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REPPERT GRADUATES — Shown above are 66 students from 18 states and two provinces of Canada who will graduate from the Reppert school of auctioneering Friday. Pictured are: Top row, Joseph R. Dieckman, Elgin, 111.; Arvell Kroger, Harvey, Ill.; Donald E. Wilson, Indianapolis; Claude H. Coleman, Madison, Tenn.; Mark R. Buckley, Wilmington, O.; Rex Strickler, Decatur; O. E. RigneJ\ Manchester, Tenn.; Dan Heller, Decatur; Charles Stemkowski, Shadyside, 0.; Larry J. Dealey, Convoy; John W. McClung, Ronceverte, W. Va.; Lyle F. Rus Mow, Flint, Mich.; Ronnie D. McCracken, Springfield, Mass.; Kenneth R. Friedley, Delia, Alberta, Canada; Richard Hanchett, Stanish, Mich. Third row, Max A. Spurlock, LeSage, W. Va.; Charles W. Duvall, Jr., Belmont, 0.; Larry E. Weil, Detroit, Mich.; Robert Lammon, Wauseon, 0.; Tim R. Lane Union Mills, Ind.; Glenn M. White, Heath, Q.; Robert J. Weyar.dt 0.; Paul L. Neihaus, Evansville; Troy Whitt, Middletown, O.; M. H. Calhoun, Cleveland, O.; Bil L. K anpp, Warner, Okla.; Peter R. Densow, Kirksville, Miss.; John D Bowles, Deland, Fla.; Ellis B. Osburn, Valley Station, Ky.; Grady White, Kuttawa, Ky.; Richard P. Schroyer, Jr., Lanchester, Pa. Second row F. R. Alexander, Charlotte, N. C.; Tommy A. Miller, Charleston, S. C.; James Reeves Robinson Canton, N. C.; Samuel L. Schnaidt, Granville, 0.; Milo Hackworth, Ada, O.; Leland Thomas, Baldwin, Miss.; Ronald H. Wheatey, Dungannon, Va.: Donad J. Smith, St. Petersberg, Fla.; Patrick Coleman, Florence, Ky.; Tim R. Sears, Worthington, Ind.; Walter L. Bomberger, Jr., Manhein, Pa.; Malcolm Taylor, Burkesville, Ky.; Murral Bair, Avonmore, Ontario Canada; Lane Brown Shirley, Ark.; Robert E. Hunt, Indianapolis; Jack A. Furr, North Charleston, S. C. First row, James L. Watterson, Jr., Apple Grove, W. Va.; William Harter, Brooksville Ind.; Elmer R. Meeker, Wapakoneta, 0.; Walter L. Elmore, Dayton 0.; Joe W. Kelley Waynesville, N. C.; Donald C. Jenkins, Leslie, Mich.; James Arnold Garvin, Fayetteville, N. C.; Hugh Harvey, Ephrata, Wash.; Ancil L. Dodge, New Burlington, O.; Bill Dennis, Stanford, Tex.; John B. Souder, Clearwater Fla.; Fred C. Reagan St. Cloud, Fla.; Walter R. Hughes, Beauford, S. C.; Spencer L. Matthews, Cowan, Tenn.; David K. Bonfiglio Coldwater, Mich.; Gary D. Shaw, Bluffton; Joe T. Jr., Houston, Tex. Standing, John P. Zakutansky Gary and George A. Cott, Geneva. Instructors seated, H. W. Sigrist, LaGrange; Robert S. Anderson, Decatur; Ray Elliott, Portland; Homer Pollock, Delphos; Roland Reppert, M.D., s chool president and owner; Q. R. Chaffee, dean, Towand, Pa.; Clyde Wilson, Marion, O; H. D. Darnell, Cynthiana, Ky.; C. B. Drake, Rockford, Ill.; Glene Slagel,' Marion O. —(Photo by

