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Show 14 B DESERET October NEWS, Thursday, 2, --WO nammiiier southeast Salt Lake County scene of a multiple murder-suicid- e By ROBERT MULLLNS Deseret Staff News Writer A public dispute that erupted Tuesday on the doorstep of scene will a murder-suicid- e Salt Lake the mediated be by County Attorneys Office, it was decided Wednesday. Parties to the debate are the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office and the Utah Medh I Examiners Office and the point at issue is access by the medical examintr to physical evidence in a crime. The argument has periodically flared for three years and' broke out again Tuesday when Reed Harmon, an investigator from the examiners office, arrived at the in White City. The sheriffs office believes Curtis B. Eskelstn shot his wife and three daughters with a 22 caliber pistol, then turned the weapon on himself. Hannon was denied admittance to the home by the sheriffs office on the grounds that his assistance had not I sen requested. Dr. James Weston, state medical examiner, contended that in order to peifoirn the duties of his office, and aced with the responsibility of determining the cause of death, physical evidence must be examined at the scene of a crime. which could possibly result in future pollution. As for the fly ash and sulfur dioxide, Alexander said power plant officials had been working closely with national and Utah air pollution officials tO' avoid doing anything which would either adversely affect health or esthetic values of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. 2 MILLION VISITORS than The area had more 750,000 vsitors last year, ac- cording to National Park Service figures. Grand Canyon, 48 miles from the plant site, had over two million visitors. Alexander said air monitoring stations would be installed in the Glen and Grand Canyon areas to measure any emissions. National Air Pollution Con- trol Administration officials said uncontrolled particulates and sulfur dioxide from the plant would create a deplorable situation, but that steps B-- l 'ss'39j$assr! that Utah law permits only the county attorney or county physician to order an autopsy. Weston said his office is equipped and trained to make investigations. He said his investigators have had no trouble with agencies other than the sheriff's office in conducting investiga Reissued Unless all physical evidence is present, including clothing of the victim, determination of the cause of death may be difficult in some cases, Weston noted. Raymond A. Jackson, Utah Public Safety Commissioner, who attended the meeting, said no wou 1 provide Gov. Calvin L. Hampton with a full report of proceedings. miles of distribution line, transof 114 11 miles mission line and four substations. He said this, plus extensive improvements to existing facilities, would assure an adequate supply of power for the c c o p s 6,600 consumer-member- s in Duchesne, Uintah and Daggett counties in Utah, and Moffatt and Rio Blanco counties in Colorado. He announced that the rural FHA will fund the following seven new water and sewer systems wnen preparaions to begin construction are 'com- loan. -- plete: My ton water system, Duchesne County approved fcr a $300,000 loan and $354,000 grant i'rom the Farmers Home Administration. View water apsystem, Weber County proved for a $155,000 loan. are being taken to prevent any Pleasant appreciable deterioration. Fly ash, or particulaies, have been a concern, since 22,900 G u n 1 o c k water system, tons of coal will be burned per apCounty Washington day. proved for a $38,500 loan and Grant S. Winn, Utah Air $38,500 grant Conservation Committee execDelta City sewage disposal utive director, said that air MiUard County apsystem, pollution must be expected proved for a $190,000 loan. time you produce power any water Hatch Farmstead from fossil fuels, but that the system, Garfield County best controls known to modern technology are going into approved for $15,600 in financbetween ing, equally the plant. loan and grant. While the contract allows Bear River water system, considerable time to install sulfur dioxide controls, Winn sa i Utah has pushed for control just as soon as techniDIES cally possible. Plant officials also outlined An elderly Salt Lake man steps Wednesday which are being taken to locate their died at LDS Hospital about water pumping station away 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, some from the edge of Lake Powell. five hours after he was stiuck It will not be visible to recby a truck near his home. reational users of the lake, John Albert Griffen, 86, 179 