Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archiveArchive Home
The Daily Spectrum from Saint George, Utah • 1
A Publisher Extra® Newspaper

The Daily Spectrum from Saint George, Utah • 1

Location:
Saint George, Utah
Issue Date:
Page:
1
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

PE3PETUAL STOHACS IHC. 3322 S. 3RD E. UT 84U5 Suspect identified in Local muroer. cases being between the ages of 14 and 21.

Other sources indicated they had all been shot or strangled. Public concern in the San Francisco area was reported to be the reason pressure has been brought for public identification of the suspect. Since he has not been apprehended by police in the areas he has been known to spend time in in more than four months, officials felt it was time for the public to be warned and have requested anyone having information regarding the case or Morin's whereabouts to inform officials. It was also stated in the article that all the murder victims for which Morin could be questioned were described by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dective Mike Brady as the desert in Washington County. Washington County Sheriff Eugene Jones issued a warrant charging Morin with kidnap and murder on January 11, 1981 in connection with the finding of the two bodies.

According to the article yesterday, he is also wanted in as many as five other deaths in Las Vegas and San Francisco, where he is wanted under the names of Thomas D. Honea and Robert Andrew Ireland. The San Francisco article goes on to say Morin alias Generoso has been wanted by the San Francisco Police since 1976 in connection with the kidnapping, rape, and torture of a Marin County girl who was 14 at the time. Officials in California and Nevada were reluctant to release details of the slayings, but one source said the number of homicides by the same man could be as high as 20 but that seven was a more realistic number. United Press International in Las Vegas quoted a "high level" Metro Police source as saying "At this point, he's only wanted for questioning for the murder of Kim Bryant." Miss Bryant, a 16-year- byBillHeaton Staff Writer ST.

GEORGE The San Francisco Chronicle Wednesday identified a prime suspect in the slaying of Susan Jane Belote and Cheryl Daniels, both of Las Vegas, whose bodies were found near St. George in 1980. A 34-year old former San Francisco auto mechanic, Stephen Peter Morin, who appears to have a number of aliases which include Robert Fred Generoso, has been identified as the suspect in the deaths of these two girls whose bodies were found in April and December of last year in 'mi 1.1 un. mum I in urn iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin 'i 1 1 mill inim iiiiii)iiiTrnvopoiinrooni ii in mmrrT I 11 li 1 'i I I nrrfl row A A Generoso, was found near the body of Cheryl Daniels in Hell Hole Canyon about this time according to the Chronicle article connecting him to the murder. The article goes ton to who had used a number of aliases in recent years was known to be living most recently in Las Vegas, working as a building contractor under the name of Robert Fred Generoso." KLAS-TV in Las Vegas last night reported that Morin's wife still lives in that Nevada city and told reporters of the station her husband had been visited by "unsavory characters" before dropping out of sight.

It continues, "Since then he has made a trip to Hawaii and, in January this year, returned, at least briefly, to the Bay Area before dropping oul of sight. He was reported to be in the Bay Area shortly after the last body was discovered. At this time he acknowledged, to recently made acquaintences, that he was "wanted" and warned that police would never take him alive. old Western High School student, disappeared Jan. 26,1979.

She was last seen alive near a fast-food stand across the street from the high school. The teenager's body was found in a shallow desert grave near her Las Vegas home Feb. 20, 1979. When questioned regarding the release of the identification in San Francisco County Attorney Paul Graf and Washington County Sheriff Eugene Jones both made the standard ''no comment' statement. Local officials are still laboring under a gag order issued by Circuit Court Judge Robert Owens here at the time an indictment early in 1981.

Judge Owens is presently in the East and not expected back "for about two weeks" thus creating concern about the release of the identification. According to the report in the San Francisco newspaper by reporters Jack Lynch and Robert Popp, Morin, who came to the Bay Area from Rhode Island in the late 1960s or early 70s, had been seen in the San Francisco area in January of 1981. A wallet belonging to Morin, alias I CI It fit li Washington County Sheriff Gene Jones, holding flashlight, and county attorney Paul Graf direct the covering of a homicide victim found in May last year by two youths rabbit-hunting near Bloomington Hills. The victim was later iden tified as Susan Belote of Las Vegas, and police officials in Las Vegas, San Fransico and Washington County are now looking for a Stephen Peter Morin, a prime suspect in the case. Stephen Morin Cheryl Daniels Susan Belote Windshift helps p.

3 SLCjailsecurityupp.5 Hurst finding groove, p. 7 ST. GEORGE THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1981 VOL 18 NO. 196 jtoMHW iKrifmiT li irift-frrf" in vxwvmmwpwww. wow Washington passes City budget radios might eliminated from be the WASHINGTON CITY The Washington City Council Wednesday adopted an approximately $600,000 fiscal year budget, of which almost a third will be spent for water distribution in the community.

