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Show 166 DESERET NEWS, WEEKEND OF NOVEMBER r: 3, 1973 ; Near Levan ; Hearing set on Ey Lavor Chaffin Dedeseret News education editor of Utah's nine Administrators colleges and universities will appear before the State Board of Higher Education Monday and Tuesday to support budget requests totaling more than $128 million. Together, the budget requests of the nine schools and the State Board of Higher Education ask for an increase of $19.3 million in academic state appropriations for the 1974-7term. state-supporte- d On Tuesdays schedule, to begin at 8:00 a m., are Weber State College, Utah State University and the Umversity of Utah. Following, expressed in term1; of requested state appropriations (total budgets are higher) are the overall requests of the various state institutions: of Utah $38,5SS,109; Current, increase, State University request, $18,244,662; Current, increase, State College request, $11,467,356, Current, increase, University $29,888,000; request, $8,6,80,100. 5 The 1973 Legislature appropriated $65.6 million for hightr education. The 197475 requests total $84.9 million. The hearings, before the State Board of Higher Educations Budget and Finance Committee, will open Monday at 8:30 a.m. in the Board Room of Zions First National Bank. Appearing in order Monday will be College of Eastern Utah, Snow College. Dixie College, Utah Technical College at Provo, Utah Technical College at Salt Lake and Southern Utah State College. Utah $15,518,000; $3,726,662. Weber $7,922,000; $3,545,356. Southern Utah State College (Cedar City) Current, $2,454,000; request, $3,011,200; increase, $557,200. Snow (Ephraim) College request, $1,161,000' $1,509,680; Current, increase, $348,680. Dixie College (St. George) Rescuers find plane budgets higher-e- d Current, $1,245,000; $400,400. request, $1,643,400; increase, CurCollege of Eastern Utan (Price) rent $074,000; request, $1,218,400; increase, wreckage $244,400. Utah Technical College at Provo Current, $1,755,000; reouest. $2,427,367; Increase, The LEVAN, Juab County wreckage of a light plane that left Salma, Sevier County, Friday evening, apparently with two aboard, was located three miles north of here today. Sear hers found only one body. A ground crew searched all night hi snow so thick tney could often not see each ether through the storm, and finally reached the crash site two blocks west of Highway 91 at $672,367. Utah Technical College at Sait Lake Current, S2,9t4,090; request, $3 859.319; increase, $595,319. State Board of Higher Education (including statewide programs, such as KU'ED, funded through the board) Current, $1,702,100; request, $1,922,549; increase, $220,449. All education higher Current, $65,583,100; $84,874,033; request, increase, $19,290,933 The next step m the budget process will be preparation of a tentative overall budget by the staff of the State Board of Higher Education.. That figure, judging from past performances, will be considerably below the total of current institutional requests. 9:50 a.m. The pilot was believed from Manti. Names of tb pilot and his reported passenger were being withheld pending posi- ve identification and notification of next-of-ki- Search crews aloft had listened throughout the night to a distress call from what was believed to betne downed craft. At times, two distinct signals appeared to eminate from umerenl iocaiiors. Tailings called danger by ERA The Environmental Protection Agency says development should be prohibited within f mile of the tailings at the old Vitro Uranium processing plant site in Salt Lake County. one-hal- Gov. Calvin L. Rampton announced Friday he had received a new report on studies of radioactivity at the Vitro tailings pile from the EPA Regional Office in Denver. The governor said the report summarized information from past studies as well as providing results of measurements made in May of this year at Not explosions, just homecoming Salina Airport officials said two men were aboard when the plane left at 6:30 p.m. Friday. It was bound for Salt Lake City. eight locations around the tail- nrc o c An committee appointed by the governor reviewed the report and agreed that there should be no development within a half mile of the pile until there is a guarantee hai no health hazard ad-ho- will A ground search was formed and concentrated along Utah 148 in the Tintic Mountain region near Eureka. The Civil Air Patrol was alerted and a specially said deputies equipped Air Force plane from Hamilton Air Force Base near was San Francisco dispatened to aid m the hunt. A described the deputy plane as a silver, gold and e Seneca. green result. Toe committee decided to immediately begin exploring the feasibility of moving the pile and to make studies of possible future health hazards which could result from development of the property within e rtidius. the twin-engin- The Juab County Shenll's Jeep Patrol searched for the half-mil- plane through the night in six inches of snow and were concentiating their efforts this morning on the southwest portion of the Lev an Hidge. The EPA report showed health hazard only a long-terfrom the measured levels of None of the radioactivity. measurements indicated any immediate hazard. NAACP to hold ' Several which explosions rumbled through town Friday night were caused by fireworks at the University of Utahs Homecoming. The Deseret News received phone calls from readers who reported the explosions. Checks with police and fire agencies did not give a clue as to the origin of the blasts until a call to the universitys police cleared up the department mystery. ple. Members Frank E. Moss. a bill in Congress earlier this month authorizing the AEC to assist the state m Sen. 5 teens held Geothermal energy in shooting Steam power from earth , Geothermal energy must be used m the vicinity of where it is tapped and has no use as a transportable fuel. Nonetheless, it represents a great potential for producing electrical power. Rex