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Uovel State Income Tax Plan Draws Interest of Committee Salem - (UPD - House Tax Committee m e m b e r ex pressed interest in a novel state income tax plan here Wednesday. But they appeared unrecep- tlve to a proposal to send a sales tax plan out to voters. even after seeing a proposed ballot. The Mosser income tax plan and the Rogers-McKinnis sales tax proposals occupied the committee Wednesday as it continued a general survey of major revenue raising measures. Also before the committee are the governor's net receipts income tax, the Musa income tax plan, the Eymann-Over. hulse income tax for property tax relief, and the cigarette tax bill. Rep. John Mosser (R-Bea verton) said his plan would raise some $43.5 million in new revenues. Features Listed Its essential features are a flat 5 per cent tax, with in creased exemptions to give lower bracket relief. It would eliminate the federal income tax and capital gains deduc tions, and allow other deduc tions only in excess of 10 per cent of income. Mosser said in spite of the flat rale, his plan in effect would retain the graduated income tax because of the ex emptions. He said key features of the plan were its simplicity and the removal of pressure on tax payers to escape higher tax brackets. Mosser said taxpayers In the lower brackets are carry ing most of the income tax load now. He said Oregon's income tax under the present graduated structure averages out at 5.1 per cent. Reps. Joe Rogers (R-Inde-pendence) and Don McKinnls (D- Summerville) said the leg islature should submit a sales ax plan to the voters. Rogers said the voters should be given alternative tax plans, plus a chance to reject both of them. He added a legal precedent for a vote on a choice of tax plans was set in 1947 when the voters defeated cigarette and sales taxes. The Rogers 3-cent sales tax would raise some $152 million a biennium. The McKinnis plan, which exempts food, would raise about $128 mil lion. Both would use part of the take for property tax relief. Rogers said he thinks any tax plan will get to the voters sooner or later. He said the legislature could increase public confidence and reduce organized resistance by a re ferral. Rogers conceded a sales tax would shift a burden onto the average consumer. But he said it is this consumer, rath er than property and business interests, that is asking for in creased services such as schools, welfare and police. McKinnis said a sales tax, in effect, would tend to "equalize" the tax burden. McKinnis said farming is worth $500 million a year, and Rogers said unless prop erty taxes are relieved, "You're going to drive a great many farmers out of this Wil lamette Valley." Other Highlights Farm Labor - The Senate Health and Welfare Commit tee was asked to approve a bill to let state health officers close unsanitary farm labor camps in cases where there is no county officer. Higher Education - Legisla tive Fiscal Officer Kenneth Bragg said higher admission standards would be a better way to discourage out of state students than higher student fees. Foreign Briefs BUS PLUNGE KILLS 17 IN NEW ZEALAND Wiilingl, New Zealand-fljru-A bus loaded with Maori natives plungtd ever a 100-foot cliff near Maungaluroto Wednesday, killing 17 and injuring 18 of the 33 persons aboard. POPE ALWAYS SPEAKS OF DESIRE FOR .PEACE Vatican City-ltlPll-Pope John XXIII said Wednesday when he meets with heads of stilt and other government leaders. he always speaks to tham of his desire for peace. The Pope, addressing a general audience, described him self as a man of peace and said it was his task "to make everyone feel this breath of peace." BEST-SELLER BANNED IN TORONTO SCHOOL Toronto-tUPII-A suburban high school principal today ban ned J. D. Salinger's "Catcher In the Rye" to grade II stu dents because the book was described as "full of profane language and lewd suggestions."' Principal W. D. A. Douglas of East York Collegiate said the book was removed from the "recommended list" for grade 11 students, after East York Town Councillor James A. McConaghy denounced the best-seller in a letter to the school board. Douglas said the book had been