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Show fI T f I BOX cm SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Count Budget 1 3 Smaller Than Last Year at $47.8 Million Announces Candidacy For U.S. Senate Seat . During 1974- the federal rebate should come to $7 million, but during 1973 the county got two years worth of revenue sharing lic. The County Commission is to adopt a final budget ex-pece- td . Dec. 12. Many requested items had to be left out, Mr. Hansen said. Even though county budgets usually go up instead of down, both he and the county commissioners agreed that there won't be enough revenue this year for a budget increase. The county entered the current year with a $9 million surplus but is expected to carry only $2.9 million into 1974. Mr. Hansen also said there will be a drop in the county federal revenue sharing income. Hansen said. Sales taxes redistributed by the state back to the county will total about $3.2 million while federal grants in addition to the $7 million revenue sharing income will total $6.3 million. Buy County Land for Future Development, Officials Say Salt Lake County is thinking sternation in at least one quar- n The Utah Taxpayers Associaof trying to meet the land game, although money is tion said the idea needs complete not available for wholesale pur- study before any kind of action, but he let county officials know chases now. Some county officials are now that his organization continues thinking in terms of general ob- to view county spending with spec-ultio- ligation bonding to purchase land to be developed in the next two decades for recreational purposes and other county needs. The officials have dropped from next years budget the bulk dollar of current multi-millio- n funding for capital improvement programs, largely land purchase costs. disdain. The idea came from County Auditor Gerald R. Hansen during budget slashing sessions of comity officials. He pointed to lightning like appreciation in property values in Salt Lake County in recent years. The county recently paid $15,-00- 0 an acre for property in the But the bonding figure of $25 to $50 million mentioned by Big Cottonwood Regional Park County Recreation Commission- in Holladay, the auditor noted. er William E. Dunn caused con (Continued on page 8) it ij 8noi Interior Committee Accepts Moss Amendment on Energy Bill Senator Frank E. Moss subsidies for the end product to industry puts up the capital for assure private industry that it construction. It would not cost would not lose money on the the government anything until the new energy was being proventure. duced. This will speed up the proMoss said in the case of oil. cess of getting the new energy the a middle on line, by eliminating expecetd cost of producing step of having the government from shale is rapidly approachbuild a plant before private in- ing the level of regular petroleum sources and it is possible dustry even gets its feet wet. amendthat by the time a plant could The Senator said his be in operation there would be ment will also save money. ed by the Interior Committee, the government could also offer Byron R. Rampton Former State Sen. Byron R. Rampton of Bountiful has become the first announced candidate for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate. Mr. Rampton is the owner of an insurance company. In announcing my candidacy for the U. S. Senate, I do so deeply aware of the great responsibility involved and of the immense trust and confidence I am asking the people of Utah to place in me, he said in a prepared announcement. By experience, training and background I believe I can competently discharge the duties of the office I seek. I believe that my views on the issues of today, of the necessity for individual work and accomplishment and of the need for the limitations of government involvement in our daily lives, would conform very closely to the opinons and views of the great majority of the people of Utah. In spite of problems and short comings, America is a great and wonderful land in which to live, and the only limitations on great prosperity, greater freedoms, and a fuller life for all of our citizens, is the degree of faith and wisdom, and the foresight of those citizens, as expressed, in civic involvement and selection and support of governmental representatives. In asking for the support necessary to be elected to the United States Senate, I pledge devotion to the duties and responsibilities of the office. I pledge vigor and forthrightness in campaigning, and I pledge representation of which my party and the people of the State of Utah can be very proud. Instead of laying out millions of dollars initially, the government will only offer subsidies for the end product while private no demand for any government subsidy. The same situation is developing in the other energy fields, he said. TODAY fs 1 7 The Senate Interior Committee has accepted an amendment proposed by Utah Senator Frank E. Moss to a major energy development bill being prepared. The Utah Democrat says his amendment will help speed the development of oil shale in Utah as well as other energy sources nationwide and save tax dollars in the process. The energy bill was introduced by Senator Henry Jackson and would pump $20 billion into development of new sources of energy production over a period of 10 years. Jacksons bill would have had the government build working demonstration plant in oil shale, coal gasification and other new fields to entice private industry by showing how it can be done. With Moss amendment accept- - County Auditor Gerald Hansen Salt Lake County Auditor Gerald R. Hansen said this week that the county proposed 1974 .budget of $47.8 million will be $7.2 million or 13 percent smaller than this years $55 million allotment. Mr. Hansen said he will release the budget proposals to the pub- . FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1973 Byron R. Rampton funds. Despite the cuts the 1974 budget calls for a $1.8 million pay raise for county employees effective Jan. 1. The pay raise will increase total payroll from $22 million to $24 million but it will preclude any expansion for the countys 2700 man work force next year. Largest of the cuts will be reflected in the county general fund and the capital improvements budgets. While the general fund totaled some $40.5 million this year, next years figure will be $36 million. And while this years budget for capital improvement was set at $8.3 million, next years budget will include only a fraction of that amount even though the county received $10 million in requests. Major cuts came in spending for flood control and collector roads. Hansen said flood control spending must be reduced by some $1.4 million from this year's $4.5 million, and collector road construction must drop from $2.2 million to $820,000. In addition the county has had to cut some $500,000 worth of contributions to groups ranging from the Utah Symphony and Chamber of Commerce to the Community organizations which distribute surplus government food to the poor. The budget cuts wont necessarily bring lower taxes, Mr. 2603 r S - EDITORIAL I Trace Elements 0 A better understanding of how trace elements in our environment affect our health has led to the identification of elements good and bad to human health, says the Science Magazine. Man derives many benefits from trace elements, so small that they cannot be measurely accurately. Iron is an integral part of hemoglobin (molecules that carry oxygen in the blood). Trace concentrations of fluoride in Water have aided in the prevention of tooth decay. One investigator suggests that trace concentrations of selenium and vitamin E in breakfast cereals may be responsible for a nearly 70 per cent decline in the incidence of gastric ulcer. Other trace elements can be injurious to man. Lead md nietliylmercury have been shown to damage the central nervous system. Berylliumis highly carcineogenic (cancer causing) and is a short term poison in high con- ( Continued on page 4) 7 |