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Revised Tax Plan Hailed

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy’s new tax-cutting formula drew a much more enthusiastic response from congressioal Democrats today than the original plan he presented last January. The revised plan was outlined Monday to the House Ways & Means Committee by Treasury Secretary Douglas Di 11 io n. It would take effect next Jan. 1, and provide net tax reductions of $10.6 billion for individuals and corporations with the relief staged over two years. Compared with Kennedy’s original $10.3 billion tax-cutting program, the new plan would provide slightly more total tax relief and more would go to individuals and less to corporations. But its chief political attraction was that it' was burdened with fewer of . the tax-lightening provision that made Kennedy’s original plan so controversial. Reduces Rate Cuts To compensate for this revenue loss, the new plan would provide reductions averaging only 20 per cent in individual tax rates, compared with 23.3 per cent in the original plan. The initial response of influential committee Democrats was so favorable that it seemed possible the committee might approve! he new plan with only relative minor tailoring, if it, decided to vote for tax cuts of $lO 77 Unemployment Claims Filed Here The Fort Wayne office of the Indiana employment security division today reported a total of 77 claims for unemployment compensation for the week ending August 10. Twenty of these were new' claims and 57 were continued claims. Last week there were 70 claims — six new and 64 continued. Petersburg Man Is Drowning Victim UETERSBURG. Ind. (UPD — Lj’slc Riddle, 36. Petersburg, was swimming alone when he drowned Monday in White River near the city water works. Persons nearby heard his call for help but arrived too late.

billion or more. But that was a big "if.” The magnitude of the tax reduction was the big issue still undecided as the committee summoned Dillon for a second day of questioning 1? ehi n d closed doors. The committee was not expected to begin voting on the proposed rate cuts before Thursday. Main Features The, main features of the revised plan: —lndividual tax rates would range from 14 to 70 per cent instead of the present 20-91 per cent schedule originally recommended by the administration. The lowest rate of 14 per cent would apply to the first SSOO in taxable income of the single person and the first SI,OO of taxable income of married persons with joint returns. The top rate of 70 per cent would apply to all taxable income in excess of SIOO.000 for single persons ($200,000 for married couple filing jointly). —Taxes on corporation income in excess of $25,00 would be reduced from the present 52 per cent to 48 per cent. That (compares with the 47 per cent rate which the administration initially proposed. The tax rate on the first $25,00 of corporate earnings would‘be lowered* to 23 per cent from the present 30 per cent. The administration originally proposed a 22 per cent levy. —Limit the revenue-producing revisions in tax structure to less than one-third of the $3.3 .billion originally advocated. So ter as individuals are concerend, tne revised plan called for adoption of only two major structural changes which have not already won committee approval. All of the committee - voted changes were accepted by the administration. One of the two additional revisions it recommended' would provide a new "minimum standard deduction” under which many families with low incomes would be able to claim deductions in excess of the present 10 per cent standards This would provide tax savings of $3lO million for such taxpayers. The other additional change would gain $370 million in new revenue by repealing the preference in tax rates on income from stock dividends in excess of SSO a year for single persons and SIOO for married couples. -

Stale Traffic Toll Increased To 738 By United Press International Two big trucks collided on a highway near Elwood today, killing one driver and raising Indiana’s 1963 traffic fatality toll to at least 738 compared with 696 a year ago. Two small boys were killed in separate accidents Monday night near Lafayette and dear Decatur. A semi - truck skidded around a bend on rain-swept U.S. 224 just east of Decatur, sideswiping a station wagon loaded with, children and fatally injuring 4-year -old Danny Alford of Selma. Two Other children were hurt in the accident and three others escaped . The station wagon was driven by the victim’s father, Rev. Reginald Alford. The driver of the truck was Bradford Rogers, 23, Kirklin. v Earlier, 7-year-old Steven Allen Funk, of Lafayette ran out of roadside woods near an overhead bridge in Lafayette and was struck and killed by a car driven by David Brady, 20, also of Lafayette. Witnesses said Brady did not have a chance to avoid striking the child, who was carried 94 feet on the hood of the car. Tom G. Hughes, 35, Garrett, was killed when his semi-trailer truck rammed head on into another semi-trailer which had’ jackknifed across rain - slippery Indiana 37 about two miles north of Elwood. State police said the road was slick with early morning rain and most of the highway was blocked by the jackknifed truck. Driver of the other truck, Gerald E. Ream, 39, Ossian, was reported in "good’’ condition at Mercy Hospital in Elwood. The names of three other victims were added to the records by state police accident statisticians. Nelda Polk? 68. Lewisville, died in an Indianapolis hospital Monday from injuries suffered July 29 in an accident on- a road marking the Fayette-Rush County line near Falmouth. Richard Carpenter, 36. Gary, hide on U.S. 6 near Gary Saturwas killed when struck by a veday. Edward C. Beal, 69. R. R. 1. Portland, died in an Indianapalis hospital Saturday, three weeks after he was injured in an accident near Portland.

