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Show ah Windowon the World ks the Winnerin British Vote Wilson Loo the AngioSaxot ” Monday, October 7, 1974, THE HERALD, Prove, Viah— Page 15 Tones Upin1 Many Cities When the state property tax levy of 1.60 mills was eliminated in 1974 a lot of taxypavers thought they'd ai least have this slight relief from the trend of rising taxes. But in manycities, including Provo, the state levy cut was more than offset by increases in levies of other taxing units. ‘ove’s composite tax levy, in fact, went up 4.11 mills from 7.71 mills in 1973 to 91.82 for 1974, with the following breakdown: Provo City municipal levy, 27 mills, an increase from 25.35 in 1973; os ve Provo School District, 53.32 mills, up from 49.76 in 1973, U charged is the rise in assessed valuation due to new economic development. This factor has heined many faxing uniis to hold the line on tax levies. Nevertheless the over-all burden continues to rise in many of the state's communities. Certainly, the beleaguered texpayer would hope that every taxing agency will go the second mile in working for efficiency and economy and in holding the line on the levy and getting the most from the tax dollar. About 59 per cent of the total property taxes charged in Provo this year will go for school purposes, according to a breakdown taken from a Utah Foundation study. The report indicated that 29 per cent of the property tax collected im Provo will go for municipal purposes, 10 per cent for county purposes, and 2 per cent for the water conservancy district. According to the foundation study, of the 58 major Utah municipalities located in counties that were not revalued this year, the overall mill rate was raised in 27 cities and reduced 31. The total average rate for school, municipal, county, and special district purposes in these 58 communities rose from 85.90 mills ($83.90 per $1,000 assessed valuation) in 1973 to 84.24 mills in 1974. A factor, ether than tax levies, which affects the taxes winner in the Oct. 10 generai election, with = fair siced working majority in parliament The Liberals have been talking the last general election Feb. 28 But the Scottish Nationalists who won seven seats in journalists the tip that Paris has been chosen as 8 headquarters for internationaiterrorism ‘They say a congress of anarchist that number considerably and eauld even become the second largesi party in Scotland, which be heid in Paris in January, 1875, to diseuss projects of kidnaping French ambassaders and about a “breakthrough” if they elects 71 members to the 635- Labor party locks a certzin can get 27 per cent or more of the polls have given them an average of 18-20 per cent which keep the two seats they won in {{ should have been a major topic of consideraticn by both. But it wasn't. In fact, it's douliiul whether the President and his various economic assistants know about it — and the same goes for the numerous other sur participants and experts and masterminds. That's extremely regrettable, because whatthe report starkly discloses is that, despite all the talk about “‘cutting”’ the budget and “holding down” the pudget, airport rented by the wife of a Japanese professor DST agents are watching the groups to cellect evidence of their networks hefore making arrests and expelling them the Middle Past. The tiplomats say they beheve Mexcow las been behind the campaign of the PLO te take its case before the United Nations in New York, thus passing from a teerorist group of refugees into the pose of peoples in exile demsading a return of their territory, An Arafat Palestinian Communist Toehoid Diplomats in Paris say the from the Departement de Surveillance du Territoire (DST, the french FBI) that both the Palestinians and Japanese red Soviet Union long has prepared armygroups are making Paris Liberation Organization leader for the creation of a Palestine slate headed by Palestinian state would be proSeviet, the diplomats say. The Soviet Union is by no means resigned to the American penetration into the Middle East and is merely waiting to play its Arafat trump card ‘The manwith the funny middle America’s secreiary of defense, a position of inordinate power. With reorganizations, memos, task forces, computers and political clout he could cause s for those stiff fines, they nae an officer want pretty definite proof before he arrests someone. But not only is littering not an obvious act, like running a red light, it is not as dangerous to other motorists. Thus litterers rank far down on the policeman’s priority list of offenders. Lower, morerealistic fines might increase the likelihood