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Show Police Knowledge of Known Hoods Extensive Utah County Crifne Conference Lists Reveal Wh OS Who of Utah Criminals Flu Bug Fluctuates i 11! Increases, Decreases Both Reported; School The current flu epidemic is on the wane in some areas of Utah County schools and gaining in others, but officials today ex" pressed the opinion it will , not reach proportions where closings would be necessary. In Provo the trend of the "bug" seems to be leaving the second- ary schools which were harder hit J at first, and gaining in the - y m- . elementary schools C entr a . mm I 1 1 f '- Clark Newell, right, veteran superintendent of Provo City Waterworks Department, receives a plaque from Gene Robinson of the Provo Jaycees as "Outstanding Provo City Empl oyee." Mr. Newell has worked for Provo City for 35 years. ' Richard Owen, state chess champion, will play all comers Friday night at the GRA Hall at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be open to the public,'.;and it is believed the young chess wizard will be able to take on all comers. This is one of several chess exhibitions and matches planned by the GRA Chess Club, according to Bliss Fullmer, president. Next is a team-matc-h pitting the GRA Salt Lake Chess the against club. '. . Conditions in the Alpine School District to date have not warranted a complete survey of separate schools, the board of education reports. This morning the ' Sego Lily Elementry School in Uehi reported 28 per cent of enrollment out with the germ. Also that three teachers had been stricken, the first to be reported in teacher ranks. Pleasant Grove ' ' By MILDRED B. HALL Thirty-fiv- e .years of service, much of which has been "above and beyond the call of duty," won for Clark Newell, 70, Provo's Outstanding City Employe 3 a ward . given by Provo Junior Chamber ot Commerce in a dinner meec-in- g Wednesday evening. Mr. Newell received a plaque after Police Lt. Fred Loveless had enumerated highlights of Mr. Newell's service, his many traits and abilities. Mr. Loveless cited his "marvelous sense of humor" faithfulness and trust, dependability, excellent attitude and his ability to ge along wih other employees. Mr. Newell has also worked for civic improvements, Old Folks Association, youth activity and has participated in the LDS Tabernacle Choir. : condi- - Lions to Canvass City Tonight on Sale of Brooms nstrument Society To Hear Pbifadelphian Philadelphia, privileged Pa. market manager, Steel and ed . re Ceramic Industries of Minneapolis Honeywell Co., will be speaker Monday at , the monthly dinner meeting of Instrument Society of America,' Great Salt Lake' Section, which will be held at 7 p. m. in Parks Cafe, Orem. Reservations may be made by calling Max Curtis, Oremr president. n i i and Lynn J. Roberts, a close friend of Mjf. Newell. Guest speaker was H. G. House, British Consul from the Denver District. Mr. House spoke on the Berlin crisis, outlining the .problem and some of ics ramifications. The program was then opened for discussion in which Mr. House answered the many questions given him. Gene Robinsoa, Jaycee direc tor was in charge of the award program and the meeting was under the direction of Robert Peay, director. Some 40 Jaycees and guests attended. " - ; . , . County Reports Sayings Bonds for February Utah County savings bond Jaycee President Don Christen-sereported that over half of sales for February totaled $78,754, the, city employees had signed a county bond chairman Sterling E. ' petition recommending the se Price said today. , two months, bond lection of Mr. Newell. For the ' Mrs. Newell was also a1 guest purchasers first in the county have at the dinner and was presented bought a total of $190,433, or 19 with a bouquet of roses. Other per cent of the county's 1959 bond New brooms .that will both sweep clean and help some child get much-needeye-cawill be offered to Provo housewives tonight by members of the Provo Lions Club. According to Club President intensive one- Byron Johnson,-aincluded canvass of the night city is plan guests ned this evening, with scattered areas to be cleaned up on Satur day, rne drive is part of a regional Lions Club movement to X, i sell brooms ' and brushes made by the Utah School forj the Blind, with proceeds going towards the Lions project to aid the blind and and glasses for f 1 provide eye-cathose who cannot otherwise af ford it. Anyone not contacted, and who wishes to aid the campaign, may call either Mr. Johnson at or Rulon Hansen, proj FR ect chairman and club first vice president, at