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Show Tuesday, October 27, 1970 THE HERALD,Provo, Utah—Page 5 Utah Motor Vehicle Taxes Rated Moderate to High and $88 in the eight Mountain States, property taxes imposed on motorvehicles in Utah this year range from moderate to high when compared with Mountain States and U.S. averages. This was the conclusion Total highway-user and $89 in the United States as a reached by Utah Foundation, the private tax organization, research following an examination of a recent study prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. Rated High According to the report, total state and local taxes (registration, ERNEST THOMAS,left, and Lynn Robinson, : construct a storage cabinet for use in a dormitory building at the American Fork Training School. More than 200 storage units Herold Pholo by Betty G. Spencer have been built in the shop this year, greatly adding to the liveability of the 40 buildings. Eachcabinet is built to exact specifications of the need by the carpenter staff at the school. ASSISTANT TRAINING SCHOOL superintendent, Jay Stevens,right, and maintenance department supervisor Del Huntsman assist of the new fireprooi shop _in_com New Shop Building Underway At Am. Fork Training School * By BETTY G.SPENCER * AMERICAN FORK — The heart” of the maintenence department at Utah State Training School is presently housed in a war-surplus dance Ball. Here the anlnerance eo specialistsare based, op wor! ' eompleted and assembled. The thaintenance departmentis carpentry, 1 plumbing, masonry, lectrical, welding and maintenance work at the extensive eampus. Boiler firemen and air _ éonditioning men areincluded in - therosterof trades represented, to Del Huntsman, “handiman” repairs for the entire school are handled by the department. The 20-man crew works on a threeshift schedule. Arraigning Postponed Mechanical Cow Capable Of Producing Real Milk For Leavitt LONDON (UPI) —All those cow is 12 feet by 20 feet by contented cows would 2hoke on eight feet. For every ton of their cuds if or see3what green matter put in at one end: it will produce 180 gallons of Dr. Hugh Franklin has He has produced ieoacs protein milk at the other. Even ie comes naturally to cows. the inventor does not insist that it tastes exactly like traditional Dr. Franklin is a research milk but he beleves he can chemist who in eventually extract a substance conve: it sources into so like it that it will be an proteins. For the past nine acceptable substitute in counyears he has been constructing tries which suffer from mulk a mechanical cow and recently es, gee aboutit for the first Thefirst of Britain's mechaHis cow doesn’t moo,flick its nical cowsis being installed on tai! or gaze with soulful on a farm which has 20 tons a day the farmer. Neither does it of vegetable waste which at need a veterinarian. A mechait simply rots, Dr. Frannic, perhaps, but not a vet. Nor lin’s machinewill grind it, does it eat expensive fodder. mix it with oils, sugars and pa green vegetable waste will other chemicals, pasteurize’ and homogenizeit and pour out some Dr. Franklin's mechanical 3,600 gallons of protein. workspaceto keep pacewith the growth of the institution. The shop hee was moved onto campus in 1945. NEPHI — In the Fifth Judicial Oneof the year-round projects shoA new 50 by 100 footfireproof District Court at Nephi, Oct, 23, shop building oy at the shop is the arr for Carl wit storage cabinets which me Leavitt, 42, Scipio, on charges of been utilized in each building on date set for early 1971. The second degree burglary, was concrete and metal structure campus. Some 200 units have extended to Nov. 29th because been built to specifications of the has been planned several times counsel for the defendant. various buildingsduringthefirst in the past, but due to budget Sumner Hatch,Salt LakeCity, limitations has been po: 10 months ofthis year, said Mr. was notpresent. Huntsman. This is one of the present a warehouse, Leavitt was returned to Utah improvementprojects which several blocks away, making County Jail at Provo by Sheriff improvesthe liveability of the 19 efficient work operations dif- A. DuaneSperry. dorms and total of about 40 buildings on the training schoolicult, Thepresent atbain will Miss Nancy Reese of Ogden, campus. be retained and will be utilized also arrested for the burglary of The existing shop is severely by trade crews, according to Jay Nephi Clinic on July15, ae hampered bylack of storage and Stevens, assistant sunerintendent at the Utah State been released from Utah er Training School, who is jail on $2,000 bond andwill also responsible for the building appear in 5th Judicial Court Nov. 20. pre 1 WinterClasses Being OrganizedforSeniors building being constructed adjacent to the small shop building at the Training School, which was a war surplus dance hall. gasoline, property, and other) levied in , 1970 on a typical 1968 imported passenger car amount to $63 in Utah, compared with an average of $53 in the Mountain States and $56 in the fifty states of the