HERALD AND NEWS, Klamnth Falls. Ore. Thursday, January 7. lOfiO
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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.
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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.
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