recommended by an Eng lish department teacher but addedi "It is just not worth the trouble. It is not that important and it is not even in our school library." Gasoline - Rep. Fred Meek (D-Portland) said he plans a bill aimed at cutting down on gasoline price wars. News - Reps. Kessler Can non (R Bend) and Merrill Hagan (R McMinnvilie) said they are sponsoring a bill to bring full radio, television and news coverage into the courtroom. Medford Enrolled In Safety Program Mayor James Dunlevy has announced enrollment of the city of Medford in the 1963 AAA Pedestrian Safety pro gram, sponsored by the Ore gon State Motor association. The city's pedestrian acci dent prevention activities and the actual pedestrian death and Injury record for the year will be analyzed by the AAA traffic experts at the end of the year. Cities with the best programs and the best acci dent records receive awards. "The AAA Pedestrian Safe ty program has two impor tant values to cities that enter and file pedestrian acci dent reports," Charles E. Snell, president of the Oregon AAA motor club, said. It enables city officials to evaluate the effectiveness of their own accident prevention activities and it serves as a national recognition for the safety work of city officials who win awards as a result of the program and accident record. LAUNDRONAUT RECORD Berkeley, Calif.-UIPD-Laun-dronaut Lawrence E. Scanlan today claimed a record of 1,191 revolutions in orbit - in a clothes dryer. The Univer sity of California freshman said his big spin took 28 minutes in a dryer left partly open to keep down the heat. Texas oil and gas provide 28 per cent of the fuel energy produced in the United Stales. IIMMMMATTIE FOR SCARCE & COMMON COINS We Are in Town for 3 Days Only ! And Are Paying the Following Prices For the Coins We Need. a5m,S5a f BUFFALO NICKLES 1913sT2 $ 6.00 1913T-1 1 .50 1913T i .10 1914d $ 1.00 1915 S .75 19!8d i .10 1921s $ 2.00 1926s $ .25 1931 $ .50 No others after 1931 wanted V2 CcnTo 1793 $20.00 1796 $60.00 1797 to 1808 .. $3.00 ea. 1809 to 1857 .. $2.00 oa. All others $1.00 ea. V-NICXLES 1885 $12.00 1886 $ 6.00 1912s $ 7.00 All others 8c as. 2 & 3 Cent Pieces 30c each LINCOLN PENNIES 1909 VDB $35.00 1909s $ 7.50 1910s $ 1.00 1911s $ 2.00 1912s $ 1.00 1913s $ .50 1914d $18.50 1914s $ 1.00 19'J $ 1.00 All other "i" minlj cents 1916 to 1925 2c each 922d $ .60 I924d $ 2.00 I931d $ .50 1931s $12 50 1933d $ .50 NOTICE! We Will Psy $90 for a Com plete Lincoln Cent Collection-All Os'es and Min'j. LARGE CENTS 1793 $20.00 1796 . $ 7.00 1799 $32.00 1804 $26.00 1809 $ 5.00 All others 50c e.i. GOLD COINS $1.00 $ 1150 $2.50 $ 10.00 $3.00 $ 75.00 $4.00 $1000.00 $5.00 $ 10.00 $10.00 $ 16.50 $20.00 4 34.50 Indian Ksad Gents 1861 $ 1.75 1866 to 1870 .. $ 2.00 e. 1877 $25.00 1908s $ 6.50 1909 $22.50 All other common dated Indian Heads $11 per hun dred. NONE MUTILATED PLEASE! Jtv t 4jV California Eyes Limit on Number In School Class Sacramento fUPD A power ful group of state senators was preparing legislation to day that would set a limit on the number of students in a public school class. A spokesman for the group, who declined to be identified, said that the men had not yet settled on a limit, but that they were consulting various studies and suggestions. The legislation was certain to cause a furor in public schools, where many adminis trators are already angry at a legislative attempt to cut class sizes by requiring the schools to spend more money for teachers. The legislature made its attempt two years ago when it passed a bill requiring ele mentary districts to spend 60 per cent of their income on teachers' salaries. High school districts were required to spend SO per cent and unified districts 55 per cent. The bill's author. Assembly man Charles B. Garrlgus (D Reedley) said that he believed the schools were underspend ing for teachers, not because of a fund shortage but be cause they were spending too much on administrators and other non-teaching employees. This is the same opinion held by the senators who are preparing the new legislation. However, they believe that their approach will clamp down on administrative costs even harder than the old Gar rigus bill, which they