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Show i.i.yyriy 11) iy.yl.yii.yi' y y,f"' t c gait fake Silmnc Local News TV Business Page Fare, B-- 3 Saturday Morning, June 25, 1983 Section B Page 1 '"' "" f '" y p y iyi1yiy-- yr ' y' y v'y fyy yi y 'n By Con Psarras Tribune Staff Writer A representative of a local volunteer organization Friday accused Mountain Bell of launching an expensive public relations drive at ratepayers expense to sell the concept of measured telephone service. Kathy Tuttle, a member of the Utah Area Association of Directors of Volunteers, testified before the Utah Public Service Commission that the method by which Mountain Bell wants a recent $36 million rate increase spread among various classes is unfair because it cus-tome- rs to help small users afford a telephone in the wake of impending in phone service costs. The PSC has twice turned down Mountain Bell's efforts to allow dse of measured service billing systems in Utah. Mountain Bell spokesman Ken Hill said the phone company currently has no plans to refile a measured service application with the PSC Nevertheless, documents presented to the PSC by Ms. Tuttle, after they were turned over by the company to Assistant Utah Attorney General James Barker, lawyer for the Utah Committee of Consumer will force the bulk of the rate increase on the small, residential phone customer. Ms. Tuttle introduced copies of minutes of Mountain Bell upper management meetings detailing the companys strategy to lobby various church, political, civic and business organizations for support of the measurered service plan, which would allow customers to pay for phone calls on the basis of how much they use the phone, and what times of day calls are placed. Low-CoOption d The phone company looks at service as a low-cooption" st mea-sure- st f9M fT ........ :p- mil- pouring into the Jordan River due to a major sewer line break at approximately 9500 South, the Salt Lake -- Health Department Sr ,iT V iWltlp A Fine Weekend Due in Region Utah weekend weather will be perfect for playing frisbee, softball or tennis as skies over most of the state Will be fair to partly cloudy with northern region temperatures in the 80s Saturday and reaching into the mid-90- s Sunday. Lows both days will be in the upper 50s. Fair, warm weather should continue Monday through Wednesday, with high temperatures staying in and low 90s. the mid-80- s MY DAD; Hes ... Emergency Medical Telephone 911 S Jr Tribune Staff Photo by Al Hartmonn Halls fountain. Festival will last until Sunday. It is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Children cool off during Fridays Arts Festival by running through Symphony Shorts , Floppy Hats Costume of Day For Crowds Enjoying Utah Arts Fest Shorts and big floppy hats were the costume of the day Friday as crowds at the Utah Arts Festival battled sultry temperatures to listen to music, eat foods from around the world and view a vast display of arts and crafts. Covering their heads with sun hats, umbrellas, programs or paper sacks to shade themselves from the sun, festival goers gathered around the main stage to hear Rama Nueva, a Bolivian band. We dont like to talk very much. We just like to play, the lead singer g said as the group broke into Latin American rhythms. People who didnt care for guitars, mandolins and flutes could move to the Bistro State where Ed DAlessandro sang the blues. Meanwhile, kids found the best quick-movin- Nothing Serious fishing or hunting, camping. When I was a kid, not a single Saturday afternoon was spent tossing a football back and forth to each other. But I dont think theres ever been a son who A has had a greater Dad than I. Dan Valentine Jr. Ours is a special relationship. We love each other, of course. But more important, we like each other, too. My Dad is my best friend! When I was a kid, I used to visit him at The Tribune every day after school . . . and be always greeted me with How you doing, friend? It was never Son or Dan or ' "Danny. It has always been Friend! No, my dad has never taken me fishing. . . but every Sunday when I was little, he would take me along with him to work. And while he paced up and down in his office and stared at the blank piece of paper in his typewriter, tryI ing to come up a column idea would chat with the other newsmen in the city room. Afterwards, we would go downstairs and watch the paper roll off the presses. What a thrill! To see your Dads picture roll off a newspaper press . . . zillions and zillions of times! No, my Dad has never taken me but the first week Dishunting neyland opened back In the 50s, we just me packed up our suitcases and my best friend (my Dad) and grabbed a train to Frontierland. She also introduced copies of Moutain Bell records outlining several dozen presentations made by the companys Measured Service Team describing the measured ser-Se- e Page B-- Column 1 Parker Thursday, lawmakers scheduled Dan Valentines Editor's note: Four years ago Dan Valentine Jr. wrote a love letter to his dod. Due to many reader requests and the fact that Monday Is Dan Sr.'s 66th birthday, It Is being reprinted today. Minutes from another meeting indicated that one Bell official was assigned to handle the key legislators and all other members will handle the key people to be defined in the community. In her testimony, Ms. Tuttle asked, "What is meant by handle? Causeway