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Show i UNIVERSAL 3322 S. 3)0 E. SALT LANE SAU5 ClUt flag O0BB GP rare ggrcrcun i gw VOLUME 65 NUMBER AAAGNA. TIMES 1 THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1979 deft crashes am area. Two pilots of an Air Force EB-S- 7 that crashed into a building in an industrial park late Monday afternoon were treated at local hospitals for minor injuries suffered when they ejected from the craft shortly before the impact. Captain Richard Hastings, the pilot, 33, of Willards, Md. and Captain Charles T. Sanchez, 32, of Saugus, California, an electronic warfare specialist, had radioed Salt Lake International Airport with vertically, and hit the building, sending up a cloud of black smoke visible for miles. Fire crews that wer dispatched to the scene reported thr recent construction in the vicinity ha d emptied nearby hydrants, and abou 15 minutes passed before they could begin to fight the flames which engulfed the building. A total of 15 vehicles were rushed to the scene, but were unable to save the structure from complete destruction. an emergency request to land after the jet developed engine trouble enroute to Tuscon, Arizona. The plane was being flown from Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, to be put in mothballs in Arizona. The plane dived 39,000 feet down into the building in the park which is located in west Salt Lake. Witnesses reported that it came straight down The explosion sent jet fuel spraying across the building and nearby property, as well as scattering parts of the jet for blocks around the area. An Air Force team is on the scene searching for parts of the obsolete jet to piece together the story of what happened. A special Air Force board has been assigned to the accident to investigate. Questionable salesman at work in west valley A report has come into our offices on salesmen and telephone solicitors trying to sell products to aid blind people. A spokesman from the Utah State Blind Center stated that complaints have been turned in on a couple selling door to door in the west valley area implying that to buy the exorbitantly priced articles will help, blind people in the Salt Lake area. In fact, the people purchase large. quantities of good from out of state, possibly made by blind people, and then sell them at enormous profit to themselves. selling. They do not call in advance, and they sell the items at a reasonable price. Also, they do not ask for sales tax, as the other salesman does. The State Blind Center notes that they do have a sales program, but there is a difference in how they operate. A van with a sighted driver has been traveling over the area with three blind men who do the actual Reports of the program have been coming in from Magna, Granger and Hunter so far. The pair have apparently been operating in the areq for several years. KSL last year' featured a warning story on them. PART OF THE damage done by the fire ter to find the cause of the accident. is hown in this photo. A special military board is investigating the mat- budget tightening planned for state Becasue of tax and expenditure limitation legislation enacted by the 1979 Utah Legislature, local units of government and the state of Utah will have to undergo considerable budget tightening after this year. This was the conclusion reached by Utah Foundation, the private research organization in an analysis of HB 303, which was approved earlier this year. According to the study, if the limitations had gone into fiscal year, cumulative state and local effect with the savings in Utah over the following ten years would have amounted to (674 million. By 1976-7total state and local taxes would have been reduced by $160 million per year, or 19 percent below the amount actually collected. Such a reduction would have necessitated much closer scrutiny of spending priorities, and some activities and services currently performed probably would have been reduced or 1967-6- 8 7, eliminated. When the limits become effective, state appropriation will be allowed to rise by not more than 85 percent of the percentage increase in the states personal income. For local units, the increased celing in local taxes will be equal to 90 percent of the increase in per capita personal income with an adjustment for local population changes. These limits will have the effect of gradually reducing the proportion of Utah personal income going for state and local taxes. Foundation analysts point out that a major problem in implementing the limitation plan will be the diffuculy in developing the basic data (such as local population statistics) on which the limitation will be based. Responsibility for developing these data rests with the legislative fiscal analyst. Another problem, according to the Foundation, is with respect to application of the law to local school districts. Because of a substantial portion of the total local school tax levy is the 24 mills required for participation in the basic school program, districts with rapidly rising assessed valuations will be adversely affected by the limitation provisions. In some instances, application of the limitation formula could completely eliminate the capital outlay program pf a local district. Although the 19789 Utah Legislature did enact this statutory measure which places a lid on state spending and local taxes, it did not approve a resolution to limit expenditure increase in Utah by constitutional means. May tax Public meeting set on mill problem A public meeting concerning the proposed poultry feed mill on 9100 West and 3500 South has been scheduled for July 26 at 7:30 p.m. Chester Fassio, developer of the mill, wishes to present his position on the plans and the controversy concerning the mill and the property owners along that area. $ Salt Lake County Planning and Zoning Committee had suggested in the past that Mr. Fassio work with the Magna Community Council on ironing out the problems. This meeting will be of particular interest to residents along 3500 South and 8400 West, as well as 9200 West. The place for this public hearing will be announced next week. Plan to attend. Leadership camp draws officers five student leaders of Cyprus High School spent last at Utah State University in Logan engaged in a leadership camp designed to taring them closer together and to formulate plans for the coming school year. Kim Kent, Cyprus student body president said the camp, which featured workshops, speakers and activities, was a positive experience and that the atmosphere at USU was beneficial to die over-a- experience. Attendees, including executive council members, the student congress, class presidencies and cheerleaders, as well as council adviser Harry S. Peckham and Vice Principal Gerald Handy, wore housed in the USU Student living Center. Members of the Cyprus executive council, which planned foe camp, are Kent, vice presidents Rich Canfield and Cal Fotheringham, Secretary n Susan' Kennington, and Assemblies Shellie Payne, Chairman Sterling Barker. Logan-Fi- fty weekend (July -- 12-1- ll Reporter-Historia- and expenditure limitation proponments content that such a constitutional amendment is needed to prevent special interest groups from forcing a breach in the established limits. They claim that constitutional limits are necessary to share of the prevent government from taking an ever-Iargtotal economic pie. Thieves sHeai er Critics, on the other hand, argue that a constitutional spending limit expresses a basic district of representive democracy and tends to destroy the flexibility required hv government to deal with continually changing problems. It therefore becomes difficult to meet sudden emergencies when government spending limits are locked in by a constitutional amendment. The new statutory limitations will become operative in fiscal years after December 31,. 1979, for local units of government and after June 30, 1981, for the state of Utah. Thus, the limits will be applied to counties and specified special districts with the 1980 calendar year, to municipalities and other local units with the 1980-8- 1 fiscal year budget, and to the state with the 1981-8- 2 fiscal year budget. flags As into each life a little rain must same for fall, it seems to be the celebrations. When taking down the flags that hung above Main Street for the Fourth of July activities, it was discovered that at least 7 of them were missing. How unfortunate that a few wat to spoil things for the many! The exact value of the flags is not known, however, it will cost money to replace them. The Fire Department is requesting the return of the flags, anonymously, with no questions asked. If you can help them out please do. |