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Show Roads As Sbiow Blocks Many Blizzard Hits Utah County Monday night's n owstorm reached blizzard proportions In north and south extremes of Utah county, blocking many roads. . Sylvan W, Clark, county road superintendent, , said today .that equipment was busy . clearing roads all night Monday and that the situation was still not. under control today. If winds in ; the a north end of the county subside, Mr. uaric saia mat a is expeoiea that most roads will be clear by niht. Hardest hit with the storm were areas around Manila, Alpine, Al-pine, American Fork, Lehl and west of Utah lake. Drifting snow was still piling onto the Alpine roads early today. Equipment worked this morning morn-ing In the Mapleton area and near Benjamin and Palmyra, hardest hit among the southern county towns. ' i Chains were necessary today for travel in Provo canyon, Daniels canyon and In the Straw berry area. Visibility at the Point of the Mountain north of Lehi was zero during most of the night Monday, according to state patrolmen pa-trolmen on duty there. -In Provo, city street equipment equip-ment went into action at 2 a. m with winds whipping about eight inches of snow across streets in the northeastern part of the city. Snow plows were busy, while most of (the city trucks engaged in scattering cinders on intersec tions and hills. Joo Bergin Disputes Murray's Charge of 'Over-Expansion' Of Airports Throughout State Bf UNITED PRESS I A report cnargmg "over-expan- ion ox aixpui. i uuuuun was ' being studied by the Utah aeronautics commission.. : The report, 370 pages in all, was made public yesterday. It was HiKmlHwl hv fnrmr state aero- ! - nautics consultant Frank R. Mur- Christopherson Gv; - " riticizes Murray Report Charges of over-expansion bf Utah airports made by Frank R. .Murray upon his resignation this WmIt a th elate aeronautics di- rector -Aoday. were branded as grossly Incorrect by Merrm Chrlstcpherson, Provo airport manager. ' . ' - 'i Mr. Christopherson said in his opinion- Mr. Murray made the re port simply to justify his month V and a half tenure as Utah's aero- . - 1! I - N . x - - nauuci cniei. - . He asserted further that the re port reflected Gov. J. Bracken Lee's "policy of opposing use of federal fund." s V : While the Provo airport didn't come in for specific mention in A press accounts of the Murray re port. Mr. Christopherson asserted today that the expenditure of more than 91,000,000 for the local field certainly has been more than justified. Emergency Landings - "During' the war years, three big army planes made emergency landings - here to avert possible disaster 'that would have meant loss of more than $1,000,000 in aircraft, not to mention the lives of the personnel," he declared. Mr.-Christopherson said he be- lieved Mr. Murray was referring to the Duchesne airport when he reported that one Utah field, has "three beautiful : landing strips built through Civic enterprise, and three hangars built with state aid" where "not one aircraft is hAIMl" , i failed to add that the landing strips were not hard-surfaced, with grading as the only expense to make them. "This is ; typical of the misleading statements in the report," he declared. 1 - Keren veaar . Mr. , cnristopnerson said Mr. Murray apparently had reference to the Cedar City airport when he spoke of one field wherf over $1,000,000 ; had been spent but which has only one operator with some IS students. - Mr. Christopherson concluded his blast by saying he could not see how Utah could possibly overbuild over-build its airport facilities when the state as well as the rest of the nation is in the midst of an expanding ex-panding air age and with the de- mmI m. aAui airnnrta awturims am u J. .- ,. , - - Immunization Clinics Canceled for Holidays : Immunization clinics held weekly on 'Wednesdays at the utan v aiiey nospiiai win d can celed for the next two sessions during the holidays, officials said today. They ; will be resumed Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 10 a. m. ... NAVY CIVILIAN EMPLOYES GET PAY HIKE ' t WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (U.R) The navy said today -that it has granted . civilian employes wage increases averaging 10 per cent at Columbus, O., and four per cent at Phoenix, Ariz. ray along with his resignation Sunday. Tt ii7ii hallen0pl at once bv Joe Bergln, aeronautics director at the time the airports were built. Aeronautics commission enwrman D. H. Whittenburg was keeping on neutral ground. Too Adequate' HTurrav an Id Utah's airDOrt SYS- tes is "far more adequate than for the state's 371 privately-owned aircraft. He made mention oi one