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To Federal
oTax on Transportation
W.-i$-ur.gon e- End of tse
Fealral excise tax on trnspor
tipion wag urged by Senator
Richard L. Ncaerger of Oregor.
q beause "it plv?es j-. olly dspro
G tionate urden on the people
ad the ecnnics" of Western
In a staternt to the House
SubcommisJf on Excise Taxes"
3 which is now studying revision
of sppcial lePies, Neuberger
emphsi2ed thay. "the geographic
discrimination inherent in the
excise taxes on transportation"
Poes bejEPnd "any inequiti(
which may exist in respect to
txcgpt on particular goodFe and
ervices tg falling more heavily
on the people Cjf some stateand
regions." o
Neub(cr pointed out that
"the Sfoequi&ble irrjiiact of the
transp.ilSnono taxes on the
OfiVdle of some states and reg
ions." 0
.eube9ger pointed ou't "that
th inequitable impact of the
tranggfj>ion taxes on the
pcSple of Oregon is Sjbv.-u at
first glance," and cited c;es to
ihov Western shippeft anr con
sumers JJire victims of a fis
eriminory Federal .xcise tax
-c.3vhich nenalizes them for the
0.)ntrll?tble factors of our
country s size ana pnysica geog
raphy."
0?"Oregon canners shippinacan-
(-Tied trQ'-& or vegetables to east
o rn populdon tenters 'friay pay
O p"er carload, compared wfth per
haps $1!64 per carlosjd shipped
o by a midwestgri f(id processor, "
O he fxplaind. "The midwe.ern
shipper will pay a tax of $7.92
butjljf Federal government will
ijprge th Oreon shipper a
transportation tax ot 30.96 al-
q jii'jm 1U,Q miles Kiejdier. a
O-. Shippers of Oregon ccrain to
O eastern markets pay a "Federal
Cqj transpoetAn tax "over ZK
times the tax on grain from
O (enal United States." while
Oregon Tiousewivesoare "taxed
four times more on washing ma
cfitnes Chan are the Wiajority of
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all American homemakers," he
adde'i.
"A pound of coffee is shipped
to the Northwest at six or more
times the cost and tax at
which it reaches an Eastern or
midwestern consumer," Nuberg
er stated.' "Clothing, shoes,
radios, small domestic appli
ances, all such manufactured
goads reach Oregon at from
twice to four times the trans
portation costs which the ma
jority of Americans must pay
and at'-proportionately greater
federal excise tax costs.
'TransDortation is in no way
I a luxury or a special service
lit is an 'inevitable and irreduc
j.ible element in every phase of
j.fhe nation's economic activity.
. and a disproportionately large
and essential element in the
economy of the Far West. The
Federal excise taxes on trans
portation have the effect of
lengthing by 3 the distance
which, economically, separates
the A.merican West from the
East, as far as the movement
of products in both directions
is concerned, and by 10, with
respect to travel by person be
tween .these areas.
"Fairness and equity to the
citizens of our Western states,
as well as the better develop
ment and intergation of our na
tional economy, demand an end
to the discrimination against the
West which is uniquely inherent
in "these particular Federal ex
cise taxes. I very much hope
the committee will find it pos
sible to recommend their aband
onment." Portland Traffic To
Reaches 41 tor 1956
Portland U.T) Portland's
1956 traffic death toll rose to
41 today with a finding that
Earl Elmer Rukes, 66, died of
injuries suffered when his car
hit power pole last week. It
was first believed Rukes might
. have suffered a heart attack.
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HERE'S A SWITCH Phyliss
McMeen of Los Angeles,
enjoying the warm sunshine
at Miami Beach, Fla., won a
movie screen test on a strike
jrogram. She refused the
test but accepted a job as
Hollywood movie publicity
woman for Universal-International
Studios. Here's
Phyliss doing her job.
Cattlemen Elect
Prineville (U.R) A 32-year-old
Malheur county cattleman,
Tom McElroy Jr., was named as
Oregon Cattleman of the Year
last nieht hv the Oreaon Cattle-
! men's association.
McElroy operates a ranch out
side Vale with more than 360
acres under cultivation and four
sections of range land.
Selection of McElroy for the
honor was made from a field of
four. Others in the final quartet
were Eric Fisher, Clackamas
county; Irvin Mann Sr., Uma
tilla county, and Charles Con
gelton. Crook county rancher.
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I WEISFIELD'S JEWELERS, 122 E.
Plti icnd m tht Sunbeam
the Sunbeam priced at $ and the Sunbeam
priced at $ I am enclosing $
and will lend $ per week er $ per month
until the entire amount it paid.
