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Show Volume Coslt Twenty I'ise Cents Tooele, Utah, Thursday, Februury 12, 19S1 Eighty-Si- x At Tooele Gathering Sacrifice Needed To Boost Economy, Hatdh. Declares Individuals and government agencies must lie willing to sacrifice if the United States economy is to become sound again, Sen. Orrin Hatch said Wednesday in Tooele. Hatch's remarks came in a speech delivered at the annual Lincolns Day Raniiet sponsored by the Tooele County Republican Party and held at the Tooele High School cafeteria. WE HAVE all got to be willing to sacrifice and stand up for freedom or we will, become in danger of losing it," Utah's freshman senator told the audience Hatch blamed "blerals in Imth parties for the federal government outrageous spendings," and said that the American people have lieen short changed by those actions." The Utah Senator defended his vote to raise the ceiling delit of the federal budget it was necessary to give President Reagan some breathing room to get the nations economy Iwck on track. -- e 11E OUTLINED Reagan's economic plan and told the Tooele audience that it was important to understand what the newly elected President was attempting to accomplish. Those main points in Reagan's economic policy include: 1) spending restraints to cut the federal budget 2) monetary rest raiuts 3) st imulate the private sector by cutting income taxes 10 percent' of nearly 300. "Utah played a noble role in the Pres- idential inauguration ceremonies last month," Hatch said referring to the Mormon Talicmade Choir's singing of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" which "brought tears to the eyes of everyone, including the President of the United States and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Hatch said, "Utah will also play an important national role in upcoming years because of the patriotism of our (Utah's) people and our natural resources. HE SAID Utah's large supply of natural resoures would be of major importance in solving the nat ion's energy woes. I latch pinpointed synfuels, tar sands, oil shale and geothermal as sources for the nations energy in the upcoming years. The senator noted that presently the United States is 47 percent dependent on imports for oil and gasoline resources. "This country would be able to live on what we produce in oil and if worse came to worse," Hatch told the gathering. "However, we cannot solve our energy n of problems with the E.P.A. (Environmental Protection Agency) and other federal agencies. HE SAID that it used to take nine days to receive an oil drilling permit , but now it takes 18 months. How can we become energy dependent with that kind of he inquired. Sen. Hatch said that of more concern to him than the nations dependency on oil imports was the fact that the United States is presently 75 percent dependent on critical mineral imports. Hatch said one of the top prioritys for the Reagan administration and the Republican controlled Senate would be to balance the federal budget. HE SAID the budget has been balanced six times in the last 50 years and only once in the previous 26 years. In 1981 this country will be $985 billion in debt and over one trillion in debt next year. The interest against the debt alone is $100 billion, more than the total debt in 1960. one-hal- e in this article are fictional, but the accounts are true. This is the second part of a series about Tooele Countys teenage pregnancies. by Conrad Walters Karen and Beth were 15 when they became pregnant. Ida was 19. THE FIRST worry each had was, How can I tell mom and dad? It wasnt easy for the three unmarried teenagers. Their mothers were sad and disappointed, but supportive. Fathers didnt take it so well. One wanted to get his hands on the young man responsible. Another just looked into the eyes of his third pregnant daughter and said, I thought youd be different. IDAS father didnt talk to her until the granddaughter was bom. The infants were not the only persons starting new. The fives of the young par- ents saw overwhelming changes, too. For Karen and Beth, a major step was marriage. And, as the statistics predict, one of those was a failure. My first husband hit me, confides Beth. But she was so afraid of the husband that she spent two months building courage to leave. I called my dad and asked EAGLES VALENTINES Thirty Seven John Thompson has $11,000 worth of insurance that he's never paid a premium for. Louie Pavlov has never called in sick in his entue career w ith the Federal government. The two have amassed a total of 31 years of illness free work, mostly at Tooele Army Depot, and limit a kind of insurance policy for ossilile health problems bv doing so. BOTH RECEI ED certificates last week from TAD Commander Col. Jerry K. Patterson, who said he was "tuiiielievalilv amaed" at the accom- plishments of the depot's two employees with the best sick leave record. The certificates of acknowledgement were part of TADs efforts to improve what used to lie the worst sick leave record among depots in the Army, Patterson said. "Our record was so bad that the worst case studies always showed us," said the colonel, recalling the situation two years ago. THEN TAD liegan its program of awareness and tried to get the support of its workers to improve. And the program has lieen effective. Now TAD has the second best record of the Army's 12 depots. It went up 10 notches liecause of the program, Patterson said. The project has saved 80,508 hours and liet ween $2 million and $5 million, according to TADs personnel department. The decrease has lieen little more than 30 hours per employee a year. The old average sick leave used er employee was 89. 