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Show bniV'-- r r i. 1U Salt la Ii-n'- ; Fall Kills One Workman, ,t : ,nt C ,17 Jan61 City, Utah Injures Another Monday One man was killed and another afterseriously injured Monday noon at Willard when the pole they were working atop snapped and sent them crashing to the ground The dead man was identified as Lawrence John Conner, 38, of 230 Twenty-Fiftstreet, Ogden He reportedly died while enroute from the accident scene to Cooley Me monal hospital The injured man, listed as V J Setster, 25, Mountain View trailer court, Brigham City, was treated at the local hospital and taken to se- Ogd n He was rejiorted in rious condition at Dee hospital suffering from a broken right foot, internal injuries and a possible broken back h Volume 63, Number 8 Brigham City, Utah, Tuesday Morning, April 26, 1960 Zone Changes attending physician said Connors death apparently was caused by chest injuries The mishap was reported at 18 p m The two men were members of a Union Pacific communications gang which reportedly was transfeiring telegraphic lines along the railroad at Willard Trooper Leonard Jeppsen, Utah State Highway patrol, said witnesses told him the men were disconnecting wire from one of the poles As they disconnected the last wire, the pole broke off at ground level sending the pair hurling to earth Jeppsen said the pole had been decayed or eaten out inside, leaving only a shell which snapped when the wire support was remov- 8 PAGES Survey Shows Need For 4 Additional .t Vi, - ?;i 1 'i Highlight THE Local Church 1 V'- A , 'rft s Council Action 45"? Semaphore Lights 1 Will Host amendments to Two proposed the zoning ordinance were major items of business m an action-packecity council meeting on Thursday night. The first ordinance change would lezone a piece of property on from Main north agricultural The ) to commercial ) area includes a strip on the east side of Main extending from about Eighth North to the city limit The second revision would place added restrictions on certain busThese ininesses in C 2 zones ed clude animal hospitals and hatchto eries which must be enclosed in The two men were taken Cooley hospital 111 a Bngham City buildings and lumber yards which ambulance would have to be enclosed by a solid type fence where the yard ahutts on a public street or rest! icted aiea right-of-wa- State Meeting Brigham City Community Presbyterian church will be host to the Uta Presbytery and Presbyterial, which will convene in Brigham City Thursday, April 28 at 10 a m Presbytery meetings will be held at the Protestant Center 439 East Seventh South The Rev George Hirose pastor of the Japanese Church of Christ of Salt Lake City, will serve as model ator Addressing the groups morning session will be the Stated Clerk of the Synod of California, of which the Utah Presbytery is a member The ladies attending Prcsbytet ial will meet at the church at 304 South Second Ea-- t Mrs A Walton Roth of Salt Lake City, Piesbyterial president, will conduct the meeting Alice McGuire, an area representa-tave- , will address the group in the morning An afternoon joint session of Presbytery and Presbyterial will feature synodical president as the guest speaker All interested persons are invited to attend this afternoon session Delegates are expected fiom all Prebytenan chuiches in the Utah and also from Preston, Idaho NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE is hereby given of a public hearing by the Planning Commission of Brigham City, Utah, on Tuesday, May 3 1960 at 8 p m at the City Council Chambers in the City Hall Building in Brigham City, Utah At said hearing the adoption of a major street plan for Brigham City, Utah will be considered All residents and interested parties are invited to attend and be beard Dated April 22,' 1960 R W FORREST, Chairman, Planning Commission d stamp in time saves nine1 This may well be the motto of the parcel post man at Brigham Citys parcel post window who no longer has to dabble in stamps He just flips a switch, pulls the lever and out pops tape postage of the right amount Just like that No fingering and fumbling for stamps of various valuo The trick is turned on a new postage meter machine which was put in use here last Friday It is expected to cut some big 165-fo- S.L. Company City Well Job A Salt Lake City firm, J S Lee and Son Drilling company, Monday