Show Local Senator Disappointed With Recent Legislature Senator Ralph A. A reported at atthe atthe atthe the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce directors director s meeting Tuesday that the recent legislature was the most disappointing disappointing pointing ses session ion he had ever att attended EVERYONE WAS for the spending bills and no one wanted to be associated assoc fated with the revenue raising bills Senator stated concerning his third session at the legislature The push and pull of special interest groups decided many of the bills passed by the legislators The state budget has doubled since 1965 Executive salaries have been raised rais rats ed and the lure of federal matching funds have lured many state programs into financial trouble emphasized Senator Senator Sen ator The salary schedule used to compare with the executive compensation salary increase was loaded to follow big business and didn't use the small business or Church employment employment employ employ- ment in weighing down the schedule CONFIRMATION HAS been received from Robert R Redford df rd that he will attend the April annual chamber meeting along with movie director Sydney Pollack and andLee andLee andLee Lee Jorgensen director of Utah Travel Council A report of recent water developments was presented at the Chamber directors meeting by L L. L Y who has just recently returned from Washington Washing ton D. D C C. C working for further appropriations ons for the Bonneville unit of the Central Utah Water Project WHILE IN Washington Mr 1 and his group met with Senator Wallace Bennett to discuss the Jensen culinary water system Senator Bennett assured the group that funds would be made available for the project in the next fiscal year starting July 1 through the Farmers Farmer's Home Association and other grants Mr also gave a water resource resource re reo re- re source committee report on the Jensen Unit progress and the Dry Fork project including the Trout Creek Dam and Reservoir April 17 a hearing will be beheld beheld beheld held by the Forest Service and Soil Conservation Service concerning the Trout Creek Reservoir Mr stated his committee recommended that the Chamber go on record supporting this project which would help control flooding along Ashley Ashley Ashley Ash Ash- ley Creek A motion was made and passed to support the project and be represented at the April 17 hearing by bythe bythe the chai Chamber 6 i- i directors AN INCREASE from to is being sought for the Bonneville Bonneville Bon Bon- neville unit and an increase of for the Jensen unit and a start for the Upalco unit was the goal of the Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington D D. D C C. C Utah delegation stated Mr l A bill to include more of the High Uinta area into a wilderness wilder wilderness ness area was opposed by the delegation delegation tion with the recommendation that it should be delayed for further study stated Mr 1 Mr 1 also reported that the second block of the Ashley Valley drains were about ready to be bid A report was given Chamber members members mem memo bers on the recent air service joint committee committee com meeting by Glenn Cooper |