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Show 4 A The Salt Lake Tribune. Wednesday, January 21, Panel OKs Bill on N-Disp- Nothing Like It 1981 'r' - r;rr iv,. ii ir-- P - v- ' &ruti4 i; I If-'- I , nlifrn 'V-- a , ' $ if i - w. ? sv4j osal Tribune Environmental Specialist nuclear Location of a high-levwaste repository in Utah would be prohibited, unless specifically approved by the governor and Legislature, under provisions of a bill approved unanimously Tuesday by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee for Senate consideration. tv - . rr vse " O O TTV ' -- At the same time, the nuclear power industry and utilities are running out of space to store the burned nuclear fuel and are bringing pressure on the federal government to store it for them. nuclear trash Some of this high-levwill be radioactively dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years. So the U. S. Department of Energy is currently drilling and otherwise analyzing prospective sites for permanent burial of the material in geologic formations determined likely to remain stable and undisturbed for that length of time. Four such areas are under investigation in Southeastern Utahs Paradox Basin. They include Salt Valley, near Crescent Junction,. Grand County; Gibson Dome (adjacent to Canyonlands National Park), Lisbon Valley and Elk Ridge-Gran- d Gulch Plateau, all in San Juan County. 23 Plants In West el the 203 nuclear generating facilities operating, under construction or planned, the overwhelming majority are clustered in the eastern states. Only 23 are in the 13 western states . . . one in Colorado and the rest in Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington. In a directive last February, former President Carter established a State Planning Council to facilitate close communication with the 23 states in which potential repository sites are under investigation, allowing them participation in the planning and acquaintance with the site data collected. Thus state officials were assured of a continuing role in federal decisionmaking cm nuclear waste issues and a part in the concurrence process in repository siting. The measure introduced by Sen. Farley (Substitute SB 18) is designed to give Utah veto power over a repository rather than just the righi to concur with a federal decision. East Shipping Waste In discussion prior to committee approval of the measure Tuesday morning, Sen. Ivan M. Matheson, said: None of the eastern states want to keep their waste there. They want to get rid of it by shipping it West. I dont want Utah to take all the nuclear garbage from the east. Supporters of the measure at the meeting included representatives of the Utah League of Women Voters and the Utah Department of Health. -A is- Utah legislators applaud newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan as he addresses the Utah lawmakers sat in their chairs watching television sets Tuesday while enthusiastically applauding President Ronald Reagans inaugural address. In the House of Representative chambers, legislators and employees lining the walls stood at attention for the national anthem, many with hands across their hearts, after viewing inaugural events on two television sets mounted on a vacant speakers podium. Senators delayed opening their daily HOUSE Bills Introduced HB164 (Know It on) Provide that county assessors recognize certain expenses In arriving at the value of taxable propy. HB165 (Free) Provide that a person In lail or prison neither loses nor gains residency solely by this Incarceration. Bills Passed HB73 (Walker) Provide for notice of delinquent property sales by certified mall ). HB146 (Garff) Clarify the tax exemption of bonds and notes of municipalities In the Utah Municipal Bonding Act (47-0- SENATE An amendment to a proposed state health planning act was recommended by the Utah Senates Social Services Committee, and could pave the way for a possible conflict between the state and federal agencies should the bill become law. SB 15, governing operations of the Health Systems Agency, a corporation, will go to the Senate floor for consideration. Right-to-lif- e groups appeared before the committee last week to criticize HSA8 1980 endorsement of Planned Parenthood Association of Utah requests for $450,000 from the federal Department of Health and Human Services. Receives $392,000 Grant Planned Parenthood later received a $392,000 grant from the federal agency. Right-to-lif- e advocates now demand language in the tough planning act to block HSA from recommending future planned Parenthood Association financing. lobbyists, Sen. Theyre one-issA. Dean Jeffs, said of the right-to-ligroups after the session where his proposal received committee backing. This years issue is abortion. Next year it could be some other issue. Sen. Jeffs' solution revolves around non-prof- it anti-aborti- fe SB134 act governing financial Institutions. SB135 (Sowards) Provide for overruling of planning commission disapprovals and for exceptions to county master plans regarding extensions, betterments or additions. SB136 (Flnllnson) Increase the number of persons to be represented by each additional director of a public transit district. SBI37 (Jeffs) Provide a standard of proof