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Show FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1975 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Constitutional Revision Chairman Says Snags Cause Limited Action j Officers For 1975-7- 6 Salt Lake Womens Democratic Club An affidavit which clears Salt Lake City of liability from some $870,000 worth of missing municipal bonds is being issued. The Chairman of the Consti- to vote against the entire packtutional Revision Commission age. He cites the issues placed on said this week that he will re1 if he cant the last general election ballot the get sign July which contained the land use commision moving ahead with its assigned work. planning issue. Negativism car- Edward W. Clyde, told the legislative management committee that morale in the commission is very low since many items recommended for placement on the ballot died in committee during the 1975 Utah Legislature. Mr. Clyde said that the legislative leadership should see that proposed constitutional articles get out of committee so they can either pas or fail on their merits. I dont have time to run around legislative hals lobbying for passage of the various articles. It should be up to the legislative leadership to see they are brought out for floor action. Clyde said. Mr. Clyde asked the legislative committee for guidance on what the commision should study, for rosible placement on future bal- lots. He said that when many items arc put on the ballot for voters consideration along with a controversial isue, voters tend : j 1975 man-powe- r. si oners. The deficiencies add up to an inability of the system to achieve its full potential in the administration of justice, according to City Court Administrator Fred Oswald. In the proposal, Oswald cited ned for a basic city court frfudget. He also requests federal grant money to study the development and implementation of a computer data proces system for the courts. Estimated cost is $38,-850. The proposal also requests sufficient money from the city and federal sources to implement a city court resource center. Oswald wants the center operating by Aug. 31, 1975. Cost is not to exceed $50,00. In the request, Oswald says the city court and support agencies have taken a financial back seat to other criminal justice agencies in the city and county. The city courts received less mrpased to send the redeemed un-ncces- legislature even though several other articles werep roposed by the commissioner. That article would change the residency period required from 60 days to 30 days or such other perio as required by the law to more clearly meet with recent county decisions. i j Newly elected officers for the Salt Lake Womens Democratic Club were installed in ceremonies held Saturday, May 3, for the year 1973-7Eueda C. McCoy was installed as the new president and the following new officers were also instaled: Dolly Plumbl, first vice president; Grace Cosco, second vice president; Virginia Timmons, recording Secretary; Sally Monson, Carres, sec.; Louise Davis, treasurer; Helen Stoker, historian; auditor: than 9 percent of the city bud- Beatrice Marchant, receivfunds with Susie Alberta Black, get compared Henry, ed in budgets for law enforce- Donna Parker, board of directment, prosecution and corections ors; Nell Herron. Marie Parry, diDonna McClure, hold-ove- r in fiscal year 1975. The courts have received less rectors. than 5 percent of all federally funded Law Enforcement Assistance Administration money giv- Hinckley Institute en to the city and county in the Of Politics To past five years. No capital improvement mon- Get New Director ey has been spent in the courts Dr. J. D. Williams who has since the Metropolitan Hall of been director of the Hinckley Justice was finished in 1967, OsInstitute cf Politics since its inwald said. in 1965 is resigning to He wants the city budget for ception to full time position as return courts to be increased by 2 perof political science. cent and he seeks a 100 percent profesor will He be succeeded on July boost of Region 12 Law Enforce- 1 R. Dr. J. Snow associate by ment Planning Agency money. of political science and profesor Oswald also requests the op- assistant to the president of the portunity to bHng together bud- university. gets in the judicial area for city In Dr. Williams letter of resgovernment into a single budget ignation he expressed gratitude to assure proper planning, in- to the institutes founder Robcrl cluding analysis. H. Hinckley for his vision and The proposal cites the need generosity in making it possible and for to train young for the training for al judicial and court men anduniversity women for careers in support agency personnel. The need for computer data politics. its 10 years the instiDuring procesng equipment is nccesary tute has placed some 600 studso clerks can perform proper inents as interns with local and of cases, dexing, docketing stale governments and federal scheduling of hearings and trials, agencies to supplement their storage of materials and a simpli- clasroom learning with practical fied and adequate method of get(Continued nn page ting information. cost-bene- pre-servi- ce fit in-serv- ice First Security Bank official bonds to the city early in 1974 ias taken steps to prevent illegal use of the bonds. The officials of the bank also ;aid that a report that redeeming oank have ten issuing stop orders on payments for those documents although that step is suf-fera- ge Court System On The Short End City Court Administrator Says The Salt Lake City court system is being shortchanged in comparison with other arms of the citys criminal justice system. It also needs more more space and better facilities. including data processing, according to a proposal being studied by Salt Lake City com-mi- A said that the bank which was ried over and three of the four constitutional articles were defeated. Constitutional articles dealing with extending legislative sessions and increasing legislative pay probably wil be controversial and putting non controversial items on the same ballot might be unwise. At the present time the upcoming 1976 ballot will have one item for voter consideration a revision of the election and articles. That article was the only one approved by both House and Senate in the Affidavit Frees City From Bond Liability, But Where Are Bonds? 6. ary and academic because that affidavit wil asure the city that the bonds have been cancelled. The latest action was taken at the reguest of city attorney Roger Cutler after it was learned that the sanitary sewer, building and library bonds have been mising since early in 1974. Salt Lake City Finance Commissioner Jenning Phillips, Jr., said that the fact that some bonds are mising and other older bonds some of then negotiable, were found in county offices points to a sloppy system. Commissioner Phillips directed City Treasurer Joseph Falker to take his search for the missing bonds to other county offices where they have been mailed by mistake. Concern over the mising $780,-00- 0 worth of bonds increased after it was disclosed last week that some older bonds were not procesed properly and are still negotiable. The missing bonds were to Jennings Philips, Jr. Finance Commissioner have been sent from the bank to the city in early 1974 after they were redeemed and the money was withdrawn from the citys account. When the bonds failed to arive Ljb March 1974 Falker and Alfred Olson of the auditors office began working with the bank to find the bends. A full year later the bonds still had not arrived and the search began in earnest to find the bonds. The only thing they found was envelopes full of older bjnds and interest coupons to him in the county treasurer vault. The envelopes were sent by registered mail and it is still unclear why someone in. the county office signed for thojc older bonds from 1966-6ad-dres- se 9. TODAYS EDITORIAL Mm Antibacterial Cotton Cotton material from hospital bed sheets to household towels can he treated with an antibacterial finish to prevent the spread of infection, according to a report at the lf9th national meeting of the American Chemical Society. m The concept is important,' explained Dr. Tyrone L. Vigo, research chamist with the IT.S. Department of We want to distinguish our methods of Agriculture. treatment, from a disinfectant which removes bacteria. We want to prevent the bacteria from getting on thcie in the first place. Two new chemical methods of processing cotton to inhibit the growth of bacteria have been developed at the rSDAs Southern Regional Research Center in New f Continued nn page 4) |