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Show clouded for the state Utahs highway construction program currently is moving ahead at maximum speed, but the program prospects are clouded by a number of factors beyond the control of state highway officials, according to Utah the private, nonprofit Foundation, research organization. in The release of $2 billion Federal aid high- way funds last February, and the action of the Utah Legislature in appropriating $3.6 million from General Fund surplus to serve as state matching money for the Federal funds, is allowing Utah to place highway projects undpr contract as rapidly as they can be processed, the Foundation notes in a research report released this week.. .. Before the release of the Federal funds, long-rang- previously-impounde- There RACE MOTO-- X will be a Moto-race of Cquaw Peak Saturday 12 noon. A rider mee'loc be held at 1 1 :30 May 24, beginning at a.m. The race will feature 101-125c- 126-20- c, cc, 0 201-25C- c.r cc Moss supports changes in gas proposal The amend f8 I I ! !i .rf -- mint was reported out of committee I I I I I I i of limited concept winch would provide that hi ! a Mountain Fuel Supply uh ami Pipeline would not be wiiiiec' i:;ie regulations by the FeUerai Fov. Tom mission. '"i'liix action will strengthen competition in the i;a pr.i.liicipg industry, will stim'ila. e idditioiiui exploration and prod net i m of new gas supplies, and will gio inti itai" pipo'iiu-- a chance to bid now sold exclusively for ga- imr.isia i Si color Moss said. Si""c m loi oi gus front such states as Lli.it is kept out of Tex,;'- - and i.oiii-innami thereby kept i uni mem.ou! ii i( pricing jurisdiction. This gas is .obi for up 1. $2.l!U per thousand cubic feel a.iii pipeline;- - can't buy it. This count':; ge.--. in eras shortages in certain ;li I'oujitry. region.-fj'.-ii'it- d,rej;:i!:.iiin Muss. Senator Frank E. (Ted) (I) Utah) supported an amendment to the Natural Gas Act (S.K92) that exempts from price controls new gas produffi onshore by independents. races, cs well as e Mini-b- 1 a iim-rsin- e Spring -- is Here 1 ! Bring in your lawn mower or roto-till- er now so youll be able to get at that l I I job Expert Workmansl Quality Parts Fast Service "Then OITif i I - j i I Clean up your cars this have everythin! you nead washing equipment, chamois. week-end- . We polish, 722-259- no n to allow the price of u di ;iTuiiiie the price of na'iir.i! tv--- . '1 ha; would be a disaster for ciuisimn-- i - ami an u ri just ifi d windfall for niaj'or proiiuci .'' he said. M Sen... emphasized that this bill strike. .1 ha In nee between protecting ii s ei a quadrupling of gas co-- iof the natural gas a mi tii' indii-t- n for higher prices new exploration and in order !. en-dale pr iiiiii-- ' iiii'. a-- 1: r.-- con-um- g ALL CAR PARTS SMALL ENGINE SALES 46 No. 2nd E. Roosevelt, A e d Utah had scheduled highway construction entailing the expenditure of 15 million in Federal, fuads (plus state matching money) for the remainder of ithe fiscal year, ending June 30, 1975. An additional $35 million ip Federal money, (matched by the state money especially appropriated by the 1975 Legislature is now expected to be obligated in the current fiscal period. A number of states, having expended their own highway funds and having no money available for matching prof erred Federal dollars, have not been able to take advantage of the Federal offer. Primary reason for the presidential order releasing the impounded highway funds was to provide jobs and stimulate a sagging economy. States which lack matching money have requested that Federal matching requirements be waived, at least temporarily. A bill to this effect has been . , Phi Kappa Phi honors go to 2 county students Initiation services for 134 Utah State University Scholars will be Tueaday (May 20). as they join Phi Kappa Phi international scholastic honor society. The student are from the Gass of 1975 and School of Graduate Studies and in the upper 10 percent of their classes. Former ll.S. Commissioner of Education, Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin, dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Utah, will address the recipients and their guests at an initiation ceremony in the USU University Center at A banquet 8 p.m. precedes the ceremony at b p.m. The initiates include: Mary Harding, Family Life, from Myton and Clark B. Allred. Agriculture, from Roosevelt. - -t- SERVICE Utah 840G6 I 1 a J 13 STANDARD MAY 22, 1975 99M) is greater than for any other Federal-aihighway program. But when construction is completed full responsibility for maintenance falls upon the states. A change in policy to provide some Federal assistance for Interstate maintenance is being considered. Utah highway officials favor Federal aty for major maintenance projects, but not for routine maintenance such as patching and snow removal. -- Federal emphasis has shifted from the Inlersate to other Federal aid programs, particularly the Urban program, with an adverse impact on Utah. Utah receives its greatest proportionate share of a distribution of Federal-aihighway funds under the Interstate program (1.125 of the national total) and the lowest share (0.523 ) under the Urban program. Utah continues to lag behind the national average of percentage of authorized Interstate mileage open to traffic, due to the Beehive State's policy of completing its most costly and difficult Interstate segments first, the Foundation noted. Utah is steadily closing the gap, however. On December 31, 1974, Utah's ratio of Interstate mileage open to traffic was 82 of that of the nation. On June 30, 1972, Utah's ratio was only 71 of the national figure. d FOR TROUBLE1 