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COUP. mpa?sr. ssctioh Oregon. ..35 Navy 26 Purdue... .7 Illinois . .TOfrf?Jburgfi 35 UCLA.... 10 Iowa 17 SMU 10 ' Minnesota 24 Utah State 20 WestVa... 0 Michigan.. 13 N. Dame . . 6 N'western 0 California 15 Stanford.. 9 Washington 7 Air Force . 0 Army..... 8 San Jose.. 0 Additional Details On Sports Pages Income Tax Bill Meaning Studied By FLOYD Editor's Note This is the proposed referral of the recently passed income tax mcasi to be voted on Oct. 15. On Oct. 15 voters in Oregon go to the polls to vote yes or no on a bill passed by the 1963 Legislature to increase personal income taxes by $48 million in the next two year period and authorize another $14 million from a speed-up "one shot" collec tion of state withholding taxes from employers. There is much talk being fostered by various groups on what will be cut out if the people refuse to approve the increased taxes, but this approach might not be entirely justifiable. First of all, it is important to review the bill itself and sec what it provides. House Bill 1846 is a complicated measure which provides some 38 changes in taxes and tax procedures. In all. the bill provides for an increase of $62 million in taxes. Actually, one item alone accounts for about a $50 million in i crease in taxes. That is the provision which eliminates the deduc ' lion of federal income taxes on your state return. $14 million comes from a provision which requires a speeded up return by employers on state withholding for the last month of the biennium. The other changes in tax structure and other provisions ac tually work to reduce the total amount of taxes to be collected outside the elimination of the federal income tax deduction. Some of the most important changes of the bill are these: A minimum tax of $5 or one per cent of adjusted gross income for all persons who have a net income of SoOO or more, or a gross income of $4,000 or more. Instead of a $600 dependency credit, taxpayers are per mitted $22 for head of household or $44 dollars for married couple filing joint return plus a $20 credit for each dependent. This tax credit is subtracted from your total tax. A student earning $600 or more may be claimed as a dependent. Rate structure is lowered and more brackets set up. The previous structure provided seven tax brackets with a range from three per cent to 9.5 per cent. The new structure provides brackets from two per cent to a high of 7.5 per cent and provides 17 brackets. The bill provides for deduction of medical expenses in excess of five per cent of the adjusted gross income and elimi nates the maximum provision of the old law. In addition, the law provides a different type treatment on capital gains taxation, provides for accelerated speed-up payment nf slalp withholding taxes hv emnlnvers. and ornvides for nron- mtv lav nffspl tn counties in $10 million. What does it mean to you the taxpayer? If you were a family of four filing joint return, the percentage nf increase would be as follows: If net income was $4,000 you would find a 62.1 ner cent increase: if $5,000. a 60.3 per cent. This decreases , gradually, dropping to 58.2 per $7,000: 48.8 per cent at $8,000 ; 39.3 per cent at $10,000. If you were a single person age of increase would be: With crease would be 27.1 per cent; $5,000 net income would bring a 25 per cent increase: $6,000 would be up 24.9 per cent; $7,000 up 21.1 per cent; $8,000 up 18.3 per $10,000 would be increased 16.6 Net effect of these various changes is to bring in some new taxpayers on the low income side, reduce taxes somewhat on the top income taxpayers and lighten the tax load somewhat on the snce oersons and heads ol households i widows witn ennaren, etc.) while increasing the load those with children. On the basis of the bill itself, objectors point out that it increases the tax load on the middle brackets which already have been carrying the majority of the tax load and is beneficial to single persons at the expense of the familied persons. Those favoring the measure point out that, in their estima tion, the bill broadens the tax base and corrects some inequities that have existed in the Oregon tax structure, both on top and bottom lax brackets and on capital gains. Objectors label the elimination of the federal tax deduction as a "tax on a tax," but proponents of the bill say that actually the federal government will be paying part of the tax increase since they will be getting less taxes from you because you can deduct the higher state taxes you pay. '. A valid objection tan be made to the statement that the federal government will pay part of the tax increase. They will "not pay a cent of it. The taxes all come from the taxpayer. The net effect will be merely that he pays less to the federal