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Show THE BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah' Thursday, January 25, 1968, Neiv Supply Center Reveals Cal Steel Pact Award for 25,165 steel bunk beds has been awarded by the $628,326 totaling Defense General center, Richmond, Va., to California Steel ai id Tube, 4000 Noakes St., To what extent will the boost ttlnj; minimum benefits of $528 seclal security payments, per year will now receive $660. recently voted by Congress, F OR COUPLES, there will be benefit residents of Box Elder county? an Increase In the minimum How mv:h will -- etlrement froiji the current $798 to $990. checks In the local area averA the upper end of the scale, age under the new schedule? for those whose monthly averaged $550 or more ON THE BASIS OF THE latduring their late working years, est figures from the Social the pension payment for an In. Security Administration, which dividual will rise from $2,016 show the number of local re. to $2,1179. For a retired couple, clplents and the amount they It will go from $3,024 to $3,419. The size of the pension a jwere receiving at the beginning of 1987, the new total will be retired, worker receives Is approximately $250,000greater related to the amount per year than before, he earned over a period of In Angeles, Calif, , a small business concern. The bunk bed s are for use by the Armed Forces and will be produced in Brigham City, a labor surplus arec i. Production wo rk on the contract began Los This was the formal announcement of a contract award previously disclosed at the Brigham City plant. The Defense General Supply center is a field command of the Defense Supply agency , (DSA). This Across the board Increases years prior to retirement and, are provided for retired or dis- In turn,, to his contributions abled workers and their depend- to the pension fund. ents. Those who have been get- I fixed price contract by competition after formal adver5 4 furnished concerns the Of tising. invitations to bid, 12 submitted bids. is a firm, Growers Box Elder and Weber county meetannual horticultural ing was held at the Willard LDS ward chapel last week, with 50 growers In attendance. W.H. Wagstaff of Perry was with elected Wendell Cragun of Pleasant View being elevated to the RC the screwworm Texas." In and Speed Limit tComlffee D Florida and Stages AnUai Meet California has done some re. search on how to control the codling moth by a virus disease which kills the moth and has been fairly successful and may have some merit for the of 47 committee A group s members and Interested attended the annual meetDr. Davis then reported on President's seat. ing of the Box Elder Resource, Specialists from Utah State two new products that have Conservation and Development university discussed problems been most successful for mite week at the control In the northwest. These Project last of Insect and desease control, room In the courtmechanical harvesting of some were Imldan and Gardona. house In Brigham City. fruits, and varieties of new The constitution and In be fruits that might grown with some amendments, were this area. accepted. Ray Firth of Penrose PRESIDENT Cragun told the group that mechanical harvesting of sour cherries could be dohe for two cents per pound on Ills farm. Reports from Utah have shown that this county could be done for cent per pound. These harves-ter- s can be purchased for $2,500. They will pick at least 65 tons of sour cher-rle- s per year. Cragun was anxious to emphasize that where the median-lea- l harvesting operation Is trees should be train-eor pruned properly. three-fourth- s d DR. ARVIL STARK, extern slon hostlculturlst, Utah State university, advised fruit grow, ers that when sweet cherries are planted In ground that has recently grown tomatoes, there Is real danger of vertlcllllum wilt. This virus disease 'moves from the ground up Into the tree after a year or twos growth. "WHEN ZINC IS deficient In the soil," Dr. Bryce Wadley, USDA pathologist said, "some he a split plants show It of In peaches or a terminal twigs, or a rosettlng of the leaves In sweet cherries. Mildew," he said, "weak-en- s trees and makes fruit Mildew can be by the use of sulphur sprays or dusts. In apples, milt dew Is controlled by a known as karathane. This may Injure stone fruits. Growers must be cautious when karathane with some of the new phosphate sprays "Wadley advised. Is controlled by Mildew early application of the right fungicide. On sour cherries, use sulphur at the late husk fall and the second spray should be put on seven to 14 days later." "Coryneum blight Is control, led by the use of weak Bord. eaux mixture In the fall and again in the early spring. Box Elder county suffered from coryneum blight on apricots and peaches last year" he said. die-bac- d pro-duc- us-l:;- g d e Mag-neslu- n edu-lWa- them-selve- j " lake. DR. STARK, talking Utah... fertility on sweet cherries, said And adding, "This project that one pound of hydrogen per would stimulate agricultural Inch diameter of tree trunk In Utah. could be applied In the fall development formation period on Bing and Lambert cherries. "Sun scald on the tree trunks Is a serious problem If farmer fall to protect them during the winter time. This occurs during bright sun and cold temperatures. This may be done f paint by the use of a on the trunks" Stark reminded the group. pro-gra- one-thlr- d THIS ONE IS THE sterile male program which might reduce the cost of spraying, How. ever, codling moths must be reduced considerable so that when the sterile males are releas. ,ed, they outnumber normal moths 100 to one. This method was successful In eradicating engineer. by tt e Public Land Law Review coml nlsslon. 