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Show SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Special Counsel For Grand Jury Selects Western Governors Join Forces Against "Uncontrolled" Exploits Two Attorneys Joining together to protect the sacrifice areas for energy deex- velopment. West from uncontrolled of its energy resources ploitation The creation of the regional by the rest of the nation, ten energy ofice will act as a liason governors vowed to take steps to prevent any thing like that happening. The governors agreed to establish a Regional Energy Policy ofice in Denver to give it a budget of $341,000 the first year plus a full time staff of 15. The Axtion came during the Western Governors Conference on Agriculture. The governor representing the policy support are from Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Montana, New Mexico, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The west will not become the energy colony for the rest of the nation, said Governor Jerry Apodaca of New Mexico, who was named chairman of the regional energy program. The west is now a primary source of fossil fuel for an energy hungry nation but the governors are determined their states will not become national between the states and the federal government means the end of development at any price of resources in west says North Dakota Governor William Guy who was named as director of the office. , that he would let the member states formulate the direction for his office and hoped the result would avoid boom and boost energy development. Most of the people in the western states are ahead of the federal government in their demand that a national energy policy be formulated which gives them protection in the quality of life as it related to energy. Other governors at the meeting also said that they will not sacrifice the west of its greatest assets our blue skies and clear streams our unblemished plains to an endless national thirst for energy. Gov. Guy indicated Importance Of Voting Records Shown By Utah State Senate The Utah State Senate has shown the importance of the voting records of the legislators to their constituents for mean, ingful legislation. Utah Senators missed fewer votes during the second half of the past session than they did if the first half. When asked during the session what a good attendance and voting record woul be Rep. Roger Rawson majority whip in, the House said 100 percent, there is no reason why a legislator should miss any more than five percent of the votes. When he misses a vote a who segment of the population misses out on something they should or should not have. The Speaker of the House Ronald Rencher said that legislators should do better than miss 25 percent of the votes but 10 percent is acceptable. Attendance during voting on the House and Senate is only one measure of a legislators performance although it is the most important and easily obtained measure. Although many of the missed votes seem by the statistics of many these men serve as chairmen of committee and as a result has to research bills and meet with lobbyist. The Joint committee Appropriations were the busiest in as Sen much as the M. James Macfarlane co-chair- co-chairm- an D.-M- id FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1975 Utah Attorney General Vern-i- n Romney appointed this week to attorney as special counsel for the Salt Lake County Grand Jury for 11 matters other than liquor. The jury asked him to appoint Walter Ellett and Stephen Anderson to serve as special counsel. They join attorney James B. Lee who was appointed last week as special prosecutor for investigations of the Utah State Liquor Control Commission. The attorney general also appointed Russell Calame former special agent in charge of the Salt Lake FBI ofice and Daniel Smith former Internal Revenue service investigator as investigators for non liquor matters. Mr. Anderson said that he did not know why they were chosen and does not know what the grand jury wil have them in- vestigate. Both men however said that the new positions wil take presi-denc- e over their private law practices. James Lee says that he has chosen LeRoy Axland a member of the law firm of Suitter (Continued on page 8 Less Than One Half Of Eligible Utahns Apply For Amnesty vale, Sen. D. Leon Reese head the most powerful committee which has the responsibility to hear the requests of hundreds of state agencies and the year approve spending nearly $800 million in state and federal funds. Many measures can be seen and to the legislators importance of as an example the measure which altered the rate making procedures of public utilities. This bill allowed them to raise their rates more quickly than before yet protected the rights of the consumer. na Acting U.S. Attorney, William Lockhart said this week that President Fords amnesty program for deserters and draft evaders ended with less than one half of the eligible Utahns applying. Mr. Lockhart also said that 40 Utahns had been tentatively identified as eligible either through applying or by investigation. Of these 13 were not subject to prosecution and were told to resume their normal lives without amnesty. That leaves 27 that may be subject to prosecution but fur-- ( Continued on page 8) Salt Lake County Must Pay $1.7 Million In Contracts To State Salt Lake County must pay Utah an amount nearly equaling its entire $1.7 million flood control projects budget under contracts based on a formula a county official claims is grossly unfair. The contracts negotiated from 1970 to 1972 result in the county financing from 74 oercent to 97 percent of the joint projects said Basil B. McGloch-lin- , county highways and flood control director. McGlochlin says he Mr. doesnt dispute the legality or obligation of the contracts, rather the formula used to se the ratio of pation. state-count- y partici- Attorney Gen. Says, Tax Applies To Purchasers of County Property office of the Attorney General has told the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, The that the quartcrcent Sales and Use Tax that support a mass-trans- it system will definitely to a purchaser buying apply property in Salt Lake County, even if the purchaser is not a resident of the county and delivery of said property is made to his Utah place of business outside of Salt Lake County. Fred S. Ball Executive Vice President of the Salt Lake Area Chamber, requested the opinion from Attorney General Vernon B. Romney because of many questions regarding the new tax. Ball said that residents of the State of Utah outside of Salt Lake County complained that they were paying for a tax that would provide them no service and would in actuality be subfor other sidizing mass-trans- it residenice of the state. The argument that people out of Salt Lake County use, was that if a purchase was made in the State of Utah by a and shipped from the state then the Utah State Sales Tax does not apply. Why, does not a similar ruling apply when a non-Sa-it Laker purchases material and has it delivered to Kane or Box Elder or Carbon Counties or other counties throughout the State of Utah, the question was asked. In a three page opinion At- non-reside- r nt Venm B. Romney General Romney and Michael L. Deamer, Assistant Attorney General stated that a sales tax is imposed upon the transaction of selling tangible personal property within the State of Utah regardles of where such property is intended to be used. The Use Tax is imposed upon the purchase price of property to be used stored or consumed in Utah and ordinarily, if the transaction does not take place within the State of Utah. tomey TODAYS EDITORIAL Air Pollutants May Affect Plant Growth Air pollution may be injuring many species of plants, ami according to most estimates, ozone accounts for as much as 90 per cent of the harm. A large number of crops, such as sweet com, potatoes, aiul green beans, are known to be injured and damaged by air pollution. In the February 28, 1975 issue of Science, the weekly journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, staff writer Jean L. Marx discusses the possible affects air pollution may have on vege- But Blaine J. Kay Utah Highway Department director, sayr the financing formula used in the contracts has been utilized for years with Utah cities and counties to the satisfaction of tation. all concerned. The leaves are usually the site of injury by pollutAnd commitment of limited available flood control funds to ants. They enter the leaves through small openings reoay the contracts means more called stenvita, which are necessary for normal exchange urgent flood control problems of must go unattended he said. gases by the leaf. The characteristic symptoms of The joint projects result from Kontinurd on pane 4) (Continued on page 8) |