government while paying more to the state. This is the proper way to explain it. While a great deal of debate rages around the provisions of the tax bill itself, much opposition seems to center also around the entire stale spending picture. Tomorrow Where docs the money go? Reign Of Terror Claims Seven Lives In Venezuela CARACAS. Venezuela (UPD Pro Castro assassins shot and killed two national guardsmen on the Caracas-LaGuaira superhigh way Saturday, raising to seven the death toll in a nightmarish reign of terror that began Fri day night throughout Venezuela. The terrorist group, members of the Armed Forces National Liberation iFAL.Ni, killed five persons and wounded 10 others during the night in a scries of hit-run raids apparently aimed at Dinner Reservations Set All members of the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce who plan to attend the chamber's annual meeting Wednesday eve ning, Oct. 9, are reminded that reservations must be made no later than noon on Tuesday. Tickets may be purchased in advance from any member of the chamber board of directors, or at the chamber office at 323 Main Street. They will also be available at the door Wednesday evening, to long as reservations have been made bclorehand by dialing the chamber office at TU 4-5193. The dinner meeting is sched L. WYNNE first in a series of articles on the the event a tax surnlus exceeds; cent at $6,000: to 53.5 per cent at 43.2 per cent at $9,000, and up filing a tax return, the percent a net income of $4,000, the in cent; $9,000 up 16.8 per cent and per cent. on married persons, especially challenging the government s massive crackdown against the pro-Communists. Police and military forces ar rested at least 200 persons dur ing the night and reinforced their numbers in Caracas Saturday with 500 graduates of a police academy. But reliable sources said the FALN struck in daylight on the famed superhighway Sat urday then fled into the rugged mountains along the way. uled for 6:30 p.m. at Rcamcs Golf and Country Club. In addition to brief remarks by outgoing president, James D. Monteith. and the chamber's 196.1 64 president. James F. Slilwell, Stary Gauge of Visalia, Calif will be featured as tle principal speaker. As one of the nation's top plat, form speakers, GanRe has de livered over 2.300 talks on Amer icanism since 1950 in a tour of all 30 stales. His topic Wednesday evening at the chambei s annual meeting ill be "How High Is Up?" in Weather Klamath Fills, Tuleltkt and Lakaviawi Variabla cloudiness, windy and cool with tomt thowert through Monday. Htqh today and Monday M to as, lowi tonight 31 to 42. South to loulhwtsl winds I to II mites par hour. Mtgn yasltrday as Low yaslorday j High yaar ago j Low yaar ago 21 Praeip. last 14 hours traca smca Jan. I . Viewpoints Differ Sharply On Proper Herd Size Rangemen, Argue Available Feed If the deer herds are main - tained in numbers too great to be supported on the winter range it will result in irreparable damage to (he winter feeding grounds; overgrazing will first retard the growth of forage plants, then kill them. "When there is no forage, there will be no deer." That stark appraisal was voiced by Dillard Gates, range special, ist of Oregon Slate University, as la The- Day's lews "51 FRANK JENKINS 'n this column the other day. the proposal to sell our surplus wheat to Russia getting paid for it, presumably, with Russian gold was discussed at some length and the opinion was expressed that it would be a good deal all the way around because the Rus sians need our wheat and we need the Russian gold The mail a day or so later brought a clipping of the column with this question typed at the top of it: "Who will get the job of BIT 1NG THE GOLD BRICKS to see if they are genuine?" It's a good question. It's an especially good question because it brings out the suspicion we instinctively feel regarding ANY proposal coming from the Soviet Union, which is a com munist nation. As a communist nation, Rus sia's policies and procedures are presumably ruled by the teach ings of Marx and Lenin. Marx, in his day, had preached the doc trines of communism. Lenin was the leader of the communist movement in Russia and the FOUNDER OF THE SOVIET UNION. Lenin explained communism to the people and devoted his life tn putting it into practice. He was the author of the grim and cyni cal Ten Commandments of Com munism, which have been fre quently referred to in this space. Among his Ten Commandments are these: "There are no morals in poli tics; there is only expediency. "Truth does not count unless it serves an end. "Promises are like piecrusts; made to be broken." Question' How can a nation founded upon such cynical concepts of human behavior he trusted? That, I take it. is the question that was in the back of my anony mous