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Show TEMPERATURES Freve Salt Lak Ogdcn . :., St. Gaorft I.at V(M 31 It U 13 1 IT PortUat 3 33 Butt . 1 14 Ycllawtton If 1 CLEARING TODAY colder, high temperature, Mundkf XSm - SS It iicnvrr a ... Chicago . . . DnluUt St IS It 30 41 t as ISlNaw. York Ui Aaitltl t S7 Miami . Baa Iran. . ax j in. urwua VOL. 26, NO. 33 PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1949' PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 v 1 Washington ReadyFor City Splashed With Red, White And Blue; Lined With Bleachers WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (U.R) This staid capital today splashed itself with red, white and blue and lined its broad avenues with bleachers for the -biggest inauguration party in history: Pennsylvania avenue from the White House to the capital resembled re-sembled a mile-long carnival ground I on the eve of the big show. ' Acres of wooden bleachers flanked the historic way along which 'President Truman will ride to capitol hill to take the oath of office at noon Thursday from Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson. Vin-son. ' Flags whipped in the wind from every lamp post und 12,000 fresh-painted fresh-painted "no parking" signs dotted dot-ted the center of town. Police reinforcements from as -far away s New Orleans were on hand to cope with the more than 750.000 visitors who will begin flooding into the city this weekend. ' Like a Movie Set C The face of the capital itself looked like a movie get, covered with temporary stands and structures struc-tures to house the television, movie, radio and press communications communi-cations lines that will send the Inaugural story around the world. forty bands and 40,000 marches, march-es, will follow the president in a wo and one half hour parade ack to the White House after he swearing-in ceremony. Gov-irnors Gov-irnors of most of the 48 states vill be in the line of march but iot New York's Gov. Thomas E. Sewey, who said he couldn't ?ke it ! A flight of perhaps 800 air force, navy and marine planes will cross the parade 'route in combat-formation, led by six B-36superbombers. : ,j Some, high-ranking JDemocrats In charge of arrangements were ( chewing their fingernails over I the visitor problem. They're afraid that many Democrats who got routine invitations to the ceremonies will show up without with-out having made proper reservations reserva-tions in advance. The inaugural events are all sold out, and a lot of loyal but unscheduled Democrats Demo-crats may find themselves out in the cold. One thing is certain.- The busiest Democrat in town next week will be President Truman. His first major engagement will be Tuesday night at dinner with 2000 members of Truman-Barkley Truman-Barkley clubs. On Wednesday, he dines with the electoral college at the Mayflower May-flower hotel, then whips over to the district armory for the inaugural in-augural gala. This will be a variety show and concert presenting pre-senting on three mammoth stages the biggest names of stage, screen, radio and the concert hall. Thursday- Inauguration Day will be a 19-hour day. for the chief executive, starting at a 7 a.m. breakfast with his World War I buddies. He will attend special church services before the swearing in and his inaugural address, expected to run between IS and 20 minutes. Acheson Sure Of AoDroval WASHINGTON. Jan. 15 (U.R) Republicans agreed with Democrats Demo-crats Saturday that Dean Ache-son Ache-son is assured to senate confirmation confirma-tion Tuesday as secretary of state. Sen. Owen Brewster, R., Me., predicted that no more than 15 votes will be cast against Ache-son. Ache-son. Other guesses ran considerably consider-ably below that figure. Chairman Tom Connally, D., Tex., of the foreign relations committee, said he would present Acheson's name for confirmation on Tuesday. Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg1 Mich., GOP foreign policy spokesman, reportedly is ready to defend the nomination as President Pres-ident Truman's "personal choice," and to reject some Republican complaints that GOP leaders were not consulted in advance. News Highlights In Central Utah Orem Man Dies From Jan. t Traffic Crash; First In '49 2 Utah County Polio Drive Goal Set At $19,000 2 Chairman Named for Prevo Centennial Week ...A Heninger Warns To Prepare For State Hospital Growth ....4 Paysan '48 Building ' Near Record . . . .1 Sprlngville Building For Mi Drop Slightly Below '47 . .... .7 Utah County Legislators Get Committee Assignments. . . .T Inauguration Gets Europe Post -i v.y i ' " M,. 