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Show Wednesday, April 14, 1976 Page 7 From Th . . . ITS STILL OUT THERE Notes INTERNATIONAL Peking Chairman Mao Tse-tung's hand-picked hand-picked successor, Hua Kuo-feng, was saluted by an estimated 1000,000 Chinese. They waved banners, sang revolutionary songs and beat gong, cymbals and drums to welcome their new premier, sources reported Thursday. Hua was elevated to premier after a dramatic power struggle with former First Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-ping. Teng had fallen out of favor with the Chinesee people for reportedly advocating ad-vocating that China make progress by Jinking its industry with the West. London In this first official act as England's new prime : minister, James Callaghan confirmed con-firmed his commitment to the anti-inflationary policies that his predecessor, Harold Wilson, initiated last summer. Quito, Ecuador At least 7 persons were killed and 50 injured with two strong earth tremors, a minute apart, shook the northern coast and mountains of Ecuador early Friday. In Golden, Colo., the U.S. National earthquake center said one of the tremors measured seven on the Richter scale, a reading that indicates a quake that can cause heavy damage. According Ac-cording to the Richter scale, a measure of ground motion as recorded on seismographis, an earthquake of 3.5 in the scale in populated areas can cause slight damage.a reading of four can cause moderate damage, a five considerable damage, and a six can be severe. A reading of seven is major earthquake, capable of wide spread, heavy damage; eight is a "great" quake, capable of tremendous damage. NATIONAL Houston Doctors reported Tuesday, after conducting a two-and-a-half hour autopsy, that Howard Hughes had died an "ordinary death" due to kidney failure. In the meantime, government govern-ment agents checked fingerprints to make positive identification of the billionaire recluse. Officials from the Internal Revenue Service said if Hughes eft his -fortune to j;medical research, which has been hinted by his lawyers, it will escape taxes. Otherwise, the maximum estate tax of 77 percent could apply against much of Hughes' money, estimated at between $1.5 and $2 billion. Aspen French born singer Claudine Longet, accompanied by her former husband Andy $11 ' All school programs must be carefully evaluated against the benefits received if Utah is to control educational costs and finance public school operating expenditures ex-penditures from present tax sources in the decade ahead. This warning was sounded by Utah Foundation, the . pri va te research organization, in their latest analysis of school ex- j penditure trends in Utah. The report indicates that school operating costs in Utah will approach $1 billion a year by the mid-1980's if present trends continue. In" addition to ' this outlook for sub stantially higher school operating expenditures, added amounts will be needed for capital outlay, debt service . and school lunch. According to the Foundation, Foun-dation, much of the expected increase over the next ten years will be the result of enrollment growth and rising prices which are not con ESTATE REALTY, INC. ALAN THOMSON 1 hove the lowest priced land in Park City, also the bost view lot. Parcels from 2 acres to. 200 acres. You can make money on these. Lot mo show thorn to you. CALL 649-0424 ilta for Sclieols? trollable by state and local officials. A large part of the projected increase, however, is based on past trends and therefore is subject to. future discretionary decisions. It is this portion of the projected increase that Foundation analysts say should be subject to closer legislative and administrative scrutiny. ' During the past ten years, school operating expenditures ex-penditures in Utah rose , by $167 million. Approximately $77 million, or 46 percent of 'the increase, was accounted for by inflation (the reduced purchasing . power of the dollar) and $9.7 million, or 6 per cent of the increase, was the result of increased school enrollment. : The Foundation study shows that $80.8 million, or 48 per cent of the school expenditure rise between 1964-65 and 1974-75, 1974-75, is attributable to a variety of factors, such as (1) increased in-creased retirement and fringe benefits for school employees, (2) reductions in ' the average class size, (3) Williams, listened quietly as she was charged ' Thursday with felony manslaughter in the shooting death of her lover, two-time world pro ski champion Vladimir "Spider" Sabich. "She feloniously, recklessly, willfully, caused f the death of Spider Sabich," claimed Dist. Atty. Frank Tucker, a longtime friend of