FR under-- Hornor, j i safe-cracki- j n' f Mrs. Loveless quota. se Some, of the traveling felons ' find the mechanics trade a ful vocation. A traveling salesman cases stores for his friends to later burgle. d If gangs were to unionize, some might hold tfs-s-- dual-purpo- se loosely-organize- Salem Family Hurt When Tire Blows ng , - pimping and narcotic pushing , Some have a talent for theatre,- putting on a helpless act .in front of a service station, while a' buddy holds up the' joint. Guns Sold The mounting numbers of gun burglaries are not due to tha teenagers lifting a hunting rifle. They are sold, and gun stealing and interstate running . of guns are recognized criminal trades. Fencing, that is disposing of tire-changi- ng i - , goods at ' a is . widespread. profit, .Some burglars' help a family move in; then return to steal their property. One uses a rental trailer to' steal - anything moveknown-to-be-stol- : . raid-and-ru- r- ex-crimi- nal - cop-hate- rs . , ex-priso- tt; . I one-vocati- on tax-fre- I safe-cracke- en By GAYLE BAILEY NEPHI Three" members of a able. A homey type burglar wails Salem family were hurt about 8 until he knows the family will a. m. today when their car blew be; gone. on vacation, then mpvej a tire and crashed on U. S. 91 in for a- - few days himself. One is an guard who six miles south' of here. uses mechanical knowledge he In the Juab County Hospital on while learned the other side are: Charles Tovell, 56, driver," of to the hoist law safes, cut probable broken pelvis.. ' ' 2fnd locks "steal anything." Ethel kL. Tovell, 54, his, wife police-helpin- JGs Fete Clark Newell As 'Outstanding City Employee' ., School felt that its wor.it Joseph - " school, wide-rangin- ; tions much improved. There was no talk of closing schools in this district under 'present conditions. I 35 Years of Service Utah Chess Champ To Challenge All Comers on Friday elementary schools showing just a smattering of, cases as yet. time was last week, with HONOR WELL-EARNE- D THURSDAY, MARCH 19,. 1959 safe-crackin- g, Dual-Purpo- ed . High ng UTAH. caste mark in India. cards in several trades simulsafe, holding his family hostage ' Most are high school or college at gun's point. taneously, burglary, ageV and some are enrolled in Trade forgery, hot check passing, k - Franklin . 79, Maeser 128, and Timpanogos,' 95, all slightly increased from the previous day's absences, Farrer Junior High School was down slightly to 95, Dixon reported 131 out . and Grand view 78. out. j In most cases, school officials report, the stricken students only remain away from class from two to four days, and while each day may list a few more out with the illness, a comparable number of students return. ' Unless a much Jarger increase in the infection is noted, it is not contemplated that it will be necessary ,,to close the schools. A report fromsthe Nebo District shows that the germ is later in reaching that area than in the Provo section. Absenteeism through illness is reported up 10 to 15 per cent in the secondary schools in ,that district, with the ; PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, O "Higher Education" One youth enrolled in; an institution of higher, learning apparently to learn where the college safe was kept, and a cracking followed. In Springville, not long ago, a deputy noted a traveling felon, engaged him in conversation and was informed the visitor was "going fishing" with a respected businessman. The local man had never heard of him, but "fishing" for a fast probably was averted when he knew that police knew he was in town. Many roving felons are excel lent craftsman in an honest but feel they are patsies g List of predators field to work long hours for modest called "traveling felons," whom' returns. r .1 police will watch. However, although these men At each quarterly Utah crime officers f r o m have netted thousands on a sin conference, dossiers would throughout the state exchange gle caper; theirover-all indicate their lives are n information on these from far "successful." Financial criminals, including their aliases, friends, relatives, cars, wise, many were driving 10 old cars. Most had served homes, physical description, pho- year one or several terms in prison, tographs, crimes to which they are prone, and their current and many had a history of violent emotional instability mak prowl ara. any kind of peaceful satising consensus is the Sometimes it faction unlikely. an of officers that has settled' down into honest life, Many Dangerous and his. name is dropped. This Several were listed as