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Show 4 .Wednesday, Februarys 1977 Page 5 (First of a two part series) "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." "...the real tragedy no one speaks about is the fact that those persons who will probably never need the support of the Amendment are keeping it from those who need it the most-and I mean the 7.2 million single, widowed, separated, or divorced women who are heads of households in this country, and responsible for the livelihood of over 25 million people. Their main problem is simply that they don't make enough money. Women are, and always have been seriously undervalued in terms of earning power. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that, overall, women working full time earn 57 cents to every dollar a man earns." -Vee Carlisle, cosponsor of Utah's ERA. The Equal Rights Amendment was recently ratified by Indiana, the 35th state to do so since 1972. A total of 38 state legislatures must approve the amendment before it can become part of the U.S. Constitution. "It is a crucial year: all the unratified states have legislative sessions in '77 while some have only budget sessions in '78." -MS. Magazine. Of the remaining unratified states, five have been singled out as the most likely to ratify the amendment: North Carolina, Nevada, Missouri, Oklahoma and Florida. The Utah legislature will not vote on the ERA this year. "Whv a f!nnstitntinnal amendment? Throughout our history, legislators have passed numerous laws that mandate or presuppose different dif-ferent roles for men and women. These laws harm all people whose talents, preferences, or life situations make them unable or unwilling to .conform to the stereotype for their sex. In 1971, the Supreme Court began to find some sex-discriminatory laws unconstitutional, but the Court's position vacillates from case to case. In 1974, the Court held that it was not sex discrimination to deny pregnant workers disability payments for their pregnancy-related disabilities when all other workers were entitled to disability payments whatever the cause of their disability. Men, too, felt the impact of unequal laws when the Court also ruled that needy widowers could be denied property-tax exemptions available to widows. Such laws are unjust because they use gender gen-der rather than ability or need to determine an individual's rights, responsibilities, and benefits. But laws can treat people according to their function fun-ction rather than their sex. Laws that keep women off juries have been premised on the belief that mothers want to stay home to take care of their children; such laws can be rewritten to excuse from jury service any person (man or woman) actually engaged in caring for a child or other dependent relative. A law written in this manner protect women and men who need to stay home because of the job they are doing there, and also assures that greater numbers of women, including all those without dependent-care responsibilities, will play a part in the judicial process. Adoption of the ERA is necessary to safeguard to all persons the right to pursue their individual talents and capacities free of sex discrimination mm rm z ITALIAN CUISINE an ch'iiiiU but uhiuil .. FRIDAY 0 SATURDAY SPECIAL Sfokei) tuffeb Sictatoni tUnuil of ffltneBtrDtie. llegetable. (Barlic $reab $5.25 Famous Italian Restaurant is now open ' 7 days a week For Your Dining Enjoyment SERVING THE BEST ITALIAN FOOD WEST OF ITALY t-, i a.-, o ft fa r-. Finances Continued from Page 2 and employment security administration rose by nearly $24 million to $84 million during fiscal 1976. As noted, this unusually large outlay was met by drawing on reserve fund balances accumulated ac-cumulated from taxes on employers for that purpose. Other major areas of state spending in Utah last year, as indicated by the Foundation Foun-dation report, include high-ways-$137 million, public welfare-$104 million, health and hospitials$34 million, and natural resources-$32 million. It was emphasized that these expenditures are for state operations only and do not include disbursements disbursemen-ts by local units of government. Senior Citizens Making A Home For Themselves Continued From Page 1 caused by out-moded sex-role stereotyping in laws and governmental practices. Only by amending our Constitution can we wipe out the sex discrimination that has pervaded our legal system for the past 200 years, and ensure equal justice in the future. ' ' Doesn't the equal-protection clause of the 14th Amendment already eliminate sex discrimination? No. The equal-protection clause of the 14th Amendment was adopted after the Civil War for one central purpose-to prohibit race discrimination." Why not eradicate sex discrimination through statutory reform? First, there is a fundamental difference between statutory reform and constitutional amendment. amendm-ent. Only the latter provides a basic principle, cutting across all areas of official governmental policies and practices. In addition, statutory change is often a slow process. Legislatures generally undertake basic reform only in response to irresistible pressure. The ERA would provide that pressure. . . . Finally, it is easier to pass a sex-discriminatory sex-discriminatory law than to repeal a constitutional con-stitutional amendment. Only the ERA provides protection for the future, ensuring that government gover-nment will not attempt to reinstitute old forms of discrimination. What are some examples of what the ERA will do? The ERA would outlaw securely and permanently per-manently these practices: all discrimination in public schools-from de facto segregatioii of vocational schools to exclusion ex-clusion of women from athletic programs discrimination in public employment such as that which relegates women to the lowest-paid jobs denial of Social Security and other government benefits to the families of employed women, when those benefits are paid to the families of employed men requirements that married women use their husbands' surnames, rather than their own birth names for such purposes as voting or vehicle registration all sex-based legal presumptions with regard to the ownership of marital property, for example, exam-ple, presumptions that all household goods are owned by the husband. Finally, maintenance (alimony) and child-support child-support laws will not rest on the notion that all men are independent breadwinners and all women are dependent caretakers of home and children. Dependent men who have fulfilled homemaker and child-rearing roles will be entitled en-titled to maintenance and child support if their wives are family breadwinners; dependent women in the same