correspondent's mind when he asked: "Who will get the job of biting the bricks?" It is obvious that a dedicated communist wouldn't hesitate to pay for American wheat with phony gold bricks if he thought he could get anay with it. So- How will we know that the gold we get for our wheat 'assuming that we make the dcali is REAL? It's a logical question. Well, if the deal goes through, it will probably be handled by mv hiu tendon turner tendon being the big buyer of sold atlP,s ,he resignation of Schools the present time. Here's how It will work: The Russians will use their gold to buy American dollars, and ith tlie 1 piper dollars thus pur chased they will pay for tin (CoaUaned Paf 4-A) Price Fifteen Cents 60 Pages Sportsmen 1 he addressed legislative commil- tees of Oregon and California which met at the Winema Motor Hotel Friday to hear cattlemen sportsmen, and forestry officials express their views on restoring the interstate deer herd to its greater numbers of former years. Two opposite points of view were noted from the grist of opin ions presented to the lawmakers during the second of the two-day session which started in Yrcka Thursday and ended in Klamath Falls Friday. Essentially, government biolo gists and rangemen believed that the present deer herds should be reduced to numbers which could be sustained on a winter range that is in critical condition due to a severe drought that has per sisted in recent years. Further, the condition of forage plants on the winter range has become even more critical because as some of those plants die off the others remaining are therefore browsed more frequently by foraging ani mals. , Ii is the view of Ihe range spe cialists that the deer herds should be held to minimum numbers un til the range is restored and can support larger quantities of deer. The establishment of special ant lerless deer hunts is one of the practices used by the Oregon State Game Commission to keep Ihe interstate herd at minimum levels. Sportsmen opposing the view of the rangemen said during the hearing that adequate forage is available; they demanded that antlerless hunts be stopped imme diately and that steps be taken to insure that the interstate herd is restored to its size of earlier years. The latter group believes that Ihe ever increasing army of hunt ers will harvest enough animals to reduce the herd to numbers that will not place too much pressure on the dwindling supply of forage plants, such as bitter brush and snow brush. Gales, who has worked with gov ernment agencies on range man agement problems in recent years, commented favorably on antler less hunts as an adjunct to im proving the heavily browsed win ter range. "We would agree that it is ridic ulous for a stockman to harvest only bulls. In no time, we'd be knee deep in cattle," he said. George Wardell, secretary-treas urer of the Klamath Forest Pro tective Association, opposed the special hunts, as did two repre- (Continued on Page 4-A) Another Buddhist Burns Himself; Saigon Police Beat U.S. Newsmen SAIGON. South Viet Nam 'UPHito death in South Vict Nam'sl A young Buddhist priest sat cross-legged in Saigon's central market square Saturday, poured a can nf gasoline over his head and impassively burned himself School Head Quits Post CHICAGO (L'PH Civil rights groups today considered a city- wide boycott nf public schools .unless me ooard ol education ac- Superintendent Benjamin C. Wil lis. Willis, who as the second high 'est paid public official in the na tion headed one of Ihe country s major school systems, resigned Friday after a summer of dem onstraticms and disorder. KLAMATH FALLS, Pit EG ON, few y . S j I t j r at ANOTHER ON THE BOARD This is a common scene around town these days as World Series pools flourish despite warnings of the district attorney against gam bling. Most of the pools are of the nickel-and-dime variety. Po ols Still Flourish Except At Courthouse Psst . . . wanna buy a chance in the pool? , What is this? Is this a furtive rendezvous be tween a criminal and his patron? Will the proceeds of this illicit alliance fatten the cotters of the czars of crime? Can we expect the authorities to take vigorous action to sup press this activity? On the contrary. These are no blackhearted criminals. They are merely two ordinary, honest people who think they have the right to wager their money. The scene is not a big-city un derworld. Indeed, a transaction like this occurs every day in Ihe offices and shops of Klamath Falls. Right now, at this moment, someone in the city is wagering a dime, or quarter, or half-dollar on the outcome of the World Se ries, or on the score of this week end's football game. The pools exist in virtually ev ery office and shop in town. Many of them are annual ones which have been going on for decades. Not