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Show " WH U'JUIB j'"""J-- V njlji IMP Animal control officer says most problems from people, not pets Monday, Docombor 11, 19C0 back in surgery Central Utah' Nawspcpsr for 115 Years Governor unveils education budget By CHRISTI C. EVANS - Herald Staff Writer group of mentally SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Gov. Norm Bangerter today unveiled an education spending package of $1.35 billion for fiscal 1990-9including an increase of $164 million for the public and higher education largest in state history. The governor proposed a 6 percent increase in teacher salaries and benefits and promised that any further projected state revenue surpluses would be translated into further increases for teachers. "If revenues increase when new projections are made in February, I recommend that the compensation package for teachers be further increased," he said. In addition, nearly $6 million in savings from an early retirement program may also be added to teacher salaries, he said. The proposal includes a $70 million increase for public education operations and a $47 million onetime expenditure for textbooks, school buildings and supplies. The $70 million increase includes $51 million for teacher salaries and benefits. In addition, Bangerter suggested sweeping changes in how public education is administered. handi- capped residents of the Hidden Hollow Care Center in Orem are working to provide Christmas this year for those less fortunate than they. As part-tim- e workers at Dealer's Choice, an auto detailing shop at 960 N. Industrial Drive, Orem, a group of mentally handicapped men help shampoo rugs, clean engines and wash and wax cars. Through the sale of certificates for complete car detailing, the men are raising money for projects for five families in Utah Valley. Dealer's Choice owner Jeff Jenks oversees their work. "My sister (Cathleen Jenks) is a receptionist at Hidden Hollow Care Center," Jenks said, adding his sister asked if Jenks would allow men from the center to work in his shop. Jenks also credits his sister with the idea. "You see lots of people helping the mentally handicapped, poor and needy at Christmas. Her thing was, do you ever see the mentally handicapped helping the poor and needy?" Jenks said. "We thought it would be kind of a cool switch." Jenks is providing certificates for a full car detailing for $45, a service ' usually costing $75, he it said. "This is a thing," he said. Detailings include steam cleaning the engine, shampooing (See HELPING, Page A2) f i, 3 a v .t x m VI II I I . MM, I I.'., h ..S"i,i. J A U ta a non-prof- Herald PhotoTrent Nelson Richard, left, and Kelly clean a car to earn money to help someone at Christmas. Czechs celebrate PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia (AP) Sirens wailed, horns honked and bells pealed at noon today in Prague and other cities. They were marking a dramatic opposition victory that ended the Communists' domination of the government. Also today, army units began pulling down the Iron Curtain bor- ar der with neutral Austria and Prague radio reported that Pacem Im Terris, the organization of Roman Catholic clergy, will shut down. The organization was viewed by indepedendent priests and bishops as a tool of the Communists, and Pope John Paul II declared it illestate-controll- gal several years ago. Several government non-Commun- ist ranking figures in Pacem im Terris were dismissed last week after being accused of cooperating with the secret police. On Sunday, in his last act as president, Gustav Husak swore in a Cabinet whose members include people he had jailed or stripped of all but the most menial jobs. The new Cabinet gave the country its first government dominated by since 1948. demonstraToday's three-minution took the place of a general strike called off Sunday by opposition leaders after their historic success in overturning Communist dornination of the government. Square, the site of huge protests the last three weeks, thousands of Christmas shoppers and workers on lunch break joined demonstration in the three-minuof support, ringing tiny bells or shaking sets of keys. On nearby Old Town Square, the deep gong of the bells from Tyn Church echoed off the ancient buildings. Above a large Christmas tree, young people leaned out of a third-flowindow as the bells and sirens sounded. "This is the end of communism," said Jana Navara, a actress, ringing a brass chime in Old Town Square. Elsewhere in Eastern Europe to te te Around Prague's Wenceslas day: The four World War II Allies France, Britain, the United States met in and the Soviet Union Berlin for the first time since 1971. The Soviets expressed "favorable interest" in a Western plan to boost the