ill on Tax Break To Heavy Trucks Goes To Governor
Barton Visions
Loss of Matching
Highway Funds
Salem - (DPI) - A grimlycon
tested bill . to give heavy
trucks a $1 million-a-year tax
break headed for Gov. Mark
Hatfield's desk today after
mowing down a seriei of last
ditch efforts to sidetrack it in
the House.
Rep. George Annala (D
Hood River) said if Hatfield
signs the bill there Is "strong
likelihood" It will be referred
to the people and they will
reject It.
Would Reduce Fees
The measure' would reduce
weight-mile fees on trucks
over 44,000 pounds. Rep.
Clarence Barton (D-Coquille)
warned It could mean loss of
as much as $9 million in fed
eral highway matching funds.
The bill has been one of
the most heavily-pushed mea
sures before this session. Its
passage came after repeated
defeats in past legislatures.
: Hatfield last week was non
committal on the bill, but if
signed and referred to the vot
ers it should face a stiff fight.
Voters endorsed the principle
of the weight-mile tax in spite
of a tough campaign to defeat
it several years ago.
Supporter Speaks Up ,
The bill's chief supporter,
Rep. Richard Eymann (D-Mo-hawk)
said it would do away
with "inequities and dlscrlmt
nations that exist against cer
tain clashes of heavy trucks
under the present law.
Annala retorted it would
benefit big truck firms.
' Eymann said Jog trucks,
farm trucks and similar
classes are exempt from these
fees, while the remaining
heavy trucks pay more than
their share of highway costs.
Duncan Opposed
;-The bill rolled through the
House by a 38-22 vote in spite
of Intense last minute floor
efforts to stall it through com
mittee referrals. House Speak
er Robert Duncan was among
the opponents which also In
cluded John Dellenback (R
Medford). The vote complete
ly crossed party lines.
Approval for the heavy
truck tax cut came In the face
of recommendations by Presi
dent Kennedy for higher
truck levies to pay' for high
ways. ... Eymann and other backers
6f the reduction said If road
tests currently being conduct
ed show trucks should pay
more because of heavy high
way abuse they would spon
sor legislation at the next ses
sion for such an increase.
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'DEAD' MAM FOUND SAFE Frank D.
Brock, 27, presumed drowned In a skin
diving trip off the California coast last De
cember, was found safe and sound in New
Orleans, La., Thursday. He Is shown at right
In a bar where he has worked for the last
45 days. At left Is Brock's fiancee and
co-worker in a bank where both were em
ployed, Shirley Metoyer, 20. Brock told
New Orleans police he left the coast because
he could not bear to be so near and yet so
far from her. "I am a divorced man and a
Catholic," he said. "It would have taken
three years at least to clear my marriage
with the church if it could be done at all."
Brock said he has decided to go back to San
Francisco and get married "in spite of
everything." (UPI Telephoto)
Congressman Defends
Birch Group; Justice
Department 'Concerned'
Washington (UPD A con-
gresslonal member of the con
troverslal John Birch Society
defended the organization as
an anti-Communist group to
day but other congressmen
talked of an investigation and
the Justice Department ex
pressed "concern."
Rep. Edgar W. Hiestand (R-
Calif.), the first congressman
to Identify himself as a mem
ber of the society, told a news
conference he would welcome
a congressional investigation
He said he felt the society
had the best chance of suc
cessfully fighting "the Com
munist conspiracy."
The Justice Department re
fused to say whether it is in
vestigating the semisecret so
ciety, but a spokesman said a
"growing number of inquiries
the Justice Department has
received about the John Birch
Society has made it a matter
of concern to the attorney
general. ,
But Hiestand rejected a call
by the society's founder, Rob
ert H. Welch Jr., for the Im
peachment of Chief Justice
Starlings Receive
Horrible Hangover
From Spiked Feed
r. Washlngton-TOPO- Be kind to
the next starling that staggars
By - he may have a horrible
Hangover.
-Scientists, tn man' re
morseless war against this
feathered foe, have resorted
to spiking the starling's feed
with chemicals that make him
tipsy.
This dark plot, cheerfully
condoned by government of
ficials, came to light during
testimony before the ' Senate
Aviation subcommittee, head
ed by Sen. A. S. Monroney,
(D-OkJa.) .
; The shrill-voiced bird long
has been the target of a fierce
fight by city, state and feder
al officials to ban him from
his perches In the nooks of
colonnaded government build
ings. Alarming Menace
But not until the recent fa
tal crash of a commercial air
liner has the starling posed
as an alarming menace to
commercial aviation.
. Bird Ingestion Into the en
gines was cited as one of the
prime caused of the crash of
an Enslcrn Air Lines prop-jet
Elect Inst October at Bos
ton's Logan airport in which
63 persons were killed.
