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Show . 'i i 1 Fsriali. fM.r 'i University h IKj jr f Ut?'h palt LkeCity, Ut. Jh tf:-t- i Idl2 WESTERN AMERICANA !ONJV0St1Y'OFUWB i LIBRARIES APR $SBIA1S 091973 SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH VOLUME 17, NUMBER 64 Court Rules in Stab.Oeport Cases WASHINGTON (UPI) The Supreme Court has refused to delay a third retrial of four black youthsuiarged with the fatal stabbing of a Biofct0rk Qty c othing store owner 75 Dtfflj ORDER WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1973 Drop u & I Sugar Co. Cuts Dividend York County Supreme Court. Hie request was denied without comment, March 23, The defendants had asked the Supreme Court to delay their trial until the federal court decision could Tim High Court also refused to be taken to a U.S. Circuit Court of block deportation of Russell Appeals. Bufalino, 69, who has managed to Bufalino, a native of Italy, who stay in the country 14 years despite lives in Kingston, Pa., asked the government actions against him. high court to stay his deportation The four youths, Wallace Baker, until he could appeal to the 3rd U.S. William Craig, Ronald Felder and Circuit Court of Appeals. Walter Thomas, had asked the court The Circuit Court noted in its to delay the start of their new trial in was pinion that Bufalino Nov. at 14, 1957, definitely present the notorious Apalachin, N.Y. But a gangland convention. hearing officer for the U.S. imSee details page 4 migration and naturalization service said the record did not establish Bufalino as a mobster. Briefs Legal New - By Daniel K. Cunningham Dialy Record Columnist SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Citing higher costs due to severe winter weather, Utah-Idah- o Sugar Co. last week lowered its upcoming quarterly dividend from 20 cents to five cents a share. As a result, the stock of the Utah-base- d company dropped 24 percent last week on the American Stock Exchange and closed Friday Utah Supreme Court Decisions at $9.87. ciared despite what the company official said was an all time high" for company sugar production The five cent dividend will be paid April 30, to holders of record on April 11. U&I has paid a dividend quarterly since September of 1968. The 75 percent dividend reduction was taken because of "lower earnings prospects during the fiscal year ended Feb. 28. Company officers decided to absorb the full effect of the higher operating costs in the quarter just ended. 700 Employees When asked if the lower dividend was anticipated in the future as well, the spokesman said the directors declare the dividend a quarter at a time and it would be presumptious for me to comment. The sugar company reportedly has 700 permanent employees, but employment rises significantly at the peak of the processing season. U&I markets sugar throughout the West and sometimes "farther than that, the spokesman noted. In addition to marketing packaged sugar in grocery stores, the company sells most of its production to commercial users, such as candy and ice cream manufacturers and soft drink companies. The previous fiscal year Utah-Idah- o Sugar reported net income of $2.5 million, equal to $1.06 a share. sugar beet crop was raised in Washington, which accounts for 70 percent of the companys annual production. Four Plants U&I has two processing plants in Washington, one at Moses Lake and one at Toppenish, as well as plants at Garland, Utah and Idaho Falls, Idaho. The dividend reduction was .de- - Key 20-ce- nt Government Economic Index Travel Expense Deductions ?1that severe damage was reported in Wash-M- r. at the work site or must sleep state, Cunningham ington away from home, he is entitled to where the company had storage Patrick, a journeyman plumber, no income tax deduction." was a member of the International piles of sugar beets. Subsequent (Based on a recent decision of refreezing and thawing also inPipefitters Union. The hiring hall the United States Tax Court as told creased processing costs for the which assigned Patrick to jobs was by John Ritter and Paul Levine of Miami often of in his hometown but the University School located damaged beets. The company said a "record size sent him to construction projects of Law.) far from home. i You can deduct the mileage expenses from your income taxes," SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES said the union boss when he assigned Patrick to work on a construction site 105 miles away. Xo. 71 6060 So Pat dedeucted $3,000 as his travel expenses for driving 200 miles a day for eight months. The deductions would have enOn Writ of Certiorari to the titled Patrick to a tidy refund, but Supreme Court of Arizona. the IRS didnt see it that way. While auditing Patricks return, the IRS State of Arizona. agent refused to look at the pile Per Curiam of gasoline receipts. to deduct Youre not entitled Petitioner, while a soldier in the United States Army travel expenses unless you had to stationed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, was arrested and sleep away from home, said the no no You deduction get agent. charged by state authorities with the sale of marihuana matter how far you travel to work in violation of applicable state law. Prior to his trial on if you drive home each night. Patrick "Thats unfair," protestthis charge the petitioner was discharged from the Army ed. The travel was necessary to and voluntarily left Arizona for New York. When the my work. Ill sue before I pay. WHAT HAPPENED? - WHO WON? court-appoint- ed Patrick gets