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Show theft charges Volume 85. Number 83 University of Uuh 581-704- by ROBERT WALKER Chronicle 6taff Tuesday, January 27, 19"6 1 Faces senate challenge House approves tax cut bill by NEIL ROBINSON Chronicle staff House Republicans pulled out all the stops Monday, but failed to defeat a Democratic backed reduction in Utah's personal income tax. The measure. HB 74. passed the house 67-- 8 but the bill first had to survive two Republican attempts to substitute other tax cut proposals in its place. Representative Dallas H. Buckway. original sponsor of HB 74. said the bill will provide tax relief primarily for low and middle income workers. Taxes for a married couple earning $7500 per year would be reduced about 20 percent below the 1975 level, according to Buckway, while a couple earning $10,000 per year would pay 12 percent less than the 1975 tax level. S5-Smillion cut 6 The legislative fiscal analyst's report attached to the bill estimated that the total tax reduction for Utah citizens resulting from HB 74 would be between $5 and $6 million annually. The bill now moves to the Utah Senate where it will face another vote later in the week. A democratic spokesman in the house said some senate Democrats are "not at all happy" with the house's action on the tax cut bills and predicted "rough sledding" for house tax cuts in the senate chamber. Last week the senate passed and sent to the house its own version of a state income tax revision. SB 54 came into the senate with broad bipartisan support, all f basketball University players Charles "Buster" Matheney and Michael Grey were charged Monday with stealing stereo equipment worth in excess of $250 from a residence. campus University relations vice 14 Republican members of the senate sponsored the bill along with five democrats. The bill, which would have decreased individual income taxes collected by the state by nearly S15 million, passed the senate easily. In the House. SB 54 was tied up in Committee until a Republican effort to substitute it for Buckway 's II B 74 brought it to the floor. The move failed and eventually the enacting clause of SB 54 was stricken, 38 to 37 with Speaker Honald Hencher casting the tiebreaking vote, thus effectively killing the senate measure. Repeal tax on drugs (D-Wele- r) In other action Monday, the house passed a bill removing the state sales tax from prescription drugs. The legislative ananlyst estimated that the measure will save Utahns about S2.5 million annually. The bill has already passed the senate and Governor Calvin L. Hampton is expected to sign it since he requested such a measure from the legislature in his budget message at the opening of the session. The house also passed a $2.5 million reduction in the state's inheritance taxes. The measure passed overwhelmingly. 73 to 1. R.J. Snow anpresident nounced. The two appeared before City Court Judge Floyd Cowans, waived preliminary hearing and were bound over to Third District Court for arraignment, set for 9 a.m. .v,.s They will then enter a plea before District Judge Peter and a trial or sentencing date will be set at that time. to According Wayne Shepherd of the University Police, an investigation into the theft has been underway for approximately two weeks. He said it culminated the serving of a summons to the two students last week and the signing of one in complaint f each against In the Senate two major Snow said he understood bills were passed Monday. One bill would alter the structure of the state's liquor the alleged theft to have commission board, the other would establish a medical occured sometime during the malpractice board to tighten controls on physicians and other Christmas holiday in either health care personnel. Both bills now go to the house for Ballif or Austin Residence Halls. The name of the further action. n being will '"' ' 7 Council the and athletic accordance department with the Student Code, he said. in a Matheney, ASUU offices in order to get the evaluations, in newspaper form, out by Monday. From the looks of the offices, they lived on Huddle specials and Bicentennial Cokes. Guseman said, "It's fun to put out your own newspaper." regular center from Los Angeles, and Grey, a seldom used reserve guard from Pasadena, Calif., are both 19 starting U YA students prove to be a campus asset complaining. Despite a limited amount of publicity, the program is Ac- immensely popular. cording to UYA Director Leslee Cook, there is no shortage of applicants. Nevertheless, UYA is recruiting. Placards on bulletin boards around campus are broadcasting the details of the program. Ten positions will become vacant as of March 22. Applications for these vacancies will be accepted until Feb. 6. UYA. a federal program funded through the ACTION was agency, established three years ago to provide assistance to low income groups in the community. "ACTION'S whoie thrust is according to Cook. There are not UYA organizations in 62 colleges and universities in the U.S. anti-poverty- Vee ," Charnov is who a is