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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2. I960 2 A Interim Tax Committee Endorses 10 Per Cent Cut in State Income Tax Balom Ore. - lUPI - The Illative interim cbmmlttee on - -taxation Saturday . ap- nrnued a 23-Dage report -in nnrnnratlnB tax . oroposals it is rocommondlnj to tht 1961 legislature., . The'commltte endorsed 10 'per cent slah.in state per sonal income taxes, w db re- . placed by a state" tax on cig arettes of three cents per -.niA"arti4 fitfttino- air tax payers on a witholdlng-basis, Ore eon is the omy state that does not now impose levv on clfiarettes. Although Colorado docs not have state-wide levy, it authorized cities to tax tobacco products Under the Oregon proposal ciiars and other tobacco Droducts would be exempt, The committee said that to Include these items ..wouia make costs of administering the tax too high. Abolish Personal Deductions The wltholding phase would abolish all personal de ductions such as federal -tax, split Income and personal de duction for property taxes;' interest and contributions. .The new Income tax raes wfiuld assess one per cent on the first $2,900 of Income, with another one per cent added on each additional $2 500. All income above $10,000 Hatfield Not Happy With Nixon Speech publican Gov, Mark Hatfield of '.'Oregon said-Friday night that if he had been grading Vice President Richard - M. Nixon and Sen. John F. Ken nedy In their debate "I'd have given them both a B-minus," Hatfield formerly taught political science at Willamette university, Salem, Ore. Hatfield told Republican's at a fund-raising dinner here that Nixon backers ' .thought the Vice President did not ap pear In Monday's Ty debase as-the rugged lighter of prf,.'j ious campaigns. Nixon's so called soft approach was out of. character. Hatfield iald.""' "The governor charged that "Jack be -nimble" Kennedy was ''going all out on a some thing for nothing' kick."! , m 'Salcm - 0IPD - The Oregon Employee Suggestion' Awards board gave 'cash, awards . Fri day to eight, state: workers, whose suggestion! Will save the state $2,1845. would be assessed five per cent. The $800 personal exemp tion, and $800 for each de pendent would be replaced with a $20 fax "credit," a di rect subtraction from - the payable tax "for each .i person and each dependent. ; One example given was that under 'present law, a wage earner with three de pendents on a $5,000 salary pays .$68 in. state- taxes. Un- 'der the new plan he would pay $50 in stale lax. " A farmer or business with three dependents, having a net personal 1 Income of $8,000 now -pays . $190 . m-' personal Income tax but under the new plan he would pay $170, Equitable Tax Structure The committee -said this change will 'definitely re move the state of Oregon from the group of states hav ing high personal income tax rates. Oregon will have one of the most equitable Income tax structures in the nation and may well become a mod el, not only for other states. but for - the federal government.".- ... ...'. .... Repeal of the prpperty tax on inventories was approved, to be replaced by a net in come tax on business income. This, the committee feels, will make Oregon more 'attractive to industry. 1 Taxation of "piggybacks,1 motor Vehicle trailers carried on railroad flat cars, vas ap proved, to "keep this class of property In line" with other classes. The ; committee said an ad valorem, approach should be used. It was recommended" that the state motor vehicles de partment audit' function re garding fuel taxes be trans ferred to the secretary of state's office. Both audit the figures"' and the committee said the transfer should elim inate unnecessary re-auditing Property tax deferment for New Welfare Budget Receives Approval -About three-folliHhs' of the U.S. annual supply Of maple' sugar products - comes from Vermont and 'New , York Slate. Portland - (UPD - The Oregon Slate Public Welfare commis sion Friday officially approv ed its 1961-63 blennium bud get of $92.3 million. The com mission earlier empha sized the amount is only 310 of one per cent over the current budget of $92 .million, The new totals were first announced Sept. 19. The budget Is some $11 mil lion over the target budget set up by the department of finance and administration, That total was $81.2 million. Commissioner Gerson Gold smith of Portland said the group had no basis arbitrarily to cut the case-load estimates. He said he had no information on. what basis was used by th finance department In set ting up the target. Take Advantage of Funds In other action, the welfare commission moved to take ad vantage of. what federal funds will be forthcoming to Ore gon, from tile-1 new federal medicare program,. " "In 'a "resolution, the com mission directed Its staff to filer letters of Intent with the regional office of the depart ment qf health, education and welfare- claiming such funds which "will be supplemental to the Old Age; Assistance pro gram.:.: -.' . .The Commission said about $6 per case will be given to the state - which presumably will -. release that much for olher purposes!