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Show Tootle, 1tali, Friil.u. Volume Eighty Two Chemical Approved Army officials confirmed Tuesday plans to move chemical agents from the Tooele Army Depot North Area and Dngway Proving Ground to a South Area storage site. 'BOTH MOVEMENTS have since lieen scheduled for the near future, according to Depot spokesman Kathy Moore. However, she Mid. the enact date is contingent upon weather and West Tooele Countys vision of Danger Cave State Park came a step closer to reality Wednesday as a collection of government officials toured Wendover historical sites. But, as chief legislative sponsor of the project Itah Rep. John Smith captained, "the proposal to develop a state border has park near the along, long wav logo." THE TOUR climaxed months of effort liv former Wendover resident John Palmer who has lieen the Wendover Town Council's advocate for the project among Utah legislators and state officials. Two small planes carried officials im hiding I'.S. Senator Jake Gam, State Director of Parks and Recreation Harold Tipjiets, State Representative John Smith, State Senator Karl Swan, County track conditions." I'tah-Nevad- Mortar shells containing a chemical "Mister agent" will lie packed into shipping containers and loaded on railroad cars for the transfer from the North Area. Atxmt 15 miles of the 22 mile railroad route to the South Area is traversed by commercial railroad track outside the Imundaries of Tooele Annv Depot. The remainder of the movement will lie across military reservations. Although storage facilities at Tooele Annv Depot North Area are adequate, using previous security regulations, they do not meet recently adopted and more stringent security standards," said Moore. a (axnuussioiiers Everett DclaiMare and James Palmer, and representatives of the Bureau of land Management, legislative research committees, the Utah Historical Soviets' and the Stale Department of Developmental Serv ices. "I think it is a compliment to the area that you could gather this many here all with the same interest." Rep. Smith told some bO Wendover residents in the community's high school auditorium. Ihe f.ut that we can have people of smh prominence here shows the importance of this legislation." Smith sponsored a resolution jiassed by the Utah State legislature this year that called for a study of the Wendover area and the possibilities of establishing the state e park there. EARLIER, Palmer showed some oiliciats and news reji-the site, near the Wendover ubase, where secretive crews const nu ted the world's first uuilear Isitiibs that ended the Second World War vs lieu thev were (bojijMsl cm Hiroill government shima and Nagasaki, Japan. Standing among the ruined of the original buildings and hv dull, white salt flats. Sen. Carn atkhessed the group, saving "Although those iHimbs killed many, maiiv thousands of people, they saved the lives of mans more on loth sides. "I feel very strongly that it was unfortunate that so many were killed, but if anv of you have seen those south Pacific Islands and understood the difficult v involved in taking them. . . and seen also, the J.!iunoxe main islands, how rugged thev were and how easily fouii-ilitiou- s Annv officials stressed that the chemicals will lie escorted by security and technical personnel trained and equipped to cope with accidents or any other incident that would disrupt the move. ' Tooele County Sheriffs Deputies that have undergone training through the past months will assist Army security forces in the chemical transfers. Standing at the Nagasaki bomb assembly site near AAendovcr, Senator Jake Gam, from left, shares impressions with Mayor Tom Watkins and George Marquardt, a pilot on the famous bombing mission. nations chemical deterrent stockpile be demilitarized at the depot, wall she said. Board Puts Teeth In Penalty For Tobacco Use In Schools involved. Anyone violating the rule would be issued a citation or would otherwise be referred to the juvenile court. A citation would require payment of a fine, probably $10 for first offenders. The new policy includes not only smoking, but also chewing tobacco and snuffing. Board members said they recognized their responsibility to enforce the Clean Air Act" passed by the state legislature this year, and state laws prohibiting the use of tobacco by people under age 19. Another state law, that has been in effect for less than a month, allows the issuance of citations by deputized school officials, requiring the susjiect to appear and enter a plea within five days. At this time students would be required to pay a fine or plead not guilty and appear before the juvenile court. number of local school officials will lie dejiutized, enabling them to issue smoking citations to students, if the Tooele County School Board has its A way. imjilemented at the Boards regular meeting Tuesday night, calls for new and more stringent methenforcement. Final ods of of the awaits input policy adoption from the leadership of the Tooele Education Association (local teachers) and other groujis. THE STATEMENT says students shall not use tobacco on the district school camjmses or while attending activities in which Tooele schools are A new policy, anti-tobac- Well Repair: Hope In Sight Superintendent of Schools Clarke I think N. Johnsen told the Board, were just about ready to deputize one or