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Show B Utah Wednesday, October 24, 1990 The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah SMe won't file support for Rhode Island unless asked - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Gov. Norm Bangerter supports Rhode Island officials' decision to appeal a court ruling against graduation prayers, but says he is reluctant to spend money filing supporting briefs unless Utah school districts ask him to do so. The Utah Attorney General's Office plans to file a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the appeal. The Providence School Committee voted Monday night to appeal the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals ruling prohibiting prayers at school graduations and other functions. Utah officials earlier said they would support Rhode Island's appeal in the hope it would spare the of fighting the battle itself. Last June, the Utah Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal-cou- rt suit against the Granite and Alpine school districts asking prayer be prohibited at graduation and other school activities. whether Utah joins the Rhode Island battle should be determined by school districts, not the state. "My position has always been that students ought to be able to decide" on prayers, Bangerter said, adding that he is sure local school boards will ask the state for help in the court battle. Bangerter said he hoped the Utah ACLU and school districts Initiative A would repeal the tax levied on retail sales of food in Utah. Currently, retail sales in Utah are charged between 5 percent and 6 percent in sales taxes, which vary according to the municipality. Recent public opinion polls show the initiative is trailing among voters, but Cook said he is not Alpine Superintendent Steven Baugh time." could suspend legal action pending outcome of the Rhode Island case. Alpine Superintendent Steven Baugh said, "If supporting the Rhode Island appeal means that tradiwe cease our tion of allowing graduation prayers until the case has been resolved by the Supreme Court, we cannot actively support the effort at this John Robson of the Granite Dis- trict said, "Granite would be happy with the status quo which allows students to choose whether to have prayers or not. But the ACLU isn't willing to put the case on hold unless Granite and Alpine capitulates by banning graduation prayers altogether. That's where the long-standi- up to gert has authorized spending to support $10,000 Rhode Island's appeal. "We're not supporting school prayer, we're simply spending money to put the issue before the Supreme Court," he said. Assistant Utah Attorney General John Clark said a brief will be prepared in support of the Rhode Island appeal. "We're not taking a position on in the Rhode Island case," he said. "We're only asking the Supreme Court to hear the case." prayer Attorney General Paul Van Dam said the costs of filing a brief in support of the Rhode Island appeal would be minimal. Pons nowhere to be found; deadline nears - Cook says budget isn't really bad - supporting the Rhode Island appeal means that we (halt graduation prayer) ... we cannot actively support the effort at this time. If Bangerter said Tuesday that Briefs SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The chairman of Utah's Independent Party says taxpayers haven't been given all the facts about what effect Initiative A would have on state government. In a news conference Tuesday, Merrill Cook said voters will approve the initiative that will remove the sales tax from food in November's election, if they understand that the state's budget will be only slightly effected. impasse is." A statement issued by the state Office of Education Tuesday said, "Resolution of the Rhode Island case could supersede any decisions rendered in the graduation prayer cases currently before the Utah courts. We therefore unitedly call upon all parties to the Utah cases to suspend legal action until the Rhode Island case can be resolved by the Supreme Court." The statement said that while Utah supported Rhode Island's effort in seeking review of the case, "the state has not taken a position on the issue of graduation prayer itself." Douglas Bates, a lawyer in the state Office of Education, said Schools Superintendent Jay Tag- - state some legal costs "We are asking voters to go to the polls in November and act as legislators," he said. "They will have a hand in making the law." Cook said Utah will have a $200 million budget surplus this year, although Gov. Norm Bangerter said in a separate news conference that the surplus will be closer to with part of that $150 million money belonging in a "rainy day fund" that Bangerter said he won't use. Cook referred to a letter to the editor published in a Salt Lake City newspaper last weekend which said that Utah housewives could handle the surplus better than lawmakers. Also, he attacked the state Board of Regents for opposing the initiative, saying that Utah spends $32.5 stumillion to subsidize dents in colleges. "We think that needs to be pointed out," Cook said. know where Pons had gone, or what his future plans are. "Our understanding is that he has made satisfactory arrangements for his teaching obligation this fall, and he will be here to meet his obligation for winter quarter," Rossi said. When asked about reports that Pons was working for a Japanese laboratory, school officials last week said they hadn't received a request from Pons for a leave of absence. James Brophy, vice president of research, said officials are expecting a formal letter outlining Pons' plans for winter quarter. Last week, Brophy said Pons was visitnot an ing foreign laboratories, unusual practice for senior re but it appears study has brought they'll have to do it without their chief researcher. School officials say they don't know the whereabouts of B. Stanley Pons, who along with British colleague Martin Fleischmann announced in March 1989 that they had achieved or "cold" fusion. Pons' Salt Lake home is listed for sale, according to the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. His personal telephone number was disconnected on Tuesday. The Deseret News quoted an unidentified U of U source as saying Pons' family has moved out of e, town. the status of the experiments and fusion patents. "We want to know where we stand on the program and what we have to do in the future to preserve our position in this science," Hixson said. "We have gone this far with it. We had better be sure we are protected for future developments." searchers. Pons is a tenured professor and former chairman of the chemistry department. Fritz Will, director of the National Cold Fusion Institute, would not comment Tuesday. His secretary, Angie Mitchell, said he was preparing for Thursday's meeting of the Fusion-Energ- y Advisory Council. It is likely that Pons' whereabouts could be on the agenda. The council is charged with overseeing the state's $5 million fusion investment. The Fusion Institute also is scheduled to undergo a scientific review called for by disgruntled faculty members. Hugo Rossi, dean of the U of U's College of Science, said he did not UniSALT LAKE CITY (AP) versity of Utah officials have until Nov. 1 to show what the state's $5 million investment in cold fusion At the meeting, the council expects a review of the fusion program over the last year, which includes the work of Pons and Fleischmann. "Obviously, if they are out of the picture some way, that will have to be discussed," Hixson said. "If the patents have been no matter who proves it (the science), we should have a good claim on it in the future." d, Raymond L. Hixson, chairman of the faculty advisory council, said Thursday's meeting will focus on te Hospital billing practice defended - A SALT LAKE CITY (AP) billing practice at Logan Regional Hospital that has been labeled unethical and illegal" Heights mayor has been defended by a hospital association official as one used at virtually every hospital in the nation out of necessity. Rick Kinnersly said that the practice of cost sharing increasing fees for patients able to pay their bills to compensate for those who is not the fault of hospicannot tals but of elected officials. 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