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Rodney Dee Brodie's
Chances Called Good
Ferris, 111. (U.R) Little
Rodney Dee Brodie's chances of
living a normal life were de
scribed as good today on the
fourth anniversary of the "mir
acle" operation that separated
him from his head-joined Sia
mese twin, Roger.
Rodney and Roger, were 15
months old when they under
went the historic, 12-hour and
40-minute operation on Dec. 17,
1952.
The operation was only a par
tial success, however, although
both boys survived the surgery.
Roger never regained conscious
ness and died 34 days later.
But Rodney responded to
treatment and gained strength
after the operation. One of his
physicians said Rodney now is
"coming along but good."
The Persian Gulf is less salty
than other seas, the National
Geographic Society says. Fresh
waters from Iraq's Tigris and
Euphrates Rivers pour into the
Gulf, and its juncture with the
Gulf of Oman, is so narrow and
crooked that little salt water
enters.
About 305 South Dakota
schools are participating in the
milk program sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The children are expected to
consume some six million half
pints of surplus milk.
Julius Caesar imported the
first giraffe to Europe in 46 B.C..
The Bureau of Census reports
that four-fifths of the value of
South Dakota farm products sold
in 1954 came from about one-half
of the state's farms.
No small area in the world is
known to have a greater variety
of minerals than are found at
Magnet Cove, Ark. Some 80 dif
ferent minerals can be found
there. Barite mining is the big
gest industry.
LEWIS AND CLARIC WIN
Ellensburg, Wash. U.R)
Lewis and Clark of the North
west Conference handed Central
Washington of the Evergreen
Conference a 57-51 basketball
defeat here last night. Don Ward
of Lewis and Clark hit 17 points
for game honors.
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Yellow Fever
Science Target
Austin. Tex. (U.R) Univer
sity of Texas scientists and fed
eral authorities are cooperating
in a project aimed at guarding
against Possible thrpat nf a vpl-
low fever epidemic in the United
aiaies.
Jungle mosquitoes of the type
that transmits the yellow fever
virus were found last fall In
Texas' Rio Grande Valley, an
area that adjoins the Mexican
border.
In an effort to block reappear
ance of the dread disease in the
United States, the office of the
U. S. surgeon general provided
$9,243 for University of Texas
research on the biology and
distribution of the Haemagogus
mosquito.
Though no longer common in
humans, jungle mosquitoes and
infected animals have kept the
disease alive in Central and
South America.
Dr. O. P. Brelard, a univer
sity zoology professor in charge
of the research project, said in
the last few years, it has been
noted that the yellow fever
virus is progressing north
ward" and "it is possible, if the
progression continues, that the
virus will reappear in this coun
try."
Breland pointed out that
though only a few jungle mos
quitoes have been found within
U. S. borders, they constitute a
threat because the virus could
reach epidemic proportions if
transmitted to the common mos
quito, Aedes aegypti, found in
large numbers in this country.
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Tuesday. December 18, 19M
Thornton Not To
Face Contempt
Portland (U.R) Ten Mult
nomah county circuit judges,
while critical of Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton's choice
of campaign literature, ruled it
did not justify contempt of court
charges. The contempt charge
had been sought by Multnomah
County District Attorney Wil
liam Langley.
Presiding Circuit Judge
Frank J. Loilergan signed tht
memorandum opinion yesterday.
Langley's motion for contempt
stemmed from reprints of news
paper stories in the Voters pam
phlet. He contended that the ma
terial, which went to prospec
tive jurors in the state, jeopar
dized his right to a free trial.
Langley is under indictment lor
conspiring to open up the city
to gambling and malfeaseance in
office.
The judges wrote in their op
inion: "It was not the best part
of good judgment by the attorn
ey general, who was then a pros
ecuting attorney, to have pub
lished what he as prosecutor
would unquestionably rely on as
evidence in a prospective crim
inal prosecution."
The memorandum continued,
however, that the allegation does
not have support as having been
done by Thornton in his capacity
as attorney general, as an at
torney or a prosecuting attorney,
but more in the nature of a po
litical contest.
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Nixon Takes Off For Austria Tour
Washington (U.R) Vice Pres-
ident Richard M. Nixon prepar
ed for a flight to Austria ioday
for a quick first-hand inspection i
of the Hungarian refugee pro
gram. .
Nixon was scheduled to de
part from Washington at4 p.m.
(EST).
On his return, the vice presi
dent will report to -.President
Eisenhower and to Congress on
what new steps the United
States should take to h'elp Hun
garians who have.fled frojn So
viet oppression in their home
land. Mr. Eisenhower, while sflll on
his work-and-play vacation, Inst
wek at Augusta, Ga., assigned
Nixon to the special mission.
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