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Show 4C - I t DESERET NEWS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1973 Page -too old for aid? The behind creating Page was simple enough back in the 1950s: Build a town with federal money to take care of workers constructing the Glen Canyon Dam in northern Arizona. But 18 years after its creation, Page has blossomed into a prosperous community of 8,500 and it will take an act of to even more Congress end federal subsidies to the town. PAGE,1 ARIZ. (AP) idea Urban said that things arent all that rosey for Page residents they do pay taxes and a healthy fee for services provided by the federal government. The taxes paid here are the same or maybe a little higher, than a comparable city, he said. For example, the property tax rare is $2.52 per $100 assessed valuation. And another important factor is that since Page isnt are people incorporated, The dam has long since paying out the taxes and not been completed across the getting them back in state or Colorado River, the original federal revenue sharing construction workers are gone funds. and Lake Powell now backs Page was founded in 1957 up for miles tnfo southern when more than 2,100 conUtah. struction workers came to the n Today, as it has since Page area to build the was founded, the Bureau of dam and power project. Reclamation operates city serIsolation, back then, was a vices. Federal employes colcommon among complaint lect trash, keep the sewer and water services going and maintain the streets. Even federal workers serve as sheriffs deputies to maintain the police force. If you see yourself in The federal government, reclamation officials say, had we can this picture to pick up a $310,000 deficit YOU! Since 1966 help last fiscal year to keep the we've offered our servcity operating. ices to 3 out of 5 men But the government wants suffer from Male who out and generally, so does Baldness. Pattern the towns unofficial advisory a 4 4 J J u i I workers because of the loca135 miles from Flag-staition Ariz. and 161 miles to Cedar City, Utah. By 1961, the community had grown to 6,500 because of the project with nearly 900 trailer homes composing much of the residential section. Today, there are more permanent buildings in Page a town most observers feel is here to stay. Last year. Rep. Wayne introduced a AspinaU, bill which would have removed federal controls and the expense that goes with it from Page. But his bill, like the one introduced by Arizona congressmen, died for lack of indeed long overdue, he said. "Local officials, elected by the community, are far more responsive than a vast and remote bureaucracy. 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