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Show Wednesday, June 9, 1 976 Page 8 Hankering By Johnson Louis ' Utah Power and Light Earnings Show Marked Improvement Says Pres Trout 0Wgs by Quicksilver n rrogram Both are already rumbling like volcanos about to erupt, like rickety grassroots platforms, like waving cabeese after the depot speech. Neither is how they say wrapped up. Neither is in anyone's pocket. Neither is going to be the least bit dull, and it's about time. I'm speaking, of course, of the hallsfull of delegates that will shortly be gaveled to order in the cities of New York and Kansas. I'm speaking of the upcoming stretch run in the Democratic Derby, and of the last round of the Republican Rencounter. Even John Chancellor and Walter Cronkite once in a while slip from their stonefaces and hint at the buzzing excitement. When was the last time we had an incumbent run ning scared? LBJ refused to. When was the last time an incumbent lost the election, much less his own Party's nomination? A first-ballot nomination seems no chinch for Migraine Jerry. And if indeed he does win, it will be by decision, no knockout. Ronnie of the Late Late Show, the neighborhood bully who speaks of slapping these silly Third Worlders, is putting up; one hell of a fight. He's making the Thrilla in Manila look like an alleyfight between eighth-graders. Can Ronnie of the Late Late Show single-handedly replace War with Celluloid as the number two (wealth being number One, and in little danger of being dethroned) political breeding ground? Find out on the canvas in Kansas. Low blows have already been dealt there's bound to be more. On the other hand we have the Derby, what you might call the New Face Race. Way down the stretch, just a few lengths from the wire, we have the Chesire Cat from Georgia, certainly the odds-on favorite at this point. But his political legs are fragile and still could easily break; and if he does take a spill, it'll be anybody's horserace, ',0,. a.mad,. scramble,, and we'll see one of the busiest 'backrooms in history, One of the oldest faces that belonging to the Hube has been waiting back in the starting gate while his stablemates Scoop, and now Kid Brown, have been chopping away at the Chesire Cat's lead. But if the Cat does falter,, you can bet that the Hube'll Come bursting bur-sting out of there with blinding speed. Wet Teddy might even come blasting out of there. The only sure thing is that Slow Mo is doomed to be an also-ran. He started with a New Face and still has one. The Church of Idaho has two chances of winning : slim and none. Too late a start. If he has the stamina, though, 1980 might be a good year for the Church of Idaho, but it looks even better for Kid Brown.who this year has a great shot at the second spot. What a race! Scoop could make it a runaway if the rumors of him switching stables (at this point that backup spot is awful tempting) is true. Remember Spiro, Scoop! We want a photo finish. We need to perk up the political process. Improved earnings, growth projections requiring a "tremendous" expansion of, electrical facilities and a 22 minute motion picture depicting financing procedures were presented at the Utah Power & Light Co.'s 64th Annual Meeting. Speaking to some 1,400 shareholders in Salt Lake City, UP&L President E. Allan Hunter reported that earnings for 1975 were $3.42 compared to $3.40 per share for 1974 still less than the $3.95 per share earned in 1973. However, Hunter said due to recent rate decisions, ear-, nings for the last three months on 1975 and the first four months of this year showed marked improvement. im-provement. Earnings for the twelve months ending April amounted to $4.09 per common share. Hunter predicted that earnings per share should hold up well through the year, while the company will be selling additional shares of common stock to help to finance construction. In order to meet the demand of electricity in the company's area, Hunter said, the firm projects a construction con-struction program over the next five years ending in 1980 costing $1.5 billion: $280 million in 1976; $292 million in 1977; $252 million in 1978; $401 million in 1979 and $267 million in 1980. He told shareholders that population in the company's service area is growing at a . rate considerably faster than the nation as a whole, and is expected to continue in the nation; Idaho, the fifth fastest in the nation and Wyoming, the ninth fastest. he said. During the past 10 years, he continued, electric sales have doubled. He explained ex-plained because of population growth, a continuing increase in use by existing customers, and the minimal impact of the recession in the company's com-pany's area, sale of power continued to grow at a substantial sub-stantial rate. "One of the reasons our construction program is so high and a major reason for necessary rate increases is the high cost of the pollution control equipment we are required to 5 have... $241 million during the next five years for such equipment." He said while the company ; has always been in favor of what is necessary to protect the environment,"we are now required to go way beyond this." He explained the company has "been disputing a federal agency requirement that it should install additional equipment to remove sulphur oxide gases from the stacks even though the coal it bums is very low in sulphur, and stack emissions are below federal standards. - If EPA's position prevails, the company "will be required to add to our next three units equipment costing...