of more arrests and hence better enforcementof the antilitter laws, think Heberlein. We think he thinks smart. great armies to rumble and roar or to lie meeklystil} He gave all that up and became president of the World Bank and now his constituency is made up of muilions, but they are mostly the survivorsof catastrophies or headed for calastrophies, They have neither voles nor money to Paul Harvey a 1964, $16.1 billion these profoundly significant statistics. And neither does Rep. George Mahon, D-Tex., chairman and a foremost authority on the federal budget The tall, able legislator does note sadly the seemingly inexorable increase in the cost of federal employment. But other than commenting that this amountedto $2.4 billion morelastfiscal year than previously, he refrains from any strictures. the Texan is letting the str 3 speak fur themselves. Which is aii right — as far as that goes, The grievousdifficulty is it doesn’t go very far. Although an official document, the report is virtually unknown. This writer showed it to particinants in the By PAUL HARVEY Harnessing the sun to produce solar energy for American homes could becomea $77 billion business within 10 years. Just when it appears we're running out of gas. the world’s dest energy source offers to warm our hearths and create a whole new industry as great as, or greater than, the automobile industry. And another thing: A “mystery ship"’ is right now in Hawaiian waters, anchored off the island of Maui At the moment this mav be the only ship in the world capable fo minerals fram the ocean fleor. ‘The present secrecyrelates to jurisdictional dispules not yet adjudicated. But when what belongs to whom has been clarified, the potential mineral harvest is astronomical Already we have sarnplings sufficient to indicate a host of minerals from the ocean floor: platinum, gold, silver. palladium, osmium, iridium — all precious metals — plus manganese and titanium, a gross annual harvest of manybillions oi doliars. Also, in the Atlantic Ocean is another ship called the Lulu, mother ship for a deep-diving submarine named Alvin. Last count I have, that super-sub had been down 44 times surveying some rugged mountains 9,000 feet below the surface, and down therein the dark they have found food encuigh for everybody. The Atiante is “thick” with fish and other organisms. Dr. Wilfred Bryan of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute says, “It’s a veritable zoo down Letters to Editor Reader Outlines Views History On Rhodesian Question The Almanac By United Press International Today is Monday. Oct. 7, the The moon is approaching its last quarter. The morning stars are Venus and Saturn. The eveniig stars are Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this date are American poet James Whitcomb Riley was born Oct. 7, 1849. Onthis dayin history: In 1916, in the most staggering football defeat ever recor- In 1963, Bobby Baker resigned system to follow the 90-day wage-price freeze he imposed in mid-August. A thought for the day Arnerican poet James Whitcomb Riley said, ‘The peachis highest on the tree ~ BARBS__ By What every family necds is afrozen feud cabiriet Rela: an video show you miss this fall is already scheduled for next summer's reruns. conceded its anything about it. Tt remains to be scen how President Ford can make good of tis pledge to hold the nextfederal budget to $300 billion without drastically cuibing federal employment. If he doesn't effectively restrict that and reverse the arinual rise in the numberand costof the federal payrol!, he'll never inake the $200 billion ceiling. sevoping Today In economic cunference, and it was newsto them. All readily significance, but non: “would be satisfied with less than 1 per cent of the gross national of these rich nations. They give about three-tenihs of Beyond the Now Horizon ‘280th dayof 1974 with 85 to follow. In contrast, in fiscal 1973 the totals were 2,700,265 employees; cost — $33.3 Hee In 1969, the civilian federal bargain with. He calls them inal men.” ake behind a faneytitle and frym a lovely headquariers building in Washingten, MeNamara seeks the cru: the massive wealth of industrial and oil producing countries, He “HONEST... | DON'T THINK | CAN MEET YOUR MONTHIY INCREASES “ as Senate Democratic secretary after being charged in a $300,000 civil suit with usinghis influence for personal monetary gains In 1971, President Nixon announced an economic control economic summit — just as it was ignored by the media. Orly slicked down hair once was less than half of last fiscal year's all time high. The report, issued by the Joint Committee on Reduction of