\fil^td e:ix^a ^ H j- T h ce trail | ecial’ ^ Play<i ^ o f f pi affSft^m Bterack i tf^r^k/ents /J Brijfnscomem e f r o m b e h in d m a k e p / ^ la s S ^ ■ 1 * - IT . Twin Fatls, Idal 75th year,.N > o. 307 . aho Sumnday, November:2,1980 "I 5 0 ^ Twii[nEad ls X3 o u r ityt;axess iunnp 31 - B yB O N N EB A IR D JO N ES3S - .................. ' - amoimt and stllTsUy/ wilhlhThewll frw eh revm ue llmmlts." follo^ng«mplnptlohs. rather tban'ohydolldollars aiiid^ts SS8.45thlthis year,"or'about a 3?Tperceercent increase on the ------- 7imes-Nws writer _ County levies havere beenb approved by tbe Idalaho T ax__ ^baslsper?100d(^d(^lars of assessed valuation^> n _ _____ housealooone. .. ________ . ' Commission and ;uroed to Twin Falls County^offtelals o However, Pencence said residential p n ^ rtyrty owners are In "Taklngtg the house andlol. he paidd $4$442.23Tasl year and fotjireparing tax notice;ices. for a big increajease under the 1 percent measure.me On his will pay 353 percent m ore this y e ar oto r a total of {596.78. TWTNFAtJ.S-ThghfldivInewsisnowornci^. Cmmty Auditor Rich;ichard P ence said It Is diffiifflcult to own home, whichilch is valued a t $31,683 on theIhe new property (Hark saidlid this ts the highest tax.billhill! he h as e ver paid on A sex p ed ed Lax expertw ts . property owners In TwiiVin compare taxes this yearye to last year becausee of two evaluations, hee willv be paying a total ofr S3:f3S9.3! in taxes tb e proper>erty and about S14 m ore thantha he paid In 1977. F alls Coiffity will b e payingg hi h l ^ taxes this year.butth; the facto rs. T here w as aI coicomplete revaluation o ^ r ooperty c in * this year, up fronrom $296.B9 last year. T hat is aJ84i increase wbentaxe:ces wereat a previous all-timem e t h i^ .' •- lo crease^f about 35 p ercenm t 6 well above wliat officialrials th e countjr under theJ 1t 1percent limitations. This; broughtb or about 21 perceicent more than hepaid last[year. ye Pencesisaid persons who signed upip forfo property exemp- —hartanllclpalfrt _ _ p 0jpertyjalueiupjathjithetrufi 1978 mari<et value__-------------------- County-Assesscssor-W iUiam.CIanlvwho own:wns-a new-home— tions unde on have.at leaslsome_____ •*Iwmdumbfouiided.” 8alda id Twin F alls County Assessossor A y e a r ago Ihe oldd assessmenta; ratio system wasw still and lot in Twirwin F alls, said his propert;«rty reached a break, butHit added the residentialil pproperty owner is Wintam aarkT T iursday. "'I I aiam a l a loss to see how we caican being used to calculatelie taxes.I Secondly, he said, talues are valuation of ]uslist over SK.OGO In this year'sar’s revaluation. Increase indJvidual residententlal property taxes by thathat" DOW figured on a basissis of percent of the propertjrty value Last year Clarlvriv paid $401 In taxes and1 willw be paying • SeeTAXESPageA::eA2 — 5 0 S T AATE ELEC:tion s u rtVEY — ^ M s a & J— "^IIIIIHto ssS S r l ^ ) ^^|HLeanln«irgloward OI tr&antn^ttowaTff^ ^ ■ C a r t e rr I Reagan _ r i e ^ f e a / e i• w IlilProbabible I P robable S I__ I Carterr I R eagan toss^iupsUn t e s V VVASIbSH. -------- 1 --------- ■ WASHINGTON - T he IK1980 presl- Aflmalysis datla] campaign Is (umUiiMihg pdl* =-' = MICM.-I-------------1 jnell toward the nnlsh linene now. with hours until tbeX polls open across the - •• Ronald Reagan apparenllylUy In the nation Tuesdayay momlngrand Amerl-— -_::jlrtyef*gBeat- ^ - _ : _ lake a. choice. mo5t_flnd ___i4_i -cans.go.lo mak -OHIO - III N - t .l ,--------------- ------------ In (be wake of last wetic’flac’s Cartc^ umrecedenledljidlydlsmal. ------- C A llf. I Reagan dd>ate, nwst natlonwmwtde polls Enthusiasmn Uis so lacking that voter continued to diow th e ra c eiverydose vt lumoutmaywelveil be a t a record low — ) ® . — rr-wuhln.lwo-oc.lhree pelpei:centage_and tha^ a ^^n. n would be damaging points. But sudi polls} a re . In-' fo rC ^ e r.’ coodustve, because thele narrow Traditionally.ly. a low turnout means .... — marglns'arei«ithtn'tbe=sani]imp!lng-er— adrastlcdroplrpin voting by WueKJoUarrr “ r w range. workers and nvmembers of ethnic ml- ' And wtien It is rem em beredred that the norlty groupss «which are usually the battle is not ooe nationwideIde contest, kqr to Democratrallc victories. l ^ p but- is instead SI sq>araarale-win*— These groupsIDS made the difference — oer^akeall Sections in-lhe-!le-SO-states —for Carter as nehe wwj th e narrow est of--------- y __________ - ____ , and the D i^ct of Columiumbla. the victories in 1976.197 More specifically, __ ; scene looks rather dUfetenl—1_______ :____black - vo te rs-jt-prdvided-his- crucial In a Btate-by-state analyalysis. Re- winning m argii■gins in such states as R eagan _ 2<245 