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Show Matheson Plans New Venture In Utah Budget Tribune Start Photo dv Paul Frauflmon Mark Marchant, a University of Utah student, sits on bus stop bench at 200 S. East and tries to hitch a ride as UTA bus lockout went into its second day Tues- - day. Negotiators from union, UTA board will meet Wednesday to continue talks. 700 By Douglas L. Parker , Tribune Political Editor In a new budgeting venture. Gov Seott M Matheson outlined Tuesday state capital spending proposals totalfiscal ing $242,923,100 for the 1982-8year. The capital budget represented the first separation of capital siiendmg requests for state buildings, highways and other construction aid Formerly, such spending requests have been ineorxrated in the departmental operations budget recommon dations customarily presented later to the Utah Legislature. Briefs Press Gov. Matheson. outlining the capital budget at a press briefing, said breaking out such spending from the operations budget can serve as a management tool to better assess priorities and give greater consideration to planning. He has already presented the capital budget to legislative leaders, and other legislators are to receive the budget document this week. The Utah Legislature convenes a y budget session Jan. 11 to appropriate monies for next fiscal year beginning July 1. The $242 million capital budget represents 13 percent of the entire state budget to be proposed for next fiscal year. Gov. Matheson said. Compared to the current fiscal years authorized capital spending, the governor is recommending about $15 million more be spent. Two Sections The capital budget is separated into two sections, including $161 million in capital developments (new buildings, roads and other projects) and $64 million in capital improvements (repairs or replacements to existing facilities). The capital budget also includes nearly $18 million in debt service to pay off outstanding bonding. In the capital development area, $95 million proposed for new federal highway construction, and another $1 million for the safe sidewalks aid program with local governments. The total for long-rang- Second Day of Negotiations Fails to Solve Bus Dispute By George Raine Tribune Staff Writer Bus drivers barred from driving and officials administering the skeleton staff of an idle Utah Transit Authority system Tuesday completed a second day of negotiations without settling a contract dispute. Again, nearly 40,000 people were forced to find alternate ways of traveling in three of the states most populous counties. Negotiators for the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 382 and officials of transit the authority attempted Tuesday to appear confident that the other would see the wisdom of their bargaining position, UTA policy is set by a board of directors. This did little, however, to assuage the irritation of would-b- e bus riders in Salt Lake, Davis and Weber counties, and retailers and restaurateurs in downtown Salt Lake City during the Christmas shopping season of an already iffy earnings year. Agree to Blackout Against this backdrop, both negotiating sides Tuesday agreed to a news blackout, concluding that to talk to reporters and thus to allow the public to know of their points of view would frustrate a federal mediators effort in steering talks toward a resolution of an impasse that began Sunday night. This blackout, however, did not entirely stop the flow of information. It was learned that the union Tuesday was prepared to offer a new proposal to UTA, and Lester A. Lewis, the union local president, said, I think theyd better (be receptive to it) or its going to make them look bad. Force Service Cut? g At the same time, a transit authority ofofficial who said his name could not be published told The Tribune that an original union request, if granted, would have necessitated a 25 percent reduction in bus service, the elimination of 190 to 200 jobs, or a substantial and, in managements opinion, untenable increase in fares. The UTA, which records from 55,000 to 60,000 rides per day in three Wasatch Front counties, was shut down late Sunday and early Monday when the union rejected a contract proposal by a vote of 55 to 297. This meant 450 drivers and 200 maintenance personnel, whether they were union members or not, were' locked out of their jobs. The employees said they wanted to work, and Monday and Tuesday they continued to report for their shifts, only to be turned away at barricades. Management insisted it had good reason for the order. Claim 79 Violence UTA board of direcThe tors, recalling incidences of violence and sabotage in 1979 during a strike, ordered the shutdown for safety reasons and because they felt it would be financially irresponsible to continue operations into a new fiscal year without a signed agreement with the union. The contract overwhelmingly rejected Sunday would have given employees a per hour raise. This high-rankin- er 30-ce- nt Dan Valentines Nothing Serious By Dan Valentine Jr. BRIDES: A smart man never marries a woman who puts n t, bow a on his Christmas gift. Thats what a GIFT-WRAPPE- store-bough- ready-to-stick-o- psychologist back East says. The way a woman wraps lovers her Christmas gift, he says, plays a big part in the proper selection of a wife. In fact, the way a woman Christmas gift can be the vital tipoff to the kind of wife and mother she will make. t, A woman who puts a store-bough- on sweethearts Christmas gift tends ready-to-stick-o- bow n her to be