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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore.
Sunday, January 3. 19R0
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Income Tax Facts
Editor'! Note: This is one in a
series of articles on federal income
tax filing. These articles are based
on information provided by the
American Institute of Certified Pub
lic Accountants and the Southern
Oregon Society of Certified Public
Accountants in cooperation with
the Internal Revenue Service.
Each exemption you can claim is
worth between $120 and $546 in fed
eral income tax dollar savings, dc
pending on your income bracket
With this thought in mind, you can
look kindly at your live children
when they jar you awake tomor
row morning. Because for once ev
try year, they are each worth StiOO
of tax free income on your tax
return. Five kids times $600 is
$3,000, plus $000 each for you and
your wife, amounts to $4,200 of
tax free income. If your total in
come is $4,200, you don't have a
dime of tax to pay. You don't
have any problems at all or hard
ly any.
The instruction booklet you re
ceive from the Internal Revenue
Service together with your tax
Jorm gives a very clear explanation
of the exemptions to which you
, are entitled. Ten minutes spent
reading the instructions will give
' you all the basic information on
the requirements for claiming an
. exemption for a dependent.
' Children Married or Single
With so many tax dollars at
slake, it is worth emphasizing some
points about exemptions that may
" otherwise be overlooked. For exam
' pie, if you claim an exemption
'. for a dependent, then that depend
; ent must not file a joint return
' with someone else. Such a situa
tion could arise, if you have a mar
. ried daughter. Many parents today
; are finding that it costs them more
when their offspring get married
;';than it does when they are single.
tYoung couples often find it hard
;. to cope with the high cost of living.
!.' Your daughter Alice may announce
' with pride that, "George and I
are independent now. We don't
' want any handouts. We'll live in a
. basement if need be, but we intend
to struggle along on whatever we
'. make." All this as she gracefully
' accepts your $500 check (a wed-
ding gift), a refrigerator, washing
'. machine and bedroom set Uo get
! them started), a weekly donation
.of food (leftovers), and so on. The
! value of these gifts can be con
' sidered in determining whether
- Alice was supported by you. If she
receives more than half of her sup-
port from you, does not have too
1 nreat an income, and meets the
:. other requirements for a dependent
" (see instruction booklet), you can
i continue to claim a dependency ex-
emption for her. However, if you
do, then she must not file a joint
'return with her husband. You would
..probably talk over the situation
'with your daughter and son-in-law
!''to find the method of handling
:' which results in the greatest tax
!" saving. Your biggest problem may
be convincing your daughter that
'.' she is still a "dependent." You
mav even find that you would be
'.. better off to forego the possible
tax savings to maintain harmony
: in the family by preserving your
daushter's pride.
I If you claim an exemption for a
' dependent, it does not necessarily
; follow that the dependent will not
file a return. It may be that your
1 17-vear old son earned himself
-about $1,200 from odd jobs and
I summer work, most of which he
' nut in his savings account toward
a college education. Since he earned
" more than $(100 he must file a re-
turn, and will claim an exemption
: for himself. He may even get part
I of any tax withheld back as a re-
fund. However, if you provided
; more than half of his support, and
'. he met the other requirements for
: a dependent, you can claim an ex
: err.ption for him also. If your son
" had earned less than $600, but had
income tax withheld from his in-
come, then he would still file a
T return in order to get a refund
- of the tax withheld.
Births and Marriages
You can claim a dependency ex-
'emotion for each of your children
regardless of when they are born
" during the year. As long as the
children are born before January 1
even one minute before you can
claim them as dependency exemp
tions for the entire year.
- Whether you get married in Janu-
: ary, June or December, you can
file a joint tax return with your
wife as though you were married
' for the entire year, and can
' most cases enjoy a tax-dollar sav
:: ing from the income splitting bene-
.; fits of a joint return.
' Multiple Support Agreements
: If vou shared with others in the
. support of a dependent, but none of
: vou orovided more tnan nan me
: support, you may still be able to
I arrange among you for one of the
croup to have tne swu exemption.
". You might agree, for example, to
" take turns in having the exemption
1; from year to year.
The one who claims the exemp
; tion must have contributed more
' than 10 per cent of the support, and
:' he must be a member of a group
who together provided more than
" half support. He must also meet the
other requirements for claiming
a dependency exemption (see in--
gtruction booklet).
