The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 219, Ed. 1 Friday, September 13, 1963 Page: 8 of 16
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THE OFFBEAT NEWSBEAT . . .
State's General Fund is in the Black at Last
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Football to not a game for the flabby.
Since training season sometimes starts in hot
weather, precautions must be taken against heat stroke.
Practice should not be undertaken in the hottest hours
of the day.
In any kind of weather, the training sessions should
not bring your son to the point of exhaustion. A physi-
cian should be available at all practice sessions as well
as all games.
Proper equipment to important This includes a per-
sonally fitted helmet, mouth guard, shoulder pads, arm
guards, hand protector, knee and shin guards and ankle
taping.
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agree that the news hasn’t been too encouraging for
f th’ hum: race.
One distinguished zoologist suspects that man to
mere closely related to the gorilla and chimpanzee
than a gorilla or a chimpanzee is related to an ape. No
comments, please.
Another expert on such matters believes that man is
descended from the rodent family This may explein
why we occasionally suspect some guy is a rat. Or
why some of us married men sometimes act like
mice.
But the crusher comes in the glum prediction by an
eminent biologist that bugs are going to outlast man.
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The record-breaking traffic toll over the Labor Day
holiday weekend has proved one thing beyond a doubt.
Whatever is being done to prevent traffic accidents
in this country isn’t enough.
It doesn’t even come close to being enough.
A civilised natien has to ask itselr seme questions
when 560 of its citizens lose their Eves in celebrating
a holiday ironically dedicated to better and hzppier
living.
Questions such as:
Is our whole attitude toward traffic safety faulty?
Do we need a brand new concept of our individual
and collective responsibility to help put a stop to this
mass killing on the highway?
Should this concept perbaps be based on plain, old-
fashioned morality?
If it’s immoral to cheat, for example, isn’t it im-
moral to fudge on a red light or to exceed speed limits
imposed solely to save lives?
If it’s immoral to point a gun at someone because .
you’ve had too much to drink, isn’t it immoral to point
a car at someone or the same reason? ,
If it’s immoral to try to bribe a public official. isn't
it immoral to try to bribe a traffic officer?
(Or to it impractical to try to induce people to drive
more sanely by appealing to their morality?)
Is traffic law enforcement in this country generally
ineffective and in many instances so spotty as to be
almost worthless?
Are too many traffic judges around the country to
reluctant to remove drivers from the road when it’s
obvious they don’t belong there?
Should the government take a stronger hand in stop-
ping highway slaughter?
If and when the people demand the answers to those
questions — and help preside the answers — the traffic
toll will come down in a hurry.
And no sooner.
Q—Which was the first state in
the Union to be permenantly set-
tled by Europeans’’
A—Florida, in 1565.
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Sura, your son loves to play football-but In hla an-
thusiasm he may not take the precautions necessary to
insure his health and safety. Football to a great sport,
but parents and coaches must set up safeguards to re-
duce the hazards at this contact sport.
First, year boy must wart to play football be-
caume be »ee the game. K he to forced tote k hr
any ether reason, he will either play haimheartedly
or play beyond Ms endurance to prase Ms strength.
Either nttitude to aa Mvitation to imjury.
Second, he must have the proper build for footbell.
Enthusiasm or training may not be able to make a
footbak player out at a tall, lanky boy - as many such
a tod has found out to his sorrow. Furthermore, he
must not only be physically healthy but also in top
mhoeicat Aouazt.-
PnySica. Conduon.
This can be achieved only by persistent hard work
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use?
A—Yes. as fertilizer.
Q—What is the origin of the ex-
pressions "burying the hatchet"
and “digging up the hatchet”?
A—Indiana buried tomahawks
when they made peace with an
enemy and dug them up when
they made war.
an increase in state taxes levied for that
purpose.
The state’s cost for education is not paid
out of the general fund but affect it be-
cause education has first call on certain
revenues with anything left over going into
the general revenue account.
Gov. John Connally has made it very
plain that he intends to push hard for bigger
appropriations for higher education. Lt. Gov.
Preston Smith said in a speech here a few
lature makes appropriations for the 1964-66
biepnium there should be no need for a
major tax increase.
It was the last big tax hike, in the form
of a selective sales tax. which got the state's
general fund out of the red and into the
black. And we may exnect that when and if
there is a need for still higher state taxes .
for the general fund an increase in the sales
levy rate or a broadening of this, tax will ■
occur.
Before that happens, we may have a one-
cent hike in the state gasoline tax. Revenue
from that source, however, does not go into
the general fund. It is earmarked bv the
constitution for highway purposes and the
public schools.
