Lethbridge Herald (April 10, 1959)

              RAILWAYS APPLY FOR BOOST IN FREIGHT RATES
Transport Board Is
Asked For Deferral
OnllPerCenfHike
Wedding In
Japan Brings
Rejoicing
OTTAWA (CP) — The railways today applied for
a 12-per-cent freight rate increa?,"} but immediately
asked the board of transport commissioners to defer
action on the application indefinitely.
Thfi board promptly agreed to the deferral, which
the railways asked because the federal government
has made known it intends to allow no general rate
increases for about a year.
• • A h.earing on the appli­cation
had been scheduled
for May 19,
HEARING POSTPONED
At the railways* request, the
board postponed this hearing
Indefinitely. It also relieved
the railways of the obllcatlon
or providing Interested parties
— mainly provincial irovern-mcnts—
with advance copies of
their proposed evidence. The
date for this had been set at
April 20.
KEPT ALIVE
The railways' move, In the lace
of the government's no-Increase
policy, had the effect of avoid­ing
what might be a useless se­ries
of hearings under present
circumstances and at the same
time keeping tlie application
alive before the board In case
the cabinet's attitude should be
modified.
The railways may go to the
board an^ time and ask for a
new hearing date.
The last previous general rate
increase, 17 per cent, went into
effect last Dec. 1.
The proposed new one, it
was estimated unofficially, would
gross the railways about $45,000,-
000 a year.
The application was filed Utile
more than two weeks after
Transport Minister Hees an­nounced
the federal government
does not intend to permit any
further general rate increases
for about a year—even though
authorized by the t r a n s p o r t
board—pending a general review
3f freight rates and railway
policy.
COAL, COKE EXEMPT
As In previous freight rate
cases, the requested Increase
would not apply In full to coal
and coke. For these, the carriers
sought a flat boost of 20 cents a
ton.
No increase was sought for
competitive rates—those which
the railways have lowered to
meet competition. The railways
already have leeway to raise
them. The statutory Crow's Nest
Pass rates, on-grain and grain
products in iM' West also would
not be touched.
The increase was sought by
the railways to bring rail rev­enues
up to a "requirements for­mula"
laid down by the trans­port
board several years ago.
This calls for the Canadian
Pacific—the "yardstick" line-obtaining
income of $54,000,000 a
year to cover fixed charges,
dividends and surplus after meet-ing
other expenses.
CROWN PRINCESS SHODA
rpOKYO (AP) — Millions ot
Japanese rejoiced with pa*
radcs and picnics today over the
marriage of Crown Prince Alil«
hlto to » beautiful commoner
who one day will share the an>
clent chrysanthemum throne.
Throngs walked the streets of
flag-i)edecked Tokyo long after
a gold-encrusted carriage had
carried the bride, Micliiko Shoda,
and her prince to their suburban
residence.
Thousands Jammed motion pic­ture
theatres, bars and restaur­ants.
Some spread box lunches
along banlcs of the imperial pal­ace
moat. Others headed for con­certs
and lantern parades.
Only an unemployed IB-year-old
youth, Kensetsu Makayama,
marred the day-long celebration.
He hurled a stone at Aklhlto
from the crowd.
When it missed, he burst into
the street and leaped onto the
moving carriage In a desperate
lunge at the prince.
AGAINST THE SYSTEM
Police seized him immediately.
He told them; "I am opposed to
the emperor system and have
been since childhood. But I had
no intention of killing."
Police withheld charges pend­ing
completion of their investiga­tion.
There were suggestions the
youth might be mentally ill.
The 25-year-old prince and his
princess gave no sign of noticing
the Incident and continued to nod
smilingly and wave to the crowd.
With a sip of sacred wine at
a holy Shinto sanctuary deep
within the i m p e r i a l palace
grounds, the heir to the throne
wed the gracious 24-year-old girl
he met on a tennis court.
WiUi the union Michiko was
transformed from a commoner-daughter
of a wealthy flour
miller—into Her Imperial High­ness
Crown Princess Michiko,
Her rise from commoner status
to the second ranking woman of
«he nation is unprecedented in
Japan's 2,600-year history.
FEW WITNESSES
Present for the ceremony in
the Shinto shrine were only* the
bridal couple, the aged chiel
ritualist of the impcriftl family,
les.ser ritualists and two cham­berlains,
one ol them holding
over Akihito's head the 700-year-old
jewelled sword symbolizing
the heir to the throne.
