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50 YEARS AGO - JANUARY 26, 1934
The proposal to beautify the Luzerne-Dallas High-
way by planting shrubs and flowers: along its route
was discussed at a mass meeting held at the
Shavertown High School and attended by persons from
all ’communities along the highway.
Contagious diseases, particularly scarlet fever, con-
week, with new cases being reported daily.
One of the few log cabins in the area was
constructed on a wooded hillside on East Center
Street, Shavertown, by Neil Henry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C.B. Henry.
You could get — Raisins, 11 oz. pkg., 5¢; pea beans,
9 1bs. 7c; applesauce, 3 No. 2 cans, 25¢; mayonnaise,
pint jar, 13c; tomato catsup, 12 oz. bottle, 10c;
Diamond Brand walnuts, 1b., 21c.
40 YEARS AGO - JANUARY 28, 1944
Marine Sgt. Elwood Davis, 27, son of Squire and
Mrs. Ralph Davis, of Alderson was ‘‘the kingpin of the
telephone crew serving the crack Marine gunners,
protecting New Georgia’, according to a story sent to
newspapers of the country by the Public Relations
Section of the Marine Corps Headquarters in Washing-
ton, D.C.
With. the sale of 69 War. Bonds amounting to $8,850
and War. Savings Stamps amounting to $59.25, making
a grand total of $8,9098.25, Dallas Senior’ Woman's
Club exceeded its goal by $1,409.25 during the. first
week of the Fourth War Loan Drive.
Deaths — Miss Florence Michaels, Carverton; Sarah
E. Morgan, Outlet; Joseph C. Hawley, Pikes Creek;
Dienstel, Noxen; Mrs. Rhoda Webb,
Noxen; Aaron R. Tyson, Trucksville; Harry E.
Thomas, Dallas; Mrs. Calvin Warner, Trucksville.
You could get — Cabbage, 5¢ lb.; grapefruit, 3 for
90c; turnips; 4c Ib.; ‘whole wheat bread, loaf, 10c;
oranges, 27¢ doz.
30 YEARS AGO - JANUARY 22, 1954
Because of a change in manufacturing processes
that permitted the plant to manufacture a new line of
fabrics made from glass filaments, prospects were
bright for increased employment at Fernbrook Plant
Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg were three
Back Mountain exhibitors. They were Raymond Goer-
inger’s Lake Louise Farm, Conyngham’s Hillside
Farms and Ralph Sands Sansdale Farms.
PTA groups okayed the possible jointure of Dallas,
Franklin, Lake, Noxen and Monroe townships into one
school district.
Married — Florence Truska, Harveys Lake to Sgt.
Edward Boyle, Wilkes-Barre; Doris Nicely, Shaver-
town to Julius Tischler, Shavertown.
Deaths — Rev. Michael Oleksiw, Harveys Lake;
Loxley W. Fisk, Sweet Valley.
© You could get — Pork chops, 79¢ lb.; tuna, 6% oz.
can, 37c; Supreme bread, 2 lvs,, 27c; oranges, 2 doz.,
45¢; frosted shrimp, 69c 1b.
20 YEARS AGO - JANUARY 30, 1964
everell V. Chadwick was seated as president of the
Back Mountain Protective Association at the organiza-
tion’s regular meeting.
Donald Bulford was elected fire chief of Dr. Henry
M. Laing Fire Co., Dallas and Henry Peterson began
his 11th year as president of the association.
Frank Lange, chief of police of Dallas Township,
was eleeted president of the Back Mountain Police
Association, announced that the organization would-
sponsor an Advanced State Police Procedure Course.
Married © — Joan Brobst, Shavertown, to Peter
Skopic, Lehman; Dorothy Jean Gunderson, Michigan,
to Fredric W. Anderson, Jr., Shavertown.
Deaths — Mrs. Jessie L. Howell, Trucksville.
