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History from tno files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Ocl. 1-1, 1953 (Wednesday)
Col. Robert G. Emmens, Med
ford, has been named deputy
chief of staff, intelligence, for
the Tactical Air Command.
The 45th annual convention of
the Oregon State Nurses associ
ation opened here last night.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 11, 1013 (Thursday)
Milk deliveries cut to three
times weekly by ODT order.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
CMtrta Pnt" rnlumn: "D 0 It-
wood trees, that forgot to do it
lac! cm-tno nnrl a rounle of no-
taniinl unfair candidates for
the U. S. Senate, have started
to bloom.
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 11, 1933 (Saturday)
George Iverson to organize a
Taxpayers League here.
Youth charged with forgery
tries suicide but will recover.
40 YEARS AGO
Ort. 14, 1923 (Sunday).
Women wearing Khaki panls
seen walking on Pacific highway
sougth for questioning in Siski
you train robbery.
Four prisoners cut hole in roof
and escape from Jacksonville
county jail.
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 14, 1913 (Tursdny)
C. C. MeCoikle, Rogue River,
discharged as game warden,
prefers charges against Chief
Deputy Warden Sam Sandry,
former superior, of killing salm
on with a hammer.
Petitions circulated asking
Gov. Oswald West to commute
to lite imprisonment death sen
tences of Mike Spanos and Fred
Seymour sentenced to hang for
murder of George Dedaskalous
here a year ago.
What's Your I.Q.?
Hint or fen correcf it superior.
even or eight it excellent; five or
la it good.
1. Which U.S. city in which a
residential section is called Dy
namite Hill has had SO bomb
ings since World War II?
2. Dali is most noted for what
type of psinting?
4. Correct the following: "The
house's paint was peeling bad."
4. A. Dc Gaullist would most
likely be found in France, Eng
land or Siberia .'
5. What is the highest point
in the North American conti
nent? 6. Hellespont is the classical
ancient name for what geo
praphical feature?
7. In politics is a leftist more
liberal or conservative than a
rightist?
8. What was the. first stale
west of the Appalachian moun
tains to be admitted lo the
Union?
9. What common substance
contains a considerable quan
tity of lactic acid?
10. What country first used
poison gas in modern warfare?
Answers: I. Birmingham, Ala.
1. Surrealism. 3. The paint on
the house was peeling badly. 4.
France. . Mi. MiKlnlev. .
Dardanelles. 7. More liberal. I.
Kentucky. 1. Sour milk. 10. Germany.
PUILISHEIS
m jJA-SSOCIAIION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1963
The Words
We have had our say
seum, according to some readers) concerning
the tax measure to be voted on tomorrow.
So, on the eve of this
election, let us quote the
matter.
The quotations are
but give the general
E.A.
ABOUT BALLOT MEASURE NO. 1
If the tax measure goes down to defeat (as seems more
than possible, judging from the past record of Oregon's
voters), the big losers will be Oregon's public school children.
At every election involving tax monies, the issue of public
support for private education is bound to be raised by some
voters. There is no doubt that the contribution of private
and parochial schools to the community is not sufficiently
appreciated. On every level local, state and national
there needs to be more recognition of the role of private
education. Many of our citizens have strong convictions on
this point.
But this is not the issue in this election.
Oregon's public school system is good; it has won national
acclaim; it deserves our continuing support.
The new tax program adopted by the legislature corrects
inequalities and loopholes in the existing legislation and gives
each citizen an equitable share of responsibility in financing
the services of his state government.
Not that Ballot Measure No. 1 is a perfect bill. With the
exception of some legislation from the Mounts of Sinai or the
Beautitudes, few measures are. But after months of prolonged
hearings, proposals and counter-proposals, it was adopted by
the elected representatives as the best legislation attainable
under our democratic processes.
The program of the state legislature has the support of
the responsible leadership of our community. It is realistic
to the needs of a growing economy. It seems vastly superior
to any of the suggested alternatives. Its passage would in
sure the continued premium quality of our public education.
