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Show Friday, April 24, PAGE THREE THE SAN JUAN RECORD 1959 Volume 43 12 pages Monticello, San Juan County, Utah, Friday, April 24, 1959 ioc j ji praises of the warm sunshine, the air more exhilarating than the most potent beverage, and even the cats sense the change and sun themselves lazily on the back step. As for us, w'ell join the cats, work can wait. With the advent of spring comes the rebirth of hopes that the winter winds .have kept dormant, a death-bloto a defeatism that seemed to seize everyone with the doldrums of pessimism. Besides a good dose of spring, the best tonic in the world is a talk with Dorothy Adams, whose faith in Monticello and San Juan has never been shaken. Her reasons for optimism are sound, too. Other signs of spring are the constant parade of boys to the ball fields and here and there a broken widow as a result of either a bad throw or a good solid hit on the old baseball as the kids get carried away with the game. Among the windows most recently hit was a fast ball with a drop pitched by Tony Welch. The drop Assurance that the Monticello uranium plant will remain in operation at least through 1959 was received here this week from the AEC. The encouraging word came in a letter from John T. Sherman, acting director of the AEC division of raw materials. Addressed to City Manager Homer Chandler, it read in part: You may recall that at our recent meeting it was indicated that July 1, 1939 had been under consideration as a date for pos- May 29 has been set as the date when a $155,000 recreational bond issue will go before San Juan voters. Only property taxpayers will be permitted to cast ballots. In setting the election date at Tuesdays meeting, the commissioners outlined the question as sible closing of the mill, but as a result of further studies pertaining to processing of stockpiled ore accumulated at the plant it now appears that continuation of the operation through 1959 would be advisable. City officials and civic leaders alike hailed the AEC statement as a cheering development, since it provides another six months in which to intensify the fight to forestall an eventual shutdown. Hope is growing that some means of keeping the mill turning will be found during this interval,. follows: Shall San Juan county, Utah, incur debt and issue bonds to the mount of $155,000 to run for a period of not more than 10 years from the date thereof and to bear interest at a rate or rates not in excess of 4 per cent per annum for the purpose of acquiring through purchase and construction and improving county recreational facilities, including land, buildings and equipment? Polls will be opened from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the following 10 pre cincts: LDS Church. Bluff Court House. Monticello Town Office. Blanding La Sal LDS Church. Cedar Point School. was so good it popped right thru Ucolo LDS Church at East-lana window recently replaced by Warren Jones. Bill Wilkins walkWhite Canyon ed off with a smirk when it hapFry Canyon w THE explained Oer analysis of the economics of treating the various types of ore in stockpile indicate that it would be advantageous to the AEC to process approximately of the ore now stockpiled at Monticello, and sell apd to private proximately plants for processing. The portion we expect to sell is more adaptable to treatment by the processes used in other plants. Accordingly, we would plan to ship about 30,000 tons to the Texas-Zin- c Minerals Corp. at Mex. ican Hat. Smaller tonnages of high vanadium ores would go to mills having high vanadium recovery facilities. A minor quantity of ore prob. ably will not be treated or sold because of its low grade and unfavorable metallurgical characteristics. T1IE QUANTITY to be d two-thir- feet of rig like it was a toy. This ones going down. Skelly Oil and Hondo Drilling Co. concluded their first search fcr oil in Drjwallty, noth of Monticello two weeks ago. It was a the right formation but it contained salt repeat of their previous attempt at North Summit Point water. Dropping the rig to the ground slowly and smoothly, they cemented-ithe 8,250 foot hole, and now are awaiting orders from the home office. It was not known Thursday whether or not another San Juan Record Photo try will be made in the same vicinity. They handle hes been that Store. Aneth Blanding Town Office. Mexican Hat San Juan tradThere is a George K. Coates in ing post. San Juan trading town Who is head of a certain Gouldings mill. Monticello uranium Before, (continued on page five) we had said he held a lengthy conversation with a certain newspaper editor, now well just refer to him by his first name and be sure no one will ever know whom wTe are talking about. route before. AEC LETTER further: d. pened too. Maybe Number 13 copy Extension Seen As Cheering Sign May 29 Set As ... soys . . Date for Bond Springtime in San Juan and Election Here youll forgive us if we sing the MONTY SELLO per 136 n The swimming pool is now going full schedule, the water a little warmer than before and more enjoyable than ever. Last year when a few simple rules were made for patrons of the pool, it was requested that children under eight years of age be accompanied to this year the pool by an adult the same rule applies. Life guards and attendants who must act as (continued on page eight) one-thir- proces-(continue- on page Two PTA Units For Monticello To Be Studied A special meeting of the Monticello Tarent-TeacheAssociation has been called for Thursday, May 7, in the new Elementary School auditorium, according to Marion Hazleton, president. This meeting has been called to vote and establish two