Interim Committee
Approves Draft of
Surtax Repeal Bill
Salem (U.R) The legislative
interim tax committee Saturday
approved a rough draft of legis
lation to repeal the state surtax
on incomes.
The committee, which has
.been studying a re-written draft
of the three per cent sales tax
bill, decided that the legislation
should hike dependency credits
and personal exemptions from
S500 to $600 and should include
the emergency clause for tax
legislation.
John DeMouIly, chief deputy
legislative counsel, also present
ed the group his views on var
ious ways of simplifying state
income tax structure and forms
Discussed were the "Alaska
plan of basing state taxes on :
a percentage for the federal tax
and a plan now being used in
several states of basing state
taxes on a percentage of federal
gross income.
Least Complex
State Sen. Rudie Wilhelm
committee chairman, said the
Alaska plan was the least com
plex, but that it would increase
the variability of state income
because of changes congress
might make in the federal tax
when the state legislature was
not in session. Wilhelm said bas
ing state income taxes on a fed
eral adjusted incdme would be
a bit more complicated, but
would be more stable in that it
would not depend on U.S. con
gressional action.
"The average person is par
ticularly interested in simplify
ing income tax forms," Wilhelm
said. But he added that the prob
lem was quite difficult.
Committeemen estimated that
a state tax based on 25 per cent
of the federal tax would raise
about 120 million dollars. They
indicated that should a state
sales tax be passed, a state in
come tax of 12 per cent on the
federal tax should meet the
state's needs.
Father Forrest to
Conduct Masses Here
Father Forrest of the Mary
knoll order from Seattle, Wash.,
will conduct all masses 'Sunday,
Aug. S, at Sacred Heart Catho
lic church in Medfor d.
He is on a speaking tour to
acquaint west coast audiences
with the Maryknoll order; the
only Catholic order completely
staffed by Americans which in
cludes in its . training medical
instruction as well as religious.
Business to be discussed at a
meeting Sunday evening will be
the present status and future
plans of the parish, according to
the Rev. Nicholas Deis, pastor.
Plans will be formulated for the
formation of a lay council to
take part in the work of the parish.
JORDAN WATER
Sanford. N.C. (U.R) Water
from the Jordan river was used
in the christening of 14-month-old
Paul Erskine O'Neal at Steele
Street Methodist church here.
The water from the Holy Land
was brought here by friends of
the O'Neal, family.
Hoover Named Honorary
Chairman of Fund
San Francisco (U.R Former
President Herbert Hoover, Stan
ford University's most illus
trious alumnus, has been named
honorary chairman of a vast
two-stage S42.290.000 fund for
the development of new medical
teaching facilities on the uni
versity's campus.
Construction on the first unit
of the initial $21,950,000 stage
is expected to be started this
fall. The second stage, costing
$20,340,000 will be launched at
a later date.
Establishment of the Stanford
Medical Center Fund was an
nounced here Friday by Mr.
Hoover and Stanford trustees.
One Killed, Five
Injured in Crash
Trukee, Calif. (U.R) A head
on auto crash killed one man
t
and critically injured five other
people Saturday 5V4 miles east
of here on Highway 40, the
California Highway Patrol re
ported. Albert G. Siebenaler, 57. of
Anaconda, Mont., was killed in
the accident. His wife, Lucille,
40, and his daughter, Cheryal,
5, were taken to Tahoe Forest
hospital in Trukee where of
ficals said they were in critical
condition.
All three people in the second
car were on the critical list at
the hospital. They are Frank R.
Ekstrom, 60; his wife Martha,
64; and Amelia Scheer, 87, the
mother of Mrs. Ekstrom. They
are all from Willows, Calif.
The Highway Patrol said the
Siebenaler car crossed the cent
er line and smashed head-on in
to the car driven by Ekstrom.