Catholic Sentinel, Portland.
VOTING FOR OREGON
To the Editor: There are lots of things and people
I too would like to vote against. But under our system you
can't vote against anything without voting for something else.
In Russia, you have to vote for, I'm told; and your vote
doesn't count anyway. Here it does.
So, on this tax referendum, I just can't in responsibility
and good conscience vote for second or third rate public
education for our fine young people. I can't vote to deprive
of food or medical care, clothing or shelter, our fellow citizens
on relief who need to eat like the rest of us. I can't vote to
use the cleaver on the State Library and other essential serv
ices it's taken years of hard devoted professional work to
build up.
Some of these services, it seems to me, along with the
ocean and the mountains, the rivers, forests and lakes
and the people make Oregon about the best state in the
Union to live in. I ought to know, having come a long way,
lived here better than 25 years, earned my wages the only
way you can earn them hard work own my home, and pay
my taxes regularly without too much grumbling.
So, the way I see it, I'm voting for Oregon when I vote for
the tax bill, with all its faults. I just can't see voting my nose
nff to spite my face or pouring the baby away along with
emptying the bath. That just doesn't make sense.
Ivan Lovell
Rout 3, Box 616
Salem, Ore.
(In the Oregon Statesman)
WHY REACTIONARIES ARE CONCERNED
Oregon's reactionary elements are becoming Increasingly
concerned about the students' fund-raising drive in the cam
paign for a yes vote on Ballot Measure No. 1.
Students' involvement In a political campaign, because of
their concern for the consequences which a "no"vote would
have on higher education, has a good deal of impact in the
state. Students are carrying on the biggest "yes" vote cam
paign in the state. Students are not professionally dedicated
to education and thus are capable of influencing voters who
would not be swayed by a college professor.
Students also have a wide range of communication
throughout the state. A letter from a former high school hero
making an intelligent plea for a "yes" vote in Ashland or
Albany or Mermiston could do more to influence the elector
ate than the tirades of a local politician.
This must be a pretty frightening thought for many of
Oregon's anti-education legislators. Conceivably students
could influence the electorate during the general election by
writing to local newspapers commenting on the actions of a
particular legislator to undercut access to higher education,
thus slowing the state's industrial development.
A student committee for higher education might organize
on the state's campuses calling for the defeat of legislators
in both parties who are clearly foes of higher education.
Several legislators we can think of would have a great deal
to (ear from a campaign of this nature.
We believe that the work of student leaders on the tax re
ferral is the most significant step forward for student govern
ment in recent years. It fully illustrates the new serious mood
of the campus and that students are vitally concerned about
issues more important than the Frosh Snoball.
We hope when the campaign for a yes vote on Ballot Meas
ure No. 1 is over that student leaders will transfer this en
lightened new concern for higher education to the building
bond election , next spring and other important issues. Ore
gon Daily Emerald, student edited newspaper of the. Uni
versity of Oregon.
PRIDE OF CITIZENSHIP
Oregon is not a rich state. Its public expenses for schools,
etc., are affected by our neighbor California, (or we must
compete for personnel. But If the state is to prosper it must
invest. It must plow back in its schools and colleges, in its
public services, in its resource development seed corn for
future harvests.
Not the money cut itself, but the open rebuke of the very
careful work of the Department of Finance and the Ways and
Means Committee hy the people in defeating the tax will im
pair confidence In Oregon's future as a progressive, forward
marching state.
We will lose some of our finest talent in universities and
in institutions, and the tax reverse will discourage others
from considering employment here. Our Oregon institutions
of higher learning are not as distinguished as we want them
to become. A setback like this confirms mediocrity, (or it re
veals public indifference lo excellence.
The increase which is sought in the pending tax bill is
not extreme. It comes when the general economy of Oregon
is at a high level of prosperity, when people are quite fully
employed at wages the highest in history.
Both our ability to carry the slight extra load and our
pride in citizenship in Oregon ought to unite in obtaining for
this tax bill a resounding Yes vole in its fnvor. Charles A.
