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Show Volume Eighty-Fou- Tooele, Utah, Friday, January r Costi Twenty Cents 12, 1979 Number Tlurty Two Lawyer, Client Fend At Tooele Mnrder Trial A Tooele County Commisuonen Chick Stromberg, George Buzianis and Reed Russell examine their notes during Tuesday's commission meeting. It was the first session for Stromberg and Russell, who were elected in November. Local Housing Authority May Shift To County Jurisdiction would qualify for help as far west as Wendover as well as in closer areas such as Vernon, St. John and Erda. Greenland said that a place like Wendover could really benefit from a new construction project which is part of the HUD program. Tooele county and city officials are working together to bring the present city housing authority under county jurisdiction. John Greenland, local director of housing authority which operates under the federal agency of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), told county commissioners Tuesday that under the new plan the county would assume the responsibilities and duties at present under the direction of the city. HE POINTED out that expanding the housing authority would allow the housing authority to operate legally in " all areas uf the" county. Were thinking of people who GREENLAND explained to new commissioners Charles Stromlrerg and Reed Russell that the housing authority exists to assist low income families and individuals with housing problems in the form of rent, winterization, rehabilitation of housing and new housing construction. ' Joe Utbanik, County Planning and Zoning Administrator, said that the - " ' Board Mulls Time Change Tooele County school board members tabled a request Wednes- day to change the starting time of classes at Tooele High School. Superintendent Clarke Johnsen said that school principal Paid Skyles had made the request for 8 a.m. starting time to allow students to take part in athletic events without being absent from classes. JOHNSEN SAID the Wasatch front schools with whom Tooele competes are out of school by 2:30 allowing them to have early evening sports events. He advised the group to study the request during the coming month getting input from parents and others concerned. He also pointed out some of the problems connected with such a The Tooele City Council will conan amendment to update the zoning map Thursday at 7 p.m. at their regular meeting. on time. out. OTHER PROBLEMS brought to the attendion of the board were children walking to school in the dark during winter months, and students being out on the streets before working parents get home. Hie board also gave permission for a Grantsville family to teach two children in the home with the stipulation that such students would have to pass district administered tests in order to continue such a program for any length of time. Tooele County has a good chance to accomplish this first because Tooele City does not want to be in the business of housing and has agreed to give up their authority. He added that one critical question to be agreed on is protecting the citys approved application for 50 housing units. The city council wants to be sure those units remain in Tooele city. City Attorney Alan K. Jeppesen said the council will not consider changing the area between Main and Coleman and Second South and Fifth South from to R-- l. A SEVERAL CITIZENS in that area have called and voiced opposition to the city changing that section from an area which permitted family food production animals to only a residential area, Jeppesen said Monday. Because so many have opposed that change, that section will remain classification. It has been proposed that the Delta Park and Westwood Mesa subdivisions be changed from agriculture to residential use. THESE AREAS have been residential developments with typical small subdivision lots for about a year. A East-ridg- e, and yet the property is still zoned for agriculture Use, according to the city attorney. The city planning and zoning commission feels that this restriction is necessary to protect the areas proposed to be changed from deterioration in land values and to reflect the actual land uses existing upon them,. Jeppe- sen said. The Southland Terrace Subdivision, located in the South Coleman vicin- and the ity, is presently zoned A-- l, city has proposed it be rezoned to an R-1- AN the area R-1- is classification means that zoned residential, but that animals for family food production may be raised upon the premises, Jeppesen said. Jeppesen explained that the A in classification does not denote the Agriculture, but Animals, and the removal of the animal use of an R- -l zone does not prohibit the use of a R-1- A dwelling lot for gardens. confession. DEFENSE ATTORNEY Robert Van Sciver feels the prosecution has a strong case against Wood, and fears Wood will get the death penalty if he continues to proclaim his innocence. Van Sciver wants to persuade the jury that Wood was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the murder. If the jury believes that. Wood may be defense psychiatrists. AT SOME point you have