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Show Legislators o Chafe at Restraints Budget Session's TV Todax Page 16 Scope Limi led Local Nexvs By Douglas Sport After twice walking through a budget session of the Llah Legislature, a good now facing a number of lawmakers chafe under the spethird such session cial restraint placed umin them from considering legisl ition at random. - MnnrHy Morning 1 .o 31, 1973 Second Section Page And the coming budget session to convene Jan 14 could prove more vexing than usual with the piospect of a special session being called for some matters if the legislator find th niselves at odds on handling them in the budget session A Political Primer 11 Dan Valentines Huh talk of different types of sessions same breath, it might be useful as a political punier to detine the differences. which will underlie many of the actions to be taken by legislators. There is the regular or general session held in each odd numbered year, where the only restriction is that it cant be longer than 60 calendar days. Anything can be introduced by anybody and it takes onlv a majority vote to pass the m the Nothing Serious BIG EEMG: Parker Tnbune Political Editor 1 Modern Americans m a wild and celebrate New Years Eve noisy manner . . . bills But we can't hold a candle to the Iroquois Indians when it comes to celebrating the new year . . . Approval The budget session, held in even numbered years and only 20 calendar days long, permits passage of legislation not directly related to the state budget s of each house agrees to. only if its consideration. Two-Third- s 1 two-third- The Old Iroquois really knew how to throw New a 3 A special session, which can go 30 calendar days, but is normally limited to a few days, requites only a majority vote to clear bills. But it is qualified m that only the governor may establish the agenda. Gov. Calvin L. Rampton. eager for a few the legislature to consider nonbudgetary items, has received an opinion from the attorney general that a budget session and a special session cannot be conducted at the same time to expedite matters. I p to Legislature Years Eve bash Dan Valentine . jn faC( accord-,- , mg to all historical records, the Iroquois celebrated New Years Eve for several weeks . . . And not always beginning on Dec. 31 The Iroquois celebrated New Year's Eve in January. February or March (the time varied), and when they celebrated, the party lasted for several days or weeks. Stretching from South Temple to Broadway (300 South), proposed Main Street facelift I sioners will act next month on creating an improvement district to implement the plan. include shade trees, planters, foun-- 1 tains and other innovations. City commis-- 1 will ... The Iroquois New Years Eve was sort of a combination Halloween, April Fools . . . and the Fourth of July. THEY DIDN'T SIT around the local hotel ballrooms paying 725 for dinner. The Iroquois didnt stay home to listen while Guy Lombardo played in the New Year. The Iroquois didnt go to other peoples wigwams and drink firewater and kiss each others wives when the clocks stroked midnight. Years They would dress up in all kinds of funny costumes and walk around the village tearing down the wigwams! To the Iroquois, New Years Eve was a time for revenge. IF HE HYD IIYTED somebody during the past year, hed creep up to this or enemys wigwam and set it afire throw water all over the front room. According to Iroquois custom, New Years Eve was the time when a man to get ready for the lost his senses new year. So he used the celebration to so he could start off pay off old scores the new year with a clean slate. Back in the old days of England, New Year's Eve was the time when the common people showered gifts on their kings, queens and leaders. All the little folks would maich up to the castle and give gifts to the lord of the manor . . . if you were a Not too bad an idea lord. Sad the custom didn't hold. CANT YOU SEE New Years Eve with thousands and thousands of Salt Lakers lining up to give gifts to Cal Rampton and Lucybeth? Im sure the governor would be as would friendly and gracious ... . district if fewer than half the property By Craig Hansen Tribune Staff Writer Designed to revitalize the downtown area and modified to satisfy Environmental Protection Agency requirements, a $2 8 million facelifting for a portion of Mam Street is now at the mercy of property owners. g to register They have until Jan. official protests to a special improvement district designed to implement the master plan. After that, Salt Lake City commissioners will act 16 No, sir! The Iroquois had fun on New Eve Lucybeth. Main Street Project Now Up to Landowners . that for centuries and centuries, New Year's Eve always that was the officame on March 25 cial beginning of the year back in the old days. e The Romans weie the first to New Years Day on Jan 1 . . . which is a tack in the year 153 B C. long time ago. HIE REASONS the Romans changed the New Years Eve date is because the Roman emperors were always juggling the calendar around so they could get a month named after themselves . . . And did you know Two Decisions Made Generally, according to Mayor Jake Gam, commissioners approve a Liquor Stores To Close owners object Already, commissioners have made two decisions. d They have agreed to pay the overall cost and anything one-thir- above the on property owners assessment