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7 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON FRIDAY. JULY 27. 1962 i?-. , Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc. WHAT A PERCENTAGE TAX CUT WOUD MEAN TO YOU When income taxes are cut across-the-board for Individuals and corporations - and the question is not "if" but only exactly "when" - the impact on you, as an individual tax payer, will depend, of course, on the way the cut is worked out. Early this week, I reported in precise dollar terms how you would be affected if the tax reduction should take the form of a three-point cut in rates in each bracket. This pro posal has considerable support as a quick, simple, substantial, broad reduction and if this were the form, the largest per centage benefits would go to lower-income families. Under another popular plan, there would just be a per centage cut in tax liabilities across-the-board and this to is favored as a quick, simple, substantial, broad teduclion on which the Congress might compromise. Tha impact on you of this perctnlagt tax cut would ba considerably different from tha imact on you of a point re duction in lax rates, for a percentage cut would primarily favor the higher income brackets. To be specific, here's how a 12'j per cent reduction in tax liabilities would affect married taxpayers with two children and with taxable incomes -' meaning incomes after all deductions and exemptions have been taken - of the fol lowing amounts. Your Taxable You You Would You Would Income Now Pay Pay Savt ; 3on $ en $ 52 $ 8 1,20(1 420 368 52 2,100 240 210 52 3.000 BOO 525 75 4,800 S76 854 122 6,600 1,372 1,200 172 11,100 2.486 2,175 311 15.600 3.800 3.325 475 20,100 5.318 4.653 665 42,600 15,976 13.979 1,997 87,600 44,724 39,134 5,590 447,600 356.956 312,336 44,620 897,600 776,456 670,649 95,807 Until Congress actually goes home, the tax reduction Specific Research Inconclusive On Size of Classes in Schools story for 1962 will not be completed. The situation is changing not only from day to day but also from hour to hour. The sides for an against are not nearly as inflexible as daily headlines suggest. The economic statistics which will be coming out as Congress plods toward adjournment will be adding to pressures for a bold move to avert the next re cession. As fluid as the timing at this stage is tha form of an In dividual tax reduction. The corporation tax reduction -would ba simple. The present top corporation tax rat is 52 per cent. It would be reduced at least to 49 per cent, quit possibly to 47 per cent - with each point reduction amounting to an annual lax slash for corporations of ap proximately a half-billion dollars or a total cut of from $1.5 to $2.5 billion. But on the' form of the individual cut, there is much disagreement. In addition to the point and percentage re duction plan- are these proposals. (1) The Chamber of Commerce plan. Under this, the top Individual tax rate would be cut from 91 to 65 per cent; the lowest rate would be cut to 15 per cent on the first $1,000 as against 20 per cent on the first $2,000 today; rates in be tween would be scaled down proportionately. Within the Administration, there is important support for this plan. (2) The plan for a $200 increa.se in the per capita ex emption. This is favored by labor groups because it would concentrate the benefits in the lowest income brackets. (3) The plan for a five-point reduction in the first bracket only. This too would concentrate benefits in the lower in come groups. At this writing, the odds are the Administration would accept almost any tax cut Congress would vote. If Congress says "no" and our economy moves from this faltering advance into a downslide, those of us who have closely followed this story will know where to place the blame - and no amount of political buck-passing will cover the truth. Sewing Machine To Stitch Shces 100 Years Old New York - tUPD - For most nf us, except a few barefoot backwoodsmen, next month should be one to observe as a pleasant centennial. It was in Auus., 1862 - a time when the massing of the greatest armed forces the na tion had known to that time had in itfclf created an un precedented demand for footwear - that a Boston civ il engineer and industrialist commercially launched what became known as the McKay sewing macinhe. The National Shoe Institute said that for the first lime the upper and the sole of a shoe could be sewn together by machine. Before that time, many shoes had been assembled in homes, where the parts were farmed out by shops. Often the sole was attached to the upper by pegs or by nails and there was a minor supply industry of about 35 mills and shops whoc chief func tion in the early part nf the last Century was turning oul shoe pegs. With the McKay machine, output got to 600 pairs a day In 1862; by the end of 1863. about 200 machines were in use, turning out 2 S million pairs for the year. Those figures were amaz ing then. Now, the approximately B50 manufacturers in the U.S. shoe industry produce 640 million pairs a year, or about 30 per cent of the world's to tal outpul of leather-type footwear. The American pub lic openris about $4 6 billion year for them, with a rhnirc nf inO.000 new shoe styles and patterns But shoe manufacturers need to be speei y The insti tute says that the public buys on in average well over 3 million pairs a day. Salem-'ITI'-The State Board of Aeronautics said Wednes day that ripped wing re suited in the crash of a light plane at Lebanon July 4. killing two Albany residents and injuring third. t Repeal of Gas Tax Law Urged Hazel Dell, Wash. - WH Rep. Norman Howard ID- Portland) here Thursday urg ed the repeal of Washington tax laws "which result in the double taxation of Oregon truck drivers." Howard made the statement at a meeting of the Oregon and Washington interim leg islative committees. He head ed the Oregon delegation. He was referring to tax laws which require fees on truck fuel purchased outside of Washington but used with