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Show June Sucker Is Facina Aufumn r Existence enhance it because the wildlife is already doing a number on it." he said Bliss noted also that surviving June Suckers are estimated to be about 15 years old If they aren't killed off by predators, they will die of old age soon, he predicted The Fish and Wildlife Service under the US Dept of the Interior proposed the June sucker as an endangered species July 2. At the request of Provo Mayor James Ferguson, a hearing on the issue will be conducted Oct. 11 from p m. at the Provo Written comments are being accepted by the federal Wildlife Service until Oct. 21. Bliss and other water officials contend the fish should be given protective status which would open more avenues to preserve the species (Chasmistes liorus) than would endangered status. "From the pure perspective of biology, listing is justified, but if you are looking to contributing to the fish's survival, is it the best procedure''" Bliss asked. He met Thursday in Orem with several representatives of the By V1CKI BARKER Herald Staff Writer Listing the June Sucker as an endangered species vould have on its impending extinction because the state years ago stocked Utah Lake with fish that prey on the sucker, some experts say. The state's Fish and Game Department of the Division of Wildlife Resources introduced the predatory walleye pike and white bass as game fish in the 1950s, which ironically have contributed to the sucker's dwindling population. According to estimates, fewer than 1,000 of the fish survive. Quentin P. Bliss, a biologist and consultant to the Central L'tah Water Conservancy District, said Thursday the species has little chance of surviving if left alone. "With the predation problem, Utah Lake is not suitable habitat for the June Sucker. It's going to die out," Bliss said. "Putting it on the list of endangered species isn't going to little effect 6-- 9 City-Cente- water district and landowner groups to review issues anticipated in listing of the June Sucker. Besides restricting game fishing, putting the fish on the endangered list could require modifying the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project in order to protect the fish's spawning in the Provo and Spanish Fork rivers. Officials doubt modification would cause much delay in the project. "If you go out and do something in a navigable stream, like diking, you have to prove you are not going to jeopardize the species before vou can do it." he'said. "Dredging, diking, flow alterations, it's all handcuffed . . . because of stocking of predator species other threat) into the lake." of disease tor introduction possible As a group, the men believe the June Sucker, commonly referred to as a "trash fish," has no unique value to the ecology of Utah Lake, althoueh whv it has survived only there is unknown. Laird said if the "trash" fish must be preserved, it would have to be managed, and that would best be accomplished by building a fish hatchery "and put those suckers in there." huftlenaufs: mitt Ride Is Worth Tlhree I ickefs CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Like a meteor in the sky (UPI) of dawn, the shuttle Challenger streaked into orbit today with a record crew of five men and two women and launched a satellite to study processes that control Earth's climate. The ship received some minor outside insulation damage on blastoff but was reported "in good shape" over-al- l. "Everybody up here's having fun," reported commander Rob- ert Crippen, making his fourth shuttle flight. "You really can fit seven people in here!" Astronaut Sally Ride used Charobot arm to lift llenger's d satellite out of the the ship's cargo bay 8 V hours after blastoff and drop it off on its own in orbit 220 miles high. 50-fo-ot 5,000-poun- "The consensus of the rookies that that ride's worth at least three E tickets," said rookie Kathryn Sullivan, referring on board is to the best amusement park tickets. She is a geologist who will walk in space Tuesday to rehearse orbital refueling operations. The 40 million satellite is equipped basically to see how much of the sun's energy is absorbed by Earth and how much 111TH YEAR, NO. 57 goes back into space. Temperature differences from variations in this radiation input and output drive Earth's climate. Crippen reported the insulation damage and beamed back to the Houston control center a television view of the right-rea- r engine pod where a 2- - to strip of insulation blanket had ripped away. Crippen, using a camera mounted on the end of the mechanical arm, also showed two pieces of chipped ceramic insulation tiles that he said appeared to receive "a pretty good whack" from something during the launch phase. Flight director Jay Greene in Houston said damage has occurred on engine pods in earlier shuttle flights and it "shouldn't be a big deal." The insulation protects the aluminum housing from d the heat of the ship's return to Earth. "We're in good n blastoff Challenger's was spectacular. Observers 250 miles to the south saw its climb into space as a brilliant fireball trail of leaving an orange-whit- e smoke and vapor in its wake high above the Atlantic Ocean. V f t MS , . 'V .......... jjL ' wssy The space shuttle Challenger lights up the early morning sky at Cape Canaveral this morning. Herald Staff Writer Utah County's unemployment rate increased to 6.6 in September while unemployment for the state remained at a constant 6.3 for the third straight month. m i SSfSSSf Total employment in the county has risen during the past year by about 4,300 for an increase of 4.8 percent. There were almost 3,500 new jobs created which provided employment for the unemployed and new people entering the labor force. State labor economist Ray Sargent said Thursday his forecast for the number of Utahns employed during September was 680,900. That's up 7,400 jobs from the preliminary August figures and an increase of 17,900 compared to July. The nation's unemployment rate fell slightly to 7.4 percent in September, with women making the only substantial gains in the job market, the Labor Department said today. The unemployment rate for women dropped to 6.7 percent from August's 7.1 percent, the lowest it has been since June. Despite the improvement, fac- tory employment showed its worst drop in nearly two years with the loss of 125,000 jobs concentrated in the auto, machinery and metals industry, the department said. Factory employment Construction increased by never has regained more than of the jobs lost in the 1981-8- 2 recession. Increases in the county occurred in