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The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 21

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flT I 'J3 i i Iff I 'l 9 iph: City Will Prepare Modified Main Downtown Plan gait fake $ri(mm' TV Today, Local News Page 22 Sports Wednesday, July 15, 197G Second Section Page 21 Ordinance Enables Police To Quell School Disorders Associated Prtsi Wirepho Colorado; Gov. Stanley K. Hathaway, Wyoming; Gov. Forrest Anderson, Montana; Gov. David Cargo, X.

Mexieo, Gov. Calvin Ramptou of Utah. Delegates at annual meet of Federation of Rocky States ineluded, from left. Jack Camp-1k11, former X. Mexico governor; Gov.

John Love, An ordinance making it illegal for any person to annoy, disturb or otherwise attempt to prevent the orderly conduct of the activities, administration or classes at any school, college or university, was adopted Tuesday by the Salt Lake City Commission. The measure, wnich enables police to move in on school disturbances without waiting for school officials to sign complaints, is virtually identical to an ordinance adopted in Salt Lake County a year ago. The city version was dratted after Salt Lake City Board of Education officials asked for consideration of such a measure to be used to combat disturbances on school grounds several months ago. The new ordinance makes it illegal would modify preliminary plan-, submitted by Barton-A'Chman Associates. a Chicago engineering firm.

The action was bv the enlaiged, special Downtown Development Committee, at the first of a series of weekly meetings planned to adopt a final beautifici-tion design for Main Street between South Temple and Third South. Firm's Proposals The Barton Aschman plan calls foi locating trees, fountains, bus shelters, benches, new lighting and a variety of kiosks on widened sidewalks; changing to parallel parking et curbside, and reducing the number of traffic lanes from five to four. The preliminary plan suggested portions of Main Street sidew alk be idened on both sides from 22 feet to 36 feet, and from 22 feet to 44 feet on one side and 28 feet on the other side in other blocks. Consideration of an alternate proposal was prompted by suggestions of committee members and property owners that the plan might be carried out. without loss of traffic lanes, by widening the sidewalks only as far as the space gained by changing from angle to parallel parking.

Two Fleet More? Jess Agaiz. city traffic engineer, estimated that this modification could allow widening of the sidewalks from 27 to 29 feet. However, other committee mem-beis suggested that if sidewalks aien't widened sufficiently, the impact of the beautification project for pedestrians could be lessened. Commissioner Catmull, appointed chairman of the sDecial committee, also directed that more detailed specification and revLed cost estimates be sought from Barton-Aschman and Carpenter and Stringham, Salt Lake City architects who worked with the Chicago firm in preparing plans. Committee members, meeting in the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce offices, agreed to consider at next Tuesdays 4 p.m.

meeting the selection of a firm to prepare final specifications. Area Bows Out The preliminary plan, w'hich would call for a special assessment of property ovners along Main Street to pay con-struction costs, proposed extending the beautification project on Main Street from 3rd to 4th South and on East Broadway. But a majority of property owners there have indicated they dont want to participate. The majority of property owners on the three-block stretch of Main Street has informally indicated approval of going ahead with the project, necessitating revised cost estimates, Mr. Catmull said.

Strip Closure A majority of the committee members indicated they favored seeking closure of Main Street between South Temple and North Temple, with only limited traffic access, to eliminate crosstown traffic congestion. In connection with this, a majority favored relocating the Brigham Young Monument northward into the closed street to facilitate a mall-type By Douglas L. Paiker Tribune Staff Writer An alternate proposal to widen sidewalks and retain the same number of traffic lanes in a Main Street beautification plan will be prepared for the Downtown Development Committee. City Commissioner George B. Catmull directed the City Engineer's Office Tuesday to provide a sketch and specifications for the alternate proposal which for any person to annoy, disturb, or otherwise attempt to prevent the orderly conduct of the activities, administration, or classes at any school, college, or uni-versitx The law also prohibits interference with a student or employe of a school while that person is on the school grounds.

Under the law only peisons having business at the school should be on tl school grounds. It is also a violation of the oidinance to conduct oneself in an obscene, lewd, wanton, or lascivious, manner in speech or behavior in, about, or on any school, college, or university building or grounds. The ordinance will beccme effective upon publication of the ordinance. Baker Stroup ser for the first time. Robb said he did not know when the accused would be extradited to Montana.

Robb said the slaying occurred Friday near Gardiner, Mont. A spokesman for the Park County Sheriffs Department at Livingston said Baker had told California officers he and Stroup were hitchhiking and were picked up by Schlosser. Baker, a Sheridan officer sa'd, recently had been discharged from the Navy. Sheridan, police said Baker, a 6-foot-2 inch man of husky build, had been working recently in Big Timber, Mont. 2 Wyoming Men Face Charges In Yellowstone Torso Slaying Judge Frees Car Claiming Police Kiank Bain-man Tribune Staff Writer A motion to suppiess Dver Act pvi-deiue gamed iiom the inventory ot poi-sonal belonging-, of a prisoner being booked into jail on a separate charge was granted Tuesday by Chief Judge Willis W.

