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Show Legislature Would Have To Okey Park Transfer Congress would be unable, to ac(iiire Dead lliirse Point State Park lo becuiiie a part of f'anyon';ui(ls National Park unless and until the Utah I cg;;h!ti!re approved the relinquishment. re-linquishment. Gov. Calvin Hampton made this statement July 25. He said the b:ll sponsored by Sen. Frank E. Moss, D-Utah D-Utah lo enlarge the national park by 101,01)11 acres including in-cluding the park would be permissive only, requiring state concurrence. "I am not opposing Sen. Moss's bill but I am not taking tak-ing any action tor or against changing the status of the state park." Gov. Rampton said. Relative to the proposer' $7)1 hellion Kaiparov, its elcc-Ir'c elcc-Ir'c powe-1 plant at Warn: f'reck on Lake Powell. Gov. li-implfn said he is awaiting word from officers of the power companies sponsorin,; the project. Gov. Hampton said he hoped hop-ed to go with some of these ol'f'cials to see Secv. of Interior In-terior Stewart L. I 'drill in an Attempt to reach a finrd agreement for use of 112,0.)) a'-rc feel, of water at Warm Creek. "I hope this meeting wiU be no later than Aug. 10," Cov. Itatnpton said. "Secy. I 'chill ." the governor gover-nor said, is attempting to use the contract as a means to force the power companies to give an option for power lo the federal government. The Bureau of Reclamation wants the power to supplement supple-ment power from the hydroelectric hydro-electric plants." |