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Show 009 ...BV THEMSELVES f IM MARXIST COUNTRIES'. State gives preliminary Naples approval for Mobil Oil tar sands project Mobil Oil Corp. got conceptual approval ap-proval Wednesday from the State Land Board to spend $200,000 a year to develop 16,000 acres of state land for tar sand production. Salt Lake attorney Edward W. Clyde, representing, Mobil Coal Resources Inc., a subsidiary of Mobil Oil, said the ultimate development of the tar sands depends on the world price of oil. But Mobil wants to start core drillings and other studies on the state land in Grand County. Last spring, Mobil asked the board to approve tar sand leases on 168,000 acres of federal and state land in southeastern Uintah and northeastern Grand counties. The board rejected that idea, saying Mobil wasn't committing com-mitting enough money each year to development and that the land blocks were too large. Donald G. Prince, state land assistant assis-tant director, said Mobil has since twice reduced the land area it wants leases for, and has upped the yearly ante to $200,000 a year in development costs. With those changes, the board gave conceptual approval and Mobil and state officials will now work out leases to be approved later by the board. Prince said Utah Geological and Mineral Survey geologists estimate there are 3 billion barrels of oil in the PR Springs area Mobil is interested in. Clyde said Mobil will just explore the area for several years, while the huge oil conglomerate tries to get oil and natural gas leases on about 15,000 acres of federal land changed to hydrocarbon leases so tar sands can be mined. Then a pilot plant will be built and more tests conducted, he said. "If the price of world oil is right, we go into production. If not, we quit and lose the leases," Clyde said. Clyde said one of the problems at PR Springs is water. Clyde is also an attorney at-torney for the White River Oil Shale Co., which is spending hundreds of millions of dollars developing an oil shale project. White River is expected to use 20 percent of the water stored in the yet-to-be-built White River Dam, he said. He expects the dam will store enough water to handle Mobil's needs ' as well. i . , ,; However, Clyde said Mobil's water will have to be piped IS miles and lifted 4,000 feet, making it very expensive and adding to the cost of tar sand oil production. Mobil plans to mine tar sands using an open pit semi-strip mine technique, mining down to about 200 feet, Clyde said. proposes road fee Utah crop and weather summary Very little progress was made in winter wheat seeding during the week the state average advanced from 74 percent to 77 percent completed, com-pleted, according to the Utah Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Box Elder County was virtually through, but Millard County was less than half. Corn silage harvest was at a standstill, stand-still, with producers waiting for the fields to get dry enough to let equipment equip-ment onto the land. Third crop hay harvest was also marking time. Alfalfa in the windrows was having to be turned to speed drying dry-ing some only to get rained on again. Alfalfa seed harvest in Millard County Coun-ty reached about 60 percent before holding up for wet weather. Growers are concerned that seed curls will open and shatter before harvest can resume. Davis County producers said 68 percent per-cent of their onions had been lifted. Potato harvest in Iron County was in full swing, with 85 percent o the crop in the bin before holding up for rain. Other counties, however, were much behind that. Dry bean harvest in San Juan County was waiting to dry out after storms last week. Winter wheat planting in that county, however, had . resumed fortunately having received receiv-ed enough moisture. AGATHA CROMAA BV BILL HOE6T Friday, October U, 1983 VeWSl hiSt 3 In an effort to insure better roads in Naples, the City Council has proposed an ordinance to make sure people who cut roads during building pay for the repair of it. The ordinance is an amended version ver-sion of one proposed by the council last week in their regular Wednesday evening session. The new version would decrease the amount of money collected from an individual in-dividual building or a single family dwelling who cuts the road from $325 to $165. Payment is due when the permit per-mit is purchased. Persons purchasing a building permit per-mit for a single family dwelling who do not cut the road, will not have to pay the special fee. Anyone who has already paid the fee and has not cut the road will be eligible for a refund. Anyone purchasing a permit for a multi-unit structure, for example a duplex or tri-plex, will be charged $150 per unit. A purchaser of a permit for a minor or major sub-division would also be required re-quired to pay a fee of $150 per unit. The fund that will be established by these fees will be used strictly for the purpose of repair and maintenance of roads in Naples. DG&T position clarified on link to oil shale project A recent announcement linking a f 1 billion request for federal backing of an oil shale project by Synfuels Engineering Corp, of Golden, Colo, to Deseret Generation and Transmission Corp. is somewhat misleading, according accor-ding to DG&T officials. The announcement Implied that the synfuels firm had successfully appealed appeal-ed the U S, Synrthlc Fuel Corporation decision last May to drop It from consideration con-sideration because it was allegedly lacking financial strength. Synfuels Engineering seeks the federal support for a project at Cottonwood Cotton-wood Wash, about 40 miles south of Vernal. Dcseret has not joined with Synfuels Engineering as a financial backer, according ac-cording to Clarin Ashby, public relations rela-tions for DG&T. The only connection between the two companies is a letter of Intent with it vO NOW Mark VanWagoner 6 p.m.