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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES Utah Travelers City Water Questioned in County Suit The Salt Lake County claimed this week in a lawsuit that the city overcharges county residents for city water they use. Also questioned in the lawsuit is whether the city has the legal right to sell water to the county. The action filed in 3rd District Court by County Attorney Paul Van Dam, claims the city also could terminate supplying water to county residents if the city needed it. Named defendants are Salt lake City Corporation, its commission, and Herman J. Jogensen, City Water Commissioner. The suit revolves around the acquisition in April, 1973, of the Salt Lake County Water System, Inc., by the city. With the purchase Salt Lake City agreed to continue selling culinary water to certain county areas and to supply fire hydrants in some areas. Plaintiffs in the action, county commissioners, have been hassling with city commissioners for months because 94 of the hydrants are Commissioner without water, it could be a said Y. McClure Iftalph threat to safety. In the action Mr. Van Dam states that the city hasnt filed with the Utah State Engineer for an application for a change in purpose of the water, as the state law requires. The suit claims, as a result, the city has been illegally charging ' Enjoy Summer Utahs state and national parks come alive July 24 with the Bicentennial Festival in the Parks! summer-lon- g The continuing is a unique blend of Utahs residents. festival The county feels that if the city cultural and natural resources ussees fit, it will cut back or disconing dance, drama and music in state tinue water flow to the county, this and national parks. would cause adversely affect to In celebration of our countrys health, safety and welfare of county 200th birthday, canyons, lakes and residents. campgrounds become the stage for Those circumstances constitute eighteen different performing the discrimination, county says, groups. Visitors to the unequaled and leaves it without protections natural resources of Utah will against the, arbitrary, capricious, discover, festivals not usually found confiscatory, discriminatory and il- in such natural settings. Even legal abuse of discretion," on the children will find delight from and jugglers, clowns part of the city. unlikely cannot the Claiming city legally groupings for scenic areas such as sell water beyond the city limits, Glen Canyon National Recreation the county has asked the court for Area and Zion National Park. an order requiring the city to: A sample of this summer's FestiObtain a certificate of conven- val in the Parks is contained in the ience and necessity which would schedule of July 24: The Human regulate the operation of its water Ensemble REpretory Theatre, a system outside the city limits; or. professional acting company, will Submit to a study of the citys present "Love is a Traveler" at water policy countywide; or, Capitol Reef National Park. AT the Submit to a court-ordere- d reGolden Spike National Historic viewer of rates and services of the Site, visitors will hear Tenpenny, city's water operations outside its five musicians playing traditional music from the British Isles and the limits; or Submit to whatever policy the 'Youth in Action For Christ Choir, court might deem adequate to sole performing contemporary Gospel the problem. music. In the beautiful setting of The suit further asks that the Wasatch Mountain State Park and city account for its rates, service the Heber TAbernacle, Mark Nelfees and charges to county water son, a young folk singer and the users. American Players, staging the best of American theatre, will enliven the weekend. And the Shupe Family Fiddlers will feature their music at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Bullfrog Marina). The Bicentennial Festival in the Parks is a joint Bicentennial project committee, he continued, "carriers of the Utah American Revolution would be forced to give up nonstop Bicentennial Commission (UARBC), authority if they do not want to use National Park Service and Utah it, and permit another . carrier to Division of State Parks and Recreaapply. Also, rather than hurting tion. Mrs. Teddy Griffith, UARBC existing carriers, the bill gives them opportunities to improve fi- Director of Special Projects, says nancial conditions by correcting the festival is providing a welcome weaknesses in existing route sys- surprise for park visitors, adding tems and entering into new mar- an extra dimension of enjoyment to kets." their holidays." Since an effort was made to Congressman Howe addressed the gathering of railway and airline provide something for everyone, clerks at the Holiday Inn on Red- Mrs. Griffith adds, "The festival is wood Road and West Temple