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Show Pag 2 Letters to the editori of Ex-spou- ses answered on Questions military stand and be counted in session all we need to do is have our Senators and congressmen cosponsor these bills. With help we can get what we have rightfully earned. Pearl B. Tirado 15C Ross Drive Clearfield Utah Phone 773-64- restored. Lets stand up and be counted. The 96th Congress is back Editors Note - See related article, this page. Patricia Schroader, from Colorado, introduced a bill, Mrs. congresswoman Dear Miss Wayment: A very dear friend allowed me to read several of Judith Clearfield Vaniers columns from your publication. Courier I am deeply moved and much impressed with the beauty and simplicity shown by Mrs. Vanier. I wish to read more of her columns. Is the Courier a weekly? If so, please send to me subscription information. No matter how often you print the Courier 1 would appreciate the information., privilege to read of hope and truth, dignity and respect for us all. 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All news and photographs for Wednesday papers must be in the news office by 5 p.m. Monday, pictures may be included without charge either taken in our office or submitted by our readers. J. Howard Stahl Owner-Publisher-Edit- or Glen Adams Asst. Publisher Ad. Mgr. Mrs. Bonnie Stahl LaVora Wayment Keith Duncan Cindy Shy Pam Zaugg Traci Bailey Editor Sports Editor Staff Staff Staff Fui Yota? ekcteidty fotadgeft on a diet COFFEE MAKER,. . 250 a month 100-WAT- T BULB, 60 a month ICECREAM FREEZER, TOASTER, 140 a month 30 a month Q. How is my pro a pro rata share if you were married 10 years. The maximum is 50 percent and is calculated as A. You qualify for answeredSchroader. by Cbngresswoman follows: (number of years married) (during creditable service) (number of years of mem- The Military Retirement Income Equity Act Questions and Answers bers) Q. What is H.R. 2817? A. This bill would entitle a former spouse to a pro rata share of their spouses retirement pay is the coupe were married at least 10 years. The bill also makes benefits survivors rata share calculated? the bill are concerning Service pension man- datory unless the spouse and former spouse agree in writing to opt out of the survivors benefits plan. Q. Does this only apply to the military? A. Ves. However, I have introduced three separate bill in Congress dealing with this issue. H.R. 2817 amends the military pension system, (creditable service) (.50 x total retirement) (annuity) Heare are a few examples: 1. John and Mary Jones are married for 10 years, then get divorced. John has been on active duty in the Air Force for 8 of these 10 years, and after the divorce, he serves 12 more years for a total of 20 years. Mary would be eligible for 0 times 50 percent of Johns retirement pay. 2. Bob and Alice Smith are married for 5 years when Alice joins the Navy. After 30 years of active duty, she retires. Then they get Curbing the regulators A former quarterback, now a Member of Congress, thinks government regulators have gone too far. In the jargon of the gridiron, Congressman Jack Kemp of New York says government once played the role of referee, but now, it seems, regulators are the other team in competition with the real players in our free enterprise economy. Most government laws and regulations were intended to protect the rights of individuals. When business and labor could not agree, government stepped in as an impartial referee. The same was true for differences between developers and conservationists, producers and consumers, and the many areas of potential conflict in the system. Today, Kemp says, the referees want to get into the game themselves. There are now countless regulations costing millions of dollars. Some reduce productivity, disrupt the ability of the marketplace to function or add to the costs of American products. Kemp says the players spend more ll Foreign system. 2817, which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services. The following questions H.R. 's column greatly appreciated M. H.R. 2818 amends the Civil Service pension system and H.R. 2857 amends the A year ago, March 13, 1979, About 1 year ago I wrote to see how many I could rally. We need to write or call our Senators and Congressmen to see if we can get one of 3 bills in the subcommittee passed, they are S. 921 (Senator George McGovern) H.R. 3153 (Congressman John Burton) and (Senator Whitehurts) bill H.R. 2472. These are alike bills -of Military Career men or which would give women the right to have medical and base privileges 359-261- June 4. 