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i -V L1. ' A.m.. -: -a rvw.u jut vUoveifc4UAnt Jtetitlibni Dlslslo at the NatiouU TAMoc1a',na of Manufacturer! ; ... iiiJfc.T: '."'.' rO '"" ::rX it a'reftori of fc.w. 4 on ih uaiiotial seal. M Sji not neceiarily relied liAI policy or position. - '.'?' ' ' V " - i?v ' - Washington ' Opponents of President ? Kennedy's grandipse program ' to provide ' health aid for the -elderly regardless of need should not be tailed into quietude by statements .that con gressional action likely, will be postponed until the 1964' election year, ' V " ' Indications at the present time point to this outcome. : However, should there be a .relaxation of the campaign against' the -multi billion-dollar program the" , Ad ministration could seize, the op portunity to press for quick ac tion. , " -j - ' Mr.1 Kennedy already ' is on record as asserting that "social security . health insurance must be enacted this' year." He- was - a -vigorous advocate of such leg islation even before he entered the White House. -. While the legislation has been stopped in previous' years, there is no assurance that it Will be rejected again especially if there should be a let-down by the, oppisition. jThis same situation prevails With respect to other Kennedy legislative proposals except for the tax reduction program. 'Tax reduction has been given No. 1 priority and hints have been passed "out 'that, Mr. Ken nedy might be willing to post pone : action on other proposals if necessary to obtain approval of his tax program, Many "on Capitol Hilt remain convinced, however, ... that - the Administration will agree to de ferring action on major proposals only if convinced that it faces defeat. 'These legislators maintain that the campaign against New Fron tier legislation should be given the "full speed ahead" signal and should be broadened tihd in tensified,' " i1' Higher Taxes 'Proposed . ,5 A new objection raised against Mr. Kennedy's costly compulsory program to furnish : health aid to the elderly is the fact that he proposes to finance a major part of it by raising taxes on em ployees and employers-7-at the verjw-time''' that, he is pressuring Congress , to approve his tax re duction program. ' ' ' , I The tax increases .imposed by the health aid program. , it Is pointed .out,-wouldcountadi3ftlJM ' ! ixira-ji- r ' uTRA ' stated communication of a veryconsiaeraJle extent what- ITv ,t A ..j B . ,. , ever benefit . might, be derived from Mr.. Kennedy's' proposal to cut taxes., f This, it is contended, makes his health' , aid program highly Jllogica&nbt to mention many basic objections raised against it ; s Administration officials 1 tall mate that the 36 recommenda tions for aiding senior ci'Jzens, . contained in Mr. Kennedy's spe cial message to Congress, would cost $10 billion over a five-year period. -' 1 , , ' The far-flung program Includes hospital and nursing care, higher retirement benefits, " improved ' employment', and recreation op portunities, '. and housing ; con struction." ' .'.', Special interest-centers around the proposals Jo provide hospital 1 . ' "T" CZITZ' ifl,.' rfCaLires? - - ' K-LJiz: " - lc-- x wl h""""-s and teed p!c?i t :3 1 Ttw' e it -J tPwii"iio pressut wtirt ' J ,x 1 ,r t.r ..on tort., r nn t works v 1 f r or J 1 " ' d- f ' '-3 t i,.jfi;;l.;ai..iC ' coiU' -,c sr ---js' 4 .' " . .. . : '. ....... . . ! . ' 'f, r ... j u ' ti"3 1 h"',rf"s .r iMi over 65 whtin tr not they are under Social Security. r ,c .'t ' jt ' .Cost of this part of tthe pro gram is estimated by .Admini stration , officials' at ' billion for the first five years from So cial Security trust'' funds plus $&60 million from the' Treasury for 2.5 million persons not cov ered by Social Security. '::; Insurance experts 1 think the cost would be much 'higher and would greatly increase in future years.' " ,""7""- Mr Kennedy proposes to In crease isoclal security laxes Vt of 1 percent each on employees and employers and to. broaden the taxable wage base from1 $4,800 to $5,200 .annually. This 1 means 4hat , employees making as much as $9,200 a year, and, their employers, would each have to increase social security payments from $174 to $201.50 annually-a Jump: of $27.50. Red Cross Called In Stricken Areas The Red Cross has moved di saster staff into flood and tar-nado-stricken sections of eigfht eastern and southern states to help local chapters provide re covery aid to the victims. ' . ' Murray D. Ashley, chairman of the Chowan County Chapter, staid mass shelter and feeding hlave been necessary in many sections of' the" flood-swollen Ohio River Valley in Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania,, and Indiana, and at tornado-stricken ' Besseimer, Alabama.'" ' 1 - 1 The National Red ; Cross has moved 50 of its disaster staff in to the Ohio Valley, floods area. Five caseworkers and advisors in building reconstruction are at Bessemer and Lipscomb, ! Ala bama, , to assist in recovery of more than 100 families whose homes' were damaged or destroy ed. , ' . 