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■ . ■ PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 13, 1967 Longshore to get tech training m m. SAN ANTONIO, TEX.—Air man Everette L. Longshore, i son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Longshore of Silverstreet, has been selected for technical training at Sheppard AFB, Texas as a U. S. Air Force medical service specialist. The airman recently completed bas ic training at Lackland, AFB, Texas. His new school is part of the Air Training Commam which conducts hundreds ol specialized courses to provide technically trained personnel for the nation’s aerospace force Airman Longshore is a 190f graduate of Newberry High school. Income Tax Information Q.—I got married last year Do I need another Social Sec urity number since my named changed? A.—No, continue to use the Social Security number you already have. However, you should notify the Social Secur ity Administration of the change in your name so they can bring their records up to date. Don’t forget to show your Social Security number accur ately on any tax return you file. Failure to show social security numbers delays re funds for many persons each year. Q.—My withholding was en ough to cover my 1966 income tax. Do I still have to file a return ? A.—Whether you owe any taxes is not the determining factor in deciding if you have to file a return. If your income was $600 or more, or $1,200 if you are 65 or older, you must file. If you have self-employ ment income of $600 or more you must file a return and pay self-employment tax. Q.—Do I get any deduction for Social Security taxes paid for a cleaning woman ? A.—No, these taxes are not deductible unless they qualify as a business expense. Q.—I just got my refund. Can I throw last year’s records away ? A.—No. Records should be kept as long as needed for tax purposes. This generally means three years from the time the return was due. Some, like records on the purchase of a home, should be kept much longer. They would be needed to establish your cost basis. Q.—My mother is in a rest home. Can we still claim her as a dependent since we pay her bills? A.—As long as she otherwise qualifies as your dependent and you contribute more than half of her support, you are entitled to claim her as a dependent. Q.—My son earned enough last summer to require him to file a return. He’s a full-time college student but we still support him. Can we claim an exemption for him on our re turn while he takes his own exemption on his return? A.—The situation you des cribe is one of two exceptions to the law that says an exemp tion cannot be claimed for a person with gross income of $600 or more for the year. As long as a child of yours is a full-time student or under 19 and otherwise qualifies as your dependent, he may claim an exemption for himself on his return and you may claim as an exemption also. Q.—If I pay someone to pre pare my return isn’t he respon sible for its accuracy? A.—No, the taxpayer is leg ally responsible for the accur acy of the return. For this Just like you are when you buy your insurance from a local, independent agent because you get the best. We would like to be your agent. YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422 THE M ANION FORUM By MARILYN MANION TIME TO LIBERATE CHINA? What in the world is going on behind the Bamboo Curtain? Even the most knowledge able observers of the Chinese scene must ask themselves that perplexing question today. It is quite obvious that something is happening—but reports are conflicting at best. Is the cur rent bloodletting in Red China a real revolution? Or is it sim ply a revolt against a faction of Communism, rather than Communism itself? And who is. involved? A few malcontents— or the masses of people? To answer some of these questions, the Manion Forum turned to one of its frequent speakers, Rev. Daniel Lyons, S.J. Father Lyons had just returned from a trip to Korea, Formosa, Viet Nam and Hong Kong when he took the Manion F’orum microphone. In the course of his travels, he had interviewed individuals who had escaped recently from Com munist China. Lyons interviewed the only Red Guard defector to ever escape from the mainland. “He told me,” said Father Lyons, “that conditions on the main land are much worse than they were even ten years ago. He said the country is poorer than it was in 1957, and that hatred for Communism is more common than ever. He said that people are hoping that Free China will deliver them.” Just how would Nationalist China go about this liberation? Continued Lyons: “Free China is anxious to establish a beach head in the mainland. She wants to do this so that the people will at least have some choice. They can decide to come there if they want to, without having to swim the 90 miles from the China coast to Formosa.” The fact that people impris oned on the mainland DO wish to escape is evident. Lyons told his radio aud ience that “in in the Korean War, 70 per cent of all the Red Chinese soldiers who were cap tured refused to go back to their native land. This is some thing that has never happened before in all of history. Com munism has failed in Red China. It has not only destroy ed freedom, but it has also failed to provide any kind of a viable economy. The economy is worse than it was when they reason, make sure you get dependable tax help. Avoid anybody who offers to split the refund with you, asks you to sign a blank return or pre pares it in pencil or who sug gests that a refund be sent to his address. Q.