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Show Page 2 Thursday, February 8, 1979 SUBSCRIPTION RATE: S6. 00 a year in advance in State SIO a year PUBLISHERS: .Jan v.t. Wilking Stephen K. Dering Editor Steve Dering Business Manager Jan Wilking Office Manager and Advertising Leslie (irat e Kate Hamilton Graphics Donna Poiirnelte . .Marianne Cone Kate Peters . . Rohbye Jean Hammond Reporttvs Tina Moench Conrad Elliott Typesetting Phyllis Rubenstein Contributing Photographers Nick Nass .... Pat McDowell, 'Wasatch' Warren, Craig Reece Subscriptions Sonya Ratcliff Ente ted as secood clossmatlef Mjv 25 1977 attheRostorticem Poo City Utah84CX0 unoer itie Act oi Match 3 1897 PuDiisriea eve-y We. anesday at Pom C ity Utah Second class postage paid at Par Otv uton Plexitis news ond advertising mov be submitted pnoi to Wednesday P jblicoriion al out of'ice 419 Main Street ParkCity Utah84060 by mail 6 dx 7 3 8 oi by calling 649-9592 Publication material must be received tjy Monday afternoon lor Wednesday publication i1 J Public JJottce r. CHILI) CARE AVAILABLE Child care is available at the Prospector ,'Square Convention Center Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The care is free to athletic club users and costs $1 an hour for others. Toys and snacks are provided. Eventually, Even-tually, this will become a licensed center. For iinformation call Kathy Dopp, 64!)-7100 (work) or IS49-6889 (home). ARTS COUNCIL MEETING The public is invited to a meeting of the Park 'City Arts Council Thursday, February 22 at 6 p.m. at the Kimball Art Center. There will be an in-depth discussion on implementation of Council goals. HEART FUND DRIVE The house-to-house drive for the Heart Fund will be held February 24 through March 4. The Heart Fund Fashion Show will be held Thursday, Thur-sday, April 5. LADIES LUNCHEON The 25th Annual Park City Ladies Luncheon will be held Saturday, May 5. Details will be prov ided later or call Nan McPolin at 649-9417. HIGHWAY INFO. The Utah Department of Transportation will have available publications for highway improvement im-provement proposals for the Park City vicinity. The publications are available to the general public at the Chamber of Commerce office of-fice or at City Hall. RECYCLING CENTER Have a hand in planning Park City's recycling center to be built when the snow melts. We will meet at the Memorial BIdg. on Tuesday, February 13 at (i p.m. to discuss a design for the structure, organization of a volunteer force and other concerns. Please join us. DOG LICENSE All dog licenses are now payable at City Hall and any license not paid for by March 1 will be delinquent. All dogs in Park City must be licensed licen-sed annuallv. r Why not get the news All Vt HI tlilU' tl (III It I rt'l I'Kl' till' lll'H- ,111(1 I ltl) Villi Ills in the P.irk Citv iinil Mirroundiiu) mvi i- to fill out llv coupon Mow ,nd nnl it toil.iv .Hid uhili' vou're ,it it. ahu not M'lid .1 Mibcription to ,i friend IMimm' enclose proper payment ,ind h.ippy reddmij' per year SC. 00 in Summit County $12.00 outside county I Name. Address. City and State. THE8 649 - P.O. Box 738-Park AlQ.QQO V outside Utah by mail? 9592 City, Utah 84060 1?J Ijt .: & .... .. Wlilih Carol Morgan 1 mji v a: , Linda Warnock , ' i' f A' . U Thomas Willet 1S Social Security Not Secure The new higher Social Security taxes that started taking a bigger bite out of employee's paychecks and employer's matching contributions con-tributions in January, appear ap-pear to have met the immediate im-mediate critical threat to the fiscal integrity of the Social Security program, but longer-range questions continue to be of serious tonc'efftttcOf'dmffo'UtaFr Foundation, the private, non-profit research organization. The increased payroll taxes and they will go still higher in years to come were dictated by legislation enacted by Congress in the closing days of 1977. but took effect on January 1. this year. The percentage paid by both employees and employers rose a comparatively modest amount from 6.05 to 6.13 but the maximum wage subject to the tax jumped from $17,700 to $22,900. As a result, the tax on wages and salaries up to $17,700 rose 1.3 between 1978 and 1979, but the tax on salaries above $17,700 rose much more sharply. The tax on salaries of $22,900 in 1979 is nearly 30 higher than it was on comparable salaries LOGAN LDS TEMPLE The Logan Temple has been closed for two years for renovations. It will be open for public