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Show ISC mm news, Wednesday, January 29, 1975 i New hope lor WSC center If L&wE,Osf!a News education editor "Prospects far construction of fee special events center at Weber State C&liege looked brighter today than they did Tuesday during a long and complicated discussion by the State Board of Regents. The Regents accepted a lone bid of 7.7293 percent interest on $39 million Weber State College revenue bonds. Rut a legal spectre arose which clouds actual issuance of the bonds. .The successful bid was offered by John Nuveen & Co., Chicago and several associates including the First Security Bank of Utah. The legal problem actually was raised last Dec. 16 m a tdtter from State Auditor David S Monson to Attorney General Vernon B. Kuinney. He cited Section 5348-prohibiting use of state appropriated Funds to repay student housing bonds The WSC special event center bonds are guaranteed by revenue from the schools housing system. Monson, in effect, questioned whether ling-plann- 2 state appropriated funds were being used to subsidize fee housing If they were, th bead prospectus could be inaccurate end the bonds be rendered unsaleable. Regents Peter Billings and , Roy W. Simmons, who voted "r.o on the bonds, held there was at least a possibility Regents personally would have to stand good for bond payments They both emphasized none of us wants to delay the sale of the bonds. Billings said he voted no also to emphasize the need for prompt action by state officials and perhaps the But such a procedure would take two weeks, according to most optimistic estimates, and that would be too late. Construction bids on the $8 million project were opened several week ago with Construction Acord-Hr- ri Co. submitting the low bid. No contract could by issued until the funding was secure The construction firm extended the effective date of the bid for two weeks. The deadline is Friday (Jan. 31). It appeared Tuesday there was bo way out Gien R. Swenson, director of the State Building Board, said he would reouest an additional extension from the contractors. This mormsg he reported they had agreed, verbally, to hold the bid open for another 69 dav." The contractors said they would verify the offer in writing, Swenson said. Newman said his firm would proceed wife processing the bonds so ail possible time can be conserved. Both Swenson and Weber officials were optimistic the project's difficulties would be overcome Dixie College presides announces his retirement affair board, A new com- PLUMBING F.xtoret, 1.1009. Valves, ejwir Ports sta-dent- s, onus Regen H. Bruce SfId, who lives in St. til confer witwayne Whitehead, chairman d the Dixie Gtncd, immediately. 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And now, during this spectacular sale, save 50 off regular price on each and every roll you buy! , building ai e completed srviMHcr wmmm Welfare applicant seeks damages from aid staff A woman who was seeking her she did not have suffiwelfare assistance claims in cient documentation and inS civil complaint filed Tuesformation to complete an day that an employe of the assistance application. She Assistance Payments Ad- then asked how she could ministration of the Utah State obtain a subsidy and he Social Services Department, allegedly replied Why dont maliciously embarrassed you peddle dope or become a and upset her with his com- street walker. ments and conduct when she The woman asked about Applied for aid. the consequences if she was in a unable to 1 Janice L Longaker, gather the necesfuit filed in the Third District sary information before the Court, named as defendants deadline for February appliintake worker Larry Stetler, cations Stetler allegedly his supervisor Lyle Burgie, said, You will just have to gad Gus Panes, director of suffer or starve, she claims. fhs Assistance Payments AdDue to the emotional disministration, and Paul Rose, tress and physical suffering executive director for fee ss a result of the intentional Utah State Social Services conduct" of Stetler the comDepartment. plaint asks for $21,900 Stetler, she claimed, told H mages. , pi 2 GALLON Beautlfii walls with beautiful sa Inga! E&y application with aoa Other reasons she gate for delaying a decision are. ' not $ 9 wuitupiisi Opposition to locating a new state office building on Capitol Hill has been expressed by the Womens Council of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. In a letter to legislators, council president Mrs. Phylhs L. Steorts said legislative approval to locate the building on Capitol Hdl would be detrimental to both I Capitol Hill and Salt Lakes central business district. There has been no concrete master plan of the area ?and before any construction is undertaken the citizens of the locality must be protected against future haphazaid building and indiscreet road construction In fact, the council said, the master plan is so vague that the report that you will receive from the Capitol Hill ! Commission is merely an interim documentation I The Legislature should w ait until it can obtain more I statistics on the long range impact of constructing a new state office building on Capitol Hill, Mrs. Steorts said. a new j mmmrn report on the bodies, which showed the child was alive before its life came to an end. T raffic studies on the impact of s m S j ; t Women opposed to office location Area resident space m the area We1 Iflltfll JM: iSMu-m- f DO YOU NSID indudelhe Begentsexecutive committee, three members of thcolleges Institutional Couacsltthree facuifynembers, three aepresentativf fee alumni association and epresentatmpf the community. plaint charging a Provo man e murder in with' the death of his wife and baby The complaint charges Auwas filed in Provo City Court stin with intentionally and Tuesday afternoon. knowingly causing the death The complaint replaces one of Baby Boy Austin and of second-degre- e murder Catherine Duke Austin. filed earlier against Mark He was arraigned before Chandler Austin, 18, 438 N. 800 East, charging him with City Judge- - E. Patrick the death of his wife, McGuire. Ke waived prelimiCatherine Lorraine Duke Au- nary healing on advice of his attorney, M. Dale Jeffs, and stin, 16. was ordered to appear before , Provo Police Chief Swen 4th District Court for arraignNielsen said the new comment Friday at 9 a tn. No bail plaint was filed charging him was set since the new charge of both with the death the is a capital offense. He is pother and baby boy, whose being held in Provo City Jail. bodies were found Sunday at 12:40 p.m. in a woodeC area The bodies were found near the Provo River. Both after an unidentified caller were stabbed several times. notified the Provo AmbulNielsen said the new com- ance crew. They notified plaint was based on the state police and Austin was armedical examiners autopsy rested near the scene. first-degre- - , o creased grant of $112,590 & Draper, in Salt Laks County Sewer District One, for if sen interceptor sewer to Rives Jordan, South Draper, too, Bluffdale and Crescent? Hath said thcRegents would move quicklyto name a hreh committee for the schito!. commite, he said, likely will New charge filed in Provo deaths , : PROVO - The E& approved Agency ' around - Vironmental Protection k hi own nersonal convenience of fee ( WasliifsSW WASHINGTON v Iksaid he conkrrar.se Regents. Losee's letter of retirement was accepted ; the Regents, with appreciation" for his services. Although Losee did not specify a retirement date, George C. Hatch, Regents chairman, said the effective date would be June 30, 1976, according to the boards retirement policy. Losee said he was submitting his retirement early in order to give the board adequate time for consideration of a new Kenneth Newman, vice president for Burrows Smith Co., fiscal agent for the project, said he would have to advise the bond sellers and also the bond attorneys handling the project. 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