Change In Tax Law Will Be
Effective January 1
Sign Pact To Preserve
For Wildlife
State Tax Commissioner
Joseph H. Murphy said that, under
a recent change in the tax law
effective January 1,1968, employers
withholding $ 3,000 or
more in a six- month period ending
June 30 or December 31 are
required to file withholding returns
and make payments on
a semi- monthly basis.
The due dates for semimonthly
withholding tax returns
will be within three banking days
after the 15th and last day of
each month, except that the return
for the last half of December
is due January 31.
Under the new legislation effective
the first of the year,
employers will be required to
file withholding returns and make
payments semi- monthly,
monthly, semi- annually or annually,
depending on the amount
of tax required to be deducted
and withheld in a semi- annual
period.
Employers withholding $ 300 to
$ 2,999.99 in the semi- annual
period ending June 30 or December
31 are required to file
returns monthly on the 15th day
of the following month, except
that the return for December is
due January 31.
Employers withholding $. 01 to
$ 299.99 in these six- month
periods are required to file returns
on July 31 and January 31.
Those employers not required
to withhold at all must file a
return annually on February 28.
During December, the Tax Department
will mail to the 500,000
employers in New York State a
notice of the filing classification
assigned for 1968 together with
a new employer's instruction
booklet, Form IT- 2100, which
reflects the changes required by
the new filing requirements.
Complete Safety Sedan
Study At Republic
Motor Vehicle Commissioner
Vincent L. Tofany this week announced
the completion of the
New York State Safety Car Program
with the design and development
of the Safety Sedan,
a practical, life- saving vehicle
that could prevent accidents and
injuries, and could be mass produced
for public use.
The final report on the New
York Safety Sedan was released
at a joint press conference on
Tuesday with State Senator Edward
J. Speno, chairman of the
Joint Legislative Committee on
Motor Vehicles, Traffic and
Highway Safety, at Motor Vehicle
Commissioner Tofany's New
York Office.
The design of the New York
State Safety Sedan is the result
of a two- year study performed
under the direction of the Department
of Motor Vehicles by
the Republic Aviation Division
of Fairchild Hiller Corporation
in Farmingdale.
The study was the result of
1965 Legislation introduced by
the Joint Legislative Committee
under Senator Speno's chairmanship.
The final report on the second
phase of the program has been
turned over to the new National
Highway Safety Bureau of the Department
of Transportation for
its use in its efforts to improve
vehicle design safety.
The State Program was designed
to show that it would be
practical to incorporate advanced
safety features into a
producible vehicle; and possible
to develop a system of safety
definitions and ratings, based
upon performance tests, that
would be suitable for preparing
legislative and administrative
requirements or standards.
The first phase of the program
involved a feasibility study which
showed that these goals could be
accomplished.
About $ 385,000 has been spent
by the State for the feasibility
study and the development of the
design of the Safety Sedan.
The New York Safety Sedan is
a four- passenger family car of
about the same size as a full-size
American sedan. It weighs
4,000 pounds unloaded, and is designed
to carry a maximum
weight of 5,300 pounds. It is e-quipped
with a forward mounted,
300 cubic inch V- eight engine with
a maximum rated output of 260
horsepower.
Town Orders 20 Snow Plows
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
Michael N. Petito yesterday supported
the Town Board on implementing
the proposal that the
Town purchase its own snow- removal
equipment rather than letting
out the job of removing
snow to private contractors. But
at the same time the Supervisor
chided the Board for ordering
the 20 snow plows at a total cost
of $ 25,560 at such a late date
that they will not be delivered in
time for this winter's snowfalls.
Last year Petito recommended
to the Board that the Town stop
hiring outside contractors to remove
snow. Instead, he said, the
Town should purchase its own
equipment and largely handle the
job of snow removal itself. The
Supervisor said at that time that
his proposal would cut costs and
provide more efficient snow removal.
Only in snow emergencies
would outside assistance be used.
" Bootless!'
Daniel Axinn,
builder of
Woodlands,
Woodmere,
Long Island.
" If there's such a word as
' sootless,' gas is a sootless
fuel. With oil you get soot
all over— on drapes, on
walls, on everything.
" No question about it,
a woman is better off with
gas heat because it means
less cleaning for her and no
worries about deliveries.
Gas is definitely a more
efficient, cleaner and
better fuel."
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State Conservation Commissioner
R. Stewart Kilbourne will
sign the agreement between
Oyster Bay Town and New York
State preserving the 5,000 acres
of South Shore wetlands in perpetuity
on December 19, at 2: 30
P. M., Councilman Ralph J. Marino,
Board Majority Leader, announced
this week.
Marino said the latest agreement
is an extension of the plans
formulated in 1959 to permanently
keep the South Shore wetlands
of Oyster Bay in a state of
conservation when 500 acres
were first dedicated.
Oyster Bay was the first town
to recognize the value of the Long
Island Wetlands Act in 1959 by
dedicating 500 acres inthe vicinity
of Tobay Pond off South Oyster
Bay for a Tobay Wildlife Sanctuary.
The shallow, brackish pond
with its marshy edges' has been
the focal point for thousands of
waterfowl, shore birds and other
aquatic oriented wildlife.
A cooperative agreement for
the joint development and management
of this area was also
completed resulting in the development
of an access road,
parking lot, water control structure
and bird watching tower.
" The current agreement is a
continuance of those plans started
in 1959 to keep the entire 5,000
acres preserved and maintained
in perpetuity for fish and wildlife
and to maintain the ecological
balance in the area,*' said
Marino.
Among the stipulations of the
agreement are conservingthe underwater
lands, regulating the
operation of shellfish beds, and
setting aside the land involved
for the enhancement of fish and
wildlife resources and other recreational
pursuits involving the
estuarine environment such as
boating, nature study, hunting
and fishing to prevent deterioration
or destruction of the fish
and wildlife habitat or excessive
harassment of fish and wildlife.
The vehicle is designed to provide
maximum crash injury protection,
with all occupants restrained,
in these frequent crash
situations; A front- end impact
at 50 miles per hour. A side impact
at 40 miles per hour. A rear
impact at 50 miles per hour. A
roll- over, without collision, at
70 miles per hour and pedestrian
impact at 15 miles per hour.
The design of the Safety Sedan
is based upon the established need
for improvements in five areas:
( 1) accident avoidance; ( 2) crash
injury reduction; ( 3) pedestrian
injury reduction; ( 4) postcrash
protection and accident site
safety; and ( 5) non- operating
safety.
The New York State Safety Sedan, designed by Fairchild Hiller's Republic Aviation Division in Farmingdale,
features a blunt energy - absorbing front end that affords protection to pedestrians at impact
speeds up to 15- miles- per- hour. This protection results in part from the vehicle's foam- filled
rubber bumper covering, which is shown on the model. A further safety feature is the driver's
unobstructed frontal view that is provided by the slightly curved, no distortion windshield with near
invisible corner joints.
RE- ELECT
ELLSWORTH W. ALLEN
AS
WATER COMMISSIONER
So. Farmingdale
< Water District
Experienced - 17 Years as Water Commissioner.
A Record of Efficency and Economy
Chairman of the Team that Has Planned so
well that facilities are and will be Adequate
For the District.
RESIDENTS OF NORTH MASSAPEOUA - PLAINEDGE
Vote at Firehouse, Broadway & Albany Ave.
RESIDENTS OF SOUTH FARMINGDALE
Vote at Firehouse, So, Main St, & Linden Ave.
VOTE TUES. DEC. 5 4PM- 10PM
Paul Political Adv. by friends of Doc
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