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Show T Frrvrv 10 I ountv li unless M llunsduv, 2 I'tTi UMWA election still not scheduled The date for the court ordered election of a District 22 representativ e to the United Mine Workers of America International Executive Board has not been set nor has the U S which he found to be contrary to federal law. At issue in the case that resulted in the order for a new election in the UMWAs Department of Labors Management Services is upon The us and we are looking back on events that stem, in one way or another, from the signing of a document on July 4, 1776 which says, in essence, "Thank you for the can take it help, but we from lies e " And England, like a reluctant mother, tearfully let us go, wishing she could help, since she knew of the pitfalls we would encounter, but knowing that we must find our own way, and make our ow'n mistakes backward and Looking we do, that as believing, man is essentially good, we cannot help but feel that the good things accomplished have far outweighed the bad But sometimes in our zeal to make sure that the public is not deprived of its right to be informed, we seem to dwell more on the bizarre and the things that are wrong in this country If the news coverage is a sign of the time, it would seem that the year 1976 is destined to be marred by revolutionary action Revolution for the sake of revolution A famous man has said that it is your duty to revolt and not remain silent when things are going wrong There are those among us who take this as their nght to revolt, to burn, to blow'-uto kill, to destroy the property of others-thei- r nght to be heard, or at least make a good enough at XX .1. J. . .f vL kip tempt that it gets into the new s One wonders how many twisted minds across the country are already using Lvnnette Fromme, Patty Hearst, William and Emily Harris, and now, Sarah Jean Mooie, as folk heros, and will view their convictions and incareration as a rallying point for more "New' World Revolt On the other end of the spectrum, we have the group of people who are deciding how to spend the fund apBi Centennial use in for propriated iestoration, rebuilding and rejuvenation It seems that everyone has a worthy project, and each project is more worthy than the next It would seem that the true spirit of the historic year is being inundated by the hue and cry ot "We demand our fair share and in our owm aiea, murmuring against , those in a position to decide American whether the Legion Hall at Green River is more deserving than the Pioneer Museum at Castle Old the or Dale, Presbyterian Church at Ferron One can only hope that the majority of the people will go on as they always have done Trying to keep the w'orld in perspective and the country on an even keel. good Looking for the news" and the good in others and the good in the country t kP T 'T' T T kif kXf 'T' ki T kl procedures for the election ordered when U S Distnct Judge Aldon J Anderson found the December 1973 election for the international executive board position invalid because procedures nominating Administration officially ordered that election As of last week UMWA District 22 headquartered in Price, had recieved no word from the Department of as to dates nr member District 22 was whether the districts requirement that five local unions endorse nominees fot the office violated the 3200 "reasonable opportunity" for candidacy requirement of federal labor laws. union The complaining mem Ur Frank J Roybal, was properly nominated by three oi the 16 locals in the district which constituted 38 percent of the districts total membership, but Rovbu! was not placed on the ballot because the union claimed he had failed to receive the required five Iol a endorsements. The dtric' has since changed Judge Anderson decision took into account the districts argument that such procedures have gone unchallenged for years but said, in light of recent district became requirement has gone unchallenged for nearly two decades, that arguement fails to take into account the nominating changing structural requirt ments j t 5 Emery County9 do their checks compare in size wuth those going to people in other How According to the latest official figures, released by ministration, the Currently, the annual amount going to local read nts is approximately $! 72e 000 Three years ago, it ua- - $1,056 therefore tributions, Ad- their con- were above are locally relatively large And they will be raised automatically from their present level, irom time to time, to adjust for increases in the Consumer Price Index, to which they are now tied They went up 8 percent in July, because of this arrangement As of the beginning of this year, the report shows, payments to Emery County beneficiaries were at the rate of $1,791 per year, compared with $1,247 three years ago It was more than in many parts of the country r n - kl klf kk kj T 'T kL k t kAp 'T X kd TV t L k X accompanied by a be photographed FREE. r a hello - , ONE m Counter Tops (3 Floor Coverings Tile Carpets year guarantee on material & labor) FLOOR COVERING 111 N. 2nd Ph. East-Pric- e 637-261- 0 of COLOR f thank you for your patron our regu!r r stumers and i'- our n rw Tends each rcp ve a PORTRAIT of Fetr 'dren FREE as a g ft purchased! GROUP PORTRAITS w.ll be taken upon request when time and space permit Ftcwever PERSONAL SIZE wiH be one of a single sublet cur store Price Drug Saturday, Oct. 4 Only 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. national 1 t age bv Henri Emile Benoit Matisee hung in New Museum of Modern Art for 17 dus, upside down ! n' 'r'p'T' II ONE PERSONAL SIZE FREE to each family as a gift from our store! Le Bateau 4 size Bring the children in on the dates shown and dress them colorfully, as these are beau tifuhy posed individual por not snapshots Sev traits . eial poses are taken, without and additional charge . low cost portraits may be portrait 1) oiks w mo1 This year, some economy s )e r of children jmb'-- r arr nt qualify for such protection. The total on the receiving end in Emery County, as listed in the latest report, is 965 Three years ago there were 847 Because of the steady increase in the number of beneficiaries and the frequent hikes in the scale of payments, social security money has become a major the because of the district in tha MAGIC A their dependents Each year more and more people in sufficient substantial to frequent! entail sizeable costs your childs portrait Z2M Eligible to receive social security benefits are retired or disabled workers and force is requirement ( average pension payments 5 0(H) nominatio five-loc- increasingly Kitchen Cabinets- - Although the payroll tax to pay for these benefits remains at 5 85 percent each for employee and employer, the tax is now being applied to incomes up to $14,100, instead of $13,200, as before beneficiaries indicates that their and earnings, communities? the Social Security $t i billion will be paid out to nearly 31 million retirees and their families. The amount of money that people become entitled to when they retire is based upon their contributions to the pension fund during their working years The comparatively large benefits now going to local Andersons opinion all noted that the barriers nomination imposed by tl burdensome, as the reduced number of candidates over the years indicates... There is no dispute that Roybal, a willing candidate, Emery County pensions aboveaverage 01 the billions of dollars that pour out of Washington each month in the form of social security checks, how much goes to residents of posed one-fift- h nomination al that, as a consequence, tl successful candidate f International Executiv Board member ran uno locals might have accommodated that change, a such as requirement, the numencal minimum of five locals reorganization, these requirements were unduly burdensome in Although the saying, District argues that the constitutional provision of five-loc- was denied ba'lot status I the five-locprovision ai complexion of the Distnct itself. In 1953, there were 26 locals and in 1973, only 16. Thus, while a fractional approach to nominations by tb J. J, Jjs .t. .b kX kip kip 1 kip r kb kb kl kX X X sl kl ! 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