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Entered aa second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Explorers to Make Mother’s March
i LL OVER THE NATION the "Mother’s March” is held in
the month of January for voluntary contributions for the
polio fund. All over the nation porch lights are left on so that
the neighborhood mothers will have no trouble finding their way
because almost everybody contributes to the March of Dimes and
have their money ready when the worker raps on the door.
In Nome it is done a little differently but with the same
results. Several years ago the Explorer Scouts volunteered to take
over the duty for the Nome Mothers as January is a cold and
stormy month. The results were so gratifying that the Explorers
have continued to carry on this project.
Tomorrow evening they will again be "on the March of
Dimes” so everyone is urged to have their contributions ready,
for the willing boys of Explorer Post 66 under the leadership of
their new advisor, Richard Lyttle, and the local chairman of the
March of Dimes, Mary Andersen.
Would Provide Uneven
Membership in Houses
Of Alaska Legislature
JUNEAU iff) — A measure pro
posing an amendment to the con
stitution to provide for an un
even membership in the House and
Senate was introduced in the Sen
ate today by Sen. Lester Bronson.
The House would be increased
by one to 41 members, and the
Senate to 21 members, with the
extra members to be nominated
and elected at large in conformity
with the state election code.
The measure, Senate Joint Reso
lution 13, calls for a vote on the
proposed constitutional amend
ment in the next state-wide elec
tion.
Postpone April 2
Orbital Flight For
Astronaut Cooper
CAPE CANAVERAL UP) _ The
planned orbital flight of Astronaut
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr., has been
postponed from April 2 until later
that month because of undisclosed
technical problems, reliable sources
report.
The National Aeronautical and
Space Administration declined to
comment on the report. A spokes
man said that the space agency
has announced only that the flight
will be in April without pinpoint
ing a date.
Major Cooper, 35, is ticketed for
a flight of from 18 orbits lasting
about 26 hours to 22 orbits requir
ing 34 hours in space.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Mrs. Milton Willoya,
Lizzy Sherman, Lucille Tevuk, El
mer Kiminock, Edna Iyapana, Ev
elyn Peterson.
Discharged: Annie Adams, Jim
Toolie, Carol Drake and infant,
and Alice Amarok.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton (Tony)
Willoya are the parents of a dau
ghter born this morning at the
hospital.
Pioneer Women of Alaska will
meet Friday evening at 8 p.m. at
the Pioneer Igloo.
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| Secretary McNamara:
Missiles In Cuba
No Threat To
United States
By HARRY KELLY
WASHINGTON UB — Secretary
of Defense Robert McNamara says
“There are undoubtedly missiles in
Cuba” but not of the type that
would menace the United States.
Based on the information avail
able to me,” he said, “ I believe
there are no surface missiles in
Cuba threatening this country to
day.”
McNamara put his views on the
record in an exclusive interview
with the Associated Press as a con
gressional hue and cry rose over
Soviet military strength on the is
land 90 miles from the American
coast.
One issue of the controversy is
just how many Soviet troops are
in Cuba. President Kennedy has
estimated 17,000. Some legislators
have expressed belief there are
many more.
McNamara would not be drawn
into that question. He said he
would rather not comment on the
presence of Soviet troops or reports
they seem to be digging in to stay.
But he declared one reason for
the maze of persistent reports on
ballistic missiles in Cuba may be
confusion over the various kinds
of missiles that are there. “The re
ports perhaps confuse ground-to
ground, intermediate range ballis
! tic missiles (a type the United
States considered offensive) on the
one hand with the other types of
missiles which undoubtedly are
stocked in Cuba,” he said.
Indications Are U.S. Has
Trouble Negotiating
With Spain For Bases
MADRID, Spain — Reliable
sources indicate the United States
is having difficulty getting nego
tiations started for renewal of the
U. S. - Spanish aid-for-bases pact
expiring in September.
These sources said there has
been trouble in arranging desired
interviews with Spanish officials
for U.S. Deputy Secretary of De
fense Roswell Gilpatric, scheduled
to arrive Feb. 14 for a four-day
visit to kick off the defense treaty
talks.
“Four top Spanish officials Gil
patric wanted to see have indi
cated they expect to be out of town
or otherwise unavailable during
his visit,” one authoritative source
reported.
There is speculation among ob
servers here that Gilpatric may
postpone or cancel his visit until
the Spanish officials become more
cooperative.
The reported difficulties in ar
rangements for Gilpatric contrasted
sharply with official Spanish state
ments that Gen. Franco’s govern
ment is anxious to renegotiate the
defense pact “without asking for
the moon and on the basis of a
firmer friendship with the United
States.”
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Your Income Tax; How to Save Money
Editor’s Note: In making out
1962 federal income tax returns,
the citizen can save money by
using the correct tax rate and
understanding the exemptions
allowed. This article, third of
a series, tells how the rules dif
fer for different groups of tax
payers.