for attempts to monopolize In antitrust violations and exempt the attorney general from alleging or providing actual or threatened damage to the state or its subdivisions. Bills Passed HB28 (Pace) Correct typographical error in law governing records of legal actions (21-0- ). Bills Introduced (Comaby) Revise state regulatory Bills Killed SB61 (Barton) Provide that no city or county elected official shall get a pay raise until after next election Resolution Passed HCR2 (All members of the House) Express appreciation for the service of the men and women held hostage In Iran and welcoming them home (House, 69-- Senate, (10-16- Panel Holding Wage Law Repeal Plan 26-0- ). The bill to repeal the states prevailing wage law remained closeted in the House Labor and Manpower Committee Tuesday following a hearing devoted to opposition from labor groups. Ed Mayne, president, Utah State AFL-CIpresented petitions carrying many thousands of names opposing repeal of the law that requires prevailing wages to be paid on public works projects. He exorted the committee not to take a party line vote when the measure comes up again Thursday. Mr. Mayne said the Republican-sponsorerepeal wont lead to less construction costs or more competition, as proponents have claimed. Instead, he said, the repeal will lead to slashes in to less skilled work and lower wagc-s-, quality, and thus cause higher costa in the long run. Utah now ranks 46th in per capita income, noted Richard Schone, AFL-CIAs many of field representative. you (legislators) were eected to cut taxes, lets cut taxes, not wages. d nation Tuesday. House and Senate members viewed televisions in legislative chambers. floor session to take in the inaugural, too, by viewing television. Representatives frequently ap- plauded at the same time the Washington audience interrupted the new Presidents speech. House Speaker Norman H. Banger-te- r, Valley City, praised the firmness of the presidential address toward addressing domestic economic affairs and the Presidents comments Amendment to Health Act Could Lead to Conflict Tuesday Action in Legislature Ninth Day I Utah Solons Hail Inaugural Address Ninth Day (69-0- By Donald H. May United Press International WASHINGTON In what has been called the most extraordinary international financial transaction ever carried out, Iran got nearly $2.9 billion in immediate cash in return for freeing the American hostages, U.S. officials said Tuesday. - That was out of roughly $12 billion in Iranian assets originally frozen by the United States Nov. 14, 1979, 10 days after the Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran were sieized. It was an extradordinary effort, outgoing Treasury Secretary G. William Miller told reporters. Nothing like it has ever been done before. Many Involved Arranging the transaction involved months of negotiation, culminating in days of around-the-cloc- k negotiations with many agonizing delays involving the governments and banking systems of the United States, Great Britain, Algeria and Iran. At 3:16 a.m. EST Tuesday, a Telex machine at the Treasury Department fnished clacking out the final authorization from Algeria, paving the way for deposit by the United States of frozen Iranian assets in an escrow account at the Bank of England in London. Miller, then spending his second consecutive night at the department, immediately called President Carter at the White House to tell him the transaction at last could move. Dozen N'oflfled A dozen U.S. banks were notified, along with the New York branch of the Federal Reserve. By 6:45 a.m., $7,977 billion in tr.ren Iranian assets had been shifted into an escrow account at the Bank of England. Under the agreement, at least $7,955 billion had to be in the account to activate it. The money deposited in London included $5.5 billion in Iranian deposits with European branches of U.S. banks and interest on those deposits: $1.4 billion from the sale of U.S. Treasury securities owned by Iran; $940 million from Iranian-owne- d gold that had been held by the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and about $137 million in miscellaneous accounts. More Transactions The $7,977 billion remained in the London escrow account until the Algerian government certified the hostages had been freed. Then the following transactions took place: $3.7 billion was returned to the U.S. Federal Reserve to pay off past, syndicated loans to Iran in which U.S. banks participated. Syndicated loans are those made by groups of banks. $1.4 billion remained in escrow to be used to pay off any additional bank loans Iran owes, to be settled if necessary through international arbitration. The remainder, about $2.88 billion, went to Iran free and clear, accordIt now is in ing to one U.S. official their hands. How much more Iran eventually gets from the agreement apparently will depend on the settlement of bank loans and perhaps other claims. One category of frozen Iranian assets deposits in banks within the United States, amounting to roughly $2.2 billion still remains to be dealt with. Under the agreement, the United States ' By Robert S. Halliday Of Intricate Maneuvers Preceded Release Ambush Claims British Soldier Reuter News Agency One BELFAST, Northern