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Show I . t 1 Option Token oil Adjoining Ground SUNDAY, MAY Utah County. Utah SUNDAY HERALD 1, 1955 Negotiations Underway For ScM of Provo Foundry - I" . - . Negotl4tlpns for the sale, of the '.' Ftovo Foundry and Machine V Company, Utah County's oldest heavy industry and. one of the 'oldest such concerns in Utah, are reaching a stage of near cul- xrnination, according to several indications available Saturday from bothx, public and private sources, s The Trust Company, administrators of the foun- -, dry since the death of its president the late Thomas F.-- Pier- pont, have taken an option on 20 acres of land immediof south the ately foundry and recently renewed the option. Price for the land quoted in the option is $850 per acrend the '( present renewed option expires V on May 30. While no sale has been form ally consumated, it is reliably understood the negotiations are going forward with iar- - eastern I Tracy-Collin- -- p Mr. Whitbecl has had ment. -- ; -- f - I .. .V ; Utahn Cited v .. v .t..-rv-- , . ; - A clause in the city option on . the - aforementioned 20 acres ... holds that the ground "must be Sand and Gravel Products Corp., The driver was James, E. Back- - was a recent recipient of the truck man, 35, of 1023 Learned Avenue ing industry's7 highest award for He was Cited for heroism! inrescu heroism, the Pro Meritis medal, ing four persons trapped in the also presented to him by the Ajner- burning wreckage of a headon, col lican Trucking Assns. He was nom lision of two automobiles. He used inated as 'driver of, the year by the Utah Motor Transport Assn. The accident occurred at Mama, Aug. 20954. Backman was driv truckload of wet ce ing a n ment. He wasi half a mile away when the headonXollision occurred The cars burst intoNflames. He first emptied his fire extinguisher In a vain effort to put out the flames. Then he backed his SEATTLE (UP) The jNational track up to the fire and doused it of "wash out" wa Fisheries Institute has protested with construction ' of dams on the Co ter, normally, ' used to clean the lumbia river and other Tacific truck. Northwest salmon streams "wa Spectators had pulled- - two chil less it be necessary that such dren from the wreckage but were dams would' be vital to the nation unable to reach the four other per al defense of our country" it was sons who were still alive until Backman put out the fire Two oth learned herSaturday. Salmon fishermen told the insti er persons in. the cars were killed tute at its national convention in almost instantly, by the crash. Backman served two and oneNew Orleans this week that artificial methods of moving spawning half years during World War n salmon over dams, or allowing and was .awarded a Bronze Star for r downstream migration of young heroic combat action. fish, have resulted in a high He is married and father of three i children. mortality rate. Institute Protests Dams on Pacif ic IX)NDON (UP) The Western BigThree forged a solid line Saturday against any Soviet mlove to Northwest Streams - neutralize Germany in return for , j t s,lM s.r,it. ; , HOOVER AGENCY Prov ' ' iMmc ouuETr I x Jm jT 1 I " Ap : - ; nt - With water content of 12.8. Her j IDAHO FALLS (UP) Funeral services were being arranged today for Wayne C. Harker, 46, Idaho Falls contractor who was killed Friday when caught between his tractor,' and the floor of a house he was excavating a basement for L in Arnmon. B6nnevill county Coroner Jack Wood Jr., said Harker apparently was trying to back the tractor out of the excavation when an overloaded scoop tipped the machine forward, catching the victim between the tractor and the building. Jess Porter, who owns the house and who was helping Harker, call ed Clifford Judy, a neighbor, who brought another tractor to lower the Harker machine and freethe victim! ; -- : The Timp Divide has more water content than is usual at this time of yearbut conservation of irrigation water is- - still urged by Soil Conservation Service, Ralph H. Felker; area conservationist, said Saturday. He exrdainedl that the cold spring has retarded snow melt, and high winds at this time of ye.ar will take a bite out of wa- -, ter content of snow, covered 4 lllil -- , Timp Divide Water Content Higher; Conservation Urged ' ; . " 10-ce- , j 150-gallo- ns their ' Pi V : Lark Miners To t IdahoFalls Man Ypte On Contract Killed Jn Tractor Accident i , . -- The-"Unite-d the Mother of the' Year. AM sorts of entertainment aro planned, includirig television - and radio