said that the dry steam" or combinations of hot water and steam Five youths arrested after a Thursday night shooting incident were referred to Ju- can be released by drilling in geothermal fields, which are abundant in t.ie western states, including many in Utah. on charges of homicide criminal attempted Friday. venile The steam can be piped to nearby power plants where it can be used to drive huge turbine generators without creating air pollution, burning of any kind, and can produce power as economically as plants. Fields are now being exploited in California, he explained, noting that an area north of San Francisco is the "largest producing area of drv steam m the world. coal-fire- Court The two boys and three girls in the Sait were being held Lake County Detention d Center. Victim of the shooting. Maury Jacobs, 18, 894 Maxwell Lane (2890 South), was reported in good condition today at St. Xark's Hospital. He was wounded with a .22 caliber weapon. The U.S. is behind other nations m the technology and use of geothermal energy, but it is moving fast to make use of this energy supply, Rex said. Despite a slow start, the U.S. tlus vear became the worlds largest producer of geothermal steam and by the end of the year will be the biggest producer f electrical energy from such steam, he said. By Joseph Bauman Deseret News environmental specialist The Nixon Administration proposal to reduce certain ento vironmental standards combat the energy shortage is unnecessary, Sen. Robert W. said Friday Packwood, night. In Salt Lake City for the Centers Utah Environment first annual dinner at Hotel Utah, Packwood told the Deseret News, I think youre going to have to face up to more expensive energy. Were going to have to pay what Europes paid for 30 years, for fuel. Packwood told the diners into the Lafayette Room at up to $30 each, Theres no advantage per se in bigness. The West does not need to be without development and growth so long as we do not adopt the adage that growth for the sake of growth is Deputy Sheriff Dick Deseret News staff writer on medical crackdown quackery was announced Friday by Salt Lake County Attorney Carl Nemelka. A county-wid- e An attorney and an investigator from his office will investigate reports of a large increase in quackery in the county since last spring, Nemelka said. practitioners who claim to be able to diagnose and treat diseases by examining and manipulating feet, heads and other body parts, have victimized county resiSelf-style- d dents, he said. Several people recently have been admitted to area hospitals for treatment of malnutrition and protein deficiency after following diets recommended by medical quacks. disPeople with cancer and other senous out of to medical eases sometimes go quacks of U An admission of wrong, searching questions, charges two and countercharges of mismanagement highlighted Lake Salt the for candidates public appearances Friday by City Commission. ConIncumbent Commissioners James L. Barker and Glen and Jess Agraz rad B. Harrison, city traffic engineer Greener met in a noon forum in the University of Utah Union West Ballroom and again on a KUED TV debate Fri- day night, city parks What I did was wrong. said commissioner, concerning an incident in which city employes worked bn his campaign. Harrison said city employes sometimes work on campaigns, but on their own time and outside city offices. Ha-ris- But during this campaign, Harrison said, he was in a rush to leave town and so was mailing campaign literature from his office. His secretary, his administrative assistant and other employes helped him during their break and lunch hour. Harrison added. Joe Costanzo, Deseiel News staff writer, saw the literature in my office, and very properiv reported it. Moderator was Rod Decker, also a Deseret News staff writer. At the noon meeting, Barker replied to a charge that the Public Safety Department pays too much attention to victimless crimes like prostitution and pornography, by stating they .are really not victimless. They have a very definite effect on the community so far as the crime rate is concerned, he said. Prostitution and pornography activities tend to duster in certain dis- tricts of a city, where the crime rate for other kinds of crime also increases, he said. Barker admitted an incident in lus department where a phantom employe drew a paycheck while doing little or no work. He said he must supervise 900 employes and that when the scandal came to light he acted promptly and openly to rectify the situation. Harrison defended the adion of an appeals board in reinstating a streets department employe who was caught loafing, buying beer and gambling on the iob Agraz said the earliest EPA proposals to control downtown traffic to cut carbon monoxide pollution were an attempt to shove something down our throats. "Its too bad we didn establish a dialogue with the city, state and EPA right from the outset, ho said. as consolidation Greener said he supports a concept but the practice has many problems. He said he was concerned over whether citizens would lose personal contact with local governmental officials through such a merger. Many functions, such as certain y kinds of police work, can be merged without consolidation. But, he added, he will vote for consolidation in a form that would guarantee adequate responsibility of officials to desperation, especially if they have been nounced incurable, officials said. pro- People are being fleeced by the quacks, Nemelka said, and people with dread deseases can lose enormous sums of money when they become medical prey. interested in tnese practitioners who are making false representations to people concerning what they can and cant cure There is no way people can perform what they can do. he said. I am Nemelka called on citizens who have knowledge of quacks or know anyone being treated by such a person to contact the County Attorneys office at the Metropolitan Hall of Justice, 240 E. 4th South. Nemelka met Thursday with Dr. Hurry