In the shrine enclosure outside
were gathered 1,072 guests.
tmperor Hlrohlto and Empress
Nagnko were not present, in
keeping w i t h tradition. They
waited inside their palace quar-ters,
250 yards from the shrine.
Dies In Washer
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)-Mary
Ann Bellsle, 23 months, died
Thursday when she fell into a
wa.shing machine in the base­ment
of her suburban New
BiiRhton home. II was not known
whether she was drowned or died
of injuries inflicted by the »Bl-
Indian Plane
fs Shot Down
By Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters)
—A twin-engined Jet plane, re­ported
to be an, Indian Air
Force bomber, was shot down
t>y the Fakiatanl Air Force near
Rawalpindi today.
Reliable informants at Rawal­pindi
said the crew of two aboard
the Canberra bomber suffered in­juries.
The informants said • the two
Indian crew m e m b e r s were
brought to Rawalpindi, Pakis­tani
army headquarters, for in­terrogation.
WARNINGS IGNORED
The pilot, identified as Lieut.
Ram Pal, allegedly ignored ra-dloL
warnings aftei* he flew over
Pakistani territory and was in­tercepted
by Pakistani fighter
planes.
It was understood the plane
landed at Gojar Khan, 30 miles
from Rawalpindi.
(Reports in New Delhi said the
two crew members both suffered
broken legs).
The plane came do%vn in hilly
country where communications
arc poor. It took hours betore the
nationality of the plane was made
known.
Intormants said the Canberra
had been tracked by radar and
was shot down after a 100-mile
chase.
VOL. LII.—No. 101
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One Killed
In Crash
At Carway
CARDSTON (HNS)—One man
is dead and five persons are in
Cardston Hospital, none in serious
condition, as the result of a high­way
accident late Thursday .after­noon.
Dead is Andy Riding At The
Door, 24, of the Blood Indian
Reserve.
The inured are: Justine
Eagle Child 24,». Jennie Eagle
Child 55, Willie Plain Woman
30, Leona Cutter 18, and Wil­liam
Eagle Plume 25. All are
from the Blood Reserve.
10 IN CAR
It was reported there were 10
persons in the car.
Two unidentified motorists from
Saskatchewan reported they had
witnessed the accident, through
the rear-view mirror of their car.
They stated the ill-fated vehicle
appeared to miss the approach
to a bridge spanning Kennedy
Creek, south of the customs entry
port at Carway, 15 miles south
of Cardston. They rushed to the
entry port and RCMP were noti­fied.
No announcement has yet been
made as to whether an inquest
will be held.
Bomb Hoax
LONDON (AP) — An anony­mous
telephone caller told Scot­land
Yard a bomb would be
smuggled into Thursday's ses­sion
of Pa'l'llament.
The call was believed to .be ft
hoax but police guards at the
House of Lord.s and the House of
Commons were told to keep an
eye on visitors.
How Income Tax Increase Works
OTTAWA (CP)—Canadian taxpayers wifl bear the full brunt of increased personal income tWs
only in 1960.
For this year the increase—an additional two per cent on all taxable income above $3,000 a year-will
apply as of July 1.
This is how the tax for 1960 compares with the 185» levy for persons who are single, married with
no dependents and married with two children, with the llgmes In brackets showing the tnxpaiyers'
contributions to the old age security fund, which are in addition to the regular Income tax:
Single Married, No Children Married, Two Children
Income 1959 1960 Income 1959 1960 Income 1959 196A
$ 1,500 44 (10) 44 (12) $ 2,300 22 (5) 22 (6) $ 2,000 99 (23) 99 (27) $ 2,400 33 (8) 33 (9) $ 2,800 22 (5) 22 (6)
$ 2,500 166 (35) 166 (42) t 2,500 44 (10) 44 (12) $ 2,900 33 (8) 33 (9)
$ 3,000 236 (48) 236 (57) $ 3,000 99 (23) 99 (27) $ 3,000 44 (10) 44 (12)
$ 3,500 318 (60) 318 (72) t 3,500 166 (35) 166 (42) $ 3,500 99 (23) 99 (271
$ 4,000 403 (73) 403 (87) $ 4,000 236 (48) 236 (57) $ 4,000 166 (35) 166 (42)
$ 5,000 582 (75) 591 (90) $ 5,000 403 (73) 403 (87) $ 5,000 318 (60) 318 (72)
$ 7,500 1,120 (75) 1,154 (90) ) 7,500 894 (75) 918 (90) $ 7,500 789 (75) 808 (90)
$10,000 1,781 (75) 1,840 (90) (10,000 1,495 (75) 1,544 (90) $10,000 1,370 (75) 1,414 (90)
$15,000 3,521 (75) 3,630 (90) $15,000 3,131 (75) 3,230 (90) $15,000 2,936 (75) 3,030 (90)
$20,000 5,666 (75) 5,825 (90) $20,000 5,226 (75) 5,375 (90) $20,000 5,006 (75) 5,150 (90)
$30,000 10,261 (75) 10,520 (90) $30,000 9,771 (75) 10,020 (90) $30,000 9,526 (75) 9,770 (90)
$50,000 21,206 (75) 21,665 (90) $50,000 20,666 (75) 21,115 (90) $50,000 20,392 (75) 20,836 (90)
Few Concessions^
For Consumers
As Critics Rant
OTTAWA (CP) — A deficit-cutting budget hit
ting the pocketbook of every taxpayer in the country
has been presented by Financ" Minister Fleming. His
action brought immediate criticism inside and outside
the Commons.