Ireland British soldier was killed and one wounded seriously Tuesday when men guns attacked an using army patrol in Londonderry. Police sources said the attack bore all the hallmarks of the Irish Republican Army. Earlier in Dublin, the provisional IRA claimed responsibility for killing one of ils own men for passing information to Northern Ireland police. It said the man, whose body was found near the provinces border with Ireland, had informed the Royal Ulster Constabulary over a long period about 1HA operations and arms supplies. Meanwhile, three men are expected to appear in court here Wednesday charged with the attempted murder of Republican campaigner Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and her husband Michael. , high-velocit- y 1 wording that would tie health planners to the Legislatures intent. . .The agencys decision to approve or disapprove the use of federal funds shall not conflict with the express intent of the Legislature, according to the new wording. HSA recommendation of the Planned Parenthood financing didnt sit well with conservative lawmakers, Sen. Jeffs said. He feels the new wording would make it impossible for agencies to take funding, then laugh at lawmakers. Utah law says state funds shouldnt be used to finance abortions. The change would, make it unlawful for planning groups like HSA to recommend federal financing when money would be used for abortions, Sen. Jeffs explained. To Set Up Clash? He acknowledged wording of his amendment may set up a clash with federal regulations. Were told: Do it. If you dont, the feds will do it for you. . .Generally, they dont. Thats a hollow threat. Michael Chulada, executive director for the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah, sat through the Tuesday session. Later, he said the amendment is meaningless unless it is linked to a resolution or some bill outlining legislative intent. Im convinced that will happen, he said. When it does, Planned Parenthood and HSA will be caught between federal regulations and state laws. It will be impossible to meet federal requirements and legislative in- about pulling the federal government back from state affairs. That was Speaker particularly appropriate, Bangerter said. There was an emotional tear or two from the patriotic appeal in the speech, and a standing ovation at the end. Earlier, legislators couched in scattered committee rooms broke into hand clapping and whoops of delight as messengers carried in the first word that the hostages had left Iran. Wins Panel OK Bill May Force Lawbreaker To Pay Victim If itTs justice to spend millions of the taxpayers dollars to keep criminals in jail, its also justice for lawbreakers to repay their victims. That philosophy behind a restitution bill by Rep. P. Lloyd Selleneit, Tuesday won unanimous approval from a House Social Services Committee. It now goes to the House floor for debate. Restitution can be used as a rehabilitation effort . . . righting a wrong, the sponsor explained. Rep. Selleneit said the restitution concept came into its own four years ago with a House study resolution. Since then, lawmakers have given Utah courts guidelines for using restitution in sentencing. Alternative Sentencing Approval would order Utah courts to consider restitution as an alternative sentencing mechanism when victims have suffered dollars and cents losses. If judges reject the restitution concept, they should explain their reasoning in the court records. Terms of any restitution also would be outlined in court records. And, in cases where plea bargaining results in dismissal of some charges, courts could order restitution for those victims. Insurance companies also would share in the repayments. This would help insurance companies recoup losses, Rep. Selleneit said. In theory, premiums could be reduced. How would these damages be fixed? tent. . . Planned Parenthood will look to regulatory appeals if disapproval of reports should inits financing requests are based on new clude the costs to victims. That happens regulations, Mr. Chulada said. now. But it should be done in all cases, If that fails, the matter would go to or at least all the state can afford. court, I'm sure of it, he concluded. Right to Waive Reports Of course, prisoners would have the right to waive those reports. How practical is restitution? Rep. Duayne T. Johnson, D- - West Bill Proposes Store Theft Law Change Valley City, said it costs the state $11,500 a year for each prisoner For kept at Point of the Mountain. every two prisoners, you could (afford Continued From Page one bring civil action against shoplifters as an alternative or companion to pressing criminal charges. Senators supporting SB 66 said the procedure often leads, settlemerchants to seek ments, using the threat of criminal prosecution to persuade suspected shoplifters to meet their demands. Sen. Dean Jeffs, said stores may falsely unscrupulous accuse shoppers of stealing goods simply to extort money. He termed the threat of prosecution an embarrassing, horrendous problem capable of exerting great pressure on even falsely accused. Although the bill passed to the Senates third reading calendar with a vote of 24 to 3, it will be the subject debate once more before receiving a final