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Show SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Receiving Ticket A Convenience Rather Than Summons Says Moil Salt Lake County Deputy At- does however include crimes torney Allan Moll said this past such as shoplifting and possesweek that persons receiving a sion of a controlled substance. ticket in lieu of a formal sumThe citation system does not mons or complaint for a misde- remove the traditional powers of meanor violation should re- arest and complaint. The old sysmember the new procedure is a tem can be employed if the perconvenience for al concerned. son irefuses to sign the tickets. The bill was passed by the reSalt Lake City Attorney Roger cent legislature which was Sen- Cutler cautioned public officials ate Bill 75 enacted May 13. that the new system is not an The bill alows county, city and exclusive remedy but rather a township officials to issue mis- way to addres less serious indemeanor citations just as law fractions. men issue traffic citations rather Attorney Donthan folowing the lengthy and aldDeputy County Sawaya cautioned officials, expensive proces of obtaining a to call for help when a ticket complaint or summons. The new law also gives offic- recipient misdemeanor citation thump ials the power to issue tickets isnt worth getting over. for most misdemeanors from smoking in a public place to health and zoning violations. The new law does not of course include Class A misdemeanors which include crimes such as negligent homicide. It Mr. Sawaya went on to say that officials must certain enough evidence exist to warrant prosecution in case the recipient decides to plead not guilty instead of paying the fine Harold F. Chester Establishes A Dixie College Scholarship Fund Harold F. Chester Thanks to the generosity of one man, Dixie College will soon make available scholarships for its nursing program. Harold F. Chesler, owner of Theatre Candy Distributing Company of Salt Lake makes his home in Bloomington. November 10, 1974, is a date Mr. Chesler remembers very On that date I had a well. heart attack, Mr. Chesler stated. For seven days I was in intensive care in the St. George Hospital. And for seven days I was completely dependent upon the skill and vigilance of my nurses. As I lay there for twenty-thre- e days, recovering, he ex plained, I found that the nurses were very good; excellent, in fact. And there were some fine nurses aides. However, there werent enough registered and practical nurses in the hospital. I learned that trained nurses are hard to come by. As he talked with the nurses aides, he found that many of them would like to go on to school and tjecome licensed, but because of financial problems, many were unable to do so. As Mr. Chesler lay in his hospital bed, he formulated a plan. He would give $500 per year to Dixie College to be used to finance scholarships to help interested students complete a nurses training program. Anyone, he said, should be eligible to apply, including nurses aides already working in He added that he hospitals. other hoped people would support the scholarship fund. There must be many people who have been pulled through a serious illnes who would support a scholarship fund, as well as hundreds of doctors who would like to encourage young people to enter the nursing field. So, Mr. Chesler said, I have asked the college to get the word out. There is scholarship money available. Those who would like to enter the nursing program at Dixie College can apply for it. He emphasized that the money wil given in the name of Theatre Candy Distributing Company of Salt Lake City. FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1975 Salt Lake Citys Beautification Group Pledges 175,000 Trees Salt Lake Citys beautification committee this week pledged 175,000 trees as its contribution to the Million Trees project. Olof E. Zundel, chairman, signed a pledge card along with Mayor Conrad B. Harrison as the citys share toward the goal of one million trees and asked other Utah towns and cities to do the same. Gov. Calvin L. Rampton ha urged that one million trees one for each of the states residents be planted as Utahs observance of the BiA Million Tree centennial. for a Milion People is sponsored by the Deseret News and Utah State Institute of Fine Arts. Salt Lake Citys population of 175,000 means that that number of trees has to be planted as its share toward the goal. Now its up to the citizens to fulfill this pledge, Zundel ex-- ' plained. Already the city has planted 25, GOO trees and many more will be planted in the parks. These will be credited toward the overall goal. Ron Molen, chairman of the Million Trees project, said the trees should We planed by September 1976 the Bicentennial year and cared for at least two years. Commissioner Greener Unwilling To Use Federal Funds Improperly nvl-lion-pl- Third District Court Holds Fate Of Justice Peace System Judge Stewart M. Hanson, Jr., of the Third District Court is studying a request for a judgement that may decide the fate of the Utah Justice of the Peace system. The request came during a hearing before Hanson this week on a lawsuit brought against the justice of the peace by the Salt Lake County Legal Defenders Association. Lawyer for the magistrates argued that lack of legal training should not be considered a bar to a J. P. issuing a fair and impartial decision. Mr. Ronald Boyce University of Utah law professor who is working with thfc Salt Lake County Attorneys office in defending the J. P. system said he hoped our profession has not become so super arrogant that we can no longer communicate with the layman. The Legal Defenders Association argued that justices of the peace who lack formal legal training violate due process and equal protection under the law provisions of the United States constitution. The main argument used by the Defenders Association is that when a person who faces imprisonment would have a judge who is legally trained. Glen M. Greener City Commissioner I Salt Lake City Public Safety Commissioner Glen M. Greener said this week that his departments deficit in the budget is a result from the departments unwillingness to do anything improper in order to use federal employment program monies. use which The improper Commissioner Greener is referring to is that which federal money was available to increase the city payroll to allow hiring of unemployed persons. Several city departments began laying off employees for 30 days and then rehiring them with CETA money, Greener said. Mr. Greener responded to charges by Mayor Harrison and fellow Commissioner Harmsen that under Greeners handling public safety spending has gone hog wild. Harison and Harmsen said the department budget for next year should be pushed back to cover the $150,000 over expenditures. Commissioner Greener said that the city tried to bail itself out of financial trciffcjle during the last fiscal year by accepting and $880,000 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act grant. Half of the grant funds were allocated to the Public Safety Department in place of hard city dollars. Greener went on to say that the city couldnt aford to lose the services of police and fire personnel for even 30 days. Consequently the Public Safety Department wasnt able to spend I believe we owe taxpayers more than political bickering, ail of its CETA funds. Greener said of Harrison and Harmsen charges. He said Salt Lake City in accepting the funds aimed at reducing unemployment never had any intention of using the fimds for any purpose but to supplant the citys budget. Commissioner Greener said that last year he requested that thee ity commission review budgets of all city departments on a program basis but the commission refused on grounds that the review would take too much time. TODAYS EDITORIAL i Do "Weight Watchers" Tend To Be Clock Watchers? The possible causes of obesity, in addition to caloric itakc and lack of physical exercise, have been the sublet of much research. It has been established that the hose eat in response to external cues such as the time f day. and the taste and sight of food. Overweight perms are generally insensitive to true hunger, i.e., and physiological signals such as gastric motility that hanges in blood sugar level. It has been predicted lie relative unresponsiveness of obese persons to inteinal behavior. Time ignals might also extend beyond eating he based on both leiccption. like hunger, appears to in-ni- al (Continued on page 41 |