$85 million. To finance and operate this equipment will add some $23 million per year to the con- sumers' power bill. "Also, it takes power to run future. Utah's rate of growth equipment so the; useful is the seventh highest in the P"- oulPul UI inese inree MetriCAl OiRecroRys John Cook, M.D. 817 Park Ave. 649-9781 Monday, Wednesday, Friday, .every other Saturday s a.m.-ll a.m. Salt Lake officer 582-2911 or 582-2912 , Richard Williams, M.D. Clinic on north Park Avenue. Hours by appointment. 649-9150. John Lambert, D.D.S. 523 Main Street 649-9492 Thursday, Friday 8. a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday by appointment. Emergency 649-9240. units well be reduced by a total of 45,000 kilowatts." The sad thing about this situation is that the consumer is going to have to pay higher rates even though this costly equipment really is not necessary, he added. "We can meet existing state and federal ambient air standards stan-dards without it." . Hunter pointed out that at the present time, UP&L does not , have sufficient' generating' capability within the state of Utah to supply all of this state's requirements. "Even though we plan to install 1.2 million kilowatts in Utah during the next . ten years, we will still be almost one million kilowatts short of being able' to meet the requirements of the people of Utah. The shortage will be "imported" from company" plants ; in . Wyoming. At this shareholders' meeting ; the company's preferred and common stockholders approved a plan to move the place of incorporation in-corporation from Maine to Utah, having moved the , annual meeting location to Salt Lake City 16 years ago. Hunter said the company is continuing its research and development through the industry's Electric Power Research Institute, as well as its own program carried on locally. Among the projects included are those directed towary new sources of generating electricity: the breeder reactor, nuclear fusion, geothermal, solar, fuel cells. Coal gasification and liquification and the use of garbage are the subjects of experiments, for using them for power plant fuel. He added that in cooperation with the University of Utah the company , has an experiment ex-periment underway in the Use of solar energy for heating in conjunction with heat pumps and solar panels for residential water heating. Trout continue to enjoy the overwhelming majority vote as the most popular game fish in Utah. Because of its widespread popularity, it attracts many kinds of fighermen,' one of which is commonly called a "purist." This trout fisherman has a different f set of value Arther Penn's films have always been myth destroyers. From Bonnie and Clyde to Night Watch, Penn's films have always been low keyed and "realistic". The Missouri Breaks is no exception, although it might also serve to enhance the myth surrounding one actor, while tarnishing the myth growing around another. The Missouri Breaks is a typical Penn film in that the west portrayed was dusty, muddy, and rugged. Houses were dingy, rough, and dark. Clothes were judgments' than the average dirty and often torn. Saloons were small, and ' doubled iwo-or-tnree-times-a-year as courthouses. The characters that were portrayed in the f ilm were also of a type that are not usually seen at the movies. The outlaws who are the main characters in The Missouri Breaks, are a strange mixture of saint and sinner. Ther look upon rustling as a profession, and don't deceive themselves about the nature of their crime. They are basically honorable men although they are not above murder to avenge the lynching of fisherman.. He is an ardent enthusiast, who spends years mastering techniques of fishing, reading a stream and tying his own flies. He is one who sees the added beauty in a wild fish. In 1971 the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources began a wild trout management program is response to the increasing demand for this type of "quality" in Utah's trout streams. A wild trout stream, as currently defined by the Division, is not stocked with hatchery raised trout and thus the fish present exhibit