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Show Ben Lomond Beacon, May 18,1 978, Page 2 Spouse abuse is fast becoming a problem A Tax Credit for Family Education If vou are in the same boat with many Utahns d this spring, the savings account may be a little short of funds these das. There are a lot of reasons. The cost of living is spiraling President has promised to veto it), it does have wide support in the House and the Senate. The Senate version essentially allows families to subtract from their income half of what they actually spend in tuition and fees for a childs education. There would be a ceiling of $400 per student per year. The much-protecte- upward. Inflation is eating increases up and merit raises handed out by employers last year. Income tax time has come and gone, and in spite of promises of re ef, most people wound t paying more and getti ig back less. The visit to the grocery store is shocking, and gasoline prices continue to creep higher with additional taxes added to take care of less frequently traveled roads. Add to tins the cost of sending your children to school. The final bills are coming in for the extra fees for activities in and out of classroom. The actual cost of public education is hard to believe. Utahns spend up to $12 a week to send four children to cost-of-livi- education tax credit proposal would begin the tax break this fall for college-boun- d students and over the next two years would include students at every grade level from first grade up. The Tuition Tax does one more Credit bonus. For those a as thing families that wish to send their children to private schools, the measure, in a small way, is a reimbursement for the high cost of school. Junior high and high school costs increase dramatically with each passing year. Some have said the transition from high school to college, in and having to deal with because it occurs in their own a Utah relationships, Department of Social Services official said. Today its estimated that between 20 and 40 percent of relationships negligible. One proposal which could bring relief to the extra cost of education is now before the Congress. It's the "Tuition Tax Credit. Though not a popular program with the Carter Administration (the n O I' UTAH'S U.S. SEN. ORRIN HATCH (second from right) discusses strategy in Labor Law Reform Bill up for debate this week in the fighting the Senate. Joining Sen. Hatch in his Capitol Hill office are (from left) Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee, and Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas. d ches and name calling, WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. Orrin -HatchUtahs is leading the fight this week Labor against the Law Reform Bill legislation which he says could raise consumer prices in Utah by as much as 5 per cent. Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee designated Sen. Hatch as floor leader in the battle against the measure. In this role, Hatch will coordinate the debate of those who oppose the bill. In estimating the labor bill's potential impact on the Beehive State, Hatch cited a report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce which shows that unionization in Utah would go 12 per cent higher if the measure becomes law. Based on that figure, the study shows, by 1985 direct labor costs in Utah could rise by 9.9 percent for business generally, and by 12.4 per cent for small business. As a consumer result, prices could increase by 5 per cent. Its a joke to claim that this bill is directed at labor abuses by large corporations, Hatch said. The impact of this legislation would be felt almost exsmall by clusively business. Hatch said more than 87 per cent of all elections held by the National Labor Relations Board to determine union representation involve employee units of fewer than 100. The Labor Law Reform Bill, which the New York Times calls unionism, is designed to make it even easier for unions to expand their power over American business. For example, the bill would that require representation elections be held in a company within 15 push-butto- n an after days election petition is filed by the union. Sen. Hatch said that since a fast vote usually favors the union, such contests are steamroller rightly called elections. Also, Hatch said, the bill would allow union organizers to talk to employees about the union on company property during company time if the em-- . ployer has done so. Unions are already allowed to contact employees at their homes, but employers are prohibited couples. behavior from doing this. If Congress gives in to the unions on this one, it could be only a matter of time before they would do away with all remaining protections right-to-wor- k in the law, And this would Hatch said. be especially devastating to a state like