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Show Sunday, September WASHINGTON (UPI) $200 billion the face of and superpower - In deficits confrontations, presidents might be forgiven for not having the time or inclination to deal with matters as seemingly minor as an $8.77 utility bill. But President Reagan proved perceptions wrong for Ronald and Delores Roseveare, who kept him out of arrears with the power company by paying his monthly electric bill and netted a personalized presidential thank you. It's not that Reagan, who reported $741,253 in income last year, could not have paid the bill himself. But somewhere along the line, it became affixed to one addressed to the Roseveares at their home in Cupertino, Calif. The bill was to have gone to Roy D. Miller, Reagan's personal 9orr,ty in Los Angeles, Neighbor Pays Reagan Utilities In California Recession Cuts Into World Bank Business By DONALD H. MAY WASHINGTON (UPI) World Bank says recession - Shop weekdays 10-- 9, 18, 1983 for payment. Rather than forward it to Miller or the White House, the Roseveares paid it, wondering whether they would even hear from Reagan. To their surprise, they did. "I thank you for stepping into the breach as you did," Reagan said in a Sept. 7 letter typed note the from a president had jotted down on a yellow legal several days ear- "Reading by candlelight is no fun for those of us who are over 40," Roseveare explained in a July 8 letter to Reagan. "In truth," he confessed, "I've always wanted an excuse to write to the president." Reagan conveyed his thanks, assuring Roseveare that Miller had "taken care of my financial obligation," which covered service at his 688-acranch near Santa Barbara, Calif. Roseveare notified Reagan of the snafu in a July 8 letter to Reagan. He explained he did not wish to belabor world or domestic problems as so many others who write the White House only to explain the power company mixup. "We had one incident at the ranch when all the lights four-paragra- lier. Indeed, he said, "What a pleasant surprise it was to know that such small utility bills really do exist." Saturdays 10-- 6. re dimmed for a second, then came back on full," Reagan said. "That must have been you riding to the rescue." The bill covered service from May 17 to June 16. In fact, the Reagans spent no time at the ranch between May 9 and June 30. Reagan said said he was "proud and grateful" to have and 144-nati- Save as you choose on all our regular open stock participating have been slowed or stopped in the past year because the recipient nation no longer could finance its share. Munir Benjenk, vice president for external relations, called the document "not a happy report." 14 to 13 off Our best-se- ll ng fine china comes to you on sale a piece at a time or In complete sets or place settings, serving items Included. A fantastic choice of patterns to start you out, fill you In on the table of your dreams. Now a practical realty In ZCMI China (752). 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For example, in Nigeria, an country where falling oil prices have forced cuts in spending, agricultural development projects in two states and a project in three states have been at least temporarily stopped and an oil palm project was for-rest- ry slowed. In some cases, but not all, the bank has been able to assume a larger share of the cost of such projects. It launched a $2 billion, two-yeSpecial Assistance Program to keep some projects going. The report said the bank is Glassware (755). 1 j J k Enjoy your fine tableware purchase of $100 or more f or as Ittle as $10 a month -- no are finance charge when payments node according to schedule. ar having difficulty meeting the needs of the poorest countries. The International Development Association, the bank's lending branch that depends on government contributions for funds, has had to scale back planned programs in recent years because the United States "stretched" its three-yea- r contribution over four 3 v years. Negotiations to finance IDA dur7 are under way. The ing bank says it needs a total of $15 billion from donor nations to keep up with infation. It has proposed 16 billion. The Reagan administration has offered to provide $750 million a year and wants to reduce its share from 27 percent to 25 percent. That formula would provide only a $9 billion total program for IDA for the three years. This will be an issue when the World Bank and International Monetary Fund hold their joint annual meeting later this month. .... - m& A - 1985-198- 'i -- ?, : f -- hNl n"1" 7 ' A f?0 O r SI VfT" J ID1 24 HOUR TOLL-FRE- E DIRECT DIAL SHOPPING: SALT LAKE 321 -6666. WESTERN U.S. 1 - 800 -453 - 5270. UTAH (OUTSIDE SLC) 19 "It's definately a thrill," she said. "We thought we would get a form letter. We even had a bet on it. I said just a form letter and probably not even that. But he said we would get some response, and we actually had one from the president. It was really incredible." Noritake takes to your table with beautiful savings The - Page Roseveare as "a supporter of mine in the political sense, but that shouldn't be stretched to include supporting me in the provision of life's necessities." "I have only one concern," the president said. "Once a computer makes a mistake, it very often repeats the error on a regular, unstoppable basis. If that happens, you'll have to bill me for postage." Mrs. Roseveare said Thursday that her husband, on a fishin:: trip in Montana, has missed all the excitement and attention. Closed Sundays. other global economic problems have slowed development in many countries more sharply than at any time since its founding in 1945. In its annual report, released Thursday, the organization said projects in many developing countries in which the bank was THE HERALD, Provo, Utah. |