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Show 1 Universal ri Test Approved 14 1 Salt j 'Icroflleii 1T f Av s Cl Con; Tor Young Pupils A program to test new school children tor tuberculosis was authorized by the Box Elder Board of Education Wednesday and reportedly will get under, way during the final week of March. The tuberculin test will be administered on a voluntary basis to kindergarten young, students In sters and first-grad- e school for the first time. Board members gave their approval after being Informed that the Box Elder Medical as. and PTA councils soclatlon favored the testing plan. School district employes, In. eluding teachers, will be encouraged but not directed to sub. mlt to the test, It was brought AND consent PAMPHLETS slips will be furnished for the children to take home. It was emphasized that this will be a strictly voluntary program. Mrs. Deem said the medical association strongly advised that school employes as well as the children, take the test. THE injection of tuberculin Is made just under the skin and Is described as feeling If the test like a pln-prlc- It doesnt positive, mean the exlstance of active TB, only that the TB germ Is proves In the body. The testing program Is part of a state-wideffort to eradl. cate tuberculosis In Utah, the county nurse explained. It was suggested that perhaps next year, the test will be given days later. Those youngsters who are po. sltlve . who harbor the TB germ In their bodies . will then be given a chest to determine If any damage has resulted to the lungs. e y also to In the strict. Hopes Dim for Pool At Box Elder High Efforts to promote construe-tloof a swimming pool at Box Elder High school appear to be dying on the vine for lack of financial nurishment. A four-madelegation meeting with the Box Elder Board n Education Wednesday was told there simply doesnt ap. pear the means to pay for a new pool. Superintendent J.C. Haws that needed shop facl. lltles at Bear River High school bear a tentative price tag of $210,000. IF YOUR present growth continues, well need another junior high school within four years, possibly before, and an. other elementary school In Brigham City. With these priority projects standing tall on the horizon, there doesnt seem to be fl. nanclal room for adding a swim, mlng pool to the Box Elder High complex, he stated. Any new construction of ma. jor proportions will neccesltate another bond Issue and we can only have one more bond election before 1975. A SUGGESTION from delega-tlo- N IW Mrs. Deem said Injections will be given at a rate of 100 children an hour. Preceding the actual tests, however, the nurses will meet with teachers and PTA workers to familiarize them with the procedure to be followed. out. Meeting with the board was Inez Deem, county health nurse, who outlined the steps to be She said two nurses taken. from the Utah Department of health would administer tuber, culln Injections and then return to read the children two of TTT n spokesman, Leon Packer, Brigham City businessman, to name a committee to make a feasibility study prompted little, enthusiasm on the boards part. I Just hate to see you work your heads off and not accomp. Ush anything. Its too far away today to get what you want to use this approach, stated board member Jay Dee Harris. COMMENTING ON THE cur. In the district, you wouldnt have a chance in 1,000 to clear a rent climate Harris said di- Volume 69, Number Brigham City, Utah, 1 1 84302, Sunday Morning, March 13, 1966 Four Moved From Local BLM Office Four persons have been transferred from the Brigham City office, Bureau of Land Management, as the result of BLM consolidation efforts in northern Utah. revised system, Under a Brigham City Is now a with many of Its former having been responsibilities shifted to Salt Lake City. Dewayne Jensen, range man. ager in charge, said there are now five men working out of the local office, Including himself, Conway Parry, resource man-ageDee Black, conservation. 1st; Lloyd Carpenter, conserva. tlonlst, and Paul Andrews, re. The Brigham City Its own teletype hookup. Action approving future installation came during a weeksession of the city council Thursday night. ly e source manager. Jean Jensen Is a clerk the office. JENSEN SAID THAT And In another significant step, the officials approved increase In the speed limit Reporting on an investigation with Police Chief Dell Fife, Councilman Rudolph Kaiser told his fellow officials there ap. pears a definite need for a teletype machine In the police station. The hookup would tie In the local department with other law In An. drews will transfer to the Ran. dolph area right away and es. tablish headquarters there. bond Issue today. Those who were transferred that unless He suggested as a result of the consolida. there Is a financial boom lo- tlon move Include Don Jones, cally, the swimming