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Show 4g DESERET NEWS, Wednesday, September 10, 1969 Sun Watch ET3 A complaint charging that the assessment rate of taxes on automobiles in Utah is discriminatory was filed in Third District Court today by a Salt Lake motorist. , Douglas M. Moore, 728 Sun-rir- ? Ave., an appellate lawyer for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, filed the complaint against Earl M. Baker, Salt Lake County assessor, and the Utah State Tax Commission. He asks for & declaratory judgment from the court and for a rebate of $53.41 paid in Mountain States Meet Opens - Former Jack CASPER, WYO. Gov. Campbell of New Mexico today emerged as toe most likely candidate for toe new president of the FederaMountain of Rocky tion States. Federation members from six states opened their three-da-y here annual meeting today, their chief task being to select a new administrative officer. who Donald F. McMahon, has been federation president slice the organization was founded five years ago, is re- signing to accept a position with the National Industrial Eoard in New Conference York City. Campbell, who as governor of New Mexico was one of the founders of the federation, has been working on a contract with Aerojet General, a and West Coast industry, teaching at the' University of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the Indications are that Gov. Forrest Anderson of Montana will became chairman of the federations board of directors at the final business session on Friday. Gov. John A. Love of Colorado is the outgoing chairman. Utah Gov. Calvin L. Ramp-to- n was offered the chairmanship but declined, saying that I dont want to take on another extra responsibility. Rampton already is chairman of the Western Governors Conference and is a member of the executive committee of toe National Governors Con- ference. taxes on his cars for 1968. Moore alleges that automobiles are being assessed at real property and termed the assessment schedule intentionally discriminatory and unconsitutional. He asks that assessors be stopped from assessing his cars at any higher percentage of reasonable cash value than the average assessed the most favored class of property in Salt Lake County. Moore quotes sections of Utah law which states that all 1E69 Govs. Don Samuelson of Idaho and David F. Cargo of New Mexico are not expected to be at the Casper meetings. Most of todays activity revolves around meetings of federation councils various paired with a meeting with the board of directors set for late afternoon. autos. Moore has appealed to the State Tax Commission prothis discriminatory testing ratio and asking that the tax on cars be reduced to 20 per cent, or that the statutory 30 per cent be applied to everything. Four handsome pieces statuary from Mexico will be placed in the Salt Lake City Peace Gardens Monday as that countrys observance of its national Independence ' '' n r4 , i. ,? - 1 ,9 ' v vKi agreement for the pC ft" 'AWu- - MLm Ruben Garcia Jr., Mexican Consulate for Utah, displays new statuary that will be placed in Salt Lake City's Peace Gardens next Monday as part of that country's independence Day. ly in Ankara, Turkey. He has been assigned to the Secretariats office since Feb. 1, 1966. In addition to his native language,. he speaks and writes English, and speaks German, and has a working knowledge of French and Italian. city and county traffic engineering programs. Mayor J. Bracken Lee and City Recorder Herman J. Hogensen signed an interlocal cooperation agreement which City Defers Revoking Restaurant Licenses A Salt Lake City Jail mate serving a tence for petty in- sen- y larceny away from the city garage at 7th West and 1st South about noon Tuesday. walked Fred Quintana, 20, 559 E. 5th South, a trusty assigined d to wash cars, walked from the garage after telling a friend he was going to make a telephone call. He had completed 15 days of his jail sentence. city-owne- Owners of Hi Chaparral, 401 E. 9th South, persuaded Salt Lake City commissioners not to revoke (heir Class B beer and restaurant licenses in this mornings commission meeting. Commissioners voted unanimously to require the proprietors to operate a bona fide restaurant or face rescinding of todays permission to continue in business. Any future violations would cause revocation of the com missioners warned. Residents west and north of Liberty Park complained that the establishment had operated as a tavern, failing to dispense food during regular restaurant hours for meals. Complainants said Hi Chaparral personnel had told them on occasion they did not serve food. The establishments owners are remodeling the kitchen and art attempting to obtain a small business loan to finance Ike costs, commissioners were told in todays meeting. However, Commissioner George B. Catmull reported that no one had obtained a city building permit for any remodeling by the firm. Cejudo will address toe Independence Day observance at toe Peace Gardens, and will attend other activities of the national holiday for Mexico while in Salt Lake City, Garcia said. first-degr- second-degrerder. A rder conviction carries a son sentence of 10 yea-- s to e econd District Court Judge tries G. Cowley spent 40 tutes reading the instrucn ts to toe jury before pres-atio- of final arguments by Dale E. Attorney atford and defense counsel 1 L. Hansen. trict Tne verdict was read by jury foreman Woodrow J. Bartlett at 10:31 p.m., after which Nola W. Allred, the woman juror, told newsmen that three members of the jury had argued for convice tion of murder and the other nine were undefirst-degre- cided between second-degre- e murder and manslaughter. We spent several hours reconstructing the entire incident before we finally arrived at a decision, she said. I n previous testimony, Vickie Shields told the jury that her stepfather shot her (the