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Show Local Legislators Respond to Matheson Speech By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Gov. Scott Matheson’s address to the Utah Legislature budget session drew mixed response from Utah County legislators, not particularly along partylines. “Matheson’s right on the rebate law. We can’t have it and cut the sales tax on food, too,’’ said Sen. Eldon Money, D-Spanish Fork Money was appointed to the Senate following the regular session tofill the unexpired term of Robert Bowen, who is now with the State Tax Cemmission. Movey, however, disagreed with Mathesonon other budgetitems. He stronglycriticized the line items for consumer services, which he said jumped 140 percent, and the item for Teal estate education, which he said jumped 120 percent. “They're unrealistic,” he said. Money said he had ‘‘mixed emotions” concerning the proposed 12.1 ee increase in pay for state employees. “We've got to do something. We didn't give them anything last year. We've to recognize inflation rate. We can't stick our heads in the sand," he commented Moneysaid he was ‘‘strongly opa to increasing the license fee for fish and game , “They're getting so high that hunting and.fishing will soon be in the rich man’s area. The person who goes fishing two or three times a year has to pay the full price,” he said. Moneyindicated he did not favor establishment of a Court of Ap pea _ “It’s just like the circuit courts When they were establisiied, | was afraid they'd mushroom, and they have. There's a 22.5 increase this year,” he said. Sen. Dean Jeffs, R-Provo, observed that the governor pone tothe legislature ‘‘a fairly conservative et.” “The basic problem is that he may have overstated the revenues by$2 to $3 million,”’ he said. Jeffs reported the overstatement of revenues undoubtedly came from the time the governor's estimates were made, probably around in June or July of last year. “If his analysts were making their rojections today, they'd#probably fe the save ar) oars he commented, ‘I'm worried that we have enough funds to do the job. Our analyststell us the sales tax is not producing as muchincomethis year," he said Jeffs said he believed the budget session would be more quiet than he had anticipated atfirst. “Itnot as testy at the start becau8e the governor has held the budget down and keptthe four per- cent cut. In other words, he didn’t rebuild his budgetas if the four percent were there,” he said Nevertheless, Jeffsfelt it will be a tough session. Representative LeRay L. McAllister, R-Provo, said he believes the governor and legislature are on a “collision course.” ‘The major problem is that the governor did not applyhis four percent cutback fairly overall. He ap- plied it to transportation, social services, and some other departments, but not to public education,” he reported “We are now facing a serious con- flict between the other departments and public education. If we try to give everybody the 12.1 percent inCrease he proposes, it means public education gets more because they were not cut back last year,”’ he explained McAllister criticized the way some departments handled their four percent cuts, stating that the Lawmakers Reject Bill to Ban Beer Ads By MICHAEL WHITNEY SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — The Utah Senate today rejected a bill which would have banned virtually all beer advertising in the state. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Yerl Asay, R-Taylorsville, would have prohibited all avertising of beer except small wirow signs in restaurants and taverns. But Asay failed to win the two-thirds majority Sup] needed to have the nonbudget item introduced in the t session. “The beer industry has turned Utah into a dumping ground for its advertising,” said Asay. a teetotalling Mormon. Hesaid he decided to introduce the Legislation when he learned that a beer company moved a ski race it 107TH YEAR, NO. 142 was sponsoring from Colorado to Utah because Colorado jaw prohibits brewers from connecting the name of their products with sporting events. The Utah Liquor Control Commission last week adopted new rules that allow beer companies to sponsor sporting events and engage in limited advertising. Asay’s bill would have revoked the commission's power to allow beer advertising and required the control board to treat 3.2 beer the same as wine and hard liquor. The measure died as lawmakers in both houses sifted through dozens of proposed bills and resolutions on the second dayofthe legislative ses- troduction of a measure which would prevent the Public Service Commission from ordering utility companies to sell part of their generating capacity to municipal power companies. The Senate accepted the bill Monday. Utah Power and Light Co. was recently ordered by the PSCto sell a portion of its Hunter generating plant to municipal power companies owned by Provo. Bountiful and members of the Intermountain Power Association. The sale brought protests from Emery County officials. who complained that the PSC wastaking part of the plant off the tax rolls. “This type of action is eroding the House members approved in- Dmitrich, D-Price. ‘Pretty soon we PROVO, UTAH, TUESDAY,JAN.15, 1980 county’s tax base." said Rep. Mike won't be able to supply the services to the people who operate the plant.” Rep. Stephen Holbrook, D-Salt Lake, opposed the Senate bili’ He said the PSC ordered the transfer so customers of the municipal companies would have to foot part of the bill for construction of new power facilites. Otherwise, he said, Utah Power customers would be subsidizing cheaper rates for municipal power customers. The House Monday rejected a measure that would have extended the filing deadline for tax refunds, an action which the bill's sponsor says leaves ‘'a black cloud of doubt” over thelegality of rebates already paid after the cutoff date