Sprague, lormer Oregon Governor, In the Oregon Statesman.
EMPTY ARGUMENTS
The emptiness of the arguments of the referral leaders will
be apparent to anyone ho reads the "Arguments in Opposi
tion" on page 29 of the Voters' Pamphlet (or the special
election. It is full of catch phrases but it is completely lack
ing in alternatives or specifics.
We believe that a "yes" vote is the only responsible vote
that a union member can cast next Tuesday. We also believe,
most sincerely, that it will be a vote for your own future and
your own self-interest. Oregon Labor Press.
of Others
(at length and ad nau
exceedingly important
words of others on the
not necessarily complete,
tenor of the discussion,
Small Protection
Reprinted", hy per
Mat fer of Fact By j0i.Ph ai,oP
lc) New York Herald Tribune Synrtlratt
THE TIME MACHINE
TAIPEf, Formosa. The wind
ing road to the villa in the hills,
the villa itself, modest but com
fortable, the excellent tea swift
ly brought by silent menserv
ants. in a big room with a su-
Derb view all these features
of a visit to Chiang Kai-shek in
1963 were also the customary
features of such visits in Chung
king some 20 years ago.
As always, Madame cniang
sits erect by her husband's side,
occasionally helping out the in
terpreter with a quiet correction
or suggestion. As always, Chiang
Kai-shek himself is soft-spoKen
but articulate. And the years
have passed over him lightly,
too; he even looks five years
younger than he did five years
ago.
At first, therefore, it is rather
like taking a trip in a time ma
chine. Yet there is a difference
all the same, for heavy in the
air is the constant thought of all
the water that has flowed over
all the dams, and all the blood
that has been shed, and all tne
follies that have been commit
ted, and all the tragedies that
have occurred both needlessly
and unavoidably, in the two
decades that have passed since
those days in Chungking in war
time. a
AN THE heels of this thought.
" moreover, still another
crowds in. The year 1943 was a
great turning point for uuang
Kai-shek. A command crisis
centering on that foolish and
violent old man, Gen. Joseph
Stilwell, in turn precipitated a
domestic potential crisis. All
that was worst, most corrupt,
and most incompetent in Na
tionalist China won the day that
autumn.
Then the Japanese launched
major new offensives. The Com
munists, who always used tne
Japanese to run interference for
them, thus won control over
huge new provinces in the wake
of the Japanese advance, inua-
tion became vertiginous. Morale
collapsed. And although
Chiang's regime barely man
aged to survive the storm, it
had been fatally undermined;
and so Chiang's road went down
wards, ever downwards, ever
downwards, until he reached
this island.
Twenty years ago. even his
good manners could not conceal
the fact that Chiang was not a
tranquil man. But he is tranquil
today, simply because today the
shoe is on the other foot. The
man beleaguered, the man pur
sued and threatened by misfor
tune, is no longer Chiang Kai
shek, but his enemy, Mao Tse
tung. AS LONG as two years. Mao
paid Chiang the considera
ble compliment of hastily re
deploying upwards of 300000
troops, in order to strengthen
the defense of the mainland
coast against a possible land
ing by I'hiar the maximum
LEONE'S
CASA tA PIZIA
frVjLa.'' ! atn vrs.
"We're only doing our Job. Ine law sa.vs no gambling, and
we've got to arrest m for playing brlrlrr lor trarlln? stamps!"
MEDi'OKl) MAIL TKIBUNE, MEOFORD.
mi union, frnm Oregon Journal.
Nationalist landing strength be
ing only a division and a half!
Since then, Mao has been
driven to his humiliating and
fruitless retreat from the policy
of the great leap forwards. He
has plunged onwards to the
final break with Moscow. He
has defied the world, to small
avail; for the reports have just
come in, as these words are be
ing written, that the Soviets
have cut off their oil shipments
to China and are getting ready
to expel Mao from the world
brotherhood o' Communists.
