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Show Page 22—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, January27, 1980 Utah-Regional: The latest happenings from in and around the Beehive State ALK Utah Legislature Clears Way for Budget Action Somerepresentatives expressed fear SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — The Utah House has passed a bill which the bill could open the door to would make it easier for juvenile courts to take children away from their natural parents and place them permanently with foster families. House Minority Leader C. DeMont Judd, D-Ogden said the measure is aimed at protecting abandoned children, and children who are neglected or abused by their parents. He said the law would apply only in cases where a child has become the ward of a juvenile court. House passed the measure 52-16 Friday and sentit to the Senate. Current laws make it difficult for courts to take children away’from their natural parents said Judd. “ leat to a situation where manychildren are simplyleft twisting slowly in the wind, not knowing what will happen to them," he said. widespread interference by the courts in familymatters. Rep. Robert Sykes R-Salt Lake,said the measure could give courts the “divine power” to decide who can have children ane who can’t. And Rep. Lloyd Selleneit, R-Bountiful, warned the w could be used to take the children of polygamists away from their families. The Legislature moved quickly through a lengthylist ofbills in an effort to clear the way for the job of drafting a 1980 state budget. Its Executive Appropriations Committee Monday begins the task of fitting together budgets from various programs andsoi into a complete spending pac! The dregsioe 24-0 a bill that would let people who renew their driver's licenses skip a written test if they have amassed no more than 50 points for traffic violations during the previous four years. An eye test would still be required. The measure goes to the House for further action All drivers who renew their licenses must now take a written test on traffic laws. But Sen. Jack Bangerter, RBountiful. said the state doesn’t have enough examiners to keep up with the work of giving the tests. Bangerter. the bill’s author. said it would save Utah taxpayers $250,000 — the amount it would cost to hire additional people to give written tests. A pair of bills which would use tax breaks to promote a gasohol industry iin Utah won preliminary approvalin the Senate. Thebills are also sponsored by Bangerter, who runs a trucking firm. Gasohol producers need a temporary tax break to makethepriceof the fuel competitive with the price of gasoline he said. Gasoholis a 10 percentalcohol. oline business. House members passed 54-13 a bill 90 percent gasoline mixture Utahlevies a 9-centper gallon tax on which gives Utah's governor the power to ration fuels and take other all motor fuels. One of Bangerter's emergency measures in the event of a bills would lowerthe tax on gasoholto 4 fuel crisis. cents per gallon for a period of five The measure is designed to let the years. By the timethe tax cutexpires. state respond quickly in an emergency Bangerter said, the cost of producing It would give the governor $200,000 to alochol to mix with gasoline will drop pay for the cost of running emergency to the point that gasohol wouldn't need programs such as gasoline ratjoning the tax break. - The bill now goes to the Bangerter's other measure would Senators passed 24-1 a oil‘which give companies that distill alcohol for would give homeowners and businesuse in gasohol the same depletion al- smenwho use solar heating systems a lowance on state corporate income tax break. It is sponsored by Sen. Glade taxes that is now given to oil com- Sowards, R-Vernal. panies. It would cuttheir 4 percentcorThe measure allows homeowners and porate tax to 2% percent. That tax businessmen state incometax credit break would not expire. But Bangerter equalto 10 percent of the cost of installsaidit's only fair to give companies in ing a solar energy system. The maxthe gasohol business the sametax ad- imum credit would be $1,000 for home vantages given to companiesin the gas- units, and $3,000 for business systems. The business credit would applyboth to companies that buy solar energy systems and those thatsell them. Although thebill is primarily aimed at encouraging the use of solar power, the tax credit would also apply to wind and water power. The measure now goes to the Housefor finalvote. The Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill designed to makeit easier for cornmunities to incorporate ascities. It would let areas which plan to incorporate draft a proposed city \dget and carry out a few other municipal functions before the incorporation vote is taken. Sen.Bill Barton, R-Granger, is sponsoring the measure. Residents of the Granger, Hunter, and Redwood com- munities of Salt Lake County are scheduled to vote next month on whether to incorporate their area as WestValleyCity. Utah High Court Supports Jury Verdict in Rape Case SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — Utah Supreme Court ruled that a pe court judge waS wrong when he set a convicted rapist free because the victim “invited” the attack. In a unanimous decision, the high court ruled that Third District Court Judge Bryant H. Croft had no justification for overturning a jury's guilty verdict in the 1978 rape case. Citing the “invit as his reason. Croft arrested the jury's verdict after it found Eugene Myers, 54, guilty. Myers was set free. Feminists across the country were angred by Croft's statemer.ts and his decision to set Myers free. The Thursday Supreme Cvurt decision included an order tha: Myers return to district court for sentencing on the rape conviction. Myers was convicted in December 1978, of raping a 22-year-old woman the previous May. According to trial testimony, Myers and the victim were together several hours in a downtown Salt Lake City bar prior to the attack. Witnesses testified Myers and the Truck Rig Rams Car, Leaves Crash Scene CHEYENNE, Wyo. (UPI) — Jack off to the side of the highway early mother, who had recently suffered a truck and inspectedit. and then drove Hottinger, a Utah man en route with his family to visit a dying relative in Ohio, said a tractor-trailer on Interstate 80 near Cheyenne smashed into his car and then drove away, leaving the family stunned oak stranded in blowing and drifting sn Hottinger said he nadppulled his car Thursday when he saw the truck approaching from behind Hottinger’s mother-in-law Mary McCabe, said the truck ‘must have been going 70. 1 said ‘He's going to hit us,’ and hehit us.’ Hottinger, his wife and son and Mrs. McCabe were goingtovisit Hottinger’s heart attack in Ohio. Hottinger said he called for help on his citizens band radio. Hesaid the only response from the truck driver was, jak Ye Tcan see behind meis a piece of stinger and Mrs. McCabe said the truck driver stopped. got out of his away. “T thought when hepulled away he ve going to get help,” Mrs. McCabe sai But she said the ane apparently never summoned Noneof the realitel serious injuries. Weteyes Should Be Destroyed woman hadbeen“petting and necking” while in the bar. Presiding at Myer’s sentencing hearing, Croft overturned theaay'S j guilty verdict and refused to send the conVicted man to prison. Instead, Croft invoked an obscure fe] DOUBLE FEATURE FEED A FRIEND FOR Cae choice of these great meals Not Moved to Utah, Lamm Says sntant DENVER(UPI) — Gov. Richard Lamm and new evidence that would cause him to change his for only 7%! vado Health Department Director Frank -slor said nerve gas bombs stored at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in the metropolitan area should mind. Dr. Traylor said he also was disturbed by new standards set the Armyfor the permissible level en, GRULED CHEESE The two state officials made the commentafter the Army released a five-month study saying 888 federal officials initially recommended that bombs not be moved if they had leaked more than one- “_ it vaae and now stored at the arsenal, are in stable enough condition to withstand such a movement. Colorado and Utah officials have long been opposed to such a move, and Lamm said he saw no “The letter which they sent with the material that went to the governor gave the level as twotenths milligram per cubic meter as an screptable be destroyed, not shipped to neighboring Utah. owed _—_of gas within caaben holding the bombs. He said We LB. HAGURSER 129 were level for moving the bombs,” Traylor said. ORLANDO,Fla. (UPI) day to the ty hearing questions. 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