officials said. Construction of the plant E. 2nd South, suffered multibegan last spring, and the ple fractures and bruises when he was hit by a truck as first of three 770,000 kilowatt generating units is slated to it backed out of a pirking stall. begin commercial operation next June. Investigating Officer C. A. Clifford M. Hardin . . . tells of grants Box Elder County approved for a $157,500 grant, and scheduled also for a $147,500 loan when additional funds become available to the agency. Fillmore City water system. Millard County approved for a $201,200 grant, and scheduled for a $226,200 loan when funds are available. Hardin said six other projects in Utah funded by the Farmers Home Administra-tii- n during 1970 and put into constructcon include: Morgan City sewer system, a $319,830 Morgan County loan and $135,400 grant. Draper water system, Salt OF INJURIES Timmerman said the victim was going west on 2nd South about noon and walked into the street behind several parked vehicles. He was struck by the backing truck driven by Fred 51, 1019 Euclid Ave., Timmerman said. The death raised the states traffic toll to 262 for the year, the same figure as last year at this time. Eureka City water system, a $90,000 loan. Juab County At the Brigham appearance in Box Elder High School Burton charged that due to the weird perf orman.. j of the we have no U.S. Senate, farm bill and we dont know really if we will get one in the lame duck session after the elections. He said this uncertainty will cost an estimated $100 million which the farmers will bear new but which ultimately must be borne by the American consumers. The congressman said the Omnibus Farm Bill of 1970 was an effort to shore up the economy. I do not consider it the best of all possible bills. But reality dictates that it was the best bill possible. Traffic Offenders Face A Computer Continued from Page B-- 1 Continued from Page can meet medical standards. Hearing Examiner Henry F. Martin Jr., of the National Transportation Salety Board, has ruled. The license of Leland T. Everett, 42, was revoked by Federal Aviation Administration Chief John II. Shaffer in an emergency order following the crash cf a Martin 404 in which 31 persons were killed, State including 14 Wichita University football players. John Taylor, 21, of Sherman, Texas, was the latest victim of the crash. He died Wednesday. A reserve corner-bac- k on the Wichita train, Taylor was burned over 85 percent of his body. Everett was the pilot of a Martin 404 which carried the rest of the football team ar.d coaches without incident to Logan, Utah, where Wichita State was to play Utah State the following day. His license was revoked on grounds he lacked a valid medical certificate. Hearing Examiner Martin modified the order Wednesday, but ruled Everett must meet FAA medical standards before he can fly again. tions. Cify Opposed To Gateway B-- formation on the scene before making an arrest, he said. The system is replacing the old Suspension and Revocawhich were tion Listings published quarterly and sent to law enforcement officials in the state. 1 : Extensive changes should only be tolerated within the framework of a constitutional convention duly convened. the statement said, . . . l ment would permit hidden changes in existing constitutional p.ovisions without public awareness. said. This effect would occui despite the voters previously rejecting massive changes to the Constitution by turning down a constitutional convenn tion proposal in 1966, the reso-luto- added. The new proposal is just like saying to the voters, 'You didn't know what was best for you, so a small select group should think for you and decide it in place of you, City Atty. Jack L. Crellin said. 2 Brothers Charged In Lumber Burglary MURRAY Second degree were signed Wednesday against two brothers following an early morning burglary at Akron Lumber Co., 4850 S. Box Elder St. (35 West). Named in the complaints, signed by Murray Police Detective Paul Forbes before Salt Lake City Judge Maurice D. Jones, were Parley Bird, 28, 1611 W. Rus-seAve. (2790 South), and Larry Darwin Bird, 33, 4675 S. 1775 West. Bail was set at $1,500 each. The younger brother was listed in serious condition today in Cottonwood Hospital where he is being treated for a gunshot wound in the left complaints burglary tt leg received when officers responded to an alarm at the lumber yard. Larry Darwin Bird was booked in Salt Lake County jail. Safe Drive Rally OGDEN The Exploring and Ensign Committee, Lake Bonneville Council Boy Scouts announces the of America 1970 Exploring Grand National Safe Driving Road Rally Nov. 21. teams must be