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Show Tlmea-Thurada- Poge 'Editorial and O pinion September 16, 1982 y, A The Survey to gather data Local representatives of the Bureau and conducted unemployment of the Census will conduct a survey in nationwide by the Bureau for the U.S. this area during the week of SepDepartment of Labor. to determine the extent tember Results of the monthly employment to which people have been immunized survey provide data on conditions in against selected diseases, William F. the labor force, prime indicators of the Adams. Director of the Bureaus economic health of the country. For example, in July the survey indicated Regional Office in Denver, announced. The survey is conducted throughout that of the 110.5 million men and the U.S. every year to provide in- women in the civilian labor force, 99.7 million were employed. The nations formation on immunization against measles, influenza, polio, diptheria, unemployment rate was 9.8 percent, a whooping cough, tetanus, rubella, and post-- orld W ar II record. mumps needed for administration of health programs geared to disease Personal information supplied in prevention. These health questions the survey is kept strictly confidential are in addition to the usual ones asked by law and results are used to compile in the monthly survey on employment statistical totals. 20-2- Gam seeks funding WASHINGTON. D.C.-- In a special appeal to the Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies, Utah Senator Jake Garn urged special consideration of two programs vital to Utah and the west. In a letter to Sen. Thad Cochran, Garn said. In Utah, farmers and ranchers continue to use ACP (Agriculture Conservation Program) cost share funds to do badly needed conwork in the way of servation. Without ACP and other conservation programs, parts of my arid state are literally in danger of blowing away. Accordingly, I would ask that this years $190 million funding level be retained in the FY 1983 Agriculture Appropriation. The $190 million represents the same level of funding that has existed in the program since 1967 and has been very effective in Utah. Conservation The Agriculture Program (ACP) distributes funding through a system of county committees composed of local residents. Farmers and ranchers submit -- on-far- on-far- conservation projects to the comg mittee in the form of proposals and the federal government grants up to 75 percent of the funding, with the farmer supplying the remainder of funds. Projects such as cement-line- d irrigation ditches, land leveling and terracing qualify for county peer committee consideration. In addition, the Utahn requested that $4 million be earmarked for continuation of the Uintah Basin, Utah and Grand Valley, Colorado salinity control projects. The expenditure would on be used desalinization programs which have been funded since 1980 . cost-sharin- on-far- I am convinced that the salinity control program is essential in the Upper Colorado river Basin to maintain water quality on the Colorado River." said Garn. Earlier this year 14 Colorado River Basin State Senators introduced legislation (S.2202) which would authorize separate salinity control programs through the Departments of Agriculture and Interior. Governor's conference Senior citizens in Utah are being invited to attend two exciting events in Salt Lake City on the 14 and 15 of September. The Utah State Division of Aging in cooperation with the Northwest ""Multi-Purpos- e Center is sponsoring the annual Utah Seniors Ball on September 14. The ball will be held from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the Center 1300 West 300 North, Salt Lake City. There is no charge for the evening of and endancing, refreshments, tertainment. The following day, September 15, is Senior Citizens Dav at the State Fair Multi-Purpo- conjunction with the Annual Governors Conference on Aging. Senior citizens, over 60, will be admitted free during the day, and are welcome to arrive as soon as the gates open at 11 a.m. The Governors Conference will be held in the grandstand from 1:30 until 4 p.m. The Governor and Mrs. Matheson will be there along with Mayor Ted Wilson and other dignitaries. There will be entertainment and prizes. Senior citizens may ride free on UTA busses all day the 15th. Large numbers of senior citizens, from all over the state, are expected to attend both events. in 2nd Viva la Fiesta The arts and culture of Latin America will come to the streets of Salt Lake City Friday through 9 when the Sunday. September second annual VIVA LA FIESTA begins in front of the Guadalupe Center La Morena Cafe, 346 W. 100 South. 17-1- The fiesta is the annual fundraiser for the Guadalupe Centers Early Learning Program, a school for children educationally deprived grades K through 3. The fiesta is also an effort to expose the local community to Latin American culture. Featured will be works of local artists and craftsmen, music, dancing speciality food booths and food demonstrations, authentic Mexican buffet dinners and El Pateo del Arte de Los Ninos an art playground for children. The festival opens Friday at 7 p.m. with a parade by children from the Early Learning Program, flags, trumpets, balloons and the breaking of the Pinata. Immediately following the opening ceremonies will be dances by the children and street dancing for everyone. Artists will display their wares daily until 6 p.m. A variety of performers is scheduled throughout the afternoons and evenings. Included will be the Ballet Quetzacoatl, Mariaehi Aguila. La Formula Latina and many other performing groups. For the children. El Pateo del Arte de los Ninos will feature Aztec face painting, pinata construction, paper pottery making, maracas construction and other activities during the