defendant) mother, who was in the closet of the family home. Her disclosed testimony that her mother had told her to go get a butcher knife after she had been hit by Mr. Hughes. will support planned procurement, he said. (See related story on Page ). A-l- B-- l Hanover, Pa. We sent them $6.50. This was !n April. I hadnt heard so I wrote them changing the order and asking for the balance of $6.50 to be returned. I still havent heard a word. R.D.B., Roy. Order gone astray they said. Theyve now filled your second order amounting to $4.13. So you have a balance due of $2.31 which theyll send. Of course, we must stop that we possibly can, but we simply must not weaken our military capability in the middle of a major war, he added. ' all waste (editor1 Note: w er awry the number ef etH end ttx volume of mall make n tmoouibl fa answer ovary question. Please, no medical or ksei quetfkns. Don't (and stamp or selKaddratasd envelopes a anawera can only be (Ivan In litis answered art telephone at the hours prescribed. at ter publication but - column. Only questions of general interest will be Man phono calls can be accepted only on the Do-Otv your name, addrew and telephone numbtr to help Oo-Man Ms you.) Iks Greatest Cooking Discovery Since Fire! Hansen argued throughout toe trial that the shooting of Mrs. Hughes occurred in the heat of and passion, couldnt be one of malice or murder as charged, but at most, manslaughter. The defendant testified that after his wife threatened him, he went to the bathroom and got the gun so she couldnt get it (IJlfLfdtSJlMjiSJ already had been signed by County Commission Chairman Oscar Hanson Jr. and Clerk W. Sterling Evans. The contract now goes to Atty. Gen. Vernon B. Romney for state approval as to the form of the merger. Under the agreement, toe local governments will share costs of a central traffic engineering office on a 0 basis. Also a Salt Lake Valley Traffic Advisory Council will be appointed, with equal numbers of members furnished by the two commissions. two Streets Commissioner who George B. Catmull, supervises the city traffic engineering operations, said the new engineering office will require three or four more personnel than the city now employs. Thus Salt Lake County, which has no traffic engineering office, must appropriate half the funds necessary for toe combined operation, including the new hirees. predicted the merged operation could be achieved by Jan. L When he returned to the bedroom, his wife had run to the closet. Hughes said he went to toe clothes closet to get a shirt, and a struggle ensued as he tried to open the door and pull his wife out. He said he remembered only one shot being fired, although toe victim had been shot five times. Judge Cow'ey will sentence Hughes at 19 a.m. Monday, OVEN a 5-- 6. Roust in 31 Minutes Hamburger (on the Bun) in II No Stifling Heat, No Pets er Pees to Clean Portable! And Completely Auto matici the engineers estimate allowed by toe U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. Low bidder was Schocker Construction Co., Salt Lake at The eng- $447,776. ineers estimate was $426,037. Two bids opened for install-,in- g traffic control lights exceeded engineers estimates substantially. W. D. 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The watch, hosted by Hansen Planetarium, will be at This is the Place Monument at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. The eclipse will reach its height about 1:14 p.m. Sticklen warns everyone, especially children who may p.m. :P, y By JOSEPH T. LIDDELL Deseret News Staff Writer A sun eclipse watch has been set for Thursday to safely view toe sun as the moon The eclipse watch is scheduled from 11:39 a.m. to 2:33 jvlsfrt A Del C. LIuls Alva Cejudao, Mexican-America- r k Thursday Utahs senators ignored party differences today and joined hands to help defeat a proposal that would have of toe topped production giant C5A transport plane. Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, and Sen. Frank E. voted against Moss, toe bill sponsored by Sen. William Proxmire, which was defeated by an en warned. director general of the consular service, Secretariat of Mexico Relations, Foreign City, will be in attendance, according to the Salt Lake Consul, Ruben Garcia Jr. Garcia explained that three of the art pieces being placed in the Peace Gardens (located in Jordan Park, 8th West and 9th South) are toe gift of he Mexican government, and one is a contribution from members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints in Mexico City, The sculptures are representative of the Astec, Myan, and Zaputec periods of Mexican archeology, said Garcia. In addition to the unveiling of the new statuary, the colony in Utah will hold a celebration that will include singing, dancing, a program, and a reception at the State Capitol Cejudo has served in the U.S., in Laredo, Tex., Chicago, Galveston and St. Louis, and in Vienna, Austria; Beirut, Lebanon, and most recent- - t 'i Day. On Sept 15, 1810, Mexico from gained its freedom Spain, the first Latin American Country to gain independence. three-da- y arrive Friday. Moore said if he wins the case, assessors in all Utah counties would be foiced to tower their assessment rates on automobiles, and that, in a sense, in filing toe suit he speaks for all car owners. He said he bases his complaint on a recent case in which a California court ruled that if an assessment was different than that required by taw the assessment is void and the taxpayer doesnt owe anything. 4 Art Pieces From Mexico To Grace Peace Gardens Rampton, Love, and Gov. Stanley Hathaway of Wyoming arrived here today for preliminary sessions of toe meeting. Anderson is expected Thursday night, with Campbell a possibility to tax property must be assessed at 30 per cent of reasonable cash value. 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