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Show Matlieson Says Delay Long Enough Orders Work to Resume 1-2- 15 On Controversial Road Joiissou Tribune Staff l itei By Dav e A last castwaid to Knudsen - I muri about 2ioo East and north to the othei deadend at AA.isatih Bniiicvaid and Uon South Saving delays 'hive gone on long enough" and citing ' ovei whelming ' ( oust in lion plans aie In lompleti public response m favor ol Ins decision the segment trom the ends urn aid to M M Scott a'lieson Mond.is oi (fov tlu iontioveisi.il Knudsen s Cor uei deled const rut turn to resume on the ai e,i controversial southeast ipiadiant of the 2T. Belt Route Opponents to the project said sepa rately Monday a lawsuit will he filed within two to three months" attacking what they believe aie emus m the Environmental Impact Statement on the $tl 5 million plus road plan Gov Matlieson last week flew over Temperatures over much of the the 5 mile-loncorridor by helicopter lntermoiiiitain Region t limbed lo a to see the route for the first time from little alxive normal Monday, hut the the an foucast for Tuesday indicates the beginning of a downward trend in That publicity spawned calls to the the mercury governor's office which "reflected The high at Salt Lake City Monday overwhelming islipporti to proceed, Gov Matheson said in a morning press was til degrees, four degiees above the normal for the date but still nine conference degiees below (he all time high for In Best Interests of I tah the date of 102 "I have decided it is m the best With partly cloudy skies expected interests of Utah and the citizens to Tuesday, the tenieratiire slioidd go proceed vv ith the project as proposed by only tu about 90 degrees Winds will the Utah Department of Transportation he southerly and gusty and there is a with all due deliberate speed." Gov chance of some shower activity late Matheson said in the afternoon or evening The L DOT The governors order means chance of showers should increase will proceed toward a Nov 1 advertisby Wednesday ing date for a $1 million grading and draining segment between 3rd East and 7th East Next spring UDOT plans to advertise for similar work on the 45th South to Knudsens Comer segment The next move is up to opponents, acknowledged Dennis B Farrar, 2743 E 6200 South, chairman of Cottonwood Inc , the citizens group that has already once feught the project in the courts "Wv. plan to file within two to three months." he said, attacking certain parts of the EIS that UDOT has changed since their original draft By Jon L re Creek in Flume Staff W riter Tribune "For mstance. they've decided to east-weArniond the "Hammer" lligley segment, winch depress the Bountiful Jeep Posse member whose would require putting Little Cottonwood Creek m a flume over the body w,as found Sunday night, was shot five times. Dr Serge Moore, chief Utah highw ay medical examiner, said Monday And what alxmt flood drainage Dr Moore said Mr lligley was shot and potential trapping of air pollution in twice in the head, and once each m the that depressed section" he said chest, shoulder and left arm. He said a Gov Matheson conceded there would head wound and the chest wound were be a court fight probably in federal fatal He also said the victim had been court but he said he hoped the courts on the ground would allow the state to proceed while dragged Missing since last Tuesday. Mr issues were litigated 's body was found in an lligley He suggested a possibility that a about one mile south of grave a bond on ills judge might impose plaint North Temple at 5600 West, by mem-fx-r- s to recompense the state if they lost of the Bountiful Jeep Posse who Mr Farrar, an attorney but not had been searchmg for him smee officially the attorney for his group, Wednesday. Dr Moore said Mr. Higley said. I dont think requiring us to put had been dead about three day s up a bond would be constitutional " Auto Found Sunday Impossible to Raise Bond 1978 Chevrolet Blazer was found Ills His group would fight such an idea m in the rear of an apartSunday early court, but he conceded that if one were ment house at 355 W 3rd North, Salt would be impossible" for required, it of dirt from the his group to secure one, due to the high Igike City Analysis the of the vehicle led tires jeep posse to cost the area west of the airport where they "A bond would be Like denying found tire tracks matching the type on citizens the right to the access to the Mr Higleys vehicle courts, he suggested The xisse spread through the area State Transportation Director and m the early evenuig the grave was Wiliham D Hurley said delays m the found by Jesse and Gad Johnson, both construction have added possibly as of Bountiful much as $13 million to the expected total costs since 1972 Salt Lake City homicide detectives The $43 5 million completion figure is issued a nationwide alert to lawmen for the arrest of a man suspected of being a year out of date already , he said inv olv ed in the mui der. 1984 Completion Possible Gov Matheson said if construction Last Thursday, police arrested a man in possession of a proceeds as planned without any delav s from court fights or other sources, credit card that belonged to Mr Higley 54 2nd East. Bountiful 527 N completion will still be no sooner than November, 1984 Re-- .Arrest Today That would be a full 27 y tars ater the lie He will Tuesday on route was first promised by Ltah road suspicion of homicide, accor' ng to officials in 1957 Deputv Countv Attorney Jack Hiatt Tlie quadrant is to run from the Mr Hiatt said he probably won't b present dead end at 6200 South and ird charged with