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Show Page Four THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1973 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Ltgrd Nuns PnUisbtd Entry Prising tt Suit Luba City, Ulnb Second Gass Poctage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah 711 South West Temple Telephone 3641464 Salt Lake City, Utah 64101 . GLENN BJOSNN, Pnhlialac 'This publication is, not owned or controlltd by ony porty, tinn, digut, fottion or ttrptrrtitM." Comb 'tntd with Tbt Suit Lakt Mining & . Number 3 Volume 53 Your Furniture Can be Protecting Your Lungs be- tween indoor and outdoor concentrations of ozone ill smoggy localities, experiments verified that the surfaces of household material such as rubber, fabrics, plastics, metals and glass help ozone to decay. Rubber, fabrics and plastics appear to decompose ozone much more rapidly than metals and glass, the scientists report. This is undoubtedly because rubber, fabrics and plastics are organic materials that are readily susceptible to destructive attack (oxidation) by ozone. For instance, rubber materials contain substances called antioxidants, which are put there for the sole purpose of reacting with ozone before it can attach the rubber. All these materials gradually lost their ability to decompose (react with) ozone.. Only one' material tested reversed' this aging process when placed in plobd an ozone free atmosphere for two days. (Ozone is a toxic gas formed when the sunlight acts on the components of smog.It is also formed near high voltage electrical equipment and during electrical storms.) Various commercially available filters were found to greatly reduce indoor concentrations of ozone. Activated charcoal is van excellent filter for this purpose, the scientists say,; continuing: V Although ozone was once considered, as a health aid, it is one of the strongest oxidants known and is how considered to be quite toxic. The lungs and senses are primarily affected. There is impairment of pulmonary function in. humans at concentrations found in polluted areas. Ozone tends to oxidize the lung tissue in animals and increases susceptibility of respiratory infection. The smog infested areas such as Los Angeles basin are by their nature city areas of high population density, and the average citizen in such areas is likely to spend by far the largest portion of his time inside buildings about 80 per cent. It follows that the exposure of most individuals to smog could be reduced drastically if these buildings could be maintained at a low level of pollution. One might look then to a building not only for protection from rain, heat and cold but also for protection from polluted air. ; : : : oOo th-e- ; The unprecedenetd action this week taken by the chairmen of the Senate and House Small Business Committees was hailed by Edward Larson, chairman of the National Committee for Small Business Tax Reform, as a significant step in moving the small business tax reform toward enactment in this session of the Congress. periodically opened doors. The ozone levels indoors lagged behind the outside concentration by about one hour. However, when the windows and doros were closed the ozone level within the home decreased at a rapid rate a low level. In well venwithin 20' or 30 ininutea-r- to tilated buildings this drop in ozone level did not occur. Since the air inside was exchanged with the smoggy air outside, the ozone was replenished, they explain. In the first systematic study of the relationship Congressional Leaders Press for Tax Reform for Small Business Never before in the memory of Members of Congress have two chairmen, Rep. Joe L. Evins of Tennessee and Senator Alan Bible of Nevada jointly appeared before a third committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, in support of identical legislation proposed in both the Houses of Congress. The two chairmen testified as to the compelling need of early enactment of the Bible-EviSmall Busines Tax Simplification and Reform Legislation. Rep. Evins and Senator Bible are prestigious members of Congress and the impact of their logical presentations to Ways and Means Committee is already being felt. Several members of Congress have stated that they to want to be sponsors of the proposed legislation. Currently one fourth of the Senate are sponsors of the Bible-Evin- s bill. Thirty members of the House are already sponsors of legislation to ease the tax problems of small business. In addition Mr. Larson has pointed out that Fifteen national associations are already aligned with the National Committee for Small Business Tax Reform in its battle for early enactment of small business tax reform legislation and the list of endorsing associations is growing. The Bible Evins bill provides for: 1. Permanent government and small business advisory machinery for simplifying tax' laws, regulations, instructions and tax forms. 2. Lower tax rates for smaller businesses, particularly new businesses. 3. Promoting the growth of new and small firms by liberalizing first year depreciation and increasing permissible accumulation of earnings.4. Easing the raising of capital by providing more equitable treatment for possible losses by loans or stock purchases, and allowing tax benefits for floating of securities issues. 