Wednesday, June 17, 195S
MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
New Highway User Tax for Constructing Nation's Roads To Be Effective Sunday
Washington U.P) II you I tions in cities can store only a
need a new set of tires for your
automobile, you can save about
S3 in taxes by buying them be
fore midnight Saturday.
On Sunday the federal govern
ment will slap higher taxes on
tires, gasoline, diesel fuel, trucks,
buses and truck-trailers.
The increased taxes are includ
ed in a bill which President Ei
senhower is certain to sign into
law this week. The bill will put
into effect the biggest construc
tion program in history to mod
ernize the nation's highways.
The higher taxes on motorists
and truckers arc to help pay for
it
The House and Senate complet
ed congressional action on the
measure Tuesday.
Here is how the new taxes will
affect motorists and truckers:
Tires The federal tax will
jump from five to eight cents a
pound. This means a tax in
crease of 74 cents a tire on the
tubeless ones with which new
popular -make passenger cars
i now come equipped. Thus, it
will cost $3.70 more in taxes to
produce a new automobile with
a spare tire.
The tax on old-type tires, with
tubes, of the same popular size
will go up only 65 cents a tire,
since they weigh less. The tax
will go up much more on big
heavy truck tires. Consumers
will be hit immediately because
retailers and wholesalers must
pay the tax on their July 1 in
ventory.
Gasoline The tax jumps from
two cents to three cents a gallon.
Some service stations may not
boost gasoline prices immediate
ly. Gasoline delivered to service
stations by midnight Saturday
will be exempt.
It will be up to each service
station operator to decide when
to hike his prices. Some big sta-
Oregonians Paid
$62,110,056 Taxes
In First II Months
Salem (U.R Oregonians
paid $62, 110,056 into their state
treasury the first 11 months of
the current biennium in the form
of sharply increased personal in
come taxes, according to figures
released by the State Tax Com
mission. The figure as of May 31. 1956.
compared with $41,707,754 dur
ing the same period a year ago.
Tax Commission Chairman
Ray Smith said personal income
tax collections in April 1956
totaled $9,853,005 and in May
$18,147,589. That compared with
April. 1955. collections of $9,
265,984 and May, 1955, payments
of $7,238,401.
Smith said full impact of the
45 par cent surtax on personal
income taxes was not felt until
April and May of this year. The
large increase of the May collec
tion of the same month a year
ago was due to the fact that
many of the returns made in
April could not be processed un
til May and therefore were in
cluded in the May report.
Corporate income tax collec
tions last April totaled $1,929.
928 as compared with $2,474,142
in April, 1955. The corporate ex
cise tax collected in May this
year was $1,657,984, slightly
above the May figure of a year
ago when the corporate tax
totaled $1,541,986.
Total corporate excise taxes
collected for the first 1 1 months
of the present biennium were
$15,712,764, as compared with
collections reported over the
same period a year ago of $13,-394.081.
two or three day supply. Others
can hold a wtck's supply. Some
rural stations with little busi
ness need only bi-monthly deliveries.
Diesel Fuel The tax jumps
from two cents to three cents a
gallon and truckers will be hit
immediately, since this is a re
tail, rather than a manufactur
ers' excise tax, as in the case
of gasoline.
Trucks. Bush and Truck-Trail
ers The federal government
will collect from manufacturers
a tax equal to 10 per cent of
their sale price, instead of the
present eight per cent. The only
way to escape the levy is to buy
before midnight Saturday. Inven
tories in dealers' and distribu
tors' hands on Sunday will be
subjected to the tax.
Weight Tax on Trucks Start
ing Sunday, operators of trucks
weighing 13 tons or more will
have to pay a new tax on $1.50
per 1.000 pounds on the gross
weight of their trucks. This
amounts to $39 for a 13-ton- in retreading tires, will be sub- the new taxes are expected to This money along with most trust fund. Thus, motorists and
truck. jected to a new tax "of three raise $612,000,000 in revenue, of the revenue from already ex- truckers can console themselves
Tread Rubber Manufacture cents a pound. The revenue over a 16-year per- isting highway user taxes will that the taxes they pay will be
ers of camelback. or rubber used During the next 12 months iod is forecast at $14,814,000,000. go into a special new highway used for building highways.
