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Show New Program Aids High School Dropouts The Tootle Transcript, Friday, January 31, 1975 Quit Smoking To Solve Indoor Pollution Recycling human potential is a major goal of "Project Cooperation," a new pilot educational program now underway through Skills Center, a divithe Salt Technical Utah of sion College at Salt laike. Actual or potential high school clrojxints, mainly in the 17 ACCORDING TO one st mb. reseauhers found that smoking seven cigarettes in one hour. . .even in a ventilated room. . .lilted carlxui monoxide levels hi the seat next to the smoker to XI parts per uulhoii, almost Iw ic e the maximum Vhat' tin answer to indoor I a nun F, Smart, asked pollution?" ptcsuli'iit of the I'tah I .uni; Asso-ii.i- t n in, uit Smokini;." ; The Limt; smk iat ion is Utahns to support the Tervmal Iollutnm Solution' and join tolira-ini- 19 age bracket, are placed back into their high schools to study vocational technical or trade sub-je- c ts. Those enrolled attend classes from .3 p in. to 7 p.m. on weekdays. to inpcrmissable level allowed for can industries If spend dustry. large sums of money to keep pollution levels down, surely the smoker can do his part, he said. "The evidence against smoking is gieat. The I'elsnii.d Iollution Solution program is a good opportunity for smokers to band together ill a group effort and pledge to (put smoking now," Mr Smart con-- ( luded. gether quit smoking groups" he explained. THIS JWt'AHY will lie the 1th anmversaiv of the Surgeon General's Rcjxirt on Smoking and Health. During this month the I'tah lamg Association urges businesses, industries, servic e clubs and hospitals to take their nxxn stes toward encouraging employees and inemlierx to (put smoking." 1 "The THE PROCR AM is operated with vocational education directors in each of the ).irticirutmg districts. Right now the districts artici)atmg are Cramte, Salt Lake, Jordan. Murray in conjunction and Tooele. Almost $200, (XX) has lieen budgeted from State vocational education funds to foster the proj-t. Mike Sharjr, Skills Center coordinator for "Project Cixijx-ra-tioxavs tlxint 350 students from school district lists have lieen contacted or have a)ihed for training at the present tune. Sharp says, The primary anus of the program are to help dropouts obtain an euiilovabIe skill, and to eneonra, them to obtain their high school diploma. The latter aim can lie campaign that smokers (putting together can lie helpMARRI ACL ful to one another. Sharing the Do not lose volt head without (putting experience cun strengthen losing your heart. ci his iiatious and motivate continDo not rapt me auv one's heart ued action," explained Mr. Smart. unless von want to keep it An attractive certificate has Do not cxjx-c- t more of your lieen designed by the bung Assointended" than Von intend to ciation for groi is of smokers to give. l pledge their siijijxirt of the Do not I.uiihIi out into the I'ollution Solution' and (put sea of matrimonv" in an emptv e is based on the premise 1 Ter-sonu- smoking together. ADDITIONAL inhumation on how to "kick the habit" is available at the I'tah Lung Associ-atiiui, IbHi Smith lltli vessel. Do not assume you will be captain of the ship, marriage is mutual management. Hast, Salt lacke City, I'tah 81105. We encourage anvone wishing information almut vvhat he can do to sup-xr- t the effort, to write to call," Mr. Smart said. The I'tah Lung AsvK'iation is concerned with the health of even, one. Clearing the air of cigarette smoke improves the health environment for the smoker and the too. It is known that cigarette smoking is linked to emphysema, lung cancer, heart and other disease. Now recent research clearly shows that cigarette smoke is also harmful to the innocent bystander." Sidestream smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, and mainstream smoke pulled by the smoker and exhaled, are more than merely nuisances to the nostrils and eyes of others. This double exposure offers serious threats to the lungs and circulatory system of the unwilling inhaler, Mr. Smart There have lieen 29,411 oil and gas wells completed in the I'nited States by the end of There is an 20.5 percent increase over 1973. Of this number 7.7S0 w ere exploratory wells vv hich is a 18.4 percent increase over the reported. previous year. g Do not excct all lobe smooth sailing; rough waters are a part of life. Do not take anything, or one another, for granted and more will lie granted. Do not exjM'rt success in marriage without love and sacri-fie. Do not let the green eyed monster" come into vour lives; wrec king is jealousy's speciality. Do not leave Cod out of your lives. He is the onlv "third party" who can make a happy triangle. CLO. K.AR1.L OWN, Sunshine Mag. program f.LD testing program. zig-za- wheat-producin- g sults-crilie- e xr-ce- Extreme cold weather in Bntish Columbia natural gas fields the first week in January has cut gas exjxirts to the United States and has forced Northwest 1ijx-linCorjxiration to cut deliveries to Mixiiitain Fuel Supply Conqianv by 24 million cubic feet jxr day. Tliis represents alxmt a five jxt-cecut in delivery of gas to customers but will only effect interruptible customers of Mountain e Fuel Supply, comjwny sjxikesuien say. Ordinarily they must lie readv to switch to alternate fuels this tiuse of year any wav. Nbnganie research and management programs w ill correspond with needs of the sjxTies and he eiHisiderate of the demands placed ujxm them, but within the financial capal ility of the Division. When the weather's cold and the evenings are long it Is a time to make candy for eating right away and sharing good with friends and neighbors. A peanut sponge is a good candy for such days because it sets up fast and is ready to break apart in irregular pieces in a short time. The recipe here uses equal parts of Karo corn syrup and sugar with a generous amount of peanuts in the sponge-lik- e structure of the candy, produced when baking soda is stirred into the hot mixture. PEANUT BRITTLE Karo cup light or dark corn syrup 1 cup sugar 'i cup water 2 tablespoons margarine 14 cups salted peanuts 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 In heavy saucepan stir together corn syrup, sugar water and margarine. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved and mixture comes to boll. Continue cooking without stirring until temperature readies 280F or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates Into threads which are hard but not brittle. Gradually stir in peanuts so mixture continues to boil. Cook, stirring frequently until temperature reaches 30CT F or until small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates Into threads which are hard and brittle. Remove from heat. Add baking soda; blend quickly, but thoroughly. Immediately turn onto heavily greased baking sheet. Spread mixture evenly with a greased metal spatula Cool. Break Into pieces. Makes 14 pounds. SiirAtd It would cost an estimated $S0 million to rectify all of the roadside hazards that exist along Utah's state highway system, according to a survey presented to the I'tah State Road Commission at its regular meeting today in Salt lake City. Roadside hazards are obstacles, such as fence jrosts, trees, and jroles, along the highway which motorists might strike, should they suddenly lose control of their vehicles. Under the terms of the 197.3 Highway Safety Act, Utah is eligible to receive some $1.5 million in federal funds over a three-yea- r period to remove obstacles or protect motorists from those that cant lie moved. Such protection may consist of crash right-of-wa- Tooth prints were recently used in identifying a murderer. Experts in law says the case, involving a high school senior in Connecticut accused of murdering his mother, brother, sister, and Currently, highway engineers determine asphalt pavement de- grandmother, was the first one in which tooth prints were used as sign by constructing test sections and subjecting them to traffic. The incriminating evidence. The lad new computerized system analyzes had apparently bitten his victims in several places. When the dentist laboratory test data and materials and traffic inforamtion and allows conducting the investigation permitted the suspected lad to bite engineers to take into consideration complicating factors such as his arm, the wound showed the g exact type of by his teeth temperature variances and other on his sisters body. environmental considerations. Later, the lad confessed to the Research and Development , four slayings. Report from the "If Dale Peterson said, Engineer American Dental Assn. wheat-producin- crop conditions as of December 1974. the 1975 winter wheat is forecast at a record, 1,W)0 million bushels. This would lie 15 almse the 1974 crop. the alxise previous record, and 2 the 1973 crop. The yield jser seeded acre is to average 28.8 bushes, exjx-cte2.3 bushels alxise the 1974 crop yield nf 20.3 bushels. Decemlier 1 conditions indicate tthut 90.4 of the seeded ac reage will lie harvested for grain. This is up from 29.9 for the 197 4erop, Mr. Coon noted. Hazards - the method proves practical, it would substantially improve pavement design which should result in reduction of maintenance costs in the future." COURSES NOW functioning Winter wheat growers seeded are welding at Granite High 250 tousand acres in Utah for the School and a clerical course at 1975 crojt, while the national Granger High School. winter wheat acreage amounts to Other classes just starting are 55-million acres, Evan Goon, floor covering at Olympus High chairman, Tooele County ASGS School, machinist welding, clerioffice rejxirted. cal and diesel auto mechanics at Tlie national total increase T(xele High School. Additional was six percent higher than the classes are planned for auto meamount seeded for the 1974 crop chanics in the Jordan Sc hool Dis- liecaose of the increases in most trict, clerical subjects in the Salt major winter Lake School District and a dfrating states. Comparative seeding in course at Murray High Sc hool. Utah for the 1974 crop of winter Sharp also indicates that the wheat was 259,000 acres, three project also may open the doors of jtercent more than for the 1973 other programs, such as those ofcrop. fered through the Comprehensive Mr. Goon said major and Training Act Employment states in which seeding (CETA)at the skills Center.or reg was down for the 1975 crop are ul.tr enrollment at Utah Tech. Colorado, Idaho, South Dakota, and Washington (seeding was unADVERTISING changed in Illinois), w here declines During Mark Twains days as were apjiarentlv caused by dry a newspaperman, he was editor of weather during the 1974 planting a small Missouri paper. One dav season, or disease problems with he received a letter front a last sears crop. The increase for the 1975 crop stating that he had found a spider in his pajter, and asked is 28 alxjve the 43.2 million acres if this was an omen of good or had seeded in the fall of 1972, and link. Twain replied; "Finding a largest since the 1953 crop, Mr. spider in your tajter is neither Coon said. Reasons farmers ingixxl nor had. The spider was creased their winter wheat seed-ing- s for the 1975 crop of winter merely looking over our pajter to see which merchant was not adwheat are that jirice prospects vertising so that he could go to that continue to look favorable, and store, spin his welt across the door acres are not required in and Icdd a life of undisturlied the U.S, Department of AgriculC. F. ture (USDA) farm program. jteace ever afterward. klcinknecht. Mr. Coon said that based on Peanut Sponge For Winter Evenings Itoad.iitle c Highway Department To Conduct Pavement Design Study The Utah State Road Commission, at its regular City today, meeting in Salt approved a study to see if a new computerized method of asphalt pavement design is practical for general