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Show A &''X ' - - ' 'v s '' . S 4 v Two men killed in , A ,$&& AR ' V- IA5' ,f3's v highway accidents '' -- 3fe Two men were killed in parate highway accidents during the past week in the southern part of San Juan County. George Lansing, 47, Aneth, was killed in the headon collision of two pickup trucks before noon on shortly Monday, about five miles east of Montezuma Creek. A report of the accident the pickup driven by said Lansing collided with an on- g3' s lrt S coming pickup driven by Wa- a r ;n fi; p" j- - Mexico. Moore suffered chest injuries in the crash. He was given emergency treatment at the Montezuma Creek Clinic and then was taken by ambulance to the hospital in Cor- "i ' ',?'.W - m i? .SJ x M. -- H .VaK . a 'v r 't i df? . ? IM w 2Q 4 t ip J&S 2 t 3 &J&3 vr: w rTSrriB buildings of all Farm Many, such as shapes and sizes dot the San Juan landscape. thisone, are no longer being used but provide anoth- er willing subject for the photographer or sightseer. Photo and caption by Alvin Reiner . fen Juaim HOMETOWN 63, No. 21 A Dove Creek man suffered the loss of a leg in an accident on Wednesday of last week on a mining rig at Summit Point, east of Monticello. Victim of the accident was SJH reunion By Marsha Keele San Juan High School of 1960 will have its 20 - year reunion Saturday, at the Third RePark in Blanding. servoir The breakfast will begin at 9 a.m., with families invited. July 5, Everyone should bring his and her own dishes if possible. planning to attend should contact Karen Slavens, Blanding, before July 2. Those Record NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY. UTAH cents 20 a copy June 12, 1980 Loses leg in rig accident class South Dakota man was killed Sunday morning in a motorcycle accident at Monument Valley. The San Juan County sheriffs office identified the victim as Steven Farrell, of Sioux Falls, South 34, 3c The tez, Colorado. A A. T Vol . Moore, 43, of Aztec, New lter ' yvi" Doug Gore, 19, who was work- ing on a Fritz Erickson Min- -. ing and Drilling Company rig when his pant leg became caught and wrapped a-ro- und a U-jo- int. San Juan County Sheriff Rigby Wright said an ambulance and crew went to the scene and then requested that a doctor be called. The sheriff drove Dr, Carroll D. Goon, Dr. Jerrold C. Smith and an anesthetist to the scene, where the physicians amputated the leg to free the vic- Further surgery was performed later at San Juan tim. Hospital in Monticello The victim was transferred on Monday of this week to St. Marys Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. Early swim Beginning next Monday, June 16, the Monticello swimming pool will be offering an early morning swim. This time is set aside for those wishing to swim lengths. Time for the early morning swim is 6 to 8 a.m. people Ladies night will be held every Tuesday night from 7 to 9 p.m. nils is a night for ladies age 16 and over only! Absolutely NO children! Also a mother -- baby swimming class will begin next Monday, June 16. The class will be held daily from 12 noon to 1 p.m. for one week. Anyone interested in enrolling for the class should contact the swimming pool before Monday. who they said had Dakota, the Monument Valin camped ley area the previous night. Deputy Sheriff Rudy Cook investigated the accident. According to the sheriffs office report, the victim was headed north on his motoron highway 163 cycle after 7 shortly a.m. Sunday when the vehicle went off the highway and overturned. The victim died at the scene, apparently of a head injury. Three people were injured, one seriously, in an accident about 1 oclock Monday morn- ing about seven miles east of Natural Bridges National Monument on 5. Utah Highway Patrolman Dean Rogers, who investigated the accident, said the most seriously injured was Mrs. Kathryn Buhler, 27, of Salt Lake City, who suffered a severe head injury. She was treated at San Juan Hospital in Monticello and then flown to a Salt Lake hospital U-9- for further treatment. The investigating officer said Mrs. Buhler was a passenger in a Jeep driven by her husband, Donald A. Buhler, 30, when the vehicle struck a boat and trailer which had for repairs. stopped of a Driver pickup truck tower was Dean ing the D. Smith, 30, Farmington, New Mexico. Rogers said a wheel bearing had burned out on the trail-l- er and that Smith was working on the wheel when the Jeep approached from the rear. The officer said the flashing lights were operating on the trailer but that Buhler apparently did not see the other vehicle in time to avoid the collision. Smith jumped between his pickup and the trailer, and the impact pushed the trailer on top of him, the patrolman boat-trail- said. Smith suffered an ankle lachad a ankle and facial sprained cuts. The trooper said the Jeep was totally demolished and that damage to the pickup, boat and trailer was about eration, and Buhler' $2,000. Candidates speak at convention Candidates for local, state and national officeaddressed San Juan County Republicans at the county convention in the courthouse at Monticallo last week. Keynote speaker was Lt. Governor David Monson. Scott Marsh, spokesman for Senator Jake Garn, told the that San Juan assemblage County ranked fifth in the state as a party fund raiser, preceded only by the Wasatch Front counties of Salt Lake, Davis, Utah and Weber, Body found A aract body recovered in CatCanyon last Saturday has been identified as that of John C. Post, of Salt Lake City, Mr. Post was lost and presumed drowned on May 25, when the boat in which he was riding capsized during the Friendship Cruise. Rangers on patrol through Cataract Canyon found the body in Rapid 10, eight miles below the location of the accident. The National Park Service said this week that the remains were flown out to Moab by helicopter and turned over to San Juan County Sheriff Rigby Wright. Dwight Peterson, speaking for Ronald Reagan, said Utah is leading the way in sending constitutionalists to Washington, D.C. Other speakers were Utah attorney general candidate Dave Wilkinson; gubernatorial candidate Bob Wright and First District congressional candidates Jed Richardson and Jim Hansen. In other business, county delegates confirmed the nomination of Kenneth R. Bailey, Monticello, unopposed candidate for four - year county commissioner, and C. Hardy Redd, Monticello, unopposed for re - election as state re- presentative. Primary candidates two - year for county commissioner are Beppie Gibbons, Blanding, and Jack Calliham, Monticello East route. AH local candidates made a few remarks. Jim Kindred, Rose Nugent and Bill Redd, Blanding, were elected delegates at large to complete the county contingent to re state the June 27-elected as delegates at large to complete the county contingent to the June 27 - 28 state Republican convention in Salt 16-me- 28 Rep-wa- 16-me- Lake City. |