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Show Volume Eighty-Seve- Tooele, Utah, Thursday, Octolx--r 8. 19SI n Voters Trim Ballot Costs Em Probert Paces Tight Field F or Mayor Oren Probert nearly doubled the numlser of vote received by his nearest competitor in Tuesday primary election for Tooele city mayor. Bid only four votes separated second Bandy Hammond and place third place finisher Thomas Atkin in the mayoral race. Mr. Hammond collected 453 vote in the Tuesday primary, compared to 449 for Mr. Atkin, according to initial election returns. vote-gett- Under Utah law, a recount request granted if less than one vote per district separates the candidates. With Tooeles 21 districts, Mr. Atkin's recount request was granted and votes were tallied again today. As of 1 p.m. of the districts were recounted and there were no changes in the Hammond- - Atkin is one-thir- d margin. Only 1.3 percent separated the second through fifth place finishers in the race for Tooele city's tight runner-u- p chief administrator. Mr. Hammond garnered 16.2 percent of the votes, followed by Mr. Atkin with 16.1 percent. William Cot his was only 22 votes behind the second place finisher with 431 Colleen DeLaMare easily surpassed In sweeping through the primary with 903 votes and 32 percent of the vote, Mr. Proliert won all but five of the David Faddis, Sterling Hanks and Dorothy Conner. Mrs. DelaMare had 1,241 votes, more than any candidate in either the council or mayor contest. In second place was Mr. Faddis with 956 votes. Mr. Hanks collected 925 votes and Mis. Conner had 893. Only 63 votes separated the contenders after Mrs. DeLaMare. But the tightness of Tooele precincts. I was overwhelmed the margin of victory in the primary, Mr. Proliert said after the votes were cotinted. He said he felt comfortable with the support he would receive from people he knew, but wa s concerned alamt the younger voters in the city that were not familiar with him. Mr. Hammond made a strong show ing in the northeast section of Tooele. He won in districts 15, 21 and 12 and also in district 16. District 16 is located on the southwest edge of the city. In district 18, where both mayor finalists live, Mr. Probert gained 97 votes to only 19 for Mr. Hammond. Mr. Welili was the only other candidate to win a precinct. He won in district 17 where he gained 24 votes, four more than Mr. Proliert. the council election ended there. The votes showed a clear line lietween which four candidates would proceed to the general election and which can stop campaigning. Eliminated by the primary election were Realtor Paul Kroff, businessman Howard Fait and Tooele Army Depot employee Richard Keifer. Their vote totals were 607 for Mr. Kroff, 533 for Mr. Fait and 160 for. Mr. Keifer. e With a gap lietween the defeated and survivors, no recount vote is expected among the city council candidates. Early in the evening Tuesday, the outcome became apparent. Winners in the coimcil race were known by 9:30, only an hour and a half after the polls closed. Women showed st rongly in the primary election, with the two female candidates I mth outlasting competitors and making it into the council finals. Mrs. DeLaMare won 17 of the 21 districts, even though $even persons were vy300-vot- A recount vote on the mayor's race Thursday deemed Tom Atkin by two votes as the second place vote earner in the Tooele mayor's race. Randy Hammond, who was ahead by four votes before the recount, is now asking for a second recount. That recount must be performed within five days. The election judges began the recount task Thursday morning and did not finish this first recount until 4 p.m. The findings showed one mistake in six different districts, each in favor of Mr. Atkin. The changes came in the form of four votes sliced from Mr. Hammond's total and another two added to Mr. Atkin's. Senior Citizens Center with Everett DeLaMare in the master of ceremony spot. The entertainment includes numbers from Broadway shows by the Crantsville Opera House Memorial Group with Tom Stam and his unforgettable If I Were A Rich Man, Marge Staples recreating her Hello Dolly perstanding ovation Little Bit formance, the rollicking OLuck from My Fair Lady, and favorites from Sound of Music, South Pacific, Coes." Music Man, Squeaker every candidate fur city council to grab a solid lead in the primary election. Bunched together but still in contention for the two city council scats are Atkin Wins Initial Recount A glittering array of talent and an impressive roster of prizes will vie for the spotlight Saturday night at the Chamber of Commerce variety show. Curtain goes up at 7:30 p.m. at the NiiiiiIht Eighteen DeLaMare Leads City Council Crowd votes and 15.4 percent of the vote. He was followed by Calvin T. Webb with 417 tallies and 14.9 percent. Local developer Paul K. Bevan finished well the field with 145, five of total. the percent Show To Display Array Twenty Five Cent Check And Double Check ing for votes. M rs. Conner