1, but now it is down to 58,3, While that may seem like a lot in a year per person, it absorbs the jumps that a few longteim illnesses I most the average by. of PATTERSON said the the improvement are multiple. First, (lie reduced sic k leave woiks as an insurance policy for workers Imh arise- - as they build it up. they can lie sit k w ith pay for the days saved. Secondly, it reduces the overhead the depot sees on a day to dav basis, and thirdly it makes the woik flow smoothly for the fellow workers. Also, the lietler reputation builds pride among workers, and the lower overhead encourages more business. "IT M kTTERS when decisions are close, and most decisions are." Patterreson said, explaining how the r would to more jobs bring putation TAD. Thompson has gathered the most sick leave in total time, not having used any in 20 years. The last time he required any was in Noveinlier, 1'KiO. when he was injured by a jeep. Pavlov has collected 14 years of government service w itlinut sick leave, never once using any during his entire career. PAVIX)S was also honored as president of the American Federation of Government Employees branch with the fewest sick leave hours user I Wliile Imth men had their own reasoning for the endurance, Pavlos said he though the main ingredient is a r fame of mind. proH-- Leaves Tooele Alone Legislature ' '"'. T " - ' By Hugh Barnes Capitol Correspondent A bill that would deny Tooele County $11,000 per month in overweight vehicle fees had its enacting clause struck Wednesday. Rep. Beverly White reports this is the first time that she has been successful in using this tactic to eliminate a bill. However, there were threats to bring back the measure for reconsideration Thursday. THE SENATE bill would take fees collected at the Wendover weighing station for overloaded trucks and place the month in the states transportation fund. Rep. White points out that the $11,000 is insignificant in the state transportation Utah Senator Orrin Hatch was the guest of honor at the Lincoln Day Banquet where he delivered a speech. departments total funding, but Tooele County in the past has used the money to improve its roads. A law that would put a six percent ceil- - Teen Pregnancies Described Firsthand Editors Note: Names r Theyre Quite Fine , Even After 34 Years each year over the next three years and 4) cut the burden. Hatch said he lielieved that if Reagan would not have lieen elected, 52 Americans would still lie held hostage in Iran. I AM glad that we got the hostages liack and that they are home safe with their families," Hatch said. "And I am glad that we paid tribute to them and showed them respect." However, I feel it Is just as important to show respect to those Americans who were held hostage in Viet Nam for seven years. It is a shame that our Viet Nam f the resH-c- t veterans do not get that we showed the Iranian hostages," he said. IN RESPONSE to a question alniiil the rise of various social servic-- programs in Tooele County, Hatch said, It Is time for all of us to get our fingers out of the federal cookie jar." I le added that cuts can lie expected in these areas under the Reagan administration. HATCH said the decision of the MX liasiug mode will lie made by June and he expected that deployment in the Great Basin of western Utah and eastern Nevada will lie the end result. The four-yesenator said he strongly favored the grid pattern over the race track and loophole version currently on the drawing Ixiard for MX basing. Hatch said he opposed basing the MX on submarines liecause it would only take the Soviets a few years to pinpoint each of those targets. n NuniU-- him to pick me up. He was never so happy to hear me say that, she recalls. KAREN, only 16 now, said she is happy with her marriage, and she stressed that she has never been hurt by her husband, although she said she knows a few teenage mothers who are beaten. Karen recalls a state- ment attributed to another womans husband about wife beating: I think its kind of funny to beat my old lady. The problems of mar- riage didnt affect Ida. She stayed single. SHE GOT an apartment and supported herself and her daughter, continuing work until she was eight and a half months pregnant. Idas boyfriend disbelieved the claim of pregnancy at first, but then he decided they should marry. When Ida disagreed, she was left on her own. Idas' parents did not learn of the child until nearly six months into pregnancy. Ida would hitchhike to work with her daughter, trying to earn the money to stay off welfare. I didnt want to sit on the couch and watch soap operas and wait for the welfare check and food stamps, Ida explains. FOR ANOTHER three months, she left her child with a babysitter and worked double shifts to make ends meet. Ida, originally from Tooele, was working in Salt Lake City much of that time. But she remembers when she came back pregnant to Tooele once. People would see me and I could just feel them talking about me. People think if it happens to you, you are a runaround. Its not that way. Karen had many of the same feelings when referring to her peers. My friends disowned me while I was fat (pregnant) Then-theexcept for one until I had the baby. all came back. THE NEAR total loss of social life often continues after the birth and the initial curiosity. You have to forget about your nightlife, Ida flatly states. I feel like I went from 16 to 40, Beth believes. Karen accepted an invitation to go out with the girls once and found it wasnt the same. She went with her other friends to a football game. All they did was chase guys the whole time, and I thought, T cant be doing this. Im married. I felt so out of place. The financial