On Chiang Kai-shek, it must
be added, all this was slow to
take effect. In 1962 he was dead
ly serious in his preparations for
a mainland alnding; and only
the strongest American pressure
held him back. This winter.
once "ain, he ordered new land
ing preparations, and again in
earnest. But this time, those of
his advisors who believe in a
deteriorating mainland situation
at length persuaded him to wait
till the time as more ripe.
We cannot afford to wait a
little now," he says, "because
we can now see the Communists
growing weaker all the time.
We ned not be in a hurry, as
we had to be before."
IHOSE TWO sentences an
nounce a rather major
change in the Asian situation
Until Chiane was belatedly con
vinced, this spring, that the
nosition of the Communists must
become more and more vulnera
ble with each passing month and
year, a wild Nationalist gamble
on a landing on me mainiaiiu
was an ever-present possibility.
But that risk has been eliminat
ed, at least for the time being.
That much is all that can now
be said with certainty, since
time machines to visit the future
are unhappily never available.
Will Chiang's moment ever
come? No one can tell. He is
waiting and getting ready, but
even if Mao and his government
go under, as no longer seems
impossible, that may not be
Chiang s moment eitner.
One thine can be foretold al
ready, however. Whether or not
Chiang's moment comes, Chiang
wil have his revenge in the end
on the fashionable twaddlers
who have denounced and be-
littled him. He has his own
grave faults. He has the grave
handicaps, too, of one who
stands between two eras and
two cultures, and does not fully
belong to either. Yet he is a
big man, a major figure of the
sort the twaddlers can never
understand: and h i s t o r y will
laugh at the twaddlers rather
than Chiang Kai-shek.
Communications
The Choices
To the Editor: 11 will be in
the best interest of the State of
Oregon and its people if the tax
1 i i I mmL I
OREGON
Foreign News: Adenauer Will Stay Quiet;
Algerian-Moroccan War Is Not
Notes from the foreign new:
cables:
TO FADE AWAYi
Look for Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer to fade away from
the Bonn political scene. His
family and friends have warned
him that public reaction would
not be sympathetic if he tried
to criticize the new government
of Ludwig Erhard from the side
lines. Adenauer apparently has
gotten the idea. He now says
that his advice is available, but
Erhard will have to ask him, be
cause he does not want to im
pose himself on the new cabinet.
Just Plain Jack
Brings You Peace
By Arthur Hoppe
Good morning, friends in tele
vision land. It's time for anoth
er visit with Just Plain Jack,
the story of a young man who
is blessed with charm, good
looks, wealth and success. He
also has children.
As we join Just Plain Jack
today he is in the Brown Study,
studying brownly. His little
eirl. like any little girl any
where, is playing on the floor
with her scissors. Clipping cou
pons. His little boy. like any
little boy anywhere, is standing
by his father's side. Crying.
Jack (shuffling papers): All
right, that takes care of the
gold outflow: civil rights, Jun
ior, stop crying! nuclear tests;
Junior, stop crying; Honduras;
Junior, stop crying; and . . .
Caroline, why is your brother
crying? As usual?
Little Girl: M a y D e wants
Mommy.
Jack: Good. Why aon t you
run find Mommy, Junior?
Little Girl: Silly Daddy.
Mommy's in Greece.
Jack: Be quiet, Caroline. See,
Junior! You go out to busy old
Pennsylvania avenue and head
east. But wait till the light
turns red. And . . .
Little Girl: Daddy!
Jack: I was just teasing, ha,
ha. Oh, aren't we all having
fun without Mommy, ha ha.
Junior, stop crying or I'll bat
you one, ha ha. (Shuffling pa
pers) Now. in regard to tne
multi-lingual Junior-stop-crying
NATO nuclear force we must
stop crvine . . . Pee-YARE.
(Portly Pierre, the faithful
family retainer, edges reluc
tantly in.)
Pierre: Please. Chief, no
more horsie. I'd rather play
ugh football.
