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Show UTAH UNIVERSITY OF DLl-,5'4C-l- 795 t;n EL R r ALS 13 OF U JAN I o 137f CITT OKLXR L libraries s- -r liJi? ARILS 5LC UT c serials order dept. ti 1 1 i: SPECIAL collecwnS' : Gearing up for budget isnt sure Governor Solons ask for tax cuts state should develop Five bills seeking a reduction in Utah taxes have already been filed as state legislators gear up for next session. month's budget One proposed measure would exempt from taxation income from dividends issued by Utah corporations. The bill is sponsored by Senators Charles Bullen, R-Cac- Riche; Thorpe Waddingham, D-Jua- b, Millard, Sanpete, and Sevier, Piute, Rep. Edison Stephens, Rich, Summit, Wayne; Weber, Davis. Sen. Frances Farley, has submitted a bill that would reduce sales tax on food from four to three percent. It does not include food sold for immediate consumption or through a vending machine. Another bill, from Rep. D.-S.- Sam Taylor, D-S.- would 3.75 percent. Bullen has also submitted a proposed joint resolution amending the state constitution so that the legislature may exempt from property taxation aircraft and other property which must be registered for use on public highways, lands and waterways. Instead, a statewide fee could be assessed. Such an amendment, if first approved by the legislature, must be approved by voters in a general election and, if adopted, would go into effect Dec. 31, 1978. L., re- duce state sales tax across the board from four percent to Lower cigarette taxes And a bill from Sen. Karl would repeal Snow, the excise tax of one cent per 50 papers (or less if in smaller packages). It would increase, however, the tax on cigarettes from four mills on cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per thousand to six R-Ut- mills, and from eight mills on cigarettes weighing more than three pounds per thousand to twelve mills on each cigarette, the tax would take effect June 30. Discounts on tax stamp purchases would also be reduced from four to three percent on amounts of $100 or over as opposed to $25 or over. Reps. Harold Newman, and Del Buckner, have introduced a measure that would put money collected as sales tax on motor vehicles into the state D-S.- D-S.- L., transportation fund. Other business-relateproposals include: Permitting d domestic mutual insurers to borrow money at any interest rates. Currently, they are limited to getting money for business purposes at no higher than six (Rep. James Han- percent. sen, is) Stfffer regulations Providing stiffer regulations of industrial loan corporations. The subscribed capital stock of the corporations in counties with less than 99,000 would be at least $100,000 if not authorized to issue thrift certificates or thrift passbook certificates or $250,000 if so authorized. The similar floors or larger count-(Se- e TAX CUTS, page 2) shore for business The propriety of the state helping private business develop Salt Lake Citys northwest quadrant is at question in discussions about running a water line from the International Center to the Great Salt Lake. A bill prefiled for next months state legislature budget session by Rep. John Smith, Salt Lake, le, calls for an expenditure of $3 million to establish and maintain sanitation and safety facilities at the lakes south shore. Smith told the Enterprise a good portion of the money would be spent on extending a water line 11 miles from 56th West to the south shore. That line, he said, could cost as much as 5 million, particsize all the ularly at a h way out to the lake. The legislator maintains the line is necessary to attract private industry to the area, and its cost could be recouped in connection fees. But Smith said a discussion he had with Gov. Matheson last week indicated the governor seems to feel its not the states role to benefit private enterprise. The governor appears to favor the recommendations of a committee he appointed to (See SHORE, page 3) S4-S- 20-inc- Mikado to open outlet in space vacated by JBs Marian Miller Investments has purchased the Federated Security Building at 400 S. State from John Pearcy for $1.5 million and begun remodeling the 60,000 square foot structure. The most obvious change is the vacancy left by JBs Big Boy Restaurant which closed-Sundawith a mutual agreement with Miller to terminate the lease. Replacing it will be The Mikado Express, a Japa- - y nese fast food outlet owned by Jerry Tsuyuki, Benny Williams and Joseph Hightower. Tsuyuki told the Enterprise they expect to open the eatery on Feb. 1. Westminster Group, as Tsuyukis partnership is call- ed, has signed a ten year lease for the space, he said, but plans for remodeling are still too tentative to pin down how much they will spend. (See MIKADO, page 16) Rat patrol descends on SLC attack on Salt Lake's growing rat problem began last week, with an initial discovery that the Metropolitan Hall of Justice may have more than its share. A two-prong- ed Don K. Horsely, chief, housing section, Salt Lake Health Department, said his inspectors found burrows and indications of other rat activity at the Hall City-Coun- ty of Justice as the Erst week of a monthlong rodent program got underway. The Health is Department surveying 42 blocks in the downtown area, as well as the southeast rant of Salt Lake County east of State Street and South of 26th South to We found the possibility of particular problems at the Metropolitan Hall of Justice. We do not yet know how widespread it may be, Horsely said. Weve done surveys and eradication programs in the past, and our initial findings are that most areas are he said. still will be calling Inspectors on businesses in the downtown area through the end of rodent-proofed- January. Dr. Harry Gibbons, direc- City-Coun- ty Health inspectors will sweep a 42 block area in the downtown district next month looking for rats . The Metropolitan Hall of Justice has already turned up more than its share. VOLUME 7 NUMBER 26 ," tor of the Health Department, has indicated rat populations have grown both in the city and the county in recent years. Dog food left uneaten in kennels and on porches may provide sustenance for MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1977 growning numbers of rats, which have few natural enemies in an urban environment. We can club, poison and shoot them," said one Health Department worker. But we really need to encourage more hawks and owls to take up residence in our town." Warfarin, allegedly a specific poison affecting only rodents, is largely used in the control of the critters. Veterinarians have warned that some other animals are also harmed by its ingestion, and several doctors have treated children who ate the Warfarin, a substance laced through a material that looks like peanut brittle. 50 CENTS |