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Show Group toOppose Government Chang e By DOROTHY KNOELL Herald Staff Writer A group of Provo Citizens has organized a committee to oppose a proposal to change the city's form of government. A special election on the govern- ment change proposal is scheduled in Provo on June 23 “Citzens Opposed to the Change’’ was organized last Thursday, according to Verl G. Dixon, chairman of the group. Other officers include Léo Allen as vice chairman, Margaret Rasmussen as secretary and Mark Anderson,Jr. as treasurer. Headquarters of the group is the Hotel Roberts, 192 S. University Avenue. Dixon said his group favors remaining with a three-member commission governmentin Provo. rather than changing to the proposed council-mayor format. “Wewill try to educate people about the advantages of the commission governmentand point out to them the fine government we have had in Provo under the commission form,” Dixon said “One of our main purposes. however, will be to encourage people to get out and vote in the special election, because we want to make sure that a representative numberof voters decide this issue.” he added. Provo’s city commission agreed to schedule thespecial election in @ meeting last month after Provo Citizens for Council-Mayor Government, a citizen's committee favoring the new form of government. presented commis- sioners with more than 3,000 Signatures on petitions representing citizens in the community who favored a special election Commissioners, however, have maintained a neutral front on the ayor Jim Ferguson said the commission wants citizensof Provo to decide the issue without elected officials swaying opinion one way orthe other and can be- made by either con. tacting the treasureror sending a check to the committee's head: quarters. We will be happy to provide Dixon said his group will meet regularly between now and the date of the special election. and any Provo resident who opposes the government change issueis invited to join. Contrib to the group are also welcome, he said speakers for any group interested in hearing about the proposal and about the commission form of government Dixon said Any group that would like a speaker can contact one of our officers for information Court Justices TAUDUUTHRERAAATA Nullify Ban On Nude Dance —In a 5-to-4 decision said the ConWASHINGTON (UPI) — The Supreme Court, in an important First stitution does not require states to Amendment decision. today struck provide poor parents with a lawyer in downas unconstitutional an ordinance neglect proceedings which mayresult barring live entertainment that was in the loss of parentalrights The justices also agreed todayto setused to ban nude dancing. Ruling 7 to 2. the court overturned tle a national controversy over whether the convictions of two New Jersey local governments maybanthesale of drug - related accessories known as adult bookstore operators who were found guilty of presenting “live enter- “paraphernalia.” The court will hear an appealthis fall tainment”’ in violation of the local zonby a Chicago suburb challenging a ing law. Writing for the court. Justice Bryon federal appeals court decision striking White said: ‘By excluding live enter- downa law that bannedthesale of drug tainment throughout the borough. the accessories to juveniles. Mount Ephraim. N.J., ordinance proActing on scores of other cases. the hibits a wide range of expression that has long been held to be within the justices: —Cleared the way for a federaltrial protections of the First and Fourin Texas to decide whether California teenth Amendment.” “Nudity alone does not place or Texas may levy death taxes on the estate of billionaire recluse Howard otherwise protected material outside the mantle of the First Amendment."’ Hughes. White wrote. —Agreed to review a Minnesota law Also today, in a major ruling on the regulating charitable solicitations that Voting Rights Act. the SupremeCourt the Unification Church of the Rev. Sun said a reapportionment plan for a Myung Moon saysis discriminatory. group of Texas county commissioners Another Minnesota case — involving must win federal approval even though solicitation by members of the Hare it was court-ordered. Krishnasect atthe state fair — is also The 7-2 decision upheld an appeals before the high court. 108TH YEAR, NO. 263 PROVO. UTAH, MONDAY, JJUNE1, 1981 $5.50 MONTH PRICE 25 CENTS court ruling that a reapportionment plan, drawn up to remedy the dilution of Mexican-American voting strength in Kleberg County. must receive preclearance from the Justice Department under the 1975 law before it can go into effect. In otheropinionsdelivered today. the high court: —Unanimouslyheld in a Connecticut case that a manaccused of fathering an illegitimate child has a right to a blood test, evenif he can’t payfor it himself. —Ruled unanimously in a free speech case that courts may not restrict communications among persons involved in a class-action discrimination suit. —Continued to block release of computer tax tapes the Intemal Revenue Service sayscould help tax cheaters so the government can file a full-scale high court appeal. In the nude dancing case, Justices Lewis Powell and Potter Stewartfiled separate opinions agreeing with the result, but Powell cautioned, ‘Thatis not to say, however that some communities are not free — by a more carefully drawn ordinance — to regulate or ban all commercial public entertainment.” Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justice William Rehnquist dissented from the ruling. Monday: Lebanese Groups Shoot Again Camera Sets SewerBlast WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (UPI) — A camera searching for leaks in the city’s sewer system today apparently ignited flammable gasoline vaporsin the pipeline. city officials said. There were no injuries. City Fire Marshal Jay Miles said the camera watched a fireball develop on the surface of sewer water in the underground pipeline. at 3700 West and 3500 South, and then travel 200 feet downtheline. The fire exploded when it hit a pocket of gas accumulated in a manhole area, Mamage was confined underground. although the asphalt above the covered manhole was cracked for several feet. Miles said. “We think there are many, many pockets of gaslike this in the sewer line,” Milessaid. *'Gas is floating on the liquid in the pipes and westill don’t know where it’s coming from.’ Officials speculated the fire was ignited by the camera’s high intensity light. Blast Flattens Day Care Home An explosion flattened a woodframe Caldwell, Ida,, house Sunday afternoon, scattering glass and other debris into the street and adjoining lots. No injuries were reported. Thesingle-story house, which was the headquarters of the Dial-ASitter Inc. child-care business, fortunately was closed Sunday and no one wasin the buildingat the timeof the blast. See story on Page 16. Pessimist Ruff Sees Hope The U.S. Economy will continue to be pressured by inflation throughout the decade, but there will also be periods of easing, said Utah County economist and economic author Howard Ruff at a UPI Telephoto Lebanese youth scurries across war-torn Beirut street to avoid sniper fire. BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) — Mortar shells smashed into residential and commercial areas today, resuming the exchanges between Syrian and Christian Lebanese that killed or wounded nearly 300 people. many as they sunbathed on Beirut’s placid beaches. The battles today, initially not as severe as the rocket, tank andartillery fighting that Sunday produced one of the worst days of bloodshed since the civil war six years ago. collapsed Beirut's loosely recognized 27th ceasefire only hours after it was negotiated Dozens of mortarshells crashed onto WASHINGTON(UPI) — The Justice Department will not pursue espionage charges against an Air Force officer although he reportedly gave Soviet diplomats information so sensitive that targets and codes for nuclear-tipped Hesaid this year disinflation will ete reducing the rate of infla- Sunday night appeared to rule out espionage by 2nd Lt. Christopher M Cooke, but The New. York Times reported today that Cooke divulged Titan missiles had to be changed. A Justice Department spokesman For story see page 3. enough information to force the Air Jelly Bellies Sell Briskly With the mere mention of an ob scure California candy company, President Ronald Reagan has escalated the little-known ‘Jelly Belly" jelly bean into the national spotligh t Since disclosing his craving for jelly beans last January, Reagan has helped double the sale of the Easter season candy. Some candy store owners say they are on a 26week waiting list to get more of the now famous bean. See story on Page 4 Weather Outlook Fair Fair weatheris forecast through tonight for the Central Utah area, then turning partly cloudy on Tuesday. Overnight lows are expected to be in the i 50s with highs Tues- Here's Crossword seeeee Nat'onal-International a day in the mid-80s. For Utah in general, the forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in the north and fair weather lx the south on Tuesday. many, manycivilians’” were wounded in today’s shelling of east Beirut Several shells crashed into residential districts of west Beirut. In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Menachem Begin told Washington that Israel would notrefrain from attacking Palestinian targets in south Lebanon during the US. effort to prevent war between Syria and Israel over their policy on Lebanon sourcesclose to the Israeli leader said Sunday. Police and hospital sourcesin Beirut rained down on apartment andoffice buildings in residential areas of both Moslem West and Christian East Beirut Sunday, and hit a string of said20 people were killed and about 