submitted an apparent low bid of $12,060 to drill a wed for Brigham City in the Mantua valley A special committee representtwo ing the city council opened other bids The high of $17,426 60 came from United Drilling com pany and the middle bid, $14,120 was submitted by Robinson Drilling company The contract is expected to be let within the next few days, according to Mayor Ruel M Eskelsen who with Councilman John Hadfield and City Engineer Francis Todd, comprised the committee The well will be sunk m the south end of the valley near the site of previous drillings The resulting flow of water will be available for culinary use However, Mayor Eskelsen said this year, it will be used for irrigation purposes The contract calls for the well to be completed within 45 calendar davs, excluding Sundays and for construction to begin no later than 10 days after the bid is let Willis Hansen counts The council 500-fo- on delinquent l ned It also should be a boon to pos tal customers who dont like to stand in long lines to mail a pack- age four-cen- LDS V fcf- J. I Mr s ' J Ti 'kt . J ' Busiest of the four intersections was the Main and Fifth South spot where an aveiage houtly count of 840 vehicles and pedestrians used the crossing during a 12 hour period Busiest hour was between 5 189 and with crossings made while the 4 to 5 p m period On an average, icgistered 161 663 vehicles used the crossing noith and south and 118 east and west with 60 pedestrians every hour J N M r rim : . - 6pm tY A IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WORK Construction such as pictured here has become a common sight in northeast Brigham City where work in a special improvement district for curb and gutter is underway. The city council last week gave the signal for another improvement district, this one for sidewalks in the expanding northeast area. Road Commission Seeks Bids on A BID for renting city pasture land was awarded to DeVon who submitted high bids of $167 and $188 to rent the lands for one year The two pieces of pasture are located near the sewage plant and sugar factory There were 12 bids considered The council approved an agreement between the city and Brigham City Development company pertaining to extension of the sewer line to a motel site on U S 91 near the south city limit The agreement stipulates that the comline cost pany pay the sewer with the city repaying the amount interest-free- , one year after 30 units are completed and ready for The state road commission is calling for bids on a project to resurface the inside lanes of U. S. 91 from Perry to Brigham City. Date for opening bids is May Job Perry-Brigha- m 10. The stretch of road improvement extends from south Perry to Second South street in Brigham City, a distance of 3.6 miles. Included m construction will be approximately 25,750 tons of plant and mix bituminous surfacing 1634 tons of bituminous material. In Bishopric Of 12th Ward lUWUUT Bishop Wallace Reedei remains in his position as bishop of the waid woth new counselors including Stewart Tingey, first and Joseph Tillotson second Robert T Ion sen will continue as financial cluk and a new waid clerk will be sus tamed Sunday, May 1 Retiring counselois nri lack first counselor, and Arthm Fishier second counselor Stewait Tingey has been seiving in tin waid clerk capacity Kapp FIRST North and Main had an of 789 ot which 568 were north and south bound, 183 across town with only 30 However this intei section produced the peak loads with 235 crossings dui ing the hour between 4 and High morning tiaffic also was counted, with 053 between 7 and The crossing at Sevemh South pioduced a count of 763 per houi with the peak load between 5 and when 386 crossings were made Of these 949 weie north and south bound 319 across and 118 pedestrian This would be greatly increased next September when the new Mountain View school opens Also important Because it is a school crossing is the Intersection at Third Noith and Mam, used for an houily average of 707 with peak of 138 between 5 and 6 Pedestrian traffic at this p m crossing was counted at 147 between 8 and and 107 between 3 and Slated Here The regular quarterly conference for Box Elder stake will be conducted Saturday evening and Sunday, April 30 and May I, in the stake tabernacle, according to an announcement made this week by Piesident O Dee Lund 5pm Sam The city council