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iTnn nj cm P) rv u Iff LTQ Mol Public Hearings Under Vay on Two Reduction Bills Labor Representative Among First Witnesses Salem 0P The Oregon Leg islature was at grips with the tax reduction problem today after two bills embodying the governor's tax plans were in troduced and speedily referred to the House Taxation Com mittee. Public hearings got under way Monday afternoon at the special legislative session with mem bers of the Senate Taxation Committee sitting in so that testimony would not have to be duplicated in both House and Senate. H o u-8 e Taxation Chairman Clarence Barton, Coquille Dem ocrat, said he had had numerous requests from persons desiring to appear before the committee and that they would all be grant ed time. The governor's two tax bills calling for a straight 10 per cent reduction in personal in come taxes and a $10 per census child boost in basic school aid were rushed to the tax com mittee when the house voted to suspend its rules to do the job. Rules Committee 'Tough' Other legislation may have a hard time getting considered. Rep. Glen Stadler, Eugene Dem ocrat and chairman of the House Rules Committee, said his com mittee would be "tough." The Senate also beefed up its rules committee to 10 members five Republican and five Democrats. One of the first witnesses be fore the joint House and Senate tax meeting was Tom Scanlon, representing the Oregon State Labor Council and longshore men and trainmen. Scanlon said his organization agreed with Gov. Robert Holmes that some $50 million of the state's expected $69 million sur plus should be retained by the state so that taxes would not have to be raised in 1959. But Scanlon was opposed to the governor's request for more school aid, favoring instead the state's picking up the $10 per census child now provided by county school funds. He said this would provide direct prop erty tax lief at the local level in the quickest fashion. Sen. Anthony Yturri, Ontario Republican, and Rudie Wilhelm Jr., Portland Republican, ques tioned Scanlon as to why he was willing to accept a $10 million surplus when the reg ular legislative session ended las May, but now thought that a $50 million surplus was neces sary. Surplus Questioned Scanlon said that since the Legislature adjourned the state's economic position had worsened and the State Finance Depart ment had been able to furnish a better idea of how much money might be needed during the 1959-61 biennium. The labor representative also was not optimistic that all of the state's projected $69 million surplus would materialize. He said that if the tax commission made a study now, it might find revenues reduced. Tax Commission Chairman S. W. Horn told the committee the state probably would have the S69 million as of June 30, 1958. Howard Dietrich, represent ing the Oregon Society of certi fied public accountants, asked the committee to consider ac celerated or "realistic" deprecia tion and loss carry-over laws for Oregon as a stimulus to industry. (Sea story on page 10) Planners Recommend Zone Changes in Berrydale Area About one-third of the Berry- dale addition was recommended for zone changes by the Med ford planning commission at a meeting last night. A public hearing on the pro posed changes will be held at the Nov. 12 commission meet ing. Robert A. Duff, city man ager, said the changes recom mended were confined to the southern section of the addition which borders Highway 99. Acting on a petition by sev eral residents in the area, the commission found that a "land use" study was necessary before reviewing the petition which asked for a zone change of class IA. single family, to class HA, multiple family. Dull said the study showed Ta PLANNERS JECTIOtJ OPOSED An overflow crowd of Grange members and others interested attended a meeting of the county planning commission in the courthouse last night, to hear discussions of the proposed sub division ordinance. No definite action was taken at the meeting. But after the discussions, Fred Barber, of the planning consult ant firm of Hahn, Wise and Barber, pointed out that no one attending had stated the pro posed ordinance should be "thrown out" completely. Discussion on various points in the ordinance took up more Hotel Clerk Admits Report of Armed Robbery Was False Medford police said this mor ning that Richard Loyd Nelson, 28, Grand hotel night clerk, was arrested on charges of disorder ly conduct after he told them his report of an armed holdup Oct. 26 was false. In a signed statement, Nelson admitted taking the money, plac ing a gag in his mouth, fashion ing a wire clothes hanger around his wrists and then calling pol ice to report an armed holdup, according to Lt. Lyle Perkins. Police said Nelson told them he took the money and then made up the holdup story because he is in debt. Nelson's report of an armed holdup resulted in alerts to law enforcement agencies in Oregon and northern California, police