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
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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."
About 2 million young Ameri
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each -'ear as 1.5 million workers
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Around Hollywood
Hollywood (HI Thanks to
one half-hour television comedy
show four months ago, Ernie Ko-
vacs is mak
ing his debut
as a movie
star, novelist,
d r amatic TV
actorand
nightclub per
former. Ernie has
been the un
sung c o medy
genius of TV
with a spotty career. He has
been under contract to NBC for
so long he hems and haws over
the exact number of years.
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.
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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. (IP) Atty. Gen.
Phil Saunders, in an official
memorandum to Gov. Joe Foss,
ruled that the portion of the law
that allows suckers, red horse,
buffalo and carp to be taken by
spear is "sufficiently broad" to
permit bow and arrow to be
used in capturing such fish.
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