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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES PKiaEioh, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1960 Rep. David S. King Announces Plans to Seek Re-electi- on (Continued from page 1) I feel, spur the growth of the national economy." Mr. King said the nation can improve its defense system with-out "boosting federal expendi-tures." "We can make the necessary improvements by streamlining the defense program, by elimi-nating expenditures for weapons which are obsolete or are rapid-ly approaching obsolescence and by eliminating duplications. Our military experts have repeatedly than 40 years away, we risk the future health and safety of our children and grandchildren by postponing action to protect our streams against pollution and to eliminate fallout and other con-tamination from the atmosphere. "I came to Congress in 1959 with no commitments ot special interests which could impair my independence as a representative of all my constituents. I intend to finish the coming contest un-fettered," he said. told the space committee we do not need three different ICBM systems." The Minuteman, the solid fuel ICBM whic will be rolling from Utah assembly lines by 1962, will become an important ele-ment in the nation's defense, he said. "Some powerful forces in the intermountain region are trying to short change Utah on the benefits to which our state is en-titled in the Upper Colorado River development. "I will vigorously resist any and all forces which attempt to short change the Utah public on the benefits of this program," he said. The congressman said he - is pushing for a construction start of the Central Utah Project "at the earliest feasible moment." Some western legislators have forfeited any claim to leadership in reclamation, Mr. King said, by their "vascilating votes" on project starts. "Several were in-consistent enough last year to support the public works appro-priations bill, including two on the Upper Colorado on passage and then vote against it to sus-tain the veto. "This year they have conve-niently dropped the no new start policy both in Congress and in the administration," he said. His program also gives high priority to protecting the state's interests in the mineral wealth and other resources of the fed-eral domain, to legislating relief for the lead-zin- c industry, and to protecting the nation's health as "it is affected by chemical addi-tives, by water pollution, and by atmospheric contamination. "The chemical contamination of our environment could be-come one of the critical domestic issues of the new decade," Mr. King declared. "With our national population exploding toward a count of 350 million by the year 2000 now less Sen. Moss Commends Senate for Forests Aid Bill Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah commended the action of the Senate Tuesday in voting an ad-ditional $17.5 million to imple-ment the program for National Forests recommended last year by Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson. The Senate adopted the recom-mendtio- ns of its interior appro-priations subcommittee. In testi-mony before the subcommittee, Sen. Moss had condemned the Eisenhower administration, say-ing that the President's budget requests "clearly failed to do the job" asked for in the Benson program. Purposes of the additions to the administration requests are as follows: "Over $12 million are for for-est land management, protection and utilization, including such functions as fire protection and range resource management, re-forestation, wildlife management and mineral claims and leases, and structural improvements. "Another $2.5 million of the increase is to strengthen forest research programs into such matters as range management, forest protection and forest utili-zation. Over $4 million was vot ed for construction of research laboratories and other facilities. One million was voted to ac-quire some privately owned for-est roads for proper access to national forest timber." Senator Moss concluded: "A sound program of invest-ment is necessary to provide the income from our timber and range resources, as well as recre-ational facilities, needed by our west's expanding populations. A sound investment in our forests will reap actual monetary return and the expenditure will make money for the government. The Senate action reflects a very realistic view of our forest need. Blended Whisky, 86 Proof, 65 Grain Neutral Spirits Schenley Distillers Co.,.N. Y. C.. .., . 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Since July 1, the sales tax has extended to cer-tain service sales and in some counties of the state a local tax of one-ha- lf of 1 per cent has been imposed. Total sales tax col-lections through the state came to $25,781,146 during the 1959 fiscal year, according to the study. The Utah Foundation reference book also shows that there were 2,723 retail trade establishments located in Salt Lake County dur-ing 1958. These businesses had sales totaling $453,045,000 and employed 19,026 persons with a total payroll of $55,173,000. |