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Show UTAH 467 .SALT k James A. Bosh :v three vote getters will be elected to the council. h, Democratic council can- didates are Elwood R. Hall, Richard S. May, incumbent, and Lee A. Scott. The Democrats candidate for mayor is J. Weston Woodbury. The GOPs mayoral candidate is Robert L. Steele, the incum- bent. There will be no primary election. The election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 8. The councilmen will not run against each other. The top 4:2 'V' MM to gather for special priesthood meeting Saturday LDS conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lee A. Scott Frank H. Booth Latter-da- y Saints will be held Saturday and Sunday in Salt take City. The priesthood meeting of the conference will be brought to the area by wire Saturday. All priesthood holders in the Nephi LDS Stake are invited to attend Unemployment in Juab Coun- year (the latest figures priesthood meeting at 6 p.m. in the stake center. ty continues to run high, ac- available), the seasonally adBecause of conference, no cording to a newsletter sent The justed unemployment rate was t by the Utah Depart- 18.5 percent, as compared with meetings will be held in the Times-Nement of Employment Security. 15.6 percent for the same period various wards of the stake For the second quarter of the last year., No employment category saw appreciable increases in the numbers of workers, but mining had a 25.8 percent decline. The district unemployment rate (for Juab, Sanpete, Millard, Sevier, Piute, and Wayne counProof D. of Olsen was not Johnson. Kent 23, Taylorsville. ties) for the same period was ; vo was killed Saturday after11.2 percent, up from 9.3 perinjured. The accident occured at in the cent last year. noon in a motorcycle accident No county in the district had at the Little Sahara Recreation White Sands area. Johnson was taken to the a higher unemployment rate Area. : Reports say Johnsons motor- Juab County Hospital by am- than Juab County, but Sanpete cycle collided with another vehi- bulance, where he was pro- County came closest with a rate cle driven by Hans E. Olsen, 26, nounced dead on arrival. of 14.2 percent. The lowest unemployment rate in the district was in Sevier County, with 7.5 percent. Economic indicators in Juab County continue to fall. Gross taxable sales in the county are off 27.9 percent, Representatives of a local about bringing natural gas to from $6,816 million in 1982 to company talked to the Juab the East Juab County area. $4,915 million in the same County Commission recently The companys principals, period this year. Earl and Wayne Andrews, told Monas sales were off 32.5 the commission they will be percent, from $337,600 in 1982 conducting a phone survey in to $227,900 in the same period the near future to determine if of 1983. citizens in the area would supNephis gross taxable sales were off 11.3 percent, from Exhibitors at the Juab Coun- port the utility. ty Fair may pick up their It would cost about $5 million $22,162 million in the four premium money beginning to- to run the pipeline the 22 miles quarters ending June 30, 1982, four day. to the area, and 84 miles of pipe to $19,656 million in the 1983. be Checks should picked up would be required in Nephi quarters ending June 30, Only Levan showed an inweekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. alone for the distribution in gross taxable sales crease USU Extension office, at the system. from 1982 to 1983. Levans 146 North Main, NephL The Andrews brothers said if sales were $624,300 in the Money from checks not picked up or cashed before Dec. 31 support for the pipeline is evi- period measured this year, as .will return to the fair fund for dent, a corporation will be form- opposed to $609,000 in the use next year. Books for the ed and shares in the venture same period last year, up 2.5 sold. 1983 fair will close that day. percent. - The semi-annu- al Juab unemployment rate is 18.5 percent Motorcycle accident claims Provo man Local firm may bring natural gas to East Juab Fair money now ready - THIRD SOUTH CITY, L'T 84111 A Nice Place to Live! Whooping cough outbreak may keep 200 students out of school A large number of Juab School District students will be excluded from school beginning today because of a recent outbreak of whooping cough in Juab County. District health officer Wayne LeBaron, who ordered the exclusion, estimated Wednesday that anywhere from 200 to 250 students would be banned from school through Oct. 7 because they could not prove they had received adequate protection from the disease. Dr. Calvin R. Durfey, superintendent of. schools, said original estimates put the number at 202 students: 35 out of 600 at the Nephi Elementary School, 35 out of 150 at the Mona Elementary School, 40 firmed in the last week. If no more cases develop, the exclusion order will be lifted Oct. 7. If more cases develop, the health department will have to reevaluate the situation in the county. LeBaron. said the school exclusion was ordered by the department for the best interest of the children. Ive seen these epidemics, and even with our present modem medical science and immunizations they can be very serious, he said. LeBaron also recommends that students excluded from school not participate in any group activities during the such as Scout meetperiod ings, church activities, dancing classes, etc., so they wont continue the chain of infection. Dr. Durfey says local schools will help as much as possible in out of 300 at Juab Middle School, and 92 out of 330 at Juab High School. Durfey predicts that the actual number getting the students 4 Richard S. May LAKE September 29, 1983 Parties announce candidates for city elections The names of those running for election in Nephi have been released by Faye M. Green-halgcity recorder. Running for councilman on the Republican ticket are Frank H. Booth, incumbent, James A. Bosh, and Robert L. Feaman. ZJt Serving East Juab County . V'-o'- J. Weston Woodbury Robert L. Steele HEiLi ASSOCIATION of students excluded will be cut by a third, however, as parents dig