ACR X HAD CONFLICT WITH VFR SMT. SEE AND AVOID.

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ACR X INBOUND ON THE JNC 060 DEG RADIAL DSNDING TO 13000 FT RPTED THE ARPT IN SIGHT ABOUT 35 MI NE OF JNC VORTAC. APCH CTLR CLRED ACR X FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 11 AND INSTRUCTED THE PLT TO 'CALL TWR ON THE DOWNWIND.' I WAS WORKING LCL AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE POS OF ACR X OR THE APCH CTLR'S INSTRUCTIONS TO 'CALL TWR ON THE DOWNWIND.' I KNEW THE APCH CTLR WAS TALKING TO ACR X TFC AND EXPECTED THE PLT TO CONTACT THE TWR OVER PALISADE AS IS USUALLY INSTRUCTED OF IFR ACFT ON A VISUAL APCH FROM THE NE; BECAUSE THE CTLR DID NOT SPECIFY OTHERWISE. BECAUSE THE PLT DID NOT RPT OVER PALISADE (HAD NOT YET RPTED) AND I DID NOT OBTAIN VISUAL CONTACT WITH ACR X I EXPECTED THE PLT TO BE FURTHER AWAY THAN PALISADE (12 MI E). I ISSUED ACR X TFC TO AN SMT Y WHIH DEPARTED RWY 11. SMT Y RPTED 20 DME NE OF JNC. I INFORMED THE APCH CTLR OF THE VFR TFC TO THE NE; HE IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED ACR X TO CONTACT TWR. ACR X RPTED ON TWR FREQ APPROX 4 MI ENE ON DOWNWIND. THESE 2 ACFT APPARENTLY PASSED EACH OTHER WITHIN 5 MI OF THE GJT ARPT WITH ADEQUATE TA'S. GJTT IS A NON RADAR APCH CTL FACILITY. THE TWR IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A BRITE RADAR TO ASSIST US IN SEPARATING; SEQUENCING AND DETERMINING ACFT'S POS. THIS SIT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MIDAIR COLLISION. ACR X SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT TWR AT LEAST 10 MI FROM GJT ARPT TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR THE LCL CTLR TO ISSUE TA'S. (SEE ATC MANUAL 7110.65 PARAGRAPH 2-14(A) AND PARAGRAPH 2-17(A).) I'M SICK AND TIRED OF WORKING IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SOME CTLRS FIND ENTERTAINMENT IN TRANSFERRING COMS OF ARRIVING IFR ACFT TO TWR ON DOWNWIND OR ON A BASE LEG WITH OTHER TFC IN THE ATA JUST TO SEE HOW ALERT THE LCL CTLR IS.