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Show i l l Al in i io O dN noir a 1UOS oo a Region 7 Emery defeats Pine View play-of- f. in drive for Page 4A Tuesday iH-ao- t7hi 3 001 to-3-i- 100 no i V i',Mv I o Candidate Ghosts Local hopefuls discuss the issues. Only the spectres are left where a town Page 6A once stood. Page 99th Year -- No. 87 October 30, 1990 Assault, kidnapping 1 B JOHNSON A negotiated plea bargain agreement has disposed of the joint criminal action filed against three Colorado teenagers. The teens were charged as adults in connection with an alleged escape, aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, kidnapping and high speed chase incident on Aug. 4. The three juveniles, Adrian Russell Hickey, na Miller and Paul Richard Aili Keo- Payne, appeared in the custody of the Carbon County Sheriffs Office before Judge Boyd Bun- nell at a specially scheduled 7th District Court session last Friday to answer 10 felony level criminal counts. The charges included one first degree aggravated robbery, one first degree child kidnapping, one second Three Colorado juveniles await their return to jail following their appearance in court last Friday. Pictured from left to right are Paul Richard Payne, attorney Dan Keller, Aili Keona Miller, cents case ends in plea bargain By LVNNDA Staff writer r 50 Price, Utah Adrian Russell JHickey and Carbon County head jailer Bob Krajnc. , degree escape from official custody, one second degree theft, one second degree failure to respond to a police officers signal to stop and five third degree aggravated assault offenses. Serving as the states prosecutor in the joint criminal case, Carbon County Attorney Gene Strate presented the disposition arrangement to the court. He pointed out that the prosecution had experienced difficulty in meeting the legislative intent of the first degree child kidnapping count. The young child could not relate what had actually happened during the incident. Due to questions concerning the intent of the defendants, the county attorneys office had agreed to reduce the charge to a lesser included, second degree kidnapping category. Strate explained that Payne had agreed to plead guilty to the lesser kidnapping offense in addition to all other counts contained in the joint criminal information, with the exception of one aggravated assault filed in connection with an alleged attack on youth correction guard Alice Olson. Hickey and Miller had agreed to enter pleas on the kidnapping reduction plus six additional offenses, including one aggravated assault count (Continued on Page 2A) Congressional candidates speak, campaign in Price By LAYNE MILLER Staff writerr Bill Orton, Democratic con- tender for the Third Congressional District seat, says todays politicians have a 10-seco- sound bite mentality." He says, Thats what they need to do to get on TV, so thats the way they think." Orton held a noon hour voters forum at the College of Eastern Utah last Wednesday. Orton is a practicing tax attorney with offices in Salt Lake City and Washington, D.C. His opponent, Republican Karl Snow, was also in town on the campaign trail, visiting with the county commission and other residents as he stopped in Price last Wednesday. However, Snow did not debate Orton or speak concerning his stand on the issues. Orton told his CEU audience he lets reason and common sense guide his thought processes and decision making. That seems to distinguish me from most politicians," he said. The articulate political hopeful answered questions from the mostly young, school-age- d crowd in attendance. The first question asked Orton if he was in favor of raising taxes to balance the budget Orton called the national debt a very , very critical problem." He then revealed a unique plan he says would balance the budget and pay off the national debt in 15 years. He calls his plan a national transfer tax that would impose a tax on the transfer of all money in the U.S. economy, including all goods and services. It would include such unusual services as the stock market and all other exchanges of money. It would be a broad-base- d tax that would amount to less than one percent. Youre taxing money, so it taxes those with the most money,, the rich," h,e explained. To pay off the national debt, Orton would require a ammend-men- balanced budget t and he would separate the interest on the debt and the debt itself from the federal budget. With the $200 billion removed from the budget, it would be much easier to force a balanced budget each year. The $3.4 trillion budget owed in the national debt and the $200 billion yearly interest owed would be paid off using the national transfer tax. A process Orton says would take about 15 years, then the tax would be abolished. The national transfer tax, originally conceived by James Madison, author of the U.S. Constitution, is fair because it is so broad-base- d it doesnt hurt one section of the country or one group of citizens more than another. Orton said he is not in favor war in the Middle East. He favors the course being taken by President Bush, working on the Iraq problem with U.S. allies and through the United Nations. of going to Only after all other attempts at ending the problem have failed would Orton consider taking military action against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. We cannot allow anyone to take over a neighbor by force, he said. Orton said he is committed to