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Show ivS Volume 70, Number 43 Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, October 27, 1977 20 Pages TWENTY CENTS Okays savings bid Box Elder county is striding toward a new measure that will require inspection of all new residential and commercial construction in the countys unincorpor- ated areas. County Commission Chairman Don Chase said Tuesday that County Attorney 0. Dee Lund is preparing an ordinance to this effect. The new program also will base the fee for building permits on the value of the project. At present, the county charges a flat $10 for all building permits and inspection is not required. It is provided only if requested. Commissioner Chase said county officials have a man in mind to take the inspector job once the legal requirements are completed. He said the man is experienced in the field and estimated that one to two days a week will be required to conduct inspections. Its anticipated that the fees received for building permits will take care of the cost of inspections. The indication from most sources is that the people want it. Utah Power and Light company has strongly requested inspections because weve reached a point where they consider it to be a must, Chase stated. Were talking about the types of building that people are going to be occupying but not all the little things like fences, pigpens, etc., the chairman explained. The county previously adopted national housing, fire, electrical and plumbing codes, he added. He said mobile homes located outside of mobile home parks must meet all code requirements and be placed on a permanent foundation in order to comply with county ordinances. Denton Beecher, county building official, Tuesday said to date this year the county has issued 45 permits for residential and commercial projects with four more pending. In other business Tuesday, the commission took under advisement a request for a beer license from a representative for Flying J Oil company. Roger Thomas, district manager, said the company has taken over operation of the Maverick service station in south Willard and wants to enclose a carport and make it a convenience store. But creating the store depends a lot upon the beer license, Thomas explained. Commissioner Chase explained that the county has made it a policy not to issue too many beer licenses in one area, although there is no specific limit. Its never been our policy to scatter beer licenses promiscuously through the county, he added, noting that beer sales create problems. Thomas explained that hours would be 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and beer would be sold for only. consumption In any event, Chase said clearance through the sheriffs department is required before such a license can be issued and he suggested that Thomas contact the sheriff. In the meantime, the commisioners said they would take the matter under advisement for a week At Thiokol division Honor burial for flier Air bag mandate could mean jobs Federal action mandating air bags as an automobile safety measure could mean up to 300 new jobs at Thiokol corporation, it was disclosed this week. Initially, the work would all be performed at Thiokols Wasatch division in Box Elder county. US Secretary of Transportation Brock Adams has issued a mandate that air bags must be installed on new cars beginning with larger vehicles Sept. 1, 1981. By Sept. 1, 1983, all new cars must be equipped with the safety device which is designed to inflate and prevent front-sea- t passengers from being thrown forward when involved in accidents. The intent is to cut down the nations highway death and injury toll. Thiokol has been conducting research and development work on the inflator and air bag units for autos of all sizes since early in the decade. Weve conducted several thousand air IT'S BEEN A PLEASANT autumn season in Brigham City with leaves turning orange and gold and blue skies accompanied by temperatures in the 70s the rule rather than the exception this year. Its been downriaht delightful. Just ask Lori DeLaGrange, 10, and Wendy Arington, 9, who expressed their satistaction for a Box Elder Journal photographer. At community center (Seejnafly Candidates will air views Candidates for mayor and city council in Brigham City this fall will step front and center to express their views and field questions from the audience in a public session Tuesday, Nov. 1. The public intended to better inform citizens about those seeking office, will be held at the community center. Hours will be 7 to 9 p.m. Everybodys invited to attend. Chairman Royce Wills said the five candidates for two city council seats and two for mayor all are expected to be on hand. They include Democrat William L. (Bill) Packer and Republican Peter C. Knudson, mayoral candidates, and council hopefuls Thomas E. (Tom) Purdue and Beth Gurrister, Republicans, and J. Wayne Johnson and Wayne E. Call, Democrats, plus independent Maribeth Merton. Each candidate will have an opportunity to make an opening statement and then the public will be invited to ask questions, Wills explained. The session, to be aired over KBUH radio, is sponsored by the local radio r, station, League ot Women Voters, PTA, Womens Legislative council and Greater Brigham City Area Chamber of Commerce. Girl Scouts will assist in the program. Wills said after the question-and-answportion, an informal social is planned during which refreshments will be served. This will give those attending a chance to chat with the candidates. The election is scheduled Nov. 8 and City Recorder Michael Cosgrove said this week that persons who will be out of town on that day are invited to vote by absentee ballot at the city hall. They are now available. In addition, citizens are reminded again that time for voter registration is fast running out. Friday, Nov. 28, will be the final opportunity to sign up at the county clerks office in Brigham City. This can be done during regular office hours. After that the only opportunity to register will come Nov. 1 