r New Mnffler Helps Fight Pollution . . . President named We offer a free muffler inspection, and will make adjustments if necessary. If a new one is needed, we'll be happy to replace it with a low cost, guaran- for new Holbrook mission Appointment of a Navajo Indian to be n mission president, and organization of a new mission with headquarters in Alburquerque, New Mexico, have been announced by the First Presidency Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-daSaints. George Patrick Lee, a Navajo from Shiprock, N. M., now living in Orem, Utah, will serve as president of the Arizona Holbrook Mission, beginning in July. Pres. Lee is former president of College of Ganado on the Navajo Indian Reservation in northern Arizona. Stanley Dee Roberts of American Fork, Utah, now president of Arizona Holbrook Mission, will be transferred in July to the new New Mexico Alburquerque Mission. Arizona Holbrook Mission will elude all of the Navajo Indian Reser i in Mex: md Utah, New Arizona, iid. . Colorado, the First Presiden will Encompassed within the mission ; be all of the Flagstaff, Winslow, Page, Holbrook, and SL Johns, Arizona, stakes; the Kanab and Monticello, Utah stakes; Gallup and Farmington, New Mexico, stakes; and Durango Colorado stake. The Flagstaff stake is now part of the Arizona Tempe Mission, which includes most of the southern half of Arizona. The new mission to be headquartered in Alburquerque includes the state of New Mexico, except that part included in the Navajo Indian Reservation, plus theE the El Paso Texas Stake. Two stakes are teed, long-lif- muffler. e Arvins Automotive y President George Lee and wife will preside over new Arizona-Hol-bro- Phone ok 722-222- 5 mission. m - soon. J I introduced in Congress, but no action on it has y cl been taken. Governor Hampton has called a special session of (he Utah Legislature for June 23. A primary purpose of the session will be lo consider - the stale's king-rang-e highway financing needs and a possible increase in the motor fuels tax, chief support of Utah's IFghway Construction and Maintenance r ,d. Some of the L.rtors whieh make for uncertainly in the future of the state's highway program are the following, according to the Foundation report: - Due to the energy crisis, consumption of motor fuels has slowed down substantially, thereby reducing the return from the motor fuels tak. The same energy crisis has greatly increased the price of asphalt, a petroleum product, and other factors in the cost of highway building and maintenance. -- Increasingly large amounts are being taken from the highway fund for nonhighway uses. These include a pro-ratshare of the cost of state government overhead cost 'of operating the Legislature, the offires of the elected officials and the general "housekeeping services that apply to all agencies of state government -- and a share of support of the Highway Patrol. These overhead" costs have risen faster than any other expenditure classification from the Highway Fund in recent years. - Costs of maintenance bave risen dramatically and continue to do so as more of the Interstate system is completed, and older segments nerd extensive renovation. The Federal share of Interstate construction (approximately :o headquartered in Albuquerque and another in Las Cruces. An estimated 154,000 Navajos reside in Arizona and New Mexico, plus another estimated 67,000 members of the Pueblo, Apache, Hopi and Zuni tribes. D ti Navajo-speakin- g and English-speakinmissionaries will be assigned to the Arizona Holbrook Mission and Spanishmissionspeaking and English-speakin- g aries will labor in the New Mexico Alburquerque Mission. George Patrick Lee was the first Indian appointed as president of the accredited College of Ganado, a two-yea- r community college that formerly was a Presbyterian boarding school. About 99 percent of the college's 300 students are Indian. Ganado is a town of 2.000 residents, west of Window Rock. Pres. Lee was assistant to the former college president, dean of students and director of Indian studies before becoming college president in August, g 1973. He received his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in 1968 and his master's degree in educational administration from Utah State Univer- sity. Phone 187 Lagoon St., Roosevelt, Utah 722-245- 6 Uintah Basin's only Comprehensive Care Center CUR C8JECTIVE "To assist each resident to potential WE OFFER rr-ac-h their maximum Physically, Mentally, Emotionally." - Clear Comfortable Beautiful Facility Trained Staff Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurses, Nurses Aides Physical Therapist Consultant Dietician Activity Program Religious Services We Have Vacancies He is now completing requirements for his doctorate in educational administration at Brigham Young University. As a young man. he attended public schools in Utah while participating in the Indian Placement Program Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-daSaints. Under this program, he lived in the home of church members during the school year because suitable educational opportunities were not then available near his home in the outlying reaches of the Navajo Reservation. The new mission president was winner of many scholarships and awards and was named as one of the "Outstanding Young Men of America. He was a finalist for appointment as a White House Fellow, an honor he declined in order to accept appointment as assistant to the president at Collge of Ganado. He has also served as a counselor to the president of the former New Mexico Arizona Mission. He will be accompanied to the mission assignment, by his wife and their children. 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