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EIGHT MFDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, May 15. 1957 Legislature Strides Toward Adjournment As Mouse Studies Tax Bill Amendments Salem !ff The Oregon legis lature' was making big strides toward adjournment today with both major Democratic tax bills back in the House for concur rence in Senate' amendments.. House Democrats said they ex pected little trouble repassing the income tax and corporation excise tax bills. Speaker Pat - o n ly $T 33 minutes -J k to J Roseburg plus tax 3 WEST COR ST untunes Dooley said the final vote might be taken Thursday. If changes are suggested by the House, a conference com mittee of House . and Senate members will be appointed to iron out the differences. Other major progress was made by the Joint Ways and Means committee which voted 8-6 to increase basic school sup port from $80 to $95 per census school child and distribute it on the basis of a formula developed by Rep. Allen Tom, Rufus Re publican. Ohmart 'Designated' House bill 1, repealing the surtax, raising exemptions and establishing new income tax rates slightly higher than the old rates including the surtax, passed the Senate Tuesday after an hour and a half of bitter de bate. A last-minute vote switch by Republican Sen, Lee Ohmart, Salem, broke a 15-15 tie in which two other senators crossed party lines. Democrat Ben Musa, The Dalles, voted against his party's bill and Sen. Francis W. Ziegler, Corvallis Republican, voted for it. Sen. Ohmart explained his vote switch by saying: "'I have been designated, I repeat desig nated, to change my vote to aye so that this program, which is entirely the responsibility of the Democrats may pass." Sen. Walter J. Pearson, Port land Democrat, said the income tax bill was fair and equitable and that it made no substantive change in the House version of the bill. The second major Democratic tax bill, as amended by the Sen ate, sets corporation excise taxes on manufacturing corpo rations at an effective rate of 4 per cent. Other business corpo rations would be taxed at 6 per cent with repeal of their present property tax offset. Utilities would be taxed at 7 per cent and banks at 9 per cent. Rates Listed The excise tax bill, which passed the Senate 20-10 Monday night, was expected to raise some $5 million a biennium more than the $35 million raised now by the tax. The personal income tax will raise some $151 million a biennium.. , Rates under the personal in come tax bill would be: 4 per cent up to $500. 5 per cent, $500 to $1,000. 6 per cent, $1,000 to $1,500. 7 per cent, $1,500 to $2,000. 8 per cent $2,000 to $3, 000. 9 per cent $3,000 to $4,000. 10.6 per cent, $4,000 to $8,000. And 11.6 per cent on all income over $8,000. Ohmart said the income tax bill "made the surtax perma nent" and was foolish in raising exemptions from $500 to $600. After Sen. Ohmart changed his vote, Pearson thanked him and said "the Democratic party is glad to assume full responsibil ity for this measure." Democrat Musa, whose- tax rates of 2 to 8 per cent were killed in committee, said choos ing between the surtax and the Democrat bill was like making a "poor choice between rotten apples." House Hears Story Of. Farmer's Daughter Washington (W Rep. Jamie L. Whitten (D-Miss.) told the House a story about a farmer's daughter but the punch line had an unusual twist. Whitten was attacking the Agriculture Department's rural development program Tuesday. Suddenly he said: "Some farmers may have at tractive daughters. Some agents may be handsome. The program may lead to romance. It may lead to many things." But he said it's not going to lead to farm prosperity as long as Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T.' Benson persists in reducing price supports and planting allotments. Several Republicans accused Whitten of being "partisan." OSC Receives Grant From Signal Corps Corvallis IF The signal corps of the United States Army has announced a $29,000 grant to Oregon State College for a study of the use of radar and other new electronic devices for forecasting and observing weath er. Dr. Fred W. Decker, assistant professor of physics, will be in charge of the project. Weather radar, radio position ing of lightning discharges, high altitude photographs and cloud base and top equipment data all will be surveyed in research on precision forecasting of onset of severe storms. Quotes From the News Br UNITED PRESS Memphis, Tenn. Wayne E. Baker, from his hospital bed after being stung on the head 20 times by a swarm of honey bees: "I don't blame them for being mad. I was breaking up their home, and I guess I'd have done the same thing." Hollywood Jack Webb, the Sgt. Friday of TV fame, en di vorcing his second wife, actress Dorothy Towne: "She insisted on more social life and leisure time than I was able to take from my business." Washington Army Assistant Secretary Hugh M. Milton on the temporary suspension of six-month enlistments for active re serve training: . "The program has really snowballed ... we have achieved in four months what was expected in 15 months." ' Baghdad, Iraq King Saud of Saudi Arabia on his formal visit to King Feisal of Iraq: "My feelings are that should anything happen to harm Iraq, it would have repercussions in all other Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia." Washington President Eisenhower on warning that material cuts in defense spending would be a fearful gamble: "I have seen unwise military cuts before. I have seen their terrible consequences, I am determined to do all I can to see that we do not follow that foolhardy road again." 