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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1959)
Unander Sees Eventual Sales Tax in Oregon Salem -dTB- Is Oregon to have a sales tax? According to State Treasurer Sig Unan-der-yes. "It's a mathematical real ity," he said today. "The peo ple aren't going to put up with any more property tax. We've gone as far as we can go with the income tax. A sales tax seems to be the only untapped field, providing it is not an additional tax." Unander said that if a sales tax were put to a vote of the people right now, it would be voted down. "But later on, when the issues are clearly defined and the need spelled out, I think it will get in. A ales tax is inescapable in the future." Pearson Plan Praisad He said that Senate Pres ident Walter Pearson's "ap proach" to the problem "is ex cellent." Pearson has suggest ed that the question be put to the electorate in 1961 in a special election. Pearson sug gested that several programs be offered so that voters can decide what kind of a tax pro gram they want. Unander said "competent revenue forecasts project a major increase in expendi tures. They range from an in crease of $40 to $50 million to meet general fund require ments over the next bien nium." "The need is there but has not been clearly demonstrated to the people," he said. "What the people really want," SUSPEND 11 GUARDS Raiford, FlaOIPD - Eleven guards, under indictment for alleged brutality to prisoners, were suspended Wednesday at th'e Florida state prison here. The eleven were among 14 men indicted Tuesday by a federal grand ; jury, "on charges of brutality. Unander said, "is a moderate and balanced tax program. This can be seen with a fact ual, objective point of view." He declined to say specifi cally whether he personally favored a sales tax. MedfordTribune Regional Edition Page 2 Stocks Extend Gains New York - IUPB - Stocks extended opening gains today. Support centered in some of the electronic, metal, rail and tires issues. Zenith stood out in the elec tronics with a gain of more than 2. Philco and General Time added 1 or better. Col lins Radio, a feature in recent sessions, lost nearly 3 points in the first hour. Steels were dull. U.S. Steel eased a bit. Republic firmed. Youngstown was unchanged. Kennecott added a fraction in the metals, where Reynolds Metals rose more than 1. Mo tors were mixed. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - HTD - Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 675.20, up 1.42; 20 railroads 154.93. up 0.14; 15 utilities 87.04. off 0.13, and 65 stocks 218.62. up 0.27. Sales Wednesday were about 3,270.000 shares compared with 3.450.000 shares Tuesday. Wednesday's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical . Alum. Co. Am Amprican Can American Motors a t x, T Anaconda Copper Armeo aieei .... Bendix Aviation 118 ,,,,,, 76i A 1 1' 65 ?i BE jjl DASHER! s' , ( ( PRANCER ! "kr H0LIDATE y ; v e3S At.. , r Shop LaPointe's IN THE MEDFORD Heavy Snow al Government Camp Salem -(CPU- Heavy snow was reported at Government Camp today with chains ad vised. There was light snow at Warm Springs junction and Santiam pass. . The highway department reported icy spots at McKen zie pass, Green Springs, La pine, East Side McKenzie pass, Willamette pass from the tunnel to the junction of Highway 97, Chemult, Klam ath Falls and Bly. Boeing Air Caterpillar Corp. Chrysler Corp. . Continental Can Crown Zellerbach Curtiss Wright Dow Chemical .. Du Pont Eastman Kodak Firestone General Electric General Foods General Motors Georgia Pacific Graham Paige Greyhound Gulf Oil Homestake Mining Idaho Power I. B. M Int. Paper Johns Manville Kennecott Copper Katy Lockheed Aircraft Montana Power Montgomery Ward Nat'I Biscuit New York Central Pac Gas & Elec Penney. J. C , Penn RR a Radio Corporation Richfield Oil Safeway : Sears - 30 's - 33 i 70'i 45', - 553i 303; 99H -.264 109' -131 li .. 93 -104 Vs 53 484 - 2, 2(Pi -108 42 i .. 46'a -435 -134'i .. 50 963, 5 ... 3Z' 24 V2 - 52 54 - 28 .. 64 ..118 .. 15; - 69 V - 75 36 - 48', .. 79a, - 40 i .. 38 i . 22', 46', - 40 - 48 U - 6, Shell Oil Socony Mobil Oil ... Southern Co Southern Pacific Standard California Standard Indiana Standard N. J Sun Mines Texas Co. 83 Texas Gulf Sulfur - 18", - 19 'i 29'4 - 185i .. 39', ..148 31 - 39 U 36 65 'i 99 ' ..132 Tex Pac Land Trust Transamerica Trans World Air - Tri-Continental . Union Carbide Union Pacific United Aircraft United Air Lines U. S. Rubber U. S. Steel 1 Youngstown S & T 3r by jBi mfit 9:30 Till 9 Until Christmas SHOPPING CENTER (Saturdays Till 5:30) U.S. Leadership Claim in Nuclear Field Challenged Washington - (UPD - Two Democratic Senators today challenged the administra tion's claim that the United States leads the Soviet Union in means of delivering nuclear weapons. Sens. Mike Mansfield (D Mont.) and Albert Gore (D Tenn.) disputed the statement by Defense Secretary Thomas S. Gates that this country leads Russia "both with re spect to nuclear weapons and the means of their delivery." Gore said that Gates, who gave the assurance yesterday to the NATO Council of Min isters in Paris, seemed "to overlook two things." Russia's Advantage The Tennesseean, a member of the Congressional Atomic Knergy Committee, said that these two points were "Rus sia's lead in rocketry" and "the effectiveness of anti-aircraft weapons against planes." "Both operate to