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Show 2 Yemal Exftm Wedrwdoy, February 20, 1985 By JockWallis Federal Most everyone agrees that the federal deficit should be reduced, but no one seems to agree where to make the necessary expenditure cuts. The federal government is the only entity that has been able to spend more than it takes in year after year, and still stay in business. Now it is apparent ap-parent that even the federal government govern-ment cannot continue building up future, debt without getting expenditures expen-ditures in line with income. Either the revenue must increase by increasing taxes or expenditures must be reduced. When President Reagan presented his 1986 budget, many cuts were made in programs. In cutting some programs, pro-grams, the federal government is shifting shif-ting its responsibility to the states and is really not cutting public expenses. In a recent poll of Utah citizens the areas that were not in favor of cutting were, in descending order: Medicare, Medicaid, education, space programs, social services, national defense and foreign aid. The National Association of Counties list as top priorities in the 1986 federal budget, in order or importance: general revenue sharing, Medicaid, community development block grants, rural programs, and mass transit. Other priority interests listed by the national association includes assisted housing, employment training programs, pro-grams, environmental mandates, highway and bridges, law enforcement, enforce-ment, Medicare, payment-in-lieu-of-taxes and national forest payments to counties, welfare administration and penalties and supplemental nutrition programs for women, infants and children. In a nationwide survey of county government concerning the use of revenue sharing money of the total average amount, 53.9 percent went for public works infrastructure, 24.3 percent per-cent health, 34.1 percent public safety, safe-ty, 13.3 percent social service and welfare, 10.6 percent education, 15.6 percent administration and lesser amounts included community development develop-ment planning, manpower and training, train-ing, parks and recreation, environment environ-ment and miscellaneous. Wrestlers... Continued from page 1 Region 7 matmen Cook of Uintah and Gerald Kitchen of American Fork battled for third place honors at 145 pounds. Kitchen netted a takedown In the first round to take a 2-0 lead over Cook. American Fork's Kitchen had a two point lead, but Cook had his own wrestling recipe for winning the match as he heated up the action in the second round due to a neutral, takedown and pin with 12 seconds left in the round, which forced forc-ed Kitchen to leave the mat as a loser to Cook in the battle for third. Uintah's 185 pounder Mike Slaugh placed fourth when he was pinned by Steve Dchrk of Mountain Crest with six seconds left In the first round. Drhrk won the takedown battle and then pinned Slaugh. The match only lasted one round and thus the fans didn't 6?t to see what Dchrk and Slouch would do In the second and third rounds. Vernal Express (USPS 6580 6000) S U 00 p y ft 04 J20 00 pm f ov ol ky Vol I Cpr. S4 NHi Val , Vrot, Uoi 4S7 SW tW pe?rp pi t & V. fCS v. Vt I j toi "o VI I. NAt WWl, t O U IC'O, d, U'ok 4-ri Jot t. 8 ..,..;..,-. . ft'N $' t. Wj'l., ...,:.,:.:.., 40 T'Od . : : -. , , j a a ; s .Nt Wr A-M St"! t4' Vt TW '-l Nf I 0- Al-O'-Vf f tyA M C" : c, , i . . -, -. . - ttz Gvt . ; ; . C'V-9 CW4 Ah N"!f Ce-ff Aew--1 f t'1- t-H Atw i-m - v- ?fj w ; 1 fc.9 tV l-4- M -r M Cr, 1 U $ tM SVt, nt-im irr- . 