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Show , m a, m m -- I'tf pj T1 rfW'W 11 Thursday, January THE GREEN SHEET 2. 1986 Local Oracles Eye Tomorrow's Mews SANDY . At this time of year, arm- chair oracles of all stripes look to the year ahead. Several local diviners have eyeballed 1986, and if their pro- gnostications prove correct, observers can: expect Sen. Orrin Hatch to become a Supreme Court Justice as Sandra Day OConnor assumes the Vice Presidency; watch as racketeering schemes are exposed locally in the next 12 months prompting new organized crime laws from the legislature; hope to see Oriental businesses consider locating in Utah with an automobile manufacturing plant a possibility for the Beehive State; endure the foggy conditions which will continue until February and the wet spring to follow which will bring the Great Salt Lake to meet or exceed last years high watermark; and look for changes to occur in Utahs liquor laws with higher taxes k a likely and distinct possibility. These tantalizing tidbits of oracular advice, among others, were made public recently during the third annual Utah Astrological Society prediction banquet. The dinner, held Dec. 21 at the Willow Creek Country Club, featured prophecies for the year ahead of five society members -Lynn Hachmeister of Holladay, Salt Lakes C. R. Apitz, former Murray resident Davyd Daniels, Bountifuis Walta S. Jones and Dan Christensen of Draper as the highlight of the organizations annual Ms. Hachmeister, known primarly for consulting the stars to make sports predictions on radio, forecasts an extremely wet spring in 1986. Due to unusually wet weather, Utahs sewer systems could be damaged and falter, she said. Earthquakes, too, are expected in Utah in 1986, with a seismic event of foreseen for major proportions California on Columbus Day - Oct. liquor-by-the-drin- - 12. Outsiders, such as theologians, university professors and historians, she said, will be instrumental in researching LDS documents involved in the current controversy over the origins of the LDS church. Changes are also predicted in Utahs archaic liquor laws, she noted, which will finally allow liquor consumers to better control their intake. By this I mean that open debate regarding the minibottle system here will at least make all Utahns aware that the minibottle system is contributing to more drunks and more drunk drivers. A change to a system in which liquor consumers are served less alcohol is evident. Some of her other predictions included: increased espionage, with a world-wid- e spy cleanup campaign reaching a dramatic climax in the fall of 1986; gun control debates will again rage on Capitol Hill, but no resolution to the problem is seen this year; foreign trade and trade affairs will undergo a major change in 1986, and trade with countries like Japan which benefit from lopsided import-exporatios may be severely curtailed; and; continuing resistance by Israel over the construction of an LDS facility on its soil, with violence or sabotage a likely result. Apitz, husband of former Green Sheet astrologist and current Utah Astrological Society president Sue Apitz, focused his predictions primarily on the international and financial fields. The stars, he said, indicate a period of deflation continuing for the next 12 years throughout the nation. It would be wise, he said, to have all your assets tied up firmly in cash. For the next 12 months, though, the planets indicate investment possibilities exist which may be used to good advantage. The market looks to stay the same until the Vernal Equinox (March 21), he said, but for the three months following, the market will take a pretty good sized spurt. The rest of 1986 doesnt look all that rt intriguing, with the summer decidedly neutral and fall and winter both down. Among other predictions, Apitz also foresees: President Reagan dealing more with internal concerns and private affairs in 1986 than with public policy; attitudes of the courts changing with a more freewheeling attitude prevailing; the next presidential elected in this country being a real milestone in the history of the United States; and increased aggravations for the Mormon church, with confrontations with open enemies and the possibility of legal involvements indicated for the coming year. Numerologist Davyd Daniels, who bases his predictions on the vibrations of numbers rather than the movements of the stars, puts Orrin Hatch on the Supreme Court bench as a result of Ronald Reagans faltering health. Reagan steps out of the limelight, he asserted. Cancer is more prominent in his body than officials are telling us. Daniels foresees President George Bush choosing a female to succeed him in the vice presidential role. Perhaps the rhythm of succession will be broken as Sandra Day OConnor becomes our first female vice president and Orrin Hatch of Utah will serve as Supreme Court Justice, Daniels asserted. the possibility of turmoil and uprisings in our jails and prisons, with scandals in both the court system and local police departments; and another monumental disaster in Utah which will be spotlighted on the national news, possibly connected with some form of transportation. Drapers Dan Christensen also focuses his astrological charts on the financial and international fields. He foresees oil as being a major factor in the coming year, with a continuing drop in oil prices as a key to understanding other events. Major oil producing countries will curtail, to a large extent, their IT FIGURING OUT . . . Astrologiit Lynn Hachmeister plots a natal chart for the Beehive state prior to the Utah Astrological Society's third he investing in foreign makets, said. The oil glut and price declines will continue for about a year and a half, and then will even out. Christensen also predicts soaring debts accruing to foreign oil producing countries as their oil profits dissipate. However, financially in 1986, the American public will continue to enjoy the success of stable interest rates and more readily available monies, he asserted. President Reagan, though, will continue to have a difficult time getting his tax package passed, Christensen said. If he does succeed in having his tax reform package passed, there will be much friction with the American people annual prediction banquet. Hachmeister and four other society members gave predictions there for the coming year. over it. Among other things, Christensen also foresees: another major air tragedy occurring this month (January) ; additional espionage uncovered in Israel, with more and more people connected with the buying and selling of secrets; Russia actively seeking a solution to the Afghanistan confict to remedy both the bad publicity it has caused and to relieve the pressures on its own economy ; and things which have been hidden over the past three years coming to the surface. These hidden things, he asserted, will have to be dealt with along the lines of spending. While events in 1986 will prove or disprove the predictions made at the Utah Astrological Society banquet, some of the speculations are interesting nevertheless. When an earthquake hits the Beehive State next spring, Sen. Hatch becomes a Supreme Court Justice and a monumental disaster in the transportation field occurs in Utah during the coming year, just remember you read it here first. The Astrological Society of Utah meets the third Thursday of each month at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Salt Lake. Those desiring additional information may call Sue Apitz Walta S. Jones or Bonnie Wilson (292-1229- ), (363-203- f QDdDOD'tt WflDIPFy aODdDOOft It ydDOOF BD(SCs CDOOU o Jl ' t" o o see the trends but don't want to really believe them. 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