| Show s' - w e ’7’ T'rt- r v : v ’v f “i e The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday May States won’t get land BLM a proposal to dismantle part of the Bureau of Land Management turn over its land to the states and h eliminate of its employees officials confirmed Friday Interior Secretary Donald Hodel issued a confidential memo last month in relation to the budget process calling for costsaving ideas from all the agencies The document which was not intended to be made public was obtained by UPI It contained fiscal 1988 budget proposals including the controversial plan to pare down the BLM over several years eliminating district offices and relegating the duties to state headquarters The plan was to begin in fiscal 1988 starting Oct 1 budget-cuttin- g one-sixt- Utah highways falling apart official says Transportation 1987 The document said the BLM “should develop a plan allowing states to operate all BLM lands and resources programs within their borders" States would have to observe federal laws and preserve existing private interest rights They would receive “enough of the current revenues from these lands to keep them whole in the first year” the plan said The proposal suggested transferring to the Defense Department US Forest Service Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service any lands of permanent importance to them The BLM oversees 341 million acres mostly in 13 western states except for 61000 acres in 31 eastern states and has about 1800 field offices "What's New What's Fun" The proposal called for a budget of 85754 million compared to this year's requested 85502 million and indicated about 125 fewer people than the fiscal 1987 request for more than 9780 on the BLM payroll Like other federal agencies the Interior Department is feeling the constraints of the Gramm-Rudma-n law that forces budget cuts to eliminate the 8200 billion federal deficit in five years The document was distributed only to top Interior Department officials in Washington but was leaked to field offices causing “absolute outrage” among a number of BLM employees an official who asked not to be named said It was not sent to governors or to Capitol Hill The proposal said the Interior Department’s programs are sound What to do it your child has boon assaulted: believe what your child tells you reassure stay calm your child seek professional help report Here is a offender book that helps parents teach their children YOU CAN SAT A book about protecting in the themselves streets parks "NO" about protect- ing yourself de- By partment stores etc This book is hard bound and the illustrations are bright and colorful It could be in every home with young children North The Book Table 1111 UP TO 60 mission spokesman said “It would be nice to stay about even “More funds will have to be raised somehow” Morris said Friday “Toll roads are a possibility They do it back East why not here?” Gov Norm Bangerter's preliminary bid to hike the state to gasoline tax from a gallon to raise highway money was stillborn in the Legislature’s recent special session But Bangerter and some lawmakers vowed to resurrect the tax increase when the Legislature meets in January Annual highway repairs cost about 860 million and the commission responsible for maintaining state roads has only 817 million in its coffers this year Morris said About 87 million of that will go for projects started - 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