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Moss made the observation in a statement for the U.S. Water Resources Council's discussion on the "Water For Energy" program. - New energy developments plannei for Utah will require large amounts of water. more I :.'.:;i 5..;,:y,".,.;:3 Warren Burger to speak , la Utah's first major observance of the Bicentennial year:U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren E. Burger will speak at a program Sept. 6 in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. The Tabernacle Choir will also perform in the program sponsored by the Utah Ameri- can Revolution Bicentennial Commission and hosted by Gov. Calvin L. Rampton. Justice Burger has accepted few speaking invitations around the country, according to his administrative assistant, Mark Cannon. He will be in Utah Sept. 5 for the dedication of the Brigham Young University Law School. He will deliver a convocation message that morning and will attend dedication ceremonies in the afternoon. He will be joined for the dedication activities by Supreme Court Associate Justiee Lewis F. Powell Jr. A visit by two Supreme Court justices is unusual, said law James H. school faculty representative Backman. "We feel fortunate that loth decided to - attend.- tentative schedule has been announced for the Sept. 6 program in the Tabernacle. A-- 4 In the past, many university stitdents have financed their education through student loans. but tight money and defaults on repayment may make future loans harder to get. loans Two types of federally-funde- d the National are offered to students Direct Student Loan (NDSL) and a federally-insurestudent loan obtained through a bank or credit union. According to D. H. Cromwell, field examiner for the division of guaranteed student loans of the Denver office of loan obtained HEW, the federally-insure- d according to Tom Brown, information specialist for the Bicentennial Commission. Presiding Bishop Victor L. Brown, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, will give the invocation, and the Most Rev. Joseph-LennoFederal, D.D., Roman Catholic bishop of Salt Lake City. will offer the ' benediction. will be introduced by Justice Burger David T. Lewis, chief justice, Tenth Circuit Court, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Tabernacle Choir, directed by Dr. Jerold Ottley, will present eight selections. Members of the Utah legal profession will receive reserved seating for the program, as will members of professional, social and civic organizations. The public will be able to t. A gct the remaining tickets in time and place for obtaining the free tickets will be announced later. According to Arch L. Madsen, president, Bonneville International Corp., Burger's speech will be broadcast on radio and television through KSL, and will probably be sent to radio and television stations outside the area. , - , I I See FEWEit on A-- 8 SIN MO Ci I - for than 146,000 acre-fee- t electric power plants alone, he said, "At the same time," Moss said, "Utali's agriculture is being encouraged to increase the production of food for both domestic consumption and to help keep underdeveloped nations from starving. "The real problem is not a lack of water, but the need for a water management pwo- gran" he said. The supply of water available to Utah from the Upper Colorado River Basin is limited by laws and treaties as well as physical factors, in- cluding fluctuations in stream flow, -Utah's share of the Colorado River water is already he grossly noted, "because approved permits and valid applications exceed by nearly rthIiiOn acre-fee- t the amount of water available." The Bureau of Reciarnetion , acre-fe- - ' million , al ! i - , - '" ' ;41 ; al ti , e k i al ta; '''. ..., - ta a. . tea , 'PI ' !1 - ,,,,. le , ., r :,.: , 1 : ' 4 ', ' t - L - '' tf, I : la' . , . a ': a . t, .. ; k, ; I , Iiitarl'.7,: Guardsmen Igo to CAMe ' . -. '', f ,,'-- ,, 1,, ; , t - : Valley began today. , : of more than 1.2004 of activities the is The war part National Guardsmen. members of the 19th Specialf-- , Forces Group and several suppo'rt units, whose annual a, training began here today and continues through July 26. , Air operations. with support from the U.S. Air Force, , will highlight the camp. Fighter planes, helicopter:- gunships, Nice cargo aircraft and "Jolly Green Giant", , helicopters will be common sights for Utah residents as, . ...-.guardsmen are ferried to and from the camp. Most units will be engaged in operations in and around Camp Williams, but some activities, such as the' Heber Valley "war," will scatter units across the state. a The first week helicopter rappelling and extraction"... : operations, resupply training, airmobile operations and', Special Forces missions training will occupy the guardsmen. Tactical mission training will begin 'the ! a second week. ' a , 'i a - R ?,, - t a 1 - ' The Salt Lake City police chief. the former chief and the police union leader are among tiose whose names have cropped up in connection with the Salt Lake City Commission election this fall. , : ". ,, -- a I 4- r i , , ,.. 