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10 A FRIDAY, .JUNE 1. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON WWII i. w. IV.,. ' '1 vV 1 P" . I'l-v r t . ; .'v - 4 - ; 4 v " f S2ND GRANDCHILD - Leslie Brand, 83, who claims to be the oldest rooter in the world, took time out from his job at Muncie, Ind., to fly to Houston, Texas, to visit his 52nd grandchild, Krislophcr Hardie. After his Houston visit, Brand flew to Corpus Christ!, Texas, to visit a son before return ing home. Young Kristopher's mother, Mrs. Dennis E. Har die, is the youngest of Brand's 15 children. (UP1) . . did Volvo create its new classic look? Because you asked tor it. Built with the same line quality ma terials and workmanship tor which Volvo is world famous, the new clas tic beauty is a better" buy tor the money than any other car in its class. Drive one today. Headed for turoce? Ask your dealer about tak ing delivery there. " "II i"l' I' WPIMIP uiMnitiBniiiura fVOt.VOJ STEVENS AUTO SALES 505 North Central Phone 773-3655 Alaskans Flee Flooding Rivers Fairbanks, Alaska - IUPD New floods on the Black and Tanana rivers In northeastern and central Alaska have forced families in two com munities lo evacuate their homes and move to higher ground, civil defense officials said Thursday. At the villaKc of Chalk- yitsik on the Black river, the 57 resident leit lueir homes when the stream began spill ing over lis banks. Food sup plies were flown in from Fair banks and air-dropped by the Civil Air Patrol. Henvy rains Tuesday night followed by high temperatures caused the Tanana to reach flood stages In the lower part of the village of Nenana again Thursday. Fifteen families were moved into tents set up on the high ground. Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hall Syndicate., Inc. TRIAL BALLOONS ON TAX CUT FLYING HIGH The trial balloons on a major tax cut for corporations across-the-board and for Individuals across-the-board too are flying high all over Washington today - and these are real trial balloons, not mirages. These balloons are being sent up by top policymakers in the Administration and the Federal Reserve System for the most important purposes of testing your reaction so a judgment can be made on whether a step of such boldness in 1963, or even before, would give our economy me lorwara thrust it so badly needs. It is not just election year talk, as it has been so many times in previous administrations. The cynics who ho'd it is are not looking beyond their noses to see what is happening in our economy and why a decision to ask for a large tax cut for everybody may be made by the administration start ingly soon. For the fact is our economy today is only "sliding up" and an economy that is only sliding up can, as one astute observer put it in a private talk the other day, "simply fade away next year." Our economy is growing, but not growing fast enough. W art making dents in unemployment, but not making them on a sufficient seal. The 1961-62 business advance is now entering Us 16th month and, while there's still life in it, with each month the threat increases that the advance will get tired. The fear is spreading among informed sources that unless an economic "miracle" occurs, we well may be back in a recession next year - with all that implies. This prospect, it is argued by mounting numbers of men In position to make policy, must not be permitted to become reality. Say they, in effect, "We must not just hope for a miracle, we must create one. "Sure, tax cuts which leave billions of additional dollars In the hands of employes and employers will send the deficit in next year's budget skyrocketing - but we're going to have a big deficit anyway. It'll not make much difference to sophisticated foreign financiers how big the deficit is if they understand why we're creating it. Nor is inflation a danger in an economy which is slack. "The one great weapon In our economic arsenal which we haven't used to spark our economy is a no-fooling tax reduc tion. This most powerful of all weapons should be used now to get us on a strong, solid upturn. Let's not delay until we're In a thorough mess." The reason the emphasis is shifting so much to tax reduc tion is that the best economic minds in our country are coming to the conclusion that our huge tax load accounts for our economy's failure to grow to its full potential in re cent years. More and more agree that the extent to which taxes drained money out of our economy during the recovery of 1958 explains why that advance faltered in 1959 and the extent to which taxes are draining money out of our economy today explains today s sluggishness. Thus, the trial balloons to prepare the way. The chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, Dr. Walter Heller, began launching the balloons in public in early May. The President himself sent one up at hit press conference last week when he asked, "Does our lax system stimulate the economy or does it serve as a drag on the economy because of the way it hits the structure at a time when the economy is moving out of a recession into a period of prosperity?" This a profound question which tells you a lot about what the President is hearing and thinking. Treasury Secretary Dillon made his contribution in New York recently too when he stressed that budget deficits in a slack economy do not lead to inflation and, if we can cure the recessions, the budget deficits also will disappear. Federal Reserve Board Governor George Mitchell hit the point in a Minnapolis address when he warned, "Increasingly serious consideration will have to be given to (tax) remedies if the economy "continues to fall well short of its potentials." In Washington a few days ago I was smothered with "bal- lons ; in every conversation, the official I was interviewing initiated