Russia's advantage," Gore said. Gore said he was "inclined to believe that the secretary was right in his assumption" that this country is superior to Russia in stockpile and quality of nuclear weapons. No Exact Knowledge "However, that is an opin ion," he said. "Neither he nor anyone else in the government has any exact knowledge of the stockpile or quality of Soviet nuclear weapons." Mansfield said he "would doubt" the Gates statement. The assistant Senate Demo cratic leader said "the Rus sians are ahead of us" in the fields of intercontinental bal listic missiles and space rock ets. ' "If we do not wake up, we are in danger of becoming a second class nation," Uans-field-said. SNOWFLAKE WrMTE ... CHRISTMAS BELLE BLACK . . . IVORY ROSE ... A "slasher". . . bar shouldered and hoawtifal in a Wa Weld high wkhowt wires. A "keer" . . beoansc this is a Form fit BraesaKere, designed with dancing hi mind, sa you ean Beat, swirl, in sperh comfort. A "praneer". . . becane ts strapless wonder is a bom pry-goer, pdestid for yew most formal werdrobe. And a "inxen . . Wauee there yon are' with a hand-spnn-wniet, a high, rounded bosom, and mtntempted sleekness from shottWer to biHowkig skirt . . frankly fnrUtw-hit. Fmt it Strapless Braseanere is a ownrifat iweesaity at Mistletoe Time! W vith nm)MeMe elastic antes ami baefc. Contew cups ih liglrt Hrrisible 'caJtBe slays' molded irvlo wafcr-thia Sw 32A to 38C White 8.95 h fQUHY IS SHOT If J AKB0SH LEARNS OF SLAYING John (Jake the Barber) Factor reads a newspaper in Chicago shortly after learning that prohibition era beer baron Roger Touhy had been shotgun ned to death. Touhy, 61, was paroled last month after serving 25 years in prison for kidnaping Factor. (UPI Telephoto) In Mail Dec. 26 Tax Forms Due Washington (UPD The gov ernment is getting set to send out 59,300,000 reminders that the best things in life are not free. Starting Dec. 26, postmen throughout the county . will begin delivering federal in come tax forms to people who filed returns for 1958. The deadline for reporting 1959 in come is next April 15. This year the Internal Revenue Service is mailing out about 700,000 fewer than in 1958. Officials explained that the number of people filing declined last year, prob ably because of the 1958 busi ness recession. About 17,490,000 taxpayers will find that their envelope from the IRS contains the new STEAMSHIP MAN DIES Camden, S. C.UPD-Harry Wilson Warley, 76, retired president of the Bethlehem Transportation Corp. and sev eral other steamship-operating subsidiaries of the Bethlehem Steel Corp., died Wednesday. . th Confidential foaei nbhtr ... and no l buff colored Form 1040W, in use for the first time. Form 1040W, the so-called middle form, is being intro duced as an economy move. Consisting of two pages, it may be used by some taxpay ers instead of the four-page Form 1040. MEN'S & BOYS' MOC VAMP OPERA . Leather opera with cushion crepe sole. In Brown; Boys' sizes to 6, Men's sizes 6 to 13. CHILD'S FUR COLLAR SATIN BOOTIE Metallic satin bootie with fur collar and matching crepe sole. In Pink or Light Blue; sizes 7 to 3. ( -i t i LMl fl r tsa MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER 565 E. Jackson Next to LaPointe's Stubblefield Twin Goes Home Parma, Idaho - (CPD - Tiny Denett Linn Stubblefield -separated from her Siamese twin sister in a rare operation at a university hospital in Portland - is home for the first time. ' Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Stubblefield of Parma, brought her here in a station wagon from Portland Wednes day. Denett's twin, Jeanett will remain in the University of Oregon medical school hos pital until she learns to breathe normally. Then she, too, will make the 400-mile journey home. The babies were born June 29 at Nyssa, Ore., and rushed the next day to Portland. Sur gery was performed to separ ate them Oct. 6 by a team of 17 surgeons and aides. Just before the Stubble fields left Portland Wednes day the babies were held up for photographs and the chil dren reached out and touched hands. The trip home was unevent ful for Denett, her mother said, the baby sleeping most of the way. As soon as the family arrived in Parma De nett got a checkup at the doc tor's and then a bottle of evap orated milk and water. ua Youngs Bay Route Receives Approval Salem-ttJPD-The State High way Commission Wednesday put its stamp of approval on the proposed Youngs Bay Route involving U. S. High way 101 relocation between Astoria and Gearhart. The relocation is expected to cost nearly S5 million. Included is a 4.220 - foot bridge at Smith Point con necting just north of Camp Rilea with the present Coast highway. C.&E. BUSINESS MACHINES 218 South Central Phone SP 3-4895 PRICES Drastically Reduced Adding Machines NEW and USED Also on Typewriter and Adding Machine Stands no holiday time is ctosiiiD lenKamp's CREAM PUFFS She'll love these wm. fluffy soft Shearling Lamb with soft padded soles. In Powder Blue. Pink or Red. Women's sizes 5 to 9. 4' .n;.- P ixies jj ' BLOOD DONOR RECORD Marietta, G a . -(UPD- The Georgia Division of Lockheed Aircraft Corp. said it set a na tional record as the largest industrial blood donor Wed nesday when 963 worker gave blood to the Red Cross. DANCE Saturday Night OASIS Eagle Point JZ Women's Feather-Step PIXIES and ALADDIN Slippers. Cold, Silver, Black and White. Sizes Small, Med., Large. mn nUs to QaUanKnmp
