Show 12— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday September 20 1987 JA shaky peace comes to Jaffna 'By Adam Kelliher V JAFFNA Sri Lanka (UPI) -The funeral business was dead I in Jaffna for the past six weeks Tamil During a four-yeseparatist rebellion that cost V f ar 6000 lives Pavilupillai even if arms surrenders have in the next stage of the accord northern and eastern provinces left the Tigers publicly tooth — the formation of a council to with considerable autonomy d from Colombo run the less The Tigers’s red flag flutters everywhere Murals and statues iiiiiiiiinmiiiiiiiiMiiimini nmnnrnMA of fallen fighters decorate most street corners LTTE members "the boys” strut with confidence Citizens stream into LTTE offices to deliver com- plaints and accept decisions from guerrillas many their Junior A SUITE WAY to See the Salt Lake City Tour of Per Suite Business - Per Night For A Family Clubs Up To Reserve one of our private rooms for your next special occasion Since 1914 752-315- 5 refugees reboat across the Palk the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu where they fled to avoid the fighting Another 4000 people have been arriving daily on the reinstated r For Reservations’ 'call: 1?80 lT3 5 9’7800?£Ii 1800-3- 2 5-7- 643 Salt Lake City Embassy Suite Hotel 6Q0‘So7We"stjenTple'?SLCf Utah’ 8 4 1 0 1 shrapnel-pocke- d are being patched and it were ripped up for mines and trenches repaired Fishermen are back on peaceful pratersand farmers are re- the flat arid peninsula's traditional crops of onion garlic grapes nuts and fchilli Now Utah that traditional smuggl- - ing routes have reopened shops 8re doing a roaring trade fully replenished with contraband foods from Singapore Saudi Arabia and Thailand g Indian troops ire the big spenders snatching up the air conditioners video recorders and electronic goods that are available at half the price and greater range than models available under India’s tight import laws The troops said they had already removed some 20000 mines and booby traps across the peninsula One rebel leader estimated another 30000 have yet to be deactivated and the problem is that nobody is too sure where these are Many rebel ordinance experts died fighting taking the knowledge of exactly where and how mines were laid with them Most mines were homemade baffling experts trained in defusing mainstream US or devices Three Indian troops died in a failed attempt to dismantle one of Peace-keepin- - ' banks are much more than institutions where people deposit and borrow money Banks play i universal role whenever people are engaged in commerce But more than that Utah hanks are employers and taxpayers which contribute significantly to Utah's growing economy Banking is based on trust and confidence with the added with national second-highe- 150000 people a month stress-relate- d maladies Public euphoria over peace swept aside much support for the LTTE but few people have pledged allegiance to the government In the power vacuum that neither Colombo nor New Delhi can adequately fill many still the legitimate power ur banking convenience everyt dav of the vear pension retirement and g plans for employers of of all size Utah Banks are major employers Hie hmks in our state employ more than 10600 people with a combined annual payroll In addition to the vast number of hours and are major contributors From their own budgets and charitable foundations the hanks of Utah donated nearly $15 million to support social cultural health and educational activities in our communities throughout the state profit-sliarin- Bankers are concerned about our future Students are learning early about the monetary system personal financial Providing credit for Utah consumers and businesses an important aspect of personal and business commerce Utah kinks have more than Credit is in installment loans outstanding to individual citizens lust year approximately 22000 new brans to consumers were made $ 1 3 billion planning and prudent use of credit through "Your Bank and You" Sponsored bv the Utah Bankers Association the five-ho- ur kink- 1 by Utah kmks Businesses too are lxirrowers lust vear Utah of SI 77 million The smell of urine and disenfectant rises from its crowded wards and dismembered patients line the corridor floor Doctors said the mine blasts and booby traps that caused 70 percent of Sri Lankan troop casualties have debilitated 43 more people since the accord signing They estimate about 600 residents will need lower artifical limbs Doctors also blame the war for giving Jaffna the highest nationsl rate of peptic ulcers malignant cancer heart attacks and other 24-ho- st ranking civil servant SP Subalasingam lost one leg below the xnee to a mine three days after the ceasefire A colleague rushing to help him triggered a second mine that blasted off her foot Jaffna General Hospital a 1250-be- d institution where Subalasingam was treated sees dollars