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SECTION D MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1962 PAGES 1 to 10
Vocational High School Has
Nuclear Technology Course
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Bv JOHN N. HALL
United Preii International
Merchantville, N. J. - (UPD -The
day when courses in
atomic energy meant endless
sessions of balancing equa
tions and drawing circles on
blackboards is past for 15 stu
dents at the Camden County
Vocation High school.
They are now undergoing
a course in nuclear technolo
gy so advanced and practical
that the Atomic Energy com
mission (AEC) granted the
school a special license, the
first awarded to a technical
high school, for the purchase
and use of radioactive iso
topes.
The class meets five days
a week in a classroom with
a gamma ray spectrometer,
radiation detectors, a scaler
which computes emitted rays
and a storage area for the iso
topes that is shielded by lead
bricks.
Reported Safe
But, according to Instructor
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Alphonse Pitner, il is "safer
than most classes in chemis
try." The isotopes "are as harm
less as radium crystals on the
face of a watch," he said.
"Students handle them with
no danger of contamination."
Much of the students' work,
he pointed out, is using iso
topes in powders and liquids
in experiments on organic ma
terials such as plants and fer
tilizer and tracing them
through chemical properties.
The course, financed partly
by a $3,000-a-year grant from
the federal government under
the National Defense Educa
tion act, has become a favorite
among students, although ap
plications are limited to 15
males.
Motivates Students
"The amazing thing is how
this course motivates the stu
dents to take an interest in
science," Pitner said.
A graduate of LaSalle and
Rutgers universities. Pitner.
46, is one of the few teachers
licensed to handle radioactive
isotopes. He was trained at
the AEC's Oak Ridge plant
in nuclear science and. last
summer, completed a course
which enables him to handle
the most radioactive of materi
als.
His students have become
so proficient in the handling
of instruments such "as the
gamma rav SDectrometpr that
the county civil defense or
ganization asked them to
make periodic measurements
of the fallout count in the
area.
"We've been doing this for
a year," Pitner said, "and
found that Camden county is
safe as far as the amount of
radioactive material in the
air."
Jobs Easy to Find
Since there are 250 indus
tries in the state, and many
hospitals, which use nuclear
equipment, a student who
completes the course finds it
relatively easy to get a job,
Pitner said.
Oil refineries use isotopes
to follow the breakdown of
oil into petroleum products.
Food processing plants use
them for quality control. And,
at the New York Shipbuilding
Corporation in Camden, iso
topes are used in construct
ing atomic submarines.
THE REAL BREAD!
HEAD WOUND FATAL
New York IUPN R o b e r t
Weaver Jr., 22, son of Federal
Housing Director Robert Wea
ver, died Tuesday night from
an accidental self-inflicted
head wound, police said.
Your Money's
Worth
By SYLVIA PORTER
Copyright, Hall Syndicito, Inc.
SAVE ON TAXES NOW IV
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
If you, as a businessman, are planning to get rid of any
old machinery, equipment, furniture, cars, etc., consider the
possible tax advantages of giving the property to a school,
church or charity before Jan. 1, 1963, instead of trying to
sell the stuff. By giving, you not only will help the organi
zation, but you also well may get more benefit from the net
after-tax return of your contribution than you would from
a sale of the property.
Because of changes made by the Revenue Act of 1962,
this will be the last year you can get the full tax benefit
from this type of charitable contribution.
As an illustration, say you have old desks, chairs and
typewriters which you have depreciated down to zero but
which have a second-hand market value of $5,000. Used
property dealers might not even give you half this price
because they can't get more than $5,000 from reselling your
property. Also, you have to pay tax on whatever price you
do get. A simple alternative would be to give the property
to a local school which needs it badly. Then you would have
a charitable contribution of $5,000, which, if you are in the
50 per cent bracket, could save you $2,500 in taxes.
The 1962 Revenue Act says that when you make char
itable gifts of depreciable business properly after .1962,
you must reduce your contribution deduction by the
amount of depreciation you lake on the property after
1961. In the above example, assume you took your last
$2,000 of depreciation on the desks, chairs and type
writers this year. If you wait until January, 1963, to give
the stuff to the school, you'll have to cut your $5,000
charitable gift in 1963 by the $2,000 of depreciation you
took this year. Just because you put off the gift beyond
Dec. 31, your deduction would be reduced.
