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Show ' , , 1 40 DESCRET NEWS, FRIDAY, V' IV . " JUlY 2, 1976 PARADE El Tax picture rosy, s. t. . A A "F tunus up .&.! pci. Deseret News staff wnter Utahs financial picture looks rosy as the new fiscal year begins, according to a report released Thursday by the 5fae Tax Commission It showed a 22 7 percent increase in taxes collected from all sources, from $431 8 million to $521.6 million For June, tax collections from all sources increased 3d 1 percent from $22 million to $30 million when compared with the same month a year ago Maybe the most significant item m the tax report for the period is the 9 4 percent increase in taxes collected for the Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund That fund is being looked at careful ly because it supports the highway construction and significant decreases might result m Gov Calvin L Rampton calling for an increase in the gasoline tax Motor fuel taxes, which make up the bulk of the fund, increased in the period 6 n percent from $41 i million to $43 6 million. "53 Wtstwitk 1st SOUTH 76 JULY 4TH Z PARADE Saturday, 9 a.m. ' 2nd SOUTH 1S8BHII IUC1TG Wall PaitA. NOsTw For June thp Unifoim Sihnol Fund a 28 .3 percent increase the General Fund was up 58 percent, but the Trust and Agency fund tax collections were down 18 percent Gasoline supply ample for Fourth Utah motorists should find plenty of gasoline for their Bicentennial holiday travel this weekend, and savings of three to six cents a gallon if they pump their own A spot cheek indicates the price of regular at self serve pumps will be 54 9 or 5f 9 cents a gallon at most places, but as e low as 51 9 at a few only stations Prices of regular at full service pumps may range from 57.9 to 62 9 cents a gallon Premium gasoline ranges from 56 9 to e 61 9 cents a gallon at the pumps and from 58.9 to 67.9 for full service The American Automobile Association said a national survey showed motorists in a seven-stat- e Rocky Mountain region were paying the highest average prices for gasoline in the nation. The survey said the biggest increases m per gallon prices ui the past month occurred at resort areas and popular tourist spots in Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, Montana. New Mexico, Wyoming end Utah The AAA also said its survey showed e prices were increasing and closing the gap between full and self service costs. However, the spot check indicates the spread ui Utah is still enough to encourage motorists to use the self serve pumps Over 50 units continues ready to parade OGDEN (LTD Civil Patrol pilots from Air Utah, Wyoming returned to the air today in the fourth dav of the search for a light airplane and its four occupants, missing on a flight from California to Nebraska n The plane earned a Sacramento, Calif . coup!" and the pilots parents The pilot was identified fast and easy, never needs stirring, covers and doesn't drip. Available in an exciting range of decorator colors. Dries velvety with soap flat in 30 minutes, clean-u- p and water. Gallon can. s More than 60 units covering of a mile will take part in Saturday mornings Bicentennial Parade in downtown Salt Lake City A Phantom jet by the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, will begin the festivities at 9 am. followed by a cannon salute The parade will start at the Brigham Young Monument at South Temple and Mam streets, march south on Mam Street to 3rd South, then east to 200 East, then south to the Building grounds The parade is expected to reach the City County Building about 11 am when activities at the Washington Square Fair will begin for the day. The theme of the Salt Lake County Bicentennial Parade is Birth of a Nation Schoois, churches, businesses and civic groups will participate Saturday's events at the Washington Square Fair include the Butterfield Children at 11 a m.; Japanese group songs and dances at noon; Comedia Players from Weber State, 1pm; Gospel Singers from Ogden, 2 pm. and Polynesian songs and dances, including Tahiti, Tongan, Soamoan and Kawauan melodies. 2 30 p m as Ronald Hatch, 45 With Hatch were his wife Joan 40 and his parents, Harold and C laire Hatch, in their 60s The craft was reported missing Tuesday after norm alter it left here on the second leg of a flight to Scoltsbluff. Neb fly-ov- n LUCITE Enamal teior City-Coun- ty -- fw ' 1 2 ,J? WATER HOUR DRY llS ."svhii.r'Lrvo;' ':;n j",g M u? YC8SAY5 $153 Matching DuPont ior Two University of Utah fuel engineering professors will ed't a now journal devoted to coal, shale and tar sand technology Dr. L. Anderson, associate professor, will a of Fuel Processing Technology. Larry be editor quarterly publication Dr Wendell Wiser, professor, will be associate editor Briefs asked in arms case r Both sides in a case against Browning Arms Co have been ordered to write legal memoranda on whether the charges should be dismissed The arms company and two other defendants, Browning Inc. and John Val Browning, appeared Thursday before U.S. District Court Chief Ritter Three charges of customs violations were filed against them in St Louis by the U S. Attorney's office and transferred to Salt Lake City. Ritter gave both sides 10 day s to prepare their positions on dismissal, and five days after that for rebuttal papers The charges involve importation of Japanese and Belgium 22 rifles According to the indictment Browning Arms arranged to pay $24 95 for each Belgium rifle, and additional 6c casts were to be enteral on the books us "tooling expenses, whichat that time were not subject to customs John Val Browning was charged with counseling, advising and suggesting that foreign suppliers in effect, lie to customs investigators Browning lawyer Donald B Holbrook said the law under which the first two counts were filed makes it illegal to obstruct a proceeding of a fedeal agency. But this reference to a formal, legal proceeding, not an investigation The first two counts were for offenses allegedly occurring from 1965 through 1972 The third count involving 26 separate-- transactions ailedges invoices were forged Charges on the first two counts, should have been under this law, Holbrook said The statute of limitation has expired on the law against doctoring records, so Uie government tried to