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Show iju 128th YEAR 50 PAGES NO. 100 SAIT WVSHIN'GTON more than 3 percent of the natron s 90 million workers Official hguies show an estimated 3 1 million persons aie paid the minimum wage It is neai ly million certain that niurc mei lean v. orkei s paid the minimum w aye will get a i aibe of 35 cents an hour next New Year s Dai How big the raises will be in the future is conterenee commitup to a House-Senat- e tee which will meet later this month to rtdjust diffeiences between House and Senate trsums ol the federal minimum wage bill $2.65 an hour The Senate also turned back an attempt to pci nut Sen William Scott employ ei s to hu e persons ov ei 68 v eai s old at 75 peicmt of the minimum wage lhe vote was 77 14 Jan 1, 1976 The Senate bill v.ould pi mule fui futuie to me leases of 2o cents an hour every Jan a top of $3 40 an hour in 1981 The House bill annual increases, would allow stopping at $3 05 in 1980 On another key issue the Senate voted a modest increase in the minimum wage1 exemption for sm ill business from $250 000 oi less gloss annual sales to $275 000 on I960 19(8 and $32 ) 000 on July July lhe House bail voted to exempt businesses w ith gl oss salt's up to $500 000 The proposals for a sub nnrmu,ii wage foi joung workers weie backed b) business but opposed bv organized labor 1 assured Ra, by 1 The House defeated thepioposed voutli bv one vote in oppoitumty differential Hie meusuie will dnectly affect a little President prepares plan to cut fax burden - President Carter was THURMONT, Md (UPI) making his own judgments today on options to be included m a tax reform package which will provide a substantial reduction m the overall tax burden on the American people Carter and his family traveled by helicopter Friday night to Camp David, the presidential retreat in the Maryland mountains Before leaving Washing ton he addressed a meeting of the Democratic National Committee and said the long awaited tax package will be presented to Congress this fall I will be spending all this weekend putting my own final judgment on the options that have been presented to me, Carter said Nothing could be more controversial than tax reform, but as 1 have said many times, our present income tax structure is a disgrace It needs to be simple, equitable and progressive The President said working families and middle income wage earners ought to be helped by removing the unnecessary and unfair burdens that have rested on their shoulders Along with the reform that I have described I predict will come a substantial reduction in the overall tax burden on the American people, Carter said Carter also conceded that Senate approval of the Panama Canal treaties is m doubt and indicated he will only approve the congressional version of his tattered energy plan if it serves consumers Carter asked fellow Democrats to help gain Senate approval of the twin treaties which would give Panama control of the waterway by 2000 The committee later adopted a watered down resolution of support for the treaties, but party leaders insisted the weaker language was not a slap at the President IV4. Comaneci dazzles American audience Sporting a haircut shorter than her 1976 Olympic style, above right, Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci stole the show Friday night at the University of Maryland in College Park. An audience of 10,921 turned out to cheer the Romanian women's national team at the first of five stops on its American Miss tour. The Comaneci, performing on the balance beam at right, gave the audience the same kind of performance they remembered from the Olympics, where she won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze Wedlock is doing fine SAN FRANCISCO (UPU The presi dent of the American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors took a look at marriage Friday and pronounced Suspect arrested in art attack A West Germany (AP) unemployed man has been arrested and accused of an acid splashing attack Friday on four paintings, including Rembrandts priceless Jacobs Blessing in a Kassel art gallery, police reported today Police said an investigation is under HAMBURG, way to determine if the suspect identified as Bohlmann was involved acid sp'ashing attacks on in similar paintings Hus year m galleries in Ham Hans-Joachi- burg Lucneburg Bochum Essen and Duesseldoif Police said Bohlmann was arrested at his apartment Friday rnght Paintings damaged in the attack ui addition to "Jacobs Blessing " the gal lerys premier attraction, were a 1055 self portrait by Rembinndt and paintings The Architect tiy two of his students by Nicolaus Maes and Christ Appears to the Magdalena," by Willem Diost No motive has been given for the attack the institution m excellent health At first glance, the family looks sick, Frederick G Humphrey, the president, told his groups 35th annual convention Because of a million divorces a year, the rise of alternative hfe styles, unmarried cohabitation and gay liberation, he said, We have been told traditional sex roles and marriages are out Well, they are not out Salt Lake City and five Davis County cities, turn to in B-- 3 By Dexter C. Ellis Deseret News political editor As usual, interest is