The Mail-Journal, Volume 2, Number 53, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 February 1964 — Page 4

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The PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Fhe Miff ord Mall (Eat 1888) Syracuse-Wawasee Journal (Eat. 1907) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 Democratic ARCHIBALD EL BAUMGARTNER. Editor and PubHaker ' DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Manager ~ 7 Entered M Becend Cteas matter at Abe Poet Office at Syracuse. Indiana i Subscription: 63.00 per year in Kosciusko County; $3.50 Outside County

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EDITORIALS

Season For Fun We hope you are enjoying your work. You’d better be getting some fun out of your job, because that’s all you’re going to get between now and the latter part of April. ” ~ For if you are an average taxpayer, you are going to be working for the tax collector for approximately the first four months of this 1964. That’s how long you worked for him last year, and, as everyone knows, situation isn’t getting any better. Sure, you’ll get your paycheck March and April. You can go right on paying the grocer and the butcher and the filling station man, just like always. But if you tote it all up come the end of this year — the federal and state income tax, the sales tax, tax, the tax on this\md the

( Take Your Politics Seriously

' What happens when a refugee comes' here from 4 subjugated part of the.world? He often kisses the earth of the good old « United States and'vows he will be forever grateful for his freedom. This is the first -a reaction — but what transpires after the initial feeling of ecstasy? Most . Americans or their ancestors came from oppressed lands. As time passes, too many of them, through indifference, add fuel to the flames that fired government domination in the lands of their forebears. A lady and her son recently visited ' East Germany. One thing a relative there impressed on the son was, “take your politics seriously or you will lose your freedom like we have here.” He told the

Rules For Home Safety Home Sweet Home, that supposed pillar of sanctuary, is the site of more injuries each year than our nation’s highways, according to the American Medical Association. On the average, about 26 000 Americans are accidentally killed in their homes each year and four million are injured. Most of these injuries and deaths occur through falls — : the great majority among older people. For the most part, these falls among older people occur at floor level, and in general, they are easily preventable. When you can answer Yes to the following questions, then you have set the pattern for safety proofing your home against accidents of the aging. Do you have scatter rugs — those bright and cheerful magic carpets of death

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The turn of the year failed to bring some much hoped for improvement in farm commodity prices. Although stormy weather gave a temporary boost to livestock prices while deliveries were curtailed, increased receipts following improvement in weather and road condition pushed price levels right back down again. At mid-month both cattle and hog prices had shown gains of a soc-$1 per cwt. - and even more on some grades of fed cattle - but these gains were quickly erased as vofeme picked up again. Excessive

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' boy that lack of interest in government is what brought about their subjugation. This incident brings home the danger of lack of interest in government. It takes effort to preserve freedom, otherwise power-hungry minority groups gain control. Vigilance is the only weapon able to block such infiltration. Political groups seek power by using the government as a gift bag. Unless the people are alert to such methods which wefe used/m Europe, and are now being promoted in t|ie United States, they will find themselves burdened with a bureaucratic yoke and unable to free themselves. We Americans as a whole have high ideals, generous hearts and great energy. We must be to preserve freedom for ourselves and those who will follow'.

DON FRANTZ County Agriculture Agent

weight and finish in fed cattle continue to be discriminated against - in fact, the trade has seemed to lower its sights on the question ot desirable weight of cattle. Steers weighing above 1, 150 pounds have been quite unpopular with buyers. Apparently the end is not in sight as the recent cattle on feed report indicates that although the total number of cattle on feed is two per cent below last year, the reduction has all come in lightweight or “new crop” cattle while the long fed or “old crop” cattle

tax on that — you’ll find that every cent you made up into the last week of April went to one or the other of an ever increasing army or government revenue collectors. ■ ' r Adding it all up is going to be a tough job, of course, because a lot of the tax money you pay out in the course of the year is filched from you with all the stealthy skill of a pick-pocket. What you see in the way of deductions on your paycheck or annual withholding slip really is a pretty small part of it The hidden taxes are many and varied. But you can be assured that you’ve paid, and paid plenty. Whether you’ve got your money’s worth in the form of governmental services is, we suppose, a matter of individual opinion.

— fastened securely or provided with nonskid backing? Do you have handrails of a proper height and strength on all stairways and steps and by the bath tub and commode? Do you have for yourself or for visiting old people a comfortable, safe, stable chair with sturdy artns? Do you have a light switch by the bed and flashlights at all needed areas? Do you know that older people should sit a moment on the edge of the bed before rising; that they should stand still an instant after? coming to their feet to prevent accidents from possible dizziness? Do you know that a clean, orderly house, as free as possible of things to trip over, makes for the safest home for people of all ages?

are still too plentiful for any early market price improvement. As of Jan. 1, the number of cattle on feed more than six months was 49 per cent higher than a year earlier. Also the number weighing above 900 pounds was up 11 per cent Market receipts will be drawn chiefly from these classes during the next two months, so little if any permanent improvement can be expected. Smaller prospective , supplies of fed cattle should permit prices to strengthen during the second quarter and possibly into mid-sum-mer.

