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Show f Billion dollar state budget recommended State expenditure totaling nearly SI billion were recommended by Governor Scott M. Matheson in hi proposed budget for the 1977-7- 8 fiscal year. This was reported by Utah Foundation, the private research organization in their analysis of the budget presented Monday to the 1977 Utah Legislature. The recommended state budget of $997.2 million for 1977-7- 8 is approximately $44.2 million, or 4.6 more than the amount that was authorized in 1976-7- 7 and $160.3 million, or 19.2 greater than the spending total for the 1975-7- 6 fiscal year. Foundation analysts point out that the proposed spending total for next year would exceed $1 billion if several contingent items from surplus and added funds to be received from Federal mineral leasing revenues had been included in the expenditure proposal totals. Of the proposed budget for 1977-7education will account for $503.6 million, or 50.5 of the total. The Foundation report notes that this represents an increase of $51.8 million, or 11.5 over the amount available during the current (1976-77fiscal year. Following is a ) breakdown of spending authorized in 197677 and proposed for 1977-7by major areas (in millions of dollars): 8, 8 The governor recommends three proposed tax changes one an increase and two tax reductions: 1. The motor fuel tax would be changed from a per gallon tax to an ad valorem tax of Based on existing prices, the proposed change would raise the tax on motor fuel from the present rate of 7 cents per gallon to approximately 9.4 cents per gallon and would increase revenue by $15.6 million. Presently, state motor fuel taxes levied throughout the nation average about 8.1 cents per gallon. 2. Property tax relief to families would be granted in another of the Governors proposals. A circuit breaker" law would be enacted which families to would allow receive rebates for a portion of the property taxes paid. Such relief would be limited to $3 million in 1977 and would be financed from state revenue. ' 3. A third proposer would reduce inheritance taxes on small estates by applying the death tax credits recently provided under the new Federal estate tax law to the Utah State Inheritance Tax. It is estimated that this recommendation would reduce Utah inheritance tax receipts by approximately $3 million per 20. low-inco- low-inco- year after The 1977-7- 8. Foundation analysis CO RflRfl UNITY following major spending recommendations contained in the 1977-7- 8 Governor's budget: State support for the public schools would be raised from $683 to $735 per weighted pupil unit, an increase of In addition, it was recommended that the categorical grants be raised by about 7.5 and that $5 million be allocated to reduce classroom size with particular emphasis given to smaller classroom size in the lower grades. Recommended appropriation of state funds for higher education would be set at $1164 million, an increase of $3.2 over the current (1976-77- ) fiscal year. 7.6. This recommended appropriation includes an amount to offset one-hal- f the tuition increase proposed by the State Board of Regents. State appropriations for social services would be raised by approximately 14.2 from $767 million in 1976-7- 7 to $86.5 million in 1977-7- 6 Duchcsn Irons Club. 1st and 3rd W ednesday of e er Duchesne A rea Chamber ot Commerce meets every noon W ednesday o( the month at 12 . 1 TOPS mectrni every E lementary school. T W hursday. eib-i- starts at 6. IS p.m. Meetini at 7 at Roosevelt Saturday, January 15 Young Adult Ice Skating Party, meet at Roosevelt Ward Church at 1 p.m. far rides or at the Tridell church at 2:00 p.m. Skating and food. Sunday, January 16 Young Adult Fireside, 8 p.m. at the Roosevelt Ward Church. A church movie will be presented. Monday, January 17 Ladies Community Volleyball League, Roosevelt Jr. high, 6 p.m. Forest service to revise grazing rules Thursday, January 20 New Comers Club dinner, 1:30 p.m. at the Frontier Grill. For reservations call Violet Sutton, Chamber of Commerce Meeting, Zions Bank 12 a.m. 722-230- The Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, is preparing to revise regulations for grazing livestock on National Forest System lands. The revision is necessary to make the regulations consistent with the requirements of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Individuals and organizations desiring to submit written views and suggestions as to the proposed content of the rules in these categories should direct them to: Director of Range Management Forest Service, USDA, P. 0. Box 2417, Washington, D. C. 20013 before January 28, 1977. All comments submitted will be available for examination in Room 610, 1621 N. Kent Street, Arlington, Va., during regular business hours. Under these regulations, over three million livestock graze annually on over 105 million acres of National Forest System lands. To insure that the public has an opportunity to participate in all stages of development of the proposed rules, an advance notice of the proposed rulemaking was published in the Federal Register Dec. 27. Additional opportunity for public comment is planned when the actual proposed rulemaking is published in the Federal Register at a later date. The categories which the proposed rule changes will cover are: Authorities and definitions; management of the rarnge'r environment; issuance and