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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle. Tuesday, December 5, Page Five 1978 Murder f Jonestown shake San Francisco MARTHA WICKELHAUS Chronicle staff San Francisco mental health information and reference lines have recently been flooded with calls. Jed Ericksen. director of Crisis Intervention at the University Medical Center attributes this to the recent slaying of the San Francisco mayor and the Guyana murdersuicides. Ericksen reported that the deaths have not caused an increase in the number of calls received by the University Crisis Intervention Center. The People's Temple was based in San Francisco and the suicides struck the people of that city very personally, said by Ericksen. Officials of San Francisco Suicide Prevention, Inc. said the center normally averages 50 suicide calls daily. Since the assassination of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, calls have increased to 70. "I've been here nine years and I've never experienced a week like this," a worker said. "On top of the terrible trauma of the deaths in Guyana, the murders in city hall seem to have tipped over the stress scale." Ericksen said there is usually an increase in suicide calls during the holiday season. He said he hasn't seen anything to suggest an increase due to the recent tragedies. Ericksen said extensive press accounts of the Guyana incident may have an effect on some people. However, he added that most people can read the accounts and take them in stride. "They may feel badly about it but they can put the paper on the shelf and go on about life," he said. Some who are affected by the news accounts probably have a degree of emotional instability, Ericksen said. "Others may simply be delicate in their ability to tolerate gruesome, gory details." The August suicide leap by a Salt Lake family from the International Dunes Hotel did cause an increase in suicide and mental health calls, Ericksen said. He said his organization held group sessions for a couple of weeks afterward, mostly for people who had been close to the incident, such as witnesses. Ericksen said because that incident involved suicide, a person who was already in that frame of mind could be influenced by it. Sen Hobrook proposes audit of University Village JUDY BARRETT Chronicle staff Residents of the Universtiy student family housing units may receive some unexpected help in their fight against recent rent by increases. University Village occupants have been working with Utah legislators, Sen. Francis lt Farley Lake) and Rep. Steven Holbrook Lake), to keep from having to pay the announced November rent-hik- e the third increase in the past (D-Sa- (D-Sa- lt year. During a recent interview, Holbrook said that "after walking the village during my recent campaign, it became apparent to me that the price of housing in the village has become a serious problem for many people." Now Holbrook and Farley are calling for an audit of village finances which would be done through the legislative auditor general's office. They feel there is a need to "look into the village budgets and accounts and business dealing to determine what the problem is," Holbrook explained. Farley commented that "rents are now very close to the commercial market and there should be a gap. We don't understand why they have to charge such high prices." To partially explain the purpose ot the village and what the advantage of living in University-owne- d housing should be, Holbrook said, "The village should be the best bargain in town. No taxes are paid on the land, the interest on bonds is subsidized as far as I know, the University either got the land free for the buildings or something close to it." Village manager Joe LaFleur, who took charge last July, has not been able to find any sizable areas where operating expenses can be cut. LaFleur said village "books are open," and that he will not lobby against a legislative audit. He noted that costs and fuel consumption are up. For example, he pointed to the August electric bill, which shows that residents actually used fewer kilowatt hours than two years before while the bill nearly doubled. According to LaFleur, no areas can afford He said he tried to do away with the cost of patrolling village parking lots, but complaints from residents became so numerous that the service was reinstated. LaFleur feels nothing can be cut unless people are willing to let the village becomea slum. He said the village is too close to that already and he personally will not see it cost-cuttin- g. deteriorate any further. He also pointed out that the state looks at the University budget each year, then investigates any areas which seem suspicious. He said the University also does internal audits. However, he said it has been over two years since the village has been audited and it is not due to be checked again for two or three more years. Holbrook said he has asked the University administration three different times to do a current audit on village books, but has never received a reply. He said the last time he tried to get the Legislature to audit the village financial situation, administration officials worked very hard to lobby against his effort. But he said he feels this time he and Farley will succeed. Utah development 'flaws' found Technical problems which could delay development of Utah's coal, tar sands and oil shale resources have been identified in a final report submitted to the Utah State Board of Oil, Gas and Mining. e The report detailed a study coordinated by the Utah Engineering Experiment Station and conducted by scientists and engineers from the Col leges of Engineering and Mines and Mineral Industries. "The results. . . point Utah in the direction of becoming more competitive in marketing its fossil fuel reserves, especially coal and petroleum," the study noted. Despite previous progress and the estimated 12 billion barrels of oil which 200-pag- . Utah's Uinta Basin can produce, some technical obstacles remain before the state's tar sands deposits can achieve economic parity as a source of paving and roofing r study. asphalt, according to the "An encouraging conclusion is that heavier materials, such as tar sand bitumen or bitumen products, could become economic feedstocks for the manufacture of such chemicals as olefins, benzene,, toluene, : and xylene,'" the report-addeConcerning the development of solution g techniques, the researchers noted that only a small percentage of the state's vast coal deposits are recoverable with present mining technology. two-yea- RESTAURANT Have a special occasion? 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