'Local chapters have been ac tive in emergency aid also at Centre, Alabama, . and . Cave Spring, Georgia, hit ; bv torna does on March 5 and in flash flooded ;: sections , of Anderson County,, South Carolina, and Se vier Countv, Tennessee. ; ... Many stricken families, partic ularly '.in ( the Ohio River flood areas, and at Bessemer, . Ala bama, are "expected to require substantial financial aid from the Red Cross in the restoration of their homes and furnishings and for temporary maintenance, Ash ley was advised.'. vv 1- ;' MASONS MEET TONIGHT . Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be ; held - tonight (Thursday) at 8 ' o'clock. T. B. Williford,' master';, of the lodge, is Very anxious to- have a large attendance, ( 1 - LIONS MEET MONDAY ! Edenton ' Lions will hold their weekly meeting Monday night, March 25, at 7, o'clock at the Edenton 'Restaurant President Herbert Hollowell,' Jr., urges ev ery Lion to be present 1 VRED MEN MEETING ; , 1'' v.i ,' 1, t ' : -t : : '' :' t Chowan Tribe NO. 12, Im proved Order , of .Red Men, will meet Monday night, March 25, at 7:30 o clock. KoDert Brooks, sa chem, urges a large attendance.' ....... -,". s. " fvv. xf .11 ! 1 or .iteruiar v,J.i of rs tK. j adjustaL l6n Tractor Gvli;:rdl3V3D Assessed, values: for State; and local property taxation through out the' United states increased by nearly a third in just the five-year,, period between 1958 and 1961 a measure of the great wealth-producing capacity of our economy. ; Figures compiled by the J. s. Bureau of the Census put - the gross total of real and personal prcperty assessments before legal exemptions at a record $367 bil lions Jast year. . This was $87 bullions above the comparable figure for 1956, the first year for which ' such ? a' comprehensive f.tiidy was made by the Census Bureau. Exemptions were $$1.6 billions last year versus $3 bil lions in 1956, and consisted pri marily of homestead exemptions in a handful of Southern States, and veterans j exemptions in 15 others. r'-"-': Nearly Third In 3 States ' Just under a third of the U. S assessment total is found in the States of New York, Illinois and California, ranking in that ; or der.. . New York City alone with its adjacent tri-State commuting area ' made up practically an eighth of the national aggregate. The major factor in the rise in tax valuations has been the steady ' growth , of construction during the post-World War II period. The ' Census Bureau re ports the addition of 6.4 million nonfarm residential, properties and 300,000 new commercial and. industrial properties to the as sessment rolls in the 1956-61 pe riod alone. As a result, non farm residential properties now represent close to three-fifths of local realty;' assessments. , The property tax is the backbone of local revenues,' figuring out to $7 out of every $8 of the $19.8 bil lions of local tax receipts in 1961. Assessment figures, of course, represent only a fraction of the total tangible wealth of the na tion our homes, factories, farms, commercial establishments, trans portation and utility systems, and vacant land. Valuations set for property tax purposes commonly come "to only a limited propor tion of the current market worth of taxable property. 'Further more, assessment regulations and formul&s vary, widely between States and communities, and this variation ;is particularly evident in practices with respect to per- h t , ' ' ' ti it irftt1 . JMfgg' , TO MAKE YOUR GRAIN PAY MORE MARKET IT THROUGH LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY WITH A PURINA CONCENTRATE 'Home-grown grain can be fed most profit ably when you mix it with the right amount of concentrate. That's because grain alone is not a balanced ration. ' Purinai Concentrates, like Purina Complete Chows, are backed by seventy years of con- ' tinuing research, feed manufacturing expe-" rience, and quality control. Every Purina - Concentrate adust first prove its value at -the Purina Research Farm in actual feeding PRQVI6 TO YOURSELF, T. PURINA FEEDING CAM COST YOU LESS TV JL k, :2-:i23 -ring 'u-'OI Peri: J sonal property. - . . , ' Great Areas oi Exclusion v- Beyond : that, there are great areas of exclusion from property taxation in the form of govern mental holdings (State and local as well as Federal),' church prop erties, nonprofit . hospitals, and educational institutions. The worth involved here can only be a guess, but it is