highway department cut road building, and the social service departmentcut services. “Nobody cut salaries or personnel,” he said McAllister predicted that the budgetsession will be reviewing the governor's proposed budget “line item byline item.” “Thelegislature didn’t take a look at the budget before, but now we're Boing to be examingit committee by committee,” he said Representative Willard Hale Gardner, R-Provo, said the legislature will be looking closely at the governor's proposed 12.1 percent across the board increase in salaries “I’m on record as supporting it, but new information is coming to us that the contract settlements being made by the labor unions reflect around ay or nine percent increases. The president recommends around 8.5 to 9.5 percent,’’ he said. “We have to ask ourselvesif it is a for us to go higher than the labor unions aresettling for or the a is recommending,” he said. Gardner said he is reviewing a new program which the governor said will makestate merit increases more meaningful “I have great skepticism, but I will Sa the program ifit is so,” he said. Jeffs said the session will handle pre-filed non-budgetary bills in the first two or three days to determine which will be admitted. $4.50—MONTH, PRICE 25 CENTS Soviet Force Posted at Iran Border By United Press International Atleast 10,000 Soviet troops have taken up positions along Afghanistan's border with Iran, posinga majorthreatto Iran’s oil fields, diplomatic sources in the Afghan capital of Kabul said. The 66th Motorized Rifle Division, one of an estimated seven Soviet divisions in Afghanistan that total 85,000 men, have taken the positions within the past ‘‘couple ofdays,”the sources said Monday. They said the 10,000-member division is within easy striking distance of Iran’soilfields. In Washington, the United States contirmea Soviet troops have reached theIran border,but said their number was far less than 10,000, However, the White House charged the Soviet veto Sunday in the U.N. Security Council of economic sanctions against Tehran was‘‘aimed at advancing Soviet designs in Iran.’” At the United Nations, the Soviet Union suffered a major diplomatic defeat when the General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution that “trolngly deplores the recent armed intervention in Afghanistan’’ and calls for the immediate wil rawalofall foreign troops. The first reaction to the resolution from the Soviet Union camein a Radio Moscowbroadcasttoday charging the United States orchestrated the vote to meddle in Afghan affairs. TheSoviet broadcast did not report the specific outcomeof the vote nor did it quote from thetext of the resolution. The Soviet newspaper Pravda today accused the United States and China of acting in concert to aid the Afghan rebels. The Kremlin justified its invasion sarlier by saying its troops came to defend Afghanistan from outside intervention. “Numerousfacts prove that Peking is operating together with the United States of America and local reaction in the desire to undermine the revolutionary gains of the Afghan people and to overthrow the government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan,” Pravda said in a report monitored in London. A Western military analyst in Kabul said he believed the division on the Afgan borderTr was poised for possible offensive action against Iran. U.S. to Proceed With OwnIran Sanctions WASHINGTON (UPI) — The United States will proceed with its own version of sanctions against Iran after consultations with its allies, officials said, Theofficials said Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher has been instructed to contact NATO members in Brussels, as. well as other key Western countries, to determine how each country’s national laws would restrict them in imposing a trade boycott against Iran. A State Department spokesman said Chrisopher also was discussing with the European allies the possibility of a Western boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympic games. He said the United States has not decided whatits policy on such a move would be. Christopher is due back in Washington late this week, and the president is expected to announce his tactics soon after his arrival. The basic strategy was Monday by a State Department spokesman who said the United States would act as thoughthe Soviets had not vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that called for a world-wide trade embargo against Iran until the American hostages are released. “The will of the majority was cynically blocked by the Soviet Union’s veto, designed to divert attention from istan,” a U.S. said. “All members of the Security Council and the United Nationsinterested in peaceful solution should proceed to consider active measuresto give effect to the veto:4 resolution.” The absence of a U.N. resolution, however,will hinder somenationsthat have laws making itdifficult to imy trade for political reasons, unless is a U.N.resolution that can be cited as justification for such moves. SupremeCourtIssues Citizenship Ruling WASHINGTON .