visits from February (ilh to March :trd. The Park City ward is sponsoring a tour of the temple on February 17. The bus will leave Park City at 9 a.m. Saturday and return at 6 p.m. Saturday. Anyone interested in visiting the temple at this time, please make reservations by phoning the Skier's Lodge, 649-8800 or the Tramway Lodge ('49-X44:S. Bus transportation is free. El OIL CHL EIZ3 EL HowabouMf? Seals Ski Marathon? Carol Morgan It's for skiing. Craig Irvine RJostly just to race in the Wasatch Wasat-ch Citizen's Cup Series-the contribution to Easter Seals is just a bonus. Linda Warnock To earn money for the Easter Seals camp for handicapped children. Anne Quigley I'm doing it for the experience of cross-country track racing. Thomas Willet I'm skiing for those who can't; it's fun and for a good cause. John Reid I'll ski for anyone that offers me a free day pass in return for a few sponsor names. last year. The rate of taxation will remain at 6.13 in 1980 but will move upward again in 1981 and in subsequent years. The maximum salary subject to Social Security taxes will increase each year, the amount specified in the law through 1981, after af-ter which it will vary in accordance ac-cordance with the average covered " wage ' under'" the13 Social Security program. It is estimated that by 1987 the maximum Social Security tax on one person's earnings (half paid by the individual and half by his employer) will reach $6,092. This is nearly three times the maximum tax in 1978, last year betorc the new .mienil DH'iils took elleel. and . more than 100 times the maximum tax imposed during the first dozen years oi Social Sivunty's cxiMoiur Benefits provided retirees under the program are also increasing, of course, and the rapidly-rising cost of meeting these benefits provides the reason for the steady escalation in taxes to support the program. A problem of unusual dimensions was created in 1972, the last time the Social w eer upmt ih too imuiseur to a good cause and I like Security law was amended prior to 1977. Through an oversight, future benefits under the program were adjusted ad-justed twice for the effect-of inflation. This "double indexing" in-dexing" had comparatively minor impact in the first years of its application, but the result would have been staggering as time passed and inflation increased. Bv 'iHld-rwenty--nrfrtettf&f it was estimated that retirees would receive Social Security pensions larger than their working-day salaries. The Social Security fund could have been depleted before the end of the 1980's, after which frightening deficits would have developed and continued con-tinued to grow. The new law, taking effect this year, stopped this "double indexing" and largely eliminated the anticipated an-ticipated deficits af'.er the turn of the century. However, the program is not yet in balance, and a 2 deficit is forecast for about the middle of the next century. cen-tury. Some liberal economists profess to see no problem in this situation. More conservative observers, obser-vers, however, are seriously concerned, and point to changing conditions that Pipeline Company To Reenter Well The Weber Coal Company, Com-pany, a wholly-owned subsidiary sub-sidiary of United Park City-Mines City-Mines Company, has been informed that Michigan-Wisconsin Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Company, Com-pany, Denver, Colorado, has filed an application with the State of Utah to reenter the Weber Coal Company Well . Craig Irvine Anne Quigley John Reid will place a heavier strain on the program after the turn of the century, the Foundation notes. The practice has been to pay retirement benefits largely out of current income in-come to the program, and in the early years of operation this was easy to do. Comparatively Com-paratively few persons eligible for Social Security tjeMeYitsT'ftere retiring while vast numbers were contributing con-tributing to the program. The post-World-War-II "baby boom" sent un-precendentedly-large numbers num-bers into the work force beginning m the 19(io's greatly increasing contributions con-tributions into Social Security and providing a ration of approximately three active and contributing con-tributing workers to each person drawing retirement benefit. However, these same "baby boom" workers will start reaching retirement age soon after the turn of the century, while in the meantime the national birthrate has been declining for nearly two decades. The