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Show The S;ilt l ake Tribune. Sunday, Julv I! N. PIT.'! An Kditor's Notebook Lets Face Facts on Social Security Or Slide Into Welfare State Mess n editor who offers any criticism of the Social Security Svstem. women's libumomzaeration. - t of toil si. Ill 1)1 1 or the! teachers env ironment. .lists who claim we canf have (lean air andy part water NOW. is', asking for trouble ami after tin security improenunts are done and the imminiz pool filter and the sprinkler sxslem are intallecl. IM like a flagpole over there!" Security was adopted m the as a limited 'msiirame" plan Its purpose was to provide a minimum lloor of retirement income, to be supplemented by private savings and pension plans Beginning in BUT. workers paid a maximum annual c attribution of slO, m.iUhed by their employers i.iiscd Congress ha these benefits either immedu.telv before or following ovory biennial election since Social 1030s Mike Roko In Love Again The (.Imago Daily New) few works ago. i! wa Lia Minnelli holding a pres conl'etvnci to announce that -- lie was no longer carrying on. or whatever ou want to call it. with Deo rnaz Jr Instead. 'he announced. she had suddenly fallen in love with actor Peter Sellers, and would therefore begin carrying on. or whatever you want to tall it. with him. few weeks passed and Mis Mmnelli issued another statement to the world's press. She said she was no longer in Jove with Mr. Sellers and therefor, was no longer going to be earning on. or whatever you want to call it. with him A This week it was Klizabeth Tavlm issuing a pre-- s statement announcing nor separation trom her husband, actor Richard Burton. Good. Constructive Idea1 statement. Mrs. Burton said "I am convinced that it would be In the good, constructive Hold the Presses Will other unmarried young women follow Miss Minnelli's lead and begin making similar announcements? Intimate Ralationship' "I have invited the press here." s.,ys eomptom-etc- r Mary Loti Simper, a I have announce "to that operator, had an intimate relationship at the Matinee Hotel with I.onny Bicep, an unemployed bartender. I have (alien in love with him. Therefore, I.onnv and I will now have a lasting relationship. part-tim- e "I wish to al'O announce that I am no longer in love with Tod Smirk, a student at the National Truck Driving Institute, with whom I recently had a lasting relationship " for one. don't want to know about such things from Mi's Mmnelli or aiivbodv else. I happen to believe in the virtues, such as sneaking around Well. and they didn't make tiny where near as big a deal out of it The only announcement they made was when she threw his Hollies in! on the lawn and veiled: "Slay away, you drunken bum" And lie yelled "Hey. what about my gull would Lave said know what had sent a spokesman around with a formal statement saying. 1 if they "1 am convinced it would be a good idea if Walter and I separated (or awhile. Mavbe it would do tis both good 1 know it will be a relief not to see him load' d to the gills and staggeiing home at a m Also Hides Bank Rook "I am I not returning to my mother be- cause I called the cops and had Walter hauled out of the house I also hid the bank book. If didn't, be would probably go to Mexico and spend everything I can get Inm tied up in court hope this separation will ultimately firing us to where we should be permanently divorced so never have to set eyes cm Ins lat face again "Please wish me well during this And please wish that a sale time kills on Waller's head " 1 1 Let's Hear No More Troubles As. tor Mi'S Taylor and her request that we wish her well. This is her filth marriage and I wished tier well every time. Now 1 just wih 'he would settle down and not come around telling her troubles. My neighbors broke up recent 1 a idea if Richard and I are separated for awhile Joseph Kraft shall return thin!; in a few days to California because mv mother is there and I have many old and true friends out there as well. And friends are to help eai li other, aren't they? Isn't that what it s supposed to be all about'' Tnen she added "Wish Us well, please, during this mist ditficult and unhappv time " The statement was issued through "a spokesman." according to The Associated Press. Frankly, the statements by Miss Minnelli and Miss Taylor make me apprehensive. Keep Fallling in I.ove? Mi's Minnelli is an