1980 Clearfield Courier SUN LAMP, 450 a month time learning the rules than playing the game! Writing in Policy Review we pointed out that The economic burden of excessive regulation is a matter of great concern to those of us in the business community for two reasons. First, the capital we must invest to comply with regulations cannot be used for new plants and equipment. That means obsolete facilities cannot be replaced in a timely manner, and expansion is limited. The result is fewer new jobs at home and a less competitive position in the international market. Second, the cost of all regulation is passed on to the consumer. When that cost is greater for one company than another price competition is distorted. One company receive s an unfair advantage because of government involvement. No one denies that some regulation is essential in this complex society; but how much is necessary, and who is to decide? There is a growing movement in Washington to subject regulations already on the books to some instant analysis and to set tough criteria for enacting new ones. Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine (recently appointed Secretary of State) wants sunset legislation which would require periodic justification of all federal programs, including regulatory programs. Those judged no longer effective would be allowed to expire. In the parlance of the football player, there seems to be a growing realization that our economy is the only game in town and that the referees should reassume their intended assignments and give the game back to the players, before the clock runs out. (Note: Jay Van Andel is Chairman of the Board of Amway Corp., Ada, Michigan. - Richard M. DeVos is of Amway). President and er yur rcofe sflwiM wfc? D(l Get instant relief with BENZEDREX- - INHALER nasal decongestant f K3TTC3 oj K3TTC3 CCLflj jmCXm IHI.R. spouse's approval in order to refuse the plan, we hope to avoid the tragic surprise that divorced. Bob would be times 50 eligible for retirement of Alices percent 30-3- confronts many military widows and widowers. While this step may be pay. Jane Brown are married for 12 years and then get divorced. Bill then joins the Air Force and serves on active duty for 20 years and then retires. Jane 3. Bill and controversial, I am confident that it is necessary. In fiscal year 1976, of 64,000 military retirees, only 54 percent chose to participate in the Survivors Benefits Plan. As a result, approximately 30,000 widows or widowers will Hnd themselves without benefits after their spouses death. Survivors benefits would be computed by the same formula used to compute a former spouses share of retirement pay, that is, it would be based on number of years of marriage during creditable service. A former spouse married 30 years during 30 years of creditable service would be eligible for 3 of the survivors benefits. The surviving spouse, if any, would get the remainder of would be eligible for times 50 percent or $0. Jane receives nothing because she wasnt married to Bill during creditable service. 4. Tom and Nancy are married for the first 10 years of his active service in the Marine Corps. They get divorced and, 5 years later, 0-- Tom marries Susan. Hr serves another 15 years, making a total of 30 years of service. Tom and Susan get divorced after he retires. Nancy would be eligible for times 50 percent of his retirement pay and Susan 10-3- 2817 0 0 would be eligible for his of 50 times percent retirement pay. Is my payment Q. 15-3- 2-- the survivors benefits, regardless of how many years they were married automatic? receive your check directly, so you wouldnt have to contact your former spouse at all. would eliminate This collection problems when former spouses dont comply with their court settlements. Q. What if I remarry? A. Yes. You would during service. Q. Would the bill be retroactive? A. No. Unfortunately, the bill would not apply to military couples already divorced or retired. spouse Q. What about medical and remarries before the age of 60, he or she is no longer entitled to a portion of the annuity. commissary benefits? A. This is another bill, H.R. 2472 introduced by Rep. John A. If the former How that Burton, provides medical benefits for former spouses who were married to servicemembers for at least H.R. 2817 affect survivors benefits? A. This bill would award a pro rata share of survivors benefits to a divorced spouse. Survivors benefits would be mandatory unless all the affected parties that is, the servicemember, his or her current spouse and or former spouse (if any) -choose not to follow the plan. Because a servicemember must obtain his or her Q. would 20 years during creditable service. Q. Where is H.R. 2817 now? A. The bill is in the Military SubcommCompensation ittee of the House Armed - Services Committee. Hearings have not been held, but we have a promise from the chair. Rep. Bill Nichols, to hold hearings this session. Guest editorial: Mobility and automobility - By John B.Rse iA- - Dr. Rh b ProfMMr of Hit Hhtorjr af Ttchaategy. Encrtaa, Harvey MaM College, Claremont, California, and pail