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Show Two THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, September 4, 1958 THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Published Every Thursday at American Fork, Utah ' by the ALPINE PUBLISHING CO. Entered as Second Class Matter, at the Postoffice at American Fork, Utah, under' the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rate $3.50 Per Year GREAT WAY TO KEEP GOING! HAVE THIS quick, refreshing lift! 270 Million Collected in Utah By Sales Tax in Past 20 Years The pennies collected from the sales tax have added up to revenue reve-nue receipts totaling more than $270 million for the state of Utah during the past twenty-five years. This fact Is revealed by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization, in their latest study of Utah's sales tax. Foundation analysts observe that the 2 Utah sales tax pro in ten states. On January 1, 1958, there were 1,418 municipalities municipal-ities and counties using the sales tax. Several official committees, groups, and public officials studying stu-dying local government finance problems In Utah have recommended recom-mended the adoption of a local sales tax as the means of solv ing the financial dilemma facing The entire matter Is now under consideration by the Utah Legis lative Council. i Nothing does it like Seven-Up! duced nearly f 24- -million ruf4Utah!sprlndpalmuniclpallUes. ing the fiscal year ended June 30, 1958. If the same sum were to be raised from the property tax, a state-wide levy of 19 molls ($19.00 per $1,000 assessed valuation) valu-ation) would be needed. According to the report, Utah is one of 32 states which impose a state sales tax. Washington has a 3-13 state sales tax rate, sixteen states a 3 rate, two states a 2- rate, thirteen thir-teen states (including Utah) 27e rate, Indiana a 38 of i rate, and fifteen states do not have the tax. These rates do not include local sales tax rates which are permitted In a number num-ber of states. California, for example, allows - local units to levy a 1 local sales tax in addition addi-tion to the 3 state sales tax rate, making the total effective sales tax rate equal to 4 In most California cities and counties. coun-ties. Although the sales tax was originally imposed by most states during the depression years as an emergency measure, it has gained renewed popularity during postwar era of economic growth and Inflation. The report re-port points out that ten states and more than 1,400 local units of government throughout the United States have adopted the sales tax since the close of World War II. Foundation officials surmise that is may well be that much of this post-war popularity in the sales tax among the states has developed as a countermovement to high Federal income tax rates. With much of the potential income in-come base pre-empted by the Federal Government, states are forced to turn to consumer spending as a principal source of additional state and local government gov-ernment revenue." The tax study notes that within with-in the past few years an increasing increas-ing number of municipalities throughout the nation have turned turn-ed to the sales tax as a means of solving their local financial problems. Local sales taxes are now imposed by municipalities Back-Log From Citizen News Columns TEN YEARS AGO During the month of August there were 16,721 visitors in American Fork Canyon, and 5.901 went through the Timpan ogos Cave, Thomas A. Walker, reported. For the same period this is the greatest number record. , . : on fn $ aidi 1 Hold on to more of that "extra" easK-an'd b'ank it, with" us! J Peoples State Bank OF AMERICAN FORK ) Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation j All deposits insured to $10,000 j Clarice B. Carter for County Recorder VOTE FOR THE PERSON BEST QUALIFIED TO SERVE YOU Experienced Thoroughly Trained Dependable h L C r' I 1 1 wiZ'&mm iiiiiliinii-id' Devoted to Efficient Courteous Public Service CLARICE BROMLEY CARTER Vote in the Primary Election, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1958 9-4-ltp: Utah Residents Hold 75,000 Shares of , United Steel Corp. Stock NEW YORK, N. Y. Utah residents resi-dents held 75,062 shares of United Unit-ed States Steel Corporation common com-mon stock on June 30, 1958, exclusive ex-clusive of shares held in New York brokers' and nominees' names, the Corporation announced an-nounced today. Holdings of preferred pre-ferred stock by other than brokers brok-ers and nominees in Utah tptaletl 3,505 shares. I Common stock holdings by shareholders residing in the 11 : Western States were listed at 4,454,335 shares by the Corporation, Corpora-tion, while preferred stock own- j ershlp in the same area was list-1 ed at 189,041 shares. j Holdings of common stock In states other than the 11 Western States and Including the District of Columbia and the territories,' total 49,309,177 shares of June 30, 1 1958. Preferred holdings in the same areas totaled 3,413,770. shares on June 30. j A total of 2,423,202 shares of I common stock was owned by residents of foreign countries on June 30, 1958, while foreign hold ings of preferred stock on that date