wrjwti with three landing strips and three hangars, "where not one aircraft air-craft i. hM4." Murriv also noted other similar cases in the state. - "More than $l,000,ouo was spent .Inwrl whirh now has but one fixed, base operator with 15 students. a commereiw also serves the field, but shows an average of less than one passenger per trip over the past six months, Mr. Murray said. He charged, too, mat tne aeronautics aero-nautics commission has been negligent neg-ligent in enforcing standards for flying schools. Murray, claimed that outside of possibly seven i i - K mn,lnlr of Utan S 35 are "seriously below standards set up by state law. Bergln Replies Bergln contended that most of the airports to which Murray re- ...aps twu hnilt during the war as emergency fields for military mili-tary aircraft. He said the state has not built any multiple runway airports air-ports under its program. -He also maintained that the flying schools are on a par or better bet-ter than the schools of surround- Bean, while admitting that there is a surplus oi airpori service now, r- wr not thinkins of today but of the future when the airports were designee Ski Bus Starts Saturday, If Interest Justifies Itrreation deoart- ment's ski bus runs will start satnrrfavv if tnoush interest is shown to : warrant them, Jessie Schofield, city recreation director, said today. - . Th first bus will co either to Timp Haven or Alta, depending on -snow concuuons ana me . ae-sires ae-sires of the majority of the skiers. H the trip to Alta is made, the transportation charge will be $1.50, she said. If it is made to Timp Haven, it will be 50 cents, Th hna will leave from in front of the city and county building at V a.m. saiuraay ana all those interested in making the trin mn t contact the recreat'on office in the city offices building by 5 p.m. Friday. Tne recreation office's telephone number is zuzi Ski classes, sponsored by the recreation department will begin . M .. Dec. 28 at Timp Haven, n enougn interest is shown, Miss Schofield aairi TK rlaaaa will . V held each Wednesday and Friday at Timp Haven, during the Christ mas vacation period, wiui tne ous lea vine the citv and county building at 9 a.m. After the vacation ' period, the classes probably will be confined to Saturdays, Miss Schofield said. DAILY HERALD Tuesday, Dtoember 20, 1949 Statistics BORN At the Utah Valley hospital: Boy, today, to Angus A. and Beth Spalding Backman. Boy, Monday, to Karl and Carita Jones Staheli. Boy, Monday, to Clinton and Alice Thompson Barter. Leaders Favor CountyLevy To Develop Recreation Areas Central Utah Mows Briefs Oliver R. Smith -has returned to Provo from Iowa City, la., to spend the holidays with his wife and family. For the past four months Mr. Smith has been studying at the University of Iowa, while on leave from Brig- ham university. Mr. Smith will be in Provo until after the first of January, when he will return to Iowa City. Mrs. L. J. Gammon was scheduled sched-uled to leave tonight for California Cali-fornia on an extended vacation trip. While on the west coast Mrs. Gammon plans to visit with a brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Farrell D. Willett, in Oceanside. In Los Angeles she will be a guest at the home of a sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and - Mrs. Harry Wright. Mrs. Gammon will return, to Provo after the New Year . Thomas W. Barrett, 569 W. 6th N.. and Edward O. Moe, 232 S. 2nd W Provo, are among 90 graduate students at Cornell university in Ithaca, N. Y., who were recently elected to the university chapter of Phi "Kappa Phi, national honorary hon-orary society, according to W. R. Brossman," director of public information in-formation at the school. Mr. Barrett Bar-rett is studying agronomy, and Mr. 'Moe is studying rural sociology. soc-iology. ' Mrs. William K. Rasmussen and new. baby son, Scott David, are back in Provo for the holidays. Mrs. Rasmussen and son have been in Salt Lake City for the past three weeks visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. G. C Perkins. , i Bob Harshman arrived In Provo Pro-vo during the week end to spend the Christmas holiday with . his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harshman. Bob, who is a student at Wasatch academy in Mt. Pleasant, Pleas-ant, will be here until after the first part of January. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Robins and children. Cleone, Camille and Craig; of Rock Springs, Wyo, are visiting this week at me nome oi Mrs. Robins' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reno Memmott, in Provo. The Robins family arrived here Saturday, and expect to leave soon for their home. Mrs. Robins will be remembered in Provo as the former LaPrele Memmott. Mr. and Mrs. Del Glazier, residents resi-dents of Edgemont, left for Las Vegas, Nev, recently. They plan to spend the winter there visiting visit-ing with a daughter and other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Gourdln of Salt Lake City were guests during dur-ing the past weekend at the homes of friends and relatives in Provo. They spent some time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-ford Wil-ford Gillespie in Edgemont. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Loveless and osn Jesse Ray, of Logan, are guests now at the home of Mrs. Loveless' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Smith, . Edgemont, and with Mr. Loveless' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Loveless, Orem. Young Mr. and Mrs. Loveless will spend the holidays here. Shirley is a student at the Utah State Ag- ' ricultural college in Logan. His wife is the former Myrleen Smith. Why Pay More? Extra . fancy mixed nuts only 29c pound at Dean's Quality Market, 266 South Univ. Ave. We also have a wonderful won-derful selection of mixed candies. Hundreds of items reduced for our Christmas Sale all this Week! Dean's Quality Market, 266 South Univ. Ave, adv. .i..ni Sale on Personality Dolls. Selected Se-lected ffifta nriced as low as 11.00. Shop at Lugen Galleries, 39 North 2nd west. adv. .'. A . 1 ; t mm F . i A . . f . Aaupwun ui .10 mm ix levy to finance development of natural nat-ural recreation , areas in Utah county was favored by 40 Utah county , civic leaders Monday. A meeting held in the county commission chambers attracted 40 mayors, mayor-elect and other representatives from incorporated and unincomporated communities in the county. I. Dale Despain, Utah county planning director, reviewed the plan, which has already al-ready been approved by Spring- ) ville. Blanchard Dixon, Payson. set word to tne Monday, meeting that Payson officials have also voted In favor of the plan. ; Official action on the tax levy remains with the Utah county commission. Commissioner Reed T i VmiHun an Iff tnrlaw ihat rla.!. Mon of the commission will likely be made before the 1950 budget is approved. , ;. t The plan, prepared under direction di-rection of Mr. Despain, would call for repairs and maintaining of eight roads leading to recreation recrea-tion areas. After the road problem prob-lem is solved, the plan outlines recommendations for development develop-ment of summer picnic and camp ing areas as well as development of winter sport areas. ThV levy of .75 mills would cost an average of $2.5Q for each Utah county taxpayer. A fund of $50,000 would be raised each year by the levy. (Mum On -half million pounds of vegetable ' mrm eaten each day by Utah miners and those! , who depend on them. That Is a fine home market for our truck Jardens and our srms to supply. HU PDDCED GET A I BOTTLE ) Postal Business Too Good, Office Sells Out Stamps OREM Like Newcastle running out of coal, the Orem postoffice Monday ran out of stamps of the two-cent variety. va-riety. . ' The unprecedented rush Of Christmas card mailing, which now requires two cents unsealed, un-sealed, caused the office to sell out of the two-cent variety va-riety before the day was ended. The Orem office is about at the height of its Christmas rush, Postmaster Leo Broad-head Broad-head said today. Five new employes have been hired for the Christmas seasdn, one on each of the three rural routes and two clerks in the office. These are in addition to the regular force of Postmaster Broadhead, two regular clerks and one substitute in the office, and a carrier on each of the three routes. Hearings On 2 Budgets Set For Next Week Consideration of budgets will occupy the attention of Provo city commissioners during . the una i weex ox 1849. The budget for this year is due for revision, with a public hearing slated for Dec. 29 at 10:30 a. m. Public hearing on the pro posed 1850 budget is set for Dec. 27 at 10:30 a. m. Mayor George E. Collard said today that the commission will not request additional funds for the revised 1949 budget. Revis ion will amount to transfer of funds from some- departments which have a surplus of budgeted funds to those departments whose funds are depleted. The proposed 1950 budget lists totar expenditures of $628,439 and estimated revenues of $634,248. Anticipated expenditures for 1950 will rise $5210 above the 1949 budget, according to figures now being considered by commission members. Hearing Set In Theft Case A. J. Mitchell and Aaron Wilk-erson, Wilk-erson, charged with petit larceny theft of four pigs and a calf Monday requested a preliminary hearing in Provo city court. Date set for the hearing is Jan. S. Arvelle Anderson, 247 N. 4th X. entered a plea of innocent to a charge of speeding. The case was continued to Dec. 24. CourtenayW. Andercon, 20, 310 N. 6th E. pleaded guilty to a charge of a stop sign violation and was fined $15. Eddy L. Newett, 19, Provo, paid $15 fine when he pleaded guilty to a speeding charge. Clinton Creviston, . 