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Show Local Officials Feel Optimistic Following Air Hearing in 5.I.C. Two full days of testimony test-imony ended Thursday evening at 9 p.m. in Salt Lake City, on the application appli-cation of Frontier Airlines Air-lines to delete Moab from its system. Heard before Trial Judge Robert Hartsock, Washington, D.C., the first day of the proceeding pro-ceeding was involved with the presentation of Frontier's Fron-tier's exhibits. The second se-cond day, Assistant Attorney At-torney General Robert S. Campbell, Jr., representing represen-ting Moab and Utah's interests, in-terests, brought forward their case, and involved a number of witnesses, including Governor Calvin Cal-vin L. Rampton, who was lead-off witness for the Moab interests. "After two full days of hearings, we feel that our case was very adequately ade-quately presented," Donald Don-ald J. Hoffman, Moab, Director of Economic Development De-velopment for Grand County, stated. Mr. Hoffman Hoff-man said that not only were local witnesses able to make convincing presentations, pre-sentations, it appeared that the case presented by Frontier had a number of weaknesses. Involved in the formal court hearing, in addition to Utah Agencies and Frontier Airlines attorneys, attor-neys, were officials of the Bureau of Operating Rights of the Civil Aeronautics Aero-nautics Board. That agency agen-cy will make a recommendation, recom-mendation, due in a couple of weeks; and attorneys for Frontier and Utah Agencies Ag-encies will file final briefs by early January, and then the matter will be considered .by the entire en-tire Civil Aeronautics Board and the Trial Judge. "We are told that a final decision on the matter mat-ter might take as long as six to eight months," Mr. Hoffman told the Moab Rotary Club Monday. Mon-day. Hoffman stated that since the Moab case had far-reaching consequences consequen-ces with similar matters involving other small communities, the de-Cont. de-Cont. Pg. 5 Local Of ficials Optimistic font. From Pg. 1 eision Plight be quite complex. Frontier placed strong emphasis in their case on Moab's proximity to Grand .Junction, as a point for ail' departure. Moab witnesses pointed out that only under most favorable weather conditions, was the Grand Junction airport air-port eas.v to reach from Moab. and that many times of the vear. extreme ex-treme weather conditions on the high eastern I'tah desert made the drive difficult. At present, it was also pointed out. Grand Junction was not a viable alternative for travelers wanting to p to Salt Lake City and points west. Only the Denver connection was a Rood one from that western Colorado City, they pointed out. An economist for ihe CAB's Bureau of Operating Ope-rating Rights, stated on the stand late Thursday that in the event Frontier Fron-tier were allowed to delete de-lete Moab. this community communi-ty would indeed be considered con-sidered as isolated bv the BOR. Attending from Moab and testifying on behalf of the I'tah Agencies case were Mr. ,1. Wallace Cor- bih. Mervyn D. Law ton. Donald Hoffman. Robert : I?. Norman, Mrs. Mary I Williams. Mayor Winford ! Bunce, Sam Taylor, Sheriff Sher-iff W. H. Bowman, Commissioner Com-missioner G. H. Newell. Councilman Harold .Jacobs .Ja-cobs and others. John Stevens, who lives on the Dolores River in Grand County, testified Wednesday for Frontier; Paul Burehell of the Utah Oil and Gas Commission, outlined minerals future possibilities in South- eastern Utah; and Sgt. Ralph Benson of the Utah Highway Patrol, veteran law enforcement officer who spent twelve years in charge of patrolling highways high-ways in this area, testified tes-tified as to winter driving dri-ving conditions between Moab and Grand Junction. Also represented in the hearing were officials of Western Air Stages and Sun Valley-Key Airways, Air-ways, both "third-level" air carriers interested in serving the Moab segment now being held by Frontier. Fron-tier. "Frontier will be re-r re-r quired to continue ser-! ser-! ving Moab until a final J decision is reached. And |