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Show Orem-Geneva Times Thursday, February 17, 1972 CT73 ISP ILLUMINATING THE PROBLEMS. THE PEOPLE. THE ISSUES OF OUR TIME, Complete Orem's "White Way" As Orem City undertakes to re-new one residential street lighting district in the Morningside Heights Subdivision and to construct con-struct a new lighting project in the area surrounding 500 South 500 East, the need for Increased street lighting throughout the city has been a subject of concern by a number of citizens in recent weeks. This is only natural as the community experiences an accelerated growth residential resident-ial in nearly every area of town, and commercially com-mercially along Orem's State Street. For, with the influx of more people come more of the problems which large concentrations of people bring with then. STREET LIGHTING is one effective means of coping with some of the problems which an increasing population brings. According to some authorities, good street lighting cuts crime by 40 percent nationwide, nation-wide, and it reduces traffic accidents at night, frequently by 50 percent or more. Good street lighting saves lives by reducing nighttime traffic fatalaties, sometimes by 70 percent. By reducing accident costs the savings may amount to three times the cost of the street lights. Other benefits from good street lighting include greater retail sales through increased night activity and window shopping. In addition, real estate values are favorably affected by good street lighting. FIRE PROTECTION is often improved by good street lighting in both residential and commercial areas. In light of Orem City's progress towards becoming an up-to-date metropolis an expansion ex-pansion of the city's street lighting program would seem to be high on the list of priorities for municipal improvements. Residentially, there is no reason why any subdivision or heavily populated area need go without street lighting. Upon petition or ' request of the residents of such an area, the Orem City Council will set up a special improvement lighting district through which the costs of erecting street lights and power costs can be equitably shared by the benefitting bene-fitting property owners. THE COSTS OF SUCH districts are apportioned on a front-footage basis, and in most cases the property owners are more than willing to pay the nominal amounts assessed to them on an annual basis. Street lighting of State Street is another matter which by its very nature should be handled under a different kind of program. Up until 10 years ago the lighting on State Street had been limited to a few lights near the 800 North and 800 South business areas, along with light poles on certain street corners. However, in 1960 the Utah State Department Depart-ment of Highways proposed the construction of an extensive street lighting project along State Street. Under the proposal, the State would allocate poles and lighting equipment costing $103,000 toOremCity over a three-year period. EACH YEAR, the city would install one-third one-third of the poles at the city's expense. At the end of the three years the project would be completed. The first phase of the White Way extending ex-tending from 400 North to 400 South was put into operation in December, 1961. The installation cost $7,500, and the monthly power cost per pole was set at $4.25 under a contract with Utah Power and Light Company. Thus, for the 102 units equipped with 21,000 lumen mercury vapor lamps, the power bill was $433.50 per month, or about 2? per month per person in Orem. Following the completion of the first phase of the 'White Way," the State was prepared pre-pared to furnish funds to purchase the next section of lights. However, at that time the Orem City Council decided to hold up the completion of the project pending further study as to its over-all value and cost. NOW, OVER 10 years has gone by since the last light was installed along State Street. During that time, the complexion of State Street has changed dramatically, and the need for more street lights have, if anything, increased. The area south of 400 South, particularly, is in need of modern street lighting as construction of the University Mall and other commercial developments generate a growing amount of traffic. Whether or not the State is still ready to allocate sufficient funds to complete Orem's "White Way' project remains to be seen, but somehow, a way must be found to complete this badly-needed improvement before too many months go by. r" r IB minomMm twin , nun i rr FW r Choose Help Carefully IRS Warns Tax Payers Need help with your income tax return? If you do and you seek professional help, be sure to select only qualified and reputable rep-utable advisors, the Internal Revenue Service payers today. advised tax- THE BUILDING for the 19th-38th Wards of Orem located on 700 South and 800 East is now under construction. The building is being constructed to accommodate at least two wards meeting at the same time. The building site is large enough to enable off-street parking for the members. Problem Drinkers Behavior Points to Warning Signals Since alcoholism in the vast majority of instances, is a progressive pro-gressive disease during which glaring warning signals are set up by the problem drinker's behavior, be-havior, any abuser of alcohol can personally measure his patterns and determine for himself whether or not he has become a victim of this killer disease. Once an alcoholic has accepted that fact and asked for help, he has a chance to recover. This article describes some of the warning indications which point