attractive ami I apparently healthy young woman. So have to a"Ume that if her hair and teeth don't fall out. she will go on tailing in love with men and carrying on a bit Does that mean site will make1 a practice of issuing formal press statements to Thai's announce each s11(i .situation more tip to her. guess, hut I would Honk that eventually she is goin" to run mlo a man who will protest against having the world informed ot ins sleeping 1 arrangements But the thing that vwnies me is that this might lie the beginning ol some sort and we've in our society-bad erirnub trends over the' pa'! dozen venrs to h,sl lor the nest enlurv of new trend c The duection which the Social Security program is taking is mfl.ittonarv m two w ,iv s FiM, employers will trv to offset their rising payroll taxes bv raisin. prices Set end. the strueutre of contributions and bench! is now tied direct-lto the trends ot consumer prices and wage rates program are aware of how radical tlu i lianges are. lot alone their Social Securityis fast srgtnticance becoming a broad fringe benefit and interne distribution system " long-rang- e Examine the Trend Let us look at the trend, as shown in the Kab'Oi Letter of June 2S. Last year CongiV" passed legislation that will allow Social Security benefits, starting in 1077. to rise automatically with each 3 percent increase in the Consumer Brice Index It also approved an immediate 20 percent rise, which went into effect just Indore the 1072 election. Boot President From Office? Well, Itll Take Some Doing long-ter- 111 field, the chief Nixon accomplishment i' the prosperity set in motion by the' new economic policy of ng H. I?71 The key elements in that policy wen controls on wages and prices In the domestic and a devaluation of the dollar. That sue. Democratic proposals winch President, in a moment of need, stole i' to the Arms Control Agreement In the international field. Mr. Nixon's great achievement has been the detente with Russia, notably the arms control agreement and the end of American fighting in Vietnam. Both of these were high on the Democratic agenda To be sure. Mr. Nixon added a daztwist of his own He engaged the Peking regime and began to play off the Chinese against the Russians By exploiting the division between the Communist men-cagiants, he was able to maintain militarv pressure in Southeast Asia lur longer, and in mm-devastating doses, than almost anybody- imagined possible. Nixon Standing he pattern of the finds confirmation in stances. Thanks to Nixons standing in the Plunges past four wars present circumMr Watergate. country is at an h" 'Zero' Point . lb The bidding Ims proceeded. North Fast South West I A 2 A Pass Pass Neither vulnerable, partner opens with one and vou hold C). i .11(165 ' Q10 8 5 AK9 What is your response? a; I Q. 2 As South, vulnerable, hold ou j 7 63 A K 6 5 2 6 3 AO10 The bidding has proceeded South North Cast 1 A Pass ? What action do you take ip 3 Both vulnerable, as S' nth you hold. () 5 A VI 7 6 A Kid i Q 7 2 The bidding his proceeded Soul I: West North Fast I A Pass Pass ? 2 Pass What do you bid now () y S AK)3 Neither vulnerable, Q. 5 as South you hold. AAK 6 3 2 A.I AC) 3 AKQ The bidding has proceeded North Fast South West Pass t NT Pass Pass 2 NT Pass ? What do you bid now Q. 6 Fast West vulner- able, ns South you hold ( 3 K 62 Ad 6 AC110 3 3 2 Tne bidding has proceeded 2 ACJJAKQI I Look for o nsiers Afondrit Anieruans will be af- fronted that someone as deeply involved in the Watergate mess as Mr Nixon should continue to be in the White House Rut performance does not second the feeling that a man so closely connected with such criminal behavior 'hould cease to be President. Mr. Nixon is performing better than before. The pnst-dergate Nixon is giving the country, and partu the Democrats, less to complain ahout than the Nixon What do you bid now? mth. uilnerubie. vi 1Hd No doubt many I I pensions plans program by PM This trend." says Babxon. "will keep inflation ' racing ahead. It will also place a growing burden on the nations employa burden whose diers and workers mensions are clear to almost no one. including those who sponsor the program and Growing Growing Benefits and contributions." adds Babson. ave been growing for manv years at an annual rate in excess of 17 more than twice as fast as percent tlu nation's wage and salary income. In P70. the payroll tax accounted