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Show Headlines That Didnt Make It WliatS clll AJVLG? Where does Dugway belong in the Big Green Machine? by CPT Thomas Blount, Safety Officer "DUGWAY PICKUP WIDENS JOHNSON'S PASS DUCWAY TRUCKS INVOLVED IN REAR- - END COLLISION ARMY SCHOOL BUSES COLLIDE IN TOOELE ARMY SEDAN HITS CUARD RAIL The chancei are you never aw any newspaper articles on the actual incidents described However, the ones that you do hear about through the news media are the top of the proverbial iceberg. If you are (me of the 55,000 people killed every year in vehicle accidents above. vinhreg0Xl iC5aTe :dent there PIf you bably a dozen minor accidents or your are one of the 2.7 million dri- - near misses. The only thing vers who are annually involved w-h the right combina- in serrous accidents your chances time arid space. Every tjoorf or near miss is u com- (rf getting publicity are pretty a fut,,re seems a shame that more JBwcnt news media emphasis is not haZardOUS ex pended on your investment; et your supervisor after all, every American's fair rituation, share of the total cost of know alxmt it. However, most motor vehicle accidents is $60. accidents are caused by driver But then, whats 12 billion dolneglert or error. Back in Janu- dnVerSlars these days? f Roveroment GETTINC liack to the lo- - vehicles were given an accicfont cal situation, DTC had four mmmaiy sheet for the first half FY 72. All driven were ask- recordalile accidents this quar- 1 the following questions; Do ter involving Army motor ve- hides. A recordable accident ir 1 ma,nta,n (me where there is a fatality, serious injury or $100 property bide ahead and behind? unfortunatePS if if J : i ? ,,, Idnve to fa!for conditions. The amazing thing ahout this quarter s accidents The recordable accidents are only a very small part of the that nearly every one was caused by situations descrilied in tj,e questions alxive. VEHICLE condition is of-stated u contributing dents. However, it fartor!( in seldom that vehicle con- ditions alone causes the acci- dent. A recent vehicle percent of all vehicles inspected had .lld affec defects which safe vehicle operation. The most were liad tires, common defec-ts Bnd w, Afte, reading this article, y.m 4ouU lw awa of the national vehkje awidenl sjtua- and ,ion Qll lehalf of the staff at office, Ilospita, j, minority of the yean in prison at hard lalr and Armed Forces those foolish a fine. For the sale of opium, death. enough to lie using drugs. heroin, or cocaine authorities Traveling can lie exciting at gladly Japanese any time. Traveling with drugs give up to 7 yean in prison for can lie a bummer in the coun- - marijuana use or sale, and up to tries of the Pacific and South- - 10 yean in prison for any other east Asia. The leaden of most type of dangerous drug. Korea, of those countries have joined on the other hand, follows Irans with President Nixon in a drive lead and passes out se ' of three yean to life for posses- sale of illegal drugs. SOME OF the sentences , which can lie imposed on drug servicemen or civilians, can are among the harshest in the consists of more than 1(X) grams. " world. BUCKINC THE Odds - Even For instance, go to Australia old friendly Macao, where any kind of illegal drug, most everything goes, takes a BUCKING THE Odds - Even get caught, and the judge can look at you and give you up to old friendly Macao, where al- 10 yean in prison and a fine, most everything goes, takes a If you save your money during dim view of those who bring the 10 years, you can probably drugs in. It's six months to a pay the fine and lie released year for possession, six months at the end of your sentence. to two yean for use, and two In Afjianistan, the sentence to eight yean in prison at hard is up to the judge. If hes had labor for the sale of any illegal a good day, a drug user might drug. Fines go with each of the get only a year or two. On a sentences. bad day the judge might am- Laotain authorities give drug template a drug user and his users and salesmen from three worth to the world and give months to two years in prison, him life. and a fine, while Malaysia of-Bunnese authorities frown on ficials put drug dealers and users those few who use drugs, also, away for up to five years and A little mary jane can get you add a $10,000 fine on top of a couple of lwwls of rice a day the sentence, for up to two years. Now Both Singapore and the Philip- opium or some of the other pines have the same sentence drugs are a little different. The for drug users or those who sentence for use or possession try to sell - up to five years in is up to three years rigorous prison and a fine, Visit Taiwan with dnigs and punishment" which just could mean working in the teak jungles of Burma for a long time. small rL guns. Installatious may also part in troop tests when requested to do so by the responsible command. Major General Charles P. Brown is 'commanding general PTA bust , dance gpf Jfa- - Saturday TECOM. TECOM IN turn is mil) of nine such commands iii- volved in the Armv Materiel Command, known in' the Army as AMC. AMC is a nation- wide network of 83 military and more than 100 activities. Opened operationally on Aug- list 1, 1962, AMC is responsible for the materiel functions pre- performed by six of the seven technical services in the Army: Ordnance. Signal, Engineer, Qliartern,aster, Transportation