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Show (PWS) Washington Nodules of nickel, cobalt and manganese, often no larger than baseballs, may soon be providing Americans their everyday household and industrial products unless international politics interfere. Beacon is published each Thursday. Deadlines for each week's issue is Monday at 5 p.m. We welcome all articles from those who wish to contribute. Business office is 5388 So. 1900 W., Roy, Utah Phone The Ben Lomond 825-166- Geological studies indicate that immense quantities of these irregular balls of vital minerals rest on the oceans floor 15,000 to 20,000 feet below the surface and American companies have finally developed the technology to harvest these riches, which have been described as critical to the U.S. economy. Latest figures show that the U.S. imports 98 percent of the cobalt and manganese it uses and 90 percent of the nickel it consumes. Each mineral represents a vital component to industries such as iron and steel, petroleum, machinery and communications. American companies, led by Kennecott Copper Corp., U.S. Steel Corp., and Lockheed Missile and Space, will invest billions of dollars before the first commercial recovery of these deposits permits reduced dependence on imports. Geological studies aLso show that as early as 1990, deep sea mining could equal the current 6. J. Howard Stahle Mrs. Bonnie Stahle Sue Ellen Sims Publisher Manager Advertising Editor Carol Shaw By Edwin Feulner Correspondent The worst is yet to come. Much worse. That's the way Haynes Johnson, The Washington Post's distinguished Pulitzer essayist, describes what's in store for the American people in the months and years ahead by way of taxes. Johnson notes, of course, that the present Administration continues to promise a tax cut this year. But the promised $25 billion tax cut wont even begin to make up for the massive increase in the Social Security tax which Johnson correctly calls the biggest tax bill in history, at least since Ceasar Augustus decreed that all the world should be taxed... And. says Johnson of the Social Security tax bite, we havent even begun to feel its impact yet. So, on the one hand taxpayers are being offered a carrot, in the form of a possible $25 billion tax cut. But with the other hand theyre being hit over the head with a stick, to the tune of an additional $227 billion which is going to be taken out of their paychecks over the next 10 years to boost the faltering Social Security system. Ouch! Of course, the new taxes dont end there. For example, a careful look at the Administrations controversial energy program shows that it is really a tax plan. Not a little one. But a great big one. In fact, according to a recent Heritage Foundation research study, if the program emerges from Congress as it was proposed which, admittedly, is highly unlikely the various energy related taxes will add an estimated $377 billion to the nations energy bill by 1985. As Congressman Jim Collins, a member of the House-Senat- e conference committee which is trying to work out a compromise energy program, put it: Much of the measure consists of tax programs intended to either encourage or discourage some sort of activity in the energy area. While the Administration has repeatedly emphasized that the taxes will be rebated, the fact is that in many instances they will Prize-winnin- Garn shows concern to postmaster - ... U.S. Senator Jake Garn (R-UWASHINGTON, D.C. sent a letter to Mr. Warren S. Phillips, Ogden Postmaster General, expressing his concerns over the proposed consolidation of Postal facilities in the Ogden-Sal- t Lake area. In the letter, Senator Garn stated: lam concerned with several elements of this proposal. They are: 1) The economic impact to the Ogden area, 2) the number of reassignments of Postal employees, and 3) the efficiency of service in relation to overall savings to the t) taxpayer. U.S. Postal officials, Mr. Robert Finch, Mr. Paul Jacquish and Mr. George Butler, in a meeting held today in Washington, indicated that they will provide an explanatory letter to all members on the proposal. In addition, they are arranging a tour of the Salt Lake City Postal Office for the Utah Delegation and various business and community leaders from the Ogden area. Mr. Finch pointed out that the Postal Service had planned to make a decision by January or February of 1978. However, due to the concerns which have been raised, this decision has been delayed. I appreciate the postponement in order to allow for further investigation and analysis of the factors. I hope that further investigation and analysis will aid in determining whether this consolidation is needed and beneficial to both the citizens of Ogden and Salt Lake, Garn said. not socio-econom- ic ..." Ouch U.S. imports of cobalt and manganese. These studies indicate that it could reduce American primary nickel imports from 90 percent to as little as 30 percent of current needs. World politics, however, have a stumbling block now that the technological problems of deep ocean mining have been overcome. Major Issue Negotiations have been underway for more than 10 years through the 162 member United Nations Law of the Sea Conference which is trying to write a Constitution for the Ocean. Seabed mining is the major issue standing in the way of agreement on the treaty. The next negotiating session is sched created 365-artic- again! le middle income American (making $16,500 per year) will pay in taxes in 1978: $1 ,688 in income taxes; $998 in Social Security taxes, and $1 .849 in other federal taxes. The total he or she will pay is $4,536. And to repeat, the worst is yet to come." (Feulner is president of The Heritage Foundation, a Schneiters Riverdale RIVERSIDE Washington-base- 399-463- 6 Read and use the classified Open Daylight til Dark NORTHERN UTAHS MOST COMPLETE GOLF FACILITY PGA Instruction starting now. Championship Course 3 Par Course Tee Driving Range "STEP OMSO0E rr n3 Theres a new sense of excitement in the air, a new sense of involvement with tomorrow for some three Scouts million Girl celebrating their 66th anniversary March 12th. 