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Show Stall l)( Firt Section Salt fa lit' City, Utah Saturday Morning Max Lerrser f ilmiu August Pajicii 12, 19"i Bremers Diary Bares Stalking X$. State, Local Efforts Show Results ,In Easing Property Tax Burdens Utah state and Salt Lake County governments have at least given home owners a fighting chance to enjoy some relief from property taxes. Both are cutting the rates they exact against land and building values this year. figuring out individual property tax bills and how they may be affected by fluctuations in the mill rate is a complicated business. Kul in general, if the millage is reduced, property owners gam an advantage against llje'dax hike trend. Salt Lake County is a prime example. Kven though the state will reduce its statewide property tax levy this year 2.6 mills and the cornty about one mill, not every property owmer will realize a tax break. Those who have had their land or the improvements on it reappraised at a higher value could actually pay more property taxes this year. That possibility will be particularly noticeable in the Sandy and Midvale areas, where county assessors moved land values up closer to market prices for the first time in decades. None of the public school districts were able to lower property levies this yeai. And, in fact, the Jofdan school board found it necessary in meeting legislative requirements to increase its recommended total from 41.30 to 43.08 mills. Granite will remain at 51.7 mills; Murray, 52.15 and Salt Lake City School Dis- trict, 46.40. Salt Lake City government also its mill rate at last year's 25.5, although the commission did some juggling in the process. To meet rising revenue needs. main-tairte- d the commission cut the bond retirement mil! rate from 5.5 to 1.5 on an emergency basis, transferring the subtracted 4 mills to the citys general fund. At that, the city did not use authority granted by the State Legislature to approach a new tax levy ceiling of 35 mills. The state could take 2.6 mills olf last years 7.2 statewide property tax levy and sources income other because sales so far exceeded budget expectations they could fill most appropriated expenditures for the state's financial support of public education. Salt Lake County is prepared to shave one mill from its levy because continue property valuations countywide taxes are too, and sales local up, climbing, because county government is ending the current fiscal period with a surprising $3 million surplus. Approximately 10 When Congress w'as considering the Dis- 1970, pre- sen-tenc- A MAH TOO NK NO ISTRXWCflOU fdCar international law. It is indeed a historic treaty, as the senators, with only two exceptions, recognized by their overwhelming vote of assent to it. Senator Ted Kennedy called it dearly the landmark achieve-vmen- t That is pretty much of this Administration. Jie Same thing that was said m its time of the test ban treaty, negotiated in 1963 under Cjohn F. Kennedy. The ABM treats is of course not Jtie'first nuclear agreement between the United States and the USSR, but it is the first one that Sputsa restraint on their own existing weapons ' fsvstems. The treats permits eaeh side to hase two ARM J5jit,es (in the U.S. case they will be at Grand Votlts, X.D , and Washington, D.C.) with 100 missile interceptors around eaeh site. ;jhis is a protective weapon, and since the 'reaty 'allows each side absolute numerical equality with jhe'Pther, the Senate was clearly happy with it. ; 6 ut a number of senators - are r.ot so happy Liting CartixmEt 1 - years inequity and burden was developing in Utah property tax systems. State and local officials, with varying degrees of effort, have since moved to correct such imbalances. And while success has also been uneven, it has been possible to check the steady rise in every property tax rate. It may not mean lower taxes for all, but its a welcome achievement nevertheless. chairman Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr., of the Senate subcommittee on constitutional rights, has a better idea. Sen. Ervin, a with the concomitant "Interim Offensive Agreement that President Nixon brought back from Moscow and hat must be approved by both houses of Congress. Senator Jackson, a man who always seems very sure of himself in nuclear matters. is leading off the fight to modify this agreement. Tc the astonishment and dismay of Chairman Fulbnght of the Foreign Relations Committe, the White House is supporting the reservations he seeks to attach. Most analyses agree that what basically makes this .agreement desirable is the premise on which mutual threat of nuit. rests, that the clear obliteration (Church's balance of terror) war between is an adequate deterrent to the USSR and the United States. Therefore, both all-o- sides can afford to stop constructing or deploying offensive ICBMs. They have done so as of July 1. This, explains a White House fact sheet, will mean about 1,618 ICBMs for the USSR and 1,054 for us. Those numbers, w hich appear to be in favor of the Russians, have some Senators alarmed. But their appearance is deceptive and conceals a significant fact which the authoritative Congressional Quarterly expresses this way: Although the Russians