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Show ' the 4 1 As ENTERPRISE Halls Crossing reand projected visitor-us- e the National Park :r quirements, I Service proposes to expand and improve existing recreational facilities and services at The NPS Ul Halls Crossing. determined two years ago the 's concession needed capital improvements of betwen $9 mil- if lion ...4 k 1 and $12 million. Black finds it ironic and inconceivable that the park service should now want to close the marina. Theyve spent millions of dollars at Halls Crossing already, $86,000 of which went for this development concept plan, Black said, and now the they want to re-evalu- ate need. Blacks dealings with the National Park Service have ' been anything but friendly the past few years, although he emphasizes NPS representatives in the West are generally supportive. Its the boys in D.C. he cant seem to get along with. His saga began in December 1973 when his second five-yecontract expired for the concession at Halls Crossing. It wasnt until April 28, 1976, M1 that he sat down with park service officials to negotiate a contract. In the new long-termeantime, to induce the NPS i tf i to sign a new contract, he refused to pay his 1.75 percent franchise fees. ! ! ar continued from page 1 1 1 ! !! 4 Full authority . I J. According to Black, his attorney, and the superintendent of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, NPS officials came to the meeting armed with a letter from Washington granting them full authority to negotiate a contract. Black came armed with his attorney and a tape recorder. "Fourteen years experience with the Park Service taught me to tape the entire meeting, Black said. He left with his tapes and a copy of a 20 paragraph agree he told the Enterprise. And because litigation is pending, National Park Service officials both in. Washington and the regions headquarters in Denver refuse to talk about Blacks claims. The sequence of events was related to the Enterprise almost exclusively by Black and his legal counsel. But Governor Matheson got into the act last month by writing National Park Service Director William Whelan a letter criticizing his intention to close the marina without even informing the states chief executive first. The forthcoming letter will be a response to the governors. Hard to believe Sen. Jake Garn also addressed a letter to Whelans home last week to ensure the NPS director would personally read it. "I find it hard to believe you have studied the recommendation personally, wrote Gam. Foregone conclusions S m in interrogatories, Not satisfied, however, Washington sent two auditors to Lake Powell to make an inspection of the books. They didnt ask to speak to Black, he says. But on the basis of their report. Lake Powell Ferry Service was found to be an unsatisfactory concessionaire. Little wonder, claims Black, since he has obtained through the Freedom of Information Act a copy of a memo authored by one Andy Dixon outlining to the auditors exactly what their conclusions should be three months hence. He filed suit against the park service last fall asking for a writ of mandamus an order which would require the NPS to comply with the law in publishing the notice of intent and finalize the negotiated contract. The suit isnt even close to trial, says Blacks attorney Francis Nielson. "Were still Gam said there is no ques-tio- n American Construction Supply Co. has been charged in federal court with illegal r. use of a patent by Fred Kas-tele- patent for the device in December of 1976, and it should be used solely by his company, Adax Building Pro- ducts, Inc. Kasteler claims his patented device, a window buck frame support, is being manufactured, marketed, used andor sold by American Construction. 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