enthusiasts conservationist, and Fred Jew-kehave a better chance to get Improvement supervisor, what they want through a ren. who now are assigned to the for the Salt Lake office. tal arrangement Brigham City pool. The board previously turned BOTH ARE CONTINUING to down a proposal to rent the spend considerable time In the municipal pool which would be local area, however, said Jen. covered, for use by high school sen. students. Others transferred have been Rex Lloyd Schlappi, lands examiner, BOARD PRESIDENT Richards assured the visitors to the Richfield office, and that everyone was sympathetic Wilson, clerk, who went to with the need but our school Intermountain school. district is in pretty bad shape as far as a swimming pool Cyrl Jensen, BLM district Is concerned. manager, said the personnel We dont have a selling job arrangement has leveled off so much as wheres the money and would remain as it now Is added board for at least the immediate fu. coming from, member Douglas Fife. ture, who ac. was Packer However, THE CONSOLIDATION plan companied at the meeting by which also Involved the Murray Robert Favero, Bob Butler and Is expected to Glen Ford, perservered in the district office, result In an annual savings of suggestion for a study com. between $25,000 and $30,000. mlttee. District bounderles have WE FELT THE study would the same and advisory and board the facts give fig. were left in tact. boards It could quickly ures which was to The first proposal he said. accept or reject, office You would have to know that close the Brigham City but opposition vole, altogether not a this vis only study and be disappointed If It didnt end ed at public hearings prompted an adjustment In the BLM plans. up with a bond election In a few months from now, coun. tered Superintendent Haws. With this the matter was placed on the next board meet, lng agenda In two weeks. The pool proposal was broached at the previous board session when a larger dele, A former resident of Tre. gatlon of businessmen and and monton has been ordered bound spokesmen coaches from the high school over to First District court, were on hand. Brigham City, to face charges IT WAS UNUSUAL Its not often during a city council meeting that a vacuum shows up in the middle of the table. When one did Thursday night an award for Brigham Citys 1965 winning cleanup campaign - city fathers obviously pleased. Here We Go Again: '66 Cleanup Drive Dont Call Us, Well Call You, Says City a Man Charged With Polygamy The kickoff meeting for Brig, Citys 1966 beautification campaign is scheduled for Tuesday, March 15, according to Chairman Alma Alex. The session will get underway at 7:30 p.m. In the Mountain Fuel Supply company audlto. rlum, , On hand as the featured spea. ker will be Dr. Arvll L. Stark, horticulturist at landscape Utah State university and a man who helped Brigham City to Its most successful cleanup campaign ever last year. Dr. Stark will discuss land, scape and improvement of home grounds. ham MRS. ALEX SAID she hoped to see representatives of every local organization and church. The appliance was unboxed and displayed at Thursday nights weekly city council meeting with Mrs. Alex on hand for the event. Giver of the vacuum cleaner was the city of Bloomington, Itself a national trophy 111., winner, and the Eureka Will, lama corporation. The Illinois city had offered the gift to top cities as an added stimulus In the 1965 clea. nest town contest. We feel that our challenge contributed greatly to the 40 in particl. percent Increase patlon of cities in this years competition. We feel that all of the cities entered helped clean up America a little and that we should all continue our wrote Mayor Bob efforts, The landscape improvement our city should be the con. McGraw. cern of every resident. To keep pace with the beautification and improvement of other cities and to do our part to help keep America beautiful will take some effort of every citizen said for accomplishment, Mrs. Alex. of LAST WEEK THE city re. Currently the reservoir has 6,500 acre feet and has been held at that point for most of the winter. Its capacity Is near 8,000 acre feet. JUST HOW MUCH RUNOFF water will come boiling down the canyons feeding Into Mantua valley this spring Is a ques. tlon mark. There are no designated snow courses for government sur. veys on the Mantua watershed. However, unofficial reports indicate there Is a substantial snow pack, particularly at the higher elevations. PRIOR TO THE most recent storm, Smith flew over the Chat, field dam region south of Man. tua and found that south slopes were bare. However, It appear, ed that substantial amounts of snow had piled up In the can. yons. Tolman Burke, city recorder a snowshoe trip into the mountainous area north of Mantua last weak, said there was up to five feet of heavy snow pack In some places, Burke made