was the only person to best Mrs. in two districts, even though she had the fewest votes among Councilmen Harvey Wright and John Cluff canvass voting district because of the tight mayor race, the votes were recounted Thursday. Del-aMa- those passing the primary election lest. 20, Her st rung districts were 21 and Ixrth oil the far south side of Tooele. SectMtd place candiilate David Faddis lieat Mrs. DelaMare in district IS, which showed his heaviest support and the election's heaviest turnout. In that district, Mr. Faddis and Mrs. DelaiMare combined took in more than half of the council votes cast for all seven council candidates. Third place winner Sterling I tanks lieat 21 and was the incumlient in district the highest vote getter in the district. He lives in that district. In assessing the results, Mrs. DelaMare credited two features to her st rung showing. She noted she w as the only incuniliciit in either race, and she said she lielieves the voting shows the citys di".ire to have at least one woman representative oil the . city ciMUK-ilMr. Faddis said he is happy to st ill lie in the race, and he complimented the three who will accompany him in the general election, saying they are all qualified. He predicted the relative closeness of the results would inspire hard campaigning. That campaigning will probably decide the race for the two council seats, he said. Mr. Hanks concurs with those later statements especially. He promised campaigning would perk up now that the lines are slimmed for who will sit in the two public seats. He noted that the election so far has consisted of extremely clean campaigns. Mrs. Conner said she was happy to see how well the remaining candidates fared against the incumlient. Mrs. Conner said she spent the election day with a megaphone asking residents to vote. of Talent and Anything which include everything from a rifle, a motorbike, a quilt, bicycles, drill, groceries, dry cleaning, a hunting knife, broiler oven, and dinners. More than 30 prizes are waiting for the lucky ticket holder. And thats not all. There will also be hand-quilte- The incomparable Triskelion Mime Troupe from Tooele High School will be one of the highlights of the evening along with the Sharon Foulger Dancers, Rush Key, and Pat Cooks fiddlin and strummin, Beth Marchant and her honky tonk piano, balladeer Marvin Swenson, and pianist Larry Green. The local greats will be assisted by the international flavor of The Linebackers, and the progressive country band Bows Bent. Along with the parade of talent, the evenings entertainment will feature intermittent drawings for the door prizes homebaked d items on sale during intermissions. Tickets for the gala event are $3 for adults, $2 for senior citizens and $1, children. Tickets for doorprizes are $1 y sucker which gives the buyer an and a chance to win. Tickets are on sale in booths set up in front of Safeways, Albertsons, and Allens or from Chamber board members. all-da- ' Local Realtors Urge Promotion Of New All Savers Certificates Local financial institutions were strongly encouraged to promote the use of all savers certificates Wednesday by the Tooele County Board of Realtors. The certificates, which are part of the Reagan tax plan that went into effect Oct. 1, will provide for the first $1,000 interest to be excluded for taxable income by individuals and $2,000 on joint returns. The certificates will be offered between now and Dec. 31, 1982. The current interest rate is 12.14 percent if the matur-itcertificates are held to a one-year y. In making the certificate a part of the Presidents Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, Congress mandated that 75 percent of the net proceeds be utilized for residential niortgages and agricultural lending. John Poulson, president of the local Board of Realtors, expects this to help the local housing market by lowering the present market rates. Home buyers who have been left outside the home purchase marketplace will have access to additional mortgage funds at rates two to three percentage points below the current level. The Tooele branches of Commercial Security and First Security Banks are pushing the all savers certificates through advertising, representatives of those lending institutions said Commercial Security Bank in Tooele has issued about 20 of the certificates since they became available last week, Lamont Tingey, vice- - president of the bank said. Its not alot. But we think that it is a good program and we are pushing it, Mr. Tingey told the Realtors attending the Wednesday meeting. Mr. Tingey said most of the loans that his bank makes in connection with program will be short- - term agricultural loans. It is difficult to make a loan on a one year program. 