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SECTION 2-PAGE 4-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1971 EDITORIALS Giving Good Books In this age of television imbecility the pleasure and value derived from good books is often overlooked. Christmas-time, when one must buy presents for relatives and others, is an ap­ propriate time to think of giving books. t Books, like newspapers, can be read at a time of the reader s pleasure, when he or she has a moment to enjoy them. They can be handed on to others, unlike most other forms of entertainment, pleasure or learning. They can be referred to for years to come. Non fiction books are an invaluable source of information, self- improvement and education. Unlike films, good, non-fiction books tend to be accurate/since th. v are permanent records and sources supporting statements must be given.Errors srequickly called by reviewers, for books sell over a period of time and sales are ad­ versely affected by proven inaccuracies Giving good books, apart from sex novels and vulgarity , will add to the composite knowledge and understanding of the nation, while hrmoinp rpaHmo nleasure to recipients. Checking Pollution Many are convinced that the only way to check pollution of the water resources of the nation is through federal legislation, lifting the burden of proof from the shoulders of citizens and water authorities, in proving what killed this fish or that, and placing it on the shoulders of those suspected of polluting. Industries often evade responsibility because it's most difficult to prove what killed fish or game; the process also involves a considerable outlay of time and money, not to mention expert personnel The time factor-involved increases difficulties. However, when pollution is found in any stream or body of water, definitely designated as such by competent state authorities, the burden of proof then should be shifted to the shoulders of industries discharging wastes into that water. They should be required to prove beyond any doubt that waste, chemical or hot water discharges from their plants have not killed game. Only if this is required, and the discharge from industries regularly policed, will pollution of the nation's water resources finally be ended. Recall First Flight On December 17th, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio, made the first successful heavier-than-air flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Three other flights were made that same day, one with a passenger. Man had dreamed of flying through air for ages but until that day on the sand hills near Kitty Hawk no human had done so. The Wrights had built a four-cylinder gasoline engine producing sixteen horsepower, with which they launched the air age. Balloons had earlier carried men great distances and to great heights, so the Wright Brothers ushered in the heavier- than-air powered flight age, not the entire air age. Balloon flying, however, depended on wind direction and was slow. Powered flight opened the skies to travel and commerce. World War I began less than eleven years after the Wrights flew and almost from the first aircraft began to engage in combat in the skies. By the end of that war--although air­ craft had been used in Mexico and Italy and Turkey in war a few years earlier--engine and airframe development had progressed tremendously. Four-engine bombers carrying many crewmen were flying from Germany to England regularly. From 1918 until today the air age launched by the Wrights has reached as far as the moon, the most breath-taking technological advance in history. Updating Services Service firms more than any other type of business must adjust advertising to meet changing conditions. The reason is simple. The leisure-time needs of the public are changing faster than other needs. Two long-established restaurants recently sought the help of a marketing specialist to determine why their trade was falling. Since the city was a small one, the owners knew their old customers were not suffering financially or that.th^y had not taken a sudden fancy to cooking and dishwashing. Th£y asked if the restaurant business in town was doomed. Some revealing facts were uncovered by the expert. Within two years, eight new competing restaurants had been started in the town. Each new business was advertising specific features related to price of meals, location, decor, menu, or service. Several of the4 new places were doing a better business than the older restaurants had ever done. In truth, the tastes of the public had changed in a very short time. Increased travel had resulted in a demand for a greater variety of foods, more elegance, and more attractive dining spaces The eating-out public, much larger than ever, deserted the older places when advertising indicated that new cafes in town could provide the satisfactions which had become commonplace on vacations and business trips. In the face of such evidence, the firms took effective action. The action consisted of making changes to meet the new competition. But no less important, it consisted of aggressive local newspaper advertising which informed the public how they had updated services to meet demand. The Tea Party One of the famous incidents of American history was the Boston Tea Party, which occurred on December 16th. 1773. Sixty men dressed as Indians boarded a British tea