in leaving our audiences with a fine Salt Lake. impression of Utahs cultural The achievement. performing groups are demonstrating that our cultural patterns are as diverse and outstanding as our landscape." county residents more money for water shipped to them than for the water the city supplies to its own will . , Congressman Howe Says Aviation Lifeline of Utah In a speech delivered before the Brotherhood of Railway Airline Clerks, Congressman Allan Howe said, "Aviation is the lifeline of the State of. Utah.. We don't have a only 14.7 very dense population and we people per square mile need to be able to travel long distances between population centers in a short time. Congressman Howe, a member of the House Public Works and Transportation Committees subcommittee on aviation, explained two' important legislative issues to which his subcommittee has devoted most of its attention during this Congress. "The Airport and Airways Development Act, singed into law on July 12th, provides state and local governments with federal grants to modernize and improve their airports," Rep. Howe said. He explained the funds may now be used for the improvement of airport terminals through the purchase of such items as passenger transfer vehicles, and for streamlining such things as baggage pickup. "In addition," he continued, "I am very proud of an amendment which I wrote and included in the final bill, to provide that states can manage their own general aviation airport development," he said. Four states will be selected to run the demonstration project, and Congressman Howe has recently sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation William Coleman urging him to select Utah as one of the states participatby ing in the pilot program set-u- p amendment. Howe's Rep. The second legislative issue discussed by Congressman Howe was an issue that regulatory reform has been one of the Congressmans prime concerns in Congress and is the subject of a major piece of legislation introduced by Rep. "I know that the issue of regulatory reform is crucial to members of the industry because many are not sure they will have jobs in the future if Congress tampers with the current carefully structured system of regulating the air industry," he told the group. "Under a new bill, now under consideration by the aviation sub Page Five FRIDAY, JULY 23. 1976 $19 Million in Military Funds The Festival in the Parks will For Utah Senator Frank E. Moss said this week the Military Construction Appropriations Bill for 1977 reported out by the Senate Appropriations Committee contains for construction of modernization of military facilities in Utah. The largest portion of the money, he said, will go to Hill Air Force Base; a smaller amount will go to Tooele Ordnance Depot. Moss said $16,587,000 is slated to go to Hill for a Minuteman Missile storage facility and to continue the Air Force Plant modernization program. He said the modernization program at Hill will be completed in FY 1978 and will at that time have received a total of $74.8 $19,-195,0- 00 million since 1972. $2,572,000 is earmarked for con- struction or modernization of facilities at Tooele. The exact use to which the money will be put was not specified in the bill. The remaining money also will be used at Hill for other purposes. Moss said he expects the Senate to act on the bill befor the end of the week. He said he foresees no problem with the amount going to Utah because it is precisely the amount already approved by the House. "This money means jobs for Utahns," he said. Im pleased to see this level of funding for our state." continue every weekend through September 6, 1976, with Chicano dancers reminding park visitors of cultures existent before 1776. Colonial beginnings will appear in the music of the Capitol English Brass Band. Poetry, ballet, dance, symphony, gospel singers, a string band and comedy will enhance the natural surroundings of treed, clear water, red rock and campfires. Of All Places it lM Ji'j I fit Jr Nutrition Lessons Do Improve Nutrition "Were we just entertaining, or were we really teaching," questioned Margie Newman concerning Food and Fun series being the taught by EFNEP (Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program) aides to Salt Lake County school children. Happily, an evaluation of the program showed positive changes in food consumption practices by children participating in the program," reported Mrs. Newman, Utah State University nutrition progam advisor in Salt Lake City. Prior, to the lessons, the aides then taught the Food and Fun lessons and took a food recall at a later date. The food recall consisted of the children reporting everything they had eaten the past 24 hours," explained Mrs. Newman. She said upon completion of the lessons, 40 percent of the children reported eating