preaidant af Uic Satiety af Iht Hblery of Technology. (c ) Public Research. Syndicated. IM The automobile ought to be on its way out. That at least is the gospel being vociferously preached by highly articulate elements in American life. This crusade has been going on for a number of years, but it has been immeasurably strengthened of late by the oil crisis, so that it can now be preached in the name of energy conservation. The catch with this position is that it rests on two assumptions, both open to challenge. The first holds that mass transit, especially by rail, is invariably more efficient and more economical than individual transportation. The second is that the autombile will always be just what it is today; there will never be any new automotive technology or any different automotive fuels. The first proposition has been debated extensively, with few converts being made by either side. It can be accepted that rail transport is more efficient where there is traffic moving along corridors. Where and movement by traffic is road is the only thing that makes sense, and this is the situation in rural areas and in most American cities. The second proposition can be explained only in terms of a willful ignorance of what is actually going on in the automotive world. It requires thinking only of existing power plants and existing, or rather known, sources of automotive fuels. Yet both are changing, perhaps not obviously and dramatically but nevertheless inevitably under the pressure of events. There are two pressures. One is from the government, mandating standards for fuel economy and pollutant emissions. The other and more important is from the market. is on the way outi With the price of gasoline The buying and operating an rising, as it must, and the cost automobile steadily climbing, customers are looking for high-densi- ty well-defin- ty multi-direction- gas-guzzl- c(Sf ELECTRIC FRY PAN, 140 a month ELECTRIC HAIR ROLLERS, 210 a month ELECTRIC CLOCK, 90 a month RADIO, 70 a month Just count kilowatts instead of calories. Estimate your energy costs with the new UP&L publication, Your Energy Budget Guide, available free at any Utah Power and Light office. Find out how much it costs to use all your electrical appliances by job or by the month. Skinny up your budget by cutting down on the kilowatts. The booklet that helps you dedde where to save! Come In or write for your free copy. HIGH EFFICIENCY SPECIAL ONLY... PRICE INCLUDES: 36,000 BTU condensing unit capacity matched with 44UF 22 cooling coil heatcool thermostats, 25 ft. line set. INSTALLATION EX- CHE36-6- KM IjDGDBOQGIP A TRA. METRO HEATING 2345 Wall Av Tel. OgcUn, Ut. 394-427-4 economy and the automobile companies have to respond if they dont, the imports will, and the purchaser gets the benefit. There are no miracles coming along to transform the automotive scene overnight; technology seldom works that way. There is no instant technology in the form of new power plants or new fuels that is going to do us much good before the end of the century, if then. Electric automobiles are feasible, within the same stringent constraints as have always applied to them. There is no substitute in sight for the lead-aci- d battery. Steam power offers no real saving in fuel and it is more expensive and difficult to maintain than the gasoline car. Gas turbines are still not practical for everyday use in the family car. It is one thing to produce an experimental car, quite another to make it by the millions in a form where it can be used day in and day out by operators with little mechanical knowledge or skill, and without requiring expensive and complicated maintenance. Wc can look forward with some confidence to improvements in the efficiency and economy of our cars that should case our fuel situation somewhat by 1985. It will come in small increments rather than by any spectacular breakthrough, but this is the normal course of technological progress. There may be improvement in the fuel situation too if, and only if, oil prices are allowed to find their market level. The need for conservation will remain urgent, but for the foreseeable future we can continue to use our cars, although perhaps not with the same casual freedom as we have done. We should by all means be improving our public transportation, but the real danger in our current crisis is that we will be stampeded into grandiose and wasteful schemes for mass transit. It is not a question of requiring that transit systems make money that gets into the realm of the unreal. It is a question of using resources to the best advantage, and that is definitely not achieved by pouring funds into projects that are for the needs they are supposed to serve. There is still a vital place for the private automobile, and there is going to be for a long time to come. over-elabora- OFFER GOOD WHILE SUPPLY LASTSI |