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Show Colleges Ask Big Appropriations Utah's institutions of higher education, including its vocational voca-tional schools, submitted their requests for appropriations with which to operate during the next two years, Tuesday, with substantial sub-stantial Increases requested by each Institution. The over-all total to-tal is so high that it would be impossible for the legislature to appropriate the funds without finding additional sources of revenue. rev-enue. The total, including teachers' retirement, but not Including funds needed for extensive building build-ing programs, was set at $18,-548,538, $18,-548,538, as compared to $10,063,-453 $10,063,-453 appropriated for the same institutions for the past two years. The University of Utah has asked for $7,000,000 for operating expenses during the two years. The University was granted $4,-405,000 $4,-405,000 for the past biennium. The Utah State Agricultural College Col-lege request was for $4,851,948, compared to $2,934,000 appropriated approp-riated last year. The Branch Agricultural College Col-lege request for funds was for $441,610 for the next two years compared to an appropriation of $2G0,5O0 received during the past two years. Expanded training at the BAC has made the big increase in-crease necessary. Other requests (with 1947 appropriations ap-propriations In parentheses) are: Snow college, $244,444 ($167,000) Dixie college, 201.955 ($164,000). and Carbon college, $219,898 ($172,253). We winder why the American Flag was left flying up-side-down over the Post office building build-ing nearly all day Thursday? |