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Show Page 4 Wednesday, August 31, 1977 Utah Foundation INTERNATIONAL S STILL OUT THERE Utah May Be Leading Way In Welfare NATIONAL Moscow A fire ravaged the top four floors of the 10-story United States Embassy late Friday night and twenty Soviet fire trucks hurried to the scene to fight the blaze. . The embassy's communications systems were crippled by the fire and vital new equipment was installed Sunday after being rushed from Bonn, Germany. Re-establishment of channels to Washington and other embassies abroad was the embassy's top priority. Ambassador Malcolm Toon said the blaze was caused by an "electrical fault." He noted that although top secret military documents were kept in the damaged area, there appeared to be "no compromise of security." Pamplona, Spain Th,e biggest rally held by Basque nationalists since the Spanish Civil War was staged four miles outside Pamplona, Sunday. Thirteen Basque political exiles, including several who have returned illegally to Spain, appeared briefly before 75,000 chanting ... demonstrators. Hi The rally, held in the rain on a hillside near TPamplona, was the climax of a six-week march Across northern Spain's Basque region by 3,500 -'activists demanding autonomy for the strongly independent Basque people. S Organizers of the "Basque Freedom March" irsaid the massive rally was a show of strength the -'government of Premier Adolfo Suarez could not Tjgnore. Peking U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance "indicated no breakthrough on the crucial issue of :?Taiwan had been reached during his four-day vjyisit to China last week but he did say his diplomatic mission had helped improve communications between Chinese and U.S. "pleaders. 'B Declining to say his trip had produced progress toward full diplomatic relations between the United States and China, Vance did express pleasure at the high-level reception he ireceived from the Chinese, especially the 90-minute 90-minute meeting Thursday with Chairman Hua .Kuo-Feng. SSeoMLpreTqngsun Parkj the central figure -f "Bn the Koreagate scandal which is currently f Jeausing widespread speculation in Washington, lJ5said Wednesday he would return to the U.S. ivscapital to participate in Leon Jaworski's investigation under certain conditions. n Park told reporters he would consider going to j's Washington only if he was "absolutely" sure that Hnis testimony to investigators would not be jjleaked to the press or "exaggerated." He criticized the U.S. government agencies and American media for allegedly "mistreating" Ehim and said the last time he talked to Justice Department officials his reputation had been i tSdamaged by various allegations and innuendoes. London Jane's Fighting Ships, the authoritative reference book on world naval forces, said Wednesday the Soviet Union now has sthree times as many submarines as the United States and its long-range nuclear missiles could : reach San Diego from Russian ports. ta The 1977-78 edition of Jane's said Russia fast-Sgrowing fast-Sgrowing naval power, supported by an expanding worldwide chain of bases, soon may I threaten the West's raw material supplies and remarkets. fl ' f Tel Aviv More than two-thirds of Israel's adult psjewish population support continued ;government-backed Jewish settlement on the occupied West Bank of the Jordan, according to ria public opinion survey published Sunday . A recent decision by Israel's right-wing Prime .Minister Menachem Begin to allow the "Establishment of new Jewish settlements on the lVest Bank precipitated a storm of protest from h ,rab nations and was criticized by President : Tarter as an obstacle to a Middle East peace v settlement. Stan Smith Memorial Band Friday and Saturday 9-1:30 Washington Hazel Hunkins Hallinan, an 87-year-old suffragette, led thousands of equal rights amendment supporters down Pennsylvania Avenue Friday, walking every step of the mile-long demonstration route. Mrs. Hallinan was jailed 60 years ago after she and other suffragettes chained themselves to the White House gates in their campaign for voting rights for women. "I haven't walked so far in years," Mrs. Hallinan said after arriving at the rally site in Lafayette Park, across from the White House. She was present in the White House Rose Garden Friday, before the march, when President Carter reaffirmed his support for the ERA. In a proclamation marking the 57th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment that granted women the right to vote, Carter called for ratification of the ERA and told the Rose Garden gathering, "My commitment is the same as yours." Washington The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Friday that Mayor Abraham D. Beame of New York City misled the public in order to sell a record $4 billion in short-term short-term municipal securities to keep New York afloat in 1974 and 1975. The SEC, in a voluminous report that concluded 19 months of investigation, also accused Beam of causing hardship to investors and prolonging the city's financial crisis through deliberate deceit. In addition, it said the city's banks and financial institutions unloaded a major portion of their city bonds and concealed the full nature of the city's perilous economic situation to encourage smaller investors to assume more of the city's financial risk. Fighting for re-election, Beame called the report a "hatchet job" and a "shameless, vicious political document . ' ' Los Angeles In the federal government's first large-scale attempt at solar-generated electricity, the Southwest desert sun will be used to boil water, creating steam to power a generator. The Energy Research and Development Agency plans to build a mirrored structure as tall as a 28-story building in the Southern California desert about ten miles from Barstow. The "experimental solar power , tower" is expected to cost $100 millioij jtq i bMild ndoperaiei" for a five-year period in addition to the $20; million already spent on design work and $20 million being contributed by a nearby power1 firm which is a partner in the project. The tower is expected to generate 10,000 kilowatts of power enough to supply a community of 7,000 to 10,000 people. Washington President Carter's proposed Panama Canal treaty "has an uphill road to travel" in the Senate and probably will not even be considered until next year, according to Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd. The Carter administration has been trying for Senate action on the treaty this year, evidently thinking it has a better chance if it does not become a campaign issue in next year's elections. But Byrd said energy legislation will command top priority when the Congress returns in September. Cleveland A 6-year-old boy died of an overdose of low-sodium salt August 23 and a coroner ruled it homocide, saying his foster parents should have "protected him." Milano and Sharon Martenju, foster parents of Robert Arnold, said the youth kept salt hidden throughout the house and put it in "his water, milk, pop, Kool-Aid and every other liquid," as well as on his food. The family had recently switched to low-sodium low-sodium salt for dietary reasons but the 36-pound child's unusual craving had begun earlier. Deputy Cyahoga County Coroner Charles ' Hirsch said, "Although there is no implication that the parents maliciously or deliberately killed the boy, they should have protected him.... Their duty was not to indulge the boy in j his craving for salt, but to protect him from it." Vinnie Fish I j D now selling Rolleis Films - Photo Finishing Supplies Park City Resort Plaza 649-7373 A Utah program encouraging recipients of public welfare to work for what they get "may prove to be a landmark in the development of U.S. public assistance policy and procedure," according to Utah Foundation, the private, non-profit research agency. Utah's Work Experience and Training (WEATi program, which the state funded for 18 months without Federal assistance, has not only received official approval land financial support) from the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, but also is attracting increasing attention across the nation, the Foundation notes in a Research Brief released this week. First reports of the new welfare proposals of the Carter Administration make them appear to be in harmony with the philosophy of the Utah program . Utah's WEAT program was featured in a recent article in the magazine U.S. News and World Report, and Utah public assistance officials have received direct inquiries concerning the program from more than a score of states and from such organizations as the Council of State Governments and the National Conference of State Legislatures The WEAT program takes adults on the Federal ly-assisted ly-assisted Aid to Families with Dependent Children program who are classified as least-readily employable, and finds work opportunities for them with government agencies or with private nonprofit non-profit institutions. The state program takes the less-qualified less-qualified registrants of the Aid to Families,,;., with. market. Adults eligible for the WEAT program are required to participate, or to forfeit their public assistance grants. Assistance to children in the families would cont inue to be provided, however. Those considered "'qualified'' to participate in the program are able-bodied adults not responsible for caring for pre-school age children. The WEAT program is an outgrowth both of Utah's historic philosophy of having people work lor what they get, and a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court i.New York State vs. Dublinoi-holding Dublinoi-holding that states may require able-bodied welfare recipients to work for their grants. One the basis of the Dublino decision, the Utah Legilature in 1974 included in its general appropriations act a statement of legislative intent that able-bodied and otherwise qualified adult welfare recipients should be required to work for the assistance they receive. For a time the Utah program was not approved by Federal authorities, and the state carried the full financial load, but the program has since been approved and the Federal Government is participating. Many participants in the WEAT program find permanent private employment, some being hired by the sponsors for whom they worked on the "training and experience" program. In addition, many working mothers have been able to supplement their income to the point of reducing I heir welfare grants. "The size of the WEAT program is limited by its very nature and it cannot bv Dependent 4 1'laV d re a itself be expected to make a program bwan$$fFI' f trffcect substantial reduction its own Work Incentive in the total cost of public (WIN) program to give work assistance." the Foundation r Tom Ligare Mount Air Mall L13j J) "See me for car home, life, health and business insurance: STATE FARM INSURANCE Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. State Faim Insutance Companies Home Offices: Bloommgton. Illinois to welfare clients, and the state does not interfere with the operation of the WIN program Sponsors (employers) in the state's WEAT program are outside the bound of private industn so that welfare workers will not compete in the job points out "Nevertheless, significant savings are effected, and the moral effects of the program both on individual participants and on the attitude of the public toward welfare may be even more significant in the long run. " i Subscribe! I 4 THE ItUPIffl Park City, Utah Photography Studio Also Dealing in : Film Sales, Photo Finishing, Western Art, 523 Main Street (located across from City Hall) 649-9431 |
