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Show Page 4 Wednesday, November 1, 1978 Commission Tables Decision On Resort Services to! mnr mm INTERNATIONAL London Concern for U.S. economic problems caused the dollar to plummet to new lows Monday Mon-day on the world money market. The rapid slide of the dollar during the past week apparently is attributable to lack of confidence con-fidence in President Carter's voluntary anti-inflation plan. Refusing to predict how far the U.S. currency would dip, some foreign exchange dealers speculated that only significant intervention inter-vention in the form of an International Monetary Fund loan could rescue the feeble dollar. Geneva, Switzerland Two U.S. scientists reported Monday that eight years of experiments on monkeys have failed to give any indication that the artificial sweetners cyclamate and saccharin sac-charin could cause cancer. Salisbury, Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Smith said Sunday he doubts his government can implement black-majority rule by the end of the year as he had promised seven months ago. The prime minister said only that the administration ad-ministration he heads with three black leaders was having trouble coordinating Rhodesia's first universal-suffrage elections. Although it was Smith's first public acknowledgement of the inability to stage the elections, it had long been predicted that the guerrilla war being waged in the country would prohibit peaceful balloting. Smith told reporters that the transition government would continue to move toward majority rule "to the best of our ability." He said a new timetable would be announced for the transfer of power from Rhodesia's 260,000 whites to its 6.8 million blacks. New Dehli, India An estimated 480 people have been left dead in the wake of a mysterious brain-attacking virus that has swept portions of northern India in the past month, according to All India Radio The virus is suspected to be a form of encephalitis, en-cephalitis, a disease marked by inflamation of the brain, and it has killed 445 persons in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state. The number num-ber of persons affected throughout the entire country unofficially has been put at "anywhere between 1,000 and 2,000." Paris Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrie Gromyko called . the decision "Something of a joke. " Despite the derisive remarks, Gromyko did not directly criticize the ongoing negotiations for an Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. Moscow The chief barmaid at one of Moscow's best known beer bars has been sentenced senten-ced to 15 years in a labor camp for watering the beer at that establishment. According to Moskovskava Pravda. Galina Nikitina sold the diluted beer for premium prices and pocketed the extra proceeds One of Miss Nikitina's collegues got nine years in a labor camp and six others were sentenced to eight years apiece. Mogadishu, Somalia Seventeen soldiers convicted con-victed of complicity in an abortive coup to overthrow over-throw President Mohammed Siad Barre last April were executed publicly Thursday. ; A firing squad composed of fellow soldiers shot and killed 16 officers and one enlisted man in the courtyard of Mogadishu's police academy as "thousands of inhabitants" watched, according to Somalia's Sonna News Agency. Thirty other . soldiers accused in the coup attempt were sentenced sen-tenced to prison terms ranging from 20 to 30 years, two men killed during the clash were given posthumous death sentences and 19 were acquitted of the charges. Dodo ma, Tanzania One member of the Tanzania Tan-zania Parliament urged Wednesday that men who make schoolgirls pregnant, along with the expectant mother, should be jailed for five years. Speaking in the National Assembly, Members of Parliament cited the money wasted through pregnant students being forced to abandon their classes. P.B. Kapunda said Tanzania should ' oHrrf tho cvctom licorJ rr tho iclanH nf 7aT7ihar "-"""r- - j ' - where both members of the couple are jailed for five years. NATIONAL Newark, New Jersey Recalling the cold war threats nf Nikita Krushrhpv a fpdpral inHcrp Monday sentenced two Russian employees of the United Nations convicted of espionage to 50 years in jail. ' U.S. District Court Judge Frederick Lacey said Valdik Enger, 39, and Rudolf Chernyayev, 43, had been under direct orders from the Soviet government to engage in espionage activities. Thp nair was rnnvirtpd nf tvivina a TT S NIavv nf- ficer more than $20,ooo for militarv secrets. Memphis, Tennessee Fears that the most expensive ex-pensive bottle of wine ever sold had turned to vinegar evaporated Saturday when a wine connoisseur con-noisseur flown from England announced, "you're in for a treat tonight." Thirty guests, paying $1,500 each for a medieval dinner and a sip of wine, had gathered in a banquet room to witness the decanting of the 1864 Chateau Lafite Rothschild, which was purchased pur-chased at an auction for $18,000 by restaurant owner John Grisanti. The cork sealing the 114-year-old wine crumbled as it was removed, coming out in tiny pieces and causing conern. The dinner was held as a benefit for the St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis and Grisanti said of the wine, "It is worth every penny