(UPI) — The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today the government need offer only minimal proof a personintends to surrenderhis citizenship — such as swearing allegiance to another country — beforeit removesthat citizenship. “We hold that in proving expatriation, an expatriating act and an intent to relinquish citizenship must be proved by a preponderance of the evidence,” Justice Byron White wrote for the majority. White said Congress did not exceed its authority by requiring under the Immigration and Nationality Actof 1952 a minimalstandard of proving an intentional expatriating act. Atissue wasthecitizenship rights of the government, seeking a declaration Laurence Terrazas. born in nited of his American nationality. States the son of a Mexican citizen. At A district court, however, ruled Terbirth, he acquired dualcitizenship, but tazas voluntarily relinquished his in 1970 at age 22, he sworealligiance to citizenship by taking the oath to MexMexico. ico. An appeais court reversed, ruling As a result, the State Department the government must prove a person notified him that he had voluntarily intended to renounce his U.S renounced his U.S.citizenship. He sued citizenship. Tuesday: Rebuttal to Sonia Excommunicated Mormon Soni: Johnson will appear on the “ Donahue"’ show Wednesday at 9:30 a.m, on Channel 4. Because officials of the LDS Church told Channel 4 that some statements Mrs. Johnson made on the nationally syndicated program misrepresented the church,station manager Harold Woolley consented to provide time for response from church spokesmen. The local television station will pre-empt ‘Ryan's Hope," a dail soap opera, and allow the LD‘ Church up to 30 minutes to respond to Mrs. Johnson's statements Beverly Campbell and Charles Gibbs will be spokesmen for the church, Wooley will make an announcement before and after ‘Donahue’ Wednesday morning, informing ihe public of the LDS responsetime. Life Ruling Issued The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ordered an end to life« Nurse Alice Johnson holds Amy Marie Soffe, one-day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Bruce King Photo Soffe of Provo. Valley ‘Baby Factory’ Reports ‘Output’ Up 9% sustaining dialysis treatments for a senile and terminally ill nursing homepatient. “The high court instructed the lower court to order Spring’s son and court-appoint guardian. to “refrain from authorizing any further life-prolonging treatments except by order of the probate court.” See story on Page 10. DWRBlasted “They aren’t managing the lands they have,” charges a former federal biologist, Juan Spillett, in a blast against the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Spillett, a former U.S. Forest Service employee, says DWRis not fighting for the interestsofwildlife, particularly big game. “Things are getting worse. We're losing ourcritical winter range, but nobody seems to give a darn,” he added. See story on Page 2. Suit Amended SALT LAKECITY (UPI) — Utah has amended its lawsuit against Interior Department and Bureau of Land Management wilderness area studies that could erase hundreds of miles of back country roads in the state. The Utah Attorney General's office claimsstate law grants permanent right of way to all highways and roadsif they have been in continuoususefor at least 10 years. Family Reunited A family of Cubans in Provo was reunited last week after 12 years of being separated by the Iron Curtain. Percy andOfelia Borileft Cuba in 1968 and had to leave their son because he waseligible for military service. Their son finally madeit to the United States Thursday and their reunion was a happy one. See story on Page 4. Reporton Testing Past marksarea better indication of how a studentwill fare in higher education than the multiple-choice test scores thatfigure heavily in admission policies for college or graduate schools, consumer researchers say. Ralph Nader's researchers say the examsdo notaccurately predict college grades or a student's prospects for career and academic development. Thetests are only 8 to 15 percentbetter thana pairofdice the study author says. See story on Page11. Rain Decreasing The weather forecast for the Central Utah area calls for chance of decreasing showers tonight and variable cloudiness Wednesday with a chance of showers developing again Wednesday afternoon Southerly winds are expected to increase Wednesday. Highs Wednesin day near 50 with overnight lows the lower 30s Where ToFind It Amusements Classified Ads Comics Commerce Editorial National-International Obituaries Society ee tah-Reglonal in 18-23 16 9 17 10-11 4 4 68 1b special birthing rooms designed for homelike deliveries,’ she said. “The rooms include queen-size beds, and rates are up and so are babies — at fathers can be with their wives throughout the birth process. Utah Valley Hospital. i “Even in regular delivery rooms, Birtits al ihe huspital rose nine percent from last year for an all-time high fathers can now be present during of 6,208 newborns. The record-breaker birth.” constitutes the 40th consecutive year Children are allowed in the special the recored has been broken. The birthing rooms right after babies are numberof births has increased each born, if parents wish, Ms. McKinnon year since the hospital opened in 1939. said. the rooms were created for the Last year 5,846 babies were family. delivered at the hospital. In 1939, 169 The hospital also has develo, babies were delivered. | “short-stay’’ and ‘‘rooming-in,” Ms. This past year, 63 sets of twins were McKinnon said. delivered; the largest baby weighed 12 “Short-stayis for mothers to spend pounds and nine ounces, and the only12 hoursin the hospital after they smallest baby was one pound 9 1/2 deliver, then go home,”’ she explained. ounces. “Rooming-in is for mothers to keep In 1978, a total of 67 sets of twins their babies with them after birth in were delivered; the largest baby their hospital rooms.’* weighed 14 pounds, and the smallest In the past, rooming-in wasonly perbabyweighed two pounds, two ounces. This past year 12 of the 63 sets of mitted in private or semi-private twins were delivered in May, and 428 rooms, Ms. McKinnonsaid, but now,it is an option in any room. of the babies were taken Caesarean “Tt is our philosophy that women section during the year. Vicki McKinnon, assistant director should have an option,” she explained. of Nursing at the hospital, said UVH “A womanshould be able to go through nowhasspecial birthing rooms and a childbirth and postpartum the way she wants to. We want to individualize freer family participation policy. ildbirth.”” “As of February 1979, we added two By BRUCE KING Herald Staff Reporter Inflation’s up, taxes are up, interest |