5. Making subchapter S closely held corporations more flexible and less dangerous to use. 6. Encouraging the continued independence of family firms by making it 'easier to pay estate taxes based on business interests ns . . - over a ten year period. In his testimony Senator Bible charged .that the present tax system discourages competition and has contributed to the deteriorating quality of goods and services and the unavailability of. business services. He' declared that smaller businesses have lost ground to their big business competitors in recent years in the tax field with the profit share of. $102 billion asset corporations doubling from 1959 from 28.4 per cent of the manufacturing profits that year to about 54.6 per cent in 1971. While the tax laws say large corporations must pay income taxes at a 48 per cent rate and small businesses at a 22 per cent rate, Senator Bible said that the actual, effective rate is almost the reverse smaller and medium sized firms pay over 50 per cent and the largest corporations less than half of that amount. The present law is not only unfair, it is destroying small business in America. We must enact meaningful tax reform to save these firms before they are driven out of business. If Congress waits 15 more years to provide relief there may be few small businesses .left to save. ISASSD - . Plinking Started by Fair Weather Random shooting and plinking up with the warming weather. spring Shooting is fun, but the Utah Division 'of Wildlife Resources authorities advise shooters to check with local county and city offices for legal plinking areas! The casual plinker should also keep in mind that many forms of wildlife are protected and should not be shot at. All birds except starling, English sparrow and game birds during season are- protected. Many heavily populated counties restrict shooting to designated firing ranges. In Salt Lake County, people may shoot at the Holladay Gun Club, the Salt Lake Police Range and the Salt Lake Gun Club. The Salt Lake Gun club allows shotguns only. Recent federal legislation has provided the 11 per cent, excise tax on handguns to be used in part for hunter safety and the construction of firing ranges, at the state level. The Utah hunter, safety program will receive some $37,000 from this program in 1973. is picking - - - . - The Salt Lake City. Commission has awarded contracts for construction of a water department office building, airpart runway lighting and a cafe concession. The water office building will be located at 1526 .West South Temple and the. bidder was almost $98,000.00 less than original estimates. - : . The Salt Lake City Commission appointed a committee to study the problem of solving congestion at the City Courts Building. However, since the Courts Building is a joint operation of the City and the County, the County must now appoint a similar committee to study virtually the same material before any plans can be put into effect. The committee will study the problem and suggest ways of in the relieving the congestion Courts Building ' and the ' traffic bureau. . Governor Calvin L. Rampton was in California this week to try to. lure the movie industry into the State of Utah for future filming of pictures. The movie trip by the Governor is an annual trip . and the results have proved to be very rewarding To the state. Last, year four films were made in the state and so far this year two movie companies have said that they play1 to film in the Utah area. . . The Utah State Attorney General's office handed down a ruling for the Utah State Retirement Office saying that all regular full time employees qualify for full retirement funding under the provisions of the 1972-7- 3 General Appropriation Act. A state employee is one whose work requires 30 hours or more per week and whose term of employment is expected to last longer than four months. ' Salt Lake City Police Chief Earl Jones is wondering, who will relicense the bicycles in Salt Lake City. In a recent new law passed by the Legislature, the lawmakers said that the Fire Department .will no longer license the bicycles, but that the Wood products ease this ap- dealer who sells the bicycles will proaching crisis in two ways. license and then report the liFirst, less thermal and electrical cense number to the police ofenergy (creating less pollution) ficials. Only one flaw in the is required to produce them. law. Who will relicense the bicycles .when they are sold to others, and who will license the . . . . . To cope with labor shortages, the Soviet Union is encouraging pensioners to come out of retirement. In old man went to work as a traffic Uzbekistan, a 117-year policeman. oOo Keep on going and the chances you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something while sitting down. Charles Kettering. - oOo The actual linking of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts with a paved highway did not occur until the twentieth century. The transcontinental Lincoln Highway, begun in 1913 and finished in 1935, spanned 3,331 miles. i dial bicycles which persons moving into the state bring with them? The new law made no mention who will do that work? . Where thousands of listeners enjoy concert music and news every day! r . .. The Western .Market Almanac said buying power per. household in the state is Utah is expected to be $10,508 this year. A three per cent increase over 1970. The book published by Sunset magazine reports on marketing data and forecasts for the nine western states.. The magazine also predicts that the number of households in Utah at the end of 1973 will number 334, 400, a 10.3 per cent increase ' since 1970. . |