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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1960)
HERALD AND NEWS, Klamnth Falls. Ore. Thursday, January 7. lOfiO PAGF, 9 A PROP WASH By HAROLD JONES Airport Manager Continuing good weather has in creased transient air traffic, en route to the bowl games, Reno and other points south. Three plane loads of my friends from We Vnatchee stopped for gas on way to the bowl games. Bad weather, mostly fog, across the Green Springs, has again proved that Kingsley Field has the best fly ing weather in the state. We SCOUT NEWS EXPLORER SCOUTS Representatives of Explorer Scout posts in the seven counties comprising the Modoc Boy Scout Council will meet in the council service center, 1819 Manzanita Street, Saturday at 10 a.m. to elect top officers and plan for the com ing year. They are members of the Coun cil Explorer Cabinet. Representing the Klamath District will be Ed Stastny Jr. of Malin, and Bill Mar ical, cabinet secretary, and Keith Smith, cabinet vice chairman, both of Klamath Falls. Klamath District includes Klamath County and por tions of Siskiyou County, California. Local advisers who also are plan ring to attend are Gordon Bolton, Gale Staley and Dick Wyatt, dis trict executive. Council Explorer Committee Chairman Ron Phair in dicated he would attend, too. The nine delegates are expected to outline an expanded program for the year. They may also con sider post specialties. Under the revamped Explorer program launched here last year, posts are able to specialize in fields of skill or learning. The pro gram has attracted about 200 mem bers in 16 Explorer posts in the council, including 10 posts in the Klamath District. Each of the four council districts has a district Explorer cabinet. Officers from each comprise the council cabinet. Explorer activities during 1959 in the Klamath District included an orientation flight over the area in November arranged by Air Force personnel at Kingsley Field, and a coed swim party and dance at Lake of the Woods last June. ORDER OF ARROW Members of about as elite a scouting group as can be found are going to chart a course for the coming year during a no-host banquet and meeting Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Chuck Wagon Cafe. During their annual meeting, members of the Modoc Council Lodge, Order of the Arrow, will elect a lodge chief, vice chief, sec retary, editor and- eight commit tee chairmen. Phil Robins of Portland, immed late past national secretary of the order, will be guest speaker. It is a lofty national organiza tion of honor campers. Only 10 per cent of qualified scouts in each unit may be elected to the order by each unit. And to be eligible, a scout must have spent at least 15 days and nights camping. He must also attain first class rank. The lodge, covering seven coun ties, has 128 members. Of them, 78 are from the Klamath District, covering Klamath and Siskiyou counties. had 19 United Air Line schedules diverted through Klamath Falls irom .Medford. West Coast Air line people had double duty servic ing the lines own nlanes and as sisting with United arrivals. Members of Klamath Chapter. Oregon Pilots Association, are still talking about the second annual anniversary dinner which brought out 80 members and guests. Past president Bud Cloake was given a standing vote of thanks for the successful year as president he concluded at the meeting. Lots of prizes and a good musical pro gram by Sandy Ruconich. Pilots are lookinff forward to (bi annual state meeting at Corvallis and installation of officers nn January 9 when Klamath Chapter past Drcsident Ned Putnam onns into office as state president and Angelo Doveri of the local group will take the office of secretary. Ralph Seroeain. Lebanon, will serve as vice president and for mer governor Elmo Smith. Albany. director at lame. A larne delega tion from Klamath Falls will at tend, weather permitting. We are still awaiting the deci sion on the application of West Coast Airlines to start temporary service between Klamath Falls and Reno during the winter Olym pics at Squaw Valley. Reports from the congressional delegation working for the service indicate that the group has worked con sistently in an effort to persuade the CAB to approve the service between January 5 and April 4. As the result of a brief made up by the local Pilots Association sent to the Nevada congressional dele gation, the Reno Chamber of Com merce, city officials in Reno, and Nevada state officials, a barrage of wires and telephone calls were sent to the CAB from Reno and