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Status of Washington -4UPD Statui of major legislation: Incem Taxes - President Kennedy has proposed tax re duction and revision program that would provide net cut of J10.4 billion in individual and corporate taxes over three years. House - Ways and Means committee has partly completed draft of compro mise program. Senate-Awaiting House action. ' Stock and Bond Taxes - To retard flow of American capi tal abroad, Kennedy has pro posed that purchase taxes be levied on Americans who buy foreign stocks and bonds from foreigners; securities of cer tain underdeveloped countries would be exempted. House -Ways and Means committee will hold hearings after com pleting action on tax reduc tion program. Senate - Await ing House action. Debt Limit - Administra tion requested extension through Nov. 30 of temporary legal ceiling of $309 billion on national debt; under per manent law debt limit would revert on Sept. 1 to $285 bil lion which is more than $20 billion less than the actual debt. House - Ways and Means committee approved; House to act Wednesday. Senate-Awaiting House action. Military Pay Administra tion asked $1.2 billion annual pay and benefit boost for all lervicemen, reservists and re tirees. House - Passed modi fied version to cost $15 mil lion less and providing no in crease for 832,000 draftees and enlistees in their first two years of service. House included controversial $30.5 million "recomputation" fea ture for those retired before 1958. Senate - Armed Serv ices . subcommittee approved bill in form not disclosed. Full committee and Senate itself expected to act this week. Fallout Shelters - President Kennedy wants authority to make federal contributions to ward construction of civil de fense fallout shelters in schools, hospitals and other non-profit institutions. House -Armed Services subcommit tee approved limited program in principle only; bill still to be drafted, with outcome now in doubt as result of civil rights issue. Senate - Nothing scheduled. Foreign Aid - Administra tion asking $4.5 billion. House -Foreign Affairs committee approved authorization bill Try and Stop Mo By BENNETT CERF RICHARD BISSELL, on the subject of his beloved Har vard: "Harvard has no drum-majorettes with cute pink knees. It's swarming with adorable Radcliffe girls, all equipped with knees, but dreadfully preoccupied with the pursuit of knowledge. Whether the competition likes it or not, Harvard is Harvard, 327 years old and operating en a budget of 85 million dollars a year. There is only one RingUng Broth ers, no matter how many elephants the other shows add to their rosters. There is only one Mount Ever est And there is only one Harvard." A cute neighbor of Jack Pear's, Incidentally, decided to break ' her engagement on the very eve of the announced wedding day. Seems her fiance had purchased a nobby convertible with ONE seat belt. What do you do with the time you aave?" aska an industrial publicist and continues, "Reflect on the sad history of a few minute-savers we know about. Al saves time skipping lunch and other meals. He has ulcers. Jack saved time driving 80 miles an hour in heavy traffic. He's in the pen for manslaughter. I Harry saves time taking pills to keep him awake 16 hours a day. He's in the hands of a psychoanalyst. Marty saved time by making his old fuses do Instead of going to the hardware store for more fuses. He's spending it working on a second job trying to replace his house which burned down." C 1983, by Btnnett Cerf. Plitrlbuttd by Kim IWuret Syndicate Insurance ... at Its Best Fred R. Brennin, CIA "Mr. Insurance" PACKAGE INSURANCE SPECIALISTS Lei us check your policies and provide Homeowners' and Package Policies, reducing cost and the number of expiration. Your individual problem determines the package and the com pany. It's your money we are spending, as if it were our own! Medford Insurance Agency The R. A. Holmes Agency "The Insurance Center" 25 West Main Strtat Dial 773-7343 772-4444 At near at year r.lteh.ne Cong rational Bills setting ceiling on aepropri tiona slightly below $4.1 bil lion. Senate - Foreign Rela tions committee nearing final action on bill. (Actual appro priations to come later.) Treaty - U. S., Russia and Britain have initialed and signed treaty banning nuclear tests in air, space and under water; ratification requires two-thirds vote of Senate. Sen ate - Foreign Relations com mittee will hold public hear, ings. House - No action re quired. Health Insurance Presi dent wants hospitalization program for persons 65 and older financed through social security taxes. House Ways and Means committee expect ed to hold hearings later this year. Senate Awaiting House action. Mental Health Adminis tration wants long-range pro gram for community mental health centers; research on and treatment of mental re tardation. House Commerce subcommittee approved $407 million program. Senate Ap proved 10-year $848 million program. Medical Schools Adminis tration asked long range con struction aid for medical-dental schools, loans to students. House Passed three-year program that would cost $236 million. Senate No hearings yet. College Construction - Ken nedy originally asked for fed eral funds to build classrooms and laboratories as part of larger $5.3 billion school bill; agreed later to separate bills. House - Education committee approved $1.2 billion in grants and loans for colleges, pend ing in Rules oommittee. Sen ate Hearings completed on omnibus school bill. Schools and Libraries President wants aid contin ued for "impacted areas" and libraries. House Education committee approved in sep arate bills, with amendments forbidding use of funds for segregated facilities. Senate Hearings completed on omni bus school bill. Vocational Schools Presi dent asked step-up in federal aid to vocational schools. House Bill to increase aid in this field from $57 million to $180 million annually over four years cleared by Educa tion and Labor committee and by Rules committee and sched uled for House action today. Senate Hearings completed on omnibue bill. ; Voting - President Kennedy asked for controls on use of Lowell A. lotnea 'Mr. Homeowners" literacy tests, speedier voting rights suits and extension of the civil rights commission's life for four years in his orig inal request last winter. House Judiciary subcommit tee approved four-year exten sion of civil rights commis sion. Public Accommodations Kennedy's main request in his second rights message was tor legislation outlawing