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Show Page 52 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday, April 7, lB I ua gio Utah-R- e Now Phono Briefs UP&L Denies The latest developments in Utah and around the Intermountain West Company in Tooelo Area That Coal Cost More SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -Co. officials Utah Power & Light today attacked a study claiming inefficient operations and unwise policy decisions cost utility ratepayers nearly $100 million over the past 10 years. UP&L attorneys argued before the Utah Public Service Commission during the third day of hearings on the management of UP&L's and five Emery County coal mines. The hearings were sparked by a 1981 study by California utilities analyst Sylvia M. Siegel. Young Men Charged in Burglary SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -Two young Salt Lake County men have been ordered to appear in Third District Court oq Friday to enter pleas to charges in connection with a March robbery and attempted homicide. Tuesday Fifth Circuit Court Judge Robert Gibson ordered Wallace C. Phelps, 18, bound over to the district court for pleading and setting of a trial date on attempted murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and aggravated kidnap- ping charges. And Gibson ordered Gordon J. Himmelberger, 19, bound over to the district court on felony obstruction of justice charges. The judge dismissed four other felony complaints against Himmel- berger, The charges stem from a March 23 robbery at the home of Russell Schulder, near Olympus High School. During the robbery, - Schuler's son, Timothy, was held at gunpoint. Police allege Phelps fired a shot at a milkman who interrupted the suspect while he was ransacking the home, and that Himmelberger helped plan the robbery and was acting as Phelps' getaway driver. City Creek To Be Reservation Area SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -The Salt Lake City Council has voted to establish a reservation fee system for City Creek Canyon, in a move to end beer parties and assaults in the can- -' yon. council said all vehicles , The headed up City Creek Canyon will be required to have reservations, ranging from $2.50 for individual picnic sites, to $10 for group picnics, and up to $30 for the large bowery at the upper Rotary. In its vote this week, however, council decided joggers, hikers and bicycle riders using the canyon adjacent to the State Capitol Building will not be charged a user fee. Lattman Resigns as Dean at the SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -Dr. Laurence H. Lattman has resigned his positions as dean of the University of Utah College of Mines and Minerals Industries and as dean of the Utah College of Engineering because he is moving to New Mexico. Lattman, 60, said Tuesday his resignation is effective July I. He came to the University of Schreuder Trial XIT Utah in 1975 as a professor of geology and dean of the College of Mines and Minerals Industries. He was named dean of the College of Engineering three years later. He will become president of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, based in Socorro, N.M. SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) hird District Judge Ernest Baldwin Wednesday refused to sequester a jury or to issue a gag order in the murder-- f case of Manhattan socialite Frances Bernice Schreuder. - The SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) living in a desert ranching area of Tooele County fought 11 years for better service, but they didn't think Mountain Bell would get ousted in favor of a tiny company from Grouse Creek. The Utah Public Service Commission, after months of negotiations, transferred operating authority of the section from Mountain Bell to Beehive Telephone Co. "We don't want to do anything to disturb the integrity of Mountain Bell's service area, especially during the time of the breaking up of AT&T," Commissioner David Irvine said Wednesday. "But, in this case, Mountain Bell gave us no choice. They set it up so they almost had to lose the 200 families -T- Mrs. Schreuder is charged with capital homicide in the 1978 shooting death of her multimillionaire father, Franklin James Bradshaw. Mrs. Schreuder's son, Marc, was e convicted last summer of murder in the murder of his grandfather. Baldwin refused requests to sequester the jury or to issue pretrial gag orders to counter what New York defense attorney second-degre- To Be Michael Rosen called "frightening" publicity in the case. Rosen and prosecutor Ernie Jones reached an agreement on Jones' motion asking the heiress's $500,000 bail be revoked. Jones filed that motion last month after California relatives of the New York woman claimed she had harassed them. The judge ruled that she can remain free if she avoids contact with those