pen-ny we paid for it." Las Vegas A blind, disabled Korean War veteran hit the largest slot machine jackpot in history Sunday, winning $275,000 on a dollar machine at the Flamingo Hilton Hotel . James Schelich, 48, of Washington, Mo., said he had been playing the machine for about an hour when he struck gold. "Fantastic" was the only response from Schelich as he received a check for $275,000. The veteran lives in a nursing home. Washington The federal treasury has lost up to $44 billion through theft and mismanagement, according to three separate government reports. The three reports from the General Accounting Accoun-ting Office state: between $2.5 billion and $25 billion are lost annually through theft by U.S. government workers, welfare fraud, contract overcharges and other irregularities; $15 billion are lost through failure to collect back taxes, overpayments on loans, government loan defaults and other bad debts; and $4.3 billion are lost annually through unauthorized use of funds for federal projects by private contractors and grant recipients. San Francisco Japanese Americans confined to relocation camps during World War II are asking Congress for $3 billion to compensate them for the years they spent behind barbed wire fences. Officials of the Japanese-American Citizens League said the size of the request is intended to publicize the fact that 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned in 1942-46 as "national security risks." One league member noted that 1,200 Vietnam War protestors arrested in Washington in 1971 were awarded $10,00 each for false imprisonment imprison-ment after just a few days in jail. "We're talking about three years," he added. Los Angeles An arson-caused blaze that scorched 25,000 acres and destroyed elegant homes in Malibu Beach was contained Wednesday Wed-nesday after causing damages that are expected to exceed $10 million. The fire was one of four conflagerations that ravaged more than 40,000 acres of land throughout Southern California last week. r 1505 Empire Ave Park City, Ut. 649-7232 MM Mfci xm )m m w mitt - ' ST fii )im Z ' m w mm. - - . good for I S win K ui ju when you join for 2 months Cash Only Expires November 15th A Planning Commission decision on Resort Services, Inc., a computerized accounting ac-counting service proposed for Park Avenue, was tabled Wednesday night, pending clarification of the extent to which the computer will be utilized. The accounting service would be housed in the Rio Grande Depot, 820 Park Avenue, which lies in the historic residential zone. The commission was concerned that the service would constitute consti-tute a commercial use, prohibited in the zone, while the proponents argued that Resort Services would be a professional service, which is permitted. City Planner David Preece told the commission that his research indicated the proposed pro-posed use would not be a professional service. "There was a question raised concerning the validity validi-ty of the proposed use in the Historic Residential Medium Density District, and whether wheth-er the use can be classified as a professional office," Preece said. "After considerable consid-erable research, it is determined deter-mined that the use cannot be classified a professional office, since the accounting services would be secondary to that of the other services as described in the conditional condi-tional use application. Therefore, I recommend that the conditional use application be denied." Attorney Rick Prince, representing re-presenting Resort Services owner Dick Kaari, contended contend-ed the principle function of the business would be accounting. ac-counting. "We're not asking for commerical," Prince said, "but there is heavy commercial com-mercial on both sides." The attorney went on to say that the number of people patronizing a firm does not i constitute commercial use. He said the test question is: "Do you provide a special service rather than retailing goods?" Commissioner Rusty Davidson said that if Resort Services is an accounting service with a computer backup, no problem exists. But he added that "if it's computer operation, then I have a problem with it." Commission chairman Burnis Watts told Kaari and Prince that a commercial use would require a zone change, which "we are trying to get away from." Saying "the burden is ours" in convincing the commission commis-sion that Resort Services is a professional firm, attorney Prince requested that the matter be tabled "to give us time to answer the questions raised by Burnis." "I'd like to know myself," he added. 66AM(S)5hiie-bi 66AM(S)5hiie-bi tasraiace.99 State Farm has become the largest homeowners insurance company in the country by offering low rates and prompt, first-class service. But people are still surprised when they find out we can save them money. When your current policy expires, come see me. I may have a surprise for you. Tom Iigare Mount Air Mall 649-9161 J j STATt FARM INSURANC Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY Home Office: Bloomington, Illinois VOD8 Robert E Burns, Jr. LtlLct There are no candidates on the ballot this election for the office of Commissioner of the Park City Fire District. It will be necessary to WRITE IN your choice in order to vote. 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