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2 A. MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Ore., Monday. Deeemoer 22, 19S8 W c 7 of j ik. it f zTZkr "KICKED UPSTAIRS" French demonstrators in Algiers bitterly protest the de parture for France of Gen. Raoul Salan (left) as ordered by Premier Charles de Gaulle. Salan, who has headed the French army in Algeria for the past two years, has been named inspector general of national defense, a move regarded as a "kick upstairs" in order to get him out of Algeria. A mob of some 500 French demonstra tors chanted "Stay with us," and shouted that they would throw Paul Delouvrier, Salan's successor, into the sea. What Is The Law? This column is prepared as a public service by the College of Law, Willamette University, Salem, to explain basic legal principles, not to provide legal advice. The reader is cautioned not to apply these cases to his own problems without an attorney's advice, for differing facts may change the outcome. Poor Sam was in the hospi tal dying and he knew it. He had made no will to dispose of his city residence and his farm and his bank account. Time was running out. Sam was too weak to write but he could talk and seemed to be in sound mind. He told his minister, who was the only one with him at the time, that he wanted to explain to him how his prop erty ' should be distributed. The minister called in a doc tor and two nurses and Sam told them exactly to whom and in what amounts he want ed his property distributed. Then Sam died. Depends on Location The minister, doctor and two nurses appeared-in court to testify as to what Sam had said. This is the question: Did Sam make a valid will when he talked. to these four wit nesses? " The answer depends upon where Sam died. If he died in Oregon or California there was no will. If he died in Idaho, there was a good will. If he died in Washington, leaving not more than $200 worth of property, it would be a good will. Many states have statutes that permit these oral wills (called "nuncupative wills" in legal terminology) only when made by sailors at sea or sol diers who are facing death. Oregon and California per mits oral wills under these circumstances and Washing ton permits them without the $200 limit which the state im poses on other oral wills. Mental Alertness When these oral wills are permitted, the law requires that they be made when the person who is near death, knows his condition, yet has a mental condition alert enough to know what he is doing. Then what he says must be reduced to writing within a given period. The witnesses must not be recip ients of benefits under the will. The witnesses must also agree as to the provisions of the will. It is quite possible under such circumstances that the witnesses may not understand exactly what the dying man meant by some descriptions of the property. The dying man may not be as alert as he should be at such a time, despite appearances. There may be disputes among the witnesses as to just what was said. Eleventh hour wills are us ually fraught with such problems. GRANTS SPACE RIGHTS Chicago - (UPD - James T. Mangan, self-styled ruler of the space nation "Celesia," has granted the U. S. Defense Department a one-year exten sion on its license to use outer space for its rockets and satel lites. Mangan, who holds a deed for ownership of outer space, said he extended the lease - due to expire Dec. 31 - so the new Atlas satellite wouldn't become, "an outlaw in the sky." WINTER BEGINS TODAY New York (UPD Winter began at 12:40 a.m. (p.s.t.) today. Amendments Proposed in State Jobless Compensation Fund Salem- (CPD-The Experience Rating and Advisory council of the Oregon Unemployment Compensation commission has presented a 17-point legisla tive package to Gov. Robert D. Holmes and Gov.-elect Mark Hatfield. The council, gravely con cerned with the diminishing unemployment compensation fund, proposed amendnients which would strengthen dis qualification measures, change the tax basis and sys tem, extend coverage to more employers and streamline sev eral administrative functions. Holmes said "further delay in adopting measures to re build the trust fund and mak ing sure it stays adequate would be disastrous." Recommendations The council recommended that: -Unemployment insurance coverage be extended to em ployers of one or more per sons rather than two or more. -That labor not in the usual course of an employer's trade or business be excluded from coverage. -That coverage be extended to all employment subject to the federal unemployment compensation tax act. That coverage be extended to certain maritime workers on vessels with exemptions applied only to seagoing ves sels primarily engaged in in terstate or foreign high seas navigation. -That employers who be lieve they are not subject to the law be given hearing rights. -That coverage be extended to certain kinds of workers in charity sponsored organiza tions. Would Chang Name -That the name of the agen cy be changed from State Un employment C o m p e nsation commission to "Department of Employment." -That activities of the UCC be separated from those of the Industrial Accident commis sion and that a single commis sioner be appointed by the governor to administer the unemployment compensation law. -That an appeals board of three members be appointed. -That existing authority to use Reed act fund money for building local offices be con tinued and extended to , in clude the buying of build ings. -That legislation be adopt ed which would