Carson City. If the service is not approved, work toward the service must be started all over again. Klamath Sky Divers are making practice chute jumps on Sunday afternoons at Tulana Farms south of Worden when weather is good. The public is invited to watch. Liston Aircraft reports a char tered trip to Phoenix, Arizona, re cently. Don Der Miner made a round trip to Los Angeles January 3 to return Mrs. Der Miner's mother to her home after a holiday visit. The old terminal building is real ly coming down now. Work has been delayed again on the new terminal building but we are hop ing that it can be resumed to per mit the FAA offices, West Coast Airlines and my own office to be moved so that tearing down of the old building will not be de layed. We are all looking forward to opening of the new building, an other fine addition to .Kingsley Field, one of the Northwest's fi nest airports. With the new Satel lite Restaurant and Space Rooms upstairs, Klamath Falls will have one of the finest terminal build ings between Portland and Sacra mento. Klamath Student Gets Rally Post A Klamath Falls student at Ore gon State College, Jerry Mussel man, has been named rook rally squad king for 1959-1960. An OSC freshman, Jerry was rally squad leader at Klamath Union High School last year. He is majoring in engineering. Jerry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Musselman, 2563 Homedale Road. Other members on the rally squad as announced by the rally committee include Joan Arnold, Gayle Cummings, Nancy Johnson, Kay Parker, Donna Pyle, Linda Sutherland, Bill Barnett, Al. Clancy and Gary Sanders, all 1963. Drain School Date Set TULELAKE Thursday, January 14 has been set for the Tulelake Farm Advisers Soil and Drainage School. This all-day farmer meet ing will start at 10 a.m. It will be held in the Home Economics Building of the Tulelake-Butle Val ley Fairgrounds in Tulelake. Farm Adviser Ken Baghott states that outstanding soil and plant scientists from the University of California will be present to dis cuss and demonstrate soil drainage, fertility and alkalinity problems. Dr. William Martin, extension soils specialist, will discuss the na ture of fertilizers how they affect soil and how the soil affects them, soil management and rotation prob lems and the place of organic matter in the soil. Dr. Milton Fireman, extension soils and water specialist, topics will be soil salinity and alkalinity causes of each and discussion of causes. Clyde Houston, extension irriga tion and drainage engineer, will discuss the basics of soil drainage general field drainage and local soil drainage problems. Houston will also tell of the advantages and disadvantages of tile drains versus open drains, the proper use of ir rigation water for maximum bene fits of salt removal and plant growth and the dangers of over irrigation on soil properties. This will be a public meeting and all interested farmers are in vited to attend. France Grabs Red Paper PARIS (API The government today seized the pro-Communist newspaper Liberation because of coiiiments on conditions in Alge ria's interment camps. The government said the issue was confiscated because it com mented on a report by an Inter national Red Cross committee. The independent newspaper Le Monde carried a resume of the 270-page report Monday. It said the Red Cross committee had found conditions in the Algerian camps and prisons ranged from highly satisfactory to very unfavorable. 1 w 1 lJJL5 FUEL OIL HlftMO QmIHt with Inhnw AdM M ClMMf IlimlH UTAH COAL bind hm Hm Mine m Uk Utm Ym MtMyt Pres-to-Logs TW CImo, tfHelent fuel to riKlK m Htm BOMT IISK RUNNING OUT OF fUllt USt OU "CHICK I FILL" SVSTCM. ONI CALL TO US MIM YOU FULLY SUFPLIIO ALL WINTM L0N6I! W Give T.D. Stamp oacusoco. ins Mn ee I W. Gin I T.D. Stampi Income Tax Facts Editor's Note: This is one in a series of articles on federal in come tax filing. These articles arc based on information provided by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the South ern Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service HEALTH, WEALTH AND TAX DEDUCTIONS When it's a question of health, very few people will skimp on cost. In fact, many people will pay more than they can afford to be Lake Man Reappointed LAKEVIEW Fred S. Fisher was reappointed to the Lake County Welfare Commission by Gov. Mark Hatfield Tuesday. Fisher, a re tired rancher, received his first appointment to the commission in January, 1940, and has been chair man since that time. He is chair man of the Lake County Li brary Board and active in all com munity affairs. Other