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Show t CLEARFIELD COURIER , May 10, 1 978, Pag 2 Youth was equal to 9.9 percent. crease in sales volume during effective gains throughout Utah amounted to 7.8 Adjusted percent in 1976, 2.6 percent in 1975, and only 0.7 percent during the recession year of 1974. Population growth is another factor accounting for increased business activity during recent years. In the 1970 to 1977 period, Utahs population rose at an average rate of 2.5 percent per year, compared with a national growh rate of 0.9 percent per year. During the 1960 to 1970 decade, the average population gain was 1.7 percent per year in Utah and 1.3 percent per year throughout the United States. Utahs economy has been performing much better than the economy for the nation as a whole during recent years. The report indicates that the adjusted effective sales volume gain of 9.9 percent in Utah last year was more than twice as great as the adjusted personal comsumption expenditure increase of 4.7 percent recorded throughout the U.S. in 1977. Utah's average increase of 7.4 percent per year adjusted 7 sales volume during the period also was double the 3.7 percent per year in adjusted personal average rise of consumption expenditures throughout the nation. The study observes that this pattern of the past seven years is an almost direct reversal of the experience in the 1960s when business activity in Utah was growing at a much slower pace than that of the nation as a whole. Between 1960 and 1970, the average growth in Utahs adjusted sales volume was 2.8 percent per year. This was well below the average increase in adjusted personal consumption expenditures of 4.0 percent per year throughout the U. S. during this same period. The Foundations report shows that more than 50 percent of all business activity in Utah is concentrated in Salt Lake County with nearly half of the Salt Lake County total emanating from Salt Lake City proper. During recent years, however, there has been a considerable shifting of business activity away from the larger cities, such as Salt Lake City, to the newer suburban areas. Business activity in Salt Lake City, for example, has grown at a much slower pace than that of Salt Lake County and the State as a whole. Between 1965 and 1977, gross sales in Salt Lake City rose 162 percent, compared with increases of 241 percent throughout Salt Lake County and 257 percent in Utah. Utah Foundation Reports Business Activity Rose 14.2 percent In Weber Last Year Business volume in Weber increased by 14.2 percent in 1977 according to an analysis just released by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization. Gross business volume throughout the entire state rose by 17 percent last year. The study shows that gross sales in Weber measured by sales tax collections, amounted to $631,101,000 during with total business activity of 1977. This compares local $522,589,000 in 1976, $486,753,000 in 1975, $292,763,000 in 1970, and $202,631,000 in 1965. Foundation analysts point out that a substantial part of the increased dollar sales volume during recent years has been due to inflation. When adjustments are made for the reduced purchasing power of the dollar, the effective in-- 1970-197- I love Mothers Day. It seems that there are so many things in todays world that tend to make a mother feel inadequate. But on Mothers Day no way! The children gather around with gifts and kisses expressing what a grand person I am and how well I do my job of mothering, and I believe every word of it. Ive had some Mothers Days that were winners. One year I kept teasing the kids about wanting breakfast in bed for Mothers Day. I want dry, not wet, scrambled eggs, toast, ham, the works. I want it served on a napkin covered tray and Id like it complete with one long stemmed yellow rose, perhaps in a silver vase, I advised. They listened and heeded, I think. About four days before Mothers Day, I was rushed to the hospital and I spent that wonderful day in bed. My breakfast was a needle in my arm and my ham tasted pecularily like an Researchers ask information IV. The lovely glamourous gifts of giant bath salts, dime store toilet water and diamond rings are good for my ego. I dont feel like the typical housewife with chapped knees whose has just completed her spring housecleaning. One of my favorite all time Mothers Day gifts was the one that my oldest son Raymond bought me when he was about nine. He, in a burst of ambition, had done yard work for the neighbors and saved his money. He asked me to take him to the store. I drove him down and read in the car for what seemed like hours while he carefully selected his gift. He came out with the gift disguised in one of those grave wreath boxes. Mothers Day arrived and after I had opened my gifts and lapped up all the attention, Raymond had one big surprise left his personal gift. He had me close my eyes and taking me by the hand, he led me into the kitchen. I opened my eyes and right in the middle of the table, I saw his present. It was an exquisite turquoise and pink floral arrangement