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Show r . . i ' w Safety Hit In Idaho Mine Fire if I V'-'- - b State Analysts Recommend School Finance Revamp Program Salt fab By Douglas L. fibttni 91 -- Death Report Rips Standards TV Today Page C SPOKANE (AP) A large number of 91 deaths which occurred when fire broke out in the Sunshine Mine near Kellogg, Idaho, could have been averted by more stringent safety standards, a Department of Interior official said in a report made public Thursday. the The report was based on an eight-dapublic hearing in Kellogg begun July v B-- 1 IxHal New Features Section 18. B Revisions in the state school finance program dealing with such matters as teacher salaries and bus transportation were recommended Thursday by state analysts working to equalize aid to local school districts to meet recent court standards. The suggested revisions were in a report prepared by a study committee led by Dr. Percy Burrup of Brigham Young University and presented to the Utah Legislative Council's Education Committee. Friday Morning, November 10, 172 y Parker Tribune Staff Writer Page One Committee members voted to conduct further hearings with the education com "A staff cost factor munity concerning the central proposal professional calling for a weighted pupil formula for should be added to the finance formula to help local districts finance the higher distributing aid rather than use of units, measured by the number of costs incurred as teachers increase their pupils attending schools daily and pro- tenure of office and their professional grams they participate in. training." the report concluded. Cost Per Pupil The report estimated that applying a "We ought to think in cost per pupil figure of $477 in state guarantee for each rather than cost per DU (distribution weighted average daily attendance unit unit) because no one knows what that of a school district would require about is," said Dr. Burrup. $12.8 million more from the state to comVarying weighted formulas would be ply with court decisions indicating there given kindergarten, elementary and sec- must be equal opportunity coming from a state aid program. ondary school students, with an additional factor for l students' atWould lie Possible tendance to further equalize educational This would be jHissible, the report opportunity. distn-burio- small-schoo- indicated, by requiring all school districts to levy 24 mills for the basic state aid guarantee instead of the existing 16 mills, w ith the option of the school board levying another four mills at the same guarantee. This would remove the pres- system of allowing local boards to Iow an additional 12 mills but to keep any money beyond the state guarantee, which benefits wealthier districts. ent that a report recommended study be undertaken by the State Board of Education to see if a weighted formula factor can be arrived at for "culturally disadvantaged" stustudents, the minority and dents. The $.'100,000 pilot e James M. Day. director of the departOffice of Hearings and Appeals, said the hearings revealed it was evident that a large number of deaths and the magnitude of the disaster are a direct result of inadequate safety standards, industrywide poor safety practices, the lack of training of the miners in the ments Common Cause Chief Flays Secrecy in Government Actions event of a disaster and the fact that ne one expected that a disaster of such size or extent could occur. Further, he said, not only are some standards inadequate, but they have been diluted and rendered ineffective by interpretation. Says Other Standards Averted Day's report to Interior Secretary Rogers U.B. Morton also said other safety standards effectively were voided by By Clark Lobb Tribune Staff Writer Ninety percent of federal government decision making is done in secret, the national chairman of Common Cause said Thursday in Salt Lake Citv. "You get the impression that how they do our business is none of our business," said John W. Gardner, former Secretary of Health. Education and Welfare, touring the nation to make sure Congress and state legislatures including Utahs consider Common legislation. being labeled advisory. The official report was dated Oct. 27, four days before Morton appeared here on behalf of President Nixon's and told newsmen his department would not seek any new mine safety legislation from Congress. Cause-lobbye- think we have sufficient authority, Morton said at the time, but what we need is more funding to do a better job and bring up the Bureau of Mines equate schools and health care, a housing shortage and so on, Mr. Gardner said. He said one of the prime purposes of Common Cause is to hold our elected representatives continuously accountable." Too often their nomination is engineered in the back room' so nominees feel accountable to the powers behind the scenes rather than to the party rank and file. mmtmtqiiszji jgzi d v I Mr. Gardner spoke Thursday afternoon at the University of Utah School of Law standards. He made his remarks about in government at a Much Testimony Taken ny is not supported by a comparison of Sunshine's injury and fatality rates with the averages cf the industry. self-rescu- e s The Utah National Guards 23rd Army Band conducted by CWO Ralph Vanderlinden shared the spotlight with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Thursday night for Guard, Tribune Vets concert. in the Tabernacle Kidnap Charges Landfill Dumps of Today Filed in S.L. Gold Mines Tomorrow? Against 2 Men Complaints charging two men with the Aug. 12, 1971, kidnaping of Sheri Lee Martin from a South Sad Lake doughnut shop, were filed before U.S. Magistrate A. M. Ferro in Salt Lake City Thursday. The announcement was made by Bernard L. Huclskamp, special agent in charge of the Salt Lake City office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The accused are Carl Robert Taylor. Ramon McCrary, 47. 