MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
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Sma Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. WATKINS
(Regitter and Tribune
Syndicate, '.961)
Pudgy Fell From Sight
Rapidly And Mysteriously
Too bad he wasn't around to
enjoy his greatest hour . . . that
day when he, just a dog, be
came the most talked about and
important personage in the city.
His name, measurements and
habits were broadcast by radio,
television, and by newspapers in
half a dozen cities, as he was
the dog "most wanted" by po
lice and highway patrols. Boys
and men in neighborhoods near
and far neglected their work to
join in a countryside search
for a missing dog by the name
of Pudgy.
Up until the day of his disap
pearance and the great search,
Pudgy had led a sheltered and
sedentary life. He was the pride
and joy of a household. If any
animal could be said to be per
manently attached, it was
Pudgy.
The family acquired Pudgy
when he was an awkward pup
py "as cute as a button." He
was .11 black except for a
blaze on the forehead. His nose
was deeply recessed; his face
was wrinkled.
Became Obese
Somewhere is his ancestry
there had been Boston Terrier
influences. But there was some
thing else too, for he grew near
ly twice as large as a Boston
Terrier is supposed to be.
In fact, in this lcter years he
was obese too chunky for his
own good a direct result of
easy living, lack of exercise and
too much food. For years he had
enjoyed a large piece of bolog
na, and that was beside his
other regular and gener o u s
meals. This extra treat was a
regular nightly ritual.
Pudgy's owners were a child
less couple, well up in years.
The man had retired at an ad
vanced age, and the dog became
a living part of the household.
On him, the couple lavished all
their affection and attention.
With kind and loving care, Pud
gy lived to the ripe old age of
15 years. For the last eight of
those years the dog spent his
winters in Florida with his fam
ily in a trailer. Every spring the
trailer, the dog and his family
moved back into a northern
state, where they spent the sum
mer. . ,
It was in the fall of the year
In the North, when the family
was preparing for the south
ward journey, that the big
search took place. One morning,
just before daylight, the dog
"wanted out." The master open
ed the door, Pudgy trotted off
into the half-light.
Became Alarmed
Hours later, the family be
came alarmed when he dog did
not return. Then they became
frantic. A search of the neigh
borhood began; no one had seen
the dog. The police were noti
fied; the state highway patrol
was alerted. They all promised
to help.
Two radio stations began
broadcasting the name and de
scription of the missing dog.
Lost ads appeared in four coun
try newspapers. Children out of
school joined in the search. A
reward was offered. Motorists
scrutinized every dog they saw
along the roads and streets. Re
ports from all sources were
negative.
The days and nights wore on
while the search continued, and
tne answer was always me j
cama All the nnwprfiil fnrrps i
of human agencies were of no
avail. Even the long arm of the
law was too short, the power of
the press and radio too weak.
Member by Invitation
Pudgy dropped from sight just
as completely as if the earth
had opened up and swallowed
him.
Water Supply in
Oregon Said Good
PORTLAND (UPI)-The Soil
Conservatin Service said here
Monday water supplies and
reservoir storage in Oregon are
good, and have been f o r
the past growing season.
R.A. Work, head of the Water
Supply Forecasting Unit of the
SCS, said most irrigated lands
had adequate water supplies
throughout the summer. He ad
ded that reservoir storage i s
near average as the 1964 water
year is starting.
Work credited heavy rainfall
from April through June for the
ample water supply.
He added that irriration wa
ter supplies were relatively good
for most areas west of the Con
tinental Divide in 1963. This in
cludes the 11 western states,
Exceptions were noted on the
Arkansas and Rio Grande and
upper Colorado River drainages.
Faculty Member
Attends Conference
ASHLAND - Dr. Jon Powell,
assistant professor of speech at
Southern Oregon college, repre
sented the college at the Reed
College Conference on "Tele
vision: Its Role in The Demo
cratic Process," recently.
The conference was concerned
with the role which commercial
television plays in the opinion
making process and was partic
ularly interested in the influence
which television exercises on the
development of civic attitudes.
Participants included Hugh M.
Beville Jr., vice president for
planning and research for the
National Broadcasting System;
Charles Collingwood, corres
pondent of CBS; Kenneth A.
Cox, commissioner of Federal
Communications Commission;
Robert H. Fleming, chief, Wash
ington (D.C.) Bureau American
Broadcasting Company; Law
rence Laurent, Radio-Television
Editor, The Washington (D.C.)
