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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1960
Page
8
Mr Sewards outlined a plan to present petitions to Utah Congressmen and candidates, urging drivers to note that the extra penny gas tax is a temporary measure set to expire June 30, 1961. The campaign marks the first anniversary of the latest increase.
The US Chamber of Commerce cites rising private coverage among the elderly, predicting 65 percent will have it by year end and 80 percent within five years. Congress avoided compulsory government health care, instead enacting a law to aid those in need while Uncle Sam pays 50 to 80 percent of costs for low income seniors.
The piece argues for a nationwide Taxpayers Day Week or Month to recognize the taxpayer as the nation’s financial backbone. It urges formal proclamations by federal and local leaders and suggests a black armband badge as a symbol of mourning for taxpayers amid high taxation.
The piece compares party positions on federal aid to education, likening rivals to Mike and Ike. It cites Citizens Public Expenditures Survey data: classrooms built since WWII without federal aid, teacher numbers up 476 percent since 1949-50, pupil growth 44.9 percent, salaries up 99.8 percent, CPI up 236 percent, inflation-adjusted spend rising from 58 to 155 billion dollars, and per pupil spending from 270.37 to 481.48 dollars. It questions if public spending is sufficient or if federal control is the future.
American Red Cross offers a fourteen hour home nursing course titled Home Nursing and Care of the Rick. It begins Wednesday October 12 at 9 30 am, two hours weekly for seven weeks, free of charge. Classes convene in the courthouse auditorium. to register call BOL.
In a Washington feature, Farmers Union President James Patton argues federal farm policies should ensure income parity for family farms with city workers. He calls for a five point Food and Fiber Policy including production goals, government purchase programs, and direct assistance while favoring government help over private mechanisms.
A Utah petition drive urges Congress to roll back the federal gasoline tax from 4 to 3 cents per gallon. Area chairman Ken Sowards says the weeklong campaign starts Oct 1 and highlights the tax’s $33 million first-year cost to Utah drivers.
Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined 22 church officials including President Joseph Fielding Smith in the Utah National Guard Americanism Up Front Seminar. The event, at a state owned reserve, aimed to brief participants on communist threats and grassroots countermeasures.
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