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Show DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, MARCH A3 24, 1973 Today in the West i Aid Odyssey House More than $200 worth of bedding and foodstuffs were donated to Odyssey House, East, Friday by members of Salt Lake Elks Lodge No. 85, BPOE, 139 E. South Temple. In addition, items of clothing donated by the Elks were picked up earlier by Odyssey House officials. Helping in the campaign to supply the drug treatment center with the goods were Joseph Cronin, exalted ruler; Ray Stover, chairman of the Americanism committeq; John Archbold and Dutch Luebee. h USU fires finance man LOGAN Utah State University has fired its investment officer, charging that he violated instructions and falsified reports. The action was taken Friday evening, at a special" meeting of the USU institutional council, upon recommen- dation by President. Glen L. Taggart. The younger generation" of the Salt Lake Valley on their way to walk 20 miles so other youngsters can live. The investment officer, Donald L. Catron, had been suspended from his duties earlier, Taggart said. The action stemmed from a recommendation Dec. 15, 1972, from the Utah Attorney Generals office that the university employ e. more conservative investment policy, refraining from investing surplus funds in stocks and bonds. Taggart said the schools policy since then has been to comply, and has consistently sought instruction from Mark Madsen of the Attorney Generals office. Everybody's walkin', not talkin' By Harry Jorfes Deseret News staff wnter Ill pre-daw- just say hello, and save my energy for walking. It might have been Gov. Calvin L. Ramp-ton- s shortest speech as he officially lead off an estimated 12,000 walkers in the third annual March of Dimes today. Walk-A-Tho- n Following close on his heels was Salt Lake Mayor E. J. Gam, who vowed to complete the march up South Temple down 4th South to the City and County Building and then over to Liberty Park for eight laps around the track. governor and the mayor to give a martial air to the march. There were far more walkers than spectators as the first group headed east up South route to Temple on the first lap of the Liberty Park. The first walkers were expected to finish the march about 2 or 3 p.m. and stragglers by 6 p.m., march officials said. Vince Mancini, chairman of the said marchers from south Davis County and Summit County had joined the Walk-A-Tho- March official said that 77 percent of the funds collected come from sponsors of teenagers. There were also oldsters in the group including several in their 70s. A The Kennedy Junior High Band and the Kearns Junior High Band fell in behind the Salt Lake walkers. But I just cant believe this turnout. Its marvelous, he said as he looked over the crowd of volunteers at the Salt Palace. Last yeai some 8,000 had walked. Environment, energy Death penalty bill faulty, . - GEORGE Atty. Gen. Vernon B. Romney said Friday night he didnt see how the capital punishment legislation passed by the Utah Legislature would get around the U. S. Supreme Court ruling. He said Utah adopted a hearing procedure under which the jury determines after trial the defendants guilt or innocence and then in a separate proceeding assesses the punishment. I dont see how this gets around the Supreme Courts reservations about discriminatory application of the death penalty, he said. He said he hoped the Legislature would amend this statute the next time it meets. Romney, speaking at a meeting of Utahs Chiefs of Police in St. George, said, The best approach, and the one most likely to stand up under the Supreme Courts decisions, would be e murder death for mandatory under certain types of aggravated circumstances. It w'ill not be necessary to downgrade environmental safeguards to meet the energy crisis, John Nassiakds, Federal Power Commission chairman, said Friday at the University of Utah. In a press conference in Carlson Hall, Nassikas said he believes natural resources can be developed and exploited in compliance with environmental restraints provided the restraints are realistic. But, he added, any development of energy resources is going to result in some environmental degradation. He called for the U.S. to develop a greater natural gas production, loosen restraints on the importation of fuel oil, and explore and make greater use of natural resources in federal domain land and undersea on the continental shelf. Nassiakas said scientific research to develsuch as op new, cleaner energy sources should receive more funding solar power than it has in the past. He said President Nixons budget increases appropriations for such research far above any previous levels. Later, at noon, he told an audience at the Universitys Law School that the most critical issues before his commission regarding natural gas are: The establishment cf policies to avert a deepening gas supply crisis; The establishment of rational methods of allocating gas for optimum use; Protection of the consumer and public interest in natural gas service at the lowest reasonable cost. Nassikas said petroleum resources should See ENERGY on Page President Nixons proposal to restore the death penalty for certain federal crimes is a long step forward in the battle against crime. The attorney general told the chiefs the thin, blue line (police) is our last hope of defense against the onslaught of