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Show Kids Are Pleading For Help, Social Worker Chief Says By Carol Sisco Tribun Staff Writer Calling Americas children "the obvious resource for the nations fu- Tribune Staff Photo by Al Hartmann water back into the south end e of the Great Salt Lake along narrow strip of Pomp is siphoning seeping one-lan- 0. Mathesons approval of detailed agreement to breach causeway moved state closer to eliminating the problem. Gov. Causeway Breaching May Begin Today By Jim Woolf Tribune Environmental Writer Barring legal obstacles, work to breach the Southern Pacific causeway across the Great Salt Lake could begin Friday. The last institutional problem was almost resolved Thursday when Gov. Scott M. Matheson approved a detailed agreement spelling out how the work and finances will be handled. The agreement is now being considered by the chairman of Southern Pacific Railroad, who could sign it Friday. I dont anticipate a problem, but I cant look into the mind of the chairman. . . Were expediting this thing as fast as possible, said L. Ridd Larson, attorney for the railroad. Once the agreement is approved by Southern Pacific, crews from the railroad can begin work immediatehole in the earthen ly on a 300-forailroad structure. The breach is expected to alleviate flooding by reducing the level of the lake at the south shore by about nine inches. A lawsuit filed this week by Great Salt Lake Minerals and Chemicals ot Hospitalizing Disaster Victims County to Test Emergency A major earthquake rumbling between San Francisco and Los Angeles could fill California hospitals and leave 50,000 seriously injured to find care in facilities across the nation. But they wouldnt have a problem finding that care. Alvin L. Britton, Salt Lake Countys director of emergency services, Tuesday told commissioners how the injured would be x flown to metropolitan areas across the nation including Salt Lake City. Its a plan that could be used for any emergency, he explained. That includes war casualties if federal and military hospitals were filled. The plan, which calls for 36 Corp. (GSL) could still complicate plans for the breach. GSL has asked U.S. District Court for Utah to block work on the breach, contending the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to complete necessary studies prior to issuing a permit for the work. A hearing on the request has not yet been scheduled. GSL, which extracts salt from the north arm of the lake, claims the breach will destroy its 86 million operation and put 300 employees out of work. Ralph Miles, director of the Utah Division of State Lands and Forestry, said the lawsuit has not changed plans for the breach. Wed expect Southern Pacific to e on the breach if the go agreement is signed. The lawsuit means nothing unless or until the judge orders us to stop. We assume it wont be successful, said Mr. full-bor- Miles. Also Thursday, Rep. Ray S. Schmutz, t. George, introduced a resolution in the Utah House of Representatives encouraging Gov. Matheson to spend no money for the breach. R-S- Monson Files Candidacy Plan For Seat in Congress hours notice so host communities can make room in their hospitals, will get a computer test April 4, 5 and 6, as exercise wounded falcon. Mock patients will be used in an exercise next August or September, Mr. Britton added. Salt Lake Valley hospitals are committed to take 700 patients, Based on studies indicating 70 percent of all hospital patients could be removed in an emergency, he feels the figure of 700 might be doubled. What if a major quake strikes the Salt Lake Valley? Everything would be reversed, Mr. Britton said. Wed stabilize them here and move them out The campaign climate for major state offices became a bit more clear Thursday as one incumbent filed for Congress and two others were rumored to be serious about bids. Lt. Gov. David S. Monson, barred by a new constitutional provision on his own, from seeking filed his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress 2nd District. And rumors circulated that Attorney General David L. Wilkinson and State Treasurer Edward T. Alter have hinted theyll disclose bids within the new few days. The bids would mean only one of the states present five elected officials is not seeking some office. Thats Gov. Scott M. Matheson, whos not running again. State Audi tor W. Val Oveson has already nounced his effort. an- Mr. Monson, formerly state auditor, cannot run for lieutenant governor because that office is now paired with the governor. The candidates from each party will run in tandem and be elected together this method guaranteeing that Utahs gover-- . nor and lieutenant governor are always of the same party. The formal filing period is already two weeks old (and runs through April 16) but Thursday was the first day a new, lower filing fee schedule was in effect. While still tied to the salaries of the posts sought, rates are now half as much as previously. Filing for Congress, Mr. Monson paid a 5180.50 filing fee rather than the 5361 that would otherwise have prevailed. ture," the president of the National Association of Social Workers said their voices are pleading to be heard. Speaking at the Utah Chapters annual conference Thursday morning at the Airport Hilton Inn, Robert Stewart said there is a voice crying out in our nation pleading to be heard." Everyone wants to be heard but one voice deserves it above all others. It is not the political candidates, wealthy businessmen or news commentators. It is the voice of the children of our land, he said. Reflects on Society Listening to children will tell Americans what they need to know about their nation and the type of society theyre creating, Mr. Stewart said. Children must be loved and valued by adults, nutured, protected from harm and exploitation and given guidance and the opportunity to learn if theyre to thrive, he added. But what do the children say? he asked. Six thousand kids are killed yearly by their parents or guardians in the United States. An estimated one million will be the victims of physical or sexual abuse or