Columbus' Trip Is
Celebrated in Spain
La Rabida, Spain (U.R)
This storied town celebrated
Saturday its great moment in
history Aug. 4, 1492, when
Christopher Columbus led his
exploratory expedition out of the
harbor towards the unknown
west. '
U. S. Ambassador John Davis
Lodge was to unveil a plaque
commemorating the spit from
which Columbus'1, three frail
ships sailed.
Friday La Rabida paid tribute
to the dedicated seamen by cele
brating a mass similar to the
one heard by Columbus 466
years ago on the eve of his fa
mous voyage to the then undis
covered "New World."
Mossadegh Freed
From Tehran Prison
Teharan (U.R) Former
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh,
who broke into tears and threat
ened suicide when sentenced to
prison for attempting to over
throw the Shah, emerged in pa
jamas and dressing gown three
years later Saturday.
The grey pajama suit, sandles
and dressing gown were the same
he wore throughout his trial.
Virtually his first act was to
appeal for military protection.
He tottered across the prison
courtyard toward his waiting
family weighed down by two
suitcases of medical books he
he had studied during his im
prisonment. He was greeted by his wife,
two sons and three grandchildren.
He was whisked immediately
in his son's black automobile
to his country estate at Ahmed
abad. 60 miles northwest of
Tehran.
An Army captain and the col
onel of the prison rode with
him in the limousine but his
request for Army guards at his
home was turned down.
Mossadegh, who brought na
tionalization to the Middle East
by seizing the giant Ango- Iran
ian Company oilfields in 1951,
apparently feared assasination.
Mossadegh was sentenced to
three years imprisonment on
Dec. 21, 1953, for treason against
the Shah.
SHADY COVE-TRAIL
Canyon Toured by Greeters
Sunday, August 5, 1356
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
News About
Servicemen
OFFICERS PROMOTED
Four officers of the 9417th
Air Reserve squadron in Med
ford have been promoted. They
are Darrol E. Davis, of Med
ford, from captain to major; Al
len Norton Smith of Medford,
from first lieutenant to captain;
Robert F. Kyle Jr., of Medford,
from first lieutenant to captain;
and William B. Hunter, of Med
ford, from second lieutenant to
first lieutenant.
Charles H. Lewis, of Medford,
of the 9091st Air Reserve group
staff in Medford, has been' pro
moted from captain to major.
Surgeon General Named
By President Friday
Washington (U.R) Dr. Le-
roy E. Burney, assistant U. S.
surgeon general, has been named
surgeon general.
President Eisenhower an
nounced Burney's interim ap
pointment Friday. It will be sub
mitted to the Senate for confir
mation next year.
Burney, a former Indiana
health commissioner, succeeds
Dr. Leonard A. Scheele as head
of the Public Health Service.
Scheele resigned July 31 to be
come consultant to a pharmaceu
tical firm. '
GRANTS PASS
JOSEPHINE COUNTY IS
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HORSE RACING! HORSE SHOW!
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FRIDAY - FAT STOCK AUCTION, CALF SCRAMBLE, SQUARE
DANCING (Harley Smith, caller), RADIO TALENT SHOW.
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CENTENNIAL PAGEANT!
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TO REPORT
A3c Richard E. Kenner, 19,
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Kenner
of 327 North Oakdale ave., is
scheduled to report Aug. 6 to
Parks Air Force base, in Calif.,
for three years active duty in
Japan. Kenner has been on
leave in Medford since he gradu
ated from Sheppard Air Force
base, Texas, July 10. Kenner
graduated with highest scholas
tic honors in his class and was
chosen Airman of the Week.
Kenner is a statistical specialist.
HOME ON LEAVE
Aviation Cadet Lieutenant
Merlyn Guss, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver Guss, 721 Pennsyl
vania ave., is home on leave from
San Antonio, Texas, where he
has completed preflight train
ing. During his training he was
voted first in the students rating
and was graduated eighth in his
class of 114. . .
After spending several days in
Medford he will report to Stall
ings Air Force base, Kinstdn, N.
C. where he will continue his
pilot training.
