Color Country Spectrum (Newspaper) - May 17, 1977, Saint George, Utah Cedar Frequent rain showers occasionally mixed with snow and continued cold through showers gusty winds at highs today in the lower 50s St Showers and turning cooler through diminishing showers Wednesday with periods of partial gusty winds at highs today in the upper 60s Color Country Spectrum Vol 13 No 322 The printed voice of Utah's booming Tuesday May Almost billion Project funds allocated WASHINGTON allocations of nearly billion for new public works projects provide as much as million for projects in New York and no less tlian million in each of 24 states and the District of Columbia The Commerce Department which mined the allocation promises to announce by the exact amount of money for each municipality Among the other largest allocations were Florida Massachusetts Michigan New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania million and Puerto Rico million The for each state was determined solely on the basis of average unemployment rate over the past year The state governments were expected to receive an estimated 8 per cent of the total state allocation Federal officials have not yet determined how much each local municipality will receive from the state allocation nor have they chosen the exact projects that will be constructed with the Direction given in money approved last week by President Carter Municipalities will be informed of their allocations June 3 officials said The project selection process will continue through Aug 15 and all construction will be underway by Nov 15 The public works program a key element in Carter's economic stimulus package was in- tended to create 300.000 new jobs in the con- struction industry Another 300.000 jobs were expected to develop as a spinoff from these projects Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps conceded the program would not bring a substantial reduction in unemployment But she noted these are the only jobs to be created in the private sector under Carter's program Public jobs funded SALT LAKE CITY Utah's share of a billion national public service jobs program signed last week by President Carter will be million to pay for 3.209 jobs The Labor Department said part of the money will sustain current levels of public employment jobs in Utah The rest of the funds will pay for 2.104 new public works jobs The funds are authorized under two titles of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Under one section of the act priority goes to veterans welfare recipients and former power trainees The other section will give priority to ongoing jobs that become vacant and must be filled with persons with lower living standard incomes recipients of aid to families with dependent children and the long-term unemployed Carter to submit health insurance plan LOS ANGELES liberal critics in a major speech President Carter today promised to submit a national health insurance plan early next year and said the welfare system must be thoroughly redesigned But we cannot do everything he said warning that ward choices must be made by Americans to reach his goals of a strong economy and a balanced federal budget by 1981 1 believe we can be fiscally responsible and still satisfy the needs of our people And 1 believe we cannot satisfy our needs unless we are competent and efficient he said in remarks prepared for the United Auto Workers convention Carter flew here early today for the speech deviously aimed at answering Democratic critics such as Sen George McGovern who claim he is foregoing welfare reform and other social programs to balance the budget Before flying back to Washington early Wednesday he also arranged to answer questions from Los Angeles citizens on a regional television broadcast and to take a close look at drought conditions in rich Southern Sen Edward Kennedy in a speech to the UAW Monday asked Carter to set a target date for national health insurance I am committed to the phasing in of a workable national health insurance system Carter told the auto workers We are aiming to submit legislative proposals early next year He also declared that the welfare system must be thoroughly redesigned Tinkering will not be enough said the President who has already asked for sweeping revisions tighten controls over the food stamp program report By LORAINE JUVELIN Spectrum Staff Writer CEDAR progress report given to the Cedar City Utilities Board by retiring Chairman Kent Myers contains a number of recommendations on directions the board should take Myers had informed the Cedar City Council when he accepted the chairmanship that he would be able to serve only until June i In his progress report he recommends that the board complete its entire investigation before the 1977 election Myers recommended that a permanent or five person utilities board be established when the present board has completed its work He further recommended that energy development through federal funding should be pursued This proposal he said should be prepared by the energy development com- and the city manager Once legal questions are resolved the subcommittees should be reorganized with new members added to the three committees or new structure should be devised the report indicated He asked the board to appoint the present LaRue Gardner to be the CHAIRWOMAN IN HIS PLACE He suggested that a new vice-chairman be pointed His list of recommendations includes one that a preliminary feasibility study for a municipal system be authorized Monies up to should be budgeted in the Cedar City fiscal year The board should recommend at least three consulting engineers for this purpose he said He felt that a more intensive public survey on power questions especially support for a full-fledged feasibility study be conducted To follow-up public power sources private power sources and experimental power development should be continued by the board according to Myers Finally the outgoing chairman suggested that subcommittees establish new research goals with specific deadlines for reporting A meeting of the board was set for May 25 This is a view of the PanAm Building showing the overturned New York airways helicopter atop the building following its crash landing Monday UPI wire photo Owners get suggestions Sinking home problems aired By LORAINE JUVELIN Spectrum Staff Writer CEDAR Red Hills Homeowners Association is a group with purpose The organization was formed recently to find ways to do something about what is happening to their homes cracking cement in their homes basements large cracks in their walls and separation of door and window frames from the walls to name but a few of the problems Renegade plans Morman renegade Douglas Wallace plans a series of actions against the LDS Church including a class action suit against Spencer W Kimball for fraudulently misrepresenting himself as a prophet of God Page 2 Team takes first The Cedar High School track team claimed first place in the Class state track meet Dixie High School finished with a solid second Page 6 There appears to be both lateral and vertical movement of the soil beneath their homes A study of soil conditions in the area has been funded by the Four Corners Regional Commission The Utah Geological Survey will head the study with a report due this coming fall While the study mav helc to mine the cause and possibly serve as a basis for making homeowners in the area eligible for low interest loans there are who feel they cannot wait that long for some kind of a solution to the problems of damaged homes A