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Show DESERET NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY B TV Today Business Sports 3, 1974 Today in Aide makes i emphati defense of and use i u ic? s West 'Volley for Sight' at U. showers of t. cm 'n t deter the teams who volleyed on Uns, today to complete the first through the pi.ih.w.i timid of the fnird annual XoiieybaH Marathon being held at the Umversitv ot I tan he volley tor smht.' w.ii the goal of raising fur high; siartcii Thursday noon ami wiil continue with rotating teams and players unit! midnight Sunday. !f is euvpoii aired by the University Residence HalR ami Lions Club I S.v William u. Brufcn. director oi the Utah Community Affairs Department, defended emphatically the stale's new End use planning act Thursday miring the Clan Association os Counties convention. ihiii "The money will go to the University Eye Bank. Utah Library for the Blind and sight conservation clinics. said Betsy Bourne, marathon committee chairperson. A tax deductible check may U- made payable to U. of U. chapter Lions Club. and sent io Ballif Han. University of Utah. 64112, Loud politicians and university administrators helped students ;md lions Club members start the action at noon Thursday Present were Mayor Jake Garn: City Commissioner Steve Harmsen; Dr. Henry Van Dyk. associate professor of surgery and a founder of the eye bank; university business manager Eldon Cox: assistant business manager Harland Harris, and deans of student affairs Anthony Giianneiti: Bruce Lake and Ramona Adams. of the International Liuhn addressed about 250 county officials meeting at the Tn n Travelodge. 101 V. Residential tith land use bill has been under heavy attack and wnl be tne subject of a referendum this November. South. The Brutin said "Kitchen Aire" Irene Winters plays "horseshoe state's important watersheds and other areas of critical eon are protected, "were arn li'oairdv." otiicials will UC tested "as never before by tne debate raging about the oar.ty Doeaj Rollers toots on Ivs r.bfxhr.d kczco bill, Bruhri said. He cued Ltahs long history of land-usplanning, with Bngham Young ana other pioneers carefully planning towns and cities. 7 e v , ...s- bringing io a total of 16, were honored at the 1974 Utah Conference on Aging Thursday at the Terrace in Salt Lake City. More than 2.200 persons, of them colorfully many costumed and participating in and kitchen," harmonica other bands, attended. "Ii was the largest gather- mg of senior citizens m the h.'tnp of conferences and oilier gatherings in Utah.Niid Ginger WalmMr-yUtah Division of Aging, which along with the Rocky Mountain Gersponsored ontology Center, the event. ,e to "keep faith' with that pioneer past, and with future generations by preservIt is up to the present generation 3 more- senior citizens, good environment., he said. Davis County Commissioner Stanley M. Smoot, the first vice president cf the National Association of Counties, received the Utah groups award as Outstanding County Official for TITS," winning a plaque. - , The county officials were balloting today tor new officers. with the vote only a formality in most cases since there was only one candidate for a!! but two positions. from Dougherty County, Ga., and president of the National Association of Land use is an area of real Counties, told the group: He a said role must be played in such strong challenge." planning by local officials. Gil Barrett, a county commissioner The names of James A. Me.Murrin. 275 E. 2nd North. Logan. Mrs, Hilda Fauiker, V. and Claude Hurricane and just of St. George, were submitted minutes before the began to officials as nominees from their respecoutstandtive counties for to their ing" contributions counties and to the state. He railed that county governments the United Stales government, but duties of the counties have been changing rapidly, particularly in the last five years pre-dat- e Km The county G becoming more and more important in serving citizens. People now realize the federal government is just too big, Barrett said, and through the "New Federalism" program, the central government is turning over many responsibilities to local government The trouble is, he added, there is not enough additional money being delivered by federal agencies to pay for all the new services counties must provide. 7 McMurrin started the senior citizens program in Cache County about seven years ago. He is a former Utah State senator. LDS .Mission president and chaired the U. S. StiVbiLv!.S:x2 Thelma Chipman happily shoulders her washboard. Dialogue pits Owens vs. Holbrook Candidates debate issues on TV Tiie two Democratic candidates tor the Donald Holbrook and Rep, Senate shared the same forum on Wayne Owens civic- - Dialogue" Thursday night, but they were far apart on issues such as campaign financing and abortion. The two candidates debated as th weekly television program on KUED. Channel 7. continued if senes on Utah's congressional and senatorial races. "Dialogue'' is sponsored by the Deseret News and the University of Utah Division of Continuing Education Debate questions ranging from amnesty to impeachment were provided by a team ot Deseret News specialists, including Dexter C. Ellis, political editor; Arnold J. Irvine, business editor, and Joseph Bauman, environmental specialist. Rod Decker, staff writer, was moderator. Campaign financing sparked the hottest debate between the two contenders, with Owens fifavoring legislation providing for public Holbrook and a on basis calling nancing and of voluntary eoitiniwiton for a m expenditure limitations. 