270 beaches crowded with sunbathers in others were wounded mostlycivilians the bloodiest dayof violencesince the in rocket, tank and heavy artillery civil war. In the 19-month civil war of duels Sunday between the rightist 1975-1976 between the Christians and Christians and the Syrian peacekeeping Moslems 60,000 people werekilled force People fled the beaches, running Seattered firing continued through the night today, despite an end to heavy along streets in their bathing suits. fighting that began Saturday. The witnesses said, Ambulance sirens wailed for hours, as vehicles traveled sporadic firing threatened a cease-fire back and forth to remove victims the second in 12 hours Sunday Tank and 15mm artillery shells throughout the capital Justice Plans No Spy Charges financial survival seminar Satur- tion. residential and commercial districts on both sides of the Green Line that divides the Christian eastern and mainly Moslem western halvesof Beirut. The rightist Voice of Lebanon radio said three children werekilled and Force to change targets. codes and security for the Titans, the oldest and most powerful missiles in the U.S. nuclear arsenal Cooke, 25, is confined at McConre!l Air Force Base near Wichita. Kan., charged with makingthree visits to the Soviet Embassy in Washington last December and during May Justice Department spokesman John Russell said the alleged contacts barred by Air Force regulations — do not appear to fall within the department’s jurisdiction over espionage cases, “We have nojurisdiction he told United Press International. “It’s strictly a military matter.’ Russell said the decision was made after_a review of the case. which he said formally was neverreferred to the Force investigators Justice Departmentfor prosecution The officials said it appears Cooke As the military investigation con tinued so too did questions concerning was trying toestablish his credentials Cooke's possible motives and the with the Soviets to gain their trust and nature of his contacts with the Soviets obtain unspecified information from them The Times reported Cooke, deputy They also said Cooke led in crew commander of a Titan missile vestigators tobelievehe planned to use team at McConnell, copied or the information for a scholarly article photographed sensitive material con on strategic nuclear policy cerning the Titan force and passedit to Cooke's parents said their son, arSoviet officials during his secondvisit rested May 5 at their Richmond. Va But the newspaper quoting unnamed home, was in contact with the CIA prior to joining the Air Force. They military officials said Cooke is suspected of having held back informa: were travel 1g to Kansas in the hopes tion in discussing his motives with Air of seeing him Orem Emergency Room Open Emergency services are available starting today at the new Orem Community Hospital from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 .m. daily, says hospital Director olan Kerr. The maternity section of the hospital should be completed by June 25. The 30,000 square-foot, $5.2 million structure is at 331 N. 400 W. in Orem Wasatch Emergency Physicians, headed by Orem native Dr. David A Burton, will Fee emergency care at the hospital, Currently, the group provides emergency care services to Cottonwood and Alta View hospitals. Dr. Gary Lambert will head the section will be expanded to 24 hours 4 day once medical, surgical and inten: sive care beds are added to the hospital “The City of Orem and Intermoun: says Miss Ballard. “Paramedics will tain Health Care have an agreement decide, however, which patients will be that the Orem Community Hospital transported here or to Utah Valley will be expanded to at least a 108-bed general medical hospital before Uta! Hospital.” In addition to Burton and Lambert Valley is expanded further,’ says five physician's will serve the Kerr. ‘We anticipate that by1985, we'll emergency center: Dr. H. Lindsay have at least a 65-bed general hospital Ashton, Dr. Stephen D. Taylor, Dr. here.” By about June 25, Kerr s Bruce R. Argyle, Dr. Russell A maternity section of the hospital s Toronto, and Dr. William E. Boyd Kerr says coveragein the emergency be open. Here women may choose seven-man team of physicians and MaryC, Ballard will serveas the nursing supervisor. “We will be able to take care of any emergency that is brought in to us,” traditional birthing roomsthat are gaily decorated or alternate birthing centers in which family members. who have receivedinstruction, may witness the birth. ‘A unique service we offer is that mothers who wish to be released after 12 hours will receive a follow-up visit the next day by a registered nurse says Kerr. ‘The nurse will check both the mother and the baby. This is, of course, if the physician or registered midwife determines that the mother and baby can be released.” The hospital has been four years in planning amd construction |