are left with more missiles in their arsenal, the land- - and United States because it has developed systems whereby one missile delivers a number of independently targeted warheads would have more than three times the Soviet number of deliverable warheads be enough overkill for anybody. It discourage Sen. Jackson from risking future negotiations with the Soviets by reinterpretvioling one already agreed upon. The senator is ently opposed to the Senates tying the hands of the President in negotiating an end of the Vietnam war. He might well hesitate now over tying his own reservations onto the agreement that the President and Chairman Brezhnev reached in Moscow. Thai should should Orbiting Paragraphs small naAmong the benefits of having all these can hope to tions emerge is that a party loyalist moda for an comparatively ambassadorship get est contribution. . MA -- Osrln in Cleveland Plain Dealer Id like to get away for a Ive few weeks, but been everywhere. The number one target was, of course. President Nixon. We knew this earlier, but not until the diary was read in court did it emerge in the total of fantasy life setting of Bremers strange melange and driving compulsions. It was Nixons death which was to give Bremer and his diary their imI am as important (he portance in history: writes) as the start of World War II. This will be among the best read pages since the scrolls in HU8E-- LARMIER N4 a?P, those caves. Ottawa Chosen as Historic Site So he stalked President Nixon. The President's to Ottawa for a meeting with Prime that considerable Treaty Recognizes Abundance of Overkill The ARM Limitation Treaty, ratified by the --Senate last week, is now part of the fabric of nu- - &' effort.") state visit The Public Forum that Surplus Saving Editor, Tribune: I read in the paper Utah has ended the fiscal year with a surplus, for which it deserves the thanks of the people. Now if the state would use this money this next year to run the state and lower taxes, as has been done in Wyoming, it would really deserve the thanks of the people. But, no, they look around for ways to spend the excess. The first thing they think about is another state office building to house more state employes to eat up more taxes. Then they talk about a new hospital at the state prison. time-honore- r leave a big imprint on history, it is also drenched in , failure. For the shooting of Mr. Lerner George Wallace was never Arthur Bremers chief aim. Wallace was a second desbest, a stopgap, to keep Bremer from total he failed to reach his prime target. (At when pair one point he was tempted to shoot some Secret Servicemen something toshow for all my O' ventive detention was crucial to success of staunch foe of preventive detention, suggests that laws mandating speedy trials would acits campaign to reduce crime in the capital. As a taxpayer I object to these projects. If I complish the aims of preventive detention Within 11 days of taking office President of the public right, it would be to without flying in the face of the Bill of read the desires Nixon proposed that Congress authorize feand cut cut taxes. 1 wonder just what j expenses Bill D.C. Crime To some extent the deral courts to detain before trial dangerous, Rights. to it when speed ? hard-cor- e sought recidivists whose release would acknowledged this Forum Rules administration of justice and specified the a clear to the ?pose danger community. that cases of persons detained should be Public Forum letters must be submitted Congress approved preventive detention ? placed on an expedited calendar. to The Tribune and bear writer's exclusively for the District of Columbia. Crime rates The rationale behind preventive detention full name, signature and address. Names must Jthere have dropped off. But it is doubtful that is that be printed on political letters but may be withpersons likely to commit additional y preventive detention had much to do with the held for good reasons on others, "riters are crimes while out on bail should be denied bail. decrease. limited to one letter every 10 days. Preference But Sen. Ervin cites studies which show that will be given to short, typewritten (double to studies Law few of the additional crimes are committed According by Georgetown spaced) letters permitting use of the writer's School and the Vera Institute of Justice, the during the first 60 days of freedom on bail. name. All letters are subject to condensa-'ion- . true Slaw was invoked against only 20 suspects out Therefore, if the Constitutions speedy trial Cof a total of more than 6,000 felony defenrequirements were enforced, pretrial crime dants who came before District of Columbia could be virtually eliminated. And it would be would happen if the people got together and recoprts in the first 10 months after the D.C. eliminated without resorting to panaceas of- fused to pay taxes. rCriaie Bill's enactment. Of the 20, only 10 fered in the name of law and order but They couldn't try you in the courts, no money, rweJe actually ordered detained and five of rather within d constitutional no judges. They couldn't put you in jail, no money, rthese detention orders were reversed. no jailers or food to feed the prisoners. Maybe limits. this is a government