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Show Page Two Taxpayers Ask IRS Q. If I THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1973 . dont answer the reve- nue sharing questions on my tax gross income. Q. Are Blue Cross and Blue Shield premiums deductible? A. Yes. If you itemize, you may deduct one half of the amount you paid for medical care insurance up to $150, with out regard to the 3 percent limitation on medical expenses. The remainder is added to your other medical expenses and is subject to the 3 percent rule. Q. Have here been any new changes in the Social Security tax rate for 1973? form, will it delay any refund I may have coming? A. Probably not. However, the Internal Revenue Service may correspond with you for the missing information. Q. My task form asks what locality I live in. What do you mean by locality? A. That is the municipality, city, town or vilage in which you live. If you did live inside a muA. Yes. The rate is now 5.85 nicipality, enter its name in the space provided. If you did not, per cent for employers and emleave the space blank but check ployees. In addition, the maxithe box provided. Be sure to mum amount of wages subject enter the name of your county to social security has been to $10,800 for wages in in the space provided and the is of name it if 1973. your township j a governmental unit. A. My family doctor lives 20 Gasoline Hearings miles away and it costs me several dollars to drive to his office, Chaired by Sen. Moss Next month Salt Lake City park and return. Are these exexas deductible medical will be the site of Senate hearpenses penses. ings on Abuses in the MarketA. Yes. If you itemize deduc- ing Practices of the Gasoline tions, payments for travel cost Industry. to get medical care are deductSenator Frank E. Moss, chairible. You may deduct the money man of the Subcommittee on paid for gas, oil, parking fees, Consumers, announced that he but. not depreciation, or deduct will chair the hearings in the a standard rate of 6 cents for State Office Building Auditoreach mile you use your car for ium March 17 at 9:30 a.m. This will be the first of a medical purposes. When using the standard mileage rate, you series of hearings around the may deduct parking fees and country on the subject. We intolls in addition to the 6 cents tend to take a closer look at per mile. Amounts paid for bus, marketing practices that may be taxi or plane fares as well as boosting the retail price and defor ambulance hire also are de- creasing the availability of gas. The witness list for the hearductible. Remember, you deduct only ings is now being prepared. A those medical expenses that majority of the witnesses will 3 per cent of your adjusted be Utahns. in-cijas- ed ex-ce- er Doctor in the Kitchen8 Interior Dept. Makes Effort to Gain Uintah Unit Approval Interior Dept, officials pledged this week to renew efforts to gain approval of plans for the Uintah Unit reclamation project in Utah. The project, to be located by Roosevelt, has been held up pending certification of its economic feasibility by the Secretary of Interior. Representatives of the Department told Senator Wallace F. Bennett and Utah water officials that a new plan designed to improve the economics of the project by giving more weight to its social economic benefits for Indians in northeastern Utah has nearly been completed. It will be presented to the Secretary of Interior in the next four to six months for a policy decision. The new plan, ordered last year following a similar meeting in the Senators office, was delayed due to personnel changes within the department and problems at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. If the project, which was authorized by Congress in 1968, is approved by the Secretary, it can then be considered for advanced planning funds. However, department officials cautioned at the meeting that the decision will not be an easy one within the department. What is at stake here is if we can count the social benefits to Indians as part of the overall economic benefits of the project. This involves a major decision within the executive branch, but I think its an appropriate request and I will ask the Secretary to approve it. He said there is a growing need for municipal and industrial water in the area to be used by the project and that its primary benefits will go to Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservations in the Uintah basin. - by Laurence M. Hursh, M.D. Consultant, National Dairy Council THE HUMAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY us understand pretty well the importance of having things where they are needed and when they are needed. The construction industry, for example, could not operate if it were not backed up by a whole system of getting materials to where they are needed. And if there are delays in materials arriving when they are needed, problems arise. Buildings get built, of course, even with delays. But it costs a lot more that way. Most of Continuous Construction Similarly, our bodies are actually a kind of continuous construction industry at work. During our growth years, a lot of new construction occurs. But throughout life there is also a great deal of replacement and repair work going on. Well, nutrition is an essential process in this human construction industry. And our bodies are marvelous when it comes to handling the materials we need. We get