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Show Letters Dear Editor, As one disappointed Citizen with the actions of our County Commissioners on passage of the zoning ordinance, I would like to shed some light on statements state-ments published Wednesday, December 22, 1976 in the Daily Herald titled 'County Commissioners Commis-sioners PassZoningOrdinance. There are a few items in this article which do not correspond with the way things really are. A group of citizens were accused of not presenting both sides of the questions. This group has urged the citizens to purchase a copy of the ordinance and read it, many portions have been read and discussed at meetings around the county to inform them-now I ask you, Mr. Yukus Inouye, how does this compare with the County's role of informing us? You might have stated in the article that only approx 25 copies of the ordinance was originally printed to inform the entire County population not to mention the "one" official imp plus one public hearing which, by the way, was held on opening day of General Gen-eral Conference, October 1, 1976 at 10:00 a.m. One side of the question is the ordinance in its present form. It would seem this group of citizens cit-izens who own property, or those who might want to own property in the unincorperated areas of the county. (Not a cup of honey for the city residents either, I wonder won-der who they have in mind to make up the tax base which would be lost thru the Al. CE1, CE2 zones etc ???) Now then, by presenting your side of the question-we have very effectively presented our side because most everyone who reads this document finds it too restrictive, discriminatory and right down disgusting to say the least. You have suggested this group is against zoning period-Mr. period-Mr. Inouye, we are for what is best for the people and "No Zoning would create chaos; however, how-ever, I must admit there are places pla-ces in the county where "No Zoning" would probably be sufficient suf-ficient for many years to come. Zoning which is too restrictive will create problems of equal magnitude as this type of zoning robs the people of their rights and most of us will only tolerate that to a point, then we fight back. You indicated we have misrepresented misre-presented the proposed changes-I changes-I can tell you for a fact-five days after receiving my copy of proposed changes fromtheCom-missioners fromtheCom-missioners Office, they were read and discussed at a meeting in Lehi to approximately 300 citizens in attendance on December Dec-ember 14, 1976. Now, County Commissioners, if your intentions were as stated, why was the ordinance passed in its original form without these changes of "good faith", which by the way are still too restric Super Savings Good Jan 1 S'' Color Ftf, tv antenna Antenna Most 50' flat 300 ing hardware end mounting 21 CO smoke detector We have fruit dryer compenents at low cost 8:00 am - 6:00 pm weekdays 8:00 am -1:00 pm Saturdays Jiatvia GP.GOT3G I If tS SOUTH STATE OHM, To Ed i tor tive, discriminatory, and infringe upon peoples rights and freedoms. When something is wrong-making some changes doesn't make it half right. Now if you haven't already guessed, I am a citizen against this zoning ordinance and land use document as presently written. writ-ten. I would like to express my gratitude to those citizens who started opposing this document in the beginning and educating some of the rest of us as to what was taking place.You might say-I have become one of them. I encourage all county citizens to read and become informed on this zoning ordinance. Do your best to be in attendance to the public hearing to voice your opinions. The County has scheduled sche-duled this hearing for January 31, 1977. Watch the papers for the time and place.-likely 10:00 a.m. in room 311 in the County building. Now Mr. Commissioners, I am sure your jobs there are not easy. However, in carrying out your duties and responsibilities I hope you don't overlook the rights and freedoms of the citizens of this fine county. Respectively, Lloyd R. Brooks Dear Editor: The Slater family would like to express their thanks to their friends and everyone who helped in any way during the recent death of our wife and mother, Hannah L. Slater. Your kindness and sympathy at that time was more deeply appreciated than any words of thanks can ever express. Special thanks to Scott Wilkins for the lovely services and to Mary Jenkens and the ladies of the relief society for the wonderful won-derful lunch they prepared for everyone after the funeral was over. Thank you all, we will never foget your kindness. The Slater family Jesse L. Slater Barry L. Slater Linda D. Miller APT. FOR RENT Unfurnished: Comfortable, convenient 2 bedroom, bed-room, all new four-plex, wash dry hookups, ample parking, near rear exit, 385 East 600 North Orem, $160 mo. 225-7191. 