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Show Page Lehi Free Press 6 McKay Utah Thursday, December 20, 1979 Defendent Criticizes EPA Warns 'Slanted 60 Minutes' Congressman Gunn McKay and the executive committee of the Congressional Steel Caucus has demanded that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency compile a list of the overall capital investments in pollution control equipment which the agency intends to require of the American steel industry. The request came heated during questioning of EPA during a spokesmen meeting called by the caucus to examine the reasons behind the U.S. Steel Corporation decision last week to close 16 steel plants this month, eliminating the of 13,000 jobs steelworkers. Also we re testifying from the spokesmen Department of the Treasury. The giant steelmaker last week announced its intention to keep open its Utah Geneva Works, pending the satisfactory resolution of outstanding between disagreements the company and EPA over the cost of pollution control equipment required to bring the plant in line with Clean Air Act air quality deadlines. McKay led the caucus directors in charging that EPA reluctance to admit the true role which its environmental regulations are playing in the reduced profitability of the American steel industry is building up a feeling of resentment which will rebound against the agency. McKay agency's said the regulations have been drawn "far beyond the intent of the law" 1 - n i i fT) mi oTVn 'iiniiiTi' 0iir wish is that you be blessed with the sweet peace of the Christmas Story. Warm thanks. John L. Christensen Construction Co. 126 South 200 West The Wind Shop Sailing Boats American Fork 756-4771 153 W. Main 768-891- 9 - Lehi (Continued from Page 5) until the purchase price was paid back to them, then the plant would U- - his again. "He about threw them out of the house. That's when his brother in law went and bought it." explains Gillman "So Haum didn't actually own the plant in 1!7:. His brother in law. Stan Farley, tonight it from the bank. Hut Haum ran him off the place, took our money to pay off the creditors, and didn't pay us what we should have got out of the cherries." claims Gillman The bank president. Orville Guiitlicr. refused to verify or deny any of the assertions made by Gillman. saying he could see no useful purpose being served by such a newspaper story. Baum's brother-in-law- , however, did confirm most of the details concerning the earlier foreclosure. Stan Farley agreed that it was correct to question the "GO Minutes" conclusion that Haum was in good financial shape, since Farley himself had bailed Haum out to keep the plant open during the fruit season prior to the alleged conspiracy. He disagreed with Gillman's assertion that Haum had run him off the place after the 197:5 season, but admitted "there were difficulties. I couldn't do things the way I thought because of lack of cooperation from several sources, so I chose to get out the best way that I could." However, even Farley thinks the "00 Minutes" story was distorted. "A lot of the things they said were based in fact, but they didn't go deep enough in my estimation. They didn't give a true picture. It seemed to me they were after certain things that would appeal to the news media, and they got what they were looking lor. Hut it was not a true representation of the whole deal," says Farley. "Garn has some justification for his reaction. That's my feeling. Hut I was disappointed in seeing the church drug into it the way it was. The church was not responsible for these things, in my estimation. There might be one or two people in the church who took advantage of the situation, but to bring the whole church into it was wrong. "I'm sure there are at least three different sides to this whole thing, and they all have some merit. The (i(( Minutes' program only represented one side and it was distorted to some extent "I've thought about writing to 'lid Minutes' myself and telling them they ought to dig a little deeper for their facts before they go ahead and lead people to the wrong conclusions," says Farley. Harley Gillman continued explaining his version of what happened during the; alleged conspiracy. "He has a witness who testifies he heard people say. "Don't go to (Jam Haum. You won't get your money out of him.' Hut that was common talk. Everybody was saying he was broke and couldn't pay tlie growers." Gillman explains. The cherry grower a 1st) says that he and the other growers have been dissatisfied with what Haum has paid them in previous years. After the IVTi season, when Haum was able to recoup the entire $f0.(KI0 debt he owed his brother-in-law- . several of the growers initialed a suit because they fell they were not paid ;id"quatcly. Thai ease is also still pending. Clyde Lunccford is a central figure in the case. He is one of Hie advisors of the church-ownefanned in Elbcrla, bill he is also a member of the board of directors of First Security Hank, which foreclosed in He was in a position to lake advantage of Baum's fiscal problems, but (Jiliman doesn't liclievc Luneeford did anything illegal or 107-4- unethical. "When (Jam got in trouble financially wilh First Security Hank. Clyde did rail Bishop John I.. Vandeubing to come down and bid on the farm and packing house. SoinclxKly was going lo bid on it. If it hadn't leeii the church, then First Security would have bid what they had in it and proceeded lo sell it to somebody else," says Gillman. Grllman says he did not attend the sheriff's auction, but has talked to who did. ' They said no several one bid on Baum's place. The sheriff asked if anyone wanted to present a bid. Each shook his head no. Then Luneeford asked Bishop Vandcnburg if he would make a bid on it. "The bishop said, 'You ask everybody here again if they want lo bid on it The church is not interested in bidding on it if anyone else is.' No one else was, so he bid the amount owed (he bank and, in addition, agreed to pay Haum $r)(),(00 immediately and another $.r0,(MM when he moved out of the house. "Haum took the $.r(l,0(Mi and paid the t lawyers in Sail Bake $17,000 cash to file this suit against the church," asserts Gillman. Sharpen Your Driving "You can't stop winter." Kay Prince of the National Safety Council says, "but there are new techniques that will help you keep winter from stopping you." Prince referred lo change's over the years in recommended techniques in pumping brakes on slippery road surfaces. Previously, hard fast jal)s al Hie brake pedal were the proper way to slow or stop on ice sliekened roads. This was when cars had drum brakes on all four wheels. A good share of today's cars, however, have disk brakes on the front and drum brakes on the rear. The "fast and hard as you can" pumping docs not allow the front disk brakes lo release completely. Wilh the front wheels still locked and sliding, steering is never regained - I he basic objective of pumping the brakes in the first place. Prince "Instead,'-- ' "skid emphasized, testers recommend a intermittent slower, braking action - fully on and then fully off long enough to let disk brakes release so that all wheels are rolling again." The technique should Getting Together For The Holidays? particularly speeds, to enter driveway street. the "What happens," Wren press XI A fx when Ihe motor is cold -such as leaving a private West Main Utah H404: Postage Paid at U'hi Post Off ice USPS. No. :io;iroo Published by Newtah, Inc. Every Thursday Call the Michael N.SIansfield Publisher Professionals Dennis While Managing Editor at 756-287- 3 Subscription Price Per Year $7.50 (In Advance) 17 "H -- anti-trus- j a Gift Continued from Page 5 ; wallet from the Stale Hank of Willard Thomas, a model kit from Hutch's and a casserole dish from the Chamber of Commerce. 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