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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1958
Income Tax Tips
Edilor'i Note: Choosing the fed
eral income tax form which will
provide the greatest possible sav
ing is discussed in this article.
Prepared by the tax information
committee of the Oregon Associa
tion of Public Accountants, in co
operation with the National So
ciety of Public Accountants, tms
series is being carried as a read
er service.
SELECTING PROPER
TAX FORMS
While it may I e e m like an
odious comparison, filing the fed
eral income tax return is like play
ing golf in some respects:
The form you use helps deter
mine the score. The best possible
form helps achieve the lowest pos
sible score.
In filing your 1957 return you
State Traffic
Toll Hits 464
Oregon's 1957 traffic death toll
was edged up to 464, two more
than originally tallied at the end
of the year.
The higher toll involved the
death of a person injured in an
October crash and the delayed re
port of a December fatality, the
Department of Motor Vehicle's
traflic safely division reported
today.
The October death, the division
said, illustrates the fact that injury
in a little publicized traffic acci
dent can mean months of hospital
ization before eventual death or
recovery.
The month-by-month death toll
now shows January, 27: February,
2; March, 36; April, 32: May,
33; June, 45;' July, 30; Aliens'
47; September, 45; October, 42: No
vember, 58; and December, 40.
Officials said it appears the Jan
uary death toll for this year will
almost ' certainly equal and may
top the 27 recorded for that month
last year. Through January 22, 22
deaths had been reported.
SOX DISPENSER
EL .niJNO, Okla. W-Bob Evans
got tired of having to hunt around
for his socks in the drawer, so
he has come up with a gadget
"sox box." It's a little wooden
box that works like a candy ma
chine except that socks come out
of the bottom, and they're free.
Evans designed the 16-inch long
box- to hang on a wall and the
wife just rolls the socljs up and
. loads tho box from the top. Hubby
gets a fresh pair from the bottom.
have a choice of forms 1040-A,
short form 1040 or long form 1040
You cannot be sure which is the
most advantageous until after you
have filled in that form, taking
advantage of every deduction that
fits you, then make your decision
on the following basis:
IO40-A Employe's optional re
turn: If your total income was
less than $5,000 and consisted of
wages reported on withholding
statements (Form W-2 and not
over $100 of other wages, divi
dends and interest, you may use
form 1040-A. If you had income
from other sources, you may not
use form 1040-A but must file your
return on form 1040. If you use
form 1040-A you have a choice.
You can figure your tax from
the table in the instruction sheet,
which allows $000 for each exemp
tion and about 10 per cent of your
total income for charitable contri
butions, interest, taxes, casualty
losses, medical expenses, and oth
er miscellaneous items.
If you owe a tax you must
send it in with your return. If
you have a refund due, you will
receive a check. Also, you can
just ignore lines 11, 12 and 13 of
the 1040-A form and Uncle Sam
will figure your tax and send you
a bill or a refund check.
If you owe some tax, this is a
good way to get some extra time
in which to pay it.
You and your wife may
file a joint return on form 1040-A
if your combined incomes do not
exceed $5,000. You and your wiie
can file a joint return even
though one has no income.
1040 Short Form: If your ad
justed gross income is less tha.i
$5,000 and your itemized deduc
tions are less than 10 per cent
of your adjusted gross income,
you should use short form 1940
and find your tax on the table in
the instructions.
1040 Long Form: If your ad
justed gross income is over $5,000,
you must use this form and cither
take a standard deduction or
itemize deductions. If your item
ized deductions are over 10 per
cent of your adjusted gross In
come, it will be to your advan
tage to use this form, regardless
of the amount of income.
To assure any benefits of the
split-income provisions, you and
your wife should file a joint re
turn. Both you and your wife must
sign a joint return. One spouse
cannot file a long form 1040 anil
take all the deductions and the oth
er spouse file a form 1040-A or
take the- standard deduction or
use the tax table.