get Browning under a section of law that does not apply, he added. Holbrook attacked the third count as being untimely. If customs agents had gone to the U S Attorney in 1970, and charges hadbeen filed then, the company would have known the government did not approve the practices and there would have been no question on later transactions, he said. Ritter told the assistant U.S Attorney from I think you fellows should have gone in Missouri, theie and gotten the job done shoit of five, Six oi seven years. on the names of Regarding the possible mix-u- p the companies m the indictment, which Holbrook claimed made the document almost undecipherable, the prosecutor said he did not believe there vas any problem. If there was, he said, he would have a superceeding indictment filed. In order to The federal official insisted, recompense the foreiui manufacturer thev (the Browning companies) created disguised accounts on their books, referring to the third charge. enamels with LUCITE interTEFIOM-- E ore perfect for trim and g areas. medium gloss finish; soap and Gillon can. water clean-up- . Long-lastin- self-serv- Utahns to edit fuel journal s? and creamy, goes on three-fourth- and Colorado self-serv- 1 ' HOUR DRY Hh DuPont LUCITE, thick Air hunt m N0MSS-V- showed During June, motor fuel taxes in per-gallo- . WHSStE YOU SERVE XCUKSEIF AND SAVE $ m creased 65 9 percent from $2 9 million to $4.8 million when compared with June a year ago. The entire fund tax collections increased Pd 6 percent from $3 9 million to $d.5 million during June In the General Fund for the period, taxes collected increased 33 6 percent from $125 5 million to $167.7 million Individual income tax increased 24 1 percent, withholding taxes jumped 37 2 percent and corporation franchise taxes increased 3d 1 percent The General Fund tax collections increased 14 2 percent from $202 3 million to $231 million Sales tax by far the biggest contributor to the fund, increased 13 7 percent from $173 9 million to $197 7 million Tne Trust and Agency Fund in creased 13 8 percent from $21 million to $23 9 million Uniform local sales and use taxes jumped 55 6 percent and transien room taxes increased fid 3 percent Pusey Q ijt iji atACGS SHOP SOUTH TEMPLE ! By Roger BEGINS Tooele band preparing for Washington parade UICSTE 8QP - UtCITE WASHINGTON The Tooele High of LDS Church members at stops on School marching band is m the nation's their tour and will present numerous capital today preparing to march in a concerts and marching demonstrations parade Saturday which is part of the along the way Happy Birthday USA celebration. The trip is costing $54,OOA - and band members raised most of the money Sunday the band will march m tliemsdves. Among their Philadelphia's Bicentennial parade as projects were a carnival, magazine fund-raisin- Utahs official band representative Gov. Calvin L Rampton will also be in the parade The appearances m Washington and Philadelphia are highlights of a y band tour which began June 23 when 142 members of the band piled into four buses for the long trip Band members are staving at homes ORlMER. Continued from Bmillion of liqunr profits to maintain its inventory He said the state now has $5 million in liquor inventory and the limitation means sufficient quantities of certain liquors cannot be earned Hulbert said in the past this has caused the state to b behind three to six months in paying its liquor bills because of limned cash flow Durbano said the state needs a qualified person to look at the entire lnj mi busiiit s'- - and make reammen-duiiion- s for changes Do they think the new part-timcommission will work Hulbert said if the Legislature hadn t delineated the directors and commissions responsibilities in 1975, the fall time orga.uzation would have operated properly. Now, he said, the director has r.o statutory authority to make certain decisions and will have to wait until the commission meets Hulbert said the new commission will hav e to i elv on the director for help in making decisions, resulting m the dnector having great deal of -l e power somt thing many people wanted to avoid Regarding the Citizens Advisory Council on Liquor Control, Hulbert said the council hasnt offered one constructive suggestion since he was appointed DRIES MANHOUR WATER 0- - g YCxJSAYS sales, candle and candy sales, and a marathon record setting teeter-totte- r Pledges promised $5 for every hour Atler-natinthe students teeter-tottereevery four hours, the band 58 days and members teiter-tottere- d eight hours and would have gone longer, but it came time to leave. Band director is C Roy Ferrrn $3.55 fir house paint provides longer-lastin- g protection with fewer goes on fast repair jobs. and dries in on hour. Soap and water clean-uRollon can. DuPont g d LUCITE I 1 ioCt.- - g, p. iilsIilliiiliialiilHi ii 54s?. panelists Ex-liqu- or in 1972. House Pairt private clubs are operated on a nonprofit basis, and upgrading of bquor store employes. He said the commission recognized the value of the council when it issued in 1975 a policy manual, saying the council is an important advisory body which works closely and harmoniously with the commission g The commissioners leave with mixed emotions. vjod labbbb m ess. fio.it Sturdy wood loddor with lour itapt and eonvon-ron- t ' paint lodg. Id-- al tor pointing chero. door. or outdoor.. YC2 CAVl $XS9 in- . mmrm out-goin- r nave feelings of bitterness because of the aspects of my to see people is It alarming agitators jump on the bandwagon and throw rocks at me My conscience is a lot clearer than theirs, Hulbert said. He was referring to efforts by the citizens council to have him resign m the face of being charged with 14 counts of perjury, conflict of interest and income tax evasion All but one of the charges hav e been dismissed U I i LADBS0 g The five new commissioners, Kieth Binford, Caleb Shreeve, Zane G. Alder, Don N. Wheeler and Ottis M. Plant, said hey were impressed by the morale and competence of the employes through the last few trying months Live rOR stock TAS He called the council a body that . doesnt know its own BUY AND mission. Durbano said the counci' hasnt SELL WITH finet'ored as an advisory board WANT Chairman VVtl'iani T. 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