Accident Investigators said
the plane struck a flock of
starlings during the ' critical
seconds of takeoff.
After the tragedy, airport
officals at various locations
around the nation tried a var
iety of "scare tactics" design
ed to chase birds from run
ways. Men with shotguns went on
bird patrols In Jeeps. An auto
matic firing device that set
off a small gas explosion at
Intervals was employed at one
airport.
The birds proved smarter
than man. Officials reported
that after a few days, they
laughed off these devices and
stayed put.
Then the problem was at
tacked through "bird manage
ment chemicals." The com
pound was mixed In quanti
ties harmless to humans In
food favored by the feathered
runway squatters.
In the words of Monroney,
the chemical gave the star
lings "a case of the blind stag
gars." When they sobered up,
tliey flew away to some other
place, Monroney said, adding:
"preferably to some govern
ment building, undoubtedly."
Too Early to Tell
A traffic control expert for
the Air Transport Association
of America - Wulter A. Jen
sen - confirmed this in testi
mony March 3 before the sub
committee's air safety hear
ings. "It temporarily stuns the
bird," Jensen explained. Jen
sen snld "It is too early to jay
whether It Is an answer, or an
effective answer," to the air
port problem.
monroney sum a bird ap
parently feels that one hang
over Is enough. He rarely
Earl Warren. Hiestand also
said the founder's charges
that former President Dwlght
D, Eisenhower was a Commu
nist dupe had been mis
interpreted. Lists Another Member
Hiestand said he didn't
know how many chapters or
members the society had, but
identified Rep. John H. Rous
selot (R-Calif.) as one other
John Birch member he knew
of in Congress. He said there
might be others.
Rousselot was not available
immediately for comment.
Hiestand said the society
was not a secret or Fascist
organization. Besides a n 1 1
Communism, he said, its aims
were to promote "less and
less government."
Hiestand issued a statement
saying he and ' the society's
founder would "welcome a
congressional investigation
the mqre thorough the. bet
ter. ' However, he said he had
not asked the House Commit
tee on Un-American Activi
ties to start an investigation.
He Chooses io Stay ..
"I disagree on several
tilings with the founder just
as I do not subscribe to every
thing in the Republican plat
form or agree with what all
Republicans say," Hiestand
said. "But, I choose to stay
because the society as a whole
is a 98 per cent dedicated
anti-Communist group."
Asked to explain the refer
ence to 98 per cent, Hiestand
said any such group might
have members who "sound
off and become extremists
usa Wants Deductions in
riconie Tax Bill Restored
Salem-(UPD-Sen. Ben Musa,
(D-The Dalles) vowed today
that the net receipts bill cut
ting income taxes by 10, per
cent will not leave the Senate
Tax Committee without re
storation of all deductions.
He is the chairman. Musa
said a hearing will be held
week after next.
The house approved the
bold new tax plan by a close
vote last week. HB1001 re
moves most tax . deductions,
reduces rates and brings
more people under the tax
umbrella.
Musa Left Cold
The House Tax Committee
put back the deduction for
charitable contributions hop
ing this would give the bill a
better reception in the Sen
ate. But Musa said he has
seen the amended bill and it
still leaves him cold.
Musa said the bill is full of
inequities and while it cuts
taxes for some, it increases
taxes for others, especially
those in low income brackets.
Sponsors admit this but say
the increases are moderate,
John Birch Society
Censored by
New York-IUPn- The Nation
al Association of Manufactur
ers disclosed today it had in
effect censured the John Birch
Society in a board resolution
adopted last September.
Charles R. Sllgh Jr., exec
utive .vice president of the
NAM, told United Press Inter
national the three former
NAM presidents listed as
members of the council of the
controversial society partici
pated in drawing up the reso
lution which was passed unan
imously. The resolution did not men
tion the society or Its founder
and leader, Robert Welch, by
name. But Sllgh said it was
passed after disclosure that
Welch had called former Pres
ident Dwlght D. Elsenhower a
Communist.
Confidence Affirmed
It affirmed the NAM'S con
fidence In Elsenhower and
said the organization "does
not and will not knowingly be
associated with any Individu
al or be a party to any organ
ization that questions the loy
alty and Integrity of President
Elsenhower or attempts to de
grade the fundamental respect
due him and his high office."
Sllgh emphasized that the
NAM "has no connection with
the John Birch Society, and
never has, and never will."
He said Welch, who was
once a director of the NAM,
has not had any connection
with it for many years, Sligli
said he could not speak for
the three former NAM presi
dents, all now board members
of the NAM, who have been
lis'ed as leaders In the Birch
Society.
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comes In for a return landing
on that airport.
