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Show Jordan ment." Paul Taylor, president By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Ground-breakin- ceremonies g Tuesday launched the Jordan River dredging and lake management project, hailed as an event so significant it eclipses the n Rivoriginal 1885 Utah er Compromise Agreement. The ceremonies marked the successful conclusion of two years of negotiations between I'tah and Salt Lake counties, several cities, Utah Lake landowners, and seven canal companies in Salt Lake County. "Few realize the significance of this event. Barriers that have long existed politically, socially and economically between the two counties have been diminished by this agree- long-awaite- Lake-Jorda- jr -' HI- i J j fcoJV. ' a J f Dredging Begins natural outflow of Utah Lake from cubic-fee- t per second, allowing the lake to drain during 500 to 1,500 ' ,vi feafciifl - - up with 21 Salary increases for Provo City employees, and overtime pay set aside for the police and tire departments, are on the municipal council's chopping block. Determined to avoid a proposed increase in cuts in several line-ite- m property taxes, the council's finance committee came re-bi- d Salt Lake County will supervise the project in consultation with the Utah County Engineer's office. The engineering staffs will have weekly consultations, and the two county engineers will meet monthly. Completion is expected by the end of this year. Steve Olsen Photo .MMMMM - areas. Herald Staff Writer dredge the south 6.9 miles of (he river. Gillingham Construction of Boise, Idaho, will dredge the north 2.7 miles for $2,26696,800. Weyher Brothers Cosntmction of Salt Lake City will construct the Utah Lake outlet for $1,839,750. Additional contracts for the Salt Lake County portions of the project, including bank stabilization and diversion facilities, will be in about six weeks. T ices m Prove By NANCY BRINGHURST spring runoff water. It will also drain water from several thousand acres of land thai has been flooded for the past three years. "It has taken compromise and understanding of each others' needs," said Salt Lake County Commissioner Bart Barker. New outlet gates will be installed at the north end of Utah Lake to allow control of the water at the new compromise level of 4489.045 feet above mean sea level. Ten miles of channel will be dredged, along with Indian Ford. Irrigation structures along the channel destroyed by high water will be rebuilt. HAJCO Construction Company of Sandy has a $2,468,100 contract to i ( , winter months making room for of the Utah Lake Landowners Association. Total cost of the project is $11.3 million. With preliminary engineering completed during the past two years, the legislature in its January session appropriated $10.3 million for the actual construction. Terry M. Holxworth, Salt Lake County flood director, introduced representatives of all entities involved as a backhoe began dredging a new outlet for Utah Lake near Saratoga Resort at the north end. Herald Staff Writer (X louver Mayor James E. Ferguson's proposed $51 million 1985-8- 6 budget includes an increase of 1.53 mills in the property tax. According to Ferguson, the increase is necessary to pay tor certain new mandated costs imposed on Provo by the county and federal government. Finance committee chairman Chuck Henson said over $270,000 can be slashed from the mayor's budget, which would help reduce the proposed tax increase. Ferguson maintains that if his budget isn't passed intact, and if Provo is forced to pay over $368.-00- 0 in additional bills, then service levels will have to be cut. Council members Merrill Martin May In cnde Solo pies and Keith Roos disagreed, arguing that city employees and department heads can make adjustments without cutting services to iht citi, zens. Although the finahce committee's suggestions to cut employee salaries, benefits, and overtime pay were developed late Tuesday, no one from the employee's association was informed of the propos- - al. Ferguson's tion. budget includes a salary increase for four percent city employees. the council's finance committee wants that amount trimmed. Their suggestion is that employees take a two percent raise in July, and wait until January for another two percent. Ferguson opposes that sugges Citizens Switch ff Street Lights ByJ.J. JACKSON Herald Staff Writer - 73 With 231 of 316 landowners protesting a lighting percent district. Orem City fathers Tuesbut to do what day had the public demanded: Abandon the district and rip the street lights out. "Since I've been here, that's the most protests (to a special improvement district) we have ever received," said Jack Jones, public works director for the city. The lighting district is in an area south of Center Street and east of State Street. It has existed for 20 years, but since state law requires approval every 10 years, the district is up for renewal. But, by the end of April. 106 written protests had been received, representing 33 percent of the street frontage proposed lor the district. And. the protests didn't stop. Another 81 came in during May and 68 came during the first 11 days of June. Come Tuesday's meeting, the city had received 255 protests. But the city wasn't able to verily 24 of them as landowners in the district, lowering the total to 231. "The recommendation is that we or DeLance Squire said. Council member Blaine Willes concurred. Steve Miller, one of the organizers of the protest drive, outlined a number of reasons for opposition to the district. For one thing, he said, the landowners were being asked to subsidize lights in front of Orem High School, a church seminary and a church house. Those lots represent 10 percent of the frontage in the district. complained about the state law which governs creation of special improvement districts. He noted all those landowners who don't vote against the proposal are counted as voting in favor. But when he and others tried to reach the landowners to tell them about the proposed district, they discovered empty lots and rentals. Both owners who needed had to be tracked down. And. if there was a lien on the property, they needed to get the mortgage company to vote. "This here law is one heck of a law." Miller said, noting how easi-(Se- e LIGHTS, Page 3) he n County Teams Win four of the Utah County teams entered in the state 3A All baseball playoffs, American Fork, Springville, Spanish Fork and Pleasant Grove, m.knaged to heat opponents Tuesday at Uerks Field Salt Lake City. Uncomplete sweep ol the opening round assures ol at least one Utah County team in the Saturday afternoon finals See story, picture on Pages in Page National-Internation- 21 12-1- 3 26. 