Ritter, U.S. District Court for Utah. Jackie Preston Ritter, 19, Tampa, no relation to the judge, was acquitted during his nonjury trial after Judge Ritter ruled that taking automobile registration documents out of the defendant's billfold violated constitutional safeguards Reservoir Hides Fate of 2 In East Canyon Special to The Tribune EAST CANYON RESERVOIR. Mor-gan County Divers Tuesday night postponed search for the bodies of two Salt Lake City youths believed drowned in the south end of the reservoir about 50 feet from shore in 35 feet of water. The two youths, Guy Amundson, 17, son of Mrs.

Betty A. Whitehead. 2257 Green and Steve Brown, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D.

Biown. 1717 E. 2100 South, were scuba diving with two other boys Tuesday afternoon. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Ken Lawton, said one of the youths got into trouble and the other three went under to help. Only two came back up.

he said. John Clay of the state parks and recreation diving team was notified about 7:45 p.m. Search for the two youths will Continue Wednesday morning, Highway Patrol officers said. Fragment Our market should range from Utah to the Orient, he declared. Current plans call for the plant to work about 15 days a month to grind out 2.000 tons ot scrap, he explained.

That comes to about 130 cars per day We'll pay for them to be delivered to the plant but ily if people have the titles, Mr. Pepjier explained. We expect the cars to be brought in from as far away as Boise and St. George. Stoves, refrigerators and other large appliances also will be shredded, he noted Removes All Contamination Three simiilar plants also are opera-tiong at Los Angeles.

Seattle has two and there is one each in Denver, Oakland, Case Defendant Violated Rights to both self incrimination under the Filth Amendment and illegal search without a search warrant under the Fourth Amendment The defendant was indicted March 13 by a federal grand jury on a charge of interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle from Arlington, Va. The trial was recessed July 7 after Sgt. A. Rex Hill, Utah Highway Patrol, who arrested Ritter outside Nephi Dec. 28 when the car he was driving stalled in making a turn, testified that the defendant pleaded guilty to driving without a license and was sentenced to five days in jail in lieu of a $25 fine by a Nephi justice of the peace.

While being booked into the Juab County Jail to serve this sentence, documents which led to the indictment were removed from the defendant's wallet. in arguments presented to the couit Tuesday. James F. Ilouslev. assistant U.S.

district attorney, contended that the Fifth Amendment self incrimination protections would not apply in this case because the registration documents taken from the billfold do not fall in the area of personal knowledge revealed by the defendant. Mr. Housley cited the example of blood samples obtained for drunken driving convictions as something that has not been considered by the Supreme Court as privileged under the Fifth Amendment and that records can be used as evidence if they have not been prepared by the defendant himself. He further claimed that the inventory of personal belongings before incarceration is an accepted police routine and should be considered a search only incidental to normal arrest and booking procedure. George McMillan, court appointed attorney for Ritter, contended that any inventory of personal belongings should not include removal of documents from a billfold without a search warrant.

Junk Cars Portland and Spokane, Mr. Pepper said. Our process will remove all of the contamination from the metal, Mr. Pepper continued. Theres very little dust from this operation.

And what there is will be flapped in vats. Later, well empty them at some landfill. Thats where upholstery and other junk items will end up, too. Planning Commission approval had been held up pending a Federal Aviation Administration check to assure that magnetic processes used in the operation would not interfere with that agency's radar, Mr. Pepper was told.

The operation will join removal of junked cars being done locally by a firm using the baling process. 1)cnver Mefl Regional Panel Lists View on Trucking Issue DENVER (AP) The president of the Federation of Rocky Mountain States declared the organization has not sought' any increase in size or weight of trucks beyond that authorized by present law. Jack Campbell, former governor oft New Mexico, said the only recommenda-JJ tions made by the federation are those heretofore approved by the American As-' sociation of State Highway Officials. Disagrees With Report His coinmeni. supported liv those of'j goveniois attending a meeting of the elation in Denvei lollovved a statement', earlier by Glenn Goodrich, vice president of IML Freight Lines, that the federation wants to remove restrictions now imposed upon truck sizes and weights by the fedeial government.

Goodrich said the federal restrictions are more limiting than those of the states. He disagreed with a report of the federal General Accounting Office last week that big trucks are damaging the surface of interstate highways. Gov. Johan A. Love of Colorado said' to his knowledge the federal government hasnt taken any position to increase the-size of bucks on highways.

I know I havent personally, Love said. The retiring chairman of the federa- -tion, Gov. Forrest Anderson of Montana, said. I dont recall any discussion about weights." Hasn't Studied Report He said there is bound to be some de- terioration of highways simply from traf-. fic over them.

The Montanan said he hasnt studied the accounting office re- -port but added, they are not infallible. The Montanan agreed ith Gov. Stan-ley K. Hathaway of Wyoming that a major problem is lack of uniformity among state laws governing trucks. A belief was expressed by Gov.