4, ui ;rs t4f ?t J'53 ) T4 1it n ?. ';$ ww-i . . trr-. M '! G-ui : . . Mr tr, J Cr Itt 3) it.A h- III? ri ! X p cuts? When one starts itemizing the government programs it seems that there is no end to areas of need. According Accor-ding to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Com-merce, dairy farmers in 1983 were paid $10 for every hundred pounds of milk they agreed not to produce and $12 billion was paid to farmers not to grow grain and cotton. Fifty-one large farms were given more than $1 million each in government payments last year. 1 Farm crop supports have risen from between $2 billion and $3 billion during dur-ing much of the 70's'to $19 billion in 1983, according to the U.S. Chamber report. "If Congress doesn't have the guts ' to tackle the bloated, obsolete farm programs, can we realistically expect spending cuts in other government programs?" the U.S. Chamber report concluded. It has been proven that there is a lot of "fat" in the defense budget. Enormous Enor-mous amounts are paid for exorbitant pensions and cost-of-living increases to government people. Cost-saving measures are being proposed to consolidate con-solidate government bureaus, even eliminating some. Costs of performing governmental services can be reduced reduc-ed if the government is really sincere about cutting costs. The important aspect is that costs can be reduced and we can live within our budget if we really want to. Congress Con-gress should be told to bite the bullet and tighten their belts. If there was some way to equally share a cost-cutting campaign to actually ac-tually balance the budget we are sure every U.S. citizen would be willing to make the necessary sacrifice. But when we pick-and-choose which area will be cut and which one will remain untouched or increased, the poor seem to get poorer and the rich get richer. Even with a government of political representatives, it is hard to equally represent all facets of need. But one thing for sure we should recognize is that continually spending more than one takes in is no way to run a business, let alone the biggest business in the world, the United States of America. Music praises Dear Editor: I want to compliment the Vernal Express Ex-press for their fine coverage of the concert con-cert Feb. 9. This Includes the feature article in the Feb. 6 edition and the report of the concert in the Feb. 13 edition. edi-tion. More importantly, though, it gives me extreme pleasure to see, finally, the public recognition for the person who has worked so hard to help bring outside groups to us, as well as to build our own excellent home-grown Youth Orchestra -Ora Fay Oviatt. Ora Fay is a special person not just because she had been my son's private teacher, as well as his orchestra director, direc-tor, and she became a friend to the whole family. Yes, I may be prejudiced prejudic-ed In her favor. However, she lives music. There are private Imons, the direction of three local orchestra levels, twice-weekly shuttle of local members to their practice with the excellent ex-cellent orchestra the community heard Feb. t. and numerous trips and phone calls to both local Youth Or-chrstra Or-chrstra and Utah Vatlry Youth Symphony Sym-phony business. Khe has slfo hern Involved In-volved In the revived holiday prrwn-Utiowof prrwn-Utiowof "The Mmlah " Irnt both years, end I ill always wonder how the ptmt-r of this year's jpt rmtMion would have mmindr-4 In the historic tahrmar le, 1 admire hrf lircWs tU forts and sirsfile minded drive for t Crllrnre, tjndrrifig how he can BC-tnmplish BC-tnmplish m much in the lime he dr, it is eppfppf iate to alo revenue Uie lUiiwh and faithful vuhihirrrs ho swr-prirt Uip 1'iral Ywith trrbrMr a and (ra Fay. The t'arrtits Cwnril is much like the btsr!rf gfotiji for local prm 8tiVi!ir. Tttry h-'p kf St dT.l rffd. ftrpare for rwrt, end ftTnid?1 tfT-ati on f-rctgni"inn days fof !ai?rtii h ff.fx-l hfr posts, amorg osbrf thircs. Th-)r have a!kw pd ht ti drote more lim? etfktty 14 )rt ti-.jdrnts' prU and to drT k'P IhS Yoih trthJfa t'1 thp rCF'i!ffit he eSove t ?', my s has taVrfi fhP 4 (lyrr.rtmjs trtnihi!ir Up 14 Sn.oxa in t-f 3a!irai lhreschwjl IN (fmsfttry. TbP. tr-mic prtr srr, hich f layed in Vffr-al ar tvaf lorf tc!(ef than ary t have hafd 0f!t-Brf. TVy have fad trt ?iay if) VfTTal nn fry g? have frfk4 P'ff IN fae thr er ases A ff a i Svrtfa" in IN '-t ar1 na-! ft cf in ct-!f as ttn-'kf fra Fay's fj.rcriw-ai. My a:-4 i! N-t ''ti N h't! rwT'ri d jay gs '!. f.rf c if f 'at a d -juevti aj p-it -Tra1 frir??l Ir-V'h (T- (!.M TN t!F--!t is f--fr l:rr. 81 t r-V f-".r I h?? C-"" 19 V-? 