Council members gave City Manager Vance Bishop a round of ap--plause for the 1981-82 budget, made up of a general fund totalling $294,375 and a $298,800 utility fund. With most city employees getting a five percent pay increase this year, the city will spend 56 percent of the general fund on salaries and benefits, and $179,000 of the utility fund will go for the water system which is funded by metered water sales, connection fees and interest income. Bishop told the council that it was "a particularly difficult task" to predict the city's financial future because of the recent property tax changes set forth by the state tax commission. Despite the difficulty, Bishop estimated that general property taxes would make up $95,000 of the revenues, a 22 percent increase over last year's property estimated tax figure of $74625. Another $35,000 would come from sales and use tax.

A total of $92,313 was set aside in the budget for capital projects, although that figure does not include the needed $250,000 for the construction of the proposed new city office building. Bishop said that expense can be handled by opening the budget when the Farmers Home Ad-minstration loan for the building is secured, which is expected "within the next month, easily." Expenditures for general' government increased 25 percent to $119,170 for the new budget over last year, but some of that will be used for bond payment on the new city office building and the expected additional costs of running the building once it's built. Washington will see an increase in Revenue Sharing funds this year, Bishop pointed out, adding that uncertainty surrounding the program's future makes it wise to divert revenue sharing money into capital projects and away from operating expenses. The city is anticipating $55,000 in revenue-sharing entitlement, of which $29,400 will be transfered to the general fund for operating expenses. Another $3,750 will be used to purchase radio equipment.

Some of that money for radios will be spent to equip city trucks with transmitters to keep the building inspector in touch with the city office. Fire truck radios might have to be changed when the county sets up its own dispatch service because ambulance and fire truck county frequency. Before approving the new budget, council members opened up the current. 1980-81 budget.to make fiscal year-end adjustments, including taking $2829 out of revenue-sharing funds to pay for the city's membership in the Southwest Utah Cooperative Power Federation. Council members also approved an expenditure of $3590.

to pay for a facilities plan study by Creamer and Noble under EPA sponsorship for a new sewer plant. The EPA paid 75 percent of the costs of the study, done for a fee of $30,150, while St. George City picked up two-thirds of the cost of the other 25 percent. I -A I I y. if St George City may adopt budget tonight NEW YORK Britain's Prince Charles attempts following a performance of Sleeping Beauty by to help Mrs.

Nancy Reagan unhook her dress the Royal Ballet. Charles made the trip to the from costume of ballerina Marguerite Porter United States for the 50th anniversary of the after it became snagged on a sequin last night dance group. Protestors favoring Irish in-backstage at the Metropolitan Opera House dependence marred the Prince's visit. UPI Protestors disrupt Prince Charles' visit, night at ballet thursday Nation's GNPup WASHINGTON "(UPI) The boom in America's economic growth during the first three months of this year the strongest since 1978 was even slightly bigger than first thought, government figures showed today. The gross national product the measure of the nation's total output of goods and services grew 8.6 percent after adjustment for inflation during the first quarter, the Commerce Department reported.

This was the second time the GNP figure has been raised in the course of normal revisions made as more information becomes available. The growth figure first was estimated at 6.5 percent, then at 8.4 percent. Stewart to retire WASHINGTON (UPI) Justice Potter Stewart, 66, today announced he will retire from the Supreme Court in early July. Stewart's retirement will give Reagan a chance to affect the philosophical balance of the court. The justice is considered a key swing member of the court, who split his views among conservative and liberal positions.

ST. GEORGE The St. George City Council may adopt the city budget for the 1981-82 fiscal year this afternoon. A public hearing to discuss revenue sharing is scheduled for 5 p.m. in the city office council chambers, and, if time allows, the council may begin adopting next year's budget City Manager Gary Esplin said.

A public hearing was held Wednesday night in the council chambers to discuss the proposed city budget. Several department heads were on hand to defend their requests and discuss the proposed allotments to their departments. Shirl Pitchforth, chairman of the St. George Utilities Department, said that residents of St. George may see utility rates double in the coming year because of an increase in rates from Utah Power and Light, which St.

George buys its power from, and to pay for the Reed-Gardner transmission line which will connect St. George with Nevada Power Company. "This calls for a sacrifice for a few years," Pitchforth said, "but we'll be mighty thankful a few years down the line." Larry Bullock, assistant public works director for St. George, expressed concern over the $80,000 dif ference in his request, and what was proposed by the city manager, for road work in the city. "This won't do," Bullock told the members, there are streets in St.

George which are 10 years old and have never been sealed. If overlay and sealing projects are not kept up, he said, we'll lose the streets we already have and have to start all over again. Clive Burgess, parks superintendent, told the council members he and his department are unhappywith current salaries. "We're paid the lowest wages in the city," he said. Burgess told the council that his department would like to be on a salary level with the public works department.

