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Show ! Street Performer Allowed to Sing ' m City Suspends Ban on Panhandling Continued From Page l partners in the same law firm are Damages, which the complaint lists as $20,000 for general damages, $1,000 for actual damages like the loss of Mr. Wells' livelihood while the ordinance was enforced, will be negotiated by counsel from both sides and the cost of attorneys fees. Salt Lake City, on the contrary, has offered to pay $250. If the issue can't be resolved the matter probably will end up in court. B-- pitted against each other. While Mr Ellison has abstained from commission debate and action on the Wells case, the fact that Mr. Ellison is, in effect, visible on both sides of the controversy gives the appearance of impropriety, Mr. Maughan argued. If this situation is not remedied, he said, ' the result could be a dampening effect on the ability of the Planning Commission to deal impartially with land-us- e matters. Judge Anderson agreed, saying that if the case proceeds for example with requests for damages, which werent decided Thursday hed likely request that another firm handle the case. Judge Anderson warned Mr. Orme that damages against the city would be difficult to collect "I have serious doubt you can recover anything in the way of damages from the city. "My reaction is one of mild surprise, Mr. Wells said after the hearing. I didnt expect the conflict thing to come up. Mr. Wells story began about five months ago when, recently arrived in Salt Lake City, he began to sing for money in front of the ZCMI Center The job is his only source of income, By Anne Wilson Tribune Medical Writer Police officers and security guards, however, ejected him from the premises, so Mr. Wells went to the City Council to get the ordinance changed. Council members told him to go to the Planning Commission, who left the ordinance intact but agreed to study it. During the recent Utah Arts Festival, though, Mr. Wells was arresvd for trespassing while singing. After bailing Mr. Wells out of jail. Mr. Orme filed suit against the city. Partly cloudy Sunday afternoon and Monday with a slight chance of an afternoon and early evening thundershower. Light winds. Lows in the 60s. Highs in the mid-90Chance of measurable rain 20 percent. s. FRONTS: Cotd, Occluded Mottonof Weather Service NOAA, Logan Stationary U S. Dec new nicotine gum, available only with a doctor s prescription, doubles the success rate of smokA ers trying to quit the habit when compared to smoking cessation programs that use a "cold turkey" approach, according to a St. Louis, Mo., lung specialist. Dr. Kevin T. McCusker, assistant professor of medicine at Washington University, said the gum, marketed as Nicorette, helps ease the nicotine withdrawl symptoms experienced by heavy smokers. But he said the product is effective only when used in the context of a program that helps smokers deal with the psychological aspects of their habit. Utah Forecast Sunday, July B3 13, 19E4 Nicotine Gum Helps Smokers Kick the Habit , Doctor Says he said. Todays Weather Warm The Salt Lake Tribune . It's clear from research that if people just get the gum and try to quit, their success rate is zero," said Dr. McCusker, who was involved in clinical experiments that led to Food and Drug Administration approval of the gum in March. "It works best when used in a program that teaches behavior change. Dr. McCusker stopped in Salt Lake City last week on a public education tour sponsored by the Merrell Cincinnati, Ohio-base- d Dow Pharmaceuticals, which has patented the gum for distribution in the United States. He said the gum was invented in Sweden in the 1970s and has since been used by more than 1 million smokers worldwide. The product is available only by prescription because it contains a relatively large dose of nicotine approximately two milligrams per piece. The strongest cigarette available contains 1.5 milligrams of nicotine, he said. The gum is designed only for temporary use as an aid for smokers motivated to quit and is most likely to benefit individuals who "typically smoke more than 15 cigarettes a day, prefer brands of cigarettes with amounts of nicotine greater than 9 milligrams each, inhale and find the first cigarette in the morning the hardest to give up," the FDA said in announcing approval of the product. 