Federal Expenditures, draws no moral about study was nol mentioned at the yr now speaks for the lambs. ded, Georgia Tech humbled Cumberland University 222 to 0. Tn 1961, 37 persons were killed when a Britisi airliner crashed inthe French Pyrenees. In reality, not a dime in actual expenditures was saved. In effect. this loudly-fanfared reputed econornizing was merely window-dressing. Forecefully underscoring that is the report dealing with actual government expenditures and pinpointing one of the basic causes of the constantly soaring cost of the federal government. Remarkably, this highly illuminating toehaid mansion By CHARLES E. FLINNER $35.7 billion, thet the Armed Services Committees. either rejected or postponed for the time being miitary attaches. Various Paris magazines have published tips Yasser Arai ne last May in a suburban WASHINGTON (UPI) — Robert Strange MeNamarais aman who mastered young lions and published report on a major aspect of government spending the huge defense budget had been cut by some $4billion is inherently tripe. What the claimed siashing actually amounted to was shuffling of papers — big spending vroposals by the Pentagon February. and terrorist organizations will their nervecenter and have held twe secret meetings, including Globai Scene federal employment continues to climb — aisd 30 does s In the past federal employment and its costrocketed to an all-time high. Following are the soberingstatistics: Totai employment — 2,778,951; cost — soars; also why the bombastic con- February. look Hike increasing popular votes. But they do not ick Whe doing so Ail opinion By ROBERT§. ALLEN WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 — To importantly help him make good on his dramatic pledge al the economic reducing the budget, it continually perliamentary seats they won at seat British parliament. But experts say the Welsh Notionalicts will do well if they underthe signof Libra. gressional announcement last wek that Terrorist Congress: > Counter-espionage ygents in France are circulating among Of Litter What good are anti-‘littering signs if most peopie don’t think they apply to them? Or ugly looking litter barrels which may, in themselves, be an eyesore? Or $100 fines for littering if they are seldom enforced? Not very much says University of Wisconsin sociologist Thomas Heberlein who has found that many people simply don’t seem to regard their littering acts as littering. Morespecific signs, such as “Paper is litter, don’t throw paperout of you car,” is one of his suggestions for eAENE the ghway litter rpbolem, Another is brighter, more attractive, “fun to use’’ cans that encourage the litterer to re-use (hem, Payroll Part of Federal Budget’s Built-In Spiral It revealingly pinpoints 2 root cause of the seemingly never-ending increase in federal expenditures. The report graphically demonstrates why, despite the incessant clatter about sysvem they may end up with mo more than the M4 The Politics Inside Washington summit to limit the next federai budget to $300 billion, President Ford wouldfind it highly useful to examine a newly “winner takes ail’ name and the unfashionably Ce mills, same for both years; and the Ceniral Utah Water ConservancyDistrict, 2 mills, up from 1.50 in 1973. The Provo school levy for 1974 reflects the increase made by the board of education in connection with the new high school to be built. The tax levy trend for Provo for the pasi 24 years has been as follows: 1950, composite levy of 67.35 mills; 1960, 76.03 mills; 1965, 83.91; 1970, 92.01; 1973, 87.71; and 1974, $1.82 mills. Sy PHIL. NEWSOM rureiga News Anaiysi Wilson the Winner ; Uniess 2i Britain's opinion polis are hopelessly wreag, Prime Minister Haroid Wilson's job at the hamburger iding the hamburger e pickle c The difference between dining out and eating out is about $5.75 ner person. ‘The letter written by Mr. Hart concerning Rhodesian sanctions contained many impressive facts and figures, but he either purposefully ignored oris simpiy ignorant of some other extremely importantfacts, Mr. Hart failed to mention what our alternative to buying Rhodesian chrome might be Chrome is essential to the preductis inless steel and other high-performance steels and super alloys. There are scores of items vital to our national defense and well-being that simply cannot be made without chrome. We haveto have chrome and lots of it. Unfortunately, the U.S. doesn’t have its own deposits of this material and there are only two placesin the world where we can get sufficient quantities of it These main sources are Rhodesia and the Soviet Union. Mr. Hart made the suggestion