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Show National Enterprise , March 24, 1976 Page Three Justheim Battles Utah in Shale Controversy If Clarence Justheim jay- walks across Salt Lake Citys Main Street, police bring traf- fic to a screeching halt to let him pass. And its little wonder. The man is an institution in himself. He wields some mighty influence among Utahs heaviest heavy-weighnot to mention national energy figures as well. The octogenarian is a storehouse of wild tales-li- ke the time he and the Mrs. narrowly able achievements, but it is what yet lies ahead that will ensure immortality for the man. First to Gain Patent Patents in 1964. Not only does dures for selection have been it work, Justheim says, it in conformity .with the appliPresident of Justheim Pet- eliminates four processes cable statutes. roleum Company, (ISE .46, The Utah State Division of necessary to other oil shale .50) he was the first in 1966 to extraction methods: mining, State Lands has rejected these gain a patent for an under- lifting, moving and crushing. lease applications on the ground nuclear reactor. But Taking Justheims and grounds that the state does since 1955 when he made Schairers and everyone elses not yet have a sufficient title to application, Justheim says word that the process does support a lease and even if the . hes been beating his head work, whats stopped state acquired title by seleca brick wall. against Coper- Justheim from saving the tion, the selected lands are nicus had the same problem. country from certain doom? newly acquired which reThe United States governquires them to be leased only ment could solve the energy after advertisement of their crisis if Mexican outlaws escaped theyd only listen to availability and then to the when Latin politics grew too he proclaims. When me, highest bidder. Battles and Red Tape Legal warm for comfort in the early wanted to land a man on they 1920s. On the professional the moon, they went ahead Justheims Position Like everything else these Justheim boasts that the and put him there. Spent side, ore recovery process he devebillions of dollars and for days, Justheim is utterly Justheims position is that immersed in legal battles and in back fresh what? 1922, loped just the state has full equitable out of MIT, is still in use at What Justheim has, hes red tape. Instead of orches- title suffident to support a Kennecott Copper Corp. today sure the U.S. government trating operations of his oil lease, that the Division has not shale extraction wants-i- ts Behind Clarence him, convincing them Clarence Justheim process, withdrawn the acreage from spends his Justheim has a host of honor- they need it now that has him time in court or filing, and that the selected letters writing e stumped. Twenty-onyears to the President, the Federal lands lose their newly before ago, anyone guessed the acquired status when, as here, Energy Administrator, see wed lines four to ten years have elapsed gas snaking JUST PUBLISHED down the road for half a mile, Governor, and anyone else since their selection, so that who could conceivably help INVESTING IN THE thermostats taped at 68 the cause. such lands become availGREAT NORTHWEST. degrees, and even before the able for lease to the first creation of the Environmental NOW ... FOR THE FIRST TIME. A Justheim is fighting the qualified applicant. DEFINITIVE BOOK THAT ANALYZES Protection Agency, Clarence Meanwhile Justheims state of Utah for oil and gas EXCITING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES Justheim a devised method to IN THE DYNAMIC, RESOURCE-RICleases she denied him in 1974, attorney is in Denver this very out squeeze SEVEN STATE REGION OF THE PACIFIC every precious but before that case can be day arguing in the District oil-aNORTHWEST (INCLUDING ALASKA). without drop of shale nd ABOUT Morton must Court of Appeals for a motion vs. Utah heard, disturbing the environment, to be resolved. to intervene in the federal THE AUTHORS. INVESTING IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST boot. action as party plaintiff. The is a new approach to Investment guidance, 2000 At Fahrenheit Utah rejected Justheims motion contends that Jusdegrees bringing together In 320 entertaining and readable pages information indispensible he explains, oil shale attains application for 99,600 acres theim properly filed his lease to any businessman interested In