Utah. right-to-wor- k SCHOOL Lessons Begin June 1st OUR GOAL TO TEACH CHILDREN TO BE SAFE AND ENJOY BEING IN THE WATER" OUTSTANDING SWIMMING CLASSES Individual Help Experienced Instructors Call: 394 - 0875 or 392-4- 1 sales reported Volunteer U.S. Savings Bonds Chairman James 0. Cummings for Weber County reported $080,433 in sales of Series E-- Savings Bonds for April which brings sales to $3,0C1,847. State Chairman Wendell E. Gile and 1978 Take Stock in America Campaign Chairman James B. Chaney announced jointly that April I Bond sales for the state amounted to e $2,337,732 which brings sales to $9,609,828 or 27 percent of the 1978 goal of $35,600,000. Nationally. Treasury officials reported that April sales of U.S. Savings Bonds totalled $718 million, or sales of almost $36 million for every working day of the month. This is five percent above April 1977 sales. April was also the 55th consecutive month in which Series E and H sales exceeded redemptions. 33 25 Clean your carpet 6 power job, drinks too much. But it doesnt have to continue if women and men get help early, he stressed. What is scary about spouse abuse is that it is often only the beginning of worse things. Some women think they can tolerate the abuse themselves - just as long as it doesnt happen to the children. Unfortunately, in 72 per cent of spouse abuse cases, the abuser eventually abuses the children too. And those children cant fight back at all. 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Some attorneys, specially in insurance fraud fires, is a prominent community citizen. Cooperation from city officials is important, says Borg Often these persons will not believe an arson problem exists in their community. A solution to these problems is the state and local task force proven to be effective in 24 other states. Borg pointed out that this program has helped to cut the number of arson fires in the Seattle area by 64 percent. Evap. Coolers 3891 W. 4000 So. Kanesville, Utah 84315 Ph. 731 2235 -- W. 731 3311 i ii counseling and Firebug week Woodburning Fireplace Specialist 0 5700 S, Roy 825 4311 shelter, Rondus LYNN'S DRV CLEANING v- the editor Gas Barbeques Intermountain Steamex Dlst. 773-920- i letter to 15-2- PRESENT THIS AD Fireplaces MV apparent. Other times, it doesnt start until the abuser gets under stress - loses a A traveling state arson task force supported by task forces in each community would considerably clean up arson in Utah, contends state fire investigator Lynn Borg. OFF ANY PIANO faster and better with Steamex: sr- gripe? Write a e IN STOCK WHEN YOU V Got a year-to-dat- CLASSES: Water Adjustment Beginners Advanced Beginners Intermediate Swimmers Moms & Tots Adults Private Lessons by Appt 720 40th Savings Bond year-to-dat- Outdoor Pool Designed Especially for Instruction Specializing in Children's Classes IY.nc rcrx abusive The may always be . SWIM a obscene language or even he said. What is unfortunate is that many people, particularly women who have children or no job training, to make it on their own put up with the abuse, he explained. Some think its just part of marriage or a relationship. Others put up with it because they are afraid to be by themselves. Some are afraid to complain for fear the beatings and problems will get worse. Others say they stay for the children. Spouse abuse can occur anywhere. It occurs in rich neighborhoods or poor. There have been cases of small, quiet rural towns as well as in the heart of Salt Lake City. It can occur among young couples or old s, NEPTUNE A between couples involve some form of abuse, Dr. Maurice Wells, Division of Specialist, Family Services, said. The abuse can be broken bones, physical slapping around when drunk or angry. The abuse can be sexual where a partner demands and takes sexual advantage of the other person against his or her will. The abuse can also be emotional such as constant beratings in front of friends or children, shouting mat- minor the Carter Administration, the Senate Finance Committee has given oversupwhelming port to the Tuition Tax and though it Credit, may not be exactly what the sponsors asked for when it gets through the House, it could go a long way toward relieving the oppressive costs for family education. is cents, A level of competition may be revived with this bill to improve public education and create a more healthy climate for the declining private sector educators. In spite of threats by elementary dollars divorced, ated, living together or dating are ft educa- tion programs. d publicly-finance- Spouse abuse is not a happy subject. But it is a subject that more and more separ persons married, tender loving care until the woman can recover from the abuse and get back on her feet. Division of Family Service counselors mental and health center counselors can also help women and