for 6 percent of all federal taxes. Currently, it as provides 21) percent, being three-fifth- s large as personal income lax receipts and 31) percent bigger than total corporate income taxes." So R. Van Dellen Self-Examinati- 90 JOHN S. KNIGHT EDITORIAL CHAIRMW KNIGHT NEWSPAPERS Reveals on of Breast Cancers middle-agewoman bea examination thorough requested No cause of vague arthritic pains abnormalities were found, but when HH"t her vvasy viewed under the f. A rather heavy, of photography (mammography) is the bie.it a method of detecting a tumor which is either too small or too deeply hidden m the breast tissue. It also provides additional information on the shape and density of the lesion. Wilh mamrnograpliv this type of cancer can be detected before outward signs exist . fluoroscope. we;! saw a small shad- on the right When the side loshadow was calized, we found it was coming Horn a small tumor m the right breast. nvv Xerography is a newer and more refined method of photographing breast tissue. It is still experimental, but the films have seen reveal minute structural detail. 1 another detection Thermography, method, measures the temperatures of hundreds of different sections ot the skin over the breast. The leadings are transmitted electronically into a photographic record The lesion had been missed during the usual examination because it was small and the woman was stout It was maligwas detected nant and thanks to at an early and curable stage Most breast tumors can be felt (palpated) with the hand when the exam- Tumors, including cancers, generate a higher than normal temperature and the boat is transmitted to the skin. When "hot areas" appear on the record, the physician knows that a tumor exists. Unfortunately. the method does not always distinguish a benign from a malignant tumor A biopsy is undoubtedly the final answer to the diagnosis of any breast lesion. done properly The method women do at home lias uncovered many growths in an early stage when cure is possible. In fact, more than 00 percent of breast cancers are discovered by the patient. Anything that hastens diagnosis and treatment improves the outlook ination is cAnnouncing - In addition to the environmental amenities, Woodbridge will offer the recreational amenities which people luve come to expect bom a Plow .wood cummun tv. A Luge sw imming po J v, ill be h waled next a well ecpj'ppe.l Vci d Centei. he exist mg tennis court wiil be ictvw ,;ed and lighted The chddien's pi iv g'- und wid be cent: ally located. And tho hi seshne are i w Cl be m the v.cimtv of the pwnie table I a result, he lias been obliged to make all kinds of sensible compromises He has had to arrest nidation with a freeze, and at least sum - elements of the freeze will have to In included in the next phase of the control program. He has had to issue a new energy message which, for the lirsf time, emphasizes conservation of fuel and research to develop new sources of energy C. II. G Certaitilv. we have come a long wav from the original concept of providing a minimum Hour of retirement income. o be supplemented by private savings and Babson's summary As the payroll tax becomes a larger component of total labor costs, it will in- - x WVrklv4 Bridge Quiz my we appro, ah ",ero population growth." the over-tgroup will increase evi l) more rapidly than before, and the strains upon the system wt'I be .something to behold low e One need not agree with all of Bid) to son's conclusions realize that unbridled increases in Social Seeuntv both to mcltvidu.il workers and taxes tlicir employers could have a catastrophic impact upon the uattenal econo- point zling 'I e there were 22 workers for every person receiving Social Security. Ten years later, the figure had dropped to six Today, there are only three workers for every hcnctuiary. If at some (old-age- statistics make drv reading. For tins reason, economists ate continually debating whether the overall program is "progressive" or "regressive" Little is ))t"tig said about the indivitlu.il worker's responsibility to luniself and his family, or what impact the system s expansion will have on private incentives and initiatives time-bond- ) l)r.T. Need le-- e In (if Social Security has become a gigantic tax system aimed at redisti dotting income from workers to retirees and ' more and more on the h.i'is of "need of s on hosts the and and less past contributions paying Babson says the pi .u nee of providing retirees with far larger benefits than thev contribute simplv cannot continue mdetimtely for at sometime m the the growing burden on the labor force will become both an economic (lug and a politic al This il percent increase followed previous hikes of 1(1 percent in 11171. 