1 y I ' - i Retiring as superintendent of the U. 8. Military Academy at West Point. MaJ.-Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, above, has been appointed ap-pointed chief of staff of American Amer-ican Military Forces in Europe. Maj.-Gen. Bryant E. Moore will take command of West Point. Zulu-Indian Riots Take Heayy Toll DURBAN, South Africa, Jan. 15 nip.) The government quelled' Zulu-Indian riots on the outskirts of Durban Saturday and armed 1,500 citizens to deal with further fur-ther outbreaks. More than 100 persons, including includ-ing a European boy, were killed in riots springing from Zulu attacks at-tacks on Indian settlements before be-fore reinforced police, soldiers, sailors and airmen finally restored re-stored order. Some 1,000 persons were injured. in-jured. Most were Indians, but two Europeans were wounded critically. critic-ally. At least three Indian settlements settle-ments were destroyed during the more than 24 hours of murder. pillage and arson. Air - borhe r e Inforcements swelled the total number of police," po-lice," soldiers, saffdfr -and "airmen on guard duty to more than 1.000. They were joined Saturday Satur-day night by 1,500 armed civilians. civil-ians. CIO Puts Pension Demands Ahead Of Yage Increases. DETROIT, Jan. 15 (U.R) The 900,000 member CIO United Auto Workers union placed pension and social security demands ahead of Wage increases in its 1949 "fourth round" economic program Saturday. The UAW international executive execu-tive board announced its approval approv-al of proposals emphasizing pensions, pen-sions, retirement and ' social security se-curity betterment made by Union President Walter P. Reuther earlier this week. The board, also voted to assess each member $1 to strengthen the UAW's financial reserves. .Last on the agenda was "a wage increase to restore the buying buy-ing power of wages to the level of June, 1946, when OPA was destroyed."' de-stroyed."' Shortly before Reuther was elected head of the union, UAW workers at ihe Ford Motor Corn-pan Corn-pan repudiated demands of their leaders for a pension program in the 1947-48 contract. They got a wage hike, instead. But now, Reuther said in a letter let-ter to UAW locals, the union bargainers again "are taking pension pen-sion and social security plans out of the category of fringe demands and putting them at the top of the agenda.' MAE' WEST STRICKEN BALTIMORE, Jan. 15 (U.R) Mae West, screen and stage star, was taken to University hospital hos-pital here early Saturday suffering suffer-ing from an "abdominal obstruction." obstruc-tion." The actress was stricken at her hotel about 3 a. m. and was removed re-moved in an ambulance to the hospital where she was kept under un-der observation for seven hours before she was released. . Officer Taken On Wild Ride By Woman, Hospital Fugitive SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. 15 (U.fi A 25-year-old woman fugitive fugi-tive from a state hospital forced a city patrolman, at gunpoint Saturday to takeher on a wild, high speed ride for 25 minutes before she was subdued. Patrolman Edward Vela said the 216-pound woman stole his pistol from his holster as he was attempting to return her to the state hospital in a patrol car, pointed it at his head and com manded: "Let's get the hell out of here and fast! . ; . Proposal to Legalize Wire Tapping to Aid Anti-Spy Laws Urged WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (U.R) The tough justice department de-partment proposals to tighten anti-spy laws were assured early congressional consideration Saturday. But some legislators were uneasy over' a request to legalize wire tapping in espionage cases. They said they would study its possible effect on civil liberties. The proposals were made by Attorney General Tom C. Clark Friday night. They were considered to be among the toughest security laws ever offer ed to congress. Safeguards Sought - Speaker Sam Rayburn said he was sure congress would "look with favor" upon revisions of the espionage act. He said he has not seen Clark's specific proposals but they will be studied "thoroughly "thor-oughly an as soon as possible. A wire tapping law "that has the proper safeguards" has a good chance of congressional approval, the speaker said. "I don't think the attorney general gen-eral or anybody else in authority wants to go out tapping wires without an excellent, reason," he added. House Republican leader Joseph W. Martin, Jr., said