relatives. Rosen asked the court for a postponement of the capital murder trial, scheduled to begin May 2. He said he is having trouble obtaining records in New York that he thinks are essential six-mon- th Open to the defense. He also asked Baldwin to exclude as hearsay the testimony of several of the state's key witnesses, including a New Yorkdelawyer who represented the fendant's son and a Salt Lake City psychiatrist who examined him. Both testified for the defense during Marc's trial, saying that the younger Schreuder admitted committing the crime at his mother's behest to keep her from being cut out of the old man's will. Marc was 17 at the time of the murder. Baldwin said he would rule on the motions by the end of next week. Governor Grows Beard in Hospital SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -Gov. Scott Matheson's stay in the hospital to recover from a mild heart attack is giving him a authority." Irvine was referring to a public meeting with southwest Tooele County valley residents who had petitioned Mountain Bell for better service. "Mountain Bell officials publicly told the residents out there that if someone could upgrade the service for them at a better price, they could have it," he said. The problem was, someone did. A.W. Brothers, president of Beehive Telephone Co. of Grouse Creek, heard of the petition and offered his service. "Mr. Brothers started coming around door to door, telling us he could give us better service at better rates," said Joyce McAtee, a resident of Vernon. chance to do something he has wanted to do for a long time: Grow a beard. "He says he's always wanted to do it, but he's never had the time away from work and the public eye before," the governor's wife, Norma Matheson, said Wednesday. Matheson sports a mustache. But Mrs. Matheson said he wants to see how he looks with a beard. The state's first lady said the governor might decide to shave after leaving Holy Cross Hospital. "But I wouldn't count on it," she added. One thing Matheson will do once he is released is talk to President Reagan. The President tried to call the governor Wednesday but was told he would have to call back later. Alene Bentley, Matheson's press secretary, said the telephone in the governor's room is rigged only for outgoing calls so Matheson will not be bothered. Ms. Bentley said the phone's special feature presented an insurmountable stumbling block when Reagan called to wish Matheson a speedy recovery. if there "We asked the wasn't some way we could ring the President through, but there wasn't. We told the White House the best thing to do was call when the governor goes home," she said. Matheson, 54, listed in satisfactory condition, was allowed to take walks in the hospital hallways and was conducting affairs of the state from his private room. He was scheduled to stay in the hospital at least through Friday. His physician, Dr. Richard Bige-loscheduled a physical stress w, test for Friday. Flood Money Will Protect Marinas -SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) of the state Nearly money available for flooding must be used to strengthen breakwaters protecting two marinas on the Great Salt Lake, says Loraine Tempest, director of Emergency one-thir- "We looked over what both companies had to offer and the citizens voted overwhelmingly to go with Beehive." But the ultimate decision had to come from the PSC, the regulator of public utilities in Utah. state-charter- Brothers made his pitch to the western Utah ranchers last June. Mountain Bell said it could upy grade the service from e lines to private service, but it would cost the residents $21 to $27 per month. d touch-ton- stronger," Mrs. Tempest said. "But the latest storm did $75,000 worth of damage that must be repaired." - She said winds hurricane-forc- e Management. Mrs. Tempest said Wednesday that $289,500 must be spent to shore up a stone and earthen breakwater at the Great Salt Lake that blasted across the overflowing lake Monday slammed large waves into the breakwaters "with almost unbelievable force." "They started to break up," she State Park marina near the Resort and at the Antelope Island marina. The money will come from a special $957,000 fund appropriated by the Utah Legislature. Mrs. Tempest said she and other state officials decided the breakwaters had to be repaired in order to protect state and private investments totalling $14 million. Sal-ta- ir eight-part- "We had already planned to spend $214,500 to make them said. She said the Great Salt Lake marina is worth $3.5 million and contains $9 million worth of boats. The new Antelope Island marina, which does not yet contain boats, is worth $1.5 million. If the lake's level were normal, Mrs. Tempest said, waves would present no problem for the breakwaters. 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