You are expected to pay your
income tax on the basis of the
lowest figure possible; therefore,
you should choose the form that
results in the lowest tax for you.
consultation with your public ac
countant may help you deter
mine which form provides the
greatest "tax break" for you.
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RUTH GUSTAVSON, center, newly arrived from Minneapolis, has accepted the position of
Klamath County home extension agent, left vacant some months ago. She received her
degree in home economics from the University of Minnesota and served in her field for
seven years before coming to Oregon this month. She recently spent a week's orientation
period at Oregon State College. With her are, left, Mrs. H. V. Borton, chairman of the
Klamath County Home Extension Alumni, and right, Mrs. Lane Smith, chairman of the
Klamath County Home Extension Advisory Committee.
P.T.A.
ROOSEVELT
"A tonic for the January dol
drums provided the peppy pro
gram at the January 16 meeting
of the Roosevelt PTA. As a pace
setter, Mrs. Charles Larkin gave
a delightful review of "The Din
ner Party" by Grctchen Finletter
Marianne Gallagher and Sally Han
ville did the "Charleston," and
an almost style show was pre
sented demonstrating the appropri
ate costume to wear on various
unusual occasions.
Models were Mrs. W. F. Scott.
Mrs. Robert Harvey, Mrs. Noel
Flynn, Mrs. William Ganong, Mrs.
Robert Vealch and Mrs. Robert
Kent. Mrs. Frederick Ehlers was
commentator. Mrs. At Moore
played the accompaniment for the
models.
Mrs. Arthur Farr, vice president,
gave a report on the meetings
of the family life study group.
The next meeting will be Febru
ary 12 at 1:15 p.m. Mrs. Art Moore
will speak.
Room count was won by Mrs.
Scroggin's fourth grade and Mrs.
Howe s sixth grade. Refreshments
were served by the fifth grade
mothers with Mrs. Wendell Smith
as chairman. A Founder's Day
program is planned for February
IB at 2 p.m.
4-H NEWS
DORRIS
The 4-H Club met January 18
at the home of Benny Ademcc.
Fourteen members were present.
Mrs. Henry Newhouse presented
the calendar of events to be ac
complished this year and an
nounced she would try to get the
farm adviser to help with the
club work, later on in the sum
mer. Adeline Green, Helen Addineton.
James and Carey Cavener are
new members. Betty Hodnott was
a guest.
Refreshments were served.
Ron Ademcc,
News Reporter
OLENE DAIRY CLUB
The meeting of the Olene Dairv
Club was held January 5, at the
nome oi Alvin. Roth, Donald and
David Born.
Alvin Born and the club's lead
er, Rex High, gave a very inter
esting report on pellet feeding to
dairy animals, and how success
ful this new method has been on
dairy cattle in the Klamath Ba
sin and in Ihe state of Oregon.
Mr. Ray Peterson, who was to
talk to us on this subject also,
was unable to attend.
The record books for last year
were handed back to the mem
bers.
At the next .meeting on Febru
ary 2. which will be at the home
of Dick and Steve Reiling, a dem
onstration will be given to the
club on how to make a rope hal
ter. The president, Alvin Born,
will try to obtain any of the mem
ber's awards lor the 1957 Junior
Livestock Show and will present
them to the members at the next
meeting. After the meeting, Mrs.
Born served some delicious cake
and pudding and punch for re
freshments. Laila Wakkuri,
News Reporter
LANGELL VALLEY STITCHERS
All 10 members of the Langell
Valley Stitchers were present at
the January 21 meeting.
Mrs. Luther Noble was a visitor
and brought the refreshments made
by her and Mrs. George Fern
lund. Mrs. Kermit Keysor will
make the refreshments for the
January 28 meeting.
After the business meeting the
girls all sewed. Almost all the
girls are ready to start their sec
ond project.
Our leader Mrs. Louis Randall
is going on a vacation. The girls
hope she has a nice trip.