more of the characteristics of a i naturally produced and reared trout. They are more wary and harder to catch. Utah currently manages approximately 3,000 miles of streams. Within those miles, eight different streams (or portions of streams) are managed as wild trout waters. These programs are being conducted in the Blacksmith Fort and Duchesne rivers, Mammoth ' Creek, Seven-Mile Creek, Upper and Lower Provo River, Uinta Creek and the Whiterocks River. Local offices of the Division can provide accurate boundry descriptions of these areas. The wild fish program provides the "purist" fisherman with a distinct challenge and many excellent fishing opportunities. It also , enables the Division of : Wildlife Resources to reassign catchabie size trout, that would have been planted in "wild" streams, to waters that receive greater fishing pressure by the general public. This yields a better success ratio in many popular fishing spots. The Division of Wildlife Resources hopes the wild trout program helps to satisfy both the "quantity" and the "quality" enthusiasts. V7 m PRINTffld PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED U Jul ' y A ; Pharmacist on Duty nal' Ji)euvemy FREE DELIVERY I T P WE ALSO HAVE ?' GREETING CARDS FILM ' 649-8300 V STORE HOURS 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 2ggd at RsoM Cg I i Your Own Personal Touch... Design your own stationery to your own specifications with help from our creative staff . . . full name and address or monogram. mono-gram. It's a great gift idea, too. Our rates are reasonable. Ask About Color Printing AND THE PRINT SHOP one of their sang. Their adversary is a pompous self-rightous rancher who hangs thieves to put them out of their misery. When the rustlers retaliate by lynching his foreman, the rancher hires a dry gulcher from Wyoming. The dry gulcher is a pro, whose methods and philosophy sicken everybody, including, the audience. Penn combines these characters into a suspensQful western that, in truth is similar to dozens of westerns in plot. The Missouri Breaks is different from most westerns in that is told from the outlaws point of view and that Arther Penn directed it. His humor and taste combining with his solid direction to make The Missouri Breaks several cuts above the average film. Of course, Penn commands an impressive .cast. Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson are the top billed actors, but the rest of the cast provide the excellent support that is necessary for a successful film. Particularly Par-ticularly impressive were Kathleen Lloyd and Randy Quaid. Lloyd makes her film debut in The Missouri Breaks, and her performance as the daughter of the rancher should make some other directors notice her talent. Randy Quaid ahs been impressive in both The Last Detail and The Apprenticeship fo Danny Kravitz. His performance in The Missouri Breaks was equally impressive. Jack Nicholson gave a better than normal (for him) performance. His role required a broader range of emotions than Nicholson is usually required to give on screen, and Nicholson once again delivered everything that was required-of him'y with the grace and east that audiences have come to expect. On the other hand, Marlon Brando was simply stunning. His portrayal of the hired gun is bound to become a film classic, simply because it is a totally unique character done as close to perfiction as is humanly possible. Nicholson never looks bad when he appears in the same scene as Brando, (quite an accomplishment) ac-complishment) but in two out of three scenes where they confront each other, Brando Steals the scene. Some people may argue mat Brando had the jucier part in the flick, but that is ignoring what Brando did with the part. It is doubtful that any other actor alive today could have played the role with the genius that Brando brought to the screen. It becomes obvious when comparing Nicholson with Brando, . that Nicholson has yet to create a character that has transcended Jack Nicholson. Nicholson uses characters that preceded him to expand into a role. Brando somehow manages to pull some other soul into his body and synthesizes a person that has never been experienced before. Francis Ford Coppola was able to get permission to hire Brando in the role of The Godfather when he videotaped Brando and showed the executives the tape. On half an hour's worth of video tape Marlon Brando had become the Godfather. Brando's ability surpasses acting methods, it must simply be called genius. ";, - When Arther Penn directs a film you have one good reason to see the flick. With Jack Nicholson you have a second. But you're a fool if you don't see Brando. SMOKEY'S FRIENDS DON'T PLAY WITH MATCHES ! iiroiiiHiHT. i l ' (ferl, 'fill WHAT A MAN! ?HO, AMONG OTHER . 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