They have also agreed to put all costs of remodeling underground storage vaults toward any future rent charged the property owners foi their facilities located under city sidewalks and streets 90 Percent Solved The vault question is a major one and could mvolve thousands of extra For centuries, because of this vanity, hardly anybody knew what day of the year It was. . . I wouldnt mind burning a wigwam or tnat would be two on New Year's Eve a lot more fun than slipping a maitre d in a rented tuxedo five bucks to get a table near the band . . . SAM, THE SAD CYNIC, S AYS: Guy Lombardo plays wonderful toetapping music for New Year's Eve especially if you happen to have arthritis! c Barton-Aschma- Sees Alternative At first, he said, vault owners were told they would have to chop off the tops of them vaults because the new sidewalk had to be installed over a water proof base layer. And, he continued, the street will be narrowed, thus widening the present walkways another 10 feet. To allow the sidewalks to dram at the present grade, Mr. Sorensen said, they'd ' n two-thir- their interiors The only catch the roof of the present vault mu-- t not be the sidewalk itself. But Mr. Sorensen notes he See Page 16, Column 4 SnoYvmobilers Still Snowbound Rescue Try Fails in Emery Two-Da- y two-third- Special to The Tnbune Early A wo ul of caution as you plan that New Years Eve celebration- All Utah liquor stores will open at 10 a m Monday and close at 7 p m While most stores, banks, stock exchanges and offices will he open at least until early afternoon, some major department stores will be closed. Deseret Book and Auerbach's, South East Furniture stores will close ZCMI will Monday for inventory remain open, but will close at 6 p m instead of 9 p m as will most other - department HUNTINGTON, Emery County to reach a group of snowmobilers bebeved snowbound in Huntington Canyon, Emery County, were stymied for the second day m a row Sunday, as rescuers unsuccessfully fought deep snows Attempts store- - Buses will be running, parking meter regulations will be enforced and garbage will be picked up as usual Monday. Government offices will also be staffed with skeleton crews and mail will be delivered. Tuesdays a different story. Virtually everything will be closed and there will be no garbage pickups. Emery County Sheriff John Leamaster said tlie people were reported missing by relatives when they failed to show up Saturday from their trip which began Dec. 26 He said the missing people were becertain whether the snowmobilers . were stranded or had lieved to be from Eastern Utah taken shelter m a cabin at Little. Hell try again Monday, probably Huntington Canyon, on the summit of the" with the Civil Air Patrol, and if we sight mam canyon. them, well start in again with the snowcats and keep trying until we get m We think theres eight but were not Ve beheve they have there, he said sure, he said two youngsters, about 10, also with If efforts by the CAP fail, the sheriff them, he added said that rescue units from neighboring counties will be called in to aid m the Our biggest fear is wether tney have search or a enough groceries gasoline, however, relative of one of the trapped party said He said the snowmobile party was the cabin had a lot of supplies m it, the able to get into the area before sheriff said. storm hit the area He said it was not inu'-siv- Shentf Leamaster said rescue efforts both Saturday apd Sunday failed when rescuers utilizing snowmobiles and snowca ts bogged down in the heavy powder snow Weve had quite a lot of snow down here and when we went up there Saturday and Sunday we ran into snow four and fiv e feet deep, he said When the snowcat bogged down Sunday morning, rescuers used a bulldozer m hopes of plowing their way into the canyon but they were only able to go in about 12 or 14 mles, he said. cele-crat- A new emperor would take over, and the first thing he did was look at the calendar and change the days around so then ne there were 29 days left over would make a new month out of the and name the month extra 30 days after himself cos two-tlnrd- have to taper into the street and would nick some of the larger vaults However, alter consulting city en s gineenng officials and Chicago desien-erand Associates, who have a $137,000 consulting and design contract on the project, Mr Sorensen said an alternative is in sight It involves putting a thin sealed sidewalk over the vaulfs, eliminating the need to lower their lops or change for the dolla.s m construction property owners. According to Alton Sorensen of Caldwell, Richards and Sorensen, local consultants, the vault question may be 90 percent solved Thus the legislature w ill be left to de- s concurrence i termme if it has over 20 days on proposed legislation, or I I in the alternativ e shoot for a majority in a special session which the governor has I indicated he could call immediately at j the tran- the end of the budget session sition hardly visible to the general public. "Our hands are bound m chains, recently "ep Ronald Rencher, vote restrictremarked on the ion of the budget session, an expression reflecting the frustration of many others. And eve- - those who can agree there should be some prohibition in the limited budget session, such as House Speaker Howard C. Nielson, realize many colleagues are annoyed by what they see as a clumsy mechanism to arrive at voting on