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Show Taxpayers Lose $45,000 When Signs Destroyed Utah State Road Commission Chairman D. H. Whittenburg, said today that last year the citizens of the state destroyed over $45,000 ith ,f their own state highway MRns by using them for target practice Not only was the prlc-tice prlc-tice costly, but it endangered the lives of motorists and adjacent pioperty owners as well. The malicious mal-icious and dangerous pastime, especially es-pecially noticeable during hunting Hoon' lmS started asain in many areas of the state. But this year-some year-some ot the offenders will end up on the wrong end of their own game; for the state itself is going go-ing 'hunting." All law enforcement enforce-ment agencies have been called upon to be on the lookout for any persons taking "pot-shots' at state property; and radar and short- wave radio will be called into use if necessary to close the net in on these "overgrown children in men's clothing-." Chairman Whittenburg: Whit-tenburg: pointed out that the commission com-mission also has a standard reward re-ward offer of $100.00 to be paid for information leading to the arrest ar-rest and conviction of any person willfully destroying or damaging state signs or property in any manner. "It seems a shame to me that the taxpayer has to foot the bill for the target practice of these people who aren't good enough shots to hit live game," Mr. Whittenburg said. He urged all citizens to report any information informa-tion which would help the law in dealing with this problem. "Because "Be-cause that $45,000 of taxpayer's money should be spent for better roads rather than used to cover the operating costs of this perennial per-ennial state subsidized shooting gallery." |