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Newspaper Page Text8 B. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1360 1960 U.S. Income Taxpayers Are Affected by Some Changes By HENRY J. BECHTOLD UPI Financial Lditor New York-flJPIi-One conso lation for the losers In the recent election is that they do not have to pay taxes on the cam paign contri butions they received. Neither do the winners, but I'm sure thev wouldn't Benry Bechlold mind too much. This is only one of near ly 60 non-taxable items listed In the 1961 edition of the "U.S. Master Tax Guide" put out by the Commerce Clear ing House, Chicago. This national reporting au thority on tax and buslncs law says many taxpayers wil be affected by important 106' federal income tux changes. The guide also tabulate.'. over 90 scpurate items which must be reported as income, including such diverse items as "burled treasure" and "tui tion" paid by the taxpayer's employer. Battle Continues The government continues to wage its battle to improve expense account reporting among businessmen. Four of the forms covering this sub' Ject have been revised for 1960 to provide space for in formation as to certain higher paid individuals. Newly developed this year are the suggested sales tax deduction guideposts wnicn Mild Winter Said Up to Behavior of Lofty Jet Streams Washinglon-IUPB-It looks as though wc might be in for a generally mild winter If the prevailing wester lies keep about the same course they are on now. If these lofty winds, also called jet streams, don't weak en and start meandering. These are big "ifs" and the Weather Bureau wouldn't bet you a dead match that this winter won't turn out to be as mean as last. ' Performing Better Still, the high westerlies are performing a lot better News About Servicemen RECENT ENLISTMENTS Thirteen JnckBon county men have enlisted In the Army and are currently un dergoing eight weeks of basic training at Ft. Ord, Calif. They are Norris Cleveland Connr, 842 Havn st., Mcdford; Kenneth Delbert Lawrcntz, 51! Mace rd., Medford; Clarence Lcroy Sproul, 502 Alice St., Mcdford; Nixon Cecil Hall, 2133 Spring st., Medford; John Warren Horton, 687 Airport rd., Medford; .James Leroy Wood, 3167 Connell avc., Cen tral Point; Cartee John Wood, Medford, Charles Claude Roscbcrry, 673 Fordyco St., Ashland; Den nls Lawrence V a r i n, Gold Hill; Ronald Lee Ross, Gold Hill; Richard James Lamb , Rogue River; Robert Tyrone Coffmnn, 170 Wilson rd., Cen tral Point; David Melvin Sav- age, 151 Coolidgc st., Ashland NAVY ENLISTEE Gary Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Smith, route 1 Jacksonville, has enlisted in the Navy reserve, and Will be stationed at Ft. Ord, Calif., for six months' active duty. He graduated from Medford High school in 1960. STARTS SEA DUTY John Clcmans is stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma City, the latest missile carrier to be commissioned by the Navy. He returned home re cently to spend a week end with his parents, Mr and Mrs. R. E. Clcmans, route 1, Eagle Point. Clemnns is leaving for an 18-month cruise later this month. STATIONED IN EAST Brothers, sons of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Flowers, 355 Bcr rydale avc., are currently stationed with the U.S. Army on the East coast. Pvt. Dale Flowers Jr. is sta tioned at the Aberdeen Prov ing Ground, Aberdeen, Md where he is a mathematician in the engineering department of the research laboratory. He is a graduate of Southern Ore gon college. Sgt. Dwanne Flowers is with the medical corps sta tioncd at Dcwitt Army hospi tal, Ft. Belvoir, Va. COMPLETES TRAINING Marine Pvt. Michael L. Reese, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Reese, Phoenix, completed lour weeks of Individual com bat training recently at the Marine Corps bnse, Camp Pen dleton, Calif. The course in cluded the latest infantry tac tics, first aid, demolitions field fortifications and advanc ed schooling on weapons. HOME ON LEAVE James Loring Martin, fire man apprentice, is spending 14 days recruit leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Loring Martin, 4189 Colver road, Medford. A 1960 Med ford High school graduate, the youth qualified for the high school graduate training pro gram on enlistment. Earlier this month he graduated from ; recruit training at the Naval Training center, San Diego, Calif. He reports to the USS ; Piedmont, a destroyer tender, for temporary duty awaiting entrance in machinist mate tchool at Great Lakes, 111, than they were a year ago at this time, and there is no sign that they are about to doublccross us. On the strength of their conduct during the first half of November, the bureau in Its "30-day outlook" Issued Wednesday predicted mild weather on the average for the month ending in mid-No-the month ending in mid-December. The westerlies are great rivers of air which flow west to east around the Northern Hemisphere. They channel the weather, so to speak. Got Off Course Last fall for some reason they got off their normal course. Instead of moving gen erally over the middle of the country, they toured as far south as the Gulf of Mexico. Moreover, instead of driv ing more or less straight across the continent, they menndered. The result was that cold air masses from Canada and Alaska were channeled southward. This fall, the reverse is true. The westerlies are far ther north than normal and moving faster than normal. They are crossing the coun try along the U.S.