On The Side
By E. V. Durling
(Distributee' by Kine ftvm Syadiut. IncJ
Marilyn Monroe does quite a
bit of strolling around Manhat
tan. On these occasions she
wears that type of attire styled
'pedal pushers." She uses no
make-up. She also wears dark
glasses. So she is seldom recog
nized. She is a very friendly girl
anH nil en nneases Deoole in con
versation without revealing her
identity. So if you are a New
Yorker you may have been, talk
ing to Marilyn Monroe lately
without knowing it. Incidentally,
mm whrt recently met Miss
Monroe for the first time made
what I consider a most unusual
nhsorv-atinn. That is. he did not
comment at all upon Marilyn's
famous figure. He said, bne nas
the most wonderful complexion
I have ever seen." Come to think
of it. that is the first time I
have heard Marilyn Monroe's
complexion referred to.
Sidelights
Those named Elizabeth are
very sensitive as to abbrevia
tions of their name. However,
they don't mind being called
Betty or Beth. What irritates
them most is to be called "Liz
zie." ... A Brooklynite express
es himself as "shocked" to find
that his daughter, though a high
school graduate, could not name
the 13 original states of the Unit
ed States. How about your
daughter?
Touring
What is the most monotonous
stretch of highway you have
traveled on an auto trip? In Ida
ho there is a 100-mile straight
stretch of highway on which
there is nothing to be seen but
sage brush. An attempt to re
lieve the trip is made by use of
signs. One read: Ain t mis
monotonous?" A little further
on there is another sign reading:
Don't just sit there.. Nag your
husband."
Asking .
Queries from clients, w- Has
there ever been a left-handed
catcher in the major leagues? A.
Yes. sir. Joe Wall, a Brooklyn
catcher was left-handed. So was
Fred Tenney of Boston. Both
these players later became first
basemen. Reason a southpaw
doesn't make a good catcher is
that every ball he throws has a
tendency to cure slightly Q.
Who starred in the stage com
edy titled "Baby Mine?" A. If
it wasn't Madae Kennedy I am
stuck for another stogie.
Please Note
Next to Shakespeare, what
man would you say had the most
monuments and other memor
ials? It is Robert Burns. The
Scottish Bard has had 14 monu
ments erected in his honor in his
native land. Also three in Eng
land. Also monuments in Syd
ney. Melbourne, Toronto, Van
couver, Chicago, San Francisco,
Boston and New York. By the
way, what happened to the musi-
Iwl that was to be basea on tne
fEife of Bums? That could be
good. My selection to play Burns
would be Gordon MacRae.
Birth Rate
Note it said that Paris has the I
lowest birth rate of any major i
city in the world. That's wrong, i
Vienna has the world's lowest !
birth rate, eight for each 1,00
population. Incidentally among
nations, Japan now has the high- j
est birth rate. The situation has I
reached a point there where it is '
being suggested that any Japan
ese couple having more than
three children be heavily taxed.
Instruction in birth control is be
ing given in 700 government cen
ters. Passing By
Prince Sadrudden. Aly Khan's
brother. Rita Hayworth's former
brother-in-law. Sadrudden, now
a student at Harvard, is said to
be the Aga Khan's favorite son
and the likely heir to his vast
fortune . . . Joe Di Maggio. One
of San Francisco's favorite sons
and erstwhile idol of Yankee
fans. How many popular songs
can you think of that have been
written in honor of a ballplay
er? Only one I can recall offhand
is that titled "Joltin' Joe Di
Maggio."
Over There
The world's most shapely
young females at this time are
those of Italy. The measurements
of the average young Italian
woman are 36-23-35. Average
height is 5 feet 4. The .Italian
glamour girls favor a statuesque
appearance so they wear four
inch heels.
Don't Miss the Big 4th of July Fireworks Show
On the 4fh o Senior High Stadium B6TH "?Kr?
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Junior Posse Wins
Montague Parade
Montague The Jackson coun
ty junior posse was awarded
first place as the - best riding
group in the annual parade in
the Montague Rodeo earlier this J
week. " . T- .. ' I
Tom Hall of Medford won a
silver buckle donated by Gibson
Saddlery, Medford, and boots
donated by a Yreka, Calif., firm
as the best all-around cowboy in
the rodeo. Hall, who also was
judged best in the saddle divi
sion, won the most number of
points competing against about
120 entries.
Billy Liskey of Klamath Falls
won first prize in the bareback
riding class.
Entrants came from northern
California and southern Oregon
communities.
Cultivation Cheapest
Way To Kill Quack Grass
Minneapolis (U.R) Cultiva
tion is the cheapest way to kill
quack grass. It forces the plants
to use the food reserves in the
roots and to dry out the roots
and leaves so the plants will die,
the University of Minnesota Ag
riculture Extension Service said.
In the spring, the best thing
a farmer can do short of using
chemical controllers, is to cul
tivate whenever leaf growth ap
pears and continue until imme
diately before a crop is sown.
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