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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1963)
In The Legislature By GEORGE C. FLITCRAFT Three sales tax proposals have been introduced into the House. (Note: H.B. 1332 introduced by Representative Rogers was out lined last week. There are no ad ditional details available on his plan. It is still in skeletal form). House Bill 1301 introduced by Representative McKinnis calls for a three per cent retail sales tax (similar to California I with exclu sions on food, prescription drugs. medical supplies, feed, seed, fertil izer and gasoline. The tax will be collected by the State Tax Commission and the en tire amount returned to the vari ous counties in proportion to the population of the county. The coun ty in turn w ill distribute the fii to all taxing districts as a direct offset against property tax. The proponents of this measure, which would be referred to the people for their adoption or rejec tion claim that local property tax. es have reached the saturation point and that this sales tax bill will bring direct and positive re lief. According to their estimates, the amount of property tax relief in Klamath County will be. about $1,450,000. Based on a current levy of $4,971,000, this would amount tn about a 2!) per cent reduction in property taxes. The opponents of a sales tax, many of whom campaigned for of fice on the premise of being op posed to it, contend that the peo plj in Oregon have rejected the saies tax many times and are not about to odopt one now. The governor is also known to be opposed to a sales tax as a means of solving the state's tax problem, but the sponsors of this plan point out that this plan is not intended to solve the state tax problem only to reduce local property taxes. House Bill 1163 will be of special Interest to many who live in un- Sightseers See Kennedy WASHINGTON UPl - Sight seers taking advantage of sunny Washington weather were awe struck to find President Kennedy in their midst. There was Kennedy, first walk ing about the ellipse near the White House, with his friend, newspaperman Charles Bartlett, Chicago Sun-Times correspondent. Then the President ordered a car, and with Bartlett set out to pee other capital sights, just like a tourist. It happened hunday when a warm sun sent the tem perature In around 60. At the Smithsonian Institution, Kennedy and Bartlett toured the aircraft and missile exhibit to see astronaut John Glenn's space cap sule. Then they went to the reflect ing pool, which reflects the Wash ington Monument in Us glassy waters. Kennedy walked around the pool, watching children play with their boats, and gazed at Hie nearby Lincoln Memorial. Kennedy's car then took him tn Itobcrt E. Lee's mansion in Ar lington Cemetery, where he took the full tour. He returned tn the White House after about two and a half hours of sightseeing. Manv neonle recognizer Ken nedy during the tour, but few- made any attempt tn approach him. Two women asked if they could shake his hand and an el dcrly man asked if he could photograph the President. "Surely," said Kennedy. NOW AT SHAWS incorporated areas. It was intro duced by several memberi of the Interim Committee on Local Gov ernment. The 1961 session passed legisla tion which permitted counties to adopt plans for and administer sewage disposal facilities. This bill expands this authority to include water supply, drainage and street lighting. It is permissive legislation. The county court may enter into con tracts and-or agrecmnts covering such services, but only after ap proval, of the voters in a special election in the proposed district. "srSSTVarinss JflRT published no tices must precede the special election. The- proponents of the bill claim that this approach to the prob lem will provide greater efficicn cy and economy than the present law which permits numerous in dependent service districts througlKMit the area. They point out that the overlapping multiplic ity ot special districts in existence at the present time creates inef ficiency and claim that local vot ers in small service districts are apathetic and frequently unin formed. The opponents to the measure advance the objection that, if passed, the law will hinder the or derly growth and normal ex pansion of cities. They contend that with a county In a position to provide such services the peo ple will be reluctant to merge with an adjacent incorporated area. One public hearing has been held and another one will be scheduled at a later dale, accord ing to the chairman of the House Local Government Committee. In dications are that it will not be approved by the committee in its present form. Among visitors at the state capi lol this week were Rube Long Fort Rock: Forrest E. Cooper. I.akeview: George Callison. Ted Hyde, Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Wampler, George H. Proctor, and Lawrence Slater of Klamath Falls. Shasta Club Changes Hall MOUNT SHASTA The old ar mory building in- Mount Shasta City Park has been designated as the new meeting place for the Ml. Shasta Horsemen. The bus! ness meeting will be held the third Thursday of each month at 8 p.m., and the social meeting is scheduled th first Sunday of each rnonth. The social gathering will always be preceded by a pot luck dinner