no deduction for job. Hes a suburban busilike the just nessman who drives to the city evhis long-distan- com-munt- ce er ery day. Expensse of a taxpayer in getting to his work site and returning to his residence are considered to be a personal expense and not deductible from taxes," said the judge. Unless he spends the night Firm Will Stop Encyclopedia Sales Tactics WASHINGTON (UPI)-T- he Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that Crowell Collier and Macmillan Inc., a New York book firm, has agreed to stop using tactics to sell its products and recruit salesmen. The FTC had accused the firm of advertising for salesmen with the claim that it was looking for people for marketing, administration or public relations positions. In reality, the FTC said, the company was trying to recruit door-to-do- attortrial date was set the petitioners ney so advised the petitioner and requested him to return to Arizona. Assertedly because he lacked travel funds, the petitioner did not appear in Arizona on the date set for trial. Under these circumstances the trial proceeded without the petitioners presence, as authorized by state procedure. The jury returned a guilty verdict. After the verdict was rendered the petitioner obtained the necessary travel funds and returned to Arizona in time for his sentencing. He was sentenced to not less than five nor more than five and one-ha- lf years in prison. The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed, his conviction. 107 or salesmen for encyclopedias. a Under consent order the FTC, provisionally accepted by March 23, the firm agreed to stop using such recruiting tactics. Ariz. 353 (1971). The petition for certiorari in this case presented questions as to constitutional limits on the States authority to try in absentia a person who has voluntarily left the State and is unable, for financial reasons, to return to that State. Upon reviewing the record, however, it pears that these broad questions were not raised by the petitioner below nor passed upon by the Arizona Supreme Court. We cannot decide issues raised for the first time here. Cardinale v. Louisiana,. 394 U. S. 437 (1969). The only related issue actually raised below was whether petitioners conduct amounted to a knowing and intelligent waiver of his right to be present at trial. Since this is primarily a factual issue which does, not, by itself, justify the exercise of our certiorai jurisdiction, the writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. ap-decept- ive WASHINGTON (UPI)-T- he governments index of leading economic indicators rose 1.8 per cent in February, somewhat faster than in die previous month, the Commerce Department said, March 28. The February rise in the Index, whose movement up and down generally foreshadows similar action in the overall economy, was at about the average monthly rate since the Index began its present upward thrust in late 1970. The Department revised upward the January increase from 1.2 to 1.4 data. per cent uuseuuniaie-arnvin- g of Index the eight Five figures UlVOrCG available for the preliminary report moved favorably and three declined. WniTian Those increasing were new durable n Ke(UireS Pay fttMWSS Eduah - work week, and the ratio of prices to unit labor costs in manufacturing, Initial claims for unemployment insurance were down for the month, considered a good sign for the index. Stock prices, building permits and contracts and orders for plant and equipment declined in February, the Department said. The Index stood at 158.7 in February compared with 155.9 a month earlier and 135.0 in February 1972. Court Halts Tax Levy on H USD3nd Children CAMBRIDGE, MASS. , 1 (UPI) A tentative divorce decree granted to a Cambridge woman provides that she pay her husband $195,000 and educate and support their two children, Middlesex County probate court records show, The decree was granted March 15, to become effective in six months. In marketable securities or in cash within 60 days of the final decree. In addition,, she agreed to pay him $20,000 annually for five years of $20,000 for two years and $10,000 annually for an additional six years. The case was heard by Judge Haskell C. Freeman and the decree says the support of the children was based on the financial position of the wife; : reservation nor with Indians who are operating on .land. Nor does it deal with the acon reserWASHINGTON (UPI) The tivity of he said. vations, Supreme Court barred Arizona Marshall noted that in 1968, Tuesday from taxing reservation Indians for income derived ex- - Congress passed an Indian Civil W1C re(luire8 n(an dusively from reservation sources. a state can exercise consent The ruling, first of its kind, came certain types of jurisdiction over in a case involving the Navajo tribe. The them. Navajos have never At the same time, the court ruled to the states jurisdiction. that New Mexico may collect a gross consented Mexico New The receipts tax case receipts tax on a ski resort operated resort a concern6 operated by the by the Mescalero Apache tribe lust Ski Blanca Sierra Enterprises, a outside its reservation located in of the Apache tribe. project Lincoln and Otero counties. Justice Byron White spoke for a 6- Justice Thurgood Marshall spoke for a unanimous court in the Navajo 3 majority in the case. The court case. Marshall emphasized that the upheld the receipts tax but barred a case does not deal with Indians who use tax which New Mexico also have left or never lived on a sought to impose. Indian Tribe - non-reservati- on non-India- ns ... |