15 percent in l!)Ht) and HI percent in ltltiT. Then, in June of this year, a further rise of 5 li percent was approved to take effect next year The number of beneficiaries of all . survivors, disability and types has grown from throe ltisurancel hospital million in liijil to 2d million at tlu present time. Dollar payments have soared from si billion in HI5I1 to $36 billion in 11)73. At this rate of growth. Social Security in all forms will become a While Basis require-corporat- . Despite all the talk of resignation nr impeachment, it is still going to take a mighty shove to get Richard Nixon out of the White Ilmiso. That shove can only come from the For Republicans tho alternate prosthe prospect pect ot a lame tilt White duck House is red a!! tied tomble tor the rest ol the countrv. me hiding most ni the Democrat' The characteristic feature of the Nixon administration is that it has done good things agaiti't the grain of the President's inner conviction Conversely, the admiriisiiation w.is at its vvor-- t when Mr Nixon was operating on Ins own. unconstrained by serious opposition. ou-g- 1 Well." one might ask, "what is wrong with that?" Of course, there is nothing wrong with orderly increases, hut as Mary ,1. WiNon observes for the Robson Weeklv Staff Letter, "few of the (I million Americans who contribute to Hu labor-intensiv- Little Faming ssets Meanwhile, the government pension plans to wmk toward fullv lunded programs while Social sethe largest retirement plan curity holds relatively little in earning assets The svstem is taxing the younger generation to support the older generation Todav's retiree is not gelling Iku k what lie pool in. but what present workers are 8230-hillin- 1 1 Most people believe that their Social Set tint.- benefits will come from monev novv being set aside for that purpose, tell. ally. the pregram is being linanced on a basis Present reserves total si7 billion, or onlv about tune months' pay ments 1070 ly. club'?" I don't tensity mdustrv s efforts to minimize rspeciallv in tlolds pay-U'-- Since I have at one time or anothet ventured into all ol these controversial fields, the July 3 loulup on Social Security checks by the Chicago regional pest office prompts some additional observations concerning (lie Social Security itself. . . cial Security's upward trend gives cause for grave concern over the nation's ability to meet its growing requirements Does Not Apply to Party But that rule does not apply to his own party. For the Republicans, Watergate is a total loser The scandal t'seli hurts badly enough Moreover, as long as Mr Nixon stars in the White House, no other Republicans tan come lorward So, if Mr Nixon is going In be foiled out, the action is up to the Republicans peupie s.od, "Dun I announce newest Open Space Community before youve built your model homes " our sue. You won't Others cautioned, "at least wait until v ou've got more than a few holes in the giound " uricqualed potential Same But, we can't wait any longer to tell vou ahout Woodbridge, our newest and must intimate Open Space Community. and planned landscaping w ill set trom Woodbridge apart any others you've seen. Woodbridge is bordered on the nonli by Cottonwood Creek. In the centei a small lake will he bridged by a wooden walkway and gazebo. To the east, picnic tables and barbeques will be nestled among the Natural We invite you to drive bv and take a look at see any buildings or salesmen. But wli.il y ou will sec is what we'ie so excited about: natural beauty with If you're interested in further infuimation, we invite you to drop by (5700 South Van Winkle Expressway). Our salesmen there have full information (and can even show you models) ot our newest Open Space Community of Woodbridge. Prices will range from $24,400 to $42,500. Wju-rbur- Woodbridge, South on Phone one-hal- f block off 48th Kings Row Drive (1665 Last) 278-282- 8 cottonwoods. more landscaping per aae than any of our prior communities - and they've won landscaping awa'ds. All in all, Woodbridge will contain Our newest 'Open Space Community |