1 N rit-i" f :--o J 1 h-j rrr-it -1 I ep- TIMING DIVIDEND PAYMENTS For many investors it is essential that dividend checks be received at predetermined intervals in order that anticipated costs can be met without delay. Receiving a dividend check on a "regular" basis every week, every two weeks, or even every month, certainly cer-tainly helps with it comes to budgeting one's funds or when emergencies arise. With this in mind, there will be mentioned men-tioned later in this article some stocks that pay dividends at various times during the year that could be considered con-sidered for purchase. Through proper planning, one could receive dividends twice a month or possibly each week. NO DIVIDEND GUARANTIES As all experienced investors should realize, there is no guaranty regarding divident payments either as to the amount or the timing. A firm's dividend divi-dend policy is at the discretion of the board of directors. Nevertheless, if a certain company has a long history of regular payments which are made at approximately the same time during each year, and it is in a stable and growing industry, the chances are good that the payments will continue. In selecting firms that are attractive purchases from companies that generally have good past records and where continuation of the current (or possibly higher) dividend rate would be a reasonable expectation. A CAUTIONARY NOTE When considering securities that comply with a desired income schedule, investors must make certain that they avoid the temptation of making mak-ing purchases that are based solely on dividend payment dates. Rather, the selection process should be restricted to those stocks that conform closely to overall investment goals. The quality grade of an issue (conservative, (con-servative, average or speculative), which reflects the historical volatility as well as the financial strength of the respective company, is one good available measure of suitability. Additionally, although common stocks often provide the best opportunities oppor-tunities for capital gains, care should be taken to select those specific issues that are protected on the downside by a well-covered and satisfactory yield, a normal (or preferably depressed) earnings multiple, or a projected continuation con-tinuation of a superior profits growth. SOME SUGGESTIONS If you felt the need of a dividend around the first or second of. each January, April, July and October, consideration con-sideration could be given to such attractive at-tractive issues as Sears Roebuck, Beatrice Companies or Union Pacific. These are all high-quality companies with fine long term dividend records. Furthermore, the Babson Research Staff considers them attractive for purchase at this time. During the second or third week of January, April, July and October there ere fewer Issues to choose from. However, such well known companies as Champion International, Schlumbcrger, and Revlon do pay dividends near the middle of those months. Toward the end of January, April, July and October dividend paymrnts could be received from tkwral Electric, Oklahoma Gas & Klectric, and Dow Chemical. On the initial day of February, May, Awjcust. and Novrmtwr, some diviik-nd payers Include General Mills, I'cnn-wait, I'cnn-wait, end American Telephone and Telegraph, At mid month, payers include in-clude JVoctor & Gamble end TKCO F-nerpy, while Central end .Southwest, Dow Jones, and Hankamerica pay toward the end of the month. As for the early March, June, Jw-ptemNr and DrcemNr payrrt, tonvidrr Southern Company and American Ittand; later in the month 0rn Illinois, Trnnecq, end Whir Jpntl, end hxarrr the end of UW months, Iterrulrs, IVpsiCo, end Chrsebf 0uh Foods. Try M it do l ssrg d tn e lun-tfj.trf lun-tfj.trf Nfl the Imrs are aUays W-t, If ymj do r !w k a-!i!'