toward the fact that the problem drinker is making the transition into the state of an alcoholic, for which there is no cure. At any stage of alcoholism, even near-fatal conditions, arrest of the disease is possible. SHATTERING SYMPTOM Rare appearances of any of the symptoms do not mean definite alcoholism, but continual experiences ex-periences with them almost always do. Probably the most shattering symptom of alcoholism alcohol-ism is the 'blackout. This practice of "pulling a blank" is not a mere 'passing out" experience when the drinker folds up and sleeps it off, usually "like a slob". The latter is bad enough, but the' blackout is capable of creating sheer terror. After a few drinks, the victim, without showing any or little obvious ob-vious change in behaviour, undergoes under-goes a total lapse of memory. The drinker in 'black-out" is not outwardly drunk in the vulgar vul-gar sense of the term. He acts no differently from others at a party, but he lives in a coma during a period of time. Sufferers Suffer-ers often "come-to" the next morning remembering nothing of the preceeding evening and may not even know how they got home. Stories are common of those who rush out to hunt for their cars, to learn if they show crash signs. This man places more importance import-ance on alcohol than do most drinkers. Not wanting others to know of this growing dependency depend-ency and hence be known as 'a drunk", he gulps on the sly. BECOMES OBVIOUS This person is clever in his manner of getting refills without being obvious, downing drinks left unattended, parking extra drinks for quick pick-ups or helping the host to mix and serve so that he can sneak extras. When this type of drinking becomes be-comes obvious to his friends and associates, the sneak drinker feels a drop in acceptance by the group and frequently is impelled im-pelled to get a head start on every party or social gathering by having several drinks before showing up among others. He feels this will cut down the necessity neces-sity of conniving to sneak more than his share. He falls into the habit of pre-judging affairs as dull or "dry" gatherings and won't take a chance at being bored or made thirsty. FEELS NEED By arriving with a heavy liquor breath, the drinker Invariably attracts at-tracts suspicion and he often is gradually eliminated from guest lists. This inevitably directs him toward isolation drinking. Highly significant of the progression progres-sion of alcoholism is the move to gulping drinks. Sipping and leisurely consumption no longer satisfies because such styles cannot give an immediate and potent po-tent reward. The imbiber now feels he NEEDS to drink. The quicker it goes down the better. The glow of partial intoxication, with its release from the increasingly painful realities of life, is best achieved by quickly downing liquor, liq-uor, as opposed to the socially-approved socially-approved practice of sipping, which becomes laborious. SEE PROBLEM He becomes aware friends recognize rec-ognize his problem, are concerned con-cerned and often discuss it among themselves. But he doesn't want them talking to him about it. Other signs leading toward an acute stage will be covered in the next article. Meanwhile, readers may get information and aid today if they telephone 437-3276 437-3276 the Utah Alcoholism Foundation Foun-dation - or the Utah State Division Di-vision of Alcoholism and Drugs - 328-5468. We Care. While most tax practitioners are competent and honest, Mr. Wise alerted taxpayers to these potential danger signals; Never sign a blank return;' Do not sign a tax return prepared pre-pared in pencil (it can be changed later); Avoid the advisor who "guarantees" "guar-antees" refunds, wants a percentage per-centage of the refund, or supposedly sup-posedly knows all the angles; and Be on your guard if it is suggested sug-gested that your refund check be mailed to the advisor. Mr. Wise said a profssional advisor should sign the tax return re-turn he prepares on the line provided pro-vided and you, the taxpayer, should record his name and address ad-dress for future reference. Danny Burmingham Completes Course Navy Seaman Apprentice Danny M. Burningham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith P. Burningham of 245 North 800 East, Orem, Utah, graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego. He is a 1970 graduate of Orem High School. 100 FIREPROOF ZONOLITE ATTIC INSULATION Combustability Zero Smoke Zero Flamespread Zero DO-IT-YOURSELF In new or over old insulation. Just pour it between the joists and level leaves no heat leaks. Call Your Local Lumber Dealer HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR ELECTRIC HEAT The popularity of electric heat is growing rapidly. One reason is the factual, convincing answers to the most frequently asked questions. For example: Orem -Geneva Naval Personnel Times Seminar Feb. 19 MEMBER OF THE HAROLD B. SUMNER Editor and Publisher Published every Thursday at Orem, Utah. Office and plant located at 546 South State Street. Mailing address; P. 0. Box 65, Orem, Utah 84057. Subscription price: $3.50 per year. Second-class postage paid at Orem, Utah. A seminar designed to provide current information concerning rights and benefits for all retired re-tired naval personnel in Utah is scheduled Saturday, Feb. 19, at Ft. Douglas. LCdr. D. J. Liddle, commanding command-ing officer of the U. S. Naval Reserve Center here, said the two-hour seminar is open to all Navy and Marine Corps personnel person-nel who are retired or members of the Fleet Reserve. LCdr. Liddle said the seminar will cover rights, benefits