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Show 8SV 1 hr Salt Lake Tritium, Wednesday, January 22, 2 Puy-T- V 19H6 Firms Scramble Signals By Adam Kaillei k Tribune Staff Writer HBO and (Tnemax. both pay movie c flannels, began scrambling their signals 24 hours a day la .t week making it impossible for an estimated I 5 million owners to receive their broadcasts Impossible that is, without buvmg a 395 descrambler to attach to their satellite dishes The expense for dish owners matches roughly $15 million" HBO has spent on research and development on scrambling technology," said spokesman Alan Levy in New home-satellit- e York With a satellite dish," he explained, hotels, bars and other commercial institutions have been receiving our signals and making commercial use of it without paying for it. If they aren't paying for it. theyre pirates. Rather than going through litigation Mr. Levy said, "There was an electronic solution for us to scram- - ble. Murray City officials are looking forward to Utah Triad and AT&Ts planned con- - struction of a $6 million management center off of Interstate 15 near 5300 South. AT&T Credit Office Planned Murray Officials Beam Over New Center Special to The Tribune Its the type of large, clean business that city officials drool over, and Murray's going to get MURRAY - it. City officials were beaming over last weeks announcement that Utah Triad and American Telephone and Telegraph will build a $6 million recenter off gional credit-manageme- Interstate 15 near 5300 South Mayor Lavar C. McMillan said he considers AT&T a very prestigious company and will be very proud to have them a part of the community. The Murray site was selected over larger areas in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The center will handle 1G million business and residential accounts for 11 Western states. Though the center is expected to employ roughly 700 clerical workers by 1988, at this editions deadline it had not been determined how many of those jobs would go to Utah citi- Beyond the jobs it may provide for residents, the building will, of course, add to the local commercial property-tax base. Additional revenue is expected from higher small business sales those of restaurants, bank ofas traffic infices, gas stations creases in the area zens. The It's something that's good for Murray, it's good for jobs," said Ron Gregory, assistant city planner. "Just having the traffic going through the area improves business. The building will be built at 5245 College Drive, an area already zoned for professional offices. The facility will be built by Triad, then sold to AT&T. company recently laid off 24,000 workers, and the Communication Workers of America, which represents most of those former employees, said it will attempt to gam the Murray center jobs for its members. However, AT&T officials said they expect a substantial number of the positions to be given to Utah 91,500-square-fo- Flu Cuts School Rolls Along Wasatch Front Hundreds of students resorted to Mom's chicken noodle soup, Kleenex and cough drops as the flu and common cold hit several schools along the Wasatch Front particularly hard last week. The illnesses caused as many as 310 students to be absent at one school. Tuesday was the epitome of it said Becky Talbot, attendance secretary at Kearns Jr. High School, 4040 W. 5305 South. Over 300 students were sick, that's over 25 percent of the student body. Typically, the cause of the absenteeism is coughs, aches, runny nose all, and a fever. Pneumonia and strep throat have also forced many students to stay home, Ms. Talbot added. Some students come to school feeling fine, but check out before the day is through. Normally, 10 or 15 kids will leave school during the day, Ms. Talbot said. But 30 to 35 kids are leaving now. I know these kids are really sick" she said, because some of them I have never seen before handing in illness excuse notes while I hae been working here. Truman Elementary, 4639 S. 3200 West, had 68 students absent Jan 16, which is well over the average 15 or Whitmore Library Slates First-Ai- d m Special to The Tribune The classes will include instruction - A HEIGHTS course will begin at the Whitmore Library Jan. 30 at 7 COTTONWOOD four-wee- k first-ai- Course d pm. The course is sponsored by the Salt Lake County Library System in conjunction with Zee Medical. Cost is $5 a person and advance registration is necessary. on resuscitation (CPR) as well as how to prevent choking, how to deal with seizures and diacardio-pulmonar- y betes related emergencies and instructions on how to make first aid kits. Instructors will be Gordon L. Min-so- n and Deanna Gent who are certified by several health-relate- d and governmental agencies. ssatstaam 20 students, explained secretary Norma Boyinton. There really has been a lot of absent kids, she said "They just keep coming in feeling sick. January marks the half-wa- y point of the regular "flu season which began around the end of November and will continue through March, said Peggy Eklund, communicable disease program director for the Salt Lake CityCounty Health Department. "After that, you stop seeing a lot of cases. After scrambling equipment was developed, 12,500 descrambling units wer shipped to cable operators across tht country, installed and tested. "In March 1984 we began scrambling for a few minutes every day. Talk of scrambling has squelched satellite sales, according to one Salt Lake City dealer. "Sure it's affected us, says Beech Adams, owner of Beech Adams Satellite City. "Our sales last December