Jack: Pierre, I feel another
non-political trip (Junior, stop
crying) coming on. What's my
schedule?
Pierre (reading list): Mon
day, Congressional breakfast;
Tuesday, please be sure to take
Caroline to tne dentist; weanes
day, change Junior's sheets;
Thurs . . .
Jack: Those lists she leaves
Pierre. I feel I must make a
long trip into the wilds. Imme
diately. Pierre: You already did that
Chief.
Jack: At this point. I'd even
go somewhere to shake hands
with the Devil.
Pierre: You did that last
week, Chief. Arkansas. Gover
nor Faubus. Frankly, you're
traveling too much. Did you no
tice how the guards on the gate
ask to see your identification
now? It's not good for your
image.
Jack (glumly): You're right,
Pierre. It is up to us fathers
to make our children happy.
Wait, I've got it! Caroline how
would you and Junior (please
stop crying) like to go to Dis
neyland? Real family fun to
gether? Little Girl (suspiciously):
Alone?
program is given voter approv
al next Tuesday.
The choices and their conse
quences are these:
If the measure is defeated the
state will be thrown into a fiscal
emergency. Governor Hatfield
would have the choice of calling
a special session of the legisla
ture or drastically cutting serv
ices provided by general fund
agencies. If a special session is
called, the only guarantee that
we have is that such a session
would be very costly as would
a possible subsequent tax pro
gram referral and election.
It the measure is approved
1 It admittedly is not the best
possible program but at least
it will serve to support the
Stale of Oregon and its gov
ernment during the current bi
ennium. If the program needs
changing, and it very likely
will, this would then become the
business of the 15 legislature.
In short, we know what we
have if the program is approv
ed. If it is not approved, it is
possible that a special legisla
tive session woultl enact a pro
gram which would prove equal
ly unacceptable to the electo
rate. Norman F. Stone
Member. State Council
on Aging
930 East 44th ave..
Eugene, Ore
Erhard, however, has no inten.
tion of asking him.
HOT WORDS ONLY:
Morocco and Algeria are ex
changing hot words over their
border dispute but it is not ex
pected to lead to a hot war.
The area in which clashes have
been reported is mostly desert,
and despite existing maps the
official borderline never has
been really settled. Few observ
ers believe either Morocco's
King Hassan II or Algeria's
President Ben Bella would start
a serious war over what is vir
tually a belt of sand.
SOVIET TRADE:
Russia may be expected to
Jack: Well, Daddy has to
work. But there must be some
body who'd put up with Junior.
Somebody who's desperate
enough to see Disneyland.
Some . . . That's it! Pierre,
call good old Nikita. Tell him
our representatives will meet
him forthwith at the Summit.
Of the Matterhorn.
Pierre: In Switzerland?
Jack: In Disneyland. And
promise him a trip to Knott's
Berry Farm, too. Now Caroline,
in your non-political speech be
sure to mention how this Ad
ministration has made t h e
whole world happy and even
gay and JUNIOR, STOP
CRYING!
Will Jack Get Rid of the
Kids? Is This Any Way to Be
a Good Father! Is There Anv
Other way? Tune in to our next
episode, friends. And mean
time, as you go down the by
ways of life, remember: When
you think of raising children,
think of just plain jack.
in the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The news today?
It's VERY interesting.
And, perhaps, very significant.
FOR example:
Russian tmnnc hlrw-beH ALT.
military and civilian traffic on
the autobahn (freeway) between
West Germany and West Berlin.
During the recent negotiations,
this traffic has been entirely
free and unimpeded. But a little
before noon (Berlin time) some
500 Soviet troops in Russian ar
mored personnel carriers moved
in and stopped all American
traffic on the autobahn.
Their excuse was that the U.S.
had refused to accede to Soviet
demands that our soldiers get
out of their jeeps and trucks
and stand meekly beside the
highway while Soviet guards
counted them to make sure we
weren't sending in too many
American troops.
