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Show r.yni. nijrtE rrmirtjf-ig'iy- igi n ilif(YlipiTlii)iniijiiiiiiiiir DESERET NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1973 Low salaries for guards and other custodial staff, lack of enough psychiatric and social caseworkers and inadequate medical facilities were cited Monday as major problems at the Utah State Prison. result of a tour of the prison last December by both Utahns and others who are members of the Young Lawyers group interested in penal reform. Although many highly qualified and dedi- cated men remain on the staff, the salary scale tends to lead to the least qualified being those most likely to remain, they said. Until Utah is wiling to pay the custodial and casework staff competitive wages, the obvious dedication, interest and farsightedness of the administration of the prison will be seriously hampered, the report said. Salaries are too low to attract and retain sufficient qualified personnel. There is a significant turnover every year of staff, the reThese shortcomings were pointed out in a port noted.. letter to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of The prison simply cannot compete with the U.5. Supreme Court from the Young Lawprivate business and other law enforcement yers Section of the American Bar Association. agencies for qualified personnel. Those who A copy was sent to Gov. Calvin L. Rampton. would be most desireable cannot be recruited The report to the chief justice was the or cannot be retained, the lawyers said. ' It was noted that of 200 staff members, ordy a handful have Spanish surnames and none is black, although 25 percent of the inmates are nonwhite. One of the greatest inadequacies of the prison is the small size of its psychiatric and social work staff. There are only eight caseworkers for 600 inmates. This results in a caseload that is entirely unrealistic. The inmates will return to society; they should return better able to deal with the pressures of that society and the tensions See SHORTCOMINGS, Page B-- 2 may not degrade air Action Ads Music The full impact of the decision cannot be accurately forecast at this time, said E.A. Hunter, Utah Power & Light Co. president. Environmentalists were jubliant and power company officials cautious today in the wake ) of Mondays Supreme Court decision that new j depollution sources may not significantly air. clean grade already Cities file fund suit on county By Joe Costanzo Deseret News staff writer Four municipalities today filed suit against Salt Lake County, alleging that responsibility for providing indigent misdemeanants with an attorney rests with the county. The suit stems from Salt Lake County's recent refusal to fund the misdemeanor project of the Salt Lake Leg;.l Defender Association, forcing Salt Lake CLy to allocate $5,300 in emergency funds to keep the program alive. - Salt Lake City was joined by Murray, Midvale and South Salt Lake in seeking court clarification of legal aid responsibility. The suit was fild in Third District Court. Roger Cutler, deputy city attorney, who prepared the suit, said the Utah Code provides that minimum standards for defendants who are financially unable to obtain defense in criminal cases is county responsibility. Cutler said the county attorney, Carl Nemelka, issued an opinion aivising the county it is not legally obligated to pay for legal representation of indigent misdemeanants appearing before city courts within the county. On the basis of that opinon, the County Commission refused on May 10 to allocate money for the misdemeanor project. Cutler said a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court opinion imposed on all courts the duty of providing indigents with legal representation. A misdemeanor violation is punishable by a fine of not more than $299 and not nore than six months in jail. to Cutler, the Utah Attorney 7 According Generals Office has issued an ooinion on the matter supporting the cities allegation that the legal service is a county responsibility. He said stringent regulation could conceivably have the effect of prohibiting any generating plants in areas such as most of Utah where existing air quality is better than that established by federal standards. coal-fire- v. General views Guard in Dugway dust DUGWAY half-jes- t. Today there is dry dust, and when a helicopter sets down on the dunes above the Guards 2nd Battalion, 222nd Field Artillery to see Lawyou emplacement, rence of Arabia emerge from the cloud the copter kicks up. But the visitor is Maj. Gen. Maurice L. Watts, Utah adjutant general, who is here to inspect the battalions annual Army Training Test (ATT), which measures the units combat efficiency with the huge, howitzer cannons the artillerymen operate. would be extremely damaging to tourism in this state and really severely hurt the states economy (if the plants were built), so were extremely pleased. half-expe- was one of only a few states that did not support the clean-ai- r suit, brought by environmental groups, including the Sierra Club. He said Utah d UF&Ls Huntington Canyon coal-fireplant in Emery County, presently under construction, is one of the facilities which possibly could be affected by the decision. It was to begin producing power next year. d If the expected reduction in tourism occurs, Berry' said, there will be no shortage of gas, only a shortage of money. Rural communities such as Moab and Vernal will be hardest hit by fear of a gas shortage. In remarks to the Deseret News, reducBerry was critical of suggested a gasas in Utah tions in speed limits saving. Any gas saved in Utah will likeoil ly be sold somewhere