Post; Charles A. Siepmann,
chairman, Department of Com
munications in Education, New
York university; Frank Stanton,
president, CBS; and Robert D.
Swezey, director, Code Author
ity, National Association of
Broadcasters.
Portland Symphony
Gets Standing Ovation
BEND (UPI) The 70-piece
Portland symphony orchestra
received a standing ovation
Monday night from an audience
at Bend high school.
The Portland symphony is on
a tour that includes six cities.
It is scheduled to appear in
Rncphnre tonieht. Med-
ford Wednesday and Coos Bay
Thursday. The musicians piay
ed earlier at Pendleton and
Hood River.
Multnomah County
Taxpayers Get Bills
PORTLAND (UPI) - The
American AKSATION OF S t a
Highway Officials will hold its
49th annual conference here
Oct. 21-25.
About 2,000 persons are ex
pected including the nation's top
hirhway authorities.
National Selected Morticians 1
Be guided by
good sense
verspending for a funeral
service is not in the best
interests of anyone. While we
feel it is a personal matter
which the family should de
cide, a funeral should never
exceed what a family can af
ford. We invite your inquiry
for information in advance
of need.
Conger-Morris
WEST MAIN AT SIXTH
Westinghouse,
Unions Agree To
Temporary Truce
PITTSBURGH (UPI) - Wes
tinghouse Electric Corp. nego
tiators and two unions return
to the bargain table today un
der a temporary truce which
averted a strike.
Bargaining sessions were to
begin at 11 a.m. with the In
ternational Union of Electrical
Workers HUE). The firm also
was expected to hold a joint
morning session with the Unit
ed Electrical Workers (UE).
Both unions agreed Monday
to pass up an option of strik
ing at midnight Monday night
while efforts were continued to
reach an agreement on a new
contract. A third union, the In
ternational Brotherhood of Elec
trical Workers, (IBEW), will be
permitted to strike after mid
night, Oct. 31.
Agreement Reached
The firm, which employs 115,
000 persons at 61 plants in sev
en states, reached agreement
last Saturday night with a
fourth union, the 15.000-member
Federation of Westinghouse In
dependent Salaried Unions.
Contract talks ended about 10
p.m. Monday between the firm
and the IUE and UE negotiat
ing teams with "no significant
progress to report," according
to a company spokesman
Uay-to-Day Basis
Earlier Monday, the 36,000
member IUE agreed to bargain
on a day-to-day basis in an ef
fort to reach a settlement. The
UE, also free to strike last
midnight, said it too would con
tinue negotiations.
The IUE, which rejected the
firm's third proposal within a
month Monday, said the issues
blocking an agreement are
plant seniority, vacation shut
down, retirement benefits and
improvements in unemployment
security and insurance.
TUF;SDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1963
Early Overseas
Mailing Suggested
WASHINLTON (UPI) - The
Defense Department cautioned
friends of serpicemen overseas
today to start shopping early for
Christmas.
Gifts to be sent armed forces
members at overseas stations
should be mailed between Nov.
1 and Nov. 20 unless sent by
airmail in which case they
should go before Dec. 10.
The Pentagon had these mail
ing suggestions:
Pack gifts securely in wood,
metal or corrugated fiberboard.
Place them in tightly packed
cushioning material or shredded
paper.
Send small items of jewelry
by registered mail.
Do not send matches, lighter
fluid or anything flammable.
Check local post office to be
sure where tobacco products
and coffee may or may not be
sent.
Rangeland Fire
Covers 500 Acres
PENDLETON (UPI) Flames
from a fire which broke o u t
Monday burned another 100
acres of slash, timber and
rangeland east of here during
the night, raising tne total acre
age scorched to about 500
Tho State Forestrv Depart
ment sent a (resh 65-man crew
and heavy equipment into the
Bingham Springs are this
mnrnine and hoDed to have a
trail around the blaze by mid
day.
winds which blew across the
ridges at speeds of from 20 to
35 miles an nour curing i n e
night kept the flames ahead of
weary firefighters.
The fire started irom a per
mit slash fire near a dude
rnn.h annul so miles east of
here and burned northeastward
away from the ranch.
Skies were overcast in l n e
aroa tfiHav. riut the forests and
rangelands remained dry.
