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Show SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Interior Department Has Monies in Escrow Bill Expanding Canyonlands Sent to President Nixon of the Interior and the State of Utah. It likewise provides that county governments be con- sulted. Sets a limit of $16,000 which may be appropriated for the acquisition of the privately owned lands. Sets limits on the amounts that may be expended on development of the park. Senator Frank E. Moss Senator Frank E. Moss has announced the Senate accepted the House amendments to the Moss bill expanding the boundaries of Canyonlands National Park to 337,258 acres and sent it on to the White House for approval. This is the second of the Moss park bills to be cleared by the Houses of Congress in less than a week. Moss told the Senate that in accepting the House amendments to the bill that Congress is completing some very important unfinished business which was begun in 1964. At the time we passed the bill establishing Canyonlands national park in the 88th Congress we recognized that the boundaries we were then establishing did not include several areas which were of the national park stature and quality, and that we would have to come back at a later date to consider the boundaries again. We are now fulfilling that obligation. The expanded park will include many of the most fragile and unique of the weirdly eroded rocks and towering spires, the sweeping mesas and best of the ancient petroglyphs which have been discovered in southern Utah. Because Canyonlands is for the most part a pristine region, we have the opportunity to develop it in the way which will best suit the needs and desires of all of our people. The House amendments made to the Moss bill and accepted are Provides that the wilderness study be completed in three years instead of two year period set in the Senate and specifies that it must be in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act. Provides that a study of road alinements adjacent to the park and necessary for full use of the area be made by the Secretary FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1971 The important point to be made is that we have at long last brought under the protection of the National Park Service the most significant of the scenic, geologic and historic features of the area, and are assured they will be protected for future generations to enjoy. Senator Moss went on to point out that full attention should be turned to the development of the expanded park so that it can realize its full scenic and tourist potential. I have been most disappointed at the rate at which roads and other developments have been scheduled and constructed for the Canyonlands. We must move at a faster pace. I have worked hard to increase appropriations for Canyonlands and I shall continue my efforts with renewed vigor now that we have expanded the boundaries. Utahs Four Seasons Display Seen In New York City s, Utah Travel Councils award winning display will be featured in the American Airlines terminal of New York Citys Kennedy International Airport from Dec. 1 to Feb. 1. Manning and maintaining the display will be employees of American Airlines. American Airlines has cosponsored three of the five National Ski Shows the Travel Council has entered. Bob Soltys, Utah Travel Coun-ci- y publicity specialist, has been traveling with the display to the Four-Season- ski shows in Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and New York. Soltys will spend several days, this month, talking with travel agents, airline sales representatives and local ski clubs and associations in the New York City area. From New York, Soltys will take the display to the last ski show of the year in Boston. Hell arrive back in Salt Lake on Dec. 3, just in time to depart on a travel agent tour offering agents a first-han- d glimpse of Utahs "Greatest Snow on Earth. Soltys reports a good turnout at the New York show. More than 100,000 interested people came to the show. Many showed keen interest in visiting Utah. Areas including unpatented mining claims now under dispute may be leased for oil shale development by the Department of the Interior and the proceeds held in escrow pendng final decision on the claims of all parties agree to the arrangement in writing, Interiors solicitor has held in a significant opinion. The opinion by Solicitor Mitchell Melich, Interiors top legal authority, offers a formula for solving one of the complex problems that have impeded oil shale leasing in past years. The prime oil shale lands, comprising 17,000 square miles in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming are thought to be about 80 percent federally owned. However, title to more than half the acreage is clouded by unpatented mining claims, some dating back to the years before passage of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. Leasing of lands subject to disputed claims can take place, he held, if agreemnts are signed by the interested parties providing that money received by the federal government for rentals, royalties and bonuses will be put in escrow pending ultimate judicial determination of the rights of the parties. The interested parties would be the federal government, the oil shale lessees, the owners or holders of interests in the unpatented mining claims, and the state governments. States would be parties because each would receive 37 per cent of all proceeds payable to the federal government from oil shale leasing within its boundaries under the terms of the Mineral Leasing Act. If the mining claimant is later found to be entitled to a patent under the mining laws, money derived from that part of the lease covered by the claim would go to the patentee. Otherwise, all proceeds from the lease would go into the U. S. Treasury, to be shared by the state and federal governments as provided by the Mineral Leasing Act. The solicitors opinion is particularly relevant now that the department is in the early stages of its proposed prototype shale leasing program which could, if environmental problems are satisfactorily resolved, put a small number of tracts under oil shale leases to private industry beginning in late 1972. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare has announced the allocation of S702,-00- 0 to provide health and education instruction by communications satellite to 21 isolated villages in Alaska. The transmissions will be sent for daily instruction lesons as well as other courses to teachers for college credits. Senator McGovern, Presidential Hopeful, to Speak November 23 Dr. Charles Nabors, chairman, Utah Citizens for McGovern, said that Senator George McGovern will speak in Salt Lake November 23. Senator McGovern is the first Democratic hopeful to officially seek the nomination for the president of the United States. He will meet with party mem- bers and supporters and speak at the University of Utah that evening. In visiting Utah, McGovern, who is known for opposition to the Vietnam War, and to eliminate hunger in these United States, follows other notable Democratic party leaders ir. Sen. Edward Kennedy and Mrs. Jane Muskie, wife of Senator Edmund Muskie, who is said to be another candidate for the pq-siti- on of president. Mrs. Jean Westwood, Democratic national committeewoman of Mc for Utah, is Governs national campaign co-chairm- an TODAYS 1 1 i EDITORIAL.4 Let's Stop Inflation Inflation hurts everybody. Yet nobody seems to want to do much about it. People appear to believe it's almost as inevitable as death and taxes. The steady rise in prices has many causes, of course. Some of the economic factors are rather complex and difficult to understand, but there is one aspect of inflation which is easy to understand. It is this: If everyone, together, decides to pitch in to stop inflation, it can be stopped. This means the manufacturer has to decide to hold the line on his prices. Merchants need to decide they're going to be satisfied with what theyve been charging. Wage earners need to be willing to foretgo wage in- creases. Professional and service people need to hold the line on their fees and rates. Everyone involved in setting prices, in other words, must get together with an psychology. The problem is: Who starts the ball rolling? Nationally a new organization Citizens for A New Prosperity has been formed to do just that. Its backed by leaders from all walks of life and plans to organize state committees to spread its doctrine of cooperation for the common good down to the grass roots. Why shouldn't all of us want to join the cause? Cooperating for the common welfare is the best way for us to help ourselves. This is one of the greatest opportunities for combining public service with self service that we have had in many years. anti-inflati- on (Continued on page four) |