in its state's borders. The Washington gas tax is 712 cents per gallon as com pared to the Oregon gas tax of 6 cents per gallon. By DAVID NYDICK UPI Education Specialist Your child's class assign ment in the fall will be an important concern to him. yourself, and school officials. The school staff has spent many hours developing a philosophy for grouping chil dren most effectively lor learning. School population and size dictate the number of students in each class and the number of classes possible. The number of students as signed to each teacher has many implications for instruc tion. Most educators feel that an elementary teacher can handle 25 pupils quite ade quately. When the number rises above 30, the quality of instruction may suffer. In the secondary school, the suggest ed number varies with the subject. A laboratory class needs close supervision while a lecture class may be quite large. Program Dictates Siia Specific research does not appear to be conclusive. The proper class size depends upon the type of instruction and is closely related to the aims of the curriculum pro gram. You often hear reference to homogeneous or hetero geneous grouping. Homo geneous grouping Is the ar rangement of classes with em phasis upon sameness, chil dren with similar ability and performance are placed to gether. Those in favor of this method believe the teacher can, more easily, reach the group. She will adjust her in struction to the level of each section. Opponents believe there is a lack of stimulation in slow groups. Heterogeneous grouping Is a mixed type in that classes are arranged to include stu dents with a variety of ability levels. Those in favor of this method indicate that the situa tion is life-like and important to social adjustment. Oppo nents believe that the vast differences are most difficult for the teacher to handle. In reality there are many logical arguments on both sides. Where does this leave you as a parent? The philosophy which the school chooses is a professional matter. Your in terest, in either case, is natur ally the proper placement of your child. Your altitude to wards the teacher and the group Is an important factor. Don't Accent Competition In the homogeneous group situation, it is important that you don't emphasize the com petitive angle. Neither you nor the school should attempt to hide the level of the group. You could indicate to children in the slow groups that this will give them an opportunity to learn more easily. An atti tude of confidence on your part will go a long way to wards providing security to the child. The students In the top groups should realize that with their ability goes respon sibility. Your continued em phasis of pleasure can create an unhealthy competition. In heterogeneous grouping situations these same attitudes should exist. You will find that most teachers will group by ability within their class reading groups, etc. Encouragement and secur ity are important. You should be realistic. You or the school can not hide a child's ability, or lack of it, from himself. 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MAR Jl P0-73-77 Vi Bt-39-80-86 Keep Fingers Crossed John Glenn's Orbital Flight Said Proof 13 Not Unlucky By DICK WEST Washington aw - Most of the scientific information obtained from astronaut John H. Glenn's space flight has now been c o r r e 1 a ted and evaluat ed. Among oth er things, the first U. S. or- ital mission cr e d i t e d with shatter ing the superstition that 13 is an unlucky number. At least, that is the inter pretation placed on the flight by the Anti-Superstition So ciety of Chicago. The society, which makes a practice of defying evil signs and portents, empowered one of its members, Senate Re publican Leader Everett M. Dirksen, to hold a special meeting here in Glenn's hon or. Dirksen accordingly reser ved the Senate conference room for the hour of 10:13 a.m. Wednesday. Then, having called tha meeting to order by break ing a mirror, ha praientad Glenn with a watch whona dial markings show tha fig ure 13 rather than the uiu al numerali. The ceremony wa- in rec ognition of tiie fact that the space capsule in which Glenn rode around the earth was the 13th to be launched by the United States. The society seems to feel that because Glenn got safe ly up and down in the cap sule there is no need for the rest of us to worry about the number 13 bringing us bad luck. But is that the valid as sumption? The way I see it, all that Glenn proved was that 13 ap parently has no malignant powers in upper, or outer space. It may ba that tha radi ation belt encircling tha earth neutralizes the num ber's malevolent signals. Or it may be that a iinx can't operate in a state of weightlessness. Whatever the explanation, I believe it would be folly to assume that 13's quiescent behavior in orbit means that it bodes no malice on the ground. And here's another thing thai should jar the Anti-Superstition Society's compo sure: Glenn, in accepting the watch from Dirksen, com mented that 13 was his lucky number. In my view, it is Just as superstitious to feel that 13 will bring you good luck as it is to feel that it will bring you bad luck. It would therefore appear that the society may have been premature in conclud ing that 13 was not a factor in the flight. Future astronauts undoubt edly will provide more data on the question of supersti tion In space. Until then, bet better keep your finger crossed. OON'T YOUR SAVINGS Why? Because money hat no sense of direction. Ones it leaves your "nest egg" it doesn't always find its way back. This is why sav ers borrow . . . and stay savers. Up to $1500 on signature only, car or other security. IDCAL IOAN S3S E. JACKSON IIVD. Midlarrf Shoplf Ctntir Mom: 773-756 Dick Webb, Mir. 0p Frldiv Evinints 'Til t CONVENTION SET Portland -IUPB- The lflth bi ennial convention of the Na tional Catholic Laymen's Re treat conference was to open at the Portland-Sheraton Ho tel here tonight. 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