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Show 2C The Salt Lake Tribune March Saturday, 198-- 17, Partly Cloudy Logan Power Rales Cut 10 LOGAN (AP) Electrical rales in Logm have been i educed by HJ percent by order of the Logan Mu nicipal Council. The council voted Thursday to approve Mayor Newell Dames' recommended rate reduction plan. Daines said Friday that the decrease will appear on April electrical bills. 1 "The city currently has a $3 a million surplus in the electric utility fund, and three years ago residents were burdened with a 30 percent rate increase in a period of 18 months, the mayor said. Warehouse Even Odds Say It Rains or Snoivs Today About $2 million of the surplus had been gathered for a new hydroelectric substation, but the council decided last month to use long-terfinancing to pay for the project. Councilwoman Ann Skanchy voted against the rate cut, saying although she would like to see consumers get a break in their monthly power bills, she did not feel the council adequately considered the Randolph Richfield Rooseveft Soft Lake Cfty St Yesferdoy's Temperatures matter Mrs Skanchy suggested any rate cut wait until June, "when we have the facts and figures for our 1985 fiscal budget." ire I Arson Suspect Claims Settlement Losses brow-beate- fraud-relate- er presentation, Third Week of Trial During Friday testimony, ending the third week of trial before Judge David K. Winder, U.S. District Court for Utah, Mr. Woods said he took a $500,000 beating on inventory claims. He said he calculated 28,025 each 100 pounds bags of beans had been lost in the fire. Testimony earlier set value of each bag to be worth $19 or $20. As such, Mr. Woods said he filed for $664,000. The insur-ance paid between and $150,000, Mr. Woods said, although it was on insurance company advice that he put in for $120,000 28,025 bags. The trial is in Salt Lake City because insurance claims were sent here for processing. Thus, the alleged fraud was perpetrated here. .05 36 31 .05 tires and wheels control. AM a r m ,im i .1 ie i, ; t ., v 71 44 61 26 51 33 43 30 .05 35 25 .09 51 35 .14 38 32 35 27 .12 45 29 .04 Partly cloudy with probability of measurable rain or snow very good 0 Salt Lake Provo -- Ogden Source Ulh Department of at 50 percent. Lows will be in Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo Portly cloudy with lows in the mid-30- s ond highs In the low 50s. Precipitation at the Sait Lake International Airport for the period ended 5 p.m. Friday .27. Total precipitation for March .76, departure from normal minus .04. Total precipitation since Oct. 1, 1983, 10.43, departure from normal plus 3.22. Highest temperature reported in Utah Friday was 72 at St. George. Lowest temperature reported In Utah was 14 at Br yce Canyon. Normal high wos 51 and the normal low was 30. Sunrise 6:37 o.ni. MST. Sunset 6:37 p.m. MST. good Health Utah North Cloudy wrth scatter ed showers at times Satur- of a few showers. At the 8000 foot level, lows will be 15 to 20 with highs in the mid-30Southern mountains snow showers wrth northwest ridgetop winds at 30 mph. Fair to portly cloudy Saturday night ond SurxJov. At the 8000 foot level, lows will be In the midteens ond highs in the mid- - to upper 40s. Southern Idaho Portly cloudy ond scattered shower s will Lows be Sunday. through mostly in the 20s with highs 35 to 45. Wyoming could not function effectively under that umbrella. Retaining the board as a policymaking entity would provide a buffer to and from the governor in several important areas. Rev. France Davis, corrections board chairman, policy-makin- ALBUQUERQUE, N M. (UPI) -New Mexico officials hope some day to land a $2 billion project called deserlron" that would result in the construction of the world's largest particle accelerator. But at least four other states, including Arizona, Utah, Illinois and Texas, also are competing for the gigantic accelerator. Even the project itself is not a certainty. It must compete for funding against such diverse projects as trips to Mars and an orbiting space station. "We're talking billions of dollars for each project, and we're unlikely to see more than one funded," said Michael Cusack, industrial development director for Public Service Company of New Mexico, the state's huge electric utility. The Superconducting Super Collider" is the federal Department of Energy's newest scheme for circling atomic particles at high speed, then smashing them together to investigate the forces of matter and energyPNM and the University of New Mexico have worked with Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists in putting together an environmental impact statement for a "deser-tron- " site southeast of