New tax Program for Oregon to Bring
Some Levy Increase to Most Taxpayers
Salem- (LTD -The tax pro
gram adopted by the Oregon
Legislature will bring some
increased taxes to most tax
payers. These increases will
vary In accordance with their
Income. .
Dean Ellis, chairman of the
atato tax commission, told
United Press International
that those in ' the, group of
taxpayers with two depend
ents in a joint return, whose
total annual income is $3,000,
will pay the exact amount of
state and federal taxes that
they do now; Under present
tax law this couple would
pay $7 in state 'taxes .and $59
in federal taxes or a total of
$66.
Under the revised tax
schedule this could would
pay $8 in state taxes and $58
in federal or a total of $66.
A married . couple - with a
total income of $5,000 a year
under present laws pay $58
in state taxes and $408 in
federal tax or a total of $466.
Under the new schedule they
would pay $60 in state taxes
and $408 in federal tax, or
just $2 additional.
Under the rates to be in
effect on 1959 incomes, pay
able by April 15, 1960, a cou
ple having total earnings of
$10,000 now pay $270 in state
taxes and $1,313 in federal
Income tax or a total of $1,-
883.
Next April 15 they will pay
$311 in state taxes and $1,304
in federal taxes or a total of
$1,615, or $32 additional total
taxes.
Single persons with no de-
indents will pay only slight
increases in the" three brack
ets of income. Those with S3,
000 income would pay a total
of $10 additional in state and
federal taxes; those with
$5,000 income would pay $19
additional and those earning
$10,000 would pay only $14
additional total taxes.
Simplified Return
Tax Commission Chairman
Ellis considers the simplified
return, authorized by the
1959 Legislature, to be the
most important of all revi
sions made for taxpayers on
salaries and wages who take
the standard deduction. They
will be permitted to file their
withholdings statement in lieu
of a tax return.
The commission is author
ized to compute the tax due,
bill the taxpayer for any addi
tional taxes or refund any
excess taxes paid.
The maximum limit on de
duction of medical expenses
has been removed but the
present requirement that only
medical expenses in excess of
five per cent of the adjusted
gross income may be deduct
ed. Anything above that spent
for doctors, and' hospital ex
penses can be deducted.
Ellis said that the Capital
Gains Relief act passed by
the 1959 Legislature is quite
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similar to one in effect in
California. He said the new
law requires holding property
for five years to get a full 50
per cent tax exemption.
In addition all capital gains
must be re-invested in Ore
gon or the gain will be fully
taxable. This capital gains
law was passed in the hope
it would attract new inves
tors in Oregon and prevent
present Oregon investors
from going to another state
to engage in business activ
ities. The new tax plan, which,
as its main feature, eliminates
the federal tax payment off
set on " Oregon tax returns,
will according to Ellis bring
into the general fund approx
imately $69.2 million a year.
This together with receipts
from the corporate excise tax,
which was not disturbed, andj
miscellaneous revenuesj to
gether with use of a surplus
which now stands at about
$28 million, will carry the
state through the next two
years. But it is not expected
there will be any surplus
when the next biennium ends.
The 1961 Legislature will
be faced with the necessity
of raising between $70 mil
lion and $80 million in addi
tion to the sum required to
carry on state activities lor
a two-year period.
Just how this huge sum is
to be raised will be studied
by an interim tax committee.
It is possible that a sales tax
measure may be initiated and
find its place on the Novem
ber general election ballot.'
Chaplin's Wife
Expecting Seventh ,
t Lausanne, Switzerland -(DPD
-Sources at Charlie Chaplin's
j estate yesterday confirmed
j that his wife, Oona, is expect
ing their seventh child late
this year.
Chaplin celebrated his 70th
birthday last month. Mrs.
Chaplin, daughter of the late
American playwright Eugene
O'Neill, will be 34 in a few
weeks.
He and the former Miss
O'Neill were married 16
years ago. They are the par
ents of Geraldine, 15, Mich
ael 13, Josephine 10, Victoria
8, Eugene 6, and Jane 2. Chap
lin has two sons,' Charles Jr.,
and Sidney, by a former marriage.
Portland Woman, Apparent Victim Of Slayer, Dies
. Raymond, Wash. - (UPD -Mrs.
Bertina Stephens, 41, of
Portland, died in a hospital
here Friday, apparently the
victim of a slayer.
Police said the woman was
belieyed to have been search-
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MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdfor', Or.
Sunday, May 10, 1939
Council Adopts
No-Shooting Bill
An ordinance prohibiting
the discharge of firearms in
Medford's Prescott park atop
Roxy Ann butte was unani
mously passed Thursday night
by the city council.
The council also authorized
City Manager Robert A. Duff
to contract with Thompson
and 'Stevens, consulting en
gineers in Portland, for de
velopment of plans for the
proposed West Jackson st.
swimming pool.
Adoption of the ' na-shoot-ing
ordinance became the
latest step in current efforts
to develop recreational facil
ities on Roxy Ann.
Other steps in the park's
development are to be dis
cussed at an organizational
meeting pf Medford parks and
recreation commission mem
bers and representatives of
interested service clubs called
for next Friday at the Jack
son county courthouse.
Spokesmen for local boy
scout groups told the com
mission Wednesday of their
interest in establishing a walk
in camp and a day camp pn
the slopes of the butte.