The big question at the moment insofar as
the general fund is concerned is whether or
not the mushrooming needs of Texas public
days ago that this will be one of two major
items on the agenda if the governor decides
to call the legislature into special session.
Education is now far and away the most
costly service of the state government. Ac-
cording to the comptroller’s report, the total
outlay for state services in the fiscal vear
ending Aug. 31 was just'under *15 billion.
Of that amount; a little over $635 million
went for education including the state cost
of teacher retirement.
By comparison, the fiscal year’s outlay
for highways, including federal contributions
for that purpose, was a little below $397 mil-
lion with public welfare third at a eost of
just over $239 million including federal aid.
Spending for these costlv services, as well
as for all other state services, will have to
so up. But for now it appears that the need
for new revenues can be met for at least a
couple of years, perhaps longer, without an
increase in state taxes.
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will be required for election of the agency'a
first board of directors.
A great deal of time and effort went into
the development of this new plan for a
countywide drainage program. It is designed
to meet the needs for this public service at
the lowest possible cost to the taxpayers
and with maximum efficiency and minimum
political interference.
The big problem now is to justify the small
tax rate which will be necessary to finance
the drainage district. And we hope that all
citizens of the county who are familiar with
the need for this service will begin now as
individuals and in groups, on a campaign
to get a majority of the taxpaving voters to
give the proposed tax rate their approval.
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For a time it was believed that a flaw
in the law creating this district would have
to be corrected by the legislature before the
vital drainage program could be launched.
Now we have been advised by competent
attorney* that an amendment to the bill will
not be necessary.
This is because of a change in the Texas
Election Code which became effective on
Aug. 23. It permits commissioners court to
make the changes in several voting boxes—
for the drainage district election only—that
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The ORANGE Leader
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1963
EDITORIAL PAGE
A flight of geese was winging its way southward
from the nesting place in Canada to the winter feed-
ing grounds in the marshes of Jefferson County.
They were in the familiar v-formation with the lead
goose honking instructions from time to time. It wasn't
a uniformly perfect flight pattern because a young
goose bringing up the rear on one side of the V was
making the tnp for the first time and got out of for-
mation every now and then while examining the
scenery below.
Each time this happened the young goose would
have to flap his wings like mad to get back into
line when the toad honker sang out. “Go back late
position, you punk, before you get test and end up in
Mexico."
Along toward the shank of ore afternoon the young
goose began to get very tired. The flight bad started
that morning at a rice field near Stuttgart, Ark., and
was now winging its way across the hills just above
the coastal plain
And because it was almost exhausted, the young
goose had trouble keeping in formation when the boss
gander honked out. “Ack-ack at six o'clock. Pull up to
10,000 and make it fast." The order came amid the
ring zing. zing zing of flying bullets and thefpop. pop.
pop pop of a rifle on the ground below.
When the formation had leveled out at the higher
altitude, the young goose summoned what he felt sure
was his last ounce of energy and flew up alongside the
goose that was next in line.
"Hey," it asked, "what in the world was that all
abort?”
"That," answered the other goose, "is something
you better leers abort fast if you expect to be around
when we go back to Canada next spring."
"But what was it?" the young goose wanted to
know
"It was a people. It had a thing called a gun and
it was trying to murder one of us."
"Which one?"
"Oh, It wouldn't have mattered to the people which
one. Just any at us."
The young goose was real puzzled, of course, and
almost out at breath but it pursued the conversation
by taking. "And why does a people went to kill one
of us."
"They like to strip us down to our carcasses, stuff
us with rice and stuff, and eat us," the older goose re
plied Then he added. "They also like to go around
bragging about what great shots they made in bring-
ing us down."
"Except, of course,” k conthued, "people like that
am back there. He wouldn’t have gone around brag
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free to say whst I wanted to say."
So Wallace decided to turn his
back on $50,000 a year and take
up novel writing, a field in which
the average practitioner eama
about the same as a charwoman
—but has fewer fringe benefits.
"That was my moment of
troth," he said. "But I shook all
the way to my typewriter."
Using the same second-hand re-
built typewriter which his parents
gave him on his 13th birthday.
Wallace has turned out four
novels and two biographies since
1958.
All have been sold to the mov-
ies. but he really hit the jackpot
with "The Chapman Report"
“The Prize." His latest novel.
“The Three Sirens.” was picked
in advance of publication as a
bock club selection and auctioned
to the films for $200,000.
