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Show mi irwuyni T entative Budget Allows Tax Cut; Monday Decision Final Bv Jack D Fenton Tribune SL.fi V. irter m Suit Lake City and Mur sees thp figure as a victory for his budget analysis Additions to the budget proposal came a the end of the session as $200,000 to hi !p buJd a new animal shelter and $1)0 000 for a beleaguered highway department operation ray, which have their own library systems and do not help finance a countywide program, world pay 1911 mills d:;wn from this year's 20 74 Originally, Highway Department DBasil MeGlochltn asked for irector $7S5,000 with $112,000 slated for the programs major operating fund Throughout the session, Mr Hansen took the stand that midyear isnt the tunc for dramatic budget changes And he He later trimmed the figure to a "bare bone $247,000 Commissioner Pete Kutulas, who oversees the operation, had recommendations Hansen After making two minor changes. Sait Lake County commissioners Friday tentatively accepted 19 4 budget recommendations that would allow a hcalthv tj cut But it t ink almost nine hours And commissioners stressed that nothing is final until official action following a public hearing Monday at to a m in the county commission chambers Changes add or 38 cents on each $1,000 of assessed valuation to the il of Countv Auditor Ger- -' proposal called for an overall levy mills or 21 nulls less than this years 2214 Tentative additions boost Mr Hansen's total to 22 11 mills Hi of 21 73 1 Taxpayers almost given up when Chairman Ralph Y McClure recommended the $1 ill 000 The larger amounts had been ear marked for equipment, projects and a reorganization Mr McGlochlin predicted would upgrade the facility Top pnonty went to the animal shelter where costs hav' doubled since the planning stage last year, commissioners agreed 1 have trouble picturing a $400,000 dog pound, declared Commissioner William E Dunn "It's not a doggie hotel, is Commissioner bled He feed control midget a! $10 million ami Hit the coiin1' facing $21 million worth of projects in coming vears McClure, who assurred it isn t, said the county has been ordered out its present contract pound by e.uly 1074 McGlochlin however, said it be impossible to handle the 40 commitments this ye..- and trimmed the list in half, proposing only the most vita! Mr would The two programs seemed raiher minor when viewed in the light of ch.il Hugos facing the budget team - Even with this, the extra load threatened to push the flood control spending to nearly $7 1 million Unrecorded contracts dating to mob and committing the county to $5 million worth of projects were found not long ago in fiend control department files "Be Mr practical.' In all, Mr McGlochlin. said, they doti Hansen urged bee Page 28, Column 1 Pass Resolutions Delegates Choose Labor Leader, End Conference Douglas L. Parker Tribune Staff W nter The three-da- y Itah State AFL-CI- r Mr. Lay won a term bv defeating 317 to 207 challenger Milton E. Saathoff, member of Steelworkers Local 4732 and a former AFL-CIExecutive Board member ended its Friday with the president and adoption a convention election of a new of more than dozen resolutions ranging from gun control opposition to farm worker support Father Was Member Ia"c 22 Features Second N'dioii Mr Lay, 458 Coatsville Ave ( 790 South) has roots m organized labor sti etching back to his father, Charles (Ch.ck) Lay, who first joined the same ironworkers local in 1918 Page 21 1 Frank Lav, 35, and . member of Ironworkers Local 27 since he was a teen-agewas chosen president to succeed C.E. Berger, veteran steelworker who retired from the presidency he held since 1965 r, Fall Ballot No Kaiparowits Letter Puts Pressure Mr Lay has been Ah vice pies-ldefor the past two years and acted as business agent for Ironworkers Local 27 the past six years He's also been a member for three years on the executive board of the Utah Budding and Construction Trades Councd Labor delegates, meeting at Carpenters Hall, 120 W. 13th South, also voted during the convention to bolster the state executive office by raising the salary for the fulltime president by $1,800 to $15,000 annually, and permitting the executive board to hire a public director to work with the On Project A group including prominent political figures has sent letters asking Utahns to express opposition to the budding of the proposed Kaiparowits power plant telegrams or air mail letters to the secretary of the ulterior president To Decide City Name Special to The Tribune ORTH LOGAN. Cache County When the word Watergate gained notoriety, the names of streets, hotels and apartment complexes were changed. Now many citizens of this third-clas- s city of 1,500 think the word Logan also has to go W'e have had quite a few citizens ask for a name change, said Mayor Lawrence A Batt So we will put it on the ballot this fall to see if a mawant it jority of the citizens (changed) " erbal Comments Work for Unity Mr Lay said he would devote his energy to uniting the labor movement in Utah, citing the history of trade unionists efforts as one to better equalize the allocation of wealth Signing the letter were Jean He added that he would work to