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Show "ill Ui6 Health care reform may High school facility require additional taxes Central Utah's Newspaper for 119 Years Shining - 50 cents OOP All-Sta- rs I - - h 1.1 f 'i i.-- . I If r V I i i -- " y v T ' M ' - - The Clinton WASHINGTON administration says government action to create jobs is too important to delay until Congress is ready to vote on spending cuts and tax increases for deficit reduction. But Republicans raised concern that if the spending proposals are passed first, the tougher budget cuts may never come. The intention of the Democrats is "to go forward with new spending before we go forward with the other program," complained Sen. Phil Gramm, today on ABC's "Good Morning America" program. Two administration officials. Education Secretary Richard Riley and EPA Administrator Carol Browner, meanwhile called the both Clinton economic plan as a spending and program cuts looked that be must single package at in its entirety. The $31 billion worth of immes diate spending increases and business tax cuts proposed by President Clinton is "as much psychological as anything," Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen said Sunday. "You have to get it out there right away " But it is unlikely that Congress will be ready to vote before July on Clinton's big plan of spending restraints and tax increases designed to reduce the deficit by $325 billion over four years, Bentsen noted on ABC's "This Week With David Brinkley." He suggested that throwing stimulus and deficit reduction into one bill would so de I v. . 1 " -S X. . 5 public-work- V , I - i 4?t AP Photo West squad to a 135-13- 2 overtime win in the Game Sunday at the 43rd annual NBC Delta Center. See stories, Page B1. Utah's John Stockton, left, and Karl Malone, holding his daughter Kaydee, receive the co- Most Valuable Player award after leading the they can (for removing the bil- lboards)," Hall said. "Most people find billboards useful. They don't find them a big concern. They don't put out waste. They don't make smoke. They don't make noise. They just sit there," Hall said. The Utah League of Cities and Towns has also opposed SB98, being sponsored by Sen. Lake Ronald Ockey, City. "The bill sets apart the outdoor advertising industry from other businesses operating in a nonconforming status," states a document about the bill prepared by the ULCT. The legislation would guarantee tha( even if a billboard were totally destroyed by natural causes, it would maintain its R-S- (See PROVO, Page A2) All-St- ar By RO I Weather Find it Igals D2 Movies C6 D5 C7 Sports and with southerly Mostly cloudy tonight Tuesday winds and chance of snow. Lows near 30, highs in the mid-40Sec Page A4. s. ..C7 Sit!::::::::::::::::::::" Bl State.. C3 Stocks TV listings World A6 C7 AS Th "It's the Air Quality Today's air quality was good in all Wasatch Front areas, with little change in pollution levels expected. Set PageA2. same old deal " . ' He said a good first step toward reducing the deficit would be to drop the stimulus program, since the economy already is growing. Economist Lester Thurow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said that while the economy is coming out of recession, the estimated 3'2 percent growth is too little. "To see some improvement in jobs and ... wages you've got to have something like a 4 to 4'2 percent growth rate," Thurow said on CBS's "Face the Nation." Thurow praised Clinton's over- all economic plan, which the president outlined last week. In addition to the short-terstimulus, the plan includes tax increases and spending cuts aimed at reducing the budget deficit by $325 m (See GOP, Page A2) FOURNIER Associated Press Writer i 4 SAN JOSE, Calif. Tailoring his sales pitch at every stop, President Clinton is taking his camparoad show to the recessionign-style i v - West Coast, promising h jobs and a stern resolve toward Europe's aircraft industry. Today he takes his wares to a high-tec- h graphics company in California's Silicon Valley then to Washington state for an address to employees of Boeing, which just announced plans to eliminate 0 jobs by through layoffs, retirements and attrition. Vice President Al Gore joined Clinton here Sunday evening, and the two began their day this morning with a three-mil- e jog in light rain along downtown streets. y The trip began with a rally at Santa Monica College, where Clinton outlined his economic plan to a boisterous crowd. if -weary high-wag- e,' high-tec- ' ) 27,-00- t mid-199- 4 J J t f two-da- "I plead with you to communicate with members of the House and Senate that you understand that you can't just have the sweet parts of this program, you've got to have too," Clinton said. D2 CNN's "Newsmaker Sunday." Clinton takes sales pitch to Siiicon Valley the tough parts, Classified Ads Comjcs Crossword Entertainment.'