of the people. The people just have to make known what it is they want. ThereF Another viewpoint fore, I suggest that everyone write to the governor and let him know your wishes concerning the spending of the surplus and the lowering of taxes. After all. this is an election year, and he should From San Francisco Chronicle a? AHA&e. ... ago, it dawned Speedy Trials Cut Crime trict of Columbia Crime Control Bill in the Justice Department insisted that e The school districts and Salt Lake City are not as fortunate. City assessed valuations have leveled out and the schools have no other direct local revenue aside from property taxation to meet higher costs. It is fascinating how cycles affect the basics of human existence, ti.e economy, the tides, the width of neckties. The New Woman objects to be called a libber And men don't like being regarded as the lihbee 1 In an effort to show his cliem insane, Arthur diary in the Bremer's lawyer read his courtroom. It didnt convince the jury, which gave him a heavy prison Yet it remains an item for historians and psychiatrists. It is the diary of a failure. It is drenched in the search for importance. But despite the postunngs of someone who wanted to listen a little. EDMUND A. FEI1R Lehi Added Threat I read with interest the remarks by William H. Sayler in his recent letter to your Public Forum regarding S. 3449, to promote the safety of dams and other water control structures. Editor, Tribune: presided over a hearing held by the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee in Washington, D C. to take testimony from government and private witnesses on the above mentioned bill. I should point out that in the few months since the measure was originally introduced in April, a total of 19 U.S. Senators, including Sen Bennett and myself, have joined as sponsors of the bill. Mr. Sayler, m response to a brief paraphrase of my remarks in a newspaper story, took issue with the seriousness of the problem of unsafe impoundments. I was fully aware, for example, that the catastrophic flood in the Rapid City Area in June did not result entirely from a dam failure. My specific remark was that the severity of the damage was greatly increased by the failure of the Canyon Lake Dam." I take issue with Mr. Sayler that failures of small dams are insignificant factors on the occasion of major floods. The surge of water resulting from the sudden failure of a dam can be a most serious added threat to both life and propOn July 20, I erty. Expert witnesses at the heanng included representatives of the Water Resources Council, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Soil Conservation Service, the Association of Western State Engineers and the Consulting Engineers Council of the United States. While there was some disagreement concerning what the appropnate extent of federal activity-shoulbe regarding the safety of dams and concerning means for assisting the statos m dam safety programs, the witnesses were unanimous in affirming the problem. They agreed that there are many dams throughout the U.S. under no effective public control to verify they were competently designed and constructed, that they are adequately inspected and maintained; or whether they are adequate in view of current knowledge of hydrologic conditions in the watershed. In addition, the heanng served to focus attention upon the safety aspects of federal projects. In testimony the Bureau of Reclamation pointed out we have determined that 81 of the more . . . than 240 reclamation dams require special safety studies. The safety of these impoundments is a matter of great concern. The secunty of life and property below the structures depends upon professionally competent supervision of design and construction and upon effective programs for regular inspection and for maintenance of completed structures. S. 3449 would, upon request of the governor, make federal assistance available to aid state officials; insure the safety of dams and other water storage and control structures. As Mr. Sayler noted in his letter: So long as people build in the path of floods they will suffer from floods. That may be true, but as far as I am concerned they should not suffer from our failure to ensure the safety of dams and water storage structures. FRANK E. MOSS U.S. Senator Chemical Alert Editor, Tribune: Recently my young daughter and I were enjoy ing a morning spent at one of our countys delightful parks, when we were sadly interrupted. About 10:30 a.m. several tractors from the Department of Parks and Recreation began unloading and were aoon circling around the grass spewing pellets of fertilizer (or bug repellent, I in about a radius dont know which) behind the tractor. With no warning they began weaving in and out of the many children playing and families sitting on blankets with babies. These people were forced to scurry about, moving babies and blankets to new areas as the pellets swirled about them. As some of the pellets hit my legs, I took a breath which almost knocked me over. I hope that none of the children had to breath more of it than I did. And I hope that none of the play sand ever reaches their mouths, because many of the pellets are mixed with it. Their little bodies