totaled 12,843 shares. ! Geographical ownership i s based on stockholders' addresses j appearing on the records of the Corporation. Miss Mary Peck was chosen as Steel Day Queen for this year Her attendants are Miss Miriam Humphries and Miss Louise Beck. Mr. and Mrs. Alma L. EarLvere home Tuesday afternoon after one of the most thrilling and ex citing trips of their lives. They went by plane to Fairbanks, Alaska, and return in eight days, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bowen re turned home Thursday of last week from California where they visited at Redondo Beach with Mrs. Bowen's sister and family. TWENTY YEARS AGO Mrs. Herbert Hoover, honorary vice president of the. -National Girl Scout Council, heading a contingent of 28 Girl Scouts from 21 states, visited Timpan ogos Cave National Monument Saturday. The party was greeted at the Cave Camp by Thomas A. Walk er, national parks ranger, who described the cave and its geolO' gy to the group. Mrs. Hoover was very much interested in the cavern. . Mrs. John H. Miller and daughters Marie and Marilyn, returned home Wednesday after avisit with Mrs. Miller's mother at Heber City. The Misses Naomi Brown, Ann Parker, Dora Hunsaker and Edith Wright spent the weekend at the Clayson cabin in Ameri can Fork Canyon. Utah Power & Light Co. Receives Award for Industrial Promotion The Utah Committee on Industrial In-dustrial and Employment Planning Plan-ning Wednesday presented Utah Power & Light Co. with its Distinguished Dis-tinguished Service Award for Industrial In-dustrial Promotion. The award, made during the ninth annual Utah Economic Development Conference in Salt Lake City, cited UP&L for establishing estab-lishing a national awareness of the industrial opportunities and vast mineral and other resources in Utah and the Intermountain area. The award was presented UP&L President E. M. Naughton by Otto A. Wiesley, chairman, Industrial Commission of Utah, during a luncheon session of the conference. UP&L's area development promotion pro-motion program is currently in its fifth year of national advertising adver-tising which details the area's potential under the theme "A Treasure 'Chest in the Growing West." The award cited the advertisements advertise-ments for "effectively publicizing publiciz-ing our industrial location advantages, ad-vantages, for making a strong and favorable Impression upon national business and industrial leadership, and resulting in im portant decisions to expand, diversify di-versify or initiate industrial enterprises en-terprises in our intermountain communities." THIRTY YEARS AGO Burglars entered the anteroom ante-room at the rear of the American Ameri-can Fork Co-op Tuesday evening and attested to force the door 10 WONDERFUL FUN-PACKED FUN-PACKED DAYS . . . DON'T MISS .ITI. mm mi The end of the world may come sooner than we think, but we do not think. HALSTROM MOTORS 598 E. State Road "7 , h- i'rr.: : if.-, i , .1- 1 4 "f S 1 . 3 x pumoniirTri i iiwimU HBtoiittil i T i Mark B. Anderson VOTE FOR Mark B. Anderson STATE SENATOR for Utah County District No. 2 Successful farmer and livestock feeder. HONEST, QUALIFIED, CAPABLE, DEPENDABLE Good State Government depends upon good qualified qual-ified leaders. VJ0TE REPUBLICAN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th . Paid Political adv. by Mark B.. Anderson for Republican Senator Committee. '9-4-ltp- leading to the main store. Night I watchman Shelley heard a noise I about 11 pjn. and Investigated but could find no ode. The intruders in-truders likely heard him and made their get-away. . At a meeting held August 17 at the Timpanogos Cave Camp of the cave committee, it was decided that with the cooperation coopera-tion of the Forest Service improvements im-provements were to be again in progress in the canyon. The Primary Associations of Alpine Stake are staging a spec- taculaiJubUw.FrldaziltetnDQn at 3 pjn. in the stake tabernacle basement. Foy Swain Graduates With Honors from BYU Among the 517 students graduating gradu-ating from Brlgham .Young University Uni-versity Friday Vas Foy Clark Swain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Swain of American Fork. He was one of 31 honor students graduating grad-uating with the group. He completed two years at the Utah State University and was then called on a mission to Eastern East-ern Canada. After serving thirteen thir-teen . months he lost his eyesight eye-sight and returned home for medical help. Although he has retained only two percent of his vision he went back to school and with the help of readers earned high gradesin spite of his handicap. He married the former Eleanor Duffin of Salt Lake City, a year ago. She graduated fromthe USU in June and will teach home economics at Lincoln Junior High School this year. They are making their home in Provo where Foy will do graduate grad-uate work toward his masters degree in the field of education and human development. It is surprising how often a busy man can find the time to play a game of golf. See our special quality wedding announcements. Paneled folders as low as $22.95 for 400 sets. Alpine PuDllshing Co., Am. 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