ship in the harbor and threw its cargo into the water. The Americans were incensed over an import tax levied on tea by the British Parliament. Because Americans re­ fused to buy goods so taxed Parliament had rescinded the tax on most imports. But the import tax on tea was only suspended, not rescinded, and this didn't satisfy Boston mili­ tants, who feared it might be restored. Thus the Boston Tea Party, one of the incidents leading up to the Revolution. In retaliation, Parliament closed the port of Boston the next year and moved the seat of the government to Salem. Within three years thelasthope of reconciliation had passed and the colonies were in open rebellion against rule from abroad, one of the world's first great, successful efforts to throw off colonialism. The "tea party" was one of the catalysts. Hearts may break from suffering, uncertainty, sorrow, sin. . . . God's Word Heals Broken Hearts Hear it every day when you DIAL-A-DEV0TI0N 385-8729 IYIV. msssm \ \ ; \ O « • - - ,,.Dcc*>T>bor 31, ^ ^ \ Taxpayer? Ask IRS This column of questions and answers on federal tax matters is provided by the local office of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public service to taxpayers. The column answers questions most frequently asked by taxpayers. Q) Is money given a maid for carfare subject to Social Security tax? A) Yes, the social security tax applies to the total cash paid a household employee, even though some is paid for transportation. Tax payments for July, Au­ gust and September are due November 1. Any person who has paid $50 or more cash wages in a calendar quarter to an employee for household services must file a return using Form, 942, Employer's Quarterly Tax Return for Household Employees. Q) My wife is expecting a baby in November. What med­ ical expenses can I deduct when I file my return next year? SOCIAL SECURITY By John K. Watkins, LIEU) R E1 »R ESENTATIVE Today's questions are ones frequently being ask­ ed of our representatives by the people of McHenry county. The Social Secur­ ity of lice at 2500 Crand avenue, Waukegan, re­ minds Mc Henry county residents that it has repre­ sentatives meeting people at two locations in Mc Hen­ ry county on a regular ba­ sis. The representatives are at the Woodstock Pub­ lic Library, 414 W. .Judd, Woodstock every Wednes­ day from 9 a.m. to noon and at the Harvard city hall from 9:30 a.m. to noon on the first and third Tues­ day every month. If you have a question you would like answered on Social Se­ curity in this column, then please forward it to Social Security Administration Question and Answer Col­ umn, 2500 Grand avenue, Waukegan, Illinois, 00085. Give your full name, ad­ dress, and Social Security number. If you do not want your name to appear, please indicate this and we will use only intitials. Economic Questions afta internal oa . and Revenue otablllZatlOn AnswQrs Service A) All of the following would be deductible as medi­ cal expenses if the total ex­ ceeds three percent of income: payments made this year to physicians, surgeons, etc. for medical services, and pay­ ments made for hospital serv­ ices, medicines and drugs, meals and lodging in the hos­ pital and travel to and from the hospital and the obstetri­ cian's office. However, only the expenses you paid and for which you were not reimburs­ ed are deductible. Some items not deductible are maternity clothes and the costs of diaper service. Also, don't forget the ex­ emption for your new depend­ ent. Q) Is it true that the stand­ ard deduction has been in­ creased? A) Yes. When you file your return next year, the percent­ age standard deduction will be 13% of adjusted gross income up to a $1,500 maximum--up from 10 percent and a $1,000 maximum for 1970. Of course, if the low income allowance is, larger, it would be allowed instead. Q) My mother is the bene­ ficiary of my father's life in­ surance policy. Would these benefits be taxable to her? A) Generally, life insurance benefits that are paid in a lump sum because of death are not taxable. If benefits are paid in installments, however, interest in excess of $1,000 each year is taxable to the widow. Details on insurance bene­ fits may be found in Publica­ tion 525, Taxable Income and Non-Taxable Income. Send a postcard to your IRS District office for a free copy. Q) Where can I get a W-4 Form to increase my withhold­ ing and keep from owing money when I file my return next year? A) The payroll department where you work should. have withholding exemption certi­ ficates (Form W-4). But you can also get one by contacting your local IRS offide. An employee who wants to change his withholding can fill out this form and have more tax withheld by claiming few­ er exemptions. If more with­ holding is necessary, he can then ask to have additional amounts of money withheld. Question: Since my father died, I've gotten monthly Social Security survivor's benefits. I will turn 18 next year and will be graduating from high school. Can I continue to receive my checks if I go to college after graduation? P R. Woodstock Answer: Yes. You may continue to receive survivor's benefits until 22 as long as you are a full-time student and unmarried. You should receive a notice sometime before your eighteenth birthday telling you to get in touch with the Social Security office if you plan to continue in school. -^Question: I have been married for 14 