lazy,. And if you marry her, you will end up washing the dishes and vacuuming the carpet and doing the laundry . . . And, this psychologist says, shell still serve you frozen TV dinners frozen. So dont marry her. It is also very bad to marry a woman who wraps your gifts with extra care, comers and beautiful hospital-crishandmade, flamboyant bows . . . This type of female is a very dominant type. She will want to make all the decisions around the house. On the other hand, i woman who wraps Christmas gifts so that the paper, ribbon, bow and card are all the same color makes a loyal wife, a fine mother and a very good homemaker. f But stay away from a woman who jwraps your Christmas gift with paper one color, ribbons and bow another (color. This type of female tends to be a flirt. However, if a woman wraps your Christmas present with bow one color, the paper another color and the ribbon p yet another color, marry her right away. This indicates that she is tender and gentle. - But a woman who doesnt use any ribbons or bows at all is a bad marriage risk. Says this psychologist, this type of gift wrapper tends to be shy and not much fun. And stay away from a woman who selects metallic paper to wrap a Christmas present. A woman who chooses metallic paper is a lover of luxury, and shell keep you broke. The best kind of woman to marry is one who crisscrosses the ribbon ties so they meet exactly in the middle of the package. This type is loving and she has a good disposition. But stay away from a woman who wraps your Christmas present in Sunday comics, shelving paper, newspaper or other odd and unusual wrapping. This type of lady tends to be a very bad housekeeper! TODAYS VALENTINE the Its little things that count. Thats why todays Valentine goes to Regina Sipple of Sandy. Yesterday, out of her genuine concern for people, she bought 100 tions long-stemme- d carna- and son Evan along with her visited and her friend, Julie Overhalt the Golden Manor Nursing Home and the Alpine Chavis Care Center . . where they handed a fresh flower to each resident. free Why? Simply to wish them a Merry Christmas and to let them know that somebody cares. A nice thing to do If there were more Christmas-spiritepeople in the world like Regina, the world would be a much happier place in which to live. And an extra special Valentine to you, Regina. And a Valentine to Evan and Julie, four-year-o- . ... d too. Yesterday's Chuckle Husband, figuring at his desk, to his wife and children: Well, I worked out a budget, but one of us will have to go. SAM, THE SAD CYNIC, SAYS The only person who benefits from a a department store beer belly is Santa Claus. was a totally unacceptable adjustment, after having to pay increased insurance payments, the membership trumpeted. Union leaders had taken this package to membership after being turned away when they had requested a raise that, with wages and other considerations, would have represented a $2.24 boost, a UTA official said. First, UTAs side: The board felt it could take no chances in operating a system with a potential safety risk, remembering acts of violence against UTA property and workers during the 1978 strike. Potential Safety Risk Say a brake line was cut on a bus coming down the canyon, and we put one over the edge. Everybody would say why did you operate when you knew you had a potential safety risk. That was a very real one the board consisaid the anonymous UTA dered, official. But, he said, the financial dilemma the authority faces is less well appreciated.' UTA has three sources of income: federal subsidy, 20 percent; a quarter-cen- t sales tax, 60 percent, and from the. fare box, 20 percent. ,J Fares were 15 cents in early 1980, and a jump from 8 now they are 50 cents percent to 20 percent of operating revenue. Fares were increased in g Local News Business TV Fare, Page C-- 5 Wednesday Morning, December Section B 9, 1981 Page One e trans)Nirtatioii represents a Unit 60 per( the total i apital developments In public education, the governor pnK)sed $15 million for building aid to local school districts. He also proposed $4 million to construct new campus buildings for the Bndgerland Area Vocational Center and the Davis Area Vocational Center. For community development, the budget proposed $3 million to build horse stalls and a livestock agricultural exposition arena at the State Fairgrounds. Other proposals include about $537,000 for low income housing rehabilitation, $8.4 million for irrigation and city water loan funds, and $8 million to the community impact account to aid governments impacted by energy development. To Finish Wing In the higher education field, $430, 000 was proposed to complete a Southern Utah State College administration building, and $5.4 million for a Utah State University natural resources biol- cent ogy wing. Some other projects proposed include $2.3 million for the Weber State College building, $900, 000 road access to Antelope Island State Park from Interstate 80, $1 million for various liquor store purchases, and $5 million to construct an energy resource building at the Salt Lake City Natural Resources Complex at North Temple and Redwood Road. Gov. Matheson also proposed a couple of new building projects using funds expected to be available in the current fiscal years budget from unappropriated surplus. Plan New Prison These projects involve $7,250,000 for a d new regional prison, using general funds, and $2.5 million from mineral lease funds for a University of Utah Chemistry Building addition related to energy