Plan Pits North Against South By Douglas L. k' neighborhood councils, labor unions, politicians and other groups. Tribune Political Editor Utahs civil war between the north and south political style over breaching of the Great Salt Lake railroad causeway will be waged in legislative halls over the next three weeks. This was evident as the Legislature evolved Friday into a special session recess calling for floor sessions to resume July 14. After nearly a day of legislative activity 36-in- A Services, indicate that Mountain Bell has developed a succinct strategy for selling" the measured service plan. Minutes of Meeting The documents include minutes of the Stakeholder Management Team, comprised of several Mountain Bell executives who convene periodically to discuss company policy and coordinate corporate strategies. One set of minutes, from a Nov. 24, 1981 meeting, described reports by Bell officials on how the measured service promotion plan could be sold to special interest groups, the news media, volunteer groups. -- lion gallons of raw sewage per day is warned Friday. The break occurred at sometime between 5 p.m. Thursday and 8 a m. Friday where the line crosses the river and was caused by the high level of the Jordan, according to Kent R. Miner of the health departline services ment The Draper, Riverton, Bluffdale and parts of Sandy. It was discovered by sewer treatment plant crews, who were investigating after the plant experienced large amounts of water invading the system, Mr. Miner said. Crews are working on the break, but we have no idea when it will be repaired, said A1 Rrittnn, director of Salt Lake County Emergency Services. The health department advised people to avoid contact with the river from 9500 South north to the Great Salt Lake, including the Surplus Canal and other irrigation canals fed by the river, until the sewer line can be repaired. The Emergency Services chief said there was no option but to let the sewage flow into the river. He added that the sewage is being greatly diluted by the amount of water in the Jordan and no measures outside repairing the break are being contemplated at this time. ir'ff-- r "ylltlrf',",V,, Volunteer Group Raps Mountain Bell Drive j l Sewer Break Dumping Raw Waste Approximately three to four y In those days, I wore a coonskin cap. . . and Davey Crockett was my hero (second only to my Dad). After Disneyland, we visited a TV studio, and I met Gale My Little Margie Storm. And she gave me my first kiss . . , smack on the left cheek! Wow! Davey Crocket instantly became Number 3 on my list of idols! No, my Dad and I have never gone but when the family camping went on vacation to Las Vegas, my Dad always took me along with him to the dice tables. And while I stood a short distance away, hed say, I want to teach you one thing, friend. You cant beat the percentages. If you could win at the tables, theyd take em out! And then hed roll the dice . . . and hed win . . . every time! Still, hed repeat, If you could win at the tables, theyd take em out . . . and I believed him and still do. The advice has saved me thousands. No, not a single Saturday afternoon was spent tossing a football back and forth but many a night we stayed up until dawn talking. And these are the most cherished moments of all for me! These are the times he gave me wisdom the gems that never reached his column . . . the words that were meant for only me. Like, for instance: Drink cheap liquor, eat cheap food, even stay at cheap hotels but stay away from cheap babes. Cheap dames can ruin a guy. Women are the one thing you want to go first-clas- s with all the way. No, my Dad has never taken me fishing or hunting. Weve never been camping. Not a single Saturday was spent tossing a football back and forth. But what a great best friend I've had all these years. Happy birthday, Friend! SAM, THE SAD CYNIC, SAYS; And all these years I've thought there's no such thing as a friend at a dice table. Guess I was wrong. Seems as though Dan Jr. bad one! ... ... ... ff 4 summertime cooler: splashing in Symphony Halls water fountain. Buster Warenski explained how to make knives as other artists sold silk scarves, assorted pottery and kites. Jewelry was another favorite concession this year, with several d stands showing rings, necklaces and earrings. Long lines formed around the food stands even after the big lunch crowd had returned to work. Among the most popular places were a taco stand, big ice cream cones and barbecued chicken and ribs. The festival continues through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. hand-crafte- Na-va- The Salt Lake Art Center will be open from n a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 1 1 o.