29-3- 8 28 28 2,13 Obituaries Opinions Sports Today Utah-Heglon- Weather 4 27 1 14-1- 7 5 M Jh Y David Hasselhoff, who plays the starring role of Michael Knight in the television series "Knight Rider" dropped in to Provo to go over arrangements with Panorama chairman Bill Critchfield and the sound track for his appearance at Panorama, the Freedom Festival stadium show. By late this morning the stadium was already half sold out and sales recorJl Steve Olsen Phoio Victims Won't Get Too Much Help From Radiation Tables By PAT THORNE Herald Washington Bureau WASHINGTON The Department ol Justice tables developed by said radioepidemiological today scientists to determine the probability that specilic cases of cancer were caused by exposure to atomic bomb fallout would be of limited value in court cases by victims seeking compensation. e Deputy Assistant Attorney General Robert and Human Labor Senate the betore appeared Resources Committee in a second day ol hearings on ih. the tables chaired by Sen. Orrin Hatch. The tables are intended lor victims to calculate the percentage likelihood that their cancers were caused by lallout. Willmore said that is not specilic enough for the courts "The probability tables are a population based study." he said. "They try to make limlmgs as to the broad population ... sort ol like a poll. You conduct a political poll and you can conclude that till percent ol a group favors a particular position Th.i't s valuable lor the group but does not tell about a particular person within the group." Willmore added that assumptions made by the scientists in pulling the tables togelher would be subject to challenge in the court. The government lawver said he would not chal lenge the science used in developing the tables, but he questioned the validity of any conclusions that may be drawn Irom them. "When you're setting health and safety and health regulations, you have to take the best science you can and draw the appropriate conclusion." he said. "That may not be the best way to approach compensation decisions. Health and safety standards deal with the typical, average person, while compensation deals with the specilic individual." Sidestepping issues dealing with the recent District Court decision in the Allen radiation case in Salt Like City, Willmore ;id in very low level radiation cases "it is vciy unlikely that those persons have a cancer that was approximately caused by a particular radiation exposure." Hatch said that government position is based on the opinions, not backed in evidence, of "certain" experts. Other experts have another view, he asserted. "The point is that the scientists feel a plaintiff can demonstrate his case only if he can demonstrate a probability ol causation," the senator said. Hatch said he has serious questions i! the appeals process will sustain the court decisions that have iieen lavorable to victims because ol aspects of current law that are bent against them. - Will-mor- R-l- 't Council Unanimous for Olympics Winter Olympics. vote Tuesdav adopted on the night said Salt Lake s bid lor the games was "contingent on voter approval through a icleren-dutn.l!)!i2 The resolution " . at were approaching a thousand a day at the Marriott Center ticket office. - the mid 50s with highs Thursday near 90 degrees. Further weather Information is on ail SALT LAKK CITY i AIM The Salt Lake ( itv Council has given unanimous approval lo seeking the Here's Where to Find It All Amusements Business Classified Ads Comics Crossword r 7 More Beautiful Weather Fair skies are predicted In Central Utah tonight and Thursday, says the National Weather Bureau. Overnight lows will be In per-(Se- Drops in Wednesday: All Four balancing the budget on the backs of the employees," he told council members. "1 feel strongly the four percent should be given to them. That simply covers a rise in the cost of living." The committee also suggests e asking employees to pay two 2 PROVO, Page 'Knight Rider' look at the number of protests we have received and abandon the district." Jones told the council. "We have no alternative," May- And, with "I don't feel comfortable The council urged Gov. Norman II Hangwtci to push the Utah Stale Legislature lor pnaupt sanctioning ol a .statewide Olympics proposition on the Nov. municipal election hallo's Hangciter said he was not sold on putting the mailer on the agenda lor the June 27 special legislative sesMon. "I'd pieUr not, because that's an economic issue," he said. It would cost about $ti().0(iO to lui nish 5 unincoiiioi.ited areas with ballots. Bangerler said he preferred having a referendum in liwti. when primary and general elections cover Ihe slate Fonnesbeck, City Council chairwoman, s.ud il the Legislature fails to act on having a relerendum this year, the council likely will order a ( ilvwule proposition Nov. 5. Iloostirs ol the Wasatch Front bid now go to Indianapolis to put their case before the U.S. executive board. Olvtnpic Committee's Also seeking the U.S. bid lor the 19!)2 Winter Gaines .ire Reno Lake Tahoe, Anchorage and Lake Placid City Mayor Ted L. Hangcrtcr .mil Salt Wilson will head the delegation to Indianapolis. Sydney ' Lii -i- n iimi- - - tmntrM - Douglas Stewart Carter Nashville Police Capture Killing Suspect By PATRICK CHRISTIAN Herald Staff Writer A tip from an informant ended a nationwide manhunt for Douglas Stewart Carter. 29, the man accused of murdering the aunt of Provo Police Chief Swen Nielsen. Carter, a Provo resident, was captured without incident in Nashville. Tenn., Tuesday and is expected to be extradited to Provo this week to face charges by the Utah County Attorney's office that he stabbed and shot Kva Petersen Olesen, 57. She was found by her husband Feb. 27 in their home located at 737 K. 150 S., in a quiet and older Provo neighborhood, The partially clad wctim had her hands lied behind her back with a telephone cord. She was shot once (See CARTER, Page 3) |