research. The capital improvements section of the capital budget allocates about $46 million to transportation, split almost See Page B-- Column 1 business-economie- s to secure 144-be- 2, Lockdown Continuing At Prison By George A. Sorensen Tribune Suburban Editor d DRAPER After meeting twice with anticipation of White reductions in transporta- medium security cell block representatives Tuesday, Utah State Prison offition subsidies. inIn recent years the board decided cials said a lockdown (locking in mates will continue until their cells) See Page B-- Column 1 at least Friday morning. The order affects approximately 250 inmates in cell blocks B, C'and D and comes as the result of a work stoppage by inmates which started Monday afternoon, Warden Larry W. Morris said. The inmates will also lose their visiting privileges and will be served sack lunches since they cannot go to the cafeteria. The work stoppage started when inmates became upset at a ruling which will not allow them to receive food for By Eric McMullin Christmas from their families. Tribune Staff Writer Due to Past Abuses Using a few of the original shovels They knew about it 30 days ago and used to break ground for the Salt Palace 14 years ago along with several the new ruling was imposed because of new shovels, prominent civic leaders abuses in past years in which liquor, participated in groundbreaking cere- drugs and other contraband were monies Tuesday for facilities that will brought into the prison in food prepared nearly triple the Salt Palaces exhibit by people on Hie outside, Warden Morris said. and convention areas. We know there are a lot of the the During ceremony, Salt Lake inmates ready to return to work but we County Commissioner Mike Stewart will not let them return to work because expressed the commissions apprecia- of retaliation he by other inmates, tion to all those involved in the project added. and said, It is a wise investment to Custodial officers will make a keep the Salt Palace operating in the black because of the wider tax base the thorough search of the medium security facility for contraband during the new facilities will generate. next two days. Warden Morris said. The project will increase the Salt Commissary Purchases Palaces exhibit areas from 71,000 to 200,000 square feet, said Fran Haun, Deputy Warden Leon Hatch said the chairman of the planning and construc- prison has agreed to allow inmates to tion committee of the Salt Palace purchase four types of food through the expansion. He said the project will also commissary and suggested that increase parking at the Salt Palace and See Page B-- Column 1 should allow the facility to attract many, many more trade and consumer shows to the area. Funds for the $16.5 million project were approved by Salt Lake County voters ir. a May 1980 bond election. Commissioner Stewart said the project will benefit the entire county through tax monies generated by increased business. Only three days remain for those Salt The current increase in economic Lake City area residents who need activity in the area as a result of help in providing for their children this visitors to Salt Palace events is estiChristmas to seek assistance through mated at more than $150 million The Salt Lake Tribunes Sub for Santa program. annually, including more than $5 million in taxes. Mr. Haun said he hopes Friday is the deadline for accepting those figures will double with the applications in the communtywide efexpansion. fort which seeks to assure that less John W. Gallivan, publisher of The fortunate children are not left out on Salt Lake Tribune, said, From the Christmas Day. outset, the Salt Palace has been the success it was planned to be. Credit for Familes seeking help for Christmas all of this must be given to the wise must apply in person at either Sub for judgment of the taxpayers of Salt Lake Santa headquarters in Room 1002 of County who twice have authorized bond The Tribune Building, 143 S. Main, or issues to build and expand these the Kearns Sub for Santa office in the Kearns Family Life Center, 4115 W. excellent facilities. 5295 South. Mr. Gallivan, who served as chairman of the planning and construction The Kearns office, which is open from committee for the $17 million bicenten8 a m. to 5 p.m., will accept applicanial Arts Center complex, said great tions from that area only. Sub headfacilities are useless without proper quarters will be open from 9 a m. to See Page B-- Column 5 4:30 p.m. House-contemplate- 8, ;mtanes Celebrate Expansion Tribune Staff Photo by Ravel Call Prison employees Walter let, Bob Allison, Eis-no- r, Rich- - ard Thomas fix 250 sack meals for irate, locked-uinmates. p Sub for Santa This Season Three Days Left to Seek Yule Help 2, The Tribunes Sub for Santa program seeks to bring the true meaning of Christmas to children for whom there might not otherwise be any gifts this year. The ages of eligibility are 3 through 12. The progam will seek assistance for residents living within the bounds of 4500 South and 2200 East and the north and east Salt Lake City limits, and between 3600 and 7400 West and 4700 and 6200 South. There are no boundaries or deadlines for those wishing to be substitutes for Santa Claus. They are needed from throughout the region, and they will be needed until Christmas Eve. Persons wishing to be a Sub for Santa and give assisance to the less fortunate may apply by phone. They should call and an experienced Sub worker will find a family or families to meet the callers requirements. 237-209- 237-209- 7 |