more people at each school. Assistant County Attorney Ronald Elton said while only deputies can issue citations, anyone who sees a student smok- - Some hojie is in sight for Tooele City officials, who are continuing a lonely vigil as they wait for a well driller to begin work and ease the local water shortage. Howard with his to start or Satur- Wrong Address Implicates day. Utah Electric, the drilling firm involved, has claimed other contracts made earlier have kejit it working con- tinually during a year when there is more work to be done than rigs to it. City officials said meanwhile they have been calling throughout Utah and southern Idaho, trying to locate someone else with the capa- Innocent Party Under the headline Drug Plea Is the Tuesday August 9 Not Guilty issue of the Bulletin said the defendant, Albert LeRoy Martinez, lives at 595 Isgreen Circle in Tooele. That address was erroneous, and belongs to Albert U. Martinez, who was not connected with the incident or the court case in any way. Court documents list the defendants address as 141 North 3rd Street in Tooele. The Bulletin extends an apology to Mr. Albert U. Martinez, 595 Isgreen Circle, and his family for the inconvenience they suffered as a result of reconditioned The driller is also scheduled to pull another of the citys trio of deep culinary well pumjis that broke down July 5, sending the area into a water crisis situation. Present rationing rules will continue until city water officials can assess the situation after the pump is replac- the erroneous implication. ed. 1 2 and tigation and interjiretatum that could lie available to not only our children, lands." THE SENATOR said he is convinced the war would have continued until the entire Japanese island chain was taken by American forces. Tins is a very historic area, and we should take some advantage of it, he said A series of chsplavs and two films outlining the historical significance of but tourists also. Wendover Town Council officials explained some 19,000 jieojile drive just the jmtrntial iark site on Interstate 80 Mi a normal day. At the peak of the summer tourist season that nuin-lie- r expands to 38,000. "The Sales tax revenue brought in by those jieojile is great for the local community and great for the state of Utah, Gam said. the Wendover area awaited the visitors at the town meeting at Wendover Danger Gave High. They descnlied where archaeologists have discovered the remains of generations of human nccupancv from the year !MKK) B.C. up to 1500 cl. A REPRESENTATIVE of the Utah State Division of Development Services explained a visiting center recently established near St. George, Utah has lieen jiartially resjionsible for a full half-da- y longer stay in Utah for tourists who visit it. - THE NEARBY mud flats where the tracks of mired wagon wheels of the ill fated Dinner Reed party can That 1 ing can make a citizens arrest and refer the student to the juvenile court. SUPERINTENDENT Johnsen said for the new jiolicy to be effective, teachers in the district mast set an example for students. Ele added the Indoor Clean Air Act makes it illegal for teachers to smoke in school buildings. The new jiolicy has come about as a result of meetings during the past between district administrators and local law enforcement officials. Sujierintendent Johnsen said most local officials support the idea. w'eek Independent Party Sets Convention The Indejiendent American Party will hold its county convention Friday evening in the Tooele Court House, according to Don Reay, one of the jiartys founders. Reay said the convention will be from 3 to 5 p.m. in the day room in the liasement of the building (room 148). He added all interested county citizens are invited to attend the meeting. Star Viewing Set buffs from throughAstronomy out the intermountain area will converge on the observatory at Stansbury Friday evening to observe the largest meteor shower of the year. We originally conceived the Danger Cave and Salt Flats racing area as a package, Tipjiets told Wendover residents. But unless you have some sjiecial anthropological or archaeological interest, youve got to admit Danger Cave is just a hole in the rock, and a dusty one at that. (Continued on Page Three) Funds Will Give County Revenue Boost In-Lie- u County commissioners Tuesday some $480,000 will to county revenues this year of the Payment-in-Lie- u bill Congress almost one year ago. cently hired a second deputy to work in the west county area. Commissioners said the money will also be used to buy road equipment the for some county has "needed badly estimated be added as a result passed by THE BILL requires that federal funds be paid to counties in lieu of taxes for the maintenance of certain federal lands inside county boundaries. Were badly in need of law enforcement in West Tooele County, explained Commissioner George Buzianis, saying a jxirtion of the money will be used in that area. The commission re- - time. NEXT YEAR we should consider very strongly reducing the county mill Buzianis levy with this new money, said. He read a letter from the Utah Association of Counties suggesting the annual jpayment in lieu monies be used to lower local projierty taxes. There should be no d salary increases, new fleets of cars or other exuse of the money, plained the commissioner. According to the letter, officials are still Unsure of the exact amounts Utah counties will receive since the state was delayed in sending proper fiacross-the-boar- gures to Washington, D.C. IT SAID about 80 jpercent of the previously approved figure of $600,000 would be awarded Tooele county this year after the Federal Office of Management and Budgeting slices off 20 Local residents who attend the Fair Friday and SatCounty and urday will be met with an array of displays and activities. percent. 