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Show 86 Legislative Measures Are as Thick as the Fog iiy Dan Bates Tribune Staff Writer .Nature's fog and inversion aside, l.'tah's Capitol Hill immerges Monday in a pottage of sunken treasuries and a neck-deeeducation quandary. For seasoning, lawmakers are ordering pinches on smokeless tobacco users, drivers who fail to wear seat belts and businesses that sell both beer and gasoline. They are braced for encore battles over parent-mino- r rights, the 55 rnpli speed law and state songs. p Une representative thinks a stale lottery is just the ticket for bailing the state out of its budget anxieties Another fears today's music and other media contain subliminal messages that should be exposed and labeled as a privacy invasion and unfair competition. session (roin soup to nuls. may emerge as a variation on recent-pas- t parleys. From a fiscal standpoint, the theme is to stake public education with enough money to keep pace w ith itself without making anyone pay any more Dancing to largely familiar tunes. 84 Republicans and 2U Democrats have 45 days to sift and turn this stew into a consomme suitable for most fiscal, social and moral tastes. The Utah Legislature s 1986 annual GOD Gov, Norm Bangerter s $2 7 billion budget proposal for 1986-8almost half for schools and colleges alone is but a 19 percent higher shadow of the state's current spending profile, which now stands fore - cast at least tended self million shy $25 its of in- - due chiefly to Deficits guesses on revenue intakes -have become the budget-makerbenchmark, forcing the repair of the one at hand before moving to the new. The governor wants to tap $56 million left held for flood purposes to plug the $25 million shortfall and thus spare the 1985-8budget and existing programs from any selective or indiscriminate cuts. But mindful of a tempeiamental Great Salt Lake and mountain runoff patterns, most GOP legislative leaders pucker with doubt at the govet-nor- s notion. That sets the stage for w hat may be the session's most perhaps its only divisive skirmish over major money matters: a reliance on funds to keep ongoing spending fixtures going. Tailing that approach would be a prayer that Utah s economy and tax base cough up enough revenue to elude a like consequence next year and in those to come. "one-time- " While there is no drama over any significant inn eases in major tax sources, there are scores of subplots in the current and new budget theater. Gov. Bangerter wants to leplemsh the flood reserve by retaining a fraction-share of the sales tax through 1990 that local governments were scheduled to get last year. Egged on by the Utah League of Cities and Towns, Hep. G. La.Mont Richards, Lake City, is chief sponsor of a R-S- See I 2, Column Khadafy Aide Threatens Reagan Assassination By James M. Dorsey United Press International TRIPOLI. Libya A senior aide to Libyan leader Col. Moammar Kha-duf- y indicated Saturday that Libya will attempt to assassinate President Reagan if the United States attacks the north African nation. "We have not sent anyone to kill him yet. but I put 100 lines under the word yet. the senior aide said in an interview. "When he sends his people here, he will be surprised what is going to happen to him." The aide, who spoke on the condition he not be identified, said Libya still expected U.S. or Israeli retaliation for the Dec. 27. Arab terror attacks at airports in Rome and Vienna. Reagan didn't get even with us yet." said the aide, who in the past has Libya Shot Down U.S. Fighter. Kuwaitis Say BEIRUT. Lebanon (UPI) - Libya United Press International Pholo Episcopal Church Installs Bishop African Bishop Desmond Tutu congratulates Bishop Edward Lee Browning on being installed as 24th presiding bishop of Episcopal Church in U.S. (See story on S. A-2- .) Strong Minority Disagrees 51 Discount Threat Of Acid Rain in Utah By J. Roy Bardsley The public tends to discount the of acid rain in Utah, judging threat from assessments of the need for a statewide moni- toring network. A 51 8 about the acid rain threat, with urban centers such as Davis and Utah County most inclined to keep a close eye on the problem. Support For Acid Rain Monitoring Network By Region percent Dis- - majority sees little. if any. need for Approve approve the government establishing a system to track acid rain pollution levels in Utah lakes and streams. Nevertheless, a 41 percent minority attach "a lot" or "quite a bit of importance to such a move. There is some indication that acid rain, heretofore a problem of the industrialized East Coast, is beginning to afflict the West. Accompanying the migration of United States industry to the South and West, are the ingrecertain chemidients of acid rain cal emissions of industry and motor vehicles. The current study was undertaken by The Salt Luke Tribune in an effort to measure public perceptions of the threat. Here is the question, accompanied by the results: "How much importance do you place on the installation of an acid rain monitoring network in Utah by federal or state regulatory agencies - a lot. quite a bit. a little, or none at all"" Importance of Acid Rain There was also .1 moderate difference in the assessments ol Democrats ,md Republicans, with 43 percent of rrner favoring the safeguards, the compart'd to 38 of the latter. As indicated in the next tahie, rural count icv lend to be least concerned V shot down a U.S. Navy fighter plane over the Mediterranean on Wednesday but the incident was hushed up. the Kuwaiti News Agency said Saturday. The Pentagon flatly denied the report. There was no immediate comment from Libya on the report. KUNA, in a report quoting an unidentified diplomatic source in Beirut. said batteries of Soviet-mad- e missiles on the Libyan coast opened up and scored a direct hit on a U.S. Navy plane, which was attached to the 6th Fleet, over the Gulf of Sidra on Wednesday. A spokesman for the 6lh Fleet said an FA-1fighter crashed at sea off the French port of Nice during a routine training mission Wednesday, but "there is no indication that it is anything other than an accident." In Washington. Pentagon spokesman Robert Sims said the Kuwaiti report is