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Show 3 A 10 A DESERET NEWS, TUESDAY, WAY 3, British okay bail for 3 in arms case 1977 Indian case back in Utah court WASHINGTON (UPD The U S. Supreme Court has thrown the dispute over Ite Indian rights on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation back to the Utah Supreme Court The nation's highest court, in effect, told the state tribunal Monday to study the history of the resen ation long and hard before concluding that tne Utes lune lost their right to exemption from state court jurisdiction The justices told the State Supreme Court to use recent U S Supreme Court decisions as guidelines, particularly a South Dakota case in which the decision was based on an exhaust ie review of the history of the Rosebud Sioux Reservation Stephen Hoyden, the attorney lor the Utes. said in Salt Lake ( ity that the decision was u i leal victory for the Ute Trilie 'That's what we were after He ami that's what we got said the Utah Supreme Court tried to sneak in the hack door and disestablish the Ute reservation "What they (the U S Supreme Court justices) said is, m effect. If youre going to do that, then youd better look in great detail at the history of the reservation first. We came through with flying colors The Utah Supreme Court held that Indians on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation lost their rights under federal law to avoid state court jurisdiction when they sold portions of their land to the government The U S Supreme Court, rul mg on an appeal, vacated the state courts judgment and remanded the case for further consideration The case arose when Myron Brough, a non Indian, sued Ramon R Appawora, a Ute living at Randlett, Utah, for injuries suffered in an auto ac ndc nt on the Ute rescrv ation Appawora did not appear to defend himself in the Utah Ritter orders halt to eviction of 2 Provoans Associated Press A federal judge has ordered two companies owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints to stop the eviction of a Utah County man who claims the firms joined a boycott to drive him out of business Judge Willia W. Ritter issued the order Monday for Elberta Farms Corp. and Deseret Title Holding Corp , to stop pursuing any further removal of Gam L. and Peggy Baum from their Provo home. For many ypars Mr Baum ran a cherryprocessing plant. In 1973, he made over $250,000. After 1973, a boycott was organized by growers. This included, the evidence will bhow, that Clyde Lunceford, agent for Elberta Farms, attended the meetings, said Daniel L. Berman, attorney for the Baums Berman said Baum was unable to buy cherries m 1974 at 22 cents a pound, while others were pay ing 18 cents. And, he said Baums bond, set by the State Department of Agriculture, was quadrupled from courts, and Brough was awarded a default judgment of $2H,H.T3 Appawora contested the judgment on grounds Rderal law bars state cou- -t jurisdiction over actions arising from events on Indian reservations Under the federal law, Indians can come under state court jurisdiction for reservation matters but only if the entire tribe votes to do so. The Utes had not done so, ard Appawora said, therefore, the Utah courts had no right to hear Broughs suit The Utah Supre me Court af firmed the award saying the Uintah and Ouray Reservations effectively no longer existed because of previous land sales, and therefore all Utes m the Duchesne drainage basin were subject to state law and c'ourts In asking the Supreme Court to reverse, Appawora said the Utah court ignored more recent acts of Congress, including a change ui reservation liound-aries- , that clearly showed the LONDON reservation in that, in the absence of consent, Utahs civil courts could not rule on matteix arising on the reservation In a related mailer Monday in Sait Lake City, U S District Judge Willis W Ritter delayed until fall any action in a suit mneermng the Utes "Law and The net collection is the total after refunds are made In the Uniform School Fund, taxes collected increased 9 8 percent from $132 6 million to $1 45.6 million. Waiiiiolding taxes from workers paychecks increased 18 3 percent from $89 8 million to $100 2 million 1 5 The General Fund taxes increased percent from $175 9 million to $198 8 arpos- sessing five submachine guns and ammunition were released on bail Monday in Magistrates Court They are John Hamilton King, 60, a businessman from Oak Brook, Oi der Code Hie tribe1 is trying to imose its jurisdiction on Indian-relatematters m aieas which were originally insole the Uintah and Ouray Re creation but which were subsequently removed by federal action The state of Utah and loe al officials in the Uintah Basin asked Ritter to toss out tne Indian suit, hut he declined to rule Monday, saving he would act instead when the case came up for trial in the fall Negotiations between the Utes and state and local govern nieiit officials, designed lei avert an expensive suit, were called off last UlM'k d Utah net tax collections show 11.8 pet. increase