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Show Citizen, Review, Press, Wed., Dec. 28, 1983 - Page 13 i AT&T divestiture brings changes divestiture of AT&T on After the telephone customers will be Ja"i'wwith two or three suppliers -- dding Mountain Bell -- for their lament and service, fountain Bell will continue to local service or dial tone, ff company will also repair ac- - lines and provide directory ?Ls directory assistance, op-- . and network and "vices such aS Cal1 Warding, Speed Calling and Call ffr2omers will continue to ,nge for or change local service Bell service calling a Mountain Lesentative, or a marketing representative in the case of large business customers. Telphone equipment currently from Mountain Bell will Somatically transfer to AT&T on Ian 1 Customers may purchase equipment, or equipment in Lntory, from Mountain Bell until In and from AT&T thereafter. Customers may also purchase new equipment from a host of phone sales outlets. In addition, they may install their own equipment. materials and in- - After Jan. i, Mountain Bell provide long distance wii these service calling with areas. Utah one LATA. That means i,raK fe long distance calls will be k'd by Mountain Bell, while callsTu cross state lines will be handled by AT&l or a number of other com-panies ,n the long distance business. On Jan. 1, 1984, the Bell System will be broken into many pieces but Mountain Bell customers' phe bills will not. Instead, customers' will continue to receive one monthly bill from Mountain Bell. Unlike previous bills, the 1984 bills will include charges for local Mountain Bell service, long distance service from Mountain Bell and AT&T, and finally, other services provided by other com-panies for which Mountain Bell acts as a billing agent. "The bill a customer receives in January won't look much different from today's bill," says Ken Hill, public relations manager for Mountain Bell in Utah. "But it will have several more pages." I The divestiture plan allows Mountain Rell In hin r.. .u structions are generally available where telephone are sold. Customers who own their own phones will be responsible for repairs, justas they would be with any other appliance. After Jan. 1, Mountain Bell will no longer repair telephone equipment. Leased equipment will be repaired through AT&T. Mountain Bell will continue to maintain switching, cable and the lines to customers premises. The cost of maintaining these facilities is generally part of a monthly service charge. The rules will also change on telephone wiring. Mountain Bell will fix any inside wiring at no added cost for customers who have a mont'v wiring maintenance agir inent with Mountain Bell, r ner customers may still call fountain Bell, but they'll be charged for the repair. Other companies may also be hired to repair inside wire. The same opti-ons apply for new wiring or changing existing wiring. One of the most significant changes will be the establishment of new calling areas called Local Access and Transport Areas or LATAs. They define the boundaries where Mountain Bell can provide tag distance service. The seven states Mountain Bell operates in will have 11 such service areas. .w lyJl uuier companies which provide telecommunications service and equipment. "Because of the data required, separate pages will be included for each billing entity," Hill says. "A residence customer,, for example, will receive a minimum of four pages instead of the current minimum of two pages." The first page of the bill is a summary of the total bill, which is mailed with the payment. The second page details charges for Mountain Bell local service, while the third page summarizes equipment charges and the fourth includes e charges. Charges for basic local service, long distance calls and leased equipment will be clearly separated into different sections of the bill. Each section will list a telephone number to call for qeustions on that part of the statement. The total number of pages a customer receives will depend primarily on the amount of long distance calls made during the billing period just as is the case with the current bill. Customers will send payment for the entire bill to Mountain Bell, which will then split the payment accordingly. Mountain Bell plans to include inserts in the new bills explaining the changes and just what is included on each page. 1984 effects , new Social Security law Several rhnnt,c. c v Benefits will be continued after remarriage for disabled surviving spouses 50-5- disabled divorced surviving spouses 50-5- and divorced surviving spouses 60 or older. Before, this provision applied only to surviving spouses 60 or older. Benefits to disabled widows and widowers are increased to 71.5 percent of the unreduced benefit amount the deceased worker would have received. Before, a disabled survivor's benefit ranged from 50 to 71.5 percent, depending on the person's age. More information about the changes in the Social Security law can be obtained at any Social Security office. h.unty, made as a result of a new law passed last year, are effective J UnnS' a Social Srairity representative said recently. One of the most important changes, the spokesperson said, is that all employees of nonprofit organizations who were not covered by Social Security are now covered and will pay Social Security taxes on their earnings Also covered, beginning in 1984 are all newly-hire- federal employees of the ('"vornment. In addition certain current Federal employees are also covered, including: legislative branch employees who were not covered by the Civil Service retirement system by the end of 1983. All memlxTS of Congress, the President, and the t. Sitting federal judges. Most political appointees, including non-care- members of the senior executive service. Other changes in the law, effective in 1984 include: Tax rate stays the same Although the Social Security tax rate for employees and employers 7 Z7T from a7 1,1 7 15)84, the effec-tiv- tax rate for emp oyees will reamin at the 198. J lcvv, a Social Security spokesperson said recently. This is because employees have been given a one-tim- e 0.3 percent credit against the 198-- tax rate, the representative said. As a result, employees whose earnings are the same in 1984 as they were in 1983 will see no increase in the amount of Social Security taxes withheld from wanes. In 984, Social Security taxes will be paid on annual earnings up to $37,8(X), the maximum that counts for Social Security. The 1983 maximum was $35,700. The 1984 Social Security tax rate for people will be 14 percent, double the rate paid by employees. Hut, d people will receive a credit of 2.7 percent of income, ' resulting in an effective tax rate of 11.3 percent. The 1983 tax rate was 9.35 percent. 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Comm-unity education at the hospital is "related through her and she adds "much to the morale of the staff ," it as noted. "Whenever she is in the tepital, you can hear her cheerful, want voice in the halls. She is a y caring nurse and is also very ledgeable." Mrs. Nuttall was born in Los les, California, where she lived w nine years until she moved to Mimond, Utah. She returned to Angeles in 1945 to complete her ol years. She entered BYTJ in 1951 with the of preparing for a nursing This was interrupted when I got married in February 1954. h spent the next years in raising ax children (five girls and one and began school again in VERNITA C. NUTTALL 1970. She graduated in 1972 with an Associate Degree in Nursing. She worked at UCLA Medical Center and Harbor General Hospital in Torrence, Calif., before joiing the staff at Utah Valley Hospital, and beginning a career with the Intermountain Hospital Corporation. She married Lynn Nutlal in 1978 and they moved to Alpine. 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