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Show UNIVERSAL MICROFILMING CCRP. BOX 2608 CITY . 3-- 69 84101 ' ' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Governor Rampton Will Call Special Session of Legislature Gov. Calvin L. Rampton this week said he would call a special session of the 38th Utah Legislature to correct several technical oversights in bills that were passed during the regular session. He said he also would put the matter of tax assistance for municipalities on the special session agenda if the Republican leaders could promise that meaningful legislation could be passed in the two or three days he plans for the session. Initial indications were that some sort of tax aid for cities would be forthcoming. The regular session defeated a proposed one half cent sales tax boost for cities and it also had turned down a proposed raising of the Salt Lake City property tax levy ceiling. The governor vetoed seven bills passed by the 38th, mostly on technical grounds. Some of them will be resubmitted to the special session for fixing. The session also must pass on a number of the governors appointments to state boards and commissions. He vetoed a $75,000 appropriation to build visitor facilities at Cache Countys Hardware Ranch but signed the remainder of the general appropriation bill providing nearly $199 million to operate state government in the next fiscal year. The governor vetoed bills dealing with the University of Utah research park, power of a court assignment judge, trade technical institutes ability to issue revenue bonds, sales tax on university and hospital meals and expulsion of college students for certain offenses. Gov. Rampton wrapped up work on the 26 remaining bills out of nearly 275 measures that were passed by the Legislature 2 at 9:30 p.m. hours before deadline when bills the midnight in his possession would have become law without his action. Overall, the chief executive vetoed seven bills, with earlier vetoes coming on measures dealing with sales tax amendments that contained conflicting provisions to the general sales tax law increasing the rate from 3 to 4 per cent. Those bills are ' scheduled to be part of the agenda for the May special session at which the governor also will submit several appointees for state boards and commissions to obtain Senate . consent. The legislative leadership and members of the Joint Budget-Aud- it Committee met privately with the governor before he took his veto action. He explained the technical nature of vetoes, in some cases, and there was agreement to include them on the special session agenda. . State Spending Will Rise $26.9 Million Next Year State spending for current operations will rise by $26.9 million during the coming ' 1969-7fiscal year for programs which were approved by the 1969 Utah Legislature. This was reported by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization in a fiscal analysis of the legislative session which ended on Mar. 13. According to Foundation analysts, the $26.9 million increase is for tax moneys expended from the general and the uniform school funds only. It does not include any rise which may result from higher fees, increased federal aid, dedicated credits, and other funds over which the legislature exercises little or no control. Also specifically excluded are rising expenditures from highway, building, bond, 0 and nonbudgetary funds. More than three fourth of the $26.9 million increase expected next year will go for education about $16.2 million for increased local school aid, and other education (60.4 per cent) plus $4 million for higher education (14.8 per cent). The re ' ' h ' i , FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1969 Commission Shuffles Airport Personnel, Abolishes Council Salt Lake City Commission had high praise for Joe Bergin, veteran manager of the Salt Lake International Airport, as it voted four to one to retire him in May. Mr. Bergin, 69, has been serving past normal city retirement age, by special permission of the commission. He will be replaced by Murray Bywater, who has been serving as assistant manager. At the same time the commission voted to abolish the present Airport Advisory Council which had opposed appointment of Mr. Bywater as manager. The commission action was a vote of support for Parks Commissioner Conrad Harrison, who had hired Mr. Bywater. The appointment drew fire from the advisory council, whose members claimed they had not been consulted in advance of the announcement. The council last week again criticized the appointment and asked that a younger man be hired instead. Mr. Bywater is a retired Air Force general. s Mr. Harrison praised Mr. excellent record and noted the airport managers retirement had been extended almost four years because there had Sen. Moss Named Chairman Of Consumer Subcommittee Senator Warren Magnuson as chairman of the Senate Commerce. Committee, has officially named Senator Frank E. Moss chairman of the Subcommittee for Consumers . Senator Moss said that he was pleased to accept the position. Most observers agree that ther is a consumers revolt in this country, a revolt against smaller packages and expanding prices, against distorted advertising and dangerous products, against shoddy goods and computers with whom we humans seem unable to communicate, - he said. The farsighted leadership of Senator Magnuson and his Commerce Committee has resulted in improved protection of the U.S. buyer, in the market place and has revealed the seriousness of the continuing challenge before . us. One of the first important tasks is to see that the federal regulatory agencies have the opportunity to perform their assigned functions and serve the public interest by banning cigarette advertising from broadcast media. In my new position, been no qualified replacement I will continue to pursue that until Mr. Bywater was hired in objective without let up. I intend to shortly offer legAugust. islation to eliminate the confuWeston E. Hamilton sion and frustration of small- . Ber-gin- Senator Frank B. Moss print-iti- s in appliance warranthe simple, ties, to workable basic American market principle that the buyer is entitled to get what he pays for, that the product which fails to work properly must be made to work properly, or be replace, or the purchase price refunded. Within the next few weeks I intend to make a series of statements outlining subcommittee plans in these and other pressing areas of concern. sh . . rEDITORIAL Stopping Down as Commission Chairman TODAYS 1 Weston E. Hamilton, chairman of the State Road Commission since early 1965, will step down frcm the commission in May, it was announced this week. made Gov. Calvin L. maining $6.7 million (24.8 per the announcement Rampton to State Highcent) will go for increased non way Department district resieducational activities. At the time the Legislature dent and project engineers meetin the State Office Building finally agreed to a compromise ing auditorium. school finance program, it was Gov. Rampton said Mr. Hamannounced that the increase will Whats your idea of a dangerous weapon? Most total between $13 million and ilton would be succeeded by Clem Church, Panguitch, now people woudl probably think of a loaded gun. $13.5 million. as chairman of the serving However, the Foundation re- commission.vice But, according to the Hartford Insurance Co., a showed cost added that the port loaded driver is just as dangerous. Drunken drivers Mr. Hamilton was appointed of the new program is $14.5 milof all motor vehicle accidents lion plus $1 million for elimi- a member and chairman of the now account for one-fif- th Road Commission in 1965. April, and half of the fatalities, it said. nating the federal aid offset to He is a senior vice president of state aid which heretofore had Last year excessive drinking by drivers led to more been required. Thus, altogether Zoins First National Bank, exthe new school finance program ecutive secretary of the Utah than 800,000 accidents and caused 25,000 deaths. The is expected to provide nearly Retail Merchants Association, death figures are comparable to the total number of U.S. serves on the board of direc$15.5 million in added state aid and tors of Frontier Airlines, Gen- servicemen killed in Vietnam since 1961. next year. Appropriations for Recent studies by the Department of Transportaother education activities and eral Host Corp., and Zions SavAssociation. and Loan ings tion and insurance companies have highlighted this agencies also were increased by $700,000, thus resulting in the serious problem. As a result t,hese organizations are takThe cost of auto insurance $16.2 million total for the local schools and other education. averages out to approximately ing a fresh look at state laws dealing with driving while Total state aid to local school 1.4 cents a mile. The figure was intoxicated. districts will be increased by calculated by the U. S. Bureau Exactly what is a loaded driver? National standabout 16 per cent next year, the of Public Roads, which reports report showed. By way of com- that depreciation, maintenance, ards and those for some states consider people to be inparison, state appropriations for taxes, parking and tolls run the toxicated when they have a concentration of 100 grams higher education will be up 11 total cost of owning and operat(Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 4) ing cars up to 11 cents a mile. What is a Loaded Weapon? . . - . 1 |