the hike as a matter of recreation, not official duty, In company with lo. cal photographer Glen Compton. who made d V X sounding of Brig- ing. Mayor Olof Zundel explained that important calls are delayed in getting through to the police because citizens choke the lines to find out where the fire truck or ambulance Is going. Persons who are affected by an emergency situation, such as relatives, will be notified by city personnel, the mayor pointed out. Opposes Boycott Bill for celved another "trophy having been named a trophy of polygamy and unlawful co- winner In the nations cleanest habitation. town contest. was un. This Strong opposition has been He Is Haskell H. Reed, 44, questionably the most unusual voiced by the Utah task force who was picked up In Council and yet appropriate award of on secondary boycott legislation Bluffs, Iowa, by Box Elder She- all. over a bill now pending In Con. riffs department deputies. It was a vacuum cleaner! Reed was arraigned in Brig, gress, This Is H.R. 10027 and has been referred to as the ham City court Friday where common situs picketing bill. he waived preliminary hearing. WINDOW BROKEN Douglas J. Fife of Fife Con. court set ball at The the in structlon window A company and Fife sus. storm and ordered the $5,000 He said the snow was at least was Rock Products, represents the at Parson Red. pect remanded to the custody as heavy as he has seen It of Sheriff Warren Hyde. reported broken out Thursday, Associated General Contract-or- s In past years. on the Utah task force team and was In Washington, D.C., part of last week In the Interests of the legislation. The group composed of some 12 trade organizations said the bill Is actually an attempt to leaglllze secondary boycotts In construction. According to Fife, the bill es expected to pass the House Rules committee and could be debated In the House this week. The trade associations said In a resolution that they were opposed to secondary boycotts in any form and gave a num-be- r of reasons. The organization states that secondary boy. cotts are now Illegal whether applied at a factory or con. structlon site and passage of the bill would give a clear cut spe. cial Interest boycott privilege to the building trades unions. The resolution also said that picketing is already available at construction sites so long as the rules of fair picketing are followed. The purpose of this legislation Is to wipe out these safe, guards for neutral employers and employees and to allow trade unions to conduct unllm-ltepicketing at Job sites, the resolution stated. Fife pointed out that, In a building project, there may be 4 f several contractors and sub. contractors employed. If a un. Ion has a dispute with any one '1rC . of these, even though that em. ployer may have only a couple of workmen, this legislation PLENTY DEEP HERE - Tolman Burke sticks ski pole Into snow north would permit picketing which ol Mantua to Indicate depth. He reported pack as heavy. e Smith. The ham Citys siren to announce a fire or ambulance call Is not an open invitation for residents to flood the police station with telephone calls. This fact was made plain Thursday night in a regular city council meet- Brigham Contractor In Filling BC Reservoir capacity this spring. In fact the city will begin pulling down on the present level right away to make room for the expected runoff, said Public Works Director O. Neil enforcement agencies In western states. He said the Installation fee Bidders Give Pipe Prices, 11 Aide Sees No Difficulty It comes as no surprise that Brigham City expects to easily fill Its reservoir In Mantua to 10 PAGES would stop employees of alloth. er contractors or subcontract, ors from working on that Job. The purpose, of course, Is to get the employers who are not In the argument to bring pres, sure on the contractor who has the disagreement, he said. If the bill Is enacted, It would mean more power for unions and there would be more la. bor disputes and strikes Fife said. would be $25 with a monthly charge of $89.34, aflgure which Is expected to drop to $64 within 90 days. The Box Elder Sheriffs of. flee already has teletype ser. vice and provides dispatches to the police department during the day. However, It was point, ed out, Information from the sheriffs machine Is not avail, able between 12 midnight and 9 a.m. Budget Slated Three firms submitted bids to Brigham City Thursday night for materials to Install a water pipeline on north Main street. And In other developments at a regular weekly council meet- ing, Mayor Olof Zundel announ. ced that a remodeled budget for the current fiscal year would be presented to the council next Thursday. Standard Plumbing Supply MAYOR OLOF Zundel, said be the the police chief had told him company appeared to to the low bidder supply city his department needs access to with asbestos cement pipe and