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Show Russian Cello Virtuoso Is Utah Symphony's Guest At Tabernacle THE SALT LAKE TIMES Combined uith The Salt Lake Mining 6 Legal News Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah Second CIks Postage paid at Salt Lake Gty, Utah On January 24 at 8 p.m., in servatory of Music, he first 4 South West Temple Telephone Salt Lake Gty, Utah 84101 GUINN BJORNN, Publisher 'This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation. 1 564-846- 1 the Salt Lake Tabernacle, Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony Orchestra are doing what the Russian government forbade the world to do for almost three Number 37 Volume 54 1U Take Another Look years: presenting cello virtuoso istislav Rostropovich in recital. Rostropovich will stop in Salt Lake City on his first North American tour in five years, as the Symphonys guest. The eminent cellist was denied a Soviet visa after giving strong public support to a friend, novelist Aloil exander Solzhenitsyn. The author has since been banished from (Continued from page one) cubic feet of natural gas on the Atlantic shelf alone. In evaluating the environmental risk of offshore and gas production, a useful guide certainly is the experience of the past. There have been damaging oil spills, and they have caused harm to birds, sealife and beaches. Hut the oil spills were cleaned up with no permanent damage to beaches or wildlife. Also, out of some 18,000 wells drilled offshore, those that have caused major pollution problems can be counted on the fingers of one hand, and those problems were corrected in a relatively short period of time. Any human activity, from the simple task of getting out of bed in the morning to drilling an oil well offshore, carries its risk of possible mishap. Hut there is only one naway to avoid bankrupting payments to tions and having the danger of supply cut-ohanging like a Sword of Damocles over the economic and political independence of the United States that is to develop secure domestic supplies of energy adequate to our needs. oil-exporti- the U.S.S.R. Maestro Abravanel considered Russians performance in Lake City so important to areas musical enrichment he invited him to perform without the orchestra, after attempts to bring artist and together failed. Abravanel and the Symphony have a previous commitment in California during the cellists visit. Son of a brilliant concert cellist and grandson of a respected cello teacher, Rostropovich made his first public solo appearance at age 13. His debut included demonstration of his skills as pianist and composer. A graduate of Moscows Con the Salt the that or-cest- ng ff Man , s best friend may be the dog, ibut when it s just you and that shopping cart in the supermarket, those tempting rolls of trading stamps give Hover some tough competition. For over a century, millions of Americans have supplemented their buying power with trading stamps. Now, with inflation as the overriding concern of most families, stamps arc a means of purchasing a few of the staples and luxuries of life that might otherwise be too expensive. As trading stamps compete for the interest and patronage of customers, the promotional and incentive uses to which stamps are put continue to expand. Stamps have become a part of life in many American homes, whether collected as bonuses with the purchase of grocor as prizes in eries, gasoline, insurance or furniture sports such as howling. It is even possible for an automobile firm to award 10,000 stamps to the assembly-lin- e worker with the best record of safety. Trading business offervolume to the additional can stamps bring ing them, without extra cost to the consumer. Throughout the inevitable economic slumps and pressures that have sometimes made stamps hard to come by for many shoppers, consumer reaction has remained favorable over the years. Its like money to me," relates one stain) collector, because Im as stingy with them as I am with my money. I feel like I have a prize when I bring . . . (them in for redemption). At this time of uncertainty and shortage, the stability of such a stalwart component of the competitive free market as the trading stamp is reassuring and highlights the adaptability of the U.S. private enterprise system in meeting the needs of consumers. Among the worlds economies, the American brand of private enterprise may well survive as the winning strategy in the serious game of financial security and high living standards. on-the-j- ob Life-Or-Dea- Inflation fh Issue that strikes fear into the hearts of even the bravest among us. In the business sector, ever-risin- g THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1974 Page Four is a word operating expenses for investor-owne- d elec- tric utilities make the need for enlightened regulatory policies literally a j ! ra a the ISASED ap- peared in the United States in musician 1956. The will perform in recital and as n orchessoloist with includtras from coast ing several appearances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. He will appear as soloist and conductor