-Canadian border. Because they come in from the Pacific their temperatures are on the mild side, and be cause thoy are moving fast and straight, they are fending off Invasions of cold air from the far north Senate Campaign Costs Are Listed Salem, Ore. - IUPII - Mrs, Mnurine Neubcrger's success ful campaign for the U.S. Senate cost $96,208, according to an expense report filed with the state elections division Supporters of her Republican opponent, Elmo Smith, listed expenses of $84,612. ijeaciune lor tiling cam paign expense reports was Friday. Backers of Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. who defeated Monroe Sweet land for secretary, spent $49,- 843. State Treasturer Howard C. Bellon's campaign cost $13,333, according to the fil ing, and supporters of Slate Sen. Carl Francis, who lost out for attorney general, list ed expenses of $11,354. The elections division Is still auditing the filings and the bulk of them will not be available until next week. 4-H NEWS Woslside Hayburneri The monthly meeting of the Westside Hayburners 4-H club was held at the home of Su san Tinslcy on Nov. 12, Pam Roberts gave a report on the film, "Quarter Horses In Action, that was shown at the courthouse on Nov. 10. The Oregon Cattlemen as sociation's third place award won by the club was shown at the meeting. Under new business the club planned a ride to John's Peak on Dec. 10. There was also a discussion about chang ing the club emblem. Refreshments were served and the meeting was adjourn ed. Arlene Carter, Reporter. l.strict directors were author ed to release to taxpayers, 'hese guides so far have been clcascd In Illinois, Pennsyl vania and Tennessee. Among the high spots ex plained in the guide, which reflects hundreds of new rul ings and decisions, arc: Beginning with 1960 lax re turns, a taxpayer an deduct all medical expenses for a de pendent parent who is age 65 or over before the taxable year Is ended. Double deductions of state taxes resulting from changes in accrual dates are forbidden after 1960. Real estate investment trusts are now accorded new tax advantages in that only the investors may be taxed on the income. A declaration- of estimated lax for 1961 is not required where a taxpayer's estimated tax liabality is less than $40. Losser of Difference For all casualty losses, busi ness and non-business, the de ductible loss generally is the lesser of the difference in value of the property before and after the casualty, or the adjusted basis. The full amount of a tax deficiency must be paid be fore the taxpayer can sue for an income tax refund in a U.S. district court. Whether strike benefits are gifts or taxable income is a question of fact. Depreciation must be com puted over the period of use ful lifo of an asset to the tax payer, rather than over its physical life. Under the declining bal ance method, an asset cannot be depreciated below "rea sonable salvage value." A margin buyer of stock is not entitled to a dividend-received-credit on a so-called short dividend." MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. Broadcasters Told To Eliminate Some Misconceptions , Salem - lUPD - Delegates to the 1960 fall meeting of the Oregon Association of Broad casters were told here Friday that the industry must make a coordinated effort to elimi nate some "gross misunder standings" about broadcast- James McKnight of Sacra mento, Calif., West Coast sta tion relations representative for the National Association of Broadcasters, said a vital part of the effort is "subscrip tion and adherence to the radio code of good practices and the television code. In this way, McKnight said, each broadcaster will know "whether he is living up to the full implications of the term public service.,' Luncheon speaker at the one day meeting was State Finance Director Freeman Holmer who described broad casting as "an awesome re sponsibility." He likened it to the responsibility of public officials. Holmer challenged the broadcasters to provide great er community coverage and "more depth" in such coverage. At the same time he said the trend should be away from what he termed controvers ial reporting," . or reporting done tor the sake of stirring up a controversy. Yturri Will Again Lead Senate GOPs Salem --(UPI) - Republican officials said Friday that when GOP legislators meet here Dec. 3 tliere will be no caucus of state senators, mean ing that Sen. Anthony Yturri (R..Ontario) will again be the party's minority leader in the senate. A GOP caucus of state rep resentatives is still schedul ed, however. 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Volume 12 Now on Sale Safeway Exclusive Offer By MERTON T. AKERS UPI Correspondent The firebrands and the few cool heads of seething South Carolina already hod been summoned to vote on seces sion when, on Nov. 21, 1880, a middle-sized Regular Army major of artillery, his dark hair shot with gray, arrived at Ft, Moultrie and took com mand of the U.S. defenses for Charleston. Even as he hand -counted his garrison force of 64 men and six officers he did, in deed, have a surgeon and a chaplain and a brass band of 13 in addition Charleston itself was stoked to the point of spontaneous combustion. Military companies, old and new drilled every night on the cobbled street Hoop skirted ladies forewent teas to sew uniforms and flags. Slave owners counted thoir chattels against the time when they would be needed to dig trenches and throw up earth works. These sights, which MaJ. Robert Anderson saw when lie left the steam cars from Washington, must have been disheartening to the 55-year- old Mexican War veterans, a renowned artillery instructor at the Army academy at West Point. Forces Are Weak While the forces of seces sion were mustering, Ander son, if the day was clear, could see Ills whole command -such as it was-from Charles ton's Battery. This command was: one fort, equipped with guns but held only by a care taker; one manned fort (six officers, 77 men, a