separate Parent-Teache- r organizations to replace the single unit now functioning. If present members so vote, an association will be formed for each school, the high school and the elementary, and election of officers of the two organizations will be held this same evening. Officers of the Utah State Organization visited Monticello last week and suggested this change be made in order that more effective use of meetings and time might be made. Both school Jack principals, Burr and Norman Ellertson, expressed themselves in favor of such a move, as problems dealing with each school could be handled with the parents directly involved. Each ITA group would hold rs (continued on page eight) Thieves Steal Tires, Wheels Off Cadillac eight) Theft of the two rear wheels SE3SSI and tires on their Cadillac sedan was reported yesterday by Mr. PUBLIC GOLF LINKS and Mrs. Robert (Ace) Holden to the sheriff's office. PROPOSAL The car was parked in front of their home here when the robbery APPLAUDED HERE occurred, sometime eaily yesterAn exploratory meeting to day morning. ascertain if there is sufficient The loot was valued at $150. interest locally to justify building a public golf course in Monticello was held in the city ofTHE WEATHER fices Wednesday night. MONTICIXIO STATION So far as the golf enFree. thusiasts who attended were Defthe answer was Teenagers Seized On Charge of -Crashing Jail! 30-pl- d, Five Monticello teenagers have been four boys and a girl ordered to appear in juvenile court here April 29 on the somewhat unusual charge of breaking into initely, Yes! Initial plans for will be outlined at ings, the next of pected to be held jail. The quintet ranging in age from 14 to 17, was detected in the corridor outside the womens detention cell slightly after 10 p.m. Wednesday. Four were arrested on the spot Deby Sheriff Seth Wright and The McAlister. fifth, Ray puty a boy, escaped, but phoned the sheriffs office the next morning to confess his part in the escapade. The group gained access to the cell block corridor by climbing a garden hose which they found laying on the court lawn. How they managed to fasten it to one of the cell bars on the second floor has not been satisfactorily explained. It is believed they enlisted the aid of the detention cells lone occupant, a young girl whom all of the group reportedly knew well. We were just paying a friendly call, they explained. the program future meetwhich is ex- shortly. Defeating San Juan high Tuesday, Monticellos baseball squad Juan championship. They (above) is back in running for Grafid-Sameet Moab here today (Friday). A win will cinch no less than a tie(for the title. David Adams was absent when photo was taken. n - Monticello Stays in Pennant Senator Wallace Bennett, stung to action by mounting criticism d of his participation in the running fight to keep the Monticello mill operating, teamed up with his GOP Congressional counterpart, Rep. Aldous A. Dixon, to level a blistering attack on the AEC this week. Charging that Monticello had been duped by the AEC in securing a $460,000 federal loan to improve the towns water system, the Utah legislators called upon the agency to live up to its obligations by keeping the mill turnhalf-hearte- Race by Downing San Juan Monticello 3-- 2 highs baseball team San Juan goes to Moab Tuesday avenged an earlier loss to San Juan high by downing the Broncos on the Monticello diamond The victory put Monticello and Blanding in a tie for first place, both with 2 wins, 1 loss re3-- 2. cords. Final games for both schools will be with Grand high from Moab. Monticello plays Grand here today (Friday), starting at 3 p.m. Wednes- day of next week. A win by either will cinch no less than a tie for the title. If both lose, the three teams in the league would be all tied up. Tuesdays tilt between the and Broncos was a close contest all the wray. Monticello took the lead in the first inning stretched it to 0 in the ing. Text of the (continued on page eight) two-count- y Buok-ero- 0; 2-- Bennett-Dixo- n as wired to the Record Wednesday from Washington, D. C., follows: Congressman II. A. Dixon and Senator Wallace S. Bennett, today wrote the AEC (Wednesday) members that statements by the AEC had influenced the Commun- ity Facilities Administration to approve a loan to Monticello which never would have been made if the agency or the City of Monticello had realized what the future of the Monticello uranium mill would be. Dixon and Bennett urged the AEC to take this fact into consideration in deciding the future blast. of the Monticello mill. The two Utah legislators explained in a The letter quoted letter that AEC state- directly from eight AEC and ments about their need for water Community Facilities Administraand their expected continued oper- tion letters and memos between ation of the uranium mill in the the period of August 1956 and southeast Utah area wete respon- Dec. 20, 1956 to indicate the sible in considerable degree for of the AEC in causthe approval of the $160,000 fed- ing the loan to be made. eral loan to Monticello. The letter quoted Alan B. Brow n THEY NOTED that if the AEC of the AEC as saying that Montmill is closed down just a little icellos water supply problem is more than two years after Mon- one of concern to the AEC because ticello accepted the loan obliga- of the need to supply water used tion, unemployment would be cre- in mill as well as the need to supated. Tax resources would be cut ply water to houses occupied by and it would be extremely diffi- employees of the mill. Paul Emmert of CFA quoted cult for the town of about 2900 (continued on page eight) people to repay the loan. Dixon-Benne- tt five-pag- e |