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Show New - Welfare Rules Reduce Incentives to Work WASHINGTON (LTD Welfare rules changes which take effect today mean that in some states, it is more profitable to collect aid than hold a job. In only a handful of states, mainly ones providing the highest benefits, is the financial reward higher for staying home, but in many others it is a close call, said Cheryl Rogers of the University of Chicago Center for Study of Social Policy which did a survey on the effect of the change. While conceding the change may reduce the financial incentive for working in some cases, the Reagan administration maintains it also eliminates an unfair subsidy. The change is among a batch of rules aimed at ending benefits ior 408, 000 families and trimming bark assistance for 279.000 more getting Aid to Families with Dependent Children. AFDC. the nation"s major welfare program, serves 3 9 million families. Most of the new rules took effect Oct. 1. The rule taking effect this week lowers the limit on the expenses workdisregards" ing AFDC recipients may deduct from their income in determining eligibility for benefits. They will be allowed to continue deducting $75 a month and $160 per child for dav care. But after four -- months on the rolls, they will no longer be allowed to deduct an add of their inditional $30 plus come in determining eligibility. For anyone who was on welfare last Oct. 1. four months means Feb. 1. "This will be the big change," said Al Gonzalez, legislative affairs director of the National Association of Social Workers. The administration calculated the Feb. 1 that taken by itself cut would kick 153.800 families off the rolls and cut benefits for 225.000. The real effect is smaller, officials say. because some families already have been hit by earlier cuts, including a ceiling on total income and Stockman. Two state legislators, Republican nation's capital. wage-earners- ." Services Secretary ii m four-mont- h American Public Welfare As- sociation, which represents state welfare officials. "There is no rational basis for as suming four months is a sufficient period of time for the work incentive to have its effect." said David Racine, government affairs director for the association The study last spring by the University of Chicago Center for Study of Social Policy shows that in some states, the new rule will make it more profitable, or only slightly less so. to stay on welfare In Alabama, the study said, the rule means an AFIX mother of two who earns an average income $204 a month would have her benefit cut to zero Adding food stamp and tax credit benefits, but minus taxes and expenses, that gives her a total disposable income of $307 a month A niutut-- r of in Alabama could collect a total of $291 a month in welfare and food stamp benefits, the study said io In California, an AFDC mother of two earning an average wage of $510 a month would get a $33 welfare benefit Adding food stamps and a tax credit, but minus taxes and ex- - would be $502 a month, - work-relate- her disposable income penses, four-mont- h the studv said The AFDC mother of two could collect $533 in welfare and food stamps, the study said. g d r v. ii Mil YEAH, NO. 158 108TH Richard Schweiker recently wrote Utah Gov. Scott Matheson in denying the state a waiver of the rule. Critics of the cut include the - state Sens. Ross Doyen of Kansas and Dave Nething of North Dakota, and six members of Congress, including Republican House leader Robert Michel of Illinois and Senate GOP leader Howard Baker of Tennessee, also were in the group. The meeting in the Cabinet Room got off to a lighthearted start, with Reagan and his guests exchanging quips about the break in an unsual Washington cold spell. Temperatures Sunday were in the 60's in the previous lowering of the disregards. Administration officials say the disregards encouraged families, some earning &s much as $20 0U0 a year, to stay on the rolls. "The AFDC should not be an income supplement program for Health and Human one-thir- National Leaders Quiz Reagan on xNew Federalism' PresiWASHINGTON (UPI) dent Reagan sat down with a group of governors and lawmakers today to spell out the details of his proposed "New Federalism" swap of responsibilities between Washington and the 50 states. There were likely to be plenty of questions, and some expressions of concern, about the plan Reagan unveiled in his State of the Union message last week. Led by Govs. Richard Snelling, R-James ., Scott Matheson. Robert Ray, Thompson, and George Busbee: the Lamar Alexander. group arrived for morning briefings from presidential counselor Edwin Meese, Treasury Secretary Donald Regan and budget director David a PROVO, UTAH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1982 $5.50 MONTH - PRICE 25 CENTS I t fold hV-5EK-M 7n OODJ &ri OH 'p" When the banter was interrupted by a question about what kind of a selling job he had to make to his --V.Jmi-r audience, Reagan reacted in mock surprise. "What kind of a selling job?" he said. "Why, they're selling me." fc X V Monday: American Fork Police Chief Dies American Fork's police chief Of one year has died. Police Chief Paul E. Durrant 51, died Sunday at the University Medical Center in Salt Lake City. After serving as assistant police chief for eight years under chief Boyd Adams, he was appointed Police Chief Jan. 1; 1981 when Adams retired. Durrant served in the department for 18 years. During the past year, Durrant reorganized the American Fork Police Department and saved the city more than $15 000 when police officers remodeled the basement of l V i V the public I - ' , service building The peaceful sleepy community of Midway echoed sounds of the Great White North during the weekend, as dog sled teams from Utah, Idaho and Colorado converged in Heber Valley for the annuo! Kanganark Musher's Club themselves. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the LDS 12th Ward Chapel. Friends may call Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and one hour before services at the Anderson and Sons Funeral races. Orem Woman's Death Stirs Charge - A old Orem FONTANA woman was killed Sunday morning and her husband arrested on suspi- cion of drunken driving and vehicular manslaughter. Beverly Cook was killed instantly when the car driven by her husband. Robert Cook; overturned while trying to avoid a car that had drifted in front of them on California Inter state 15; the California Patrol says. The two-da- y event, which is conducted in Midway every year, or "every year there is snow on the ground at this time " drew 39 teams for competition, including national champion dog breeder Rick Widdop of Orem. Highway Driver of the second car and Cook suffered minor injuries. Cook, 26: 355 W. 400 N.; Orem. was booked at the San Bernadino Jail, according to the CHP. Bail is set at $7,500 and a hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. Competition three classes Orem man with a wife and eight children is jobless and trying to handle mounting doctor bills. His youngest daughter is dying, as she lives in a system .at home. That system costs $1,500 a month. See story and pictures on Page 4. 9 The winner of the three-do- g race was Pat Shane of Bountiful; five-do- g winner was John Benson of Idaho and the seven-dochampion team was led by Mike Beoz of California. g 15-2- 0 U 14 9 s, highs Tuesday in the upper 30s, with northerly winds of 10 to 20 mph. Additional Utah weather information is on Page 3. A national weather story is on Page 6. National-Internation- Opinions Sports Todav Utah-Region- fU 2,6 8 r i Curt Stuckey harnesses dog. Mushers have run in Heber because of the poor snow in January he said. fa. ri. ex-- . ' i vm'- Recent storms which has left Heber Valley with plenty of snow, assured competition this year one Musher club member said. It has been several years since the 4 12 'if of the event. rt Where To Find It Amusements Classified Ads Comics Community Notes Crossword into five-do- g seven-do- g teams racing three, six and eight miles respectively. Bright sunshine accompanied Saturday's opening day activities at Wasatch State Park, site Snow Shower Chances to Dwindle Shower possibilities in Central Utah are expected to drop from 40 percent this evening to 20 percent on Tupsdav. Expect overnight lows near 20 and was divided three-do- Wi hi () W and 3. Woes Mount for Jobless Orem Man An Plla,0, Northland Butts Race for Utahns Home. PAUL E. DURRANT s'' BriaB John Benson helps his team as he pushes hard and high with his right leg. Colorado woman's team begins time-checke- - run. d 10 5 Utah Bills That Lost as Notable as Those That Passed Rv MICHAEL WHITNEY SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) - The was as 1982 Utah Legislature notable for what it didn't do as for what it did. Lawmakers rejected controversial bills to increase severance taxes, redistribute sales taxes and outlaw "indecent material" on cable television. battle was The hardest-fough- t over severance taxes. After giving up on attempts to double the existing 1 percent tax on metal mining' and impose a new tax of 1 or 2 percent on coal. Sen. Charles Bullen, concentrated his efforts on increasing the levy on oil and gas. The House blocked Bullen's plans, first voting down a proposal to double the existing 2 percent tax on oil and gas and later refusing to con sider a 1.5 percent hike. "We'll get it next time, or if not, the time after that," said Bullen. "Its time will come when the people decide that they would rather have the top moneymakers in the Fortune 500 pay taxes than pay taxes themselves. " Bullen also was defeated in an attempt to purchase 4,400 feet of beachfront land on the west shore of Bear Lake, even though he offered to have the state treasury reimbursed through the sale of surplus land elsewhere. "We may not have another chance at that one," he said. "The owners were willing to sell to us for $300 a foot, but I think that within a year they'll be able to sell to other buyers for ?700 to $800 a foot." The Logan senator, however, was not displeased with his overall performance. Bullen. chairman of the Senate's Revenue and Taxation Committee, went into the session with eight bills he wanted passed. Six of them, mostly dealing with improvements in the state's tax laws, passed the legislature. Mayors of large cities and small towns had hoped to end their fight over distribution of locally collected sales tax revenues with a compromise formula, which 0 would have split the take between major tci lmercial centers and the state's rural areas. Unfortunately, the compromise involved a proposal to hike the local levy U percent, so large cities would not lose revenue in the reshuffling. Although the Legislature was willing to increase several other 50-5- taxes, it drew the line at hiking the sales tax. "This compromise may have been agreed to by the mayors in the Utah League of Cities and Towns who drafted it, but I don't think they bothered to check with the people who'd have to pay for it to see whether or not thev like it." said Lake. He Rep. Loren Pace. led the battle to defeat the bill. Rep. Lloyd Selleneit said he was "outlobbied" in his efforts to pass a new law against "indecent material" on cable television. Selleneit had hoped to replace a 1981 law declared unconstitutional by Utah's federal court but could not persuade the Legislature that his new proposal would be upheld by the court. "We're going to spend the next lt year negotiating with cable TV lawyers so that we can produce a bill which is acceptable to them and which we are sure will be held as constitutional." The Legislature did perform its function of setting the state's budget. Lawmakers battled until the last minute Saturday night before passing a $1.87 billion budget that includes nearly $18 million in tax and fee increases, but is $6.5 million less than the governor recommended. The new budget is 10.7 percent higher than the'eurrent fiscal year spending plan. Gov. Scott Matheson asked the lawmakers to repeal a $20 million property tax relief program the Legislature adopted last year. The legislators rejected the move, choosing instead to juggle figures, cut programs and increase lees and taxes to balance the state budget. However, last-minu- lawmakers reached a compromise on a pair constitutional amendments dealing with taxes and proposed legislative salaries. The tax article amendment would give the Legislature the authority to exempt up to 45 percent of the value of a home from property taxes and permit lawmakers to do away with taxes levied by school districts. Other provisions of the amendment would allow the state and Millard County to tax the Intermoun-tai- n Power Project, as well as per- mit taxes on other valuable municipal properties located (fontinued on Page out- - 5) i |