appearances. Many. contelegrams, . calls "and gratulatory flowers --ihave been sent, from friends."; Small neighbor girls of Dr. Fugal had placed a bouquet of flowers and a welcome , sign on the door before. we arrived. It is all too wonderful to be t true-Buit is true, and we're to an eventful forward looking before :we jhead. several, days homeward to good old Utah. - , 10-td- unification of the divided country, '; The West; after a week of; talks in London, was reported agreed "that a 'Germany united through free elections should have the right to choose its friends and al lianres in the years to come. Russia tipped its hand in a prop aganda drive following the Soviet agreement with Austria two weeks ago. Russia agreed for the first time to restore Austria's freedom but only on condition it becomes a neutral between East and West j The propaganda drive goffered Germany similar "neutrality" as of reunificaGermany's first hope ' tion. i' f i J"; States, Britain and France, meeting with; Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's envoys, began '.work this week on a projected four- - SALT LAKE CITY. (UP) Some power conference. The Big. Three 675 striking miners at the Lark and foreign ministers art to meet in U.S. Mines of U.S. Smelting, Refin Paris May 8. to complete ing and Mining 'Co. will vote, to invitatioirto Ioscow lor the talks. day on I whether to accept a new Western diplomats were firmly contract and go back to work. convinced that, German neutrality S. Lyle Johnson, federal medi is to be the Russian price, for an tor; said the strikers would hold a the Midvale EaskWest settlement. Moscow was meeting, at 2 p.m.arein members of City Hall. They expected,, to use this slogan in- Lark Lo4292 Local and Bingham' creasingly to. try to win over Ger4373, CIO United Steelworkers mans who - place unif ic ation above cal i other V ' v' of America. considerations. . The nev company contract offer The West obviously expected a calls for a general an hour unified Germany to lean toward wage-increa-se, higher shift premithef West but was not prepared to ums, an increase of $2.50 a month underwrite any declaration thdt in group insurance, a higher penwould provide for German- neutral sion plan and an increase in pay ' for the mucker classification. ity" after Unification. -- - , for Mother's Day . . . HER A HOOVER DRIVER OF THE YEAR Floyd f Pemberton, of Detroit, was announced above, Saturday. ,a$' winner of the trucking in"1955 Driver of the Year," He received coveted award, dustry's the title after risking his life to save two women trapped in a flaming automobile. A Utah driver James E. Backman', 35, of Salt Lake City, was one of the . drivers cited in the honorable I: mention category. i Aq ainst Any Soviet Move M I -- Big 3 Solid : General Electric Company, el which "Dr. Fugal is manager of employment practices, is . planning a special luncheon honoring ' j it v8' merce.'.-- We will occupy the (president s congratulatory messages and special fa vorr at every turn, Mrs. suite at the Waldorf-AstoriLavina '.Christensen Fugal of which is reserved, we aVe told. Pleasant Grove, the American for kings arid queens and other Mother of the Year, faces) a .busy royalty and honored guests. Until week here in the "country's biggest Tuesday, we will be guests of Dr. and Mrs. Roy Fugal at their ; metropolis. title will be for home. Her newly-wo- n . mally bestowed upon herr Friday at a banquet, but Mrs. Fugal will! not want for activity, honors and; thrills during the preceding days.! Sometime during the week, for! example, she will meet President! Eisenhower at the White House; along with a select group of New. and You Give friends and escorts. I an thrilled! and to be chosen as a member of THE BEST v Rebuilt that group. Mrs. Fugal will be the first PhoneFRi3-428- 0 American Mother sp honored. Others in the party will include the' president! 'of the American? Mothers Committee; Seni Arthur, V. Watkins of ,Utah, L former 454 East 3rd ffouth, Utahns Mr. and Mrs. David Wil- . trial purpose within a reasonable ing truck Saturday was announced The contest is sponsored by the : length of time; or the city retains as winner f one of three, honorable American Trucking Associations. The first place winner was Floyd to buy it back at the , the right PembertOH of Detroit. same price. It is believed that mention citations in the trucking industry's annualXnational driverl Backman, a driver for the Utah tne ,ZQ acres; would be Jused in of the year competition. V; Committee and others. Mrs Fugal left Salt Lake City by plane at 12:40 Wednesday and arrivedj in. New York: at 11:50 a.m. Thnrsday. A host of friends and relatives called to' bid goodPleasbye at the airport. A fellow ant Grove Resident, " MerrUl N. Warnick, president of the American Dairy Association, Accom panied us. He! is to speak in, Chi , A Salt the wafer from his cement-mixe- r .WASHINGTON, (UP) to put out the flames. . ' cemeni-mjxused for some productive indus Lake City driver, of a plans for the foundry development a new switching vard. ' a, .. j i na By BEULAH BRADLEY NEW YORK r- - Showered with cago National Competition In Driver-of-Ye- qr --- .