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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)
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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.
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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
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