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Show Thursday, December 3, U moma tub-R- e Gov: UEA tax request SALT LAKE CITY (AP) advising Bangerter Gov. Norm Bangerter on Wednesday called a Utah Education Association proposal for a $110 million tax hike irresponsible, and said the union had lost its credibility. Bangerter said he would not consider the UEA recommendation for the budget proposal he will submit to legislative leaders Dec. 15. lead, 56 gives Owens a his 20 over to percent, percent closest challenger, Salt Lake County Republican Chairman Richard Snelgrove. Moreover, when asked simply if they felt Owens should 30-poi-nt ocratic Rep. Wayne Owens holds comfortable leads over several possible Republican challengers. The Deseret News-KS- poll L Irresponsible' outlandish budget request is harmful and counterproductive." The UEA called for the tax hike in a statement released Tuesday outlining its 1988 legislative priorities. they BOSTON public confidence but does a grave disservice to Utah's thousands of dedicated professional educators.... Pitting them against the taxpayers in an attempt to fund an per-pup- Briefs 4 11-1- 604 2 percent. Device may increase gas mileage by 22 - National FueNaxer L ntortunately. this converter Corp. of Boston haN dex eloped a simple automotive avxonuv that increases gas mileage by 22rs. The Gasaver, which takes onl 10 minutes to install, releases microscopic quantities of platinum into the mixture entering the engine. Platinum has the unique ability of making unburn! fuel bum. With platinum in the flame zone, you increase the percentage of fuel burning in the engine from 68ro process takes place outside of the engine, where the energy produced is lost. 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However, the teachers' union said the earlier letter did not prohibit it from pressing for whatever funding level it believes is necessary. Earlier the UEA had joined nine other education organizations in signing a letter The latest developments in Utah and around the Intermountam West. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -A new poll indicates that Dem- Survey says Owens leading challengers THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 1987 elsewhere in I'tah and the t'nited States, |