MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2. I960
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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.".-
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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.
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. . v. - TrtfRI WIRS NO PURITANS ON THI MAYHOWIRI ' i 1
Th Dictionary of U.' 5. History confirms tht fact .that tht .Puritans wert mumbers of tha
Church of England who wanted to "purify" It whilt tht Pi'onms wert "separatists from tht church.
Tht Pilgrims cams over on the Mayflower.
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Arson Suspected In
Grade School Fire
Wood burn - (yP0 - Fire Fri
day night, believed to be ar
son, damaged the basement
of the old Belle Pass grade
school which was scheduled
to open this year for the first
time in 20 years.
The school is located two
miles south of here.
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 . . ."
The permanent compact
commission would consist of
three commissioners each
from Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and Montana, two from
Wyoming, uuu one eacn iruin
Utah and Nevada.
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