have labor stand with pndc and not be taken and to remove for granted politically the suspicion which some ci'iens hold concerning unions Salt Lake City Commissioner Stephen M Harmsen and Dr Joseph D Andrade, a University of Utah faculty member and leader of the environmentalist group, Utah Clear, Inc Chosen by acclamation for position of president was E W (Hank) Inskeep, member of Local 1525 of the International Association of Machinists Reviews Decision voce Selection of executive board members rounded out the the top level policy formation group. The members and local affiliation. Clifford H Green, laborers, C. N Maughan, electrical workers, L. M Lande, government employes. Ronald W Ferro, communication workers; Thomas Bills, operating engineers. Cullis. mail handlers; Louis Pavlos. government employes, Calvin J Udv, communication workers, R Boyd Clark, steelworkers; Glen D Tanner, state, county and municipal employes; Lake Austin, operating engineers; Harold Lassen, carpenters Regarding North Logan's namesake to the south. Mayor Bott said, Well, Id say they have done a lot of things I wouldnt, let me put it that way, I wouldn't want to be m their shoes He wouldn't elaborate Opposes Tax Ordinance Mayor Batt said the feeling was first generated m North Logan when Logan city took our tax dollar away by passing an ordinance would be resaying sales tax montained at the point of collection anti-Loga- 11 Stores Face Misbranded Meat Charge Complaints were signed Friday charg ing 11 grocery stores with selling misbranded meat, County Attorney Carl J Nemelka said The complaints stem from Salt Lake City County Health Departments Aug 4 samLng of fat content of 116 purchases of ground beef Stores named in the complaints are 2783 S State and 8177 W. 35th South, Magna, Albertson's Food Center, 5530-9t- h East; Warshaws h Giant Foods, East, 3920 S State and 3271 E 33rd South, Safeway Stores, Inc . 4401 S State, 9th South and Main, 2730 W 35th South and 2010 23rd East, and Smiths Food King, 750 E 21st South Noting that complaints a ,ainst other firms are expected next week, Mr Nemelka said the countys health code prohibits selling ground beef with more than 30 percent fat, m lean ground beef witn more than 22 percent fat Ream's .Bargain Annex, Support for Chavez Adoption of a resolution m support of Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers Union drew the longest debate of any resolution passed by the convention The farmer workers have been in a struggle with the Teamsters for organization of California vegetable and fruit workers Opponents to the resolution argued that Utah labor had insufficient information to pledge such support and that a neutral stance and in California labor divisions would be a bet- ter policy. However, proponents argued that the state organization should follov national support expressed by AFL-CIPresident George Meanv The Salt Lake County Fair comes but once a year, and fair officers intend to be pre- - pared when all the festivities Roene Wood, secretary, pins on start Monday, ribbon. prize coal-fire- Banners, Bunting Wait Grounds Dressed Up for Fair and home economics, including under the direction of Mrs Roene Wood, By George A Sorensen Tribune Suburban Editor Advance judging was MURRAY complete and hundreds of exhibits were m place Friday night as banners and bunting awaited the Monday opening of the 37th annual Salt Lake County Fair Final exhibits will be accepted at the fairgrounds Saturday and Sunday These include the firs' photography exhibit held at the fair in many years The pictures, by both amateurs and professionals, will share the fine arts building, said Earl E. Howe fair board president Also to be accepted Saturday are hobby exhibits Sunday will see the receipts of candy, baking, poultry, pigeons and rabbits Friday, judges selected winners from hundreds of exhibits in many categories, fair secretary Judging in many other departments, including the flower show, will start Monday morning To thousands of patrons, a parade through Murray at 6 30 p m Monday will herald the opening of the annual exhil.t in the county fairgrounds, 5200 S State The Style Dress Revue vv ill follow the parade, and fireworks at 9 30 p m will end the first days activities The fair will continue through next Saturday Top features this year will include the hers Four and Bob King, master of ix. ionics and ventriloquist, Thursday and i iday at 8 30 p m Mr Howe said there will be no charge for the enter ment Sharing the stage earlier m the week will be the annual sweetheart contest, Tuesday at 7 30 pm. The next night a .square dancing exhibition and barbershop quartet competition will highlight the entertainment Saturday will include more square dancing and the Farm Bureau talent find Dan'ss on Vacation Dan Valentine is on vacation His column, Nothing Senous, will resume upon his return Fireworks will be Wednesday and urday at The four urged a select group of Utahns to write or v.ire Interior Secretary Rogers C B. Morton while he reviews an earlier tentative decision to deny permits for construction of the propower generating plant posed by a consortium of electric power companies. Last month Gov. Calvin L. Rampton