anything but intense as the municipal primary election nears There aie a few hot spots however Spirited and well financed cam paigns by two women to win ballot spots in Salt Lake City have generated some interest The Logan election is enlivened by the bitter dispute between Mayor Desmond Anderson and some mem bers of the City Council over the extent of his prerogatives under the new form of government One of his main critics Mrs Carol Clay, a member of the City Council, is running for mayoi Fhe plouiems mcvuubiy bi ought rapid growth have created some dissatisfaction among resi dents ot West Joidan and Sandy winch are reflected m the candi dates positions This factor is ex peited to bung voters to the polls who otherwise might sit it out Most voters will be sitting out the election anyway, because only 15 cities are holding primary elections The remainder of the some 200 mcoipoiated communities in the state will choose mayors and in the general election Nov on by coun-cilnu- n 8 Besides the cities mentioned Bountiful above Provo Ogden West Bountiful Centerville, North Salt Lake, South Weber, Murray, Alta Grantsville and Paik C,ty are holding primaries Utahs only first class city Salt will nommate four candi Lake dates foi two City Commission seats and two for the city auditor position 'Tl i uii i it n ncuntd cu uu. uuiiut c uii H ioi citv commissioner and loui toi auditor For the first time in histoi a woman is running lor auditor Salt Lake City voters will also appiove or turndown a proposal by the Salt Lake School District to issue $30 million in bonds tor a variety of The bond school improvements issue will not require an increase in the school null levy Most of the other municipalities holding primary elections will be selecting nominees for mayor or counulmen or both In each in stance two mayor candidates and four council candidates will survive the primary election and appear on the final Nov 8 ballot each case voters are stiucted to mark an X beside mavor candidate and beside council candidates Ogden is an exception to above ru'e This city elects cuuiuilmeii mill a mayoi eveiy In in one two Waid andidates tor Logan nas six mayor and rune tor city council Bountiful thiee for may or and 11 for West Bountiful four end council six Noith Salt Lake, a mayor contest only with thiee running Centerville only a council race with South Weber a seven candidates council contest only with five in the Uta hav c six and cheaper fuels THE AVERAGE PRICE OF NEW HOMES sold between April and June went up 6 percent, to $54,000 That, the Census Bureau said Friday, is the largest quarterly lump in tour years The bureau said the homes rose to 158 3 price index for new single-famil- y during the second quarter on a 1972 base of 100 meaning a new home bought In 1972 for $50,000 would have cost $79,150 during the April-Jun- e period THE CONCORDE WON'T LAND at Kennedy Airport until lhe Supreme Court reviews legal arguments over the supersonic plane. The court temporarily blocked Friday an appeals court ordei that would have permitted immediate landings at Kennedy The iustices scheduled a review for their Oct 14 private conference The one paragraph Supreme Court order is a victory for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which has been fighting to keep the plane out THE SENATE HAS APPROVED a $374 million supplemental appropriation to speed development of a mixed force of strategic bombers and cruise missiles capable of penetrating Soviet defenses. The measure, approved 66-- Friday night, was requested bv President Carter after he shelved the B1 bomber The appropriation measure now goes to the House 1 HOUSE SPEAKER THOMAS O'NEILL Calls it absolutely ridiculous'' but says he will turn over rent records for his old apartment to show it was not paid for by Korean rice dealer Tongsun Park O'Neill and Rep Edward Boland, who shared apartments for 24 years after the two Massachusetts Democrats were elected in 1953, also agreed to give the House Ethics Committee canceled checks. The panel subpoenaed the records and each congress men denied any wrongdoing THE QUESTION of who will succeed the aging Leonid Brezhnev as Soviet leader is as wide open as ever following the appointment of an even older man to be his top deputy Kremlin watchers had hoped they would get some hint about the future when the post of first deputy president was filled Friday. But the new iob, created by the lust adopted Brezhnev but constitution, went not to a young to Vasily Kuznetsov, a career diplomat whose age and lack of experience in struggles rule him out as a contender. top-lev- THE WEST WILL BE GENTLE but firm in demanding concrete commitments to improve human rights in the final report of the Belgrade conference, diplomats said Friday The coming 11 weeks of the conference on implementation of the 1975 Helsinki accords will see the participants engage in horse trading on the contents of its final report Chief Soviet delegate Yuly Vorontsov has demanded to be the first speaker Monday when the conference begins its private deliberations DIVORCE, BRITISH STYLE, has overtaken California and is nearing the rate of one domestic splitup for every two new marriages, says England's leading divorce ludge Sir George