:' In order for one of the group
'to have the exemption, all other
members of the group who contri-
hutcd more than 10 per cent must
, sign declarations that they will not
claim the dependent. The Internal
- Bevernn Service provides Form
2120 (Multiple Support Agreement)
lor this purpose.
The amount of support a person
receives is not always in money.
For example, say you are claim
ing your widowed mother as a de
pendent. She owns the house she
lives in, and has a small income
from investment. To determine how
much of her own support she is
providing, it is necessary to figure
out the fair market value of the
house in terms of rent. If the
amount of support you are provid
ing exceeds the income she is re
ceiving and the rental value of the
house for the year, then you can
claim her as a dependent.
f . ...
Hint Of Red Disarmament
May Force Hand Of Allies
MOSCOW (AP) Nikita Khrush
chev's hint that the Soviet Union
might go it alone in cutting
armed forces strength suggested
Saturday the opening move in a
new maneuver to force the West s
hand on disarmament.
The Soviet Premier told a New
Year's reception "if the cold war
exponents drag us into labyrinths
of endless verbal discussions,
should we adopt the way onto
which they want to prod us?
"Shouldn't we do some thinking
for ourselves, reduce our armed
forces unilaterally and entrust the
Of Fatima
To Be Told
CLIFFORD G.
SHANE
Food Laws
Talk Slated
January 11
The recent cranberry condemna
tion action may become the center
of questions at a meeting of the
Klamath Falls Library Club
scheduled for Monday, January 11
at the lecture room of the city li
brary.
Clifford G. Shane, Portland resi
dent inspector for the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration, will
speak to members of the club on
'The Food and Drug Administra
tion What It Is And What It
Does."
Shane will speak on the back
ground of history that led to the
establishment of the Food and
Drug Administration and the rea
son why we have food laws. He
also will outline some general in
formation about the administration
and how it operates as well as
numerous activities engaged in by
the department.
A native of Nebraska, Shane
taught high school sciences for
two years after graduation from
the University of Nebraska, be
fore entering work with the de
partment as an inspector at Kan
sas City, Missouri.
He was transferred to Portland
as the resident inspector last year.
He is also attached to the Seat
tle District and covers a territory
that includes most of the state of
Oregon. His job calls for numer
ous inspections of foods and drugs
and many special investigations of
illegal sale of drugs and bogus
devices including "quacks" who
promote cure-alls.
The meeting will be open to the
public.
VATICAN CITY (AP)-Still se
cret prophecies of Fatima, as
written by Sister Maria Dolores,
are due to be disclosed this year.
Speculation has been rife among
Roman Ca'hohcs as to what tney
may contain.
Sister Maria, a 54-year-old clois
tered nun at Coimbra's Carmelite
convent in Portugal, is the sole
survivor of three shepherd child
en who said they saw visions of
the Virgin Mary at Fatima in 1917.
She wrote the prophecies years
ago, sealed mem in an envelope
and entrusted them to the bishop
of Leiria, her ecclesiastical super
ior, to be opened in V-XO or at
her death if she died before then.
Vatican sources said the disclo
sure would be made by the bishop
but they did not know when. They
said it might be on the anniversa
ry of the first vision May 13.
It was on that day in 1917 that
Lucia Dos Santos, now Sister
Maria, and Giancina and Fran
cesco Marto, saw what they de
scribed as "a beautiful lady in
white" on a grassy slope near
Fatima.
Since then, Fatima has become
one of the greatest shrines to the
Virgin Mary.
Lucia became a nun after the
death of the other two.
Some of the prophecies she
made have been made public
They forecast World War II and
told of a possible conversion of
Soviet Russia to the Roman Catho
lic faith. This conversion, how
ever, was conditioned upon
sincere return of humanity to
Christian faith.
"Otherwise," said Sister Maria'
prophecy, "Russia will extend its
errors throughout the world, pro
moting war's and persecutions
against the church."
In recent years some here be
lieved that the secret portion of
the prophecies might relate to the
late Pope Pius XII.
Speculation about this increased
after the late Federico Cardinal
Tedeschini declared at Fatima s
anniversary observance in 1951
that during the holy year the pon
tiff had experienced solar visions
similar to that observed at Fatima
Oct. 13, 1917.
defense of our borders to
ockets?"