if their mates want help, they can help them too. In severe cases, legal help to facilitate separations and divorces may also be available. The problems, however, is getting men and women to seek help early - before the abuse becomes too severe. Because abuse occurs everywhere, Wells said task forces in rural areas, where there are not battered women centers such as the one at the YWCA, will be formed to assess local and concerns set mechanisms in place to deal with problems. Persons with spouse abuser problems or those interested in the task forces should call their local Division of Family Service office. by Lee Edwards The Most Tightly Controlled Nation on Earth A leader of the Peking lobby has established a new world; record for political cynicism by declaring that the U.S should not consider human rights an obstacle t normalizing diplomatic relations with mainland China. Why? Because the Chinese do not have and never had am human rights at least in the western sense of the phrase. Robert Barnett, director of the Washington Center of thi Asia Society, argues that, rather than condemning its rigic egalitarianism, we should seek to understand how Pekinj as Barnett puts it s has sustained its authority through means alien to the political experience of th delicately Western world. Anti-Confuci- Society an The former State Department official grossly distorts th Chinese character and Chinese history. While it is true that there is an age old Confuciai tradition of subordinating individual liberty to collectiv obligation, the Confucian way stresses balance, th Golden Mean. What Barnett chooses to call egalitarian ism is in fact an incredibly oppressive society in whicl everything and everyone is subservient to the Communis concept. government a totally As Russ Monro, the liberal Peking correspondent of th liberal Toronto Globe anti Mail, wrote, China . . . is th most tightly controlled nation on earth. While conceding that conformity has always been stronj in China, Monro pointed out that communism ha combined the conformist and tradition o the Chinese past with the techniques and organization o modern totalitarianism to create a unique system foi controlling peoples lives. Last winter, Monro wrote a series of articles about Communist China as he neared the end of a 2Vi year tour ir Peking. Some highlights: Chinas cities are relatively orderly because the urban all but a tiny majority ol population is severely limited Chinas plus peasants dont have the right to move to the cities. Monro described this restriction as the greatest limitation of freedom that China imposes on its people who are born, live, work and die where the government puts an ... 650-milli- on them. People are still shot in China for their political beliefs. Monro named Liu Yung-t- a as a young man executed in Nanking for voicing and writing counterrevolutionary words and slogans. Many followers of the Gang of Four, the radical group led by Maos widow Chiang Ching, have been shot for counter-revolutiona- ry activities." China's Gulag Archipelago China has its ow n Gulag Archipelago a network of labor reform camps with a population of several million." Life in the camps, according to the only man ever known to be is made up of strenuous work, released, Bao Ruo-wemeager rations and continuous ideological indoctrination. Bao states that even those prisoners who finish serving a sentence of 20 to 30 years are pressured to voluntarily remain for the rest of their lives. At least 30 million Chinese," wrote Monro, once characterized as rich peasants by the Communist discrimigovernment still remain members of a sub-cla- ss nated against because of their bad class background. " The discrimination means 10 to 20rc less pay than others doing the same work, a slim chance of attending a school of high learning regardless of academic ability, social isolation, no participation in political activities and few hopes of improving your lot in life. Peking apologist Barnett declares that human rights shouldnt be an issue in U.S. -- China relations. Given Communist Chinas unrelieved tyranny, isnt Barnett really saving that the Chinese dont care whether they have human of humanity rights or not that they are a sub-claconcerned only about the body and not the mind or the soul? That's racism and thats wrong. The U.S. should do whatever it can to bring some measure of freedom to the most tightly controlled nation on earth. n, ss Let us print your school news free of charge The Ben Lomond Beacon is published each Thursday. Deadlines tor each week's issue is Monday at 5 p,m. We welcome all articles from those who wish to contribute. Business oflice is 5388 So. 1900 W Roy, Utah Phone 825-166- 6. J. Howard Stahle Mrs. Bonnie Stahle Sue Ellen Sims Carol Shaw Publisher Advertising Manager Editor Correspondent I ' |