last week ordered the legal machinery set in gear a special improvement distuct for sidewalks in noitheast Brigham City Council members unanimously backed a resolution declaring the citys intention at a regulai meeting The improvement district now ap pears headed for reality unless blocked by mounting property owner op position The area involved includes most ol that north of Forest street and east of Sixth East plus all of Sun set Heights subdivision A hearing to test public reaction to the impin'. ernent distuct is set for June 2 in the city hall It was pointed out that written protests must be filed with the city recorder on oi before June A FIFTH intersection was studEstimated cost ol the project is An open house obsuving $92 388 with an approximate cost ied the one at Main and Sixth s 10th anniversary school of $1 66 per front foot foi North but the percount averaged last 550 diew some Fnday sons owning abutting pioperty peisons only 572 pei hour and it was not The open house began at I p m included in the estiAccording to engineering city resolution remates planning and specifications and concluded at 9 p m with the questing the foui traffic lights could be completed and a con- hundieds of visitois touring build A report of the traffic count was It is expected tract let by Aug to Blaine Kay, district and exhibits The piesented ings viewing that construction would be wrapRainbow dancers and school band highway engineer last week when winter weather he met with members of the counped up before and chorus entertained in thi audi sets in ty commission and highway com mittee of the Box Elder Chamber However this schedult depends torium An unusual mil unscheduled con of Commerce on favorable and developments citicn approval of the impi ove- tribution to the tvent w is offued! Kay indicated that the state At rrun! distuct previous meet- bv a gioup of visiting Halians in would conduct independent traffic ings there has been some opposi- the foim of song and dancis of counts at the four intei sections tion their count! v befoii aching a decision the mcliid shells following air ed in tin pioposid distiii I Hiason avctrui Both sidis between Seventh and Ninth East and noith sid only between Ninth and Tenth Fast Fust Noith Both suits Intuiin T h and trill I 1st tv nut Both suits In licet lit The General Services administration last week twicn Tighth last and 340 fi t killed 1st hopes for a new federal building in Brigham east ot 3 nth nmth side t 1st ot onlv bt tv n 240 It nib City by saying there appears no immediate need for Fast tin! 120 lilt t ist ot Popl.u such a facility 6pm to establish - Intermountain Hosts 550 at 1 1 Birthday Event 9am 4pm n 1 New bishopuc members wue sustained for Brigham 12th LDS ward during regular Sunday eve ning services April 24 Conference average houily use Improvement District Gains Council Backing 1 Changes Made 1 1 4 CONFERENCE is planned as a sequel to the recent LDS Youth program outlined by the General Authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints, President Lund stated. The conference will begin with a leadership meeting Saturday at 6 30 p m for all ward and stake officers Expected to attend are members of the stake presidency, ward bishoprics, high council, stake and ward clerks, all priesthood quorum leaders, including advisots to the Senior Aarontc and Aaromc priesthood in quorums the wards and stake, and all officers of the ward and stake auxily iaries At 8 p m , a special meeting for all parents in the stake will be conducted Films and recordings of talks by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, and by President J Reuben Clark of the First Presidency of the LDS church, will be presented FEATURED speaker will be A. Walter Stevenson, foimer member of the general superintenden-c- y of the YMM1A, who will discuss the responsibilities of parents in directing youth in correct ways of living All parents in the stake are invited and urged to attend, President Lund said General sessions on Sunday will begin at 10 a m and at 2 p. m The general public is invited to attend these meetings The Sunday morning session will be devoted to hearing reports from returned missionaries and other business outlined The Box Elder and North Box Elder stakes Missionary Choir will present musical GS A Says No Federal Building; Door Still Open for Post Office numbers The Sunday