vote. In the House, Legislative Aud:)r General Mont G. Kenney told legislators the state could generate $4 million in revenue, during the first year of the new plan, by collecting payments oh the insurance, during the first year of the new plan, premium each quarter instead of each year. At current rates, he predicted interest on the collections would generate more than $1 million for the state each states use the quarteryear. Twenty-sily collections plan, said Mr. Kenney. x to) hire a probation officer, he said. In comparison, it costs the state $1.50 a day to supervise a prisoner on probation, it was pointed out. Restitution could be small monthly payments or a lump sum, Rep. Selleneit explained. And, offenders could start payment when they move out of their cells into part-tim- e work projects that often signal their release. Whod get first claim on the offenders pay? asked Rep. Carl R. Saunders, R- - Ogden. Families? Victims? The courts would look at abilities to pay . . . look at family obligations, Rep. Selleneit responded. Iraqs Troops Kill 46 Iranis Reuter News Agency BEIRUT, Lebanon Iriftj reported its forces killed 46 Iranian soldiers and lost 12 of their own men in fighting over a period ending Tuesday. A High Command communique, quoted by the official Iraqi News Agency, said the fighting was concentrated in the western Kermanshah and Ilam provinces, as well as in the southern Khuzestan will transfer this to escrow in the Bank of England over the next six months. Half of that money will go to Iran.' The other half a little over $1 billion will go into a special account to be used for eventual settlement of claims by Americans against Iran through an international tribunal still be be set up. If settlement of these claims reduces that account below $500 million, Iran agreed to add more money to bring it backto the $500 million level. Doctor Claims Garwood Fit for Trial CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) Marine Pfc. Robert Garwood was not suffering from a mental disease or defect and appreciated the criminality of his actions during 14 years prisons, a Navy psychiat-rist testified at Garwoods court-martiTuesday. Capt. Patrick F. OConnell, rebutting psychiattestimony by defense-calle- d ric witnesses, said he interviewed Garwood for nine hours, and he gave a good, clear account of his conduct which did not include symptoms of a disease in a psychiatric sense. The defense psychiatrists had said the Marine was incapable of conform- ing to military law during his captivity. T Desertion, Collaboration? Garwood is charged with desertion -and collaboration with the enemy and if . convicted could be sentenced to life .. , . imprisonment. His defense rested Friday without Garwood ever taking the stand. OConnell, chief of psychiatric and neurological services at the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, Pen- sacola, Fla., is the first of several rebuttal witnesses the government will introduce in what is shaping up as the battle of the psychiatrists. The defense argued that Garwood, 34, " a native of Indiana, was suffering from a mental illness known as atypical dissociative disorder and lost his iden- v tity as a U.S. Marine while in captivity. No Evidence of Confusion Asked about that finding, Capt.. OConnell said, I discounted that ; possibility because in his story to me there was no evidence of amnesia or . confusion. The defense case rests almost en- - -tirely on the claim that Garwood, who disappeared from his Marine unit in -Vietnam in September 1965 and reap- d pea red in 1979, was coercively to collaborate. OConnell, a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, said he : formed the three-ma- n military-,- ; psychiatric board that determined that arwood was competent and responsible to stand trial. We found that he possesses suffi-ciemental capacity to conduct his defense and that he did not have a -mental disease or defect at the time of the incident, OConnell testified. OConnell said psychological tests .. taken at that time were discounted ' al -- . per-suade- nt because the board concluded, Mafia Bosses Sentenced LOS ANGELES Five and a maximum $25,000 fine for (UPI) Southern California Mafia bosses, conracketeering involving extortion of victed of racketeering and extortion by pomographere. testimony of Aladena Jimmy the Dominick Brooklier, 67, of Anaheim, Weasel Fratianno, were sentenced reputed boss of the Los Angeles family to to federal of terms up prison Tuesday of La Cosa Nostra was sentenced to four five years. years in prison for racketeering, but no Attorneys began a lengthy appeal fine. process, which will keep the mobsters Louis Tom Dragna, 60, said to be a out of prison for a year or two. onetime acting boss, got two years in Michael Rizzitello, 53, of Los Angeles, prison and a $50,000 fine, $25,000 for reputed Mafia capo (captain), drew each of two racketeering counts. the heaviest prison sentence five Jack Locicero, 68, of Los Angeles, the years for racketeering and his role in alleged consigliere (counsellor), underFBI an from extorting $7,500 drew a two year sentence for rackcover sting pornography operation. eteering and extortion and no fine. 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