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Show Utah justice units awarded $138,947 Criminal justice projects in Utah have been awarded f 138,947 by the Utah Law Enforcement Planning Agencys Executive Committee. contributed agency to help continue the Law Enforcement Information System Network. This system provides a computerized teleprocessing network access to the Offense Name Index System, motor vehicle and driver license files. The S63.6S5 total of $588 was given for an intensive parole unit tracing project by the Department of Social Services. It will provide for training of four staff A members of the Division of Corrections. The Department of Social Services also was awarded $526 for a correctional officer training project that will familiarize the prison training officer with other methods ?nd routines of new officer A total of $7,675 was given to the Department of Social Services to provide training for 20 correctional officers from the Utah State Prison and five county jails along the Wasatch Front. The Utah Attorney Generals Office received $5,868 to hold a series of penal code ju- - 0 to join honor society 1 Ten junior and senior medical students from the University of Utah College of Medicine will be initiated into the national Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society Wednesday night at the Ft. Douglas-Hidde- n Valley Country Club. Members are selected on the basis of scholarship, leadership, dedication, character and promise of becoming leaders New their profession.. members are John in English, a senior; Richard S. Boyer, senior; Katherine E. De Brecht, senior; David J. Green, senior; Leon E. Pau-los- , senior; Stanley W. Moss, senior; J. David Osguthorpe, senior; William L. Sperling, junior; Scott R. Petersen, junior, and Brent G. Petty, junior. Dr. Gerasim Tikoff. a distinguished member of the alsowiUbeiniHated. Rehabilitation refinedT THURSDAY, I F through prison study 1973 - A UTAH STATE PRISON study of length of prison sentences in 13 common crimes will soon be used by officials here to match rehabilitation programs to length of stay. The new data provided by the study will allow both prison officials and the inmates themselves to set goals together. looking forward to the probable time of release for the prisoners. Warden John W. Turner said. City-region- al dicial seminars. The project will help prosecutors, judges and defenders understand the application of the new penal code. The Department of Public Safety was awarded $10,984 for criminal justice workshops designed to enable public officials involved in the criminal justice system develop a better understanding of viewing the criminal justice system as a whole. Bountiful received $14,681 for continuation of the police relations unit, community was given Weber County of $1,547 for the purchase vehicle warning emergency systems and Garfield County received $2,626 for radio The Salt Lake City public safety athletic program was continued for the third year with a $4,000 grant. This will help involve disadvantaged and potential delinquent youth in constructive athletic Salt Lake City also receives $30,928 for a police cadet program that will provide a learning and training experience for youth interested in making law enforcement their career. GAS Shortage? . . . MAY 10, Deaths Action Ads DESERET NEWS Comet coming nearer earth comet is approaching the and will be bright enough to be visible during daylight later this year, the Hansen Planetarium reported today. Known as Comet Kohoutek, it is currently a very faint object out beyond Mars, but by August will be visible through small telescopes just before dawn. A earth it will be By November bright enough to be seen without a telescope and by will be as bright as Sirius, the brightest star. It will be a fairly spectacular object in January and slowly fade in the spring. The come will not approach the sun and earth again for many centuries, the planetarium said. tary manslaughter and first-degre- "1T e murder. Results of the study indicated no significant differences in length of sentences, types of release or year of release from prison in relation to race or religion. Turner said 3711 South State Ph. This suggests that such differences are not being used as variables on a consistent basis in determining sentence length the warden added. Examined in the study, conducted by prison officials, were the six most common crimes of second degree burglary, grand larceny, forgery, armed robbery, insufficient funds checks and assault with a deadly weapon. 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