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Show Nri wwe Airport Expansion Underway by Mary McMillan Gaber As passenger traffic at Salt Lake International Airport leaps 11 percent higher this year over last, airport authorities are counting the No, Richard V. Higham, operations manager at Salt days until the third terminal is completed. Christmas, 1978, is the scheduled occupancy Lake International Airport , hasn t been crowded out of date according to Paul B. Gaines, director of his office. But at the rate traffic is increasing, airport airports. Gaines is spearheading the current airport buses to park, ski information counters, two expansion, leaning toward what he calls a carousels and special ski racks at each baggage claim. airport. passenger-oriente- d We want to take care of Grandma, he said. We figure if we can take care of the grandmother who parks here, goes to the gate to meet her son, and back to her car if we can make her comfortable, we can make anybody comfortable. And thats what we aim to do. completed, the to have second level loading (a covered bridge from the terminal to the airplane). According to Gaines Salt Lake International is the only airport of this size, operating in this kind of weather, that present terminal is expected does not have Gaines decries present facilities, saying at the rate traffic is growing, the airport simply cannot push that many people through one terminal. During 1975 about three million passengers arrived and departed from Salt Lake International. That figure is projected to increase to 4.5 million by 1980. The third terminal, due to be under construction by next spring, will house Western Airlines personnel, baggage and concourse. Construction of this terminal will That means Gaines states, be were going to go as fast as we can. Along with the third terminal the airport will have additional parking, a place for charter fast-trac- Before the third terminal is k, second-lev- el loading. Construction will begin this fall, Gaines said, on a restaurant and a new terminal housing the National Weather Service on the east side of the airport, which services small aircraft. Source of Financing Phase One expansion scheduled for complet- ion near 1980, should cost between $45 and $60 million Gaines said. He expects financing will be from revenue bonds (supported by earnings of the airport), federal funds, and excess revenues from operations. He esti-Continu- ed on page 4b officials are looking forward to completion of a third terminal . Frontier Makes Acquisitions A half dozen shareholders of Frontier U.S.A. (formerly BGI Corporation) attended a special meeting Friday to approve the acquisition of Zero Cold Corporation, Alpha Distributing, and the Utah Pioneers soccer team by Frontier U.S.A. Jimenez also announced he plans to purchase a soccer franchise in Phoenix, Ariz. Assets of the three companies have yet to be audited by a certified public account- ant, but according to chairman of the board of Frontier, Joseph Jimenez, they are in Feds Assessed Taxes Sf?3 Utahns have always been vocal about federal dominance of their state lands but rarely have they been as bold as First District Republican Congressional candidate Calvin Black. As chairman of the San Juan County Commission, Black recently assessed all the federally controlled lands in that county for property tax purposes, and mailed valuation notices to the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture and the director of the National Park Service. Tax notices will be sent I; to these agencies in Septmebcr. What happens if they dont pay up? Black said, If the taxes are not paid when due, the County Commission intends to advertise and sell the lands pursuant to the law that applies to all private lands. Colony of Federal Government excess of $20 million. Frontier will issue 8 million shares of investment stock in the transaction. Zero Cold Corporation, Anaheim Calif, leases land, fixtures, and buildings to several well known restaurants across the country. Jimenez said Zero Cold has lease contracts with Denny's Winchells Restaurants, Donuts, Harmons Kentucky Fried Chicken. Alpha Distributing is a Salt Lake carpet supplier whose clients include Thikol, Textron, Broadbent Charges Against Moss ? Steve Trotter, Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate, says that Senator Frank E. Moss may have violated federal criminal laws. Trotter said that Moss has publicly suggested that he and his fellow Democrats might use their influence to find Allan Howe a secure, well paying government job as an inducement for him to resign as a candidate for so as not to harm the chances of Moss and other Democrats. Aside from being an act of political prostitution such a bribe offer happens to be a criminal breach of re-electi- on a The Commissions action. Black explained, is to dramatize the fact that most of Utah is presently held as a colony of the Federal Government. Federal agencies control 70 percent of Utah and prevent local residents from making the crucial decisions about economic development, he said. But besides blocking economic activity that could create Continued on page 4b re-electi- on Continued on page 5h |