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Show November STANDARD II, Vets, GI Bill additional 1976 training noted Zero-bas- e budgeting and sunset laws are being studied 10-ye- Veterans enrolled in GI Bill training are eligible for up to an additional nine months training, according to Elmer J. Smith, Director of the Salt Veterans Administration Regional Office. The Veterans Education and Employ- ment Assistance Act of 1976, signed into law by President Ford October 15, increased the training entitlement for thousands of veterans who have not reached their delimiting date, Smith said. Effective October 1, 1976, the law 10-ye- provided extended entitlement of 45 months for veterans if they served at least 18 months on continuous active duty after January 81, 1966. Previously the maximum entitlement was 36 months. Unchanged is the delimiting date. Veterans retain eligibility for 10 years their release from active following military duty, Smith explained. The new law also provided an 8 percent increase in monthly training allowances offered by the GI BilL Benefits provided for flight training remain the same as under a previous law. A single veteran e basis attending school on a would now be entitled to $292 monthly. For those veterans already enrolled, the adjustment in the training allowance will be automatic-- it will not be necessary to contact the Veterans Administration. , Many governmental nation are examining sero-baa- e budgeting and aunset laws aa a means of controlling rising government costs. This was reported by Utah Foundation, the private research agency. Zero-baa- s budgeting is a technique where government departments and agencies periodically must justify their entire appropriation request before the legislative body. Unless the agency's worth is sustained through this reexamination process, programs and activities can be eliminated or curtailed. Presently, budgetary procedures in most governmental units require that the spending agencies have to justify only the increases in their budgets above the level of the preceding year. Sunset laws, which are a counterpart adopting full-tim- CORflRflUMOTV CALENDAR uchesne Duchesne D SALESMAN-Wa- de Betts is the new sales representative L & in G Motor Roosevelt. Wade started work this week. at NEW L A ions Club, 1st ind 3rd W edeesday sltury month. rea Chamber ol Commerce meets every 3rd W ednesday of the month ot 12 ROOD. Newcomers Club, third Thursday, at 1:30 p.m. Duchesne County Sportsman Club, meets first Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Roosevelt legion Hall. Roosevelt Business and Professional Women's Club meets the second Monday of each month , the year around. Alcoholics Anonymous (closed meeting) Roosevelt Catholic Rectory, Saturday at 8 p.m. meeting, Saturday, 8 p.m., Roosevelt Catholic Rectory. A. A. open meeting, UBARC, 33 N. E., each Thursday, 8 p.m. . Liquidation Sale! Saturday November 1 TOPS meetini ivory Thursday. Elementary school. 13 or 75 Grocery Items Paper Goods Office Equipment Metal Shelving Hand Trucks Misc. Items TERMS: CASH 789-058- M 33? St n fir by: Picslmp p.m. 722-351- 8 Old friends Lyrics Sx: John Sharhtiu OL'upxrigPt IHT.i Moderately GmajT id r r 3 i 2 r D7(sus4) j- l fun f I how a new friend i 2 just F i f T r Old friends, F f r Am7 ' i -.. n??' won't on Hv 1 F toil f e . periodic interval!. Foundation analysts point out that during the past few years approximately a dozen states have enacted sero-bas- e budgeting and sunset laws. In addition, legislatures in at least a half dosen more states are examining the concept In all likelihood, the zero-bas- e budgeting concept also will be considered by the Federal Government when Congress convenes in January, e According to the Foundation report the popularity of zero-bas- e budgeting and unset legislation during the past few years has been prompted by rising expenditures and growing governmental bureaucracy. The new techniques have been developed to reappraise and weed out those government programs and activities that no longer may be needed or whose costs clearly exceed the benefits derived. The Foundation study observed that experts are divided as to what can be accomplished by sero-baa- e budgeting and unset laws. Backers of the proposals claim that it is the beat way to cut government costa and give citizens more and better service for their tax dollar. Critics, on the other hand, maintain that while the idea sounds good in theory it will generate mountains of additional paper work and never actually work in e the experience Aint , t- it USDA survey seeks plans A substantially large harvest in 1976 followed by overly dry planting conditions in many areas this foil have clouded the acreage and production prospect for the 1977 winter wheit crop. A major nationwide survey of wheat