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Show Page 2—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday, Apri! 26, 1979 Israel-Egypt Status Viewe qd NeboPTA Groups Express Opposition Sponsors To 38% Power Increase Hike In Look at World News NotesPortraits WASHINGTON(UPI) — President Carter's plan for a three-year $48 billion aid package for Egypt and Israel, having been overwhelmingly approved by a Senate committee, went before a House pane! today for thefirst time The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the plan 10-2 Wednesday and today the House Foreign Affairs Committee heard administration officials admitit was costly, but cheaper than war The plan still must go before the Senate and then the House, if it is approved by the Foreign Affairs Committee Harold Saunders assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs told the House panel today ‘The sun hasrisen fer thefirst time in 30 years over peacein the Middle East Heandother administration officials disclosed the United States has been urging Germany. Japan Ita ly, France and Canada to join in helping build up Egypt’s economy TEL AVIV, Israel (UPI) Israel announced today negotiations will start Sunday with Egypton thefirst phase of the Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai Desert under the terms of the Israeli - Egyptian peace treaty. The joint Egyptian-Israeli Military Committee will meet at Tassa in the U.N. buffer zone of Sinai in the first roundof talks devotedto technical details of the pullout, the military commandsaid. Thefirst phase is to be completed by Jan. 25. It will mark the first formal session designed to implement the provisions of the treaty, made final Wednesday with the exchangeofratification documents, By United Press International President Anwar Sadat conferred today with visiting Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman in the wake of a surprise announcement by the Egyptian leader that he is studying a proposal to revive the dormant Geneva Arab-Israeli peace conference Immediately after the one-hour meeting with Sadat at Ismailia, Weizman flew to Alexandria to becomethefirst Israeli leader to take a look at the Egyptian navyas a guest In Cairo, a Foreign Ministry spokesman announced that Egypt had decided to break off diplomatic rela tions with Lebanon and Bahrain in response to similar acuon taken by the two countries to protest the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty The rupture brought to 13 the number of Arab states that have severed dipomatic relations with Egypt. The Arab League has a membership of 21 BEIRUT. Lebanon (UPI Israeli artillery and gunboats pounded several south Lebanon targets arranged early today appearedto be holding, Palest nian officials and reports from the scene said Arab newsmen in the south said Israeli artillery pounded the Palestinian-held town of Nabatiyeh and its nearby villages of Aishiyeh, Kfar Tibnit and Ar noun late Wednesday and early today The gunboatsshelled Palestinian positions near the coastal town of Sidon shortly after midnight and were seen patrolling the southern coastline at daybreak’ residents said Palestinian officials said ‘‘Israel made the cease fire request through the United Nations’’ but gave no indication of the Palestine Liberation Organization's answer. Several Beirut newspapers, however, said the United Nations had secured both Palestinian and Israeli agreements to halt the violence. Palestinian officials said field reports received by the guerrilla commandindicated the cease-fire was holding. Foreign Steel Blamed For Closure USS.Steel officials announced, Wednesday, plans for closing the Angeles plant of the American Bridge Division of U.S. Steel; and blamed foreign steel dumping for that closing It is not known whether the closing will effect operations at U.S. Steel's Geneva Plant in Utah County. The Herald attempted to contactofficials in Utah County and Salt Lake City, but top state officials were unavailable for comment. Announcementof the planned permanent shutdown was madeby the division's president, Harry B. Crossfield. According to Mr. Crossfield, the steel fabricating plant will be closed after production of existing orders and contracts are completed later this year. At the same time, Mr. Crossfield said that American Bridge will retain district contracting, engineering and construction offices in Los Angeles American Bridge operates seven other fabricating lants, including facilities at Fresno and South San rancisco, Calif. Mr.Crossfield indicated that some 400 employees will be affected by the Los Angeles plant shutdown. All affected employees will receive applicable benefits for which they are eligible under existing programs, including pensions, supplemental unemploymentbenefits or severance allowance fforts will be made, he emphasized, to offer Aquatics Seminar For Handicapped Taking Place at ‘Y’ A Western States Adapted Aquatics Seminaris being held at Brigham Young University today through Saturday, and is sponsored by the American RedCross. Adapted Aquatics is a swimming and aquatic activity program in which teaching methods are adapted to meet the needs of the handicapped. The program is designed to be conducted in cooperation with schools and organizations in the community that work Escalante Hiking Difficult SALT LAKECITY (UPI) — The Bureau of Land Management says the Escalante Canyons recreation area is not recommended for extensive hiking yet, due to high spring runoff in the area. And the BLM says the Paria Canyon Primitive Area in southern Utah also is very wet and deep water in the canyon has made hiking difficult and dangerous Thefederal agencyalso said several other recreation areas on landsit administers in Utah are not ready for hikers or campers. including the