Faced with record government spending and fear-ifig
another hug,e deficit such as last year's $616,600,-^
000, he announced plans Thursday night to slash the"
deficit for 1959-60 to $393,000,000 and:
Boosted the general sales tax immediately to 11
per cent from 10. This|
may bring higher prices
for some consumer pro­ducts.
INCOME TAX BOOSTED
Pushed the personal Income
tax rate up for the first lime in
seven years. Effective.next July
1, the tax o^ the first *3,000 of
taxable Income goes up by one
per cent, with another two per
cent added to the amount In ex­cess
of $3,000.
Increased the corporo/tlon in­come
tax to 21 per cent from 20
on the first $25,000 of profits and
to 60 per cent from 47 on higher
corporate profits, retroactive to
Jan. 1.
Boosted the excise tax on cl-garets,
cigars and liquor, effect­ive
immediately. Tlie excise tax
on smokes goes up to 10 cents
from eight for a pack of 20; on
liquor to $13 front $12 for a proof
gallon—an increase of alwut 12
cents on a 25-ounce bottle of
whisky—and on cigars to $2 from
$1 a thousand.
A major aim in the t>oosts is
to narrow sharply the dellclt in
the old age pension fund this
year and eventually bring it into
balance in the years ahead.
BUDGET
DETAILS
See Pages 2, 13 and 21 for de­tailed
stories on provisions of
the budeet tabled In the Com­mons
by Finance Minister
Fleming Thursday night.
Haiti Rebels Slay Pilot;
Force Plane On To Cuba
SANTIAGO, Cuba Wi—Seven
Haitian revolutionists killed the
pilot of a liaiiian military plane
Thursday and forced t)ic co-pilot
to fly thcni here to tlic Cuban
headquarters of llicir rebel
movement.
Twenty - two other persons
aboard the plane were forced to
come along.
Cuban officials .said the rebels
made their move .shortly after
the plane, with 31 p e r s o n s
aboard, took otf from the Hai­tian
capital of Port an Prince on
a short flight to another point in­side
the Negro republic 170 miles
southeast of Santiago,
On landing here iJio revolu­tionists
asked political asylum of
Fidel Castro's Cuban govern­ment,
which ali-cudy harbors
some of the leading political foes
of Haitian president Francois
Duvaller.
The Haitian government was
expected to demand return o£ the
plane and all aboard, particu­larly
the seven rebels to face
punishment. But it generally was
assumed the seven would be al­lowed
to stay in Cuba.
Cuban officials said both mili­tary
and c i v i l i a n passengers
were aboard the plane. It was not
known whether any of the others
would join the seven known reb­els
in asking to stay in Cuba.
Six weeks ago the Duvaller
government cancelled all exit
visas for Haitians in an appar­ent
move to prevent them from
joining tlie "Haitian revolution­ary
front" in Cuba.
Seen and Heard
ABOUT TOWN
• • •
I AST NIGHT'S meeting of the
'-^ parks and recreation com­mission
keeping up with the
Stanley Cup game through bul­letins
from secretary Don Le-
Baron, who had one ear pUigged
into lAis transistor radio . , .
Plenty confusion at the same
meeting every time reference
was made to N L . Mayor
Shackleford, however, scorned
even "north side"' in f.ivor of
"Turnrrville" . . . Gaidcnci-.s tak­ing
advantage of the favorable
weather to start their annual
spring soil .scratching.
TO ACCEPT REFUGEES
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
United St.fttcs may open ili doors
to additional tliou.sands of refu­gees
beginning July 1.