registered ar.d their applications turned into the office of All post Exploring, Lake Bonneville Council B.S.A. Ogden, Utah, not later than Oct. 30. Shipment Rights Of Wycoff Upheld By Utah Supreme Court The State Supreme Court afternoon upheld an order of the State Public Service Commission granting authority to Wycoff Co. to carry express shipments to most areas of the state. Lake Shore Motor Coach Wednesday Inc., Greyhound Line: Continental Trailways Bus System Inc., American Bus Lines Inc., Denver-Sal- t Stages Inc., and Armored Motor Service had protested the grant of authoriLines Inc., Lake-Pacif- ic ty. Wycoff obtained a certificate in 1958 permiting it to carry shipments of 100 pounds or less to all points and places except between Salt Lake City and Ogden, Park City, Bingr. ham Canyon, Tooele and After lengthy public hearcommission removed the ings the limitation of 500 pounds of express per schedule. It retained the maximum of 100 pounds per shipper. This was a reasonable demarcation between freight and express shipments. PSC held. A limitation barred Wycoff from carrying more than 500 pounds of express items on a Schedules single schedule. also were required to coincide with movements of Salt Lake City daily newspapers and the U.S. mail. unanimous opinion, held that removal of the restrictions as to total weight of shipments. CrritoHai restrictions except as noted and restrictions tn scheduling was in the public interest. The commission denied Wycoff authority to operate between Salt Lake City and Park City, Tooele, Grantsville and Wendover. Justice R. L. Tuekett, in the VOTE Wen-dove- l .1 ' OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -The flying license of a pilot who flew the sister ship of a plane that crashed in Colorado Oct. 2 will be reissued if he Lcke County $577,000 in loan financing. Manila Town water system, Daggett County (now in opera $160,000 loan and ation) $33,000 grant. Paragonah water system, an $80,000 loan Iron County and $35,000 grant. Kamas Town sewer system. a $160,000 Summit County REA loan to Moon Lake cooperative would be used to build Power Plant Water To Bypass Powell l Weston said at tiie meeting that an opinion from the Utah Attorney Generals Office, issued last April, gives his office authority to visit the scene of a crime and examine physical evidence. Sawaya and Halgren both noted that according to Utah At the meeting Wednesday, law, this opinion would apLeon A. Halgren, chief deputy pear to be in conflict with the Salt Lake County Attorney, of- Utah Code which states that fered to use his offices serthe county attorney and shervices to mediate the dispute. iffs office are responsible for Halgren said his staff will investigations at a crime research the state and county scene. Both men challenged the at-- t statutes outlining the authorio of r n e y general s opinion, the medical examiner, ty the sheriffs office, and the which appears to give blanket county attorney so as to reauthority to the medical educe to writing procedures to xaminer in performing be followed. autopsies. Halgren observed After Capt. N. D. Hayward, detective division commander in the sheriffs office, conferred with Donald Sawaya, chief criminal deputy, Salt Lake County Attorneys Office, a meeting was planned to attempt to clarify the medical examiner's authority. Continued from Page City, Utah 84110. B-- ispyfte Announced By Secy. Hardin 28 Christmas is two months away, but the time is now to enter the Deseret News Christmas I Remember Best contest. Jt is a chance to share precious memories of a Christmas with others. And it may mean ?25 spending money for this Cnristmas! Whatever Christmas season or incident is recalled, tell it in about 700 words or less. Judging will not be ba cd on literary achievement, but on interest and thought. All entries must be true and relate a personal experience. Deadline for entries is Nov. 28 and five winning articles will be selected. The first will be published Dec. 19 and then each day until Christmas Eve. Share your most memorable Christmas experience with others. Write it now and send to Christmas I Remember Best, Deseret News, P.O. Box 1257, Salt Lake Continued from Page In Moon Lake Electric Loan CHRISTMAS STORY ENTRIES DUE NOV. Hi Fly Permit May Be MITSUNAGA DISTRICT JUDGE Le-Por- e, Drunken Driver IHlazordlous Continued from Page B-- l maximinimum to mum jail term. The license revocation law h is been on the books since 1937, a law which the heavy traffic state of California does rot have. Sweden, on the other hand, has attained good results with a mandatory five-yelicense revocation for drunken driving. Utah