all segments of the economy with mining being the big gainer with an increase of over 50 percent. Manufacturing rose by 12 percent with most of the increase occurring in durable goods, or those goods and services used in the production of consumer products. three-fourth- A WASHINGTON (UPI) e conference committee, working to reach a compromise on a $472 billion spending measure to keep the government running, bogged down today on aid to Nicaraguan rebels and proposed water projects worth $18 billion. The snags apparently will delay the scheduled final adjournment of the 98th Congress. House Speaker Thomas O'Neill said that the House will adjourn for the weekend by 3 p.m. EDT today, even if the spending bill is not completed, to allow Jewish members to be home by sundown for Yom Kippur. The House also will take the Monday Columbus Day holiday and return Tuesday, he said. "If we don't adjourn by 3 o'clock, we won't adjourn until next week," O'Neill said. Jurgen Warnke we'd never get a contract," he said. But Warnke held on and continued negotiating, drawing up new proposals and working with owners. As recent as March of this year a major plot of the planned temple site was finally secured, he said. man "We had an who owned a plot we needed," explained Warnke. "He said his family had owned it for the past 200 years and he wouldn't sell it. with his little He was a er However, O'Neill said the House will pass another short-ter"continuing resolution" before leaving for the long weekend, m 3) t' ' House-Senat- , ' s k President Rooali Essif m Mondale are "beairt up' far Washington Post pull wj - Tfee pH &m and Mocda ly S? psret surveyed , The debate ia Loaisvi'.le, Women Voter! sod. wiP be stations ia SH Uke Ci;y ntzci tit !s vJ-I- i 8 , SS pressures. ! ft rart iieclel et"? 1 tk T..I7iV ferences by this .morning, but still were stalled on these issues: House insistence on $18 billion in pet water projects that the White House opposes. House insistence that no aid go to rebels. house desires to put strict limitations on the introduction of combat troops in either El Salvador or Nicaragua. House concern over the level of spending for Bill weapons. The negptiators settled on the foreign aid package, resolving- a difference on aid to Greece and Turkey by deciding to give Turkey $700 million in aid. The House had moved its posi-- ; tion from $540 million to $670 million before the compromise, and the Senate dropped down from $715 million. Greek aid was left at $500 million. The area was one of the more controversial sections of the foreign aid package, pitting NATO allies against each other because of their dispute over Cyprus. The negotiators also agreed to remove a crime package from the bill and handle it separately. Because of the delay in passing the money bill Thursday, Reagan ordered a partial shutdown of the government. bill did not cure The short-terthe problem of the rest of the year or answer the question of when the 98th Congress will r;erj t'.z'e tmvp ar4 Vt ',-- , jrcrctnt ; There are still some indicators surfacing which cause downward "a kadirg ! cent. Although these are increases in total employment in all segments of the economy, it must be noted that these increases are due at least partially to the large influx of incoming population. Iy, it trnttd if the Legue ef utevUri livt fey alt iitree network certain that federal employees continue to report to work and be paid. The latest short-terresolution, signed by President earlier today, expires at 6 Reagan ' p.m. Many agencies did not have a regular appropriations bill when fiscal 1985 began on Oct. 1, and need a continuing resoluition to continue to spend money. The House and Senate negotiators had settled the bulk of their dif to be r' ' , ' anti-satelli- te naay: A A f BYU Will Play CSU BYU is back on the road after a week off to nurse some injuries to its grid team. This week the Cougars square off against the turnover-pron- e Colorado State Rams. See game profile and staff predictions on Page 6, (Ml correct Dsbcfs Lts "9 rpce li H?gja Meei except Kawali und P.fcsd licA District of Columbia, where vc " ' c; than mi Pf aiocrstic ctafiasgsr vUliit debate, new ASC tdr tiitiy n'gt ?.!?i,ile in Recgan Leeds 8 per- cent. Finance, insurance and real estate employment showed an annual gain of 5 percent, followed by wholesale and retail trade which increased 4.2 percent and services employment rose 4 per- - Congress- Bogs Down on Spending 1 ft r,' V; By CHERYL KARR i, (See TEMPLE, Page - bu my Jobless Rate Slightly Up fa b Conference - CENTS .'V pre-daw- 4 fjr.. x 25 y i shape," he said. In Sunday's Herald A --1 "Off to a booming start." By NANCY BRINGHURST Herald Staff Writer A . ; high-spee- Pays Off With LDS Temple in Europe LDS ,v i - PRICE $6 00 A MONTH 1984 I lfS6vrcfnc6 Every kind of political, religious and legal problem imaginable occurred when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints first announced it would build a temple in Frankfurt, West Germany, an attorney for the LDS Church told Brigham Young University law school students Thursday. "Purchasing the property for the Frankfurt Temple has been one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life," said Dr. Jurgen Warnke, a member of the Frankfurt LDS Stake. Attorneys for the LDS Church have been negotiating the purchase of land in Frankfurt for a long time, he said. "We looked at 35 sites," said Warnke, who is one of 17 legal experts the LDS Church hired to work on the project. "The real estate market in West Germany is very tight and the laws are quite detailed." Once a series of connecting parcels was selected, Warnke began negotiating with owners to purchase the property. Clauses protecting the church in case they couldn't buy all five needed pieces were drawn up. The process was lengthy but necessary, said Warnke. "We fought over every condition and on two occassions we were ready to get up and say FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5. UTAH, PROVO, rr j Cancer No Deterrent Nothing stops Ivy Gunter, successful model despite being a cancer victim. She was in Provo recently for the kickoff conference of the annual American Cancer Society drive, c, 0f the Today Section. ry on page fund-raisin- Amusements Business Classified Ads Comics Blue Skies Will Smile Fair to partly cloudy skies are forecast Where to Find It g in Central Utah tonight and Saturday by the National Weather Bureau. Highs will be the same, between 70 and 75 degrees with overnight lows in the mid 40s. Further weather information is on Page J. 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