8:1 1 Weekdays 8:11 Sat. & Sun. & DIRECT FROM ITS ROADSHOW ENGAGEMENT! SPECIAL POPULAR PRICES SPECIAL SCHEDULED PERFORMANCES I" NCYYS 14 Connie Corbett p.m. REPORTS THEFT John Fricke, 664 North Fifth West, told Brlghanj City police Monday that during the preced-lnnight, some one (entered his pickup truck and tixrk a rifle with scope, pair of binoculars and a spotting scope. He placed the value of these Items at $250. g lundigan's Comeback STEVE MUEEH Wll-- ) HOLLYWOOD UP I iiam Lundu.'an makes )i.s mo.le'l ICHIMD comeback in "Where Angels Go !..! ANDRIANE Trouble Follows1" B,0,NL Rosalind Russell ndllUilCHi!) tarrhu-MARAVA- T outc ROBERT wise ROBERT ANDERSON MCE Richard Mc'kenna an axctii soim mcooctions pumio GER6E bosis ievim XHRvcocosiwm wvisio erno ac-ces- THE ELECTION of was selected Ray to rel present the Northern Utah Soil j Conservation Dlstrlpt, fe. piacU lg Harry Canfield of Tre. montl n, who had represented this roup. Canfield was elecfl-eed to fill the position as on the executive ber-comq ilttee. In a special meeting of the erlng required." execd tlve board, a resolution Formulated to be sent to the P ibllcServlce Commission, appro) vlng this boards recom-themendi itlon of the Raft River Elect) leal corporation being a. wardd d the right to furnish pow-e- r In the western part of Box ' Elder county. IN Offl-Firt- h cers, mem-Gre- a y ! Logan Airman Gets Promoted David F. Johnson, son of Mrs. Irene Johnson of 4 58 North First 'Vest, Logan, has been to captain In the U.S. promot ed . Air Fo-ce- , Captjiin Johnson is a navlga. tor at : Blythevllle AFB, Ark. c He Is ji member of the ALr Command. He has served In Vietnam. A gri.duate of Logan High he captain received a school, project. B.A. deg ree In 1964 from Utah As the land committee report, State Un Iversity and was comChar-les ed, County Commissioner missions d there upon compled J. Wood spoke of the tion of '.the Reserve Officers one. half million acres of Training! Corps program. He is in the that land county public a member of Sigma Nu. needed a tax base. He said His wlf , Carol, Is the daugh-te- r that Box Elder county Is one of of Mr . and Mrs. Freeman the 42 In the Nation which J. Bylngt4n of 333 East Third have been selected for study South, Brigham City. Stra-tegl- one-an- were W. Claibnuah. Publisher rute 63. .10 per year, pa.vable In advance: in connection with the Box Elder News (pub lished Sundays) 66 00 per year; 63 00 for 6 months: single copy. 10 cents. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. 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SUN - MON - TUES Good entertainment for the whole family COLUMBIA PICTURES pksiis enter laughing EASTMAN Shelly Winters Picture of the Month C0101 1 Jose Ferror Seventeen A Aagaxine ; Mbi & 5 s BEAUTIFICATION of roads Into Brigham City. The governor noted that about $50,000 has been budgeted for access roads In the vicinity. "Our problem Is that the beautification funds for 1968 have not yet been released (from the federal government.) How we would expect release Of these funds in the near future, at which time we will be able to complete our final pro. grammlng and to do the engine, - weekh newspaper established in 1908. published every Thursd' 55 h the Box Elder South Flitt West. Brigham Cltv. l lflh, B4302 Second Class postage paid at the post office. 16 South First West. Brigham City. Itah, m 1:20-4:4- -- A 0C Show at 5:00 (Continued fj'om page one) Feb. major problems had caused delays on the project. Also an uncertainty Is the length of time necessary for the fills to stabilize. "Please be assured that I and the highway department are very conscious of the fact that this area Is going to be a break In an otherwise through route which Is going to extend from Santaquln to Tremonton, and we want to correct this situation at the earliest possible date and BOARD MEMBER Ray are bending every effort to do Firti 1, Bothwell, was named so." to $ t.C.D. executive board. A portable electric drill and an electric grinder were re. ported taken In a burlary of the Associated Brigham warehouse on west Forest street, according to Box Elder Sheriffs department. occurred some, The break-ltime Friday night. The culprits gained entrance to the building through a window at the south, east corner of the building. Nothing else was disturbed, a sheriffs spokesman said. A S(S NO PASSES g Drill, Sander ELDER 6th Court Burglars Take BOX Holiday "However, I am at the pres-!en- t vs. Jack B. Corbett,J, divorce time requesting additional studies of this matter and will action, 2:30 p.m. Feb. 27 Hansen's, Inc., again correspond with you as vs. Keith seeks Merrill, are as completed. they quickly $11,681.18 allegedly due for of building materials, 2:30 . COMPLETION OF be. Eleventh South and Hot Springs. "The initial contract for grading and draining this section Is scheduled for adver-tlsinthis year but It will not be for some months yet. The governor noted that sev-er- n Davis, entomologist at Utah State university talked about the cost of spray, lng fruit trees. He