Sabich. Miss Longet's attorney Charles Weedman denied there were any domestic proplems between bet-ween the couple. He toldthe court, "The kind of domestic discord was no more or no less than any. other couple deeply in love. There was no intentional causing of the tragic death of Spider Sabich.". Meanwhile, a hate-Claudine mood is running rampant in the small mountain ski town. On the streets, citizens are wearing T-shirts featuring illustrations of the singer-actress blowing smoke away from the nozzle fo a fun. Underneath the graphic is the legend, "Spider's Black Widow," . Springfield, 111 Richard Speck, who was , convicted of stabbing and strangling eight student nurses in Chicago in 1966, is eligible for a parole hearing in September, but will not be back on the streets if , the Illinois House of Representatives have anything to say about it. On Tuesday, the legislators adopted a resoultion urging, the Illinois Parole and Pardon Board not to let the convicted mass murdeer out of prision. Washington Will "ethnic purity" tio for Jimmy Carter what "Canuck" did for Ed Muski four years ago is a question the leading Democratic presidential candidate's ad-verseries ad-verseries are anxiously asking. On Thursday, Carter publicly apoligized for using the phrase "ethnic purity" in opposing federal efforts to artificaally change the character of neighborhoods: , . Speaking of the untimely remark Carter said, "It was a very serious mistake on my part." Washington A $1.9 billion emergency funding bill to launch a nationwide flu inoculation program along with providing money to keep 310,000 service jobs going until next January, has passed the Senate on Friday. Besides financing the immunization of every 'American from the swine flu expected to hit the United States this fall, the bill contains $528 million to provide 888,000 jobs for the elderly. When the virulent flu strain, known, as swine flu, last hit the U.S. in 1919-19 it took 548,000lives. '' The bill next goes to the House where it is expected to be passed intact and sent to the .White House early next week. increased employment of nonteaching instructional personnel (4)' introduction of new programs, and (5) salary increases in the excess of cost-of-living ; changes. If spending for these other factors should increase in the next decade at the same rate it has during the past ten years, another $3000 million would be added to school operating costs in Utah by the 1985-86 school year. A large part o the financing problem for Utah schools in the next decade, will be caused by an expected rise in school enrollments, according to the Foundation. Between the 1964-65 and the 1974-75 school years, average daily membership in the Utah shcools rose by only 9 per cent. During the next ten years school enrollments in Utah are expected to climb by 28 per cent. This resumption resump-tion of rapid growth in the Utah schools will add about $89 million to annual school operating costs over the next ; ; '. ' ' lip Supplying tha Park City area with ft Furnishings ft Carpeting ft Draperies ft Condominium Kitchan-Baddlng-Accassory Packages Original Designer and supplier of Crescent Ridge, Payday, Park Avenue, Clalmjumper, and Treasure Mountain Moun-tain Village Condominiums. , located at Resort CenterSilver MM Houso 1284 Empire Avenue t. Park City, Utah 14060 (S01) 4MIII ,1(1 decade based on the present level of school finance. In addition to the increase vin school operating costs resulting from enrollment growth, expenditures will tend to rise with changes in the price level. Over the past ten years the consumer's price index rose at an average rate of about 5.2 per year. During the past few , years, the inflation rate has been well above this ten-year average, although it has been declining somewhat in recent months; If the annual inflation in-flation rate in the next decade should average 5 per cent, an additional $256 million per -year would be needed by 1985-86 1985-86 to fund the present level of school services in Utah. Utah is presently spending about $315 million per year for school operations (1975-76 estimate). The Foundation study indicates that this expenditure would more than treble by the 1985-86 if the I spending trends of the past ten years are continued through the next decade. Design Coalition Interior Design and Gifts Chamber Cultural Affairs: Chairman - Sheila Ivers The Cultural Affairs committee has concentrated the past month almost exclusively ex-clusively on the Park City Art Festival '76. Its organization , has developed a program of work that should produce the best Art Festival in the history of Park City. The Park City bqard of directors took the first