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Show Paee 32-T- HE HERALD Provo luh Sunday November 19, 1978 Provo District Cited Grand Jury in Wyoming Angry Rebuttals Follow Report on School Bus Safety Blames Local Officials In Rock Springs Scandal - A final CHEYENNE, Wyo (UPI) state grand jury report in Wyoming blames four officials in Sweetwater Count v, and authorities in the energy - A report that says SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) s school bus system is not as safe as it should be continues to generate angry replies The performance audit, compiled by members Legislative Auditor General Mont G. Kenney s staff and presented to the Legislature's Public Education Committee, said some drivers have had their licenes revoked or have piled several tickets, some do not have the legally required chauffeuer s license and many have not had safety training. "We feei the report should have addressed the problem where it exists and not attacked the highly qualified drivers throughout the state,'' responded G Ray Holt, executive director of the Utah School I tan boom town of Rock Springs for the community's failure to combat open and continuous prostitution and pimping In addition, the panel' s report called for a state law defining and establishing penalties for misconduct in office. Rock Springs Mayor Paul Wataha. Police Chief Louis Muir, Sweetwater County Attorney Robert Bath and the County Sheriff James Stark must accept responreport said sibility for failure to act to enforce Employees Association, which represents the drivers "Yes, we know some districts allow coaches, teachers and mechanics to dnve school buses. But, to make blanket charges about the transportation personnel throughout the state on information gathered from districts m violation of state board guidelines is he said grossly unfair, Holt said his association will ask the Legislature to pass a law requiring a special license for school bus drivers.'' The last week's report was "misleading,'' said Dr. Charles P. Lloyd, administrator of the state Board of Education's division of external support services, which nas developed bus driver training programs and checks the performance of districts. "The people attacked by the audit are the only ones in the history of the state of Utah who have set up statewide training courses and a system of auditing them," he said. And Lloyd said the legislative auditor's report did not give credit for efforts to provide training programs in the three years since state officials were given authority to create the programs. Jost Madrin, director of transportation for the Salt Lake City School District, called the report, which was based on a study of eight districts, a "disservice to local school districts." "Our district along with other districts were included in a blanket condemnation because the auditor's office didn't release the names of the eight traindistricts. We have a fine program of ing for drivers and we train students in emergency procedures," he said. However, although the Salt Lake City District was not one of the eight studied, the report did identify the districts. They were: Box Elder, Emery, Granite, North Summit, Provo, San Juan, Washington and Weber. IDAHO REPUBLICAN Congressmen George Hansen, left, and Steven Symmi have charged the Pentagon apparently is acting illegally and Is asking for a fight by releasing $10.1 million for Panama Canal Zone construction without the - Pair Held by Utah In Colorado Slaying soldier and (UPI) were the Castle Dale CASTLE DALE, Utah A a held in young woman jail awaiting detectives from Colorado Springs, Colo., who want to question them about the stabbing death of an erocer. Capt. Victory Morris, Colorado Springs chief of detectives, said Pvt. Lawrence Todd of Fort Carson and Vicky Locklin, both 19, were arrested Thursday in Green River, Utah. Morris said a motorist spotted the couple hitchhiking on Interstate 70 Thursday and called the Utah State Patrol. A patrolman ?rrested the suspects and took them to a jail at Castle Dale, Utah, where they were being held without bond. ' Morris said two detectives from his division left Colorado Springs Thursday to question the couple about the murder of Samuel Melena and injuries to his wife, Rose, 75. Melena was stabbed three times Tuesday. He was found in the living quarters of the Melena's store, the Rio Grande Grocery, by his son, Rudolph, 50, who lives next door to the market. About $20 was taken in the robberv, said Morris. Mrs. Melena was attacked by the robbers and kicked in the face by one of them, said Morris. She suffered a concussion and was reported In fair condition at St. Francis Hospital. County Groups Lauded By Utah Teachers Union 3 - SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Utah's teacher's union gave awards Friday to three affiliates for their efforts to improve the state's educational system The I'tah Education Association gave its outstanding activity award to the Grand County Education Association for upgrading classroom instruction by the district's teachers. Also receiving awards at the UEA's instruction and professional issues conference development were the Davis and Jordan associations, which received certificates of excellence. The officials, identified by title but not by name, were also accused of openly condoning operation of the after-hour- s Townsend Club, where prostitution and gambling