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Show Page 4 Wednesday, January 5, 1977 ... ITS STILL OUT THERE INTERNATIONAL Jeddah, Saudi Arabia An English language newspaper in Jeddah said Saturday Saudi Arabia will increase its production of crude oil to 11.9 million barrels a day to meet 1977 foreign demand. According to the report, Saudi Arabia is increasing its output to reduce the impact of the large oil price hike jointly agreed upon by 11 other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Bonn, West Germany Prior to Saturday's announcement of oil production increases, Saudi oil minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani's was quoted Thursday as saying fears of Cummunist takeovers in France and Italy and of another recession in the West are the reasons Saudi Arabia is trying to niinimize oil price increases. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates rebeled against other OPEC nations which recently adopted a two-year 15 percent price hike. I long Kong News reports from China Thursday said "great choas" had been created in one Chinese city by followers of Mao Tse-tung's purged widow. Supporters of Chaing Ching were also blamed for assaulting officials and committing acts of sabotage in several provinces before armed troops restored order. Armed raids and bombings were reported in the key rail center of Paoting, 100 miles from Peking. A radio broadcast said, 'The interference and sabotage by the gang of four brought serious damage to revolution and production in Paoting, caused great difficulties to the livelihood of the people there, and placed a grave burden on the state." San Juan, Puerto Rico Carlos Romero Barcelo, former mayor of San Juan, was sworn in Sunday as governor of Puerto Rico. Although he was a proponent of statehood for the island during his campaign, Romero Barcelo made no mention of it during his acceptance speech. President Ford announced Friday he would propose legislation allowing Puerto Rico to become the 5 1st state by President-elect Carter said no such move should be made "until the Puerto Rican people themselves express a preference for statehood..." .Outgoing Gov. Rafael Hernandez predicted Saturday that President Ford's proposal would be defeated and said Puerto Rico should remain as a self -ruling commonwealth of the United States. Salisbury, Rhodesia Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith will not accept direct British participation in the move toward black majority rule, informed sources said Sunday. Ivor Richard, British chainnan of the Geneva conference on Rhodesia's future, reportedly proposed that an interim council of ministers be established with a black majority and a British-appointed chairman. Richard also recommended that London supervise Rhodesia's military and police during the transition. NATIONAL Resont Opims After suffering through a record-breaking drought, the Park City Ski Corp. today begins what was to have been the 1976-1977 ski season but Last weekend's storm dumped dum-ped enough snow to allow limited skiing with "fair to good" conditions. .Washington The Commerce Department reported last Wednesday that the government's composite economic what will be the 1977 season'. indexes indicate the summer and autumn doldrums suffered by the economy have been shoved aside in a new wave of expansion. Following three months of small declines in the index of leading indicators, October showed a six-tenths of one percent gain while November boasted a healthy one percent gain while December boasted a healthy one percent rise. According to an official in President-elect Carter's transition team, the end of the Ford Motor Co. strike was in part responsible for the November rise and there is no guarantee that the expansion will continue in 1977. PCSC Marketing Director Craig Badami announced Tuesday that the gondola will begin operation at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning and that the Prospector, Lost Prospector Prospec-tor and First Time chairs will be running. Lift tickets will be full price. There is 12 to 24 inches of snow on the mountain, he said, and the runs that will be open on the upper mountain are Claimjumper, Assessment and Bonanza to the Angle station. Powder Keg is listed as a "probable" and Hidden Splendor and Parley's Park are "maybes". The marketing director said skiers will be able to board the gondola at the Angle Station to ride down the mountain, but not up. In addition, the Ski Team Chair may be operating by the end of the week to provide access to the top. Ski School will hold classes from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Badami said avalanche control con-trol will begin in the Jupiter Bowl area where one avalanche avalan-che has already been reported. repor-ted. He reported avalanche danger as being extremely high for unpatrolled areas following the weekend storm. The drought not only cost PCSC ski revenue, it played havoc with its mountain water lines. The lines are normally in-. in-. sulated against extreme winter win-ter temperature by the snow cover but the lack of snow has resulted in frozen pipes. Consequently, Con-sequently, the Summit House and Mid-Mountain Lodge have no water or restroom facilities. Water will