225-7191. J-6-13-20-27-wm The United Way suggests that contributors not give to agencies that send free mechandise in the mail. The United Way is giving funds to the cancer research and education edu-cation areas through a partnership partner-ship arrangement withtheAmer-ican withtheAmer-ican Cancer Society. 6 to Jan 15 12-2 WIRE with Ground $16 99 Per 250' Box Copper 2 conductor with ground. Use for light outlets, general house wiring. Compare Com-pare this low crice. kit including ohm tv wire $L29 U $9100 UTAH PHONE 225-4459 $ 50 WHICH b -fH IRRGgW KUOWKT Nft-oiRRL eeicx w -m world ? vPuuev was owce occupied w r wKfcRT INVHnU S&R RND fH6 flRlPGg is n evMMefRicRu gRMPi.e of SfRERM 6R06I0N WW AT ACCOMPLISHMENT ANDREW JrCKSOU Tof UP "THc UHlTtP SThTcS? r 7 MEN R3filUf A SRffiSH Internal Revenue Lists Changes in Tax Laws Individual taxpayers filing tax returns for 1976 will notice several sev-eral changes in the law resulting from recent passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1976, the Internal Revenue Service said. Before preparing their returns the IRS cautioned, taxpayers should carefully read instructions instruc-tions they will receive with their tax packages in order to be aware of changes in the law. Preparers who fill out their returns should also make sure they provide anEmployee Identification Identi-fication of Social Security number num-ber on the return. The IRS also stressed that some new provisions in the law become effective on January 1, 1977, or later and, therefore, have no bearing on filing 1976 returns. One provision in the legislation affecting virtually everyone filing fil-ing a 1976 return, the IRS said, is the general tax credit. This provides a tax credit of $35 for the taxpayer .s well as for each person listed as a dependent, or 2 percent of the first $9,000 of taxable income, whichever is larger. la-rger. For a family of four claiming the credit, according to the IRS, and earning in excess of $9,000 in taxable income, the 2 percent alternative, or$180. Larger families fam-ilies with six or more dependents should use the $35 per dependent computation, the IRS said. Another result of new legislation legisla-tion for 1976 returns, the IRS said , is that more individuals will be able to claim earned income credit which is designed to benefit low-income working families. To qualify for credit, of up to $400 a year, a worker's total income for 1976, including earned income, must be less than$8,000 In addition, individuals must have paid more than half the cost of keeping up either on owned or rented home for themselves and for their child who was under 19 years of age or who was a full-time full-time student, or for their disabled dis-abled child who is a dependent. Married taxpayers must file a joint return to claim the credit. Prior to the new legislation, for a family to qualify for credit, the child had to be a dependent and there were no special provisions pro-visions relating to disabled children. ch-ildren. Here's how earned income credit cr-edit works: An eligable working work-ing family is allowed to subtract sub-tract from taxes owed 10 percent per-cent of the first $4,000 of income in-come earned. Credit is reduced proportionately by the amount of adjusted gross income over $4,000 before disappearing when the family's income hits $8,000. A taxpayer whose earned income credit exceeds the amount of taxes owed receives a check from the Government, the IRS said. Another change for 1976 returns, re-turns, expected to benefit millions mil-lions of taxpayers, is the leb-eralization leb-eralization of child care benefits. Generally, taxpayers who incur expenses for the care of children or disabled dependents in order to work for a living can take a tax credit of $400 for one dependent and $800 for two or more. Under old rules, according to the IRS, the taxpayer was entitled enti-tled to a deducation rather than a credit so that only taxpayers who itemized deducations could benefit. In addition, the deducation ded-ucation had only been allowed to taxpayers working full-time The credit has also been extended ex-tended to divorced or separated parents who have custody of a child for more than six months of 1976. Taxpayers will find that the .omnium standard deducation increased to $1,700 for single persons and $2,100 for couples filed jointly. Standard deducation deduca-tion is 16 percent of adjusted gross income with a ceiling of TELL Ml HOW LONG WAS GRMCt A -TURKISH rpoviNtis v fR0MU vweu ewt PROPeiLED PRESIDENCY RtfCE OFlz'jOOd $2,400 for single persons and $2,800 for couples who file joint returns. For married persons filing separately, the new maximum max-imum is $1,400, up from $1,300 in 1975, the IRS said. Retirement income credit has been liberalized in seceral ways and the name changed to Tax Credit for the Elderly. First, the credit has been extended to include earned