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Show Mtwypaga May 6. 1975 STANDARD THE UINTAH BASIN STANDARD M, fWl W it RmmviH, PUBLISHED TUESDATS bum 1,1. Utah MOAi 0. BOX III, ROOSEVELT Tf, $4.00 - Tws Tsars, $10.00 Rittii 0 6, 1975 ND TNUISDATS AT ROOSEVELT AND DUCHESNE -P. fabicnpti MAY - Paid ia Advaim DUCHESNE COUNTY EDITION CLARIN D. ASHBY The Utah Public rvi; o has approv.d Mountain l'i,J f.i an (flyi-Company's nppliral io.i rati- - inert asn in (ho an. amount of $11,2.12,(192, the nt-- ' rat;-- , become effective April 30, 1375. Mountain Fuel applied for i!:r ini on March 28. 1975, bocatev of increases in the coat of purdur-- i .. has to pay its pipeline (umpire nod ii a,i e producer suppliers, and ;.1.-- j increased royalty payuiceth it ha make in connection with .i s production. In its application, the Coi.qvi.iy xi out it did not seek to mid to or cuha.ii-operatiprofit or to presently allowed rale of ui u, In.; simply passing through the lusher of its natural gas purehascs. PUBLISHER DENNETH OSBORN ... LIN STAFFORD EDITOR fr SOCIETY EDITOR KAREN LEFLER CORRESPONDENTS Carol Henley Lea Vosten Connie Holgate . Duchesne Area Altamont Area Arcadia Ballard Bluebell Hanna IdaHorrocks . . Telintha Rasmussen Garda Seeley . Tracy Roberts . Utahn Area Arda Mansfield Nolo Nelson . Louise Fausett JoAnn Bastion Afton Rogers . Lapoint Montwel . Myton Neola Randlett Tabiona Tridell ... t pass-throug- h TYPESETTER Roosevelt PCS approve? Mt. Fuel rate increase Connie Lee Lorna McKee Colene Nelson . ng WHY A BI-WEEK- Weve been asked a number of or times, Why go have a Duchesne office? Fair enough questions. The answers to both questions is better service to our customers (the readers and advertisers) in the form of fresher and more extensive news. Duchesne county is compari-tivel- y rare among Utah counties in that it has a commercial center and a (Roosevelt) center (Duchesne) government almost 30 miles apart. For most of the time since the county was organized there has been a newspaper in both ly Roosevelt rt NEWSPAPER? LY and Duchesne providing people with the news about their county. But the economics of the business in the : last two decades has made it Commerce in the form Dear Editor, In a single recent issue of The Uintah Basin Standard, I read several separate accounts revealing trends in the Uintah Basin that I consider alien to the area and alarming to this still proud and loyal native. I.refer. to ,.t,he .increasing .role jof the Uintah Basin Association of Governments and to the plans of cities and county to use federal government funds for development and expansion. I am still seeking the answer to a question I have pondered for some time: How did a merger' organization such as UBAG come into being without the direct consent of the electorate? If the people did not vote it into existence, it is not answerable to them. Andr in some capacities, it appears to be already surpassing the authority of the county commissioners and city councils who were elected by the people. The existence of such a free wheeling body is particularly alarming in view of the following information: Columnist Jo Hindman has been following for fifteen years the progress of a project generously funded by the Rockefeller Foundation called Metro Government" In brief Summary, Metro strategy tax-exem- concentrates on mergers and consolida- tions of town or city governments, then county governments and eventually even so that large state governments collectives will be created. We are aware of the federal regions already established under the Nixon Administration. The idea is to demolish the Constitutional system of a federation of separate states in whom all powers are vested except those few explicitly outlined. These states are made up of increasingly smaller unts thus providing a means for American citizens to govern themselves especially in matters closest to them. The intent of the collectivists is clear. The planners of a centralized society can control a few large units easier than they can control hundreds of smaller ones. I am not suggesting that the Uintah Basin Association of Governments and all the other associations of governments were established by the Rockefellers. However, it is apparent that Metro propaganda and influence have left their mark. Related to this is the other trend to plead incompetence and financial inability to plan and to implement our community projects without higher" assistance. As recently as twenty years ago, a professor who, with her husband, owned some property in Duchesne County exclaimed enthusiastically when learning of my birthplace, Oh yes, you people out there know how to do things!" What has happened to our pride and e that we must now plead for federal funding at howl and poverty the early pressures of increased population and expanded industry? We demean ourselves in two ways: (1) We are willingly participating in what has been aptly called legalized plunder. As convincing as our justification to ourselves may be, the fact remains that we are asking government to take earnings (properly) from others that we could not legally take ourselves in order to finance improvements or even needs that only we will enjoy. (2) We are feeding the monster of inflation, which threatens to permanently bn pair any ability we still possess to finance ouselves, by squawking for more and more federal funds. The apparently uncontrolled practice of federal deficit spending to finance sprawling systems and special interest projects threatens to destroy our economy; yet, we cry for more of the same. And we content ourselves to ignore the strings that are always attached somewhere to a federal " euphorically claiming that it is all In the interest of progress. The whole scene is beginning to take on the uncomfortable aspect of a populace groveling before masters seeking favors and dispensations. And that is a description of the feudal system during the Dark Ages. John Kenneth Galbraith, avowed socialist long active in government circles, reveals without apology in Economics, Peace and Laughter a request that Nikita