San Rafael Swell area and the Dark Canyon and Grand Gulch primitive areas. directly with impaired, disabled, and handicapped persons, Therewill be nationally recognized instructor trainers andspecialists in handicapped swimming, movement exploration and water learning at the seminar. here are physiological, psychological, and social benefits in an instructional swimming program for handicapped individuals including such things as increased strength. a sense of achievement, and an opportunity for group participation, Impairments and disabilities are often less obviousin the water. and a swimming pool may, in fact, provide opportunities for many activities impossible to do on land The Red Cross trains instructors and aides for the aquatics program recruits volunteers. lends supportive services, and often provides technical advisors and ad ministrative leaders Instructor training in adapted aquatics is available to water safety instructors. basic swimming instructors and other qualified people in many local chapters. Instructor training includes technical information regarding many physical and mental impairments, teaching sug- gestions, simulation of disabilities, and supervised practice teaching of students who have an impairment. Watermaster GARDEN IRRIGATOR The mostingenious watering metnod ever devised! Heavy-duty perforatedpipe sections + water your garden etfortiessly and systematically *, Exclusive regulator bands releasethe A precise amountof water into every row Minimizes run off and evaporation Inexpensive and easy to assemble— > returned. Available at * Money's ProMart, Payson 2 Ahlander Hardware, Provo Carpenter Seed, Provo s and one8 by by 7 or four 4 by package employment to those not eligible for sions other t S. Steel plants. : aa “The decision to terminate fabricating operations in Los Angeles,’ Mr. Crossfield stated, ‘was based on the fact that the plant is unable to suecessfully ae for work. Atthis location, we are not able to outbid our competition because manyof them have an insurmountable advantage through their use of lower priced foreign steel Unfortunately, the well - intentioned Treasury Department Trigger Price Mechanism (TPM) which was meant to halt the dumping offoreignsteelin this country has worked against us on the West Coast. “The lower West Coast trigger prices under the system, for instance, permit Europeansteel to be sold for less in Los Angeles than they do on the East Coast ofthe United States. And as a result of the implementation of TPM, in 1978 foreignsteel mills supplied a record 44 percent of the steel needs in the seven western states area. “Competing for fabricated steel business under ie copeeverconcitiens is impossible and has ‘eft us no choicebutto close thefacility,’ Mr sfield added. ‘ oes Disposal of surplus land of the 100-acre tract, buildings and equipmentwill be transferred to the corporation's USS Realty Development Division. R S. Peck, project manager - west, (213) 328-5105,will be responsible for the developmentand/orsale of the property. Local Offices To Close for Arber Day Provo City offices and Utah Countyoffices will close for Arbor Day but city employees in Orem will remain on the job In the case of the county building being closed Friday, Fourth District Criminal calendar was to be handled by the judges today Kearns Boy Dies in Accident KEARNS, Utah (UPI) — A 4year-old Kearns youth died at Valley West Hospital Wednesday night from injuries he suffered in a car-tricycle accident in front of his home The Salt Lake County Sheriff's office identified the victim of the Wednesday accident as Joseph D Record. Divorces Muriel Elizabeth Grossmai from Richard Chatles Gros sman Julie Ann Grumg trom kim Don Grunig Terry Lynn T Lee Topham Beverly Marilyn Bus from Jess Richard Bust Kathryn M. Fennfrom Robe Jay Fenn Jr ie W Escalerafrom John 1 Escalera DarleneKesler tr n Dale M Kesler Tammy Steele Isaacson RandyIsaacson Darlene Hendrickson Withers Power Board e Southern Utah Valley Power Project x ng for the Colorado River Energy n \SUVPP) c ed of several communities it Despite an admonition fr Chairman Th t authority to ru’ power sold to CRSP customers and CREDAwas also concerned about the methodology used in the rate increase and supported an investigation He noted that RW Black Associates had been employed by CREDA to doan in-depth study to evaluate the impactof alternative rate strategies which might be applied as opposed to the proposed 38 percent i Mr Sheldo.. expressed the hope that US f n SAMDY, LEHI & 200 W., PROVO Bureau of would continue to ing access to their LADIES TOPS mation to assist in the several representatives of groups who purchase power from CRSP took op: position to the proposed rateincrease 1 was for Mr. Gai explained the f y. and to information purposes answer questions that might arise He advised the gathering that objections could be aired in another Meeting scheduled for that purposeon June 26in Salt Lake City On Tuesday a similar information forum was held in Phoenix. Ariz. and today another forumwas scheduled for Denver Bud L. Bonnett, director of the Office of Powerfor ProvoCity, has previously stated that the 38 percent increase would translate to about a 15 percent rate hike for the average residential household in Provo In a lengthy presentation byby representatives of the Department of Energy DOE) and the Western Area Power Administration WAPA) the rate increase wasjustified noting that since 1963 there ave been only two e were atwoperotherincreases. 