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Show Universal Microfilulng Corp Box Salt THE SCRIBBLER Humans taking a back seat ilia 81st Year 18 Pages More than 240 employees have been laid off over the past weekend by two coal companies in Western Carbon County. The closing of the Castle Gate and Kenilworth mines by North American Coal Corporation, based in Cleveland, Ohio, forced over 200 men from the jobs they had occupied. A lay-of- f by United States Fuel Companys mine at Hiawatha terminated 40 No. 16 Price 15c Price, Utah Thursday April 20 1972 Would he do it for a girl? high-pressu- breakfast. Tom Harmon say, You want to stay on the young side . . . marry a good looking chick about 20 years old. Jack Klugman say, Ever feel plain I do right now making this dumb lousy commercial. The Man from Glad get picked up for invasion of privacy. This is Chet Chet Huntley say Huntley for TWA, er, good night. ... r If WHAT IS IT? . . . John Sanchez Jr. and some of his buddies in South Price were walking along the Price River last week when they came upon this very pretty bird, obviously injured and unable to fly. Young John fetched his Dad and they discovered the bird had been shot and a wing was I the spring a very young man's fancy turns to dogs and baseball. photographer Joe Rolando caught Elton Foster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Layton Foster of Helper, with his fancy down! While watching a baseball game, he casually turned the water on so the neighborhood dog "Whitey" could get a drink while relaxing on a stone wall in the In Sun-Advoca- te afternoon sun. water; handles routine matters r If ... 5 pups need some young tender, loving care. GIVE-AWAY- S Call 472-397- Burglars hit two Ptice businesses Burglars past week. hit two local businesses in the Continental Trailways bus depot was entered through a window and the soft drink vending machine was broken into. Police reported all the money was taken from the machine. The Oasis Club was entered and more than $80 in cash was taken. When the club was going to be opened for business on Friday, it was noticed the front door had been forced open. Police said the bolt and padlock had been pried off the door. Found near the cash register was an empty bank bag in a waste basket and the money missing. Police report they have some good leads and are continuing the into both break-in- s investigation. The Helper city council HELPER handled a number of routine matters in the regular session last Thursday night, the most important probably being a new policy in regards to culinary water connections outside the city limits. The council ruled that all future applications for such connections must be made to the governing board in writing and those granted must be metered directly from the main line. some problems in scheduling trucks and men. An investigation into the possibility of closing the cemetery road after dark each night is being looked into following the recent smashing of the main gates by an unknown vehicle. City recorder Albert Fossat provided each councilman with a copy of the budget standing of each department for the third Not all letters to the editor get printed on the editorial page. One of those letters which will never see the second page of the second section is the following one: quarter of the fiscal year. The report revealed all departments well within their alloted figures with the exception of the liquor enforcement fund. A deficit in this department of $241.33 means that the t, liquor enforcement budget is (110 percent), with a full quarter remaining in the fiscal year. over-spen- Mr. Fossat said preliminary drafts of a budget for the new fiscal year to begin on July 1 are now in the process of being drawn up and a tentative schedule will be available well in advance of the beginning date. Helper residents will soon feel the effects of power rate increase as a result of the rate increase granted Utah Power & Light Company recently by the state regulating commission. The utility won an increase of seven and a half percent and the increase will be reflected in charges made by Helper city for power they purto chase from the company for Helper residents. re-sa- le Further discussions by the council ran gauntlet from problems incurred during the recent clean-u- p campaign, culverts for a portion of an irrigation canal, painting the city park entrance arch-waavailability of building lots, and efforts to reduce the vandalism at Mt. View Cemetary. the y, Ronald Swensen, in Salt Lake confirmed the call was made as did Murray in Cleveland. Both North Americans president and the Governor were out of town early this week so nothing could be reported on the talks they held. District Manager of United Mine Workers Frank Stevenson said some of the miners laid off would be picked up by other mines in this area but most would be without jobs. When you take his job away, you might just as well cut his throat, Stevenson said. of the Stevenson said a Dear The Hiawatha came at the end of Saturdays work. No additional are foreseen at Hiawatha, Robb added. There are still sixteen men on payroll at Castle Gate. These miners are being lay-of- f lay-of- fs retained to withdraw mining equipment from the coal faces. Stevenson said the equipment is only being pulled back into safer regions of the long mine and will not be removed at this time. (Continued on page two) lay-of- O.