Police Chief Joe Hutchings had made a budget request to the council for buy into the state public safety retirement system. However, in the proposed city budget there was no allotment made. Hutchings said it "would be cheaper in the long run" if the city police force could get into the public safety retirement system because they wouldn't lose as many men. It takes a lot of money to train these men, Hutchings said, and we lose them because of the salaries paid and the current retirement svstem. The Prince of Wales and 1,200 guests, including Mrs.

Reagan, attended the ball inside a huge tent outside the Metroplitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, where Charles attended a Royal Ballet performance of "Sleeping Beauty" earlier in the evening. About 3,700 people paid up to $1,000 a ticket to see the ballet. One-third of the proceeds from the benefit will go to refurbish London's Covent Garden, the ballet's headquarters. During the first act, four Irish Republican Army supporters were subdued by Secret Service agents for shouting anti-British slogans. They were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct.

Two of the hecklers were seated about 35 feet from the prince. "You are murdering the Irish," one of them, a woman, shouted as NEW YORK (UPI) The climax of Prince Charles' one-day visit a glittering night at the ballet was disrupted by 5,000 anti-British protesters, including four hecklers at the performance who shouted he was "murdering the Irish." Charles expected to head back to London today, almost 24 hours after his arrival, on a Concorde supersonic jet. It was his first visit to New York City. The prince's day included a helicopter trip over the island of Manhattan, a luncheon cruise around the Statue of Liberty with Nancy Reagan and after a nap at his apartment in the Waldorf-Astoria a ball celebrating the 50th anniversary of the. Royal Ballet.

He was guarded at every stop on the itinerary by more than 1,300 police officers. she ran down a red-carpeted aisle. The four were identified as Kevin Martin. 33, of Queens; Joan O'Donnell, 23. and Elizabeth Moloney, 19; both of Manhattan; and Sean Haggerty, 27, of Montrose, N.Y.

Outside. 5,000 protesters gathered in a park across the street from the Manhattan arts complex. "The prince of death must go," they shouted. After the ballet, reporters were allowed to talk to Charles backstage, but were told they could not ask him anything about the demonstrations. The prince said, however, that he was accustomed to such outbursts.

During his backstage visit, Charles congratulated ballet stars Jennifer Penny and David Wall for their performances weather St. George: Fair through Friday; little temperature change; highs today and Friday near 100; lows tonight in the mid 60s. Tax cut bill to be finished week says Dole DEARTAXPATER. IN AN EFFORT TO BALANCE THE GOVERlJMENT BUDGET. ENCLOSEDF1NDABILLPCR YOURPOKTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.

WASHINGTON fllPIt Tallinn it ''hinh not one that I can support." In the end, he did not-. Neither did Rep. Kent Hance of Texas, the conservative Democrat who has co-sponsored the administration's tax cut proposal. Rep. Barber Conable of New York, the panel's senior Republican, said the Democratic proposal would primarily benefit big business.

He also said it would not attract as much new investment as the administration's proposal because investment tax credit, which lowers the actual tax rates that business pay, would be eliminated under the Democratic plan. Gibbons said by the time the plan was fully implemented in 1990, it would cost about the same as the $96 billion. business tax cut. veiled a Democratic business tax cut proposal developed by his business task force to the full committee. The proposal would allow businesses to writeoff or "expense" their equipment purchases in one year rather than depreciating capital costs over five years as the administration proposed.

The "expensing" plan would be phased over 10 years under the Gibbons proposal, but the committee has yet to agree to that schedule. The plan also calls for a new rehabilitation tax credit for older buildings and credits for "distressed industries" such as airlines, automobiles, railroads and steel. There was not unanimous support for the task force proposal, however. Rep. James Jones, said the recommendation "is Congress," he said.

"I would hope we would have an opportunity to consider it in an orderly fashion." Meanwhile, the House Ways and Means Committee resumed action on a business tax-cut proposal. It voted 20 to 14 Wednesday to cut corporate tax rates from 46 percent to 34 percent, beginning in 1984. It also said business should be able to write off equipment expenses the year they are made. Today, they planned to talk specifics of the tax reductions, which were opposed by all 12 of the panel's Republicans. Two Democrats also opposed.

Following a closed-door meeting with other Ways and Means Committee Democrats Wednesday, Rep. Sam Gibbons, un time for Congress to act, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Robert Dole said today his committee will finish writing a tax cut bill by next week without waiting for its House counterpart. Dole said his panel would begin voting today on elements of President Reagan's tax package. He predicted the committee "would report out a bill no later than next Thursday without radical changes." "Taxpayers have been kept in suspense long enough and it is high time for us to report tax legislation," said Dole, RKan. Sen.

Bill Bradley, expressed concern at Dole's fast pace. "This is one of the most important economic actions that is going to take place in this Ur.ml-M pi in i ii,.

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

Publisher Extra® Newspapers

  • Exclusive licensed content from premium publishers like the The Daily Spectrum
  • Archives through last month
  • Continually updated

About The Daily Spectrum Archive

Pages Available:
682,352
Years Available:
1973-2024