simply gut to cooperate, if you expect me to do anything of value to help you. Do you understand that? Van Sciver told Wood. I understand one thing, sup-prie- and that I was not at the scene of the crime I never was. If the state can show 1 was, let them prove it, Wood argued. VAN SCIVER told the court that Wood had seen a psychiatrist about alcohol problems, but was very uncooperative. court-appointe- d Wood also complained that Van Sciver is trying to get him to plead guilty, which the attorney denied. The court recessed without Judge Baldsvin making a determination of the complaints. EARLIER THE state called the assistant director of the Utah medical examiner's office, and a federal firearms expert to testify. Dr. Serge Moore said an autopsy he performed showed the victim had been shot three times in the head and four times in the chest with a .22 cali ?. Van Sciver told Judge Raldwn at the outset of the Wednesday trial that he Mas disturlied Miih his clients conduct and Mould not make an opiiing statement to the jury. I am not going to stand in front of this jury in light of a confession and several declarations against his penal Mbich can lie admitted in the interest use of a trail of credit cards in a game that Mr. Wood wants to play, Van Sciver explained to Judge - mIio-dunn- it Baldwin. THE VICTIMS wife testified Wednesday of how the family ran out of gas and Mben she last saw her husband alive. She later reported to officials in Wendover that her husband had not returned. A young lady also testified that she had rented a car to the defendant before the date of the alleged murder. Other witnesses ubo also testified were: a rental car agent, a gas station attendant, deputies and troopers Mho investigated the crime, an acquaintance of the defendant from Seattle, and a Salt Lake City pilice officer. REP. WHITE REP. SMITH SEN. SWAN Utah State Budget Unlikely To Be Reduced, Tooele Lawmaker Says by Hugh Barnes The proposed $1.3 billion Utah state budget for the upcoming year will probably not be reduced, reports Tooele Senator Karl C. Swan. He feels there will be a big debate over how it is allotted and the taxes used to raise that amount. Both Sen. Swan and Rep. Beverly White are con- cerned about the proposed budget changes in the tax structure. SWAN POINTS out that as people become more informed about the present tax structure, in the state, they will find any proposed changes much more complex than appears on the surface. Rep. White feels that the Republicans may have difficulty putting a tax package together even though they have majorities in both houses. She points out that they have a sufficient majority to even override a gov- ernors veto by one vote. SHE FEELS that the GOP majority in the 43id legislature will have to be very careful in what they do, for they can be as easily blamed for the failure of a new tax program, as to take credit for its success. Upwards of 20 tax reduction bills were placed in the hopper in the House of Representatives the first day. Rep. said that he Warren Wimmer personally placed six tax bills in the legislative mill for consideration this season. inRep. Jack Smith troduced a resolution Wednesday in the House as a memorial to Maurice War-shaMho recently passed away. REP. SMITH served for 10 years with Mr. Warshaw on the Governors committee for the handicapped and also in the Mental Retardation Association of Utah. The states budget is divided in the governors budget, with 30 cents out of w every dollar going to public education, 14 cents to higher education, 21 cents to social services, 14 cents to transportation, one cent for executive and judicial purposes, six cents for governmental operation, two cents for public safety, two cents for natural reources.s Business, labor and agriculture together get one cent; building one cent; debt sources one cent and all other state $20.00 per couple Reservations close Jan. 13 IT weapm. S..1 JAN. 20, 1979 KQSBi) g)ln)( He said he recovered seven of the eight slugs and they were sent to Alfred C. Johnson, a firearms expert with the Bureau of Alcohol, TuImicco and Firearms. WHEN ASKED if the nflmg matched those from a Meapm that Wood allegedly sold to a Seattle acquaintance, Johnson said his tests prosed inclusive. lloMever, the ballistic expert did say the slugs Imre similar markings and could have been fired from the same 1 b expenses two cents. FOUR CENTS out of the proposed budget would be used for tax relief, which Republicans disagree with the governors budget and particularly his proposed tax reduction. They claim that the biggest demand is for residential property tax relief. Sen. Swan points out that Tooele County depends on residential taxes for a greater proportion of the county tax revenue than other communities along the Wasatch Front. HE POINTS OUT that other counties outside the Wasatch Front, are in a similar situation, and any tax reduction on residential property would have to be made up in other ways. In less populated areas of the state, sales taxes do not bring in enough revenue for governmental operation. Even though the governor and others urge reduction