QUR Army officers said the
" Russians had no right to do
this and added that the soldiers
could be conveniently counted
IN THE VEHICLES, as has
been the procedure hitherto. As
this is written, just what hap
pened as a result of the demand
isn't wholly clear.
The Germans call the holdup
the most serious incident since
the Soviets built the Berlin wall.
AND-
" From "somewhere in the
Soviet Union" there comes a
message from Kroosh to the
effect that the test ban treaty
"docs not of itself solve the main
international problem of o u r
epoch and docs not eliminate
danger."
,He adds:
"Now it is necessary ... to
develop the success achieved
STILL FURTHER and to look
for the settlement of OTHER
RIPE INTERNATIONAL IS
SUES. Among these is a non
aggression treaty between our
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion (NATO) and its communist
counterpart, the Warsaw Pact.
This we have so far refused
to do. Kroosh is apparently de
manding now that we DO IT.
WHAT gives?
Well, Kroosh has his test
ban treaty.
He has his wheat deal.
The world apparently looks
rosy to him.
SO
He's crowdine his luck.
He's slopping our convoys
again on the Berlin autobahn.
He's reviving his demand that
we must GET OUT of Berlin.
WHAT'S happened to Kroosh?
Well, some tour centuries
ago Francois Rabelais wrote
this little couplet:
"The Devil was sick the
Devil a monk would be:
The Devil was well the
Devil a monk was he!"
IT RATHER looks like Kroosh.
with the test ban treaty under
his belt and his deal for wheat
enough to keep his people fed
going along rather nicelv, feels
that he is WELL AGAIN.
IV
look for more American and
Allied goods once the wheat deal
has really firmed up. There are
hints that Russia may be inter
ested in cotton and above all
industrial goods. The Rus
sians will be followed by the
satellites, who long since have
been eyeing the prospect of ex
tended trade with the West but
have been restrained by the Rus
sians, who call the signals, tne
way now seems open for them to
line up, not only for wheat but
for other purchases as well on
this side of the Iron Curtain.
TIME HEALS ALL:
The current break in relations
Strictly
Personal
By Sidney J. Harris
(c) field Enterprises. Inc.
STREET ZOMBIES
When an attractive young
lady of my acquaintance re
cently asked me why I had
cut her dead on the street twice
in one week, I decided it was
again time to write the column
I have written every year or
two about "street zombies" like
me.
I do this not merely to apol
ogize for my own remiss be
havior, but on behalf of t h e
thousands like me who are un
justly accused of snubbing or
ignoring people who pass them
on the street.
In my own case, there are
two factors at work: myopia and
fantasy. I am dreadfully near
sighted, and too vain or negli
gent to wear glasses except
when driving at night; and as
I walk along, I am involved in
some rich fantasy-life of my
own.
I could pass and have
my nearest and dearest on
the street without recogni
tion most of the time. First,
I can't distinctly see the face
of anyone more than SO feet
away; and, secondly, my fe
brile little mind is usually
on another planet, in deep
dialog with some astral char
acter out of the early Edgar
Rice Burroughs' novels.
Never once In my life have
I consciously "cut" anyone,
even people I don't particular
ly care for. Indeed, it strikes
me as reprehensible that any
one would snub anyone else,
when a casual nod is so cheap
and easy.
Curiously enough, If I am
seated somewhere as an ob
THE INCOME
This is one of a series of brief presentations
of some little-known aspects of the income tax
measure on which Oregon voters will decide
at a special election on
A yes vote approves the
QUESTION
Is the 1963 Oregon tax measure fair?
ANSWER
There is no such thing as a
payers. What's fair to me is a
does the following things in
(I) It increases taxes an
payer.
(2) It abolishes the inequitable taxation of single taxpayers
with dependents who now pay
families of equal numbers in
(3) It abolishes the reinvestment requirement for capital
gains, benefiting those who must spend their savings.
(4) It equalizes the tax savings from dependents. Under
the old law, high bracket taxpayers received substantially
greater tax savings for each dependent.
