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Show Wednesday, December 24, 1975, THE HERALD, Provo, Utah-P- age 3 4 Area Probe of State School Begins - four-prong- "'t" JP's in Salt Lake To Earn Salaries SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -S- alt Lake County's 10 justices of the peace will start drawing salaries Jan. fixed 1 under a plan which replaces the payment system. The county commission approved a qlan Monday under which the jp's will be paid under the old fee schedule for any case concluded before the first of the year but will receive no fee for cases not completed by that date. The fee schedule has been under fire for several years by those who felt some jp's were making too much money under a system which paid them on a case-by-ca- man, basis. four Under the new set-uLynn D. Bernard, justices Charles A. Jones, Henry H. Price and Ralph Child will be considered fulltime and will be paid $19,800 in salary plus fringe benefits. They will not be paid extra for civil cases. Wayne Gunderson and Lyle Gunderson will be paid as time jp's u, out at salaries of $14,850 plus benefits. Rex Conradsen, Warren D. Cole, Geraldine Christensen and E. Lamar Johnson will be halftime jp's and will receive $9,900 a year plus benefits. OGDEN (UPI) -- A man was seriously burned Tuesday before a neighbor could pull him from his burning bed. Fire department officials said Charlie Holder was apparently smoking in bed and fell asleep. About 4:20 a.m. Buddy Beckwitz, who lives across the street in a downtown hotel, saw smoke and ran to the vacant barber shop where Holder lives alone. The shop was only slightly damaged but Holder received 2nd and 3rd degree burns and was listed in serious condition at St. Benedict's Hospital. Also being investigated are allegations of assaults against students, charges which the Utah County Sheriff's Office is looking into; complaints mat drugs are being misused are the subject of an inquiry by the business regulation people and the county attorney's office is probing allegations of misuse of state property. Grant to Promote Land Use Plan Awareness Given Of Burninq Bed decision-by-decisio- n three-quart- The money, about $15,000 per month, comes from Supplemental Security Income, a federal program begun about two years ago. Parkinson said he feels the misuse of the funds may be due to a "misunderstanding" of the regulations. "I'm not really concerned that there's a major problem down there," Parkinson said. he said he was not aware that the Social Security people were looking into the possibility that federal money was being misused. Ray Parkinson, assistant manager of the Social Security office in Provo, said today that he has been given affadavits and other documents which indicate that national welfare monies may not be going where they are supposed to. He said about 600 students qualify for $25 per month payments which are to be used for "personal" purposes such as travel or the purchase of toilet articles. According to some complaints lodged with the county attorney, the money may not be getting spent in the ways intended by federal legislation. AMERICAN FORK. Utah (UPI) A into is activities investigation underway at the State Training School, including possible misuse of federal funds and state property, Crug violations and assaults on students. Chris Eskridge, an investigator for the Utah County Attorney's Office, says complaints from various sources, including a television news report, are the basis of the investigations being conducted by his office, the county sheriff, the Social Security Administration and the State Department of Business Regulation. Dr. Paul Sagers, director of the school for handicapped persons, says he is aware of some of the investigations and is cooperating in them, but LOGAN Land use planning becoming increasingly important to many areas, but elected officials and the federal government seem to be a lack of encountering and support for understanding is these issues. In an attempt to ease the seriousness of this problem Utah State University has been awarded a grant to study ways to increase the awareness and involvement in land use planning through continuing education. The $198,372 grant was awarded by the Continuing Education Project in the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Cy McKell, professor of range science at USU, is serving as the project director. The assistant director is Larry Wegkamp, assistant professor architecture and environmental planning, and for land use specialist of landscape University Extension. 5 State Area The study encompasses a area, including Utah, New Mexico; Arizona, Idaho and Colorado. These states were chosen because of the five-sta- te similarity of their problems. "Many land use planning problems within states have a high degree of similarity when viewed from a regional perspective. Yet there is little exchange of information and sharing of solutions to common problems among the states and their communities," says Mr. " ' McKell. ' lw j- "Land use perhaps the most for meeting the unwise land use -f BILL OSCEOLA, right, Seminole chief at Seminole Village, Miami, chats with Stewart Beveridge, Salt Lake City producer of a proposed film "Joe Panther," which deals with a Seminole who shows courage and inner strength. Several young Indian men are being sought to act in the film. youth resource themselves by Jan. "Joe Panther" "Failure of the U.S. Congress pass federal land use planning bills and the apparent inability of many states to enact land use planning to ' underway by a local movie producer. "We're looking for two Indian boys and one Indian girl between the ages of 15 and 17 to play lead roles in the movie, 'Joe Panther,' which will be filmed in Florida in April," announced Producer Stewart H. Beveridge, now of Salt Lake City but former Pleasant Grove and Provo resident. Beveridge, president of Artists Creation and Associates of Salt Lake City, said the searchg for the possible stars would be throughout the United States. "Particularly," he added, Salt Lake City, Utah 841 15. A screening committee will narrow the applicants down and then the will be invited to come to Salt Lake City for interviews and further screening. Final selection will be made by the screenwriter, producer and director toward the latter part of January. "We are looking to build a personality out of Joe "are we interested in those areas where there's a large Indian population, such as in central and southern Utah." While previous acting experience is not necessary, Beveridge said he is looking for young Indians with outgoing personalities who can project themselves. "They must be lean, bright, and normal, average young people that kids can relate to." Star of the movie will be a young Indian to play the role of Joe Panther, a Seminole