changes bring as much of a difference as the social ones, Ida believes. You have to be the provider for a home. For Ida, it meant being the sole sons to recognize the financial responsibi- lity a child requires. I was divorced myself, so I knew how hard it would be to support a family, notes the mother of a girl who became pregnant at 14. I had to force parenthood on her, the mother said, explaining that the daughter just wasnt able to handle the task. A lot of time a parent has to take care of the baby. LIKE with many other girls, the secret was well kept from the mother. I didnt even know she was sexually active or I would have helped. You dont take a to a doctor and give her birth control pills when she says, Mom, Im a virgin. The three girls interviewed all brought up the topic of birth control when asked what possible solutions there are to the issue. They each said access to the protection would help. However, they also said birth control should not refer only to women. They were adamant that men should accept responsibility too. BETH AND Ida added that birth control should not be used as a license, but with a bit of sense and They also said more information about sex would benefit young persons and more recreation should be available. y. The question of solutions is an unanTHE flow of money changes. Karen remembers when her husbands swered one. The final part of this series, paycheck went straight to truck payments however, will view one route being considered in Tooele County to decrease the and himself. Now it all goes to bills. But the teenagers are not the only per occurence of teenage pregnancies. Proceeds go to Jimmy Durantes Crippled Children 15 couple Eagles lodge 7:30 p.m. Members and guests welcome ing on city abilities to tax utilities was to be introduced in the house on Thursday. REP. JOHN Smith reports that his judiciary committee is considering measures to provide rules to make bankruptcy harder to obtain. There is evidence that the current law has been abused for personal gain, he said. 100 new bills were introduced into the House Wednesday for possible consideration during this session of the Legislature. HE REPORTS that there were so many bills introduced that the clerk of the I louse did not have time to read them and so a list of the measures was dist ributed to each representative instead. A measure to set standards for In the Senate, 50 new bills were introcrankcase oil was passed by the' duced, bringing the numlier of promised House. The measure would regulate the bills in Ixith houses to under 700. One obbuying and reprocessing of usedcrankcase server said this was much less than the oil. Rep. Smith says that some oil has lieen 1,000 to 1,800 new measures that were exmarketed in Utah with no attention paid to lie introduced this session. pected to the reprocessing needed to make the used oil again useful. The most important measure to lie considered remains according to each perWednesday was the deadline for introduction of new bills to both the House and sons expectations, but some bills generSenate. Rep. Smith reports that more than ate more interest than others. Two Stake Conferences Planned For Weekend The Grantsville West and Crantsville LDS Stakes have planned their semi- annual conferences for Saturday and Sunday. Crantsville Stake Elder J. Thomas Fyans, a president of the First Quorum of Seventy, will be the visiting general authority for the two-da- y Grantsville Stake conference. The conference will begin at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Grantsville Stake Center, 34 North Church Street, with a priesthood leadership meeting. Those who are invited to attend include: high councilmen, all Melchi-zede- k Priesthood quorum presidencies and group leaders, bishoprics, stake and ward executive secretaries and clerks. Dinner will be served following this session for all in attendance. A meeting has been called for Saturday at 6 p.m. for all parents living within the stake. They will meet with Elder Fyans for special instructions. Stake President Gilbert Davies is encouraging all bishops and priesthood leaders to make a special effort to get as many parents to attend this meeting as possible. A 7 p.m. meeting will be held for all Elder J. Thomas Fyans adults in the stake and for all youth, 16 To Preside At Grantsville of and older. years age Stake Conference The Sunday general session will begin at 10 a.m. at the Grantsville West Stake Center, 115 East Cherry. All members include: high councilmen, stake and ward are encouraged to executive secretaries, stake and ward clerks, bishoprics, Nlelchizedek Priesthood presidencies, group leaders and A session of Primary will be held in conAaronic Priesthood adult leaders. At 6 junction with the general session for children three to six years of age. p.m. dinner will be served for those Grantsville West Stake priesthood leaders attending from outside and attend. Elder Ralph G. Rodgers, regional repre- sentative of the Tooele Region, will preside over all sessions of the Grantsville West Stake Conference. All meetings will be held in the Grantsville West Stake Center, 115 East Cherry. The conference will begin with a priesthood leadership sessoin at 4 p.m. Saturday in the stake center. Those who are invited to attend Grantsville. The final Saturday session will begin at 7 p.m. and all members 16 years of age and older are invited to be in attendance. The general session of the conference will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. All members and friends are encouraged to attend this session. A Primary session will be held in conjuntion with the general session for children three to six years of age. |