topped what we did this year. When people come in, their first concern is scrambling. Mr. Adams said most of his clients aren't too concerned about HBO and Most of our Cinemax scrambling people could care less they don't give a hoot about HBO. Besides, they can still receive over 100 other chan- pnics established bv Various (able Iresent laws make .scrambling le gal but also allow dish owrieis to r loive unscrambled signals 'A dish owner tan according to the law. receive any unscrambled signal that does not have a marketing mechanism." Mr Levy said 'But with a marketing mechanism, the law a( firms our right to protect uur signal That s all we re doing " While home satellites were initially popular in rural communities, Mr Adarns said, the market has moved to "anyone who has a large er iugh back yard to accommodate one." Increased volume in home satellites has reduced the cost several thousand dollars Five years ago, the cost was between $6,000 and $8,000, Mr Adams said, and they werent " nearly as sophisticated T home system now runs betwee n and $3 ooo, and Mr Adams said tils bents still see it js a cost eftec-t- i investment ' If consumers sub scribe to all the pav channels. It run about $40 a month We can sell them a satellite for $40 a month and in lour or five years it they own it " A $1 ooo set Viees c - For all television stations to ramble is "unlikely" Mr Adams HBO and Cinemax don't desaid pend on advertising revenue and they're the exception rather than rule Those (channels! who depend on advertising won't want to lose potential consumers " sc Results of the HBO Cinemax action "can't be measured until down the road," Mr Levy said It could proor t solution vide the they could find themselves scram tiling for business long-sough- ry to Fill Financial Hole Budget Cuts Leave Utah Cities Scrambling to Balance Books Continued From l revenue, said Don Whetzcl, financial director for Murray City. "I would doubt that wed raise property taxes. Well absorb it through increase in sales taxes through regular increase in sales. For West Valley City, no revenuesharing funding means that planned hiring in the police and fire departments will be scrapped for the present. "We had hoped to hire because were actually below the strength of public demand, said West Valley We City Manager John Newman. nels. feel we need to hire, but we simply That attitude could change, howevwont be able to meet those demands. er, if other companies follow suit in "We are not going to raise property MuThe Movie Channel, scrambling. sic Television, Showtime, Disney taxes, he continued. Its just a matChannel, USA Network, and Cable ter of not producing those things that News Network are among several weve been asked to produce. Looking for other sources of moncompanies who have announced plans to begin scrambling in 1986. ey, cities are hoping for passage of a Down the road, we see people paying bill pending before the Legislature for the channels they receive, Mr. which would return a larger part of the state sales tax to the local governLevy said. ments. Aside from buying a descrambler, dish owners also will pay a monthly The return of those funds was fee, Mr. Levy said. After they obtain promised in a 1983 law, after the paya descrambler, theyll contact their ment of higher education bonds and local cable operator to get the equipadditions to funds. The ment running. The cost to dish owncurrent bill, initiated by the Utah ers will be $12.95 for either HBO and League of Cities and Towns, would return roughly $4 million to the cities Cinemax or $19 95 for both. An individual receiving either service via beginning July 1. League Executive Director Jan Furner said the pro cable pays between $8 and $13 S-- flood-contr- ol posed law has the support ol jv. Norm Bangerter. "The impetus of th bill was a reto help sult of the federal cuts us cover the shortfalls, Mr. Furner said. "And if the flooding is not imminent we want our money back and (the governor has agreed to do that." of The remainder of the a cent sales tax, about $12 5 million, would be returned July 1, 1987 unless there is more flooding, in which case the state would keep the money until Dec. 31, 1989. ... one-eight- h Though the effects of eliminating revenue sharing are the most visible, ruts in block-gran- t funding will nonetheless be felt though to what extent is presently unknown. Block grant funding was cut 15 percent in the August of 1985, but may faces further reduction as a result of the plan to eliminate the national deficit by 1991 Rob Jeppsen, legislative director for Congressman Howard C. Nielson, 3, from said the cuts resulting will be in ad- dition to the 15 percent, but as of now, the total amount of reduction re- Gramm-Rudma- n mains to be seen. "Its hard to say what the elfects will be, he said. Its hard to give specific answers on how rural cities are going to be affected at this point . . . everything is up in the air." ! ; i ' The local temperature inversion, which had covered the area for more than two weeks when the illnesses struck in large number, has not con- 1 tributed significantly to the number of cases, said Ms. Eklund. n Influenza is an disease, you can get it whether the sun is shining or if there is fog, Ms. Eklund added. "Either way, there is not a lot you can do but treat the symptoms you have. air-bor- 0 FF USE THIS COUPON AS CASH TOWARDS ANY MAJOR TRANSMISSION OR CLUTCH REPAIR PRESENT THIS COUPON IN ADVANCE Even if it s the junior prom, don't youre feeling sick, she said. 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