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His offbeat humor, wide mus tache and $2 cigars were seen mainly as a summer replace ment or on the "Tonight" show until he finally was starred on one program following Jerry Lewis debut as a TV single. NBC executives plead when they heard he was writing, dir ecting and starring in an all silent comedy program, he re called over lunch the other day. But the final result brought him magazine covers, happy reviews and a zooming career in every field but TV comedy. Signed for Film Job Kovacs quickly was signed for his first film job as a comedy heavv vs. Jack Lemmon in Columbia Studio's "O p e ration Mad Bull." His first novel, "Zo- omar," about the TV industry, was snapped up for publication. He plans to turn it into a screen play and direct same for his own independent movie firm. CBS sent him offers of dramat ic roles on "Playhouse 90" and "Climax." He is ready to sign a contract for big money at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., marking the first time he will entertain in a club. But Ernie Kovacs still isn't scheduled for for a. regular comedy show on TV. . "NBC offered me a show for next year on a budget of $35,000 and that's like trying' to : run a restaurant on $8," said Ernie in his usual casual way. Homesick for Wife Kovacs made it plain that he cares about little except work ing the way he wants to and is desperately homesick for his wife, Broadway star Eadie Adams. "I'd like to work with my Fisheries Director To Resign on Friday Portland (in M. C. James will resign Friday as state fish eries director, it was announced today. James will return to the posi tion of research coordinator of the Pacific Fisheries Commis sion which he held before his ap pointment as administrative head of the fish commission last Au gust. John I. Hodges, who has been assistant fisheries director since last September, will assume du ties as state fish director. Hodges, ' who has been with the commission since 1947, has been closely associated in .the past three years with fishery problems involved in various power projects. Coast Electricians Meet in San Francisco San Francisco API The 40th annual Pacific Coast Electrical Association convention opened here today with more than 1,000 delegates from the West Coast, Hawaii and the Philippines at tending the three-day meeting. A highlight of the convention will be a panel discussion by executives of eight electric utility companies on "The Job Ahead." Los Angeles (IP) Pianist Lib erace has filed a $25 million libel suit in Superior court over an article about him in the current issue of Confidential magazine. ARTS-ROACUES Insert Pests of off kinds California's Great Insect Powder 80 Tears Old still Best and Safest. At Dreg, Gnoiy Slant ad Pat Sheas By ALINE MOSBY United Prcu Correspondent wife again," reflected Ernie, sadly flicking his cigar (he smokes 15 or 20 of those foot long things a day). "It's ideal, writing for her. I've been seven weeks away from our New York home and we've never been apart that long before. She's flown out to see me twice on the days off from her show." His next chore is to narrate a "Producers' Showcase" on NBC called "Festival of Magic." He wrote the script in 45 minutes in his Columbia dressing room between scenes. Community College Bill Unanimously Voted by Senate Salem IPI The Oregon Sen ate late Tuesday 'unanimously passed House bill 594 authoriz ing the establishment of com munity colleges, or junior col leges, - in various parts of Ore gon, such as the Central Oregon Community College already in operation at Bend. Boon To Education The measure allows areas to set up community colleges in dis tricts with at least 500 students in the grades from 9 to 12, with an assessed valuation of $20 mil lion, and with sufficient facil ities such as buildings. . Sen. Jean Lewis, Portland Democrat, said she considered the bill a boon to higher educa tion and one of the most import ant measures to come before the 1957 Legislature. She said it would relieve the population load of colleges and universities, by enabling the students to take their first two years of higher education in their own or near by communities. Sen. Lewis said the state's contribution in the next bien nium would be only $90,000. The state pays $150 per full time student per year. The stu dent pays $195 in tuition,' and the district pays the balance. In any case, state aid is limited j to 25 per cent of the total costs. Sessions at Night As an indication of how such colleges might function else where, the Central Oregon Com munity College holds its sessions at nights, in the Bend high school building. House bill 594, already ap proved by the House, now goes to the desk of Gov. Robert D. Holmes, who has indicated that he would sign it. BOW AND ARROW FISHING . Pierre, S. D. 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