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Show Page Four UTAHS Combined with The Salt Lai e Mining & Legal News Published Every Friday at Salt Lain City, Utah Second Gass Postage paid at Salt Lake Citjr, Utah Chairman of the Subcommit tee on Consumers of the Senate Commerce Committee, Senator GLENN BJOKNN, Publisher Frank E. (Ted) Moss or controlled by any party, elan, clique, faction received unanimous Senate apor corporation of his Fair Marketing of Number 1 3 proval a bill to proPetroleum Act ject petroleum product dealers from unfair practices. Popularly known on Capitol Hill as the Dealer Day in Court bill, the Act is designed jto protect franchised dealers of . ipetroleum products from the South West Temple Telephone Salt Lake Gty, Utah 84101 "This publication is not owned 364-846- 4 (D-Uta- h) ... ! ; ! i tlian that, hack generation has been called on to accept ble challenge of a different crisis, and each generation has lived up to its responsibility. There must be a re- dedication to the past, an awareness of the present, and a plan for the future. We must share the same spirit and determination as those founders to solve the complex problems that lie ahead. We need to view this great anniversary as a time to come together and to meet the challenges of the known and the unknown as we observe the birthday, honor the j arbitrary termination, cancellaor of their non-renew- al marketing activities that restricts major market shareholders in the unfair expansion of distribution and retailing operations with personnel under their di- rect control. This bill based upon my concern that independent petroleum products dealers are being inequitably treated by their oil spirit, and begin the third century. company supliers, Senator Moss So from one end of this nation to the other, . . . said in his remarks on the SenAmerica is only you and me." as Walt Whitman so ate Floor, and it is designated to asist these small businessaptly described it. men gain needed protection. Then, lets honor America by participating in this He noted that approximately splendid birthday present to each of us from al of us. And, it will be a better place if it were done by the people from one end of the country to the other. What can we do? Nothing sweeping and spectacular perhaps, but it is a rare community which doesnt have unresolved problems which call for diligent citizens participation, for fresh ideas, for a measure of unselfish percent of the nations servare independently . . . operated usually under lease or rental agreements with pet90 ice stations Food Forecasts GRflPEVIIVt ments. Gasoline prices in the Salt Many dealers have alleged Lake Valley rose from one to six harassment by their oil com- cents a gallon this past week in pany suppliers if the dealer does the wake of price increases annot increase sale of oil company nounced by some major oil com- products comply with changing credit policies of the suppler, display materials to the satisfaction of the supplier or if he carries products of other suppliers. This Act provides that petroleum distributors and refiners may not arbitrarily concel or fail to renew a franchise unless several conditions are met, Senator Moss said. He also explained that the Act sets forth appropriate defenses which will permit a supplier to terminate, cancel or fail or renew the agreement when there is just cause. The concept embodied in this legislation has been developed in the course of hearings and legislative proposals before various Committees for more than a decade. A large part of the Act includes input Senat or Moss received during a hearing in Utah where he heard testimony from local independent petroleum panies. The highest pump prices for regular gasoline seemed to be 59.9 a gallon at service stations checked. Several dealers indicated that the price for regular gasoline would probably reach 60 cents a gallon at major full service dealers. Great Salt Lake if receding according to the U.S. Geological survey. The lake reached its highest level in 46 years June 15 peaking at 4201.55 feet above sea level. This was a rise of 10.2 feet since the all time low in October 1963. A few weeks ago the survey was concerned the lake might go even higher causing further damage to levees and salt evaporation systems. iyut since then the levels of tributary streams have fallen. I mittee considered three similar bills during the 93rd Congress. This bill, just pased by the Senate now goes to the House for If the House consideration. to the language, the agrees measure goes to the President for signature. The House has previously agred to the concept of this Act but if changes are made, it will go to conference for consideration of any changes. Crop estimates will be compared with the detailed monthg ly surveys of selected field plots throughout the region provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture ( U SDA ) . While the techniques are not new, the scale of the effort and its attempt to automate the process so as to provide forecasts within weeks of collection of the data is unique. Landsat I and II cover the entire globe every 18 days, surveying north-sout- h strips of land 185 kilo- The Utah Symphony will receive S200,000 in federal funds this summer to support its program of regional and special concerts the money will come from