Show ICC Ogden Tuesday March 12 1974 r Standard-Examine- y V jt r fn 4? ST!? ' r e I'Tnyrat £ '£v frs '£'’: II' ?r5 rr m 4 ft? f fr “ ri - ar - r— I rm m wi' fn n7 pf K 's ?? it rxs J?? i 'm f1 ?? mm -- rrr fy ' n? - — '' r r : ' ''A ’ : mmm- kJ s ' Jf s J s 'A'AWS k'"' 'V V vA"-tf- ' — ' ' ' r - ' v$ Nev (AP)-I- t’s dangerous business: one man died this season when explosives he carried blew up prematurely in his parka When it goes well a skier shouts “fire in the hole” and then hurls a charge The resulting explosion sends tons of snow downhill and ends for the moment the likelihood of a avauncontrolled crushing lanche g Controlling the show slides is the work of experts who operate in ski areas and along mountain highways that otherwise could be buried under snow CARSON CITY ' 'Ajr'A '‘ ?: r y ' y '"7v sc' -- — ' 41 4 J I s l '7 ( ' s " V''7 ' - r -- ' 7' 't 1 I 'A v ' ' ‘ yy I : x ' VV 4 fmi--' jw-- j '' i’f& AvalcUnche ' M m 4 m rr? Fighters Make esiem Ski Slopes Safer : rt rr-hj- g AT THEIR PERIL ffS - y’ tt - ry '??- - fast-movin- FAR OUT CAMPOUT takes these Boy Scouts to the wide-ope-n spaces of Kansas Mo to too tenters afield in chose not The far go celebrating Scouting’s City 64 th anniversary Reassuringly close was the midtown Crown Center Hotel RIGHT TO DIE SURPLUS HOWITZERS n The professionals use that air guns charges loft explosives war surplus howitzers and recoilless rifles and even their skis to deliberately trigger avalanches In this country most of their work is in the rugged mountain to erode the moral fibre of ranges located in western society in the Commonwealth states the of Massachusetts” The experts combine a knowlRoman Catholic churchman edge of snow physics with what hand-throw- Massachusetts Comes to Grips With Problem of Terminally ill BOSTON (AP) — The Mas- sachusetts legislature begins discussion' today of an emotional issue that may haunt it for the next few years: the right of a terminally ill patient to die if he chooses The bill sponsored by Re- -' S Ames publican Rep John ’ of Easton would give legal force to a “living will” in' which a person requests that “if there is no reasonable expectation of my recovery from physical or mental I be allowed to disability not die and be kept alive by artificial means or heroic measures” Ames does not expect the bill — which comes before the Committee today Judiciary — to pass this year or even next year OPEN DISCUSSION But he says he would like to open a dialogue on the subject ' which he says most people shy away from “The major difficulty with coming to grips with such an issue is the fact that our society now for three or four generations has had no inti m a t e experience iswith death” he says “Death as much a part of life as birth is ’ Kingery says an underof variables like temstanding wind snow crystals perature moisture storm intensity and other factors allow the experts to determine whether one area is stable or “like a stack of marbles ready to go” More and more scientific data is being compiled on avalanches he says but it’s “still like flying by the seat of your pants You have to get the feel of a hill” OUTBREAKS OF INFLUENZA REPORTED IN 34 STATES ATLANTA (UPI) — The Nation? Center for Disease Control (NCDC) reports 34 states have been hit this winter by influenza outbreaks but the nation has been spared from the pesky influenza The Midwest was the hardest hit by flu this year but it seems to be declining there The most recent outbreaks have occurred in the South Atlantic New England and Pacific regions the NCDC said All the flu cases reported so far are of the " type B strain commonly known as the Hong said '7 some call a sixth sense about Kong flu There were no cases of influenza A the specific areas they patrol to CANT BE AVOIDED virus usually associated with worldwide epidemics But the issue is one that prevent unexpected avalanches Dr Robert Rubin an NCDC epidemologist some patrolmen have gone cannot be avoided Ames Still said influenza was surpris-- : the absence of for unwanted rides in powdery He says Americans speculated-thaing may have detorrents they’ve unleashed “The time has come when an to it immunity veloped Jerry Smeltzer with 10 years yet it’s the unknown untalked about part of life” Even doctors and nurses admit that it is easier to work at prolonging life than to come to grips with the fact of A-ty- pe 7777'" death he says In a letter to Ames Humberto Cardinal Medeiros said the subject should not even be discussed “I am personally convinced that the very presentation of such a proposal is further evidence of continuing attempts A-ty- pe t man is being challenged by of work in controlling snow the technology he has slides' recently got trapped In created” Ames says “The an avalanche when skiing humanness of dying is being above a fracture line only to lost”have the slope above him give - - way Tn the 750 VEHICLES Island's Only Gas Station Irked by Rationing Plan Calif (AP) — The only gas station on Santa Catalina Island was open but not one car had pulled up to the pumps in nearly 30 minutes “This new rationing plan is for the birds as far as we’re concerned” said Norman Cooper Tremont Street Garage manager Avalon is part of Los Angeles County which has fuel adopted an odd-eve- n distribution plan based on The idea is to trigger slides before unknowing skiers set off avalanches and are buried in hissing slides that can move at well over 100 miles an hour Bemie Kingery 41 slope manager of a nearby ski area with 13 years experience in avalanche control describes a slide as snow moving much like books stacked on an angled surface At some point one will slide either because of weight or an artificial impulse AVALON license plate numbers The city has a population of and is the only town on Catalina which is 25 miles long and 27 miles to sea from San Pedro- There are only 750 cars jeeps and trucks on the island “People in town have read about the problem in the papers or heard about it on TV” said Cooper “But they’ve just stopped using their cars as much They’re riding their bicycles more” 00 i r surf-lik- e snow Smelt- zer was pushed up against a tree and the avalanche contin- ued pa3t him' 'SWIM' TO SURFACE In a slide you try to “swim” your way to the surface grab trees- - plant your ski poles or at least thrash around enough to create an air pocket if you can’t get above the avalanche Some carry electronic location if buried Depending on the type of snow a patroller could be buried as long as an hour and survive The patrollers head for known avalanche areas follow ing storms They look for heavy accumulations that could slide off underlying snow or even the ground below in extremely cold areas Whirlpool WASHER and DRYER PAIR Super-siz- e ed with super-siz- e capacity to wash up to 18 lbs of heavy garments 4 automatic cycles: normal 4 water-levgentle knit perm-pres- s settings 3 washrinse water temps 2 wash speeds and 2 spin speeds Model el LAA 5800 dryer with Tumble Press control that restores creases in perm press articles Special cool down care and custom dry control shut-of- f Model LAE 3-cy- cle 3-te- 5800 Whirlpool Free-Standi- ng TRASH MASHER COMPACTOR Reduce trash to approximately 2300-lb- s n compacting force Drop-dow- lever-actio- n counter-spac- e lock Model Key-typ- e start Va original size side-panwith switch Added el SXC-20- 0 cd WS WMLIL WEDNESDAY UNTIL 9:00 PM FOR YOUR SHOPPING PLEASURE O 336 24th S 3946646 1942 W 5600 825-472- 8 S |