The fund, financing the $55
monthly pension to those 70 and
over, had since its inception in
1952 obtained its revenue from a
special two-per-cent levy on per­sonal
and corporation incomes
and commodity sales. This now
goes to three per cent, part ol
tile over-all tax Increases. The
maximum individual tax rises to
$90 a year from $60.
From a record deficit of $184,-
000,000 in tlie fiscal year ended
March 31, the pension deficit Is
estimated to drop to $42,000,000
in the current year. Usually tliis
in-the-red amount is written oil
against the budget. But Mr. Flem­ing
said he will carry this year's
deficit into tlie next fiscal year,
apparently figuring the fund will
finally pay Its own way.
EVERYONE AFFECTED
In one way or another all ol
Canada's 4,600,000 individual tax­payers
and 50,000 corporate pay­ers
are affected by the tax boosts,
amounting to $245,000,000 in the
current fiscal year and $352,000,
000 in a full year.
But Mr. Fleming emphasized
that only 50,000 of the individual
payers and 8,000 of the corporate
ones—those in the higher earning
FEW
(Concluded on Page Two)
Ah, what h*ve we here ...T ptmmtitl Wfrt loofcino i»p . . .
A CHIPMUNI SONG OF SPRING (HE'LL PERFORM
FOR PEANUTS) —- Ncrttuo'i dorina ocrobat, Ih* chipmunk,
will •ntortoin you with bracrth-taldnq anticft—lor a s UtU* o s
a iMdwtful olpMBuifc WlUom R . Luthk* «< MCMUMB. Wii.#
Wilt it At? Let's see... AI{e2.ooP'' Steady im> .. •
took (h«M pictures of on* hunqry little iellow (could it hav*
been th« recording stor, A]vin7). He tied a few peanute to
m piM* d string oad 4mgl$A thtm from a loiw bicaclu
The bottom of the problem.. • Room /or one more? Why nut?
Friend chipmunk huatled to cut the prizes iree with sharp
teeth, filled his pouches, then dashed off to his bunow in the
woods.
• • •
Budget Tax
Highlights
PERSONAL income tax In-
* creased by two percentage
points on taxable Income in ex­cess
of I3,0(k), effective next
July i.
Special two-per-cent Income
and sales tax for old age sec­urity
increased to three per
cent with maximum $90 for in­dividuals,
effective at varying
1SS9 dates.
Tax on corporation Iccome
above $25,000 increased to 47
per cent from 45 effective Jan.
1, 1959.
Budget deficit for 1959 - M
forecast at $393,000,000 com­pared
with $616,600,000 in year
ended March 31..
Expenditures estimated at
record 15,660,000,000 compared
with $5,387,000,000 in 1958 - 99
a n d revenues $5,267,000,000,
compared with $4,770,000,000. '
Tax changes estimated to
yield $245,000,060 in remainder
of current year and $353,000,-
000 in full year.
Excise tax on cigarets t »
creased by two cents per peck-age
of 20, effective immedla^P'
ely.
Ex3!le duty on spirits in­creased
by $1 per proof gallon
—about 12 cents per 25-ounce
bottle—effective immediately.
BUDGET TAX
(Concluded on Page Two)
• • • • •
FLASHES
Winnie To Visit
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Sir'
Winston Churchill will be'PTMl.
dent Elsenhower'! gueat la
Washington for three dsya
starting May 5.
Sign New Contract
TORONTO (CP)—The Cana­dian
comedy team of Johnny
Wayne and Frank Shnstcr has
been signed to another I2-ihow,
12-month contract with Ed Sul­livan
on a United States tele­vision
network. The new series
will sUrt in September.
Held Not Liable
CINCINNATI (AP)—The V.8.
Court of Appeals, sixth circuit,
today upheld a (ax court decision
that financiers Cyrus S. Eaton
and William R. Daley are net
liable individually for income
taxes In a stock deal with Steep
Rock Iron Mines Limited of On­tario.
S-Nation Parley
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
United States will be host to a
five-country conference, includ­ing
Canada, here May S and 6
on plans for using surplus wheat
under a "food for peace" pro­gram
aimed at helping back­ward
areas.
Reject Proposal
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Lead­ing
producers of (he basic steel
industry today proposed to the
United Sleelworkers thai the
current contract covering wage*
and other benefits be continued
for another year but it was
promptly rejected.
To Carleton Post
OTTAWA (CP) — Dr. John
Ruptash, 38, a native of Hairy
Hill, Alberta, has been named
director of the school of engi­neering
at Carleion University
here, the univeriity aonouneed
today.
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