authorize the governor, in time of emergen- DON'T MISS MONTGOMERY'S No Money Down! 75 Days Until First Payment! , FURNITURE AND MAJOR APPLIANCES DRASTIC BEDUCTIOHS! DISCOUNT or MORE on Every Item! Everything in household furnishings including: lamps, desks, chairs, rock ers, tables, mirrors, hassocks, davenos, living room and bedroom sets, mat tresses and springs, cedar chests, clocks, dinette sets, dining room fur niture, pictures, lazy susans and lots of small miscellaneous items. MAYTAG fir NORGE Refrigerators, Ranges, Freezers, Washers, Dryers & Water Heaters FAMOUS KITCHEN AID DISHWASHERS OPEN EVERY NIGHT UNTIL 8 THRU DECEMBER GaOHTCORaEAY' ASHLAND 4 Blocks from College on Hwy. 66 FREE Parking Ph. MU 2-3616 cy, to borrow Reed act funds to pay benefits. -Tat several proposed re medies relating to collection of unemployment compensa tion taxes be adopted. Base Year -That a claimant's benefit year begin with the week in which he files his first claim, and that the base year consist of the first four of the five completed calendar quarters preceding the benefit year. -That a woman who leaves work because of pregnancy be disqualified for the week in Is That So? By OLGA BURNS The question of how a cat purrs, asked by. Mrs. Doris Homan, of Forsyth, Mont., has mystified people from time immemorial. The purr seems to come from the head, but if you place your ear against the cat's flank or back, it seems to come from the interior as well. And just to complicate matters a little further, the cat's mouth is closed. The best explanation I'can find is that the purring sound is produced by the cat pass ing air over its vocal cords. He does it by keeping his mouth shut and breathing through his nose. When he miaows he opens his mouth. All purrs are a sign of con tentment, but there are differ ences in them. Young cats sometimes break into a loud purr with a fairly rapid rhythm that gradually lessens and slows until it disappears in sleep. Old cats, on the other hand, usually begin with a slow, low purr that builds up to a moderate volume and then recedes as they finally decide to doze. The younger, it seems, are enthusiastic about the future. The older are reflecting on how best to spend the remainder of their nine lives. There are various other ways in which the cat reveals its state of mind, and each of them exhibits something of the dominant feline character istic independence. The cat's whiskers, flat against tlie face when asleep, bristle forward in proportion to his interest in what is going on. They never droop. The tail reflects any thing from casual interest through anger to high spirits, but never, so far as I have seen, is carried between the legs. The eyes show just about everything a human's can, ex cept that I have never seen fear in them. Though they flee an enemy on occasion, It is more to equalize matters by getting into a better position in which to defend them selves. Second Nature In general, they tolerate people. They are so independ ent that it is second nature to them, and that they should still have such independence seems little short of a miracle. Though it is probably the ba sic reason why they have been worshipped in times past from Scotland to Egypt and beyond, it is probably also the reason why they have been more cruelly persecuted by man than any other animal. Our own ancestors, no longer ago than three centuries, subject ed them to horrible torture throughout Europe, annually killing them by the thou sands and in public spectacles'. They evidently felt that for any domestic creature to be so independent put it in a class with witches, and they decited to punish both of them for being different. 4 (Released by McCIure Newspaper Syndicate) Sorry, I simply cannot ans wer your many friendly let ters individually, but I will be glad to answer letters of general interest through the column. Please address your letters to: Is That So! . co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 1069, San Francisco, Calif. which she left work. She would further be ineligible for benefits for all weeks thereafter, up to and includ ing six weeks after termina tion of pregnancy. -That a person who volun tarily leaves work without good cause, is discharged for misconduct in his work or fails to apply for or accept suitable work be disqualified until he has either worked four weeks and earned no less than his weekly benefit amount, or has been available for work and registered for work at the employment of fice for eight weeks. Would Change Tax -That employers be taxed on the first $4,200 of an indi vidual employee's annual sal ary instead of the first $3,600. That the maximum employer tax rate remain at 2.7 per cent and that the reserve fund be at least 6 per cent of tax able payrolls instead of the present 3 per cent. -That a payroll decline ex perience rating system . be adopted by which all employ ers would pay a 2.7 per cent tax, with tax reductions on future contributions allowed to those who maintain a steady annual payroll or in crease their payrolls. Highest point In Texas Is Guadalupe peak with a 9,000 foot altitude. Inner windows of a Pull man railroad car are made om shatter-proof glass. The plebiscite was first used in the French Revolution. Accidents took a total of about 94,000 lives in the Unit ed States in 1957. Marseille and Le Havre are the two largest ports in the Republic of France. London transport, with a fleet of 8,000 buses, plans to equip all with turn indicators. 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