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Medical Meeting Jan. 6th
Hie monthly meeting of
the Albemarle Area Medical
Assistants was held January
6 at the Medical Village in
Elizabeth City.
The meeting was called to
order by President Alleene
Thompson. Invocation by
Chaplain Barbara Biggs.
Minutes of the last meeting
recorded by Penny Teague,
Secretary, were read and
approved.
A Nominating Committee
for 1978 officers were chosen
with Barbara Biggs serving
as chairperson. Final plans
were made for the Annual
Federal Excise Tax Lowered 1%
Good hews for New Year’s
local telephone users will
have some extra money
thanks to a drop in the
federal excise tax on
telephone bills from 6 per
cent to 5 per cent January 1,
the Norfolk Carolina
Compapy announced today.
Telephone customers in
1977 will save ap
proximately $275-million at
the lower rate, compared to
what they would have paid
had the tax remained at 6
per cent, according to
estimates by the US. In
dependent Telephone
Association. Some ssl
-of that amount will
be saved by customers of
the independent telephone
companies.
The association
represents the nation’s 1,600
non-Bell System telephone
companies serving almost
28-million phones one out
of every five in the nation.
Congress first imposed
the tax on telephone bills
Insurance Request Less
RALEIGH - The N. C.
Automobile Rate Ad
ministrative Office has
reduced the amount of the
rate increase request on
private passenger auto
liability insurance now
pending in the State In
surance Department.
The requested average
increase of 7.9 per cent was
cut to 5 per cent. Rate Office
General Manager Paul L
Mize said the filing was
amended because his staff
detected clerical errors in
some company experience
reports which were filed
with the Insurance
Department last July. The
amendment also includes
six months of more recent
experience than the original
filing.
Mize said, “We are
gratified that we are able to
amend the 1976 filing to
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Bosses’ Night Banquet to be
held January 22 a( Anglers
Cove.
An award will be
presented to the doctor who
will be chosen, Boss of the
Year. Also, an award for
Medical Assistant of the
Year will be presented. The
possibility of the AAMA
sponsoring a seminar in
November was discussed.
Benediction was given by
President Thompson and
the meeting was adjourned.
Refreshments were
served.
during World War I as a
“temporary” measure.
Although repealed briefly
after the war, it was rein
stituted during the
Depression and at one time
rates were as high as 25 per
cent on long distance calls
and 15 per cent on local
service.
Several years ago
Congress acted to eliminate
the tax. which stood at 10
per cent for almost 20 years.
Now the rate drops 1 per
cent each year until it is
eliminated in 1982.
The tax has cost con
sumers billions of dollars
and the Independent
Telephone Association
estimates the U.S. Treasury
will receive almost $2-billion
from the levy in 1977.
On behalf of its customers
the telephone industry
fought the tax, calling it
regressive and citing the
unfairness of taxing a basic
necessity especially for
the poor and elderly.
request a smaller increase
in private passenger
automobile liability in
surance rates. We want our
filing to represent as ac
curately as possible a fair
and proper rate level. We
hope that the commissioner
will share our view that this
is a proper analysis of the
rate need.
“The commissioner's
recent statement that the
companies made a 5 per
cent operating profit in 1975
on private passenger
automobile insurance does
not mean that increased
rates are 'unnecessary for
the future As a matter of
fact, the commissioner's
13.4 per cent auto liability
rate reduction order now
pending before the Supreme
Court obviously would force
the companies to operate at
a substantial loss on auto
insurance.
EXPLOSW^^
The head louse has recently
re-emerged as a national
health problem. Reports are
coming in from the Center for
Disease Control of the U.S.
Public Health Service, family
doctors and school nurses.
Pediculus capitis (the
medical name for the
parasite) is cropping up on
heads of children, and in
some adults as well, with little
respect for social or economic
status. Epidemics of head lice
have caused the temporary
closing of schools in many
parts of the country.