are affected by toxins much more drastically than we adults. It seems to me that if our parks must be strewn with chemicals, they might at least be distributed in the early morning hours before the parks are full of children. MRS. ROBERT EATON Doji Xeighborlinexh well mannered dog can be a jov to everyone, and since a dogs place in today's society is almost that of a member of the family: it behooves the dog owner to teach his pet to behave properly. The owner can prevent many problems by knowledge of the city animal laws. Editor, Tribune: A Numerous complaints are recered daily by the Salt Lake City Department of Animal Control and the Salt Lake City Police Department. A number of citations are issued daily for the following: loose dogs; no license; no rabies vaccination; barking and nusiance dogs. Each citation is followed by a court summons. Fines for the above vary from $10 to $100 on each count. Please help us to help you to be a good dog neighbor. L. SORENSON, Caretaker Department of Animal Control Minister Trudeau was to be the historic field of action. Bremer learned of it in New York, flew back in frantic haste to Milwaukee, bought two pistols and a lot of cartridges, took them through Canadian customs with an ease which made him contemptuous, tried to get a hotel room near live it up during my last President Nixon to get to him at the airport but tried failed, days) but again failed, took up his position at the Presidents motorcade but it went through before I knew it. Bremer was frantic: He passed me six times and hes still alive. (to The man who saw himself as a failure failed at his prime project, and only partially succeeded in his secondary one. He may have been legally sane, as the jury said, but psychiatrically he was a sick man, in the cockpit of violent schizoid emotions. with his swollen sense of scarely proof against his disgust with himself. I'm a Werewolf, He Wrote I'm a werewo'f now (he wrote), changed to a wildman. It was while he watched Stanley Kubricks film of incredible inner violence, A Clockwork Orange, that he decided to stalk George Wallace. The failures search for a place in history was not to be denied. He remains split within himself to the end. When the jury verdict came in, he commented on the prosecutors plea that society should be protected against men like him. looking back at my life (he said) I would have liked it if society had protected me against myself. Very neat, but how? We glorify the individual,' at whatever social cost. We imprint on our young the single message that they must carve out their place in life and history. But we dont add the saving sense of discipline which will set limits to their action, nor the social bond that will humanize it, nor the reality principle that will keep them from becoming fantasizing werewolves like those that raged through Bremers image of himself. Head of State to Be Stalked From now on any democracy like the American must assume that whoever it chooses as head of state will be stalked at some point by someone, as Bremer stalked Nixon. Actually, however one regards Nixons views, he has kept a relatively low emotional profile, as compared, for example, with Charles de Gaulle or with any of the three .Kennedy brothers. George McGovern has already aroused intense emotion, for and against. Whether Nixon or McGovern wins the election, the man who will be vice president during the next four years will occupy a strategic place. He cannot be selected casually nor elected indifferently. It may seem monstrous to have to think about the stalking of a President, but the monstrous must be faced. It seems true that Bremer, like Oswald, Ray and Sirhan. played out his lethal in his own mind. game alone. The only conspiracy was Yet the trained killer is not exluded. That was part of the fascination of The Day of ihe Jackal, Fredenck Forsyths novel of how a hired professional stalks DeGaulle. Or to quote from a coming novel, The Bitter Tea, by one of my faThe vorite suspense writers, Gavin Black: trained man with his telescopic sight (it is an intelligence chief in Singapore speaking) always gets his chance if hes patient. No matter how many police we use. It is a sobering thought, in a killing season. DOUGLAS Interlandi Rare Exception Editor Tribune: After reading the article in The Tribune July 31 m which Mr. Hoffman claimed he makes $10,000 a year, the rest of the cab drivers in Salt Lake would like to set the record straight. Most of us are lucky if we make half that amount a year. We are not coming right out and calling Mr. Hoffman a liar. Perhaps he does earn $200 a week. If he does, he is the shining exception a jewel, a paragon, a No. 1 star drver There must be something wrong with the 200 of us who dont make that kind of money but would like to oelieve in fairy tales. We also think it is an odd coincidence that the article coneermqg Mr. Hoffman appeared in the newspaper the very same day city commissioners raised the cab rates. Incidentally, we d like the public to know that the drivers will not benefit from the hike in rates, as the company will raise our lease and reap 90 percent of the profits. Weve been called Stupid Cab Drivers. A B. CUMMINGS And 23 Others You mean, this is it! I |