-(-': .... experience as a lifeguard and swimming instructor and was manager of the Vrontikis Brothers basketball team this winter. - He lives at 411 W.. 940 N. , firm." J K . He is now employed with the BYU athletic depart- - city-own- ed I s , ( :( , son of Riverdale, Conn., iDr. and A special speaker at tike, honor Mrs. Roy Fugal of Woodmont, banquet Friday noon will bt La Conn. (Dr. Fugal is Mrs. Fugal's mar Buckner of Ogden, formerly son), Mrs. Walter A. Kerr, Utah of Provo, now national president; State chairman of the Mothers of, tfie Junior Chamber of Com will-rece- . -- Editor's Note: This dispatch was written by Mrs. Beulah Bradley, The Daily Herald's Pleasant Grove correspondent, who has accompanied Mrs. Christensen Fngal of Pleasant Grove to New York where ive honors as she America's "Mother of the Year." Mrs. Bradley Is a close friend1 of , Mrs. Fatal and president of j the Cadmus Federated Women's Club which nominated the Pleasant Grove woman for the Utah Mother of the! Year. La-vi- The appointment of Pet Whitbeck as superin-- J tendent of the new Provo Swimming Pool was. an- nounced Saturday by Hty officials. ? ? Mr. Whitbeck is a Brifirham Young University graduate, having received a master's idegree in phy-sical education. He minored in health and first aid. ( J . Superintendent of Proyo Swimming Pool Appointed -- American Mother to Meet President Eisenhower; Receives Many Honors Much Top Soil and Reported Lost 18.6 LEWISTON, (UP) Nearly 3,000,r average water content 000 tons of top soil were lost ' inches. A number of measurements through erosion in nine northern Idaho counties during the soil con were made at areas not previous servation year which ends today, ; ly measured.' SCS officials said today i They included Clear Creek Barker, soil survey above Tucker at 9,200. feet, 42.5 Raymond J. said this year's loss supervisor, inches snow depth, average water was cent less than about three per content, 16 inches. the amount lost the preceding year. Clear Creek0- - 2, 8,000 feet; continuing a downward trend. 279 inches, average snow dpth; Barker said Latah county had the Jiicher slopes. 10.9 inches of water content. TheTimp Divide, measured 3at Clear Creek No. 3, 6,600 f?et, no heaviest loss with 1,17,000 tons. 8,30a foot elevation, had average .! snow. . : snow depth in 1955 jof 44.8. inches Nationalists Raid : Station..&O Ranger Payson with water content of 21.6 as ' snow 37.18 of inches Red Chinese compared to 30.8 inches last year feet; Ships 17 inches water content. Rock An Formosa (UP) Bridge Canyon. -- 6.750 feet; 20 VTAIPEI, ' AiK Chi said Force communique inches average snow depth; 9.2 inches water content. Camp Al neseationalist planes damaged Red Chinese gunboats ia mont, 7,300 feet; 22 iches av- two Published by Herald Corsank four other and protKably poration, 50 South First West erage snow depth; 10.2 inches armed vessels south of Communist .Street every afternoon Mon-- v water content. Dutchman Rang' v Quemoy Saturday. day through Friday. Sunday er Station, 7.500 feet; 27.4 inches The Nationalist Ministry of De13.2 inches average snow depth; published Sunday Herald, water content. Hobble . Creek fense announced at the same time morning. y Entered as second class Summit, 7,300 feet; 11.3 inches that Red gun batteries at Amoy fired 11' shells into Little Quemoy 7 matter at the-- post office in average snow depth; 4.7 inches " within 30 minutes Saturday. Island Jrovo, Utah under the act of water, content. The survey in Hobblecreek and March 3, 1879. American Fork Canyons was BILL WOULD REQUIRE terms carSubscription by made by Ray Littlefield and LOYALTY OATHS ' rier In Utah County: Pearson. SCS. and MADISON, Wis. (UP) A bill re Ter month $1.50 Gregory, National Park quiring tavern keepers to sign a Thomas 6 Walker. la "months adtance $9.00 , j rr Jk .Jsji: : . - Y -- ' ;;i v ; talk 400-to- n , ' . - ! 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