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Show Report indicates BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah 21 Thursday, March 29, 1973 Average tax deduction $2,140 Bread cast upon the waters during the past year by Box Elder county residents in the form of charitable donations are now returning as blessings. So are various other expenditures made by them, such as for local and state taxes, for doctors bills and the like. To people who are going over their financial figures, preliminary to working up their income tax returns, the outlays of yesterday are the tax deductions of today. How much do these deductions amount to normally? What have other people who itemize their deductions and are in similar income brackets been listing for charities, medical expenses and such? The Answers Answers to these questions, based information upon provided by the Internal Revenue Service, have been prepared by the Commerce Clearing House, specialist in tax law. They show that most families in the United States that have earnings of the size reported by the average family living in Box Elder county list deductions of $2,140, equal to 20 percent of their income. In general, it is found, it ranges from 16 to 25 percent of adjusted gross income. The percentage is higher among those in the lower brackets and lower for those with large incomes. Local families with an income of $7,000 to $8,000, for example, would have a deduction of 23 percent if they conformed to the average, whereas those at the $15,000 to $20,000 level would taking 17 percent. be Gives Break Down Nationally, for those earnings equal to the average prevailing in Box Elder county, the amount normally listed for charitable deductions is $290, for interest paid on loans and installment debt, $720, for local and state taxes, $740, and, for medical and dental costs, $390. If a familys deductions run higher than those taken by most others, it does not mean that they will be disallowed. Nor does conforming mean that they will be automatically approved, it is pointed out. The IRS requires that all items listed as deducations be properly documented and that records be available to back up the claims. State meet next Cloudburst Floods Along Front second in forensics BEHS Box Elder High school forensics students added two students to their state slate and wrapped up second place in Region One March 21, during, the regions annual legislative for.um competition in which students gathered for mock house of senate and representative sessions at Utah State university. Of ten the students representing the local debate squad at the event, six qualified for the state session. Those students and their rankings in the 34 participant house were Steve McCosh, fourth place; Ralph Elwell, sixth place, and Brent Larsen, ninth. Those qualifying in the senate were Eric Kreuger, placing second out of 22 contestants; Tom Stoddard, fourth, and Terry Hansen, fifth. Because the school had already qualified over 16 state participants in debate and individual events two weeks earlier, all but two of the students will be eliminated to limit. comply with the Have Qualified Six BEHS debate teams, five speakers, extemporaneous three orators and three speakers had already this' Fi4dayVand' Saturday's state tournament at the University of Utah.' Box Elder placed sixth last year. According to debate coach er quaMfted-f- Allen Fleming, this is the first time, at least in recent history, that the school has sent a full contingent to the state meet. will be as follows: . The line-u- p Debate teams John Osburn and Tom Stoddard, Michelle Burt and Teena Gibbs, Mark Sparkman and Steve McCosh, and Peggy Petersen and Neil Andersen. Extemporaneous speakers John McLaughlin, Juanalee Payne, and David Welch. Impromptu speakers Suzanne Hammon and Mike Krenn. Julianne Original oratory Armstrong, Vicki Hepworth and Shirleen Hill. Legislative forum Ralph Elwell and Eric Kreuger. Placed Second In Region One standings Box Elder placed second in the triday competiton.. Final point the accumulation after legislative forum session was Sky View, 183; Box Elder, 152; Logan, 136; Weber, 93; Bonneville, 86; Roy, 25; and Bear River, 21. In the legislative forum alone, Box Elder was a close second with Sky View, 38 and 44 points respectively. Logan, .was third on a.len-pbispread .with 28. The Bees were tied for first in the senate, but were second to house in View Sky parliamentation. 