Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 68, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 21, 1989 Page: 5 of 12
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Weather
For the Record
Sulphur Springs for March 21,1989
Yesterday
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High.................
-3
Low ..............
Rainfall..............
.025
10 am
10
12 noon
•0
76
Yesterday
Ttiday Tarorrww^
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% p.m
80
56
Normal High 68
67
69
a ^
40
Normal Low 45
43
45 .
10 gm
MMraght
46
44
Last Year High 76
79
75
2 am
43
Last Year Low 36
50
38
4 am. *
$ am.
43
40
Record High 82
- 79
81
4 «.m.
36
Set In 1952
1988
1960
Record Low 17
26
2
Set In 1965
1965
1965
Rainfall to date:
Month 1.16
Year
937
Normal rainfall:
Month 3.69
Year
934
Local March History
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Average mean temperature. 55.7 degrees; warmest March (mean),
62.4 in 1974; coldest March (me»), 45.9 in I960; avenge daily
high. 67; average overnight low, 45; extremes recorded. 91 in 1974
and 14 in 1980; highest rainfall. 8.06 inches in 1973; lowest rainfcfl.
.86 of an inch in 1954; avenge number of rainy days. 8.
70s by Friday
North Texas — Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday and Friday.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain Saturday. Lows in the 40s
Thursday warming into the 50s Friday and Saturday. Highs in the oOs
Thursday and in the 70s Friday and Saturday.
South Tfcxas — Partly cloudy Thursday, increasing cloudiness with
scattered showers Friday and Saturday. Lows Thursday from law 40s
north to mid 50s south warming to the SOs and 60s Friday and Satur-
day. Highs Thursday in the low to mid 70s warming to the upper Tte
to near 80 south Friday and Saturday.
West Tfcxas — Fair to partly cloudy aeawide with hide or no
precipitation. Above normal temperatures.
Pwihandle: Lows mid 30s to tower 40s. Highs upper 60s.
South Plains; Lows upper 30s to mad 40s. Highs tower 7Ck-
Permian Basin: Lows near 40 to upper 40s. Highs upper 70s.
Concho VWley: Lows mid 40s to mid 50s. Highs nud to upper 70s.
Far West Lows mid to upper 40s. Highs upper to mid 70s.
Big Bend: Lows mid 30s mountains to nud 40s lowlands Thurs-
day, warning to near 40 mountains and lower SOs lowlands Friday
and Saturday. Highs mid 70s mountains to upper 80s lowlands.
Daily Crossword
ACROSS
1 Tool
4 Old Testament
book
9 Great respect
12 Timid
13 Accustom
14 Wild sheep
15 Make known
1*__Grows
in Brooklyn
17 — and
leather
18 Buggy
20 Superlative suf
Sat
21 Ingests
22 Area
25 Plastic wrap
27 Novelist_
Jong
31 Hang
32 Harmony
33 Punctual (2
wds.)
34 Mexican party
item
35 Fishing net
36 Glances
37 Place ot
residence
40 Wrongdoing
43 Belonging to us
44 Obstacle
48 Be ill
49 In readiness (2
wds.)
51 — Rand
52 The sun
53 Per_
(yearly)
54 Cry ot
affirmation
55 Bridge expert
_Culbertson
56 Starves
voluntarily
57 Compass pom*
DOWN
1 Pronto (abbr)
2 Bum
4 New Zealand
parrot
5 One held
captive
6 Medical
7 _Garbo
8 Regard
9 Movie dog
10 Which thing
11 Organs of
hearing
19 At the border
21 Strangeness
23 Soothed
24 Lamp
inhabitants
25 Sensible
26 Ageinst
28 _Dinesen
"Out of Africa
author
29 Beds
30 Collection of
facts
31 Author John
_ Passes
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32 Boxing blow
38 Singer_
42 Badfri
4$ Words of i
46 Favorable
39 Sight lor
travelers
40 Luxury
41 Stringed
50 Priraeis
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THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sugthur Springs, Texas, TUaaday, March >1, i960—A-5
New tax laws cut into deductions
By JIM LUTHER
APTax Writer
WASHINGTON (AF) — Recent
Hat taws have cut deeply into
i dues, tools, wot clothes (but
■ot if writable for street
vice, subscriptions and
afe deposit boxes in
jo- threshold.
of taxpayers. Many
wriaeofls have been lost entirely
of higher thresholds on
vesanenf-relaied paper;
sad tax-preparation fees.
me «>ry»vf
But there still are enough deduc-
tions left to make it worthwhile for
one-third of taxpayers to itemize.
One of the most expensive chan-
ges for individuals in the 1986 tax
overhaul was repeal of the deduc-
tion for state and local sales taxes.
But state and local income and
property taxes ate still deductible
Only unreimbursed medical ex-
penses that exceed 716 percent of
afljMled gross income may be
uninsured non-
1988 is the last year to deduct,
subject to die 2 percent rule, a por-
tion of the basic monthly home tel-
ephone service charge as an ex-
pense of producing i
Over the years, the definition of
medical expenses has been expan-
ded. tat admrioa IB aaeh traditional
prescribed to correct an overtake
— Use Form 1040 line 28 to
report penalties paid for early
withdrawal of savings; you won’t
be taxed on that amouuL
business casualty losses, such as
from fires, may be deducted subject
to a 10 percent threshold.
There is a 2 percent limit on
plies to such things as unreimbur
May few
ses may be deducted without regard
to the 2 parent threshold. These
include certain work-related expen-
ses of handicapped people and
gambling losses up to the amount
of gambling winnings.
Some other deductions:
— If you use your own car for
the benefit of a tax-exempt charity,
including driving to and Grom the
organization, you may deduct 12
cents a mile or the cost of gas and
ofl, phis (in either case) parking
fees and toita.
— On the other hand, (hiving
your child to the hospital gets you a
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 68, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 21, 1989, newspaper, March 21, 1989; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth816102/m1/5/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.