ratio of active workers to retired persons is expected to drop from 3-to-1 to about 2-to-l, with obvious ob-vious attendant problems to Social Security funding. No. 13-3, located near Coalville, Utah, and deepen the hole to 20,000 feet. The project is scheduled to resume by March 1, 1979. Colorado Energetics, Inc. drilled the exploratory well and on July 12, 1977, temporarily tem-porarily abandoned it at a depth of 17,301 feet. , f4 LetersfcBdibr f (Only signed letters 'No Charge!' Dear Editor: I would like to relate my experience of January 29th to the Park City people. I made the mistake of driving my car about 300 feet past the last house in Deer Valley. In trying to back out, I slipped off the firm surface and became stuck. Deciding to call a wrecker I borrowed the use of the phone belonging to the sweet woman living in that last house. (She warned me against calling for this service). ser-vice). First I called Butko's station across the street from the 7-11 store. It was not yet 5:00 p.m. I was informed in-formed I could not expect assistance until past 10:00 p.m. as others were ahead Needs A Subscription Folks of a Fine Newspaper: I miss it and need a subscription sub-scription badly. I hear you've had a helluva winter good for you. Kinda rainey in Sitka. But the skiing is excellent. No snowmobiles in the backcountry! Hurrah! But we have to ski with a 44 magnum on our side, lots of Brown Bear. We are trying desperately to set up a rope tow. But A Matter Of Privacy Editor: The religious Coalition For Reproductive Freedom has been formed in Utah to work to protect freedom of choice for Utahns in reproductive matters. The coalition is composed of people from religious'' denominations which , have taken positions that support ' this freedom of choice. These denominations represent a majority of all major United States religious denominations, and their position represents the views of a majority of U.S. citizens. Today is the sixth anniversary an-niversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision which guaranteed that abortion abor-tion is a matter of privacy between a woman and her physician. Our coalition supports that decision. Some people feel that their particular view of morality and religion should dictate the freedoms afforded to all people. These people, representing a minority point of view, are working to outlaw or severely restrict access to abortion in Utah and other states. We feel that any attempt to outlaw MAEDEL'S Sales and Service BODY SHOP Welding KilbyRd. West of " will be published.) of me. Next I called Cliff's Chevron at Kimball Junction. Junc-tion. Ini,;.-lly. got the 10:oo p.m. routine but the owner happened in and would come now-after I understood under-stood prices. It seems rates consist of a "hook up fee" plus $35.00 an hour PLUS $100.00 if they put their truck into 4-wheel drive. The woman's very pregnant daughter and son-in-law helped dig and push the car out. NO CHARGE! My thanks to these lovely people. A ski resort town such as Park City requires available and somewhat reasonable towing service. Charlene Nestel city council needs a lot of push from us skiloffin folk. Could you believe a small resort in Sitka, Alaska. Throw a few turns and stop to look out over the ocean! It's very different. Thanks for listening. Hope we can set something up. LeRoy & Petie General Delivery Sitka, Alaska 99835 abortion that is not based completely on secular non-religious non-religious grounds is a direct assault on the freedom of conscience protected by the First Amendment. That amendment guarantees that no law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, ,pr prohibiting the free exercise of religion. The United States Civil Rights Commission maintains main-tains that since abortion "....is a matter of religious controversy and no choice can be rationalized on a purely secular premise, the people, by outlawing abortion abor-tion through the amending process, would be establishing one religious view and thus inhibiting the free exercise of religion (by) others." As a group which represents the views of a majority of Americans, we urge our elected officials to reject any anti-abortion legislation and thus protect the freedom afforded us by the Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court to protect our own religious beliefs in matters related to abortion. Coalition for Reproductive Freedom Gorgoza 649-9802 700 vmd To twm so He |