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I WW I IBJMIHMMW BUILT AND BACKED by General Motors am I Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1955 Pages 1-6 ncome Tax Reduction Next Year No Cinch; Details Not Figured most a U MviwraTt. rw-i-i K hi N ft M-..,y v.. uv a mm ii improvement Told In Highway Surface Springfield, 111. (U.R) Em met Poston, a brick manufac turer, claims he has developed a "practically indestructible" new type of pavement that is tough ers, cheaper and easier to install than concrete and other present THE GIFT OF HEARING HEARING AIDS Brighten the life of a hard-of-hearing friend or loved one for only $50! Visit or phone today for complete information. It's o easy .so thoughtful! GEORGE E. WHITE HEARING AIDS 131 West Main, Medford types of road surfacing. Poston says his "ceramic" pavement has been tested by the U.S. Navy and was shown to support more than the 50,000 pound weight impact per wheel required by the Navy. The Navy requirement is several times the load allowed on most state high ways for all wheels on truck axles. Poston said the pavement is impervious to weather, requires no expansion joints for heat ex pansion as concrete does and is even undamaged by the great heat built up by warming up jet airplanes. He said the ceramic pave ment, called "Postonway," can be manufactured for $3.46 a yard compared to $3.55 for con crete and can be installed by a contractor, with $3,000 worth of equipment once initial grading is finished. Giant Toad Studied By College Scientists ' Los Angeles (U.R) Scien tists at the University of Cali fornia are studying a giant toad that . can squirt poison 12 feet and devours rats and mice. The researchers are trying to determine whether the toad nor mally uses the substance de fensively as a spray technique. The poison, which has been re ported volatile, may form poison gas when squirted. Experiments in a tiny gas chamber with a skunk, however, have failed to prove the toad's poison is effective. The skunk is believed to be a natural pred ator of the toad. The amphibian is known as the Colorado River toad because it is a native of the Colorado basin. It grows to a length of nearly a foot and only the ma rine toad of South America is larger. Repeat of a Sellout ! iv . m m m ' J V A it " LJi i . ! 1 : i'ii -x. hi jTli'Z KS8S3 i 1ST", 1 i 1 llIHf j o 1 V v '-( 5 I 'TERRIFIC VALUE, AT A 10W, 10W 795 SMALL DOWN PAYMENT EASY -TERMS This "aristocrat" of clocks fea tures a NEW IMPROVED LOCK ING DEVICE and ADJUSTABLE BASE designed for the most effi cient operation. Watch -revolving 4 ball pendulum and visible Brass Works in ACTION. Antique ele gance makes it an ideal gift for . special occasions. WIND IT ONLYJ ONCE A YEAR. Height -12V base diameter 7". FULLY GUAR ANTEED. NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR CREDIT r We Give S&H Green Stamps YOUR FRIENDLY CREDIT JEWELER ANDY'S 15 N. 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If the dollar remains relatively stable in the next 18 months as it has for the past couple of years, there is a fair chance that the Pentagon spending officers will not much exceed in fiscal 1957 the $34,500,000,000 within which their commander-in-chief has ordered them to remain. Defense spending is not being cut much if any. The experts say the real significance of the Gettysburg figure is that .there will be no cut in defense spend ing merely to make a tax cut possible and no increase, in de fense spending in response, to an intensification of the cold war or the Geneva disappoint ment. Three Other Fields With defense spending on fairly even level, the logical keys to tax reduction seem to lie in three other fields. They are: (1) Revenue, which prob ably will increase beyond esti mates; (2) Agriculture and how much subsidy will be voted the farmers; (3) foreign aid and what will be done to meet the step-ped-up Soviet challenge in that field. They will be factors in the final decision. But a fourth fac tor is presidential year politics. Both parties urgently desire to win friends among voters next year. There are few better means of doing so than by reducing taxes. Unofficial reports recently credited the treasury with esti mating now for a budget surplus in fiscal 1957 ranging from $2, 000,000,000 to $4,000,000,000 This assumes that Congress, the administration, the farm bloc and others are willing to hold the spending line. There's a school bloc, too, a big one. And a lot of persons in and out of congress are seek ing bigger sums for roads. All of these will have their impact in spending. Election Year Gravy The most favorable factor is zooming national production which increases treasury income. Increased revenues are so much political gravy in an election year. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndcn B. Johnson (Tex.), re cently proposed "tax revision to benefit low income groups". 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