You could get — Oranges, 69c¢ doz.; bacon, 1 1b.
pkg., 49c; shrimp, 98c lb.; pancake mix, 2 lb. pkg.,
33c; fruit drinks, 46 oz. cans, 30c.
10 YEARS AGO - JANUARY 24, 1974
Many Dallas Borough taxpayers received summary
criminal complaints for neglecting to file statements
of their one percent earned income tax.
College’ Misericordia kicked off its Golden Jubilee
Campaign.
Deaths — Walter Hicks Sr.,
Eugene Harvey, Sweet Valley.
You could get — Granulated sugar, 5 lbs., 58¢;
regular or diet Pepsi, 8-pack, 16 oz. botles, 59¢;
Tastykakes, 69¢; pies, 59¢; Duncan Hines cake mixes,
Trucksville; Mrs,
OPINION
Guest editorial
By DONALD T. REGAN
In 1816, Thomas Jefferson wrote, ‘I place economy
among the first and’ most important virtues, and
public debt as the greatest danger to be feared.”
For some years now, it seems Congress has paid
little attention to that admonition. Spending by our
federal government has reached excessive propor-
tions. One in every four dollars generated by the U.S.
economy goes to finance the national government. The
trend of spending has been upward for some decades,
but the growth rate in the past 20 years has been
especially rapid.
For too many years Congress has been denying
itself very little. Our legislators in Washington,
whether for genuine but misguided reasons, or for
political reasons, have virtually institutionalized high
and potentially dangerous spending levels. And they
too much protest. :
But, they seem to forget that the check to pay for all
their spending has to -be endorsed by the American
taxpayer. You are footing the bill, and accepting the|
risk, for what has become burdensome and dangerous
spending levels.
The danger lies in the prospect of retarded economic
growth for generations of Americans - your children,
your children’s children and beyond. Instead of an
outlook calling for growth and expansion, this country
could face lessening opportunity and a diminishing
chance for prosperity to which every American is
entitled.
This nation was not founded on a principle of large-
scale government involvement in private life. Quite
the contrary, the 13 original ‘United States” were
born amidst an atmosphere of fear that a national
government would have too much control over states
and individuals.
However, out of the Great Depression came a
fundamental change in national policy - widespread
private life. And given the circumstances of the day,
that shift was popularly accepted.
The trauma of the 1930s changed attitutdes about the
role provided a springboard for those economic
theories that advocated greater government spending
to deal with recession.
Couple this with government’s propensity to expand .
and control. Add the fact that there is no forced
discipline on government spending (since government
can simply borrow more or tax more) and you have
the basis of our present problem. :
1 think public sentiment changed some years back
as paychecks shrank due to large tax bites. But, by
then, this policy of seemingly endless spending
increases was firmly imbedded.
To actually reverse that trend will take no less a
fundamental change today than the change that began
more than 50 years ago. It is going to take a
path to economic health. Unfortunately, we have not
seen enough of this courage. There is no indication
that a majority in Congress is resolved to cut
spending.
Without corrective actions, our economy will utli-
mately face terrible consequences. But we simply
must act. I advocate some type of line-item veto or
impoundment type of authority for the President.
Currently, the President must accept or reject entire
It’s that time
impoundment, he could hold back what is excessive
while still accepting what is truly needed.
Forty-three of the nation’s governors have this
power, Mayors and county executives have it. Isn't it
time the President of the United States had it?
Every American has a large stake in the economic
decisions made in Washington. So we should let our
representatives know how we feel--then we have a say
in how much to spend and on what.
(Donald T. Regan is the United States Treasury-
Secretary.)
of Bloomsburg Mills.
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
The Back Mountain Memorial
Library has income tax information
publications volumes one to three
available iin the reference area of
the library. Tax Guide for small
business and Your Federal Income
Tax, along with the instructions for
the ‘various forms are in limited
supply. Patrons may photocopy the
page they need and return the
publication to the front desk. The
following forms are available for
home use: Form 1040 with instruc-
tiosn for schedules A,B,C,D.EF,
and Se: Instructions for preparing
1040 EZ and 1040 A; Farmers’ Tax
Guide, publication 225; and publica-
tion 910, taxpayer’s guide to IRS
information, assistance and publica-
tions. We have tax reference books
available for help in your filing.