. laN 9l'T-i 'rhrthtr' to trad -a lmli 14 rjfc'i: Ahn. if. n : !.??. c" fchrt a! IW lals wtr h fr rf. til Tk a- ay v if vh'-'-e 'ar"! "S in prcnate f-4 urfft Ihe fnuMC jr--Ta-.-t "h IN tfTir EWp gtvj pr-if ral rotjekiae.s. Ierhap 4 t'r"Ttt l"cs! rrNf!f tan N fet-p-i4 a nmf-'A f ed-vN i r v-t ff v-4 as an mi"! f-.f mih fT(N"'rs E'aia'ps Ht yic-'i ? jrs,t th-fi?. H Nrrt j i '".' I N vftj lyi. ri if; !rs-.r f.T fay fHa't. t-J'-e it r ii - .if . t tV !t g-1 ki. s ' -A 1 t' r ' ft:' c I GUESS HUNTING AND FISH1NMS OUT THIS HAFF TO TAKE UP A LESS EXPENSIVE' SPORT UKEs RUNNlSi' tuc THE VOICE OF BUSINESS The wisdom of Paul By Richard L. Lesher, President Chamber of Commerce of the United States Wendell Phillips, a 19th century American orator, observed that "You can always get the trust from an American statesman after he has turned turn-ed seventy or given up hope of the Presidency." As the national Democratic Party attempts to understand why it has lost four of the past five presidential elections-three in landslides-it would" do well to seek the advice of a septuagenarian sep-tuagenarian or someone immune to White House fever. Now, the obvious candidate would be Ronald Reagan who, courtesy of the 22nd amendment, is.no longer burdened with the possibility of running again for our nation's na-tion's highest office and who meets Mr. Phillip's age requirement. If the Democrats, however, wish to look to one of their own, I would strongly suggest that they listen carefully to Paul Tsongas, the former Democratic senator from Massachusetts who recently passed up the opportunity to run again for the Senate, choosing instead to return to his home state to spend more time with his family. Good Samaritans Dear Editor: Going to Salt Lake City In the w inter is not my favorite activity, even In the best of circumstances. Lat Saturday morning proved to be one of the w orst of circumstances. At 4 a m,, I left Vernal to help provide pro-vide transportation for junior high students to a math competition at the university. Five miles out of Duchesne, we w ere stranded w ith car trouble. I was not drmed for a brink morning stroll. 1 want the community la know about the uweltifth BssWanre rendered by the Iwo people who stopped to help, The find was Mr. Rick Sharp of Far-million, Far-million, Utah. Mr. Sharp delivers the papers from the Tribune end Dnwrrt New lo the valley , He was more than willing lo do enylhintf necc-Mary la eisist us. even deliver the student lo the university, TN svond car lo stop was Mr. M.N McCarrrl of Vernal He was on his way to dj lemple work in Provo. Kven thovh his car had othef rro.(ar,!. N Was willing 14 "dmittip up," end offered of-fered lo alter his plans la mak? sure the eludrnts did riot r?ms their competition. IWaipe Mr. MrCarrrl and I sNrr-d mutual arquamiam-es, N IN Undents, and Mf. Sharp made sure t Was adequate ly carH if in tsj hrr I'f-'t he continued m his a j. t Ff-lunatf Ff-lunatf ly. Mf . McCarrel emlnr in 'u'Vfi.j" IracNf in lie hrf, tnatrS him lo tnnhmw lo fre-vs.l Gentlemen, thank )m is lndr-ia!e fof ymir N'p t a saf d i vety vn fctrJnT'.hle a'il. Bf'd l9 VF-g la ; r ft iir,d a fthhuo e. MR.V fitctiAnaswutrt NLW5 ITLMS (fat 'f M YEAR ,. WE'RE GUNNA RACE CAR9 AT iKinv tnn r Unburdened by the necessity of placating the various special interest groups that place demands on any party, par-ty, Paul Tsongas has done some serious thinking that he has been willing will-ing to share with his party leaders and the nation. Speaking on the Senate floor on May 1, 1984, Senator Tsongas spoke eloquently elo-quently to his party: "The weakness that we have is that we, as Democrats, have never convinced con-vinced the country that we know how to run the economy; that Democrats are viewed as people who care less about how well the economy is doing and spend all of their time worrying about how you distribute the golden eggs. The goose's health is irrelevant." . s a , Senators Tsongas adds -tellingly, "You know, the funny thing about it is we deserve it, because