this permeability, that is, it disin- contending the state does not applications and asks for a region. tegrates. By introducing air have clear title to the lands. decision that Justheim be Discusses over 200 public companies heated by a nuclear reactor These lands were the subject entitled to the leases because With over 2 billion shares of stock Over $30 billion annual sales Paying over $1 directly into the ground as a of indemnity selection lists he was the first qualified billion annual dividends and Interest heat exchange medium, the oil filed by Governor Calvin applicant. SHANNON P. PRATT la Editor at iauMalaJ k alhtai smm isr aeMiianiiuii answasinienwnenn leorm shale falls apart and by its own Rampton between 1965-7- 1 but At stake are 52 billion, oeonomlc aopNaUcalaa aa Ml aa amalaur Invaamra." Robert Worth w I Mocfc Outdo, o tyndlcitad Tht OREGONIAN. am gravity, kerogen gas rises to never clear listed by the barrels of shale oil and at $13 VBwmnin oti Hnvnivii nvvpin m ThoduPionoooiiiony rooponoortiylhoNgrttiommioiddconHtiuota a lacognM oxport on Bwporala the surface. Hydrogenation United States. The nature of per barrel, he is justifiably tor no boo taw olmonHundo.TlM' loooon pound uoNon. Ha hoMo a doctaruM In ndyowlin region ta diaagraa. Dan CaughNn, EsaNla. (Mm Indiana IMwaiaRy, la a drives off sulfur fumes and title acquired by a state filing concerned. Chortorod FTnancM Analyat and a Carl Wad FlnancM Ptarmor, and tar-after running through a sieve of indemnity selection lists is aka InlffalfflSni WN iMadna M ORDER $9.95 Progress has been slow. In $6.95 Analyala Canlar at Portland SUM U. and condensation from gas to in litigation in the case of Utah his office, Justheim has coverHard Cover TODAY Soft Cover liquid, Justheim ends up with vs. Morton. In that case, the ed an entire desk with materAVAILABLE AT MOST BOOK STORES barrels of light oils and gaso- U.S. contends that no title ial relating to the legal battles. OR ORDER FROM: line. WHlGmGttG Management Aaeoclatee, Inc. passes until the Secretary of Telegrams to and from former 220 S. W. Alder Street I Justheim Dont take FEA chief William E. Simon, the Interior issues a dear-lis- t says, Portland, OR 07204 Pleaaa aand me copied of INVESTING IN I my word for it. Others have in response to a selection list, to former President Nixon, to THE GREAT NORTHWEST: Governor Rampton, letters and that he has some discreproven the process works. In hard cover $9.05 plua 50 And indeed, Dr. John F. tion in this regard. from Rampton to Simon, a mailing each. I Schairer, In aoft cover $6.95 plua 50c LAWRENCE R. ROM la a nadanady a physical chemist The state of Utah contends virtual nightmare of paperknonrn aacurdy analyal and ItaoncW mailing each. 1927 with the Carnegie that only an equitable title work. since Nam tor a North el atock I Institute of far a wanbar el ynar He la a i Addreee Ive been praying every Washington, test- passes on the filing of selecel lha Oamer SooMy el Bocwffy City ified in Justheim s behalf in a tion lists, but that the SecreAnalyate and haa had IB yaara day for 21 years, Justheim In the Invaadnanl bualnaaa. I Reaa la audierellhe beak, kmeaUng suit he filed against David L. tary has a duty to clear-lis- t the confesses, five and six times NOT SATISFIED, RETURN BOOK WITHIN 30 DAYS FOR REFUNO. HI Ladd, Commissioner of selected lands if the proce- - a day. At last his savior has shown himself in the form of ts H HA A Land-aua- r, if , s I arqMrt-ana- e A IF Clarence Offering components for complete SOLAR ENERGY HOMES DISTRIBUTION CENTERS NEEDED FOR I 4 1' II (I V lel-itflMl- M9 tfe V filti MIKtllM Hart, good question, Mr. Justheim. A Swimming Pool Heating Systems Home Heating Systems Water Purification Systems SKjft Monroe Admiral of the Navy and Chief of Energy. Hart is himself keenly interested in shale oil and said Justheim, Cal Rampton assures me if anyone can do anything to help its Admiral Hart. To solve the energy crisis, what Justheim needs, besides the green light on mineral leases, is approximately $300 million. Whats 300 milhe asks, when the lion, United States could completely end her dependence on the Arabs for petroleum? -- f3M When, and if, Justheim says, its all over, Hell no, I wont retire! Im too young for Id like to take a vacation to Bali Bali. I hear the beaches are great and the coconuts are good. that. 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