nation, Utah's tax burden on this type of motor vehicle is 16th highest in the nation. The total tax on a medium weight passenger car (1968 model) is equal to $198 in Utah, Halloween Fetes Set in Mapleton MAPLETON — Halloween parties are planned for all three MIA organizations in Mapleton this SheedLars evening the Second Ward held a costume partyin the cultural hall at the church for everyone of mutual age. Grace Bennettis president of the YWMIA and Harold Whiting is president of the YMMIA. They extend an invitation to all of their ward members to attend. The First and Third Wards will hold parties on Wednesday ts evening, First Ward Lena Mae Korth and Dal Peterson report that a dance will be heldin the cultural hall of the church for all of their ward members of mutual age and their parents. The hall will be gaily decorated in a Halloween atmosphere. Mapleton Third Ward is holding a movie in the Peter Banks Barn. Those attending should be prepared to sit on bales of straworon the floor, whole. Utah rauked 11th among the fifty states in total taxes imposed onthis venicle, For a heavy passenger car, the taxes average $181 in Utah, $137in the Mountain States, and $140 in the United States, Utah's rank for this vehicle was 10th highest in the nation, * About Average Although the total tax burden on passenger cars and small trucks is relatively high in Utah, the report points out that it is about average for most larger trucks and tractor-trailer combinations. For example, total taxes on a 55,000 pound gross weight, four-axle, dieselpowered, tractor-semitrailer combination in private operation in Utah amount to $1,590 per year. Taxes on such a combination average $1,623 in the Mountain States and $1,474in the United States, and Utsh’s ranking among thefifty statesis 20th. Foundation analysts point out that the tax comparisons exclude Federal taxes but include state and local property taxes imposed on motor vehicles. While such property taxes are not,strictly speaking, highwayuser taxes, they are closely associated with motor vehicle registration fees. In Utah, a motor vehicle owner must first obtain a property tax clearance before he is permitted to register poia the vehicle in the Stal ‘Atogether, the report estimates that Federal, state, and local governments will expend $19 billiuu for highway purposes in 1970. Approximately $9.6 billion of this sum is expected to come from state and local highway-user taxes and fees. Federal revenues from excise taxes on highway users are projected at $4.9 billion. Other taxes (such as the property tax) fees, appropriations, special assessments, bond receipts, and miscellaneous revenue account for the remaining funds available for highway expenditure this year. Reserve Monday, Nov. 13 for } Provo Senior Citizens are the the Provo Senior Citize for the return include: physical fitness, to carry the reservations defensive driving, garden club engagement. and crafts. Classes will at the center, Wednesday start as soor sufficient numbers 2p.m. — Book Review, ‘Tess ited Eldred Center lounge. *2p.m. — Travelogue: Films — “Lassies Litter Bug,’’ and “Wilderness Enc: t.” up of Senior D'Urbervilles,” Giteens will fercipate ina of the Mrs. Lee C. Knell, by creativeclass at the Cenavien School, Monday, Nov. 2 at 11 am. {Utah County Art Association will have its aes art exhibit at the Eldred Center during the featuring George S. Ballif on Month of November. The cates “World Peace Through Law,” Hite Center Ball Room. he annual tea and p.m. — Senior Citizen réception will be held Nov. 1 rite at feel Lanes. i 3 p.m. until 6 pn. ursday 4pm. — Bowling at Regal ‘Provo Senior Citizens have Lanes. 1pm. — daneClub (Eldred Eete ba Aas Center Lounge, Mrs. Clara tour of the building and Anderson). omni Cake eeat io” 1pm. —4pm. — “Fun For aim, and parent bel Bos Everyone” shuffle board, indoor eaeintial i) bingo, checkers, children at the school lunch at horseshoes, billiards; refreshments: 14:45 a.m.(Price-40 cents.) Stevenson and Lois Larsen. Monday Wounded Presidents 10 a.m. Exploring 11 a.m. — Senior Gitvens at Ithough 21 U.S. presidents were in military serv- Sener school. Planning session, ice at some time in their Yves, only three were Ui‘Technical College. 4p.m. — Bowling at the Regal wounded in battle. James Monroe was wounded in the Lanes, Tuesday Sey War; Ruther1pm. — Art Class, Salomon ford B, Hayes was wounded fbur times while serving in Aranda, North Hall. 8 p.m. — Senior Citizen i Union Army; John F. ennedy suffered an injury Dancing Club, Eldred Center hile servinjiin the Navy in ball room. “Election Day,” SeniorCitizens vote. World War LOOK ‘FOR- Two nonstoDS a day to CHICAGO ‘O0am ‘OO pm “aT, SPECIAL- SECTION IN TODAY'S:PAPER LATE: NIGHT OPENING- Shop Wed.,Oct., 28 a 9 ra PROVO» PENNEY Now, Americanflies nonstop to Chicago both morning and afternoon. Our 9:00 am flight also flies to Detroit. And our 3:00 pm flight goes on to Washington, D.C. Call your Travel Agent. He can help you get the mostfor your money. it’s good to know you're on American Airlines |