‘Preview Os I. IT To Be Held Feb. 12 At Elkhart Prospective Indiana university students from Kosciusko county and their parents have been invited to attend a "Preview ot 1 U." meeting at 7:30 p. m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the YWCA at Elkhart, i Guest, speaker win be William Martu%s6n. asristant dean of students and director of the counseling office. The program. Jointly sponsored by the alumni office and the junior (freshman) division, will also feature a color film of the university and a question and answer Conducting the meeting will be Max Skirvin. alumni field secretary, and Logan Blank, assistant to the dean of the junior (freshman) flvistnn Miss Anne Happer, 3622 Grady Blvd., Elkhart, is area chairman for the meeting.

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Dear Amy: r My mother-in-law is a problem, r or it seems that way to me. She v bosses me around and not only I plans our trips but goes with us on our vacations as well. My husband is a wonderful 1 person. He knows his mother bet- [ ter than I do and doesn't let « what she does worry him as it does me. I want to do what’s 1 right, but I feel that my husband should put his mother in her < place. If this keeps up for all i our married life, I’m afraid I’ll t blow my stack. ’ My husband told me that the only way to get ahead of her s is to outlive her. This to me is t anything but funny! - I Choked Up ] Dear Choked Up: Your husband is about as fun- 1 ny as a broken crutch and just as helpful. At the rate you’re steam- I tag, she’ll probably outlive you! t Don’t blow your stack but ’ rather toot the whistle softly ... 1 on Mamma. Once she is made to i understand that she’s putting a i few bumps in your road to hap- < piness, you should have a 1 smoother ride. j • • • i Dear Amy: ( Would you please help me ... , I’m so mixed up! I’m going with two guys who think a lot of me | and I think the world of both of them. - ( One is married and is trying ( for a divorce and has asked me ( to marry him. The other is single ( and he also has asked me to mar- ( ry him. I’m mixed up because I can’t marry one without hurting the other. Go ahead and tell me to have my head examined! Mixed-up Me Dear Mixed-up: With married men you shouldn’t mingle . . . take a chance with a guy who’s ‘single!’ • • • Dear Amy: This may sound rather funny but it’s true. I’m 12 years old and I smoke. I don’t know why or how I started but it must have been the influence of the wild crowd I started traveling around with. Most of the girls knew about IL They told their mothers and!

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Tax Cut For Hoosiers Close To Reality

Washington — (Special) — A sizable cut in income taxes, for Hoosiers and others, has moved closer to realized with the opening of Senate debate on the tax bill. Results of passage wall include $4 a week added take-home pay for the JIOO-a-week employee and a 20 percent or larger cut in income taxes for most wage earners. “The recent speed on the tax bill is most gratifying to me," said Senator Vance Hartke, Indiana’s senior Senator. “As a member of the Finance Committee, I. urged as early as last September that hearings be limited to 30 days and the Committee work completed speedily. If this had been done, we could have had a bill before Christmas." The Finance Committee report on which the Senate will act was prepared in only five days, following the speeded-up close of Committee deliberations last week. It incorporates three proposals introduced by Senator Hartke, while another was tentatively voted into the bill but later rejected. One of Senator Hartke’s amendments win aid people over 65 by eliminiating taxes on gains they ’ may derive from the sales of their home. The proposal which he introduced earlier as a bill became a part of the President’s tax message and was put into the bill by the House. Under it, a person over 65 who has Uved in his home for five of the last eight years may sell it without including any profit from the sale in his taxable income. Many people in retirement want to give up a house now too big for them, .but previously have; had to pay taxes on any profit the sale brings. A Hartke amendment new to the bill is one which will cut income tax red tape for thousands of retail stores, especially those using “revolving credit” plans. By eliminating a complicated Treasury regulation procedure and by defining in law for the first time "installment plans" and “total contract price,” the new section will provide a uniform and simpler procedure which Senator Hartke descirbes as “a boon to department stores and dealers and to the buying public everywhere.” The Senator announced that he voted in the Committee to approve both the individual and corporate income tax reductions of the bill. Under them, a couple ffling jointly with $4,000 of taxable income win pay only $340 inMead of the present $620. At the same time, corporations will eventually pay only 48 percent instead of 52 percent in taxes. Small business wffl have taxes reduced from 30 percent to 22 percent on profits up to $25,000. Senator Hartke also said he withholding rates from 18 percent