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Included in these areas are all of Davis and Salt Lake Counties and most of Weber, Tooele, and Utah Counties. Mr. Spradling pointed out that Nuclear Civil Protection Planning provides two survival options. The first option. Community Shelter r provides Planning, the ability to protect people near their residences in the event of a attack, or, in an attack following a crisis period in which time or circumstances dont permit short-warnin- g people to leave possible target (risk) areas. Com muni ty Shelter Planning provides in- emergency public formation on Where to go and What to do in the event they are required to seek shelter on short notice. roster as a historic trail. Rep. McKay said the Interior Department has completed a study recommending the Mormon Trail become part of the National Trail System and that todays measure initiates the actual change in the law. He reports the bill will be assigned to the House Interior Committee chaired by Arizona Democrat Morris Udall.' According to McKay, the Interior Department recommendation and Rep. Udalls interest in Utah means his bill will receive serious consideration in committee. Judging Congress favorable attitude toward historic preservation, Id say the bill has a very good chance. The Mormon Trail is one of the four or five key westward trails that opened the west. The value of preserving the history and integrity of the trail I think will be obvious to my colleagues. I expect swift and fair consideration all the way along and I hope it may get to the floor for a vote this year. McKay disclosed the designation would cost $300,000 with most of the proceeds for construction of markers along the route that begins in Nauvoo, Illinois and runs through Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming into Utah. Much of the route has been paved over or plowed under, reported McKay who said that only certain segments with high potential for public recreation or historic signficance would be developed., Federal, state, local and private interests may use existing programs in developing aspects of the route he said. The Mormon Trail was added to a list of trails being studied in 1966 for inclusion in the proposed legislation, McKay said. School and Home by Dr. Daryl J. McCarty Executive Secretary Utah Education Association Many, maybe most, students in public schools don't rank writing as their best subject. In fact, a survey of 2,200 students showed that they ranked writing skills at the top of their worst subject list. Teachers are seeking ways of making writing more interesting to students. It's one subject where students learn by doing. In Illinois, some teachers had their seventh-grad- e students ask a group of children what theyd like to see in books that were especially written for them. Then each seventh-grade- r was to write a childrens book for the youngster he or she had interviewed. It was a good experience for several reasons. This was the first chance some of the seventh-grader- s had to write for a audience. It was an exThey got to know four-anperience in creative writing, literary criticism, interviewing techniques and child development. Best of all, the young writers had fun doing it. That same response seems to come from the Utah elementary students who learn how to write poetry. Theres some poetry in every one of us apparently, and youngsters who write it love to recite it. Let's face it: Writing skills are basic to many kinds of success. Parents, too, can perform a valuable service to their children by encouraging them to write. When you prompt your daughter to write a thank-yoletter to Aunt Polly for that print dress, youre not just nudging the youngster into meeting an obligation of etiquette you're providing her with a learning experience. Urge your son to write his own comic strip when he complains that the ones hes reading don't have enough action in them. Persuade your children to correspond with the cousin who lives in California, the best friend who moved away to Michigan, or the kids they met last summer when the family went to Dallas for vacation. If your children do these things, they may not go on to become Hemingways. But the practice will help them develop a skill they may desperately need some day. pre-scho- non-adu- lt d u Ai1(1ffs, C'! than does this activities The U.S. aims for a treaty that will permit orderly exploration and development on a basis without politically imposed price or production controls, and with reasonable assurance of access and security of tenure, according to American negotiators. Industry sources see more than valuable minerals on the seabed. They indicate that what is learned from todays deep sea mining projects will form the basis for a new American industry bringing new jobs, new sources of supply, new products and new economic pws stability. them expand 5175 Price. LTD BROUGHAM Priced Today. . . American companies want assurances from Congress that their huge investments would not be confiscated if, in the future, the U.S. becomes a party to the U.N. Law of the Sea Treaty. The treaty would set up an international authority to regulate sea mining and perhaps saddle corporations with what would amount to crippling financial burdens through expropriation. The U.N. Conference is currently dominated by Third World nations, many of which perceive deep ocean mining as a threat to their own mining and export of important mineral deposits. WASHINGTON The 1300 mile trail Utahs Mormon settlers followed from Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley will be named a National Historic Trail if legislation introduced 77 5175 Nuclear Civil Protection Planning is designed to save as many people as possible from the devastation of a nuclear war. Donald R. Spradling, Executive Director of the Utah Office of Emergency Services, commented today that although the Soviet Union spends a great deal more on their civil defense Mormon trail legislation proposed we Slave a o o o SPECIAL- PINTO 3 door MPG . . DODGE RAMCHARGER . . CHEVROLET 0 BLAZER CAPRICE CLASSIC 4 door. . FORD LTD II The Carter Administration has given Congress the green light to enact legislation that would encourage private ventures to sink more than two billion dollars into the deep seabed. The type of legislation Congress passes will perhaps determine if deep sea mineral deposits will be harvested in this generation, according to industry spokesmen. ads BEFORE YOU STEP OUTSIDE on a Used Car Lot. . . 76 FORD companies to mine the deep ocean floor. today by Utah Congressman Gunn McKay becomes law. The Utah Democrat sponsored the bill to amend the National Trails System Act which establishes scenic and recreation trails throughout the United States. McKays amendment would specifically add the Mormon Trail to the research organization.) d GOLF COURSE Sale Price. Defense service reported A final note on taxes. In case youre wondering, heres what the Tax Foundation of New York says the average Ernie Riverdale g Civil uled to begin in March in Geneva. 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