30-ye- k old He also said that the program has not reduced the mortgage rates as of yet, but we hope to see a reduction in the future. one-wee- Don S. Manwaring of First Security Bank pointed out that many of the investments into the all savers certificates are from holders of money market certificates. I dont think we are seeing alot of new money being invested. He also pointed out that his bank is promoting certificates through advertising in the local and Salt Lake newspapers as well as by mail to its present customers. Tooele Mayor Doug Sagers said the high mortgage interest rates have created an affordability problem in housing that has prevented many from fulfilling their desire to purchase a home. He said that when Getty Oil begins Eagles FOE 1 64 Peer IXlcjinifteirs BaU i operating in Mercur, 250 new families are expected to move into the area. Many of these people as well as the others that will be moving in are not able to afford homes because of the high interest rates, the mayor said. Mayor Sagers added, I urge all depository institutions with the authorization to issue these certificates, to actively offer them to the saving public so that mortgage rates can be lowered. He also urged local residents to take full advantage of these certificates in order to keep this a strong and truly citizen- represented community, through home ownership. It is Mayor Sagers belief that the certificates have a potential for helping troubled lending institutions and at the same time make available mortgage funds at lower interest rates. Realtor Board President Poulson said, The housing resale market has borne a disproportionate share of the burden of inflation fight over the last two years and the all savers certificate, although a short term measure, does provide some hope for home buyers by making mortgage interest rates decline. He explained that the certificate would be issued with a return to the saver at a rate up to 70 percent of the actual value of the Treasury bills at the same time of issuances. October 10 Dinner: Dance: 9-- 1 $15 couple $7.50 single Sheep Rock Crash Three California men killed in a wreck in Tooele Countys Sheep Rock Mountains west of Vernon Sunday. Bodies Recovered From Plane Crash Search and rescue teams raced the weather Wednesday to recover the bodies of a grandfather, a father and his son who died when a Cessna 310 crashed into the highest peak in the Sheep Rock Mountains Sunday. Killed were pilot Daniel E. Richards, approximate age 40; the pilots son, Danny D. Richards, who turned 19 only three days before the crash; and the pilots father, William A. Richards, 61. All were from Oxnard, Calif. ' If the pilot had been on a course 200 feet higher or even 50 feet west, the plane would have slipped unmarked by the mountain peak. Sheriff Walt Shubert re- ported Thursday. According to the best reports so far, the three men were hunting in the Evanston, Wyoming, area during the weekend. At 11 a.m. Sunday, they left Evanston, which would have placed them in Tooele County at about noon, the sheriff estimated. On Tuesday, a Civil Air Patrol plane reported hearing the beeper signal of a downed plane seven miles west of Vernon. The search for the plane was bjng con ducted near Evanston, but the signal and visual confirmation showed the plane had made it into this county, Sheriff Shubert said. At dask that night, a team went to the scene and found one body, that of the pilot. Because 'of the steep terrain, the sheriff called his men off the mountain with the intent of returning by helicopter at dawn to resume the search. At sunup, however, winds gusting up to 60 miles an hour at the site made that plan impossible, and the group of 15 men hiked for nearly two and a half hours to the wreckage, according to the sheriff. After nearly four hours, the other two bodies were found relatively close together, about 300 feet down the mountain slope and dead, Sheriff Shubert said. By the time the crews had hiked down the mountain with the bodies and recoverable belongings, it was 6 p.m. The remains of the three men were turned over to the state medical examiner for an autopsy. This is the usual procedure, the sheriff stated. It is unknown when those tests will be completed. The Federal Aviation Administration Is investigating the crash. Gary Mucho from the National Transportation Safety Board said the field investigation would be completed today. The next step will be to take his information back to Denver before writing his report. Although the pilot is reported to have 18 years of flight experience, he apparently was not instrument rated, Mr. Mucho said. A pilot needs to be proficient in read- ing flight instruments to fly in bad weather. Bad weather was a factor during the weekend, with heavy rain coming through the county on Saturday and Sunday. The rubble left of the plane will be left on the 9,200-fopeak on the mountain where the plane crashed. Sheriff Shubert said. He explained that the cost of removal was too much, although he did sav the insurance company could take responsibility at a cost of possibly $100,000. Large orange Xs were painted on the plane to prevent future spottings of the plane tobe confused for another crash, the sheriff said. t |