reissuance of grazing permits; rangeland betterment funds; and grazing advisory boards. Rulemaking covering grazing fees and management of certain wild horses and burros is being handled individually. Other notices will invite comment and participation in rules on these two items. lists the of decorating a tree for birds was carried out December 23 by Mrs. Hulihan's first grade class at Todd School. The children made ornaments from dry bread, raisins, seeds, grains, suet, and peanut butter. custom Va month 3. a 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 mees rhe second Monday of each month the year around. Alcoholics Anonymous (closed meeting) Roosevelt Cu'ho'ic Rectory Saturday ot 8 m p meeting. Saturday, 8pm, Roosevelt Catholic Re; lory A A. open meeting UBARC, 133N E.. eachThutsaoy 8pm 5. Clue sleuths foiled in mystery contest Larry Abplanalp, the Boy from the Alpine Plain, was the mystery persona-alit- y for the past week, and the series of dues designed to identify him proved too tough for the due hunters, is only $15 was awarded this week. After three weeks in a row of handing Utahs senators given posts Utah's Senior Senator Jake Garn today confirmed that he will serve as Chairman of the Republican Committee on Committees. Garn said he accepted the position at the request of GOP Conference Chairman Carl Curtis Tm naturally1 pleased and very flattered that, as a sophomore, I would be asked to chair this important committee," said Senator Garn. All Republican Senators, new and old, put requests for committee assignments in to this committee and it is our responsibility to sort through them and dedde who will serve on which standing committees of the Senate. We would ordinarily have already begun the process but because of the fight over committee reorganization, our work will likely be delayed until after the first of February." Senator Garn's new assignment automatically put him on the Republican Policy Committee but he resigned from that post in favor of his new Utah colleague Senator Orrin Hatch. I am a critic of the Senate seniority system and the way it prevents freshmen from having the opportunity to explained Garn. Because participate, my other positions give me ample opportunity to contribute I felt that resigning from the Policy Committee in favor of Senator Hatch would give him a chance that he, as freshman, would not normally have." Garn also said today that the Senate committee system is in desperate need of reform; that Senators are often spread too thinly to be as effective as they otherwise might be. Our committee structure is outmoded, he said. It overlaps, it duplicates, it is inefficient. I presently serve on four committees and and my case is certainly not unique. If we cut down the number of committees and streamline their operation, Tm certain that Senators will be able to do a much better and more efficient job." (R-Ne- t An old Swedish 2 CALENDAR ought try TIME'S new ENCHILADA SUPREME & SOFT FLOUR TACO A-UL- n a The Bureau of Reclamation will obtain independent technical reviews of the designs of all major future dams, Commissioner of Reclamation Gilbert G. Stamm announced today. He said that While this procedure has been used selectively in the past, it will be applied generally in the future. The order creating the design review process came in response to a report made public Thursday by an independent panel of experts named by Secretary of the Interior Thomas S. Kleppe and Idaho Governor Cecil D. Andrus to review the cause of the failure of Teton Dam in Idaho last June. We are instituting this double check on our procedures and our technology to avoid any recurrence of the conditions which led to the Teton failure." Stamm said. We are confident that all the other 290 dams constructed by the Bureauas medical insurance to pay astronomical medical bills? Ask for the new Farmers Union Major Medical Catastrophic Medical SUPREME,., temptin' J Insurance policy with coverage up to 100,000 and 250,000 SIGN-T-he Deseret Federal officers are advanced At a recent Board of Directors meeting held at Deseret Federal Savings & Loan, 44 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Emerson L. Hardy, president, wu happy to announce the appointment of two new officers and five present officers into new., key positions. Norman K. Woodhouse was moved to from assistant Mr. Woodhouse, a graduate from the School for Executive Development is presently the manager of Deseret Federal's Vernal office and has been with Deseret Federal fin- 13 years. Mr. Woodhouse is also active in Vernal community affairs and is a member of the vice-preside- nt - Tin 722-209- 8 National Farmers Union fna IU . well as those under construction now or or will be planned for the future-a- re completely safe. However, we want to further assure the public of the safety and integrity of these structures, and it is for that reason that we are establishing this peer review system. Stamm said details of the design review procedure remain to be worked out, but he said such reviews have previously been conducted under contract with private engineering firms or consultants and he expects the new order to be carried out in a similar manner. Additionally, Stamm said, a number of other procedural steps are being taken. He said the Bureau will expand instrumentation of future dams, follow conservative criteria in the initial filling of reservoirs behind new dams, and