through their files to find immunization records. .. Why not just immunize all unprotected students? Its not that simple, says LeBaron. In the first place, students who are over the age of 7 cannot be immunized against : whooping cough because at that age they develop severe allergic reactions to the vaccinations. In the second place, students must receive four shots to provide adequate immunization from the disease, and the series of shots must be given over an extended period of time. So far five cases of whooping cough have been confirmed in Juab County, said LeBaron. No additional cases have been con their homework assignments, etc., but asks parents to check with teachers if the assignments are not received. The exclusion is not as bad as it could have been at another time, however, because school will be open only three days next week, anyway. Teachers have their annual Utah Education Association conference in Salt Lake City Thursday and Friday of next week. Durfey also said that while he supports the exclusion, it will not be easy for the school dis- trict, monetarily. The district receives approximately $6.15 per student per day from the state. If a student is not in school, the school is not paid for his instruction. Based on the estimate and the 202-stude- exclusion period, that could cost the already financially beleaguered school district $6,211.50. Because of the outbreak, Juab High School homecoming five-da- y activities originally planned have been for this week The JHS Wasps had postponed. been set to play the North Sanpete Hawks Friday, but that game was played Wednesday. Homecoming activities have been tentatively rescheduled The for the week of Oct. Please turn to page 2 10-1- 4. sportsmen s outing is Saturday The Nephi Jaycees will hold their annual sportsmens outing Saturday, Oct. 1. The outing will be held at the mouth of Pole Canyon in Salt Creek Canyon. A dinner, featuring roast beef, will begin at 6 p.m. The cost of the dinner is $2.75 per plate. Door prizes will be awarded, and a drawing for a Savage a Coleman lantern, and a coleman sleeping bag will be held. Proceeds from the dinner will go to community projects run and sponsored by the Nephi Jaycees. 30-0- 6, Nephites paid $2,247 million in federal taxes in 1981, report says and the effective tax load (when ever, should not be as great as it related to income) rose by 19 was in the 1970s, because most Utah taxpayers already are in percent in the period. each for to the the report, the averaging $1,911 According highest Utah income tax federal return. in factors in increase bracket this ($7,500 and over). major So says the Utah Foundation the effective tax burden were Including the late filers, in its analysis of a study recent- the progressive nature of feder- 543,726 Utahns filed federal inly completed by the Utah State al and state income tax laws come tax returns for the 1981 Tax Commission. along with the severe inflation tax year. These filers reported during the 1970s. adjusted gross income of nearly According to the study, tax- experienced As incomes rose with inflation, $10 billion, or an average of payers in Nephi filed 1,176 individuals and families were about $18,347 per return. This federal income tax returns for into pushed higher income tax average includes a number of the 1981 tax year and reported brackets with a larger percent- students and other individuals gross income totaling $18,881 and temof such incomes age being taken working in part-tim- e million. Thus, gross income per file a who return in for In taxes. effect this porary jobs return averaged $16,056 for that year and compares with a bracket creep placed a heav- order to obtain a refund for ier tax burden on individuals taxes withheld. As a result, the state-wid- e average of $18,347 and families without any actual average income per return per return. improvement in their overall should not be considered inFor the state as a whole, economic position and without dicative of average family inUtahns paid $1,629 billion in any legislative change in the come. federal and state income taxes tax laws. Approximately 445,213, or 82 on their 1981 incomes. ApproxTwo years ago, congress passpercent of the returns filed for 80 or ed 1981 reported a gross income of billion, $1,309 economic the pertax imately recovery cent of this total represented act of 1981, which should mod$30,000 or less, while 98,513 or federal tax payments with the erate federal tax increases in 18 percent reported on adjusted remaining $320 million or 20 future years. This act provided gross income of more than percent representing income for income tax rate reductions $30,000. Nearly 60 percent of tax payments to the state gov- in 1982, 1983, and 1984. Begin- the total federal income taxes ernment. ning 1985 the federal income paid by all Utahns, however, tax will be indexed for inflation were born by the 18 percent Foundation analysts point to eliminate or lessen more than $30,000 per the out that total federal and state bracket creep. Because of these earning in 1981. year income taxes collected from At the other extreme, 201,1 13 changes, the proportion of Utahns expanded from $369 gross income going for federal individuals in Utah or 37 permillion in 1970 to $1,629 billion income taxes is not expected to cent reported a gross income of in 1981, an increase of 331 per- change appreciably in the years $10,000 or less in 1981. As ahead. cent. During this same 1 noted, this group includes many indistudents and individuals workThe foundation income report period, adjusted gross and temporary rose by 270 percent. Thus, the cates that state income taxes in ing in part-tim- e af3.3 percent of about be will income continue Utah to of gojobs. Only gross percentage income tax federal The bracket the income fected the total for and federal state creep. by ing taxes climbed from 13.7 percent bracket creep effect on state in- payments in Utah came from in 1970 to 16.3 percent in 1981, come taxes in the 1980s, how this group. in Nephi paid in million federal income $2,247 taxes for the 1981 tax year, Taxpayers low-inco- |