else by the A speed reargued. companies, Berry duction in Utah alone wont help the gas shortage, it will only reduce the incomes of Utah retailers and state tax revenues, he said. In addition, a sudden reduction in would posted speeds at Utah borders lead to many citations for drivers comto ing from out of state who are used higher speeds, he said. dust-choke- 90 n This is the only place in the world where you can have either dry dust or wet dust, one Utah National Guardsman says in only When it rains, it may be wet, but its still dusty. It save-ga- s the In desert, miles southwest of Salt Lake City, the temperature is 104 degrees and the only whisper of wind feels like a hot rebuke rather than a cool caress. sagebrush-strew- . Battery of the battalion, commanded by Capt. Frank Staheli, is from St. George, and perhaps the men are accustomed to the heat because they do not perspire heavily as they ready the big guns for a firing exercise. B 4 " ' . "' Sgt. Lloyd Baker, Glendale, lugs 90 pound, 1 55 mm. shell to big gun. campaign to meet with executives of Utah news media in the next few days to request cooperation in educating the public about the true fuel picture. It was pointed out in the meeting by one state agency head that the Deseret News is already publishing daily tips on how to save at least a gallon of gasoline a week. Not only is there some question as to whether motorists will respond to reduced speed limits by driving slower and conserving gas, but the word "crisis is already actively being applied by some citizens, the governor said. Ordering the reduction of speed limits would only per- petuate the misunderstanding that the crisis is imminent, he added. The crisis mentality has convinced some Utahns that they should begin stockpiling gasoline, R. LaVaun Cox, director of the Utah Petroleum Council, told the governor. This is a very dangeous maneuver, Cox warned. People are 'buying gasoline in drums or barrels, filling up containers at the pump and loading them into the rear of their station wagons and storing them in garages or on back porches. It is not only dangerous, it is illegal Cox said. In addiand unnecessary, tion, those who store gasoline will find that if they keep it a few months their See GASOLINE on Page b-- 7 These are the right people to be in this kind of environment - theyre all a Guardsman from another unit says, with half-lizar- see GUARDS on Page Plan route, save gas The best way to save gas is to find a route that requires the fewest stops at red lights. Ask any cabbie. Hell tell you. Carl Christensen, a Yellow Cab driver, is in favor of the Deseret News campaign to Save a Gallon a Week of gas. You bet, I am, he B-- 2 S. L man Dr. T. H. Bell, superintendent of Granite School District, has been confirmed by the U. S. Senate as one of the 15 members of the new National Council on Educational Research. The council will be the board for the new National Institute of Education (NIE) which will coordinate all educational research carried on by the U. S. Government. The NIE is expected to become for education what the policy-makin- Deseret News staff writer Of course with five national parks at stake, its certainly a very important decision. As you know, there are power plants proposed which would be within just a few miles of Bryce National Park, Zion National Park, the Escalante area canyons, the Glen Canyon Recreation Area, Capitol Reef. And all of these areas would suffer tremendous smog from those proposed power plants. Also possibly affected are the Nevada Power Co. Warner Valley, Washington County, power plant project, designed to serve St. George and parts of Nevada; the Arizona Power and Light Co.s Kaiparawitz project in southeastern Utah, and others. Senate okays By Paul Swenson Asked if the ruling would have much impact in Utah, he said, I certainly hope so. That was one of the major reasons for the suit, to prevent degradation of one of the last clean air states in the nation. Gas crisis exaggerated e ed Raskin said environmentalists are pleased with the decision. ways. Before considering ordering new, lower speed limits, he said he would ask states during the summer. Tourists would be unnecessarily afraid of becoming stranded in rural areas without gas. Sp. 4 Barry Hunt, St. George, Utah National Guard artilleryman, mans howitzer for B Battery, 2nd Bn., 222nd Artillery. Ml 09 Another UP&L official commented that if the decision is taken at its most literal extreme, it would mean that a car would not be allowed to travel into a clean air area until another car drove out. Meeting with the states petroleum executives, wholesalers and directors of state agencies, Rampton observed that 15-3- A ground search party organized by the San Juan County Jeep Patrol discovered the wreckage and the body of S. Sgt. David Park, 38, of Los Angeles, about 2 a.m. S. Sgt. James L. Potter, 23, of Wellsville, N.Y., had earlier walked out of the wreckage. Potter, who worked as the spotter on the search plane, was picked up by a passing motorist, Earl Wright, about 8:30 p.m. Monday night. He was treated for shock at Blanding Clinic and transferred to the San Juan County Hospital. The plane was taking part in the search for another aircraft piloted by J. J. Williams of Page, Anz., missing several days on a flight from Montrose, Colo., to Page. d Hunter said vastly improved pollution conwhich he said is not availtrol equipment would be required to meet maxiable now mum stringent standards. the effects of the shortage on all consumers could be reduced by voluntary efforts by Utahns to conserve gasoline. The governor said he prefers this approach to arbitrarily ordering