FINISHES TRAINING I
Pf c. Donald B. Burwell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Orval Burwell, 485
Gilman rd., Medford, completed
four weeks of combat training
last month at the Marine corps
base, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
The course covered infantry tac
tics, first aid, demolition, field
fortifications and advanced
schooling on weapons.
McLAREN RETURNS
Lewis G. McLaren, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis G. McLaren,
1820 Crown ave., returns' home
soon after finishing six weeks of
training at the summer ROTC
artillery camp at Fort Sill, Okla
McLaren is a student at Ore
gon State college and a mem
ber of the Army Reserve Officers
Training corps there.
By EVALYN P. WATSON
Shady Cove-Trail Members
of the Rogue Wonderland asso
ciation of the Upper Rogue area
met with members of the Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce at an outdoor breakfast
held July 26 at Uncanny Can
yon.
Following the breakfast mem
bers and guests were taken on a
tour of Uncanny Canyon after
which local business people were
introduced and interviewed on
radio station KMED.
Those present were Norm
Oberst of KMED, Medford; Don
McNeil of the Jackson County
Polio Cases Reach
500 in Chicago
Chicago (U.R) The num
ber of cases in this city's polio
emergency stood above the 500
mark Saturday with the latest
Board of Health report boosting
the 1956 total to 516.
Doctors hurried to administer
booster shots of Salk polio vac
cine to children under 19 and
pregnant women before arrival
of the polio season peak in little
more than one week.
Inoculation units on wheels
moved into four West Side neigh
borhoods showing highest inci
dence of the disease Friday. The
mobile units were preceded by
loudspeaker trucks broadcasting
appeals to parents to bring out
their children for shots.
The West Side pockets are
marked by crumbling slum build
ings and indifference on the part
of parents toward attempts by
health officials to prevent an
epidemic.
Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, pres
ident of the Board of Health, em
phasized the present polio situa
tion was still classed as an "em
ergency" rather than an epi
demic. A disease generally must reach
35 cases per 100,000 population
before it is considered of epidem
ic proportions. Chicago's popula
tion is more than four million
persons.
The polio outbreak in Chicago
nevertheless remained the most
serious in the nation. The num
ber of cases was increasing much
faster than during the city's pre
vious record year in 1952 when
122 cases had been reported by
Aug. 3. . .
Embargo Placed on
Cars In Mexico
Mexico City (U.R! The
ministries of finance and econ
omy said Saturday a virtual em
bargo on imports of automobiles
and trucks was intended to favor
the sale of Mexican cotton
abroad.
The government ruled Friday
that effective Oct. 1 Mexican im
porters will be prohibited from
importing motor vehicles from
the United States and other
countries unless they are paid for
in Mexican cotton.
Some sources interpreted the
move as Mexico's "aggressive"
answer to American "dumping"
of government surplus cotton
abroad, in competition with
Mexican cotton.
Earlier this week, the govern
ment notified U. S. auto manu
facturers with assembly plants
in Mexico that effective Nov. 1
all parts imported for assembly
in their plants here must be paid
for entirely in Mexican cotton.
Officials' said many other im
ported items like machinery,
chemicals, typewriters, adding
machines, sewing machines, steel
and artificial fibers will be sub
ject to the same barter system
in the future.
ON LEAVE
Two young men are home on
14-day recruit leave from the
Naval Training center at San
Diego, Calif. They are Lucein
Heber LeBaron, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Grover H. LeBaron, box
183, Medford, and Jacob Paul
Germann, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilhelm Germann, route 1, box
596, Central Point LeBaron has
been assigned to the USS Philip
pine Sea for duty and Germann
is returning to the San Diego
training center for a course of
instruction at the class A engine
man school.
COMPLETES INSTRUCTION
Rex Wade Slye, seaman ap
prentice with the Navy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Loren E. Slye, 1980
Table Rock rd., has completed
an eight week course of instruc
tion at the Navy Dental Techni
cal school in Bainbridge, Md.
Slye enlisted in the Navy last
November.
