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Show , ' ' , THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1959 Page Three Authorized State Spending Totals mMillion In 1959-6- 1 Biennium State spending authorizations' from the General Fund and the Uniform School Fund totaled $160.9 million during the forth-- 1 coming 1959-6- 1 biennium, ac-cording , to a Utah Foundation financial analysis of the recent Utah Legislative session. This compares with state spending from these two funds of $129.4 million for the 1957-5- 9 biennium and $101.3 million for the 1955-5- 7 biennium. Utah Foundation analysts say that total general fund appropri-ations (including, a $9,000,000 transfer to the Uniform School j Fund) are slightly in excess of estimated general fund resources during the coming two-ye- ar pe-riod. Uniform School Fund obliga-tions during the next biennium are expected to exceed non prop-erty tax resources by approxi-mately $15.0 million. Ari estimat-ed state property tax , levy of 5.6 mills ($5.60 per $1,000,00 assessed valuation) will be need-ed during each of the next two years to make up this difference. Although the state property levy in 1959 and 1960 will be higher than the 1.0 mill imposed in 1957-195- 8, it probably will still be below the 8.9 mills im-posed in 1948 and 8.5 mills lev-ied in 1947. The report notes that a reduction in the state levy since the early years of , the school program has been made despite the substantial increases which have been made in the level of the state-support- ed pro-gram. The Foundation analysts ob serve that several new and in-creased taxes will help to bal-ance state revenues with finan-cial requirements during the two years ahead. Included among the tax changes are an increase from 1 to 2 per cent in the oil and gas occupation (severance) tax, the extension of the sales tax to services, extension of the corpo-ration franchise tax to foreign companies engaged solely in in-terstate business, and imposition of a general withholding tax. These new and extended tax measures are expected to produce $7:2 million in new revenue for the state. Utah will have used more than $20 million in ( previously accu-mulated state balances and sur-pluses to balance its 1957-5- 9 and its 1959-6- 1 biennial budgets, according, to the Foundation study. Approximately $10.4 mil-lion will be used to balance the current 1957-5- 9 budget, with $10.3 million required , to bal-ance the 1959-6- 1 budget. , Finally, the study shows that much of the increased expendi-tures during , recent years have been due to the expanded capital outlay program and increased state aid to the public, schools. The . Legislature appropriated $18.9 million for buildings and other capital outlay in 1959-6- 1, compared ,with $10.8 million in 1957-5- 9 and $7.8 million in 1955-- 1 57. The state's share of the pub-lic school operating costs have risen from $41.9 millon for the 1955-5- 7 biennum to $60.6 mil-lion for 1957-5- 9 and $75.7 mil-lion for 1959-6- 1. HAVE SOME CAKE, GREAT GRANDPA." Little Sharon Owen, 2 H Salt Lake City feeds birthday cake to her great grandfather, Walter L. Webb, Lehi, during community party celebrating veteran beet sugar industry pioneer and early-da- y Utah publisher's 90th birthday. Webb was a chemist and later a factory superintendent, starting his beet sugar career at famed Lehi factory, first "All-America- n" plant of its kind in U. S. He also published Lehi news-paper more than half-centu- ry ago and helped found Utah State Press Association. At left is Rusself Innes, Lehi publisher, who spearheaded community party for Webb and industry he helped establish. Right is Lehi Mayor Harold D. Westring. During party, Webb told of contributions Lehi made to big modern beet sugar industry which now supplies fourth of nation's annual sugar needs. Pharmacy Students Pledge $46,120 To Medical Center College of Pharmacy students joined their counterparts in Medicine and Nursing to give solid support to the University of Utah Medical Center Cam-paign by pledging a total of $46,120,000 to the campaign, L. David Hiner, dean of the Col-lege of Pharmacy, announced. The new student pledges has hiked the amount of money now pledged by students in Utah's , colleges of medicine, nursing, and pharmacy well past the quar- ter million dollar mark. The i total gift from students regis-tered in the three schools now stands at $274,610,000. f "It gives me a great deal of I pride to be able to announce the high level of giving in the Col- - f lege of Pharmacy," Dean Hiner said. "The fact that these stu-dents, most of whom are having a hard time making ends meet ; financially, have pledged nearly $45,000 is -- ample evidence of their awareness of the acute heed , for the Medical Center." Gordon Jensen, President of the pharmacy school's student j body, ; said students' voluntary participation was their way of I responding based on .their keen f awareness of the need. "We held a mass meeting of the student body last month at .which time we discussed the Medical Center and its relationship to the pro-fession we hone to enter. We then assigned class . representa-tives to contact members of each class for their, individual gift. It i was really a student affair. We made our own decisions. I, am sure I am speaking on behalf of all the students when I say that we believe the Medical Center to be of extreme importance to everyone in the area and that we ar happy to be taking part in the campaign to get it into construc-tion," he said. Leland B. Flint, general chair-man of the campaign, said, , "I am overwhelmed at the generous giving evidenced by the students in the three professional schools. I want to thank the pharmacy .students for their great effort. I can assure them that it is deep-ly appreciated. Two Commissioners Wait First Board Meeting ,,Two new, commissioners will be attending their first meeting when the Utah Fish and Game Commission meets in its annual spring quarterly sessions April 17-1- 8, at department of fish and game offices in Salt Lake City. Recently appointed to the com-mission by Gov. George Clyde are Dr. Keith Barnes of Kays- - ville and Wesley A. Nelson of St. George, representing state fish and game districts one and five respectively. Both will have six year terms. Dr, Barnes replaces W. Rulon White of Ogdert, while Mr, Nel-son takes the place of Robert B. Mitchell of Parowan., Both . Mr. White, and Mr. Mitchell have served during the past six years. Dr. Barnes is well known to Utah's sporting public, having held many offices in wildlife federation work to include serv-ing a recent two-ye- ar term as president of the Utah Wildlife Federation. Mr, Nelson is a St. George businessman, has for many years been a fish and game, license agent, is a hunting and fishing enthusiast and is well known for his activities in organized work. Other members of the five-ma- n commission are Dr. Paul G. Stringham, Roosevelt; K. E. Bul-lock, Provo, and Golden Sander-son of Fairview. Regular and general policy making items are expected to make up the agenda of the April meetings to include election by the commission of one member to serve as chairman during the year ahead. Two Utah Scientists Gain Heart Grants Two scientists have received awards totaling $16,000 to con-duct research in Utah in the broad field of cardiovascular disease, it was announced by Dr. K. A. Crockett, president of the Utah Heart Association. They are Clark J. Gubler, Ph.D. at BYU in Provo, working under H. Smith Broadbent, and Homer R. Warner, Ph.D., University of Utah College of Medicine and Latter-da- y Saints Hospital in Salt Lake City. The awards made possible by public contributions to the An-nual Heart Fund appeal, were among 182 totaling $1,562,243, given to scientists in the country under the national research sup-port program of the American Heart Association and its affili-ates. Of the Heart Fund contri-butions provided by the Utah Heart Association to support the national program aimed at com-- bating the cardiovascular dis-eases, more than 50 per cent is allocated to research. Today's awards for the twelve months beginning July 1, 1959. A goodly number of investi-gators are engaged in basic search, seking new knowledge at the most fundamental biological ievels. It requires long and pa-tient probing, following up new lads wherever they appear. "Yet it is only through such fundamental studies that we can overcome the barriers of ignor-ance that still block the way to the prevention or cure of dis-eases taking more than 850,000 American lives each year." , In addition to participating in the national research suoport nrogram of the American Heart Association, Dr. Crockett point-ed out that the Utah Heart Asso-ciation maintains its own re-search suoport program under which $25,625 has