4-- The commissioners indicated the county will lose other federal revenues previously channeled through the State of Utah in the form of forest receipts and mineral releases. Friday afternoon, After discussing policies for Dull Weekends Got Your Goat? The Tooele Countv Fair offers an alternative Friday and Saturday at the Tooele Jr. High School. This unusual fair spokesman may be there eating a treat . . . not at the concession stands, but at the flower exhibits. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Jr. High School LOOK IN TODAYS TABLOID SECTION! IRKING LOT SALE dealing-wit- transient and abandoned persons who seek assistance from local governdement services, the commissioners cided to continue the present policy. THAT POLICY is an informal one that requires Division of Family Services (personnel to contact one of the commissioners who can authorize money for food or hospital care after the Division has determined eligibility. Buzianis said the focus should be on those cases where illness or children are involved. If you have a family with young children and a car broken down, you buy them some groceries and get them some gas and help them on their way, he explained. He said the county should not consider helping single males xvho can fare for themselves in such a situation. 4-- 3 bri- in addition to lion. VISITORS WITNESSED the creation of ball lightening in one of the huge VA'endover Air Base hangars before returning to Tooele and Salt Lake City. Fair-Goer- s Performances for the talent find will be from 10 a.m. until noon on Saturday. contact n $(Mi0,(XX) travelers who jiavs through without slojijiing at the center," he said. But, despite the jxisitive comments of state and county guests, the Park project faces a rough road to completion since there are no apjiarent funding sources for the project. WITH 43 state jiark units in Utah and 30 percent of those underdeveloped Tijijiets said the state must capitalize on federal matching funds. "Generally, there is not as much money granted on the federal level for historical sites," he said. They are on the low end of the money program. Parks offering recreation, he said, are awarded most of those monies. Smith and other projxincnts of the jiark project are seeking funds from state, federal and local sources. Limited funding has already lieen promised by Tooele County and Wendover City, but it makes up a tiny part of the bill for the park that totals at over $1 mil- Exhibits , Activities To Greet With the cutting of the ribbon all the excitement and tradition that goes with a county fair will come alive at 2 p.m. at Tooele Junior High School, where the fair is to be held. According to Fair Chairmen Connie King and Bruce Clegg, everything from baked goods to floral arrangements will be on display for public scrutiny. Fair visitors will be able to view a xvide variety of home arts and crafts, as well as a talent show sponsored through the local Farm Bureau. The traditional county fair has been combined with the Fair this year in an attempt to add new' vitality to both programs. person-to-perso- ngs in an extra posal. Following the move, those chemicals that were relocated to Tooele Army Depot will lie inspected and evaluated, she said. Those not added to the AUGUST saitl the other assets of the area "merit inves- A film descnlied the Danger Cave State Park proposal showing artists sketches of a visitors center where displays should recount the history of the area. Water to lie tapped from underground thennal springs to fill a manmade lake is also included in the pro- NERVE AGENT munitions will lie convened by tnick over a 45 mile route to the South Area storage site from Dugway Proving Ground. Some 40 miles of the convoy route is over public roads, according to Moore. placing the BIT TIPPETS - the new requirements. bility of Jiump. defended, you would see that thousands and even millions more lives would have Iktii lost in an attack cm the is- still Ik seen. A site near Wendover where the first intercontinental telephone line was linked lietween New Yoik City and San Francisco, Calif. Ihe nearby Bonneville Salt Flats, where racers from throughout the world comjietc for world speed records in a variety of vehicles. A A'lEAA' from the Wendover area of the curvature of the earth over the West Tooele County desert and of the distinct markings left on surrounding mountains by the ancient lake Bonneville that covered most of western Utah. SHE EXPLAINED the Depot South Area that already stores quantities of lethal chemical agents as part of the nations deterrent stockpile, will meet City Administrator Dale said the driller has arrived equipment and is esjiected work on the new well Friday Numlicr Eleven Dignitaries Mull State Park Potential During West County Historical Tour Transfer , Cost Fifteen Cents uguxt 12, 1977 J C PENNEY - AL AND LID FURNITURE HAMILTON DRUG ALIENS - F00DT0WN GORDON - FURNITURE COAST TO COAST |
