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Show r"'"""'' y -y r ii.my iy "lyra iyy'iy IIMy ly "' yll(i y iriiyiiLiipjyTiiiiintll)f,ii'itiiniiiiiliiiryririigiiniyiimyiBiiiiiiiiiii,,yiiffiipfiifry-''-iijjirTiy- , The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, June Holding Kcquireniciits Proposed Law Stirs Ire in Pawnbrokers Continued From Page B-- l cial approval, ordets to keep all their purchases 30 days while officers check to make sure merchandise wasnt stolen. With gold prices changing several times a day, Mr. Rust says coins bought by his shop after breakfast may have been sold by noon. He sees reporting requirements that demand the sellers fingerprint in any transaction of $20 or more as a violation of the U.S. Constitution. I Won't Do It "I wont do it, he says of that reporting requirement. He doesnt even want names and addresses of customers because the information might get into the hands of thieves. County Commissioner Bart Barker balked at the fingerprinting requirement, too. He was told its already a part of state law and is being enforced. But Mr. Rust says hed never heard about it. And Bob Campbell, manager of Wallys Com Shop at 1123 E. 2100 South, says he isnt filling out daily reports as directed by the current pawnbroker law. It would be treatmg those people like theyre guilty" he notes. Besides, customers there are some long-tim- e who wouldnt do busmess at the com shop anymore, Mr. Campbell predicts. Coin, Antique Dealers Detective Franson says law enforcement has been checking coin and antique dealers under an interpretation of the law that pictures them as "people who deal in secondhand property. Would you call money secondhand retorts Mr. Rust. property? Detective Franson urges coin dealers not to get upset about the hold. The proposal contams provisions to release goods early if they pass a law enforcement inspection. We'll go right out and take a look, irvxr GM3B3S2G0 Utahns Suit Charges Abuse License Renewal Extensions Licensed Clubs Association, told commissioners a number of the 60 clubs lack only their local business license renewals. "And if they dont get those by June 30, that will be the fault of local governments, not the clubs, he told commissioners. He urged the officials to be fair to the clubs and accept from them their receipts for the payment of business license fees, where the licenses themselves have yet to be issued. Commissioners learned the Granger Eagles Club recently relinquished its license to the commission, so there now is one license available for reissuing to a new applicant. Commissioners agreed to meet later this month to screen applicants and rank them. A Salt Lake County man filed suit in federal court Friday alleging he was unjustly committed to a mental health facility, where he was physically and mentally abused The suit, filed bv Michael Hamby, 2887 S. 700 East, in U S. District Court for Utah asks the court to award $100,000 in damages and prevent the defendants from using seclusion cells except in cases of emergency and detaining people for up to 13 days without a hearing. Defendants include Anthony Mitchell and Andrew Gallegos, former and current director of the Utah Department of Social Services, respectively; Wilfred Higashi and Keith Stroud, director and acting director of the Utah Division of Mental Health; David Dangerfield, director of the Salt Lake County Division of Mental Health; Norman Anderson, clinical director of Granite Mental Health Cenier; Eric Nielsen, inpatient director of GMH, 3rd District Court and Gary Jorgenson, court examiner. Mr. Hamby claims that on Dec. 26, he was detained in the center on a court order for civil commitment. According to the suit, Mr Hamby was detained without being examined by Mr. Jorgenson, who told the court the plaintiffs mental condition satisfied state requirements for involuntary hospitalization. 1980, Mr. Hamby claims he was handcuffed and left in an unheated cell with two dirty blankets during the nine days of his commitment, that he was denied use of bathroom facilities and the right to make telephone calls. The Little Ads that pay off BIG! 0 Call to place your Want Ad He also alleges that center officials denied him prescribed sinus medication and forced on him various forms of behavior therapy. 237-200- Sheriff Reports Suicide Attempt by Slayer Ernest Velasquez, a convicted killer who allegedly took a social worker hostage at gunpoint during a prison break Tuesday, apparently tried to commit y suicide in his cell in the Salt Lake Jail Thursday night, the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Department said Friday. Sheriffs Lt. Bill Van Wagenen said the inmate was not seriously injured after he apparently shredded his mattress in the cell and set it on fire. The fire was discovered about 7 p.m. when a guard in the jail saw smoke coming from the tier in which Valesquez was being held alone in a cell. The fire was quickly controlled and no injuries resulted, the lieutenant said. Velasquez apparently had shredded his mattress and spread it throughout the cell, Lt. Van Wagenen said. The inmate then shut the vents from the cell and started a fire in the scraps. City-Count- II .I Unjustly Committed? Liquor Panel Will Not Grant Some 60 licensed Utah private clubs which haven't mt liquor relicensing requirements wont get any extension past the June 30 renewal date. They will be terminated and thereafter required to reapply, the Utah Liquor Control Commission said Friday. Joe Coecimiglio, compliance office, told commissioners that most of the clubs lack only a few documents to complete renewal applications, and it is felt that most will comply by June 30. He said three clubs have made no attempt to renew, so possibly that many licenses will come up for reissuing to others later this summer. By law the number of private club licenses allowable is limited to 165 statewide. Donald D. Beck, director, Utah explains the sheriff's detective who times change, Lt. Carr notes For coordinates pawnshop details among example, some county ordinances tell the valley cities and uruncorporated secondhand dealers not to do business area. with anyone under the age of 21 But state law and other county ordinances Photographs Necessary? that age limit at 18. The new law put to to next Still, its identify also would impossible specify an age limit of 18 corns costuig as much as $3,(XXX$4,(X)0 without close-u- p The proposal demands each seconphotographs, Mr dhand busmess be licensed by county Campbell points outs. Those coins are common. Only a few government and sets license fees from very rare corns, the dealers explam, $50 to $200. Except for the junka collectors, each dealer would post could be identified. $1,000 bond to assure theyd do business Mr. Rust says there are probably according to the law 1,000 of those coins scattered around the too Mr. adds world. Licenses could be denied to those Campbell theyre to be in his found of receiving stolen property convicted shop. expensive Salt Lake County already has a law or theft in the previous five years Or, denied to dealers who governing secondhand shops. The state they coulda be secondhand business law violated has one, too. Arent they adequate? earlier Times Change' But government must hold a hearing Detective Fransons boss, Lt. Dean Carr, says the proposal consolidates before it could revoke, suspend or several ordinances and incorporates refuse to issue a license under proposed law. state law. 12, 1982 mm Lt. Van Wagenen said the inmate had reportedly told deputies during questioning after the Tuesday incident that he just couldnt stand being in jail anymore." Velasquez was arrested after a tense three hour situation at 724 Park St. (540 East), Tuesday afternoon after he had allegedly walked out of a medium security dormitory at the prison holding a social worker at gunpoint. 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