30 Pieces Daily Heavy smokers generally chew at least a dozen pieces of the flat, beige gum per day, then taper off as their nicotine addiction eases, according to Dr. McCusker. Thirty pieces daily is the recommended maximum dose. A box of 96 pieces sells for between $15 and $18, making the daily price of chewing nicotine roughly comparable to smoking it, for those with a pack-a-day habit. Like any drug, the gum has drawbacks. Its most common side effects include sore mouth and throat, nausea, indigestion, hiccups, jaw muscle ache and mouth ulcers. Pregnant women and patients with certain kinds of heart trouble should not use it (nor should they smoke, the FDA notes). And individuals who do chew the gum must religiously follow chewing instructions to avoid "overdosing" on the nicotine To prevent the nicotine from being absorbed too quickly, users are advised to chew one piece very slowly until they feel a tingling sensation. They should stop chewing until the tingling is gone, then repeat the process until the gum has been chewed for 30 minutes. By that time, most of the nicotine has been absorbed. According to information released by the American Lung Association, chewing gum was determined to be the best alternative for ingesting nicotine because chewing allows not only gradual absorption of the drug but the oral gratification essential to many smokers. Gum Twice as Effective The nicotine in Nicorette distinguishes it from smoking deterrents, which contain lobeline, a natural alkaloid, or silver acetate. Clinical studies with Nicorette, most of them conducted in Europe, indicate that the gum is twice as effective as a placebo in helping "highly nicotine dependent" smokers. Although the association does or any not endorse Nicorette indiother commercial product viduals who wish to use it while enrolled in organized smoking cessation programs will be helped to use the gum correctly, said Franklin K. Brough, executive director of the Utah Lung Association. ';4. 5588 - Education Officials Adopt 2 Policies For Vo-EHigh School Students of Commerce d, Air Pollution Index Salt Lake CityProvoOgden marginal 100 50 IB 25 0 44 54 Total PartKulanl Carbon Monoxide Sail Lake Sonrre lull Department of Healtii '..5 y .v'ySy'. ' y yff vv v y.. .'j Area Forecast Sunday and Monday Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo Forecast A light wlndflow will continue over Northern Utah. Patchy tropical moisture will linger over the area through Monday. Partly cloudy Sunday afternoon and Monday with a slight chance of an afternoon and early evening thundershower. Light winds. Lows In the 60s. Highs In the mld-90- s. Chance of measurable rain 20 percent. Southern Utah Forecast Partly cloudy through Monday with widely scattered af- ternoon and evening thunderhowers. Gusty winds near the showers. Highs mostly In the 90s. Lows 55 to 65. Continued hot temperatures through Thursday with a chance of an afternoon and evening thundershower, especially near the mountains. Highs In the 90s. Northern Utah Forecast Partly cloudy through Monday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderhowers. Gusty winds near the showers. Highs mostly In the 90s. Lows 55 to 65. Continued hot temperatures through Thursday with a chance at on afternoon and evening thundershower, especially near the mountains. Hlohs In the 90s. Lake Powell: Utah Recreation Areos Vorlable clouds with scattered thundershowers. Gusty winds near the showers. Partly cloudy Monday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershow ers. Highs upper 70s. In the upper 90s. Lows In the Con yon lands: Variable clouds with scattered thundershowers. Gusty winds near the showers. Partly cloudy Monday with widely scattered afternoon ond evening thundershowers. Highs In the upper 80s. Lows In the upper 50s. Zion National Park: Parity cloudy Sunday and Monday with widely scattered showers. Gusty winds near the showers. Flaming Gorge: Partly cloudy through Monday. Widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Gusty winds near the showers. Lows In the upper 60s to low 50s. Highs In the Bear Lake: Partly cloudy through Monday. Widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderhsowers. Gusty winds near the showers. Lows In the upper 40s to low 50s. Highs In the Strawberry Reservlor: Partly cloudy throug Monday. Widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Gusty wldns near the showers. Lows In the upper 40s. Highs In the Utah Lake: Parity cloudy through Monday. Widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Lows In the 60s. Highs In the 90s. Great Salt Partly cloudy through Monday. Widely scattered afternoon ond evening thundershowers. Lows In the 60s. Highs In mld-70- s. mld-70- s. mld-70- s. the 90s. Willard Bov: Partly cloudy through Monday. Widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Lows In the' 60s. Highs In the 90s. Southern and Northern Mountains: Partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon and evening thunderhowers. Lows at Alta In the Highs at upper 40s. Highs In the mld-70- s. Bryce Canyon In the upper 70s. Lows In the upper 40s. Extended Forecost for Utah Tuesday Ihorvgft Thursday Northern Utah High pressure will continue over the western portion of the state. Some residual moisture may linger over the area Mostly fair with hot days. A few thundershowers may occur In the afternoons and evenings near the mountains. Lows 55 to 70. Highs from the 90s to 105. Southern Utah High pressure will continue over the western portion of the state. Some residual moisture may longer over the orea. Mostly fair with hot days. A few thundershowers may occur In the afternoons ond evenings near the mountains. Lows 55 to 70. Highs from the 90s to 105. Southern Idaho Forecast Tuesday through Thursday Continued hot with a chance of on afternoon ond evening thundershower, especially near the mountains. Highs In the 90s to mld-AO- s. to near 100. Lows In the mid-50- s Global Temps Weather Summary Intermountain WS M Yesterdays Conditions Montano Weother Summary Trace Missing T Yesterday's H ... ... Honksvllle Helper Kanab Logan Milford Moab Montlcello Ogden 91 M M 73 56 55 63 89 93 92 88 91 M M M M 92 M M Orem Park City Price Provo 81 M 81 Randolph Richfield M 88 Roosevelt Salt Lake City St. George . Tooele Unlv. of Utah Vernal ... Wendover Zion Nat. Park . . . . 