Deming. in far southern New Mexico. The project gets its "deserton" moniker because its circumference requirement would mean it would have to be located in a flat area sim-ilr- r to a Southwest desert locale. Frank Van Gundy of PNM's district office in Luna County said county and Deming officials have given tacit support to the project, which could be firished by the early 1990s. But he said they are stepping aside to allow others to do the work in Washington. "They all realize it's not a funded project yet." Van Gundy said, "and the site selection wuuld be at least two or three said. The most important would be in the appointment of the members of the Board of Pardons. It would keep the appointment of this board out of politics. The pardons board appointments are made by the corrections board. three-memb- Under the current operations with g corrections board, the governor is relieved of making decisions in capital cases. All the governor can do is stay the execution until the next meeting of the Board of Pardons. Rev. Davis pointed out the case of Keith Roberts, who went on a crime spree just before Christmas 1982, and aroused public indignation, but the governor was protected. a Mountain. Corrections board members said that many of the services which can be provided by Social Services would be better provided on contract. Currently, corrections is under the social services umbrella. Another advantage would be the submission of the budget directly to the governor who could consider it as a separate item rather than one of many coming through other departments. Board members pointed out to the subcommittee headed by Dean Jeffs that the philosophies of corrections and public safety are so far apart it policy-makin- Idaho Country Store A PIN'GREE, Idaho (AP) is store the country grand prizt in an essay contest being held by a Pingree couple. The Country Store in Pingree, 15 miles west of Blackfoot, includes gas pumps, a apartment and a U.S. Post Lem Sociely Names OH'icer Special to The Tribune PANGUITCH George Proctor, a local lapidary craftsmen, a trade which involves the polishing and production of stones and gems, was recently named vice president of the Color County Gem and Mineral Society. Mr. Proctor was last summer of the first gem and mineral show ever to be held in southern Utah. He has been interested in lapidary since 1980 and in that first year he made over 30 pieces of jewelry. Mr. Proctor also enjoys prospecting and working on his gold claims near Moab. He has lived in Garfield County all his life and says he is familiar with the terrain and its m-'- " '' i'm,n ,, d.'.v, .'nj es r t with highs in low 50s. s chore day. Partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday. Local fog during the morning hours both days. Lows will be in the mid 20s to upper 30s with highs 45 to 55. South Vorlobly cloudy wrth scattered showers Saturday. Lows will be In the mid-20- s through the upper 30s with highs reaching 55 to 65. Utah Ski Areas: Northern mountains Occasional snow with westerly ndgetop winds at 35 mph Saturday. Variable clouds Satur Special to The Tribune DRAPER Corrections should operate as an independent departg ment with a board. Corrections would function better as a department than under the umbrellas of the Departments of Social Services or Public Safety. If elevated to a department, Adult Corrections should not include Youth Corrections. These observations were made at a meeting of the Board of Corrections with the Corrections Subcommittee of the Committee on Executive Reorganization in the new regional prison at the Point of the mid-30- day night ond Sunday wrth a Slates Battle Prison Committees Consider Corrections Reorganization For Huge Accelerator ( Office. Owners Ralph and Lee Hall have decided they don't have the time to spend on the store and say they plan to take out ads in major metropolitan newspapers to sell the place. For $10, potential buyers will be eligible to submit an essay of 100 words or less on why they should have the business. The Halls say they hope to get a minimum of 10,000 entries. They said the money will be deposited in a trust account until Occasional light snow developing in the far west ond partly to mostly sunny'eisewhere. Lows will be In me teens ond 20s with highs Irvthe 30s ond 40s. Extended Outlook Fair to partly Utah cloudy Monday and Tuesday wrth a chonce of showers Wednesday. Lows will be in me 30s with highs reaching the 50s to 60s. A chance Southern Idaho of ram showers Monday ond Tuesday and becoming more like! Wednesday. Lows will to mid-30- s be in the mld-?0to wrth highs in me mid-40- s mid-50- County Libraries Should Cooperate, Says Logan Mayor LOGAN (AP) Mayor