the National Endowment for the Arts. Among programs to be partially financed by the grant are performances for Indians and school concerts it also will help the symphonys ballet, opera and contemporary music programs. dealers. The Senate Commerce Com- wheat-growin- food-forecasti- LEASED ers in his area. He also noted that the most significant concern expresed by dealers is the total control the them over have suppliers through lease and rental agree- global watch on the worlds food supply is now underway. Through the use of satellites and reliable information, it may now be posible to estimate the production of major food crops in time to give advance warnings of possible food shortages and of natural disasters, such as frosts and droughts. In the May 2, 1975 issue of Science , the weekly journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, staff writer Allen L. Ilammond de- meters wide at each pass. LACIK scientists are optimistic that the project scribes research being done on a possible global will he successful, but they are still in the preliminary system. Satellites can measure the light reflected from grow- stages of their research. USDA officials are somewhat ing crops at four different wavelengths, and can trace skeptical that the present satellite system will prove to and record each characteristic stage of plant growth he more accurate than existing mehods of crop forethrough a scanning spectrometer. This information is casting. A reliable global forecasting system could have a then relayed to a computer programmed to estimate the acreage planted and to distinguish one crop from an- major impact on grain and other food markets: If these other. At the same time weather informiation is gathered experiments are successful, operation systems could fol which is used to predict the likelihood of higher or lower low quickly. Ilammond concludes that by the end of the than normal crop yields. When combined, this inform- decade the technological means to manage a global ation gives an estimate of the amount of grain that will food watch, if not the wisdom, will he available. be harvested. At present, only fragmentary data are available on future world harvests. The U.S. is the only country that publishes monthly forecasts of its production. A worldwide information system could thus make possible more rational management of food grains that are increasingly in short supply. The key question is how well can this system work. This is the objective of the current effort called the Large Where thousands Area Crop Inventory Kxperiment (LAC IK). It makes of listeners enjoy use of the Landsat satellites of the National Aeronautics concert music and and Space Administration (NASA) and of weather data collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adnews every day! ministration (NOAA). The initial scope for the joint project is the what crop in the Great Plains of the U.S. a the Sales tax went up in Utah? counties this week but many customers didnt notice. The local sales tax option which was increased from one half percent to three quarters by the 1975 legislature went into effect this week. Salt Lake County Treasurer Arthur L. Monson said it didnt have much effect locally because most merchants have been charging five percent already." Monson said that most customers will only be able to tell the difference on higher cost purchases. roleum companies. Under these arrangements, the independent dealer buys his products from the oil company and then is responsible for marketing, maintenance, sales of accessories, and works. a variety of related activities. Accordingly, we will be more firmly bound to the Dealers have no control of their country we inhabit. It will help assure the continuity of over thep ricing policies Moss Senator said, the philosophy of individual freedom and individual re- suppliers and, as a result, the pricing sponsibility. policies of one oil company may result in a dealer finding himself (Prepared by the American Historic and Cultural Society, Inc.) uncompetitive with other retail A prototype for what might become y Protect Petroleum Dealers Big Step For Small Business Bill To THE SALT LAKE TIMES 711 Volume 55 THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1975 ng dial Salt Lake County residents this week who hauled garbage to the county dump have found that they had to return home with the same load. The landfill was closed last week as part of an agreement with the LDS Church Welfare farm to clear and level the site before permanent closure July 4. The Cannon and Pioneer Stakes had leased the land to the county two years ago for landfill but withdrew7 the lease almost a month ago after complaining that the county had failed to keep the area clean. County Commissioner Pete Kut-ula- s said the county is in final stages of a deal with an unnamed group near the present site for five or six months worth of ground for landfill. The Department of Transportation reported this week that Utah traffic fatalities were decreased 28 percent in May compared with 1974 figures the toll of 23 killed last month was nine fewer than in 197 and 12 fewer than in 1973. In Wyoming howr-evfatalities jumped 46 percent from May 1974 to May 1975 in Idaho deaths were decreased 16 percent and in Nevada they were , 45 percent fewer than a year ago. er |