has computerized its driver license records, it has updated its laws to meet or h exceed new national stan- dards and the Highway Patiol has received recognition as an efficient and effective organization. Yet loopholes still permit drunks to drive and take lives. We are too lenient in our said one justice of courts, the peace from eastern Utah. I'm sure we could cut drunken driving if we were more strict within the law. Statistics back him up. Dorius said jail terms are rare. Sentences are pronounced in all cases according to law, but nine out of 10 are suspended or reduced to a few days upon payment of a fine. FAVORS JAIL The average fine for drunken' driving is $175, with many justices giving no fine and a few imposing maximums of $250, Dorius said. central Utah JP said, I really dont think the fine helps. I fine a man $100 to $200 and he reaches in his pocket, pulls out the money and goes out smiling. But if I give him 10 to 15 days in jail, A A his chin drops to his chest and he does some thinking before risking another offense. The justice said he has received instructions from the governors office to increase fines but said, I dont agree. I doubt that a heavier fine will help much. Lt. Col. Roy Helm, assistant superintendent of the Utah Highway Patrol, said we have had the same fine on the books for 15 to 20 years but We continue. infractions have updated our law but we havent applied it, he com- mented. EASY TU PAY Another JP interviewed by the Deseret News said many make good money people nowadays and inflationary trends make it easy for a drunken driver to pay fines which were set years ago. Moreover, hardly anyone imposes the maximum, he said. Another JP who requested his name not be used said judges are not unified in penalties. I usually impose a heavy fine, while an associate in the city just about pays the fine for the offender. Drunk drivers who know this request a change of venue so they can get off easy. REPEATER PENALTY This justice thinks the law should provide for mandatory jail sentences for multiple offenders without provisions for suspension. This would help unify penalties and take pressure off judges for suspension, he commented. A Highway Patrol trooper from Utah County who said it is frustrating to arrest a man on charges of drunken driving and then see him driving the streets a month later called for application of stricter penalties under existing laws so that an offender will think twice before driving again while intoxicated. JUDGES RELUCTANT Most judges are reluctant to put a man in jail because he will lose his job and cause a hardship on his family. tire trooper said. The trouble is, most guys who get in this kind of trouble dont care about their families anyway and they are a definite threat to the safety of other families. Judges who use jail terms as penalties sometimes sen fence a man to serve on week ends so he wont lose his job Dorius said the Driver License Division automatically revokes for one year the license of anyone reported guilty of drunken driving but many violators keep their li censes because their convictions are not reported. REPORTS REQUIRED records shows 38 of the more than 170 justices of the peace in Utah had not reported any convictions as cf A check of this year. State law requires these reports to be made within 10 days of con- May viction. Even when reported, it is a problem to keep revoked drivers off the roads, he noted. If a man is caught driving while is the revoked, penalty for extended automatically one more year. Some have seven or eight years to go before they can apply for another license and yet they defy the law and drive. The Driver License Division can only revoke licenses. The judges and justices are the ones who must impose penalties to keep multiple offenders off the highways. But again, a multiple offender may appear as a first timer and thus get a minimum fine if he is arrested m he has not an area been before. All we can do is take a mans word for his past record, a Carbon County jus- tice said. The Driver License Division recently corrected this weak spot by providing computerized information on drivers past convictions. LAWS ADEQUATE Any judge or justice in the state can obtain that information 24 hours a day by contacting the sheriff or area Highway Patrol officer who in turn can radio to Salt Lake City. The information is usually returned in minutes, Dorius said. With this modern system, no judge or justice needs to convict a man without knowledge of his prior record, provided former convictions have been reported to the state, he explained. 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