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Show t , &dh 3$) UTAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954 UTAH. COUNTY, PROVO, Assault Suspect Held in Custody Peterson Reviews Progress Civil Defense Making Slow, Steady Progress in custody today after three teen- age girls told police the man followed their car, and when one girl got out at Ninth West and Center, grabbed, her and ripped By JOHN L. CUTTER provide anv real decree of proter- - her clothes. Officers said the man Ition was a former inmate of the state WASHIN'GTOIST for city duellers against (l'P The Civil ex-; which bomb Administration, attack, training school and the industrial lsted only on paper three years Under these grim circumstances school. azo, would swing into action with about all that civil defense can the greatest first aid operation in.doiis to rrepare for a gigantic fall on Amer-- , first aid and disaster relief opera-icahistpry if tion something like the Red Cross cities. Administrator Val Peterson Is: conducts after an earthquake but the first to admit that hisxo'rgan- - on an infinitely greater scale, ization is woefully short of men, These preparations,- - while fdr mcney and materials. And even from complete, are already fur-if.- it had unlimited resources, it'ther advanced than many citizens could not prevent an Officials estimate that from causing hideous damage 500,000 persons are now enrolled and tens of thousands, perhaps mil-- j in the civil defense organization and assigned to specific duties. linns, of casualties. But Peterson is satisfied thatiThe figure includes thousands of civil defense even in its present police, firemen, doctors, nurses inadequate state can save many and other" "professionals," but the lives that would otherwise be lost. vast majority are civilian volunpnc help to restore at least some teers. Most of them have received prrnblance of order from the chaos or are receiving, special training that would follow any atomic raid as aircraft observers, wardens, rescue workers, firefighters or Little Warning Now In two more years Fcterson be- medical corpsmen lieves he can have a system which Peterson is proud of his growing would greatly reduce the loss of corps. But he could use three or life by getting a good many people four times as many volunteers in out of danger areas before the mot fields. bombs fall; It hinges on a future Civil defense also Is making. proradar system that would give at gress, slowly, in stockpiling the least two hours warning of an im- supplies and equipment that would pending attack and a tremendous be needed for first aid and disaster program of training people to walk relief in the wake of an (yes. walk) swiftly and orderly out attack. cf town. They are bought with federal At present, civil defense officials and state funds and stored in feci they can count on no more .strategically located warehouses than 15 minutes warning of an The latest civil defense report attack. Of course there is no Hope of 1953 lists nine warehouses and of Conducting even a partial evacu-- ; five other storage locations with aiion of a big city in that time. la total of nearly 930.000 square As for underground shelters, feet of storage space. Thirteen are Fctorson and his aides don't be- - scattered from Massachusetts to licve they could be built big enough California and the other one is in deep enough or quick enough to1 Honolulu. .; I Oilman HOUSTON, "Tex. UP and philantropist Hugh Roy Cullen refused yesterday to retract an invitation to Sen. Joseph R. McCarto speak at a patriotic thy meeting April 21. Cullen, on behalf of the Sons of the Republic of Texas, had invited McCarthy to rrake the principal speech on San Jacinto Day at the battleground of that name east of Houston, where Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836. A petition signed by 1571 students at the University of Texas asked Cullen to withdraw the s) 'My mind's made up," Cullen j Growth Of Mountain Fuel Supply Co. Fuel Supply I ComMountain Fuel's net income lastjCreek field in central Utah to be 41.621 billion cubic feet, cenv 1953 were net for year was $2,718,864, compared! company's system, (b) discov-pare- d pany's with 37.S92 billion cubic earnings $1.37 a share, a? compared with with $2,462,062 in 1952 and $2, ery of new cas in the Sugar Loaf feet in 1952. Total MFS Income $1.24 the previous year. jw. T. 294,033 in 1951. field, and (c) the discovery of from natural gas for the year Nightingale, MFS president, said MFS customers gained in num deeper gas in the Powder Wash was $13,530,529, compared with today iit releasing the company's ers from 93,873 to 103,934 dur- - area," Mr. Nightingale said. "Additional '$12,533,525 in 1952. annual report. ing 1953, and producing wells Referring to Clear Creek eas.'suDDlies of tras enabled the com- "Customers increased 10.7 per from 117 to 126. Of this numbcr.lwhich MFS purchases from Utah pany to satisfy accumulated and cent; gas revenues, 7.1 per ccnt,93 were gas wells, 20, oil wells; Natural Gas Company Mr. demands for residential and volume of gas sold, per and 11 were gas. purchase con-- ! ingale said that of 14 wells drilled :and commercial uses and to Mr. Nightingale said in tract wells. to date 4n that field, 13 have been tach a considerable amount of summarizing the report. He add-- j At the beginning of 1954 gas gas producers. The Clear Creek new industrial business on both ed that gas expense increased 4.9 reserves available to MFS totaled field has been developed during firm and an interruptible basis " DUiion cumc feet. Reserves the past two years by Three 'Mr. Nightingale said, per cent. i,5b a year before were 705 billion States Natural Gas Company. said when the petition was feet. Considering a with- - Utah Natural Gas Company has reached $1,148,985, compared sented to him dxawal during the year of 45 exclusive purchase contracts with year with $1,085,221; the previous year. The Texas House of Represen billion cubic feet, i53's increase owners of the field. Maximum Mr. to tatives refused Monday Nightingale pointed out nvie in reserves amounted to 85 ner daily availability of Clear Creek McCarthy for a speech before cent. "This pronounced increase eas to MFS is 58 million cubic that fecteral income tax, ordinarithe legislature's-speci- al Session 'is principally the result of (a), feet. ly ai major 'expense item, was ends April 13 in Austin. dedication of gas from the Clear Natural gas sales in 1953 were '"unusually low." Mountain to McCarthy Did fft-Wi- Provo man was A Texan Refuses To Earnings Increase Retract Speaking Report Reflects ! Night-'curre- nt 9-- at-cen- ( t," -- j pre-cub- ic i n H-bo- 4,-t.i- ck e. -- . H-bo- SALE OF SIMMONS Mattresses and Boxsprings 1 T- SAVE fcMfpr r. '- Full Carload Savings . 405 coil unit Reg. $89.50. Save $20.00 79 j " ....... ,L a mm. s m ft mm n . mm wan m 5 A i i sc i .1 - - . so pare . . . so high in nutritional value l it is accepted throughout the country as the standard for quality! The whole family will smoothness, truly enjoy the wonderful flavor, the refreshing ... , ;j ' Meakow Gold MUk in the handy "flip top" carton! 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