The Independent-News, Volume 87, Number 17, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 25 April 1963 — Page 4

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— THE INDEPEN I)ENT-NE\\> — \pril 25. 196.3

A Chance To Show Your Heart....

Once again the p»- pie of Walk< rton have a chance to show that they really have a heart Yes we say onc< again, because tin-, has happened before and will in all pro! ability, happen main in Ute future. A current campaign ic tin dervay kn wn as the "Jim DiUTy Fund,' to aid a fellow \\ alkertonian who has tnet with a recent trag.-dy Jim lost an arm in March a- a r- suit of < •.m’er and the conununity is n w behind a fund raisins <at paign to help offset Ins tremendous expenses in this hardship. Ji n. i member .f the Walkerton Lion; Club, was a re i*i< nt of 1 >lk T . n- hip in I is younger day ■an : sir. .< b. . married a d has n ■ idt< n Th y ,’ive at 2b? H b kory Stia t. 'Pae upp"! t of th 1 in i drive s coming in .ever d dubrent .v:<y> One business houses of Walkeiun are being < .uiv. < d and donation - are taken for tb.e fund ad for pries ’ be given away in a benefit Second, canisters are being distributed in very business hone to collect over-the-counter donations from any who wish to give. Also underway oe plans for

Sales Tax Given Try In Indiana 1

After 101 days of < numltte reports, action in both houses that have resulted m almost everything but a good old free-for-all, tile -State of Indiana now has a r.ew tax pl.ui. This plan naturally makes taxes ccnsuh.abiy higher. After a gruding 61 day regular ses ;on was completed, a special session of iu day, was called to omplete work left undunej These 41 days were filled with mure proposal ; than Car ter has little pal.-, all meeting their doom Somewhere along the line until late in Friday's session, Lt. Governor Hubard O. Hislme wa forced to vote, breaking a 24-24 tie on the lax is,ue. ^The new pr grain, to go into effect on July 1, 1963, was the first change in the state tax structure since 19333 Indiana fur years had opvr tied with a balance, tut in recent years, began to use up Lias balance until they were < on.ing out i . the r< d. Ths forced tax revision 11. is yeai and the battle that accompanied it. 5 Under the new program, atwo per cent sales tax has been added, a two per cent adjus'i 1 gross L.emne tax tor individuals, a two per cent a ijus’.ed gios income tax for corporations and higher gi /ss m< me tax rates for corporate taxpayers. The new program will add an e tinuited $231 million in addition al revenue mainly to support the pr-po-d state budeet. This year, the battle t - pass th<- new tax program became Quite a pidincal affair. Roih parti*- stuck together as plan aft-1 plan failed ,omewhere along the line. As many as four liad be< n presented and defeated in a i ngie day along towards the end of the special session. This party-line support is not the prescribed way of government as the legislators are supp . <-d to he ’•enrejanl ing the people not the party. II wever, Uhi. is a pretty wide-spread policy in all typ»u of government. The addition of a sake tax

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spe, i ’ fun I raisin;.; benefit , by several of the various organizations The Lio., < ” ib. American L- n and p« subh other ~ are ruing nr ' V thi.» way. and you will read of them m the near future Any cooperation in these event, will be ap; Twiaf ed. The opportunity u also ex tended to any jst nt. donah to a member of the committee that .so desire i with several Im d men serving in thi - rapacity planning the fund drive and handling tl.c iun is. Fr mi < xperi. n< ■. it must be said that u h i di ivc a *lu.s c:?: rawer Ie expl,tim'd by th" e ' act F.n c. i-1 as istanc* or help n <ny f r " when such a f It to a degrn de'-per than ar.v. ne ran imagine m’:i t 1 v h< • ■ I. <1 ’heb>nc it of . h ac". p igr. Personally a’d as a men b'T of the committc- involved, it can be said that "nly the greatest success ls i. med f r an i the feeling of helping is ju d reward for any donations made. Yes. Walkerton has proVf>d they have a heart before and are now setting <ut again to on e more n ake this statement a reality in the highest degree

