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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY. APRIL 24, 1959 Pao Fh Utah Foundation Notes Increased School Costs mill local levy to participate in this enlarged program. The report notes that the total state guaranteed school program (basic and supplemental) under the new law will be $5,922 per Salt Lake School District would have increased operating funds of $710,697 or 0468 per distri-bution unit if the new school legislation enacted by the 1959 Utah Legislature had been in effect this year. This was one of the findings presented in a com-prehensive analysis of the 1959 changes in Utah's public school laws. Under the new school finance law, Salt Lake School District would be able to finance a maxi-mum operating program of $10,-896,1- 08 or $7,169 per distribu-tion unit without resorting. to any further special election. Ac- - distribution unit, compared with $5,376 per unit under the pres-ent law. Foundation analysts note that the increased cost of the new en-larged school program will be borne almost entirely by the state. Based on preliminary 1958-5- 9 data, the State's obli-gation under the new school fi-nance laws will be increased by approximately $4,466,000.00 per year compared with continued operation of the present for-mula. In addition, because of in-creasing enrollments, the state's obligations will rise by $2 mil-lion a year during each of the next several years. Utah Foundation analysts em-phasize that the extent of the cost effect of cumulative enroll-ment increases is not generally understood. A cumulative in-creases alone confronts the State with raising $8 million in added school revenue for the biennium. This seeming anomaly becomes clear when illustrated in round figure totals: if the state share was $30 million in 1958 and $32 million in 1959, the total for the current biennium is $62 million. The total for 1960, allowing only the $2 million increase for added enrollment, becomes $34 million and $36 million for 1961, a bi-ennial total of $70 million. $8 cording to Utah Foundation cal-culations, the actual funds for the operating program this year amount to $9,967,136 or $6,558 per distribution unit. Salt Lake School District has approximate-ly 1,520 distribution units this year. One distribution unit is roughly equal to 27 pupils in average daily attendance. Ad-ditional units are also allowed for isolated small schools, super-visory personnel, classes for han-dicapped children, and summer-time vocational agriculture and home economics classes. In orderto finance such a max-imum program without further election, Salt Lake School Dis-trict would have to impose a local property tax levy of 23.47 mills for operations. Utah Foun-dation points out that the dis-trict imposed a total local levy of 22.60 mills this year for the school operating purposes. million greater than the $62 mil-lion required the previous bi-ennium. Utah Foundation's study shows that despite substantial increases in the level of the sttte support-ed school program during the last 12 years, there has been no corresponding rise in the level of the property tax to support the enlarged program. Between 1947 and 1958, the level of the state supported school program has increased 62.9 per cent. Dur-ing this same period the total state and local property tax to The new law would permit Salt Lake School District to main-tain a school operating program costing up to $8,054 per distri-bution unit, if the voters were to approve the maximum allow-able leeway in a special election held for that purpose. In order to finance this maximum school program; however, a local tax of 28.86 mills for operating purposes woudl have to be im-posed in the district. Utah Foundation analysts ex-plain that the changes made by the new school finance law in- - crease the funds available for public school' purposes by. ex-tending substantial additional state aid with no rise in the local effort needed to participate in the program. The new law increases the state supported basic 1 program from $4800 to $5150 per distribution unit for a 12 mill local effort. In addition, the state supported supplemental program is in-creased from 12 to 15 per cent ($576 to $772 per distribution unit) with no change in the 4- - support the program was re-duced 2.4 mills. The increased funds to provide for the steadily increased school program during the past twelve years have been provided large-ly by new taxes and by substan-tial transfers from other funds such as the general fund. A total of $12,500,000 was transferred from the general fund to the uniform school fund during the present 1957-5- 9 biennium and $9,000,000 will be transferred during the 1959-6- 1 biennium. E EASED BRAPEVI Rl E v y Utah Secondary School Princi-pals Assn. has elected Moroni L. Jensen Valley High School, Granite District, as president. City Shade Tree Warden Ed B. Maryon has been authorized by the Salt Lake City Commission to attend the Western Chapter, National Shade Tree Conference in San Francisco, May 5-- 9. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Haslam, 88, sister of the late George H. dern, former Utah governor; and former secretary of war, died in Fremont, Nebraska, Salt Lake friends have been informed. Public auction of 90 pieces of tax delinquent property will be held May 15 at 10 a.m. on the west steps of the City and Coun-ty building. Sale of 1958 tax de-linquent property will be con-ducted by County Auditor David P. Jones. , Earl W. Sadleir, 12055-7t- h E., has been nominated as postmas-ter at Draper. Mr. Sadlier has been aclerk in the Salt Lake City post office for 12 years. Stephen L. Richards, first counselor in the first presidency I of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, is in London conferring with officials of the church in that area. Mayor Adiel F. Stewart said this week he plans to attend the American Society of Planning Officials annual conference in Minneapolis, Minn., May 10-1- 4. He will participate in a panel discussion. . The date of Sunday, April 26, has been set for the annual tour of some of the state fish hatch-eries in and near Utah's metro-politan area, according to the department of fish and game and the Salt Lake County Fish and Game Association. The department and county sportsmen group are joint spon-- 1 sors of this spring event which attracts several thousand sports-men and their families each year. Spokesmen noted the guided tour serves as an opportunity for a fine family outing and gives the public a chance to see these facilities at peak produc-tion. At each hatchery fishery production techniques are ex-plained by department personnel as inspection of the hatchery is made. Starting point, travel schedule from hatchery to hatchery and site of the always popular social hour when free refreshments are served by association members will be announced at a later date. First Lt. William N. Walker, son of Mrs. Helen N. Walker, 736 Third Ave., recently partici-pated in an Army training test with the 443rd Antiaircraft Ar-tillery Battalion in Germany. Lt. Walker, executive officer of the battalion's Battery A., is a graduate in Wasatch Academy in Mount Pleasant. He was formerly employed by the Westinghouse Electric Sup-ply Co., His wife, Shirlee, is with him in Germany. You Can Change Withholding Tax Did you wind up owing Uncle Sam additional income taxes this year because your withholding tax for 1958 was not enough to cover the total amount due? In-ternal Revenue Service says you can avoid this situation next time in an easy way. You can increase your with-holding simply by dropping one or more of the exemptions you claim on Form W-- 4, Withhold-ing Exemption Certificate, and if this doesn't do the trick you can ask your employer to with-hold any additional amount nec-essary to cover your liability in full. 1 Taxpayers who wish to reduce the number of exemptions now claimed for withohlding pur-poses need only file a new Form W-- 4 with their employer. But those who need a further increase in their withholding must have a written agreement with their employer. Also: If you are in business and had too much to pay with the return, increase your estimated tax for 1959 so that you won't have so much to pay with the return. Finally, if you are one of the 90,000 who left your return fil-ing until the last three days of the filing period, resolve now to file earlier next year and save the last minute worry and con-fusion. IIIWIIHI. II. II ... . entBrther. v " " ' I iff-- - 1T" T ? 1 (tiiiifi m FOR THE PERFECT BLOODY MARY MMUfflffiS VOM 80 PROOF-DISTILLE- D FROM 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS THE FLEISCHMANN DISTILLING CORP., NEW YORK CITY Clyde W, Gooderham Wins Award From Medic Assn. Clyde W. Gooderham, veteran executive director of the Utah State Board on Alcoholism, has been named recipient of the an-nual award of Merit of the Utah State Medical Association. ""The presentation of the bronze plaque was made at the annual press, radio and television din-ner of the Council of the Utah State Medical Association held at the Alta Club. . Dr. U. R. Bryner, president of the State Medical Association, cited Mr. Gooderham "for your outstanding contribution to the field of medical care, for your cooperation in, and knowledge of medical problems, which have assisted materially in helping to raise the standards of medicine better medical care for the peo-ple of the state." Lauding the director of the State Board of Alcoholism for "yeoman service," Dr. Reed S. Farnsworth of Cedar City, past president of USMA, pointed out that only in recent years has al-coholism been viewed and treat-ed as a disease. He termed Utah efforts under the leadership of Mr.Gooderham among the most far reaching of any in the nation to solve an important health problem. Mr. Gooderham was the sixth winner of the award. Other re-cipients have been Mrs. Maude D. Porter of Ogden; Dr. Carl F. Frishknecht of Utah State Uni-versity, Logan; Otto Wiesley, State Industrial Commission; former Gov. J. Bracken Lee and Salt Lake Tribune medical edi-tor William C. Patrick. |