15) it eliminates the ceiling on extraordinary medical ex
pense deductions.
(6) It preserves student dependents' tax benefits to the
families that support them without regard to the student's
earnings.
(7) It lowers stated rates and increases the graduation of
tax rates. It also imposes on persons with reportable, adjusted
gross income a minimum tax of the greater of $5 or 1 per
cent of adjusted gross. For example, on a joint return:
Taxable income Tax. old law Tax. new law
2.000
4.000
6.000
8.000
10,000
Taxable income, however, is raised by the elimination of
the federal tax deduction which means that most people's
taxes will in fact go up about 3.5 per cent. And where 1 per
cent of adjusted gross exceeds the rate schedule for taxable
income, the 1 per cent minimum controls. (Adjusted gross
means gross income less business deductions; taxable income
means gross income less both personal and business deduc
tions.) This provision will bring many new taxpayers under
the income tax law.
QUESTION
Is the tax increase justified?
ANSWER
The proportions of this year's tax increase have been
shaped by the appropriations made by the state Legislature
over the past 8 to 10 years. The pinch has not been felt be
cause the state has had a surplus, or "savings account" with
which to offset failure of current revenues to meet curren;
expenditures. This year, the "savings account" is exhausted
so that a relatively small increase in state expenditures has i
great impact on the individual.
CORRECTION
Re: Medical expense deductions
The new tax law will not benefit very low income lax
payers with extremely high medical expenses as Thursday';
example indicated, because of the minimum tax provisions
The minimum tax is figured on adjusted gross income and li
not subject to reduction by personal deductions or dependent
credits.
The following table reflects the effect of the increasct'
medical deduction under the new law assuming a joint return:
Actual
Inromf
$5,000
56.000
$7,000
$8,000
medical expenses
$3,500
$4,500
$5,500
$6,500
Expected
between the Philippines and the
new Malaysian Federation is not
expected to last long. The Phil
ippines broke with the new fed
eration because of a longtime
Philippines claim to North Bor
neo, which was included in the
new nation. But the Filipinos
have not such strong feelings on
the issue as have been exhibited
by Indonesia, which also broke
relations with Malaysia, and
now are expected to do what
they can to patch up relations all
around. The Philippine govern
ment is believed trying to engi
neer another summit meeting
among the three to restore the
peace.
server, I can be a rapt people-watcher.
But when I my
self am a participant in the
passing parade, I shuffle
along totally oblivious of my
surroundings, except for tha
peril of automobiles and chil
dren on tricycles.
There is a feverish Waller
Mitty quality to my walking: I
am either working out a com
plicated bridge hand, in which
I soundly trounce Goren, Schen
ken and all the other world ex
perts; or I am conducting the
premiere of my new symphony
at Carnegie Hall, with the en
vious shade of Mozart hovering
over my shoulder; or I am de
vising irrefutable arguments as
to why my salary should be
trebled immediately and mv
mortgages lifted by a grateful
government.
None of this explanation is of
any sequence, except that the
population includes ' a great
many street zombies like me,
who are continually reprimand
ed for slighting their acquaint
ances, when we are actually
walking around in a daze, with
impaired vision and our mental
faculties sealed off from the
world of reality.
Please don't take it person
ally. I once passed my own
mother and father on the street,
and was not aware of it until
my dad strode back and prod
ded me firmly between the
shoulder blades with his um
brella. "Can't you even sav
hello?" he demanded. I looked
up and mumbled, "If I moved
the knight to queen 4, I could
have beaten Capablanca at Has
tings." TAX MEASURE
Oct. IS.
law; a no vote defeats it.
tax scheme perfect for all tax
burden to you. The 1963 measure
general:
average of 3.5 per cent per tax
some 35 per cent more tax than
the low brackets.
$ 70.00
$180.00
$320.00
M60.00
$640.00
$ 62.50
$155.00
$267.50
$396.26
$531.25
Tax
Tax
(old law)
$ 42
$ 85
$138
$203
(new law
$50
$60
$70
$80
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