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Show t 8 BOX ELDER NEWS, Brigham City, Utah Sunday, August 26, 1 973 Local man participates in Idaho mattress test Youths hurt after crash in Brigham Local mattress manufacture Walt Everton of the Everton Mattress and Furniture company recently participated in a test of mattresses made by his company to comply with new federal standards. The U.S. Department of Commerce last month imposed new flammability standards on all mattresses and mattress materials. The new standards require that every mattress manufactured in this country must pass a cigarette "ignition retardency test. This doesnt mean that the A Brigham City teenager and his younger brother were in- jured Thursday morning when the motorcycle they were riding collided with a car on the Intermountain school campus. The driver and his brother who was eight year-ola passenger, were treated and released for injuries at Cooley Memorial hospital the same day. to Police According Patrolman Greg Kozak the accident happened at 10 : 33 a.m. on Daily St. in front of Building d 331. A of a s?fV i parked car was backing out stall and the driver, Frieda Eswonia, 34, IMS, didnt see the approaching motorcycle, the officer explained. The motorcycle hit the rear of the car and bounced off the vehicle throwing both youths i-- off. The woman was cited for mattress is completely fireproof, but it wont catch fire from a burning cigarette. In order to pass the test, 18 burning cigarettes are placed on the mattress at certain places and allowed to burn completely out. If the char length away from the cigarette in any direction is more than two inches long, then the mattress fails the test. Local mattress manufacturer Walt Everton of the Everton Mattress Everton failure to yield the right of way. The teenager was cited for not having a drivers license. Damage to the cycle was 3150 an loss to the car was $75, the officer said. The youths were taken to the hospital in a Brigham City ambulance. Furniture and Company said that these new regulations will up the price of a mattress set from $10 to $15. He attributed this to the new materials and more labor required to make the mattresses. said that each mattress must now have a one-hainch layer of urethane foam fire resistant-inserte- d under the lf cover. Alumnized materials must be sewn around the mattress, on its edges and underside where the padding pulled tight at not at full thickness. PASSES TEST - Severalmattress cigarette burns are shown which passes new in fedEverWalt a this picture showing eral regulations. Local mattress manufacturer ton recently participated in such a test held in Nampa, Idaho. Everton also expressed mixed feelings to the new federal standards. He said he was glad because of the safety factors now involved in the mattress, but objected to the burden of responsibility being placed on the mattress maker rather that the person smoking in bed. The driver of this large dump truck received minor injuries Wednorth of Brigham City. nesday afternoon yvhen the vehicle went out of control on MINOR INJURIES suffered abrasions, contusions and lacerations. He was taken to Cooley Memorial hospital, treated and Large truck rolls overnight. kept According to Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Larry Gillman, the truck, owned by Parsons Asphalt Products, was southbound when the driver failed to negotiate a turn. truck, went out of five miles north control on of Brigham City Wednesday afternoon and overturned. The driver, Warren Stoddard Buttars, 23, Richmond, was thrown out of the truck and A The large vehicle, which was empty, crossed back across the southbound lane and rolled over. Trooper Gillman said the truck almost collided with another Parsons truck but the Here Aug. 31 BOX ELDER BUCK SAYS... other driver hit the brakes to avoid the crash. Dump Bed Breaks Loose The dump bed broke loose and landed about 60 feet from the rest of the truck, the officer expalined. A total of 70 feet of field fence was ripped out. The driver was cited for speeding too fast for existing conditions. Loss to the truck was estimated at $25,000. Inde- Bank is one of the your pendent most important books youll need at college . . . Stay active COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (UPI) Inactivity of people as they grow older causes aches, weight gain and fatigue, says Vivian Blair, a family life education-aginspecialist of g Service. She recommended The Box Elder High School Class of 1933 plans a reunion in Brigham City Aug. 31 and among those with special interest in the event is Searl Beecher, the class father. Class members plan to meet in the community center at 7 p.m., have dinner and enjoy a dinner and the sociability of renewing friendships. Beecher will be among them and undoubtedly relive some experiences of the past when he was a math teacher and man about sports at Box Elder. He left education seven years ago anad now resides at Pioneer Memorial Nursing home. But his exit from the teaching profession and activity as a statistician, story teller, and has not master-of-ceremoni- without pleasant left him memories. Some of his more enjoyable moments now are spent chatting with former students and Hearing scheduled on EPA proposals Wasatch Front residents will have another opportunity to voice their opinions and offer proposals regarding U.S. Environmental Protection agency plans to clean up the air when EPA reconvenes its public hearing on the plans Aug. 29 in suites A and B in the Salt Palace, beginning at 10 a.m. EPA Regional Administrator John Green said, Since the July hearing, we have been working with local people on control region. Proposals Cited Those proposals included: A twice-yearl- y inspection and maintenance program for cars. altitude retrofit High cars in devices on all Davis, Salt Lake, Utah and Weber counties. An air bleed-to-intak- e control pollutant reductions without severe social or economic limitations in Salt Lake Citys core area. A permit system for new parking lot construction. strategies in an effort to find and develop alternatives that will achieve the necessary disruption. "We left the July hearing feeling we had caught many people by surprise. .that many local officials and governing bodies had not had time to prepare sound alternatives to our proposals, Green said. We think this time we will see some specific and thoughtful proposals. Receive Testimony regional administrator When the hearing said, reconvenes, we will receive testimony on the same proposals as were discussed at the July meeting. Up to this point, there have been no substantive changes in our proposals. But the final shape of the strategies will not be absolutely certain until Oct. 15 when we are required by law to promulgate them." "I would emphasize," Green said, The state of Utah Is free to submit, at any time, a plan revision. If, in the opinion of in EPAs administrator Washington, a revised state plan would achieve the needed The reductions and meet the standards, the EPA proposals would be withdrawn. At the first hearing on July more than 1,000 Utahns gathered in the Salt Palace, mostly to register disapproval of EPA proposals to reduce movile-sourc- e pollution (from cars, trucks etc.) in the pre-196- 8 four-count- y parking On-stre- of exlcusive Parking changes in Provo. Designation bus-carpo- ol lanes. Gasoline sales limitations. friends. Four Classes Beecher was the father for four classes, beginning in 1930 and continuing with 1933, 1937 and 1954, two of these associations coming as the result of student petitions. He scored football and basketball games at Box Elder for more than 30 years and graphed every football play for 34 seasons. That wasnt the total extent of his service to the school in sports. He also gave more pep talks than any other teacher, particularly during the years of the late Coach Earl Ferguson. He was master of ceremonies for over 100 banquets, including school and Lions club affairs. And he was chairman of the high school awards committee. He taught general math and algebra until his retirement in Open your CHECKING ACCOUNT at BECB today! 1966. Looking back over the years, he can name 45 teachers with whom he taught who have and passed away. Questions By You And . . . Answers from Ray Malmrose Ask Your Pharmacist QUESTION: Ive always seemed to be afflicted with more heartburn than the average person. What causes heartburn anyway? ANSWER: Instant Friendship highly-seasone- FOR THEM CAN GIVE A NOW SO THEY GOOD ACCOUNT OF your stomach can't function with its normal efficiency. This produces a belching reaction and World will introduce you to our community and start you on the way toward new and lasting friendships. 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