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Show Salt Lake City, Utah Vol. 232, No. 105 Tuesday Morning January 14, 19416 Bangerter Airs Plan to Save Schools Parker By Douglas L. Tribune Political Editor Everyone in Utah must understand the seriousness of the legions of youths entering the education system, Gov. Norm Bangerter told the session of the Legislaopening-da- y ture on Monday. "I warn of a condition, not a storm, that approaches with predictable sureness," the governor said. I dont believe it is an overstatement to refer to these conditions as a potential He delivered his annual State of the State message to a nighttime joint session of the House and Senate, drawing a packed gallery of state officials and families of lawmakers. equivalent of Over the past five years, enrollment in public schools has increased 20 percent, and the size of the kindergarten class is almost double that of the high school graduating class, he noted. Over the next decade, he predicted, public school enrollments will inthe crease by 132,000 students "Our states financial resources arent growing anywhere near these 260 new elementary schools of 500 students each. And this "t'dal wave" will pass on to the system in a few years, he said. higher-edu- cation rates of enrollment growth. Unless we act, and act now, Utah will indeed face an educational and financial crisis of major proportions, Gov. Bangerter said. But the governor has proposed no new tax increases this session, heed ing a 1984 campaign pledge to avoid such action for at least two years. Instead, he used his address to pitch his plan for using citizen volunteers in schools to ease class loads, and to support more formal structuring and expansion of a community college system. A parallel emphasis in the speech was aimed at the need to expand jobs in the state to take care of the growing population, a theme struck during his first year in office and supported with new promotion programs. "We are launching additional efforts to ensure that state government helps, not hurts business expansion and economic growth," he said. "These efforts include a comprehensive review of state regulations, reduction of red tape and simplification of state licensing and other paper work." The governors evening message was a new tack from the customary opening-damessages slated for a morning legislative session a move y Work Begins Tribune Staff Writers Republican floor leaders in the Utah Senate and House of Representatives opened the Legislatures session Monday with prayers, pep talks, preliminary business and a computer lesson. Both chambers were also regaled 45-d- by a rendition of the first of at least two proposals battling to become Utah's new official song. Starting his second year as House speaker, Rep. Robert H. Garff, advised his flock of 61 Republicans and 14 Democrats to be mindful of a three Es agenda education, economic development set by his predecesand efficiency sor, Gov. Norm Bangerter. Rep. Garff said budget debate would largely be limited to the current fiscal years deficit, the use of a reserve $56 million and the governors $33.5 million bonding proposal. flood-abateme- Column blockade was erected around the Embassy in the Netherlands Monday after Dutch authorities warned of a "possible Libyan terrorist action against Americans, and the Islamic Jihad terrorist group vowed to stage attacks in the United States. Construction equipment and metal containers filled with sand blocked the main entrance to the embassy building in The Hague, and officials said other U.S. facilities, including a consulate in Amsterdam, were placed on alert. 1 Amsterdam police stepped up surveillance of American businesses and extra guards were posted at the Amsterdam consulate, Dutch news reports said. Embassy spokesman Sam Wunder said the Dutch informed U.S. officials Sunday night about the possibility of an attack. We have received information from Dutch authorities about possible Libyan terrorist action in the Protests, Revelations: A-6- Column A-- 1 - Tribune Staff Photo by Lvnn R. Johnson Bangerter details the chal- lenge facing the Legislature: fund Utahs Gov. Norm i schools with state revenue that lags far behind the burgeoning student population. ,7 Netherlands, Wunder said. We take the information seriously and are reacting together with the proper Dutch authorities. Wunder said the embassy had informed other American interests in Holland. We are taking all appropriate action to protect American interests, he said, adding the alert will remain in effect as long as we think necessary. Although Wunder mentioned Libya, the Dutch Justice Ministry said it did not identify the perpetrators in its warning. Libya and the United States have verbally clashed since the Dec. 27 terrorist attacks on airports in Rome and Vienna that killed 19 people, including five Americans. The United States contends the terrorists were aided by Libya, a charge that Libya denies. President Reagan last week im- - Chuckle Todays folks leave home to Many young set the world on fire, and many come back for more matches. posed economic sanctions against Libya in retaliation for the raids and Libyas alleged involvement in other terrorist attacks. The alert was the second in four days in The Netherlands, where Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres is scheduled to visit Jan. 19. Dutch authorities stepped up security at Amsterdam's Schipol airport and across the country following an Interpol warning Thursday of possible attacks on Israeli or Jewish targets. Americans were also singled out as targets by Islamic Jihad terrorists, who threatened to strike at the most vulnerable points of American imperialism. The Americans will experience for the first time the righteous anger of the Moslems on their own territory, the group warned. WASHINGTON The Reagan administration said Monday Iran might have been within its rights in forcing an American merchant ship to submit to a search by armed Iranians in international waters near the Persian Gulf on Sunday. At the same time, the United States sent two Navy warships to the Gulf of Oman where the freighter, the President Taylor, was docked in the United Arab Emirates port of Fujaira. The vessel was boarded and searched on Sunday by seven Iranian officers and seamen, who were looking for signs that it was carrying military cargo for Iraq. The Iranians, who have been stopping neutral ships for the last five months to search for contraband destined for Iraq, Iran's war, allowed enemy in a the President Taylor to proceed after a search. No crew members were injured or cargo damaged, the State Department and the ships owners said. The owners said the ship was carrying cotton and was to pick up grain in Fujaira for delivery to India. The signals from the administration seemed contradictory as it pondered how to deal with the incident Sunday as well as any future searches of American vessels. If the United States decides that it will oppose any such Iranian moves, it leaves itself open to a possible