Lydia Rosandich,
News Reporter
Civil Service
Posts Open
Examinations are now open for
the following positions, the United
states Civil Service Commission
announces: Field representative
(telephone operations and loans).
paying entrance salaries of $5,440
to $6,390 a year, for duty with the
Rural Electrification Administra
tion of the Department of Agricul
ture located throughout the
United States: and for engineer
(various branches), chemist, elec
tronic scientist, mathematician
metallurgist, and physicist, paying
$4,480 to $12,690 a year, located
at the Redstone Arsenal and the
Army Ballistic Missile Agency,
Huntsville, Alabama.
To quality for the field repre
sentative positions, applicants must
have an appropriate experience or
a combination of education and ex
perience. For the engineer and sci
entist positions, applicants must
have had appropriate education
and experience (for some engi
neer positions, experience alone
may be qualifying but the ade
quacy of such experience will be
tested by means of a written test.
Education alone may be qualify
ing for the lower grade positions.
Further information and appli
cation forms may be obtained at
many post offices throughout the
country, or from the U.S. Civil
Service Commission, Washington
25, D.C. For field representative
positions, applications should be
filed with the Board of U.S. Civil
Service Examiners, U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington
25, D.C. For the engineer and
scientist positions, applications
must be filed with the Board of
U.S. Civil Service Examiners, Red
stone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala
bama. Applications for both exam
inations will be accepted until
further notice.
Ex-Navy Man Plans Protest
Trip Into Bombing Areas-
NEW YORK Ul-A World War
II Navy commander plans to sail
a 30-foot ketch into the Pacific
nuclear bomb test area as a pro
test against the tests.
Now a 51-year-old architect, Al
bert Bigelow of Cos Cob, Conn.,
said three other men will sail with
him and remain in the test area
"come what may."
The tests' are scheduled for
April. Bigelow and his compan
ions plan to set sail from San Di
ego, Calif., Feb. 10. Their ship
is named the Golden Rule.
"Primarily we're doing it from
conscience,'" Bigelow said. "The
tests are inhuman and unspeak
able. They make us appear as
mobsters before the world."
He added: "They only increase
tensions instead of lessen
ing them."
SMALL RETURN
LAUREL. Del. Wi It takes
a lot of chickens just to make
"chicken feed" in the broiler busi
ness, according to a University
of Delaware poultry extension
specialist. Silas McHenry says
you need 30.000 broilers to reap a
net income of only $300 a month, i
The $4,800 annual costs include in
addition to the birds and poultry
house, miscellaneous equipment,
taxes, insurance, repairs, paint
ing, labor and interest on the
loan.
Bigelow is a pacifist and . a
Quaker. The expedition is be
ing sponsored ' at an estimated
$20,000 cost by Nonviolent Action
Against Nuclear Weapons, a com
mittee of leaders of American
pacifist organizations.
He will be accompanied on the
voyage by William R. Huntington,
50, St. James, N. Y., who also is
an architect and a Quaker. Both
men are grandfathers. Two other
persons to sail with them have
yet to be chosen.
Bigelow and other pacifists tried
to force their way into the Ne
vada Proving Grounds during an
A-bomb test last August and were
arrested for trespassing but re
ceived suspended sentences.
What will Bigelow's party do. if
the Navy simply tosses a Una
aboard the ketch and tows it out
of the test area? ;
"There are the high seas," he
replied, and the Navy has no
right to interfere with a passing
vessel.
Bigelow, who will be the Guld
en Rule's skipper, commanded
three Navy combat vessels, in
cluding a destroyer escort, dur
ing World War II.
BOB ROSS TV
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Local Insurance
Women Meet
The Insurance Women's Associ
ation of Klamath Falls held their
last meeting in the Pelican party
room Tuesday, January 21, with
Fred House, of the General Ad
justment Bureau of Portland, as
guest speaker. House spoke on
various phases of inland ma
rine coverages.
Mrs. Shirley Smith presided at.
the meeting which was attended
by 16 members and two guests,
who were Ed W. Carrington and
George W. Channel from the local
General Adjustment Bureau. I
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