occurred. "Prostitution went on with little in- consent of Congress. Hansen told a news conference, "I am calling on Secretary of Defense Harold Brown to revoke this decision or I am " calling for his resignation (UPI Telephoto) terference from local law $10,9 Million Involved Congressmen Move to Block Funds for Canal Zone Project - WASHINGTON (UPI) deterDespite a mination that U.S. national security is involved, three legislators are accusing the Pentagon of committing "an apparent illegal act" in releasing $10.9 million for construction in the Panama Canal Zone. said a news conRep. George Hansen, ference this weekend: "I am calling on (Defense) Secretary (Harold) Brown to revoke this decision or I am calling for (his) resignation. "The president is spending money without the approval of the House. It is not appropriate for a single dime to be spent until the House can vote on the is- top-lev- Nude Painting by Utahn Ousted From Salt Lake Civic Building A naked wall is better SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) than a nude painting, believes Salt Lake County Commission Chairman William E. Dunn. The commission recently bought a nude portrait for $600 as part of a program to build an art collection. But, when Dunn got a look at the painting, he promptly decided it would be "distasteful for the and state municipal ordinances statutes." walls of a government office." Dunn got the backing of Commissioner Pete Kutulas to send the nude figure, painted in the late 18O0's by famous Utah artist James T. Harwood, back to the Beehive Collectors Gallery, where it is up for sale again for $1,000. There are nudes and there are nudes," Dunn said. "I thought she'd be sitting ... maybe wrapped in a sheet or something." Utah Museum of Fine Arts Curator Thomas Southern recommended that the county buy the painting. He called it "a strong example" of Harwood 's work. Paintings similar in size and subject by the artist sold for $1,200 in 1966, Southern said. Dunn said he isn't even sure the county should be collecting art with an eye toward establishing an art gallery. A budget of $4,000 to clean and restore paintings already owned by the county and buy new ones, approved by the commission months ago, re- mains unspent. Third Identity Assigned To Man Wounded During Alleged Burglary Attempt - The man who was SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) shotgunned in the face by his intended robbery victim has been identified by police for the third time. Detectives have reported the man shot Thursday by a homeowner he allegedly had tied up during an apparent robbery attempt had been identified as David LeRoy Orris, 43, who has served time in prison in Idaho for second degree murder. Detectives said Orris "has a long list of aliases and felony convictions." That is what they said Thursday when they identified the man as David LeRoy Stor-bor44. Long Beach, Calif. Before that the man had been identified as an escapee from an Idaho hospital Whatever his name, the man was in serious condition at University Medical Center after undergoing extensive surgery on wounds to his face, arm and shoulder. The man allegedly broke into the home of Mr and Mrs. Lawrence Rosvall Thursday morning and tied the couple up. Mr. Rosvall escaped from the garage where he was tied up and called police from a neighbor's house. He also borrowed a shotgun and returned to his house, where he met the robber coming out the back door. Rosvall told police he ordered the man to spread eagle on the ground but when the robber made a sudden move, he shot him with both barrels. Police said they were looking for another man they believe was also involved in the attempted robbery. en- forcement," the report said. "There were several newly employed officers assigned to the night shift who acted on their own to harrass the females engaged in this trade. The evidence is that these officers were told that their time should be devoted to more important enforcement duties." The panel, however, said it found no s to "any Rock Springs proof of police officer, city or county official." The document, released by Laramie County District Judge Joseph the judge who presided over Maier the grand jury also contained recommendations for statutory reform. Among them was one urging establishment of a system whereby state government can "police itself." The panel's investigations began Nov. 21, 1977, with examination of the attorney general's office and charges of misconduct by its holder at the time, V. Frank Mendicino. The panel later began investigating Rock Springs affairs, including the investigation of the attorney general's handling of criminal cases in the town, among them a y task force ofburglary at a pay-off- sue," he said. The money is destined for construction and consolidation of certain U.S. military facilities in connection with the gradual turnover of the canal to Panama. President Carter certified to Brown Oct. 3 the construction was in U.S. national interests, and Brown concurred. "Before we went ahead on this matter, we looked into it thoroughly and we're convinced we're in com" pliance with the law. a Pentagon spokesman said. The spokesman said the military construction authorization act gives Brown power to build facilities if he decides it is vital to U.S. security. and Steven Reps. Hansen, Tom Kindness, are raising the issue as part of an Symms, effort to complicate and