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tion with specific hobbies such as
‘models, crafts and collectibles’
noted by classification numbers
where they are available in the
library. Your library has hundreds
of books on a wide variety of
interesting hobbies and leisure time
activities. You can make good use
of your leisure time by working on a
satisfying hobby. Visit the library
during hobby month and browse
through the hobby books and find
your favorite!
New books at the library: “Who
Stole Stonehenge?’ by Leela Cutter
is a mystery that begins the night of
the worst blizzard in decades, when
electricity falters, televisons go
awry, and strange lights are seen
amidst the ice and slush - a regular
Walpurgisnacht. The storm clouds
lift at last - to reveal an all too
empty Salisbury Plain!
“The Plot to Kill The Pope’ by
Paul Henze is a story jin which an
expert reconstructs the conspiracy
involved with the act. On May 13,
1981, a young Turkish terrorist
named Mehmet Ali Agca came
within inches of mortally wounding
His Holiness Pope John Paul II in a
dramatic assissination attempt in
St. Peter’s Square. A cynical and
logical plot.
“The Enthusiast’’ by Gilbert A.
Harrison is written about the life of
Thornton Wilder. From boyhood in
imagination was fired by books and
the theatre, though he showed little
early promis of becoming a three-
time Pulitzer Prize winner. Wilder
is seen as an eager, desperately
literary Oberlin and Yale under-
graduate.
“Falls The Shadow’ by Emanuel
Litvinoff is a novel that clutches the
reader and doesn’t let go long after
one has finished the book. Would a
Nazi officer, to save himself, pass
himself off as a Jew for the rest of
his life? In Tel Aviv one morning,
Avram Benamir is shot to death and
the killer wants to be tried for his
offense. A very effective cover-up.
Come to the library to find what
share of our services you are miss-
ing!
(EDITOR’S NOTE — Between
now and April 15, income tax is first
and foremost in most of our minds. '
In an effort to make filing income
tax forms a little easier for our
readers, we will publish some tax
tips each week for the next five
weeks. The tips, which begins this
week with ‘How single parents can
cut their tax bill,” are furnished by
the Pennsylvania Institute of Certi-
fied Public Accountants, Philadel-
phia.)
Like so many of the 6.5 million
single parents in America, Maria
longs for those precious few
.moments at night when she can
relax. At 7 a.m. Maria drops off her
son at her mother’s house and
leaves for the hospital where she
works as a nurse’s aide: Then, at 5
p.m., three times a week, she drives
20 miles to a restaurant where she
works as a waitress. Maria works
two jobs because she needs the
extra money to get by. After all,
income.
But single parents ‘like Maria
might be able to strike a better deal
with "the tax collector than they
realize, says Wiliam L. Smith, Jr.,
CPA, President, Northeastern Chap-
ter, Pennsylvania Institute of Certi-
fied Public Accountants. they should
take advantage of the child care tax
credit and some often overlooked
deductions. In addition, they need to
understand how alimony, child cus-
tody agreements and child upport
payments can bring the best possi-
ble tx advantage.
a tax credit because she pays her
mother to watch her son. In addi-
deducting the costs of travelingfrom
her job at the hospital to her job at
the restaurant. She can get another
deduction for buying and cleaning
her uniforms for both jobs.
Take a look at how the child care
tax credit works. If you must pay
someone to care for your child or
any other dependents while you are
at work, you can reduce your tax
bill by at least $480 for one child and
$960 for two or morechildren. The
credit works on a sliding scale
based on your adjusted gross
income, Parents with incomes over
$28,000 are entitled to the minimum
$480 credit. For a parent with two
children and adjusted gross income
of $10,000 orless, the credit could
rise to $1,440.