50-3- 0 n b G B Outlining (lie current public imanang plan to provide candidates with public funds on a halt ami half basis. Owens added, "in the end. we've got to have complete public financing.' He said public financing wouid protect auamst the influence of monied interests and take a step toward an objective Congress with members not in debt to special interests. It is difficult to defeat an incumbent, because candidates cannot get adequate money, he added When people put money into a campaign, d ought to be voluntary with some discretion He exon their part." Holbrook countered disclosure total a concept for pressed support with strict limitations on amounts contributed and spent, adding that the public financing bill failed to take into account incumbents' built-of staff, travel expenses and mail- advantages ing privileges. Narrowing the discussion to their owr. campaign financing. Holbrook answered an Owens 550 persons who challenge to disclose a list of have contributed less than 100 to his Senate campaign and issued his own challenge that Gwens disclose the amount cl public funds spent during his tenure in office, Owens said he has voluntarily done so ess bus asked Common Cause to audit his financial records, and Holbrook responded that anvbouv could look his books On the abortion issue. Owens said he fa- vors legislation to return to the states the right to determine abortion taws. However, , Holbrook pledged to vote to eliminate except when necessary to save the mothers life, adding that "the states' rights approach simply avoids the issue." The two also disagreed on the progress of the House Judiciary Committee investigating' possible impeachment of President Nixon, Holbrook charged that the committees current dispute over White House tapes is a side diversion and urged that committee members ought to start looking at the issues which brought this whole thing into focus. abortion-completely- Owens, a member of the Judiciary Committee, said the committee has been working on the matter for .six months now and needs the tapes to determine validity and study voice inflections. You don't know what's been done." told Holbrook. h Both supported conditional amnesty fn, draft evaders, and both decried the reduela of Lt. William Calif-ysentence. Owens sas Mrs. Faulkner taught school '?) years in Uintah County; is a member of the county council on aging and of the local Business and Professional Womens Club. Adams is director of the senior citizens program in SI George. He is also a retired school teacher, having taught in Farowan and Panguitch. He served as the first bishop of the Farowan Second Ward. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. Justis Stevens. 9. and ins wife, Mary, about 84, who reside at 1943 S. West Temple, were among the youngest" persons playing in bands at the conference. He plays the toothpicks and Mrs. Stevens rhylmicaily makes music with a large salad fork and spoon, said Amos V. Bronson, director of their Kitchen Aire Band from the Friendly Neighborhood Center Salt t ake City Bronson also served as master of ceremonies for the program. Enui Nyman, the award winner from Salt Lake County See PLAYING on Page B 4 Galley "should have served cut his period of time subject to parole as any other life senwhile Holbrook said the reduction tence, "presents to the world a rather callous attitude on the part of the United States towards the Mv Lai massacre. Fielding environmental questions. Holbrook called for more influence on federal agencies by elected representatives of the people, and Owens stressed the need tor balance between environmental and economic Nsues On the economy. Holbrook blamed current problems on "a mishmash of controls and mismanagement of the Nixon administration.' He outlined a program of no controls, tax reform, a balanced federal budget, responsible control of the interest rate and meeting the energy crisis. Owens said wage-pric- e controls have actuof the ally created shortages, with inflation increase being fed by food and fuel .shortages. He favored a lax cut. which he said iniiid actually increase federal revenue, but Holbrook said any tax rat .should be accompanied by tax revision. of red both vailed for stricter wifom-tueend antitrust laws and cited a desire to serve the public as the prime reason behind their canusdaev two-thir- Delays cramp UP&L plans, engineer says By Gordon Lliot White Deseret News Wosington Bureau WASHINGTON Officials of Utah Power & Light Company said here Thursday Utah possible electric ptm shortages in the next 10 years because agencies are "dragging their feet" on routine approvals of . and cm iron menial leases, - rights-of-way- John S. Anderson. UP&L vu-- president tor engineering and construction, spelled out. the utility's plans for the next decade to meet an. expected 270 permit increase m demand for power. The company invited members of Congress from its Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming service area, along with reporters from area newspapers and the regional press association representatives, to the briefing Anderson said the company's present, capacity is 1.490.609 kilowatts. Projected toad growth, including power for irrigation pumping. oil. and oil shale development will require capacity of 5.200.00(1 kilowatts within 10 veurs. he said. Thai wilt require conMrucUon of in addition to the Huntington Greek plant, now ready for rune 415 megawatt power plants UP&L President Alan Hunter said much ot the projected growth is inevitable . ., the result of the birthrate, while other increases would come from pumping for irrigation, and energy development. He rioted that