and privileges available in Utah for retired personnel. He said other questions concerning retirement, plus the latest Navy Department directives on retired personnel will be covered at the meeting, and comments from retired personnel per-sonnel will be solicited. The session is scheduled for 9 a.m. in Building 106, Soldier's Circle, Ft. Douglas, adjacent to the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City. For further information contact: con-tact: LCdr. D. J. Liddle, USNR U, S. Naval Reserve Center, Ft. Douglas, Salt Lake City. Phone: 582-1421. mi t axpayers Ask 1Kb A 0 (1 1 TlTTfTil 0 This column of questions and answers on federal tax matters is provided by the local office of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public service to taxpayers. The column answers questions most frequently asked by taxpayers. Q) What effect will the new tax law have on the amount of tax withheld from my paycheck pay-check in 1972? A) As a result of changes in the withholding system for 1972, single employees earning earn-ing up to $25,000 a year and married employees, whose spouses are not employed, with earnings up to $31,000 a year, can generally expect to have their full tax withheld. with-held. Wage earners should determine de-termine if it is necessary to file a new withholding exemption exemp-tion certificate (Form W-4) to avoid overwithholding and unnecessary reductions in take-home pay. Specifically, employees should (1) claim all the withholding exemptions exemp-tions to which they are entitled, en-titled, (2) claim the new "special withholding allowance" allow-ance" if. single and earning $25,000 or less or if married and earning $31,000 or less (allowance may not be claimed if employee has more than one job), and (3) claim the "additional withholding allowances" al-lowances" shown on the back of Form W-4 if their itemized item-ized deductions are substantially substan-tially larger than the standard stand-ard deduction. Q) I was out on strike last spring. Do I have to pay tax on the strike benefits I received re-ceived then? A) Yes, strike benefits are taxable, unless the facts clearly show they were intended in-tended as a gift. See IRS Publication 525, Taxable Income In-come and Nontaxable Income, for complete information. It is available free by dropping a postcard to your IRS district dis-trict office. Q) What transportation expenses ex-penses are deductible that are not business related? A) You may deduct as a charitable contribution unreimbursed unre-imbursed out-of-pocket transportation trans-portation expenses directly attributable to services you render to a charitable organization. orga-nization. If you use your own car, instead of actual expenses ex-penses you may use the rate of six cents per mile to determine de-termine your deductions. Transportation expenses necessary to get medical care are also deductible in the same way. However, these expenses are subject to the three percent rule for medical medi-cal expenses. Transportation expenses in connection with education and moving may also be deductible. de-ductible. Details can be found in two booklets: IRS Publication Publi-cation 508, Tax Information on Educational Expenses, and Publication 521, Tax Information Infor-mation on Moving Expenses. They're both available free by dropping a postcard to your IRS district office. Q) Have there been any changes in the Social Security Tax rate for 1972? A) No. The rate remains at 5.2 percent for both employers em-ployers and employees. However, How-ever, the maximum amount of wages subject to social security secur-ity tax has been increased to $9,000 for wages paid in 1972. Q) How much is the percentage per-centage standard deduction this year? A) On your 1971 return the standard deduction is 13 percent of your adjusted gross income up to a maximum maxi-mum deduction of $1,500. Thus, if your adjusted gross income is $11,000 and you take the standard deduction, that deduction would be 13 percent of $11,000 or $1,430. If the adjusted gross income is $16,000, the standard deduction de-duction would be the maximum maxi-mum of $1,500 since 13 percent per-cent of $16,000 is $2,080. Q) Where can I get information infor-mation on the tax obligations of operating a business? A) Contact your IRS district dis-trict office for a copy of "Tax Guide for Small Business." This 160-page booklet, which costs only 75 cents, will aid you in finding the answers to tax questions that arise in starting, operating and disposing dis-posing of a business. This publication is also available at many Post Offices. What about the oxygen supply in a house insulated as recommended for electric heat? Wouldn't the house be "stuffy"? This question is sometimes raised by those considering baseboard, base-board, or ceiling heat rather than electric forced air. And the answer is no. The federal government and architects are continually continu-ally upgrading the insulation requirements for all construction to save energy regardless of heating fuel used. Using the best present methods of.insulating and building construction, several times as much oxygen as is needed by a large family will still infiltrate into a house that is well insulated for electric heating. And since electricity consumes no oxygen, talk of "thermos bottle houses" is unrealistic and misleading. 0 r m3 ! o lyo Make sure air fitters are clean. On circulating air electric heating systems, you may have regular filters or electrostatic precipitators. Both should be kept clean. Someday You'll Probably Heat Electrically. Why Wait? UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. |