34, and Sherman .Taylor is currently serving 15 years to life for armed robberies at San Quentin Prison, Calif., and McCrary 10 years to life for armed robberies at Folsom Prison, Calif. ' Miss Martin, then was abducted from the Winchells Donut House, 2699 S. State, South Salt Lake, during a robbery in which approximately $87 was taken. 17, Her body was found Sept. 6, 1971, in a field in Elko County, Nev., just south of Wendover, Nev. Salt Lake County Sheriffs Capt. Pete murder Hayward said Thursday any in the complaints would be originated District Attorney's Office for Elko County. Those tin or aluminum cans and zinc jar lids buried with the orange peels and chicken bones in the local landfill today namay be mined bv a resource-hungrtion ip the year 2000. y year 2000, some of our strategic materials will be gone," explained Merlin Van Dyke, an engineer from the By the The answer is recycling, the engineer declared. EPA is giving San Diego a grant to run garbage through molten sand. Theres nothing left. But today recycling is too expensive to consider, for costs are high and tech- nology isnt that far along, he said. Part of the answer may lie in tax relief for Environmental Protection Agency's Denver Regional Office. He predicted that sophisticated mining would search the buried operations dumps for those and other scarce resources. Speaking to about 70 sanitarians from around the state at the Utah Environmental Health Assn, fall seminar, Mr. Van Dyke said the EPA considers these landfill operations today's most practical form of solid waste disposal. Only Temporary Answer But the answer is only temporary, he continued, noting that some major metropolitan areas already are out of room for the fill and are considering long hauls bv train. For example, he said some California cities have considered the Nevada desert as a giant landfill for their debris. See Page B-- Column t 3 Bodies Recovered, At Bullfrog Basin free public education through the 12th D. Talbot, state' grade, said Dr. Walter of public instruction. superintendent The board reached its position on high school fees during a session in the old Ogden Stockyards Exchange Building, which now serves as administrative headfor Skill Center North. L The center is a cooperative effort through which Weber and Ogden school districts and Weber State College conduct proa wide variety of federally-financegrams geared to provide education and technical training for the disadvantaged. d Explaining the board's proposal. Dr. Talbot said the state constitution states that t.ie common schools public schools through the eighth grade shall be free, and statutes require local school boards to furnish supplies for common schools but other provisions allow boards to sell books to high school students. Concert Draws Crowds for Veterans Day This is a faulty world but Utah and its veterans haven't copped out. More than 2.000 of its sons and daughters have made the supreme sacrifice since 1917. and many more have been wounded, disabled. are POW's or missing in action. For them patriotism isn't dead." This was the message of Lt. Gen. Harris W. Hollis, chief of reserve components, U.S. Army, Thursday night during the Veterans Day Concert in the Tabernacle. It was the 17th annual Veteran's Day Concert sponsored by the Utah National Guard and Salt Lake Tribune. Special to The T ribune BULLFROG BASIN, Kane County -who The bodies of three persons, drowned Wednesday night when their boat hit a rock and capsized, were washed ashore Thursdav. Some 5.000 persons attended the program to hear Lt. Gen. Hollis, the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Utah National Guards 23rd Army Band, con- Dead are Mrs. J. Clyde Brasier, 1884 Davis Blvd.. Bountiful, her son, .1. Clark Brasier. 6. and Kcrnut R. Lester, 68. Freewater. Ore. The choir sang several patriotic selections, and the band played selections by Handel, Noble and O'Hara. S. Survivors of the accidemt are J. Clyde Brasier. 69. and Mrs. Lester. Board to Ask Free Texts in High Schools Special to The Tribune OGDEN The Utah State Board of Education wiU ask the 1973 legislature to outlaw textbook and rental fees charged schools. by the state's public high We will be asking the legislature for i MY the state school office will undertake a study to determine which fees should be identified as educational fees and which are extracurricular. He said The study will take the position that 'an item required by the school as part of the educational program should be furnished bv the school. While the board's efforts may not rule out all fees, they will be aimed primarily at eliminating textbook fees, but will permit schools to continue the practice of charging for damaged or lost instructional materials ducted by CWO Ralph Vanderlinden. Choir Sings about contributions not being disclosed because it could have been a vote against George McGovern. No one knows, of course, but there is a question whether it really was a vote for the President or more a vote the chairman against his opponent. said. He criticized the fiercely political U.S. Justice Department" and decried the role of recent U.S. attornevs-genera- l in political campaigns dating back to President Truman." The former HEW secretary attended the conference with Thomas A. Quinn, Salt Lake attorney heading the Utah CC And he described the chapter. Utah organization as active and effective and in line to a play a role of increasing importance. Sees Utahn as Director The national citizen's lobbying group chairman said a University of Utah law professor, Arvo Van Alstvne, likely will be a national CC director by January. The