situation would continue to be entitled to maintenance for themselves and support for children in their custody. IL J 1 ! i '. ' JLmfffn lit J I yrg -' Shortv' Sorrnson hard at work. had grown and the energy he'd poured into the place. "It sure will be fine when it is done," I said. "Sure will," he said, "and we sure do need it." Otto estimated there are some 60 citizens who will avail themselves of the building and its facilities as a Senior Citizen Club. He hopes that Spring will see their work largely completed com-pleted and the building can begin to operate as a center for those of the retiring years in Park City.. The game room might include a pool table. The fireside room begs for a piano. There is much spirit and silver still needed to realize the dream of these men. The cost to date has been footed by contributions con-tributions and the savings of the participants themselves. them-selves. Money towards lumber, sheetwork. labor must come from like sources. sour-ces. The tangible support of the entire community is called for in this area, as well as the interest, ex-pecially ex-pecially of the senior community com-munity whom the building will serve. "Those guys could all be coming down. Some of them have come down and worked a couple of hours or so." "We started it and we're going to finish it and that's all there is to it," Otto declared. It's an amazing project that speaks of the soul of the senior citizenry. It is an inspiration to an energy toward it together. Donations of time and dollars toward the completion com-pletion are means in which we can all become a part. When spring hopefully vites the senior citizens come make use of their community center. a television and radio would provide some entertainment The Senior Citizens Center. Cen-ter. Everybody will want a place like this someday. Let's get behind it and make it happen. in to Chamber Made By Amanita IVtersmi I' The Park City Chamber of Commerce Board of directors direc-tors elected their officers for the 1977 year at the board meeting held January 27. 1977. at the Kimball Art Center. Cen-ter. President-Hichard Wilde; Government involvement 1st Vice President-Rick Becker; chairman. Ways and Means; membership and finance 2nd Vice President-Laura Thomas;chairman. Communication Com-munication (marketing-publications (marketing-publications ) Secretary-David Fernan-dez;chairman. Fernan-dez;chairman. Community Affairs (major events-cultural, events-cultural, educational i Board meetings will be held the 4th Thursday of every month at 9:00 a.m. Locations to be announced-General announced-General membership is always invited. As is the tradition in the Chamber of Commerce, the retiring President directs a letter to the membership culminating his term. Smitty's Letter January 1st has come and gone, and another is past. I think that we can all agree that 1976 was a good year for Park City. With all the new businesses and the beautification projects and new developments, Park is growing at a good steady rate. Although the present ski season is an overwhelming over-whelming letdown for all of us, I see no signs of giving up; not in those that really ( li.i in lii'i til ( hiii niei'ic care about Park. We have i new Art Center, which could easily become one of the major motivating forces in the Intermountain area, but it needs the support of the town. We have a new Raquet Club located in the Holladay Ranch area which could help stimulate our delicate economy. We have, what I believe to be some of the finest restaurants in Utah. The potential is enormous. Park City has the capability to become one of the great year-round resorts in the U.S., but we must be able to work together in order or-der to accomplish our goals. I personally believe the Chamber of Commerce is one of the best vehicles to use. It takes more than just opening your doors and uttering ut-tering the visitor your best. In order for us all to prosper together, we must be able to compliment each other. The Chamber of Commerce Commer-ce now has some fresh and enthusiastic people on the new board and, coupled with the strides taken in the past year, this coming year should be better than ever. Again, the Chamber needs all of our support-financial, moral and physical.' Aside from these tew depressing moments, and in the continuum con-tinuum they are only moments, we can all look forward to the future with eagerness. Smitty President Park City Chamber of Commerce 1976 Let's get a bit fk moft?tliiht f m. i m Keaay Kilowatt, your friend at Utah Power. This column is devoted to questions and suggestions we receive from our customers. You are warmly invited to participate. par-ticipate. Questions and suggestions regarding electricity, your electric service or energy conservation are welcome. Turn off, or not? Qls it true that it costs less to leave a light on than to keep turning it on and off? A Turning a fluorescent lamp on and off will shorten the life of the tube. Therefore, it is better to leave a fluorescent fixture on for up to 15 minutes min-utes rather than switch it on and off. If it will not be needed for longer than 15 minutes-turn it off. Regular incandescent bulbs, however, should be turned off when not in use. Three-way bulbs in table lamps can conserve energy if they are turned on higher wattages for reading read-ing and lower for conversation. Small wattage bulbs should be used in conversation conver-sation and dining areas. Outdoor security lighting should be put on a timer or photocell unit that turns it off automatically. Comparing costs Which is least expensive to operate my radio, stereo or TV? A A radio is lease expensive, con- suming an average of 86 kilowatt hours of electricity per year. A radio stereo record player combination consumes con-sumes 109 kwh. A conventional tube-type tube-type black and white television uses 220 kwh. Tube-type color TV uses 528 kwh; solid-state color TV about 320 kwh per year. Size of the TV screen and wattage of radios and stereos all have a bearing on energy consumption. Address your questions oi suggestions to Reddy Kilowatt, P.O. Box 899, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110. Due to space limitations, all questions and suggestions cannot be printed in this column, but each will be answered,, ,, t lii;:Ul0q sva A - i-tt Riifmn I IW mmJ u nfprra JVU I AND LIGHT COMPANY "When you're sick or hurt,! can give you some old- fashioned attention'.' r? Tom Ligaro Sliver King Bank 649-9161 "a if 9 " r n See me for State Farm health insurance. " I STATE FARM neighbor, State Farm is there. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Home Office: Bloommgton. 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