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Show Kyrrmyryg 4 B DEStRET NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1977 bus riders will pay less; hours extended, too UTA no-fa- re keep drivers from having to carry money so they will Bruce Hills Deseret News staff writer I t.ih Transit Authority Ims rulers will pay less for monthly passes, ami senior eltiens anil l.ninlicap xd will have more hours a day to take advantage of free fares beginning July The ITA Imard of direitors voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to drop the price of adult monthly Ims passes from Vi to $5 They cut the price-ostudent, senior citii n iind h.indii aipod passes By not he robliery from t( 1 lx-e- Vi to 84 Hoard members also v oted to extend the o.'f peak hours Monday through E relay dining whuh senior citizens and handu apiied ( ail rule Iree Off peak hours are now lrt u m to 3pm Beginning July the 1 houi s w ill Ik- - 9 a m to 4 p targets Fred Martin, ITA acting general manager, told hoard members he wants to pay i TA personnel wlm have to drive their own vehicles 17 cents a mile beginning June "We've paying It cents, hut other husines ses and municipalities, me haling Salt Luke City, aligning to the 17 cents a mile figuie. he said Martin said many buses art overcrowded (luring the rush hour, and "there is nothing we can do almut it We don't have any more buses I'd like to buy 1U0 more." He said the UTA now has ht buses, but T an- 14 to 25 years old and need to Ik replaced. Martin said parking the new buses will not be a problem "We'll have to hire alxnit lot) new drivers and five more mechanics to support the new equipment " Board members said they will consider the purchase, hut it takes from a year and a half to two years to get buses from the factory once they arc ordered The cost of buses, they said, is going up with buses costing as muc h as $70, (nw or more now Glenn B Goodrich, board president, said the UTA might have difficulty purchasing so many new vehicles, since the revenue picture in the future apiiears to lie dwindling instead of expanding Board members and Amalgamated Transit Union officials delayed signing a lalior contract until the June 22 board meeting. They agreed that a "no strike" provision in the contract is not clear in view of a rec ent Utah Supreme Court decision. George M Mecham, assistant legislative general counsel, told board members that under the 0K-Meetings Law passed by the 1977 Legislature citizens do not have to inform board members before a meeting that they intend to appear and talk about a particular issue. "Forcing citizens to do so would he contrary to the intent of the law." he said 1 m Saturday. Sunday and holidays will continue to to he ( otisulered off peak all day Board memliers, meeting in he State Capitol, also announeed that everyone will he able to rule the buses free this Sunday and Monday during the Memoi ml Day holiday and the Sunday and Monday of the Julv 4 holiday In a three and a half hour meeting. UTA offu nils and board memliers discus-- , ed new marketing goals, exact fare, mileage for VTA personnel, purchase of inn new buses, a lalxir contract and the new Open Meetings Law. John Inglish. the UTAs director of planning and marketing, said lowering the bus pass charge will help stimulate ridership. He said 2,268 adult passes and 3.162 student pusses were sold in April Senior ntiens purchased 142 passes. "I want to double those figures by next year. We will lose a little revenue at first by lowering the fee, hut m the long run we'll get more money and stimulate ridership, which is our number one goal. Riders will have to have exact fare July 1, UTA officials said. Fares are 10 cents for children, handicapped, students and senior citizens Adults pay la cents. . Board members said the exact fare rule is to State funds okay Judge jobs open up for CEU building in 2 juvenile courts Applications are being accepted by the Judicial Nominating Commission for Juvenile Courts because the terms of two judges expire June 30. Utah Supreme Court Clerk Geoffrey J. Butler said the terms of First District Juvenile Court Judge Charles E. Bradford and Second District Juvenile Court Judge Judith S. Whitmer expire June 30 Utah law provides that juvenile court judges serve a term, and they may apply tor a reappointment along with other interested persons for the new term. Letters of application and resumes must be submitted to Butler's office