that it would
amend the building program bill
to tie them to available revenue,
Presumably the bulk of the pro
gram would be held in abeyance
if voters attack left the state
without an adequate income tax
or sales tax system to finance
state operations.
Excepted would be the' out
patient clinic at state hospital
and Fairview Home construc
tion
Portland State college and
Oregon Technical institute proj
ects already contain the emsr
gency clause for immediate start.
More Extortion Threats Made;
School Threats Being Studied
By UNITED PRESS
Two more extortion notes
were reported in Oregon today
while authorities tried to halt a
wave of telephone threats to
schools
Jacob Stalder, 63, C o 1 1 a g e
Grove, . told police he found
note in his mailbox Wednesday
demanding $10,000 with a threat
his house would be blown up.
The note did not contain direc
tions for turning over the money
and Stalder turned it over to
police, saying he believed it was
a prank. -
Thomas Binf ord, of the Bin
fords & Mort printing and pub-
Gresham Fun Center
Damaged by Flames
. Gresham. Ore (U.PJ Fire
swept through the Fun Center
here early today causing damage
estimated at more than $50,000
to the two-story brick building.
Four firemen were overcome
by smoke.
The blaze broke out shortly
after 1 a.m.. apparently in the
basement. It burned throueh the
floor of the skating rink on the
main floor and destroyed the
Elks club bar and lounee in the
sub-basement. A bowling alley
in the basement also was dam
aged. The half-block buildinc also
houses a number of other offices
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i Hornbrook, Calif. Monday,
April 25, friends and neighbors
gathered at the Methodist Com'
munity church honoring the Rev.
and Mrs. Louis Hart with a
farewell dinner. Rev. Hart has
wretired from the ministry and
is .moving to Lakeport, Calif.,
where they will reside.
The Knitting club met April
26 at the home of Mrs. Harry
Chapman. Members present were
Mesdames Marshall Horn, L. C.
Walsh, Rush Greive, Lawrence
Breceda and the hostess. ' Mrs.
Louis Hart was a guest for the
afternoon. ..
Mrs. Frank Taggart returned
last week from the southern part
of the state, having spent the
winter months visiting friends
and relatives.
On April 27, as the Rev. and
Mrs. Louis Hart were leaving for
Lakeport, Calif., ;their car went
out of control and landed upright
in the ditch one mile south of
Hornbrook.. : They received . no
injuries but the car was badly
damaged. They were taken to
Yreka by the Hayes family who
happened along shortly after the
accident, and proceeded on by
bus the following, day.
lishing firm of Portland, said he
received a note yesterday de-
MENTIONED as possible suc
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audi, whose term expires May
10, is Cesare Merzagora (above),
president of Italy's senate. He
Is member of Christian Demo
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COMMERCIAL SEASON OPEN
Portland 'IU.R) The Oregon
Fish Commission said today that
the spring commercial fishing
season on the Columbia river
will open at noon April 30 and
extend to May 27. Week end
commercial closures, which go
into effect the following week
end, will be from noon Saturday
until 6 p.m. Sunday. Commercial
restrictions have .been placed on
a 15-mile area above Bonneville
Dam and a five-mile area below
the dam.
manding $200 under threat of
harm to his son.-Binf ord was told
to place the money in a pack
age and drop it at NE 14th ave.
and Tillamook street at 10 p.m.
It was understood he did as the
note said but returned two hours
later to . find the package still
there.
The new Jason Lee' grade
school in Portland was evacuat
ed yesterday after a telephone
threat and a policeman checked
Roosevelt high school after some
girl students said two men in a
car warned of a bomb. Em
ployees of the Sperry-Hutchison
Company in Portland were
evacuated yesterday after a tele
phone threat.
Three teen-age boys, held in
connection with a telephone
threat to Jefferson high school
in Portland Monday, were or
dered into solitary confinement
in the juvenile home yesterday.
Judge Virgil Langtry said he had
not determined what disposition
to make of the case as yet. V
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