congress will push "any legitimate proposal to help guard our nation's security." "But we want to make sure that we don't overreach ourselves and interfere with the liberties of the private citizen," he said. The bift will be considered by the house and senate judiciary committees. Consideration Promised Rep. Earl C. Michener, Mich., top ranking committee Republican, Republi-can, said it will receive "early and careful consideration." The house un-American activities, activi-ties, which investigated Communist Commun-ist esponage last fall, was quickly ruled out of. tha picture. House leaders said it does not have jurisdiction over espionage taUJ utes. . Clark, in a letter to Rayburn and to chairman Pat lcCarran, D., Nev of the senate Judiciary committee, said the bill is needed to deal with "those who would weaken our country internally." He scoffed at fears that it would interfere with civil liberties. ,"It is incongruous that the existing exist-ing laws should protect our enemies ene-mies and hamper our protectors in such matters and it is proposed that the anomaly be corrected as suggested," he said. Congrjes has always been cool to suggestions that wire tapping be permitted. But other sections of Clark's bill were considered less controversial. SPORTSMAN IN BRAWL HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 15 (VR) Millionaire sportsman Joel Thome, 33, was in a hospital Saturday Sat-urday with a broken jaw from a nightclub brawl Friday night which started when his girl couldn't get into the ladies' room. Thome told sheriffs deputies he would sign complaints against Leo Picovitch, 34, manager of Leon and Eddie's, and parking lot attendant Charles Mickelian, 26, as soon as he can get out of the hospital. Attendants said that might be three weeks. Tientsin, Chinese Stronghold, Falls to Communist Troops SHANGHAI, Jan. 15 (U.R)-Fur-capped Communist shock troops captured Tientsin Saturday. The Communist radio said the conquest of the city was complete at 1:30 p. m., (12:30 a. m. EST). But U. S. consular "reports indicated in-dicated a few stubborn Nationalist National-ist units were offering, scattered resistance as late as mid-afternoon, i The fall of the north. Chinese metropolis left the government only two northern outposts ' the ancient capital at Peiping,, 90 miles northwest of Tientsin, and Taiyuan, 250 miles southwest of the ravaged city. Both cities, besieged for weeks, were expected to fall to the Communists Com-munists soon. Nanking press reports re-ports said civilian leaders were negotiating the surrender of historic his-toric Peiping, with the knowledge and consent of Gen. Fu Tso-Yi, He said she told him "pot to stop for anything, not even red lights," and that , he was in nd position to disobey. He used his police radio microphone micro-phone to urge the dispatcher not to permit any other patrol cars to stop him "because she'll kill me if you do." ;:- ; Then, she ordered him to leave the mike alone. After 25 minutes of wild riding. Vela said, the fugitive, ordered (Continued Page Two) Rankin, Hebert Removed From Spy Committee WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (U.R) Administration leaders in an unusual un-usual action Saturday removed two states rights Democrats from the house un-American activities committee. Republicans called it a "purge" Democrats denied it. The ax was swung by Democratic Demo-cratic members of the house ways and means committee. It was felt by Reps. John E. Rankin, Miss., crid F. Edward Hebert, La., southern Democrats who have fought the Truman administration. Under house .Democratic rule, members of the party of the ways and means committee nominate Democratic members of the oth- ier committees. Their action is subject to approval by the house Democratic" caucus which meets Monday. But there was no doubt in this case that it will be ratified rati-fied at that time. 1 Wood New Chairman Removal of Rankin and Hebert Heb-ert left Rep. Wood. Ga., as the only Democratic member who has served on the un-American activities committee in the past. He will be committee chairman during the next two, years. . With him will serve Democratic Democrat-ic Reps. Francis E. Walter Pa., John McSweeneyT C-Jiurr,;- p. Harrison, Va., and Morgan M. Moulder, Mo. All are former judges or lawyers with considerable consider-able court experience. House Republican Whip Leslie C. Arends, 111., called elimination elimina-tion of Rankin and Herbert a "purge". He said it was evidence Khat any Democrat who disagrees