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Show Page IS - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Non Utah Students Thursday, March 22, 1984 Unforcement Officers Don' f Like Gun Plan LAKE CITY (UPI) SALT -- the nation s first ban on both the sale and possession of handguns. The ordinance required residents to turn in their handguns or face fines of up to $500 and up to six months in jail. The Utah Legislature's Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice has asked legislators to recall the proposed amendment when they meet in special session beginning Monday. If lawmakers Law enforcement officials are urging Utah legislators to reconsi- Dwindle By United Press International State officials say are attending Utah's universities and colleges in dwindling numbers. an absence of cultural influence that could result in graduates with a "myopic view of the world." Utah State University President Stanford Cazier told the Utah Board of Regents that students expose Utah students to a variety of values and experiences. A lack of students has a "chilling effect" on education, Cazier said. "The students will all get educated here and all will come out with the same myopic (blurred) view of the world." of Cazier said about two-thirUSU's students are traditionally but he said the student body is now three-fourtUtah residents. Regent Elva Barnes said she recognizes the value of students but that political non-reside- te der a proposed constitutional amendment that would bar police from seizing guns from gun owners unless they commit a violent crime. "Essentially, it's an amendment to keep the Legislature from ever acting on gun laws again," said Rep. Ronald FullLake City. "Its supmer, porters are angry about Morton refuse, the measure will be lt placed on the general election ballot in November. "We think there's a good bit of legislative support to recall it " Fullmer said. "There are serious Grove, Illinois' ordinance banning handguns and they want to make sure it can't happen here." Morton Grove gained nation- questions about whether this amendment ever had a proper wide attention when it passed its handgun ordinance in June 1981 until the fight. You'd have to wait was done before you airing before it passed the Legislature. It just happened too easily." The amendment, tors approved in damage could take the gun." Fullmer which legisla- 1983 for voter A group of law enforcement associations has protested the consideration, would permit the Legislature to pass only those laws which regulate the concealment of weapons and their possession by felons, minors, mental incompetents and illegal aliens. It would forbid any law permitting "the confiscation of firearms, except those used in the commission cf a felony." A felony is considered a major crime, such as murder or arson. "A police officer couldn't take a weapon from a drunk or a spouse in the case of a family amendment in letters to legislators and Gov. Scott M. Matheson. The list includes the Utah Chiefs of Police Association, Statewide Association of Prosecutors and the Utah Peace Officers Associa. tion. "The belief is that this amendment would severely damage law enforcement and correctional officers' ability to deal in any preventive activities," Fullmer said. But the amendment's sponsor, Sen. Jack Bangerter, said strong support remains De-1 think: the hind its passage. amendment indicates people simply have the right to bear arms and that we don't want another Morton Grove," he said. "It is my opinion as well as that of the gun clubs of Utah to have those kinds of rights in the hands of the people and not in the Legislature's," Bangerter said. "If the people of Utah want to put it into the constitution, then so be "We have too many people who think people don't have the right to protect themselves and their homes with firearms. I want to give them that right" nt AVEONFARAH' hs non-reside- nt SPRING SEPARATES IN THE EASY-CAR- E DA CRON POL YESTER BLENDS reality hampers efforts to increase their number. "We have to deal, with the Legislature's willingness to fund the education of my child, yours and one from another region," she said. "It's not a good choice, but it reaches it, I think we have to decide for our own children." Ms. Barnes said many lawmakers and citizens favor fewer nonresident students, not more. University of Utah President Chase Peterson said the situation is reversed at the university's graduate schools. He said he has difficulty interesting Utah stu- dents in graduate programs with enrollments. largely Cazier suggested the regents ratio drop a resident-non-resideof 3.2 to 1 in favor of a ratio of three Utah students to every one student. te W.F.F. DESIGNER SERIES SUTTON SILK SP0RTC0AT, W.F.F. 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The U.S. District Court jury was listening to testimony in the trial which began three weeks ago. The defendants face six federal charges of arson, mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud two Salt Lake City insurance companies out of $1 million. Federal prosecutors claim some of the equipment and beans allegedly destroyed in the fire were not in the warehouse at the time of the blaze. "Woods knew the warehouse (bean investory) was short, the warehouse was going to be closed down add he was in real, real 's said Assistant U.S. Attrouble, torney Tena Campbell. She said the two had been selling beans owned by farmers and the company was in poor financial condition. Idaho state officials were to inspect the warehouse the day of the fire because they suspected the shortage, Ms. Campbell alleged. She said airline records show Taylor, Madera, Calif., flew to Denver and checked into a hotel. Taylor then flew to Boise under an assumed name but rented a car in his own name, Ms. Campbell said. She then speculated he drove to Filer and started the .fire, but admitted there were no eye witnesses to place him in the town. Marty Verhoef, attorney for Taylor, called the government's charges "pure speculation" and he said it would have been "physically impossible, if not improbable" for Taylor to have flown from Denver to Boise then driven 130 miles to Filer. Lowell Summerhays, attorney for Woods, Salinas, Calif., said Beans Inc. was in good financial shape, that the government had never proved the fire was arson caused and that his client was the victim of "over zealous prosecu- tion." "I think it became apparent to us there were major holes in the prosecution's case," he said. Woods, a former Salinas mayor, was interested in a political career and would not have jeopardized it by committing arson, Summerhays said. 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