reduction in speed limits along Utah high- Tourism in Utah and neighboring states could be severely damaged by nonsense put out about the gasoline shortage, Jim Berry, director of the Utah Travel Council, told a meeting of the Federation of Rocky Mountain States Monday. There is no crisis, there is an inconvenience, Berry said. No town is totally without gas. Ar. individual may have to shop around to fill his tank, he added. Although the shortage is of manageable proportions, exaggeration of the 0 percent problem could lead to a reauction in tourism in the western north of here. Hunter said administrative regulations, the courts or Congress must now explain what is meant by significant deterioration. Utahs gasoline shortage IS 3 problem, not yet a crisis, " Gov. Calvin L. Rampton said Monday afternoon, indicating he hopes to mount a public education campaign in the media to convince motorists to conserve fuel. By Rod Decker Deseret News staff writer Salt Lake County residents who have any information which they believe could necessitate convening a grand jury were invited today to tell district judges at a July 27 hearing. Marcellus K. Snow, presiding judge of the Third District, said the hearing wdl continue as long as necessary to allow citizen testimony. The hearing wdl begin at S a.m. in No. 1 Courtroom, Metropolitan Hall of Justice. 240 E. 4th South. Ten district court judges will sit together to hear in secret any information that may require grand jury attention, Snow said. State law requires that grand iurv hearings be called every two years in all the states se t judicial districts. The most recent Salt Lak Cecity Grand Jury was calleu in 19c2 and issued fivt indictments, three alleging bribery in connection with a land purchase and two alleging embezzlement. single-engin- g Rampton seeks Grand Jury hearing e BLANDING The wreckage of a Civd Air Patrol search plane containing the body of the pilot was found this morning near Recapture Canyon about 12 miles The decision should stop construction of power plants in Utah, said Dr. David C. Raskin, the conservation chairman for the Sierra Clubs Uinta Chapter. short-sighte- Today in the West Aircraft, body found i By Joe Bauman Environmental Specialist s workers. New pollution sources i myni-r- Deaths Although the need for minority staff members is recogmzed, there seems to be no push to obtain them, the report said and urged an energetic program to recruit minority staff Supreme Court rules J p Theater Panel outlines prison shortcomings By Ha! Knight Deseret News staff writer i(ililij'iiiii g National Science Foundation is for science and the National Institute of Health is for health. Bell was appointed to a term. He is the only Mountain West member of the council. He and Dr. Wilson Riles, superintendent of schools for California, are the only public school educators on the panel. Bell is former acting U.S. commissioner of education. He also has served as Utah stale school superintendent and as superintendent of Weber School District. two-ye- Cut faces Job Corps Deseret Job - back Center News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON The Clearfield, Utah, Corps budget would be cut by 20 percent in the fiscal year beginning July 1, Labor Department aides said today. Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, predicts the reduction will cut enrollment of trainees from 1,320 to 670 next year. The center, run by Thiokol Chemical Corp., will be one of 65 centers retained but trimmed sharply and directed to emphasize increased performance. The Weber Basin Job Corps Center, operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, will be cut 10 percent, but no estimate has been mJe of the effect the trim will have on trainees there. Some cadre cutbacks are likely through normal attrition. Six centers in the U.S. Corps budget is trimmed to are to be closed as the Job million next year. $37 Mishap kills man A Grantsville city employe, Wallace GRANTSVILLE Worthington, 45, was killed about 8:30 this morning when the bucket on a payloader dropped onto him. Investigators said he was working with a street crew repairing a culvert when the mishap occurred. The Gillette ambulance, summoned nine miles from Tooele, rushed the mortally injured worker to Tooele Valley Hospital where he was pronounced dead after efforts to revive him. said. Speaks up for DDT Those extra stops and starts at stop signs and red lights cost gas. Why not try several routes and compare? he suggested. PROVO (AP) A Brigham Young University professor says DDT is second only to penicillin for removing sickness and suffering. If enough motorists want red lights on direct routes synchronized, they can let their city engineer know. Dr. Gary Booth, assistant professor of zoology, said the chemical toxin is the most effective way to control diseases which have devastated the worlds population. Lights on Main Street are synchronized, so if you drive the speed limit you will not be stopped for many miles, Christensen said. Other good routes going south from downtown are Third West, Fifth East, and Foothill. Media representatives have transformed the word pesticide into a dirty one. They have focused on the heat of the discussion, rather than the light, he told an Ecology Week audience. Booth said DDT has made a major contribution to the eradication of malaria and other such diseases. The positive effects of DDT far s. outweigh its Until a chemical pesticide is found that will produce the results of DDT, it is essential, if only for disease control, that it be kept on the arket, Booth said. He believes that 7th and 9th See SAVE on Page B4 draw-back- |