totally without foundation." Referring to the plane lost off the French coast Wednesday. Sims said. "We announced the crash of the aircraft and the location at the time it occurred and it had absolutely nothing to do with any Libyan forces. There were no losses to Libyans in the Gulf of Sidra or elsewhere." he said. The cause of the plane crash is Column 6 un-Se- e A-- accurately reflected Khadafy's "Everything hes done has backfired. Reagan this week cut commercial ties with Libya, froze Libyan government assests in the United States and ordered the estimated 1,500 Ameri- views. Keagan Invited. A-- well as in many other terrorist tions in recent years. Libya has nied involvement in the airport acdeat- tacks. The senior aide said Libya knew the exact location of the warships in U.S. 6th the Mediterannean-baseFleet U.S., which was within striking distance of the Libyan coast last week. "If the ships move toward a line we have drawn, they will see hell. We are sitting tight. We are not being provoked or intimidated. Let Reagan sweat it out. worry about us and hate us," the aide said. "I really hope Israel and America or both attack us, the senior aide said. "We will be the first Arab cound 2 cans working in Libya to leave by Feb. 1. American workers are heavily involved in Libyas critical oil industry. Reagan ordered the sanctions and urged the West European allies to take similar measures in the wake of the Arab terror attacks at airports in Rome and Vienna that left 19 people dead, including five Americans. Washington said it has evidence Libva was involved in the attacks as try. after Lebanon, to hurt Israel and America if they attack us. Israel withdrew the bulk of its 1982 invasion force from Lebanon last June. The United States withdrew its peace keeping forces from Lebanon shortly after 241 U.S. servicemen were killed bv a suicide car bombor in October 1983. Earlier Saturday, Western diplomats said the reluctance of European nations to profit from the withdrawal of American companies operating in Libya could strike a serious blow to the nations economy. The diplomats also said the tough stance by Reagan prompted by Khadafy's support of international terrorism could push the north African nation into closer ties with the Soviet Union. The senior Khadafy aide said, "Whatever we need, well get from the eastern bloc. Theyve never deceived us. Theyve never changed. Libyan Military Strength Libya, armed with more than $4 billion worth of Soviet-mad- e weapons, boasts potentially one of the most powerful military machines in North Africa, but is plagued by inefficiencies and v lack of proper training. total Armed Forces: 73,000 Air Force: 8,500 strong equipped with 535 combat aircraft. At least 450 Soviet-mad- e combat aircraft were , mothballed, including y MIG-21S- MIG-23- MIG-25S- . T and U-2- SU-22- s Army: 58,000 strong equipped wilh and 2,500 Soviet-madtanks, plus 300 ot Ihe mote 5 e T-6-2 advanced Aerial Defense: Libya is believed to rely on its 15 Soviet-buil- t SAM-- 5 missiles, weapons with a ol up to 150 miles surface-to-ai- r range 6.500 strong equipped with one 30 frigate, nine Soviet-buil- t six patrol boats and mini-destroyer- diesel Foxtrot submannes & corvette destroyer hoxltol Patrol subrame L " " - Interpol Says Renegade Faction Ready to Strike AP LtH' photo Abu Nidal Renegade to Strike? A. geted Jewish and Israeli institutions in Scandinavia and the Netherlands has sent security forces onto high alert, police and government sources said Saturday. Synagogues, historic sites and Israeli diplomatic and commercial buildings were placed under increased guard, and airports, border crossings and ports under close surveillance after the warning. international poThe Paris-baselice organization gave word Thursday that two commando groups directed by Abu Nidal were heading for Scandinavia this weekend, according to Sven-Ak- e Hjalmroth. Sweden's security police chief Interpol said "a very reliable source" indicated the Palestinian factum was ready to strike Jewish or Israeli targets in Sweden. Denmark. Norway or the Netherlands look very seriously at this threat." said Hjalmroth. adding that "We the state of alert will continue for days, at least. The United States has blamed the Abu Nidal faction, which broke from the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1974. for Dec. 27 attacks on the El A1 Israel Airline check-icounters at the Rome and Vienna airports. The Amsterdam daily De Yolksk-ran- t said Saturday the Interpol alert was based on a tip from an unspecified Western European intelligence service that followed a terrorist group in Western Europe but lost its trail. Interpol's warning was issued two weeks before Israeli Premier Shimon Peres is scheduled to visit the Netherlands for two days. The Israeli Embassy in The Hague, already under heavy police protec- n anti-Israe- li Today's Chuckle The trouble with holiday seasons is you can gain a little in the interim. You can gain a little in the outer rim, too Graphic Inside The Tribune Terrorist Warning Puts Europeans on Alert AMSTERDAM. The Netherlands An Interpol warning that the (AP) renegade Abu Nidal faction has tar- UPl Tribune Telephone Numbers on A-- 2 non. said there were no plans to cancel the visit as a result of the warning. About 10 sites in Amsterdam were put under increased police protection. according to police spokesman Klaas Wilting, one of them being the Anne Frank House, one of the nation's major tourist attractions. Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the house each year, where the teen-ag- e Jewish diarist spent two years hiding from the Nazis before her discovery, deportation and death in the Bergen-Belsedeath camp in n 1944. Stockholm's main synagogue was cordoned off with barricades Saturday. Police patrolled the area with dogs. Several Jewish targets in Scandinavia. including a Copenhagen synagogue, have been hit by bombings in recent months. The explosives have been traced to Sweden, according to Swedish authorities. The Netherlands has so far been h and free of violence. anti-Israe- anti-Jcwis- I odav Salt Lake City and vicinity tinued foggy and cold. Highs 2's Lows in the teens IVtails. 4 Con- the in B-- 3 |
