OCR Text |
Show v o i f r r . f T 1 .r 72 5 3-- 7 :MV)1 SALT LAKE CITY, Senator Moss Answers Chamber of Commerce Question About Vote widespread opposition to the mea- sure. He has not answered the challenge to explain his vote, said a member of the board of governors meeting, and added, He does not explain how he can justify his vote. Board president S. C. Johnson said he was proud of the stand the chamber had taken on the bill which will permit a union to picket a construction site even though it may have a dispute with only one of the subcontractors on the job. We have had more calls to this office in support of our opposition UTAH-(FRID- AY, NOVEMBER 28, 1975 Airlines Asked to Utahs Judicial Council Endorses Approve Contract Salary Programs for Utah Judiciary mends. Salary programs designed to with Airport The coulcil further said salaries endorsed were the judiciary grade up- Six airlines must approve new contracts with the Salt Lake Inter- national Airport by Jan. 1 or the city may establish the agreements by ordinance. The City Commission has adopted a resolution urging the major airline users of the airport to come to terms on the fees they will pay for using airport space. New contracts with airport users are being drafted to help pay for the airports expansion program, which was to get under way this year. Airport and airline officials have been negotiating contract terms since existing contracts expired in July, according to Airport Manager Murray A. Bywater. Weve tried and tried to reach an agreement, but were only making progress glacially, Bywater said. He explained negotiators have been meeting twice each month to iron out a series of differences on to the common situs bill than anything in recent history, said Fred Ball, chamber executive vice president. Sen. Moss, in responding to criticism from the chamber, said, I have tried to do what I think is best for Utah. I am the captive of no Senator Frank E. Moss special group neither the labor unions nor chambers of commerce and I will continue, to vote my contract terms. By water said, The airlines are The Salt Lake Area Chamber of conscience. to spend a lot of money if reluctant He may be no captive, but when Commerce Board of Governors has can help it. This may be good expressed their disappointment the chips are down and it comes to they in because we want to save a vote a and between business labor. way with an answer from Sen. Frank E. we can also. where Moss votes money consistently always Moss, However, By water said, the deMoss voted in favor of the on labors side, said another board lays have stopped the forward common situs picketing bill last member. The board agreed to send a momentum on airport expansion. week. The Chamber challenged the The city recently approved an in his senator to explain vote light telegram to President Ford urging him which bill has to veto the of what the community and busiairport master plan, and agreed to issue general obligation bonds to nessmens organization said was passed both houses of Congress. pay for the first phase of construch. Salt Lake City Commission Slates Series of Public Hearings for Dec. Two controversial proposals now before the Salt Lake City Comission will be aired during a series of public hearings in early December. The outcome of the unrelated hearings could affect thousands of businesses and property owners in the city. The issues to be considered by the commissionindude plans to downzone a large segment of Central City; a request for substantial increases in business license fees. The issues to be considered by the commission indude plans to downzone a large getment of Central City and a request for substantial increases fees. in business license The first hearing, dealing with the business licenses, is scheduled for Dec. 2 at 10:30 a.m. in the City Commission Chambers, according to City Recorder Mildred V. Higham. Finance Commissioner Jennings Phillips Jr. will be asking for views on his proposal to raise the fee charged for city business licenses. In a report to the City Commission, Phillips said a committee of city offidals is proposing that the cost of a $7.50 business license (for those businesses grossing under $10,000 per year) be boosted to $15. The $30 license now issued to businesses grossing more than $10,000 would be increased to $40. Also, an additional $3 fee for every employee in a business would be raised to $4. Opposition to the business license fee hike has already been expressed by several individual businesses and groups, including the Downtown Retail Merchants Association. The second hearing is scheduled for Dec. 4 at 10:30 a.m., at which time the City Commission will hear arguments over a request by Central City residents to rezone 18 suqare blocks of their community. A petition signed by 500 resi- tion. The plans call for expanding the existing terminal, constructing a new terminal to the west, installing direct passenger loading devices, new baggage claim facilities, cargo buildings and other work. It will cost about $23 million during the next three years to complete these plans, according to estimates. Bywater said the City Commission committed itself to not constructing anything more at the airport until new contracts are signed. Historical Photos Wanted by Utah Historical Society dents asked that the commission rezone an area between 5th and 9th Mrs. Margaret Lester, Photo South and 2nd and 7th East to a of the Utah Historical Librarian low density residential zone. is Society, requesting old photoThe city held an earlier hearing graphs of the Constitution Building South Main, Salt Lake City). on the rezone request, but decided of the exterior or interior Views to have another alter some properneeded. are ty owners complained they were The Constitution Building, built not notified of that hearing. scheduled to be demolin (32-4- 0 City Planning Director Vernon F. Jorgensen succeeded in getting the commissioners to consider two zoning alternatives. Commissioners will decide whether they should rezone the area (low density) as requested by residents, R-2- A R-5- A (medium density) as proposed by city planners to leave the zone as it is, high density residential and business. 1890, is ished by the 1st of January, and since it has been regarded as an historically important 19th Century landmark, an historic 1 collection is being compiled for future generations. If you have such photos in your possession, please contact Mrs. Lester at the Utah State Historical or write 603 Society, East South Temple. 533-575- 5, this week by the Utah Judicial Council. Endorsed were salary programs for the Supreme Court, district, city and justice of the peace courts. Before last year, when the Legislature approves salary increases, Utah rated last among all states in pay for its judges. The new salary program is intended to help the states judiciary maintain those gains, the coulcil said at its regular monthly meeting. Joseph Novak, a council member representing the Utah State Bar Assn., said tht as a matter of principle, the Bar has agreed to proceed because of commitments made to the judiciary by the last Legislature. Legislation to be proposed would continue the salary of the Supreme Court Chief Justice at $36,000 and salaries of associate justices at $35,000. Increases would be tied to the same percentage increases as in the executive grades in the state compensation plan issued by the Department of Finance last year. District and Juvenile Court judges' salaries are fixed at $33,500, and they also should be increased by the same percentage as in the executive branch of government, the council recom for City Court judges should be based upon percentage increases of District Court judges and according to the number of case filings in the court. To determine the percentages and the filings, city courts, the council said, should be divided into three classifications: Group A. City courts having case filings in excess of 6,500 perjudge per year. Group B. City courts having case filings in excess of 4,000, but less than 6,500 per judge per year. Group C. City courts having case filings less than 4,000 per judge per year. Judges in Group A would get 90 to 95 percent of the District Court judges pay. Group B would get 80 to 90 percent and Group C would get 75 to 80 percent of the pay for District Court judges. The council also voted to resubmit HB 221 to the budget session of the Legislature. It calls for a fixed rate of compensation for justices of the peace. IIB 221 was not signed at the last session. Salaries for JP's would be on a fixed compensation basis and they would be based upon recommendations made by the State Court administrator upon approval of the Judicial Council. TODAYS A EDITORIAL Can They Tell the Sane From the Insane? In January 1973, Science , the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, published a report by David L. Rosenhan on a field experiment which concluded that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals. Although the reliability and validity of psychiatric diagnosis and classification, and the resulting consequences of labeling, have been under increasing attack, both within and outside the mental health community, the repercussions from the publication of Rosenhans study in a journal as prestigious and as widely distributed as Science startled the scientific community. The importance and impact of the 1973 article are manifested by the publication of a series of articles which explore the strengths and weaknesses of Rosenhans study, including a response by Rosenhan, in the October 1975 issue of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology , a bimonthly publication of the American Psychological Association. A summary article will be ' published in the December issue. (continued on page 2) , V 1 |