significant to note that a special study of the real estate holdings of the U.' S. Government alone came up with a cost figure of $38 billions in the late Fifties. At that time, Federal land holdings represent ed more than a fifth of the en tire land area of the continental United States. And as far as the wealth of the nation is concerned, there are the vast amounts of what is technically called intangible per sonal property the hundreds of billions of the' people's savings in their life insurance and other thrift institutions, ; stocks 1 and bonds, bank deposits, mortgages, ana ine iiKe. : wnereas an pri- vateiy owned real property . is 1 subject everywhere in the Unit ed States to local general prpp erty taxes, "intangible personal property is in most States ' le gally exempt from such levies. r State and -City Comparisons . The detailed Census Bureau figures reveal that $113 billions of the country's assessment tbtal are in the1 three states Of New .York. Illinois and California. This combined Wtal ;"ex!cee'ded1 the aggregate assessment rolls in the other seven States in the top ten 'of the valuation roster Ohio, Michigan, " Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, Wisconsin and New Jersey. Two other States Massachusetts and Connecticut crossed the $10 billion assess ment mark last year. . As for our big cities and met ropolitan areas, New York City with an assessment Vroll for its five boroughs of $28 billions was far in the lead. ' Another $16 billions were in the nine coun ties which comprise the New York commuting area Fairfield in Connecticut; Westchester, Nas sau and Suffolk in New York State; and Essex, Bergen, Hud son, Passaic and Union in NevV Jersey. Fairfield led this group. with an assessment: total of $3.4 billions last year, followed by tests before it is erboard label. We can show you exactly how much Purina to add to your grain to make a balanced ration, using our exclusive Check-R-Mixer. Bring your grain to our mill and have it ground and mixed with a Purina Concen- ? ... trate. .Make your grain pay better . , . the Purina Way. ' ' L't t' , v ' ' . .ruryzLr' Westchester and Nassau with $3 billions each. ' .... The No. 2 -In' the city ranking was Chicago, .with an assess. ment total of $10 billions for 1961. ! Other cities in the top group last yere were Los An geles, $5.1 billions; Detroit, $4.8 billions; Philadelphia, $4.0 bil lions; Cleveland, $29 billions; Baltimore,! $2.8 : billions;, Wash ington, $2.7 billions, and Mil waukee, $2.0 billions. : Edenton Rotarians Planning To Attend Wilson Conference A number of Edenton Rotar ians, headed by President W- B. Rosevear, plan to attend the an nual conference of the 771st dis trict of. Rotary International on March 24 and 25 in Wilson. Representatives from 38 other Rotary Clubs from the north cen tral and north eastern part of the state, comprising the district, will also attend the conference. This meeting is held each year, President Rosevear said, to re view Rotary service activities and to make- plans for increas ing their effectiveness during the coming year. Representing the president of Rotary International, Nitish C. Laharry of Calcutta, India, at the conference .will be Gervis S. Brady of Canton, Ohio, owner of a public relations company. Also giving one of the principal addresses will be Edmund H. Harding of Washington, N. C, the Tarheel humorist, and a past Rotary District Governor. Striking Blonde ' "It has. recently been found that the human body contains sulphur," said a lecturer on physiology to his class. "Sulphur?" exclaimed a blonde student. "And how much sul phur is there in a, girl's body " "The amount varies," replied the speaker. "Oh," said the girl, "I sup pose that's why some of us make better matches than oth- Compaliiion i.' "I suppose the little wife will win all the arguments in your house?" . "No. She'll win half of them." "Oh, you expect to win the other half?" No. ' but my . mother-in-law will." allowed to wear the Check ! Venton,I.;' 1 INTEREoNayiHOwiii i FOR HCTAJVUXlLy i"Xhowan r Hospital vx Auxiliary held" a very" interesting ' meeting Friday afternoon "?m" the1 nurses' .home. ;,'v --'--j- '. ' . " Dr. Ed Bond : and , Dr. Polk Williams ; demonstrated, 'various hospital equipment during the meeting and ; the kindergarten tilasS taught by Mrs. J. J. Ross sang several numbers. Mrs. - Jack Leary, president, expressed her appreciation for the enthusiastic response of Au xiliary members and stated that the next meeting will be Friday afternoon, April 26.- TO MEET IN EDENTON The Tri-County Committee of the Chowan - Gates - Perquimans Farm Bureau will' meet in Eden ton Monday, March 25. 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