European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday August 1, 1959 taxpayers feel Pinch of states new record budgets Washington up state Legislatures reached into taxpayers wallets for hundreds of millions of dollars this year to keep state ban accounts in the b la c k and to finance record budgets. Lawmakers in almost All of the46 states with Legislatures meeting in 1959 have approved or still must approve budgets at an a 111 i m Ehigh. In some cases they found that the tax take from economic growth or the Bounce Back from the 1958 recession would cover the increased Drain on the  in Many other states the Legislatures glumly agreed that they had to raise taxes. Some tried new tax gimmicks but most of them simply raised income taxes sales taxes or excises on liquor Beer and  York North Carolina okla homa south1 Carolina find Utah joined the Federal government and about a dozen other states which impose withholding taxes on pay checks to help insure collection of income taxes. Idaho levied a $10head tax on each income tax re turn , Ohio Maine and Utah put a tax on hotel and Motel Bills. Nebraska levied a new tax on parimutuel betting. The heretofore dry state of Oklahoma legalized liquor and the legislature promptly tax edit $2.40 a gallon to yield an Esti mated $3.5 million a  smokers were a favored target in the search for new reve nue. California.  i c h had to cig Aret tax got a Levy of 3 cents a package when  legislature approved $222 million of gov. Edmund g. Brown s $256 million tax program. Of 11 other states which in creased cig Aret taxes this year Iowa and Wyoming went to agents a pack Idaho new York Ohio South Carolina and South Dakota to 5 cents Minnesota 5%cents Pennsyl Anvia and washing ton 6 cents and Vermont 7  to the tobacco Institute 25 states now collect cig Aret taxes of 5 cents or More per package of top of the 8-ce it Federal tax. I  in Minnesota the legislature boldly approved a slight increase in the Beer tax which had Rbee untouchable for 25 years. Although it walked it a withholding tax it also raised taxes on personal an corporate income liquor Cigar ets and other tax   a$45 million tax package. Besides California with its $222 million of new taxes states with six figure tax increase packages this year included Ohio $275 Mil lion new York $273 million Illi Nois $135 million and Washington,$112 million the Washington state legislature raised the sales tax from 3% to 4 per cent arid increased other levies too. After the recent rash b to state gasoline tax increases fewer states reached for the Motorist this year. Among those which did were new York with a Gas tax increase from4 to 6 cents a gallon Ohio from 5 to 7 cents and new Hampshire and West Virginia from 6 to 7cents. Proposed Gas tax increases Are still pending in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Legion boosts pension Bill despite Cost Washington up the american legion has attacked assertions that a proposed liberalization of veterans pension Laws will Cost an extra up billion by the year 2,000.preston j. Moore National com Mander of the legion told the Senate finance committee if the principles Are right the Cost will never go beyond the nation s Abil Ity to care for its  was among spokesmen for several organizations who split sharply Over a House approved Bill to base pensions on need and put widows and orphans of world War ii and korean veterans on unequal footing with those of world War i. Moore said the Bill would Gran pension increases to 70 per cent of the veterans now receiving them and would add 72,000 veterans to the pension Rolls. Opposes plan but Merle e. Hopper legislative chairman of the veterans of world War i of the u.s.a., inc., said his group would be very Happy if its140,000 members were excluded from the  maintained that its for Nisula for Basing pensions on need would discriminate against world War i veterans with annuities so Cial Security benefits or private retirement funds. He proposed Flat $100 a month pension for world War i . Charles w. Gunn National commander of the american legion auxiliary endorsed the Bill s provision to make widows and orphaned children of world War ii and korean War veterans eligible for death pensions stemming from no service connected causes. Might make Bridges obsolete while there has been some discussion about walking on water in the past Engineer John Brush of Detroit has apparently taken the honors for being the first Man to drive on water particularly at speeds up to 26 Mph. His Auto boat utilizes the Power and steering mechanisms of the car while the pontoons made from air plane fuselage fold up to become a trailer on land. Up photo suction of Drain pipe blamed for Pool death Buffalo . A suction of a Drain pipe apparently held Murray Rosenfeld 12, on the Bot Tom of a Public swimming Pool where he drowned in four feet of water. Four lifeguards were unable to free the boy described As a Good swimmer until they got ropes and brought him to the surface 10 min utes later. Marine 18, kills 2d brother after 1st died of cancer. Miami Fla. A an. 18-year old Marine recruit shot and killed his Only surviving brother two weeks after an older brother died of cancer. Emory. Burke Putman went into Shock after the gun he was taking from an automobile went off sandblasted his brother Billy Gene 11, in the Chest. The Merrill Putman family was moving into a new Home when Emory reached into the car and brought out the Shotgun just As Billy Gene came out the front door to ask whether he should Load Aphis bicycle Putman told police. Emory