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Show REDUCTION IN EXCISE TAX RATES PASSED ON TO TELEPHONE USERS The reduction in excise tax rates enacted by Congress and approved by President Eisen-. Eisen-. hower will affect every tele-j tele-j phone user in Bingham Canyon, according to Ralph P. Holding, j local manager of the Mountain : States Telephone and Telegraph 1 company. ! j Pointing out that all bills dat-1 ; ed April 1 and thereafter will i reflect the tax reduction, Holding Hold-ing emphasized that all savings j jfrom the reduction go directly to ; the telephone user. Foi example, j a customer paying $3.00 for his, j regular service and using $2.00 ; per month in long distance ser-, vice has been paying 95c month-; ly in excise taxes. Under the new ; excise tax rates, he saves 45c a month or over $5.00 per year, j Other rates are affected propor- j tionately, the manager said. ... r |