afternoon meeting will be a special youth conference for all young people of the stake and their paients A program has hem outlined with the youth of the stake participating Music will be furnished by the Box Elder High school a cappclla choir t 1 The council ruled that whenever a special Improvement district work disrupts a regular irrigation water svstem, the city is responsible to correct the situation in charge of the eoi ganiation weie Noith Box Eldei Stake presi duve President Mack dency, Young Maplt duve Both suits be Counselor Varsel Chlarsen and tween Second Ninth and Poplar Counselor Lee R Andersen dt Plans Fall Into Place iv The announcement acknowledged a space short age at the post office building but said this problem does not affect other federal agencies in the city. e Second Noith Sixth sides and Poplar Both I ist However, the GSA disclosure did not n Svcannne Intwien 3 For Golden Spike Day Among lutest developments in the traditional observance is the assurance by Gov George D Clyde that May 10 will be pro claimed "Golden Spike Day" in The county commissioners Utuh alieady have upproved a similar disignation for Box Elder county t Bernice G Andetson. of the county Golden Spike association, said the annual pio gram will Include numbeis by the Bear River High school band The Appalosu riding club of nmlhern Utah also will be on hand in costume Mts Glen S. Nelson, local postal employee, stands POSTAGE METER by (he postage meler pul Into service lor the first lime last Friday. At the window Is the first customer (0 use the tape postage locally, Journal Job shop loremun, Howard Anderson, News ) t pies-iden- THE Btlghum City Jaycees arc again in charge of concessions and will be selling refreshments during the festive event t xpectcd to be on hund aie of the Nation.it Turk Service, Union Pacific and South llm act nue Both suits In tween Tenth L ist mil Poplai duvi Hind North Both sidis between ern Pacific railroad companies Sixth I 1st uni 15K tiit last of the centet line of Hnl1d.1v duve south LAKE HOLDS ANSWER and the Utah tlixtoiicu! Societ side onlv In Iwi n the point 15K feet One of the progiam highlights east of tin until Inn of Holiday is slated to be the laving of a me duve t net 140 bit ist of tin un morial wtealh at the golden spike tei line of Popl ir di Oak dim monummt hv nnlioad officials Both suits Intwiin Mountain irw dim and 120 ft H A si mb is hi THE festivities nre scheduled to mg undue till III east of llohdiv dim tin Cm at Silt I k an 10 lie. 30 m at a with the lamed stall Fouith Ninth Both sidis hi - Piomontmv Pumt toi tw missing e enactment being uinduitcd as 165 let! wisi of Sixth ist civilians and tin wmkigi of neai us possible to 12 47 p m , tween and CreMview duve B5S lustli lluv ditihnl 1869 when time in supiisonu the gol original i atl.11 bomb ti si iun I 11 Orchaid drive Both sidis he dining den spike was duven linking this nations first rail twien Huwthnim dim and Hull das d iv di iv Iln iiatt w is ii)oilid missing road id iv on indon duve Both sidis hi mind li i fiom I ml The mijpnal and exilusue cists twien Mountain View duve and Mm th 3 e to S tit I aki ( itv on a fiom Bngham fits will pi form Ciestview dim loutmi uKiptatiii In k fiom ( on the e enactment Lending an ad Belmont stuit Both sides ht van dtttonil air of authenticity will be tween lliwthoun duve and II11I1 ONLY the tail seuion ot the $10 I rank Davis acting as telegrapher due diive million plane hus been found at the stle It was Davis father urview dim Both sidis be it was repotted that a flare who tapped out the first wind of tween Mountain View duve and was itportidly sei n about 15 miles the histone event 91 years ago Hawthorne dim of thi Goldin Snke Fifth Ninth Both sidis hi tween southwest Stmvenn programs and nimiu ,L ,UuUv n,cl" bv fifth las. stmt and Haw.hn, no monton resident ture golden spikes will be on Sale di ye he-r,u' th"d months ol tin new during the day according to Mi Sunset duve Both sides Kenneth G. limp son, 29, oi Lori Anderson. Two) (Continued on THE stake MIA will conduct the Sunday evening meeting at 7 30 Guest speaker will be a p m Bughani City man, Boyd K Packer now coordinator of the seminary program for the LDS chuich This meeting is also planned especially for the youth of the stake and all aie urged to at-- , tend President Lund concluded for-m- Job Picture Stable 3 lu ioh picture