Show Helicopter Routes Hit Hi it Legal Snag Utah Uth governmental agencies are without authority under existing statutes to issue certificates of ot public convenience and necessity to facilitate the te operation of proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed helicopter passenger and freight routes The Te office of f Attorney Attorney Attorney At At- torney General Grover A. A Giles GUes ruled Wednesday in an opinion to the public service serice commission Two applications for helicopter certificates have been filed fied with wit the commission commission commission-by commission by Airway Motor Coach Lines Inc and Rio Grande Motor Way Inc and and the applications applications appl- appl catons appear still sti to be very much m ch up in the te air air However the attorney general ruled the P S C is charged with wit the duty of regulating companies doing intrastate air transportation transport transport- tion ton business which comes within the definitions of common carrier or utility and may exercise the tho samo saro jurisdiction and control over such companies as over other public utilities and common carr car car- r Zarr E. E Hayes assistant attorney attorney attorney ney general who wrote the opinIon opinion ion cited that the te state aeronautics aeronautics tics commission has authority to regulate and set standards for aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- craft and operators of aircraft in intrastate flights which would take precedence over any power which the P S C may have in this connection |