with the administration in any detail "is going to find himself out m. the cold." But Democratic leaders said they were merely trying to put "responsible members" on the committee. They pointed out that Harrison, as a Virginia 'Democrat, 'Demo-crat, is far from being a "down-the "down-the line" administration support- er. Mother, 3 Children Burn to Death YORK, Pa., Jan. 15 (U.R) A 20 year-old mother and her three small children burned to death Saturday after an oil stove explosion ex-plosion rocked an isolated farm house in which 14 persons lived. York County Coroner Lester J. Sell identified the dead as Mrs. Margaret Lake Winters, her daughters, Jane, 3, and Brenda, 2, and a one-year-old son, John. north China Nationalist commander. com-mander. Civilian casualties were reported report-ed heavy in . the artillery bombardment bom-bardment and street fighting which accompanied the Red capture cap-ture of Tientsin. U. S. Consul General Robert L. Smyth radioed radio-ed that none of his staff had been seriously injured. No definite word was received on the fate of 1,200 other foreigners foreign-ers including 82 Americans, 130, Britons and 800 Soviet Russians trapped in the city. However, Smyth heard indirectly that Communist Com-munist army leaders promised to protect foreign residets. 27-Hour Battle A Communist broadcast said Tientsin China's second port and . rt imam fKnn 9 flftft IWI rtsn ulatirm was Matured after hour battle which began at mid-morning mid-morning Friday. The radio report said the city's defenders were "annihilated" and their commander, Gen. Chen Chang-Chieh, captured. ...... The Tientsin consul's reports, radioed to the U. S. consulate here, gave the best available picture pic-ture of the city's last hours. " Smyth and his staff sat out the battle at the consulate In. Tient-q sin s taiiest ouuaing a moaern structure in the former British concession. V, The; United States Information I Service office, four blocks away in what was formerly the French concession, . was damaged by a direct shell hit. The consulate windows were broken by a near miaa. Woman Victim Of Attach In Train Berth West Coast Limited Halted 5 Hours To Question Passengers KLAMATH FALLS, Ore Jan. 15 (U.R) The 36-year-old wife of an atomic plant em ploye charged today that an unidentified man raped her as she lay asleep in a lower berth of the California-bound South ern Pacific West Coast Lim itea, scene of the famous 1943 "lower 13" murder. The train was halted five hours at the Klamath Falls railroad station sta-tion while Oregon state . nolice. district attorney D. E. Van Vactor and sheriffs officers questioned more than 100 passengers behind locked gates. Six Suspects Held State Police Sgt. E. W. Tiche- nor announced that six men two negroes, three sailors and one 1 -I i 1 a s . ... . sotuier naa Deen classified as "material witnesses or suspects." The train and its passengers were held virtually incommunicado from 7:50 a. m. to 12:20 p. m., when it finally was allowed to proceed on its run from Portland to San Francisco and Los Angeles. (When the train pulled into Dunsmuir. Cal.i at 3:40 p. m. (PST), special agents of the Southern Pacific told United Press that Klamath county authorities aboard the train had not yet made an arrest. They continued taking statements from passengers and crewmen as the train proceeded south.) The woman was identified by state police as the wife of an employe em-ploye of the atomic energy plant at Richland, Wash. She lives in Los Angeles and has two sons. She was en route to Los Angeles to testify in a civil suit resulting from an accident, Sgt. Tichenor said. It was on the same train and only 58 miles from the spot in Lane countv, Qre where Mrs. Martha Virginia 'James, the - - V "" - - ' - -(Continued on Pane Two) 11,968 Miners Get $100 Pensions, Lewis Announces WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (tt.m John L. Lewis said Saturday night that 11,968 aged miners were! granted $100 a month pensions in the last four months of 1948 from the United Mine Workers bituminous bitu-minous welfare fund. He reported he had granted $68,000,000 to 260,123 persons in the past 20 months for pensions, disability, hospital and death benefits. The 1,000,000th check will be mailed next week. Union sources said the program established a world record for ibenefits from a labor organiza tion in that period of time. ''Soft coal operators privately expressed ex-pressed doubt that the industry could long support this rate of spending. They said