possibly block the implementation of the Panama canal treaties. "The canal fight is not over yet. We are not going to allow millions of taxpayer dollars to be spent in implementing these treaties without a fight. And that fight will take place on the floor of the House of Representatives when Corgress reconvenes," Symms said. The three legislators said the construction violated the express wish of Congress that no public funds be spent for the canal turnover until both House and Senate have debated the detailed legislation for implementing the canal treaties. That debate is expected sometime next year. The Senate ratified the two Panama canal treaties last spring They provide for the defense of the canal and turnover of the waterway to Panamas control at the end of the 20th century Elite Unit Called city-count- Utah Oil Spill - Colo and Salt Lake City. Utah Some of its findings "Open and continuous street in Rock Sprprostitution was practiced 1978 " ings from 1973 to "The number of arrests were insignificant and in any case the arrests did not deter this activity ." "The Rock Springs Police Department made no reasonable effort or attempt to enforce laws prohibiting pimping and prostitution ." The final report said no real effort to control the problem came until late in evidence in1977 and 1978. when dicates that most of the people involved left the in pimping and prostitution , city." In a reference to a recent ruling The scope of the effort expanded after the panel received "reports of drug traffic, prostitution and gambling in Rock Springs." The grand jury concluded that there was no need for the convening of another panel to investigate state government, but added that it could not adequately examine the complex dis- indictments common-la- missing against Mendicino, the grand jury said it decided against indicting any Rock Springs officials because "there is a legal issue whether the crime of misconduct in office can be charged under the laws of Wyoming." There is a state law, however, " providing for removal of officials for malfeasance in office." It makes officials subject to removal "where open and continuous violations of any law oc- cur in the county in which such officers are employed." But the panel said it had no power to invoke the statute. The grand jury was impaneled after former Division of Criminal Investigation Chief Neil Compton accused Mendicino of failing to pursue investigations of alleged embezzlement in state institutions. "It is apparent that state government does not have a policy to police itself," the report said. "Accordingly when suspicious circumstances came to light, there was indecision on the part of those in authority." The panel recommended the following revisions of state law: Adoption of a misconduct in office fice. statute. Consolidation of the state's eight separate embezzlement laws into one. Adoption of a law clearly defining "state funds." Investigation of the "adequacy of laws relating to obstruction of justice and conflict of interest to the end that they be strengthened.'' Rock Springs Mayor Refutes Wyoming Grand Jury Findings ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. -- (UPI) Mayor Paul Wataha has disputed a grand jury report saving he and other southwestern Wyoming officials deserved the blame for the city's failure to regulate prostitution and pimping. "We can't arbitrarily reach out and a paddywagon with everyone they think looks like a prostitute, ' Wataha said. "It's a very unfair statement for them to make." In its final report made public Friday, the grand jury said Wataha, Police Chief Louis Muir, Sweetwater County Attorney Robert Bath and Sheriff James Stark "must accept responsibility for failure to act to enforce municipal ordinances and state load To problems of Rock Springs ia the time allotted A key question it considered was why local law enforcement agencies did so little to impede the activities of prostitutes, many of whom the report said came from Colorado Springs. 1978." Wataha said he took exception to the document, and pointed out that during the early 1970s the community's population doubled and the local police force strained to keep up with problems. "If we had put all the policemen on the streets patrolling prostitutes we would have left every neighborhood, the downtown stores and the warehouse district unguarded," he said. "It's a matter of priorities. "We're here in the trenches fighting and five vears later they look back and tell us what we should have done." FARMINGTON BAY. Utah (UPI) An elite oil spill cleanup crew from Oregon is working on the Amoco Pipeline Company spill that blackened a canal leading to one of Utah's biggest waterfowl refuges. A crew from Western Environmental SerWest Point, the New York military vices of Portland began cleanup operations Friday was founded in 1802. It statutes." academy, and its leader said his men face "just a lot of darn The report also said "Open and conawards a B.S. degree and an Army hard work." service tinuous street prostitution was praccommission for a The spill happened Nov 7 when an underground ticed in Rock Springs from 1973 to line ruptured and spilled up to 2,500 barrels of crude oil. Amoco officials said a valve had been closed the previous day for maintenance and somebody forgot to turn it back on, causing the oil to back up and burst the line. 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