Hames Crop Up
On Candidate To
Run With Nixon
Washington-fUPD-At least a
dozen names cropped up in
speculation today over the
1960 running mate for Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
if he wins the GOP president
ial nomination as expected.
Nixon has given no indica
tion as to whom he would
favor as the vice presidential
candidate. He takes the posi
tion that speculation over the
second spot on the ticket is
premature because he hasn't
even announced his own
plans.
' Some of Nixon's backers
have indicated that he might
leave the choice entirely to
the Republican convention
Social Security
Deductions to
Increase Friday
Washington (HPD Starting
Friday, Uncle Sam will take
more from your pay check for
social security taxes.
- The 20 per cent hike, which
will be felt by virtually every
worker and employer in the
nation, is designed to bring
the government an additional
$2 billion a year in revenue.
It will be the fourth in
crease in social security taxes
in the last six years. The
present law calls for three
more increases spread over
the next nine years.
' Higher taxes are needed to
cover the swelling costs of the
program, which now provides
monthly benefit checks to
13,400,000 persons.
Now 3 Per Gent
Beginning Friday, ; w a g e
and salaried employees will
pay social security - taxes
amounting to 3 per cent of the
$4,800 in annual earnings.
.That compares with 2.5 per
cent this. year.
So if you make $4,800 or
more, your tax next year will
total $144 an increase of $24
over this year, and $49.50
more than the tax was in 195S.
1 Self - employed persons
won't be hit, until they file
their tax returns in April,
1961. They will pay 4 per
cent of their first $4,800 in
1960 earnings, compared with
33i this year. Their maximum
tax will climb from $180 this
year to $216.
Typhoon Heading
Toward Philippines
Manila - (DPD - Late-season
typhoon Harriet roared today
toward the northern Philip
pines with 140-mile-per-hour
winds.
The Manila Weather Bu
reau said the southern part
and eastern coastal regions of
Luzon, the Philippines' big
gest island, will begin to ex
perience intermittent rain and
strong winds late this afternoon.
next July. But those who have
observed him closely in the
past feel that he will have
the main say on the identity
of his running mate.
Covers Wide Range
The speculation covers a
wide range. Among those re
garded as possibilities are At
torney General William P.
Rogers; House Republican
Leader Charles A. Halleck
(Ind.); Interior Secretary Fred
A. Seaton; Sens. Kenneth B.
Keating (N.Y.), Hugh Scott
(Pa.), and Thurston B. Morton
(Ky.), the GOP national chair
man; Labor Secretary James P.
Mitchell; Govs. William G.
Straton of Illinois, Cecil H.
Underwood of West Virginia,
and Christopher Del Sesto of
Rhode Island; Health, Educa
tion and Welfare Secretary
Arthur S. Flemming; Treasury
Secretary Robert B. Ander
son and Senate GOP Leader
Everett M. Dirksen (111.).
Would Eliminate Hatfield
Since Nixon is from Cali
fornia, his running mate prob
ably would have to come from
the East or Midwest. This
would eliminate such Repub
licans as Govs. Mark Hatfield
of Oregon and William Quinn
of Hawaii.
Dirksen also was not re
garded as a likely choice. The
Senate leader told reporters
he was "not interested" in the
vice presidency but would
not decline it if it were thrust
upon him.
Rogers, a New Yorker
whose legal residence now is
Maryland, is one of Nixon's
closest personal friends and
advisers. .
Seaton, a former senator
from Nebraska, and Mitchell,
from New Jersey, also are
among the. vice presidents
close associates.
Ashland Woman
Struck by Car
Mrs, Ilia Mae Summerow,
30, of 194 Mead st., Ashland,
was reported in good condi
tion this morning suffering
from injuries received Tues
day shortly . afternoon when
she was struck by an automo
bile on East Main st. between
Riverside ave. and the Bear
Creek bridge.
According to city police,
Mrs. Summerow was crossing
East Main st. when she was
hit by an automobile operated
by Dr. Clarence I. Drummond,
2909 East Fairview place,
Medford. Witnesses told po
lice that Mrs. Summerow was
in the crosswalk at the time
of the incident. Dr. Drum
mond was cited by police for
failure to yield right of way
to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
Mrs. Summerow was taken
to Sacred Heart hospital by
Medford Ambulance service,
where she was treated for a
dislocated arm and facial
bruises.