criminality, which is greater now than it ever has been in the history of our nation. He said But he said there will never be a basic change until the American people undergo a massive movement of the public will against crime of every nature. He believes this will have to start in the restructuring of the American home. PRICE Spending up to $150,000 to salvage the causeway to Antelope Island in Great Salt Lake was approved by the State Road Commission in a meeting here Friday. Work on the lake causeway will depend on a legal opinion from the Utah attorney generals office to determine if the Utah Department of Highways can spend the money now and be reimbursed later. After July 1 the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation will receive a $2.5 million appropriation from the Utah Leg Familiar arguments and a few new ones were aired Friday night during a hearing on whether Lake Powell should be allowed to rise encroaching on the arch, the lake must be kept 100 feet below its maximum elevation of 3,700 feet. under Rainbow Bridge. The session was called Some 40 persons attended the hearing, held in the Salt Lake County Commission cham- area. In order to keep the bers. Those in favor of allowing the lake to rise, argued that to do otherwise would cost $5 million per year in electric generating capacity which would have to be made up by use of coal-firepower plants. The rising water would not damage the environment, they claimed. d Owens spent most of the day Friday studying the bridge area, accompanied by partisans of both sides of the controversy. "I've a lot of questions still to be answered," Owens said. The water in the monument will be an intrusion. The question is whether it is one of the necessary compromises with nature. He noted that water rights in several states and power generation at Glen Canyon Dam will be affected by the outcome of the battle. lakes waters from It will be an economic waste on the order of $20 million initially and $6 million a year each year from then on if Utah Power & Light is forced to put sulphur dioxide removal equipment on its new Huntington plant, UP&Ls president said Friday. Canyon E. Allan Hunter, reacting to a new ruling from the Environmental Protection Agency, said he would be particularly upset at installing the equipment, and then going back to UP&Ls customers and asking for them to pay for it in the form of higher rates. Hunter said UP&L is convinced from its own studies and from independent consulting firm studies that the Huntington Canyon plant will meet the standards without adding equipment. able. Road officials arent certain the damaged causeway can be salvaged. If not, only $50,000 would be spent for plans and engineering, and a new $2.5 million project would begin in later summer or early autumn. The reason, said Hunter, is that UP&L would bum Utah coal which already contains only .5 percent sulphur, compared to Eastern coal contiamng 3 to 4 percent. Applying the 70 percent standard to this'would mean an emission of roughly .15. The leader of the pro faction at the hearing was Joseph Fackrell, executive director of the Intermountain Power Consumers Association. If the lake were full, the water level would still be 21 feet below Rainbow Bridge, he told the gathering. "The bridge would not be damaged. I believe water under the bridge would not detract from the aesthetic appearance of the bridge. Club. The canyon would be filled with debris and silt, she said. Many animals would lose their homes. The natural stream under Rainbow Bridge, which is an important part of the bridge, would be covered. She charged that the rising water also would inundate many spectacular side canyons, and that people would lose faith in Congress if it reverses itself on the issue. No national park or monument would be safe, she added. Owens led a delegation of about 12 persons to the monument and toured generating facilities of the dam. They included park service officials, Bureau of Reclamation representatives and Owen Olpin, attorney for conservationists who brought a suit resulting in a stay order by Federal District Judge Willis Ritter. Among protests against flooding the arch See RAINBOW on Page 4 A-- . A complaint Involuntary BRIGHAM CITY signet), this morning against the husband manslaughter of a woman found dead" in bed shortly before 6:50 p.m. Thursday in a Brigham City apartment. Kenneth John, 51, 207 E. 7th South, Apt. 11, was charged in connection with the death of Clarice Lena Sorensen John, 49, who had previously lived at 750 Park Stl, Salt Lake City. , 'ri John was arraigned before Judge Robert W. Daines and counsel was appointed for him. Bail was set at $1,090. He was returned to Box Elder County Jail following An autopsy was conducted by the state medicaT exam-- , iners in Salt Lake City and the findings, along' vritft police investigation, led to the charges, police said. The investigation is continuing, headed by Lt. Ernest Justesen of the detective division. , . T Granger student wins A poster depicting a group of tombstones with a caption reading Drank Drivers Unit won Robin Luch, High Granger School, a first place trophy and a $100 savings bond in the Alcohol Safety Action Projects Drink Driver poster contest. Commissiioner Raymond Jackson, Utah Department of Public Safety, presented the award to Miss Luch at a reception Thursday evening at East High School. winners were