A recent article in the Jour
nal of the American Medical
Association observes that
head lice are encountered in
preschool children of both
sexes. However, “as soon as
children attend school, the
frequency decreases rapidly
in males but continues in
females,” it reports. Per
sisting itching of the scalp is
the most significant symp
tom, and this is often accom
panied by infected scratch
marks or what appears to be a
rash. Head lice are communi
cated by shared hats, combs
and brushes.
The condition is best
diagnosed by a physician or
nurse because the same symp
toms can be indications of
other conditions as well. The
diagnosis can be confirmed
with the aid of a magnifying
glass when small silvery eggs
(nits) are observed attached to
individual hairs.
In checking the scalp,
health personnel pay par
ticular attention to the nape
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of the neck and the area
behind the ears—locations
where the lice mainly live.
Occasionally, they may
migrate to the beard or
eyebrows.
Most physicians prescribe
Kwell, a shampoo containing
gamma benzene hexa
chloride, for best results'. It is
simple and pleasant to use
and usually one shampooing
is sufficient. However, a sec
ond treatment may be rec
ommended a week later to
treat any newly hatched
eggs.
All washable clothing,
towels and bed linens should
be machine washed, using the
hot cycle. Contaminated
clothing that is not washable
should be dry-cleaned.
A special spray is available
in pharmacies, for use on
inanimate objectsr-contami
nated mattresses, furniture,
rugs and other household
objects—to help prevent rein
festation. Called R&C Spray,
it has demonstrated 100 per
cent control in 48 hours of the
adult and nymph (larva)
stages office and equally total
control of hatching eggs. It
should never be used on the
body, or on pets.
IRS Office Answers Questions On Taxes
, This column of questions
and answers on federal tax
matters is provided by the
local office of the U. S. In
ternal Revenue. Service and
is published as a public
service to taxpayers. The
column answers questions'
most frequently asked by
taxpayers. *
Q —Several homeowners
in my neighborhood applied |
for a grant from the city
under, ’our community
development plan to enable
them to restore their homes.
Is there tax due for money
received for this purpose?
A—Payment or grants
made to further
legislatively funded benefit
programs for promotion of
general welfare, such as
grants to low-income
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to increase from 603 million'
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million tons in 1985. However,
production will not increase
this fast if long-term utility de
mand is uncertain and if major
environmental and transporta
tion issues are not resolved.
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, The fuek used to generate
electricity have shifted in re
cent years, with the nuclear
share of electricity production
growing sharply from 4.5 per
cent in 1973 to about 8.6 per
cent in 1975.
homeowners for the
restoration of their homes,
are not g part of gross in
come, but considered
general welfare in nature
and nontaxable. For more
details contact the local
agency responsible for your
community development
plan.
Q—l visited an IRS office,
, and requested an ap
plication for an employer
identification number
because I’m starting a new
business. While there, I was
given some information in.
the form of a kit concerning!
the tax obligations related to 1
my type of business. Is this a
special procedure of the-
IRS?
A—More than likely you
received a set of materials
called Your Business Tax
Kit, Publication 454,.that is
compiled for each new
business person who applies
for an employer iden
tification number. It is a
routine but importnat
procedure for the IRS to
provide individual tax in
formation to people starting
a new business because
each individual may require
different tax information. .
Usually, the package is
presented by an IRS
representative with a
complete explanation either
at an IRS office, at the
taxpayer’B place of
business, or at the tax
payer’s home.
Q —Robbers broke into my
home and stole several
personal items valued at
$550. The items were not
insured. How much of this
loss can I claim as a
deduction on my Federal
income tax fecurn?
A—A loss you endure due
to theft of property held for
personal use may be
claimed as an itemized
deduction on your Federal
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’mursday/JanuaryiS, 1977
' income tax return.
However, such a loss is'
deductible only to the extent
that it exceeds SIOO. TUs
SIOO limitation applies
each instance of theft.
In addition, if requested
ay the IRS, you must be able
to prove that you sustained a
loss.
For more detailed in
formation, see IRS
Publication 547, Tax In
formation on Disasters,
Casualty Losses and Thefts,
available at IRS offices.