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Show mm. The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, August Utahns Play Prominent Roles House Panel Approves Measure on Glen Canyon Boundaries, Road By Frank Hewlett Tribune Washington Bureau A bill WASHINGTOX - establish ling permanent boundaries for the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Itah and Arizona and authorizing a scemc road from (.ten Canyon Citv to Bullfiog Basin was approved Fiiday by the House Interior Committee. Since a similar bill parsed the Senate in June the prospects aie good for Congress to complete action this year on the legislation The House measure was cosponsoied by Reps Sherman 1 Lloyd, Rltah, and Gunn McKav, D Ltah Lloyd, a member of the Intenor Committee, hailed the action as a signify ant victory and a good bill for the Rep. state Club, have vowed an all out effort to defeat it on the House floor K Morris Idall, Rep , failed by a voice vote to knock out any reference to the route of the proposed scenic road z He expressed hopes the bill can be approved by the House in a few weeks but warned that spokesmen for conservation groups led bv the Sierra d Rep Lloyd, who led the fight against the amendment which Mr. L'dail offered in behalf of June Aivant of Salt Lake City, a member of the board of dnectors of the Sierra Club said this would have gutted the compromise on the authonzation for the board approved by Ltah s congressional delegation and the governor Rep ldail had argued that the studv should not specify a specific road and said the ro.id would still be authorized if his amendment were approved Rep Llovd countered that without a mandate in which the state would share authority the road across the noith shore of the lake would pioba-blnever be built If the road is not author v '.jnnioncanan ononraniaicjoncinistfjonraGStaomearaiacseanncasaEstatttaeifrea-caiacsiaoracmcicasaninEiniamnet mm it 0'M .rjU'ililL.!l( A 4 1 1 H hi ", p 1 Mit Cf,ii 4 i izcd m this legislation it may not be built in this century be alc.nise those opposed to it, a mmoritv, have devel- though oped political power which is intimidating to Congress and to the executive, Rep Lloyd told the committee Though Rep l'dail lost his main road amendment, he was one in successful getting 1. 197.! : through to increase the mad study period Horn one to two yeais and another to add 13 400 acres to the recreation aiea including the heads of Scorpion Gulch, Coyote Can-voForty-Mil- e Canyon and Willow Canyon, areas which he said are heavily used bv backpackers Defeated on a six six tic vote was an amendment of fered bv Rep Llovd to authorize a study of areas near and within the recreation area for possible selection by the stale for recreational development ma a s 1 c 1 f t M V t - ' D, A i f vr ,i . |