50 58 56 98 88 M .... Greenrlver M 87 95 95 92 91 85 95 99 62 3 55 62 59 .03 .02 ... Wlnnemucca 93 90 96 98 95 .04 M M 53 M 43 50 53 65 71 64 65 54 74 Daily Data M 48 ... 85 59 82 M 48 M 81 51 86 84 87 M 85 49 Idaho Boise Idaho Foils Pocatello Rexburg Twin Falls .... ..... 51 45 M 55 Note: This Information Is received dally from the National Weather Service at the Salt Lake International Airport. Precipitation readings ond temperatures ore those recorded at the airport. Yesterday's Weather Data 0.00 . Precipitation 0.30 . Precipitation In July .03 Accumulative deficiency 19.19. Precipitation since Oct. 1, 1983 6.08 Accumulative excess 99 at Zion Pork. Utah high 41 low Utah at Randolph. S.L.C. high 95 degrees S.L.C law 65 degrees Normal high for this date 94 degrees. Normal low fur this date 62 degrees. 103 degrees. Record high for this date 49 degrees. Record low for this date 6:09 MDT. Sunrise Today 8:58 MDT. Sunset Today Utah Agriculture Forecast: Partly cloudy Sunday afternoon ond Monday with a slight chance of on afternoon and early evening thundershower. Light winds. Lows In the 60s. Highs In the Chance of measurable rain 20 percent. - 44 81 54 44 Wyoming Cheyenne Rock Springs Evanston Laromle it tions. Goals of the concurrent policy are to improve education for accelerated students, to save students time and money, to supplement teacher pay, to reduce state education costs and to provide more students with college training. High school teachers with advanced degrees or college instructors would teach the classes, either during the regular school day or after school on high school or college campuses. Only a nominal filing fee, rattier than tuition, would be charged for classes taught by high college-levschool faculty during regular school hours. Small tuition or fee charges The Equal Rights Coalition of Utah Nevoda Elko Ely Los Vegos Reno state superintendent of public instruction. The plan is to encourage high schools and colleges to team up to allow motivated students to earn college credits while still in high school. Its based on the philosophy that its best sociologically for students to remain in high school until graduation. Hope for Expansion The Liaison Committee hopes the new policy will expand concurrent programs operating on a limited basis in Utah. The intent is to supplement, rather than replace, advanced placement classes which prepare students for college-credexamina- ERA Coalition Gives Up Float 59 66 66 2 adoption. The first policy, called Concurrent Enrollment of High School Students in College Courses, will be a substantial benefit to students statewide, according to Leland el Conditions L Preclp Utah Atta Bkmdlng Brigham City Bryce Canyon Bullfrog Cedar City Delta Fillmore Two policies meant to save students money were adopted last week by state education officials. The Liaison Committee of the Utah Board of Education and state Board of Regents, in a meeting at regent offices in Salt Lake City, approved policies that would make it easier for high school students to earn college credit and would reduce the price of transferring credits from area vocational centers to state colleges. Both policies must go before the state's two education boards for final .03 mld-90- ( has announced that it Is abandoning efforts to place a float in the Days of '47 Inc.s parade and instead will explore the possibility of running a parade for the entire community in August of 1985. The coalition plans to invite comments from other parade sponsors Including Days of 47 Inc., July 24th Parade Committee and the St. Patricks Day Parade organizers. Coalition members say they will not discriminate women, men, children, racial minorities, cultural groups, handicapped, elderly, religious gorups, businesses, and politicians are all welcome to enter the parade. The parade is being planned to fall near the Aug. 26 anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment, called Women's Equality Day. The Equal Rights Coalition of Utahs application to put a float in the 1981 parade was rejected as "too poThe prolitical or controversial. posed float depicted words of the equal rights clause In Utahs State Constitution, dating from 1896, and was to include women In costumes as Utah pioneers and Utah women suh evening courses, but classes taught by college faculty at college campuses would be subject to regular tuition and fees. High school students would continue to qualify for