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Show 1 Ben Lomond Beacon, Aug. 24, 1978, Fc ge t 2 X GX eBOB pHCu- OMHA TMf e- WolJ)-WXiA- Your Man MnluCM-- r In Washingtons The Ben Lomond Beacon is published each Thursday. Deadlines for each weeks issue is Monday at 5 p.m. We welcome all articles from those who wish to contribute. Business office is 5388 So. 1900 W., Roy, Utah Phone 825-166- By U.S. Senator Orrln 6. National Health Insurance J. Howard Stahle Mrs, Bonnie Stahle Sue Ellen Sims Publisher . It's election time, and once again the National Health Insurance "bandwagon" has been pulled out of the garage. The squeeking and screeching of the old wagon is deafening to say the least. Hopefully, Congress will not get carried away by the same tired old tune being played. But, in case someone is fooled by the Madison Avenue routine, let's take a look at the record of National Health Insurance in Great Advertising Manager Editor Carol Shaw Correspondent Serviceman assigned Utah, FORT CARSON, Colo, (AHTNC) Sgt. Lawrence D. Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Young, 1700 West 2700 North, Ogden; recently was assigned with the 4th Infantry Divisiom at Fort Carson, Colo. Young is a 1975 graduate of Weber High School. Britian. The British National Health Service - a experiment -is running out of money. Seven percent of that nation's gross national product is now being spent on health care, as compared to 8.5 percent in the United States. But what is the comparative difference in the level of health care with this slightly higher cost in the U.S.? British hospitals are antiquated,, with half of them built before 1900. Repairs are minimal, and modem equipment is, for the most part, unavailable. Strikes and work Guest editorials are encouraged. 8251666 THE EARLY BIRD Use tax form due posed on those vehicles using any public highways, city streets, state roads, and interstate roadways. The tax year for the Highway Use Tax begins July 1 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Most owners of large truck, or buses are required to file a Federal Highway Use Tax Return, Form 2290, by August 31. The tax generally applies - truck-tractor- to s, truck-tracto- weighing 5,500 pounds or more, to three or s more axled regardless of weight, to trucks of 9,000 pounds or more equipped for use in combinations, and to buses with a gross weight of more truck-tractor- than 26,000 Form 2290 and further information on the proper filing of the Federal Highway Use Tax returns can be obtained free at local IRS offices. A handy reference is the free IRS Publication 349, Federal Highway Use Tax on Trucks, and Buses. pounds, the Internal Revenue Service said. Revenue form the Highway Use Tax Program assists states in financing the Interstate Highway System; but the tax is im- - Truck-Tractor- s, . Protect bicycles ) I 1 the For vehicles placed in service after July, Forms 2290 must be filed with the IRS. Service Center by the last day of the month following the month a vehicle is used on a public high way for the first time, the IRS added. weighing 13,000 pounds or d more, to two-axle- runs through following June 30. trucks unit single and Thinking back a few years bicycles were, for the most part, considered toys. When one disappeared, it was usually because some youngster took it for a joy ride and failed to return it. Unfortunately, thats often not the case today. Many bicycles are hardly toys. They are quite valuable, especially those equipped with finely machined gears and As a result, bicycles are stolen in great accessories. numbers by professional thieves. Bicycles are often stolen off of lawns or porches and out of unlocked garages at night. School yards and playgrounds are popular targets of bike thieves during the daytime. Dont make it easv for a bike thief to steal your bicycle. Practice these few crime resistance reminders which could help you to keep on biking. Register all bicycles with the appropriate local agency. Permanently etch your drivers license number preceded by your states initials on the frame of all your familys bicycles. This will make it identifiable to a police agency. Report the theft of any bicycle to the police. Dont leave bicylces on the lawn, on the porch or in an unlocked garage especially at night. If a bicycle must be left unattended anywhere, it should be secured to a solidly fixed rack or tree with a good quality chain and lock. The chain should not be looped just through a wheel but through the frame and both wheels. Regularly remind your children that just as bicycle safety rules will reduce the chances of their being hurt in an accident, crime safety practices will reduce the chance that their bike will be stolen. w wry f slowdowns are common because of low salaries for nurses and doctors. The Chicago Tribune recently reported, "Long waits for nontreatment - especially emergency More than surgery -- are typical. 