use bv highway departments throughout the country. The $75,510 study will be conducted by the Federal Highway Administration. accoiujilished either through regular high school work, an adult high school dijiloma or the Growers Seed 6 More Winter Wheat For 1975 y barrels" around concrete abutments. breakaway sign posts and light poles, and turned down guard rails. In order to receive the funds the state is required to make a priority survey of all the Toadside hazards existing along the states federal aid highways. In making the survey, the Utah Highway Department's Office of Traffic Safety identified the hazards along all of the highways on the State Highway System. State traffic engineers listed the highways in priority on the basis of accident rates and traffic volumes, and estimated the cost to remedy the hazards on each high- Since 1939: Wages in Utah are up 500. The Cost of Living is up 250. But natural gas rates are up only 42. PERCENTAGE INCREASE SINCE 1939 500 way. State traffic engineers told the Commission that the emphasis of the Roadside Hazards Program will be on the states highways, because most of the hazards on the Interstate System have already been cleared under the Projects for Utah Safer High-wav- s 400 300 Program. 200 IP 100 This column of questions and answers on federal tax matters is provided by the local office of the U. S. Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public service to --taxpayers. The column answers questions most frequently asked by taxpayers. Q. Recently I obtained employment as a waitress. After working for several weeks I was approached by my employer and asked to submit a report of tips I received. Is a report required and if so, why? make the report to your employer. If your employer does not have these forms, you may obtain them free at the nearest IRS office. Q. What state and local taxes or fees are not deductible on A. All tips you receive are a Federal income tax return? subject to Federal income tax. A. Motor vehicle taxes, poll Cash tips that you receive amounting to $20.00 or more or capitation taxes, inheriin a month while working for tance, legacy, succession, gift, any one employer are subject cigarette, tobacco, and alcoto withholding of income tax holic beverage taxes are not and social security tax. You deductible. However, personal must report tips of $20.00 or property taxes assessed on a more received in a month to motor vehicle are deductible. Fees or charges such as your employer on or before the 10th day of the following those imposed for a drivers month. Your report to your license, an auto inspection, employer may not cover a dog tags, hunting or fishing limarriage licenses, period longer than one calen- censes, dar month. However, your bridge or road tolls, fines, coemployer may require more llateral deposits, water bills, frequent reports --to coincide sewerage and other service with the payroll period he charges, and parking meter uses. In this case, your report deposits, except those incurmay be made on the dates set red as a business expense, are by your employer. He then not deductible. Consult the instructional deducts the withholding for income and social security materials received with your taxes from your regular return and offered at your wages. Your form W-- 2, Wage local IRS office for more deand Tax Statement, issued tail. to you after the close of the year will reflect your tip inQ. Are there restrictions on come and taxes withheld. how much you can deduct for You may want to use IRS casualty and theft losses? Form 4070A to compile daily A. Yes, different rules ap tip income and Form 4070 to ply for computing a casualty and theft loss deduction on property used for personal purposes, and property used for- business purposes. - personal casualty or theft loss may be deductible to the extent that it exceeds $100. This deduction is allowed to the person who owns the property. However, a lessee may be entitled to the deduction if he bears the risk of loss. A casualty or theft loss of business property or of property held for the production of income is deductible in full, without regard to the $100 limitation. A Q. I have just hired a maid who will work full time in my personal residence. What tax obligations arise for me or with respect to her wages? A. You must file Form 942, Employers Quarterly Tax Return, if you pay the employee cash wages of $30 or more in a calendar quarter for household services. This form is to be used to report and pay employer and employee Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA or Social Security) taxes. The combined rate of employer and employee FICA tax is 11.771- and applies only to the first $13,200 of cash wages. You must deduct 5.85 from each payment of cash wages and contribute a like sum. The return form and filing instructions can be obtained at the nearest IRS office. - The price of most everything seems to be going up these days, but over the long haul most items in the family budget have gone up much more rapidly than has the cost of natural gas. As the record shows, since 1939 natural gas rates for Utah residential and commercial service have gone up only In that same period of time, the cost of living has gone up 250 and the average wages in Utah have gone up 500. At Mountain Fuel we are continuing to do our utmost to keep the cost of natural gas as low as possible. Recently we have had to pay higher prices for the gas we purchase from others, and have applied for and received offsetting increases in our rates. Even so, natural gas rates are only 42 higher than they were in 1939 more than 35 years ago. Natural gas will continue to be one of the biggest bargains in your household budget. 42. dollar-for-doll- U.S. Bureau t of Labor Statistics Utah Foundation Report Includes rate increase authorized January 1, 1975 MOUNTAIN FUEL nroiMng you with Saturn! Gas Energy Is our business, (inserting It Is every body's business. M |