Duff told the council last
night that Stevens and Thomp
son would charge a "standard"
rate pf 8 per cent for work
on the pool. He reported that
thjs firm won a national prize
last year for its design of the
new pool at North Bend.
Since funds for the proposed
pool hero are limited, Duff
said, savings may involve re
ducing bath house facilities to
4 minimum.
Arch Cape Tunnel
Reported Repaired
Astoria - (DPD - The state
highway department reports
that the Arch Cape tunnel
on Highway 101 has been re
paired. The tunnel was dam
aged April 23 when an out-ef-contro!
vehicle crashed in
to a supporting timber inside
the south end of the tunnel.
Seven truckloads of tim
bers were reported used in
the repairs.
Chavez Ravine
Families Camp Out
' Los Angeles OJPD The bat
tle of Chavez Ravine, confin
ed to the courts for two years,
was out in the open literal
ly yesterday as 12 persons
evicted from their homes and
another 30 friends and rela
tives camped out in protest
over the ouster.
. Although' most of the fam
ilies involved had lived rent
free in their small homes for
the past six years during liti
gation, they protested bitter
ly when sheriff's deputies car
ried out the eviction Friday.
The land is part of that to
be turned over by the1 city
to the Dodgers for1 a new base
ball park. The 4 state supreme
court upheld the right of the
city to reserve the land, orig
inally restricted to housing,
for the Dodger contract.
Residents of the ravine ar
gued they did not feel they
were being properly compen
sated fo rtheir property. Some
just didn't want to leave, they
told reporters, to make way
for a ball park.
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Ouarles Died
Of Heart Attack
Washington -r (UPB - An au
topsy showed yesterday, that
Deputy Defense Secretary
Donald A. Quarles died of a
heart attack.
A Defense Department an
nouncement attributed death
to an "obstructive coronary
sclerosis ... a narrowing of
the blood vessels" which cut
off the supply of blood to his
heart. ' .. :.
The 64 - year pld govern
ment official who was in line
to become President Eisen
hower's next Defense Secre
tary, was found dead at his
home here early Friday. He
will be buried Tuesday in Ar
lington National cemetery
after simple military services.
The loss pf Quarles present
ed president Eisenhower with
the task of finding a succes
sor, and may signal a shake
up of the top civilian com
mand at the Pentagon. Per
fense Secretary Neil H. Mc
Elrpy has said he wants to re
tire later this year but Quar
les' death may delay this,
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American Airways announced
yesterday it may be able to
start jet service on Pacific
flights this fall.
Robert B. Murray Jr., exec
utive vice president of Pan
American's Pacific-Alsfska di
vision, said the exact date for
inaugurating the new service
depended on the delivery of
new Boeing 707-321 intercon
tinentals. Murray said the first of the
"321s," larger version of the
Boeing 707 now in service,
may be delivered as early as
July. Scheduled service is ex
pected to begin about 45 days
after delivery.
Jets' Sonic Boom
Causes Phone Flurry
Portland -0JPK Two jet F
102s stationed -at McChord
Air Force Base near Tacoma,
broke -the sound barrier Fri
day night and . the sonic-boom
set off a flurry of phone calls
to newspapers and radio sta
tions. A spokesman at the Port
land air base said the two
jet planes cracked the sound
barrier flying above 35,000
feet. They reportedly were 2Q
to 30 miles north of here. '
Electronics Unit
Enlists Nine Men
Naval Reserve Electronics
division 13-5, composed . of
men from southern Oregon,
became one of the largest re
serve electronic units In the
country recently when nine
new men joined the division,
Stationkeeper R. D.. Church
ill has announced.
The five new recruits and
three Navy veterans bring the
complement to 73 officers and
men.
New seaman recruits are
William Allen, James Conger,
Larry Hansen, Markey James
and Dean Lamp, all of Cen
tral Point. Former Navy men
joining the unit are Aviation
Seaman Joseph Beeson, Ash
land; Boiler Tender Second
Class Fred Sutton, Central
Point; and Boatsmain's Mate
Third Class Bob Montgomery,
Medford.
Commanding Officer Lt. R.
A. Schuchard, Medford, said
the local reserve activitiy is at
full strength and recently be
came the only electronics di
vision in' the 13th Naval dist
rict this year to receive per
mission to enlist an additional
12 men. :
"The unit's offices are locat
ed at 33 North Riverside ave.,
Medford:
ing for her runaway " daugh
ter and had been away from
her' home for about two
weeks.
Her husband, James, said
she left her home inlher car
to search for her daughter,
Dianne, 15.
Stephens said he did not
hear from or about his wife
until she was brought into the
New Riverside hospital here
Tuesday, suffering from sev
ere bruises.
Pacific County Proscecutor
Herbert Wiseland said, "At
this time the only thing we
can conclude is that the in
juries were inflicted by an
unknown person or persons."
Police here said they quest
ioned the woman after her
admittance to the hospital but
she was so badly beaten she
could not tell them what had
happened.
A spokesman for the Pacif
ic county sheriffs office said
Mrs. Stephens was accompan
ied to the hospital by an un
employed logger named Lou
Glazier.
Stephens told officers their
daughter had run away from
home about a month ago. He
said his wife left after hear
ing reports that the girl took
a bus for Seattle.
; Authorities were question
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