Sturat Tipton, president of
the association, had one ques
tion: "I hope the psychology of
tho birds is different from the
psychology of human beings.
1 have really never seen a
human who will completely
stay away from i place simply
because he got a hangover."
They are William J. Grede,
Elm Grove, Wis., NAM pres
ident in 1952; Cola G. Parker,
Neenah, Wis., 195B president;
and Ernest G. Swigert, Port
land, Ore., 1957 president.
Driver, Cool Under
Pressure, Jailed
Washington -IUPII- George
Lcroy Davis struck a pedes
trian with his cur, but George
didn't lose his head,
He pulled the injured man
Into the rear sent,
Then he drove a few blocks
down the street, picked up his
girl friend, and on the way to
the hospital, sloppftl at the
Municipal Building and had
one of Ills revoked driver's li
censes legally restored since
the revocation period was up.
Police said he had three oilier
driver's licenses, all revoked.
When he got to the hos
pital, he hauled his passenger
out of the back sent and took
him to the emergency room,
where attendants said the
man had an injured lilp.
A District of Columbia
judge unimpressed by
George's cool action under
pressure, sentenced him to 56
days in jail.
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Grants Pass Driver
Involved in Crash '
Central Point - A Grants
Pass woman was treated for
shock following an accident
at the intersection of Pine and
Eighth sts. in Central Point
Thursday afternoon.
Police said a car driven by
Boniye Gail Olds, 20, of 2226
Highway 99 north, Grants
Pass, was waiting to turn left
onto Eighth st. when it was
struck in the rear by a Tru
Mix Concrete company truck
driven by Ralph D. Johnson,
26, of 1132 Stewart ave., Med
ford. Mrs. Olds was treated for
shock at the scene and re
leased. The Olds car was ex
tensively damaged, police
said. The truck received minor
damage. No citations were
issued.
would not hurt anyone, and
reflect a more equitable share
of the income tax burden.
A number of persons who
now get a free ride on state
income taxes would have to
pay some.
If the present bill did pass
the legislature, it probably
would be referred to the vot
ers in 1962, Musa said.
Other highlights:
Community Colleges - Bills
providing $2.5 million for
junior college-level institu
tions over the next two years
won tentative approval of the
Senate Education Committee.
Bridge-The full Ways and
out
As-
for
Means Committee voted
"do pass" bills for the
toria-Megler bridge and
work on Highway 42 between
Roseburg and Coquille.
Safety Belts - Rep. Ross
Morgan (D-Gresham) intro
duced a bill which would re
quire all new cars sold In
Oregon starting in 196.1 to
have safety belts.
Boati-The House Highways
Committee agreed to study a
plea from boaters for gasoline
tax money to finance boat
recreation facilities. A bill
would spend $150,000 for
such facilities planned by the
Oregon Marine Board,
Regional Edition
MedforM
Girl Scouts
Planning Board
. Eleven senior planning
board members and their ad
visors, Mrs. Mary Carrara and
Mrs. Jerry Gastineau, Med
ford, met at the home of Rob
erta Stephenson, Grants Pass,
March 25.
' Miss Florence Medford,
district director of Rogue Val
ley Girl Scout council, who
was also present, announced
1961 Girl' Scouting events to
which the girls are invited,
and events for which they
may make application to at
tend as a Rogue Valley Girl
Scout Council representative.
She stated that Girl Scout
Camp Low Echo counselor,
counselor-in-training, and pro
gram aide applications should
be sent in soon, in order that
the camping committee may
work out a camping sched
ule. Report Made
Ingrid Bergslrom, Medford
troop 156, general chairman
for the seventh through
twelvctli grade "Blnsteroo."
made a report on the pro
gress of tho event. The Blast
eroo is a day of fun at Troop
Camp Chinkapin, Grants Pass
where area-wide seventh and
eighth grade troops may be
come acquainted with seniors
of the area. It is to be May
27. Tentative plans were made
for a rummage sale in June
to help 1961 Opportunities
selectees meet travel expenses.
The next meeting of the
group will be held at Mary's
Casn, 537 Mary street, Med
ford, April 22 nt 11 a.m. It
will be a "cook-out" and
everyone is to bring her own
lunch to be cooked over an
open fire.
NOW YOU KNOW
United Press International
The anniversary of the
Crucifixion was originally
called 'Long Friday' by the
Angle-Saxons and Danes,
apparently a reference io
the length of the services
on this day.
SeaUle Boys Taken
Into Custody in Area
Ashland - Ashland police
took two Juvenile boys from
Seattle Into custody Thursday.
The boys were hitchhiking to
Sacramento.
Police said they were run-j
nlng away from home. The
boys were taken to the countv ,
Juvenile detention home, and i
their parents were contacted.
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