-V-- i u s? S x ,, V. f , L ' viU'a.v ) c I . Governor Calvin Rampton (far left) talks with local government officials and mine representatives about the closing of the Castle Gate mine. The informal discussions took place following a luncheon talk by the Governor at a workshop held In Price last Friday. Clockwise from the Governor are Frank Scavo, vice president of United Mine Workers Local 1681; H. A. (Dell) Brownfield, International Representative of UMW (representing District Manager Frank Stevenson who was out of town); County Commissioner Gary Prazen, State Senator Omar Bunnell, Hubert Hreinson, safety committeeman; Louis Dalpiaz, financial secretary of the local. County Commissioner Guido Rachiele and Chris Jouflas, planner for the Southeastern Utah Economic Development District. Photo multi-governme- nt S-- First to file for primary for a on Running term Carbon Commission. four-yea- r the two-yea- Price TT Cri i I u i M w C: Gary r Running for a term on the Carbon Commission. County H. H. Bird County vil Running for Carbon County District School board In district four. Prazen Carbonville March of Dimes marches on in Nick Thomas Spring Glen walk-a-tho- n Billie, Im glad you walked the extra mile (20 in we do some things and wonder why we do them, but the feeling inside a person is something that cant be defined. To do something for the betterment of ones fellow man is, in my estimation, real groovy. All you kids who gave up your Saturday golf to help someone who will never play a game, should be praised to High Heaven. Heres fact). Sometimes my $5.00 and thanks a million. Please ask me next time. Gratefully yours, RAY Those sentiments were expressed by many people in this community since last Saturday. It renews ones faith to witness what some will do for others not even born. Statistic-wissince we are a newspaper, the total collections are expected to reach about $4,000. All donations have not been collected at this time, but will probably be into the March of Dimes by the end of this week. Ron Griffith, heading up the said he would submit the final tabulations to the for publication by next week. Tired and aching muscles and feet were the order of the day as over 200 of the more than 300 starters crossed the finish line after the hike. Many who didnt finish the whole route simply werent physically capable of no one just quit because they finishing were tired. e, Walk-A-Tho- n, te le Tardiness on the part of many citizens in completing their spring clean-u- p activities after the period set forth by the city for pickup of prunlngs and debris has created miners there. Forewarning of the impending Castle Gate closing came out just a couple of weeks prior to the closing when the North American annual report was made public. In that annual report it said, Our Castle Gate Mine in Utah probably will be closed because it is unprofitable. by mid-yea- r We were unable to resolve with our principal customer (Utah Power and Light) the pricing differences created by the health and safety regulations. If the mine is closed, the property will either be sold or the equipment transferred to other locations. A call to Cleveland from the office on Tuesday only reaffirmed the closing of the mine. The prepared statement was telephoned from Robert Murray, vice president-operation- s, and said: Effective April 14, North American Coal Corporation has been forced to close both the Kenilworth and Castle Gate mines and preparation facilities in Carbon County. The reasons for this action are: 1) lack of a market for the coal and 2) implementation of and compliance with the requirements of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 which has increased the cost of production levels to which the coal is unmarketable at this time. North American Coal will continue a small mining operation in Utah in the hope that a future market will be found and that the operation at Castle Gate can be reactivated and coal mined competively therefrom. A spokesman for North American said they had been working with the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad to bring the Clear Creek spur up to a serviceable state so better markets could be solicited. He said those negotiations had since broken down. The Clear Creek property will continue to operate without any expansion for the present time. Two miners from Castle Gate have been sent into that operation but no more are contemplated. Murray said the company would forestall removal of the mining equipment at Castle Gate for two weeks. Miners and government officials from that operation met with Governor Calvin Rampton at a recent government workshop in Price and voiced opinions on what should be done. Rampton said he would call this past Monday and talk to North Americans president. Orangeville mine will probably take place in September. I dont know what theyll do until then, he added. Its a bad situation for these men and I just dont know what will happen, Stevenson said. f at Hiawatha was promoted The seasonal a drop in domestic coal orders, by Max Robb, mine superintendent, reported. We certainly hope it will simply be a Robb said. temporary lay-of- f, Ramptons administrative assistant, Helper City Council discusses almost severed. Taking the bird home they tried to ease its discomfort but couldnt stop the bleeding. So, whatchamacallit died in the night. It was a beautiful bird as can be seen in the accompanying picture but some idiot with a high powered rifle could have cared less. The Scribbler is not a fanatic on the ecology kick but this seems to be carrying things too dam far. Utan CASTLE VALLEY meal the Di-Ge- City, OF UTAH'S swing back and forth constantly. Right now humans are taking a back seat to animals. Commercial after commercial pictures and people driving themselves crazy further in debt trying to please the fussy palates of their pet dog or cat. Over and over we are brainwashed into believing that unless we give our pet a product with a gourmet taste, the Humane Society will string us up by our shoelaces. I asked my wife for a other night and she calmly announced, Youll have to use your imagination . . . its hamburgers again. When will it all end? My wife wont let me go in a telephone booth by myself for fear of finding me with a super brunette, I cant put on a shirt these days without a little voice back in my subconscious screaming ring around the collar. And they say when you eat too well l, demand but whom do you demand it of at 3 a.m.? Just once Id like to see: Someone tell Mrs. Olsen to go home and solve her own problems. car salesman say The out of cars this Im Hi, friends, sorry week. That girl tell her matronly-lookin-g shopping friend, You know what I tried this morning . . . scotch and soda for S-- l-i THE VOICE Hie advertising pendulum seems to gourmet b'ja Lake Made up of mostly youngsters from Carbon and Emery Counties, these marchers begin the long, n hard treck of 20 miles for the March of Dimes held In Price last Saturday. Ron Griffith, who spearheaded the project, reported more than 200 of Walk-A-Tho- the 332 startees finished the entire course and many were forced to call It quits ust a few miles short of the finish line at the Elk's Club. More pictures on page two. Photo S-- |