which perfectly matched my decor. I began to laugh hysterically. The arrangement had a lovely god ribbon across the top with Mother spelled out in ornate gold letters. This cherished child had lovingly purchased his mother a funeral wreath!! you remember when the last big hailstorm, snowstorm, electrical storm, flashflood, tornado, damaging wind, heat wave, or other unique weather event happened to you or your community? If so then there are some research scientists who would like to hear from you! The researchers are: Dr. Dale J. Stevens, associate professor of geography, and Dr. Laren R. Robison, professor of agronomy at Brigham Young University; Mr. Mark E. Eubank, a professional meteorologist and television weather forecater; and R. Clayton Brough, a and Ralph J. Snelson, a meteorology instructor, mathematics instructor associated with the Springville Weather Station, in Springville, Utah. The five researchers are asking that any individual w'ho has information or pictures relating to any unique, unusual , or extreme weather phenomena that has happened to them or thier Utah community over the oast 100 vears, to write down the event, the time, date, place and person(s) to whom it happened, the damage or deaths it caused, the reference the information came from SUCH AS WHETHER IT CAME . 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The youth commander of participates the day program sored by the Advisory Council is slightly above averages based on snow surveys, spon- Enlisted at precipitation Hill gauges, streamflow measurements and continued near average AFB. by Lev is 120 per cent of average, containing 64,500 acre Water supply outlook good in Davis County C. precipitation. shouldnt suffer for water delivery systems are kept Morgan is also good shape, Phillips said. He urged farmers to check their soil before irrigating to determine when and how much water to apply." A Creek is Farmington forecast at 129 per cent of average. East Canyon near 120 per cent. River near Coalville is forecast at 103 per cent. Chalk Creek at The Weber booklet entitled Irrigation Coalville is low on the totem pole at 71 per cent of if in Utah Scheduling Guide is available at the local US Department of ConSoil Agriculture average. Reservoir storage is all well above average so crops servation Service .Office. Dobnansky WofM AND Omutloolk A Warning From France After twenty years of unbroken rule, the I rent'll conservative majority was recently reelected, contrary to predictions, with a solid margin of 288 National Assembly seats against 179 for the opposition. I he outcome of Frances elections cheered that country's business community and Western allies as well. A communist-dominate- d government would have brought widespread nationalization of French industry and French withdrawal from the European Economic Community and perhaps even NATO. Socialist-Communi- EPA 621-191- 0 By Edwin Feulner st for President Valery Giscard leader put it; nevertheless, even d'Estaingas the most optimistic observers conceded that the Union de la Gauche had not been permanently defeated. There are four major political groups in France: the Socialists, the Communists, the and th , moderate Giscardists" who stress the need for reasonable cohabitation. great success center-rig- ht neo-Gaulli- The Communist party, headed by Georges Marchais, emerged from the balloting as the smallest ol the lour; but in terms of voting discipline and financial resources, it remains the strongest. Significantly, as compared with the 1973 legislative election, the Communists gained 700,000 in the popular vote and picked up 13 more National Assembly seats. The big loser appeared to be Fiancois Mitterrand's Socialist party. The London Ltononmi said that the elections revealed a major flaw in the Mitterrands political calculations. Despite professions of sincerity, the Communists, it now appears, had only been interested in reducing the Socialist party at the expense of democratic pluralism. Unaware of the duplicity, Mitterrand had promised to reward the Communists w ith half of the Cabinet seats in a leftist government. to cite the Mitterrands surrender to Marchais' diktat Paris Figaro frightened the electorate into turning out en masse in favor of more conservative candidates. In the first round of the elections, 83 percent of the eligible voters went to the polls - a record for a legislative election under the Fifth Republic. The runoff elections yielded a turnout of 85 all-tirecord. percent an For more than a year, French pollsters -- consistently supported by many editors and pundits on this side of the Atlantic had consistently predicted that the Left would win the race hands down. After the elections. The New York Times wondered, Why many serious observers went so One likely answer is that the Communist wrong"? machine played a part in the inflated forecasts. propaganda There was, indeed, no denying that half France wants change," according to Socialist Mitterrand. However, the elections made it abundantly clear that any quest for change was overridden by the fear of Eurocommunism. That