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Show AP Outlook: Salvadoran inside Editorial: Once again confuses the guerrillas vow to kill all U.S. military advisers in their country. Page 2 State of the Arts: Series Reagan ends with a peek at the University's departments of dance. Page 6 Chrony liberals with his method of detente. Page 4 J" J . i THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1983 THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH VOL.92NO.lf4 Wofeomi If says flooding worst oo recoird on city If by Steve Green .VAV.W.Vm ViW entire canyon is closed to the public. scenario of Wilson said in "the best-caand no rain," State Street cooling temperatures could be opened by the weekend, North Temple in about a week and 1300 South in a week and a half to two weeks. Wilson said he might have to seek an increase in the mill levy to finance the flood control Chronicle staff Hi m se Salt Lake City's flooding problems could worsen next week if the Jordan River overflows its banks, threatening the state fairgrounds and the Salt Lake International Airport, Mayor Ted Wilson told reporters at his monthly press conference at the KUER FM-9- 0 studios W.'.V.'.'.V.'.W.V.'.V,1 I- efforts, but added the state and federal governments will probably pay some of the Wednesday. The massive flood control effort that has turned part of State Street, North Temple and 1300 South into rivers has already cost the city SI. 4 million, and. that figure will rise as the excess runoff continues, Wilson said. scenario for the Wilson said the wont-cas- e costs. He said it is possible voters will have a chance in November, "with this disaster fresh in their minds," to approve a bonding proposal that would finance improvements to the city's drainage system. "We have learned a tremendous amount from this experience. We now have a stronger case for the construction of Little Dell Dam up Parleys Canyon and we know we need an underground conduit from North Temple to 400 South under State Street," he said. , 4 Wilson said officials were downplaying the calls for volunteers in the dry' Wednesday, with ? more urgent needs in other parts ofthe state and the possibility of a massive volunteer effort if the Jordan floods. " He warned city residents not to buy sandbags from peddlers, as they are free from the city, although delivery service may not be available. Officials are in the process of estimating the damage to private property in the city thus far, which Wilson called "minimal". Jordan River next week would lead to Four Mormon missionaries assigned to teach in the University enjoy "sharing the gospel' with students. "incredible damage," as Salt Lake' County officials could be forced to allow Big and Little Cottonwood creeks' excess runoff to flow to the Jordan if the weather remains warm or if heavy ;. rains hit the valley, r ',..hon saM officials were worried Tuesday night abefut possible mudslides in Salt 'Lake City's foothills m the wake of devastating mudslides in Farmington and Bountiful, but the only slides reported were in City Creek i - : by Richard Adams Chronicle staff Four LBS missionaries assigned to teach Mormon doctrine to University students say they appreciate the opportunity "to share the even though they face opposition. , gospel" " Sister Czappa, 24, Sister Pigour, 23, Elder Avery, 21, and Elder Poulson, 19, (they chuch." One reason students dislike missionary declined to give their first names), are assigned to the University as part of the Salt work is because they don't want the UniverLake North Mission. They are allowed to sity to be a Mormon school, the missionaries teach anywhere in Salt Lake City, but spend said. "They want the school to be separate most of their, time talking to University from the church." students. Except for some unpleasant encounters, "Our purpose for being here is to teach the missionaries said people in Salt Lake have students who would like to know what the treated them well, especially the city's MorMormons believe," Poulson said. "We aren't mons, upon whom they depend for referrals. The missionaries said church members can out for baptisms. The reason we're here is to y : as a hindrance to their work, too. "Some act share the gospel." members don't live the Mormon doctrine as The University mission differs from other to misMormon missions because it restricts its taught, and that causes sionaries from proselyting, or. teaching think poorly of the church." doctrine for conversion, on campus. "We - Another problem missionaries have with ' don't need to go door to door." There are. church members is that they sometimes teach ' rs enough students at the University who are falsehoods to already interested in the church," Avery said. need to learn through missionaries or InstiThe missionaries meet students walking tute classes. They shouldn't depend upon around the Union and LDS Institute and members to teach them because members talking with students who approach them will teach what they think might be right," said one of the missionaries. wanting to know more about the Mormon ' . y'-'church. Despite the opposition, the missionaries iyl')b When approached, the missionaries will; said their work is successful. At the Univeranswer any questions students have. "Some sity alone, 30 to 40 students are converted to don't have any idea what the the Mormon church each year. Many of ' church is about,' so we will recommend to those converts include foreign students that, class at the Institute or the missionaries said, "the lord sent to Salt them a Lake to learn the gospel." read." to . Jf iV something Each of the four missionaries is spending If the student waits to be taught by the 18 be months preaching Mormon doctrine, will set to an missionaries, appointment like "We to off somewhere Avery said he went on a mission because he meet campus.' members of knew it would give him a chance to learn: homes at the teach er Mormon a more about his church. He said that after a see what can so the "i home and family is like." period of being inactive, he started going to The missionaries said they only teach those ; church again, to find that most of his friends who request it: "We don't push," Avery said 1 were on missions. "I decided I should go, 'U Kti "There is a misconception that we are forcing too," he said. our religion, and that we don't respect other : Czappa said she decided to go on a mission people's beliefs. What we want for people are after having been converted to the church' and experiencing improvements the church the blessing one receives from the gospel." The atmosphere in Salt Lake City toward made in her life. Czappa said she believes "more people could benefit from our missionary work is friendly, but at the Uni' toward attitude a I "message." versity, there it negative by Brad Stoddard Chronicle staff Utahns throughout the state are doing a magnificent job of reducing the damages from flooding, Sen. Jake Gam told a Coffee and Politics audience Wednesday. "I know of no other time when I've seen such incredibly good cooperation between var. ious units of government; local, state and national," he said. According to Gam, 40,000 to 50,000 volunteers have helped sandbag against the floods. Following his speech Gam said he was going to inspect the mudslide and flood damage in Davis County, where slides have devastated parts of Farmington and Bountiful. . Gam then turned to the town of Thistle, now under a mudslide-cause- d lake, and said the Disaster Control Act couldn't help there because "there had been no huge disaster" in the eyes of ; the law. However, he said the control act should be changed to allow for more preventionary action. The prevention costs for future flood and mud damage would be less than those for rebuilding after an unchecked disaster, Garn said. - But he warned that some people may be dis- - " 'appointed by aid they receive,- because the law doesn't say it "will make you 100 percent whole." ;;V f ;t . iT-r"- non-memb- . ers -- "Non-membe- rs. ,; ers non-memb- non-memb- ( Gam speaks on campus . non-memb- " Canyon, which Wasn't a safety hazard. "City Creek Canyon has stabilized, but it will never look the same. This is the worn flooding on record in the city," Wilson said. The road leading up the canyon to a water treatment facility is damaged, but one lane is them, the missionaries said. "On the University campus you meet a large span of different people. There are those who hate us and those who treat us well." The missionaries said many students don't respect them for what they are. "People yell at us, flash us and make obscene hand gestures at us. People are swayed against us before they even know anything about the non-membe- 1 - ers Gam said he didn't vote for the recent Social Security "fix" because "it is, in my opinion, another short-terfix, primarily based on m ers .'increased taxes." He said the fix will last for -V :'J only five to 10 years. non-memb- ; ' v. '' continued on page three Senator Jake Garn ' : " ' : Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT Non-Pro- 1 V fit |
