OCR Text |
Show Utah Power & Lignt Co. Ms Electric late loosi Utah Power & Light Co. recently applied to the Public Service Commission of Utah for permission to raise its electric rates to recover and ilow through higher costs already incurred. in-curred. The application is not one seeking to increase allowa AS BY SMALL BUSINESS A Time of According to reports from informed sources, it is quite likely that the new Congress will take up for serious consideration consid-eration some sort ot a national health insurance plan. While there is opposition of undetermined strength to the xw in nen' Retails involved in this area, it is perhaps well to consider the choices in the event the proponents outnumber outnum-ber the opposition. According to all information secured by the National Fud oration of Independent Business, Busi-ness, it seems quite obvious that small and independent operations cannot stand any increases in payroll taxes and survive. This perhaps best illustrates il-lustrates the dilTerence between be-tween small and big business. Big business merely passes along these payroll increases to the buyer, a recourse not open to the smaller firm. There are basically three plans. Two of them, known as the administration plan and the "LtMincdy nlzn would impose ; tax of 1 per cent on the employee em-ployee and 3 per cent on the employer. The difference is that under the administration plan the navrotl tax s coLccletl would be invested with private insurance firms as carriers. I'ndcr the Kennedy plan, the government with an agency similar to, or perhaps the same agency that handles Social Security would be the carrier. '-National Federation of Independent Business I U -13 w U is J U CLEARANCE 10 IFF HURRY! Buy now at the BIGGEST SAVINGS EVER! PAIIT SETS Reg. to $24.99 W1450 HANDBAGS Reg. to 8.00 50 OFF 3 SLEEPVEAR Reg. to 7.99 W tl 7 mode G 61 West Main ble earnings, but merely to pass through cost increases based on 1974 investment in plant, and to recover increased costs of fuel and purchased power. The increase in-crease would apply to all general gener-al service classes of customers with residential customers' ,. ... HEARD HEARD Decision The third most discussed plan is advanced by the American Ameri-can Medical Association and is known as "media-edit." Under this plan, individuals would get a credit against their income in-come tax for the premiums paid for health insurance. At the poverty level, those premiums pre-miums would be paid out of the Federal Treasury. Many in government oppose tax credits on general principles, princi-ples, and will probably oppose the "medicredit" concept on the basis that payiiig the premiums pre-miums of the poor would be a loss to the Treasury. On the other hand, the'Treas-ury the'Treas-ury is not distinct and apart from the general economic health of the country and the picture must be viewed in its entirety. As already stated, taxes on payrolls inflate prices of the products of big business, and in many cases destroys small business. Therefore, these factors must be balanced off against any loss to the Treasury. Regardless of how one feels about federal medical insurance, insur-ance, no matter what claims are made during the debate on the subject in the halls of the Congress, it is important to bear in mind that any plan will cost money, one way or the other. There is no other way. o COATS Reg. to $40.00 '0 OFF SWEATERS Reg. 9.0Q $450 0 PANTYHOSE Reg. 99$ O FAIR o'day - Am. Fork KirTTmA- erf rates increasing about 16 (er-cent (er-cent (or about $2.50 per month) for the average residential customer. The maximum increase in-crease to any one class of customer would be 16.55 percent, per-cent, the minimum increase 118 percent (to public street and highway lighting). In its application, the utility said that the increase is necessary neces-sary to recover higher costs already al-ready incurred as a result of actual financing rales on 197-1 construction which were higher than those allowed by the commission com-mission in the last rate case, increased costs of coal brought about by recent wage settlements settle-ments negotiated by the United Mine Workers, and other increased in-creased costs allocable to electric elec-tric service in Utah. Also affecting affect-ing costs is the November, 197-1, failure of the company's .'MO.IMO kilowatt, third unit and Ihe cost of replacement power from neighboring utilities. V Oread Mixer Combination ONLY... Hurry! Only A Few Left rv ft ' u r ji 1 it t itifmmt i- In