Rail Firemen Union Leaders In Washington WASHINGTON (UPI) — Decis-ion-makers for the railroads firemen’s union met today at the urgent request of the Labor Department but found themselves without a hint of a proposal to act upon. The 156 general chairmen of the union must ratify any negotiated solution of the four-year-old rails dispute which could trigger a nationwide strike Aug. 29. However, the chairmen marked time with formalities. The 10 a.m. EDT session began with a statement by their president, H. E. Gilbert. Gilbert’s remarks were not immediately released. Labor Secretary W-. Willard Wirtz called the chairmen to Washington last week. To kill time, the chairmen elected Aubrey L. Miller of Sante Fe’s Chicago to New Mexico district as session chairman. The group later today will get a report from its nine-member negotating committee. Union and management negotiators von the work /rules issue scheduled a session at 2 p.m. EDT. Last week, Wirtz said it was necessary they be on hand to give immediate approval to any proposal produced by daily negotiations under way at tfcie Labor Department. But Monday night Wirtz said there was no plan to put before the body, which has the power to make a binding agreement for the firemen’s union-. Still Disagree Wirtz said after a night negotiating session the best he could report was that both sides were discussing new avenues toward possible solution of the four-year-old dispute. But he said “there are still significant issues on which there is disagreement.” “There were different suggestions discussed today,” Wirtz said in describing Monday’s talks. “Progress? I’d say no.” More union arid management discussions were set for today. Wirtz said these discussions have consisted of consideration of different approaches to settling the dispute than have been tried in the past. The discussions were being conducted against an Aug. 29 deadline, when the railroads plan to put into effect work rule changes eliminating more than 35,000 jobs. Such action would trigger a nationwide jstrike by five unions. Two Main Issues Dropping of firemen on diesel engines and the size of train crews are the two main issues. The engineers and firemen’s unions are in one negotiating group working on the firemen’s issue, and the conductors, brakemen and switchmen are in another group discussing the crew size issue. Both sides have accepted a Wirtz proposal that they discuss possible solutions in terms of a two- or three-year contract for both major issues. The House and Senate commerce committees were marking time waiting to see how the Wirtz-directed talks come out before pushing further with President Kennedy’s proposed legislation to turn the dispute over to the Interstate Commerce Commission for settlement. Fort Wayne Home Is Destroyed By Fire The David Hinkle residence in ■ Weisser Park, Fort Wayne, was 1 destroyed by fire this morning. 1 Hinkle is a former resident of ■ Hartford township.

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Willshire Driver Handed SIOO Fine Frederick L. Schumm, 36-year-old Willshire, 0., resident, was fined SIOO and costs this morning in city court on a conviction of driving while under, the influence. The fourth driver, none of Whom was from Decatur, to be fined in less than a week in city court for driving Mile under the influence, Schumrrrs total fine was $118.75, which he was making arrangements to pay after; being remanded to jail. Charges of reckless driving and public intoxication against the Ohio man were continued this morning. Judge John B. Stults handed down the fine after Schumm pleaded guilty to the charge. He was arrested about 1:30 p.rn. Monday at the corner of Madison and Fifth streets, after being followed for a few blocks by the city police. Takes Test He volunteered to take the breath-o-lizer test at the local jail, and tested out at .23. According to law, .15 is conaidered under the influence. i The three men convicted of a similar charge in city court last week were each fined SSO and costs, but the fine was more severe in Schumm’s case due to the fact that he had been convicted of driving while under the influence in the local city court in October of 1961. Judge Stults, who has been picking up driver’s license upon convictions of under the influence driving, said that since Schumm was an Ohio resident he Would recommend a one-year suspension of his license to the Ohio bureau of motor vehicles. Airport Operations Paralyzed By Wreck INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — A Delta Airlines four-engine plane carrying 24 persons slid several hundred feet on its belly today when its wheels collapsed during a landing, paralyzing traffic operations at Weir Cook Airport. The plane, stopping on a flight from Chicago, slid along a runway when the accident happened without previous indication to the crew that anything was wrong. Nobody was hurt and the 19 passengers were quickly removed from the area. But the big DC-6 sprung a fuel leak and “virtually paralyzed” air traffic at the busy port. Edmund Petro, director of police and fire operations at the airport, said the plane “is situated at the intersection of our two busiest runways and crews are working' to drain fuel from it while fire crews stand by.” “We can receive no jet traffic under this handicap and regular ’ traffic is going to be continued, if , at all, under extremely tough conditions. We are using an old taxii runway as an emergency landing . strip but this can only serve westbound traffic,” Petro said. The official said it would be t “quite a difficult operation” to . haul the “substantially damaged ’ four-engine plane off the runway.” “I have no idea when that might be done,” Petro said. Skid marks of several hundred feet extended , behind the crippled plane.

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