-Midnight EXCUSE ME, MISS. I'P LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR MANAGING EPITOR, CAll CHR01 WHAT PIP VOL) WI6H y TO SPEAK TO HIM 2 I'P LIKE TO REPLY TO ONE ) lsH6TRL ' ' Our Newest Arrivals How to Build a Real Estate Money Machine by Wade B. Cook i nonfiction What do you look for when buying a house as a real estate investment ' How do you deal with inital difficulties? Here is practical advice on such questions for the investors who wants to make a substantial monthly income. The author gives sensible suggestions for fixing up and selling property; tax advantages involved in buying real estate; and how to capitalize on the cash income created, and on the knowledge gained. Betty Crocker's New American Cooking by Betty Crocker (nonfiction) more than 350 recipes based on today's interest in lighter cooking (poaching, steaming and broiling), whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, and lower calories per serving along with grams of protein, carbohydrates and fat, and the U.S. Recommended Daily Allowance for protein, calcuim and iron. Separate directions for receipes for microwave or pressure cooker are also included. Never Sniff A Gift Fish by Patrick F. McNanus ( nonfiction ) hilarious tales of a sportsman's life in the Great Outdoors told in a wry, tongue-in-cheek vein by the "Robert Benchley of the Outdoors." You will learn what the art of pipe smoking has to do with fishing expertise; why you should never ask a sportsman how he got his scar; and what really happens in the backseat of cars. McManus offers zany insights into the agonies and ectasies of hunting, fishing and camping. Here I Stay by Babara Michaels (novel) The house was Victorian, with all the excesses of the period. It was enormous, turreted, and trimmed to a fair-three-well. It was perfect for a country inn... or a haunted house.. .or both. Barbara Michaels delivers both, together with a pie turesque private graveyard, a clutch of colorful characters, a psychic you love to hate, a love story full of surprises, and the most convincing, blood-chilling, hair-raising, believable ghost available outside of your own personal nightmares. Significa by Irving Wallace with David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace (nonfiction) A collection of strange and unusual facts that, have too much significance to qualify as mere trivia. Sample: Before 1883, there wen-more wen-more than 80 U.S. Time zones. Two insane men served on the Supreme Court. In 1816, there was no summer. Breakfast cereal was first produced pro-duced to dampen sex drives. Harry Truman was once a member of the KKK. The Declaration of Independence was first published in German. The Angels Weep by Wilbur Smith (novel) In this third historical novel about the ambitious Ballantyne family, each member is drawn into the grandeur of one man's dream, carried forward by Cecil Rhodes who made his fortune in the Kimberley diamond fields. Rhodes exploi ts the Balantynes through the bloody aftermath of the Matabele wars to the savage betrayal of the Jameson Raid. One of them, Ralph Ballantyne. is Rhodes' greatest servant and betrayer. Shield of Three Lions by Pamela Kaufman (novel ) Nubile young orpl laned Alix disguises herself as a boy to gain an audience with King Richard . the Lionhearted so she may regain her plundered estate. She is more than befriended by the King and is chosen to set out along side him on a crusade, in this bawdy, earthy, panoramic tapestry set in the Middle Ages. The Further Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Greg Matthews novel ) A rollicking tale of Huck and Jim, set during the California Cold Rush days. The two innocents' odysey takes them from Missouri across the Great Plains, heading for California, pursued by Bulldog Barrett, America's most famous detective. They encounter Indians, gospel singers, gamblers, preachers, holy men, a brothel posing as a revivalist meeting, and enough other colorful characters to delight any reader. Firefox Down by Craig Thomas (novel) sequel to Firefox. A continuation continua-tion of the adventures of Mitchell Gant and the Soviet M1G 31 he has stolen from the Russians. Soviet planes attack Gant, who brings the deadly warplane down into a remote frozen lake war the Finnish-Russian Finnish-Russian boarder and is captured by the Russians. Meanwhile, the Allies devise a plan to raise Firefox from beneath the icy waters. But even if the effort proves successful, there is still only one man w ho can pilot Firefox to safety: Mitchell Gant. Valentine I'onlifex by Robert Silverberg (science fiction ) The final volume in the Majipoor trilogy in which Lord Valentine, before he assumes the role of Pontifex and retires into the Labyrinth, learns to cope with government tasks amidst blight and rebellion. Valentine (-(inflicts with his tough, putative successor, Hissunc, about how (lie planet should lie rules. Their conflict and its resolution forms the climax of the stoiv. Foster-Wheeler Corp., another firm listed as a backer, to study the possibility of using oil shale filings to generate electricity. Ashby said DG&T is still studying the possibility of using the shale filings in a power plant, but at this time they have set no plans. The filings are pieces of oil shale that are too small to be procewd into in-to oil through conventional retorts. News you can sink your teeth into. 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