meeting on Thursday at the Department of Transportation Building which is also experiencing similar settling and cracking problems brought out a lot of ideas and suggestions by the homeowners on how to proceed The members talked about Internal Revenue Service Casualty losses What will be What will charge to move homes on a wholesale Should they arrange a meeting of lending agencies to correct impressions that gypsum in the soil is the sole reason for earth subsidence and The subcommittees had all done some research on these sub- before reporting to the group There was a discussion on a memo Kills five injures eight Shuttle copter collapses NEW YORK A helicopter shuttling travelers between Kennedy Airport and midtown Manhattan collapsed on a broken wheel gear atop the Pan Am Building Monday slashing waiting passengers with its whirring rotary blades and dumping debris into the canyons of the city's business district Five persons were killed and eight others were injured They chopped up Legs heads it was messy said Fireman John McAllister one of the first rescue workers on the scene of the accident The bodies were mangled terribly mangled said Deputy Police Com- missioner Frank McLaughlin Bits and pieces are all over the place the blades hit them and everything went backs legs heads Three men sliced by the heavy rotors and pelted with shards of glass were killed while waiting to board the craft for Kennedy Airport A woman on the street below was knocked dead by a chunk of falling debris and a man died later at Bellevue Hospital The eight other persons were injured in the hail of twisted metal Police identified the dead as Clay Stanley Young 19 of Seattle Wash Enrico Gnaga of Milan David of Montclair and Michael Findlay and Anne Barnecott 29 both of New York Federal aviation investigators today set to work studying the helicopter which toppled over on a broken wheel gear as passengers were waiting to climb aboard The accident drew immediate cries of 1 told vou so from critics including Rep Edward Koch OPENING OF THE HELIPORT FOR SAFETY REASONS The flights which carry some 1.200 passengers a day to the New York area's three major airports resumed in February amid claims they would give a boost to New York's sagging economy Mayor Abraham D Beame termed the accident freakish but announced the immediate revocation of the way's operating permit pending an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board A spokesman for New York Airways said it also was closing down inter- airport operations between LaGuardia Kennedy and Newark airports The Pan Am Building heliport was reopened with great fanfare Feb l nine years after it was closed dte way's financial difficulties and citizen complaints the flights were too noisy and too dangerous This view taken from a helicopter flying overhead shows the overturned helicopter atop the PanAm Building The crash killed five and injured eight others UPI wire photo irom Paul Koenig of the Office of Emergency Services who visited the stricken area on March 1 and 2 In his memo Koenig states he asked the city engineer why development and building permits were issued in that area The response was that the city would been sued by the developer if they hadn't issued permits City people had told Koenig according to the memo that individual builders had been told that the houses would sink at the time they applied for building permits Many persons in attendance took exception to that statement claiming no one had warned them of unstable conditions in the area The existence of a Soil Conservation Service report which was said to have been sent to the city several years ago and before development in the area was referred to by several persons in attendance This report allegedly showed that any construction in that area was dous and that homes with basements should not be All the homes in the affected area have basements The association members voted last night in favor of hiring an attorney to assist them in dealing with government agencies and researching any legal questions involved in proposed actions A fund was set up to pay for the legal expenses Assessment Carter will review WASHINGTON UPI President Carter responding to critics from the liberal wing of the Democratic party today planned a sonal assessment of his domestic accomplishments and future Carter was to leave for Los Angeles this morning aboard A Force One on a one-day California swing that included an address tc the United Auto Workers convention and an hour-long question and an- swer session with Los Angeles citizens selected by which was to broadcast the program live regionally Before flying back to Washington after midnight Carter planned a flight over the Central Valley for an aerial inspection of reservoirs affected by the two year drought and a walking tour of an olive and almond orchard in Fresno one of the hard-hit drought areas At a news conference last week Carter billed his speech to the auto workers as an answer to critics and his own inventory of his But White House Press Secretary Jody Powell said Carter did not plan an elaborate defense of himself against the liberals We are going to irritate the right and left to do what we have to do Powell added It will be a speech to take stock of his record Sen George McGovern has charged Carter is out of step with the mainstream of the Democratic party because of his failure to boost social programs and his fiscal conservatism He said he spoke at the urging of other liberals but Carter dismissed his rebuke as that of one senator The President faced some hostility from the auto workers for his proposals to put higher taxes on gas guzzling autos Outgoing UAW President Leonard Woodcock who is expected to be named chief U.S envoy to Peking called the tax and said it is not properly thought through and should be withdrawn The workers feel the tax will cost them jobs and boost foreign auto makers Carter heard another round of protests Monday by the Coalition for a Fair Minimum Wage against his decision to increase the minimum wage to instead as as proposed by organized labor and other groups The President made no commitments after the meeting but promised to study the subject further Clarence Mitchell head of the Washington chapter ot the NAACP described the meeting as laying it on the President's heart Florida has blackout MIAMI UPI An switch misread electrical signals at a nuclear power plant Monday while Florida's brand new fail-safe system against power failures was shut down for adjustments and it blacked out much of South Florida for seven hours More than 2.5 million persons in a square mile radius were affected by the failure Scores of persons were trapped in stalled elevators Traffic lights failed causing hundreds of minor accidents Air conditioning systems shut down in steamy heat Stores offices factories and schools were left without light Pumps at some water purification plants stopped bringing urgent calls to conserve water in some areas and warnings to boil tap w ater in others Meany's hopes rise WASHINGTON UPI AFL-CIO leader George Meany said he was hopeful following a session in which he told President Carter the country would be better off with a hourly wage he insisted was not inflationary The administration agrees the current pay level should be raised but has requested a to avoid spurring the in- spiral Meany and representatives of the Coalition for a Fair Minimum Wage which represents 125 organizations met with Carter Monday The labor leader said he told Carter the nation's poor need the extra money