the industry is greatly worried. The operators are still waiting for a federal government gov-ernment ruling on whether their 20 cents a ton contributions to the fund are tax exempt. Tax Ruling Awaited Operators are estimated to have paid upwards of $115,000,000 into the fund since it was established June 1, 1946. One source said that if the government gov-ernment holds that operators are liable for taxes on this amount, it is almost certain, that the current contract would be terminated and negotiations requested for an agreement which would meet government gov-ernment specifications. Lewis did not report the balance left in the fund, but informed sources estimated it at $50,000,- 000. The 20 cents a ton levy is expected to yield that much additional ad-ditional in the remaining six months of the current contract, provided production continues at the annual rate of 500,000,000 tons. . President Truman and Secretary Secre-tary of Interior J. A. Krug granted grant-ed Lewis the welfare fund June 1, 1946, to end a 59-day strike after the. government took over operation of the mines. The contribution con-tribution was five cents a ton and yielded $25,000,000 in the 13 months of government operation. Operators granted the union de mand for 10 cents a ton in 1947 a27-iandor 20 cents ton last July 1 Legislators Evince Little Enthusiasm For Many Lee Proposals; Termed Unpractical' By HUGH A. WTLSON United Press Staff Correspondent It looked like a- rocky road hit nf Cnv J Rrarkn Lee today as party reaction began, to shape' up in : the ' Utah legislature durins? its first week in session. Even Republican legislators in both houses showed doubt as to the chances of success for Lee's program. Comment from both sides ranged from "sound business, busi-ness, conservative,'' to "unpractical." "unprac-tical." Democrats in the house of rep- Third Weeks i 'WiHtoLive' May Pull Crash Victim Through TEHACHAPI, Cal., Jan. 15 (U.R-Mrs. Andy De Freitas' "will to live"-probably will help her survive from the five-pain wracked days she spent in the wrecakage of a private plane on a mountain moun-tain tops, a doctor said Saturday. Sat-urday. " The 24-year-old woman was found Thursday in the plane. Beside her lay the bodies of her husband, her jsister and her sister's boy friend. Dr. Robert Dykes said her recovery from the bitter cold and shock was a "miracle." i "It was apparently her will to live that pulled her through," he said. Springville Youth Critically Hurt In Truck-Auto Crash Dale Tuttle, 21, Springville, Spring-ville, was in "critical" condition condi-tion late Saturday night at the Utah Valley hospital from injuries suffered when his car collided with a hugeP-I-E freight truck on U. S. 91 just north of the Utah county infirmary. in-firmary. He suffered severe head injuries. Driver of the truck. Heath, H. Cornette, 25, Salt Lake City, told police he was proceeding pro-ceeding south in the inside lane of traffic, with Tuttle's car traveling in the same direction di-rection in the outside lane. The car suddenly swerved in front of the truck, Cornette said, and the two vehicles . crashed. Cornette escaped with only cuts and bruises. Tuttle's car was demolished demolish-ed and thrown across the road to the east, ending up against a fence off the road. The truck Jackknifed and came to a stop partially blocking the. road. The crash knocked down utility wires, which were being repaired by an emergency crew late Satur- Doctors Watch Flu Epidemic In Europe WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (U.R) Public healthauthorities here alterted Saturday nighy for any signs that the influenza epidemic sweeping Europe has invaded this country. Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, surgeon sur-geon general of the public health service, said the Europeanepi-demlc Europeanepi-demlc "may reach this country" but added "there. is no indication' SO tar that it has. Health authorities said they are worried about the European epidemic epi-demic because they do not wheth er the viruses responsible for it are similar to those for which vaccines have been developed in this country. "Unlike the disastrous epidemic of 1918," Scheele said, 'the present pres-ent (European) epidemic is mild in character and is causing few deaths." ' This country, he continued, has had "no significant outbreaks of influenza" thus far this winter. "In fact.V' he said, "the inci dence of this disease reported dur ing the past half year is lower than that reported for the cor responding period