Color Country Spectrum (Newspaper) - December 10, 1976, Saint George, Utah ATTO Local forecast Cedar Clearing today becoming fair tonight and Saturday colder through a little warmer highs today in the lows tonight in the tower teens highs Saturday in the mid 40s St Clearing today becoming fair tonight and Saturday colder through tonight a little warmer Saturday highs today in the lows tonight in the mid highs Saturday in the mid 50s Color Country Spectrum Volume 13 Number 210 The printed voice of Utah's booming Friday December Go slow on tax cut Carter told WASHINGTON House Speaker Thomas P O'Neill met with Jimmy Carter today and cautioned a approach to the billion permanent income tax cut for Americans suggested by major business executives Thursday The Massachusetts Democrat told ters on emerging from a Blair House meeting with the President-elect that Americans have not been eager to pump recent tax windfalls back into the economy Asked if he personally favored a tax cut he That's hard to say in view of the reports that 60 per cent of the last tax cut went into the banks of America He suggested Carter await results of ding before making a tentative tax decision O'Neill said he and other congressional leaders discussed the possibility of a tax cut with Carter in order to stimulate the nation's slumping economy But he would not be more specific The business executives did not mend tax rebates but Lance told reporters that he personally favors income tax rebates for individuals similar to those used to help end the recession in 1975 Rebates at that time averaged per taxpayer A plan for a billion cut in personal in- come taxes and billion in and tax incentive programs was presented to Carter Thursday during a meeting with 15 major business executives from around the nation Several of the businessmen reported later that the president-elect made no commitment but seemed receptive to their proposal Dupont chairman Irving Shapiro said I think he Carter is doing all the right things now Ford Motor Co chairman Henry Ford agreed saying the business community was reassured by Carter's concern for economy Bert Lance scheduled to be the new budget j director said Carter told him the plan was very similar to that being recommended by his own advisors The tax plan was developed by Reginald Jones chairman of the board of General Electric but was agreed to by all of those attending the meeting according to Jones and others in the group Its base Sis a billion permanent tax cut for individuals brought about by lowering tax rates and by increasing to the current individual tax credit which is claimed by each taxpayer and each dependent According to Jones the cut would be weighted toward the lower end of the economic scale Those making less than a year would receive an average 19 per cent cut and those making more than would receive an average 4 per cent The only direct cut for business in the Jones plan would be an increase in the current 10 per cent investment tax credit to 13 per cent This would amount to a billion tax in- The investment tax credit allows businesses lo subtract directly from their tax bills 10 per cent of the cost of new plant and equipment It is intended as a spur to capital improvement The plan also calls for billion in job creating programs designed to provide jobs and to provide training for the unemployed It billion to create 200.000 jobs through an urban youth corps million to create 40.000 jobs through an expanded job corps California will get great quake SAN FRANCISCO UPI Californians should prepare for an inevitable great earthquake which will indeed be a disaster that could take thousands of lives the top expert of the U.S Geological Survey said today In a speech prepared for delivery to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco Robert M Hamilton chief of the Office of Earthquake Studies for the USGS should not ignore or underestimate the earthquake threat Nor should irrational fear of earthquakes be allowed to be a diversion from rational preparations The impact of a great earthquake in regional Los Angeles or San Francisco would be enormous Losses could reach thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars in damage The inevitable earthquake will indeed be a disaster but with study and planning the losses can be reduced A great quake is one that registers a magnitude of 8 or one of such size Jn Hamilton called attention to an uplift in the earth along California's San Andreas fault system and said a slip is occurring along with other precursor signs of a quake Noting the long period since the great San Francisco quake in 1906 he said geologic factors are the basis for the belief that the further you are from the last quake the closer vou are to the next More recently Hamilton said attention has been directed toward southern California where it has been discovered that the