be transported up the mountain in containers for the restaurants and portable toilets have been put in place. The mountain crew has had to dig up the pipes, thaw them with tc ies and either repair or replace them, a time-consuming time-consuming process. Badami predicted it would take up to three weeks to reinstate the water flow and said, "We ask that the people bear with us. It was nothing we could help." Miami A Miami policeman pulled a car over for failing to jdld the right-of-way and ended up arresting a 10-year-old passenger for possession of heroin. The officer said he noticed large bulges in the boy's trousers which turned out to be 125 tin foil-wrapped "dime bags" of heroin. Also arrested were the boyjs stepfather and two convicts free on work releases. Columbia, S.C. "They were beating the doors down...It's like Christmas shopping. They waited until the last minute," Army recuiter Sgt. William Calliham said of the flood of volunteers rushing to beat a New Year's Day deadline reducing GI Bill benefits. In Los Angeles, recruiters reported an estimated 500 enlistees a day last week as compared to a normal 70 to 100 for the same week last year. Friday was the last day recruits could quality for full GI Bill benefits. Philadelphia A 133,5 00-gallon oil spill in the Deleware River south of Philadelphia resulted Wednesday in the arrest of a Liberian tanker Captain held responsible for the pollution. Captain Vassiliols Vlismas, Greek captain of the Olympic Games, was taken into custody and ordered held on $5 0,000 bond. U.S. Attorney David Marston said Vlismas was arrested under provisions of the 1972 Water Pollution Control Act and the Refuse Act of 1898. The Olympic Games ran aground on Dec. 27 while docking at a refinery. It was carrying approximately 17 million gallons of light crude oil and the resulting oil slick spread 22 miles, threatening wildlife, marshlands and three state shorelines. Washington A government report released last Wednesday said solar heat is now economically competitive with electricity in new houses and predicted it will compare with gas and oil within four years. The report estimated oil, gas and electricity prices will increase 10 percent in the near future while solar energy costs will be halved by 1980. City Must Fall Back On FHA Loan Defibrillator Delivered GREETINGS FROM THE WHITE PINE STAFF: THE WHITE PINE CROSS-COUNTRY SKI TRAILS ARE NOW OPEN AT PARK CITY ON THE GOLF COURSE: Instruction - From basic Hack lLJchniqlJl. to racing and uWp powder skiing. Tours - Hall and all day tours into the Wasatch Mountains, three and five day tours into the Hyli Uintas Timberhaus Ski Touring Specialty Shop to supplv all of your touring ami roany needs 1'ischer -Kossiynol -Sphtkem- Jette Norona - Liljedahl -Kxelite - Swix - Kes - l.ila Rentals I'uil 'line of Kossiyuoi mieryiass skis in touring, light touring and no wax models. Tracks Marked and maintained 1. A and 5 kilometer kilome-ter tracks on the golf course. AT WHITE PINE CANYON Two miles North of Park City on Highway 224. ski one mile into White Pine Lodge. Trails 15 miles of marked trails with warming huts in White Pine Canyon. 5 kilometer prepared track at the day lodge. Day Lodge - Relax in an overstuffed chair and enjoy home cooked natural foods Instruction from basic technique to deep powder skiing. Tours - Day and overnight tours into the upper areas of White Pine Canyon. Walker Webster Gulch. Bonanza Hat. Bnghton and Alta 7i Also, Hut skiing 3 and 5 day tours in the High Uintas lyyiiHiiiTi pine m TouftinG ccnrcaJ COME AND SKI THE SWISS ALPS GRINDELWALD SWITZERLAND Jan. 18-25,1977 presented by Adolph's Inc. COMPLETE PACKAGE Includes: 1. Air fa re car rental 2. Hotel (famly owned) 3. Breakfast and dinner daly 4. Uft tickets (Jungfrau Region) 5. Private ski hsfrucHon. 6. Fondue petty, sleigh rides, cocktal parties. PRICE PER PERSON: $975.00 ROOM AVALABLE FOR ONLY 25 PEOPLE DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS: JAN. 10TH FOR MORE FORMATION PLEASE CALL ADOLPH'S WHITE HAUS 649-9673 or 649-8660 Having been refused public works funds by the Economic Development Administration, the ParkCity Municipal Corp. will have to utilize an alread-approved alread-approved $600,000 loan from the Farmers Home administration ad-ministration to upgrade the city's water distribution system. The city applied for $915,000 to replace deteriorating water lines and expand its water retention capacity. The city will now fall back on the FHA loan which is offered at five percent annual interest over 40 years. According to city Recorder Bruce Decker, the reduction in available money will mean the city "will not be able to do the extra things" the grant would have permitted. The federal public works program was designed to aid areas suffering high unemployment unem-ployment but Summit, Wasatch Wasat-ch and Paiute Counties, which reportedly have the highest unemployment rates in the state, received none of the $10.3 million made available to Utah. However, Mr. George Muller, an Economic Development Administration official in Denver, explained that the total number of unemployed in an area as well as the rate of unemployment was a mojor factor in deciding which entities received grants. gran-ts. When contacted Monday