in every other year since 1945. "The figure for the period from July 31, 1948, to Jan. 8, 1949, is only 36,278 cases reporiea, as compared with 362,248 cases three years ago. Two years ago it was 32.975; one year ago, 38,698." The health service, the army, navy 'and air force maintain an influenza information center at the National Institutes of Health to keep "in constant touch with the situation both here and abroad," Scheele said. They have set up an inter-agency committee commit-tee to conduct a world wide program pro-gram for controlling the disease. resentatives say they believe Lee's policies are too conservative to fit their plans. One veteran Republican representative who asked not to be quoted described the governor's political views In a way that summed up the feelings feel-ings of most of the . legislators who expressed an opinion.- Politically Unworkable . . . "From a business point of view, the governor's plan is practical. But from our point of view it- is politically unworkable in most of it concepts," he said. - i Blizzard In Hits West Hundreds of Travelers Marooned By Snow Drif ts CHICAGO, Jan. 15 (U.R) The third big blizzard in two weeks howled into Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Montana and North and South Dakota Saturday night, marooning hundreds of travelers and halting relief operations for the last storm. The hew weather rampage followed a cold wave which spread zero to 10 degree below temperatures through the Dakotas and northern Iowa. Two transcontinental highways were blocked on the western siae qi me nocny luoun- A ; J a m i - tains and snowplow crews doubt ed that they could keep a third highway clear as the new storm grew stronger. Snowplows Ordered Off Snowplows were ordered off highways because of the storm in northwestern and west-central South Dakota where 50-mile-an- hour winds carried the blizzard and visibility was reduced to zero. In its South Dakota warning. the weather bureau said, "This is a severe strom and all are cautioned cau-tioned not to be come exposed to conditions tonight and most of Sunday." North Dakota highway officials said most roads would be blocked by nightfall as winds of 25 to 42 miles an hour whipped new mountainous drifts and more snow fell. The cold wave warning was extended by the weather bureau to Minnesota, Wisconsin and upper Michigan. At Pemberton, N. D., the temperature dropped 21 degrees de-grees in six hours to herald the storm. But at Chicago, the temperature tem-perature reached a high of 57 degrees de-grees for the warmest Jan. 15th in 43' years. Hundreds Marooned Hundreds of motorists were marooned in small towns or near farm' houses but an aerial survey reported no distress signals from the area. A Pacific Trailways bus which had been unaccounted for arrived at Gooding, Ida., with its 14 passengers safe. Transcontinental highways blocked were number 50 between Wendover, Utah and Ely, Nev., and number 30 between Tremon-taon, Tremon-taon, Utah, and Burley, Ida. Highway High-way 40 through the Uintah mountains moun-tains had been reopened to oneway one-way traffic today, but work'crews feared the new shows would close the narrow gap between the old snow drifts. Asks More Funds Gov. Geonte Mickelson of South Dakota asked for more federal funds to help nearly 9,000 Indians at Pine Ridge reservation. Fuel (Continued on Page Two) Marshalls Fly To Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,-Jan. 15 (U.R) Gen. George C. Marshall flew here Saturday from his home in Pinehurst, N. C, for several weeks rest in this balmy tropical climate which was expected to speed his recovery from a recent Uidnev onemtinn Th nutonino ju The outgoing secretary of state s accompaniea Dy Mrs. Mar shall. They arrived in an airtorce Constellation plane at the Isla Grantfe air station of the Tenth Naval District, after a non-stop flight frohi Pope Field, N. C. When he stepped from the plane Gen. Marshall was 'welcomed by Vice Adm. Daniel E. Bar.bey and his wife, whose guests they will be. Barbey is commander in chief of the Caribbean sea frontier. fron-tier. There was no official announcement announce-ment as to how long Gen. i ar-shall ar-shall will stay but it wr? reliably reliab-ly understood it will be several v. eeks to permit his full recuperation. recuper-ation. A navy communique said the Marshalls arrived at 3:40 p. m., and added: "Gen. and Mrs. Marshall are staying at quarters made' ready for their occupancy at the naval station. The general's visit to San Juan is for