836 During the period 1939-6cloudburst floods were recordec in Utah according to a report that describes the results of a cooperative investigation of the occurrence of cloudburst floods in the state. The investigation was made by the U.S. Geological Survey in lowest number of floods reported in a year was 3 in 1944. Floods were reported in every month except February, March, and November. About 75 percent of all the floods reported occurred in July and August. Division of Water Resources. Cloudburst floods occurred during the period in most areas of the state, but were most common along the Wasatch Front. Floods occurred in or near 131 of the 228 incorporated communities or towns with over 1,000 population in the State and in or near 63 other inhabited places of. 1,000 or less population. Twenty locations, each of which experienced 10 or more cloudburst floods during the period, accounted for about 44 percent of all floods reported. Cloudburst floods caused millions of dollars in damages to homes, streets, highways, cooperation with the Utah Highest Numbers The highest numbers of floods occurred in 1961, 1965, and 1968 when 56, 88, and 63 floods, repectively, were reported. The Millions of Dollars pipelines, and structures. Farm crops were property various and personal extensively damaged, and many domestic animals were lost. Nine persons lost their lives by drowning in cloudburst floods. , The report, Cloudburst was Floods in Utah, 1939-6written by Elmer Butler and Ray E. Marsell, and published as Cooperative Investigations Report 11 by the Division of State Water Resources, of Natural Department Resources. Copies are available at State Capitol Lake City. Building, - ;- WASHERS A The American Red Cross youve got a complaint about poor service, I want to hear about it. com- Personally. 7-- Nansen Chevrolet 016 North Main p.m. Daily 10 cx cx us o ui K. V. HANSEN 39 "That's right. If you're not satisfied for any reason with the kind of service my dealership is giving, please see me about it. I'm easy to reach. And I want to know if, how and where we're going wrong. "Believe me, I know that if you're not happy with our service, there's a good chance we'll lose you as a customer. And that's not good business for us. "So please do us both a favor. If our service isn't making you happy, talk to me about it. "I'm interested in your problem. And Ill do my best to help solve it." dont want you back because the job was done wrong. Q. cx a u e We The Most Fmisus Basket is Ike Worid-- J THIS IS A imtwfJL COMMUNITY Lei us welcome you! TELEVISIONS Message to all the residents of the Greater Box has come to my attention that many people feel Sears in Brigham City, is just a catalog store. This isnt true. I would like to inform them that right here in our Brigham City store we can furnish any item sold in the larger Sears stores, except soft line merchandise. Right now we are having a Spring Savings Sale. fits you, the customer, get by shopping Sears - Brigham City. In addition to all else We service what we sell and you can rely on our dependable prompt service. If we should happen to be out of any merchandise you want, we can get it through any of our other Sears stores and have it delivered to your home. And as always - we invite you to shop the convenient catalog Way. 723-523- 8 257-549- 3 1 lii ft Q I - : ft ft 73 eh 2 O - R1 $3A : Heres Proof n I, ham Link lulirii Wihmhiih'uI IS 14 In uimI lYufirrlt liitr'.titH'Ml ft 723-525- 5 ft .s; ft 50 Brigham City e(A 5 Store Manager CX because the job was done right. S sions, stereos, hardware items, refrigerators, kitchen cabinets, dishwashers, air conditioners, carpeting, roofing, fencing etc. Store side parking, personalized service and a savcent sales tax are some of the beneings of one-ha- lf Don Baird We want you back nl Stop in our store, our salesmen will be glad to show you our full line of washers, dryers, freezers, televi- Sincerely, 5 016 North Main FREEZERS It Y4 R If The Listening Post DRYERS Elder County Area. V) mended the Utah Power and Light company employees who worked night and day until the 723-34- .t'G.V'lQ; 81.? if-- - Mayor Nephi Westergard Westergard Salt ' power was restored. appointed Don Harris to fill the unexpired term as a councilman left vacant by Stanley Peterson. Stanley Peterson was killed in accident in a recent two-ca- r Tucson, Ariz. Mayor Westergard noted that there was still a trinkle of water in Garland in spite of the power failure the past week. People were not left wholly without water. Ninety percent of the city water is pumped from Bear River springs. about three blocks away which is scheduled for us school year opens. When transfer when the 1973-7- 4 is made, Tremonton city will take over the old school;; rij ' advertising contributed for the public good Mayor 435 Above is the existing McKinley school in Tremonton where youngsters are presently attending class. Lower photo shows the new school NEW AND THE OLD p nt Garland city mayor names councilman The Garland City council held their meeting in the Library Tuesday evening. other KITCHEN CABINETS hen IVtilni IfHtr Now ft: IIomm til OFF FABRIC Initialled hv Sean InMullm Kcnmore This 269.99 Portable is Now el 40 Savings 5 229 HOOFING FENONG 1 |