years and have never changed my name on my Social Security record. My Social Security number is still under my maiden name. Since I have worked on and off in the last few years, will I lose credit for this work"' K A - McHenry Answer: No, but your em­ ployer has probably been asked about the different name on his employee earnings' report. To make sure you get the proper work credit, call or visit any Social Security office to change your name on Social Security records You will be issued a Social Security card with the same number you have uow, but with your married name on the card On the plains about Mt. Kilimanjaro. Africa, roams the greatest variety and number of wild animals to be found in any one place on earth This column of questions and answers on the President's Economic Stabilization Program is provided by the local office of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public service. The column answers questions most frequently asked about wages and prices. Q - What kinds of price in­ creases are permitted during Phase II? A - The basic policy set by the Price commission is that price increases will not be allowed except as justified on the basis of cost increases in effect on or after Nov. 14, 1971, taking into account productivity gains. While price increases, in the aggregate, must not exceed 2M> per cent per year, many ad­ justments will be below 2V2 per cent, and some will be above this figure as justified by cost increases and other factors. Price increases will not be granted to any individual or firm to compensate for losses from increased costs that couldn't be passed on during the Aug. 16-Nov. 13 freeze. Q - How do these rules apply to manufacturers and service industries? A - Prices charged by manufacturers, service in­ dustries and professions may not be increased over freeze period levels, except as a result of allowable cost increases in effect on or after Nov.i 14, ad­ justed to reflect productivity gpins. In any event, price increases must not result in any increase in a firm's pretax profit margin (as a percentage of sales) as established during the firm's base period. Q - How are retail and wholesale prices controlled? A - Retail and wholesale prices are controlled on the basis of customary initial percentage markups which are applied to the cost of the merchandise or service. These customary initial percentage markups cannot be higher than those in the markup base period. Moreover, a firm may not increase its prices beyond that amount which would bring its net profit rate before taxes (as a percentage of sales) to a level greater than that in the base period. Retailers are to post prominently thefr base period prices for all covered food items and for many other selected items other than food as specified in the regulations. Unitl all such selected prices are posted, retailers are not permitted to increase any prices. In any event, such base period prices must be posted no later than Jan. 1, 1972. Q - What is the general pay standard applicable to new labor agreements? A - The general pay standard applicable to new labor agreements and, where no labor agreement is in effect, to existing pay practices, permits annual aggregate increases normally considered sup­ portable by productivity im­ provement and cost of living trends. Initially, this general pay standard is established at 5.5. per cent. In reviewing new contracts and pay practices, the Pay Board will consider ongoing collective bargaining and pay practices and the equitable position of the employees in­ volved, including the impact of recent changes in the cost of living upon the employees' compensation. Q - Next month I am scheduled to receive a pay increase higher than 5.5. per cent under the terms of a contract negotiated before August 15. Can I get the in­ crease? A - Yes. Existing contracts and pay practices previously set forth will be allowed to operate according to their terms, except that specific contracts or pay practices are subject to review, when challenged by a party at in­ terest (i.e., either labor or management) or by at least five members of the Pay Board, to determine whether any increase is unreasonably inconsistent with the Board's criteria. Q - Are rent increases still frozen? A - Yes. The freeze on rents will continue, with certain adjustments, until guidelines are developed by the Price Commission in consultation with the Rent Advisory com­ mittee. Landlords are required to record and make available upon request both the unit-by- unit freeze-period rent and the basis for any adjustments. The following rents, however, have been exempted from price controls by the Cost of Living Council: 1) rents on com­ mercial, industrial and farm property and 2) newly con­ structed or substantially rehabilitated dwellings offfered for rent for the first time after Aug. 15, 1971. "Substantially rehabilitated dwellings" are those permanently improved at a cost equalling or exceeding 3 month's rent or $250. oOF^S|0N "St** 2K OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F.Kelly At 1224 N. Green St/eet McHenry (C losed Wednesdt") Eyes examined .. Glasses fitted Contact Lense? Hrs: Daily 9:3d a.m. t< 5 p.m. Friday Evenings - 8: >0 p.m. F.venings by appointment PHONE 385-0452 Dr. Leonard Bottari Eyes Examined - Contact Lens Glasses I itted 1303 \. 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