- It was. decided at the meet ing that a one year limit be Imposed', on support mainte nance for persons leaving Ore gon : for another state. Ef fee live date of the one year limit Will be Jan. 1. Two Accidents Are Reported Here A "stuck gas pedal" was given as the cause of one of two traffic accidents reported to Medford police' .Thursday. There were no reported In juries In either of the accidents. Gearold Lloyd Jones, - 23, Central Point, told police,, aft er the car he was operating ran over a rock garden at 1336 Queen Anne ave., and crashed Into a laurel hedge at122 Oregon Terrace, that the gas pedal stuck and he lost control of the vehicle. The accident occurred at 3;24 p.m. No citations were issued. Police cited Franklin Le Roy Aim, 63, Grants Pass, for an Improper turn from the wrong lane after Aim's ve hicle collided with a car oper ated by Nolll'e Faye Wright, 36, of 2524. Table Rock rd., at 11:11 a.m.,' at the Intersec tion of Court st., and McAn drews rd. Damage was de scribed as moderate to both vehicles. senior citizens under' $4,000 income, wan approved. Upon an elderly couple's death the accumulated taxes would fall to their"heirs.. . 'Window' Gives View of Effects izers Kchriett' Square, Pa. - (Sci ence Service-A cow with a "window" in Jier stomach is giving an Inside view of tran qulllzing effects. '.'" . : At the Second Demonstra tion Conference on Diseases of Farm Animals in Pennsyl vania, the window, prepared by minor surgery:, under anesthesia, is . designed to give students and researchers a direct view of what hap pens to part of the digestive tract when drugs are given. Noting that animals and hu mans alike have shared in the benefits of discoveries such as antibiotics, insecti cides and tranquilizers, : Dr John E. Martin of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine dem onstrated . how the - cow s stomach quieted down after she took the antimotlllty drug isopropamide. . . Disease Cosily Traps and bait for catching wild animals that may play a part In transmitting lepto splrosis from farm to farm are being tested. This disease costs farmers about $200 mil lion yearly in animal loss. It strikes many cattle, swine and horses and has varied clinical symptoms, Including abortion, fever, drop in milk production, kidney and eye ailments. . Leptospirosis can also be transmitted to house hold pets and to man. The re search program at the New Bolton. Center here Includes a special laboratory, spon sored by the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture. Mastitis research is being done on 30 young cows that will have their first calves and begin their milking life here, A popular theory is that mastttlB, a disease of the cow's mammary gland, is spread by poorly managed use of the milking machine. Dr. James M.' Murphy of the School of Veterinary Medi cine will try to find out how some cows resist Infection. Dr. Richard T. Houpt is studying what may be a key to animal survival, the abil ity of ruminants and some other animals to manufacture protein from their own inter nal., suppy of urea, usually considered a waste product. mm Ptr Annum Currant Dividend Rita - MM AR6 . .... 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Firemen found oil-soaked rags scattered around. The state arson squad was called In.:.' : .. . The one-room school -has been closed since 1940 but lo cal . school " authorities plan- Columbia Compact Set for Signing Spokane - IUPD - The Co lumbia Interstate Compact, designed to develop resources of the-Columbia rlvor, will be signed by representatives of seven western states at a meeting here Monday. :. The compact, adopted unan imously by- 42;' compact com; mission members in Seattle Sept. 15, must be ratified by the legislatures of Washing ton, Oregon, Idaho an&Mon- tana, and then be ratified by ned to open it this year ( to take care of an overflow from Woodburn grade school. Congress, to ba legalized Under terms oi the com pact, a permanent group of 16 commissioners would re vie w and forward plans for all' projects involving use of water in the Columbia basin. "T his commission may make recommendations as to the pibjects to be developed and , . recommend that an allocation of power be made to a state in which a hydro power storage project is built," the compact reads. The commission said this article Js aimed at encourag ing upstream states to devel op storage projects whose stored water would make pos- Police Make Arrests In Portland Raid Portland - (UPD - Thirty nine . persons were arrested following a vice squad raid early Saturday on an alleged gambling house here. All arrested, ' including four women, were released on bail bond of $100 each. - sible large quantities of firm power for use where needed in basin states. ' ; tj' Other articles in the com pact set forth the principles of water apportionment, "recognizing that the right to basin water for irrigation and other consumptive uses ... must prevail; over noncon sumptlve uses . . ." 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