Khrushchev's declaration, sound
ed before foreign diplomats among
the 1,500 guests at the Kremlin
reception, was greeted cautiously
in Washington.
But an initial reaction was that
lie Soviet leader's words may rep-
csent the opening move in an
attempt to marshal world opinion
and pressure the Western powers
into accepting his pet disarma
ment proposal at the East-West
talks opening in Geneva March 15.
The proposal, submitted to the
United Nations by Khrushchev
during his U.S. visit last year.
calls for total disarmament within
four years.
Khrushchev said in his New
Year's Eve statement that "if our
proposals are accepted we are
ready to dissolve our army any
time and all our military will wel
come this decision."
Western leaders go along with
Khrushchev's proposal in principle
but maintain it is too vague on
the crucial issue of controls.
They insi.st that any arms re
ductions must be guaranteed
through a workable control and
inspection system.
The Soviet line at past disarm-
ment discussions has called for
reductions first, then considera
tion of controls.
Both the United Slates and Bri
tain are drafting their own pro
posals to lay before the 10-nation
Geneva disarmament committee
on which Communist nations will
have numerical equality for the
first time.
Khrushchev made no actual
commitment the Soviet Union
would cut its armies.
The Kremlin has announced re
ductions since World War II but
never said' how many men still
are under arms.
Some Western military experts
believe these reductions probably
affected mainly service troops.
Some estimates place total Soviet
forces at 3',i million.
Herald And News Scribe Tells Thrill Of Jef Trip
Membership
Status Quo
There are approximately the
same number of members in Sitz-
mark Ski Club at Crater Lake
National Park this year as last
according to Slim Mabery, park
ranger who is club director.
There will be 13 or 14 school
age .youngsters receiving Instruc
tion when classes start on Friday
of this week, he indicated. There
will be transportation furnished to
collect the youngsters as school
is dismissed to take them to the
ski run in the Munson Valley area
near park headquarters.
There are some 18 adults in
terested in skiing at the park.
Mabery said. The rope tow will
operate at the club ski slope and
more than three feet of snow
makes a good snowpack for the
run.
A ski jamboree with competi
tive events for the youngsters Is
planned for the end of the season.
There will be prizes, awards and
certificates for winners again this
year.
U.S. Chief
(tacks ROKs
SEOUL, South Korea (AP)
The top U.S. commander in South
Korea Saturday backed up South
Korea's denial that one of its war
ships attacked a Soviet survey
vessel Dec. 28.
'Information available to the
U.N. command confirms the state
ment of the republic of Korea
government that no naval craft
of the republic was involved,
Gen. Carter B. Magruder said in
a statement issued by his U.N
headquarters.
Magruder s command oversees
South Korean naval operations.
The Soviets said Thursday I
South Korean submarine chaser
attacked the survey ship Ungo
about 30 miles off the North Ko
rean coast and 36 miles northeast
of the South Korean border.
Moscow said the warship made
three runs on the Ungo and killed
a helmsman and wounded four
sailors with a direct hit on the
bridge.
Soroptimists
Slate Meet
The first meeting of the Klam
ath Falls Soroptimist Club in the
new year will be a special lunch
eon on Thursday, starting at noon
according to program chairman
Alma Mullis. .
Through arrangements made
with the Wine Advisory 'Board and
(jeDastiam wineries ot sonoma
California, it will be an official
wine-tasting session followed by
luncheon.
Members are urged to call Mrs.
Thomas (Beth) Griggs, of the at
tendance committee, TU 4-7536,
Monday to report the number of
guests they will bring. It is im
perative that the Wincma Hotel
knows in advance the number of
places to be set for the luncheon.
The wine-tasting will be con
ducted by Carl Werner of Port
land, Oregon representative of the
Wine Advisory Board whose head
quarters are in San Francisco.
Two panels of four Soroptimists
each will take part in "What's My
Wine" competition during the tast
ing. The eight panel members se
lected are Crystal Cloake, Kath
leen Thompson, Faye Drew, Mar
garet Larkin, Mary Bothwell (club
president), Ida Lamb, Alice
Lamm and Dena Backes.
The program will be held in the
Empire Room of the Winema Hotel
with luncheon in the Camas Room
starting about 12:40 p.m.