and members of the states congressional delegation successfully urged the secretary to hold in abeyance his permit denial while studying an environmental report compiled by the pow : companies Mr. Holbrook, who organized the letter seeking opposition, sa'' was sent to approximately 1,700 pt.oons. Sat- 10 30 p m Another new attraction will be a Teen Council Stomp, Thursday at 10 p m d Tremendous Pressure The decision to build or not build the huge Kaiparowits power plant m southern Utah will be made within the next few days, said the letter sent by the We have reason to believe that four the decision will be against the building of the plant but that tremendous pressure from the White House and utilities might be expected to attempt to change that course." Stopping the Kaiparowits power plant doesnt mean stopping all development for southern Utah, the letter continued. As a matter of fact, senous air pollution from the plant could adversely affect the $50 million tourist industry of sv them Utah Intercollegiate Basketball, Baseball State Board Opens Tech College Athletics By John Cummins Tribune Education Editor Although its entry into intercollegiate athletics uas approved Friday , Ft oh Technical College at Salt lake's Resident Jay L. Nelson says funds may not be available. BRIAN HEAD In a major pnluv change, the Utah State Board of Education voted Friday to authone Utahs technical colleges to compete as independents in basketball and baseball competition with junior collets The move frees the schools from a regulation confining their sports activities to intermurals. The vote concluded more than Vfr hours of debate among the 10 board members attending a session at this ski resort east of Parow-an- . Iron County. 844-9t- Mr Nemelka said violation of tue code West-woo- Utahs Democratic nations and former national party chairman, Stephen Holbrook, who has led the ad hoc Coalition to Stop Pollution. e Mayor Batt said he learned of the sentiment from verbal comments and phone caDs to the council Asked if he thought the name change is a good idea, Mayor Batt replied, In view of the fact of all that has taken place, r.i mentioning any names or making references to history, I think it would be a good idea is a misdemeanor Local News Saturday Morning, August II. 1973 two-yea- By TV Today The action was warmly received by officials of Utah Techno al College at Provo, who also received board approval r to apply for a membership m the National Junior College Athletic Assn one-yea- But Jay L Nelson, preside, of Utah Technical College at Salt Lake, said his school was not prepared for the move and did not have sufficient funds to enter intercollegiate competition successfully Even though the quest .on was long- - virirriini rr irTinriiniiViViriirnvri debated, there still was considerable doubt whether the schools actually will schedule games Dr Walter D Talbot, state superintendent of public instruction, asked whether the athletic issue should be considered the public school board, which is administrative agent for the two colleges, or whether it is a curricular issue that should be dealt with by the State Board of Higher Education In other business Friday the board ij Received the resignation of Marion "Sam" Hanson, board member who said he had bem called to serve a mission in France by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints His J resignation is effective Sept ( 1 Dr Talbot said members of Murray and Jordan school boards, which comprise Regional School District 3 from which Mr. Hanson was elected, will pick a successor. Expressed displeasure that the state auditor has yet to complete an audit of the state school offices 1972 financial activities, or start an audit of fiscal 1873 The auditor has said he does not have sufficient staff to accomplish the work, but the attorney general has denied a school board request to hire an outside auditing firm and .urned down its offer to reimburse the auditor's office for hinng extra help. Dr Talbot said Directed a petition to Calvin L Rampton for additional funds to construct a primary classroom unit at the School for tnp Blind, Ogden Dr Talbot said for the vnt, $120,090 was appropriated but the first bid opening drew a low bid of $130,500 and a second bid was $125,500, even though $ was eliminated 0 00 worth of inside work Directed Dr Talbot to advise local boards of education on proper procedures for hinng and firing superintendents. Board members noted that several recent dismissals were the result of votes while statutes say a termination for cause must be earned by vote, meaning that four members of a 3-- 5 two-thir- board would have to approve the firing Endorsed a fedeial proposal for a grant to study feasibility and desirability of building a comprehensive high si bool for Indian students in the Oljato area of Monument Valley in San Juan County Dr Talbot said the school had been requested by officials of the Navajo nation and the study has the approval of the San Juan School District He said some students from that area must rule four hours a day to and from San Juan High School in Blanding $51 DOtl Marion J. 'Sam Hanson Youngest Member Resigns 4 J r 5 ' t a i i r ' r |