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Show DESERET NEWS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1975 Tax jump Calendar Deaths TV Today Comics & W v v s. .'vrh ' iiiSW highest ' t S4-- ,e rA- - Va i Yfc ' 'r " ; rjsssss. ., - $jpEw6vmn& 1 Jk. & ' s Submit art entries in Utah v vSJP? history By Brace Hills Deseret News start wnter Property taxes in Utan includmg taxes for cities, towns, counties and special assessment districts have taken the biggest jump in the states history. Utah taxpayers will pay an estimated $207 3 Uiillioii in property taxes this year $22 6 million more than last year a 14 5 percent increase over last years figure of $181,090,140. The tax figures were compiled by Jack A. Olson, executive vice president of the Utah Taxpayers Association, with the help of Max Kerr, director of the states Property Tax Division, for the Deseret News. Reports ot mill levies hare been received fruiu most taxing bodies except a few m Davis County where revaluation of property was completed this year. 4 A i&f little-know- last years $36 5 million Salt Lake Countys taxes, representing nine cities and towns and 26 special districts, are up 10 percent this year $103 48 itullion Salt Lake City will get $10 48 million up from last years $10 05 million and an increase of 4 percent Highest mill levy totals m Salt Lake County will down be paid in parts of Salt Lake City, 98 41 mills 90 from last year; Midvale, 97 11 up 2 86 mills ; and West Jordan, 103 29 mills, the highest levy total in Utah up 1 mill from last year Other high mill levy totals (includes all distnets in a particular area) include Helper, with 96 11 up 5 01 milis; and Eureka, 97 62 mills the same as 1074 Ogden, which had ne of toe highest null levy 107.58 m some parts of the totals m Utah last year took a drastic reduction this year down IS 9 city mills to 82 68 Other Weber County cities also saw big redue- See TAX on B-- 3 I,? i fA r'f ,$' get a friendly hug ATa-V- r J,,.' s- Job grants sought Utah State Fair visitors Trent Stockton and Micci Richards. Federal grants of up to $209,900 are being sought by Salt Lake City to put unemployed persons to work MW A Ivloi than 5,000 persons have entered By David Carle over 13,000 items be judged in dozens of Deseret New s staff writer this year Theres only one event that can categories bring together Utahns from all 29 New Fine Arts and Poultry buildings counties, along witn the best the state were completed last week. has to offer m the way of agriculture, In the hub of the activity is a midway livestock, mdu try and entertainment crammed with 30 ndes lined with Its the Utah State Fair, which booths and filled with the wafting at the aromas of hot dogs and roasted opened today for an state fairgrounds, 155 N 10th West peanuts Sporting the theme, 75 Edition of a shows during the far Great American Tradition, the gala willHeadlining be pop singer B J Thomas, Ray exhibition has more than enough atStevens. Bobby Goldsboro, Roger tractions to dazzle, intrigue and involve Miller nd Jim Nabors, and country e ery member of the family smgers Tanya Tucker, Lynn Anderson Fair officials this year are generous and Billy Crash Craddock. with the use of the Vi0rd, move as Oihei enl eitdiniiit-n- t will feature a they describe the spectacle. There are sky diving team, ventriloquist Jimmy more ndes, more booths, more exNelson, helicopter acrobat Dave Mer-- i hibitors .. theres just more of everyfair program emcees lucid, long-tim- e thing this year, said lair spokeswoCandido and Eugene Jelesnik, Candy men Barbara Busby. and magicians, jugglers, singers and Most of all, theyre delighted to dancers anticipate more people at this, the 119th The fair will be open daily 11 a m to state fair. Some 320 000 visiters are See UTAH on B-- j expected ie te Bountiful votes down By Roger Pusey Deseret News staff Appeal in tax case The Utah Liquor Control Commission is without a no indication wrhen one might be hired Director li a K Hearn Jr., who has held that post since last December after being appointed by Gov Calvin L. Rampton, was fired Wednesday by the commission m a 0 vote announced at the end of a public hearing Hearn, had publicly stated he expected to get fired after commissioners notified him m they would hold a hearing to discuss a dismissal He said he didnt know w hat he would do director today and there is 2-- mid-Augu- st next Robert B Hansen, deputy Utah attorney general who was appointed to tepresent Hearn during the Aug 22 h anng, said he recommends the former diiector obtain a private attorney and fight the dismissal m court Voting for the firing were Commissioners high-u- p provide an ordinance to allow building but still restrict its development was defeated by votes from council members Don H. Perkins, Warde L Tlman and Phyllis C Southwick In a sensraie action at the dose of the meeting, the council voted to seek $250,(500 in federal funds for channelization of Mill Creek They said the money, if obtained, would pay salaries for some 21 men for a year to homes Elizabeth Johns, Salt Lake City, cinches up Jody Be Cordial. of the banks The vote on building above the 5,250 foot level came after two and a half hours of dixeussion between councilmen, citizens and about a dozen builders, developers and mountain property owners. J ust before the voting took place, three opponents to hillside budding left the City