been appro-priated to eight Utah scientists. i "Do you love me, darling?" "Of course I do, Bob." "Bob? My name's Jim." "Oh, yes. I keep thinking to-day is Monday." Mountain) Fuel Notes Rising Expenditures Mountain Fuel Supply Com-pany's net income for 1958 to-taled $3,438,800, the equivalent of $1.57 a share, compared . with $3,754,434 or $1.72 a share in 1957, according to the company's annual report released by W. T. Nightingale, president. The decline in earnings was attributable to a recurrence of warm weather, a recession in in-dustrial activity, and the rising cost of purchased gas. , . Four quarterly dividends of 3d previous. At the end of 1958, re-serves were estimated at 1,811 billion cubic feet (at 12.85 p.s.-i.a- .) sales pressure base, com-pared with 1,768 billion cubic feet at the end of 1 95 7. ? das sales to all classes of cus-tomers amounted to 65,170,456 MCF compared , with the 1957 total of 67,853,946 MCF. Gas revenues for 1958 were $26,-088,6- 44 compared with $25,-160.07- 5, in 1957. ... ? The only change in gas rates cents each a share were paid in the year, the same as last year A record number of new cus-tomers, 11,103, was added to the Mountain Fuel distribution dis-tribution system during the year, bringing the total number of customers served to 155,444, the report said. Four new commu-nities, all in northern Utah, also were added to the system. A new gas field in southwest-ern Wyoming, described by Mr. Nightingale as a "very important addition to our gas supply," was discovered in 1958. Mountain Fuel is unit operator of the new field, known as Trail Unit, and three other companies own in-terests. All the gas which may be sold from the field is owned or controlled through purchase by Mountain Fuel. Recent tests of two wells in the Trail field indicate an abso-lute open flow of 31,500,000 and 30,000,000 cubic feet a day, re-spectively, i , Discovery of this field and fur-ther development of new re-serves in the Birch Creek and Dry Piriey fields of Wyoming resulted in an increasei n re-serves at the end of the year as compared with reserves the year during the year was a provi-sional rate adjustment to allow an increase in revenue of ap-proximately $1,000,000 annual-ly, which was authorized March 4, 1958, by the Utah Public Service Commission to offset an increase of a like amount made by Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation on the price of gas it sells to the company. Net plant additions for 1958 were $6,068,903. Ia addition, other assets were increased in the net amount of $525,453, all of the increase being accounted for in prepayments on gas pur-chase contracts. , The report reviewed the man-agement changes during the year caused by the retirement of J. D. Roberts, vice president, and the resignation of L. Clyde Ol-pi- n, secretary and treasurer. M. M. Fidlar was named executive vice president, J. W. Allen was named vice president in charge of distribution,' succeeding Mr. Roberts; B. Z. Kastler, Jr., was named secretary and W. L. Wil-liams, treasurer, The annual meeting of share-- holders has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 12, at the com-- i any's general office, Deadlihe Nearing For Hill AFB Contest Deadline for the Hill Adminis-trative Club's essay contest for Utah high ; school , students is Monday, April 6. Subject for the contest is "Hill Air Force Base-- Its Significance to the State and Community." All entries must be postmarked and mailed to Glen C. Ray, 3565 Fowler Ave., Ogden, no later than midnight, April 6. , First place winner will be commander of Hill AFB for one day, Monday, May 18, and will I receive a $200 U. S. Savings Bond and a trophy. The winner's high school also will receive a trophy. Second and third place winners will receive $100 and $50 bonds, respectively. They also will re-- I ceive trophies for themselves and i their schools. Three honorable mention winners will receive trophies. Mr. Ray, the club's committee chairman, , said that each high school in the state has informa-- ! - tion about the contest. Interested students should contact their English departments to apply for the contest. Winners will be announced on May 8. 1959. Helps Ilea! And Clear Gie!r8!iin EssM Zemo, a doctor's antiseptic, promptly relieves itching, stops scratching and so helps heal and clear surface rashes. Buy Extra Strength Zemo for frOfYlJf) stubborn cases! lllkJ |