rest. He will not be available for interviews or pho tos. However, it he wishes to see the press, all newsmen will be notified. At present he wishes privacy and seclusion." Special guards were placed at normally unused entrances to the naval reservation leading to Marshall's house in order to insure in-sure privacy. . . Another GOP - representative said he would go along with Lee and support the Republican view point,, but the governor did seem to have his feet Just little off the ground. Accord seems to have been reached during the first week on only one phase of the governor message delivered to a joint ses sion Tuesday. Most senators and represenatives have expressed their desire to see the welfare commission taken out of politics. (Continued Page Two) Small Slide Temporarily Blocks Canyon By JOHN 1IAMLYN - . A minor jnowslide, an avalanche, aval-anche, slippery roads and still more snow plagued Utah county citizens over the weekend. Reports from county and state road crews Saturday stated that most of the roads , were open, in some cases to only one-lane traffic, traf-fic, and that men and full equipment equip-ment had been on the job day and night for several days. , Early Saturday morning, a minor snowslide resulting from the fall of an overhanging clump of snow on the ledges above the road near Deer Creeic, blocked the highway temporarily. State highway patrolmen and road crews said earlier reports that the incident was a full-fledged snow-slide snow-slide were untrue. One report said the road was blocked for about 60 feet, at a depth of about four feet, until crews cleared a way through it. Lloyd Ford of Wallsburg drove into the small slide before he could stop, and his car became stalled. A heavy blizzard practically prac-tically covered his car before he could summon aid and pull it out. Earlier reports Saturday that Ford had been trapped as the' s.'ide came down, and had to abandon his car and flee, were also apparently exaggerated. By mid-morning road crews had cleared a one-way lane and limited traffic was resumed. ' The new snow fall which started sometime Friday night continued most of the day Saturday Satur-day making the roads slippery and blocking traffic in some remote re-mote county areas. County road officials reported that their crews were at work all day and that most of the county routes were open to limited traffic. traf-fic. Reports from the southern section sec-tion of the county estimated that four to five inches of fresh snow well, slightly more than was registered in the northern areas. Thursday afternoon an avalanche aval-anche apparently caused by the heavy snows, brought down an estimated 40 tons of rock? and heavy boulders, across highway 50 about one-quarter mile -west , of Thistle junction in Spanish Fork canyon. A large coal truck driven by R. F. Felker, Provo, had to swerve Into the deep snowbank at the side of the road to avoid being crushed. The truck, loaded with five or six tons of coal, was damaged extensively but Mr. Felker was not injured. A car driven by Dave Calder, Provo, which was ahead of the coal truck narrowly escaped extensive ex-tensive damage or personal 'injury 'in-jury to Mr. Calder who stopped before the avalanche covered the road. f While local highways were kept open by state, county and city road crews, U. S. route 40 to Vernal was still closed between Daniels crnyon and Slrawberry because of heavily drifting snow. i One-way traffic was restored temporarily Friday, but was reported re-ported later to have been closed again. Greek Premier Resigns Again . ATHENS, Greece. Jan. 15 (U.RV . Ailing, aged Premier ThemU stocles Sophoulis resigned t Sat- urday for the second time in three months and Royalist leader lead-er Constantin Tsaldaris immediately im-mediately began efforts to form a new cabinet. . -The 88-year-old premier re-. signed td protest plans to reorganize re-organize his government, a coalition coal-ition of his own Liberal party' and Tsaldris' Populists. . A-few hours after Sophoulis presented his resignation to King Paul, Tsaldaris went to the palace with dissident Liberal leader Sophocles Venizelos and two other ranking politicians to propose pro-pose to the king that they be allowed al-lowed to form a' new coalition. , With the support of Venizelos and the two lesser leaders-George leaders-George . Papandreou of the mod erate leftist Republican parjty and Panagiotis Kanellopoulos of the . Unionists Tsaldaris could count on a majority of 225 of the 354-member 354-member parliament. - |