—We pool our tips at the place where I work and split them up at the end of the day, Is my share of the split-up what I should return as tip income ? A.—Yes, the amount you ac tually received from the pool should be reported as tip in come for tax purposes. Note that if your tips are $20 per month or more they should also be reported to your employer on Form 4070, “Employees Re port on Tips.” Q.—.Where do I report pro fits from stock sales? A.—Use Schedule D. Copies are available in many banks, postoffices and offices of the IRS. Q.—How can I tell whether a person qualifies as a depend ent? A.—There are five tests that have to be met. These are gross income, support, married de pendents, citizenship or resid ence and relationship. Each is described in the 1040 and 1040A instruction booklets. started. “Now there is revenge in the hearts of the Chinese people, revenge against the Commun ist system, as it was reported recently in the World Journal Tribune by Robert Elligant, the well-known correspondent. He said that the mood of the mass es in China is to try to do away with all of the repress ions, all the deprivation they have suffered. Revenge for the violent attempts to reshape the nature of the individual.” Father Lyons has helped to form an organization to mobi lize Americans who are in favor of liberating Red China. If you’re interested, write to the National Committee for the Liberation of China, 1776 Broadway, New York. There is no time like the present to take action. PROPERTY TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 L. J. Matthews to The City of Newberry, one lot $2,750. Bush River No. 3 Ruth J. Amis to Nancy Lou H. Casque and Aubrey Gasque, 128 acres, $5. Nancy Lou H. Owerson Gas que to Aubrey Gasque, 404 acres and one building, $5.00 love and affection. George L. Carver to Gurnie Lee Wells and June Nell Wells, 2.53 acres, $5 and assumption of a mortgage. Whitmire No. 4 Frank H. Ward, Probate Judge to Eugene C. Griffith, one lot $50.00. James L. Hartman to Ralph Floyd Caldwell, one lot and one building, 1535 Church St., $10.00. Whitmire No. 4 Outside Roxie Wilbanks to Ellie Prince and Pauline Prince, five acres $1,150. Ellen Oxner Jenkins to Michael V. Jenkins, 2.14 acres, five dollars, love and affection. Pomaria No. 5 Maude R. Graham to Mary G. Glymph and Robert W. Glymph, one acre, $5 love and affection. Little Mountain No. 6 1 James C- Suber, John Robert Suber, Jr. to Mildred Claire Suber, three acres and 1 build- State GTs use More than 2,111 applications for G. I. Home Loans liave been received from post-Korean Conflict veterans of South Car olina under the 1966 G. I. Bill, John I. Findley, Loan Guaranty Officer of the Veterans Admin istration Regional Office, Col umbia, reported today. The reports, from the VA’s field stations across the nation, showed a total of 123,000 cov ering the period of March 3, 1966 (when the new law went into effect), to February 28th, 1967, Findley said. During the first full year of operation 312,399 post - Korean Conflict veterans were declared eligible for G. I. Home loans. More than 89,000 loans were made during the first year. Under the three G. I. Home Loan programs—World War II, Korean Conflict, and the 1966 G. I. Bill—about 7 million G. I. Home loans have been made with a face value of more than $65 billion. The deadline for G. I. Home loans for veterans of World War II is July 25, 1967. ing $5. Jacob Monts, Executor of the last will and testament of Wm. Monts, deceased, to W. C. Shealy, 59 acres $277.00. Forest L. Wheeler, Annie Mae Wheeler Bickley, Louetta Wheeler and Goze and Ruby Wheeler Carver, to C. Malloy Wheeler, 59 acres, $5.00 love and affection. S. C. Electric & Gas Co. to M. M. Richardson, 1.83 acres, $1.00. D. H. Hamm Sr., D. H. Hamm Jr. and J. Walter Hamm to Charles E. Grant and June H. Grant, one lot $5. Prosperity No. 7 S. C. Electric and Gas Co. to J. F. M. Banister, 1.76 acres, $1.00. C. S. Holland to John K. Bagwell, one lot, $45.00. John K. Bagwell to Leo D. Gault and Harold R. Moss, one lot and one building $5. Emily Cromer and Tressie C. Holland to Earline S. Cot- ney, strip of land $5 Virgil F. Huffstetler to J. C. Cooper and Ann J. Cooper, one lot and one building $5. C. S. Holland to D. C. Marsh- burn, one lot $5. 4.50 s CURRENT DIVIDEND Insurance of building and loan sav ings accounts ceiling increased to $15,000 We pay you to save at State Building and Loan . . . and the pay is getting better all the time. Building & Loan Association 1117 Boyce Street Newberry, S. C. Dial 276-5660 Ralph B. Baker Pinckney N. Abrams Louis C. Floyd Thomas H. Pope R. Aubrey Harley