said. Detective Sgt. Jack Sand ers said several roadblocks were established along the Cayfornia Oregon state line in an attempt to apprehend a car with Calif ornia license plates matching the description Nelson gave police. Police said Nelson was re leased on his own recognizance to appear in municipal court Wednesday morning. Thelma Mclntyre Is Elections Clerk Thelma Mclntyre, formerly chief photographer in the Jack son county clerk's office, will now be supervisor of the election section in that office, accord ing to Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins, county clerk. She replaces Mrs. Eugene Pe terson whose husband has been transferred to Portland. Grace Bohl, formerly assistant photographer is now chief pho tographer, Mrs. Hopkins said. Other changes include Orpha Le Schensky, shifting to the county treasurer's office to be come chief deputy. She was for merly assistant chief deputy for legal department. Newly hired for the county clerks office are Mrs. Wilma Sites. Ho Whitman and Made line Schnack. Claudine Gibsbn and Rae Jenkins have been hir ed to work in the district clerk office. They replace Lucille Smith, who left to be married and Doreen Straus, who has moved to San Francisco, Calif Irene Brenner is newly ap pointed as supervisor of the le gal department. the need for a more complete rezoning. A section of land bor dering Highway 99 on the south as been proposed as a light-in dustrial area by the commission. The commission also proposed the section bordering the north side of Highway 99 as a limited light-industrial section with a belt of multiple family zone rec ommended north of the latter area. Sections bordering Highway 99 were recommended for park ing only. Duff said. The sections would be class VII and be about 30 feet, Duff added. The commission also ap proved the vacation of an alley in the Consolidated addition. Duff said lack of use was the reason for requested vacation. P HEAR S TO BILL than an hour, and members of the audience spilled out into the corridor outside the planning office. While thanking the Grangers who had been invited to attend the meeting, Commission Chair man John Pletsch stated em phatically, "We won't try to 'put something over' as some rumors have indicated. Accord ing to law we must publish a notice in local papers once a week for two consecutive weeks that a public hearing on the ordinance will be held. During the hearing the county court will hear any final objections opposing it and an election would be held later." Major objections to the pro posal seemed to be: (1) it too closely resembles the city ordi nance and therefore cannot be applied to rural areas, (2J" the restrictions do not allow a per son with little money a chance to build a home, (3) the mass of resulting red tape overly de lays a property sale, (4) the sanitation regulations in the pro posal places too much authority in the hands of the public health officer, and (5) some of the pro visions place too great a burden on the few men in the Jackson county court. 'Restraint of Trade' One objector to the ordinance, Henry Conger, of Ross lane, Medford, remarked that the ordinance would act in "re straint of trade." "I'm going to subdivide the land and cut it up any darned way I please. The title I have from the United States govern ment allows me to. I don't have to have someone come in and re-survey my land before I sell it if I don't want to." Chairman Pletsch said the question of survey was not the point being discussed. Maurice Davies, Eagle Point, president of the Jackson County Farm Bureau, said the ordinance should "be strong enough to pre vent formation of semi-slum areas. Two or three main objec tions he said are that the sewer requirements are impractical, paved streets too expensive for smaller acreage tracts and the bond required of a subdivider a "little high." One member of the audience suggested that the county sub division ordinance include a map of soil types in the county and types of septic tanks be sug gested for soil varieties. The section which states "Only areas which can be eco nomically served can be devel oped" does not provide ade quately for the future of some areas, another person pointed out. The Bear Creek area is well built up today but in 1910 it could not be served economi cally, he said. Also, he said, a lot of needless expense is forced on the subdivider, according to the proposal. For example, "there is no sense in putting con crete monuments -every 500 feet," he pointed out. Foster Luce, Live Oak Grange, Rogue River, commented, "How can you lift the city planning ordinance and apply it to the county. Rural areas have differ ent problems." The planning consultant an swered that the ordinance can be revised so a "set of double standards for city and county can be included." This he added could be worked out with the Granges and the city. Charlie Hoover, 2905 Gregory rd. and other farmers remarked, "A man has to have a starting place." When