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. with district registration agents. Citizens not properly registered on the district where they reside will be denied bag inflator system tests and Wasatch division is working primarily with the Ford Motor company and General Motors, A.L. Savoca, Thiokol vice president and Wasatch division general manager, explained. If Thiokol did receive a contract,. the right to vote on election day. Who needs to be concerned? Persons who have not registered since reaching voting age (or who will be 18 by election day) and others who have not registered since moving from one district to another. Also, if you havent voted within the past four years, your name probably has been dropped from the voter rolls. The only requirement residency is to have lived least one month. This is an off-ye- length of the state for at for in or municipal election year. No county, state or national offices are at stake in Utah. oCl0vs poraiiO long continuing dispute between Box Elder county officials and a south Willard trailer court operator apparently has been resolved. This week county commissioners agreed to give a permit to R. W. Coleman who began construction of the mobile home court near Hot Springs several years ago without obtaining a permit as required by ordinance. Court action ensued in 1973 as Coleman sought to force the county to issue a permit. In the meantime he continued the project, finally completing it and acceptA ing Rifle is stolen Scott Bessinger of 774 South Second West, Brigham City, has reported to police the theft of a Remington autoloading rifle, scope and cartridge belt, taken from his truck sometime the past two weeks. He said value of the items is $300. tenants. In June of this year, First District Court Judge VeNoy Christoffersen ruled that Coleman must cease operating until he obtained a permit. Since that time, the owner has met with the county planning commission in an effort to comply with provisions of a 1969 ordinance under which his business was (Continued on page 9) initially alTwork on the production of the units would probably be conducted at Wasatch division. As production volume increases, howinflator cartever, only the ridge would be produced here and the unit probably would be assembled at another plant. Depending upon the volume of work, there could be as many as 300 jobs created for the manufacture of these units, Savoca concluded. There are several firms reportedly well into development of the inflatable air bag and which, obviously, will want a share of their manufacture. When production could be expected to start is uncertain. In another development affecting Thio-ko- ls Wasatch division this week, it was announced that the Navy department has awarded a $4,995,887 contract for work in connection with the Trident I 4 missile. C-- Announcement came from Senators Jake Garn and Orrin Hatch who said the contract is to construct new facilities and modify older facilities. . . A Thiokol spokesman said the pact had been anticipated as part of the Navys fleet ballistic missile program. It will have no effect as far as increasing employment. An Air Force officer killed in the Vietnam conflict in 1972 will be buried with full military honors Nov. 5 at the Deweyville cemetery. First Lt. Bennie L. Fryer, son of Dr. and Mrs. Lamar P. Fryer of Stockton, Calif., was shot down on a bombing mission over Hanoi on Dec. 28, 1972. He had been reported missing until his parents were notified April 22 of his death. r is a His father, native of Collinston and attended schools in Box Elder county. The family moved from northern Utah to California in the late Dr.-Frye- 1940s. Ward Taylor of Rogers Mortuary in Tremonton, said Wednesday that funeral services are planned the evening of Nov. 4 at the mortuary. Graveside services are slated for 1 p.m. Nov. 5. An aunt of the dead officer, Mrs. Glenn Fryer of 881 North Tremont, Tremonton, said she and her husband were notified (Continued on Page 3) State road worker dies in truck crash A Utah Department of Transportation employe was killed Wednesday afternoon in an accident north of Riverside. Dead on arrival at Tremontons Bear River Valley hospital was LeRoy Alfred Atkinson, 62, East Garland. Trooper Larry Forsgren of the Utah Highway Patrol said the victim was driver of a UDOT truck northbound on U.S. 191 on the Malad river bottom when a semi trailer pulling a tracked shovel collided with the victims unit. Forsgren said the semi driver, James LaVern Hall, 63, Salt Lake City, was also northbound with the Shocker Construction company equipment when he apparently failed to negotiate the signal of a flagman and tried to pass the state truck on the bridge. The trooper said the shovel was a wide load and a track caught the bed of Atkinsons truck, jaming the truck into the bridge and twisting the bed into the truck cab, crushing the victim. Forsgren said a crew of state employes was working on the sides of the bridge cleaning up weeds and debris. The victim had just unloaded some equipment and was pulling off the bridge when the mishap occurred at about 2:45 p.m. The semi driver said he thought he saw another flagman motion him across the bridge, Forsgren reported. Atkinson was supervisor of the Coliin-storoad shed of the department of transportation. In another accident, a local woman attending Utah State university was treated for injuries and released from Logan hospital after a traffic accident in Logan Oct. 21. It was reported to the Box Elder Journal that Wendy Lee Eskelsen, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Eskelsen, was returning to school from her place of employment at Fireworks West when her car truck driven by collided with a pick-u- p Thomas H. Smallwood of Ogden. The woman was taken by ambulance to the hospital where she was treated for head and hip injuries and released, it was reported. The accident took place at Sixth South and Southwest street. Smallwood was reportedly cited for failure to yield Damage was estimated at $2,000 to her car and $500 to the truck. n right-of-wa- |