December of 1973, the utility utili-ty applied for rate relief and was granted an average increase in-crease of 16.7 percent effective in September. The firm's president. E.A Hunter, said the company has exercised the most stringent control on rising costs, and that the firm would like to avoid increasing the rates, but, "we believe the alternatives would not be in the public interest. The alternatives would be deteriorating deterior-ating service, numerous service interruptions and ultimately, curtailment of our construction schedule leading to inability to provide connection to new homes, apartments and businesses. busin-esses. Utah Power & Light Co. will continue to make every effort ef-fort to hold rising costs to a minimum," Hunter said. Utah Power, which serves about 27i,(XM) customers in Utah, estimates thai the increase in rates will produce additional revenue of approximately $211. .'i million in 1975. A couple were being inter viewed on I heir ("mlilen Wedding Anniversary. "In all that lime-dul von ever consider divorce'.'" they were asked "Oh. no. not divorce." Ihe lit lie old ladv said, "but some-limes" some-limes" - she paused and winked al her husband - "murder!" it Wheat Mills Q i I CARPET SWEEPER With Any Combination Mill & Bread Mixer (Special above excluded) Bernard Food 250 East 800South-Orem Ph. 225-4333 (Behind 7-11) u: 11 1 ri '.' ; il'IKWi (Cfl -ii if I it L t$ i - t,t j dJi j t Vets, Here's Your Answer Q-I)oes the compensation check I receive monthly from the Veterans Administration for 20 percent semi e -1 onnei ted disability include allowances for my children'.' A -No. A veteran's service-connected service-connected disability intra bleated bl-eated 50 percent or more ln-fore allowances can be paid for deK'ndents. ( - I wa s honora hi v d is charged last month after three years of military du'y, none of it in Vietnam. AiV I eligible for the CI Hill'.' A-Yes. Veterans separated after January .'il, 1955, wilh an other than dishonorable dis-e'large dis-e'large after at leasl 1S1 days of . ...c duly, have eligibility for 10 years or until May .'il, 1976, whichever is later Geographic location of service has no bearing bear-ing on eligibility. Q-A service-connected iniurv for whu h 1 received I real men! at a Veterans Administration hospital aboul (wo years ago is giving me trouble again. Will VA treat me again'' A-Yes. and since you have already established service- AT THE PANTRY And t 1 A ( rtitttt m i Wit t s. connection, all vou ini'd do is apply for treatment again. i)-'m a veteran in a stale which has no burial space left m its national cemetery. Does the Veterans Administration pay anything toward cost of burial plots m private cemeteries for such veltT, ms'' A-Yes. Public law 4.t (June 197.i) allows VA to pay up Id m plot and mti-rment costs of veterans not buried in national cemeteries. Q -1 bought a car six years ago w ith an auto grant from the Veterans Administration, and the adaptiv e equipment is wear-in.!', wear-in.!', out Will VA replace this equipment '.' A-Yes. Since enactment ot PI !l-tHii m 1971. V has been authorized to repair or replace adaptive equipment for eligible soivuo disabled veterans. Suggest Sug-gest you apply to your regional VA olbce tor this benefit. Ihe paddle like hind toe of diving ducks helps them go inui h deeper below the water sui late tor food than other species to ADi V Glamor or Bleach Bottle'1 O 4f 1A Let You 338 GL0UYV-D&l7TV'STin09'lAg:9 rVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVW AMI- KH AN PORK U I 11. N i isti have bilateral eve place- mem which means thev can look one way with one eye and the other way with the other. I he pileated woodx'cker can lot ale wood boring larvae inside a tree by the sound they make. -g VS e6?6 NS NA Sng 6 'BY S '0 V V V pi m mw mmm urn m mm attend our "N" Drape and Doll School Register now for Classes Starting Mon., Jan. 20 9:30 am. to 12 noon Fri., Jan. 24 - 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon (Other Class Times can be Arranged) Experienced Instructor Phone 756-4919 174 West Main American A A K . F4088 Joe Show You How Easily Can Own a New East State Read American Fork THURS. JAN. 16. 1975 Exhilaration is that feeling 'nu Set Just after a Sreat idea hlts '0L1- and fore you realize wnat's wronS wi!h il- Any man who cares for only one thing, whatever it is is dan- gerous. "AS CA IN HCW WW. S- 5CVerHiN5 ? " . . . Fork Our Lowest Price Ever n i i for a 100 I Solid-State Console Now Only a CP Zenith |