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Show 2 !&& " ncrftrt wnfcj rv44 - -- f hikfrt v, tvn fV"iJ Jf i J xSwW . S?C g&grt'-- xsasr assess ..I 'f i,i - ffjf Deputy faces trial for false statement Citizen unit ges li iqucr job Nepotism ri 3 9b Salt Lake County Deputy Sheriff Jerr, L. Townsend wall stand trial June 4 in City Court on a KliodemeallOi complaint of making a false vvnUen statement City Judge Robert C. Gib son scheduled the trial, stemming from an Oct. 31. 1974, incident involving the killing 1 By Rger Pusey Deseret News staff writer Charges of nepotism and ijnfair treatment wnre ievied acqsinrt Utah liquor a Pences todav during a meeting of the Citizens Counei! on Ijquor Control The charges wnre answered and challenge! by several officials of those liquor agencies, Kyle B Sorensen s munril member, cited what he called nepotism in the hiring of Haroe) Thomas to work m a Provo liquor store far, all have turned it down because of the salary, Mrs Thomas said. In another issue, complaints and were exchanged between Roberts F. Carver, director cu the Liquor Law Enforcement Division, and Brian A. Adamson, a former officer of the division Adamson said he doesnt feel Carver is qualified to head the division and said he left in November 1973, after 11 months with the agency, because he felt it was poorly nm He said he wa.nt allowed to attend briefings, wasnt allowed to work with J other officers and was given make-wor- n checking bor licenses in taverns. counter-complain- pro-jwt- Thomas is a son of Mrs, Norma Giles Thomas, a member of the Utah Liquor Control Commission who.,,-- term r,f office expiresTuesday. Mrs. Thomas, when contacted hv the Deseret News, said her son has filed an application for a job as a stoekbuy in the Provo store, but has not yet been hired. Her son thought he would apply, as long as shewas leaving her commission post, she saiA. Townsend also will be arraigned in Third District Court June 9 on iv" counts of tampering with a witness m the same case. fo JT Flood protection efforts progress Continued from B- -l family has had s problem w ith flooding 'Weve lived m this location for alnut 3d years and have never had any problem with tlooo damage until Die golf course wa.--, metalled last year, she J--i m a phone call to the Deseret News Mudslide potential has also been repotted on I SO .x.:u Echo Reservoir The Utah Highway Department has sent a three-ma- n aigmeenng team to monitor the area Sandbags are available from the Office of Emergen-c- v Services and the Utah National Guard could be to problems areas if necessary, n was announced. Sandbags should be unit only around doors and window wells, said Byron Parker, dim mr of the Salt Lake County Flood Control Department. Householders rut pi ovrr basement drains to prevent sewage backup According to health officials, homeowners in Rood areas should remove grills on tloOf arums Unu pai.ri tar drainpipe Dghdy with rags to keep water lines from backing up. Toilet waler pipes ud the small overflow pi.oe in the toilet reservoir should be plugged with rags. All other drams m the home should plugged with rags or wooden plugs. FTr during hags and awl are available at six county fire stations. Salt take City, South Sait Lake City, Murray and the County Highway Locations of the stations 3612 Jupiter are. flivmpus, Dr. Holla-day- 8!vdL day 4625 S. , ; Union, Drarer. m Hdla?: t: E. 12400 South, Kearns, 4444 W. 54j5a South and tip; headtiuarters 1 stauon. 3700 S.Mam. filled a be must 'The bags the stations and hauled sway, Check s Paris, Salt Lake County Fire Chief said. Pans said federal flood insurance is also available to 'uomeowners and bu.smes.-vethrough most of Utahs insurance agents. . s Adamson said W tnomibt he !; treatment because he reported a situation in which some liquor was missing from an ev idetice foom arver replied that Adamson couldn't lie sent into clubs and taverns in the Salt Lake area because lie was too well known. He claimed the former officer spent too mu-l- Some 2n young men have implied and hei n interviewed fol the job at till sfoir, but so ts 4 t hmp i in nlaccs where he wasnt he ,rnt state funds for and faded to make auesls. suniiosed ir Ur MICROWAVE OVEN MICROWAVE OVEN Main St. ruling Continued from BSince over one-hamake no protest, these plaintiffs cannot pi event the wuik because they feel it will not benefit them individually. Sen. Jake Garn, who, as Salt Lake City mayor, spearheaded the improvements, expressed gratification that the city had been upheld I felt that the City Commission followed state statutes all along, he said. If we hadn't thought so we wouldnt have proceeded with the prefect He said the split decision did not disturb him. ''Youll have dissent in everything,' ne added. Since the court challenge stymied issuance of bonds, the ciy has been financing the project from its out) funds Sait Lake City is obligated to pay for $676, 000 of the $2 62 million total cost, but actually has gone almost $2U0,0(0 beyond that, using interim tax warrants. City Finance Commissioner Jennings Phillips Jr said bonds can now be issued to cover the cost of the work, and to pay back the city for its expenditures beyond its share. The successful contractor. Gibbons and Reed, agreed to go ahead on the strength of the citys promts1 to its -l Furniture for recorder MICROWAVE OVEN II lf k1 .v p-- .shut e. in order to keep const ruction , However, the city was compelled to go beyond that, while progressing aw aiting the high courts decision. Robert Schubach, who with his brother. Richard, opposed the project and filed the lawsuit, said. So be it. If thats the way it is, then downtown merchants should get a it and make the best of it. We