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Show A4 The Tlmes-lndependen- Thursday, March 6, 1980 t, responded. Utah may gain congressional seat after census is completed A release from the Bureau of the Census states that 11 seats in the U.S. House of Represen-titive- s will shift among several states as a result of the population counts ... March came in like a Lion, with the Moab Lions Club doing some cleanup work at Lions Park on the banks ol the Colorado River, north of Moab. The project took place, aptly enough, on Saturday, March 1. Club members Bud Lincoln and Al Jones are shown in the above photo. Butch Cassidy s sister in serious condition Butch Cassidys sister, attending physicians, Dr. Lulu Parker Betenson is in Bezek, stated that Mrs. serious condition at Gar- Betenson has since sufferfield County Hospital in ed an unexpected stroke Panguitch. She was ad- which has left her paralmitted to the hospital in yzed, unable to speak and early February for obser- she is now in very poor vation after contracting a health. flu virus. One of the Dr. Bezek said that in the past when Mrs. Services held Betenson came to the hospital, she refused to for stay any longer than three Graveside services were days. He said that this conducted at Sunset Me- time, she decided to stay a morial Cemetery Satur- little longer. day, March 1, for Meagan In 1975, she dictated K. Lawley, infant daugh- the story of the early days ter of Douglas James and as she remembers her Barbara Groff Lawley. brother in the book, The child died Feb. 28 Butch My Cassidy, at St. Marys Hospital in Brother, which was pubGrand Junction. She was lished In by BYU one day old at the time of the book is a photo of Paul her death. Besides her Newman and Robert Red-for- d parents, survivors include at the filming of the grandparents Mr. and movie, Butch Cassidy Mrs. Jack Lawley and Mr. and the Sundance Kid, and Mrs. John Groff, all of with Betenson looking Moab. at Paul Newman. He had approached her and grinSecurity ned, Hi, Im Butch, to which Lulu replied, Hi, top lender in Im your sister. 4th Mrs. Betenson will turn During the fourth quar96 on April 5, and while ter 6f 1979 a total of 190 she has lost most of her and trust speaking ability, she is mortgages deeds valued at $61,422, still autographing her 886 were recorded in book. Grand County, according to a report issued by Damage caused Security Title Company of Salt Lake City in coopera- to vehicles tion with South Eastern in collision Utah Title Company. A tailend collision at The Moab office of First the intersection of HighSecurity Bank of Utah, way 163 and 4th N. N.A. surpased all mort- Saturday, March 1 at 8:38 damaged two gage lenders in the county p.m. in number of loans for the vehicles. fourth quarter a total of According to a report 20.For the year 1979, First by an investigating Moab Security also led in the officer, a 1977 Ford number and value of pickup driven by Daniel mortgages granted with R. Simpson, 23, of Moab, 126 loans totalling was stopped for a left turn when it was struck $3,566,718. . from the rear by a 1972 Chevrolet Nova driven by Raymond Konkel, 23, also of Moab. Damage to the truck was estimated at Chrysle $50 and to the Nova at $1,000. Konkel was cited for following too close and no drivers license. seat. Following the 1970 census, districts were drawn so that each Representi-tiv- e would serve about constituents. 435,000 the 1980 census, However, from ittteiMfiiiiiiM Like a Lion Dakota may each lose one which begins April 1. Utah is one of the states expected to gain one seat in the House. Others include Arizona, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington. California, Florida and Texas may each gain two seats. Population decreases may mean a loss of four House seats to New York. Both Illinois and Ohio may lose two seats, and Michigan, Pennsylvania and South population during the past decade have resulted in wide variances in the current population of congressional districts, and these shifts will be reflected in the adjustments made after the 1980 shifts Population figures from the 1980 census will not be used only for redrawing Congresional will forward The President the population figures to the Clerk of the House of Representitives, who will notify Governors of the number of House seats apportioned to their respective states. Virtually every household in the country will receive a census questionnaire by mail on March 28. In rural areas, including Grand County, census takers will begin to pick up answered questioncensus in the 1982 elec- naires on March 31. In more heavily populated tions. The Census Bureau is areas, residents will mail legally obliged to provide back the questionnaires. the President with the On April 16, census takers census population total for will begin to call or visit each state by Jan. 1, 1981. households that have not district boundaries. Almost all states will use census statistics as a basis for redrawing state legislative districts as well. By law, the Census Bureau must provide the states with statewide the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in 1787. They decided that population distribution should be the basis for direct taxation and for apportionment in the House of Representitives, so they approved a Constitutional requirement that every person in the nation be counted at least once every 10 years, beginning population breakdowns in 1790. by April 1, 1981, to assist the in legislative redistricting. birth on Feb. 19 in Rock Springs, Wyo., of a new granddaughter. Jennifer Lynn, daughter of Terry and Diane Crowson, weighed 5 lb. 4Vt oz. at birth. She has a brother, Terry Dale,' 9 years old, and a sister, Robin Gail, 3 years old. 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