dropped the Shotgun an caught his brother As he fell the father added. Then he just leaned Back against the car All White and kept saying you know i would t have done it Billy. You know i would to the boy died in a Hospital 40 minutes  sized fallout Detector expected to sell for $10 to $15 Cambridge mass. Up a Cambridge electronic f i r Rrt announced the development of cheap radioactive fallout Detector smaller than a package of Cigar ets. Th6 pocket sized Detector known As fido for fallout intensity de Tector oscillator is expected to sell for Between $10 and $15, according to Irving a. Berstein president of controls Lor radiation inc. V Berstein said fido gives off an audible signal that increases in in misty As radiation increases above of. I t e i f 0,2 Roet Gens an hour. This level is below the minimum required for civil defense use and within Safe exposure limits for a limited period. The instrument is also available with a meter in place of the sound signal to give sight indications of radiation dose rate. Berstein said fido could be con Side feed part of a personal survival kit and added it filled a need for a cheap accurate simple radiation  girl vows to quit asking married clerk for dates Chicago up Jane Caro Selli escaped a $2 Fine by promis no to Stop pestering a handsome married department store clerk for  did t mean it i was just teasing him miss Caroselli 25, protested in  go out with a lot of Fellows. I Don t have to pick on a married fellow if you know when i  fair department store took a sterner View. It charged that miss Caroselli a Brunet who Call herself a student Model had been making life miserable for Salesman Bernard Spena 21.work interrupted Spena a handsome dark haired happily married fellow could hardly get his work done what with miss Carosielli asking him to take her out the store charged. What s More store attorneys said miss Caroselli refused to Paya 33-cent Check at the cafeteria in the  Caroselli admitted All and then reminisced a Little about the men who were ready and willing to Date her. One of her favourites she confided to 62-year-old judge George l. Quilici is an older Man if you hot  at fire station Englewood Colo. A a fire was delivered to a fire House in this Denver suburb. Harvey Davisi a commercial trash Hauler noticed a Blaze had broken out in the Back of his truck. He hustled to the nearest fire station where firemen turned a Hose on the truck Enow what i mean but he s very Good to  said he would have to Fine miss Caroselli $2 for Dis orderly conduct but would sus Pend the penalty if she would Promise to stay out of the store and away from Spena. Just to keep the record straight Quilici added miss Caro Selli should pay the cafeteria Check. Miss Caroselli handed a repro. Tentative of the store 33 cents plus 15 cents extra. A tip for the waitress she said sweetly. Ike still backs pay As you go for Road net Washington up presi Lent Eisenhower still wants the interstate Highway program financed on a pay As you go basis Lis press Secretary said. James c. Hagerty said or. Eisen lower is gravely concerned Over continuation of the Highway no ram and has suggested Means by which it can be  made the comment when asked about the action of the Louse ways and Means Commilee in recommending that a prospective deficit in the Highway a gilding fund be met by issuing $1 million in Bonds. Still for tax hike Hagerty said or. Eisenhower has had no reason to change his mind since he recommended taxi n g motorists i i cents More for a Gal Lon of gasoline. This would in crease the Federal tax from 3 to cents a  president sincerely Hopes that Congress will take action to permit this very needed program to go on Hagerty told newsmen. Hagerty said some states already have stopped letting contracts for interstate Highway projects and called the situation . Wright Patman a Tex assailed the proposed Bond Issue As inflationary. I deplore it Patman said add ing that the proposal was a deliberate attempt to unbalance the budget. Cave in kills 2 youths Silver City . A two youths were crushed to death when part of a Cave collapsed and buried them alive. The bodies of Johnny Chavez 16, and Matias Ynostrosa 22, both of bayardn.m., were recovered. Airline orders 12 cargo Craft new York up pan Amer ican world airways announced it has ordered 12 special Long Range Turboprop freight planes which it expects will permit cutting of Over seas cargo and mail  new Lockheed 207 cargo air Craft will Cost $60 million and rescheduled for delivery Early in 1962. They will be Able to Fly nonstop across the  Low ton mile Cost of pan american s new cargo Fleet Juan. Trippe president of the airline said should permit cutting nearly in. Half most overseas cargo and mail  3 held in passing bogus Bills of $1 million Chicago gang Miami Fla. A two men and a woman were charged with pass ing counterfeit $100 Bills from a million Dollar Chicago ring. John a. Marshall secret service agent in charge of the Miami of fice said the Bills were High qual Ity and most had been passed in fancy restaurants and cocktail lounges. Marshall said agents found 17 of the Crisp Bills when they arrested Lawrence Jack grouse 33 his red haired wife Anna Belle 34, and Robert l. Lee 29. About 25 of the Bills had been passed in this area in the past few Days and agents said serial  Bers corresponded with those from the Chicago counterfeit ring smashed about two months  was charged with passing seven counterfeit Bills in Gary ind., Marshall said. Grouse posted $10,000 Bond while his wife and Lee were released under $5,000 Bonds