Show f 12C Standard-Examin- Sunday June er 5 1988 Utah Police not eager to use trash ruling SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Area narcotics detectives agree with the US Supreme Court’s recent decision that police can peruse through trash for evidence against drug dealers but they’re not too eager to use the technique Lt Marty Vuyk of the Metropolitan Narcotics Strike Force said his squad does not regularly employ garbage espionage “It’s not a common practice to run to someone’s house and go through then :ash to find evidence” Vuyk said “We’ve got enough other things we can be doing Most of our cases are developed by far better means that that” The lieutenant admitted however that years ago when he was a burglary detective he dug through garbage looking for evidence in the theft of shrimp ' “I was looking for empty boxes trying to find the lot numbers so we could connect the stolen boxes to the suspects” Vuyk said Vuyk’s smelly search turned up no solid evidence A few weeks ago the US Supreme Court in a 2 decision ruled that Laguna Beach Calif police did not violate the US Constitution’s Fourth Amendment protection from unreasonable searches when they obtained a search warrant for a home after finding evidence of cocaine in garbage bags set out at the curb by the residents Those residents were later charged with possession of narcotics A California trial court dismissed the case holding that the search warrant was improperly obtained because the search of the garbage bags was an invasion of privacy A California appeals court upheld the dismissal The US Supreme Court however said 6-- Discrimination denied by Salt Lake sheriff SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake County Sheriff ND Hayward says only two women have failed his department’s rigorous hiring exams in the past five years and scored higher than men overall on the tests In a letter to the County Commission Hayward said only 29 women have applied to be deputies since 1983 compared with 322 men The letter was by County Attorney David Yocom Hayward prepared the letter in response to criticism his office has discriminated against women and minorities in its hiring practices Applicants had to score at least 75 percent on oral and written exams to reach the “assessment stage” of hiring during which the list of applicants is reduced to three finalists ed Hayward and Yocom both Democrats were angered by comments attorney L John Lewis recently made during a closed-doo- r session with Republican Commissioners Mike Stewart and Bart Barker Lewis was a member of an independent panel that recently released a scathing report on sexual and ethnic discrimination throughout county government The report angered Hayward because it was based on the testimony of about 100 employees who asked to remain anonymous It said discrimination and harassment were pervasive in divisions countywide Although they wouldn’t let re USU porters into the meeting with Lewis because it concerned personnel matters commissioners made an audio recording of the meeting and subsequently released the tape to reporters Lewis said the hiring system is arbitrary with no adequate appeal process Hayward and Yocom said they should have been invited to the meeting because it involved a possible lawsuit against the county They also questioned Lewis’ credibility “As far as we can tell Mr Lewis is nothing more than a citizen with a law degree who previously served on a (equal employment opportunity) panel” the letter said “Giving Mr Lewis a public forum with the official trappings of your offices is indeed questionable especially in light of the many false and misleading comments he was able to make without challenge” Lewis could not be reached for comment Friday Barker’s administrative assistant Larry Meyer said the meeting concerned personnel matters not a potential lawsuit The attorney and sheriff rarely are invited to meetings to discuss personnel matters he said the narcotics suspects “exposed their garbage to the public sufficiently to defeat their claim to Fourth Amendment protection It is common knowledge that plastic garbage bags left on or at the side of public street are readily accessible to animals children scavengers snoops and other members of the public” Capt Darrell Brady who heads the Salt Lake County sheriff’s narcotics division lauded the high court’s decision saying “It’s ‘common sense If you drive down the road and see an empty milk carton on the road you can pick it up can’t you?” The captain argued that the same should be allowed for police searching for contraband in a pile of rubbish But he said “It would have to be a rare occasion that we’d go looking through garbage Our guys aren’t crazy about it There’s cleaner ways of getting to the drug dealers — like hanging out amongst them” Country Dining BENCHMARK REGIONAL HOSPITAL Solid Oak This Set