international role of Berlin, according to a joint statement. Bulgaria's Communist Central Committee opened a session to discuss the situation in the country one day after tens of thousands demonstrated for reform and curbs on party power. Most Soviets ignored a call by v human rights activist Andrei for a two-hogeneral strike (See CZECH, Page A2) Sak-haro- ur Tieless teacher back in class Lifestyle: Breast-feedin- g is beneficial to both mother and baby, but if not possible, the bottle formulas are nutritious and safe. See story on Page B5. Stocks: Today's stock market was in a slump, with stocks down, because there was no economic news to spur the investors on. See Page A6. The World: Killings and destruction of property took a heavy toll in South Africa's Natal Province, during one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the three years of fighting. See Page A4. Find it ArtsEntertainment Astrograph Business Classified Ads B6 A6 D1-D- Movies 6 B4 D4 Comics Crossword Legal Notices Lifestyle Dl . B5,B6 B3 A3 C2 C4 C3 National Obituaries Opinions StateRegion Sports Utah Valley Weather World.... POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (AP) A teacher who was forced from his job after refusing to wear a necktie returned to the classroom today after tying his adversaries in legal knots. He wore a flannel shirt no tie. and jeans One year ago this month, the Mason County Board of Education fired Bill Webb for refusing to conform to a new dress code. Today, he returned to the classroom at Point Pleasant High School with the power of a judge's recent order. Principal Michael Whalen refused to let reporters into the school said Webb, 46, showed up for work wearing flannel and denim. "I'm a little bit apprehensive, I guess," Webb said Sunday night. "When I left there, it was under strange circumstances. It's going to be a little strange going in." Students who gathered outside a fast food restaurant near school began said today that Webb's return was not a major event. "We're going to have a normal school day. Assistant Principal Larry Martin math at Point Pleasant for 21 years, contends that the school "I like him. He's all right," said senior Donnie Patterson, adding that there was little discussion about Webb's case. building this morning, saying, who Webb, has been teaching board doesn't have a right to tell him what to wear. Webb and Kanawha County Circuit Judge Tod Kaufman say the dress code is unconstitutional. Webb said the code shouldn't apply to him anyway because it was put into effect after he had signed his contract for the 1988-8- 9 school year. Mason school board officials haven't given up on overturning Kaufman's ruling, but they have consented to allow Webb to return to work while the state Supreme Court considers their appeal. Webb, who gave up wearing more formal attire shortly after he start ed teaching, said he will continue wearing denim shirts, work boots and jeans to the classroom. By SCOTT McCARTNEY and FRED BAYLES I Associated Press Writers The record $3.9 billion drought relief program of 1988, haiied as salvation for small farmers devastated by a brutal dry spell, became an unexpected, electiomuch more n-year windfall for thousands of farmers who collected millions of dollars for nature's normal quirks. An Associated Press study conducted over seven months found the drought relief bill paid cash to 'farmers for everything from kiwi fruit in California to radicchio in Massad tomatoes in chusetts, bird New Jersey and washed-ou- t hail-damag- ed B1-B- 3 C1.C2 A5 A4 "Educational decisions are best made at the local level, with input of parents, teachers and administrators," lie said, i euuimiiendiiig Utah's participation in core curriculum tests aimed at determining the quality of the state's education when compared to the national average. He said the tests for grades would three, six and begin with the new school year. The Republican governor asked n for a budget in higher-educatio- crease of $47 million, including an ongoing $29 million and a one-tim- e supplemental expenditure of $18 million. The $29 million includes a $16 million, or 6 percent, increase for faculty at the stale's nine institu- tions of higher learning. Bangerter proposed that the State Oi'fice of Education submit a plan before the end of the legislative session outlining how it can streamline administrative expenses "to assure every dollar possible makes its way into the classroom.". In another proposal for public education, the governor said teacher certification standards could be changed so that qualified persons not certified as teachers could be hired temporarily and after one year be automatically certified. State Superintendent of Public Instruction James Moss said he felt Bangerter "did very well with balancing needs with resources." "The supplemental list is everything we asked for," he said. "Teachers should be very happy." Long frustrated by their diminishing salaries when compared to national averages, Utah teachers have and with waited in anticipation some skepticism for the governor's education budget. Teachers staged a large rally y walkout in by a to September protest approval of a $35 million tax cut pushed by Bangerter and approved by the Legisla- followed ture one-da- special session. governor further alienated educators when he criticized the walkout and urged the teachers to "take an aspirin" and go back to in The work. (See EDUCATION, Page A2) Communists should lose local elections - MOSCOW (AP) Estonians and Latvians took part in the first major contested local elections in the Soviet Union. Communists were expected to lose many of the city and regional council seats in the Baltic republics. Latvian officials said first results would not be released until Wednesday, and an election official in Estonia said results there might be available Friday, while Latvians said it would be Wednesday or later before they had results. There were 33,500 candidates run- ning for the councils. Sunday's elec- tions were critical for local reforms because it is the vast numbers of local and regional bureaucrats who are blamed for blocking Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev's programs. The Baltic elections are the Soviet Union's first major contested elections at the local level. Other republics will have their local elections later. Polls indicated environmentalists were likely to garner half the vote in Estonia. Estonia's Department of Public Opinion and Market Research did a poll showing the Communists would receive less than 10 percent of the vote with 100 percent turnout. However, they could fare even worse, since many ethnic Russians are boycotting the elections to protest a two-yeresidency requirement for candidates. In Latvia, Communist candidates want to see Latvia gain autonomy but remain in a reformed Soviet ar s federation, while the Popular Front movement stands for grass-root- outright independence and secession, according to the official Soviet news agency Tass. The Popular Front in Latvia will be thrilled if it wins half the races, because Latvians are little more than 30 percent of the population, said Janis Krumins, deputy editor of Atmoda, the Popular Front newspaper. Hundreds of thousands of Russians and other have moved into the republic in the nearly 50 years of Soviet power, and they are divided on the independence issue. The elections are the first in the Soviet Union to include candidates from de facto alternative political parties, including environmentalists, a group of farmers seeking the right to own land and an organization protecting the rights of immigrants. A new national Parliament was chosen in the nation's first contested elections in the spring, Drought relief a windfall for many farmers " C5 35 Cents Issue No. 114, Provo, Utah Handicapped helping less fortunate A Chicago Bears won't be champs Liver patient Utah's rural highways are often very barren heat-stress- rain-bloate- if&nff&nnnmir : nri ; " " seed in Colorado. package. Then floods. Next came "heat," an addition Payments went far beyond the initial intent to save Midwestern from the Agriculture Department. By the time checks were being grain growers from bankruptcy, an effort supported by almost ev- written at the county level, the AP that simply grew and found, fellow farmers elected to eryone grew and grew. locally administer federal agricuAt each step, the program was lture programs were approving broadened Congress began with a claims for such common perils as bill to aid drought victims. The insects, sand, wind, cold and funlawmakers added hail to the relief gus, even "ineffective herbicide." None of those conditions should have been ruled eligible, administrators in Washington say. Nothing in federal procedures, however, requires paperwork to be forwarded to higher officials for routine approval or checking. By the end of this October, about of all U.S. farmers had collected on damage to most of 506 eligible crops and just about any kind of weather peril in 49 states. The taxpayers' tab ran to $3.9 er billion. "We lucked out last year on account of the boys up north," said Travis Turnipseed, a Levelland, Texas, cotton farmer who's had (See DROUGHT, Page A2) Weather will be partly cloudy and cold, with a few snow showers near the mountains. Tonight This will continue through Tuesday. See Page A5. Air Quality A storm system over the swept most of the from the area, and is due for another in the next few days. weekend pollution the area inversion See Page A2. ; |