contributed to charities civic organizations and cultural affairs by individuals working in Utah banks the banks themselves net- works— provide $916 million of banking services associated with the term "bank" by Utah hanks In addition bank trust departments administer a variety of There are 44 banks in Utah Together they liave 403 branches serving most every Utah community More than 230 automatic teller- ssome associated 1 Utah banks help make I'tah a great place to live million to provide FDIC insurance protection for their customers Hie FDIC insurance fund now exceeds SIS billion Convenient locations throughout I'tah Utah kmks liave real estate loans outstanding of more than $14 billion Last year kinks made 2790 mortgage loans in the amount of Banks pay property income and other taxes to support our state and load governments and schools And only banks provide the full range retirement funds in Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) in Utah banks More than $382 million is on deposit in IRAs which are administered 1 you into a salad" Jaffna's financial institutions are not banks although many would like to be Some even include "bank" in their names All financial institutions do not pay income tax as banks do All Retirement security for our people More than 74000 Utahns have invested their t-designed 14-m- an Banks are banks others are not security provided by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FI)IC) protection of depositor's funds up to $ 00000 Insurance through the FDIC is not free Banks pav for it based on their deposits List year Utah banks paid approximately $62 Sovie- them “Our bomb is very big" chuckled Ramesh who at 21 led a team of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam the most powerful rebel group “The army bombs give you a baloney amputation Ours turn ing course was taught ly bunkers last year in 78"! of the State's high schools Gimpiiter software provided by the Bankers Association is also helping students in 73 high schools learn more about "Money and Banking" Hie I'BA also Blinks hired 3081 new employees last vear provides films slides videos and speakers on a variety of money management topics with the goal of disseminating information and building a totter economy Banking is an important part of the business sector Hie assets of'Utah kmks exceed $107 billion representing approximately 60" of the assets of all financial institutions in tali Deposits kith X’lvmal ami commercial are more than sS s ijllion I ‘tali kmks prov idc funds to I everv kind of customer 6 Available Sept22 thru 28 during the Salt Lake Gty tour of Mingling Bros and Bamum & Bailey Circus MmM 150000 juvenating Tax Socials Weddings peninsula's 750000 residents 99 percent of whom are Tamils who bore the brunt of the fighting during four years of rebel rule searched for reunion reconstruction and assessment Jaffna’s HOTEir Banquet Facilities Indian-supervis- ed fe CUITEQ Tamil-dominate- Selvarajah owner of the White (House Funeral Parlor did ? booming trade from his office near the government garrison at Jaffna fort LTTE justice was swift and With the peace accord signed with death sentences decisive i' July 29 the bottom dropped out "I am not worried about the for rapists and murderers Uost business" the stocky un- Withdrawal of this stern police dertaker said "I am just force has sparked a surge in - pleased to be living in peace’ petty crime open flouting of His was one hopeful opinion of road rules and the construction of numerous illegal hooch stalls the outcome of the The Tigers use walkie talkies cease-fir- e a truce notable for its absence of key instruments in a town superpower intervention But a where all telephones went dead dangerous undercurrent sur- on March SO after a suicide faced this week when the lead- truck bomber blew up the going rebel group the Liberation vernment communications center NTigers of Tamil Eelam appaout to set its neutralize rently Peace also terminated rivals in the Eastern Province transmissions from an LTTE "a campaign that left 100 dead in television station that mostly three days screened videotapes of governBut the main contest between ment atrocities two nights a jhe Sinhalese Buddhist-dominate- ind week But slogans written on government blackboards — "the Voice Colombo and rebels fighting for large of the Tigers" — are Issidiously S separate ethnic Tamil state read at street intersections Jn the north and east was for Thileepan head of LTTE’s the moment suspended The immediate question would be political wing said the Tigers whether the troops sent by India had plenty of support to succeed ’ EMBASSY kmks made nearly 29000 loans of all types to businesses in the amount of $298 billion Ijciiis outstanding exceed $66 billion Banks also lend money to individuals and businesses to buy land home's and buildings Utah Bankers Association I Smith State SUM Suite Jill Salt Like Cite I tali Xi |