who lives in the Everglades in Florida. Although of only average physical ability, Joe Panther has superb inner qualities, such as courage, perseverance, and sensitivity, said Beveridge. "This is the type of young man we are looking for to star in ths role." Supporting roles are for the parts of Tiger Tail. Joe Panther's best friend, and for Jenny Rainbow, his girl friend. Tiger Tail is more athletic than Joe, and Jenny is a beautiful Indian girl, but both possess strong inner qualities to make for an uplifting movie, family-oriente- said Mr. lieveridgc. Indians interested Young should send a resume with full details and a picture of legislation emphasize promote better the continuing and urgent need to public written Panther," to: award-winnin- Box 15461 semi-finalis- Panther," development," understanding and support of by the land use planning process." author Zachary Ball, who lived in Florida for three Indian teenagers to star in a new million dollar movie is now 5 valuable tool pressures of and energy according to Mr. McKell. National Search Begins For Teenage Indian Stars A nationwide search for is planning Beveridge continued. "We hope to use him not only for movies (which there may be as many as give Joe Panther movies), but also for personal appearances and promotion." The movie is based on the novel, "Joe h g he continues. "Two groups of people are particularly important to the planning process. The first group is elected public officials and their 1 W UTAH COUNTY'S Alcolhol Recovery Center received a check from members of the Alpha Theta Cahpter of Epsiion Sigma Alpha. The check of $406 brought to a total of $606 the amount presented the center by the chapter this year. From left are Sandra Risen, president; Jim Hale, center director; Gail Kendall, chairman of philantropic committee; and Jean Rayburn publicity chairman. The funds have been used to decorate the woman's unit at the center. The state council has also given $588 toward the project, it was reported. associated employees. The second group consists of citizens and opinion leaders in communities." Much work has already been done to develop materials on land use planning for use in a continuing education program. Absenteeism Costs Granite $40,000 Mayor Wants Study on SLC Government SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -M- are not trying to reinvent the wheel. We will use what has been done and adapt it to the area of the study. We are acting as facilitators," he Ted Wilson says ayor-elect he'll appoint a blue ribbon committee to study the possibility of placing a council mayor form of government on next year's ballot. Speaking Monday at a meeting of the Utah chapter of the American Society for Public Administration, Wilson said the current commission system is a "five kingdom form of government and each department is a kingdom." Wilson said the issue should be put on the general ballot next November rather than on a special ballot because "we need at least a 60 per cent turnout for a mandate to pointed out. change." Materials Available workbooks, "Videotapes, radio programs, maps, guides to development, community popularized research reports, television documentaries and citizens' are workshops included in the array of materials and activities produced, but few of these are known or available for use in continuing education programs beyond local boundaries," Mr. McKell explained. "We "One of the goals of the study is to establish a regional center for continuing education in land use planning (CELUP) where the collection innovation, dissemination and training in the use of continuing education materials in land use planning could occur, "he added. A Clearing House Besides serving as a clearing house for materials. USU will host several workshops. The first is planned for May and will attempt to educate media people with land ;se planning issues. "Many people learn from the media," Mr. McKell sn.ys. "These workshops will, in " actuality, teach the teachers. "We want to bring land use planners and the media for an indepth look at how to treat news stories dealing with land use planning. Learning the jargon itself is a face-to-fa- very helpful asset in covering these stories," adds Wegkamp. SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -Heavy absenteeism during two days of classes held Christmas week to make up for a teachers' strike cost the Granite School District an estimated $40,000 to $45,000. More than a fourth of the 61,000 students stayed home Tuesday, with the heaviest absenteeism among high district's school youngsters. "It was a little worse than said district spokesman Kent Gardner. yesterday," "With the holiday getting closer, we had expected it to drop." On Monday, 11.000 students were absent with attendance percentages of 87 at elementary schools, 75 at junior highs and 73 at senior 15,400 highs. On Tuesday, with students stayed away the elementary attendance staying at 87 per cent, junior high dropping to 62 and senior high to 55. "It's not a crisis," said Gardner, "but it is a problem, particularly from the dollar point of view." The lowered attendance will cost the district an estimated $40,000 to $45,000 in state school funds, he said. "For that amount of money, we could buy four experienced teachers for a full year," he said. "I don't know if we would have used it for that, but without the money we don't have that choice." The new mayor also said he favors a city income tax so people who live in the suburbs but use city services can help pay for the services. Wilson said a new airport manager will be chosen in a national talent search by the airport authority which will be formed soon. Wilson asked present manager Murray Bywater to step down, saying the airport's facilities need to be more customer oriented. "The present manager had good security and runways ... and it was a great place for an airplane crash because of its fire fighting and rescue equipment ... but it lacks ski and baggage handling, parking lots and other services air customers need." Wilson said. The new airport manager, said, will be paid $35,000. compared to the $20,000 salary now paid to Bywater. Wilson many years. The movie will be filmed, wherever possible, in the actual locations described in the book. "In our movies, we are working for a three-folcontinued Mr. purpose," d Beveridge. good, family-oriente- "We look d for a movie with great entertainment value, but we also want one that has an uplifting message and one which is educational. "In 'Joe Panther,' we will go into the Everglades, and as we build the story, we will portray the actual lives and culture of the Seminoles. Although the movie is based on a novel, it will be historically accurate," Beveridge said. mm May all tlie I III! 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