only men play, but wom en join in the pools wholeheart edly. sixth such protest against govern ment anti-Buddhist policies. Uniformed police rushed to the scene with drawn weapons and savagely beat three of 10 Ameri can newsmen called to live square by anonymous telephone calls. U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge investigated tlie beatings personally and lodged a strong protest. The ritual suicide self-immolation took place at 12:30 p m. as tens of thousands of Vietnamese streamed past on bicycles and in cars en route to their noonday meal. Hundreds stopped to watch the ghastly spectacle. There were several tralfic accidents as driv en gawked at the sight of the priest tilting perfectly still, no sound coming from hit (irmly shut lips as the (lames took his hie. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1963 The law says pools are illegal, and Klamath County Dist. Atty. Dale Crabtree just last week an nounced a crackdown on all forms of gambling even church raffles But this hasn't discouraged World Series pools in the least- except in one case. This reporter learned that an annual World Series pool which had operated in the courthouse largely with patronage of the district attorney's office has fold ed this year because of lack of customers. But pools are running in all their glory in other offices and in at least one police agency, It was discovered. These pools don't go to fatten their operators' purses. In fact, those who organize the pools us ually spend much time In their preparation and only are com pensated if Ihcy, themselves, hap pen to draw the lucky number. No, the district attorney s warn ings appear to have had little ef fect on this annual ritual. And it would seem cafe In say that if Ihe DA really cracked down on the office pools, he'd find some very well-known people in his net all holding their tickets. 'Dissatisfaction with the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem also appeared to be spreading to tlie armed forces. Vietnamese pilot Capt. Huynh Minh Duong landed at Pochentong Airport at Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday and asked for political asylum to pro test Dicm's policies. Duong was the third Vietnamese pilot to ask for asylum recently.! The ritual suicides of Buddhist priests and a nun to protest gov ernment action first began early in May when troops killed eight peaceful demonstrators in Hue tlie lormer imperial capital o( Viet Nam, 400 miles to tlie north. The official government version was that the eight were killed by Communist Vict Cong plastic bombs. But there was compelling evidence that government troops fired into the crowd and crushed some demonstrators beneath the wheels of armored cart. Ifhineateiifis IFIoridla Tclcphnne TU 4-8111 No. 75!4 Kelsay Dies After Meeting Here SUite Rep. William O. Kelsay,! D-Roseburg, on his way to Salem after a long day of hearings in Klamath Falls, was killed instant ly Friday night in a two-car col Trio Lauds Colleague Klamath County legislators, who have been working closely with W. O. Kelsay in Industrial, busi ness and recreational aspects nf legislation, today expressed their sorrow at the untimely death of Ihe popular legislator. Rep. Carrol Howe said: "Due to Mr. Kelsay's capacity for making friends, I will feel a personal loss irom nis acain. now vyizi , all Ml VJnrfcni 411111 iximiiuvu County in particular, will be losers because of sympathetic in Iciest in our problems.' Rep. George Flitcrafl said: "I am saddened to hear of the news of Uiis terrible mishap and tlie death of Mr. Kelsay, while he was returning home from meeting ;n which ire had both participated. I served with him on Taxation and Fish and Game committees in Ihe 1953 Lcgisla litre and came lo know him as a sincere. Hard-working man dedi cated tn serving the best inter ests of the state as he saw them." Sen. Harry Boivin said: "All of us who served with Bun Kelsay in the legislature will miss his friendly manner and the help he always willingly gave. He had a deep and abiding love (or Ore gon and its people. He was an untiring worker (or tlie causes in which he believed. Oregon has lost a distinguished citizen. Chief Adds Sympathy SALEM (UPIi-Gov. Mark Hal field Saturday praised Ihe late State Rep. William O. Kelsay, D Ore., who was killed in a traffic accident Friday night. Rep. Kelsay, with his service to tlie state above all considera tion, was held high in the affec tions of those who were privileged to be his friends," 4he governor said. "May 1 extend the condo lences of a grateful state." IN RECOGNITION This brome plaque In memory of Martin R. Frain, first perma nent fur trader in this part of Oregon, will be dedicated by the Klamath Chapter Ore. gon State Society of the National Society Daughter of American