David Cargo of New Mexico that the trucking industry may be pushing to achieve on a national level what it hasn't been able toV do on a state level. Cargo'said he considers tiuck regula-' tion primarily a state problem but that uniformity between states should be, achieved unless it permits unreasonable length and eight of trucks. Rampton Cites Position Utahs governor. Calvin Rampton, said he would not favor any increase in- weight per axle or on each wheel of a truck. By increasing the number of wheels the weight of trucks could be in-.

creased without damaging highway sur- faces. Chairman Now Federation Votes Utahs Rampton DENVER (AP) Calvin L. Rampton, of Utah, Demon at. vca elected Tuesday as chairman of the Federation of Rocky Mountain States. Inc.

Elected vice chairman was Glenn Goodrich of Salt Lake City, vice president of IML Freight Lines. Gov. Rampton succeeded Montana Gov. Forrest Anderson. Rampton is serv-, ing his second four-year term.

Presidency of the federation is filled by former Gov. Jack M. Campbell, New, Mexico. City Okays Funds Request The city commission Tuesday ap- proved an application to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for $397,742. Application was made jointly by Salt Lake Countv, Salt Lake County Rec- reation Department and the city.

If the grant is approved it will provide money for improvement of existing Darks and for downtown development. i. Firm Wins Okay to LIVLNGSTON, MONT. (AP) Two Wyoming men were charged with murder Tuesday in the death of a social worker whose dismembered body was found floating in a river. California Highway Patrolman Randy Newton said Stanley Dean Baker told Newton upon being arrested in California: I have a problem.

Im a cannibal. Newton quoted Baker, 22, as saying he had been the victim of an electrical accident at age 17 and I havent been the same since. Officials in Park County, filed first-degree murder charges late Tuesday against Baker, Story, and Harry Allen Stroup, 20, Sheridan, Wyo. Find Floating Torso The headless, heartless body of James Michael Schlosser, who was a social worker in the Musselshell County Welfare Department at Roundup, was found floating in the Yellowstone River on Saturday, authorities said. The arms also had been cut off, and the legs were missing below the knees.

Officials said Baker and Stroup had been driving Schlossers car, which was involved in an accident Monday 20 miles from Big Sur, Calif. They were arrested after the accident and initially charged with interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. Both are being held in the Mont-ery County Jail in Salinas, Calif. Files Murder Charges Park County Atty. Byron Robb filed the murder charges, identifying Schlos- County Probe? No Grand Jury, res Decide Judg There is no evidence to justify calling for a grand jury investigation of Salt Lake County government, seven third district judges decided Tuesday.

The Salt Lake City Commission unanimously called for the investigation March 31 because the grand jury adjourned in December, acconling to Mayor J. Bracken Lee. was not able to complete its task of uncovering criminal activity in local government. County Commission Chairman Philip R. Blomquist said of Tuesday's ruling that We as a commission weie aware that they (the judges) were checking Into many items and we are pleased that in conclusion of their investigation they found nothing amiss.

Mayor Lee said he hoped the judges know best, adding that he did not agree with their decision. Presiding Third District Judge Merrill C. Faux announced the Tuesday decision, noting that three of the 10 district judges were vacationing and did not participate In the decision. -Finance Seminar Planned A seminar on corporate finance will be held at Hotel Utah Sept. 9 from 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m. under sponsorship of Decision Capital Co. of South Pasadena, Calif. Luncheon keynote speaker will be Utah Gov. Calvin Rampton.

Topics will include private placement or going public, sources of veniuie capital, choosing an Investment banker, stock sales by insiders, syndication of public offerings. By Jack D. Fenton Tribune Staff Writer Rusting hulks of abandoned cars from a three-state area will be turned into scrap at a $3.4 million dollar plant to be built in Salt Lake County. The Salt Lake County Planning Commission Tuesday approved a conditional use permit allowing the Learner-Pepper Co. to build an automobile fragmentizing plant at 4221 W.

7th South on what is now a graveyard for junked cars. Decision to build the plant comes several months after an arm of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare turned down the countys request for $54,000 to study collection, processing and disposal of solid waste in the county. You dont need federal help to get the job done, declared J. B.

Pepper, one of the owners of the proposed facility. Private industry can do it. Designed for Expansion The reason we're starting small is because we don't know how many cars will be brought in. But the plant is designed for expansion. Mr.

Pepper said the firm has options on 25 acres here the plant will be built and operating in six montl The shredder will turn care into pieces of metal about the size of a man's hand, he explained. Motors and transmissions will be removed and broken up In a guillotine and sold as a different grade of scrap metal. Tribun taf photo hy Earl Conrad mission. Commission Tuesday granted conditional use permit for fragmentizing plant. Problem of junked automobiles piling up throughout the area faster than wajs can be found to make use of them may be solved by Salt Lake County Planning and Zoning Com- a 0 mjtMJttA 4k j-.

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