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Show Foundation reports Greasewood Greens Legislature conservative Despite the fact that this was the first billion dollar budget in Utah history, the Legislature was reasonably conservative in arriving at a spending program for the fiscal year. report, is a mesure which requires an actuarial study of the Utah retirement program. Previous studies by Utah the and Foundation Legislative Fiscal Analyst have revealed that the present program will result in dramatic increases in benefits and costs in future years. 1977-7- 8 This was the conclusion reached in a fiscal analysis of the 1977 legislative session just prepared by Utah the Foundation, private governmental research organization. The study shows that Utah was able to balance its budget for the coming year and still provide some tax relief especially to the elderly poor. Altogether, the tax changes made should save Utahns up to $8.2 million next year. Among the taxes reduced were the inheritance tax, the sales tax on residential heating and lighting bills, and the property tax paid by elderly home owners and renters. On the other hand, because of changes made last year, the unemployment tax paid by employers will rise this year. A total of 954 bills and resolutions were considered 1977 Utah the by Legislature. Of these, 369 were approved by both Houses. The Governor, however, vetoed 15 of the enacted bills after the Legislature had adjourned, leaving 354 measures that will finally become law. 8 to $1,016,000,000. According the Foundation report, this amount is about $67.4 million more than the amount approved for the current (1976-77- fiscal ) anything that was fun Nowadays, many of the young folks take it as a matter of course that they have their owm cars when cycle to boot. And if they dont have their own, they certainly expect to use their parents vehicles on a regular basis years for appropriations transportation were cut substantially, but the current year transportation authorizations had been inflated somewhat by the release of d previously-impounde- Federal funds for highway purposes. The approved legislative program calls for a budget that will leave a razor-thi- n balance of only $139,000 at the close of the 1977-7- 8 fiscal Do not be surprised, kind father, if you emerge from the bathroom and find your son staring intently at his wristwatch, clucking his tongue and shaking his head in disapproval. He may have just graduated from a new short course that is being introduced in elementary schools across the state. glass-enclose- dont blame them for in interested being motorized vehicles. We were just as interested in such things when I was a kid. The big difference is that we didnt have nearly as much access to them. I Many families have cars tank dropped past d werent in- dicators which showed the of number gallons delivered. For None of the Depression. Some who had cars put them up on blocks because they couldn't af three-tenth- s it Nowadays, each of those manufacturers has a dozen or more different models each year, and it takes an expert to identify all of them at a glance and at a distance. a subject: dry This Students taking this course will learn how to read the home water meter, measure rainfall, how much water it takes to grow a bean plant, and figure how many gallons of water escape through the nozzle of your garden hose. We spent a lot of time, too, arguing the relative merits of different makes of cars, though we really didnt back cover from Governor Scott Matheson. He asks the students to know much about any of them from exrelay their ideas on saving water to him via the perience. 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But for a while there, it looked as good to some of us as the hottest car made now. for this The textbook course is presented partly in comic strip form; but thats only half the story. long-rang- t eave up the ghost. or whether it was traded to Hpippauyny pur- - I don't remember now whether the Blimp finally 3 Emery County Progress are surprisingly bright, and maybe we adults will be helped through the coming dry spell by those who are wet behind the ears. Why not sit down and discuss this matter with your child? In learning, youll help the drought situation. sixth-grad- e e have an important impact on state finances, according to the s- the Blimp He used it for work as well as pleasure, a sometimes towing wagonload of poles from the mountain for his dad This was in the days of the jitterbugs. Remember? Not the ones that flung themselves around a dance floor. But the farm tractors that were built from old cars or trucks with a double transmission to give them power enough to pull a plow. some of our friends could be Youngsters fourth, fifth and students everything from making rain to computing the amount of water Dad used while taking that shower. that could yrrrTrrmTnr 28, 1977 The gas tank and line was plugged with debris, that Art mounted another tank above the engine in front of the windshield. He cut the body off, leaving just the front seat and a sort of flat bed behind it. on water unit pril so couldnt understand how Who knows? poses, if and when needed. One measure there another, weren't as many varieties of cars. Two of the common makes then as now were Fords and Chevies. But that was about all there was to this two and business. You gas by the gallon. bought And you relied on his accuracy in reading the didnt even during cars. many Sometimes wed sit there 30 minutes or an hour before a car came along. conservation is teaching year. Foundation analysts observe that this' could pose a problem if revenue collections fail to reach the rather optimistic estimates employed in achieving the balance. It was pointed out, the that however, legislature did leave itself a cushion when it placed $5,000,000 into a reserve fund to be used for emergency drought Then hed take hold of the long handle on the side of the pump and work it back and forth until the tank at the top was filled to capacity ten gallons. As he ran the gas into your tank, that in his By Dr. Daryl McCarty Drought. that next The study notes You counted your quarters first and then told the operator how many gallons you wanted. Maybe just one. Majbe on special occasions as many as five they get their drivers licenses Maybe a motor- Thursday over-whelmin- g cut-dow- Its for education, with increased amounts also going for social service programs and for state employee salary adjustments. to do. Home and School year. Most of the new spending authorized for next year is Around here, gas cost a gallon for a long time, and it wasnt many people who drove into a service station and said, "Fill "er up two-bit- s ever found generations wright ford to run them When I see all the things voung people have for their entertainment, it makes me wonder how we of older a It was a great day when one of mv close friends Dean Cox got a vehicle of keith if I his own It was remember correctly a amount delivered, because 1928 Chev which had been there was no meter parked for several years because the owner couldn't it. During E en w e didn't though get afford to drive to drive much, we still had that time, kids little ones who didnt have any respect an almost interest in cars. Some for cars had poked dirt Sunday afternoons wed sit and straw into the gas tank. All and all, it wasn't in very up on the hill where we could see cars coming quite a good shape wavs off and see who was Dean or Art, as we first to accurately identify him got the called the make and model dilapidated contraption for $4.25, and set to work Thats a 33 Chev. That's a 37 Ford making it run. He had a great interest in, and a knack for working with Of course, it wasnt as difficult a task as it would cars, and he finally got it be now. For one thing, there going. Bv low-inco- State spending programs authorized for the 1977-7fiscal year will total nearly stupid as to prefer different make so cans t g 4 |