by the Newspaper, Muller noted that although Park City was listed as having an unemployment unem-ployment rate of 10.6, the total number of unemployed amounted to only 120. In contrast, Weber County's 7.6 rate accounts for 5,023 unemployed persons. Weber County received a total of $2,563,986 for three of the 14 projects approved in the state. Other Criteria ployment rate, Muller cite two other major criteria. He said the percapita incorr for an area applying for func weighed heavily. Park City's per capita ii come was given as $3,47 whereas the Utah cities f. Monroe and Enterprise ha $2,752 and $1,458 figures respectively. However, neither of thes cities received funds. The fourth major factoi was labor intensity of projects requesting grant money. Labor intensity is calculated as a ration of the man days needed to complete the project to the total cost of the project. Muller said this requirement dictates that projects create a significant number of jobs rather than utilizing large amounts of capital equipment. Only projects with a labor intensity of 35 percent or higher were considered, he said, adding that Park City had a 29.93 ratio. There were also three minor . criteria which contributed to the fund allocation decision. Relationship to long-term planning, the type of applicant (cities, counties and school districts received . highest priority while special districts were lowest), and long-term benefits. Not Alone Park City Municipal Corp. was not the only local entity left empty-handed. The Snyderville Sewer Improvement Im-provement District applied for $1.1 million for a regional sewage treatment plant. The Park City School District asked for $800,000 to build an auditorium in its new high school. Summit County's bid for $300,000 to renovate the Memorial Building was rejected. rejec-ted. A grant application made by the Park City Fire Protection If ' vi, Medex Mike Anderson and Lifepak 5 In addition to the total ; District for fire station expan-unemployed expan-unemployed and the unem- sion was also denied. 1064 PARK AVE, PARK CITY, UTAH if MICHAEL'S SKI REPAIR IF PROFESSIONAL TUNING & MOUNTING "Overnight service, or while you eat out" Open Daily 8-1 0 a.m. and 4-8 p.m. Call 649-8503 At the KINDERSPORT (Bottom of Main) One of President Ford's constant traveling companions com-panions now resides in Park City. No, it's' not a high level presidential advisor but rather a machine that could mean the diffference between life and death for heart attack victims. It's a Lifepak 5 heart defibrillator. The $6,000 piece of lifesaving equipment was delivered Monday to the Park City ambulance service. It is one of approximately 10,000 Lifepaks currently in use around the country to restore a regular heartbeat in persons suffering from gunshot wounds, woun-ds, drug reactions and overdoses, over-doses, sports related accidents acciden-ts as well as heart attacks and many forms of serious trauma. The 17-pound, weatherproof, super tough machine consists of a monitoring unit and the defibrillating unit which is used to administer electric shocks to the heart. The Lifepak 5 has reportedly been dropped from helicopters and run over by ambulances with no ill effects. In the monitoring unit, a cardioscope - a small television-type screen which emits a 'beep-beep" sound -provides a constant visual reading of the patient's heartbeat. hear-tbeat. It can also produce a paper readout to serve as a permanent record of the victim's vic-tim's attack. Should the monitor indicate cardiac arrest in the form of ventricular fibrillation (a weak, rapid quivering of the heart muscle) or a complete stoppage of the heart, the defibrillating unit is brought into action. Two hand-sized paddles are placed, one each, on the victim's vic-tim's sternum and heart apex and electric shocks are administered ad-ministered at eight second intervals in-tervals as needed. The Paddles Pad-dles can also send impulses to the... cardioscope while the monitoring unit's three electrodes elec-trodes are being attached to the skin. Medex Mike Anderson, who is fully qualified to operate the Lifepak 5, reported that $1,600 has been raised to purchase the equipment. Monte Gibsop, new owner of the Miner's Hospital, added another $1,000 and loaned the rest to the ambulance am-bulance service. Anderson said the fund drive will continue con-tinue so as to raise the money needed to repay the loan. The Lifepak has another capability which will be incorporated incor-porated by the ambulance crew when sulficeint funds become available. The lifesaving machine can transmit tran-smit heart data from the ambulance am-bulance to the hospital while the patient is enroute. To add this feature, relay transmitters transmit-ters are needed to boost the signal over the mountains to Salt Lake City. LTepak 5 is a top-ol-the-line portable, battery-powered defibrillator produced by Physio-Control Corp. in Red-mont. Red-mont. Washington. It was developed by Dr. William Edmark, a Seattle cardiovascular car-diovascular surgeon and director of research lor Phvsio-Control. SALES AND SERVICE GRAND OPENING Sat., Jan. 7th EVERYTHING REDUCED 20 FREE REFRESHMENTS from 8 to 12 OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 8:00a.m.-8:00p.m. C'EST BON HOTEL 649-9651 |