a man is starting to accumulate property, often he has no choice but to live in a shack. There should be no objections if the place is kept neat and clean, he intimated. Another commented that too much red ttape tends to drive away a buyer. Many retired Californians are moving to the valley to live, he explained, red tape should not be allowed to drive them away since they are an asset to the county. A man, who lives just outside the city, stated that such an ordi nance should have been in effect 10 years ago. Haphazard loca tion of houses in his area would make it almost impossible to put through streets in at many loca tions, he illustrated. Year u MEDFORD United Press Full Leased Wire 16 Pages Eight Taxation Bills Introduced At Legislature Real Tax Relief Seen by Wilhelm Salem (IP) The House Rules Committee today killed all but three lax reduction bills sent to it by the House for approval. Three bills. House bills 5. 8, and 10 introduced by a group of Republicans and Democrats today will be sent back to the House for further consideration and thence to the lax committee. Salem (IP! Eight taxation bills were introduced by a group of Republicans and Democrats today, accompanied by a state ment by Sen. Rudie Wilhelm Jr., Portland Republican, that the proposed legislation "will give Oregon taxpayers real tax relief prudently in light of our surplus." The key bill reduces tax rates so that the first taxable income would be at the rate of three per cent rather than four per cent with a maximum of 10 per cent rather than 11.6 per cent. Sponsors of this bill were Reps. Allen Tom, Rufus; Eddie Ahrens, Turner; Carl Francis, Dayton; and Wilhelm, all Republicans. Wilhelm said this bill would give over 15 per cent reduction to taxpayers on their 1957 and 1958 and future income and would reduce the surplus by about $28 million for each bi ennium. Another bill would reduce cor poration excise taxes from six to five per cent and would, in Wilhelm's words, "put Oregon in a comparatively good relation ship to California, which has a four per cent rate, but a sales tax in addition." Double exemption to those 65 years of age or older on their state income tax is sponsored by Sens. Ben Musa, The Dalles, Democrat; Wilhelm; Francis Ziegler, Corvallis Republican; and Reps. Katherine Musa, The Dalles Democrat; and Joe Rog ers, Independence Republican. Four other bills introduced by both Democrats and Republicans would allow federal deprecia tion schedules on state returns and carry forward of business losses for both personal income tax and corporations. These bills were passed in the Senate in the regular session but were defeated in the House. Wilhelm said the entire eight bills would considerably im prove Oregon's personal and corporation tax structures, and provide real tax relief, and, at the same time, leave a sizeable cushion of surplus funds for the 1959 Legislature to use in the event of a slight recession in the state. Among those signing some of the bills introduced by Sen. Wil helm, but not all, were: Demo cratic Sens. Harry Boivin, Kla math Falls, and Ben Musa, The Dalles, and Reps. Katherine Mu sa, The Dalles, and John Ker bow, Klamath Falls. Republicans signing some, but not all, were: Sens. Philip Low ry, Medford; Lee Ohmart, Sa lem; Francis Ziegler, Corvallis, Carl Francis, Dayton, and Reps. Fayette Bristol, Grants Pass; Wayne Giesy, Monroe; Joe Rog ers, Independence; Shirley Field, Portland; Allen Tom, Ru fus; and Eddie Ahrens, Turner. Job Due Zhukov, Khrushchev Claims Moscow IIP) Soviet Com munist party chieftain Nikita Khrushchev said today that Marshal Georgi Zhukov, depos ed as defense minister, will soon get a new job corresponding to his "experience and qualifica tions." Speaking to newsmen at a recent reception in the Turkish Embassy, he said: "I saw Zhu kov today. I spoke to him. "He was in good health. We have not decided on a new job for him yet. But he will have one in keeping with his exper ience and qualifications. "But you will not hear about it tonight." j I Mr MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1957 u Most Dull ec. "You Don't Understand Us Arabs" Copco Authorized To Borrow Money For Construction The California Oregon Power company has been authorized by the Oregon and California Pub lic Utilities commissions to bor row up to S12 million to finance new construction, according to Albert S. Cummins, president of the firm. Authorization of the credit agreement is expected' momen tarily from the hydroelectric commission of Oregon, Cummins said. " The $12 million is the prelimi- Wafer Operators to Hold Annual Meeting The annual Water Works' Op erators' conference for Jackson and Josephine county will be held at the Medford city hall council chamber Wednesday, starting at 1 p.m.,' according to Water Superintendent Robert L. Lee. The conference is sponsored by the Oregon siate board of health. The program is set up mainly as a question and answer period to discuss problems of the water departments, he said. If time allows, the group will talk about policies regarding public water supplies, water quality and treat ment, long range planning and watch a film, "Life Lines for Civilazation," Lee added. Lee said he expects about 25 water department representa tives from the Jackson and Jose phine county area to attend. Medical Lake, Wash.' Inmates at Eastern State hos pital's maximum security ward seized a reported 28 hostages today and all available law enforcement officers were or dered to the scene. