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Show i 12 BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah later released. Sergeant Herbert said Olsen was cited for driving too fast for existing conditions. Damage to the Jones car was $1,000 find loss to pickup truck Collision Hurts Driver Thursday, December 3, 1970 A collision rear-en- d was set at 3CEB $120. The accident occurred about 7:45 a.m. at ami3 Friday Clash on a slippery highway Monday morning injured an Ogden driver and caused over $1,000 The month of December is an extrememly busy one for the Utah Stars professional basketball team. The Stars will play a total of 14 games, nine of them at home. One of the top games of the month will be the Friday, Dec. 4, clash against the Kentucky Colonels, at 7:30 p.m. in the Salt Palace. damage. George L. Jones, 60, was taken to the Cooley Memorial hospital by a Brigham City ambulance. Sgt. J.M. Herbert said he suffered head injuries when his compact car which was stopped for a red light and was struck in the rear by a northbound pickup truck driven by Gilbert C. Olsen, 36, Provo. Jones was thrown toward the back of the car upon impact and struck his head. He was transferred to the McKay hospital in Ogden and GP XXEZ3 A fine NEW Eating Wi and Entertainment Center i Fine Food Remodeled (oxcallont now cookt) Dancing - Live country western music every Friday and Sat. evening by the Petersen Bros. & mixersjovailable SPECIAL 1 00 Cotton Call NEW YEARS EVE PARTY PLAIN or PRINTED In 723-20B- S Brigham for Po. VELVETEEN 20 - pickup truck smashed into the rear of this compact car Monday morning during a snow storm and the driver of the car suffered head injuries. The driver was thrown toward the rear of the car. CRASH INJURES DRIVER A OFF make the holiday dresg of your choke The Lodge JESSIE B. NELSONS Yarns Fabrics 90 So. Main 1 723-311- Utah Tax Load Sets New Record With just ONE TOUCH, it synchronizes the critical color controls to deliver your personal erence automatically ... channel after day. d color pref- after channel, day The Utah Taxpayers association issued a gloomy bulletin this week reporting Utah's total tax load has set an all time new record high of over one billion dollars $1,201,632,696. Breaking this figure down to what an average family pays, they said, Taxes today in Utah are the largest items in the Direct and family budget, hidden taxes take almost 38 percent of average personal income, and Every time our Government, at one level or another, spends one million dollars, it takes in taxes from 33! ERVIC fFiFflTirrrflT MirTfi i if the average Utah family another $3.41." Yet," they added, There Is delusion these a days that when money comes wide-sprea- d from Government, it costs Veterans! Here's Tour Answ nothing." The Associations explanation for this contradiction was, that the best kept secret today in the United States is the size of the The UTA whole tax load. analyst then went on to list Utahs total burden. Shows Increase The Federal Government now takes $755,000,000 or 63 percent of ail taxes collected in the state. In the past ten years, the Federal take has increased 89 percent. It went up 16 percent just this past year. "State taxes, fees, licenses and property taxes now amount to $446,632,696 and account for the other 37 percent of the total burden. UTA said that these taxes have shot up 125 percent since 1960 and are 17 percent higher than those collected in fiscal 1969. 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I understand that some type of death pension is payable by VA to my children when I die. Does this pension depend on the child's Income? A Yes it does. If at the time of your death you leave a minor child, or one who has not yet attained age 23 and is attending school, the child quite possibly could be entitled to death pension benefits if income limitations are not exceeded. to have some Arrange responsible adult relative contact the VA after your death. Can a veteran whose VA Q benefits have been forfeited apply for reinstatements of those benefits? A Yes, he may apply for a Presidential Pardon which, if granted, may again entitle him to the VA benefits for which he was initially eligible. Q I Tax collections increased 19 percent. The Association capped off the report by warning taxpayers to, "Identify state legislators and local candidates who are spenders and exRemember that pansionists. what government gives, it must first take. "Beware candidates of who congressional brag about all the benefits they have bought, or intend to buy for you. Sixty-thre- e percent of all taxes go to Washington and this is your money that's taking the round trip." Follow ths Searchlight . . vm drawing AT :30 p.m. - Men's and Womens Prizes! 1 1 Local Student Manages Stage A Brigham City student will be the stage manager during the Ricks college production of "Our Town." David Black will participate d in the production Thursday through Saturday. theater-in-the-roun- 4I The play involves youth, marriage and death in the lives of members of two families. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Black, 485 Mountain View ilfl r Dr. am a veteran and want to receive veterans allowance when I enter State University this winter. At the time of admission, may I simply inform the university of this fact? A Even though you do not plan to enroll in school until a later date you should avoid All models also Model available DDE 8040L in gas LARGE CAPACITY, LOW PRICE! 3 automatic-dr- cycles. Permanent press with "cooldown." 50 greater capacity. All washers and dryers available in MATCHING PAIRS. Live carelree...Live Belter Electrically 3310331 delay and file an application now with the VA office nearest your home. Q My husband, a war veteran, died recently. Will the VA allow any reimbursement on his burial expenses? A Yes, up to $250. The VA also reimburses for transportation of a veterans body to place of burial, If he died while hospitalized or domiciled at a VA facility. I am 20 years old, atQ tending college and drawing $175 per month War Orphans benefits. Will my benefits be discontinued when I marry in December? A No. If otherwise eligible, you may still draw the War Orpahans benefits even though you marry. 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