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free tours begin at 2:30 p.m. dally. Saturday's craft demonstrations Include: tattooing by Kate Hellenbrand at 11 a.m.; calligraphy, Utah Calligraphic Artists, 2 p.m.; blacksmlthlng, Russell Martin, 5 p.m.; 8 and leather work, Ken Rogers, p.m. Main stage performances begin at 11:30 a.m. with a concert by the Bountiful Sweet Adelines. Others Include: Sitting Bull's Wild West Show, Native American songs and dances, 12:45 p.m.; Holy Cross Kazoo Band, 1:30 p.m.; Heart Throw Theatre, musical theater, 2:15 p.m," The Union Wind Band, pops concert, 3:30 p.m.; Willow Valley Trio, folk and contemporary music, 4:45 p.m.; Brian Ellison and Duncan McKean, blues and pop singers, 6 p.m.; James T. Scott, contemporary music, 6:45 p.m; Utah Symphony and Utah Opera Company, 8 p.m.; Square dancing with the Wasatch Rascals and Allan Wardle, 9:30 p.m. Bistro stoge performances start at 11 a.m. with folk songs by Jose Angelo. He's followed by: the John Fischer Quartet, lozz, 12:15 p.m.; Muslca Reservata, baroque trio, 1:30 p.m.; Dr. Hebrew's Ear Medicine, azz, 2:45 p.m.; The Bel Airs, new wove, 4 p.m.; T. Griswold, country music, 5:15 p.m.; The Wolklng-Rovner Sextet, azz, 6:30 p.m.; Frantz Faneus Y Su Combo with Tony St. Hilaire, Latin American music, 7:45 p.m.; and 004, new style dance music, 9 p.m. one of them committee hearings to address the divisive subject of breaching Southern Pacific Railroad's rock and gravel causeway completed in 1959. The Legislatures Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Transportation and Public Safety Committee, augmented with other interested legislators, will convene y in an hearing July 6 at the Capitol, announced Sen. Fred W. Lake City, the enFinlinson, ergy panel Past and Future Floods The first part of the hearing, he explained, will deal with the impact and cost of past state flooding. The latter part will deal with how to minimize future flooding, which is where the opening of the causeway comes in, a move backed by Gov. Scott M. Matheson to lower the level of the southern portion of the lake to protect against high water damage. The issue pits commercial and recreational interests on the southern arm of the lake against industrial interests drawing minerals from the northern arm, where the water level is about three feet lower with higher mineral content due to the causeway splitting the two lake arms. A simmering issue for years, Gov.' Matheson has drawn the conflict to a head with a request for $3 million all-da- lt to open the causeway and build a trestle, stating that' equalizing the lake level appears to be the only course of action that offers immediate relief from the swelling southern lake arm. Emotional Debate' The decision to breach the causeway will be a difficult one, surrounded with emotional debate, Gov. Matheson said. But I ask you to weigh in your deliberations the potentially disastrous consequences of major flooding of important roadways, damage to the airport, industries and public recreation areas on the south arm against alleged injuries to industry on the north, Gov. Matheson told lawmakers. The Legislature's Revenue and Taxation Committee is scheduled to y meet July 13 for a similar hearing to discuss potential tax increases or alteration;- - necessary to meet past and potential flood costs outlined by the natural resources and transportation committees. Before recessing late Thursday night, the Republican-controlle- d all-da- Legislature mustered sufficient votes for a series of reserve and trust fund transfers to stave off a prospective deficit in the state budget approaching $30 million for the current fiscal year ending June 30. It also completed action on a number of other matters placed on the special session agenda by Gov. Matheson. Included was a resolution calling task for creation of a force to coordinate donations from volunteer groups and individuals See Page B-- Column 1 nine-memb- er 8, Y esterdays Chuckle Sign in front of an auto Drive in for Medicar. , repair shop: Demos, GOP Hold Fund - Raising Galas Republicans Toast Triumphs At Convention-Ev- e Soiree By Dan Bates Tribune Staff Writer Although she was at Cape Canaveral when Challenger wound up landing in California, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole told Utah Republicans Friday night to gear for clear landings in national and state offices in 1984 and to expect Ronald Reagan to be at the stick. Some 600 GOP faithful greeted Secretary Dole in person and the president on film at the Utah Republican Partys convention-ev- e soiree and fund-raisat the Hotel Utah, prelude to Saturdays state party parley. Actor James Stewart was scheduled to appear but cancelled Friday morning because of health reasons. Lavishly toasting past and pre- sent triumphs, the Republicans left no doubt that tasting Utahs governorship next year would go down, just as smoothly. The secretary urged the party to overtake the Democratic stronghold on the. states top office. In his filmed, four-Se- e Page B-- Column 5 er 8, Congress, Reagan at Odds, Udall Tells Demo Dinner Look for a year of confrontation between Congress and President Reagan, Rep. Morris K. Udall, said Friday while in Salt Lake to City charge the batteries of Utah g dinner. Democrats at a fund-raisin- Partisanship hasnt hardened ' Congress to the point of standstill yet in the face of a forthcoming presidential election year, but the president, who has been flexible and willing to compromise at times, is simply adamant now in a no give position, said the ar H' it' jf' : wont give in on the income tax cut effective July 1 despite having to borrow $40 million to finance it and seeing from $200 to $300 billion deficits down the road, Rep. Udall said. The Congress, in its budget resolution allows for a 5 percent increase in defense spending, and the President could get 7 percent tomorrow if he would just deal in a compromise spirit with congressional leaders, the Arizonan said. But he wants 10 percent, and will See Page B-- Column 1 The president third-yea- r |