that purchasing chrome from Rhodeisa is wrong because a minority group consisting of about5 per centof the population holds most of the governmental positions there and are supposedly responsible for the rest of the population’s ‘‘social, ECONOMIC, and political et Union is ruled completely by Communists which make up 5 per cent of the Russian population. Remember also that the Soviet Union has been our enemy, notour friend as Rhodesia would like to be. On top of all this, the Soviet Union has raised the price of their chrome substantially. Why should we have to pay outrageous premium for the “privilege” of buying chrome from a government which would destroy ournationif itcould? No write to your congressmen and urge them to du all they can to send S. 1868 to defeat once and for all. The defeatof S. 1868 will mean a great victory for a free and independent United States and a serious setback for her enemies. Gordon E. Nielson 518N. 11308. No 9 Provo one per cent. tere! Part of the transverse canyon is carpeted with petropods, resembling horseshoe crabs. They and the fantastic abundance and variety of fish prove that the plantlife and the wateritselfare richinnutrients. Man,for food, reust (urp tothe sea, en Morgan Guaranty Trust, projeeting the potential, i that ourfish take from the world's seas will multiply many times beyond the present 50 million metric tons. The cost of farming the seas will be substantial, but explorers for oil and minerals will share the projected $20 billion cost over the next decade. Presently our government is ing a relatively modest half-billion dollars a yeer on marine science. Private companies are spending much more than that. ‘The “mystery ship” off Hawaii which I mentioned is financed by Howard Hughes. In the month of August, 1,000 authorities on nutrition, food technology and agriculture from. % hernisphere nations huddled in Bal Harbour, Fla. They contemplated the future ratio of food and population and concluded that land use alone is not adequate for mankind’s survival. Most of those fons have dene nothing to harvest their offshore areas beyond some oil exploration, The future harvests will come from the ocean's bottoms, and we've touched onlythe surface McNamara, president of the bank for more than six years, Keeps haminering away. To a polished audience of central bank governors and finance ministers from all over the world attending a World Bank meeting here, he warned that for millions a downward ae due to inflation and oil prices:**means simp! the risk of death.” “Aid is not a luxury... aid is a ing social and moral responsibility, and its need now is greater than ever,” he said It is also McNamara’s view thai aidis in the selfinterest of affluent countries. For example,failure to give the poorest countries aid so they can improve their own food production means that these “marginal men" will give up something else (o muster their meagerresources t¢ buythe {cod they need to stay alive. It is difficult to overcome the habit of eating. And this, he said, means more competition for searce food supplies and ultimately higher prices for bread and meat in the rich countries, McNamara seems to be a moderator over a panei of deaf on the one side and the dying on the other, Noble Corks The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, a fraternai org. ioundedin 1868 in The organization wasorigi- nally called “The Jolly Corks.” Berry's World Swedish Girl Seeks Penpal Editor Herald Some days ago I received a letter from pe Swedish girl who asked me to try to find her a pen pal. i'm an immigrant myself from that country. She wanted, “nd had for a long time wanted to have a penpal from epee USA. Th vites, | hot she wanisonwrite toa Mormon She has studied in school about the Mormonsand wantsto learn more about them from her penpal. Natural Winner Tom Longboal, an Onondaga ladian the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario and world champion long distance run ner in 1906, raced a horse over a i2inile course and won. He also won the 25-mile aston Marathon in 1967 in di time. In 19}2, he set a ord for the t5-mile distanee thatstill stands. She is 15 years old and if possible she wants to correspond with somebody of her own age.If anybody has the desire to learn about a country and its peaple and at the same time be a missionary the address to or to is Yiva Sincerely Songrid Nuthali Lehi ion, was New Yor City by 18 actors and entertainers with the objective of promoting good fellowship. © 1978 byMen “My home canning project works out to around three dollars perjar, but who. knows — imaybe wo'll sill come out ahead.” j 3 ‘ |