members of the Lake County commission are Mrs. Lora Conn, one of the original members, appointed in 1933; Mrs. Eva Ar thur, appointed in 1955, and Mrs. Coral Hill, who received her ap pointment in 1957. Judge C. H. Langslet of the Lake County Court and County Commis sioners C. W. Ogle and J. D. Cor um are also members of the welfare commission. GRANGE NEWS EASTSIDE NEW PINE CREEK The an nouncement that the restroom fund now stands at $958.43 brought a big round of applause at the regu lar session of the Eastside Grange last Saturday night. Harvey San ders, treasurer, reported $683.43 in the fund. At the insistence of Clem Mulkcy, chairman, it was voted by members to add half the Grange Bazaar money to that amount, with another $85 already ear marked for that purpose. Mrs. Clem Mulkey, chairman of the Home Ec Club, told about 50 members present that a card of thanks had been received for the donation sent to Boys' Town. She also reported that old books and magazines had been collected and distributed to old folks' homes at Alturas and Lakeview. She said new drapes have been ordered for the hall. The need for shoes and clothing for the distressed in Lake County was brought to the attention of the group. Alice Allen, secretary, read a letter received from Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sells, former Lakeview resi dents now living in Portland. The Aliens had enclosed their grange dues in their letter. They will transfer thair membership when they are permanently located in the cottage they have purchased near the beach. The meeting was followed by a social hour. Polio Clinic Slated Saturday KLAMATH AGENCY The third in a series of polio-shot clinics sponsored by the Klamath Reser vation Junior Chamber of Com merce will be held Saturday, Jan uary 9, at the Chiloquin Grade School, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. A charge of $1 per shot will be made. To encourage family inocu lation against polio, a special charge of $3 is made for a family of any size. The Jaycees urge everyone to take advantage of this clinic as only one more is planned following this one. Heart Ailment Takes Playwright HOLLYWOOD, (AP)-Leon Gor don, who started as an actor and later became a prominent pro ducer and playwright, died of a heart ailment Monday at 65. Gordon, who made his home at Dana Point, Calif., had been as sociated with Metro-Goldwyn-May- er 30 years. His productions in cluded The Green Years," "Mrs Parkington," "T h e Forsythe Saga" and "Kim." He was born in London and started his acting career on the British stage. assured of the best medical help availble. Taxpayers can get some relief from unusually high medical expenses by taking advantage of the liberal deduction provisions contained in the Internal Revenue Code. Most of your medical expenses above 3 per cent of your adjust ed gross income for 19M are de ductible. However, there are cer tain ceiling limitations. There is a deductible limit of $2,500 for each personal exemption claimed. with an overall limit of $3,000 on a separate return and $10,000 on a joint return or for those filing as ln-ad of household. People over 65 enjoy some addi tional benefits on medical deduc tions. The lower limit of 3 per cent does not apply, and if the taxpayer is over 65 and disabled, then the ceiling is raised to $15,000. If both husband and wife are over 65 and disabled, the limit for their ex penses on a joint return is $30,000. The most obvious medical ex pense is doctor bills. Among the less obvious expenses are hospitals izaiion insurance premiums, cost of eye examination and glasses, and nurse's fees for nursing serv ices. Drugs and medicines are anoth er source of medical deduction. You can deduct as medical ex penses the cost of drugs and medi cines in excess of 1 per cent of your adjusted gross income. This 1 per cent rule applies to all tax payers regardless of age. You can deduct any drugs you buy wheth er they are ordered by a prescrip tion from your doctor or not. Head ache and cold remedies are just s deductible as penicillin, but such things as loolh paste, cosmetics. shaving cream, and so on are not drugs and therefore are not deductible. Many taxpayers are confused about their tax liability for pay ments received from hospitaliza tion plans. These payments are not income, and do not have to be reported on your return. For ex ample, say you were hospitalized in 1959. The total bill for the fam ily doctor, the hospital and sur geon came to $420. Your hospitaliz ation paid $300 toward these ex penses. You subtract the amount you