EXTENSION UNIT MEET
The Altamont Extension Unit
will meet Monday at 10 a.m. at the
fairgrounds. There will be a dem
onstration of soup making. Mem
bers are asked to bring their own
table service and an extra soup
bowl and cup.
By FLOYD L. WYNNE
A first-hand view of the rigors
and the pleasures of flying jet
planes was given Thursday to Bob
Most, president of the Klamath
County Chamber of Commerce,
and this writer at Kingsley Held.
As part of a community orienta
tion program, we were given an
aerial trip in a T-33 jet trainer.
Clearance for such a flight must
be made a number of weeks in
advance, and after that approval
is received from headquarters, the
preparation necessary before the
jet actually leaves the ground is!
considerable.
Capt. Howard L. Douthit and
Capt. Quitman C. Zeagler were the
two pilots. I
Preparation included fitting for1
helmets and flying gear as well as
a briefing on the use of parachutes
in the event of difficulties neces
sitating bail-out from the jet.
It also included another phase
which is necessary to relieve the
United States government of any
responsibility in the event of acci
dent. Both of us signed a state
ment that absolved the govern
ment of any liability arising from
the flight.
It still wasn't a case of merely
climbing into one of the jet's cock
pit seats and taking off.
Flying with Captain Douthit, I
found that it took about a 10 or 15
minute check of the plane. This
began with an inspection of the
maintenance book, checking out
any deficiencies that might have
been noted in the book and making
certain the plane had been prop
erly serviced.
Then came a physical check of
the plane. All tanks, and there
were six including two wingtip
tanks, were actually opened and
inspected to make certain fuel was
available. All exterior surfaces
were checked manually, landing
gear was also inspected. The in
take and exhaust chambers of the
jet engine were carefully checked
for loose articles which might be
pulled into the engine and materi
ally damage it.
AH armament doors are also
cheeked to make certain they are
properly locked.
After all this careful preparation
then comes time to climb in.
Preparations here are almost as
elaborate and certainly as care
fully executed. Oxygen masks are
checked out, hooked up, parachute
straps clipped into place and ra
dio contact executed.
. Here also come a careful brief
ing on the purpose of two handles,
one on each side of the seat. These
are only for absolute emergency in
the event bail-out is necessary.
In briefing, Captain Douthit
emphatically held both my hands
on the handles, pushing them down
and preventing me from pulling up
even if I wanted to. These handles
will eject the scat from the cock
pit and automatically pull the
chute into action.
At one point in the flight, he
explained, "You pull those handles
and you'll be on your own, out
there," motioning to the cloudy
blue outside.
As we warmed up the engine
and rolled down the taxi
strip toward the main runway,
Captain Douthit attempted to ex
plain each of the many gauges and
instruments on the confusing panel
before me.
Somehow as he explained them
it all seemed simple and easy to
digest, but it would take a great
deal of training and methodical
routine before one felt familiar in
the cockpit.
Actual take-off is smoothly ex
ecuted with one remarkable differ
ence between my experience in
prop driven planes and jets. The
sensation in propeller planes is of
being pulled into the air, with jets
it's a sensation of being pushed
with a smooth, swift acceleration
Once in the air the rate of climb
is terrific. Through hydraulic as
sist, controls of the jot are easily
executed. Captain Douthit ex
plained that it can and must be
flown carefully. "Two fingers are
all you need," he explained.
Later, he let me handle the con
trols for a while to see for myself
how easily the plane responded.'
However, I suspect that his hands
were never more than an inch or
two away from the controls,
which I did not regret.
The landing was executed as
smoothly as the take off, and after
we finally taxied to a slop adja
cent to the hangars it still took
some time lo untangle the maze
thai was holding me to the rear
cockpit,
I found myself with several dis
tinct impressions. One, that flying
jets was an exciting experience;
two, that extreme care was the
watchword with jet planes, and
three, the jet plane was a simple
yet extremely complicated piece
of (lying machinery.
Upon questioning, Captain Dou
thit explained that he had about
3,000 hours in the air and had
been iiying since he was 16, a pe
riod of about 15 years.
"Airplanes have changed a great
deal in that short 15 years, haven't
they?" I inquired.
"They certainly have," was his
reply.
Taking one last look at that jet
trainer and humping my way,
parachute and all back to the op
erations room, I certainly had to
agree.
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