fear has subsided but not evaporated, because the conservative edge was less than 400,000 votes in a total of more than 26 million votes cast. Apprehension about the Left is further compounded by very close financial links between French and Russian communists. L'he Washington Post disclosed that French communists and Soviet finances are closely interwoven through party control of the bulk of trade. . . Frances share in East-WeSoviet support and Communist Marchais mastery of diffidemagoguery, coupled with serious French allow the could internal and dissensions, culties disciples of Lenin to close and eliminate the electoral gap in 1981, when the presidency is up for grabs. Through a massive united effort, French conservatives saved their country from the threat of Communist control this spring. But they cannot afford to rest on their laurels. As socio-econom- ON -- WALL AVE. Tactical looking south st LINCOLN MERCURY Ray Safford LEASE SALES 3350 feet of water. ist 78 MARK V ONLY ECHO RESERVOIR included discussions with Brig. Gen. Cornelius Nugteren, Ogden ALC vice commander, and Hill AFB deputy commander Col. James Bassett. Included in the tour were the aircraft control tower, helicopter detachment, 508th a SAVE $2063 AT The schedule It was a COMPLETE LUXURY EQUIPPED SALE PRICED HILL AIR FORCE BASE Greg Tulane, student body president of Roy High School, was the Youth Commander for a Day at Hill AFB for April. Young Greg came to the base on April 25 for a full day of tours, briefings and visits with base officials. well-know- n LEASE FOR: - day Do THIS IS THE PLACE 1 serves base fora 1977 ic an American friend of France once remarked, vigilance is the price of liberty. Eternal To hear some people talk, one would think the managers of U.S. corporations live in totally isolated worlds, unaware of the problems and concerns of us ordinary folk. In fact, it appears that even most of us ordinary folk share this belief today. While we arc fed up with government interference with our lives, a substantial majority still support greater and greater government intervention in the economic marketplace. Witness, for example, a recent Harris survey dealing with corporate social responsibility. Harris suggested that it might be good public policy to rewrite the tax codes so businesses which observe various socially approved amenities would get tax breaks, while those businesses which are deemed laggards and dont live up to the expectations of the government planners are hit with higher tax rates. In his survey of more than 1,500 voting-ag- e adults, Harris found that a 77 to a favored percent majority national tax policy under which not taking companies proper safety precautions for their employees are taxed more, and those making working conditions . . . safer are taxed less. Moreover, an even larger 82-- 9 percent majority wants to revise the tax code so companies that are considered air and water polluters will pay higher taxes, and those which are found to be cleaning up the environment are given tax breaks. By a similar 81-- 8 margin, a majority also favored using a scheme under which companies and those conserving wasting energy are taxed more, energy are taxed less. Unfortunately, what many people fail to understand, or perhaps even take into consideration, is that in trying to meet some of the bureaucracys goals, businessmen must grapple with not only a maze of confusing regulations, but with regulations from various government agencies that are contradictory. Federal Times Writing in the Washington-orienteauthor of newspaper, business counselor John Paluszek the recent book, Will The Corporation Survive points out that contradictory regulations result not only in a lot of businessmen being confused, but also prevents them from d decisions. He cites these examples: making 1)- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says that men and women must get an even shot at working in all plant locations; but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration says that a pregnant woman cant work in areas where exposure to certain substances might he dangerous to the fetus. 2) OSHA demands grated floors in butcher shops to reduce the risk of slipping. But the Department of Agriculture says that these same floors must be smooth because grates increase the likelihood of contamination. Paluszek says that most business leaders do accept some federal regulation as a potential aid in their difficult job of balancing their economic and social obligations. However, it seems pretty poor public policy, not only to Paluszek and the business community, but to most people who are honestly concerned with government intrusion in their lives, to give Big Government the authority to set up a tax system based on how well businesses comply with inconsistent, confusing, and often contradictory regulatory objectives. If the Government can do it to businessmen, it can do it to us ordinary folk too. And given half a chance, it will. (Feulner is president of The Heritage Foundation, a Washington-base- d research organization.) 1 d down-the-roa- |