By James Marlow
WASHINGTON — Save
money on your 1962 income tax
return by picking the right tax
rate and understanding husband
wife filing problems and exemp
tions.
Each exemption means $600
knocked off your income before
what’s left is taxable.
For those figuring their own
tax there are three different tax
rates in separate schedules on
page 9 of the 14-page instruction
sheet provided by the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS>.
The rates differ because the
rules differ for different groups
of taxpayers. The three schedules
are: No. 1, highest rate; No. 3,
lower; No. 2, lowest.
No. 1. For single persons and
married couples filing separately.
This is why married couples should
think twice before filing separate
ly.
No. 2. For married people filing
jointly and certain widows and
widowers. Remember: Both hus
band and wife must sign a joint
return to have it considered joint.
No. 3. For unmarried or legally
separated taxpayers who can quali
fy as “heads of household.” More
in detail on that later.
Anyone filing a retutn gets a
$600 exemption for himself, $1,200
if he’s over 65, and $600 more if
he’s blind at any age.
He gets the same exemption for
his wife if she fits the rules. Here
are the rules:
A wife doesn t have to file a
return if she had no 1962 income.
You can file your own, claiming
a $600 exemption for yourself, an
other $600 for her. But, because
you alone filed, you’d have to use
schedule No. 1, the highest rate.
That’s losing money because a
wife without income can file
jointly with you. You’d still take
the two $600 exemptions but would
use schedule No. 2 with the lowest
tax rate. Most married people do
this.
Some Special Exceptions
There are some special excep
tions where a husband and wife
come out ahead filing separately.
Work it out both ways if you have
doubts.
A wife with income under $600
doesn’t have to file a return be
cause less than that amount does
not have to be reported.
But, because she had any income
at all, you can’t claim the $600 ex
emption for her unless she files
jointly with you on schedule No. 2.
In such a case, if you alone filed,
you’d have to use schedule No. 1.
If she had income and files joint
ly with you, she must report that
income, no matter how small, on
your joint return.
Suppose your wife had income
of $600 or more. Then she must,
like anyone else with that much
income file a return, either sepa
rately or jointly with you. If she
files separately, she uses schedule
No. 1, claiming her own $600 ex
emption. You then would also have
to use No. 1, filing separately and
claiming your $600 exemption.
If you file jointly, you use tax
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rate schedule No. 2, claiming your
two $600 exemptions on that one
return.
Couples filing separately must
either take the standard 10 per cent
deduction allowed all taxpayers
for expenses or, if one itemizes,
then both must itemize. When they
itemize, as pointed out earlier in
this series, they must use form
1040.
Although a single person or a
couple filing jointly can take the
standard deduction of 10 per cent
of their income—up to a maximum
deduction of $1,000—without item
izing, a married couple filing sepa
rately can each take the standard
10 per cent deduction only up to a
limit of $500.
Cannot Claim Divorced Male
You were considered married for
all of 1962 if you were married
anytime in the year, even as late
as Dec. 31. You were considered
divorced for the whole year if you
were divorced as late as Dec. 31.
You cannot claim an exemption
for your divorced wife even though
you paid more than half her sup
port in 1962.
If a married couple filed sepa
rate returns in 1961 and 1960, or
in both years, and now realize it
cost them more than if they had
filed jointly, they can correct the
mistake by now filing a joint re
turn for those years.
Rules on head-of-household:
This is a special category giving
a tax break to some people with
certain responsibilities and ex
penses. If you fill the requirements,
you can use schedule No. 3, which
is a lower tax rate than No. 1
although higher than No. 2.
These are the requirements:
You were married or legally se
parated at the end of 1962 or
were married by the end of 1962 to
someone who for part of the year
was a non-resident alien; you
must have furnished over half the
cost of maintaining your home
which was the main residence of
yourself and your unmarried child,
stepchild or grandchild, even
though not a dependent of yours,
or any other relative you can claim
as a dependent; or if you paid
more than half the cost of main
taining a home for your mother or
father, if either can qualify as your
dependent.
You cannot claim you maintain
ed a home for a parent if you were
paying for him or her in a home
for the aged.
Rules on Widows and Widowers
Here are rules on widows and
widowers who, instead of having to
file as single persons using sched
ule No. 1, can save money by
using No. 2 with its lower tax rate:
If your wife, or husband, died
in 1962 and you did not remarry
you can claim a $600 exemption
for your deceased spouse on a joint
return, using schedule No. 2. In
that return you must report any
income she had.
You can also use schedule No. 2
for your 1962 return—if your wife,
or husband, died in 1961 or 1960—
so long as you meet these five
conditions:
You must have been entitled in
1961 or 1960 to file a joint return
with her in the year of her death;
you have a child or stepchild who
qualifies as your dependent; and
you furnish over half the cost of
your home which is the principal
residence of your dependent child
or stepchild.
If you meet those conditions
then, using schedule No. 2, you’d
list your own income, exemptions
and deductions but you cannot—
as you could if your wife had died
in 1962—claim a $600 exemption
for her.
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