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SPEED DID THISI Richard St. Jean, 21, of Valley Stream, N. Y. lies on the ground
seemingly ignored by the bystanders milling around the wreckage of the auto in
which he and two friends were injured. The car rolled over six times before coming
to a halt. Richard and his two companions, who were already in an ambulance when
"this photo was made, were reported in serious condition.
State Representative
Discusses Tax Cutting,
Capitol Punishment
Robert Duncan, state repre
sentative from Medford, urged
active citizen participation in
tax cutting, and elimination of
capital punishment while speak
ing before the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce round-
table Monday noon.
This was third and final talk
In a series of round-table speech
es presented by state legislators
on the recent state legislative
session.
Taxes may not be acutally de
creased but the rate of -increase
can be slowed. Citizens should
decide what state governmental
services they want, how much
they want to pay for them, then
act. Duncan said. Too often the
state legislator gets a letter from
a constituent demanding certain
services. Final paragraph of the
i.ime letter will rant at tax in
creases which his demands and
those of others are helping to
bring about, Duncan remarked.
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People should realize also by
shifting services to higher levels
tat money Is not being saved.
Recent basic shcool support ap
propriation is an example. This
provides for 54 per cent of the
state general fund for education.
This may save on local taxes
but is merely shifting the money
from one pocket to another.
This, he pointed out, is the
first time that a state legislative
.session has directly provided
for contribution to basic school
support. Similar measures came
through initiatives or direct pub
lic vote.
Study Needed
"The key to the whole thing
Is a careful study of budgetary
requests made by state depart
ment heads," Duncan empha
sized, waving A 330-page paper
bound volume.
Both big and little state gov
ernment expenditures should be
carefully analyzed, he stated.
For instanace, Duncan said he
learned through research that
out-of-state travel expenses list
ed by legislators total ?8 million
dollars. Through the work of
his committee (ways and means)
this total expenditure was cut
and a substantial saving result
ed. Dr. Harold M. Erickson, State
Board of Health Administrator,
requested an appropriation sim
ilar to the schools basic fund
to provide more extensive health
departments in the poorer coun
ties of eastern Oregon. This was
turned down, but will probably
be put through in the future
sessions, Dunean said.
Duncan added that later he
was sorry he voted against the
proposal. Appropriations were
passed for much less critical
needs. Funds granted for two,
more National Guard armories
and provision for one more in
Salem and Portland is a good
example, he said. The state now
has more armories than Nation
al Guardsmen, he commented.
Not Good Idea
To provide funds for these
services, taxes which are too
easily collected are not a good
idea, either, Duncan, said. If .
the state legislature has large '
sums of money readily available
they will react to pressure
groups and spend that money.
Oregon, he said, has a good
income tax program. The sales
tax probably would have be
come affective this year if the
emergency clause measure had
gone through. Increase in the
corporate excise tax should not
keep industry out of Oregon, he
said. According to letters re-.
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ceived from various industry of
ficials they were happy they
vere not hurt more seriously.
Capital Punishment
Switching rapidly to capital
punishment, Duncan argued that
two wrongs do not make a right.
Taking a man's life for murder
does not restore his victim's life.
Also, existing cases prove that
jury mistakes have sent many
innocent people to their deaths.
By referendum in 1958 the
people will vote on abolishing
capital punishment. If the peo
ple remove the death penalty
provision in the state constitu
tion for first degree murder, a
law passed in the recent state
legislative session will become
effective.
This, in effect, strengthens
parole laws, Duncan said. No
parole would be granted a man
convicted of first degree murder,
until a written notice has been
sent the county in which the
prisoner was convicted, and a
public hearing held. Further
more a man so convicted is
never released from parole. He
is under constant scrutiny of his
parole officer. Fifteen years
must be served first.
The same law provides that
man convicted of second de
gree murder be paroled after
serving one-third of his sentence.
.Presently penalty is life im
prisonment with clemency if
judge see fit.
Capital punishment is not a
dcterrant against crime, he stat
ed, adding the best deterrant
is a swift trial and swift penalty.
Douglas Aircraft
Reports Earnings
Santa Monica, Calif. (in
Douglas Aircraft Co. today re
ported net earnings of $17,994,
289, equal to $4.86 a share of
capital stock outstanding, for
the first six months of the fiscal
year ended May 31.
The company said the net in
come was reduced to S16. 674,223
or $4.50 a share by a special
charge of $1,320,066 paid under
protest by the firm as a renego
tiation refund for the 1953 fis
cal year. Earnings for the same
period last year were $12,820,
637. Basel, Switzerland, though
500 miles from the sea, handles
some four million tons of ship
cargo each year, the National
Geographic Magazine says.
George
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Thomas Dewey, Family,
Visiting in Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark HP)
Thomas E. Dewey, former gov
ernor of New York and two
time ' Republican presidential
candidate, began a visit here
today with his wife and son.
They planned to stay a few days
and then continue on to Norway
for a vacation.
CP Police Chief
Gels Citation for
Service in Korea
Wallace P. Bowen, Central
Point police chief and member
of the local Navy reserve unit,
has been awarded the presiden
tial unit commendation and cita
tion from Charles E. Thomas,
secretary of the Navy.
The presentation was made
Monday night by Lt. Cmdr.
Richard Knight at a regular re
serve meeting.
The presidential citation was
awarded Bowen for meritorious
service during hazardous opera
tions against the enemy aggres
sor forces in Korea from Oct.
15, 1950 to Nov. 25, 1952.
Demolition Team
Bowen was a member of the
underwater demolition team at
tached to the USS Essex, which
inflicted extensive .damage and
destruction upon "enemy lines
of communication, installations,
facilities, transportation facili
ties and troop concentrations.
Bowen holds several distin
guished Navy medals, ribbons
and citations from .World War
II. Among them are the Philip
pine Republic presidential unit
citation badge, Korean presiden
tial unit citation and Navy unit
commendation. In 1947 Bowen
received a certificate of merit
from Dwight L. Green, gover
nor of Illinois, for distinguished
service in the Navy in World
War II.
In the early part of World
War II, Bowen was an instruc
tor in under water demolition
in New York City, Liverpool,
England, and Pearl Harbor. In
the Korean conflict, he was an
instructor in the same field in
San Diego, Calif., before being
assigned to the Korean area.
Portlander To Manage
Cattle and Horse Show
Boise. Idaho IW Walter A.
Holt, Portland, Ore., Monday
was named manager of the
Northwest Beef Cattle and Horse
Show, set for Nov. 23-27 at the
Boise Fairgrounds. Holt has
been manager of the Pacific In
ternational Livestock Show at
Portland for the past 11 years.
Turner
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let V8 4-door Sedan,
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