were reimbursed from the amount you paid, and claim the difference ($120) as a medical Bids Opened SALEM The Oregon Highway Commission will open bids Janu ary 21 on production of 10,000 cubic yards of crushed rock on Paisley- Valley Falls project on Fremont Highway. The Lake County bid is one of 24 projects, costing a total in ex cess of $7,700,000 to be opened this date by the Highway Commission. expense deduction. Timing is very important in claiming medical deductions. When you go to see the doctor you have incurred a medical expense, but you can't get a medical deduc tion until you actually pay the doctor's bill. You may run into a situation like paying a hospital bill in December and not being icimbursed by your hospitalization (Ian until January. You can do one of two things. If you deduct your medical expenses and then the following year your hospitaliz ation insurance reimburses you, the reimbursement must be reported as income. However, if your orig inal deduction didn't reduce your taxes, then to that extent the re imbursement will be tax free. If, at the time you prepare your re turn, you know the amount of your reimbursement, then to that ex tent you could treat your payment as an advance and deduct only the medical expenses above the amount of the reimbursement on your 1959 return. As you can see, you are prob ably better off to have your hos pitalization plan payments made directly to the hospital whenever possible. In that way, you pay only the net amount you owe, which is the amount you are entitled to dc duct from your income on your lax return. The important thing that you must not overlook is that your hos pitalization insurance premiums are also medical expenses, and as such are deductible. You never make a profit or loss on hospitalization insurance. Some people will always pay in more than they get out, others will get back more than they pay. The fact that you paid $134 for a year's hospitalization insurance for your self and your family has no bear ing on the amount you receive. In other words, if you had medical bills totaling $400 which were paid by your insurance, the amount in excess of $134 is not taxable as income. Most medical expenses result from injury or sickness, but you don't have to be sick to incur a medical expense. If you go to the doctor for a checkup or consulta- I ion about your health, you have incurred a deductible medical ex pense ... so long as your ex pense is for preventing, detecting or treating a physical or mental ailment, you can consider the ex pense medical. Major sickness or surgery is usually followed by a long period of recovery. If you hire a nurse during this period or at any time, you can deduct the cost of the nursing services performed. This does not necessarily mean that you can deduct the full sal ary of the nurse during the period she works for you. Very often, a practical nurse will be required to perform many normal household aulies during her two or three week slay at your house. You can only deduct her salary for the portion of her time actually spent per forming nursing services. If your doctor "orders" you to take a long trip around the world, with or without a nurse, for health reasons, don't start dreaming of a large income lax deduction. The expense of the trip is not deduct ible. Sick benefits are not counted as income. Here is what you can receive free of tax from your em ployer or his insurance company: 1. Payment for medical expenses. 2. Payment for permanent in jury (not based on time absent from work). 3. Damages for injury or sick ness. 4. Payments under Workmen's Compensation Act. 5. Payment up to $100 per week for loss of wages while you are ab sent due to injury or sickness, ex cept that the first week's pay is taxable unless you are absent due to an injury or arc hospitalized for at least one day. If "sick pay" payments from your employer are included in the wages shown on your withholding slips, you should subtract the pro per amount from your income In tiic place provided on the first page of your tax return Form 1040 or Form 1040W. Attach an expla nation as described in the instruc tion booklet you received from the Internal Revenue Service together with your income tax forms. You are entitled to exclude this amount from your income even if you do not itemize deductions, but not if you file Form 1040A. WHUt CHAIRS ml WAIKMS HnAMk tor the HanaHcopfMel Sturdily cooiimtud tod tuily controlled, Ivtrtit Jooini folding VWl Chain hod walktrt intpir complete confidence io tbe dmt. 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