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FOUR DIE IN CRASH Four University of who was injured in the collision, remains
Washington students en route to see their in critical condition in a Eugene hospital,
football team play in the Rose Bowl game Killed were Derwood B. Nordin, 23, Palos
at Pasadena, Calif., Friday, were killed in Verdes Estates, Calif.; Myra Lee Taylor,
this car crash north of Eugene early Tues- 21, Tacoma; Evelyn Joy Simons, 20, Shelton,
day. Their station wagon collided with a Wash., and William Robert Moser, 22, Ta-
truck which had jackknifed on the icy pave-, coma.
ment. Barbara Jean Hill, 21, of Seattle, (UPI Telephoto)
Three Injured in
Traffic Mishap ,
Three persons suffered
minor injuries Tuesday when
their pickup truck skidded on
the ice at the intersection of
Highways 234 and 62 and
turned on its side in a ditch,
state police reported.
Driver Roy Gustafson, 22,
of Phoenix, Ariz., and his pas
sengers, Karlene McGee, 19,
of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Ga
lyn Knight, 13, of Grants Pass,
all suffered cuts and bruises,
but were not hospitalized.
The accident occurred at
12:02 p.m., police said, when
Gustafson, heading east on
Highway 234, was unable to
stop at the intersection. No ci
tation was issued.
Talent Man Takes
Own Life With Gun
Harold E. Baldwin, 40, of
route 1, box 457, Talent, died
Monday from a self-inflicted
gunshot wound, according to
sheriffs deputies.
Deputies said Baldwin shot
himself through the head with
a .22 caliber revolver when
deputies called at his trailer
to question him.
Baldwin's body has been
taken to the Ashland mortu
ary, "they reported.
Hood River Youth
Injured in Crash
Pendleton-nPD - Jackie D.
Brasell, 20, Hood River, was
in critical condition in a local
hospital today with injuries
suffered when his motorcycle
and a car collided.
The accident occurred Tues
day night on Highway 730
about 7 miles west of Umatil
la. Ellsworth Cresap, 48, Um
atilla, the car driver, was not
hurt.
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Stock List Extends
Gains of Tuesday
New York -(UPD- Stocks ex
tended Tuesday's gains in
moderately' active trading to
day. The industrial stock aver
age rose more than a point
during the first hour to move
within 4.50 points of the all
time high, 678.10 touched
Aug. 3.
Traders interpreted Tues
day's advance, the first signi
ficant rise in more than a
week, as the beginning of the
year-end rally. However, if
the industrial stock average
is to poke through the peak,
it has only today and Thurs
day to do so.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - (CPU - Dow
Jones final slock averages:
30 industrials 672.23, up
2.46; 20 railroads 153.72,
up 0.40; 15 utilitiei 87.29,
up 0.15, and 65 stocks
217.75, up 0.65. Sales Tues
day were about 3,020.000
shares compared with
2,830,000 shares Monday.
prices
Tuesday's
stocks:
Allied Chemical
Alum Co. Am
American Can
American Motors .
AT&T
Anaconda Copper
Armco Steel
Bendix Aviation .
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Air
Caterpillar Corp. .
unrysier uorp
Continental Can
Crown Zellerbach
Curtiss Wright
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Oregon Cropland
Out of Production
Portland (UPD About 240,
000 acres of Oregon cropland
will be held out of production
in 1960 under conservation
reserve contracts, according
to J. E. McBurney, chairman
of the Oregon State Agricul
tural Stabilization and Con
servation committee.
He said some 190,000 acres
in Oregon already are out of
production under a program
and about 50,000 additional
acres are expected to be add
ed. The land is held back to
help ease the farm surplus
situation. The government
pays an annual rental for the
land.
Dog's Curiosity
Killed the Cat
Centralis, 111. - Wya.tt
Stulke's curiosity got the bet
ter of him when-his dog kept
barking after treeing a "cat."
': Stulke shot the treed ani
mal and asked the Illinois
Conservation department to
identify it.
It was a bobcat, a rarity in
this section of the country.
Hate Island Whipped
By Hurricane Winds
Noumea. New Caledonia-
(DPD-Hurrican winds of "fan
tastic force" lashed Efate Is
land Monday night, flattering
80 ner cent of its buildings
and 90 per cent of its food
crops, it was reported today.
There was no immediate re
nort of casualties. The French
frigate Compiegene sailed for
the island today to take ok
1,200 women and children left
virtually without shelter by
the savage storm.