Federal Land Bank
I Declares Dividend
i SPOKANE (UPI) - About
123.500 Northwest farmers and
j stockmen will share in a record
dividend declared by the
I Federal Land Bank of Spokane.
The 6 per cent dividend will
.... ci farmor-nu-npd federal
(JU lu Ul ......
land bank associations in Ore
ron. Washington, Idaho and
Montana, who in turn will pay
most of it to their members.
Last year the bank declared
a 5 per cent dividend totaling
$740,000. This year's payments
will total about $1 million, ac
cording to president Fred A.
Knutsen.
Malheur Grand Jury
Indicts Arizona Woman
VALE (UPI) - Mary Rita
Stark, 37. Phoenix. Ariz., was
indicted by the Malheur Coun
ty grand jury Monday on a
manslaughter charge in the gun
shot death oi Tom Goodwin,
Vale.
Judge Jeff D. Dorroh set bail
at $10,000. The woman claims
trie shooting was an accident.
Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF-
A PUNCTILIOUS and prissy kid who considered himself
superior to all c his classmates announced that he had
gotten a 99 on a comprehensive test, but grumbled, "I can't
figure out how I missed
a perfect mark." "May
be," suggested a sarcastic
listener, "you spelled
your name wrong!"
Life In Hollywood Is like
this: a big bad man-about-town
was having difficulty
persuading a sweet thing
to go home and hear his hi
fi set. "Look," he implored,
"how long have I known
you?" "About three-quarters
of an hour," she esti
mated coyly. "All right
then," he stormed, 'have I
ever lied to you?"
QUOTABLE:
"Sonic politicians use statistics as a drunken man uses lamp
postsfor support rather than for illumination." Andrew Lang.
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No
use being a damn fool about it" W. C. Fields.
"My mother got up every morning at 5:00 a-m. no matter what
time it was." Sam Levenson.
C 1903. by Bennett Ccrf. Distributed by King Futures Syndicate
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Committee Chairmen Are Listed for Homecominq
AS1ii,HIDci7;r?llteeuhalr"Bow1, a" a"-girl footba11 gamel Sa""-day's activities will open Pat Calhoun, Medford is
!Jlr?U kheduW at 4 p. m. Thursday, with a oarade through Aw L , LT.Z"
A 5
coming at Southern Oregon col
lege nave Decn announced by
Chuck Inskeep, Medford, gen
eral chairman for the event.
Vicki Coffey, Burley, Idaho,
is chairman of the Powderpuff
Science Teachers
Tour SOC Campus
ASHLAND Twenty science
teachers from eight foreign
countries were conducted on a
tour of Southern Oregon college
by Jeff Lee, director of alumni
activities, placement service
and student center, recently.
The teachers are studying sci
ence teaching methods under the
auspices of the International
Teacher Development section of
the Federal Office of Education
of the State Department for six
months and are presently en
rolled at Oregon State universi
ty. In December, the group will
travel to the San Francisco Bay
area to continue their study.
Representing Iran, India, Ne
pal, Uruguay, Norway, Italy,
Poland, and Korea, the teachers
also toured the Shakespearean
theater and Lithia park.
p. m. Thursday
Oct. 31, on Fuller field, followed
by a barbecue at 5:30 p. m.
chairmaned by Dick Cottingham
Klamath Falls. At 7 p. m., the
traditional rally and Victory
Bonfire ceremonies will take
place.
Jacqueline Muller, Medford,
and Robbie Durham, Cottage
Grove, are co-chairmen of the
all-campus Variety Show schedu
led at 8:30 p. m. Friday in
Churchill auditorium.
Portland Prisoners
Have Brief Freedom
PORTLAND (UPI) - Five
men got out of their cells at
the Portland city jail Monday
night but were apprehended be
fore they could escape down a
fire escape.
Lt. Roland D. Critcs, in
charge of the night crew said
the fire somehow forced the
metal roof of their cell loose
about 9 p.m. The escape try
was discovered when Critcs
spotted one of them on the fire
escape.
with a parade through downtown
Ashland at 10:30 a. m. which
will start in Lithia park. Parade
chairman are Ray Hanson, Ash
land, and Dan Hays, Central
Point.
At 1:30 p. m. the Red Raiders
will meet the Chico Wildcats on
the college field. The chairman
of the half-time activities is
Joe Anderson, Medford.