surgeon and a chaplain), vulnerable and run down; one unfinished fort, and one in ruins. If he suspected, as many did, that his appointment had been due to the fact that he was a Kcntuckian and mar ried to a Georgia-born wife he had left in the North because of illness, he showed no evi dence of it, then or ever. His loyally to the union would prove unquestionable. Anderson had been told by Secretary of War John B. Floyd that he must hold these forts. Floyd was a Virginian. Also, Floyd was trying to sell 10,000 obsolete muskets to South Carolina, But, even so, Anderson may have left the secretary's office with the im pression that ho would be re inforced. Commander It Bypassed Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott, commander-in-chief of the Army, had been bypassed in Issuance of Anderson's orders. When Anderson called on the old general in New York be fore he saw Floyd, Scott was gracious as he always was but told Anderson that any in structions must come from Floyd. Scott had maintained his offices In New York since he had quarreled with Presi dent Franklin Pierce years bo fore. So the fuse already had been Inserted Into the powder keg when Anderson arrived on the scene. When It would be set off was anybody's guess,' Capt. Abncr Doubleday, second In command of the de fenses, thought it would be soon. Ho was thinking of sending his family north. Nearest to Charleston in Anderson's command was Castlo Pickncy, about three quarters of a mile cast Of the docks on an island called Shute's Folly. It was equipped with heavy guns. Ordnonce Sergeant Skillcn, his wife and 15-year-old daughter, Kate, were the only inhabitants. Skillen's duty was to oil the guns. 1 Fort Moultrie, Anderson's headquarters and the only manned work around the har bor, was on Sullivan's Island about four miles across the bay from the city. It was like a homecoming for the major. Early in his Army career he had served a tour of duty there In the days when Moul trie was known as the "coun try club" of the Army. On the west bank of the harbor was Ft. Johnson, an other Revolutionary work, which had been abandoned and had fallen into ruin. But there in the center of the channel, like a cork bot tling up Charleston, lay un finished Fort Sumter. Started in 1839, Sumter was built on a man-made Island of granite, the "leavings" of New Eng land quarries, a Job that con sumed 10 years and $500,000. It was a formidable pile. Its plans called for a garrison of 050 men and 146 guns. But this masonry shell had neither men nor mounted guns. StranRely, some time be fore Anderson was assigned to the command, there had been a sudden renewal of interest by Secretary Floyd in the condition of the forts, new ap- propriations became availa ble and $230,000 was allocat ed to put the works Into good condition, $80,000 to finish Sumter and the rest for Moul trie. Northerners watched this move with some suspt cion. Was the Virginian-secre tary of war building up the torts so South Carolina would be able to seize a ready-made defense? Moultrie Is Vulnerable Capt. John Gray Foster of the U. S. Army Engineers, 37, West Pointer, six feet tall and bearded, was assigned to the job. Fresh from similar work in Maryland he pitched in Willi civilian construction crews from Charleston and Baltimore. He had started In mid-September at Moultrie and was well along when An derson arrived. Over the years a summer resort had grown up on Sulli van's Island and by 1860 nearly surrounded Moultrie. Charlcstonians spent the hot summer months in the sea breezes and some lived there the year around. Many of the houses looked down on the fort, making ideal perches for sharpshooters to pick off the garrison. Drifting sand had piled against the brick bastions un til Capt. Doubleday wrote that a herd of cows could have invaded the fort merely by strolling up the sand dunes. One of Anedrson's first orders was to shovel away the sand. Doubleday suggested burning the houses above but Ander son demurred. Foster's building activities aroused Charlcstonians. They set patrols by land and sea to keep his work unjler surveil lance. Wearing the blue cock ades of secession, they strolled about Moultrie watch ing the progress. Officers of the mushrooming military companies visited the work and made notes. More than one remarked how generous it was of the government to repair the forts before they took over. Even Anderson, normally a close - mouthed man, remarked that the seces sionists seemed bent on tak ing the fort. Pleas Go Unheeded Anderson inspected Castle Plckney. Here was a fort he could defend. Its guns domi nated the city. Then he looked over Sum ter. Then he reported to Wash ington In terms that would put Floyd on notice. Ho recommended: Garrison Castle. Plckney Immediately to help defend Moultrie which was wide open to attack. - Complete Sumter the key to the situation and garrison It. Sizable reinforcements must be sent and soon. Five other times before the war started Anderson would request reinforcements. He never got them. (Next week - The wheels of secession begin turning in five states.) STRATEGY OF KLANSMEIJ Montgomery, Ala. - IUPD-. About 300 Alabama Ku Klux ' Kiansmen met during the week end at a secluded spot on the outskirts of Montgom ery to map strategy for pro- venting school integration in the slate. The meeting was closed to newsmen after one Klansman declared, "We don't like reporters and we don't like newspapers. Learn Now How You Can Earn Money by Letting Your Cash Work for You. 6 INTEREST PAID SEMI-ANNUALLY Withdraw principal and all accrued Interest whenever you choose. Any multiple of $10.00 accepted. Name of Board of Directors on Request CRATER FINANCE 135 PINE cSxAl NO 4-1273 g