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7 4 irlUHSUAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1961 WEDFORD MAIL THIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. Adenauer Mulls Election Year fFax Increase wu Bonn - UJPD - West Germans n.,jnay be in for a tax Increase lhis year. Although 1961 is an election iiyear - the general elections nfi'iProbably will be held in Sep mlember - Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's government is ser-i-..iously considering u p p i n g taxes. y-A The government has prom ised large increases in foreign aid, and has to find the money ..juSomewhere. jl'j0.. Defense costs also are rock .a,eting with costly jets and mis .jjiles on the Bundeswchrs j' yjhopplng list. -vii, Germany also has agreed to obpay more towards the costs of the North Atlantic Treaty Or vnganization. . It being an election year, Fi Ynance Ministry officials refuse ' lo confirm or deny that tax increases are in the air. ifi6 Bu Finance Minister Franz 4il'j3tzel has indicated that such ',' '. increases may be forthcoming. "We know," Etzol said, 'aof that a row of additional re h;,Jsponsibilities awaits us. I am .'gjthinking in particular of Breat her defense efforts and higher contributions to development n,lid." State Expenditure There can be no state ex " 'jienditure, Etzel meaningly '"pointed out, without state in """'come. ul "An offnrt ln niw rtlrppllnn." 00,he said, "must of necessity be ;a ouraen in anower. Just who will have to bear the biggest burden of a tax bo:i lscf in, Til -UK increase is unclear. The limit on income tax is """presently 55 per cent. It is "'"unlikely that this ceiling will , 'be pushed higher. There Is a ''greater movement to bring it down to 50 per cent. ; , aao vegi Germany, unlike many nl other countries, knows of no super tax whereby a person with a "super" income may ""have to pay up to 90 per cent .""'or more in income tax. !"' Undoubtedly there will be m'b tightening on expense allow ances. The government al " '"'ready has taken steps in this direction. Journalists, for in "' stance, may no longer write '? off the cost of installing and ""maintaining a telephone. "fi Although Germans complain greatly about taxes, they '' come off far more lightly than '"many others. '" A wage-earner with a wife and two children, and earning '" 600 marks. a month ($142.86), for instance, has to pay a max- V imum of 40 marks ($9.82) ' "month In tax. And the aver "' age wage in Germany Is under 'J'500 marks a month ($71.43). i . Jmoke Being Used i For More Than 200,000 Products v Cleveland - IUPD - A thick brown smoke which used to curl out of the coke ovens of -fi'thc steel Industry has made it -'possible to glue broken bones, r.put moths on a starvation diet -nand reduce inflight collisions bof aircraft. .v. By-product coke ovens, inwhich replace the old "bec brhlve" ovens used to convert .ileoal Into coke, are transform It 4ng the brown smoke Into about 145 pounds of coal s chemicals per ton of coal. The lichemlcals are used in over -(-200,000 products. -1 Some of the chemicals, such -nus ammonium sulfate, a 'nitro gen fertilizer, and creosote are 3tsold directly to the agricultur al industry. Others like ben- ozeno, toluene, xylene, naptha ulene, phenol and pyridine are nconverted by the pharmaceut a ical, paint, plastics and other "Industries into such products r.us aspirin, DDT, explosives, 3hylon, plastics, -dyes, paints, ninks, perfumes and cos fjnetlcs. "Bona Glut " A special bone glue already ''has been used to mend over "'350 serious fractures. Still '"'being tested, it is a strong Aplastic foam and a derivative J of toluene. Poured into the "fracture, It hardens so quickly j"the patient may move the re paired limb within a few 'hours. 2 Several experimental prod ucts derived from pyridine .(ilosely resemble vitamin B . riutrlents which are needed "by moth larvae. Studies show 'promise that the larvae will "either Ignore fabrics treated ' vilh the chemicals or will . 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