the original offenses ol possession of stolen property, forgery and possession ol a stolen credit card thlcrtla (llmcklc liecause of pending murder charges Officers feel robbery was the motive Hy(ocris.v is prejudice wrapiied up m for the murder a halo i Dan Valentines 1 August Unit Ihwk Aguiu Nollim! Serious g E want to stay here with mama, sobs this el- derly occupant of housing unit closed at GenI AGE SPAN: A dcxtoi friend of nune recently ran into the generation gap Ho''' not mad dxiut it just a trifle baffled He's in his m i d o 0 s and prides himself in thinking young So what hap poned he Well tells me, we ae copied an unita turn to dinner from a group of oung friends They're in the their late in s " Was it a nice affair" asked It started out great," he said, 1 hut then something astounding happened We arrived at the party, my wife and I. and the young host and hostess were most gracious We had a cocktail or two in the h mg room then the hostess said dinner was ready THAT'S WHEN THE ODD thing happened. he added ' W hat oild thingasked "Well." he siud. we trooped into the diiung room and there were no chairs or dining table in the room, and the silverware and napkins and places weie all laid out on the floor." On the floor" 1 asked Acs, all the meal was on the floor 1 he hostess explained that the new status symbol at swank social affairs m long the young these days is eating ilmner on the floor I lave y ou ever eaten on the floor at a six lal alfair" he asked - 1 "NOT LATELY." I admitted "In my vouth. diank on the floor at several social affairs, hut it wasn't considered the correct tiling to do In laet the hostesses made me leave the party ' We were all sober. he sa'd "and all the young guests just squatted on the lloor and started to eat My wife and I Imally kneeled down and joined them, hut it was uncomfortable Have you ever heard about the new young fad of eating on the floor at social affairs1" "No. I haven't, 1 said, "but I dont get around much any more, and I try to stay we can talk with my own generation about our experiences during World W ar II after the dessert. "11 was awful, my doctor friend said "My elbows still hurt and my legs aie still cramped, and I spilled gravy on my pants cuff " Eating on the floor isn't new." I said "The Japanese have been eatmg " silting on the floor for centuries 1 DOCTOR irieml said, with charm and grace Ihese young folks at the dinner party lust sprawled on the floor and gobbled their dinner " HIT." they do A1A it ' Well." said "genet ations change hat s coi ict for one generation isn't loricct for (he next generation It s ,dw ay s boon that way , since the start of mile "In fact," added, "it's healthy for the generations to try new ways of life. 1 can remember when I was a teenager, my folks got mad at me because I liked Benny Goodman's music. They thought I should stay with Wayne King and Sammy Kaye. 1 W 1 ' Raid By Lawmen Closes Nursing Home Shacks ' By Clark Lobb Tribune Staff W riter GEN OLA. Utah County State and Utah County officials converged Monday morning on a cluster of ramshackle housing units m this tiny lannmg community, transferred eight occupants to a mental health center and a nested the owners on a 3rd degree felony complaint The units, former migrant housing and, hefoie that, chicken coops and other farm outbuildings, were home for seven reportedly mentally retarded men and women most of them eldei ly . and an elderly blind man Three more tenants had lived there earlier, officials Slay Victim Struck by Five Shots rexirted at Provo County-Jaiwere Dan Murdock and his wife, Edna J Murdock, on five counts charging that they neglected or exploited a disabled adult Health Director Tile complaint was signed by Dr Arley Flinders, director of the Frovo County Health Department, before 8th Circuit Court Judge J Gordon Knudsen, who set bad for each at $10,000 property bond They were released later Monday on bonds, a court clerk reported She said they have five days to appear in 8th Circuit Court for arraignment The eight tenants of the combination g home did not boarding want to leave Many of them wept and one woman became so emotionally upset by the transfer that a sedative was necessary They have become emotionally attached to Mrs Murdock, whom they And despite their surcall mama roundings, they gave nurses quite an oral la .slung as they were herded into a van and taken to Tnnpanogos Mental Health Center Mrs Murdock told Jim Hale, the countys sanity administrator, that she rents to the tenants and provides meals in other words, that she is operating a boarding house Led Effort County Attorney Deputies Gary J Anderson and Guy Burnmgham. who under dneetion of County Attorney Noall Wootton, led the battle to dose down the facility, say the Murdocks were collecting $200 a month fioni each client from Social Security income The smaller units, converted chicken c (Hips and sheds, housed two persons At the head of a rectangle was a duplex housing four The units, said Genola Mayor Fred Mecham and Councilman Lloyd Nelson. were formerly motel cabins in Provo moved to the site about 20 years Booked City-Uta- City-Lta- h l h house-nursin- This was the bathroom tenants at Utah County for hous- - ago They said the facilities since were used mainly as housing for migrant workers ing facility raided Monday by state and county officials. Food was prepared by the Murdocks the ranch house. Dr Fhnders said The fare Monday consisted of pancakes and syrup, hut several officials who had in Brought Family visited earlier said the usual meal was The officials said Mr and Mrs and little else Murdock