teletype service during those related fittings. Its price was hours. $5,675.64. Service from the sheriffs Pacific States Cast Iron and office has been great during oth. er hours of the day but the chief Pipe company was the apparent feels we need to fill that 12 low bidder on cast Iron pipe to 9 period, said the mayor. at $7,384.22. John.Mansville Was the other It Is a very critical time for the police department, said bidder and submitted a price of 17 on asbestos cement City Attorney Robert Dalnes. $5,749 pipe. On a motion of Councilman Kaiser, the council voted to In. THE BIDS WERE turned over elude teletype In the new bud. to a committee for study and get for Installation July 1. the comrecommendations, mittee including Councllmen FOLLOWING Arecommenda. Rudolph Kaiser, Wayne Jensen tlon of the city traffic advisory and Claudius Olsen. committee, the council voted to The pipe materials are need, increase from 25 miles an hour ed to lay a larger to 30 mph the speed limit on water line to the new Brigham Forest street' west of Main; Apparel plant. on Second South west of Main, Based on the recent budget and on First North east of and audit review, an ensuing Main. committee study and a confer, This marks the first depart, ence with city department ure from the standard 25 mph heads, said Mayor Zundel limit on city streets although a completely revamped budget the limit Is higher on Main would be prepared this week street and on Second South which by City Recorder Tolman Burke are state highways. and auditor Fred Baugh. The changes were bas6d on The council had been expected survey to act on a revised budget findings from a of the streets by the police de. at Thursdays meeting but last, partment using radar and a minute adjustments prompted traffic counting system. the additional weeks wait. Zundel said they would also ALSO, the council approved a expect an opinion from City recommendation to remove the Attorney Robert Dalnes on the stop sign on First North at legality of making the changes Fifth East and asked Public by resolution. Works Director O. Nell Smith But It looks to me like to estimate the cost of placwere going to have to call ing four different lntersec. a public hearing on this thing, tlons. he added. The dlpstones are located at Main and first North (southeast THE CHIEF executive said corner), First North and First some changes recommended by (Continued on Page Nine) (Continued on Page Nine) h two-da- y Two Companies Quote Price On Fluoridation Equipment Brigham City received two cost proposals for fluoridation equipment Thursday night but officials were put on notice before any bid Is accepted, the Utah Board of Health wants answers to some questions concerning the system. The proposals were opened during a regular weekly city council meeting with represen. tatlves from one of the bidding companies on hand. Waterworks Equipment com. pany submitted the apparent low figure of $5, 663. 50 and guar, anteed delivery within 60 cal. endar days after receipt of the order. BIF Industries, through agent P. H. York, quoted a price of $5,949 with delivery time of 130 calendar days, were THE QUOTATIONS turned over to the citys fluoridation committee for study. Members of the panel include Councllmen Bill Davis, chair, man; Wayne Jensen and Clau. dlus Olsen. Mayor Olof Zundel also as. signed them the task of an. swerlng several questions put of by the Utah Department Health which were primarily concerned with handling and storage of the fluoride cheml-ca- l. Public Works Director O, Nell Smith said most of these points had been cleared up ver. bally in a meeting with health de. partment officials earlier. They didnt represent an hitch In plans to fluoridate, he said, THE QUOTATIONS were for equipment to administer the fluoride Into Brigham Citys cu. llnary water supply. Other nec. essary devises and meters will be supplied by the city. Smith said he was confident the total cost would not exceed the $7,500 budgeted. I dont think well use it he opined. and Maurice John Perkins McKendrick said theyconsld. all, ered the proposed fluoridation system the best that could be devised for Brigham City. IN OTHER business, the coun. ell approved recommendations of the city shade tree commls. slon on appointment of members to specific terms and reappoint, ment of David Call as commls. slon chairman. Call was named to serve a four-yea- r term as were Mrs. Dorothy Corwin and Mrs. Manon Russell. Two other members, J, Leo Nelson and Ray Olsen, will serve for two years. In addition, A. Fullmer All. red was designated as an asso. elate member. The action was taken to com. ply with a recently adopted ordinance. CALL POINTED OUT that planting project on the citys Main street south of Seventh South had arrived and Its getting time to plant trees for a them. Mayor Zundel said that Mrs. (Continued on Page Nine) |