m Brigham City 11 mimed stable for the ek ending Apnl 16 even showing a slight inoeasr in the number of openings lisiul bv the local employment se. uritv office Thi numbei of job openings to t.ilui 34 lompated with 32 for thi pi i nous week and 35 for (he same pi nod in 1969 Search Staged for Lost Men, Plane ! -- 11 I 1 1 how-eve- 1 1 Po the It said the being built here problem was now under Post Office department study by the Civic leaders for months have been seeking attention for a new federal building here. Both sides ivtmn ist and tilth Poplar di ive Arrangements were falling into place this week for the eighth an nual Golden Spike ceremony, May 10 at Promontory Summit shut door on the possibility of a new post office building driv e Stake d Ux 'r j The traffic counts were made at the vanous intei sections by the police department and were to the council by Chief John I Johnson 4 t approved payment of a claim to Perc Petersen for land purchased by the city to widen a street at Sixth East and Fifth North MATTERS of city insurance found the council divided m one vote Olof Zundel made Councilman the motion that the city cancel a with local fire insurance policy agent, Earl Madsen, and advertise for bids on a new policy Councilman Don Chase seconded the motion which found Councilman and John Larsen joining Zundel Chase in voting for the move and Verl Petersen and Councilman lohn Hadfield voting against it This transpired after a motion by Petersen to keep the policy died for lack of a second t r?, meter is the second new feature of the post office in A dispenser a month of three t and has been stamps placed in the lobby where it can be used from 6 a m to 8 p m This enables customers to buy stamps at full value before the IDENTICAL bids of $240 were stamp window opens and after it submitted by agents R Dee John closes son and Earl Madsen for boilei Councilman Petersen insurance Chase and Hadfield weie appointed as a committee to study the bids and make a recommendation to the council The postage V. ... ac- occupancy con-ce- fI IN OTHER business, the council approved an ordinance making it indiviunlawful for any private dual to maintain tiees, or shrubs fences or curbing m any city cemetery This action was said necessary for proper and uniform care of the cemetery by the city The council recommended that eight percent interest be charged to delinquent utilities accounts not paid within 90 days This suggestion was the outgrowth of a report by City Office Manager Bids Low on corners where efficiency is been presented to the State Road commission Locations requested in resolution passed unanimously by the mayor and council last Thursdav would place the lights at Seventh South, Fifth South First North and Third North An houily check from 6 a m to 6 p m on the four intersections produced a traffic count well above the 700 hourly average that has been adopted by the state (C-2- (A-l- Stamp in Time Saves Nine? New Postage Meter Does A Based on traffic counts made last week by the Brigham City Police department a request for four additional Main street semaphores has y i, Wmth hails d mil on pilot s 01 Fudav iftei noun He Inmiiil a nle ollshoio In wati iqi 10 Ins w iut and walkiel and jiaililb d islnm m bit laft lb spent thi mghi m a iiuue ban to and waikid to In Ip In ton dawn Satin dav In two missing sit won n aie Im Holt 16 the pilot and Ray I Waltei Snnoli 12 tin navigator Both in fi inn lint M 01 ill ibis mil (In iki Un 1 wue skin divers, crews giound searching thi aiea the fivi Navy del p sea divers asslsti d by skin diveis wen lulled in Mondnv to plumb the lake depths An An loin spoki smart said it appeared the ml sec lion hud been washed ashore, lending belief to the MONDAY holiiopurs there md sumvm si s statement that n the bomber he had go down in the lnkt I Ider County Sheriff War-Hvde wuit to the seatch sisni Sunsbiy momlnR, accompanied b the local sheriffs posse. Ihev took camping equipment and t xpccted to stuy until the search is completed. Also assisting with the seurth are Weber County Sheriff LeRoy Hud-le- v and a special deputy Frank Allied Tiny took 20 jt eps and about 30 men Into the Sjumg lluv aiea They retail tedlv talkul to muny sheejihei ders who said they heard the noise of either an explosion or impact when the plane hit the water, hut Were somewhat vague as to the exact ROY V radio-equippe- d |