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Show I f Ben Lomond Beacon, June 22, 1978, Page 2 the Ben Lomond Beacon is T3 Shopping by mail can be fun and convenient. Ordering merchandise by mail can be great; it can let you buy things you cant find in your store; it can save you time; it can even save you money. Most mail order dealers rely on repeat business and are anxious to provide fast shipment and quality merchandise to please their custormers. But, in the event you have ordered merchandise by mail and waited a long time to receive it, or never received it at all, you should be aware of your rights of protection under a ruling by the Federal Trade Commission. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT to know when you can expect your merchandise to be shipped. If an ad or brochure says that the manufacturer will rush your merchandise to you in less than a week, for example, the manufacturer must ship it to you within that time. If no date is stated by the seller, you have the right to have your merchandise shipped to you 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- 6. J. Howard Stahle Mrs. Bonnie Stahle Sue Ellen Sims Publisher Manager Advertising Editor Carol Shaw Correspondent Council rates Utahns Three Utah Members of Congress have BOSTON, VA. received favorable ratings from the American Security Council for consistently representing public opinion in the American Security Councils 1978 National Security Voting Index released today. The Index tabulates individual voting records of Members of Congress on major national security issues and compares these votes with public opinion on the same issues. The following members of the Utah delegation received perfect ratings of 100 on the ASCs Voting Index: Senators Jake Gam and Orrin Hatch and Representative Dan Hearings office set up in dept. A of new Office Administrative Hearings has been established in the Utah Department of Social Services (DSS), according to Executive Director Anthony W. Mitchell. The new office will serve to consolidate, centralize and standardize hearing operations for the Department. Eleanor S. Lewis has been appointed director of the new office. She was formerly Administrative Law Judge in the DSSs Office of Recovery Services. The new office will handle all hearings relating to the with Aid to Families Dependent Children (AFD-C), General Assistance, Food Stamp and Medical Assistance programs. It will also be responsible for hearings relating to Division of Family programs, Services including provider services and Title XX services. Hearings for child support enforcement, Youth Development Center parole fourth revocations and level employee grievance hearings will also be handled by the new office. Ms. Lewis, who is married and has one child, received her Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Utah College of Law in 1967. Before joining the Recovery Services staff, she practiced law privately for three years and prior to that spent three years in thi Office of the Solicitor, U.l department of the Interior She will supervise a staff of four, including a hearing examiner, a hearing officer and two secretaries. OttGo by m0OD pcH FSmg odd d Marriott (2nd District). John Fisher, President of the Council, commented that the people in Utah who are represneted by these Members of Congress can be proud of the fact that so many of their elected representatives have consistently voted to maintain a strong U.S. defense posture. These results were just released in the 1978 National Security Voting Index, which is published every two years by the American Security Council as a service to the public. Covering key national security votes during 1977 and early 1978, the National Security Voting Index compares voting records of Members of Congress to a national scientific sampling of all voting age Americans by Decision Making Information (DMI). The DMI Poll revealed, for example, that 79 percent of the American public favors a defense posture of military superiority over the Soviet Union. It is significant that the Decision Making Information Poll showed that Americans of differing political ideologies all strongly favor U.S. military superiority. For instance, in the DMI Poll, 70 percent of the liberals favored U.S. superiority, together with 86 percent of the conservatives, and 80 percent of the moderates. The American Security Council also conducts a National Security Issues Poll of opinion leaders throughout the nation, the results of which reinforce the DMI findings. Fisher explained that the National Security Voting Index is an analysis of ten key Congressional and Senate votes on important national security matters, including internal security, South Vietnam aid, the importation of Rhodesian chrome, the B-- l bomber, and the Panama Canal. He went on to say, During the past several months, experts and leaders from both major political parties and from practically every other walk of life have expressed increasing concern over the dangerous growth of Soviet military power and the reduced capability of the United States to oppose effectively the expansion of Soviet global influence. Ultimately, We most important decisions regarding our national security are made by Congress. The American Security Councils role in preparing the Index is strictly that of analyst-reporteThe Council, which it is headquartered in Boston, Virginia, is a research and educational organization devoted exclusively to national defense issues. Its members and contributors nationwide number approximately 225,000, with over 990 of those members in Utah. r. non-prof- within 30 days. If the seller does not ship your merchandise within the stated time, or within 30 days .. . YOU HAVE THE RIGHT to cancel your order. If the seller cant ship the merchandise to you in the stated time or within 30 days, he must give you the chance to cancel your order and get all your money back. The seller must notify and give you a free means of reply (for example, a postage-paipostcard). If the shipping delay is 30 days or less, you have the right to cancel the order and get your money back, the right to agree to the new Slipping date or the right not to answer . If you dont answer, the seller can assume you agree to the shipping delay. If the shipping delay is more than 30 days, you must give your express consent to the delay. Otherwise, the seller must return your money at the end of the first 30 days of the delay. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT to get all your money back if you cancel. The seller must mail your refund to you within seven business days after you cancel your purchase. Where ther is a credit sale, the seller has one billing cycle to adjust your account. The rule does not apply to services like mail order photo finishing; magazine subscriptions and other serial deliveries except for the initial shipment; mail order seeds and growing plants; collect on delivery orders; credit orders where the buyers account is not charged prior to shipment of the merchandise; and sales under negative option plans (e.g. book clubs) where you must notify the seller of your intent not to purchase. If you receive merchandise in the mail which you did not order, federal law says you may consider it a gift and keep it without paying for it. Only two kinds of merchandise can be sent legally through the mails to a person without his or her prior consent: Free samples which are clearly and plainly marked as such, and Merchandise mailed by a charitable organization asking for contributions. you of a delay d District funds rise Operating funds for the Weber School District will rise by an estimated $2,376,985 or 11.1 percent next year as a result of the actions taken by the 1978 Utah Budget Session. Estimated will amount to $23,712,914 or $1,023 operating funds in 1978-7unit, compared with $21,335,929 or $914 per weighted-pupi- l unit during the 1977-7- 8 school year. per weighted-pupi- l These were some of the facts reported by Utah Foundation, the private research organization, in their annual analysis of school finance trends in Utah. The 1978 Budget Session authorized a minimum school program of $406.5 million for the state during the forthcoming 1978-7- 9 school year. According to projections made by Utah Foundation, school operating costs will exceed $1 billion a year by 1984-8- 5 and will approach $1.6 billion by 1988-8- 9 if the spending trends of the past ten years are continued. Unlike most states in the nation, school enrollments in Utah are beginning to rise and the increase will accelerate in the years ahead. The Foundation report explains that the birthrate in Utah has been climbing to e highs despite the decline that has taken place nationally. Moreover, Utah of population has been experiencing a net during recent years. This combination is resulting in the new growth in school enrollments. According to the Foundation study, most of this enrollment growth initially will be reflected in the elementary grades. As a result, recently enacted legislation to reduce class size in the lower elementary grades could prove to be particularly costly in the years ahead. The study shows that operating funds for the public schools in Utah have nearly trebled over the past ten years (between 1968-6- 9 and 1978-79During this same ten-yeperiod, school enrollments in Utah will have risen only 6.4 percent. It is expected that Utah enrollemnts will climb by 132,000, or 42 percent over the next ten years. Inflation accounts for a large part of the dramatic increase in school expenditures over the past decade. Other major factors include (1) salary increases to school personnel in excess of adjustments (2) liberalization of employee retirement and benefit programs, (3) reductions in the average class size, (4) increases in the personnel, (5) establishment of proportion of new and expanded programs and services, and (6) increases in other operating costs. Utah's guaranteed basic school program was raised from $732 per weighted-pupi- l unit in 1977-7- 8 to $795 per In addition, increased funds weighted-pupi- l unit in 1978-7were provided in the allowances for retirement, social security, transportation, and special categorical grants. Foundation analysts also note that Utah's new school law removes the overall limitation on the number of pupil units allocated for handicapped students. In its place, the Legislature substituted prevalence limits on the percentage of special units that could be allotted to each district for the various categories of handicapped students. To meet the special needs of those children who have been served by the handicapped program in the past but no longer qualify under the more limiting definition, the new law provides a new categorical appropriation of $3 million for children with special needs. 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Though it took Congress about four months to produce its budget resolution setting forth targets for the 1979 fiscal year, the document does not reflect a bit of alarm about inflation and taxation. In fact, it promises more of both. a 10 percent inThe 1979 budget is up $46 billion crease from estimated 1978 spending. Moreover, it is with new or expanding social programs. The heavily-larde- d Welbudget of the Department of Health, Education, and fare alone will have quadrupled in just 10 years and is now growing at an even faster rate. President Carter originally proposed a modest $25 billion tax reduction for 1979. The amount was almost enough to offset the economic damage caused by inflation and the higher Social Security taxes enacted by Congress. The budget finally adopted by Congress allows a tax reduction of only $19.4 billion, however, which means most American families will actually suffer a tax increase. What can be done? In the House Budget Committee and in the budget proceedings of the full House, I sponsored a substitute that would have reduced the growth rate of federal spending to less than 8 percent a year and allowed a substantial tax reduction of $29.7 billion. This alternative budget for fiscal 1979 did not cut existing federal programs, but provided sufficient funds to continue them through the next fiscal year. My intent was to slow the growth rate of federal spending, which will have doubled in just six years, if spending continues at its present pace. 1 saw my proposal as a modest first step in a five-yeplan to balance the federal rate lower a at tax producing less inflation and budget economic by tax reductions. generated growth strong This approach obviously has much appeal, transcending party lines. When the House voted on my substitute budget, for example, we were winning at the very end of the rollcall until the majority leadership pressured several members to against my change their votes. The final vote was 197-20- 3 Democrats supsubstitute, just six votes short. Fifty-eigported my move for less spending, lower taxes, and less inflation, as did 139 of my Republican colleagues. When considering the broad economic issues that confront us, it is important not to overlook the impact of government grow th on the average family which is struggling to stay even. When the working citizen gets a inflation, he pay raise to keep pace with government-create- d finds that he has been pushed into a tax bracket where his income is taxed at a higher rate. The result is a loss instead of a gain. 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