. year. The likelihood of separate votes has Republicans predicting that the Democratic-controlle- d Congress will easily pass the stimulus proonce all the gram and then "goodies" have been stripped off find it much harder to cut the deficit. "Then, they'll vote agairilt the bitter medicine, by my view," Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas said Sunday on the ABC program. "You know what'll happen" if the easy votes come first. Sen. said on Trent Lott, . f Provo, Orem oppose state's billboard bill Provo and Orem PROVO officials have voiced opposition to a Senate bill they say would take away their power to control the time, place and number of billboards in their communities. According to mayors for both cities, SB98 would severely limit their ability to control outdoor advertising. But proponents of the bill feel the opposite way. Attorney Doug Hall, representing Reagan Outdoor Advertising Inc., in Salt Lake City, which is a strong advocate of the bill, said the Utah Business Advertising Association is the main sponsor of the bill. "The cities want to avoid paying just compensation if lay the stimulus that it would have little impact on job creation this By JIM LUTHER Associated Press Writer ' ot Herald Staff Writer e is " y President wants quick action on proposals for spending J ot By SHEILA SANCHEZ fflH(QfifJi5l! uwa w u 9 if, (See UDOT, Page A2) B1 Page linton' By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Herald Staff Writer 1 B5 Provo, Utah bridge over Provo River PROVO The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is deferring plans to build a 1,000-fobridge across Provo River in the canyon narrows. Utah Transportation Commissioners voted Friday to delay a decision on how to handle traffic through the scenic area of the canyon. The , 000-fobridge, which would have have crossed the river twice, drew strong opposition from environmentalists and fishermen, who claimed it would destroy the most scenic part of the canyon and one of the state's few Class A fisheries. Commissioners say they will now study a plan to replace the bridge with twin tunnels, and will offer that plan for public comment. The decision was made after gathering input at a Jan. 12 public hearing in Orem. Opponents of the bridge gathered support at that meeting. Sam Taylor, chairman of the Utah Transporation Commission, said, "The public hearing process is not something we simply go through because it is required by law. We don't take lightly the testimony that is given at those public hearings." UDOT geotechnical engineer Edward Keane told the commission Friday that as a result of citizen input, a decision had been the twin tunnel made to alternative they had earlier rejected. Originally, the favored plan called for two tunnels and the de- - rise to the occasion Page Page C1 Monday, February 22, 1S93 Malone, Stockton truly wealthy still avoid taxes? celebrates completion Page A3 UDOT defers plans for Will Gore, en route to California, pledged in an interview that lawmakers who cast politically tough votes for the economic plan would receive the administration's support. "We will go to the mat for those who arc willing to help us out," he said. screaming crowds, and streets lined with "We want Bill. Wc want Bill." the crowd yelled outside the college as Clinton stopped his motorcade to shake hands. One woman, reaching over a row of people Daily Herald recycles and s. l i- AP PMoto President Clinton reaches out to shake hands with the crowd upon his arrival Sunday at Moffett Naval h industries today. Station in San Jose, Calif. Clinton will meet with leaders of Silicon Valley's Air high-tec- lunging to touch the president, limousine microphone and adcrowd yelling at grabbed Clinton's hand and kissed dressed a it. him from across the street. After a late dinner with business "We're working as hard as wc executives, Clinton ended his day by shaking hands with can in Washington to turn this some of the hundreds of people economy around and bring some who waited outside the restaurant jobs back, educate our children and deal with the problems of our Done shaking hands, his motorcade had crept just a few feet country, and we need your supwhen he jumped out. grabbed the port," he said as nervous Secret 10-de- Clinton was welcomed to the financially strapped West Coast by well-wisher- ...- .- uses recycled newsprint 17-ho- ur 25-c- ar 7m Service agents scanned the crowd in the dark. But not everybody had kind words for Clinton. During an evening ride into San Jose, the motorcade passed a woman holding up a ' d sign. "Liar." it said. In Santa Monica, he borrowed and sometimes lines themes one-wor- (See CLINTON, Page A2) |