Financially now in the million-
aire class, Wallace has found his
social standing in Hollywood haa
risen remarkably, too.
“As a screen writer you defer
to stars and producers and rare-
ly go to their parties," he said
drily. "But as a novelist. I find
that has all changed.
“They not only respect you.
They treat you as an equal, and
are anxious to meet you."
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For the first time in recent history, the schools and institutions of higher learning
state government of Texas ended its fiscal * can be met during the next few years without
year on Aug. 31 with a cash balance rather
than an overdraft in the general fund.
The amount of this surplus as shown on
the comptroller's report is $19.4 million. It
actually is above that figure because of a
peculiarity in the state’s bookkeeping system
which holds back a part of the general fund
money in an omnibus clearing account until
after the first of each month.
Remembering the huge deficits in the
state general fund at the end of other fiscal
years during the past decade, we,consider
the current surplus an encouraging develop-
ment? It can mean that when the next legis-
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WASHINGTON (NEA>-The best reason for celebrat-
ing Labor Day was probably found in the Treasury
Department summary on effects of the House Ways
and Means Committees proposed tax cuts for annual
incomes at $10,000 or under.
These are preliminary estimates. The tax bill has
yet to be approved by the full House. then run the
gantlet at Senate Finance Committee hearings and
Senate passage.
But as at now, after seven months of committee
wrangling, the main provisions as they will affect
your 1984 tocotne look like this:
The largest share at the individual income tax cut
will go to 85 per cent at the taxpayers who are in the
low and middle income groups. Those with incomes of
83,000 and less would get tax cuts averaging 40 per
cent after two years.
Extreme example: Married couple.- two dependents.
$3,000 Income, joint return, standard deduction, now
pays 500 taxes. Under the new scuedule, this couple
would pay no taxes.
Taxpayers with Incomes at $3,000 to 55 000 win av-
erage a 26 per cent tax cut. A married couple, two
dependents, $5,000 income. joint return, standard de-
duction. now pqys $300 taxes. Under the new
program, $223.
Taxpayers with 55,000 to 510,000 annual income will
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S.
businessmen are bracing for ris-
ing barriers on their trade with
Western Europe. A yek ago they ’
were hoping for low® obstacles
to trade
The chicken war is only a small
part of the trouble ahead. It
arises because the European
Common Market raised the duty
on American poultry. When the
United States said it would retal-
iate. the Common Market backed
down so slightly that Washington
was unimpressed
But American financial and
business circles say that the very
nature of European tariff policies
is spelling problems for American
exporters no matter how the
chicken war turns out.
The six Common Market na-
tions — France. West Germany.
Italy, Belgium. The Netherlands.
Luxembourg — are forging a no-
tariff rule for themselves and a
common tariff schedule on all
outside goods .
The same is true of the Outer
Seven—Britain. Switzerland. Aus-
tria. Denmark, Norway, Sweden
and Portugal.
This in itself will have each of
the six or the seven a better
chance at each other's markets
than any one outside the rival
trade blocs.
Until now the growing economy
of Europe has absorbed a lot of
American goods and materials,
regardless of tariffs and other
barriers. Now the market is
growing really competitive.
“From now on the adverse ef-
fects of the European trade blocs
on our exports ire likely to be
' much more important," econ-
omists of the Chase Manhattan
Bank, New York, assert.
“The degree of discrimination
against exports from outside the
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average a 20 per cent tax cut. A married coup, two
dependents, $10,000 income joint return, typical agerage
itemized deductions, now pays 51.1M taxes. Under new
program, $994.
Taxpayers with incomes over 510 000 will average a
15 per cent tax cut They would also benefit from ttber
special provisions applying to all taxpayers.
The meet important change is a new minimum
standard deduction for taxpayers who do not itemize
their deductions. It would be $300 for a single tax-
payer. 5400 for married couples, an extra $100 for those
who are blind or over 95 and another $100 for each de-
pendent up to a maximum at $1,000.
Deductions of up to 30 per cent of gross income
would be allowed tor gifts to all publicly supported
organizations.
Workers forced to move to accept a new job would
be able to deduct their moving expenses.
There ere a few losses for low incofne taxpayers, too:
There are a few losses for tow income taxpayers,
too:
State taxes on gasoline, auto licensee, drivers' per-
mits, alcohol and tobacco will no longer be deductible
for federal income tax purposes unless they are a
business expense.
Poll taxes and miscellaneous special state taxes on
admissions would no longer be deductible. The only
state taxes that would be deductible on federal returns
would be those on real estate, state income and gen-
eral sales taxes.