1 cent hike in 1974 and a seven percent hike in 1977 Various members of the audience took this aspect of the presentation to support their contention that the administration in Washington had handed down an edict that CRSP customers, should be assessed a higher rate to promote energyconservation George Ward, representing the interests of public power in Page, Ariz later expressed the opinion that while the figures presented by WAPA would probably support its claim for more revenue, he questioned the methdology by which those figures were arrived In a brief give - and - take on the forum floor Ted Rampton, representing the Intermountain Power Consumers Association (ICPA), also challenged the figures of WAPA and askedif it would support an investiga tion into the rate request methodology Area Manager of WAPA, Al Gabiola said the request would be consideredif there wassufficient interest in such an investigation Meanwhile, (CREDA) ng WAPA and D hat his organizathe tion represents over 90 percent of tah County George Sheldon, speak Turtle neck Mr Wardobjectedto theinterjection Now 50-60% retail f a graph into the proceedings showing a comparison between power rates paid by CRSP customers and private utility customers. saying it was prejudicial and served no purpose He added later thedifference lends ; costof public power to promote conser: vation as opposedto the original purpose of Colorado power development This he described as controlling the LADIES JEANS ity 30-50% retail river to provide power and irrigation to do the most good at the least possible cost Another main point of contention centered around “participating projects’’ described as a belated section of the CRSP that requires power customers of the project to payin ad- vance for facilities which some claim will notbe built for 50 years and maybe neveratall Said Mr. Ward, “Whether some of these participating projects will ever be built is anybody's guess. And as I understand it they are optional.” He added that the current rate payeris being forced to bear this cost under the proposed 38 percent rate increase Mr. Gabiola advised the meetingthat the existing rate structure is inadequate to repaythe indebtednessof the project and keep up with current maintenance and operating costs. In a prepared statement made available to those attending the meeting were advised, ‘‘The increase in laborcostsfor the project.. is about 150 percent.” This is since 1960 according to the statement. Although the project, by law, must be paid ovt within 50 years beginning with the year 1964, additional participating projects and other costs will keep the consumer underan indebted burden until the year 2052 according to DOE High pressure continued to dominate the weather picture over Utah today, typical spring weather for late April. the National Weather Service says moisture from a low pressure system off the California coast will be spreading eastward into Utah for a chance of showersbylate Fridayor the weekend. The weather in Utah County this evening should be fair and warming, according to forecasters at the Springville Junior High WeatherStation Lowsshould be in the high 30s and winds from the southwest at 0 to 10 mph. Clear skies are expected tomorrow with According to Mr. Gabiola in his prepared statement, without the 38 percent increase his group is planning to institute on Jan. 1, 1980, the system will be short $1.5 billion plus in 2062. Farrer to Honor Students Tonight To encourage excellence and top performance by its students, Farrer Junior High School in honoring those who have achieved in manyareasat their last PTA meeting tonight at 7:30. The program will be presented by the jazz band and concert choir andwill include piano numbersand woodwind and string ensembles. Awards for academic achievementwill be given to the top 21 students in both the seventh and eighth grades. Each department will offer displays and demonstrations, including mini skits from speech drama and foreign languages. Clothing made in home economics will be modeled and a tumbling demonstration will be performed by the physical education department PTA elections wil! be held and refreshments will be served temperatures day through Friday by 6120 oo 58 44 544 Provo Richiteld 62.36 4 36 Men---..30% tai 7 STRAW HATS NEA Service PAYSON — The dance classes of the Payson High School are presenting a dance revue A Time To Dance” on Saturdayat 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium The public is invited to attend and there is a charge for admission BOYSSOCKS Pre ccseed Scrips Laogue Newspapers, nc cater otthe post officein Provo, Utah ranging Burle Cedar City Idaho Falls Lewiston Logan Ogden Piece. Great for a businessman, Graduate 30% rt 355 North 200 West, Provo, Utoh 84601 BE JENSEN, Pu: isher Dance Revue from the low 60s to high 30s. Winds will be from the southwest at 0 to 10 mph It was clear and 46 degrees this morning at 8:45. The humidity was 58 per cent, the barometric pressure was 30.47inches and steady, and winds were from the southwest at 0 to seven mph. The high temperature yesterday was 60 degrees, dropping to 38 during the night. Winds reached 0 to five mph. gusting occasionallyto16 mph. The extended forecast for Saturday through Sunday calls for fair skies on Saturday. clear skies on S y, and scattered clouds on Monday H ighLow Pep Boise 63.39 an ese ae MEN'S SUITS figures Che Boibyefeerala Schedules As Low Sends in Moisture BURLINGTON SOCKS CHILDREN’S WEAR Payson High Showers Expected Friday WRANGLER CORDS nn support to the theory that the administration is seeking to increase the from Kenneth Lowell Withers Month & Months One Year Mall RATES IN UNITED STATES HERALD TELEPHONE NUMBERS CIRCULATION a. 20% OFF 3450 $27.00 $54.00 FELT HATS haa Bailey, Resistol 35.00 $30.00 $60.00 Ml rn. .B0% OFF 373-5050 375-5103, ALL TIMEX WATCHES & WaT HE 30%OFF ae TWO OF THE BEST REASONS TO BUY YOUR BOOTS AT REAM'S: 6) 48 1. Wehavethe largest selection of boots in all of Utah. 2. We mark all of our boots downat least 34% off retail. 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