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Show ujxO uiiVERsrrr of irrFHE PF.C KA AC: fym' 1 Wednesday, December 8, 1976 CJ C.H Feds Forcing Pre School Firms Out of Business by Dean Alsup Review Staff Writer A a supplement to the National Enterprise soft economy and a greater number of women entering the labor force are L'J two major factors contributto the growing demand CO ing for pre schools and day care centers in Utah, according to i .mnmr ' . i. k , ' - , pays for approximately 44 percent of all day care services rendered in the state. The state pays $5 per day for a full day pre school child or an hourly rate of 80 cents for those children in attendance less than five hours daily. The states payment base does not permit some centers An ever increasing rate child-bearin- g of women working during the years points up the increased demand for child care and pre school centers. Siil) VLK Washington attorney Bruce Saypol and Ma Bell counsel David E. Salisbury argued last week before the Public Sendee Commission. fight is one of about 30 similar contests currently in progress across the The Utah nation. Opponents Argue tine Principle of tlie TMn by Mary McMillan Gaber Review Staff Writer Mountain has been staunchly its defending right to lease telephone equipment to its 9400 business customers in Utah during a public hearing conducted by the Utah Public Service Commission. And local private suppliers of similar equipment. Business Telephone Systems and Business Communication Systems, aided by their member association North American Telephone Association, have been vigorously contesting Mountain Bells proposed lease program, rate structure and, in fact, the utilitys right to lease or rent equipment at all. The Utah fight is one of about 30 similar contests currently in progress across the Last weeks Utah hearing was country. It will probably continue in extended. February. Represented by Bruce Saypol of Cohn & Marks, Washington, D.C., the private suppliers told the Commission Mountain Bell Age in years Source: Utah Job Service owners of two of the Beehive states largest profit making pre schools. But in the midst of what seems like unavoidable success, day care and pre school owners are struggling, some on the brink of bankruptcy because of a declining private market and increasing government intervention. The Utah Division of Family Services currently to make a profit on state subsidized children. Many schools, usually those with professional staffs, spend over $5 per student. Concerned About Title XX Evan Winters, president of the Utah Day Care Association and owner of Meadow-broo- k Day Nursery said (See GOVERNMENT, p. 4b) While the national un- employment rate inched higher last month to 8.1 Utah Jobless Rate Slides percent, Utahs jobless rate began another downward slide, after remaining stable for three months. Utahs November un- employment rate of 5.8 percent reflects a leap in the number of new employees entering the manufacturing industry, according to seasonally adjusted figures. After a .2 percent slide in Octobers manufacturing payrolls compared to September, November showed a sudden jump of 1.5 percent compared to October, almost double that for any other month since April. Gains in manufacturing hiring outdistanced those for any other industry in November. While Utah manufac- turers hiring pattern abated slightly during October, those in other parts of the country were also slowing their rates of recalling or adding personnel. Soft Spots Soft spots in Utah's rosy job picture are beginning to Bells proposals arc noncompensatory and anti-competiti- The pricing for the Dimension 400 (Bell's new business switchboard equipment) could not be offered if Mountain Bell were not a monopoly. It is underpriced. Mountain Bell must spread its research and development costs over millions and mily line users in order to offer lions of Dimension at the proposed price, Saypol told the commissioners. one-part- Anti-Compcti- ve Pricing e Mountain Bells proposed price offering (its new plan to lease Dimension to business customers) is antiIt encourages customers to competitive. long-terservice, and insulates sign for them against competition for up to ten years, Saypol continued. Representing Bell, David E. Salisbury of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy The advent of told the Commission, appear on the horizon however, according to Robert Welch, information specialist for Utahs Job Service. He pointed to recent indications that the nation as a whole is entering a new period of economic lethargy. In particular, he cited sudden downward trend in the hiring pattern in Utah's trade and services industries. While employers in retail and wholesale trade industries have demonstrated stable growth throughout the year, Novembers Job Ser- (Sec JOBLESS, page 2b) Tela-Lcas- m (See OPPONENTS, PAGE 5b) |