Colonists en Satur day, Oct. 12. The marker will be placed in Veterans Memorial Park which Is near the site of Frain't first trading poit at Payne Alley and the intersection of Main Street. The public is invited to attend the dedication ceremony at 10:30 a.m. (See story and pie lures 'on Pag I of feature taction I. Weather AGRICULTURAL FORECAST Cloudy, cool showtry typ wtatfctr tt lorfcatted to con If nut ttiroufh Tut, day. Hard frttto tndicaltd for Tutsday night, Harvtst outlook poor to fair, b coming good on Wtdntsday and Thun day. In Crash lision 35 miles north of here on U.S. Highway 97. The 50-year-old lawmaker, chairman of tlie Oregon Interim Wildlile Committee, was serving as a member of tlie Oregon-Cali fornia Legislative Interim Commit tee set up to study the inter state mule deer herd. The com mittee had met all day in Klam ath Falls Friday and had conduct ed a day-long session Thursday in Yreka, Calif, The two occu pants of the sec ond car, Homer May and his wife, Mildred both about 52, of Eugene, were critically injured in the accident. They were taken to Klamath Val - lop KELSAY ley Hospital and Mrs. May was transferred to a - Meatora nospitat Miuroay alter. noon following surgery. The Klamath Valley listed May as still In critical con ditlon Saturday afternoon. Stale oucc said the Medford hospital reported Saturday night that Mrs - ;l I 1 iu May was "still critical, but doing. as well as could he expected. notice said' Kelsay's car skid ded for 100 feel in the rlghthand lane and then crossed the cen ler line, going into a broadside skid. His vehicle then was struck by the oncoming May automobile. The mishap occurred about 7:45 p.m. rieisny, a sawmill operator, was elected to the 1957, 1959 and 1961 slate legislatures. He was a grad uate of Oregon College of Educa tion. During the 1953 session Kelsay was chairman of the Fish and Game Committee, and served on the Highways, Rules and Resolu tions, and Taxation committees. He was born at Oakridge, and was active in the Masons, Scot tish Rite and Shrine, the Elks, Eagles, Ihe Roseburg Country Club and Rod and Gun Club. He was part owner of (our saw mills and a member of the board of directors of the ICOA Insur ance Co. of Salem, a post lo which he was elected In April, He was on his way from Klam ntli Kalis to Salem, where he was tn attend a board meeting of the ICOA Insurance Co. Saturday morning. Kelsay is survived by his wid ow, two sons and a daughter. Haiti Strip Reduced To Shambles MIAMI (UP!) - Killer Hurri cane Flora stalled over Cuba Sat urday, rawing more destruction on tlie island than all the anti Castro raiders to date and posing a definite threat to the U.S. mainland. From the islands already raked by tlie vicious storm came grim reports of death and destruction. At least 54 persons have been killed by the tropical terror and no comprehensive report is vet available on one of the hardest hit areas the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti which is in shambles. Flora concentrated her 80-mile- an-hour winds and torrential rains Saturday on Cuba's prov ince of Camaguey, known in the days before Fidel Castro installed his Communist regime as the Texas of Cuba" because of its famed cattle ranches and huge sugar plantations. Cuban radio broadcasts moni tored in Miami told of mounting damage throughout the southeast ern end of the island, particular ly in mountainous Orionte Prov ince where the hurricane hit with 125 m.p.h. winds Thursday. ine uncertain path of the drift ing tempest caused many south Florida residents to 4egin storm preparations during the day. forecasters predicted the hur ricane would continue a west ward drift well into the night, weanen somewiiat and emerge into 'the Caribbean off Cuba's south coast sometime early Sun day. I Stalling ot tlie storm was caused by a high pressure tys- Unenitall rem vvl u,e UUllTO OLSbCS WniCn nuspiiai -.! ,..nj ,i .... southeast. . . -' ' - From Cuba came ' reports -of' homes being unroofed and trees and television antennas toppled. Many towns in Orion te Province were without electricity and air traffic was halted on tlie island. On the mainland, from Miami to. Palm Beach, hardware stores reported a run on hurricane sup plies such as flashlights, lan terns, camp stoves and canned heat. - Showing Lasts Two Minutes CORVALLis (UPD-Friday just wasn't a good day for Rice Mercury Motors of Cor vallls. , The firm had two brand new 1964 models to show off proudly. An open house was planned. The coffee was brewed and doughnuts were on the platters for visitors. The two new cars were parked at the curb, ready to give prospects a ride around town. The doors were opened at 9 a.m. At 9:02 there was a loud crash. A motorist driving down tlie street had smashed into both cars, nearly demol ishing them.