protecting the environment, but he doesnt believe wilderness designation is the appropriate way to bring about that protection. He says the same thing can be accom- plished using the BLMs ACEC (areas of environmental concern) process. ACECs can contain the same restric- tive use as wilderness, but it requires a public hearing to initiate the restrictions and the public can appeal the decision and it doesnt take an act of Congress to rescind it, he said. Orton also responded to a question about the abortion issue. He said he is opposed to the use of public money to fund abortions overseas and he believes abortion is a state issue. I am opposed to abor tion except in the case of rape, incest or when the pregnancy is a threat to the mother or when the fetus will not sur vive outside the mothers womb, he said. Orton stressed he is opposed to abortion just for birth control. Voters must register If anyone still needs to register to vote in the Nov. 6 general must act Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday by out seeking neighborhood voter registration agents in their election, they homes. In Carbon County, agents are located in each voting district and will be available each day from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Registration by mail and personally at the county clerks office isnt available this close to an election, so the only opportunity is with the neighborhood agents on those three days. The Carbon County Clerks Office published a list of registration agents in the Thursday, Oct. 25, edition of the Sun Advocate. If registration information is still needed, citizens may contact the clerks office. New registration is required not only for persons turning voting age or just moving to Utah, but for former voters who have moved since last casting a ballot. Voters must be U.S. citizens, have lived in the state 30 days and be 18 years old by election day. The county clerks office, located in the Carbon County Courthouse, 120 E. Main, Price, is open each business day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for absentee balloting if voters are planning to be out of town on election day. Data shows construction responsible for strong local sales Carbon Countys gross taxable sales declined 24.7 percent compared with the first quarter of 1990, due to a large refimd to a local business, but otherwise tax revenues fared well, a state tax commission report says. The report, First Quarter of 1990 Gross Taxable Retail Sales and Purchases in the State of Utah," says the nearly 25 percent sales decline in Carbon County was due to a refund in the business services category in the first . quarter. After adjusting out that alcgory, Carbon Countys taxable sales actually rose 13. percent. Price city posted a 26.1 percent increase in gross taxable sales. The strongest increase in Carbon Countys economy was in the area of construction, with wholesale durable goods, private motor vehicle sales, finance and real estate also showing an increase. Retail 5 general merchandise was down 11.3 percent, while sales at retail food stores increased 12 percent. The greatest Bales increase in Trice city was also in the construction sector, with amusement and ' recreation services close behind and car repair services making a strong third. sales. lower Most of the statewide 11.8 percent retail sales growth during the first quarter of 1990 could be related to wage and salary growth, which rose 8.5 percent in the same quarter, the report says. It attributes the balance to reductions in utility rates and usage during that period. During the first quarter, electric, gas and communication company category sales were $52 million lower statewide than in the same period one year ago. Within the retail trade sector, the statewide sales of durable goods (items expected to first-quart- Statewide, retail trade exhibited the strongest growth, though it declined in Price and Carbon County.4 That sector comprises 56 per- cent of total taxable sales. The other two sectors, business equipment and utility and taxable services, grew 2.1 percent and 0.7 percent respectively. The southeastern region of the state suffered a 13.5 percent drop in sales. Although Emery and Grand counties posted 5.1 and 4.2 percent sales growth, San Juan County was less fortunate, recording 12 percent first-quart- er er last three years or longer) grew 10.8 percent and nondurable goods jumped 12.2 percent. The taxable business equipment and utility sector rose only 2.1 percent during the first quarter statewide,' primarily due to the aforementioned rate cuts and refunds by Utahs mayor utilities. Electric and natural gas sales fell 11.3 percent or $32 e million due to a refund and to warm weather. Communication sales fell almost 17 percent, about $10 million in the first quarter, to but this may have been-duin 37 the strong percent rise communication sales in the one-tim- e same quarter last year. Manufacturing purchases rose 13 percent statewide. Wholesale trade, sparked by the 20 percent rise in rose almost 10 percent in the first wholesale-nondurable- s, quarter of 1990. Although the taxable ser- vices sector rose only .7 percent, some portions of the service sector showed good growth. The hotel and lodging sales category grew 9 percent. That in conjunction with an 11.7 percent increase in amusement and recreation sales, suggests the second half of the 1989-9- 0 ski season may have been a success. |