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Show II n ijnn i in contract Kancho Trailers, Inc. of Nephi has been awarded a contract from the to be built at sand dunes Utah Senators Jake Gam and Orrin Hatch announced recently that contract totaling for the conof a BLM ad- struction ministrative complex in Juab County has been awarded to P. M, Contractors of Salt Lake City. The complex will be built at the Little Sahara recreation area near the Little Sahara sand dunes in west Juab County. There will be an ad- ministrative building with a first-airoom, a small meeting room, and a display area showing the entire dune area and its features. In addition to that building, there will be a yard for building materials and a d bunkhouse-warehouse- . The heating needs of the complex will be met with a solar energy system. ; 4 Births Recent births as reported to the Times News are: 28 Daughter, born June to Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don Lovell of Nephi. She will be named Kristine Lovell. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jerold Lovell of Leamington and Mr. and Mrs. Dan 0. Johnson of Nephi. Great-grand-moth- is Emiiien-n- er e Orsi of Paris, France. is Emile Caffart of Vil lers, France. ' - 0r ptf frrtMy ynir-- - was $122,655. Ralph Lange of Rancho says that the trailers will be the companys litf than Utah income tax is higher than others Utah individual income tax appears to be . units, somewhat higher than regular of most of the o' her specially modified to be that used as bunk houses for states, the Utah Foundafive to six men. They will tion has concluded. have complete kitchen The organization and toilet facilities. made an recently Rancho was not the of analysis the state's low bidder on the conincome tax, ustract but the company ed t primarily to help got the bid because the state minimum they liked our construcschool program. tion and our method of insulating the trailers. According to the Foundation study, income tax Lange said. collections in Utah last Forest Service year were equal to 2.41 II sets RARE percent of total personal income payments to all individuals in the state. Officials of the United This percentage comStates Forest Service pares with 1.87 percent will hold a public for the entire United meeting on its RARE states and 1.63 percent (Roadless Area Review for the eight Mountain and Evaluation) II proStates. Utah ranked posals Tuesday, August 14th among all of the 1 in states in the percentage Nephi. The meeting will begin of personal income going at 8 p.m. in the Juab for payment of state individual income taxes. County courtroom. The RARE II study The study notes that makes nine different prothe state income tax posals to reclassify the use of public lands in burden in Utah is high at gross along the Wasatch relatively levels income up to Front, including the Mt. Ap$30,000 year. per Nebo area. 95 percent The purpose of the proximately of the families in Utah meeting is to explain the various proposals to have gross incomes members of the public so below $30,000. that they may make inWhile there have been effective some formed, proposals to conresponses to the Forest tinue the present proService concerning their of rates beyond wishes in the pending gression the top bracket of $7,500 reclassification pro- and the top tax rate of posals. 7N percent, the FoundaFollowing the meeting, tion analysis indicates those attending are insuch a change would that vited to write their com- not produce substantial ments and send them to the Forest Service by OcThe Times-New- s tober 1. The proposals Nephi, Utah will be finalized by the July 27, 1978 end of the year. 30-ft- BLM complex $563,750 Wyy Bureau of Land Management for the production of 17 travel trailers. The contract amount Rancho gets BLM trailer a rtT sup-poi- meeting 3 the ofisets regressive state and local sales tax. A Foundation analysis of taxes paid by typical Utah families reveals that combined in- of added If the present graduation were continued to ION percent, state income tax revenue in Utah would be increased by only nine percent Even if the graduated rates were extended all the way to 15N percent (more than doubling the present maximum rate, the added revenue would only amount to about lb percent. Foundation analyst--explaithat Utah has a amounts come and sales tuxes in revenue. Utah amount to 3.6 percent of gross income for the poverty-leve- l family, 4 2 percent for the family, 5.1 percent for the middle-incomfamily, and 5.5 percent for the high-inlow-lnco- e c ome family r c economy e becomes lationship vi n 9 7 greater per- cent of gross income for the poverty-leve- l family. 15 3 percent for the family, 21.9 percent for the middle-incomfamily, and 25.4 n middle-incom- . When federal income and jiay roll taxes are included, the progressive low-meom- , without the drastic extremes found in many of the other states. Thus, high progressive income tax rates on upper income brackets will not produce the same tax yield as the same tax system would in a stab with large income ex- e The study observes that Utah's state individual income tax, which originally was enacted in 1931, was not considered a good revenue producer in the early depression days. During the more recent period, however, it has become a major revenue producer and now ranks behind only the sales tax and the property tax as a source of state and local tax revenue in Utah. Since its enactment in 1931, the cumulative yield from the individual income tax in Utah has amounted to $1,335 billion dollars, with more high-inflatio- the for ompai si ons, i how ev er, property taxes, sales taxes paid on Lug1 or unusual purchases, and other direct and indirect taxes imposed by federal, state, and local government units. tremes. Utahs progressive state income tax mort ::n FLEA MARKET SELL BUY TRADE 5 August (Sdturc1 and H s Pi 1 2 c I i I , (,. Space open to Church : with coupon Chur Sunday I (fh ? t In Booth Fees Western Straw Hats leans "Faded Glory" and Vi Mt. Pleasant, Utah 84647 - Please indicate date or call Mens Colored Tee Shirts 462-301- 4 3 Day 5 p m - Bat ( k b 10 a m f Wednesday. Kimo's Kamera 53 North Main - Nephi,. Utah Farah Polyester Slacks THE - Friendly Service Allen's Foodfair J&J The Toggery Christensen's Nielson Dept. Store Chapman Furniture The Cover Up Mr. Kvvik's f off pair ' 19 North Main 623-037- 6 At these fine stores ii Oil' If "Movin on' by Monday at n P $10 ($15 both days) lk,v n s, $5 ($10 both days) Chuah tun Send to FLEA MARKET BOX A FILM PROCESSING 30th All Items in the Store Business, In July 27c h to July SALE Moonlight Madness Sale i umbo. ir "1 H - ar(e Pruc good Ihur i Friends at the Chamber of Commerce Forsey's I 1 Join your neighbors and Pharmacy Pizza do not include Friday, July 28ih From 7:30 to 10 p. art Moonlight Special MOONLJGE 1 These family. c ly $189 million. ,vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvwvvvxvvv i high-incom- year Mr. K wilts n e pi i cent ended June 30, 1978, individual income tax receipts totaled near- than half this total, or $683 million, being realized in the past five years. During the fiscal 88 S'! 8 8 RY Nephi, Utah |