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Show Wednesday, June 21, 1978 : Page 4 Utah Foundation School District Funds Rise 41 INTERNATIONAL Geneva, Switzerland The 13-nation Organization and Petroleum Exporting '. Countries unanimously agreed Sunday to keep ; oil prices static but only for a maximum of six months. It said prices definitely will be hiked by : the first of next year. The OPEC officials did not say how large the price boost would be but they did express ''deep concern" over a decline in revenues caused by inflation and the decline of the dollar. The temporary extension of the price freeze was viewed as a victory for the pro-Western governments of Saudi Arabia and Iran. They contended a price hike now would damage Western economies in which the OPEC nations have invested their money. They ajo claimed a price increase would not last due to a current world oil surplus. Moscow He used to "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee" but now he acts like diplomat and talks almost humbly. For 35 minutes Monday, former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali talked peace, not fighting, with Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev. "I gave a hug and a kiss on both cheeks, and he returned it," Ali said afterwards, "...and he made me an unofficial ambassador for peace to the United States so don't be surprised if you see me in the White House soon." The meeting marked the first time Brezhnev has ever received a foreign athlete and was obviously a goodwill gesture despite the recent erosion of detente. Jerusalem The Israeli government said Sunday the status of occupied Arab territories would be negotiated after five years of limited Palestinian self-rule. The Israeli Cabinet statement was vaguely worded and appeared to allow indefinite continuation of Prime Minister Menachem Begin's limited self-rule plan. On Monday, Foreign Minister Moshe Dyan said Israel views the plan as a permanent solution for the occupied zone. And the Arab wjjrld saw it as another .Israeli -refusal -pr relinquish Arab lands taken in the 1967 war, diminishing hopes for a Mideast peace settlement. Reaction in Washington to the Israeli statement was subdued but some officials expressed dismay over the plan. Panama City, Panama In ceremonies preceded by student riots, President Carter Friday completed the diplomatic formalities involved in handing over control of the Panama Canal to Panama by the year 2000. Two students were shot to death Thursday in what officials described as clashes between rival student groups who support and oppose both the Panama Canal treaties. On Saturday, Carter said American citizens living in the Canal Zone who oppose the treaties are duty-bound to turn over the waterway and the Canal Zone with as little disruption as possible. Moscow Two Soviet cosmonauts settled in the orbiting Salyut-6 space laboratory Saturday after blasting off in their Soyuz-29 ship on Thursday. The Soyuz-29 team of Vladimir Kovalyonok and Alexander Ivanchenko are expected to copy their predecessors with a marathon stay aboard Salyut while other Soviet cosmonauts come and go with food and equipment supplies. FOR ALL YOUR DRY CLEANING NEEDS Metropolitan Laundry & Dry Cleaners Mt. Air Mall 649-7272 ' 9-5:30 Monday-Friday 1 9-2 Saturday HOUR V A V A II Rome Facing allegations of tax evasion and other financial wrongdoings, Giovanni Leone resigned Thursday night as president of Italy. Appearing on television only hours after Italy's Communist Party demanded he step down, Leone claimed the allegations were groundless but said they have "undermined the confidence of political forces, I had no other choice." Former Premier Aldo Moro, slain by kidnappers five weeks ago, was slated to have succeeded Leone when his seven-year term expires six months from now. But Moro's death left no clear candidate for the presidency. NATIONAL Pomona, Kansas A dinner theater showboat capsized Saturday night after being struck by a tornado, leaving at least 14 persons dead, one missing and feared dead and 14 injured. Forty-six Forty-six passengers and 13 crew members aboard the Whipporwill were cruising on Lake Pomona when the tragedy occured. The 100-foot showboat was approximately 100 yards off shore when the tornado hit at about 8 p.m. Washington A nationwide survey conducted by Johns Hopkins University sociologists indicates that an estimated 680,000 pregnancies among unwed teenage girls were prevented in a one-year period by contraceptives. The study concluded that more widespread use of contraception among teenagers would prevent additional unwanted pregnancies. Warren, Michigan Using savings he amassed while working two jobs, 20-year-old Paul Phalen surprised his father with a new Lincoln automobile for Father's Day. Explaining that he decided last January to buy the luxury car for his father, Paul said, "He; always joked about owning a Lincoln." The younger Phalen worked 55 hours a week as a bicycle shop manager and a bartender to save $9,000 of the $13,000 purchase price. Chicago A new form of Vitamin A which may be a cancer preventative will be tested jnaionwice saringnexmpnth. To date, other " anti-cancer agents have been designed to treat cancer after it has appeared and this will be the first broad test to determine if a chemical can prevent cancer. Cancer researchers have been encouraged by preliminary animal tests of the Vitamin A-like substance. If it works in humans, people could remain cancer-free by taking a pill every day. Scientists warned, however, that regular Vitamin A does not produce the same action and that large doses of Vitamin A can be dangerous, even fatal. Washington A three-inch-long fish has halted work on a $116 million dam. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that construction of the Tellico Dam in Tennessee must be stopped because the Endangered Species Act protects the snail darter whose habitat would be destroyed by the project. The decision came despite pleas from the Carter administration and it climaxed a three-year three-year court battle. Shreveport, Louisiana A motion calling homosexuality a sin was overwhelmingly defeated Thursday by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States. Instead, church representatives voted to reaffirm a statement last year calling for social, economic and legal equality for homosexuals. IS I!' This Week: Sole Florentine $6.95 Red Snapper $5.95 Salmon $5.95 368 Main Street 649-8981 6 to 1 1 p.m. Operating funds for the Park City School District will rise by ' an estimated $336,544 or 41.3 percent next year as a result of the actions taken by the 1978 Utah Budget Session. Estimated operating funds in 1978-79 will amount to $1,150,791 or $1,004 per weighted-pupil unit, compared with $814,247 or $937 per weighted-pupil unit during the 1977-78 school year. These were some of the facts reported by Utah Foundation, the private research re-search organization, in their annual analysis of school finance trends in Utah. The 1978 Budget Session authorized a minimum school program of $406.5 million for the state during the forthcoming 1978-79 school year. According to projections made by Utah Foundation, school operating opera-ting costs will exceed $1 billion a year by 1984-85 and will approach $1.6 billion by 1988-89 if the spending trends of the past ten years are of the past ten years are continued. The Trivia 1 esi "reauests regarding resumDtion of the Trivia Test. Despite these pleas, we're bringing the -(weekly feature back. For you newcomers to JPark City or those of you too young to remember, Xthe Trivia Test asks three thought-provoking questions pertinent to the lives of us all. n The first person to correctly answer all three (questions wins a free lunch, compliments of the Corner Store. Entries must be made in person at VThe Newspaper office, located at 419 Main jStreet, before Monday at 5 p.m. r This wppk's nupstinim arp- 1. What group socked it to us with their hit rendition of "Alley Oop?" 2. Who played the title role in the television series Our Miss Brooks C 3. What stroke was si lilted) Unlike most states in the nation, school enrollments in Utah are beginning to rise and the increase will accelerate accel-erate in the years ahead. The Foundation report explains that the birthrate in Utah haseen climbing to all-time highs despite the decline that has taken place nationally. Moreover, Utah has been experiencing a net in-migra-tion of population during recent years. This combination combina-tion is resulting in the new growth in school enrollments. According to the Foundation Founda-tion study, most of this enrollment growth initially will be reflected in the elementary grades. As a result, recently enacted legislation to reduce class size in the lower elementary grades could prove to be particularly costly in the years ahead. The study shows that operating funds for the public schools in Utah have public schools in Utah have nearly trebled in the past Is Back ! : f ,- discussed in last week's' ITALIAN RESTAURANT f Enzosays: Hi 1 T "Be there or fS -"!' This Week's Special: T-Bone arid Spaghetti Dinner OPEN 6 TO 10:30 P.M. MIDDLE OF MAIN STREET ten years (between 1968-69 and 1978-79). During this same ten-year period, school enrollments in Utah will have risen only 6.4 percent. It is expected that Utah enrollments will climb by 132,000, or 42 percent over the next ten years. Inflation accounts for a large part of the dramatic increase in school expenditures expendi-tures over the past decade. Other major factors include (1) salary increases to school personnel in excess of cost-of-living adjustments (2) liberalization of employee em-ployee retirement and benefit bene-fit programs, (3) reductions in the average class size, (4) increases in the proportion of non-teaching personnel, (5) establishment of new and expanded programs and services, ser-vices, and (6) increases in other operating costs. Utah's guaranteed basic school program was raised from $732 per weighted-pupil unit in 1977-78 to $795 per weighted-pupil unit in 1978-79. 1978-79. In addition, increased t The t Didn't Collapse d,.!,,.,.;,.! condition!" the owner Rumor that portions of the The Ski factory in the Prospector Square area collapsed last week were denied by owner Bob Burns, who said a small section of plywood ceiling dropped harmlessly four feet and was replaced the same day. Burns said the plywood was being used to contain dust in a 10' x 15' coring room while an expensive sprinkling system was being installed in the ceiling. The plywood fell onto a coring machine that was unattended at the time. "It definitely would have given WfiibiwijtOt. the head, but to hear the story now, there were three people left in critical funds were provided in the allowances for retirement, social security, transportation, transporta-tion, and special categorical grants. Foundation analysts also . note that Utah's new school law removes the overall limitation on the number of pupil units allocated for handicapped students. In its place, the Legislature substituted substi-tuted "prevalence limits" on the percentage of special units that could be allotted to each district for the various categories of handicapped students. To meet the special needs of those children who have been served by the handicapped handi-capped program in the past but no longer qualify under the more limiting definition, the new law provides a new categorical appropriation of $3 million for children with special needs. The net effect of these changes will be to raise the overall cost of educating handicapped children chil-dren by $5,252,000 or 24 percent. Ski commented. Burns, creator and designer of The Ski, which bears the familiar geometrically designed logo, said operation of his newly opened factory is running smoothly. The Ski began producing 6,000 pairs of next year's handmade skis in the new Park City "dream factory" April 18, having moved from Ogden to be closer to the testing grounds of the resort runs. Burns commented that the move is now complete, production is underway, and he spends only' one day a week in thef Ogden facility. "The rest of the time I stay here to enjoy life in Park City." |