and aie,1,it'aL I,,cl,uk7 in lhis is reh ,ld elopment, test of we ask that you consider yourself to lie the other guy who by Joy Eastland Tickets are now lieing sold always has the accidents. Mavlie then' the accident rate will' go for the Spatfietti Bust and where it sliould lie: dance at the Legion Hall Satur- day. April 8 from 5 till 8 p.m. ,rnn Prices for the dinner are $1.25 - school children will lie admitted J. M and a piano (also repair of an- other piano) at the Elementary you get from six months to two years for possession or use of up to three yean in prison for a simple roach hold- and tw t0 on r!ce ye or By Dcgal tyP narcotic. Selling on Taiwan is something else. Marijuana sales sentence of not 5esu l n ' t,an wen v,!ars while me marijuana, lJr ller lantj) 7,7 fhmt ShS f7he i High THERE YVILL also lie a (tickets $1.50 per adult) the Illu. al 9 pm j(j(. Williams. event. wm h at tj,e door, . hoDed that all will ... a,Ml Die Deseret Sampler, Friday, April 7, 1972 !,,,ra1- - a,ul distribu-exactl- IT Up Vf I" VN. . C"v'"Vv c'aliuiti.m, prixiircment and lHO1,,t Uo" ' s - y lio"' inventory management, maintenance, and disposal, has ,he ,,'a"aK!"n,t AMt; of a $K) billion resix.nsibility inventory and an annual espendi-sminblinre of approximate $ el s- "iilitars - e.nplovs d.rcy and 111. .00 12.400 cisiliau personnel. THE COMMAND furnislied policy direction, while sulxmlinate communds major as the installations lnclis iclual level. the and activities accomplish actual execution of the Army materiel program, AMC headquarters are m D I, and (.uicral ashmgtoii llcm.y A N .ley has the TECOM l.emh, uartc r are m Mierdeen Proving nearby Ground, Suliordinale A MG commands include: Aviation Systems Goiu-o- f Eleetronies Gommaud. maud. M issile Command. Mobility Equip- take incut Gommaud. Munitions Com- svide-sprea- Travelers get stiff penalties when carrying drugs abroad a very s Alx-rdcc- ole picture. For every record- - U ! These units are located signed ' United the throughout States and at Dugwav, finding personnel the' proving ' the Panama Canal one as where wll. of names Hu the Armv's units the ground fits into ' teiome more familiar to scheme of things is a perplexing personnel after lieing at Dugwav Drolilem a while. Names like Ft. All too often, incoming per- White Sands Missile 'huea. alxmt little know very the mission and heirarchv involv- - hmge. Yuma Proving Ground. ed in the omnipresent but iny- - Jefferson Prosing Ground. Arctic lest Outer, and Pros- sterious terms AMC, TECOM liecoine quite familiar. Ground ing and the like. THE NAMES also reveal OMNIPRESENT they may d what a operation a big part lie, cause they're irfVaiiT bigger 'niachine. But TECOM has Inrun. with 15, 000 military and civilian person- nvsteriiHUi thev need iwt lie. ' nel involved in scientific, engi- To sUrt with, Dugwav Prov- neering. technical and snpixirl Deseret Cround and the Center as a whole are categories. The mission of the command one of nianv primary testing has lieen designated as the plan- sites for the 'Test and Evalna- and rcqiorl.ng tion Command, known in the ""'I c.H.ducting. f Engineering. Expanded Ser- abbreviations as world of Check and Initial Prod.ic- TECOM. rvhL in this group vice, tiou Tests of Army materiel. It include' six service test Ixiards, also provides test and evalua- two environmental test agencies, tion service to the comiiuxlity four other proving grounds, and commands and project inana- a national missile range. newlv-a- Second Section over-a- ll s il rv-- W , ArHf - !'tr. , ; WATERING SEASON? Watering seasim started early this year at Dugway. This picture was taken on East 5th during the first week of March. Besides the unnecessary watering (due to the cold weather), a large quantity of water was wasted by leaving the sprinkler on overnight. Occupants are urged to control their sprinkling and conserve the limited water supply to the maximum degree possible. ON TARGET Coinmund, mand. Weapons Command, and Safeguard Logistics Command. HANDSHAKING The world record for hand-on- e shaking was set up by President ), Theodore Roosevelt o who shook hands with 8513 pie at a New Year's Day White House Presentation in Washing-installatioton, D.C., on January 1, 1907. Outside public life the record has liecome meaningless liecause aspirants merely arrange circular queues and shake hands repeti-viousl- y Guinness Book of World tively. Records, (Sterling Publishing Co.) Dining room: Where the fam- -' eats whie the kitchen is Humor on Pa- 1,eillR painted. radc by Shelby Friedman , f (1858-1919- peo-liitg- - "iean Cancer SocWy RrpflprCw drug,-users- th YOU PAY Your Money. . to 20 yean in prison. Now if you try selling opium or heroin, rare off ,s snowlxall M KE There are other places you want to visit. NewZea- or Pakistan, or Nepal, Dont lielieye the oldsong aiu knee routine that Some o bese places really don t can Y011 use drugs. They all do. nd quitk look at so,ne of the sentences they pass out will convince anyone. New Zealand mJ?bt - up to 14 years in prison; two years and a fine; WjU hej High ments School. Mareh 20th at the Several amend- to the were and Sheriff Clifford Carson spoke on the drug proli-leshowing visual aids and a film entitled Pit of Despair. Sheriff Carson pointed out that 94 percent of drug addicts are not cured, and the film graphically