psychology major working with handicapped children at Garfield School through the UYA program. "It is probably the best learning experience I've ever had," she says. Working almost ex clusively with behavior modification techniques, Charnov appreciated the opportunity it has given her to test some of her classroom concepts. In the UYA offices at the annex, University a quotation from Mark Twain is pasted on the wall: "I never let school in- terfere with my education." Another psychology student. Judy Stagg, is a counselor at Granite School ' on Alternative Redwood Road. In her own words, she is involved in a "home study program" which provides "alternative education" for high-school-ag- e students. The Granite program is unstructured. remarkably Each student works at his political science student own pace, and can cnoose the type of activity which most appeals to him. We're trying to get into working for Utah Issues, a consumer advocacy group focused on the needs of the things they are excited Stagg says. As examples of independent physical education courses, she suggested skiing, snowshoeing, and bowling. She thinks that the UYA experience has given her valuable insight as to her lower and middle income population: UYA students are involved in a number of other about." own abilities. "Everyone should spend at least one year trying what he thinks he wants to do," she savs. Although the majority of have UYA students backgrounds, psychology the emphasis is shifting to include a wider variety, such as business and journalism. Connie Mower is a activities, including Salt , Lake County Legal Services, The Children' Center and psychiatric services at the V.X. Hospital. obvious the Besides benefits to students and the specific groups is UYA the community, less in asset be an provingto tangible ways. It is giving the people of the Salt Lake in valley what some the represents indication of University other than a cluster of buildings on the East Bench. ( ifii n mtiffi Matheney was the key in the controversial last second basket which gave Utah a victory over B.Y.U. Saturday. Utah basketball coach .lerry Pimm issued a statement Monday night after the team's afternoon practice. He said. "It's unfortunate that things like this have to happen at this time in our season. However both players will remain innocent until proven guilty. "For me to take any action at this time would be a presumption of their guilt. The team has been informed of the charges and remains 100 percent behind Buster figure basketball Student Behavior Committee, the Institutional ""' T--f and both sophomores. make no dif- ' continued. Should the players be found guilty, disciplinary action by the University will depend on descisions by the r Michael Grey was not complaintant released so as to not prejudice the case. Any action by the University will await the outcome of the case. Snow added, lie said he hoped the matter would be handled like it would for any other student and that the fact of Putting the rag to bed About 70 students at the University have found a way to escape the ivory tower. As members of the University Year for Action (UYA) they are earning both pay and credit for working in the community. They're not exactly overpaid $2,800 spread over 12 months- - and the program offers only 30 hours credit, but nobody's s non-budgeta- don't consider it lightly, but we have to consider the individuals involved and we must protect their rights by not prejudging the case. The University police told me the guys have cooperated. They said neither student has a previous record," Snow week The three men claimed to have stayed the weekend in the i ' "VW ASUU Academic Affairs Board members Scott Calder, left, Kurt Guseman and Peter Cartwright wade through stacks of course evaluations being mailed to students this ' . ference. mJ v student Monday. players jJ JUL Buster Matheney Friday. their f & , and Michael." Assistant coach Gerry Gimelstob said he expected the players' performance would be affected because they have "gone through a tremendous emotional struggle the past few days." He didn't think the team as a whole would suffer however. "On the contrary, it will probably draw them closer together." What the team will do if the players are found guilty, he said would depend on the votes of the whole team. The status of the two players for this week's games with UTEP and New Mexico will be determined sometime later in the week by coach Pimm, Gimelstab said. Nor Bates, of the Western Athletic Conference told the Chronicle that such a situation is an "institutional problem" and conference requirements these conditions. that the has no governing "The institution decides eligibility. They would have to decide what action to take," he said. The complaints were the second theft charges filed against a college basketball player in Utah within a week. Utah State guard was Williams Oscar the from Aggie suspended team after he was arraigned last Wednesday on a burglary charge stemming from the theft of stereo equipment from a dormitory on that campus. |