to Indiana will be to some measure a means of "getting even with some of the neighboring states. Many states have had a sales tax for y< ars and sue. rssfully, we might add. However, an Indiana resident traveling or doing bm ,m-ss utside ot Indi i: a, was subject to ail these sak.s axes while outsiders to our st tie nad no tax I to pay of any tyj • other than the gas line tax which every state has anyway. And. this gas tax is aueady earmarked for highway use. Just what the new tax will mean to the many involved remains to be seen. Certainly it will have its share of headache and changes for bookkeepers around the state until the time it becomes more familiar It will make pennies p pular once again in our state as in the neighboring stale,. And last but not least, it will add to the growing pile <>f out flowing money fr< m each and cveiy pocket and p » ketbook in the state. This is the hardest pill to swallow but it is a ne es.sary increase to continue to operate our stale on a status quo ba-:s. The schools were the persons who would* sutler if no tax increase would have been included in the legislature as local schools colleges and universities. m< ntal health, consenati n and other areas were the chief agent -es to gain by the increase. Any tax pill is hard to swallow. but if this current program works out successfully in the needed places, maybe that will provide the sugar coating that makes it more worth while. P S We did notice recently that the legislators did not have much trouble deciding on one subject, that being their salary. Very quickly each was voted $3,-. 00 per dny for the extra session. In addition to that, a substantia! increase was voted for the coming years This was I thoroughly summed up by one legislator simply as he said the pay increase was included "Bee ।tu.u we want the money.”

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New Books At Public Library In Walkerton New books for all membei -1 the family will be found at th" W alkvi" ,n Public L< i ry We hop/ y. i will enjoy tian. Adult Fiction 3he (’are of the Cinvdv R unmaker Douglas Six-Gun Liw Hopkins Full Circle — Anns The Hand of Zei DeCamp Nothing to Pr tend - Thorne The Dark Brand De Rosso Buyer of Dreams - Jud <>n Lady Doctor Humphries The Rose Wind w Lloyd 'Die Amazing Mrs. Bonaparte - Kane The Secret, of Roses Lesllie Space Secretary — M« L <xi To Change a Dream King Backs:/ge Nurse R ‘siter Ad-Jt Non-Fictian Sunken History— Sdv rburg Along the Way Bradley । Scandinavia Life Lack-eat Quarterback — Conerly Illustrated Guide to I’ S Missiles and Rockets— Ulanoff Teen Fiction Introducing Pam — L imbert So Near the Heart W .lden Faun in the Forest Kjelgaard Lost off thu Grand Banks — Catherall Mystery of the Unwelcome Visitor Gervln A Time for Tenderness —Cavannaa Throe Against London - Varble Cutlass Island —Corbett The Wonder Five Heuman Wrong-Way Neelen —Keating Rebound — Bishop Treasure of Acapulco Wilton [ The Amethyst Summer —Brad- * bury A Horse and a Hero—Garst [ H<ispital Deming । Tarry Awhile — Weber > Dolphin Island Clarko Tern Non-Fiction To Save Your Life -Springarn Lindon — Rosenbaum Time of Understanding —Ferris Printer’s Devil to Publisher Faber Skvwatchrrs — Bixby San Franrisrn Fritz Famous American Mllitarv Leaders Edit rs of Arn v Tinies Alexander Hamilton Wiso Meef Soviet Russia-Book 1 and 2— Gunther dilldrem’R Roofed How Many Teeth—Showers

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Fitzpatrick War II —Sutton Salary Schedule Approved By School Board Tha Polk-Lincoln United School Corporation School Board at their regular meeting last week, approves! a teacher salary schedule for tho coming y -ar. The new schdule is a combination of present schedules of the Tyner and Walkerton Schools tlie past year The pay scale is as folhfws; Bachelor degree, no experience, SffOOO with a maximum of $6,650 for 15 years experience A beginning teacher with a master's degree will receive $5,250 to start and a teacher with a masters and 20 years experience would rcsvdve $7,450 on the scale. Those with under four years of training would be paid $3 SOO to 4.900, depending on years of serr- ! ice. $