in more than a dozen concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra in the nations capital. Rostropovich will be joined on the tour by his wife, Bolshoi Opera soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, and his pianist daughters, Olga, 18, and Elena, 16. The celllist will accompany his wife and daughters on both cello and piano during several concerts on the tour. According to Western reporters in oscow, Rostropovich vigorously protsted to Soviet officials during his artistic quarantine, and gained enough support from foreign artists to secure his current visa. His first departure from his native country since the visa ban came on a 1973 trip to England. Tickets are now on sale at the Utah Symphony box office 55 West 1st South, telephone 47-year-- old GRflPEViNt well-know- -coast, assistant Utah attorney general believes that J. Duffy Palmer should resign from the Board of Pardons when he takes office as Davis County attorney. Earl Dorius said there is no legal conflict of interest existing under state law if Palmer holds both positions but in an effort to avoid any question of propriety he should resign from the Board of Pardons. For reasons of public policy Palmer should not serve in both positions because of the adverse affect it may have on the credibility of the Board of Pardons in the eyes of those it serves the opinion of An Mr. Dorius said. Joseph M. Lewis, president of Bros. Stage Lines this week declined to accept an offer from the Utah Transit Authority to buy its bus franchise for $35,-00the franchise includes the right to provide bus service west of Redwood Road in the western section of Salt Lake County. Lewis said the company has lost $366,692 during the past issue. Without them. some 12 years of operating in that public utilities securities and the area. life-or-dea- . Lewis 0, th warns an analyst of money market, it becomes increasingly difficult, if not impossible, for electric utility companies to raise the cap- it, id necessary to meet future U.S. needs, let alone achieve energy independence. Such deterioration of the private enterprise system need not occur if there is stability in utility common stocks earnings to attract investors and assure adequate revenues. This would require much less delay in granting needed rate increases, notes the analyst, as well as. granting obviously needed interim rate increases prior to final decisions, and developing formulae which would feed other costs, in addition to fuel costs, into the rate structures without much delay. The substantial daily costs of operating the nations electric and nuclear generating power plants is multiplied by the expense of financing Project Independence, with the electric industrys share estimated at a staggering $107 billion of investment in research, development, plant and equipment between now and 1080. Clearly, the electric utility industry must be profitable enough to lure the large amounts of investment dolars required by escalating costs. This means higher rates are inevitable. As the analyst put it, While this would cost utility customers something in the very short run. it would he to their advantage in the long, and not so long, run by reducing the soaring cost of capital to utilities, which they ultimately must pay, one way or an- other." Public understanding of the .problems and needs of the investor-owne- d electric utilities is fundamental to the private enterprise system. Where thousands of listeners enjoy concert music and news every day! The Environmental protection Agency may be moving toward compromise with the U.S. Steel over air quality regulations for the companys Geneva Steel Works. One lawsuit filed by the steel company against the agency was dismissed as moot last week and legal action on another has been suspended 60 days while the EPA checks to see if allegations by the steel company are correct. Fiscal strategies designed to win appropriations from the 1975 Utah legislature were reviewed this week by the men and women charged with operating the states colleges and universities. This year budget operations are the most critical since the establishment of the State Board of Higher Educa tion in 1969. Dr. G. Homer Durham regents executive officer said that the twin hazards of inflation and recession have made budgeting for 1975-7- 6 term extremely difficult. Unless Salt Lake City can cut its payroll through attrition now it will have to fire a lot of people next year. This was according to Salt Lake City Commissioner Conrad B. Harrison. The city commissioner met to discuss the payroll situation which threatened to leave the city short by more than $1 million next year. City Auditor Lawrence A. Jones said that when commissioners adopted the current budget they agreed it would be necessary to reduce the number of employees by 100, or to cut costs by that amount. However the cutting of the cost will not solve the present problem as originally Genetic Counseling, a free booklet published by the Nation Foundation explains this important new medical service for those who are concerned of inherited birth defects. |