in the food sales tax, some legislators have reservations about the plan. Sen. Glade Sowards says that on a busy summer weekend, 70,000 persons will crowd the Flaming Gorge recreation area, most of them from Colorado. THESE PEOPLE contribute a GHS DRAMA DEPT. PRESENTS: Wood d In this case, you are responded. to lie defending me, not prosecuting me. The direction you are going is making it difficult to proceed with the defense. ber weapon. of books. The other alternative is to have the city authority conveyed over to a new county housing authority. GREENLAND SAID that other areas in the state have failed in their attempts to get HUD to go along without city cooperation.If we get this through it will be a first, he pointed Zoning Changes WOOD CONFESSED to the crime after he was arrested in Los Angeles, and other evidence indicates he may have used the victims credit cards the murder. Ccnlefendant Joseph J. Johann pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbery and is expected to take the witness stand and testify against Wood. Wood claims he is innocent and was in deep depression when he signed the sentenced to life imprisonment and spared the death penalty. After the 12 memlier jury had lieen excused for the day, attorney Ruliert Van Sciver brought Wood liefore 3rd District Judge F.roest F. Baldwin and accused him of not cooperating with the We can keep the city housing authority and let it lie dormant. However this would necessitate keeping two sets change and said that in order to accommodate the earlier hour, the district would need 16 additional buses. He said that in outlying areas such as Vernon and St. John, lads would have to get up pretty early to get chores finished and make it to school City To Consider sider involves an agreement changeover among the various city governments giving the county jurisdiction to operate in city territories. that Utbanik told commissioners HUD is pushing to count ysize the housing authority as they prefer to deal with one entity. HE SAID SOME confusion has existed since the various organizations began working on the project several months ago as to what to do with the existing housing authority. He explained that the city has already entered into some contracts. r ' Utbanik said the county has two alternatives in creating the new district. heated argument between the defense attorney and his client ended the first day of testimony Wednesday in the murder trial of a man accused of shorting a Lutheran minister east of Wendover. WALTER JOSEPH Wood. 38. Quebec City, Quebec, has been charged with the murder of Rev. David E. Aasved, of Ft. Wayne, Ind. Aasved was found dead on June 10 near Knolls by Tooele County Sheriffs deputies and Utah Highway Patrol troopers. The minister had been shot eight times svith a small calilier weapon. Rev. Aasved, his wife, and their son were travelling to California when their vehicle ran out nf gas east of Wendover. The minister Mas last seen alive hitchhiking, after oMaining some gasoline. Grantsville High Auditorium, Jan. Tickets at the door Adults $100; Students $1.50 Children 75 IS and 20 size- able amount in sales tax revenue to the Uintah Basin area, he said. Sen. Karl Swan is now serving as minority whip in the Senate. This session there are ten demos in the Senate and 19 in the House. Swan serves on the executive committee and on the joint revenue and taxation committee this session. He also is a member of the standing committee for higher education and executive judicial budget committee which approves funds for the governor and other elected officials and the judiciary. TOOELE SECRETARIES Two Tooele County women are serving on the scretarial staff of the House of Representatives. Carolyn Palmer is serving as secretarial supervisor. She has 14 secretaries plus a public information officer and a minority party secretary on her staff. Lorraine Copeland of Grantsville is a new member of the secretarial staff who is serving as secretary for several house committees. Mrs. Palmer reports that her group handles all minutes, reports and house correspondence and prepares all drafts of house bills, except the final one. NEW LOOK Visitors to the Utah state legislature this year will find a new look in committee hearing rooms. Enlargement of the old committee rooms is now complete after spending $240,000 to double and triple the size of previous committee rooms. Sen. Sowards, who served last session as speaker of the House, was in charge of the renovation and points out that two years ago, the legislature passed the Sunshine Law that opened all legislative meetings, except caucases, to the public. SINCE THAT time existing committee rooms have been too small. The state fire code limited the number of people that could be accommodated under existing conditions. The new committee rooms are now located on the fourth floor as well as on the third floor of the capitol building. Those wishing to testify, also have a small table available so they can appear before the committees, separate from spectators. Folding, padded chairs further contribute to the comfort of hours- - long hearings. |