farmers in late November and early December will help determine the number of acres finally planted to winter wheat this fall The information will assist producers, processors, exporters, Government farm planners, and others in managing output, storage, and marketing -, t- - One man with courage makes a majority. D7 Andrew Jackson Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Mr. Lee noted that a cross section of Utah farmers and representative producers across the country will be contacted in person, by telephone, and through the mails in an effort to develop wheat acreage estimates. The survey will also collect information about the number of cattle, hogs, and chickens on farms and the size of the pig and calf crops producers expect to raise in early 1977. He pointed out that all answers provided by producers in this voluntary survey will be kept confidential and only State and National summaries will be issued. . .'- -Cropland Livestock. Reporting Service will publish the State and budgeting and Proponents of 'aunset' laws contend that this action is" Nationfi BStimftesTot' 'y feat and hogs v needed to identify overlapping, duplicaDecember 22; poultry facts January 28; and cattle data February 2. tive, and obsolete government programs, and to take the necessary steps to prune -- h r such deadwbod from the budget. They also advance the following arguments: It is a technique frequently used by private business to control costs. It makes every program and activity of government stand on its own merits. It provides the basic information needed to rearrange program priorities. It provides a means for identifying and consolidating or eliminating programs that duplicate or overlap each other. Opponents of zerorbased budgeting and aunset laws maintain that government Editor's Quote Book We are judged by what we do and not by what we claim to do. William -- r.-sz t F i t,.tA Em -- old you're just friends. i 1 J ! I- And WADE I3ETTS - when ftt:L 3 F nr D9(sus4) ' what's old friend "IIZ7 G F 1 new. AA r r -- - A f Tbnight,caUafnendinUtahafter5FM when Long Distance rates go down. SI New Sales Representative G & L Chevrolet Come in and meet at the new civic worker "Chevrolet and Wade today! Go G. & LChevroIsf-Bui-di Mountain Bell "Service you can truit Fhaae 722-241-1 . operations to maintain an orderly agricultural situation, stated W. Grant Lee, Statistician in Charge of the Utah . r nj to date has been extremely limited as to how the concept will work in actual practice. zero-bas- e a-1- an A- :, ii I 3 budgets, are another to fores regular review of government program!. Under the sunset approach, agencies and programs have fixed termination dates. Unless the agency can justify its continued existence before the legislative body, it is automatically eliminated. Thus, by setting specified expiration dates, lawmakers are compelled to reexamine and reenact or reject every program at zero-bas- It would greatly lengthen and complicate the budgetary process. It would require added staffing of budget personnel in the executive budget office and the legislative body. It would hamper long-rangplanning. It would create delays which might legislaimpair the work of limited-tim- e tive bodies, such as are found in many states including Utah. The Utah Foundation study concludes that the final evaluation of sero-baabudgeting and sunset legislation is not yet in. The report notes that the technique has much potential merit, but do. f I)7(sus4) I friends. EE G6 GmajT at the Grid. to technique agencies would bog down under the added work load that would be created by periodic reviews of programs and activities. Included among the arguments presented by the opponents are the following: The-Uta- ((i ' A old you're just . Roosevelt Em i friends. it 7 it Piestmp and nhn Stmrkan Aim G6 Old oating Wednesday, November 17 Parents Day at Union high school. November 18 Thursday, Sauare Dance Qub at Roosevelt Elementary school9p.m. or 2 M Saturday, November 13 Young Adult Activity, Hootenanny at 7:30 p.m. at the Roosevelt Seminary Building. Regional Special Interest Dance, Myton Ward Cultural Hall 9 p.m. Sunday, November 14 Young Adult Fireside at the Roosevelt Ward Chapel 8 p.m. November 15 Monday, Special Interest Pot Luck Dinner, Moon Ijtfl Budding 7 p.m. Parents Day at Roosevelt Jr. high. Business and Professional Women's Club 7:30 off For Further Information call 6:15 p.m. school. 50 t t starts it Thursday, November 11 Square Dance Club at Roosevelt Elementary School 9 p.m. A ; 12 November Friday, Parents Day at Roosevelt East Elementary 3 miles west of Roosevelt on Highway 40 25. W eifh-i- i COMMUNITY CALENDAR 10 12 A.M. at J & L Diet. Warehouse -- Everything 1 unit acroos the the possibility of Quality you can depend on!" (Joy Gates, Owner) Bsoacvelt, Utah Feather |