land northeast of Los Angeles the called Bulge has risen up to a foot over the last 15 years This uplift covers an area over 100 miles long extending along the San Andreas Fault through the Mojave Desert area Such an uplift sometimes precedes earthquakes and is definitely cause for concern now Citing 1976 as the worst year for earthquake fatalities since 1923 with tremors killing thousands in China Guatemala Italy Turkey the Philippines and Hamilton said people in the U.S are much less vulnerable because of wooden frame houses which rarely collapse and engineered buildings But he added that hazardous structures costly to replace still exist expecially in the Eastern U.S with its older cities and in unique areas like San Francisco's Chinatown The Chinatown area abounds with parapets certain to rain bricks on and potentially crowded streets below in a significant earthquake Hamilton said Ohio vote goes to Carter COLUMBUS Ohio Ohio will cast its toral votes for Jimmy Carter next week because a federal judge said he wasn't convinced that whatever errors occurred during the election were enough to change the results A coalition of U.S Labor Republican and American party officials had asked U.S District Judge Joseph Kinneary to grant a preliminary injunction to stop Ohio Secretary of State Ted W Brown from certifying the election of Carter's Ohio electors Kinneary denied the motion Thursday but set a rare Saturday hearing on the merits of the suit seeking to void the results on grounds that many instances of voter fraud marred the results by which Carter beat President Ford by a of one per cent margin It does indeed appear that Ohio's 1976 presidential election was not error free but this court is not at all convinced that there occurred actual voting fraud or even mere in an amount sufficient to change the outcome of the election Kinneary said in a order denying the injunction should prepare for an Inevitable great earthquake which wHi be a disaster that could take thousands of lives said Robert M Hamilton above the U.S Survey Pa rowan Stake conference set Conference for the Parowan Utah Stake of the LDS Church will be held Dec 11 and 12 under the direction of Stake President J Phillip Hanks Meetings for the general membership stake and ward leaders are Saturday afternoon a leadership meeting will be held with a special Saturday evening display of family books of rememberance scheduled for the Parowan Third Ward Cultural Hall from 6 to 7 p.m Preparation of these books has been a special Bicentennial project At 7 p.m conference leadership session in the Third Ward Chapel is open to all married couples and parents Hanks indicated The general sessions will be Sunday in two locations The first session at for Enoch Ward members will be at the second general session is set for 11 in the Ward Chapel with those in the Parowan and paragonah Wards and the Brian Head Branch President Hanks also indicated that other interested persons are invited to attend either general session On last trip Kissinger arrives in London Secretary of State A Kissinger arrived in today on what well may be his diplomatic mission to discuss with the British ment a possible joint last ditch attempt to save his faltering Rhodesian peace package Kissinger flew from Brussels after at- tending also probably for the last time a NATO Council session In a news conference there he said the Western alliance is stronger and for a East peace are better than they have been for decades He was conferring in London later today with Prime Minister James Callaghan Foreign Secretary Anthony Crosland Britain's Rhodesian conference chairman Ivor Richard and other British officials After nearly seven weeks of inconclusive talks hi Geneva the conference called to set up an interim government in Rhodesia has bogged down in angry wrangling between Planning Commission appointed 1 of office date of meetings and appointment of temporary officers were the initial items business of the Hurricane planning commission at its first session Wednesday Through drawing lots terms were established as One-year J Victor and Phoebe DeMille two-year Max Convington and Lynn year Rosemary Lee and Clark Campbell and Farrell Campbell and Bruce Hepworth Giasson and Mrs DeMille were appointed temporary and vice-chairman to serve until the next regular meeting on January At that time a set of will be ready for adoption and an election held The committee for includes the temporary chairman and It was generally agreed that meetings should be held monthly on Wednesdays The next session is the night before the city council meeting however it is planned to usually have the meetings on the between city council meetings which are on the first and third Thursdays of each month Robert Perry city councilman is ad- visor to the group He recommended adoption of a master plan for Hurricane city a code of