Note carefully that you can make charitable gifts of used
non-business as well as used business property and there is
nothing in the 1962 Revenue Act which will cut down your
charitable deduction for non-business property, whether you
give this year or next. Check on whether a charitable re
ligious or educational organization can use your old refrig
erator, bed chair, personal desk, etc. If so, you not only
will help by contributing this used property; you also will
save taxes because you can deduct the fair market value
of the property you contribute.
If you are in the business of selling goods, you can get
a tremendous tax break by contributing your own merchan
dise to charity.
Here's why. You buy at once price, sell at a marked-up
price and the difference is your profit. If you give the goods
to charity instead of selling them, you don't pay any tax on
the difference between your cost and selling price - or
what would have been your profit on a sale. Yet, you can
take a charitable contribution deduction equal to the price
at which you sell your goods, not the lower cost to you.
In short, you get a deduction for the potential income
but you don't pay any tax on the income.
For instance, say your corporation is in the 52 per cent
lax bracket and you want to contribute $200 of its income
to a local charity this Thanksgiving. Your corporation's
out-of-pocket coat for the $200 charitable gift would be
only $96. for if it hadn't made this tax deductible cash
contribution to the charily, it would have had to pay the
Treasury the other $104 anyway In taxes.
Now, say your corporation makes the contribution by
giving its own merchandise-just as an illustration, air con
ditioners which your firm buys for $120 and resells for $200.
The charity either can use the air conditioner or resell it
easily for $200.
Your corporation deducts $200 for the chariable contri
bution of an air conditioner, thereby saving the same $104
in taxes that it would have saved from a $200 contribution
in cash. But since your firm paid only $120 for the condi
tioner, its out-of-pocket cost is only $16 ($120 cost less $104
tax saving).
By making its charitable gift in Its own merchandise,
your corporation can contribute $200 at a net cost of only $16.
The heart of this is that you do not report as taxable
income the difference between the cost and sales price of
the merchandise and yet you get a deduction on your income
tax for the full sales price. It's a two-way tax break which
can add up to immense savings.
Next: Medical expense deductions.
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SHARES CAKE Miss Josephine Swnnson feeds a piece of
her birthday cake to James Johnstone, 10, her great-grand-nephew,
during a party marking her 100th birthday at her
home in Wheaton, 111. (UP1)
Professor of Art Elected to Society
Eugene Jack Wilkinson,
professor of art in the Univer
sity of Oregon's School of
Architecture and Allied Arts,
has been elected a Fellow of
the Royal Society of Art.
The distinguished society,
founded in 1754 in England,
is primarily British but has
opened its membership irom
time to time to Americans
and candidates from other
nations.
Founded for the purpose of
encouraging the arts, manu
facture, and commerce, the
society has had many dis
tinguished men as members
during its more than two cen
tury history.
Benjamin Franklin was one
of the early American mem
bers. His participation has
been honored by the Society
through the Benjamin Frank
lin medal, which is presented
annually to an outstanding in
dividual who has achieved
early distinction in the pro
motion of art, manufacture, or
commerce.
Monday, Nov. 12th
VETERAN'S DAY
(Formerly Armistice Day)
Out of respect to our Veterans who
made the great sacrifice to preserve our
way of life.
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Big "Y" Feed and Seed
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Join With The Veterans Organizations in Celebrating
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
NOVEMBER 12, 1962
BREAKFAST VFW Hall, 42 N. Front,
7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
DEDICATION Of new speaker's stand
in city park 10:30 a.m.
PARADE 1 1 a.m.-Led by Miss Oregon
and the Mayor-Elect of Medford.
The theme of Veteran's Day this year is: "There's no ism
like Americanism." The National Guard and Army Reserve
will participate along with several veteran's organizations,
bands and floats.
ALL OF WHICH IS DEDICATED
TO WORLD
eace!
we remember...
Wi remember very well when you
marched away from your homei and your
families and your jobs to secure your
country's future. We remember that you
were older, when you came home, much
older . and that tome of you never came
home. (
Yei, we DO remember, and today, YOUR
day, we pauie to say again, and always,
"Thanks."
Let's also remember . . .
It takes energy to participate in a parade and other vigorous activities. Everyone should
be sure he is in good physical condition with plenty of reserve stamina. There's one
good rule to follow-not only on Veteran's Day, but every day-that is, eat and drink
the right foods . . .
So Drink MILK!
It is nature's most perfect food for body-building and energy.
It gives you a "lift" that will not let you down. Be sure to keep
plenty MILK on hand and serve it generously to the entire family.
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Milk Every Day
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