talk about the wisdom of a tax cut soon. Unless a miracle occurs and the stock market hardly suggests one is on the way a tax cut is coming. Sooner than you may dream. Oregon Receives Final Illinois Road Test Report Salem - it!PD - The Oregon Highway Department says it has received apparently final data on the long-awaited Illinois Road Tests, but it's go ing to take some months o analyze it and make a report. Purpose of the tests is to determine the extent of dam age caused to roads by all kinds of vehicles. Sirce truck taxes are based on a scale set by the state in comparison to the damage, truckers are pressing for the report, and have been for years Oregon officials figure that trucks do about 33 per cent of all damage done to Oregon highways, and truck ers have been paying about a third of all highway costs. Truckers have contended for years their vehicles don't cause that much damage, ano complain about the one third share as too much A bill in the Oregon Senate last year passed both houses and would have given heavy truckers in Oregon a big tax break. But Gov. Mark Hat field vetoed it, saying Oregon should wait and see what the Illinois Road Tests show. In theory, the Illinois tests- sponsored by the various state highway departments and the U.S. government-will show conclusively just what share every type of vehicle should contribute to roads, based on the damage each does by weight and other factors. Early-Day River Showboat Burns St. Louis - fUPD - An early morning blaze on the Missis sippi river today destroyed the historic showboat Golden rod, the largest ever built. The only apparent victim was a dog named Hume. Captain-owner J. W. Menke, 81, his brother, Charles, and woman from Olathe, Kan., Blanche ' Forbes, who has worked for the Menkes for 25 years, all made it to safety from their second floor sleep ing quarters. Origin of the four -alarm blaze was not immediately de termined. A witness said both decks of the showboat were ablaze when he came on the scene. The Goldenrod was the final symbol of an era now passed from the American scene. Built In 1904 it was bought by the Menkes' in 1922, who plied the towns along the banks of the Missis sippi, the Ohio and other riv ers from as far north as Pitts burgh to the southern reaches of New Orleans. m Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. W ATKINS (Register end Tribune Syndicate 1962) Here's a Be Thai Works Alone and Stings Alone He was a reasonably good worker around the farm dur ing the late fall and winter, but when the warm weather came he slowed down to al most a complete stop. It wasn t that he was tired 12 Are Graduated From Academy Twelve students were grad uated from the eighth grade Thursday in ceremonies at Rogue River academy. Elder Paul Gorden of Milo acad emy spoke. Graduation ceremonies were held at the Valley View Seventh day A d v e n t i s t church. Receiving diplomas were John Houghton, Reta Bowman, Ronald Easton, Ray mond Potter, Danny Meilikie, John Bechtel, Ted Cole, Gail Kitchen. Rcnee James, Cheryl Moore, Sandra Hill, and Ron aid Zirkel. Alvy Bowman was soloist and a women's trio also sang for the graduation music. or lazy, but mainly because he wouldn't allow himself an activity that would cause sweating. His only reason, so he always maintained, was be cause the "sweat bees" stung him whenever he perspired. He avoided being stung by avoiding work. It, was as sim ple as that. It wasn't his imagination either, for the little black flies with the fine yellow pencil markings on their bodies real ly do sting people when they are wet with sweat. The little bee is rightly named, for commonly it is known by no other name ex cept "sweat bee." For some strange reason known only to the little insect, it is attracted to human skin and often stings severely when perspira tion is present. The farm hand overlooked entirely the important func tion performed by this small member of the bee family in the pollination of fruit trees. Neither did he know that the "sweat bee" leads an interest ing life, and that many facets of its life history are still un known. Unlike its cousin the honey bee, the sweat bee leads a solitary life. It does not live in colonies, but underground in a compartment ... a tiny cell off at the side of a tun nel. There may be several fe male sweat bees using the same entrance, but once in side they each have a sep arate compartment off the main tunnel. There the bee lives all alone. In this little home it places a ball of pollen mixed with the nectar from flowers. Long, Busy Hours She is busy for many long hours gathering this nectar and pollen, and for no selfish ptirpose. Once gathered, the nectar and pollen is kneaded into a small ball or pellet. On this mass of material she later lays an egg. The newly hatched larvae will feed on this rich material as soon as they emerge from the egg. - All her solitary sisters in the other apartments up and down the tunnel are perform ing the same tasks, and all for the same purpose. Each re mains by herself, alone in her chamber with the little pollen-basket that will feed her offspring. All are plan, ning for the future; all art attempting to assure their children a start in life. Busy as she is, she takes time out once in a while to do a little stinging. 1, graduation CARDS When you care enough lo cnd the very bc&l Quiam'e 217 E- Main OH mil S Medford PIPES TOBACCOS CIGARS PIPE RACKS HUMIDORS TOBACCO POUCHES Everything for the Smoker for Father's Day Earl's GIFT SHOP itVl So. Central 772-247 Medford, Ore, Giant Forest, Calif., once had 60 inches of snowfall in 24 hours. OPEN TONIGHT!-; Shop 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. COMPARE! SAVE! MEN! NOW AT PENNEY'S Famous "PERM ALON" SLACUCS It.' V V i V. fk . 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