the recommended number of servings in the basic four groups. Only 18 percent of the young students had the same report in the first evaluation. "And, eighty-eigh- t percent of the children increased consumption of 58 foods in at lest one food group in the milk group; 48 percent 4-- H percent in the bread and cereal group; 33 percent in the fruits and vegetables; and 20 percent in the meat group," she added. We got almost identical results from each class although different aides were involved in teching," Mrs. Newman also noted. Four grants totaling $181,629 have been awarded by the Ameri- can Cancer Society to support cancer-relate- d research at the Uni- versity of Utah. The grants include: A $72,133 grant to Dr. Harrison R. Brown, visiting, assistant profes- sor of anatomy, for a study on of Induction Normal Tissue from Angiogenesis, to run July 1, 1976 through June 30, 1978. Dr. Brown is studying the ability of normal cells to stimulate growth of small blood vessels (angiogenesis). "Tumors seem to have a good capability for stimulating growth of small blood vessels," he explained. If people are going to get into therapies, they will have to know what other kinds of cells might be at risk, he said. In addition to the cancer application, Dr. Brown is also interested in the basic science question of what controls growth of small blood bessels. A $63,026 grant to Dr. Karl Gordon Lark, chairman of the Department of Biology, for a study on "Replication of DNA in Eucaryotes," effective from September 1, 1976 through August 31, 1977. Dr. Lark will study DNA replication in cells, using temperature sensitive mutants of mammalian and plant cells defective in DNA replication. a $21,290 postdoctoral fellowship to Dr. Dean E. Cress, Knoxville, Tennessee, to travel to Utah to work under Dr. Lark on the DNA replication project. The fellowship runs from July 1, 1976, through . Sugar Creek refinery, Sugar Creek, Mo. ne portion of Utahns contributions to the American Cancer Society come back to our state in the form of research grants, said Dr. Harry Hicks, President of the Cancer Societys Utah Division. It is through such basic science projects that the tools to whipe out cancer ultimately will come," the division president added. anti-angiogene- 1978. A $25,000 Institutional at Amoco Oil Companys one-to-o- American Cancer Society Awards Special Grants June 30, This close harmony quartet defies logic by nesting in the midst of the liquefied petroleum gas loading equipment The USU nutrition advisor emphasized that children, for the most part, do not have good diets. "Only 10 percent of the children we studied reported adequate diets for both the initial and the second food recall evaluation," she said. As part of the nutrition study on the effectiveness of the Food and which are taught Fun lessons once a week during regular school a questionnaire was sent hours to the parents of 5th and 6th grade participants. "We received back 172 of the questionnaire, and 93 percent of the parents said their child had mentioned learning about nutrition in school 83 percent naming the Food and Funn lesson by name. And 99 percent of the parents," Mrs. Newman continued, "reported their student had improved eating practices and was consuming more fruit, vegetables and milk." On one questionnaire a parent wrote: "Thank you for helping me teach my children the importance of eating intelligently. The Food and Fun series has been taught, so far, to over 4,000 students in the Granite, Salt Lake and Jordan School Districts. In addition, EFNEP aides have presented the program to the children of families where they have been working with the homemaker on a basis. They have also worked with the Columbus School for the mentally retarded and with Headstart programs, and they teach a class at the Detention Center once a month. Research Grant to the U of U. These grants are designed to encourage new minds and new ideas to enter cancer research. They money will be allocated by a local Institutional Research Committee to physicians who want to try out a new idea, develop an idea to tangent to their main work, or engage in research part-tim- e. "These grants show that a goodly fycC0fZPIhJ& TO THE GUINNESS OF WORL P RECORPS, OF SUFrOLlC, ENGLAND, HOLDS THE RECORP R?R THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PAIP JOBS IN A WORKING LIFE, Boo 110 HAS A LONG TO GO TO EQUAL THE NUMBER OF JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. THE ARMY HAS OVER ZOO JOB TRAINING COURSES AMO MORE JOBS .TO FILL THAN AUYONg. ELSE. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE WAY HONEST JOHN ROCKET No CREWMAN expedience necessary. Ages Excellent pay and benefits. Call for appointment to see if you qualify. Call your local Army Representative at 524-40- 26. Out of town, call - collect. 17-3- 5. |