segrega tion in use of hotels, stores, restaurants, theaters and other public accommodations in In terstate commerce. He also asked for new authority to In itiate school desegregation suits and optional authority to withhold federal aid to states that practice racial dis crimination. House-Judiciary subcommittee hearings con cluded. Senate Commerce committee hearings completed on public accommodations feature; Judiciary committee hearings under way on full civil rights package. Employment Kennedy en dorsed fair employment prac tices commission legislation to bar job discrimination by private business and labor un ions. House Labor commit tee has approved FEPC. Sen ate Labor sub-committee hearings under way. Cotton A d m in istration backed subsidy plan would provide cheaper cotton for U. S. textile mills; includes lower support prices for large scale growers and potential relaxation of planting restric tions. House Bill approved by Agr icu 1 ture coi. ..nittee, cleared by Rules committee, but not yet scheduled for floor action. Senate Hear ings completed. Mexican Farm Hands - 12-year-old law permitting im portation of Mexicans for temporary work on American farms expires' Dec. 31; admin istration requested one-year extension with new safe guards to protect domestic workers. House - Bill to ex tend program two years with out change defeated on House floor. Senate - Expected soon to approve one -year exten sion. Mass Transit - Kennedy proposed $500 million In sub sidies to improve city rail, bus and subway services. House -Banking committee approved bill, pending in Rules com mittee. Senate - Approved $375 million program. Wilderness - President wants to establish a national program to preserve public lands in their natural state. Senate - Passed, with pro vision covering 8 million acres immediately and pos sibly up to 35 million acres eventually. House - No com' mittee hearings set. Outdoor Recreation Ken nedy wants a special land and water conservation fund to finance purchase of addition al federal and state park lands and forests for outdoor recre ation. House - Interior sub committee action under way. Senate - Hearings completed. Depressed Areas - Kennedy asked Congress to expand sharply program of federal redevelopment aid to local industries designed to create jobs in areas of chronically high unemployment. Senate -Approved additional $455 mil lion authorization. House -Rejected, but Banking com mittee has approved a "sec Pope Paul Takes Working Vacation Castelgandolfo, Italy -IUPD-Pope Paul VI today began the first day of his working vaca tion away from the Roman heat. The Pope drove the 17 miles from the Vatican City Monday to the papal summer residence perched here on the brink of a volcanic crater lake in the Alban Hills. A crowd of nearly 5,000 cheered the pontiff on his ar rival. It was the longest trip outside the Vatican the Pope has taken since his election June 21 to succeed the late Pope John XXIII. But it was not the first time Pope Paul has been to Castel gandolfo. The Pope frequented the papal estate as a young aide to Pope Pius XII, and brought comfort to villagers here when the town was hit by allied bombardments in World War II. The Pope told the crowd that greeted him nothing pleased him more than to be surrounded by the people and "in this period of summer re pose, in the beauty of nature . . . to lilt prayers to uoa. Banfield Freeway Crash Kills Youth Portland - UH) - Kit James Carson, 18, Portland, was kill ed and two other youths in jured In a one-car accident on the Banfield Freeway Mon day afternoon. Carson was a passenger in an eastbound car which skid ded out of control, overturned and struck a tree. Jack Crover, 17, Portland, the driver, and Robert Kenish, 18, Portland, another Mitto, i MEDFORD ond-try'' $355 million bill Youth Employment Ken nedy asked new $100 million Youth Conservation Corps for outdoor work in forests and parks; home town youth corps for local civic projects. House Education committee has ap proved, pending in Rules com mittee. Senate - Passed. Domestic Peace Corps - President asking for new or ganization of 1,000 to 5,000 skilled volunteers to carry out work in this country simi lar to Peace Corps projects abroad. $5 million first year cost. House - Education and Labor subcommittee hearings under way. Senate - Labor committee approved; Senate to act this week. Labor Dispute - Adminis tration requested Congress to r si XSSS8 .. .vsr , vf c at y MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. Commission task of resolving dispute over "work rules" which has threatened a nation-wide railroad strike. Sen ate - Commerce committee completed hearings on admin istration bill, meets next Thursday to consider action. House - Commerce committee hearings concluded. . Price-cutting - Administration-opposed bill backed by druggists, and other retail groups is designed to stop re tail price-cutting of brand name merchandise. House -Com merce committee ap proved, pending in Rules committee. Senate - No date set for hearings to resume. Laws Enacted Draft - Congress granted Kennedy's request for four year extension of selective I was "Come on, Dad, all our friends have a mountain cabin." A familiar Northwest cry. Familiar to me, too, but I was ready to give in. It took only $25 a month at Equitable, starting in '52. $3,750 total savings and earnings covered pre-cut materials and utilities. Assembly, a fam ily fun project. More fun together at the cabin, if erence in our life is Equitable. No other Savings ami Loan lilje it. A 73-year record of safety. Your own personal savings counselor! 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Women Workers - Starting next June employers must provide equal pay for women workers who do the same work as men; new law applies to jobs covered by minimum wage-hour law. Taxes - Congress in re sponse to administration re quest extended for another year present temporary tax rates on corporation profits, liquor, cigarettes, a u t o m o biles, telephone calls and air line tickets which had been scheduled to drop to lower levels July 1. (Corporation tax rates would be permanent ly revised downward, if Ken nedy's tax-reduction program is enacted.) . oft "Mm,. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1963 Mannered - Matchless - Miniature Mammals 1 ADM: ak?;,',Vc5' AUGUST 14-18 R0SEBURG lit MEDFORD-513 Midford ShoppJnf Cm. Ttliphoni: 779-1221 ' A 5 SHETLAND PONY SHOW Class A Performance Show Trotting Races :30 p.m. - Wed. thru Fri. DOUGLAS ger, were nwpiiaiic.