0 g 1 . ' f,i7, -- a 1 , I , A , , t ', .4 Nevada rakes in tax , CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) The state. of Nevada, $82.5 million in taxes last fiscal year from raked in billion-dolla- r casino industry, the state Gaming Control,.. Board reports. Chairman Phil Hannifin said Friday the take for year ending June 30 marks an 11 percent increase in;., yearly tax revenues flowing into state coffers. The gambling tax revenues pay roughly half the cost of running state government. :s. "This shows that the state, during an uncertain economic period, was able to capitalize on its main -tourist attraction," Hannifin said. ,g' "It shows people are still willing to spend money on tourism and gaming where they might be reluctant to spend it for things like cars. washing machines or , homes," he added. i 1e , Police Chief Dewey J. Fi His acknowledged that he has been approached to run for the commission and has received promises of support, but said his present inclination is to remain as police chief. 1 i 1 , now I have no intention of running for city commissioner or any other position down -there," Finis said. I prefer to remain as chief and continue to build up the department," Finis' predecessor, J. Earl Jones. also reportedly is being urged to ran by several individuals, including police .officers' families, but is away on vacation and could not be reached for comment. Former Salt Lake City Public Safety Commissioner James L. Barker Jr.. who appointed Jones, said he is aware of efforts to induce Jones to run, but does not know whether he is interested. The other possible candidate with police connections is Tim Jensen, president of the per year percent is over 1,3 acre-fee- t per year entitled for consuoltion in A-- 8 - . , ',. 'Y' Ii,,,,i 1 ' '1 ,4 .. z . Deed for depot due - , OGDEN (AP) - Mayor A. Stephen Dirks said Friday he expects the city to rezeive the deed to the Ogden Union Railroad Station "momentarily." the building into a cultural.''' The city plans transportation and educational complex as its major ' bicentenial project. Negotiations with the Southern Pacific and tialon Pacific Railroads have been continuing since last year; Plans call for setting up a working museum which wouhil provide educational exhibits of the role of the region concerning the early railroads of the nation. The e enter would also continue to be used as 'a transportation center to service Amtrak customers. Railroad offices would also remain within the depot., - - -- - , .1 , , , 1 " ' "However, when authorized projects and those currently under construction, such as the Central Utah Project and the Kaiparowits Power Plant, have reached full production, f! Gripe? Cali Ombudsman ' acre-feet,- " another t he said. He emphasized that, while See WATER on A 9 V ... .. . ' I I t '' Does the Deseret NeiAs need of ,ioning? Less about polities? Or more'' Do you tee! the paper is failing to cover an important issue Mori, Give your questions. comments and coin-i,"to the OmOudsman, or vi, rite :,r Deseret liox Sail ,t,iike-If.i;. ,News. norghly? more.-i;overag- will be used and will bring the consumption in excess of a million acre-fee- : N4I19 .t. ',. ; I . -. 10 1.-- ' ' .:,..........,,,,..- .. t ' 364-81- i. .. V v ', .: .;r: t , 1..! 1- 1- I - , 20O,000 1 :!. , Utah, and we are now using acre-feet,- 1 "1 Several prominent names are also the subject of speculation as possible challengers to the election of incumbent Mayor Conrad B Harrison. about 825,000 Moss said. : -- - - areas a al 'la ,.,; , . - New Mexico. 23 ., a , By Dexter C. Ellis Deseret NPws political editor i - ., Heavy showers failed to develop in northern Utah. ait inch of rain, Bryee , lriday, but hicitheld hed .73 Canyon .29. Blanding .21, Hanksville .04 and Wendover , a .02. Brigham City had .12 of an inch. Salt Lake City had only .01 of an inch and the chance . of additional rain will be 40 percent today and 30 percent a , e 1 Sunday. . feve over the a down were degrees Temperatures state Friday due to the persistent cloud cover. St. aAArAP had a high of 104, but all others stayed below 100, Sa1t , : Lake City's high was 87. a, ..,' be will 85 95 then to will from today, range Highs mostly in the 90s Sunday. Lows tonight will be 55 to 65. Gooiest spot in the state this morning was Bryce Canyon , vath a low of 48. a ' 1 Utah's share is 23 percent of what is left And the remaining 77 percent is apportioned to Colorado, Wyoming, and "That ' -- Widely scattered thundershowers will persist in Utah through Sunday, mainly in the afternoons and evening. Marly hopefuls in line for commission job has estimated the iotal supply of water available in the Upper Basin is 5.8 million acre-feper year According to the Upper Colorado River Basin compact, which gives Arizona a fixed quantity of 50,000 ' .., Showers to persist -.- -- in energy-boo- m bia-awin- g . 1 : Is , , See SPECIAL on A4 "I can say quite honestly that right through the bank is generally available to a wider variety of students. In the Salt Lake area, two banks and numerous credit unions offer the federally-insured loan. But this type of loan is becoining harder to get. Wanda Day, supervisor of student loans at Zions First National Bank, said Zions is discontinuing its student loan program because -- we have already loaned the allotted amount. and there are far too many defaults on repayment." -The number of defaulted loans in Utah is lower than the national average, but it's still way too high," she addea. study ' . , little See CITY on Deseret News Washineto; Moreau - . - 'Water I - , , ' ' 3'. 