dangeris done .also when he has left, ous with tricky ways the state. of carrying guns, and one as a "Augments" Income very dangerous man, a narcotics Often, the traveling felon has user with hallucinations, a sadist established a respectible resi- and a potential killer. The day of the dence and has an honest job or criminal seems to have passed, in one business town, but auga e income favored but ments his! with technique may be revenue from safe - cracking, retained. Some burglars prefer hold-up- s or burglary in another to chop a hole in the roof; others ' to enter decorously through the town. It is very helpful to police in front door. Some smash plate a target larea and every towj glass windows;' . others meticulin 'Utah is! a crime target area ously remove a whole pane withto know who visiting felons are. out un tidying the rug. Some of known to be Occasionally, the felon belongs the 22 to a specific gang and proudly currently ranging Utah towns wears its insignia. The pachuco peel the steel. Others beat it mark is seen in Utah as an odd apart or kidnap it for opening shaped cross on the web of the at leisure. One gang picked a single hand or tatpoed on the cheek. on cheeks chain store, kidnaping the man- The "hood" has dots and forehead not unlike the ager and forced him to open the gun-brandishi- School reported 74 absent today, ' ! ad boy-makes-b- Closings Held Unlikely -- By JOAN GEYER If, citizens .were to scan local lists displayed at the Utah quarterly Wednesday crime conference in Provo, most would be afraid to go to bed until more peace officers were hired. f In fiction, it is a common de vice to maintain suspense by portraying a single twisted-min- d type cririiinal prowling a city. But in real life, the public, is not unduly concerned when doz ens of .gangs of burglars, safe-er- a banckers , ' dits and sex perverts prowl their towns. .1 Police have more extensive knowledge of . human predators through two lists. s When the short-handpolice not tied of are Utah departments traffic investigating crashes; up settling family quarrels ; bringing cats down from roofs; evicting pooches' from rosebeds and any of the other 101 tasks demanded by taxpayers, they scan these two lists. Lists Described One is a stack-o- f warrants for and in Utah County acarrest, tion is prompt on these.. . The. other is a ? serious but injuries undetermined at press time. Mrs. John G. Lee, 34, their daughter, injuries serious but undetermined at press time. Unhurt in the crash was Mrs. Lee's son, Johnny, 4, and an other "boy, about 15, whose name was not learned. The Tovells operate a home for handicapped children, and were en route to San Jacinto, Calif., where their daughter, and her husband, John G. Lee, operate a similar home. ' Mr. Lee is a former employee of The Daily Herald advertising '' staff. The crash was investigated by State Trooper Rex Hill. " . . Express Office Will Be Closed at Thistle rs , Moderators at the Utah Crime Conference held Wednesday in Provo Police Mutual Aid Association clubhouse were Ogdcn Police Capt. R. F. Peterson and Salt Lake " Police Sgt." Archi Bukosky. - -- Flu Spreads To Box Elder " :;. , , '. , By United Press International Utah' influenza which already has resulted in ' closing of schools in the Granite School District, spread to Box Elder County today with classes . dismissed in four jupior and se- -, nior high schools and 15 elemen-tar- y schools in the county. Rowland Hall School for Girls, a private school in Salt Lake City,, also closed Wednesday. Officials of both districts said they hoped; the incidence of the disease will have dropped to a point that will permit reopening by Monday. outbreak; , Commission has been notified by the Utah State Department of Business Regulations that the Railway .Express Offices plan' to close its office at Thistle. Utah. County -- : Orem Fifth Ward Sets Friday Reunion re OREM The Orem Fifth Ward is .holding its annual Ward Re- ' union Friday, March 20,. with all members and former' members of the ward invited to attend. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. by members of the Orem 20th ward. Those attending are asked to bring their dishes with them. Following the dinner a fine program fias been arranged, follow ed by dancing. The young chil dren-wilbe entertained at 3 to 4:30 p. m. in the afternoon by ' Primary and Junior Sunday School officers and teachers. - TT A HTIO cabinet only 41" wide, 63" high, 25" deep i-- Masonic Lodge Sets Meet Before Graveside Rites HARRISBURG, 111. 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