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Show f Tuesday, October 2, 1990 The Daily Herald, Provo, t'Jah Utah overnor raises possibility of new faxes Briefs Archaeologists find arrowheads - PRICE (AP) University of Utah archaeologists have recovered about 50 projectile points left up to 8,000 years ago by ancient Indians in a cave near Joe's Valley Reservoir. Led by Duncan Metcalf, crews last summer excavated about half of the remaining deposits in one cave, recovering "a considerable number" of stone artifacts, includall covering a time ing points period from about 8,000 years ago to about 2,000 years ago. All were recovered from neatly stratified layers containing charcoal that researchers hope can be radiocarbon dated so the styles can be cross-date- d and compared to other styles found in other areas. "We now have such a large collection we can the taxonomy of projectile points of the Colorado Plateau and eastern Great Basin," Metcalf said. "And we can see if the Joe's Valley points are really different from those found in other areas." that, Metcalf said, will help archaeologists piece together a better picture of what life was like in Utah thousands of years ago. And it might offer a glimpse of how nomadic hunting and gathering gave way to farming. And Archaeologists have long recognized the importance of the cave at Joe's Valley Reservoir, citing it frequently in their writings on the earliest hunters and gatherers of Utah. !,aT!!eLsendsintertainment ... . Norm Bangerter is pitching in to keep Utah troops in the Persian Gulf from getting bored. Bangerter on Monday autographed a half dozen sand wedge golf clubs, three dozen golf balls and two dozen books, which will be sent to Utahns participating in Operation Desert Shield, according to a prepared statement. He said the golf clubs will help the soldiers "get out of the biggest sand trap in the world and the books are for their more serious moments." The books were selected and bought by the governor, and include "My Early Life," by Winston Churchill and Catherine Drinker Bowen's "Miracle At Philadel Official: Law a , The inscriptions reaa, i am a great fan of Winston Churchill. In 'My Early Life,' Churchill discusses the time he spent in the deserts of India. It was during this time that Churchill developed much of his value system and his sense of history. 'Miracle At Philadelphia,' of course, is the story of the Constitutional Convention." The gifts are in response to a request from the Defense Department to send the troops games, books and toys to occupy their free time, the statement said. Bangerter says he hopes the troops appreciate the "small token of thanks for their service to our country." 'bucket of snakes' SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Utah's new law requiring state licensing of retail beer outlets is a "bucket of snakes" that promises to get more tangled unless there's legislative help, said Kenneth F. Wynn, state liquor director. Effective Jan. 1, all retail outlets will need to have state beer licenses as well as the local beer licenses. While there are some retail outlets such as taverns and bowling alleys that will need licensing by next January, there are long-requir- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Gov. Norm Bangerter has raised the possibility of tax hikes in areas other than the property tax to deal with a Utah Supreme Court decision. However, he also said the state might not do anything at all about the ruling that Amax had been denied equal taxation. "The extraction taxes (for oil, gas and mining) in this state are damn low or nonexistent," the governor said during a meeting with representatives of businesses that are taxed by the state rather than the individual counties. "When discussing taxes, we cannot talk about just one tax. We have to look at the entire picture," he said Monday to the business representatives. - about 40 church buildings are planned among 418 polling places in Salt Lake County, officials say. The opinion by Deputy County The paperwork burden is heavy enough with licensing some 830 new outlets annually, but the burden may be a lot heavier if it is concluded that the state law requires that virtually every special event, festival, fair and ball park be licensed. gun. The $10.4 million segment, built by Gilbert Western Construction Bangerter met Monday with representatives of the railroads, the utilities, airlines, mining companies, oil and gas concerns and manufacturing and pipeline interests all property taxpayers. 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UDOT Community Relations Director Kim Morris said workers were grinding down bumps in the surface Monday right up to the opening. Some structure painting and cleanup work will continue, but it won't inconvenience drivers, Morris said. state-assesse- ing. Attorney Gavin Anderson said, "If the use of churches as a polling place acted as a bar to voting by some persons, the practice in question may run afoul of the Voting Rights Act." However, "because Utah has a liberal absentee balloting system, I do not believe that any use of churches for polling places would be a bar to voting by any person." Attorney Brian Barnard said his client is barred from voting because the ward where he was excommunicated also is a polling place. The man doesn't qualify as an absentee voter because under Utah law, he is not out of the county, an election judge in another district or physically disabled, said Barnard. these?" Co., is all concrete and nine rebuilt structures. assessed taxpayers. "Many of the people I represent would get hit twice," said Larry Bunkall of the Utah Manufacturer's Association. Many of his clients are locally assessed businesses, said Bunkall. So if business taxes are hiked to make up the difference, and a shift d takes place to benefit exthe at owners property pense of locally assessed taxpay- percent discount from value granted to homeowners and businesses assessed by the county assessor in Tooele County. Properties assessed by the State Tax Commission are those that extend beyond county lines. Those assessed by county assessors lie within the county doing the assess20 fair-mark- et state-assess- Church member has plans to sue state A SALT LAKE CITY (AP) former Mormon objecting to voting in the church where he was excommunicated plans to sue to stop the state from using churches as voting places. Last July, the Salt Lake County Attorney's Office said that using churches as voting places complies with state law and the constitutional provision of church and state separation. That opinion was issued after the Society of Separationists asked 14 counties using churches as voting places to halt the practice. During the November election, the same also many more that are marginal beer sellers, opening only a relatively few days a 'year. Rebuilt section otinterstate opens - Some analysts say the court's ruling could cost state and local governments $56 million a year. Bangerter said he is not sure if a widespread solution is needed at this point because the court decision dealt with one specific case, which by itself represents less than $1 million in tax revenue. 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