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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1962)
Jackson County Residents Look Forward to Tax Reduction in 63 Can residents of Jackson county count on a tax cut in 1963? Or have the prospects for such a cut been dimmed by recent international events? . Local residents, because of their income levels, have been paying huge personal taxes. Their payments, in the past fiscal year, came to approxim ately $19,086,000, according to an unofficial estimate based on Treasury Department fig ures. Along with other taxpayers throughout the country, they have been looking forward to a reduction next year. Cut To Bt Proposed Current opinion is that some cut will be proposed by the Administration. How large it will be will depend on the state of the economy and the size of the 1964 budget. Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges has come out for a slash in taxes right after the first of the year, without wait ing for a broad tax reform bill, which might take a long time. Many Congressmen have been surprised by the attitude of their constituents on the subject. They are finding that the homefolk, much as they want and need tax relief, feel that it would be irresponsible to do this if it meant adding to the national deficit and debt. Accompanied By Cut They want any adjustment to be accompanied by a cut in Federal spending for non-defense purposes. Of the $19,986,000 in the in dividual income taxes paid by Jackson county residents in the year, more than $8,194,000 is being used for domestic spending and the rest for na tional defense. This is based on a study just released by the Tax Foundation. The domestic spending cov ers benefits for agriculture, commerce, veterans, educa tion, health and welfare, labor, space research, housing and the like. The current bill for these items is $26 billion, 126 percent higher than it was eight years ago. Defense costs, by contrast, have gone up only 14 per cent in the eight years, says the Tax Foundation. Because of our deficit spending, year after year, the national debt has grown to more than $298 billion, it notes. Jackson county's share of this debt, which averages $1,616 for every man, woman and child in the country, amounts to $124,594,000. Later Closing Date Noted For Festival MedfordSTribune SECTION D MEDKORD, OREGON, SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 18. 1962 PAGES 1 to 8 Freeman Orders Reorganization Of SCS Agency Washington -(UPD- Agricul ture Secretary Orville L. Free man has ordered a reorganiza tion of the Agriculture Stabi lization and Conservation Service. The shakeup reflect ed some changes recommend ed by a Senate group which investigated the Billie Sol Estcs case. The Senate investigating committe, headed by Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) spent several weeks last sum mer inquiring into Estes' cot ton allotments and the con victed farm magnate's deal ings with the Agriculture De partment. ASCS is the department agency which supervises ma jor farm programs administer- ea in me ueiu, iuiiuuiu& taun price support operations. It approved a number of Estes' farm deals. To Close Offices The reorganization changes involve: -Closing of three of the seven ASCS commodity of fices and transfer of their work to the remaining four. -Reduction of the present five operational groups with in ASCS into three. -Creation of a new office of director of program policy, which will have broad respon sibility to formulate policy. -Combination of the inter nal audit and investigation divisions into one, attached di rectly to the ASCS adminis trator. -Assignment of all market ing agreement and order pro grams - primarily those in milk and tobacco to the Agri cultural Marketing Service, an agency outside ASCS. Portland Named The commodity offices to be closed arc at Cincinnati, Ohio; Dallas, Tex., and Portland, Ore. They will be combined with the offices at Evanston, 111.; Kansas City, Mo., and Minneapolis. ASCS officials estimated the loss in payroll at roughly $1.2 million in Portland. Ashland The longest run and latest closing date in the history of the Oregon Shakes pearean Festival will high light the 1963 season, the Fes tival association has an nounced. The 23rd festival starts Wednesday, July 24, with the annual "Feast of the Tribe of Will" in Lithia Park and the premiere showing of "Merry Wives of Windsor" at the Eliz abethan theater. Following in repertory ro tation will be "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," opening July 25; "Love's Labour's Lost," starting July 26; and "King Henry V" July 27. The four plays will rotate nightly through 46 consecutive per formances, closing Saturday, Sept. 7. The later opening date will provide for additional re hearsal time, Festival officials said. September vacationers who could not visit the Ash land event now can with the later closing date, officials noted. Four veteran directors for next summer also have been announced by Producing Di rector Angus L. Bowmer. "Merry Wives" will be di rected by Edward Brubaker of the English faculty at Penn sylvania's Franklin and Mar shall college. He formerly di rected "The Alchemist" (1961) and "King Henry IV, Part II". Robert Loper will direct "Romeo and Juliet" after a year's leave-of-absence. He is of the Stanford drama faculty and produced such shows as "Taming of the Shrew" (1960) and "Hamlet" (1961). Alexander to Direct Rod Alexander will return to direct "Love's Labour's Lost." He made his local di recting debut with "Comedy of Errors" last summer. He is director of the Whitman col lege theater in Washington. Jerry Turner, director of the Sequoia theater at Hum boldt Slate college, Calif., will complete the staff. He staged "Julius Caesar" in -1960 and "As You Like It" in 1962. General ticket sales for the 1963 season will open April 15. However, those with fes tival membership may make their seating reservation dur ing the eight-week period starting Feb. 15. The $3 mem bership is available any time of the year and earns the bearer the earlier ordering privilege and a vote in the or ganization. Proceeds from membership sales go to a special endow ment fund for the perpetua tion of actors' scholarships. Deadline for Sform Assistance Jan. 14 Salem -IUP1I- The deadline for cities to apply for federal aid funds to help in cleaning up damage from the big Co lumbus Day storm is Jan. 14, the League of Oregon Cities has reminded. ' - x 11 l J , X ' " " -.;..:. fl j 1 "'SLJ " - j ii "r i m wrtim in . i J REFUGEE TESTIFIES - A refugee Cuban doctor, his head covered by a hood, appears before the House Unamcrican Activities subcommittee in Washington. 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