portrayed the hopeless lives of young addicts. It is hoped that through this nttion parents will liecoine more aware of this serious lem, which now affects even the smaller communities in our. state. The next PTA meeting will lie held on Monday evening, By-la- passed, pre-Nep- proli-Pakista- n, also tso years. Drugs are a no-ganyshcre you go. material sas extracted (This from Armed Forces Information Service Ness Feature.) o, April 17. . Camlxxlian authorities have lot of leeway in their approach to sentencing a dnig user or importer. Caught there, you can get from three months to two years in prison, and a fine, of course. Cambodian prisons are not known for their recrea- tional facilities and do not have television in every cell as do HonS kn- - ning with drugs. Possession or and use of dangerous drugs marijuana is considered in this can get an individual category up to three years in prison, If he tries to sell drugs in that seacoast paradise he can get from three years to life in prison. And they tack on a fine to the sentence. India's Government metes out sentences of up to two yean for possession or use, and if you sell there, its up to three yean in psison and a fine. TAKE Your . . . AND Choice . . . Now Iran is something else. Very few Iranians even know what drugs are, so if you decide to teach these innocents alxmt drugs by bringing some into the country, the odds are stacked against you. It's up to three yean in prison and a fine for a small amount of drugs if and 'death yep,' death you decide to try for the big time liy bringing in a package of opium or heroin. And, if you're not caught bringing it in and decide to sell some, here's how the Iranians lixik at that. For the sale Tax benefits available to military citizens enjoying the bene- the American society whjle at the same time serving to protect those benefits, mem- hers of the Armed Forces are expected to pay their fair share of the cost of government. However, since service in the Armed Forces entails personal sacrifice at times, the Congress has authorized certain exemp- tions and deductions for mem- hers of the Armed Forces. EVERYONE must file a federal income tax return whose income during 1971 was at least $1,700 or more for single person- nel, and $2)00 or more combined income for married personnel who are eligible . to file a joint re- turn and are living together at the close of the tax year. Every citizen is advised by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to file as early as possible. Since April 15 falls on a Satur-fil- day this year, deadline for 17. is April Monday, ing The wife of a serviceman sta- tioned in Vietnam has several choices in the filing of a Fed- eral income tax return. SIIE MAYi 1. File a joint return by April 17. If die does this, she must indicate in the place on the form for the hu band's signature that he is ser-ving in a comlwt zone. 2. File a separate return by April 17 if she had any income other than that furnished by As fjts of her spouse and then amend this return to a joint return when her mouse returns to the United states. 3. Postpone the filing of a joint return while her husliand u (n Vietnam and when he re- turns t0 the United States, file a joint return within the limits 0f the automatic extension period, ALL MILITARY pay is sub- to Federal income taxes. This includes basic pay, incentive pay special pay, sea and foreign duty pay, proficiency pay, hostile duty pay, reenlistment bo-,ses, cash awards, and disloca- don allowances. Service in the Vietnam combat i0cl by un enlisted man or wo-warrant officer will man or exempt all military pay for the of service in the comlwt Federal income tax. jt , pod Genius, as someone remarked, perspiration and jq jKreen inspiration. Sir Caltun, who did the pjoneani studies of genius about a century ago, oliserved that were bigger, strong- 1js aiKj more energetic than av- erage men and women otherwise th cddn't perform the re-proves of work. Ed-What You nlund A. Opitz, Milt Help You! D()J.t . 1 Freeman js jjq These individuals haw until 180 days after they leave Vietnam to file their Federal income tax return. officers, For commissioned the first $500 of each month's ngy for similar service is exempt, ACTIVE DUTY with the Armed Forces does not relieve in- dividuals of their responsibility for the payment of any income taxes imposed by their State of residence. In part, the Soldiers and Sailor's Civil Relief Act reserves the right to tax a servicemans military income to his original State of residence or domicile, Income earned in part- - time work must lie reported to the State taxation authority in the State where it was earned. If there are questions on Stale come tax liability, check first With This Size of An Out All the Bikes We Con, Now! From 50cc to 750cc Are On The Way! I AT SPECIAL LOW PRICES in-t- No Trade Prices! tnt - - I EXAMPLES: 349 CT-90- s. 5L-35- 0s SL-- 1 25s . 795" . 519" Similar Saving on All Sizes! also and municipalities impose income taxes which must lie paid by members of the Armed Forces. While the Federal Government his expects every citizen to pav or her fair share of the cost of government, at the same time no one should overpay his or her share through errors in cal- culations or neglect in taking the full deductions authorized, We Must Move Over-Ord- er STEADMAN'S HONDA 916 NORTH MAIN - 882-35- 65 ! |