BASIC GRADUATE
James D. McCamant, a gradu
ate of Stanford university and
son of the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas
McCamant, 300 Oak wood dr.,
has recently been graduated from
a 26 week officers basic course
at Quantico. Va., as a Marine
second lieutenant.
Use of water for all purposes
in the U. S. doubled twice in the
last 50 years and is expected to
double again In the next 25
years. '
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Chamber of Commerce; Russ
Jamison, chairman of the Med
ford Greeters committee; Irene
Grigsby of Klocker printing,
Medford, one "of the Medford
Greeters: Bert Pree. Medford;
Pauly Bright, Medford; Mrs.
Dorothy Simpson representing
her mother, Mrs. Mary Craven
of the Trail Store, Trail; Robert
C. Bush of Sunset-on-the-Rogue
store, Trail; Sheldon Hughes of
the Shady Cove locker plant;
Mrs. Wendell Stalker of the Cove
Drug, Shady Cove; Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Witt of Sunset-on-the-Rogue
motel and Mrs. Witt's mother,
Mrs. Alice K. Augustus, of San
Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. William
Ducker of Valley supply. Shady
Cove; Mrs. Ray Chubb of the
Cove Variety, Shady Cove; and
Mrs. Carroll Watson of the
Treasure Trove, Shady Cove.
Others present were Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Klein of Klein's Gar
dens, Tumsville, Ore.; and Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Gibson of Ka
puni, New Zealand, tourists of
the week at Uncanny Canyon.
Host and hostess for the break
fast were Mr. and Mrs. John
Dunlap of Uncanny Canyon.
The regular meeting of the
Cub Packs of the Cub Scouts was
held on Monday evening, July
30, at the home of Den Mother,
Polly Hammons in Shady Cove.
Cubs present were Jimmy Brew
er, Arthur Tepper, Frazier Ham
mons, Hank Davis Johnny and
Stevie Lowery and Carl Jenkins.
Committee members present
were Jimmy Davis and Carroll
Watson. Guests present were
Mrs. Melvin Jenkins and daugh
ter, Lorraine; Mrs. Charles Brew
er and sons, Scotly and Billy,
Mrs. John Lowery and Sheri and
Lane Watson. . Following the
meeting and induction of the
newest Cub Scout, Carl Jenkins,
a marshmellow roast was held'
by the river.
Mr, and Mrs. Kenneth Oliver
and daughter, Daun Cheri of
Lancaster, Calif., were dinner
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Cassal during their va
cation stay here.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cassal and
Mrs. Claude Close, all of Trail,
made a trip to Glide, Ore., over
the weekend to see, who is work
ing there.
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Williams of
Shady Cove returned from a
business trip to Portland and va
cation trip to Victoria, B.C. In
Portland they met Mrs. William's
sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, who
accompanied them to Victoria.
While, there they visited tthe
Butchard Gardens and the gov
ernment museum. Mrs. Davis,
whose real home is in Council
Grove, Kan., will spend several
weeks in Shady Cove visiting the
Williams.
Mrs. Richard Wood and daugh
ter, Stephanie, of Redwood City,
Calif., have been visiting Mrs.
Wood's parents, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. J. P. Vachon at Tottering-on-the-Rogue.
Shady Cove.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Jenkins of
Los Angeles stopped briefly to
visit the Carroll Watsons of Sha
dy Cove Monday, July 30.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rogers
and family of Elk creek. Trail,
have had as guests recently Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Rogers and son,
Mike, of Los Angeles, Mr. and
Mrs. O. R. Baysinger of Stock
ton, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Hale of Bakersfield, Calif., and
Mrs. R. G. Clifford and Mrs. Clif
ford of Santa Barbara, Calif.
Several local men have been
on fishing trips recently. Just
retured from Charleston, Ore.,
near Coos Bay where they were
deep sea fishing are Ed Strother,
Ray Briggs, Dick Pfeifer, Miles
Williams, Jimmy Davis and son.
Hank. Previously, another trip
to the same place was made by
Gus Olsen, Ray Briggs, Ed
Strother and Peter Vachon.
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