it is true." Senator Tsongas went on to give a specific example from his own experience ex-perience as a congressman. "When I was on the House side, 1 remembered that the late Bill Steiger had an amendment that dealt with the capital gains tax, reducing it. I voted against it. Do you know why I voted against it? Because I was a Democrat, I con&idered the ethic in the House Bell... continued from pog. ( went to Just ecross the street. Ballard residents es-ked the commission com-mission lo order them Into Mountain tW-irs territory. Complaints wrrc that calls to or from local schools cost 11.35 or more, and residents found the situation Intolerable. Residents alw) laid both phone companies end the regulatory proms eppearcd In-different In-different to thrtr problem, In the ruling, eommiMioriers wrote the Situation has made erces lo emergency end medical sen ices difficult dif-ficult end Impaired commerce, rrlifiiotj end social Interaction in f.allard, Cameron disagreed with IN oVd' lion, although he said hi Colleague's e.M-menl of IN nituation u r-crn-lially Correct But N quesijoned whether IN 1SC has IN authority to w iW a utility to t tpand ie.ta en err it ts not certified lo M-rve He sid IN mme may Md a dargrr pm-dcf,l fof r.thef utility customers la df mar-d similar action from IN commit ion. Mountain tV!l end IN DiUsjofi tsf PuMiC Utility had rr frK lta"ard tetider.!.. M)irg W,iU tan M N wderrd lo aciirr afT3 of erv k? Preliminary hearing set IN frlimirafjr twarr f Jj tati-'T f-f f- Tifdy, tfh 2 in 7lhCirtydCfrt. fa? rt (N?cd crrr4 p-'-TTt j tef-wr..-! j'h tN fc.'- r p..'n P-fit'ji-'fB O Tsorngas among my fellow colleagues that this was pro-business and therefore, since it is pro-business, we are against it. So I voted against it." Senator Tsongas concluded with a startling admission. "That bill which I did not support did more for the economy of my state than anything I did as a congressman." The retirement of Senator Tsongas is the nation's loss, but the Democratic party will be well-served if it heeds the former senator's admonition to once again become the party of economic growth and not simply the advocate of redistributing a shrinking pie. The good news for America is that there are young leaders in both political parties who understand Senator Tsongas' warning. Leaders such as Congressman Jack Kemp ( R-N.Y.) R-N.Y.) and Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) and Senators Bill Bradley (D-N.J.) and Robert Hasten (R-Wis.) have argued within their respective parties that they ought to focus on pro-grow th economic policies. A healthy competition between the two political parties to decide which party can bring the strongest economic grow th and the brightest opportunities op-portunities for all Americans would serve our nation well. Abuse... Cominutd (fom pog I exists even among "nice" people w ho may be our friends or relatives," Palmer said. Among people we know, offer support sup-port es en "energy source" to that person, he rrcommends. "Offer a ready ear of constructive Informal edvice." "We don't have lo pry into private matters, we only have lo N available," Frequently the endive parent feels trapped by his Of hef problems end very mut h alone, Social Services provides pafrr.ting t!ai-.e, cmjutelirg, shelter tare, tlf euprf-iwoii end monitoring of familie, TN parmting; cla-r. a l)T of fmp interaction tomt itwd with a learr.irg tnv iftir.mer.i, has had fs tr'ief.l frruIU Social Nrvur rd Mental H'at'.h with IN trjtation t4 IN tV.'ah Cwnty Sheriffs tvprimet.l Ns Ihur tTisi W'lit 4 IsN rttietgrry tails trntn pr-Je N Nvf a (iw) fnf immediate N -p. TN ervi i ha i art tg pt id td ty Srial Scnicr $rrf o'Hff Perff tit-? are tT(tr,-rg n yy aid t (h? ar.-rd ar.-rd tild, -A ihcit t !', csrf it.hmji trnynunity surprt ' -f J tj f If Wirg fS. in. t 'i rr?T"l i' r-. a o k-. b Wa'H riM.!'fT n F.1 IN f'J frf'f f-"-"C-''f -'.- 'A T r-.r-rt-'--, rm t- f 3 J 1 '"' J I1- c;' si f f -4f Ac -'c-.; tt "W!.X A,-4- W"t !Xr ?ri fin |