600,000 people are currently on waiting lists for operations. Horror stories abound. One child, put on a list for tonsillectomy at age 5, was 14 before she could have the surgery. Elderly patients are told there is little hope they will live long enough to get hip replacement surgery that would free them from wheelchairs. Thousands of kidney patients die for lack of dialysis equipment. Others don't survive the wait for routine heart surgery." The British plan, which many are advocating as an example of what America could have, is a failure. The British Medical Association (their version of the AMA) said in their 30th anniversary report that the British National Health System's defects are endless, too numerous to list. The English are a wonderful but stubborn people and are not likely to give up their National Health System as long as it remains a "free" service for which they don't see charges or bills. But the service is not free, and every indication is that it's not working. The British National Health System is the best example of nationalized health care existing in the world today. If that's the best that can be done with only a 1 .5 percent gross national product savings, such a scheme. Award given employe Sustained Superior Performance Award has been presented to Robert J. Botsford of West Weber at Hill AFB ceremonies. He is a contract price analyst in the Directorate of Procurement and Production at the base. and his wife, Summers, have two Botsford Dixie it would be foolish indeed to accept Business in North Ogden is not what you would call booming. But where should the blame be placed? The merchants would say that it is the consumers fault that shoppers go into Ogden and the consumer - well, they just hemhaw around and really cant say why they dont shop at home. North Ogden has quite a variety of places to shop, if the people would take advantage of them. About the only thing North Ogden doesnt have is a grocery store and why did the only one in town go out of business - people did not come to do their shopping there. Oh sure, some North Ogdennites coftiplain - I can get Oh better deals at the grocery store down in Ogden. brother, I say, the money that you would spend in gas would be equal to the savings, lets be logical about the whole thing. A new bookstore has just opened in the area and I think its great. No more having to run into Ogden to check on the paperback I want to read or get some material that I need for my Junior Sunday School class. Last week, when I visited the store, there was no one in there and every time I drive by, I dont see people beating the door down. The few businesses that are in North Ogden are there for a purpose, not just for decoration. They want to serve you. I come from a small town, not too much different from North Ogden, and every time I went to all the so called big cities to shop you know where I found just the perfect thing I was looking for - back home, in my little town. Support your local businesses. Dont let the small town business become extinct. North Ogden is nice the way it is and many people say that if more business comes in then the small town feeling would be gone, but unless the citizens of North Ogden support the businesses, North Ogden will become a ghost town and you cant get much smaller than that. BASE--- A Hatch - A Historical Failure Business not booming locally HILL AIR FORCE G. children. a rfftnaa w Did you know . . . Got a gripe? Write a letter to the editor Route chanes being made Effective Aug. 28, 1978, the Utah Transit Authority will implement route changes in the Ogden area. Major route changes will include the following: Route no. 7 - Now will cover Monroe and Quincy Avenues, north of 36th. Route no. 11 - Service frequency increased. Service otherwise the same except that Route no. 23 is now incorporated in Route no. 11. Route no. 15 - Extensive route and schedule revision consult your UTA Customer Service Center. Route no. 19 - Jefferson between 25th and 36th Street is now part of Route no 19. Covers Jefferson instead of Wall Avenue, Wall Avenue patrons now choose from Route numbers 10, 40, and 70. Minor schedule changes will effect Route numbers 3,5,12,18,22, and 40. Routes consolidated will include Route no.9, riders living north of 36th will now take Route no. 7, riders living south of 36th Street will now take Route no. 15. Route no. 16, call for assistance. Route no. 21, now take Route no. 40. 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