the material from the food we eat. The process of handling and utilizing our food is called metabolism. Digestion, absorption and assimilation are the three steps we go through in getling what we need from our food. In digestion, food is broken down into small particles and nutrients arc released in forms which the body mechanisms can absorb. As you will recall from school health and sci ence classes, the digestive tract is composed of the mouth, the stomach, the small intestine and the large intestine. All along this tract, food is broken down by both chemical and mechanical means. Digestive enzymes break food down as do the mechanical movements, that is, the muscular contractions and waves of the digestive tract as it moves food along. Nutrients that are absorbed into the blood are then transferred through the walls of the small intestine. The blood then transports nutrients to every cell and every tissue in the body. At this point chemical reactions determine whether nutrients will build tissue or release energy. And it is critical that all the needed nutrients are present in sufficient quantities at the right time and in the right places. Nutrients Act In Concert In other words, nutrients in our bodies act in concert, not as separate entities. Teamwork is the name of the game. Without mortar, you cant lay bricks. Without nails, you cant nail boards together. And so it goes in our bodies. The analogy of our bodies being like the construction industry is perfectly valid. And it should help explain to some people why they must choose their foods wisely. Poorly nourished cells in the human body add up to a poorly nourished person. Bankers in Jeans and Sneakers At Meadow Moor Elementary Airman Ricky E. Smith, son of Mrs. Aleen S. Smith of 8585 Coachman, West Jordan, Utah, has been assigned to Keesler AFB, Miss., after completing Air Force basic training. He has been assigned to the Technical Training Center at Keesler for special training in communications and electronics systems. He is a graduate of Jordan High School, Sandy. Wendell Gile (r.), vice president of the Utah Bankers Association, and David Kesler (1.), present UBA Chapter to Greg Gonzales (center), vice president of the Kesler Branch Bank of Meadow Moor elementary School, Granite School District. As countless young marrieds plicate exactly, once they are and not a few older folks can earning wages and paying bills testify, banking procedures are sometimes vague and consequently a little confusing to them. As a result, many people go through life without savings accounts, checking accounts, and often paying excessive interest charges. One of the prime problems of disadvantaged groups is they have grown up without any knowledge of banking procedure and the advantages they offer. Would it not be wonderful if children could just work in a bank for a while? The fifth and sixth grad students of Robert Ives at Meadow Moor School in Salt Lake Granite School District, are doing just that. Not only do they operate and patronize their own bank; they are also honorary members of the Utah Bankers Association. The Kesler Branch of Meadow Moor has been in business for five years. Honarary membership in the Utah Bankers Association was conferred in December. To conduct banking transactions, keep records of accounts, track down delinquent accounts and maintain security; a staff of tellers, accountants, vice presidents and guards are selected twice a year from applications submitted by interested students. Deposit books, blank checks, tellers stamps, deposit slips and other supplies give the students banking experience they can du for real. Tellers cages, filing shelves, and a vault, all built by the students in one of Mr. Ives classrooms, offer a convenient place to transact business. Each of the 96 students has a checking and-o- r savings account. Daily, between 8:50 and 9:00 a.m. they can deposit or withdraw funds, tokens in this case. An A or a B on classroom work and good behavior can earn tokens. Monthly taxes and fines can rapidly deplete them. It pays to work and save these tokens (some thrifty souls have as many as 1500 at one time) to spend at class carnivals or fairs during the school year, and the Kesler bank may be the only place in the state where you can literally buy time: 30 tokens pay for 15 minutes of free time. The program was started five years ago. Mrs. Pat Erickson, an instructor at Meadow Moor, with the blessing of Principal William Doxey, contacted Dave Kesler, branch manager of a Salt Lake Cottonwood area bank, about the possibility of setting up some sort of practical banking course for the fifth and six graders. Kesler, intrigued by the idea, contacted his superiors and several of the banks suppliers. On short order the Kesler branch was opeend and stocked with all necessary supplies. Be sure your WILL is written by a Utah attorney In almost every case where people move into a new state, they should revise their Wills. If you Listen and recently moved into Utah, make sure your Will is reviewed by a Utah attorney! It's important. The laws of the state where you previously lived may differ from those of Utah. And there may be other complications, too. Compare Thousands Have And Now Enjoy Solid Gold Hits Every Day cause? Lii&oi-rGf- f First Security Bank of Utah, HA. ' Slate Bank State Bank of SpringviHe First Security Bank of Bountiful, NA. Fuit Security Tint Security T k |