and will feature speak ers, movies, and various programs pertaining to horses. f I i : r , ' ' N v T t, " " tunrmiU -i jfr-nrfi-tiirtirthrtiiifttif if r CHECK PRESENTED Joe Hiclcs, right, United Fund president, presented a check to Dr. George Nicholson, Klamath Basin Red Cross Chapter chairman, the March remittance of the Red Cross share of the United Fund campaign officially closed recently. Due to affiliation with the UF no Red Cross campaign for funds is being conducted this month. The entire Klamath County budget for the Red Cross is included in the UF goal. Russians Mark Decade Since Deaih Of Sialin MOSCOW UPI - The Soviet Union, in grim, uneasy fashion, Tuesday marked the end of its first decade since dictator .loscf Stalin died in the Kremlin. In former days, the occasion would have brought forth cere monies and tributes. But now. with Stalin discredited by his suc cessors, there was silence or abuse. The only recognition of the for mer leader was expected to be the usual file of curious visitors past Stalin's grave alongside the Kremlin wall. Memory Vilified The man who ruled Russia w ith an iron hand for more than a quarter of a century still lies buried in a place of honor. Bui his memory has been daubed with blood and vilification in a massive campaign of de-Stalini- zation carried out by Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev and the current Communist hierarchy. So low has Sialin been down graded that all official mention of today's anniversary date has been removed from Soviet calen dars. The de-Stalinization campaign has been extended through the Communist bloc except for RedJ China and Albania, which still honor Stalin's n;imc. Red China and Albania adhere to Stalin's "hard line" Communist policies as opposed to Khrushchev's pol icy of peaceful coexistence. Suffers Brain Hemorrhage Sialin died March 5, 1953, of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 73. His death, after such a long period of one-man rule, set off a scramble for power in the Com munist party hierarchy. From brief period of "collective leader ship," Khrushchev emerged as party chairman and premier and the recognized leader ot the So viet Union. It was Khrushchev who initiat ed the de-Stalinization campaign with his famed anti-Stalin "secret speech" in 195(i. The campaign has been aimed at blaming Sta lin for Russia's mistakes of the past and maligning him for his police-terror methods. Sialin rose to power after Lenin died in 1U24. Ex-Premier Predicts Fall Of De Gaulle In Broadcast LONDON (l'Pl - The British split with France widened today the angry aftermath of a broadcast on Britain's government-owned television of a state ment by former French Pre mier Georges Bidault who pre dicted the overthrow of the French government. Bidault made the statement in filmed interview telecast Mon day night by the British Broad casting Corporation on a popular program called "Panorama," with aclaimed audience of nine mil lion persons. The interview was maiV in Brit- am, pos&ialy in January, and the BBC paid Rirlauii' a ice lor it. In the intt.-vicw. Bidault. who has been in flight from France, said his underground Council of Na tional Resistance was plotting President Charles dc Gaulle's overthrow and was confident of success. The "insult" tn the French president rocked government of fices in both Paris and London, and set off an angry parliamen tary clash between the ruling Con servatives and the opposition La bor party. The incident was front page news in both Britain and France. Home Secretary Henry Brooke brought roars of ironic laughter from all sides of Die House of Commons when he blandly said there was no evidence that Bidau is in Britain, although he strongly indicated he kid been here. Brooke said, however, the gov ernment had no know ledge of his presence when the BBC filmed the interview in London. Altliough tlie BBC is state owned, it operates witltotit gov ernment control, so it was able to telecast the controversial inter view without official censorship. The broadcast came al a time when the two countries have been at loggerheads over France's veto of Britain's bid (or membership in the European Common Market Jan. 29. Texas Site I Draws Blast WASHINGTON (UPI) - Rep. K.W. (Bill) Stinson. R-Wash., charged Monday that politics may have played a part in the selec tion of General Dynamics Corp. to build the new TFX fighter at its Fort Worth. Tex., plant. Stinson suggested that tlie new- plane might better have been called "the LBJ." j This indirect reference to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Texan, prompted Rep. Jim Wright! D-Tcx., to a counter charge. I Since the question of political influence had been raised, Wright said, he thought it proper to ask Sen. Henry M. Jackson, D-Wash. "If he is prepared to deny that on at least seven different occa sions his office initiated contacts with top government officials" in behalf of tlie Boeing Co.'s attempt to get the TFX contract. AL STONE, ERNIE BEAUDRY and REX MOREHOUSE Invite You To Come In And Meet Our Staff Barbara Stone and Taylor High at the new office of Klamath OtS Heat, Inc. (FORMERLY DUNN'S HEATING OILS) FREE COFFEE & DONUTS ALL THIS WEEK, 10-5 P.M. 2222 South 6th Wtdnetdiy. 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