income and is therefore available to individuals age 65 or over regardless of whether they have retirement or earned income. Reduction in credit for one-half of earnings between $1,200 and $1,700 and for all earnings over $1,700 has beenelimimatedashas requirement require-ment that the person must have annual earnings of $600 for 10 years prior to claiming credit. The maxium credit has been increased to 15 percent of $2,500 for single taxpayers age 65 or over and $3,750 for couples filing jointly if both ate 65 or over. There are special rules for couples cou-ples in which one spouse is 65 or over and the other under 65. The maxium credit base , is reduced by one-half of adjusted ad-justed gross income over $7,500 I for single persons and $10,000 for married filing jointly. Also, there are special rules for persons per-sons receiving public retirement income even though they are under 65. Beginning with 1976 returns, most employees will no longer be able to exclude from income money received when absent from work because of injury or illness (i.e., a sick pay exclusion). exclu-sion). Only retirees under age 65 who are permanently and totally tot-ally disabled will be able to exclude ex-clude up to $5,200 per year. However, the exclusion is re-'; duced dollar for dollar adjusted ' gross income, including disability disabil-ity income, over $15,000. The new law also places restrictions re-strictions on taking deductions for business use of a home, or on expenses incurred to rent out a vacation home. Tax tables have been replaced by one tax table which must be usedby those taxpayers with taxable income not over S20.000. Taxpayers who plan ahead might wish to consider or check into new benefits which start with the 1977 tax year, such as an increase in-crease in the maximum deduction deduc-tion for moving expenses from $2,500 to $3,000. In addition, the distance requirement has been reduced from 50 to 35 miles. Taxpayers age 65 or over who sell their homes in 1977 will be able to exclude the entire gain from the sale when the adjusted ad-justed sale price is up to $3 5,000. Beginning in 1977, alimony payments will be claimed as a deduction in arriving at adjusted gross income, similar to moving expenses. This means that taxpayers tax-payers who take the standard deduction will be able to claim alimony expenses, but they must file a long Form 1040 to do so. Beginning in 1977, eligible taxpayers will be able to make contributions to an individual retirement arrangement for their unemployed spouses, the IRS said. Other provisions effective for 1977 cover the treatment of capital cap-ital gains, gambling withholding and estate and gift tax rates. The IRS cautioned taxpayers to read the tax return instructions carefully because of the new legislation. It suggested that taxpayers tax-payers take advantage of the order blank in back of tax packages pack-ages to obtain new revised IRS publications on a variety of tac subjects. They are available at no cost. j 2 151S! tftffURV LlWlL 1830, esc&Mg fi kingdom Wo CORK tr & wtce Re light and vry ertfONGrl &R16B WOOD 16 VftU)RBl A6 IMSULBTlMfi' MRTRIBL fOZ If QOtb NOT HSM'.THfcBT1. All requests from charitable agencies soliciting funds should always state where the money is going, how much is going for overhead, and have their books public and open for inspection. J-B.RJLiq U Li J t Back Pay Available To Unknown Workers The U.S. Department of Labor in Denver is holding $9,759.20 in recovered back pay owed 62 Utah workers. C. Lamar Hohnson, assistant regional administ5ator for Wage and Hour, said money was recovered re-covered from employers for violations vio-lations of the Fair Labor Standards Stand-ards Act and other laws. 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"We are making every effort to see that these workers get the money they earned," Johnson said, 'and it should come in handy to meet holiday expenses STUDY LAMPS LIK'OLO Reg. $24.95 White, Red, Yellow, Orange, Brown CROVMITE 2 Reg $22 50 Sole $ 1 4 .95 Black, White, Red. Yellow, Orange, Brown Avenue Provo, Utah 84801 . mo, Ciu,y 010,c Drtn OI springvine. Utah First Security Bank of Rock Springs, Wyoming First Security Bank of Murray, Utah. N A First Security Stale Bank ot Helper, 'utah First Security State Bank ol Kaysviiie Utah F.DIC Circt Car, Ct-,.- . January 6. 1977 or income taxes, he said. If a worker sees their name on the list, they . should call the Wage and Hour Division in Denver Den-ver on 303837-5504 to report their social security number and present and past places of employment em-ployment for verification. Anyone who knows one of these workers can call the Department to report a more recent address or pass the information on to the worker. The missing workers are listed by last known city of residence resi-dence AMERICAN FORK Robert Jaussi E.K. York PROVO CP. Swan Sol. 5 16.95 377-4202 |