27 867 E. Center, was given until Dec. 27 to make a plea on a drunfifen driv- Crash Spills 2700 Gallons Of Fuel Oil Twenty-seven hundred gallons of fuel oil spread over U. S. 91 in a huge patch today between Provo and Springville part of the damage which resulted when an oil tanker tangled with an automobile on the icy highway. Driver of the car, Thomas A. Rees, 39, Spanish Fork, suffered a shoulder injury. He was to receive re-ceive a v medical examination later in the day to determine its extent. - Driver of the tanker, Joseph Edgar Williams, 46, Salt Lake City, escaped injury. No other people were involved. The accident happened at 6:45 a. m. Monetary damage to the tanker, including the loss of the fuel oil, totaled $2000, according to State Troopers Lawrence Clark and Bert Nielson. The old model car was "a total wreck,'' the officers said, listing the damage at about $100. Both Southbound The truck-and-trailer tanker was southbound when it attempted at-tempted to pass the car, traveling in the same direction, near the Chicken Roost, the officers said. They said the car went into a skid and careened in front of the tanker, which hit the automobile squarely. Both vehicles skidded 200 feet' diagonally across the highway and came to rest in the ditch on the east side of the road. The trailer part of the tanker broke loose, and punctured the front tank on the truck, letting loose the 2700 gallons of fuel oil. The tank on the trailer, filled with vgasoline, skidded on down the road and came to rest with the tank still intact. The impact also knocked the front wheels off the truck. Thanks Given For Aid To Training School Public thanks to all who have donated clothing and toys for students at the American Fork Training school were extended through the Daily Herald today by Mrs. Mary F. Ereckson, 911 E. 3rd S. Mrs. Ereckson has headed a movement to collect these items for the school, and has delivered a load of clothing and toys to that institution. Mrs. Ereckson said she was particularly grateful for the response received from an appeal in "Minutia," a regular reg-ular Daily Herald . column written by Ruth Louise Partridge. Part-ridge. More clothing and toys are needed at the training school, Mrs. Ereckson said today. She said anyone wishing to donate may call at her home, or telephone her at 1616-R, and she will see the articles are delivered. ing charge. The case of Darrell.S Waterlyn, charged with drunken driving after being arrested Dec 15, was continued to a later date Public Christmas Concert In Tabernacle Slated Wednesday will feature the concert planned for Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Provo LDS tabernacle. The concert Is part of Provo's pre-holiday cele- 1 4,1 oration. tion department, the concert will be under riirprtlnn of Marmiarit Jepperson and will include sing ers irom ireDie L.iei ana women's wo-men's Council choruses. v seiung me mood for the musical evening will be singing Of "Silent Nlffht" hv th rnnrart group and audience. Other num- uen u oe inciuaea in the program pro-gram are as follows: Orsan nrelnH Rr,M "Oh Thou That Tellest Good iiaings,-; from "The Messiah," soloist, Evelyn Powers Lee; "Holy Night, Peaceful Night," by Haw-ley, Haw-ley, soloist Edith Stein; "There Were Shepherds," by John Prjn-dle Prjn-dle Scott,' soloist Marguerite Jepperson; Jep-person; "Our Savior's Birth," by Dr. Florence Jepperson Madsen and Dr. Franklin Madsen; "Voices of the Sky," by Mathews; "Cher-jubim "Cher-jubim Song, Gretchaninof; "List The Cherubic Host" from "The Holy City," soloists Evelyn Powers Pow-ers Lee. Vera Smoot Madsen and Edith Stein; "Hallelujah chorus" from "The Messiah" by Handel. City Commissioner J. Earl Lewis will be narrator for the concert. Accompanists will be Josephine Lyman, Dr. Florence Jepperson Madsen and Grace Croft. SIcoded Whiskey 0.6 Proof 70J6 Grain Neutral Spirits Mr. Boston Distiller, lac Boston, Mass. FOR DAD . . FOR SON For Christmas FUN! Mnan SEE THEM RUN AT A. L. 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HAT and BOX Don't know his size Just come in let us know what price hat you want to giveWe'll give you a handsome gift certificate and a clever miniature hat and hat box then after Christmas he can come in choose the size, color, shape he likes most. |