Hal! apparently sure that the council would approve the motion to allow hillside ee BOUNTIFUL on B-- 3 two-year-o- ld F Durbano Commission Chairman Gerald E Hulberi, who is facing seven felony counts for embezzlement and perjury before the Salt Lake County Grand Jury, abstained from voting Hulbert submitted an attachment to a nine-pag- e letter given Hearn which said he didn t participate ui the decision to fire the director The chairman said the commission would talk to the Citizens Council on Liquor Control and the State Person"! Department to begin the process of seeking Hearn's replacement. Alter the commission announced its decision, Hansen objected to Hulbert about the way the decision was reached He acked that Hearns dismissal be delayed while the matter is reviewed in the t ourts Hulbert said he considered the hearing adjourned and the court reporter stopped taking notes even though Hansen continued to talk Hansen argued that charges of insubordination, disloyalty and undermining of the present liquor oiganizaticm against Itearn were not specific He also objected dean out the creek and riprap some to not being able to i witnesses presented by the commission at the Aug 22 heaung He also said during Wednesday's meeting the commissioners accused Hearn of lying, to which he didnt have a chance to respond i.ss-examu- When Hulbert was introducing the purpose of the meeting and abstaining from voting, Hansen and . wondered why the bearing examiner, Robert Thurman, didnt attend Wednesdays meeting Hansen recalled the commissioners attention to the Utah law which specifies boards, councils and See LIQUOR on Fixed salaries urged by S.L County JPs Sail Lake County justices of to be placed on fixed salaries instead of being paid a fee for each case they handle. the peace have asked In a teller to the County Commission the 10 JPs recommended they all receive salaries year. rhey also asked that precincts be chanced s' that all JP cas loads will be roughly equal and that the county pav the salaries of clerks and other i ourt personnel At present the JPs are paid a $4 50 fee for each item on their court dockets and several of the justices had a gross income of more than $40,000 last yeai . The recommendations by the x JPs wre turned over to s special courdy committee which is studying JP pay ed handling of Action by the JPs came after a series of articles by the Deseret News outlining problems in the JP system. The series recommended many of the changes now proposed by the justices, including rhe fixed salaries. Among their requests, the JPs also asked that the county provide court facilities or conroensate toe JPs who provide their own such 1 If the county agrees to the JP suggestions, the JPs would arrange that a magistrate be available on a basis for emergencies. Lynn D Bernard, newly-electe- d the Salt Lake County Justice of the peace Association, said the salary proposed hy the JPs is 3 good starting point in negotiations with the county president of A quorum of three Sh Lake City commissioners oted unammously today to appeal a Third District Court dismissal of the citys double taxation suit against Salt Lake County. The case will be appealed to the Utah Supreme Court, and commissioners assigned City Attorney Rogert F. Cutler to prepare the appeal Third District Judge Bryant H. Croft turned dowu the citys complaint against the county on grounds that the city government and its officers, the five commissioners, lack legal standing to sue for the double taxation relief. Mayor Conrad B. Harrison and City Commissioners Glen N. Greener and Herman J. Hogensen voted for the appeal today. Commissioners Jennings Phillips Jr and Stephen M. Hamisen both have favored the appeal, but were absent from commission meeting to attend a Utah League of Cities session today Harrison said inequality occurs under the countys own governmental tax levy on property because cities m the county also come under the lev y v Herbert J Corkey Jr and Ernest writer upgrading substandard housing. City commissioners Wednesday approved an application for $100,000 in V S. Department of Commerce funds to be matched by $150,000 in city Community Development Funds If granted, the money will provide employment for 10 persons, according to Roger Stowell, director. Intergovernmental Relations Department. An alternate application also is being sough asking for $290 000, to he matcheo by $275,000 m city funds to employ 20 persons, Stowell said Salt Lake Citv made application for the larger amount m case some other Utah cities get their applications tn before the Wednesday deadline Utahs share of the Coalmen. e Department grants, about $3 million, is being obtained through the Four Corners Program to muiti-eounregions Workers would be paid $833 per month. The balance of the grants will he used to buy materials to bring housing m blighted areas up to code standards Two months ago, the city initiated a program to identify homes which need upgrading and to assist home owners in making repairs In some rases, low interest loans (three percent) are made, and in others, home owners receive outright grants ty Liquor director fired substantially higher settlements wbu.h have been awarded, he says in the message These facts only help to emphasize the need for each physician to practice within the scope cf his competency, warns. In order to reduce claim frequency, the association and Aetna must