Newell Daines is asking mayors of other communities to cooperate and improve 1brary services throughout the county. Logan is remodeling an empty building to house city offices and the town's library. Daines said he wanls some financial support from other communities that use the Logan library, but also would like cooperation with Cache County libraries. "I feel if we could put together a comprehensive library program for the entire county involving cooperation between all libraries along with the Bookmobile, we could improve services for not much more money than we are spending now," he said Daines said he is not proposing a consolidated county-wid- e library. Each Library would keep its own board but each would have a representative on a larger beard and communities would also Daines said. without libraries have representation. Is lissay Contest Prize the entries are judged and the winner is awarded title deed to the property, and a lease agreement with the U.S. Post office. Hall suffered a heart attack last year and Mrs. Hall said it's too much work for her during the summer. She said she plans to get a panel to read and judge the essays and then award Hie winner the property. full-pag- e Jtmlidah's Gather By Douglas 1984 Limited Edition Hurst Olds 11 .03 .06 Mrs. Hall said she wants to have all the entries in by April 30, give the judging panel a few weeks to do its work and then hand over the keys and title to a new owner. The Halls purchased the business in the fall of 1981 and have a $60,000 mortgage on the property and $26,000 in retail goods. af ' e1 n ; n, ,l w'u-- i - at let i h a- Parker Tribune Political Editor '1 he Utah Democratic Party assembled a score of candidates Thursday to mark the opening of filing period and draw attention to a slate of prospective congressional and gubernatorial aspirants The gathering at the Salt Lake City County Building heard comments from Frances Farley campaigning in the eounty's 2nd District far the seat being vacated by Republican Congressman Dan Marriott, and Milton C Abia.ms, running in the 1st District against two term GOP Congressman James V Hansen Dr Abrams, Ctuh State I mversi-- t s libranan. was ihai'ai by the state chairman a- - lepie-entinMr Claps going to Washington." The patty's candidate iccruit merit nmmiltee al o pointed to Iti-. Dale F Gatd.ner as ' Ken Garff i,r i i ni,-o- Oidsmobile Honda the pi in i An ' e opponent to liesli-m.- Coiigi i Ismail Howard . C south-atin lie :ti d I n ,u iet I : is poi ion ill 'salt ..i e ( 'mini 'Iil be IK i lomicidc Suspect May Be Returned I Demos Mark Filing Period Opening $9316 They (call."- 49 25 47 16 g or pec .03 ...MM 50 3329 1984 Oidsmobile Firenza Sedan ; 52 34 68 33 marginal behin- or S .07 100 No 1984 Oidsmobile Cutlass Supreme Cpe Retail $11,137 r. 1 984 Oidsmobile Omega Sedan Retail $9868 f. these 31 200 84 Honda Accord Automatic top-sellin- Two of M poor Olds Cutlass Supremo. America's nameplate in 1983. Test drive one at Ken Card's. Ken Gilflt .31 M 300 vears awav." Retail 50 30 45 hazardous LX s91!85 72 41 400 Hatchback 84 Honda Accord LX Hatchback Automatic .27 Rexburg 120-mil- e 84 Honda Accord Hatchback Automatic .05 53 35 46 34 maintains Mr. 84 Honda Accord 51 30 Salt Lake CltyProvoOgden Air Pollution Index inventory shortage. Personal Inventory Mr. Woods testified Friday he personally inventoried the warehouse two months prior to the fire and we were in a long position. In addition, Mr. Woods said insurance companies also refused to pay full loss on warehouse equipment. He said value of the equipment was calculated at $256,000, but the insurance company, negotiating through G.A. Bammcrlin, said it would pay only $120,000. Mr. Woods said he had an inventory list, and receipts proving his ownership of equipment, but Mr. Bammcrlin said "this is the way insurance companies work." Mr. Woods said he countered that he would settle for $185,000, but Mr. Bammerlin rejected it without consulting the company. Additionally, he said Mr. Bammerlin told him the company was going to reduce the settlement by $20,000 to $50,000, without reason. They said it wasn't there, period," Mr. Woods told the court. He said they eventually settled on $156,000, and after "getting browbeaten that hard" by Mr. Bammerlin, "I bit the bullet; I accepted." Although specific insurance companies were not detailed, earlier testimony by Mr. Bammerlin indicated the companies to be National Union. Providence Washington, Firemen's Fund, Lexington, Atlas and Improved Risk Mutual. The trial is expected to go to the jury next week. d ... Pocrfic Stales .05 T 25 Tooele Unlv. of Utah . Vernal Wendover Zion Nat Pork Nevoda E'ko Ely Las Vegas ... Reno Wmnemucco . Wyoming Cheyenne Rock Springs . Idaho Boise Idaho Foils ... Pocatello Denver Woods set the fire to cover mass shortages at the warehouse. He was also facing an Idaho governmental audit to determine the extent of any n Georoe 40 22 M Twin Falls Montana Yellowstone Colorado He said he personally made up the roughly $500,000 difference, most of which was owed to farmers who were storing beans at his warehouse. The government, during its earli- Charles Seldin Tribune Staff Writer James R. Woods, the former Salinas, Calif., mayor standing trial for arson and insurance fraud arising out of a fire at his Idaho bean warehouse, took the stand on his own behalf Friday, explaining to jurors that lie settled for only a portion of what was actually owed him. In testimony sharply contrasting the scenario painted by prosecutors, Mr. Woods said he was by insurance companies into settling for less than the actual loss he suffered at his Beans Inc. warehouse in Filer, Idaho. Additionally, he said one claim the most disputed involving how many bags of beans he had stored there was filed on the advice of an insurance agent and at torney. Mr. Woods is charged with six counts of arson and activities stemming from the July 1979 fire in Filer. He is owner of Commodity Marketing Inc., parent company to Beans Inc. Also charged is a vice president of Commodity, Martin K. Taylor, Madera, who authorities believe set the fire. By company .... Purti cloud Soturdoy ond of Sunday. The probability measurable ram or snow will be 50 percent Saturday. Lows wt'l be In the mid 30s with highs in the lower 50s. rick Shea introduced contenders for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, Kem C. Gardner and Wavne Owens, plus a dozen county legisla- tive candidates The gubernatorial campaigners exchanged pleasantries on their close friendship, but Mr. Owens sti uek a serious chord, referring to a "happy coincidence of circumstance that provides Democrats with a special year of opportunity a clear, understandable, cutting issue of political balance." Republicans hold 80 percent of state and local government offices and all congressional eats, and Utahns don't want une-)'.ty government, he asserted. - ii Mr Shea puked up the same theme, pointing to the Salt Bake County Commission, which he said, leads o no dialogue oi challenge over such actions as the 'persecution" of Count v Treasurer in and mismanagement of !l,e llaii'i-'I" ineianniii He added that Kepuliiuan Iaitv ompl, iint over Deiiimrats using A-- i pllbhi si In it cal mil class! ' S OOI11S the m.i-' politi- el I'm luild. ,r p.ula free market place of challenged Republican State Chairman Charles W. Akerlow to a series of debates in the schools. Originally, the assemblage was arranged as a reminder and to poke fun at the party's wound two years ago when Hank Huish, the Democratic congressional contender in the new 3rd District, failed to formally register as a candidate, Mr. Shea noted. But, instead, the state chairman turned attention to a twist" this year where state and congressional candidates can pay lower filing foes half way through the filing period which ends April 16. The last legislative session reduced the lieves ideas. - He d one-mont- h filing fee. West German authorities are asking for the extradition of a homicide suspect arrested by Salt Lake City police Thursday night in connection with a barroom fight. Randall Bragg Reed. 22. 451 East Debs Place. 840 South), is wanted by German authorities for the Jan. 13 stabbing of a U.S. serviceman. Salt Lake Police Lt. Floyd Ledford said. Ho said police are waiting for the paperwork that must be prepared lo send the man back to Germany. Mr. Reed was arrested about 9 p rn. at 420 S State Thursday following an argument over the use of a pool table at about 7:30 pm. in the Old Hotel Saloon. 380 S. State, police reports indicate. "Typically, the Republican-dominateLegislature forgot to make an effective date so the lower fee isn't effective until March 29. So I expect most will file around April Fools Day. and that probably is an appro-p- i mcmorialization of the Legislature. Mr Shea said Eugene M. Norum. the bartender, was struck in the face during the altercation, according to police reports. lie went to the Veteran's Medical Center where he was t; eated for a lacerated nose and released Befoi e Mat ch 29. the filing fee for eongi essional candidate is $361, afterwa"d $H'u g In the ease ol a bil ip' the fee V' during a barroom fight in Frankfurt He said Salt Lake City police luul i a rived inlormation that M: I'1 w n 'mil I, ail hern d a I in a To West Ge nnany I Ledford said Mr Reed is sought in the stabbing of a service-maI "-- A Ail 4 4 Aw (fc Av, sr! |