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now are not allowed to play with me. I realized I was wrong some weeks ago and stopped, but now I have no friends. How can I show the girls and their mothers that I’ve changed. I really have. I realize now that girlfriends are just as important as boyfriends. Melinda Dear Melinda: What’s funny about a 12 yearold smoking! Now that the smoke is out of your eyes, see to it that the only cigarettes you indulge in are of the chocolate variety. If you would like the friendship of nice girls, you will have to show them that you are one by conducting yourself like a young lady and acting your age. • • • Dear Amy: I am 18 years old and I live'’’ alone. One month ago, I went to the hospital for an operation which was to cost me $320. Now I find I can’t pay it because I make only enough to pay my rent. My fiance said he’d help me out but we broke up. Can the hospital sue me or send me to jail even though I am a minor and had no co-signer? Could they take me to court or wait until I’m of age and then take action? Worried Dear Worried: I don’t give legal advite In my column, but I think every individual who has passed their eighteenth birthday should know they can be held liable for any debt they incur for the ‘necessities’ of life. Since medical care is a necessity, you will have to pay the bilL If you doubt it, ask any lawyer! • * PERSONAL TO Always Broke: Many marriages crack up when the installment collector cracks down. Live within your means! • • • PERSONAL TO Ann: An 18 year-old who dates any man old enough to be her grand- / father should have her head examined. I know what he sees in you. But what could YOU possibly see in HIM? , • * Tonq Address all letters to: Amy Adams e/o This Newspaper For a personal reply enclose a . stamped, self-addressed envelope. .

voted for immediate reduction of to 14 percent rather than the 15 I percent for 1964 scheduled in the House bill. This will bring the SIOO-a-week worker $4 more instead of $3 in his take-home pay. “Tax reduction is overdue,” said 1 the Indiana Senator. “This bill will help all of us and will improve the whole economy. It will put more money in your pocket-book and more people to work.”

W. J. Matthews Is Chairman Os Mental Health INDIANAPOLIS — Walter J. Matthews, 555 Wayside Drive, Indianapolis, executive vice president of the Public Service ComW. J. MATHEWS pany of Indiana, has been appointed chairman of the MembershipCampaign Fund Committee of the Indiana Association for Mental Health. The appointment was made by Don Freehafer, Logansport, president of the voluntary citizens' organization. Bom in Hancock. Mich., he studied at Sydney Academy, and the -Nova Scotia Technical college, also in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He conitinued his studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned his bachelor of science degree in engineering at Brown university, R. L, in 1933. His entire business career has been with utilities. In 1961 Mr. Matthews joined the Public Service Company of Indiana, TneHe has been active in civic affairs in every community in which he has lived and has served as president of Lions, Kiwanis, and Rotary clubs in various localities.

RAYFERVERDA | RE-ELECTED HEAD OF COUNTY SIA Ray Ferverda of Milford was re-elected chairman x>f the Koscnisko county seed improvement association at its annual meeting held at Warsaw. Other officers re-elected for one year terms were, Leland Kinsey, vice-chairman, Howard Warner, secretary, and Victor Hillery, treasurer. New directors for the association will be, Sam Rhodes, Washington township; George Ford, Jackson township; Harry Davis, Lake township. All remaining directors were re-elected. The officers announced that oats cleaning and treating will start March 16, and the cleaning and inoculating of soybeans will begin in May. The association reported the processing of 46,330 bushels of seed in 1963. IL OF G COUNCIL 4511 PLANS DANCE FOR FEBRUARY 8 Knights of Columbus Will sponsor a pre-Lehten dance for the Catholic high school students of Sacred Heart parish in Warsaw, Saint Paul of the Cross parish in Columbia City, and Saint Francis parish in Pierceton on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 7 to 10 p. m. Max Buell, chairman of the Youth Committee of Council 4511, is in charge. The dance will take place at Sacred Heart parish hall in Warsaw.

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Wn R. Ax Candidate for Lt. Governor Former Indiana Appellate Judge John R. Ax of Linton has declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana. He served as ApJOHN R. AX pellate Court Judge from 19591962 and was his party’s nominee for Supreme Court Judge in 1962. In addition to maintaining a, law office, Judge Ax manages extensive farming operations in Greene, Sullivan,’ Clay, and Knox counties, and is a radio station executive with major interests in several radio stations. Prior to moving to Linton in 1954, he practiced law and was engaged in the coal mining and manufacturing industries at Huntingburg. Judge Ax, 49, and his wife;have five children. In announcing his candidacy, he stated: “The office of Lt. Governor is in charge of the departments of industry and Agriculture and should be filled by

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someone with experience in both fields. We cannot afford to overlook the fact that the present Republican Lieutenant Governor in his role as President of the Senate, cast the deciding vote that burdened us with both the adjusted gross income tax and sales tax. If nominated and elected, I intend to work diligently at bringing new industries to those sections of Indiana in need of more jobs, and in helping to straighten out >our deplorable tax mess. I will work towards leaving a little more for everyone - my goal will be to make' 1 Indiana a better place.in which to, work and live.

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