step and hired, Joan Seman to manage this , year's Fertival.i Her compensation, com-pensation, will be a percentage per-centage of the profits, plus a $600 advance.1 The organizational base is as follows: The purpose of the Festival will be: 1) to improve im-prove its reputation 2) to promote tourism, and 3) to raise funds. The major committees are : Eligibiltiy Requirements - : fees and display; Advertising Adver-tising - trade publication-s,direct publication-s,direct mail, produce in-vitaiton-application, develop master mailing list. Services - food and beverage first aid, sanitation, clean-up. Control -Law enforcement, traffic flow, parking, shuttling. Entertainment - Children's, evening, daytime. Other i areas of concern are financial .management and marketability. Financial . management will be supervised by the financial committer of the Chamber of Commerce and Bruce Decker, City Recorder. Marketing will consult ' businesses in Park City as : well as utilize the Chamber of &&&&& th ubd OiUP Commerce Communications Committee. Progress Report The invitation-application has been prepared ' and ratified by the Chamber Board. The official Art Festival logo has been selected. , The bid ' was awarded to Pat Smity. She will assist in all advertising promotions associated with the Art Festival and will serve on the Executive Art Festival Committee. Meetings to explore the areas of food and beverage' and entertainment have been extensively involved as has the City in the beginning stages. ' Watch , local newspapers for up-to-date information and notification of public meetings. This is an event that the entire Park City community can benefit from. Your participation is essential and desparately needed in order that we . may design a Festival that will meet the expectations of the entire community. We are optimistic, op-timistic, confident' and excited ex-cited and hope you will share in the success. Communications Committee: Chairman - Jan Peterson . This committee, consisting of chairman Jan Peterson, Laura Thomas and Marv Steadman has been busy with a number of projects that will ultimately project the image SJMIlliW ri II vw 3 c cmariGB quub of Comm. of Park City throughout the country. It is the purpose of this committee to coordinate all community literature and media material and to present a unified and graphically professional identity. -'..x . ' Already commissioned is a ' new Walking Tour brochure of historical buildings and points of interest in Park City. Local artists have also been asked to submit art for a new Chamber of Commerce logo that would become the symbol of Park City. In addition, ad-dition, this 1 committee has been working closely with the Art Festival committee to coordinate the image and concept of this years festival. Now that the Chamber has its own Gestetner silk screen duplicating equipment, we have the communication tools to disseminate in- -formation quickly professionally and inexpensively. inex-pensively. Projects in the works include a summer brochure in conjunction with the Lodging Association and Park City Ski Corp., special summer promotional material and next, season's dining and entertainment activities guide. To , set standards of professionalism, the following is a set procedure for art work bids: 1) Bids for artwork should be explicit and delivered in writing to all prospective artists , who care to make a presentation for purposes of the Chamber. jeui 'tr demon , 2) Bid specifications will include time limits and must be published in the paper. 3) All presentations are confidential and approval is first subject to the approval of , the Communications Committee of Chamber of Commerce and then must be ratified by the Chamber Board. Community Affairs Chairman Chair-man - John Newland . This committee plans to involve itself in community affairs, particularly in 1 the areas of transportationcity zoning, county zoning, recreation, and special summer events. Much .. emphasis em-phasis during the past month has delt with summer events that we hope will increase . traffic for . Park , City businesses.. Among the events currently being finalized are: Jazz Festival, Square Dance, Skate Board Contest, Rodeo, Horse Show, Bicycle Race, Bridge Tournament, Golf and Tennis Tournament, Soap Box Derby, local Super Stars Tournament. A number of merchants . have already volunteered to sponsor these events, so it looks like plenty 1 of activity will take place in Park City besides the town's celebration of the Fourth of Jury, Labor Day and the Art Festival. 1 Committee members include: in-clude: Bill Shorter, Dick Frost, Guy Oloin, Earne Anderson, Don Millicum and Marv Steadman. ih3 ami |