Expenses that qualify for the
credit include baby sitters, house-
keepers or a nurse who cares for a
dependent unable to care for him or
herself. The cost of a day care
center qualifies and so might a
include the costs of paying a rela-
tive to care for your child as long as
that relative is not also your depen-
dent, as in Maria’s case.
Single parents with less than $10,-
000 may also benefit from the
Another tax saving idea for some-
one who works two jobs is to deduct
the unreimbursed busienss costs.
For instance, Maria can deduct
$640, the cost of commuting 20 miles fg %
from her first job to her second job™”: LC
three times a week. This is based on ,
a rate of 20.5 cents per mile. She & a
can also deduct $200, the cost of =* a
buying and cleaning her uniforms
for work. If Maria’s taxable income
before these adjustments was $11,-
500, the added deductions would
reduce it to $10,660 and cut $153
from ehr final tax bill.
Most single parents are divorced
or separated, and one of the most
confusing questions for them is
which spouse claims the exemption
of their children.
General, the exemption goes to
the custodial parent, CPAs say. But
there are exceptions. The noncusto-
dial parent gets the $1,000 exemp-
tion if it’s provided for in a divorce
decree or separation agreement and
if he or she provides at least $600 a
year in support. The other instance
in which the non-custodial parent
claims the exemption is when he or
she contributes at least $1,200 a
year for support of the child and the
custodial parent doesn’t establish
that he or she paid more.
Divorced people who pay or col-
lect alimony or child support should @§§) 4
be sure they are getting the best tax ¥
income is below $6,000, you can
receive a credit as high as $500. On
incomes above $6,000, the credit is
excess over $6,000.
are taxable as income to the person
receiving them and deductible by
the person paying them. Child sup-
port is neither taxable nor deducti-
ble.
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District:
STATE TAXES ‘imposed on fire
insurance premiums written by out-
of-state insurers are still not being
equitably distributed to the proper
municipalities, so Rep. A .Carville
Foster Jr. (R-York) has introduced
a bill to.correct the situation.
Foster’s legislation was approved
by the House Local Government
Committee this week.
Current law imposes a 2 percent
tax on dll fire insurance premiums
written by so-called foreign compa-
nies. Too often, Foster contends, the
money is distributed to the munici-
pality with the post office address of
the insured and not to the munici-
pality where the insured property is
located.
The law discriminates particu-
larly against rural and suburban
areas, the lawmaker stressed.
Foster’s bill would restructure the
distribution formula.
PENNSYLVANIA’S ECONOMIC
outlook improved this week when
three European firms announced
Keystone State. The announcements
came durign a trip to West Ger-
Thornburgh. A British electrical
equipment manufacturer unveiled
plans to locate a marketing and
sales headquarters in Lancaster.
. Earlier in the week, two West
German firms - an electrical com-
ponents manufacturer and ‘a. bus
producer - said they also intend to
open operations in Pennsylvania,
one in Chester County and the other
near Harrisburg. The new busi-
nesses could create up to 700 new
jobs within three years. There are
480 foreign companies in Pennsyl-
vania employing 102,000 people.
AVIAN INFLUENZA ° has
devasted the poultry industry in
southeastern Pennsylvania and’ the
financial assistance to farms hard
hit by the disease.
In December, two Republican
lawmakers, Rep. Kenneth Brandt
and Sen. Noah Wenger, both of
Lancaster County, proposed legisla-
tion requiring the state to finan-
cially assist farmers in recovering
from the effects of the depopulation 3
of 9.1 million birds in 221 flocks.
This week, Gov. Thornburgh sent
a letter to legislative leaders urging
them to allocate up to $2 million to
aid farmers. The federal govern-
ment has committed $27 million so
far to the eradication program and g. 3
for payments to the owners of dead ® ¥
irds.
The US Government Printing
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The U.S.. Government Books
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program being undertaken by the
Government Printing Office to
make Americans aware of the infor-
mation resources available to them
through Government publications. i
The catalog may be obtained by
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