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Show Utah Agencies Slates Meet on Moab Problem A meeting has been scheduled sched-uled for Friday, ApniH 3, by Robert S. Campbell, attorney for Utah Agencies, and the Grand County Economic Development De-velopment Committee, Grand Cfry officials, to work out a position aimed at gaining imtproved and continued air service to Moab. The meeting came about as a result of communications from officials cf Utah Agencies, Agen-cies, 'the official state body which deals with air route matters in Utah, and former Agencies member, Sam Taylor Tay-lor of Moab, who resigned from the board two weeks ago 'principally because of what he termed as the Agencies Agen-cies lack of attention to problems prob-lems of rurall Utah. In his letter of resignation, Mr. Taylor told Gov. Calvin L Rampton: "...I am not fully convinced the work of that agency is truly beneficial to 1ihe entire state. The inclusion in-clusion of two rural members of the Board does lend a certain cer-tain amount of legitimacy to it as a state responsibility, as I see it, but to best prove whether or not the agency's activities are good for the stale in general, it is my feeling feel-ing that it should proceed With certain actions aimed at improving regional air service ser-vice to rural Utah cities. I am fully convinced that unless the Civil Aeronautics Board looks sarlously at increasing subsidies in regional air service, ser-vice, that we will eventually have only one airport in Utah favored with competitive, scheduled a'lr transportation. That can only serve to worsen wors-en the lot of rural Utah in maintaining some degree of competitiveness." Taylor recommended that the Agencies should immediately immediat-ely consider a resolution urging urg-ing increased subsidies for Moab, Vernal and Cedar City. In response to the resignation, resigna-tion, D. Howe Moffatt, chairman chair-man of Utah Agencies, wrote Mr. Taylor that he agreed that the Board should begin immediately working with the rural communities. "It seems to me that sooner or later the Utah Agencies should join with specific Utah communities com-munities who have a plan for improving the air service into in-to their communities and probably file a petition with the CAB to get the kind of ser- vice into these smaller communities com-munities that they are entitled en-titled to," Moffatt said. "1 believe the State owes the obligation ob-ligation to these smaller communities," com-munities," he concluded. Mr. Campbell, who has carried the work load as counsel for Utah Agencies, also responded by agreeing to meet immediately with the responsible individuals and Boards locally, to see how-Utah how-Utah agencies might be able to assist in promoting better air service to rural Utah communities. com-munities. He suggested by phone Wednesday, that the meeting here on April 3rd should attempt at-tempt 'to work out a plan whereby Moab and Utah Agencies could work" together togeth-er to bring about the suggested suggest-ed goals. A U.S. Senate Commerce Com-merce Committee hearing is to be hold in Salt Lake City on April 7, and the Moab interests in-terests should definitely have testimony to present at that time, Mr. Campbell said. Tnis committee could play an important im-portant part in gaining CAB approval for boosted air subsidies sub-sidies for rural communities. Mr. Campbell stated that his office would work up statistical statis-tical information pertaining lo air traffic in and out of Moab for the past number of years, that could be helpful help-ful for use during the meeting meet-ing April 3 in Moab. |