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Show 7 pe ' MiLAMERICA Faria li. Pr-l.- f UUkeClty, Univ?r.dty calt fv.-- r jj ufl U-- -. Ut-- Uh psits I I $$& . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH VOLUME 17, NUMBER 57 MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1973 Search Guidelines Set Utah Supreme Court Decision Capsule li I I 'Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court ISECOND LEASE CONSTITUTES AN ASSIGNMENT RALPH JENSEN and J. GOLDEN JENSEN WASHINGTON (UPI)-T- he Supreme Court agreed Monday to set guidelines on how far police may go in searching a person they have arrested, the issue being: may the search be for evidence of any crime, or is it limited to the offense for. which the person was arrested? In other actions yesterday the high court: Acted to speed an appeal of a lower court ruling that is blocking construction of the Trans-Alaska- n Plaintiffs and Respondents v. O.K. INVESTMENT CORP. SIEGEL TRAILER & AUTO FINANCE, TRAILER MART INC., dba DANS CAMPERS: HOMES AMERICAN STYLE, et al., Defendants and Appellants Supreme Court: Reversed. The conduct of plaintiffs over the period of years in which Dans remained in possession, particularly after they received written notification that the option to renew was being exercised and they accepted the increased rental payment, constituted a waiver of their right to demand forfeiture for breach of the condition against assignment without written consent. Plaintiff counsel: Harold A. Hintze 700 El Paso Bldg. Defendant counsel: Richard L. Black 455 S. 3 E. issue. Written opinions will come T ' that states may impose a y residency requirement for voting in 50-da- . elections. non-presiden- , Refused to review a contempt judgment against Newark newsman Peter Bridge, who spent 20 days in jail for refusing to answer a grand jurys questions. Upheld the constitutionality of a See details pace 4. 5-- ; law in Minnesota which gives preference to military veterans in hiring and nromoti" Van Winkle Receives Distinguished Alumnus Award Richard A. Van Winkle, president of the Lockhart Company, was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the University of Utah. The award is the highest accolade given by university alumnii, and is presented annually to alumni who have served the nation, the university and their professions with distinction. Mr. Van Winkle is a native of Salt Lake City. During his attendance at the University of Utah he was student body president. Following his graduation he was an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1942-4and was general manager of Strevell-Pattersothe Finance Company from 1949 to 1964. In addition to being president of The Lockhart Co., Mr. Van Winkle is now also a member of the boards of directors of Zions Utah Zions First National Bank, State Savings and Loan Assn., and of the National Consumer Finance Association. Additionally, he was chairman of the State Road Commission of Utah for three years, and is a past president of the American Industrial Bankers Assn, and of the Salt Lake Area C hamper of Commerce. Mr. Van Winkle is a member of the Board of Trustees of Westminster College, serves on the National Advisory Council of the University of Utah, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Deseret Foundation for Medical Education and Research. 50-d- ay gone . further than the pat down "for - at- tempt to sue directly in the high court 25 states on grcnmds they are from preventing Pennsylvania getting lower liquor prices. Search In the search case the court will hear arguments next fall or winter on appeals from conflicting decisions in Florida and District of Columbia cases which pose the Credit Firm j elections. Only last term in a test case from Tennessee, the court suggested but y did not specifically set a on state limit residency -- weapons permitted in investigative stops. Gustafson won a similar ruling in a state court in Florida but the requirements. , Florida Supreme Court reversed it. action drew strong Mondays We cannot condone this radical dissents from Justices William O. from established Douglas, William J. Brennan and; departure reasonable standards, the lower Thurgood Marshall. state court said. The court said in the Arizona The Justice Department, ap-- decision that the requirement pealing the Robinson case, said the approaches the outer constitutional decision invites. . .unneccessary limits in this area. On the risks by officers who have made registration question, a Georgia rule lawful custodial arrests. algo was invnlwH Alaska Pipeline The Supreme Court did not forIn its 1972 opinion, the court said mally accept the appeal concerning the constitutional test is whether the n the pipeline, but it; restriction is necessary to promote directed opponents of the pipeline to a compelling governmental infile their views on the case by March terest. This the usual yardstick is 28. The court acted on a petition by court deems fundamental conthe Alyeska Pipeline Co., which stitutional rights such as the right to seeks to build the pipeline, vote. and by the Justice Department and A special three-judg- e federal the State of Alaska. penel in Phoenix found that Arizona They are seeking to overturn a had presented no facts demon decision by the U.S. Circuit court of strating a compelling need for a which ruled Feb. 9 that the day residency and registration law. y would proposed 200-foNewsman Contempt Case violate a 1920 law which limits In the case against Peter Bridge rights-of-wa- y across non-arre- st Rejected Pennsylvanias 30-da- 50-da- y ! Faces Charge Of Monopoly - 5, The WASHINGTON (UPI) Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accused die nations largest credit n Monday of threatening to create a monopoly in the business of gathering and selling information about whether consumers are good credit risks. The FTC asked that Retail Credit Co. be made to divest itself of 45 credit bureaus it had bought up during 1970 and 1971. Without such action, the agency said, the firm1 may be able to substantially lessen competition and keep other petential rivals out of the market. The credit companies which the firm would