Graduates will attend an
alumni dinner in the Commons
at 7 p. m. Jeff Lee, alumni
director, and Dr. Alvin Fellers
director of student affairs, are
in charge .Martin Denny and his
orchestra will provide the mu
sic for the Homecoming dance.
chair
man of of the decorations com
mittee.
Other chairmen include lawn
decorations, Lois Stedman, Med
ford; homecoming button sale,
Pam Ely, Bandon; queen's ac
tivities, Carson Vehrs, SOC
director of living services, and
Terry Casten, Ashland; scaven
ger committee, Dennis Jones,
Ashland; posters, Mary Jo
Heath, Medford; and publicity,
George Gilman, Medford, and
June Brainard, Lebanon.
Dr. Herbert Cecil, head of the
SOC music department, will co
ordinate the marching bands
from area high schools with the
college bands, Inskeep said.
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WHAT THE TAX BILL MEANS TO YOU VII
Many state, local and foreign taxes which millions of us have
been accustomed to deducting on our income tax returns as
itemized personal expenses will no longer be deductible begin
ning in 1964, if the House-passed tax bill becomes law.
This list of nondeductible taxes would include:
State gasoline taxes, state or local cigarette taxes, state or
local alcoholic beverage taxes, motor vehicle license plates,
driver's license fees, poll taxes, admission taxes, occupancy
taxes, transfer taxes.
You still could continue to take itemized personal deductions
for sales taxes, real property taxes, state and local income taxes
and personal property taxes. But the bill would bar deductions
for foreign sales or foreign personal property taxes starting
next year.
Also any of the taxes which would be eliminated as your
personal deductions next year under the bill still would be
deductible taxes if paid in connection with your business
operation or the production of income.
What might you do in advance of 1964 to limit the impact
of these changes on your income tax? Since the taxes I listed
above may become nondeductible as personal expenses next
year, you might put in a supply of cigarettes and beverages this
year while the taxes are still deductible.
Or if you are planning to buy license plates or expecting to
got a driver's license in the next few months, you might time
your moves so that you'll get the deductions in 1963. If you wait
until rJM, tnese items are likely to become nondeductible.
Under the 1963 tax bill, itemized personal deductions for
casualty losses would be hit too.
The casualty loss deduction would not be knocked out entirely
as the taxes listed above would be. But the casualty loss deduc
tion would be restricted by allowing the loss for each casualty
to be deductible only to tne extent tnat it exceeds $100 for that
casualty. In brief, the bill would require you to waste the first
5100 of each casualty as a tax deduction.
Again, tne new iuo acaucitme rule would apply to your
itemized personal deductions but not to casualty losses connected
with your business or the production of income.
On personal casualty loss deductions, the $1110 deductible
rule would apply to each casualty, not to each item damaged
or destroyed. Say a bad storm simultaneously caused unin
sured damage of $3110 to your house, $200 lo your garage and
$100 to your personal property and car a total of $1,100. You
could deduct $1,000 as a casualty loss, Only one $100 would be
wasted because all the damages resulted from one casualty.
The $100 floor would apply to each individual, but a married
person filing a joint return would be treated as one person with
his wife. Thus, if property which you and your wife own jointly
is damaged to the extent of $500 by a casualty, you could deduct
$400 on your joint income tax return. If you filed separate re
turns, though, you could deduct a total of only $300 because the
$500 damage would become a $250 loss for each of you and that
loss would be cut by $100 for each of you.
If you use your car half for business and half for pleasure
and suffer a $90 casualty damage in an accident in 1964, the new
rule would permit you to deduct half, or $45, as a casualty loss.
This is the half allocable to business use of your car. The $45
allocable to the half personal use of your car would be non
deductible under the proposed rule.
Obviously, not all the 1963 tax bill is designed to create new
tax breaks for us or to cut our tax rates.
Next: Reduced tax breaks on life insurance.
Judge East To Stay On Pilot Butte Case
PORTLAND (UPI) Federal
Judge William G. East has de
clined to disqualify himself from
the title dispute involving the
Pilot Butte Inn at Bend.
A motion filed last week by
Bend attorney Charles E.
Boardman on behalf of Dicker-
son Inc. and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Sirett, Vancouver, I
Wash., sought another judge.
Judge East said he was de
clining to disqualify himself be
cause of "a total lack of any
grounds enumerated under fed
eral statute."
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