neglect this year and 5,000 disappear each day, according to Mr. Stewart. Nearly 250,000 are left each year with no home but the streets. Something Seriously Wrong Listen to the children, Mr. Stewart cautioned. They are crying out for somebody to protect them. Many are telling us there is something seriously wrong with their lives. Many children suffer from malnutrition while others are born with handicaps because their mothers didnt get adequate prenatal care, Mr. Stewart said. If we listen to the children, we can only be alarmed, he said. But we can learn something about what we need to do. The way a society treats its children is an indicator of how humane it is and of its viability, Mr. Stewart thinks. While Americans fully understand the importance of making economic investments, they do not understand the equal importance of human investments, he noted. The social investment in human beings is also clearly a good eco- nomic investment, said. Mr. Stewart Studies show that children who gfibutw Local News TV Today, Features Page B-- 4 Friday Morning, March 30, 1984 Section B Page 1 start preschool at 3 or 4 do better than those who begin classes at 5 or 6, he said. Those with preschool score a full of those without when tested in the eighth grade, Mr. of Stewart said. Nearly two-thirthem finish high school and theyre twice as likely to be year ahead Welfare Savings But the biggest savings is in welfare, where 19 percent of those who attended preschool go on welfare compared to 41 percent of children starting school at the normal age, he said. For every 51 spent on preschool, 54 is saved in later expenses including welfare, criminal justice and other areas, he said. The truism applies in human issues to a great degree, Mr. Stewart said. Why dont we feel the same way about investing in human capital as we do about economic invest- ments? The basic message children are giving adults is we must return to a sense of social investment and responsibility if the nation is to survive, he said. Social workers have a part in that investment by meeting the unmet human needs of children, he concluded. Yesterdays Chuckle politician asked for his position on womens liberation responded: I support it, of course. Why, Ive even A started referring to my mailman as my person-perso- n. I Rumors of Contract on Bishops Life Force Officials to Change Death Row Plans By George A. Sorensen Tribune Suburban Editor Rumors that 55,000 DRAPER has been offered for Arthur Gary Bishops life have forced prison officials to cancel plans for placing him on death row and to juggle housing programs within the maximum-securit- y facility to guarantee his safety- Prison Warden Kenneth V. Shul-se- n said Thursday that it may be weeks, possibly months or maybe never before Bishop, who is facing the death sentence for the murder of five young boys, is placed on death row at the Utah State Prison. We met with Bishop and his brother Douglas this afternoon and they are amenable to sharing a security section alone together, Warden Shulsen said. Placing him on death row at the end of his orientation period, in about two weeks, would make him vulnerable to the other death row inmates, the warden said. The warden said Bishop would not be transferred to death row, which has bars and a grilled door on the front of each cell, until it is felt he can be moved there safely. He also said the prison will not death revert to an expensive watch on Bishop at this time. The death watch is at least one officer watching him at all times. Adjustments will be made so that the Bishop brothers will have separate cells in one of the smaller security sections within maximum security, Warden Shulsen said. Douglas Bishop is serving sentences for child sodomy and is currently in the orientation section of maximum security, three cells away from Arthur. Hit Money Rumors Lynn Jorgensen, director of secu- rity for the prison, said the rumors of the hit money started Monday, the day before Bishop was sentenced to die by lethal injection for murder. We are now backtracking the ru mor through officers and inmates who reported it to the officers. While we think it is just a rumor, we cannot take any chances, Mr. Jorgensen emphasized. Because the money involved is such a large amount for inmates to have, investigators are considering the possiblity the offer was made by someone outside the prison. The highest amount ever placed on the life of an individual by inmates was 5500. We doubt the hit man collected the money after the killing, Mr. Jorgensen said. The investigator speculates that if the offer was actually made in Bish- - ops case, it would indicate that someone is not satisfied with what is going to happen to Arthur Bishop. They apparently have no faith in the judicial system and feel that a judge or court will let him out of the death penalty. Harassment Likely Bishop was convicted of five e counts of murder, five counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of sexual abuse of a minor after confessing to killing the five young boys over a four-yeperiod. He was sentenced Tuesday to die by lethal injection May 3, but this will be delayed because Utah law requires an automatic appeal to the state Supreme Court. first-degre- ar Mr. Jorgensen said that any inmate convicted of crimes against children is likely to be harassed by other inmates who consider harming children the worst of crimes. This was apparant Tuesday afterarrived at the catcalls from inmates as he was taken in and out of the prisons administration buildnoon when Bishop prison. He received ing. Threats against Bishop were made Thursday morning as a .Tribune reporter and photographer visited maximum security to get rare pictures of death row and a See Page B-- 3, Column 1 I t During orientation period Arthur Gary Bishop is currently housed in a similar cell in the maximum security facility. 0 Preparations for placement of Arthur Gary Bishop into exapanded death row at the Utah State Prison have been delayed due to rumors that $5,000 has been offered for his life. 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