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tIA TT Medford Tribune Penney's SECTION B MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1963 PAGES 1 to 8 HEQ mm BOARD IN SESSION The Naval Board of Inquiry looking into circumstances of the loss at sea of the USS Thresher is shown in session at Portsmouth, NH. From left are Capt. James B. Osborn, USN; Rear Adm. Lawrence E. Daspit, USN; Vice Adm. Ber nard L. Austin, USN, president; Capt. Wil Ham C. Hushing, USN, and Capt. Norman C. Nash, USN. (UPI) Capitol Memo House Tax Group Has Toughest Job Of Current Session ... mimmwi rn . ,, . , . ,n . . Mian. i-ftiPfl-The sounds of By ZAN STARK Clinton Ha.ght (D-Baker). war blankrtcd small Pa. Salem - HOT - The five 54. was appointed to the Leg- Irlfic island of Maiuro thai Democrats and four Republi- jslalure in 1957, and won re- j summer night in 1944 and cans who make up the House j eectjon lo tne 0f jce n jg5gi I rolled across the water to the IIUL- . iaou, ana io. a moiei own- Dream Inspires New System Of Shorthand I By JAMES K. CAZALAS Tax com tee are faced ' louu' " UIU"!, uw"" with t h fiaigiu also nas servea on toughest job the Interim Tax committee. C. R. Hoyt (R-Corvallis) owns a dry cleaning business. He is 58, and is now serving his third term in the House. W. O. Kelsay (D-Roseburg), 50, is "Mr. Timber." A saw mill operator, he is now serv ing his fourth term in the of this session - draft i n g a new tax pro g r a m. They have met more often, for longeri hours, and! sum neia more puouc " , House, and nas servcd on lne than any oiner commmve. , Interjm committee on High- They are trapped in a mass ways, of cross pressures. They have , Democrat Jat.k Smilh 42 m una Hie hoku mu.iv, : ronaon is - whpa, rarmer. ed In operate the state govern ment. This means a lax in crease which the public will not like. They've got to come up with a program that will be fair, equitable, and adequate. And both Democratic and Re publican members realize the results of their actions could affect the balance of power in stale government. They are the focal point of legislative activity. Not until the tax committee has drafted its program, and it has been approved in both houses of the Legislature, will the Ways and Means committee be -able to give final judgment on bud get requests. The members of the House Tax committee range in age from 33 to 61. They represent such diverse interests as fi nance and farming. One is a freshman legislator, while two others are serving their fourth terms in the House. flagship U.S.S. Prairie. The sounds, muffled by (he stout steel side of the Prairie, did not disturb 36-year-old W. j a. Neal, of Dotham, Ala., who was asleep in his bunk and having a dream that would change his life. The dream was not of bat tle, but of a new system of shorthand, for Neal was the fleet stenographer. "It was the weirdest dream I ever had," Neal. now 55, recalls, "but it came true." Neal, who owns two smatl businesses here, said he re members (inly one sentence from tli dream: "to write with the speed of speech, write In the manner of speech.1 Improvement Neal has parlayed that sentence ihto a complete shorthand system which he says is a big improvement over standard courses. Neal s sleno-Magic ' con sists of a series of symbols which take the place of let tors, words and sometimes phrases much like any other system But "Stcno-Magic" is based on the phonetics of the Eng lish language, or how words sound, rather than how they are spelled. "We don't need half of the letters we use," Neal said. Rirl will he nnenerl Wed- During the 19 years he work- nesdav. April 24, at 10 a.m. j ed perfecting his system, he by the Medford purchasing dropped nearly all the silent aeont for the demolishine or I letters. It's his first term in the legis lature, but he's no newcomer to government service. Smith is a former director of the U.S. International Market De velopment programs, and spent two years in Latin America as market develop ment director. These are the men who are drawing upon legislative know-how, business and gov ernment experience, and par ty responsibility to mould what will soon become Ore gon's revenue program. Bids Called for Removing Buildings removal of two houses ana one garage at the intersection of South Holly st. and Mel rose avc. The removal of the strut-- Alter wrestling with the 20,000 most widely used Eng lish words. Neal now says: 'it works." A former court reporter, r ,:,, rha.rman Rich- '' which arc on the right- j Neal said he found certain n ! iof-way for the extension of ! shortcomings in the old. estab- Barnett rd . will be the first work towards the completion of this street in southwest Medford which will have di rect access to Interstate 5. The public utilities com- ard Eymann (D - Marcola), 44, served as executive secretary of the State Tax commission under Governor Kobert Holmes after serving in the 1957 session. Eymann returned to the House in 1961, and again for this session. He is a farmer and industrial con sultant. The committee vice-chair- lishcd shorthand systems "They're all too complicat ed." he said. "My system can be taught to anyone, even children, in six hours." Neal said he is ready to misioner last month approved turn the system over to the the street's crossing of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks. The buildings to be remov man is House Minority Leader i cd are at 775 and 903 South F. F. Montgomery (R-Eugene). I Holly st. All three of the struc a He i servine his third tures are south of Melrose term in the House - his second ave. and east of Holly st public and has written seven books about it as minority leader - and is co- owner of an insurance busi ness. Also serving his third term is Victor Atiyeh (R-Portland), 38. He is co-owner of a rug business, and has served on the Interim Tax committee. Cornelius Batcson. 33. is Marion county's only Demo cratic representative, and the onlv Democrat in the history of the county to be reelected to a second term. When not working with the state's tax problems, he operates a farm at Pratum. His father was chairman of the state board of agriculture. This property was purchas ed by the city in 1959. REDWOOD San Francisco -WPP- Saw- textured redwood holds stain and other finishes twice as long as planed lumber, accord ing to the California Redwood association. IS PROOF ECHO SPUING 0IS1 CO., LOUISVILLE. KYJ .Oldest member of the com-, mittee is Sidney Bazett. 61. of j Grants Pass. Republican Ba zett, a former vice president I of Bank of America, and now a finance company president, is serving his second term in j the House. . i LIBYA LOOKS UP Tripoli. 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