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Main and Central
Underground Nuclear Tests May USe
Successfully Midden, Scientists Say
Pasadena, Calif.-fljPB-Amer-ican
scientists said today that
nuclear tests, once thought
unconcealable because of
their vast force, may be effec
tively hidden from other na-
Expense Account
Tax Crackdown
Told By Bureau
Washington (UPD A gov
ernment tax crackdown on ex
pense accounts threatens to
end the high way of life to
which some business execu
tives have become accustom
ed. The Internal Revenue Serv
ice announced Tuesday its
long-expected new rules re
quiring all employers to re
port more detailed informa
tion on their tax returns
about expense accounts paid
to employees.
The extra data must be sup
plied on tax returns filed in
1961 for 1960 income.
Two Types of Dodgers
The move is aimed at nab
bing two types of tax dodgers:
.-Corporations that claim
tax deductions for entertain
ment, travel, yachts, hunting
lodges, club dues and business
trip vacations which really
are not "ordinary and neces
sary" business expenses.
-Business executives who
do not pay taxes on the cars,
apartments, houses, fishing
camps, yachts and hunting
lodges their employers allow
them to use as a form of com
pensation. Internal Revenue Commis
sioner Dana Latham, who an
nounced the crackdown, said
an increasing number of firms
are paying officers, employees
and partners with this non
cash compensation.
At the same time the firms
deduct these outlays from
their income tax as an "ordi
nary and necessary" business
expense, Latham said.
LONG HIGHWAY
New York - The Lincoln
highway, New York to San
Francisco, is 3,384 miles long.
tions if conducted under
ground.
A means of disguising nu
clear explosions as earth
quakes was reported to phys
icists meeting here.
The reports followed recent
conventional explosive tests
carried out by the Atomic En
ergy commission in a Louis
iana salt mine this fall.
United States Accused
They also coincided - with
an editorial in the Moscow or
gan Pravda accusing the Unit
ed States of conducting un
derground nuclear explos
ions. Pravda did not specify
whether it claimed , the tests
took tlac after the 14-monthi-
old U.S. moratorium on nu
clear tests.
President Eisenhower Tues
day refused to extend this
moratorium, which runs out
Thursday. But he gave assur
ance that the United States
would not resume testing
without giving advance no
tice to the world. ;
Attempt to Pressure
The President's move was
seen as an attempt to pressure
the Russians into accepting a
cheat-proof nuclear test ban
at the deadlocked Geneva
talks, or take the blame, for
First Fatality in '59
Was When Year
Was l34 Hours Old
resumed testing. There has
been considerable pressure
for . the United States to re
sume testing "in order to per
fect tactical nuclear weapons
and to explore peaceful utili
zation of atomic explosions in
construction and mining proj
ects. One of the recommended
areas of testing was under
ground, to keep the atmos
here free of fallout. Several
physicists spoke here on the
subject of underground tests.
They said that by muffling
a blast in a deep earthern
cavity scientists could make
it appear on far-away seismo
graphs that an earthquake
was occurring.
Salem -Who will be Ore-
gon's first 1960 traffic victim?
It could be almost anyone.
In 1959, the New Year was
an hour and 45 minutes old
when the state recorded its
first traffic death-the first of
more than 400 which were to
follow in the next 12 months.
The victim was a 19-year-old
youth who died when he
was thrown from a car as it
missed a curve at 80 miles an
hour. The accident occurred in
Jefferson county.
Little more than an hour
had passed when the second
fatality of the year occurred,
this time in Wallowa county
when a 39-year-old man died
as a truck left the road. Two
and one-half hours later a
third victim, a 27-year-old
Portland woman, was killed
when a car hit a guard rail
and then bounced into a light
pole.
Previous Years
The year before, the state
managed to go about eight
hours before its first two fa
talities took place. They came
when a driver who "had been
drinking" crashed into a
bridge railing and then
through a guard rail. He and
one of his two passengers
were killed.
Whoever the first victim is,
whenever and wherever it
happens, officials say it will
pave the way for an expected
death toll of more than 400 on
Oregon streets and highways.
In addition, more than 17,000
probably will be injured and
some will be permanently
crippled.
Not since 1953 has the state
managed to keep its traffic
toll below 400. In the decade
about to end, more than 4,100
people have been killed in
Oregon traffic.
What the 60's bring in traf
fic safety, Oregon safety offi
cials say, will depend large
ly on how much longer the
public is willing to tolerate
highwaycide. Public support
for needed legislation and cur
rent accident prevention pro
grams will go a long way to
ward reducing the toll during
the next decade.
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