Net ax collections from all sources in the first 10 months of the fiscul year increased 11 8 percent over the same from $396 8 million period a year ago to $143 6 million, the State Tax Commission reported Monday afternoon -- (AIM Three Americans fact exists and rested last week (or million State sales and use taxes are the biggest Hem in the fund and they increased 14 percent from $153.5 million to $175 7 million 1 In the Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund tax collections increased only three percent from $53.1 million to $54.7 million Motor fuel taxes increased only 2 2 percent trom $35 5 million to $J0 3 million Because these taxes have not been increasing at a higher rate, the Utah Department of Transportation (DOT) asked the Legislature for a gasolmetax increase m January, but the measure failed a registered firearms dealer from Salt Lake 56, City . They were arrested by laindon jKiliee Thursday after a search of their hotel rooms uncovered the guns and ammunition A Scotland Yard offi-- t ml would not say why the rooms were searched and added that any explanation must await later court proceedings The U S embassy said it had no information on the ease and had not contacted by the men for help However, today in Salt Nike City, Goff's son, Charles W. Goff Jr, a vice president ot Amen-ca- n International Corp., of which Goff Sr. is president, said the men were m London to demonstrate the weapons to Scotland Yard, after prev mu.sly making an appointment to do so Goff Jr. said the company has sold the sophisticated weapons to the British government before The weapons include a laser rifle that focuses a harmless laser lieam on the target The Ix-e- n Af' police work, company of finals said The three men have been freed until Friday. They are charged with possessing prohibited weapons and face a maximum sentence of six months m jail and $080 line each Information given Associated Press said the men aie on bail each, hut $17,000 Goff Jr said he understands they are free on their own recognizance Goff Jr. said he believes the arrests resulted from some techm calily, ami tie cntuizeii the British government specially made rifle then puts a bullet right on the small red spot where the laser is focused Ihe gun t, designed specifically for for holding the men three days before they were permitted legal counsi to 1 contact Ho said it was onlv with the help of the nieruan Consulate and company representatives working from the United States that conwith tact was eslabli-lio- d the arrested men Mai shall Is a 195j graduate of the University of Utah College of Law who was appointed that same year as an attorney lor the Utah Tax Com mission In 19sl) he was an unsuccessful GOP Candidate for tile I tail legislature from District 17. Salt Lake County a native of . Goff Sr Preston, Idaho, served m the U S Coast Guard in Woiid War II and went into the retail diy goods business after the w ar In 1960 he entered the stock brokerage business, and his firm acquired patent rights to the laser gun m 1909 Last year, Goff said the (ompany had a large inventory of the weapons and a .ales force of JO Iktsoiis in the United States with Mme in iuieigu count! les $25,000 to $100,000. One of the representatives at the growers meetings was John Gillman, who works for the department in the state that sets the bond, Berman said. He said in 1975 Deseret Title bought title to the land for $500,000, though the land was worth $1.7 million The purpose of the boycott was to drive Mr Baum out of business. The foreclosure of Mr. Baum's land was pursuant to an illegal scheme involving antitrust violations, he Bald There is no violation of the antitrust laws. 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Freckleton added that gasoline prices are not expected to increase in the near future, thus ensuring that recreational vehicles will continue to be a reasonable means of leisure He stressed that the President's energy proposals, especially the proposed tax on gasoline, still have a long way to go before becoming law "And besides, I tail has a vital mini for recreation and tourism Freckleton said "It's vital to our state's economy that these industnes continue 145-5t- to grow Freckleton also said President Carter's "gas guzzler" tax, as proposed, will not apply to which recreational vehicles over 10 000 pounds because they only includes most motor homes ( onsume a minor poition of the gasoline burned in the I S He said local dealers have detected some apprehension among potential rec reational vch.elc buyers because of wide media c xposure of the earths tapidly dwindling fossil fuel reserves "We really think the media's been stress.ng the negative rather than the positive, he said "We plan to educate the public as to what is really going on The group sought the aid of a local advertising firm and will begin a media campaign soon, hopefully within the next week, he said Dealers in other Utah communities will also form groups. 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