by June 15 at 5 p m., and the commission will meet to certify a list of nominees to Gov Scott M Matheson. The commission consists of a Utah Supreme Court justice, the Division of Family Services director, the Utah State Bar president, the state superintendent of public instruction and the Division of Health director. He said applicants must be m a good standing with the Utah State Bar. The State Board of Regents can use appropriated state money to remodel a College of Eastern Utah building into a student union building. This opinion has been given to Dr. T. H. Bell, commissioner of higher education, by Thomas C. Anderson, assistant Utah attorney general. Anderson said the Higher Education Act of 1969 gives the regents authority to approve or disapprove of all new contruction, repair or rehabilitation of buildings and facilities financed from any source. Although this authority seems to clearly include the remodeling of a campus building for use as a student union building, this specific use is set forth in further statement of authority by the Board of Regents, tiic opinion soul six-ye- ORVs Continued from B-- l The order directs federal agencies to avoid undertaking or providing assistance for new construction located in wetlands and defines these as mudflats, river overflows and other areas where occasional inundation by surface or ground water occurs. The order applies not only to federal lands, but also to former federal land being transferred to control. It might apply to lands surrounding Great Salt Lake which the U.S. transferred to g Utah after settlement of a dispute between the state and federal government. S.L. Situs bill foe thanks Marriott one of .is Hons.- The WASHINGTON Niitnm.il Right Committee h is urged its H.7h2 mcmlx-rin the Second District Congressional Utah to thank t Dan Mariiott, tab. for Ins role in helping to defeat the Common Situs Picketing Bill In R-- Tilt ( Founder of bank dies at 80 McLennan, South Temple, Utah prominent businessman, died May 24. Salt Lake 1977, in a illness, Mr. Mclx-nnawas the former owner of Western Distributing Wholesale Beer Co. and the National Salvage Co., Irovo. He w as a founder of the Utah National Bank, Provo. He graduated from the University of Utah College of Medicine in 1921 He was previously employed Iarke-Davi- by s Pharmaceutical Co and after his retirement he was chief pharmaceutical d'rector at Utah State II.piu,! Provo. Mr McLennan was a mcmlier of the Rotary s Club of Provo, the and the Ambassador and University clubs. Funeral mass will be held Saturday. 10 a.m.. in the Cathedral of the Madeleine, 333 E. South Temple (See obituary on - Foot-printer- 8 , gnl w,.s sc, zed ... an alley on Imun.l w , h a cord s west su Lake Salt m in an She ..ml arno urn. ; a Ci!r ,lj' ' 1,1 Imtsi1! from the fords until slit Hu- i. ... it turl in i U. to show film of China ballet "Ballet of a White-HaireGirl," a film from the People's Republic of China, will he shown tonight at 7:30 p m. in the Behavioral Science Auditorium, University of Utah. Written as an opera in 1945, it was revised and produced as a ballet in the late 1960's. The story depicts class conflict in a North China village during the War. d R Raymond SAVE 20 CHAIR PADS FROM TERRY TUCK Give your summer furniture a new look with cushions from Terry Tuck. Wasfiable cotton with nylon fiberfill. For all sizes & shapes of chairs. Choose from floral patterns, patchwork designs or solid shades on heavy broadcloth or wide wale corduroy. Ross, hi, Kd., prom inent Utah insurance ecutive. died May 1977, local ex- 25, a in hospi-a- l after , I wA suffering a earl f attack Mr Ross served as iv'Tfeassislanl I g e n e r a ' Mr. Ross " manager and superintendent of agencies for Equitable Life and Casualty Insurance Co. sinc-- 1948. The company was founded by Mr. Rosss father, the late R E. Ross, in 1935. He was president of the Utah chapter of the International Accident and Health Underwriters Association for three years and a member of that companys board of directors for three years. Mr. Ross was a past president of Utah Life Convention and was instrumental in lobbying for insurance legislation m Utah He was a member of the Ft. Douglas-Hidde- n Valley Country Club and the Elks and Moose lodges. He attended the University of Utah and was a veteran of World War II. serving in the U S. Navy. Funeral will be Saturday noon at 260 E. South Temple. 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