day. Buffet dinners will be served Friday and Saturday evenings. Admission to the festival is free : prices of food items and dinners vary. cut-out- s, MHatch rrrii ort bv Semtor Orrin T " T Employers face higher unemployment taxes in 1983 lakh f Utah employers face sharply higher unemployment insurance taxes next year, and these higher taxes could slow down employment growth and dampen economic recovery for the state in 1983. This was the conclusion reached by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization, in a study of the problems faced by Utahs unemployment insurance program . Because of the heavy drain on reserves to pay rising benefit costs during the recession his year, the study notes that it is almost certain that employer taxes will rise sharply next year if the program is to be kept solvent. Unemployment benefits are financed by a special tax paid by most employers of one or more persons. No part of the cost is borne by the , Survey results show Reagan's support Over the past week, in the midst of all the preparations that were made Presidents trip to Weber County, I had a chance to look over the surveys taken at a recent round of town meetings I held in different parts of Utah. The results reinforced a conclusion that probably helped President Reagan feel very welcome here. That conclusion is that Utahns support what hes trying to do. An even 90 percent of the people from Tooele County who came to my recent town meeting there said on their survey that they support the Presidents general handling of the economy. In Utah County, that figure was 92 percent ; in Salt Lake County, it was 81 percent. I think President Reagan is doing a good job, said Jewel B. Myrick of Provo. If the next president thinks and acts in the same way, just maybe this country will get on its feet. A lot of people who came to my town meetings agree. In trying to reduce our national deficit, 90 percent of Utah County respondents favor further cuts in federal programs; in Tooele County, 79 percent support further cuts, and in Cache County, 73 percent favor mere cuts. On the other hand, most Utahns do not want to give up the final year of the three-yea- r Reagan tax cuts that were enacted last year, even if giving them up would reduce the deficit. In Utah County, 76 percent favor keeping the tax cuts ; in Cache County, the figure is 70 percent. New Federalism, the Presidents program to transfer many social programs from federal to state and load control, was favored by 91 percent of my surveys Utah County respondents, and by 87 percent of those from Salt Lake County. Figures like these do not mean, of course, that everything the President does is supported by all the people in Utah. Just over 38 percent of the people in Cache County who filled out a survey think the President has proposed to spend too much money on defeninse. In Tooele County, even with its dependency on defense-relate- d dustries, 46 percent think the defense budget should be cut as we try to reduce federal deficits. President Reagan is trying to do too much, too fast, said Samuel E. Jorgensen of River Heights. We didnt get in this difficulty in a few years and we cant get out overnight. I appreciate hearing from those who filled out a survey, either at one of my town meetings or by returning part of my latest newsletter. Results of the survey are not scientifically accurate, but they do reflect what many Utahns are concerned about . And they did contribute to President Reagans big Utah welcome. for the employee. According to the Foundation report, if no action is taken by the forth coming 1983 Utah Legislature, experience rating in Utah probably will be suspended next year and all employers (except new employers who pay 2.7 percent) will have to pay a uniform unemployment tax rate of 3.0 percent in 1983. Presently, unemployment tax rates range from 1.3 percent for employers with the best employment experience to 3.0 percent for employers with the worst experience. In addition to the probable tax rate increase, the wage base on which the tax applies is scheduled to rise from $12,000 this year to $14,800 in 1983. The combined effect of the increase in the tax rates and the scheduled rise in the wage base means that most employers will have to pay dramatically higher unemployment taxes next year. For employers with the best employment experience, the tax will climb from a maximum of $156 per employee in 1962 to $444 in 1983, an increase of 185 percent. Foundation analysts point out that the problems in the Utah unemployment program would have been worse had it not been for the fact that the 1982 legislature took a number of actions to reduce unemployment benefit costs. At the time these changes were made it was estimated that they would reduce benefit costs by at least $6.6 million in 1982-8Since 1947, Utah has operated an experience-ratin- g program that provides lower unemployment tax rates to employers with favorable employment experience. This program has saved Utah employers with good employment experience a an estimated $487 million since its inception in 1947. It is expected that the savings from experience rating will total $52.7 million in 1982. These savings will be eliminated next year if experience rating is suspended. During the past several months, the State Department of Employment Security and its Advisory Council have been examining the possibility of switching Utahs experience rating plan from the present payroll-variatio- n system to a charge-bac- k system. Most states in the U.S. now employ a charge-bac- k experience rating system or some variation thereof. Uner the existing payroll-variatio- n plan, employer tax rates are based on the degree of stability in quarterly and annual payrolls. Benefits paid to former employees have