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable high clouds tonight and Wednes day with patchy valley fog early Wednesday. Low to night 37, high tomorrow 60. Temp. Highest Yesterday 59 Lowest this Morning 31 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise fi:41 a.m. Sunset Moonset 5:09 p.m. 11:09 p.m. day 2:48 a.m. PROMINENT STARS Altair. high in south west 7:21 p.m. and low in west at moonset, is flanked . by two stars: the brighter is called Tarazed, the dimmer, Alshain. bulletin Com 4TT United y nary approved construction budget of the company for 1958. The funds thus made available with those expected to ge gen erated through operations, Cum mins said, are estimated to be sufficient to meet company's construction requirements through 1959 and into early 1960. The 1 borrowed sum will be spent $5,000,000 for local proj ects and $7,000,000 for special projects. Included in the special projects will be $5,000,000 for the completion of the Big Bend plant on the Klamath river which will have a capacity of 80,000 kilowatts and will have a total cost of approximately $12,403,500. Another $1,850,000 will be used to complete the new 70 mile, 230,000 volt transmission line to extend from Klamath Falls, at the Big Bend plant, to Medford. Scheduled completion dates on. both projects are dur ing 1958. Local projects, Cummins re ported, included any general construction of buildings, dis tribution stations, and servicing of new buildings and dwellings. Norblad Sees Base As Waste of Money Salem PI Rep. Walter Nor blad (R.-Ore.) told the Salem Ki wanis club today that a pro posed $40 million air base in his district "would be a complete waste of money." Norblad said "any congress man would be extremely happy to have a $40 million project in his district." But, he said, the Air Force "should continue to use the present Portland base for the next few years." An air base in the St. Paul Woodburn area was first planned by the Air Force as a substitute for the Portland base but plans later were dropped. Norblad said that the Defense department is not building any new interceptor bases because the ground-to-air missile can do the job with almost complete ef fectiveness and accuracy as com pared with interceptor planes and without any loss of life. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York cm Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 435.76,up 3.62; 20 rail roads 111.14, off 0.09; 15 utili ties 64.55, up 0.14, and 65 stocks 147.90, up 0.78. Sales today were . about 1,860,000 shares compared with 1,800,000 shares Monday. le Alert, es Declared Price 10 Cents Tribune Press Full Leased Wire No. 162 Military Action By Soviets Hinted At Conference War Not in Prospect, Administration Feels Washington OP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today mat tne current power struggle in the Kremlin requires the United States to be alert for a possible Russian adventure. Dulles did not say whether this might take the form of a military or diplomatic action. Dulles told a news conference he would not suggest that war is just around the corner. He said the administration does not be neve now that a war is in pros pect. But Dulles said it must be re membered that whenever a great nation seems to be having inter nal problems that they some times lead to external actions to divert aitention. We have to be alert, he warn ed in appraising the ouster of Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov. Dulles did not definitely say a Soviet military action, but pre sumably that was in his mind. Dulles said the prolonged ses sions of the Communist party's Central Committee indicate that there are very important issues being solved by Kremlin lead ers. He suggested that the prob lems are more domestic than in ternational. But when' asked pointblank whether he consid ers Zhukov's situation ."good news or bad news," Dulles said he did not know. He said he could only tell after the final outcome is known. Dulles gave the impression that the State Department itself does not have any inside infor mation about Saturday's dram atic announcement that Zhukov had been "relieved" of his post as defense minister. But the feel ing is growing in official quar ters here that the Kremlin lead ers are still battling over high command posts. . On other international topics, Dulles: Said President Eisenhower would give sympathetic consid eration to any invitation asking him