nonbudgetary items. Legislation, once introduced, is referred to rules committees in each house for classification as budgetary or nonbudgetary, a designation which isnt defined and open to differing interpretations. If it is classified nonbudgetary, then a joint resolution must be voted s to enable consideraupon by tion. e LDS Name Leader Today The new First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints will be introduced Monday at 10 a m. in the Church Administration Bldg., 47 E. South Temple. The Council of Twelve will gather at 8 a m. in the Salt Lake LDS Temple to reorganize the First Presidency and select the 12th president of the church. The First Presidency was dis-y solved Wednesday night. President Spencer W. Kimball is senior member and president of the Council of Twelve Apcstles. If tradition is followed, President Kimball, 78, will succeed to the presidency. President Lee, who died Wednesday at served nearly a year and a half as leader of the church Two-Tim- e Vote Senate President YVarren E. Pugh. Lake City, has remarked that often there is more debate and contention just to get the issue before legislators. The merits of the legislation naturally crop up m a discussion of whether, first, it should even be considered The result is, m effect, voting tvice on the same legislation There are two situations in the mechanism of handling nonbudeotarv items winch haven't been broached yet First, since both houses have a rules committee to classify proposed legislation, no situation has arisen yet v here one house rules a bill nonbudgetary and the other rules it budgetary in nature, an incident that could block legislation without mediation. Conservative Stance Secondly, legislators to date have appeared conservative in their interpretations of what isnt directly related to 74, See Page 16, Column 5 Avoid Californias Mistakes Wise Choices Are Essential in Utah control of endangered (Editors note During the post veor Robert S Holliday. Tribune Environmental Specialist hos been examining facets ot the land specula tioh and development epidemic m Utah This Is tte second of o three-par- t series summarizing his findings) A By Robert S Halhday Tnbune Environmental Specialist Can Utah afford to sew up its limited scenic and recreation lands in subdivisions Pm ate property within national forest boundaries is rapidly being committed under the pressure for second homes, facilitated by local acquiescence, bending to local interests, under the aegis of local officials who presently hold land use regulation authority under local zoning powers. Land use legislation now under consideration wouid delay any state-leve- l s public areas until or later 1975 California is a nearby example of what can happen under the traditional system It has been on an environmentally destructive, materialistic bulge for 30 years. y After 'Aorld War II, people poured mto the West Cuast mecca in hordes, channeled only by market demand and local zoning capnce. There was no o'orall pattern or purpose. There still isn't It became the most populous state m the union 10 years ago. Word Goes Forth spread the word. Join the party! The more the merrier1 Stake your claim anywhere, podner, and live it up! I The f partys over Mecca is a mess Land-Us- e Planning Its air is a menace. It has a thirst for plummeting Migration to California has water that cant be satisfied. Its hillsides virtually halted. Zero population growth are scraped and gored for homesites and is nearing at a startling rate. access roads, hilltops decapitated for exPeople Move clusive estates. Disenchanted with uncontrolled Even the aerial view from a plane apof sieppmg on each proaching Los Angeles airport is appall- growth, weary and toes others breathing each other's of ing. The endless, unrelieved urbzn acne. Houses side to foul a'r, people are now leaving Los Angeles County at the rate of 100,000 a side and back to back, paving countless soil. year. of miles former productive square No rpen spaces, no green oases, no Californians awoke to find developbreathing room, no tranquility. Put a ment, public and private, was taking the wall around it, coor it gray, call them beach away from them. It was selling at cells instead of homes, and you've got $4,000 a front foot and selling fast. Forest areas were overdeveloped and the picture. For decades, California had the ... dis- it was tinction now held by Utah growing at double the national average. No more Its population grow'h has 'ropped to the nat'onal rate and is still overcrowded, and car pollution was destroying the vegetation. Lake Tahoe becoming a cesspool. Impatient with an unresponsive legislature, California voters took the law into ws s their own hands. They amazed even themselves last year m passing a ballot initiative with a 55 percent tally, approving the Coastal Zone Protection Act. It locked and bolted the states entire coast and handed the key to a state coastal commission with more autonomy and broader power over land use than any other state agency. Approval of the referendum recked big business and labor, the lending industry and land developers who have a political war fund 20 times as large as that of the environmentalists. It is the first comprehensive sho'dine regulation anywhere. l,fi87-mil- e More Buildings Mammoth Lakes, a ski community m the Sierra Nevada, a developer had Yt See Page 16, Column S V |