ethics for the members of the commission and a study of projected growth patterns in harmony with the desires and needs of the people Janice Sanders city treasurer was introduced as secretary for the com- mission Hurricane Stake will hold meetings Hurricane Utah LDS Stake Quarterly Conference will be held Saturday and Sunday according to Stake President Jack Lemmon who will preside at and conduct all sessions of Conference Conference sessions will be in the Stake Center located on Airport Road Leadership meeting will be held Saturday evening at 7 p.m Theme for this session of conference will be As for Me and My House Sunday session will begin at 10 for all members and their friends with the Junior Sunday School Session for all youngsters ages three four and five starting at Music for the general session will be furnished by the Stake Priesthood Chorus with Bishop J R Madsen conducting Sacrament meeting will be in all the wards in the and at 7 p.m there will be a youth fireside representatives of the white settler regime and the black nationalists The white delegation headed by Prime Minister Ian Smith insisted the Kissinger package is a contract and cannot be changed in any way without the whole deal collapsing The black nationalists demanded that transfer of power to them should take place at the beginning of the interim period and not at the end as proposed in the original Kissinger package British officials said there was no question of trying to get Kissinger to undertake another peace shuttle either to Geneva or again to southern Africa But they expressed hope that he could offer new ideas to gei the deadlocked Geneva talks moving In a news conference before leaving Brussels Kissinger said The Western alliance is stronger than it has been and that conditions for a Middle East peace settlement are better than for decades In what amounted to public news conference Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger said today the Western alliance is stronger and conditions for a Middle East peace settlement are better than they have been for decades at the close of the NATO ministerial conference in Brussels gave a crowded news a summary of his views that amounted to his political testament On the Middle East he said The Administration will have to follow the same course if our analysis is right Annual hearing CEDAR currently under lor future con- traction a variety of requests from the of the annual Five County district bearing by the Utah Department of Transportation held here Transportation Commissioner Clem Church acting as spokesman at the hearing and Alex Monsour District Engineer took part on a transportation panel as projects were presented and questions were answered Along range plan of transportation for Utah was presented Mass transit was explained and the ment also told of programs for helping the Elderly and handicapped Two vehicles had been given to Washington County for the retarded citizens according to a department spokesman A summary of the current projects and planned projects of the department was also brought before the meeting Projects under construction are County I- 15 from Fremont Wash to So Beaver SB lanes presented in highway meet estimated cost County Panguitch northerly Kane State Road 259 Paria Jet to Paria River cost and Washington Local Santa Clara River South of Gunlock cost Projects currently programmed for con- struction are Fremont wash to So Beaver lanes cost Iron Paragonah to Fremont Wash cost Beaver Beaver Main Street cost Kane Glen Canyon City to Arizona fin Surf cost En- to SR 56 cost Washington Virgin to Rockville cost Washington Anderson Jet to LaVerkin cost and Washington Arizona Line towards Hurricane cost Also planned Airport Airport cost Canyon Airport cost Airport cost Airport cost Airport cost George Airport cost Airport cost and Iron Parowan Airport One rout location and preliminary project was proposed for Kane and Counties from Glen Canyon City to Bullfrog Basin at a cost of The meeting was opened to the public for comments and other proposals for construction Stan Duncan of Antimony Utah expressed the need of a road surface on the road from An- timony to Bryce Canyon City requested a study fo the Lake road to The State Park and Recreation Department proposed the addition of parking lots for snowmobilers near the Gear Breaks area Harold Chesler of the Utah Travel Council requested more up to date signs and at recreation spots on Mt Holly Lowell Mecham of Tropic requested a road from Cannonville to Capital Reef National Park and Cannonville to Glen Canyon south going through Canyon and Kodachrome State park Holt of Enterprise brought the livestock situation before the panel on from Enterprise A new temple has been buHt in St newly created work of art For more George Only It's a replica of the Manti details see page 5 Temple Ken Richardson displays his
