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Show WESTERN AMERICANA Government spending yields half of Utah personal income Nearly half of all personal income received by Utah residents last year came from government funds, according to the Utah Foundation, a private group which studies the Utah economy. Nearly $2.2 billion was spent by federal, state and local govern-- , ments during the 1973 ' fiscal year. This equaled 48.7 percent of total personal income. Federal outlays equalled $1,326 for every man, woman and child' living in Utah. The total spending bill was over $1.5 billion, while state and local funds added ''another $650 million to the tax bill. More than 350,000 people in Utah about one out of every three residents receive all or a substantial their of part support from government funds, the Utah Foundation said. Convention offers top program This includes 105,014. government employees, 114,802 social security beneficiaries, 55,672 public assistance recipients 35,120 persons receiving veterans benefits,.27,970 public service retirees, and 12,257 individuals in other categories. Utah shared in 481 of 1,186 federal programs administered by 55 different federal agencies. National defense and international' relations accounted for $569 million or 37-- percent of all federal spend-in- g in Otah last yMPRARY 6 UNIVERSITY OF "AH OCT 101974 serials order div. The Travelodges Goldfield convention center (lower left) is site of the 1974 UFBF convention. The new facilities will provide an interesting and contwo-davenient setting for the y meeting. Vol. XX. No. 9 ' Salt Lake City, Utah October 1974 Harvest hits its peak for Utah agriculture A common harvest scene in Utah is portrayed as Darwin Huiet of Newcastle, Iron county, chops com for silage .while his wife drives the truck.. Most of Hulets irrigated com produced well this year. Tri-Ar- c A new location, more time for voting delegate sessions, and a lineup of top speakers are some of the highlights of the coming Utah Farm Bureau annual convention. This years two-da- y meeting is scheduled for November 1974 Tri-Aat the Travelodge just off the Sixth South exit of highway in downtown Salt Lake City. STATE AND COUNTY Farm Bureau officers And board members are urged to attend. The annual convention is where official policy is adopted at the state level through resolutions passed by the voting delegate body.. National resolutions are also adopted for consideration at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in January. State elections are an important item of business scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 20, during the opening morning of the convention. Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 will have board vacancies this year. Womens and Young Farmer and Rancher committee openings will occur in Districts 2, 4 and 6. A first reading of proposed resolutions on Wednesday morning will allow voting delegates more time to ponder policy, stands by UFBF. Discussion and passage of resolutions will occupy Thursday morning's program. General sessions Wednesday and Thursday afternoon will feature reports by officers, entertainment, and major addresses by Hans Odegaard, .foreign ambassador to the United States from Denmark; and Seeley AFBF director of government relations. The annual recognition and awards program is slated for Wednesday night. State Talent Find finals for the senior division will also take place then. Thursday night's annual banquet, scheduled for the Terrace Ballroom, will feature Senator Wallace F. Ben 20-2- 1, rc 15 Lod-wic- k, Ty Lewis, San Juan county Farm Bureau presidlent, empties a combined load of pinto beans into a waiting truck during harvest in the southeast comer of Utah. The dryland beans require three harvest-tim- e operations: mowing, windrowing and combining. . C001 34 DIAL'S CfcJr-UTAH UN IV Uf; S L C UTAH nett as speaker. All other events during the convention will take place in the Goldfield convention center of the Tri-ATravelodge. Farm Bureau presidents will County meet on November 19, the day before the convention opens, as the official state Resolutions committee to finalize proposed resolutions for voting delegate action. The state board of directors will meet on Friday, November rc 22. A full meeting schedule will appear in the November Farm Bureau News. Farm exports gain in fiscal 1973 D.S. agricultural exports in the fiscal year ended June 30 amounted to $21.3 a gain of 65 percent over billion the record of the preceding year. Agricultural trade contributed a net surplus of $11.8 billion to the nations international trade account. Commenting on the record increase. Acting Secretary of Agriculture J. Phil Campbell said that the contribution of American agriculture to the U.S. balance of trade is enormously important. With non-fartrade produc- ing a deficit of some $9 billion, it is obvious that without agricultures performance, our overall trade balance would be far in the red. Instead, the U.S. trade balance ended up about $2.8 billion or. the positive side. Our agricultural exports are not only offsetting a record level of food imports, but also are helping to offset t he rising costs of non-farimports, particularly petroleum. U.S. agricultural imports in the 12 months ended June 30 totaled $9.5 billion compared to the export figure of $21.3 billion. In the preceding fiscal year, agricultural imports were $7.3 billion against an export value of $12.9 billion. m m 1JCPT LlrtHA-l- Y ri4 1 12 |