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Chris Pederson Editor - in - Chief
Officials of Cache and Weber counties are breathing a little easier with the passage Tuesday of ordinances outlining strict guidelines for a rock festival planned July 23-25 in the Cache National Forest. The guidelines insist upon adequate sanitary facilities, substantial parking, sufficent drinking water, and fencing to surround the proposed site -- Monte Cristo Campground some ten miles east of Ogden. "I don't think they can abide by the ordinance because the area involved is too small to accommodate the number of people the promoters expect," said Cache County commissioner Marion Olsen.
One promoter- calls off peace assembly picnic OGDEN (AP) - One of the promoters of a proposed peace and rock festival in the Ogden area this summer said Wednesday he is calling it off. Donald Olsen, Ogden, said he is canceling what was termed the "First Annual Peace Assembly Picni c"
because of an ordinance passed this week by county commissions in two north Utah counties. "We figure it would cost close to $200,000 to put on such an asse mbl y under the new ordinance," he said. "All my life I h1:1.vebeen told I live in a free country but it seems as though I had been lied to an misled all my life ." Olsen said he was calling off the gathering so he wouldn't be held legally responsible for any assembly that does take place . The gathering was planned for the Monte Cristo recreation area, about 40
He also expressed concern over the festival being held anywhere in northern Utah. "I feel strong that we have no need to hold such a festival around here ," he said. "And there is no need for such groups to gather here ." The chairman of~the Cache County commission, J. William Hyde, said , "I don't think the ordinance will solve the problem, but it's a definite step in the right direction." Further Negotiations
miles east of Ogden in a mountain area. It was to be held July 23-25 and sponsors said they expected 50,000 to 75,000 persons to attend. But Forest Service officials said their facilites are not planned for such a large gathering and said no permit would be granted. Ordinances Result ed County attorneys of Weber, Rich, Cache and Box Elder counties conferred and the ordinances adopted this week by Weber and Cache County are the result. Olsen said handbills advertising the event already have been distributed around the country and some people are already traveling to the state . The ordinance passed by Weber County goes into effect May 5. Similar measures are under consideration in Rich and Box Elder counties.
Officials in Weber County passed a similar ordinance because the festival location is within their county . But the "Large Public Assemblies" ordinance passed by the Weber commissioners exempts "re gular, established, permanent places of worship; stadiums, athletic fields, arenas, .auditoriums, coliseums or other permanent places of assembly."
Exempts Air Day
The Weber ordinance also exempt governmentsponsored gatherings such as Ogden's annual Air Day show at Hill Air Force Base.
Weber officials have resigned themselves to the possibility of the ordinance not effectively banning the rock festival_ "We've just got to prepare for it," said Weber County commissioner Charles Storey. "The city, county and state governments must make preparations now to cope with whatever problems arise in connection with the influx of outsiders. " The proposed festival is not too easy to stop," he said. "If someone has the Federal Lands Use sticker in their car, it entitles them to use federal lands."
Hyde expressed concern over having "too much "' publicity on the matter right now" because further ~ Proposed Requirements .a negotiations are planned with festival promoters . E County attorney Burton Harris commended the law ::, Among the requirements contained in both county z for containing reasonable standards to govern any ordinances are : 00 group of 1,000 people for more than 18 hours, but con,0 ceded some of the requirements were resti:ictive. "I - A $100per day license. real~e that many of the things written into the orPosting of a $1 bond for each person expected to dinance are quite extensive, but it is necessary for large attend. gatherings of these kind," he explained.
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-One gallon of drinking water per person per day and at least 10 gallons of bathing water per person per day.
High court decision
Upholds abortion law Washington (AP) The Supreme Court approved Wednesday prosecution of physicians who perform abortions, but said pregnancies can be ended legally for mental-health reasons. The 5-2 ruling upheld the 1901 abortion law for the District of Columbia against claims that its wording is so vague doctors do not know which operations are permissible and which are not. But by authorizing abortions to protect the expectant mother's mental health and by putting the burden on prosecutors to prove an operation is illegal, the Justices gave physicians considerable leeway . Right Not Settled Not settled yet is whether women have an inherent private right to obtain an abortion simply because they desire to end their pregnancy. This issue is pending. before the court in abortion cases from a half-dozen states. ¡ The District of Columbia law,
written by Congress for the capital prohibits abortions exCept when "necessary for protection of the mother's life or health." And it stipulates they must be performed by a licensed physician. In November 1969, U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell dismissed an indictment against Dr. Milan Vuitch of Chevy Chase, Md. operator of a clinic three blocks from the White House. Medically Necessary?
Gesell said the law was unconstitutionally vague and that it impermissibly put the burden on the defendant to prove the operation was medically necessay. Justice Hugo L. Black, in announcing the reversal, said doctors routinely make judgments about a person's health in considering surgery and have no trouble figuring out what the word health means . I,. proper definition, he went on,
could include "Mental health," regardless of whether the woman had a previous histor y of mental defects. Shields Physicians This is the way the U.S . Circuit Court for the District of Columbia has interpreted the local abortion law in another case. The Supreme Court's adoption of the view would appear to shield physicians against punishment if they certify the abortion was necessary on physical or mental grounds. Thirty-eight states have abortion laws. Their fate remains ¡ unsettled since the court did not reach the issue of privacy. Vuitch commented, "The guys on the Supreme Court threw the whole mess back to the doctors. I myself as a physician can see that this is correct. It's strictly a medical problem." He told a reporter he will continue to perform abortions at his office.
- Security guards, fire protection, one telephone for each 1,000persons and adequate lighting. The Weber County ordinance becomes law May 5 and the Cache County law takes effect May 8. Two other counties with land in the proposed location of the festival -- Rich and Box Elder -- have not passed regulations , but plan to consider the matter within the next month .
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