Utahn placed 21st when 20 recently were elected. Turnover in the board in the next 60 days will mean Mr. Van Alstvne will move into the circle, Mr. Gardner said. During his evening address, the chairman said CC targets are politicians who s ignore the people, unresponsive s and betrayals of the public interest. behind-the-scene- No Cvnicism in Common Cause Journalists say the public is tired I and cynical, Mr. Gardner observed. can tell you from personal experience that there have been no signs of weariness and cynicism among the members of Common Cause. They are human and they can be discouraged by events, but theve been too busy fighting the good fight to have time for cynicism. He said CC has been saying for almost two years that the instruments of are themselves in need of repair." "Until the American people underand act on it stand that we shall A novelty number by the band titled. make little progress with the other probRands Around the World. in which the lems which plague us war, a deterioband members donned various hats to rating environment, racial injustice, inad- complement musical selections from various countries was particularly well received by the audience. The concert traditionally has been held on or near the original Armistice Day of Nov. 11, 1918; when Germany signed the armistice ending World War I, said Maj. Gen Maurice L. Watts, Utah adjutant general. Praises Scenerv Gen. Hollis praised the beautiful scenery of Utah and the pioneering spiri of its citizens who have made it great. Chaplain (Col.) Leon H. Flint wa honored for 30 years service to the mili tary and Utah National Guard. He was presented a silver Minuteman awarci by Gen. Watts. , y He said President Nixon was elected by a near record landslide despite talk Day said testimony indicated the general health and safety conditions at the mine were average or possibly above everage. However, he said, this testimo- it was noted that Notwithstanding, Sunshine was one of the few hardrock-minein the Northern Idaho mining disdevices. trict to provide secrecy press conference at Hotel Utah, adding openess" in government letting the is a pripeople know what is going on mary CC goal. Others are really adequate campaign expenditure laws, disclosure of lobby financing and open meetings. There are some loopholes in present campaign fund laws, Mr. Gardner said. We feel the public is entitled to know where all funds come from, including personal contributions, and where they went. The emphasis is on the word all. The State of Idaho, represented by the State Mine Inspector, refused to offer any wintesses, Day said. The mine inspector, however, later appeared voluntarily and answered Days questions. quarters were Conference at Utah Hotel Testimony was taken from the bureau, Sunshine Mining Co. and the United AdSteelworkers of America, AFL-CIditional witnesses, including the only two survivors of the holocaust, testified on (heir own without affiliation. i m Olpm public. The hearing conducted by Day was without subpoena power. It was the first ever ordered by an Interior Secretary to probe the cause of a mine disaster independently and without affiliation with the U.S. Bureau of Mines. : and Thursday evening iq Ballroom. Both sessions Union John W. Gardner Let the People Know Policeman, Dog Shot in Ogden Officers Dispute A remark by one poOGDEN (AP) liceman about another officer's job of handling police dogs led to gunfire when a dog charged the officer who made the remark, police said Thursday. Both the dog and the officer holding its leash were wounded. 1? s 1 i I 1 Police Sgt. A. K. Greenwood said au- thorities had pieced together this account of the incident Wednesday night: Officer Gary E. Barnes walked into the parking lot near the police station when he saw officers Arthur Haney and L. C. Bailey near the station wagon used to carry police dogs. Alleged Remark to Officer Barnes is reported to have made a remark about Haney finally finding his assigned police unit. Haney began going toward Barnes with the dog on the leash. The dog was barking, growling and snapping, and Barnes, later quoted as saying he felt endangered. drew his revolver. Barnes was quoted as saying the ani- mal kept coming and he pulled the trigger when the dogs paws hit his belt. The bullet went through the dogs chest into the lower portion of Haney's right leg. Claii.is No Intent to Harm Haney said he set the dog on Barnes in with no intent to cause harm. But the dogs are trained to attack when a gun is pointed at them, and Haney said the dog lunged forward when Barnes nulled the gun. Greenwood said the dog had just been returned from a training session in Salt Lake County. a joking manner, Urge Vote Watchdog Unit An unpaid, citizen committee should be created to monitor political campaign activities and investigate allegations of fraudulent advertising. State Auditor Sherman J. Freece recommended Thursday. The committee, he said, might be composed of representatives from the League of Women Voters. Rotary Club and other such groups for a balanced, nonpolitical committee. Mr. Preece will leave office in January. He lost in a primary bid to run for state treasurer. The campaign watchdog suggestion and others made Thursday were polished forms of earlier recommendations, one of which advocated that no news media be allowed to endorse a candidate without his written permission. Other recommendations include enlarging the campaign limitation law to cover all state elected officials and those of the larger cities and counties; better definAvays party committees may spend campaign allotments; raise the spending limit; make an attempt to reclaim" control of campaign spending by senatorial and congressional candidates, now controlled bv federal law. 1 x |