brought their "family lo the porridge location last November from Arizona They said the uiuts had been fixed up The "clients lived during the winter m considerably during the past couple of a laneh house occupied by the owners weeks Unattached electric ranges and winch has a fireplace a rundown refrigerators were in some of the sheds bulhioom with a makeshift shower and Mayor Mecham Councilman Nelson running water Mr Anderson and Mr Pumingham The unit' they have occupied since said garbage "was all over the place" spring have no toilet facilities and duruig earlier visits, adding pressure An without are water mostly running from county and Genola officials had old fashioned tilted outhouse serves about some changes for the brought their sanitary needs several yards from better the rectangle of units Apparently they The units are located m a desolate go to the ranch house for showers though that could not lie confirmed See Page Column 6 B-- Dovijmiiij?cj don't like to eat on the Well." floor " my doc lor friend said Sluts Future 1 No "I U.S. Agencies Determine Utah stay away from young social aflairs " LL 1 said 1M) THAT." he promised Antagor, sm toward (Editor's note federal actions is in Southern Utah This is the mounting third in a series of five reports on the controversy ) and loll sec too much call on tho floor After all. when you go to a picnic and many older folks go to picnics everybody eats on the ground which is practically the same as a flcmr, only softer In fact, looking at it honestly, eating on the floor in a dining room is probably more sanitary than eating on the ground at a picnic. No crsonally wiong caluig 1 Tribune Staff Photos by Tim Kelly ola, Utah County. She was referring to owner, Edna J. Murdock, named in a felony complaint 1 - By Roliert S Holliday SAM, THE SAI) IA MC. SAA S: I '.uting dinner on the floor cant be too had Ive seen thoroughbred champion dogs with the best breeding do if but now preempted in ltah by either I'edetal directive or coercion In a South ltah survey ol private and elected spokesmen, as well as local fedeiul land managers all agreed that Uncle Sam is in effect establishing the pattern for Utah's futuie ecom 'me and demographic growth , well-carpet- bugs! However. I doubt if the new fad will catch on I hope not The furniture stores would go broke not being able tu soil ony dining room sets My goodness, the new trend among the young, hop generation is eating supper on the floor AMuit will they think up next Tribune Environmental Specialist The federal government, directly and indirectly is designing Utah's growth and pattern and economic future making a mockery of state sovereignty in the process Through powers granted to them the past 10 years by Congress, under new statutes for air and water pollution control and public land management, federal agencies are now, m effect, limiting the amount of Utah industrialization and determining its siting controlling the amount and rale of I tali w orionne and energy resource develop nient, and deciding the amount and distribution of Utah population growth Reserved to States All of these are traditional basic IKiwerv reserves! to the states h; the federal Constitution jrf.h i I (' Vv- VI I . 4k James Isenogle Urges Partnership A f And they pointed out that Utahns blew their major chance to have a hand in it when they killed the Utah Land-UsPlanning Act ui a 1975 e referendum Mi All federal land m Utah is now percent of of the state undergoing rigorous planning activ ities its three major landlords, the by Bureau of Land Management, Nafion.il finest Service ami National Paik . Serv lee Choice choice It is a emigres sional order They must categorize .heir various land holdings and mam am them with restrictions amt prop c No 1'hey have no Land-Us- e turn required for eac h i ategorv ami use Ami smee federal land runs m giant swaths the length of the state, dwarfing the 27 percent of Utah in private and state ownership this planning will largely eomixd conformity by a huge proportion of non fedeial lands The Utah Land Use Act wciild have provided a comprehensive state plan for all non federal land, specifically designating the category, purjxise and future design for each parcel t s decided by Utahns through local decisions and state coordination With tins handle. Utah could have had a lever on its own future, inducing federal land planning to conform to the state pattern Organic Acts In fact, the subsequent BLM Organic Act directs the federal agency to do its planning in conformity with a states land use plan, if it exists, for adiaccnt property But Utah has none And in its absence, the federal agencies have carte blanche in designing their own Policy holdings as they wish regardless of any piescpt or future conflict with state and pm ate pioperties federal agency spokesmen ex piessed sympathy with the piosent I tah (xisition and frustration recalling that fedeial agenev officials in ltah largely supxrted the State Land I se Ad during the 1975 campaign "The matrix for Utah's future economic growth is being determined by federal agencies in resxmse to national legislation," said James Isenogle. Utah representative for the National Park Service, but I don't think thats necessarily all bad Cites Opportunities "There remain a multitude of oppoi (unities lor giowth in Utah, he eon turned Through the processes of federal agencies, a partnership could lx' formed between the agencies and state and local people that would m fact facilitate nat growth and at the same time protect those national inter ests expiessed hv Cong! ess. sue h as the See Page I! 3, Column 1 |