daily funding from the state. Considerable Savings There should be considerable cost saving to the public school system as students move through the system faster as well as to participants in terms of staff, facilities and other resources, according to the policy. Arvo Van Alstyne, Utah commissioner of higher education, said the state and students would benefit most from concurrent classes held at high schools. High school students would save money on tuition without would finance competing for limited space on increasingly crowded college campuses, he explained. M. Richard Maxfield, a member of the Utah State Board of Education, hopes high schools will establish concurrent programs for the sake of students, despite the lack of monetary incentives for bureaucracy. The second policy clarifies the transfer of credits from area vocational centers run by the state school board to colleges run by the regents. For the past few years, colleges have charged students $5 or more for each credit accepted from an area center. The goal was to combat enrollment competition with centers which can charge lower tuition because of larger state subsidies. $65 Million Surplus t Group Claims Utahns Deserve Break on Utah Sales Taxes If the state has some $65 million in surplus, then citizens deserve a tax break, says the Utah Taxpayers Association. Specifically, the business-secto- r percent lobby is calling for a one-ha- lf reduction in the states general sales tax, the amount raised last summer to cover flood expenses. The upcoming special session of the Legislature tentatively in late August would be a good time for lawmakers to make good on the promise made last year that the half-cesales tax increase for flood control be temporary, Jack Olson, the association's executive vice president, said in a news release. During Januarys budget session, legislators sanctioned an indefinite r, extension of the hike, maintaining the states share at 4 percent, in anticipation of more flood costs and budget shortfalls this year. But Gov. Scott M. Matheson re nt one-yea- half-perce- nt cently announced that the state should be $65 million in the black by the end of the current fiscal year. It is imperative that state lawmakers now begin thinking in terms of tax cuts rather than spending increases before various special interest groups begin dividing up the $65 million, said Mr. Olson. Dropping the half percent would nearly offset the surplus, or, as Mr. Olson put it, would just about return all of the $65 million to the people and would have the added advantage of not endangering or slashing any existing state program or service. He suggested that the four Republican and Democratic candidates for governor disclose what they would do with the surplus. The associations statement said the Legislature raised state taxes by $147 million this year, including a per gallon hike on gasoline and increases in the corporate income and gas and oil severance taxes. nt BLM Hosts Horse Adoption The Salt Lake County Fairgrounds becomes a temporary horse adoption center Saturday, with some 40 wild horses from Wyoming public lands made available by the Bureau of Land Management through its program. Among the horses for adoption are 23 pairs, mares with foals (the pair counts as one animal), and about 10 yearling studs. The horses can be viewed by the public Friday afternoon. The adoption process will begin at 8 a m. on Saturday. Cost is $135 per animal, covering the BLMs expense for roundup, Adopt-a-Hors- e Provo Lawyer Wins State Bar Honors Jackson Howard, a Provo attorney for 34 years, was named Trial Lawyer of the Year by his Utah State Bar colleagues at last weeks annual meeting. Mr. Howard, senior partner in the law firm of Howard, Lewis and Petersen, received his law degree from the University of Utah in 1950, Now in private practice, he served as a district attorney for the counties of Utah, Duchesne, Wasatch and Uintah counliet from 1952 to 1960. transportation, veterinary care and administrative expenses. Each animal offered for adoption is checked by a veterinarian, Coggins tested and vaccinated for various equine disorders. Adoptions will be on a first-serv- e basis. Fees will be accepted in cash, money order or certified check made payable to the Bureau of Land Management. Adopters should have sturdy trailers. Horses will not be loaded on any drop tailgate trailer or open top trailer. Up to four horses per year may Ik: adopted. To date, the BLM has found homes for nearly 42,000 excess wild horses and burros. With care and patience, wild horses can be tamed and used for riding, farm work, showing, breeding or other first-com- e, uses. The adopted wild horses remain the property of the federal government, but if the horse has been cared for humanely for one year, individuals may obtain a title from the BLM. Adopters must be legal residents of the United States or Its territories, be of legal age in their state of residence, have no prior convictions for inhumane treatment of animals and have adequate facilities. |