'SI , I de-T- e r7,1 - - : , IS ' r R., -,,. z.,.,:a.,,,,.,,,.,,,.,4.,::.:,,:,.;,;:., - ..,,,- -: ::: t ,,, , :.,,. A ' ,, . , , zot , d to students ( , I vs. - - Na."14 - By Rick Hall Deseret News staff writer funds .. :::, :',:,',:':,'r,:.'c Cr::: , .4,,,4,00.,..,,, '''''' ;;,::::::,: : rc,1 It sn.: A Less ' ' ''.?,;::'...3''..'''','z on-fo- Sue FOREST on '''''' ' - ' iv '', L'':';',---,; .' , L'',', ,,n,,,K,-,,,,- ,1 ,..,,..:,,,,,,K,:,,t3iy,i. :v : , ;A, ''' and updating. - Forest Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric, Administration weather ,, ptt,.. reporting of weather conditions in the primitive area. Misinformation about the dryness of the torest last summer led the service to under-reac- t until it was too llate to save thousands of acres. A helicopter as well as a DC-- 3 with its crew of smoke jumpers were brought in from Idaho and stationed in Dutch John, Daggett County, and Vernal, respectively, at the height of the fire. They were kept in Utah for the rest of the season. Christopher said the Forest Service will probably do the same again "in critical fire seasons" to come. when fire danger is extreme. A directive was sent to Forest Service district and regional 'officials reemphasizing the "JO a.m. policy."' This is the service's rule that the fire fighters will do whatever necessary to extinguish a fire by 10 a.m. the morning following its discovery. Poor information led foresters to think they could contain the Ashley blaze by the deadline by using Only fire fighters, armed the traditional with hand tools. "A couple of hundred men" were sent in as soon as the fire was spotted. but it became obvious the next day the burn was not controllable by traditional methods, and planes, helicopters, power tools, etc. were called in. Christopher said the service has a policy ' - tt 'II& .k r I ,, ' ''' 4 ,. t. j '''.,W4,f,,,,',1','n;,:: ,' , ' well-stocke- d ':;:' ,,',' s:. ,m,,,,,,Ar '' ' - ).,..,,,,,:.:,,, rt...., - , A -- '1 1, , i i : For those concerned that Old Glory isn't getting her due respect from the uncere- monious way in which she's treated, Dean Hall , director, ft.:. 'Utah Aiepartrnent et ,,;,,,.. American Legion, told the Deseret News that just the , opposite is true. -The American Legion cided it's better to run if up and down at the right times in the morning and evening and during inclement weather than to be sure it's folded exactly right all the time," he said. At least that's the way it's supposed to work. During Salt Lake City's last down- pour, the flag refused to leave it's post, waving bravely through the deluge. Although this is the only , . ,,,- r,pecial Forest Service review hoard was convened two weeks after the big blaze. This is the situation today as a result of the : board - Experts are "seriously studying" the possibility of storing a cache in Utah of fire fighting equipment from the Idaho Forest Service centers during the lire season, said Bob Christopher, Wasatch - -- shae alonodkindgi -i :. , ,..v, , The Utah State Geological and Mineralogical Survey has received a federal grant to evaluate coal beds in the , Wasatch Plateau region. The grant is part of more than $450.000 allotted to western states by the U.S. Geological Survey iUSGS to I.,. aluate the potential of unleased coal deposits and what effects their development would have on their env iron. ment. . Coal deposits beneath Utah, Colorado. Arizona, Montana. New Mexico, North and South Dakota and ... Wyoming have been estimated to contain hundreds of . billions of tons of coal. said Dr. Russell G. Wayland, chief of the USGS conservation division. ' -Only the most readily accessible coal deposits have ., -Extensive -- ' been fully investigated," said Wayland. areas still await more intensive exploration and. ; is evaluation." , aa a.... The projects will be coordinated with the USGS's ;:, ! and laboratory programs to evaluate tE''t'etn;eear'wes'"1:v determine environmental impact. he t ' said. a a, aa from the time spent inside the pole. ''''''' '''' :''''' ' '''' , ,,,,,-,..--..- ,, I - sun shines, the flag " , I machinery. ' - , - i It was the most eontroversial fire in the state's recent history. The Forest Service drew swift condemnation tor delaying one day before ordering air drops of chemicals, issuing chainsaws to fire fighters and bringing in other modern ' ' , , , - I sensitive to varying amounts of light. When the sky darkens. either because of night or an approaching storm, the flag is supposedly pulled by a rope into the shaft, where it stays until the light increases, Croft explained. When the ' I 4 ' ' t photo-electri- , , , - , "le, , s t Vaughn Croft, beautification engineer, said the flag c pole is run by a cell which can be tuned to be 3 s Duchesne. ' '5 : 500;7;7 ; ; ; ,,;, - ' tricks' - , A'!:77As - , The fire that prompted the rethitildti,,tg: roared out of control in the 5.. ''''..' Primitive Area from June 25 - July 1. 1974. It burned about 3.000 acres of lodgepole pine in Ashley National Forest, 45 miles northwest of ; , , ' Mountains. o , ' .4r - 11:7; 1 . - FUn of The automated shaft not only lowers Old Glory every evening, but also raises her each morning. Who says you can't teach an old flag new S' - - ''- ''., .." project. e. , , - . 1 I part the city's beautification ,A , - Environmental specialist -- and Main Streets, is ,;.t , - , , , flag hungry-lookin- g baehotwu.eten5Ostfaette over , By Joe Bauman ' Hey, don't eat that! 4,1 - I , - , ' , , rtA At ' - t: i . - , Today the itItY erpt, 1 , - ? 4' , i, - 2 4 " , 1 r, bj targ' ,, - . c .i. 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