sup ported. Actually, according to Gar rigus, his bill has not been in effect a full year because of technical delays in the start of its operation. However, legislation has been intro duced in the current session to repeal it. Sen. Donald Grunsky (R Watsonville) author of the re peal, said that because of the Garrigus bill many school dis tricts were being forced to cut expenditures for instructional supplies, books and "enrich ment" materials, post pone maintenance, and curtail or reduce the number of librar ians and counselors. Stock Market Prices Move Slightly Higher New York - (WD - Stocks moved slightly higher today. Steels were about steady but chemicals weakened with Du Pont and Union Carbide down around a point apiece. IBM rose more than 2 in the electronics where Schlumber- gcr added more than 1 and Minneapolis Honeywell lost about 11 i. Bring Your Coins to JIIV1 TANKERSLEY Th Hyatt Chalet Motel-Room 225-Phone 773-7561 10 A.M. -8 P.M. IMPORTANT f-Coins Must Bo In Nice Condition m . la fx -!( I DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - ll'Pli - Dow Jonei final stock avtragts: 30 induitriali 682.52, up 1.22i 20 railroads 149.67, up 1.49; 15 uliUlita 135.96, up 0.68, and 65 siocks 241.00, up 1.02. Silii Wednesday war about 4.34 million shares compared with 4.05 million shares Tuesday. Wednesday price on stock: Allied Chemical Alum Co. Am American Atr Linei American Can American Motors A 1 fV T American Tobacco Anaconda topper Armco . Rendtx Corp Bethlehem Steel txd Bocinc Air ixdi Caterpillar Corp Chrysler Corp Coca Coll CBS Columoia G Continental Can Crown Zellerbach Crucible Steel CurtlftS Wruht Dow Chemical Du Pont Knsttnan Kodak Flrestona Ford General Klectnc General rood General Motors Raising Academic Standards For Higher Education Proposed Salem -OTD- Raising tuition fees will not result in big de creases in out-of-state enroll ments, the Ways and Means higher education subcommit tee was told here Wednesday. Legislative fiscal officer Kenneth Bragg said a better method would be to raise aca demic standards. He said that 2,709 of Oregon's 6,264 out-of-state students come from California where tuition in state colleges is $76 and at state universities $150. Committee members then turned to projected enroll ments and became bogged down in statistics. Bragg wouldn't predict Police Arrest Local Man Medford police Wednesday arrested Ronald Leslie Barry, 24, of 13 Newtown st., on a charge of obtaining property under false pretenses. He was lodged in Jackson county jail. Barry gave statements to officers admitting he had re cently written six bad checks, on Check Charge five of which he cashed in Medford stores. The sixth check was passed in a Phoenix store, he said. Americans spent $62.2 bil lion in 1961 for foods origin ated on farms in the United States. Regional Edition Medford Page 2A Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1963 r.nrr4a Pacific Grryhound Guii Oil Homritakp Irinhn Power I e.M Int Panfr John ManvtH Kf!vicoM Orrrr Loch need Aircraft . Martin Men-k Montana Pnwer Montinnierv Ward . National B!-ruit New York Central Northern Pacific . Tap Ga Flee Tennev J c. Penn RR C--e- aelected 45. S64 23t 47 SOU 2fn; 47', Vi'a ST. 30, 3!)'. 37', 83'. s:i 4n, 27 45'. 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Stafford Hansell (R Hermiston) said he might ask that out-of-state enrollments be limited to 10 per cent of an institution's freshman class. Bragg opposed a suggestion by Rep. John Mosser (R-Bea-verton) that the legislature appropriate an "open end" amount to be based on actual enrollment. In discussion of projected enrollments, it was brought out that some figures were based on present high school enrollments, and others on a percentage of persons between 18 and 24 years of age. Hanesll's attempts to get all the statistics relating to a sin gle set of figures brought chuckles from fellow members. Higher Education Chancel- lor Roy E. Lieuallen explained that lower and higher educa tion had coordinated their fig ures so that there 'would be no overlapping. He admitted en rollment projections were un certain and "could go either way." 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