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Show Stocks up in quiet trading INEW YORK (AP) - - The stock market edged upward today in quiet trading. :The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 5.94 to 3,272.20 by noontime on Wall Street. :Gainers outpaced losers by about 11 to 10 among New York Stock Exchange-liste- d issues, with 722 up, 659 down and 648 unchanged. The NYSE's composite index of late-summ- er aD its listed common stocks rose .07 to 229.09. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index was up .31 at 38 1.75. ; Volume on the Big Board came to 79.30 million shares at noontime, against 82.07 million at the same point Tuesday. Locally, the Utah Information Technologies Association stock index closed Tuesday at 90.83, down 5.89 points. Analysts said investors were cautiously watching the dollar in foreign exchange as it touched new War II lows against the German mark. After stabilizing last week in currency trading, the dollar has drifted lower again lately. - Meanwhile, the markets had to absorb fresh evidence that the economy was still struggling to mount a sustained recovery from the recession. ; The Commerce Department reported that new factory orders fell percent in July, in a somewhat weaker showing than analysts had been expecting. That news helped encourage a mild decline in interest rates. post-Wor- 1 . Stock Last Chg 58V AMR Albtsn Mean 434-- Mt 18V. AldSgnl Alcoa 52vi ... 1 - PHOENIX (AP) Kaibab Forest Products has acquired a sawmill in Escalante that will help keep operations in Arizona and Utah running through next year, the company's president said. ; Kaibab President Donald Olson said the company was looking to shore up its resources for its other mills in Fredonia and Payson, and in Panguitch, Utah. Escalante is 58 miles north of the Arizona-Uta- h border. 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DOW JONES AVERAGES ... 25 90 29 53 20 As of closing Sept. 1, 1992 Geneva Steel Gen Tel. & Elec. Hercules Inc. Intl. Bus. Mach. Jostens Kansas Gas&Elec. Fred Meyer Marriott Merrill Lynch McDonalds Ohio Edison Oxidental Pet. 49)4 54 - The Fredonia and Panguitch mills were shutdown for a week in July. Another stoppage threatened for October, but the purchase of fhe Escalante mill will keep operations continuing, Olson said Tues- day. Rees steps down from institute have a revolutionary plan to change the basic culture and struc ture of public education from the assembly-linfactory model to a bottom-up, decentralized system that values competency, outcome and achievement, rather than time spent in class. It e, will be a SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -SJ. Rees, Lake, has resigned his controversial position with the Institute of Research ' and Evaluation but will continue as a volunteer. : The senator's association with Jhe institute, which evaluates sex education programs, brought allegations of conflict of interest. en. Stephen R-S- Rees had advocated that Utah school districts receive state money to purchase only particular sex education programs -based studied by the institute. The programs were found by the institute jo be effective in deterring adolescents from premature sexual activity, he said. In a letter to Stari E. Weed, his ; partner in the institute, Rees said Ihe controversy generated by his involvement in the research firm has hurt his family and political career. values- Holiday Inn shuts Illinois center OAKBROOK TERRACE, III. Holiday Inn will put about XAP) ;350 people out of work when it .closes a reservation center here unless the employees are willing to move out of state. -- The workers learned Tuesday 4hat the center would close. - The company offered every ployee a relocation package emin- cluding moving expenses to entourage them to move to other reservation centers, said Steve Jacobs, vice president of reserva-- ; jions. - - The hotel chain has reservation centers in Salt Lake City and Raleigh, N.C. '. Those who don't want to move Twill get severance pay and job "placement counseling, Jacobs said. IMClBQlMBQIDiM&S! world-clas- s ground and experience in business and public policy and by the entire educa- system. Nothing is more crucial to the future of this state, and to the future of our children, than education. g It is the key to jobs and economic progress. This plan was developed by a committee of more than 300 top leaders. Among its elements are: tion community. Now we need a governor who will implement it. This is my have provided me with the skills, temperament and commitment necessary to lead Utah to new quest and crusade. high-payin- An outcome-base- d system that truly advances students according to their competencies. Individualized education. Students will advance as rapidly as they demonstrate competencies, without constraints of typical grade levels and timeage limitations. Their learning paths will be directed to jobs-orient- - this country must stand up to Congress and demand performance and a better balance in our federal system under threat of action by the states. I want to be a leader in that movement to restore sanity and discipline at the federal level. It makes no sense to send untold billions of dollars to Washington, only to have drastically diminished portions of it returned to the states with strings attached. II '. . H 66tl 17' ... Amai 14. ... Cendian Chmpln 55 5- 7- Page Ai ld Arizona firm buys Utah mill , WednesNEW YORK (AP) ExStock noon York New day's change selected prices: GaPac GUlete THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 1992 Wednesday, September 2, ed post-hig- h school training. Parents, teachers and principals will run neighborhood schools with minimal interference. Bureaucracies at district & state levels will be reduced. Good teachers will be attracted to the profession and compensated well. Bad teachers will be dismissed. Computer technology will be infused into the system. Electronic instruction is truly the future of education. Students will be for the global marketplace if they are not trained in computers. I am adamantly opposed to any voucher system that takes our tax dollars away from neighborhood public schools to subsidize private schools. Vouchers are an education plan for the wealthy. We must strengthen our public schools, not abandon them. I am running for gov- ernor to revitalize economic heights. fig tan will have quality jobs for its citizens if we keep government limited, taxes low, provide world-clas- s education and create a business climate and infrastructure in which businesses can thrive. That's a formula for strong economic progress. I will work to achieve a regulatory structure, competitive utility rates, low taxes, affordable housing, excel lent transportation, and a quality of life that attracts clean industry and good workers. pro-busine- large and powerful. We must hold government in check, ensuring that its power is exercised only according to the desires of the people. I strongly believ e in limited government as envisioned by our founding fathers. Constitutional government controlled by the people through free elections can be a powerful force for governor, I will lead a revolution to restore proper balance to the federal system. I will crusade with other governors to return resources and authority to the states As before it is too late. good. overnment must be limited and restricted because government, by its very nature, is coercive. This makes government inherently dangerous. It can become the master rather than the servant if allowed 91 e must not add to Utah's tax burden. Our state has many needs, far more than w e can pay for. Higher taxes would damage the productive segments of society and ultimately mean fewer resources. Government simply cannot do all things for all people, nor should it. I know how to say NO! Instead of figuring out how to raise taxes, I will reassess every priority and program in state government. We'll not just State government needs a periodic dose of priv ate sector reality administered by a business-traine- d chief executive. As gov ernor, that's exactly what I intend to federal The is is totally out of and Congress institutionally incapable of fixing iL I believe that to grow too ss IW the gover nors of will preserv e andj expand Utah's existing, I home-grow- n businesses so they can prosper, rather than focusing on bringing new businesses into the state. I have a plan to encourage growth in the high-tec- h sector, especially software development and technology. We must also encourage more of our young people to be trained in areas where most of the jobs will exist applied skilled and technology do. bio-medi- i lit; -- ijiiinntti : Y ... vocational areas. Use of tax incentives must be limited and used m ; vL . Ik V Paid for by the Mike Leov'itt (or Governor Committee. carefully. My training, back pub- lic education. I have the battle plan. It is supported by parents, the Legislature, L ILJm) L , a |