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Show 'IMG Joiials Dept. library Ln-te City, Utah 34112 SOUTH SALT LAKE NEWS Serving The Center Of Industry No. 3 South Salt Lake News January 15, 1970 Volume II Governor Presents Balanced Budget A $490.2 million budget for 1970-7- 1, to be financed without tax increases was submitted to the Utah Legislature by Governor Calvin L. Rampton. Rampton outlined his spending recommendations for the coming fiscal year at a joint Senate-Housession marking the beginning se Utahs first ever legislative budget session. The 1970-7- 1 budget is $24.4 million higher than the listed $465, But it reflects new spending of only 783,200 figures for 1969-7- 0. of $19.6 million. "When one puts business or pleasure above his home, he, that moment starts on the downgrade to No other success can compensate for failure in the home. soul-weakne- ss. This is because some $4.4 million listed in the budget for next year comes through federal grants and restricted state funds which were spent, but not listed, in the current budget. Major budget increases will ta for public schools, higher education and social services, primarily public assistance welfare grants. Although the governor lists reductions in spending for some state departments, most agencies received boosts averaging four to five per cent. Included in the recommendations was a five per cent, across the board salary hike for state employes. Most of the $19.6 million available for new spending was generated by a healthy, growing economy, the governor asserted. He also noted that the strong economy produced a surplus of$6 million for the 1969-7- 0 fiscal year, instead of the predicted $2.7 million deficit. The governor recommended $165,426,600 or 27.3 per cent of the total budget, be spent to finance public schools. This is an increase of $10,425,000 over the current year, a 6.7 per cent hike. Of this amount, the governor said $71 million will come from state funds and $3.3 million from increased local revenue generated by increasing property valuation under existing tax levies. Increased spending of $5.2 million was recommended for higher education, rampton said the total figure of $45,200,000 represents an increase of 13 per cent over the $40 million figure for 1969-7- 0. But it is substantially below the $48,986,000 sought by the Board of Higher Education for the state's universities and colleges. The other major dollar increase was the boost of $7.5 million for the Department of Social Services. Most of this came from the $6.4 million hike recommended for public assistance grants. Republicans Hold Ball Fred T. Wright today announced that the Utah Republican Party will host a ball to honor the members of the present State Legislature. The ball will be held January 22, 1970 at 7:30 p.m. intheCapltol Rotunda. Dr. William L. Hutchinson, Deputy Superintendent Granite School District, has been apchairman of pointed general the ball. The program will feature the Bill Llnke Comlo for dancing. Floor shows will be presented by the University of Utah, Weber State Utah State and the BYU. Prelude music will be presented by the Youth Symphony from Granite School District. Tickets for the ball are $10 per person, and can be purchased from your voting district officers or County ticket chairman. Citizens To Meet S. Will New state Senate leaders are: Warren E. Pugh, majority leader, Haven J. Barlow, second term president and Dixie Leavitt, senate whip. They are reinstated as Senate leaders for 1970 session. See you at the Ball says Isabelle & Nellie Happy and ready for lots of fun and the best time ever at the Republican Party Ball honoring members of the Utah State Legislature In the Capitol Rotunda Thursday January 22nd at 8 p.m. State Representative Ferdinand E. Peterson and his wife Isabelle and Senator Wllmer Barnett and his wife Nellie are sure everyone will have an exciting evening's entertainment at the Ball and invite all their friends to join them. Senate Assembles For Budget Session At 10 a.m. Monday January 12th 1970 the State Senate assembled in the first historic Budget Session of the Legislature. President Haven Barlow called the Senate to order and introduced Elder Richard L. Evans of the Quorum of Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of s. Elder Evans offered the opening prayer and invoked the blessings of God upon the Senate members and all members of the Utah State Legislature in their legislative Latter-Day-Saint- forth-comi- ng deliberations. Following the prayers members of the national guard presented and posted the colors. Roll call showed 27 senators present. Senator Whitman was excused because of illness. Following instructions from President Barlow the senate adjourned to assemble in House Chambers to hear Governor Ramptons Budget Message. . . . .Back To Work the small Utah high school completely disappear in the future? Will teachers be paid more to teach than to become administrators? Will elementary school classes contain only 10 students? Citizens in Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties will get a chance to speak out on questions such as these which concern the? future of Utah schools, Thursday, January 15 at Granite Park Jr. High, 450 East 3700 South, SaltLakeCity, at 7:30 p.m. A separate meeting for teenagers will be held in the building at the same time. Participants will be chosen by local high schools and will be both boys and girls, sophomores, juniors and seniors. They will represent as many ic different ethnic, socio-econom- and cultural tack-groun- ds as possible. They will be of varied scholastic abilities and have different occupational goals. A plan for Utah schools which stretches into the next two de- cades will lie presented for public reaction. It has been developed by a state wide Designing Education for The Future Committee, those attendwill have a chance to ing voice their reactions and recommendations to the plans to committee members. The adult meeting will concentrate chiefly on local and state school organization and school finance, while the teenage group will be more con- cerned about what subjects are taught, how teachers teach, graduation requirements, etc. The Designing Education for the Future project is being carried on in eight states with Senator Rulon R. Garfield pictured with his family above takes oath of office. He replacesformer Senator R. Milton Yorgason who resianed to become a member of the state Tax Commission. Senator Garfield is Director of Educational Service in the Ogden City Schools. He is a graduate of Weber College and has his Ph. Degree from the University of Utah. He was born in Harrisville, Utah. Leaders of the Senate - Republicans and Democrats were reinstated Monday morning to direct the legislative activities for 1970. Richard L. Evans, minority floor leader and Edward Beck, mlnolrty whip. funds provided under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Other participating states are Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming. Seven other similar meetings are being held throughout the state during December and January. When the project is completed, the final recommendations will be submitted to the Utah Stat Board of 4 |