told the group that for normal opera, tlons It costs about $125 per acre for sprays, and the spray operation for apples. Through mite control Integrated where specific sprays are used to avoid killing the predator mites which keep harmful mites down, this might be done for about $80, or a of of the cost of spraying. has tried "Washington another program to reduce the cost of spraying" he said. DR. DONALD traffic tween H-- 1 TODAY Thru TUES Feb. ny daily traffic engineer and he Is of the hazards and Is continuing close surveillance of 'the problem. I dislike very much overruling the Judgement of the 1 p.m. Sot., Sun. & School 5 p.m. Week Days pay-me- was added to the executive board and the county commissioners position on the board was chang-e(Continued from page one) to regular from board member by a notion by Salt Lake, proposed site of County Commissioner William project. D, Burton. This action was tak-eFurther, he said this Inroad with one dissenting vote, by federal power, If approved, according to Rees Warburton, would cause adverse financial chairman of the county R.C.D. repercussions to the private executive committee. utility and would Indirectly REPRESENTATIVES FROM bring an electrical rate to commercial and res. 10 of the 16 sponsoring units identlal users as UP&L lower- of the county for R.C.S, were ed Its Industrial rate to com- in attendance. Reports for six pete with the low BPA rate. areas were given by the chair-man- , who gave results for the RAFT RIVER HAS said it past year. will provide power at 3.1 mills. County Commissioner Frank company and Reeder, chairman of the Indus, Spokesmen for National Lead company, part-ner- s trial Commission, noted that the in the magnesium venture employees at the barbed wire have said this low rate Is need- plant in Brigham City had been ed to establish an electrolltic Increased from 10 30 to reduction plant on the lake at the present time. This group1 shore; otherwise the $52 fac- Indicated an Interest in attract-ility will go to the Northwest. lng mineral companies Interest-- , Utah Power and Light will In extracting minerals from provide power at 4 6 mills on Salt Lake. an lnteruptible basis, Naughton "Cheaper power rateswllldoi testified. this he said. He contended that Magnesium s OF THE CHAIRMAN project does not need 3.1 power as claimed, that It could do bus. cation committee, Delorls, lness at a profit and still pay a Stokes of Bothwell, said that higher rate. were striving to make people realize that by working HE CALLED proposed con. s together they could help struction of a transmission line and also preserve the by Raft River to serve north- agricultural community In the west Utah as "an unwarranted county. expense of federal money," Corlnne Cemetery and the that UP&L already Is Skyway Golf and Country club ready, willing and able to serve in Tremonton were projects the load requirements for the mentioned as examples of sucarea In question. cess by Wallace Sperry of Gar. In Its resolution, the Box Eldland, chairman of the Municipal er commission stated "This and beautification committee. new Industry could further gen. erate in the state of Utah an HARRY CANFIELD of Tre. additional new petrochemical monton, chairman of the water complex to vastly advance the resource and watershed corn- economic wellbeing of our !mittee, emphasized the follow state--lng water projects that are This was apparently In refer. showlng progress: Iowa String ence to Dow Chemical company drainage and fielding ditch com- which has lease holdings on the panles; Elwood combined ditch Citing other future Impllca. tlons the resolution read, "The Magnesium Project and the satelite Industries thus attract, ed will greatly benefit existing In and utilities about business or very early spring. Double cherries occur because of high temperatures during the bud per-son- Power OPEN: BOY ELDER county, to the latest annual report of the Social Security Administration, payments to beneflclarle s were at the aver age yearly rate of $822 per (Continued from page one) Hear Horticulturists will have to contribute a match, lng amount. CAPITOL THEATRE IN 1 Local Fruit HAND IN HAND with the big- - sal-arle- Monday. Elder-Webe- Hike Beginning in March, when the $250,000 in County A contract Elected to head the Box HEAD FRUIT GROWERS r Horticultural Assn, this week at the annual meeting were Wendell Cragun, right, of Pleasant View, president; and William H. Wagstaff, center, of Perry, vice president. Shown with them is Dr. Arvil Stark, left, USU extension horticulturist, a speaker at the meeting. Pmm ger benefits goes an increase costs. Those who have been social security taxes paying the checks first reflecting will arrive, the local on earnings below $6,600 will be continued at the same rate average will be $929. the community as a for another year. For Those earning between $6,600 whole, the pension payments will amount to$2, 173, OOOayear, and $7,800, however, will have as compared with the previous to pay 4.4 percent on the amount over $6,600. Their employers total of $1,923,000. recipient. jk. We pride ourselves on being good citizens and pledge our best efforts to continue to be an important factor in the growth and progress of the West. GATEWAY TO AND FROM THE BOOMING WEST Sh.pper or traveler, were here to serve you. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD auuuJT |