Gibbons, director of Salt Lake Health Department, and West Jordan Mayor Brace Egbert, a board of health director, to discuss theproblem. City-Coun- Nemelka said his office is working with the states department the Liability law posed Legislation to indcmmfv state officials and empioves from being sued while performing their jobs m good faith is being prepared by the Utah Legislative Council Legal Services. Robert B. Hansen, deputy Utah attorney general, sent a memo Thursday to Melvin E. Leslie of Legal Services asking him to prepare a preliminary draft of a proposed statute. Hansen said when he has received the draft he will ask for input from interested parties. worthwhile, he said. Utah has 1,100,000 citizens, but most of you aren't going to be better off if this state has 2,200,000 people." The break-evepoint, in terms of the ratio of costs of with compared government use of services, comes when a town reaches about 50,000 population, he said. n After that the town gets progressively more expensive, not progressively cheaper. Schools, libraries and other services go downhill and crime goes up. environment Utahs is something . . . that is so precious that I hope you are very careful with it. And if you develop it tastefully, and gradually, this state will prosper as you grow at 50,000 or 75,000 every five years and you can all continue to enjoy the quality of life you have. er Pennsylvania; or with really bad luck, another Ohio . . . with belching factories. He said it was the great good luck cf this part of the country that the U.S. was settled from east to west, rather than the other way around. The east coast is destroyed, speaking, he environmentally said. We were not saved in the West by our intelligence; we were saved by history. We didn't get here in time to rum this country as they have in the East. The Lafayette loom was filled with Utah leaders of both industry and the environmovement. Mrs. mental Calvin L. (Lucybeth) Ramp of business regulation in Investigating the matter. The aim is to bring legal action against those practicing medicine without proper licenses. The problem of medical quackery has existed for some tune, but there hasnt been a concentrated effort to prosecute quacks in the past, said Nemelka. However, the problem is growing rapidly and is taking on major proportions. He said he has received information that the amount ef medical quackery being prepetrated in the county has tripled in the past six months. Nemelka said legitimate, licensed medical practitioners are in favor of a crackdown against quacks. The ciackdown is not aimed at preventing people seeking disease cures, but is leveled against medical quacks who are taking money by fraudulent and deceptive means. he said. ton, the dinners said the meeting could be a constructive beginning of the dialogue we so badly need. A favorite of quotation mine says you cant shake hands with a clenched fist . . Let me thank each one of you for shaking hands here tonight. . She presented the environment ceners first annual Natures Trustee Award to Ideal Cement Co. and its Devils Slide plant manager, Robert L. Barker, for co- nstructive environmental action. Under Barkers direction, the plant made tremendous advances in cleaning up its smokestack she emissions, said. Earning Or you can take the road of development and you can become, with bad luck, anoth- - PUBLIC TRUST! Everything goes up County crackdown on quacks By Robert Copier U. Energy price hikes predicted packed Simonson said the victim and Dale Elliott, 19, 1961 Blair St. (340 East) were bred at eight times about 6:30 p.m. from a passing car when they pulled their vehicle to the curb at 32S Lambourne Ave. (3145 South). of executLve board will meet at 7 p.m. prior to the regular meeting. Wilfcrd Simpson will report on plans for an NAACP oftLce. and James E. Dooley, president, vill make a statement concerning his recent political venture. Alexis Kelner, chairman of Citizens Committee to Save Our Canyons, shows poster being used to increase public awareness of canyon problems prior to hearings. A Forest on three Service hearing is scheduled for alternative proposals for management ef federal land in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The County Planning and Zoning Department will hold a hearing Dec. 6 on a master plan for private land in the same canyon. disposing of the abandoned tailings pile. The bill would permit the AEC to pay up to 75 percent of the cost of moving the tailings. Rex of the Republic Geothermal Corp. in a talk at the University of Utah Science and Society lecture series. The earths interior is extremely hot and the power contained under the crust makes the worlds petroleum supplies look small by comparison, he said. The worlds total energy reserves in petroleum are equal only to a few volcanic sites, but geothermal power isnt about to make oil obsolete, he said. debate at Citizens. The NAACP will hold its monthly meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Nettie Gregory Center. 742 V. Soutli Tem- introduced reservoir of energy in the form of hot water and steam under the ground is waiting to be tapped for heat and electrical power. This supply, known as geothermal energy, was described Friday by Robert during candidate monthly meeting The studies will be conducted by the State Division of Health, with the help of the EPA and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). An enormous Wrong admitted The cost of almost everything has gone up, and that includes a tarmer's telephone bill, the Agriculture Department says. to a yearly According survey made each summer, local telephone service in 1973 cost farmers an average of $6.45 per month. That was up 3 percent Irom a $6.27 average For over o decade, of public service. Con Harrison has demonstrated that he knows the meaning of honesty, responsibility and oi 1972. integrity. RE-ELE- CT HARRISON CITY COMMISSIONER Trolley Squar Pe fct. 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