military clash with the Iranians in the event of a test of that policy. On the other hand, the American military presence in the Persian Gulf area is limited to three ships, which would have to be considerably augmented if the United States decides to try to prevent the boarding of its merchant ships. The Pentagon said a destroyer and a frigate had been sent to the vicinity of the President Taylor, but refused to say whether force would be used to prevent the boarding of any other American ships. But the White House and the State After Dutch Warn Terrorist Raid Possible By United Press International See By Bernard Gwertzman New York Times Writer U.S. Embassy in the Netherlands Barricaded A U.S. half-hou- Signals From ihe U.S. Seem Gmtradictory 7 A-- 4, r The nearly speech was aired live on KUTV and KTVX However, it competed with the Brigham Young University vs. Notre Dame basketball game being aired by prior contract over KSL-TConscious of this, the governor quipped to lawmakers before his speech that he had to give up watching the game in his office when BYU was four points ahead. That was my Iran Right? This year, the money is so short, there is very little to talk about, the speaker said. He also reminded House members of the anticipated effects of ConAct the gresss Gramm-Rudma- n in federal deficit-buste- r measure Utah next year. With domestic programs nationwide due for $35 billion in cuts, Utah in 1987 could expect an $8 million drop in federal revenues, mostly in the areas of highways and transportation, Rep. Garff said. Reductions would increase to $51 million in the state the following year, he warned. Reductions across the board are not the answer, he advised Utah representatives, but discriminating program reductions are. A meat ax, and not a paring knife, will be the tool of the future, applied with a surgeons skill. The latest estimates are that we are looking at about a $24 million shortfall in the current years budget, Senate President Arnold Christold his body. tensen, But we have a $2.6 billion budget, so the shortfall is less than 1 percent. He said surrounding states have much larger revenue adjustments to make, so we should commend our legislative staff for its accurate revenue projections. The Senate leader also noted a $20 million revenue shortfall projected for the 1986-8budget the Legislature will be working on during this session. So weve got our work cut out for us. Sen. Christensen told his colleagues education will take the lions share of See audi- Was Search Of Ship by Lawmakers Goal: Stick to Business By Dan Bates And Paul Roily aimed at capturing television ences. Todays Forecast Salt Lake City and vicinity Fog will decrease with a chance of rain or snow showers. Details, B-- Department also issued statements that implied the boarding might have been justified. Irans practice of stopping neutral shipping in the gulf has now been carfive ried out for aoproximately months and has involved stopping vessels from Kuwait. Italy, West Germany, Denmark, Yugoslavia, Poland, and Japan, among others," the spokesmen said. The rules of naval warfare have traditionally accorded a belligerent certain rights to ascertain whether neutral shipping is being used to provide contraband to an opposing belligerent," they said We are continuing to assess the facts of this not all of wlkh particular incident Column 5 See A-- I Leave for Vietnam Khadafy Says U.S. Attack Could Mean World War III Libya,; strongman Moammar "oar families . . . A.Aoclotd Press Laserphoto Khadafy tells press that expect every day to be . . . attacked." By United Press International Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy said Monday that an attack by the United States against his country could start World War III, and warned that Libya would destroy the entire Mediterranean region if necessary to beat back the U.S. 6th Fleet. Khadafy, interviewed from Tripoli by ABC News, reiterated that he expects a U.S. attack against his northern African nation, although Prescient Reagan has stressed he wants only to isolate Libya economically. In our home, our rhildren, our families in Libya, expect every day to be challenged and attacked by the American strategic Sixth Fleet ... and the bombers like the We arc expecting this attack every day." Khadafy, who has threatened in the past to send suicide hit squads to the United States, warned of a world conflagration if U.S. aircraft strike his fundamentalist Islamic nation. "I think an attack from superpower against this small country like Libya would be very serious, Khadafy said. I think it may be a start of Third World War, and the Mediterranean would be the area of war, and would lead to no transportation, no commerce, no tourism. "We from our side will destroy this area, Khadafy said, and at least we can destroy the 6th Fleet." Reagan has not spoken of a military raid against Libya, but instead has slapped an economic embargo on Libya for what he said was that nations involvement in the Dec. 27 terrorist attacks on the Vienna and Rome airports that left 19 dead and more than 100 injured Reagan cited no evidence for ins accusation. Lawmakers Begin MIA Probe By Knight-Ridde- James McGregor r Newspapers As four memWASHINGTON bers of Congress left Monday for Vietnam to investigate the fate of missing U.S. servicemen, Reagan administration officials said there is no new evidence that Americans still are being held captive there. Assistant Defense Secretary Richard L. Armitage and Assistant Secretary of State Paul Wolfowitz said their visit to Vietnam last week produced no proof to substantiate allegations that there are living American prisoners in Vietnam. But both men said the administration continues to assume that some Americans are being held against their will in Vietnam because it has been impossible in many cases to obtain reliable information about the 2,441 Americans still listed as missing in action in Indochina as a result of the Vietnam War. The information that comes into our possession and continues to come into our possession makes it impossi ble for us to rule out that possibility, Armitage said of the administrations assumption. Armitage said Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thaeh claimed that no Americans are under his governments control. Thach and ether Vietnamese leaders, Armitage said, pledged to investigate repons that U.S officials have received about live Americans in Vietnam. Ninety-fiv- e reported first-han- sightings of living Americans in Vietnam arc still unresolved, according to Armitage lie said that more than 700 additional reports, many of them offered by refugees seeking US resettlement, have either been dismissed as fabrications or determined to concern Americans who returned from Indochina before communist forces took over Vietnam. Laos and Cambodia in 1975 In addition to investigating these 95 reports, Armitage said, the Vietnamese agreed to investigate some 50 reports about crash sites or living e Americans that the Vietnamese live-sighti- gov-Se- A-- Column 2 |
