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Show 2A Emery County Progress Wednesday, December 9, The local American Legion Auxiliary was Group gets goal District 5 1981 President Francy Handley. The pat on the back by congratulated Barbara Swapp, area was given because the first vice - president, local auxiliary had in a recent letter to reached their desired membership. Swapp said that the local group was the first in the state to accomplish their membership goals. Hatch Co. driver sues UP&L Hydrochloric acid 4,000 gallons of the fumes injured a truck acid to the plant about driver at one of the 4:30 a.m. April 15, the Utah Power & Light suit says. Co. Huntington plants, He and another a $2.5 million U.S driver were required District Court suit to unload acid from the tanker truck into a alleges. The suit was filed by large metal storage Ronald R. Fletcher of tank at the plant, it Henderson, Nev., adds. The acid is noragainst the power company. It says mally unloaded by UP&L uses a large attaching a material of hose on the tanker to a amount at loading valve and pipe acid hydrochloric the plant. on the storage tank, Fletcher, employed and then by pumping by W.S. Hatch Co. as a compressed air into truck driver, delivered the tanker to force the acid into the tank. As Fletcher parked the tanker by the tank, a UP&L employee told him the acid would have to be unloded into the top of the storage tank because the loading pipe was plugged and the loading valve on the tank could not be used, the suit says. So the hatch at the top of the storage tank was opened and the tankers hose was placed in the opening. A plant employee hooked up an air hose SEUAG meet Santa set for public ' The Utah Southeastern Association of titlement Block Grant program. Matheson agreed and assigned the Governors Advisory Council on Community Affairs, composed of mayors Local Governments and the State Community Development Division will hold a public meeting at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16 at the College of Eastern Utah, Gomer Peacock missioners, to assist him in designing an Room. equitable and county com- allocation They will discuss an system for Utahs allocation formula for cities. The the distribution of Advisory Small Cities Com- Council has asked the Community munity Development State Block Grant Monies. Development Division has to sponsor public Congress devised the program meetings in each of so that it gives states Utahs multi - county large sums of money planning districts. At to invest in capital these meetings the facility projects in Community Develocities under 50,000 and pment Division and counties under 200,000 the associations of in population. Utah governments will could receive as much outline federal as $4.2 million. regulations regarding On of the administration of behalf Congress, Department Housing the the Small Fletcher breathed in mist and fumes of the The pressurized material hose sud- acid and was seriously and permanently the denly sprang from the suit says. tank of injured, the storage top suit The says among the struck and he has other him things, causing plaintiff, suffered respiratory to fall off the platform on the side of the insufficiency and has tanker and onto the great pain and loss of ground, the suit says. body function. was Fletcher The suit claims UP&L employees failed to exercise assistance reasonable care. applications accepted Applications for assistance from the Operation Santa Claus Program are now being accepted at several locations throughout Emery County. They may be obtained at: Department of Social Services in Castle Dale, 748-238- VFW Field officers 7. Senior Citizen Center, Castle Dale, 748-242- Area, Lois Eckersley, Cleveland-Elm- o plan visit 2. Huntington Senior Center, Huntington, 687-250- 2. 653-250- 2. Emery Area, Rosalea Crysts, Green River Senior Center, Contributions are still being accepted and donations of clothing and toys are welcomed. Call Carolyn at to be picked up. 748-24- if you have donations Field Service from the A 286-221- 7. 564-823- 6. Officer of Foreign Veterans Wars, Department Service Office, in Salt Lake City, will be in the area to assist all veterans, widows and dependents in understanding and applying for rightful VA BLM gave Utah benefits, preparing $12 million check and documenting for and one - half million. The been present sent to the Utah payment included from Treasurer by the $12,359,803 Bureau of Land mineral revenues and A check $12,652,847 has for application compensation, pen- sion, hospitalization, education and other benefits. Cities Management as the of program and will ask and Urban knocked out for a brief time by the fall. The hose fell to the ground and continued pumping hydrochloric acid onto the ground, the suit says. to a compressed air valve and handed it to Fletcher, who attached it to the tanker - trailer. The plant employee then turned on the air valve to its full pressure capacity, the suit says. for input from meeting The V.F.W. Field $293,044 from grazing of fees and the sale of Service Officer will be mineral and grazing land and materials. working out of the States share Price Job Service Development asked participants relating revenues generated on M. to state eligibility Federal lands in the Gov. Robison said that Center, from 9 a.m. to Scott Matheson if Utah requirements and a State. nationally, BLM has 12 p.m. on December would administer this selection process. distributed more than 15, 1981. ennon Federal $215 million to 23 regulations important Roland Robison, States for the last half will permit states considerable latitude BLM Utah state ofFY81. -in designing individual director, said the With the exception of block grant programs. payment was from collected Alaska, each State The regulations revenues Fri.&Sat. 7&9p.m. half of receives semiannual the last 7 p.m. only require only that state during 50 of in result perpayments plans funding ac fiscal year 1981, April cent of the revenue projects complishing one of the 1 through Sept. 30. He created by the sale of following objectives: added that BLM made forage to livestock and 4 1) Benefit to low- - and a payment in May of operators, moderate - income $9,029,395 to the State, percent of the revenue people; 2) Prevention bringing the total for derived from the sales of urban blight. FY 81 to more than $21 of public lands. mns 637-274- 0 Sun.-Thur- s. Z ?n MATINEE Entire Stock in our Sat. Dec. 12 9 Children's Dept. Tax Saver Certificates a.m. "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" Tax Saver Retirement Account Fri. & Sat. 7:15 8 Sun.-Thur- s. Invest before December 31, 1981, and you can reinvest the same money plus the interest before December 31, 1982, and earn double interest on the same money. The first $2,000 of interest is tax free. Open or add to your Zions Bank Individual Retirement Account for 1981 anytime until April 15, 1982. Taxes are deferred until withdrawn. New Money Market Certificate with $100 minumum is now available. 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