no direct bearing on the tax rate assigned so long as there is no decline in either the quarterly or annual payroll totals of the employer. Under the charge-bac- k system on the other hand, an employers tax rate is determined by the unemploymet benefits paid to former employees. It is based on the theory that employers should be directly or discharges that they create. Since an emresponsible for any lay-ofployers tax rate will be directly affected by any unemployment insurance claims against him, it also presumes that the employer would be actively involved in guarding against fraudulent and improper claims. The Foundation study notes that regardless of what is decided regarin Utah, unemto charge-bac- k ding a switch from payroll-variatio- n ployment costs wil 1 climb for most Utah employers next year., If the switch is made, however, it eventually would result in lower costs for business firms with a low turnover and higher costs for firms with a high to charge-bac- k would not be turnover. Any change from payroll-variatio- n made before 1984 or 1985. Difference is priorities Senator Orrin Hatch has once again shown his true colors today. Once again he has voted against the best interest of the people of Utah, stated Senate Candidate Mayor Ted W ilson. Hatch voted on the losing side against overriding the Presidents veto of the 1982 supplemental appropriations bill. Wilson also blasted Hatch for unnecessarily costing taxpayers over $11,200 to wing back to Washington in his. private jet for this losing effort. It is bad enough that Hatch voted Utahs senior citizens, against disadvantaged students, handicapped, and farmers, but to fly in a government jet. costing over $1 1 ,200 when he could have flown commercially for less than $400 is inexcusable: it has just added insult to injury, W ilson stated. If Senator Cannon of Nevada can fly back to Washington by commercial plane, for the same vote, why did Orrin Hatch need his own personal Air force jet? Wilson said, stating that there were at least four commercial flights that Hatch could have taken. Senior Citizens, farmers, and students are three of the groups hardest hit by the depressed nature of our economy. This legislation will help over 54.000 retired senior citizens who work at community services jobs. It is inconceivable to me that Orrin Hatch could be so callous as to be unsympathetic to seniors needs at this critical time. W ilson said. The amount that Orrin Hatch spent for this flight could have bought 2.375 over for Senior meals Citizens meals delivered by Meals on Wheels. Wilson said. I am sure that Senator Hatch would like Utahns to believe that he is voting against a budget busting bill at the request of the President, but the truth is that the funding was restored to a level still $1.9 billion less than the President himself originally proposed. The override was supported by Senators Hatfield, Republican of Chairman Appropriations; Domenici. Chairman of Senate Budget; Packwood. Chairman of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee; Roth of the Kemp-Rot-h bill, and Barry Goldwater. The difference between Hatch and myself is priorities. In this time when Senior Citizens, farmers, and students need our help, he votes against them. As a Utah senator I would have stood up for their best interests. fs PUBOdNOliCfSl BEFORE THE BOARD OF Oil, GAS AND MINING DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY IN AND FOR THE STATE OF UTAH Notke of hoc ring Coum No. AMR-00In the matter of itto doting of Hazardous dtafts and oponings in tho big and Uttio Cottonwood Ski aroat, Salt Loko County, Utoh. IN THE CLOSING OF HAZARDOUS SHAFTS AND THE STATE OF UTAH TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED OPENINGS IN THE MG AND LITTLE COTTONWOOD SKI AREAS, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH and (10), Utoh Coda Annotated. 1953, os omondod, Purowont to Subsections )(c) and tho Division, un dor tho outhority of tho Abondonod Mino Reclamation Program, proposes to fill, seal or otherwise secure, certoin hazardous shafts and other vertical openings which exict on or neorby popular hiking ond ski trolls in the Big and Little Cottonwood ski areot. The Division plont to identify ownership ond notify o.id request permission from the owners, in all cases where this is possible, prior to the closure of each opening. A listing ond map of proposed closures may be obtained from the Division upon request. All persons interested in commenting on this oction may do so by oppearing before the Boord of Oil, Gas end Mining at their regular monthly heoring to be held on Thursday, September 23, 1982, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 303 of the State Capitol Building, Salt Lake CM, Utah. DATED this 9 thdoy of September. 1982. STATE OF UTAH BOARD OF OIL, GAS AND MINING s PAULA i. FRANK Secretory of the Board PUBLISHED: September 14, 1982 Mountain Fuel (Continued from page 1) service. the company said in its prefiled testimony. Testimony filed includes that of company witnesses who will discuss in specific detail rate of return, utility capital structure, the companys current finaheial position, and tax normalization and methodologies used to arrive at the issues revenue deficiency amount. In addressing the filing. Rose said Mountain Fuels rates continue to be among the lowest in the nation despite the significant inflationary effects that plague all businesses and individuals. And natural gas continues to be the lowest cost and most convenient form of residential energy available to customers in the companys service area. he said. The $27.9 million increase, if granted in full, would raise the typical Utah residential customers bill by $52 a year, or 10 percent . 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