Baker said We viewed with awe and horror the Friday, In the 1960s " But, he California ratio of one told a convention of the law society, in England and Wales last year there were 146,415 divorces against e He 356,000 marriages ratio of nearly said seven out of 10 divorces were sought by the wife two-to-on- IN A POTENTIALLY precedent setting decision, a federal appeals court has ruled that courts have the power to order telephone companies to install and operate sophisticated wiretaps for law enforce ment agencies The 6th Circuit Court ruled Friday that without this assistance, the entire criminal investigation in a case grounded on probable would be nullified " Michigan Bell cause Telephone Co had contended a district court could not force it to help a government gambling investigation against its will THE WEEK-OLLONGSHOREMEN'S Strike against containerized cargo at Atlantic and Gulf docks has immobilized 63 ships in U S ports, according to the federal Maritime Administration The agency said the walkout has left 22 U S flag ships and 41 foreign flag vessels idle A SLIPPERY COMBINATION cf rain and snow glazed roads in portions of the Dakotas and Minnesota early today Travel advisories were posted for southern and eastern North Dakota Rain occasionally mixed with snow, also spread over the northern Rockies, and autumn showers stretched over the lower Ohio valley and across the lower Mississippi valley into the southern Plains marriage veais Iheieaiepnmary contests in onh the a laige and Second Mumci pal Waid c at egones howevei Two women and a prominent Black man aie among the eight candidates in the at large categorv Four will be nominated for the final ballot with two to be elected 'I hree are seeking txo ballot positions in the Second rac e The ski SENATE LEADERS expect to produce legislation giving Americans tax Incentives for saving energy as an alternative to Piesident Carter's taxation program Sen Russ'l Long D La , said Friday the Senate Finance Committee is likely to report such a bill to the Senate next week, but it may face a presidential veto The Senate has emascu lated Carter's tax program, designed to force conservation and conversion fiom higher P Iced to In 1975 84 percent of all families were composed of husband wife units and, for 87 percent of them it was the husbands first Hot spots enliven Utah primaries For particulars on elections 1977 Page report 49-4- Sponsors of the youth opportunity difler ential contended it would provide foi small business ni paitnulai, to line woikeis thev could not affoid at Inghei wages and help l educe the anient 18 pc uent unemployment rate among teen a cel s But opponents said youths would be taking jobs that otherwise would be filled bv adult family bieadwinneis ' 1 4 Hie closest Senate vote was on a pioposal bv Sen Pete V Dominic l It N M . to allow employ eix to hue teen agei s for six months at s5 percent ol the adult minimum wage Septembei The Senate passed its bill Friday 63 21 ppioval was voted for the measuic aftei senatois rejected foui eftoits to exempt v ouths under 20 fi om the minimum w age or set ten them a wage floor 15 to 25 percent below the adult minimum Both versions of the bill would raise the wage floor to $2 63 an hour on Jan 1 up fiom the $2 30 that has been in effect since virtually Dr olju.miiijs METRO Copyrisnt Deseret News than three UP) b WEEKEND OF OCTOBER 8, 1977 15 CENTS LAKE CITY, UTAH XI XI FI y the FIc 'Monday ... reso. ts of Park City and ounul contests only w ith live candidates respec the tiu six two Sandv and West Joidan growing x dt I akc ( uuntv i (immunities, c ac n has a bulky pi lrnary election ballot Sandv has four i mining for mavor and 10 for city council West Joi dan s ballot contains the names of five mayoi candidate1- and eight council andidates c Gidiitsvilli in Tooele County has a field of live toi mavoi and six toi ( it council Piovo and Murray, along with and Logan, constitute the state s four second class cities Ogden However Provo ard Murray aie the only ones which have retained the traditional goveinment of a mavor and three commissioners Accordingly, they wdi be electing mayor and one commissioner this year Three men aie seeking the mayoi post in Murray and four persons including a w man are after the two commissioner nomina lums Two will be nominated in each case and appear on the final ballot Ptovo has three mayor candi dates with two to survive the primary election and six commis sum candidates with two also to quality for the final Nov 8 ballot only a Zones 1, 2, 10 (Wasatch (ront Cache Valley north Cooler western deserts) with chance of showers Sunday highs 58 Lows 38 40 with 62 Zones 3, 4 (Delta Mil ford Cedar City Sevier Fair tonight be Valley) coming partly clojdy Sun 38 in Richfield Lows day 40 in Delta 38 in Milford and 37 in Cedar City Highs 68 70 Zone 5 (Utah s Dixie) Fair through Sunday George low 50 nigh 82 St Zones 4, 8 (Uintah Basin Fair Carbon County) tonight chance of showers Sunday Lows 38 in Vernal and 40 ip Price Highs 65 66 10 Zone 9 (Southeast Utah Canyonlartds Powell and Lake Flamin'! Fair tonight partly cloudy Sunday with chance of rain or snow at Flaming Gorge Lows 35 to Gorge) 45 Highs 60 National weather map, area summary 70 on 8 5 |