mining, including phosphates for fertilizer, is increasing strongly in the three-stataiea. . Consumer alert confab The art of against Die fierce attack of inflation will be stressed at the second annual Consumer Alert conference Saturday at the Salt Palace. Hundreds of consumers from throughstate are expected at. the X a.m. registration, with the general session bwonmnu at ft: 30 a. ni. out the I D( C m ti GRANGER annual event is presenter) by the ci News ami the League of Utah n co p. ration with govern-educational instuu- e Presenting Some alert youngsters helped deputies In minutes after a holdup at 4023 U 4100 South, Thursday capture two robbery suspects Daw's hrifl-WaPharmacy y , . evening. Deputies said tire armed robbery occurred when a man walked into the pharmacy, pulled a .38 caliber revolver, took cash and drugs and then fled. Children outside saw a man run from the store and jump into a 1970 Chevrolet driven by a companion. The man ducked out of sight while the car sped away. The youngsters noted the car's license number and gave the number and u vehicle description io law officers. An alert was sent out, and lawmen stopped a car and arrested two men at 4659 S. 3855 Wes' Garn airs finances May or Jake Gam. an announced candiSenate, today disclosed his personal finances. ' 72 The mayor, who is seeking the Republican nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, placed his and Stis wife's net worth at $66,190. Earn said he and his wife Hazel have assets totaling 586,600 minus liabilities of $19,590. Sait Lake City date for the U S. The major asset is a residence at 1428 Laird Ave.- esti$45,000. A cabin in Wasatch County is worth about 812,000, and 40.1 acres of land in Cache Valley is worth $12,001), Garn said mated to be worth The liabilities include mortgages, contracts and open accounts. The mayor also released a summary of his gross income and income taxes paid since 1969. Garn said his income as a Salt Lake City commissioner and a member of the Utah Air National Guard was $17,965 in I960, $16,698 in 1970, $17,227 in 1971. The gross income jumped when Garn became mayor and he earned $22,708 in PJ7z and $23,926 in 1973, Income taxes paid by the Gams during the same f U.S. in program savings bund Cache County for many years. consumer defense infor Frank K Vm-Esther Peterson, former U S assistant secretary of labor; Robert Hansen, assistant Utah attorney general; Ernest Ramla, University of Utah asmation w iii be . s. sociate professor of economics, and Dr. Virginia Cutler, Brigham Young University professor emeritus. Interest areas will focus on such television maintetimely subjects nance and repair, wise use of energy, food labels, weights and measures, furniture. health care, money matters, clothing and helps for the consumer The SI registration fee includes a snack lutmh Anderson said the companys entire expansion schedule is being held up by federal officials. He said the Interior Department had already taken 30 months to prepare an environmental impact statement on the second unit planned for Huntington Creek. 11 months more than was required for the identical first unit. The Bureau of Reclamation released the draft environmental statement on the second It unit covers both the Thursday. generating unit and the transmission line to Sigurd, Sevier County, where there is a major power See UFA Lon Page I- Kids ' tip nabs pair 1 Inree Und-u.s- e ing !u Largest gathering of elderly 111 Mr. Smoot - J3Z the unless P Liv ing. 1971, five-yea- r period were $2,028 in 1969. $1,754 in 1970, $1,879 in the $3,183 in 1972, and $3,456 in 1973 To take polygraph test A college student who said he saw a man beaten by three policemen April 25 was scheduled to take a lie detector test today at tl'.e Metropolitan Hall of Justice. Sait Lake Police Lt. N.K. Johnson, investigating the alleged beating of Lynell Parmer, 21. a transient, said the student is one of 11 persons who witnessed the event. All ot them could be given polygraph tests. Johnson said Donald R. Hanks. Kenneth L. Haiterman Doit Schow, Hu- policemen involved, may be asked to take the Uc--t next week .ii.-.- i b More audits at airport busy team of internal and externa! auditors is continuing to check the finances of 24 concessions at the Salt Lake International Airport, Assistant City Auditor Law fence Posselli said today. He said the completion of the audit of the parking lot oficration at the airport was just one phase of an annual audit of all city operations. The audit of the other concessions has thus far turned up "no problems, Posseib said. The auditors try to review ail city departments at least once a vear, Posselli added. Officer back on duty DENVER (UP!) Denver Police Chief Art Dill says an officer who held his wife hostage at gunpoint for more than 19 hours is back on desk duty pending results of a psychiatric examination Sgt. James Sipos. 41, has been returned to work in the identification bureau for a period of eight to 10 weeks. At the end of that period, a psychiatrist will determine if he is fit to return to patrol duty. The officer was hospitalized for 3u days at Bethesda Hospital following the March 22 incident at a ski lodge near Salt Lake City. A psychiatrist who examined him after bis release said Sipos could go to work, but without a weapon. Gripe? Call Ombudsman Does the Deseret News need more coverage ot zoning? Less about politics? Or more':' Do you feel the paper is failing to cover an important issue' Give your questions, comments and complaints to the Ombudsman. or write. Ombudsman. Deseret News. Box 1257. Salt Lake City. Utah. 841HI thor-ougiii- fC'- !S |