have to divest itself of include 43 offices of the Credit Bureaus Inc., a West Coast chain information Ban-corporatio- n, I M Most insurance companies routinely pay for abortions, the Health Insurance Institute reported today. This was true, first for therapeutic abortions and then in the several states which made abortion legal; even before the recent U.8. Supreme Court ruling setting down more liberal guidelines on the controversial issue. The key question, according to the Institute, haa always been legality. Once this was established, benefits were made available by , companies. The big difference today is that the vast majority of abortions is considered legal. Earlier, this was true in only a tiny percentage of domestic demandlor crude off and later the national security need to reduce Both cases concerned traffic' dependence on foreign supplies, violators who were found to have Under Alyeska's plan, the oil either marijuana or heroin in their would be piped froth Alaska's North e possession. Slope 789 miles south to the TV Florida ease concerned the Prt Y11-"ould.l?e shipment arrest in Eau GaUe of James E. ImPed intotankers 00881 Prts Gustafson for driving without a Opponents say the plan not only license When the officer searched him, marijuana cigarettes were endangers the delicate Arctic .tundra, but that the possibility of oil discovered. spillages from tankers would jeopardize marine life in the North--' The same type of situation oceastern Pacific. curred in the District of Columbia Joining the wilderness society in when Willie Robinson Jr. was En- arrested for driving after his permit filing the suit were the naa oeen revoked. A search timed vironmenlal Defense Find, Friends of the Earth, the Cordova District up some hereoin. Fisheries Union and the Canadian Wildlife Federation. The U.S. Court of Appeals, in a 4 ruling, held that the search of Residency Voting Requirements Robinson had gone too far. The court The court held that states may said the arresting owicer had the impose a residency evidence needed in the traffic case requirement for voting and that it is when he asked for Robinsons constitutional for states to close rolls 50 days before such license and should have no registration ice-fre- pipeline. Ruled 6 to 3 in an Arizona case f ' Georgia Pacific Washington was said it approval seeking Corp. from the Federal Trade Commission to buy certain of the assets of Boise Cascade Corp. The acquisition needs an FTC stamp under a previous FTC order. Des Moines, Iowa Negotiations are under way on a proposed acquisition of Dial Financial Corp. by the Chase Manhattan Corp., Dial President Richard S. Levitt said. The proposal involves an as yet undetermined number of Chase Manhattan shares in an exchange for Dial common representing a substantial premium over the current price of Dial common stock," Levitt said. New York A subsidiary of Don-- , aldson Lufkin A Jenrette Inc., Real Estate Inc., agreed in principle to a combination with Douglas Elliman k Co. which would make Douglas Elliman a part of ELJ Real Estate, the companies announced. Presque Isle, Maine J. 8. Industries Inc. said it bought all outstanding shares of American Kitchen Foods Inc., the licensee for Birds Eye frozen french fries and tasty fries, in addition to products sold under the American Kitchen brand name. I company which included offices in San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland; Portland, Salem and Eugene, Ore.; Everett and Tacoma, Wash., and Boise, Idaho. Two other firms which also would have to be sold are the Credit Bureau of Washington, D.C. and Retail Credit Association of Portland, Ore. In addition, Retail Credit Company would be forbidden to acquire , any concern engaged in credit information on individual buyers for 10 years .without first getting approval from the commission. Retail Credit Co. is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. It has three times as many credit bureaus across the country as any of its competitors and in 1970 its income before taxes was $18.2 million, the FTC said. Trans-Alaska- 800-mi- le : ot private right-of-wa- public the court refused a review. Bridge appealed from New Jersey State Court rulings upholding the judgment. Since the case cleared New Jersey courts, the state legislature has enacted a more comprehensive shield law ff to protect newsmen who do not wish to reveal their sources of information. Bridge was called before an Essex governments favor, construction . . . may begin this summer. County, N.J., grand jury after a. story appeared under his byline in TheCircuitCourtruledinasuithy the Newark who environmentalists Evening News quoting charged that Commissioner Pearl Beatty of the the project would damage the Arctic wilderness and jeopardize wildlife Housing Authority as saying: .A man walked into my office and marine life. The Circuit Court, and offered me $10,000 if I would not to the itself address however, did vote for their choice for executive environmental aspects of the case, director (of the housing authority ' ruling only on the width of the right- lands to. 54 feet. The appellants asked the high court to accept their appeal immediately, hear arguments in mid-Ma- y and render a decision before court the adjourns in June. Expressing hope for an early Supreme Court rating, Solicitor General Erwin N. Griswold said, if the court resolves the issues in the . of-wa- y. The directive by tire high court Monday ordered the wilderness society and other conservationist groips listed as plaintiffs in the case to file their views on the appeal by March 28, indicating that the court would move swiftly in the case. though the circuit court did not go into the environmental charges, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to take up this expect because of the rising Bridge balked at answering five of the grand jurys questions asking for more details of what Mrs. Beatty might have told Bridge that didnt get into his story. Veterans Preference The court, in a brief order firmed an earlier decision by a lower count upholding constitutionality of a law in Minnesota which is similar to those in most states, af-Ev- en ; l; |