Show town opens secession move WENDOVER UTAH NEVADA reminiscent of 0 the civil war controversy tro versy is the move sponsored by 2000 residents of the utah part of 0 this little Bonneville salt flats town of 2500 to secede from utah so they can join their other to townsfolk ans as residents of nevada where a man can do anything he wants well almost anything utah even seem to know were in the state and apparently even care if were in the union bewailed lester giffen spokesman for the secessionists main complaint against utah is the fact that the beehive states state s laws are too strict A tourist coming from the east stops in my place and looks for the slot machines explained a cafe owner on the utah side 1 I have to tell him we cant have them so he says to heck with you and drives across the border to nevada while Us this same finnk innkeeper beeper can sell only 32 beer his fellow bar keepers across the state line have some of the best stocked bars in the west in nevada it if a man wants a drinks drink he orders one or two then hes happy and satisfied giffen said in utah he has to get a permit go to the state owned store and buy a quart then he feels he has to drink the whole quart so he show up for work the next day petitions will be presented to the utah legislature and if approved there must be accepted by the nevada legislature then congress will be asked to alter the utah nevada boundary to include all of westover in nevada |