closelj n.nnitor their behavior. Stamm also called attention to the fact that the Bureau has already tightened its reporting obligations and procedures to accelerate the disclosure of any geologic, design or construction condition discovered during construction which could affect safety. Reclamation constantly strives to improve and refine its procedures, and although we are adopting new procedures which may appear to duplicate some of our normal practices, we believe these actions are both desirable and essential under present circumstances, Stamm said. Joe Panther to star Brian Keith at local theatre Brian Keith, who has starred in more 50 movies and in four television series, has the lead role in a new family movie, Joe Panther," which Roosevelt Theatre Jan. 26. at the opens The movie, which also stars Ricardo Monlalban. is the heartwarming adventure story of a young Seminole Indian, who seeks to find his place in the modern day white man's world. than Rockwood 670 E. 200 North new Deseret Federal Savings sign goes up, at their location 61 0 E. 2nd North in Roosevelt. NEW Reclamation to obtain independant reviews of major, future dams Do you have major TACO tixin's topped with a whole mess o specie! sour cream sauce. They's the best titties ye ever flopped a lip ever! out the full pot, it is refreshing to know that the searchers arent invincible. This week it appeared that all of the entries failed to find the telephone number of Mr. Abplanalp's office, which was placed in one of the ads of the contest page. Phone numbers had been used as dues early in the contest, and were found every time. But for several weeks they have been left out. It seems to prove that due hunters get in a certain rut in hunting dues, and apparently the due hiders do too. Winning the $15 this week was Ruth Ann Lloyd, Upalco. She is the 12 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnon Lloyd. Like many of the others who have been participating in the contest this year, it was a family affair. Miss Lloyd missed two dues, one being the phone number, and the other the fact that the name Abplanalp means Boy Other dues from the Alpine Plain. Pointed out that Mr- - Abplanalp works as a coordinator of the adult education program in the Roosevelt area, with an office in Roosevelt, at the old elementary school. He is an educator, and holds a masters degree. Other clues listed the fact that he is a native of Tabiona, and has lived in the Heber area. He has three children, and his hobby is hunting. This week the kitty will go up to $115. Two more weeks after this remains in the contest. . Vernal Chamber of Commerce. Darlene Mallinson wu also moved up t. to from assistant Mrs. Mallinson, a graduate of the school for executive development hu been with Deseret Federal for 15 years and hu been branch manager of the Orem office. S. Blaine Willes from assistant Mrs. Willes, a graduate of Brigham Young University with both BS and MS degrees hu been and is presently Deseret FederaTs chief appraiser .located the Orem office and hu been with Deseret Federal 4 years. Finch Bingham, the assistant treasurer at Deseret FederaTs home office, hu been made an assistant Mr. Bingham hu been with Deseret Federal 5 years and is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a BA in accounting. Larry Miller, current manager of the d office, wu named Mr. Miller is a assistant graduate of Brigham Young University where he majored in communications and has been with Deseret Federal four years. He is also acting treasurer for the Institute of Financial Education. Dan K. Shaw was made assistant and anew officer of Desert Federal. Mr. Shaw attended Brigham Young University where he majored in recreation and business management He hu been with Deseret Federal for two years. Bruce Cundick has also been made a new officer to the position of assistant treasurer. Mr. Cundick graduated from the University of Utah with a BA degree in accounting and a masters in business (MBA) and wu a member of Phi Kappa phi & Beta Gamma Sigma honor societies. Mr. Cundick has been with Deseret Federal for 9 months. vice-preside-nt t. at vice-preside- Butler-Cottonwoo- vice-preside- VA health services may be extended to family members Veterans Administration mental health services can be extended to family members of veterans, but only under circumstances which are carefully spelled out in the Veterans Omnibus Health Care Act of 1976 The law, enacted October 21, 1976, authorizes mental health services, consultation, professional counseling and training for family members of a veteran receiving medical care for a disability, but only if the care is considered essential to the rehabilitation of the veteran. Similar health services may be authorized in some instances for family e members of veterans with VA a connected disabilities, will be care said. Family spokesman those in buis on an outpatient provided eases where it is deemed essential in a effecting release of a veteran from hospital. in Legal guardians, or an individual, whose household the veteran certifies an intention to live, also msy qualify for VA mental health services. Services will be limited to those which ire essential to support rehabilitation of the veteran. Complete information on health care services available to veterana and their Va dependents may be obtained at any of the officers service major office or from veterans organizations. service-connecte- d |