Waiting period before sick pay becomes exclud-
able would be extended to M days; $ibo-a-week limit
to remain.
A taxpayer who gets medical insurance benefits
from more than one policy for the same illness would
be required to pay taxes on all payments received
above actual illness cost.
Deductions for casualty or theft loss on nonbusiness
property would be eliminated on the first $100 of such
loss
The • per cent tax credit on dividend income would
be repealed, but the amount of dividends that could be
excluded from such tax would be raised from $50 to
$100 for each person.
Elderly taxpayers would get additional tax benefits
from the new bill. A single taxpayer over 05 with $2,000
income and standard deduction now pays $120 in taxes.
Under the new program It would be W A married
couple, both over •. standard deduction, $5,000 income
now pays $430 to taxes. Under the new schedules, 1290.
The present- one per cent floor on deductions lor
medicines would be eliminated for taxpayers over
People over 65 who sell a home owned five years or
more would not-have to pay capital gains coming from
the, first $20,DM of the sales price.
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ging if he had Mt one el us because it isn't goose
season yet and the game warden might bear about
It and toss him la the clink."
The young goose was becoming more and more baf-
fled it .dropped back into position for a moment or two
to think it over then flew up alongside the older one
again to ask, "What’s goose season?"
The answer was a little slow in coming because the
older goose was getting pretty tired itself and found
the breathing harder in the thin air of that altitude.
Finally, it said. "Goose season is a time at the year
when the game wardens don t care if people kill us as
long as they don’t each kill too many."
“How many?" the young goose asked.
“Ota, it varies from one year to another and from
one kind of goose to another. And I better warn you
that when goose season is open these people won't be
after us with n rifles. They'll be out with blunder-
busses loaded with buckshot.
“I better warn you, too, that they don't play fair.
They wade around belly-deep in the marshes and hide
behind bunches of swamp grass or lie around in rice
paddies covered with bed sheets and cow hides.
"They even use things they call decoys which from
up in the air look something like geese and you want
to keep a sharp watch out for those things."
The young goose looked down and they were pass-
ing over a city. “Good gracious!” it said. ''There’s
jillions of people down there. Are they all going to be
out with blunderbusses shooting at us?"
“No, thank goodness," replied the older goose,
"Only a few of them and most at the ones who do
can’t Mt the side of a bore with their guns aa the
chances for not getting killed are pretty good I you
are reel careful."
"Oh. rm going to be careful," said the young goose
as it dropped back into position just as the old dad up
front honked the signal to circle for a landing. "But
I sure-wish there wasn’t no people. I hate to think at
having to spend a part of the winter dodging buckshot
and watching for decoys.”
The papulation problem is more
than numbers of people versus
food supply . . . Man does not live
by breed alone . . . Man is more
than animal; he has mental;
emotional and spiritual needs that
go far beyond bare necessities,
creature comforts and material
resources. — John D. Rockefeller
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NEW YORK (AP)-"I hate pa-
ternalism.'' said author Irving
Wallace, whose books now sell
like sardines in Norway.
"I don't want any big daddies
around me.
“If you own 51 per cent of your-
self, you've got a good deal—and
you can be happy. But if you own
only 5 per cent of yourself, you're
to bad shape"
Back in 19M, his friends felt
Irving was set for life. Beginning
with a $5 sale tn a turf periodic-
al at the age of 15, he had turned
out 500 magazine articles and
short stories.
Fifteen of his movie scripts had
been produced and he was on the
payroll at $1,000 a week as a
screen writer.
“But the money wasn’t doing
me any good, although it seemed
awesome at the time," Wallace
recalled. "It just brought me
more frinks or a more expensive
suit.
"Hollywood shakes your sense
of values. And I felt like some-
body wes holding my arm when-
ever I wrote.
“I was tired of being treated
like a mechanic nr a literary car-
penter. I was tired of writing
scripts and magazine articles. I
wanted to write books so r‘d be
Common Market will increase
rapidly in the period ahead. The
common external tariff wall now
appears to be considerably more
protective than the old national
tariffs."
In a study of European trade
policies, the bank economists pre-
dict that there will still be a siz-
able demand for American prod-
ucts But they say that under the
proposed rates in the common ,
tariff the rise in U.S. exports to
this important market may be
slowed substantially
In addition to tariffs the Com-
mon Market countries levy ad-
ditional taxes on outside products.
They are variously called turn-
over taxes, equalization taxes and
surtaxes and range from 2 per
cent to 25 per cent, impsed on
the duty-added value oftheim-
imported goods.
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