pid)llcan nominee Reagan apa n > e a rsto Louisiana, Mississippi and < |li nave a great advantage. Pennsylvania. m w m Carter _ l*156 Reagan’s "safe" base of)f <electoral Carter Is inI'dlfflcully di in all of these ALASkM A iHAWAHl votes Is so enormous thatlat he can states this year,ar, and th e outlook for a * cjsure victory by picking>g lip only goodtriacktuTTHnwut Is bleak. • m Toss-up _137 i; ^ - couple of the 10 or so sta'^les that -'Ihlsishottos:o say that Carter simply ' remain too close to call. cannot win. By contrast, PresidentIt C< arter's He CAN. BulJl Ito do so he will havetd E lector>ral voles needded to win _ 2702; . : base is so m eager th at he cannotcai win overcome a wholewh range of factors ^ without sweeping alntost all of the v^chseemtomJ mitigate against him. • ^ states which remain up for grabs.grt *n»ek^loUi> the voting in 1978 w ere thhe e; sevM largest ^ te s (1ew ^ York, and Mlchlean. whwhich he lost last_tlme._ _denllent 1 ^ only.a shaky, leadjff Ithat, ln_total well ov«r4b«•4be-maEic-number of------- —.— TUs puts enormous pressuTsurfroathe—the-Blg-Sevenn srraost"p^ous"states—pm ’^in^variia. Ohio and Texaitas).l^~B uffirtraiIs' KtRu g a n In Ohio and Ten:rennessee, . Koitucky, Alalabania, 270 b y pickingg upu] OTiIy two swing • : . president at a time whenI thtb e latest (California. Ne«few York. I^insylvanla.- picklicking up assorted others. Pennsylvania, m.major states he des- ArfcArkansas and Missouri. s ta te s — say, lllliIllinois (28) and Con- - polls show that Reagan mam ade new Ohio, MIdilgan.an, Illinois, Texas), the R<Republlcan'Ford held-almimost Ihe^peralayneeds.Tl. TTiis leav es New York—-A_bad_break, A such as bad Election-nectl<jutEl (8). ------- ' gains in the days Inunediatel^tely follow- • South and borrle)Tier states, and the W e s t ~ «nlire'West. t i i three of the Bigig Swen as the only lai^ stale Mfe for the day)ay weather, could ruin him Inin any or B u t C arter, needlngnee an additional ' ______________ 3he_Big-Seye»vpn alnrw fnmprise M /nilinifnnk B^lrhtgnn iTflllfynfiua),-and— president. ____________________________ alKiiIlof^hese^arginalstBles.—--------------- 131-electoral-voleRjleSrCould-wln^Mily^by-------- ■~^teecr^t5:lndlcate-CarC arter • a n d - percent of thenatkifiel e n electoral vote othe.Ihers amounting tosmaU chana n « . _____..But ^the wonwrst news . for the A<According to one typical nallcllonwlde tak h ig all b ut ootone o r two of the 10. his team have failed in theiriir |primary total, and 80 ppe ercent o f the 270 elec- - HiisH: year Reagan’s Western-n base Is Carter-Mondaleecampc6mes cj from the analuialysls late last week, RReagan states hangingIg In' the balance/ aim - to make a majorityrity of the toral voles nee(leeded to elect a presl- ever!ven m ore formidable. He donominales South, where theihere Is serious erosion seerleemed reasonably safe In statflies with Thai puts great pn voters fear that-Reagan wouldw be dent. everjverythlng w est of the Mli<lssislppi In that 1976Southeth em b ase. aI tctotal of 240 elector^ voteses while dent to tie downwn almost everything reckless fn foreign affairsIrs and a Carter craflafled his razoM hIn 1976 exc<s(C ^ Hawaii and -M lnn^ti)la (safe Florida Is prol)robably Irretrievably Carl[barter had a hold on states wiwith 139, m arginally avallaallable to him, while jw ^-pln*^ uncompaipassionate - victory over CSerald « Ford by carrying foror Carter),( and Texas whldihisclose i lost to Carter,p, • and the odds are—leaveaving-IO sUtes with 159 Sectoral R eagan-could willwithstand reverses In — all of his nativeve South and the border but!Hit leaning toward Reagan. against him in Mlsslsslwl, South voterotes too close to call. m ost o f the .stallstale contests In the. There remain wily a fevfew dozen states acept Virginia,Vit winning four of - Carte^is^lnCj contenllon forr Illinois Carolina and Louisiana.Lot ^ presl-.. If that Is true, Reagan couldd ]put his balance, and stillU lww ln .________ Polls; of popiimlarvoi)teshp\WiJReagjan, Caarter in dead hbieat By United Press Intern^lor^n a l _____________ Iliursday. Indlcated-thiiihe-two-meh are even InltiTKTrace Reagan campalpalgn d i^ to r William Caseysey charged the assu re thfihat nuclear rhalerlals were.j!re.sold to India — a . since the survey hada3|a3Dercenta«e poinlinarein of ta r w r i t n g In ‘'la«t mlnutflute desperation— naUonAvhl<hich re(used4o-slm4ho-nucIdaclear-non-prollferallon ------- ^ — -PreaidentCartbr-sc^p^il^^rnnahsaidSalurdayll y If- ------- Carter, caniualgntngnglffTex^^^i^rtRepoTp I treaty andnd a nation which explodedxl a nuclear device In , Bonald .Reagan wins thee <election., ll.wlll.be Johnshn .guessl’llqult.r .......