Includes a 48” Round Table With a 24” Leaf And 4 Quality Oak Bow Back Side Chairs Summer Youth Enrichment Camp Session June Session 2 July 1 13-Ju- 25-Aug- 15 ly 26 ust ASK ABOUT OUR ‘HERITAGE COAT TABLE TOP FINISH FOR THE ULTIMATE PROTECTION OF SOLID WOOD IT PROTECTS AGAINST WATER RINGS SPILLS AND STAINS HOT PLATES AND NAIL POLISH REMOVER f PRICES OGDEN 4077 Riverdale Road EFFECTIVE THRU SAT JUNE 11TH 399-392- (Next to Fred Meyers) SANDY STORE HOURS Mon-S- at 9200 South 700 East 10-- 6 Mon and Fri 'til 8:00 Family Enrichment Educational Services Field Trips Athletics j !l 566-067- 1 SALT LAKE SANDY STORE HOURS 4712 Highland Drive Mon-F- (Next to Albertsons) Sat 10-- 9 10-- 272-411- 0 HER1TAGEQAK CLASSIC AMERICAN FURNISHINGS The letter defended Hayward's hiring practices and denied claims that the system is arbitrary Earlier this week Barker proposed organizing a committee to bring the sheriffs hiring and promotion practices in line with the rest of the county graduates hear of hope for freedom LOGAN (AP) — A former US ambassador praised Interme- diate Nuclear Forces treaty signed in Moscow last week and told Utah State University graduates that “winds of hope are now emanating from Moscow” Mark E Austad who was to Finland and Norway told 2357 graduates that Americans should not naively think the Soviet Union is turning to democracy But he said that changes launched by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev would whet Soviet citizens’ appetite for freedom ama-bassad- Gorbachev and or President Reagan concluded an agreement this week eliminating arsenals of medium-rang- e nuclear weapons from Europe In 1975 Austad was an official delegate to the Helsinki arms control conference “No one at that conference would have believed that in 13 years communist hater Ronald Reagan would stand before a bust of Lenin selling Western democ racy” Austad said “We would not have believed that dissidents of Soviet communism would have dared enter the US embassy to loudly declare their differ- ences” The commencement program honored the university’s largest-eve- r graduating class and concluded USU’s centennial celebration Austad said the founders would have a hard time believing their eyes and ears if they visited the campus today Challenging the graduates to think big Austad said one of life’s real challenges is to meet problems head on rather than try to avoid them “True education genuine character unconditional will power and a sense of honor are the tools needed to whip adversity" he said Austad was presented with an honorary doctorate during the ceremonies House panel approves bill to give Shriners title to land WASHINGTON (AP) — A House government operations subcommittee has approved a bill that will allow the Shriners for a payment of $200000 to take clear title to 78 acres of former Fort Douglas land on which the Hospital for Crippled Children stands The Shriners intend to build a new $25 million hospital on the University of Utah campus and sell the older hospital facility The Senate passed a bill sponsored by Sen Jake Gam which would have allowed the Shriners to buy the US reversion rights for $97627 but the General Services Administration objected to that figure ofRep Cardiss Collins ll fered an amendment in the House committee to increase the payment and provide that the transaction be completed within 60 days of the enactment of the D-I- bill The land has been estimated to $750000 The Shriners paid the US government $8500 the market value of the land in 1946 but in approving the sale Congress stipulated that if it ceased to be used for a hospital for crippled children it would revert to the US government The present bill would wipe out that be worth clause Slieoi in Utah than j ust about anywhere else With too many kids and not enough money Utah has been smarting a bit lately Yet we're far from failing Especially when you consider that Utah has a higher percentage of adults w ith high school diplomas than any other shite except Alaska Which means we have a better educated work force As well as a bigger commitment from teachers students and parents to make education work And as far as maintaining our educational standards in spite of pressures from shrinking funds and a grow ing student population Utah gets an “A" for effort For instance Utah spends a higher percentage of its budget on education than just about any other state And where we can't spend more we’ve been innovative school and the lowest with programs like administrator-to-studen- t ratio in the country We also have a higher percentage of students w ho take advanced placement examinations than any other state and the vocational education number one government-funde- d program in America In fact all things considered when it comes to education in Utah it looks like we're learning our lessons pretty well A pretty great state year-roun- d Hah |