feel that whats done is done and we should get behind the project Hie Sait Lake County Commission has approved purchase of $3,208 worth of new off.ee furniture for County Recorder Katie L, D'xon. The purchase includes a sofa, a $205 coffee table, two end tables at $340, eight chairs at 164 each and $430 worth of paneled doors. $020 County Purchasing Agent W.T. South said the furniture from will he purchased Learning Furniture Co , Salt Lake City, which gave the low bid. Mrs. Dixon said the furniture, some of which will replace a couch and chair heu'-b- t by her predecessor m 1974, is expensive, but will last 100 years. i m h j j To spend $7 million to renovate the building and ignore die inside is ridiculous,' said Mrs. Dixon Student's trial w Liquor aide named Centiniiod from ! sioner to become director of the states liquor operation. Durbano and Corkey both were appointed under a new procedure mandated by the 1975 Utah Legislature which is intended to rule out partisan political considerations in Liquor Commission appointments. Under this procedure. Gov. Calvin L. Hampton was handed a list of three names m each case from which to make the appointments. The nominations were made by a bipartisan nominating hoard, created by Senate Bill 83. Durbano is president and R-- general manager of Durhano Metals, of Ogden, a scrap metal operation serving Northern Utah. Until recently, he was vice president and part owner of A. & K. Railroad Matenais, Inc., Clearfield. and has had previous business connections the Freeport Center m Davis County. A private pilot, he served as tower chief at Ogden Municipal Airport and received an award from the Federal Aviation Agency for rescue of two downed fliers. He has served in a number of fraternal and civic posit ions. eluding chairman of the Ogden Municipal Airport Advisory Board. opens Tuesday Trial for a Brighton High School student charged with assaulting a teacher moke has been set for Tuesday at 1 p m Justice of the Peace Warren D Cole said Scott Sorenson, (GS30 18, 2492 Sundown Ave. .South', appeared before him Wednesday afternoon and pleaded not guilty to the assault charge. Richard teacher, McAllister, the signed a complaint against Sorenson after an April 13 an altercation at Brighton High School in which the teacher's thumb's were broken. The student has been suspended from school until court action is conwletsd. Auto laws to take effect Continued from f licenses expire B-- l Under present law, they cannot renew extra margin of safety by gi ing a following driver more precise information on what the their licenses earlier than six months before driver ahead is doing they expire. The new law waives this rule m The bills sponsor. Bon. Richard O. Howe, cases win rc the appheant can prove he will he absent from the state during the , said the legislation was passed at - of two Oregon manufacturers who wish to market their product m Utah. The law is effective July 1, HBoti, The antique auto bill, defines a horseless carriage as one 30 years old instead of 35 years as at present. Thus a v chide as late as vintage qualifies for a the request 19-1- license plate at $12 50 which entitles it to limited highw ay use. SB37 gives cities or counties autlonty, after conferring with school boards, to adopt rules and regulations for control of vehicle traffic and parking upon school property. Copies of the rules would be given to each student and faculty membei at the beginning of the school year, and the regulations would be enforced by police officers, rattier than by school officials. The new system presumably will be placed in effect for the 1976 si hoo! year. No Fault insurThe states ance law is changed in two respects by SB45. The requirement that drivers miist have with them proof of insurance coverage has been bill, taken out of .Vi.vo deleted is a provision which listed motorcycle drivers and passengers as Tills allowed motorcyclists, pedestrians. in the No Fault If w and who are not mdud-'-thus pay no premiums, to be recompensed for injuries caused by automobile drivers. They will now' have to carry their own death and injury protection if they wish a. as a . jnotl?r bdi. HB15, ts conventetjce to missionaries and servicemen will be out of the state when their driver one-tim- e period HB16 reduces from 17 to 16 the minimum with a vaiid age at which a driver license from another state may operate a motor v chide m Utah. Another new law is HB203 which causes the registration dale and inspection date of certain passenger vehicles to coincide. This is mandatory only for passenger vehicles which are registered for the first time after July I. Application of the law would thus be limited to new cars sold after that date and to used cars brought into Utah from another state and registered for the first ume in Utah. Owners of previously registered cars are not affected, but they can voluntarily cause their inspection sticker to coincide with their registration date. SB244, another new law. makes several changes in the State Traffic Code, mostly ri'folati'eis clarifying There are a few new provisions. O.c pLc s the resporsibilitv upon the property owner to remove any tree, piani, shrub cr other obstruction constituting a (.traffic hazard. The property owner has 19 days to remedy anazardous obstruction after being notified by the State Highway Department or any local auihonty that one mwl exists on his property. ixdcu a ay s oeiay alter tmu constitutes a punishable by a $50 fine. repai ae This law takes effect May 13. 916 Ss. Mam In Saif Lake City 1020 lest 21st So. la Sugar H Rr.ggasii a 4265 Riverside Id. in Ogden 0k OPEN SAiLY i S to 5 vm. iRt B1 1 UHfeN ft s s Sundays i 7 to s pm Ooiwqtcwn atv?; rfrsllf |