continue to develop a program of Joss control and education Only through ongoing edu cation and surveillance can the profession itself expect to stabilize the malpractice crisis which is sweeping the country, the president notes See MD onB--7 Entries ui this years Deseret News Art Show will be accepted Sept n 13 at the Salt Palace The show, a juried exhibit bv Utah artists, will open to the public Sept 20 Purpose of the annual exhibit is to present the best quality painting' now being produced bv Utah artists on any subject, according to show officials Iri prior years the artists were limited to Utah subjects. Jurors for the show, Frank Sanqmnerti, director of he Utah Museum of Fine Arts, and Lewis Story, associate director, the Denver Art Museum, will select the paintings for hanging Six paintings will receive award of merit in the show and from the six will be the selection of the purchase prize of $800 This painting w ill be added to the Deseret Ne vs Art Heritage collection, show officials explained Entries m the show may be delivered by the artist or agent to the Salt Palace, room 213, between 2pm and 7 30 p m on Sept 11 or 12, or between 10 a m and 2 30 p m on Sept 13 Persons interesting in obtaining more information pnor to the acceptance dates may contact the Deseret News Art Show Committee, Deseret News, at 524 4457 &&! from Great Tradition4 beckons fairgoers 4 in the incidents of claims and the Deseret News staff writer BOUNTIFUL City Council members here W ethmaday night voted 3 2 agon lot level in building higher than the 5,250-fothe Wasatch Mountain foothills east of the city. A motion favored by Councilmen Sterling E. Beesley and Dean S. Stahle that, we allow development east of Bonneville Drive (250 feet high) and V j' . practice protection can be under stood as one reviews the increase By Bruce Hills 1 A1 ; Premiums up 70 pet, Malpractice liability insurance will rise an average of 70 percent for most Utah physicians beginning Dec 1. The rate hike was announced Wednesday by the Aetna Life and Casualty Co of Hartford, Conn , insurers for 81 percent of Utahs medical doctors, in a jomt press conference with the Utah State Medical Association (USMA4. We are not happy about this, admitted Dr. How ard G McQuar-rie- , USMA president. None of us are happy about the continuing price spiral. MoQuame is notifying association members enrolled m the Aetna program of the rise m coverage costs by letter. The rising costs of this mal SV"n4 var&C'-r- , Kids The states 40 school distnets will take the $126 1 biggest bite out of the totai tax revenue million up fiom last years $108 3 million This represents more than a 16 percent increase Utahs 113 cities and 1C4 towns will get an estimated $26 35 million this year up from last years almost $25 million. v Special districts will get $12 95 million up fioni $11 13 million m 1974 n A tax on sheep, goats, all cattle ext ent dairy animals, and breeding stock turkey s, to fight tuberculosis and bangs disease, totals $160,000 this year up from $152,120 a y ear ago The state's 29 counties will get a total of $41 7 million to run them various departments up from ot $26,01 lo 22,0oi pa based on a 40 hour week Today in the West i 3sf Action Ads In addition, JJ JFs a. of running a pio;e-cour- t he said, ba they has e lacked instruction from tn- - peojue who supervise tnem One of the Deseret News was for a prog ram of instruction and training for JPs County Attorney Paul Van Dam said he was pleased witn the JP recommendations 0 5. L. dumps smolder Garbage dump fires continued to flame or srnoider at three locations in the Sait Lake Valley toriav fire at the prestnt county dump at 1309 S 78th g smoke clouds to hang along the valley floor Wednesday night and billow into the air early today At the foi ruei county dump, tkXW W. 13th Souih, ccverea garnage and f.ebris continued to burn through blowholes m the earth cover The county abandoned that landfill two months ago, but still is responsible to clean up the area and put out the fire The ihird garbage dump sending up acrid smoke former Salt Lake City dump at is at the 2oOOW Indiana Ave A blowhole there caused a grass hre to ignite in the area on Labor Day, and strong south winds fanned tne glaze into nearby fields, grass. burning tinder-dr- y A West caused thick, bitter-smellin- Examiners say no It appears if some state officials want to become faster readers, they will have to take a speed reading course at their own expense Today, the State Board of Examiners domed requests from two state agencies for $855 so that nine employes could take a speed reading course from Reading Development Institute Sept II- - Oct. 16. The Division of Family Services wanted to Save four persons take the course and the Division of Water Rights wanted to send five. Dee C Hansen, director, division of water nghts, said he fet the speed reading course would help his employes perform their jobs more efficiently. Heart 'patient' dies CnUer, the calf who has been the longest term suivivur with a new type artificial heart, died Wednesday Lee Smith, principal investigator for the project at the University of Utah Divinon of Artificial Orgi"? laborahny at old St. Marks Hospital, said investigators are not sure yet what caused C m tiers death. The Kolstem buii calf died about 3 30 p ro a few hours after coinpict'g three weeks cr. uiC C'lcct iaCti.4 iy po eied mechanical heart |