College Gets Grant
Meredith College has received a
$75,000 grant from The Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation to increase
the ability of its students in
pursuing job opportunities at the
higher levels that are now increas
ingly becoming available to women.
Meredith President John H. Weems
announced.
The grant, to be used over a
three - year period, is to assist a
new program called "Raising the
Sights of Women" at the
church - related women's college.
"The purpose of the program is
not necessarily to encourage women
to reject traditional roles for career
- oriented life - styles," Dr.
Weems said, "but to make them
conscious of options early and to
prepare them academically and
personally for the challenges of the
future.
"Through the grant Meredith
can encourage its students to be
conscious of alternative career
opportunities," Dr. Weems said,
pointing out that the new program
also includes a curricular plan
designed to develop eight charac
teristics in students.
These characteristics include
self - understanding, independ
ence, creativity, communication
skills, intellectual curiosity, leader
ship, decision - making ability, and
goal - orientation.
Two principle objectives are
contained in the program. The first
is to provide speakers, panels,
artists - in - residence, symposia,
student exchanges, and other pro
grams for the personal and intel
lectual enrichment of students.
The second objective is to aid
interested faculty in promoting
classroom and other academic
activities in developing the charac
teristics through new teaching
methods. library materials,
resource persons, and faculty
seminars.
Activities already scheduled to
achieve these objectives are a
faculty workshop planned for early
Janaury, support of a student
government symposium on women
and health, and support for
residence hall discussion groups.
Directing the new program is Dr.
Sarah Lemmon, chairman of the
history and political science depart
ment at Meredith.
This is the first grant Meredith
has received from the Mellon
Foundation, one of the largest
general - purpose foundations in
the nation.
The purpose of the Mellon
Foundation is to aid and promote
religious charitable, scientific,
literary, and educational purposes
that further the public welfare or
tend to promote the well - doing or
well - being of mankind.
THE NEWS JOURNAL RAEFORD, NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1975 PAGE 15
HOKE COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
0?A?NI< ?CAU
POVERTY MAP - The dark places represent concentration of low income and minority persons, and the large, shaded
area to the south represent townships with high concentration of low income and minority persons in this map
prepared by the N.C. Department of Natural and Economic Resources.
New Law, Savings For Taxpayers
Greensboro -? Remember how
welcome that tax rebate was last
spring? Well, the rebate was only
one small part of a new law that can
lead to additional tax savings for
millions of Americans filing returns
this year.
For instance, the "low income
allowance" ? a tax - free allowance
designed to remove low income
taxpayers from the tax rolls -- has
been increased to $1,600 for a
single taxpayer, to $1,900 for
married persons filing jointly and
to $950 for married persons filing
separately. This, of course, is above
and beyond the $750 provided per
exemption.
Generally, to figure the amount
on which a taxpayer must first pay
tax, add $750 for each exemption
to the low income allowance. A
single person, therefore, could earn
up to$2,350 tax free; couples
without children up to $3,400. As
another example, a married couple
filing jointly wth three children
normally would be entitled to five
exemptions (one exemption for
husbnd, wife and each child). This
means the family would not have to
pay tax on income up to $5,650
($750 x 5 - $3,750; $3,750 +
$1,900 ? $5,650.)
In addition to boosting the low
income allowance, the new legis
lation also has increased the
standard deduction to 16 percent ot
the taxpayer's adjusted gross in
come, to a maximum of 52,300 for
single persons, $2,600 for married
couples filing joint returns and
$1,300 for married persons filing
separate returns.
Taxpayers should use the stand
ard deduction only if it exceeds
itemized deductions. To see how
the standard deduction works, take
the case of a husband and wife who
have an adjusted gross income of
$15,000 and file a joint return. If
they claim the standard deduction
they would subtract $2,400 (16 per
cent of $15,000) from their ad
justed gross income. If the couple
could only claim $2,200 in itemized
deductions, they should claim the
larger standard deduction.
Taxpayers should compute their
tax both on the standard deduction
and on itemized deductions to
determine which way they come out
ahead.
Something else that's new in the
law will not affect 1975 taxes, but
generally will shrink many a tax bill
for 1976 and thereafter. The
change is in the child and
dependent care law. Basically, the
law permits a taxpayer to deduct a
maximum of $400 a month, as an
itemized deduction, for the cost of
caring for a child or for a disabled
dependent or disabled spouse.
while the taxpayer is employed on a
job or looking for work.
Although the change does not
increase the maximum monthly
deduction, it does allow taxpayers
to earn more money without
experiencing a drop in the de
duction permitted. Previously, tax
payers with an annual adjusted
gross income over $18,000 could
not claim the entire deduction.
They have had to reduce their
otherwise allowable expense by
one-half the amount over $18,000,
so that taxpayers with an adjusted
gross income of over $27,600 have
not been permitted to deduct any
household and dependent care
exnenses
With the change in the law.
individuals may have as much as
$35,000 in adjusted gross income in
1976 and still qualify for the full
child and dependent care de
duction. The deduction will not be
phased out entirely until taxpayers'
income exceeds $44,600.
In any case, before claiming the
child care and dependent care
deduction, taxpayers should read
the instructions provided with their
tax forms very carefully. If they still
have a question about eligibility or
how to compute the deduction,
taxpayers should call their nearest
Internal Revenue Service office toll
free. It's particularly important to
remember that the higher limit on
adjusted gross income will not take
effect for most taxpayers until
1976
Raeford-Hoke
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Chamber of Commerce
Veterans
Corner
Q -? I am a disabled military
retiree. 1 know that in order to get
VA compensation. 1 must waive a
portion of my retired pay. If I
qualify for the $150 VA clothing
allowance because my prosthetic
device wears out my clotntng. will I
also have to waive $150 of my
retired pay?
A -- No. It is not necessary for a
veteran in receipt of retirement pay
to waive any portion of his
retirement pay in order to receive
the clothing allowance. However, if
he is in receipt of fetirement pay
and has not elected to receive
compensation, a claim will be
required each year to establish
eligibility for the clothing
allowance.
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