Show The Army Reserve Center maintenance shop and parking compound will move to a new location on 14th North to make way for an addition to the Fine Arts Center in connection with Phase II of the center’s building property The proposal for the FAC addition will now go to the State Board of The Institutional Council Saturday approved the construction of a visual Higher Education for final approval In other action the business committee reported that the Internal Auditor had completed an audit on the university’s investment program over a three-yea- r period Dee A Broadbent committee chairman said “deviations and false reports” had occurred all during the three years arts center which will include photography painting and sculpture to be added to the north side of the FAC The Business Affairs Committee reported that addition will project into property now leased on a long-terbasis to the Army The Army has used the property as a parking compund for military vehicles and as a mainm Donald The council also granted authorization to award a contract to the lowest bidder for construction of the Nutrition and Food Science Building at USU Bids will be opened Catron former investment manager will go on trial tenance center A charged with Volume 71 Number 2 13 felony counts Sept 26 Oct 3 Utah State University Logan Utah September 26 1973 states enact shield laws From the AP Log Six states have enacted laws this year to protect reporter’s confidential sources bringing to 25 the list of states with such laws Similar bills generally known as shield Iws are still being considered several by legislatures But in most of the 50 states lawmakers have rejected measures to establish such laws or to broaden laws already in effect as legislators and journalists continue to debate the issues involved On the federal level the House Judiciary Committee is expected n to consider a measure which has been approved by a subcommittee A survey by the AP Log conducted with the help of AP limited-protectio- bureaus across the country shows that providing absolute protection for journalists have been enacted falsification of reports Broadbent who announced during the summer that he would resign as vice president for business affairs as soon as a replacement could be found also reported on the current status of the university’s investment program He said the total realized loss of investment monies to date is $590386 The university still holds a total of $4043683 in securitites storage compound on 14th North The main training center will remain on the program Six and 27 He is charged with mismanagement of funds and Parking and one building the repair center will be relocated to a site east of the university’s motor pool and this year in Nebraska and Oregon Somewhat similar measures assuring limited confidentiality were put into the laws of Delaware Minnesota North Dakota and Tennessee States where final legislative action is pending include Ohio Kansas and Wisconsin The newest shield law took effect in Nebraska this month It provides that no person engaged in obtaining gathering writing or disseminating news can be required to disclose the source of published or unpublished information On the national front Rep Robert W Kastenmeier now plans to report to the House Judiciary Committee this month D-W- is a bill that would provide absolute protection to reporters before grand juries or other vestigative bodies and in all proceedings al But under certain circumstances reporters could be compelled during a trial to testify provide any protection against revealing sources’’ Finnegan inpre-tri- First Amendment does not broad about their told his APME colleagues "You can’t rely on the First Amend- ment” The Nebraska law had been signed by Gov J James Exon sources The proposed law would apply to state as well as federal court proceedings but any state laws after assurance that sponsors would offer amendments to exclude school papers underground newspapers pam- reporters would take precedence Kastenmeier chairman of a House subcommittee that approved the bill three months ago has been sounding out press radio and television views He said he found indications of a news media shift to a position of general willingness to support the measure However the issue remains controversial among journalists John R Finnegan executive editor of the St Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch and chairman of the APME Freedom of and requiring that reporters affecting more protection to Information Committee sum- marized the situation for the APME Executive Committee at a meeting in New York this week He quoted George Nehrbas managing editor of the Allentown Morning Call and FOI director for the Philadelphia AP region that many editors and managing editors are having second thoughts about the desirability and feasibility of shield legislation at the federal level Nehrbas reported a feeling that shield laws are not the answer to the problem and "We’d do better to rely on the First Amendment” "Unfortunately as some other editors have observed the US Supreme Court has said that the Is phleteers and book publishers testify in some cases to violent The crimes they witness amendments expired in committee and the original bill is in force Delaware’s legislature enacted into law the privilege measure drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform Laws Its intent is to allow reporters an unequalified privilege to refuse to name sources in any judicial or investigative proceeding But they can be required to discuss the scope and content of a d story--beyon- what was in print-- - in the two newest states: Hawaii has no shield law and proposals failed to get out of committee this year Alaska has a law which precludes disclosure but it can be of sources challenged in Supreme Court of Superior Court if failure to testify would be "contrary to public interest” or might infringe on the right of fair trial Massachusetts with no shield law saw at least six different bills killed by the legislature Proposals died this year before legislatures in North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Utah States having absolute shield laws are: Alabama Arizona California Indiana Kentucky Maryland Michigan Montana Nebraska Nevada New York In Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Qualified laws are in effect in Delaware Minnesota Illinois Michigan New Jersey New Mexico North Dakota Rhode Island and Tennessee judicial proceedings Shield laws have long been on the lawbooks of some states among them Montana where the of 1943 reporter’s Confidencfi-Ac- t protects broadcast reporters from being forced to disclose "the source of any information” And this year the Montana Legislature passed a separate measure to place journalists and their sources in the same privileged category of doctor-patien- t husband-wif- lawyer-cliene and t priest con- fessor relationships The result: Montana now has two shield laws both considered your life too 7’y another STUDENT LIFE needs you Call us at ext 7435 or drop in UC 315 -- has Riggs Bobby scrapped plans to leap from the London Bridge this week because the water is too shallow his publicity agent said Monday Larry Lawrie said Riggs decided against the jump after finding out water under the bridge was only six feet had Riggs deep promised to jump off a bridge if he lost his tennis match with Billie Jean King last week in Houston He lost 6-- 4 6-- 3 6-- 3 Riggs reportedly is looking for a bridge with more water under it Engery conservation urged in community and newspaper Arkansas Alaska LOS ANGELES AP Utah State students and faculty Koin- - asked help conserve energy fuels according to val Peterson director of the USU Physicai plant dentmenl With 0j university ad a“?inistration and ministrative council Peterson announced that the university community will be asked to make efforts to conserve energy by Cutting heating and cooling in unoccupied space Lower thermostat settings Stop excessive air leakages around windows and doors Install or add insulation to help cut down losses Maintain heating cooling power and process u v wwtAig to sunrt te equipment in top operating condition Reduce ventilating air quantities Utilize waste heat Cut back some lighting levels Install more photocell switches and time clocks to control lighting Check electrical systems power factor v Ha bctu aevices to correct to acceptable levels Turn out lights whenever possible Studies have shown it is economically sound to turn off office and classroom lights whenever the off period will exceed 15 minutes Close buildings and turn out lights as early in the evening as possible Peterson said the effort is undertaken in response to a request from the Secretary of Commerce that industry and other large users do all possible to help relieve the shortage problem |