Kruschchev made during his 1959 visit to America. Krushchev asked Averell Harriman, former ambassador to Russia and wealthy sympathizer to Red interests, to arrange a meeting with the people who really run the United States. This to a Marxist. . .did not mean. . .our other nominal rulers in Washington. . .It meant the people who had the money. These people having the money have been identified abundantly as the ruling elite who have long manipulated us into doing exactly what we are now doing in order to enhance their ability to control us completely. I plead with you people of the Basin to return to high principles, to your priorities and to reaffirm, as did Ted Dealey of the Morning News (Dallas), that We are not cowards and will not wallow in the sloughs of degradation. We do not want to be lulled to sleep any more. We are awake and angry and intend to remain so." Sincerely, Naomi G. Baldwin Kanah, Utah give-away- 'Hang in of advertisements pays for a news newspaper, subscriptions pay only a small share. So with this issue, there is once again a newspaper located in Duchesne City, one that will help to provide all of the people in the county information about what is happening in the government seat and surrounding areas twice as often as before. Letters to the EDITOR The rates v ill result new i.i . a up adjustment of 2.479 certs p . (thousand cubic fen) for nY.iirid , in service Mountain Fuel ) turn. in r.e the Roosevelt Myton except area where rates are slightly h!:'ier. rids will result in an increase of a bool 37 , nts per month for the averai;' n .iskv.-.i.s user in Utah under t i.i tAiHi,.standard schedule. have only one possible in the county. . .and newspaper had to be in the that naturally commercial center. Things are changing, Duchesne City has more business now than in many years and prospects for more commercial businesses in the future are bright. to there-loo- ks like ' Dear Editor. I have been putting off, for some time, writing and expressing my thanks publicly for some special things that have taken place at Duchesne high school this year. I am so happy with the Math program at the school. Duchesne is one of the few schools in the state that offers Basic 7th grade Math through College Calculus. A special thunks to Sam Potter for taking the time he does with all his students. Not only does he know the subject, he also knows how to leach it and with Math that's a rare talent. Im sure hes the reason our school rated one of the top in the state in the USU Math Testing Program t his year. Another new program I think is great in the 7th and 8ih grades is the Humanities program under the direction of Dennis Ercanbrack, Howard NieLsen. John Rockwell and Wendy Meadows. The students seem to tie learning by and finding it more experiencing enjoyable. The students did a great unit on the rolonial era. They even had a parent's night and dressed for the occasion. There were booths set up depirting such things as- courts, laws, punishments, schools, supersititions. etc. Also they presented a program winch even included an old fashioned spelling bee. Much work went into an outstanding evening. They are now working on the westward expansion unit which is proving very interesting to the students. Also I think the speech and athletic departments deserve a special thanks. Many hours go into this work. I am grateful my youth have the for these positive ex opportunity periences and the growth that results from them. Very t ruly yours, Louise Peterson - Basin Telephone bids for exchange buildings Uintah Basin Telephone Association officials announced this week that LaMar D. Construction Co., Altamont. submitted the low bid for new buildings at Lapoint. Randlett ami Tabiona to house Judges terms expire, positions open Chief Justice F. Henri Henri. nt has asked lhat announcement be made that the :p)Ointive terms of six Juvenile Court Judges expires in June. 1975. These posit ions are: First Juvenile Court District (1) Second J uvenile Court District (21 Third Juvenile Court District 11) Fourth Juvenile Court District (1) Fifth J uvenile Court Dist rict ( 1 ) Chief Justire F. Henri Henriod is Chairman of the stai utory J uvenile Court Commission vested with the rcsjionsibi lity of making recommendations of two persons to fill each of the vacancies. Applications will be accept ed until May 19, 1975 and applicants will he afforded a personal interview with the Juvenile Court Commission on or about May 23, following which, recommendations vill be made to the Governor. Applications should be addressed to Juvenile Court Commission, co Honorable V. Henri Henriod, Chief Justice, Utah Supreme Court, State Capitol Building, Sail ltkc City, Utah 84 114. Nsiijlti'm My its going down!' t f !. ' GiXintiiua CN K,Vl I1 NtXV WS ..Wrt,!, t y. - 6- M the new central office equipment for these exchanges. Bid was for $196,862.50. The hid also included additions to the Altamont and Neola present buildings. A new building will be eonstrueted at Flat Top to house the microwave equipment connecting all exchanges named above. The low bid for microwave equipment was submitted by Lenkhurl, Inr. for $385,400.00. These rontracts must now be approved by REA and also by the regulating bodies FCC and Public Service Commission of Utah. Const ruction should begin in the near future. The Telephone officials company report that this is a continuation of many years work to bring new modern equipment to the people of t he Basin. 1 Buy yuur Mobil Heme at Wally'i und isvfj Buy during April or f.i-Receiveskiriin-- filf FREE lielivery We f .nt ure. Mnshuo Viking, Suburban, Ro- s ul Welly's Riobils 2221 S. Redwood Rd i 7 CO 'V. j Salt Lake City, L'loh Ur. - 7 Av ' fa A Candy Cooks & Small Appliances 20 off all: Intimate Cologne Complete line of Cosmelics for Mother Lots of things that Mom like KEITH E. BERGGUiST er Your Representative for: Planned Futures Estate Planning Mortgage Insurance Corporate, Group Plans 4 Roosevelt MODERN 722-256- g DRUG a Beneficial Life Phone 722-24- 41 - Roosevelt :v;T J. THIS WEEK ONLY . . . 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