Vandergrift, Viewmont High School, second; and Steve Lyman, Bountiful High School, third. Vandergrift received a $50 savings bond, and Lyman was given a $25 savings bond. Thirteen honorable mention winners were given $5 gift certificates. The poster contest was produced by John Dame of the ASAP to develop materials dramatizing drinking driver problems and enlisting support for ASAPs program to reOther Doug duce This is also the position taken by the State of Utah, which had exempted the Huntington Canyon plant from installing the equipment in the first unit now under construction. His testimony was sharply contradicted by Ruth Frear, chairman of the Uinta Chapter, Sierra d cut-sid- d Man charged in death charging was waste irks UP&L man specially-designate- islature for construction of a permanent causeaay to Great Salt Lake State Park on the island. Highway department officials want an opinion to see if the work can be done now and then deducted from the $2.5 million when that becomes avail- ts million The plants affected are in the Four Corners area that inair shed, a cludes the Four Corners power plants, Navajo e and San Juan, N. Mex. plants. Other areas the air shed, in Wyoming for example, are not affected by the ruling. Rainbow Bridge: pro, con beard by Rep. Wayne who remained undecided Owens, today on which side to take. Utahs other three members of Congress are in favor of amendof ing the 1956 law which bars encroachment the artificial lake into the Rainbow Bridge The funds are used for a Birth Defect CenHospital, an intensive care unit for the newborn at the U. of U. Medical Center, a research center for birth defects and research into pollutants that harm human life. ter at Primary Childrens The EPA ruled that UP&L andthree other southwestern utilities will have to reduce their sulphur oxide levels by 70 percent within the next three years. In addition, they will be required to meet a fly ash standard of .075 pounds per million of heat input. Fund okayed to salvage Antelope Island causeway It has become my task to report to you the discovery of investment reports and Losses in the' investment progam," Taggart told the council. He explained that USU Vice President fer Business Dee A. Broadbent first discovered inaccuracies in the March 9. Broadbent ordered an immediate investiga-- ' tion of all transactions of the investment office ar.d investment reports, Taggart continued. of falsification Walk-A-Tho- n A-- 4 first-degre- He predicted that many, if not most, of the states will have new capital punishment legislation on their books by this summer. This year, the weather was ideal. Not hot and not cold, as the blister brigade trudged along the route. Salt Lake City police officers and the Skyline Jeep and Sheriffs Jeep posses patroled the line of march assisting with , dropouts and other problems, traffic other pro March of Dime officials said indications would raise a reck-or- d were that the amount this year. $20 i Co existence a must Romney claims ST. had other Rep. Wayne Owens, n commitments, but got up in the hours to complete the walk before others had hardly started. The vast majority of the walkers were youngsters of elementary, junior high and high school age. They formed in groups from their respective schools and carried banners. alcohol-relate- d fatalities. Cleaning up mudslide ! PROVO CANYON Cleanup crews were working early Saturday to remove a mudslide near Hoovers Ranch above Wildwood in Provo Canyon. Highway workers said the slide came down sometime before midnight Friday, blocking two wesbound lanes of traffic on Highway 189. Traffic today was being directed lane. through the open east-boun- d UP&L is so convinced that it can meet the federal air standards that it has offered to build the plant and operate it to see if it meets them, and if it doesnt, then it would install the equipment or shut it down, said Hunter. Another problem, he added, is that at the moment there is no piece of equipment operating that can reduce sulphur dioxide levels by 70 percent. The manufacturers will give you a quote on it, but they wont guarantee it, he said. As for the fly ash, this should be no problem at all, he said. The precipitators being installed will handle the problem, thanks again to unique properties of Utah coal, he said. Youve seen how it works on our Gadsby plant (in Salt Lake City), he said. The air is perfectly clear, with no particulates at all, even though it is being done on older Utah faces flood threat Clearing skies, plentiful sunshine and warming temperatures this weekend could pose a flood threat to parts of northern Utah where a storm dumped heavy snow Thursday. Wayne Winegar, head of the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, said the area from Ogden to Tremonton may experience flood problems because of tne rapid melting. However, no trouble had been reported today,' Meanwhile weary Utah Power & Light crews continued restoring power to many communities. A spokesman ' said power was restored to most urban areas by Friday 1 morning, but some outages continue in other Areas whebe lines. down snow .ore power heavy Restoration of power vas a little slower in Brigham ; City which maintains its own electrical distribution system. Friday night the west side of the town was only sparseand the west side of Main Street was mostly blacked out, except for one short string of lights. ly lighted |