to attend the mid-December meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Council in Paris. Dulles said nothing more on this point, but an announcement is expect ed shortly that the President will fly to Paris in mid-December. Said any "new look' at the nation's defense program is not expected to result in any reduc tion in defense spendings. Ways must be achieved, however, for greater efficiency and dove-tailing in defense fields with U. S. allies. Said the U.S. is not consid ering any vast new Middle East ern aid program. UMC Campaign Reaches 74 Per Cent of $123,130 Goal Robert A. Johnson, general chairman of the United Medford Crusade, reported that 74.6 per cent of the $123,130 goal for the 1957-58 campaign has been reached. A total of $91,436.44 has been pledged or contributed to the UMC, he said, representing a "higher percentage than at a comparable time last year." More than 100 Crusade work ers attended the final general report luncheon at the Elks lodge here yesterday. Subse quent report meetings will be held at the Jackson hotel with division and assistant . division chairmen attending. Service Division The service division reported collecting $5,583 during the past week, and the utilities section was singled out for recommen dation for collecting about $2,- Golda Meir, Two Others Injured By Hand Grenade Thrower Rescued From Bystanders Jerusalem (IP) A disgruntled youth exploded a hand grenade in the Israeli Parliament today. wounding Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and three other Cabinet ministers on the first anniversary of Israel's invasion of Egypt. The grenade - thrower was carrying an Israeli identity card with the name of Moseh Haco- hen Duek. He was beaten by bystanders before police rescued him and carried him off to be questioned. Police were not immediately able to determine his nationality or political affiliations if any. Golda Meir Hurt Ben-Gurion, Foreign Minister Golda Meir and Transport Min ister Moshe Carmel were slight ly hurt in the blast. But in juries to Minister of Religious Affairs Moshe Shapiro were de scribed as more serious. The bomb hurler was de scribed by authorities as a man who held "personal complaints" against the government officials. Ben-Gurion's right hand was slightly injured in the explosion. Mrs. Meir suffered a foot in jury. The explosive, believed to be a powerful grenade, was tossed at the government table from the gallery during a foreign af fairs debate. Rushed To Hospital The Knesset was debating the foreign policy statements of Ben-Gurion and Mrs. Meir when, at almost exactly 6 p.m. (8 a.m. p.s.t.), Dueg arose in the public gallery and hurled his explosive to the parliament floor. It landed at the head of the cabinet table. Shapiro, who was sitting near est the blast, was most severly hurt and was immediately rush ed to a hospital. Tlie shaggy-haired Ben-Gurion ducked as the missile came to ward the cabinet table and suf fered injuries only to his right hand. The Knesset sat in stunned si lence for a second. Then, while attendants ran toward the gov ernment table, Speaker Joseph Sprinzak adjourned the session for two hours. Cloud of Smoke The grenade exploded in a cloud of smoke as a member of parliament, Isaac Rephael, was speaking. Panic gripped the house after moments of stunned silence. Shapiro, whose chair was nearest the explosion, slumped to the floor, bleeding profusely. He was reporved seriously wounded. Ben-Gurion stood up calmly, blood flowing from his right arm. Mrs. Meir and Carmel were hit by pieces of shrapnel. They were only slightly hurt. Mollef Fails; Cofy Turns To Gaillard Paris 0?) The National As sembly early today rejected So cialist Guy Mollet's attempt to form a new government. Presi dent Rene Coty promptly tapped young financial wizard Felix Gaillard, Radical Party leader, to make the next try. The assembly turned down Mollet by a 290-227 vote, thus prolonging the four-week politi cal crisis conceded to be the worst since World War II. The Conservatives lined up with the Communists and extreme Right Wing Poujadists to defeat him. At 4:40 a.m. Coty summoned Gaillard to the palace. He is 37 and finance minister in the gov ernment of caretaker Premier Maurice Bourges-Maunoury. 000 more than its stated goal, Johnson reported. The public employees division reported that 106.9 per cent of its goal has been reached. Elliott Becken is chairman of the di vision. Dick Travis' service di vision reported 92.5 per cent of its stated goal reached. Home Crusade officials start ed planning the door-to-door can vass at a training, meeting this morning. The Home Crusade is designed to contact residents who have not been contacted through business or industrial firms. Johnson expressed apprecia tion to campaign workers and contributors for helping the UMC reach about 75 per cent of its goal at this time. He said he was confident "that we will sur pass our goal and thus set a rec ord for the state of Oregon."
