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Show I 2 BOX NEWS, Brigham City, Utah November 30, 1975 Sunday ELDER -- v .I i Clean up own backyards Editor: It is with great concern I read in todays paper that the citizens of our city will not be allowed to ask questions at the hearing for the library board and Miss Tovey. I had looked forward to having my questions answered by responsible people on both sides. As a consequence, I feel that Mayor Felt has done a great disservice not only to the members of the board and Miss Tovey who in the minds of many will not be able to clear their names, but also to the people of Brigham City to whom he and the council are Letters to the Editor... responsible. We all seem to be concerned about political and social injustices in other parts of our world, but it seems to me that we should first clean up our own backyards. Thanks for paper Editor: We would like to thank the for the fine vice they render to us in sending us the home town news. Even our companions get excited when we get the mail and find another paper. Sincerely, Elly H. Mavridls ser- News-Journ- al Sincerely Elder Frank Muir Elder Lynn Kunzler The Illinois, Chicago Mission 500 So. Candota Mt. Prospect, Illinois 60056 Need Fern Tovey Editor: I know a lot has been written about the competency of Fern Tovey, as a librarian, but I would like to add, that Fern Tovey made people feel the library was there for their use. She didnt act like you or your children were criminals, that you had to be watched constantly so you wouldnt rip the pages, or steal the books. What a sad loss to the people of Box Elder county, who love, and need Fern Tovey as their librarian. -- Beverly Wheatley, Honeyville c Elders Frank Muir, left, and Lynn Kunzler get together at zone conference in Naperville, III. Both are serving LDS missions. Thanks for paper who suffered a broken nose accident in north Willard, is comforted here by her mother, Mrs. Melvin Corbit, Bay LITTLE MELANIE CORBIT, in Friday's fatal bus-truc- k Editor: 5, Center, Wash., at Cooley Memorial hospital. The youngster was treated and released Saturday morning. We wish to express our thanks to you for sending the News-Journto us while we have been in the mission field. We looked forward to its coming and enjoyed keeping in touch, not only with our Brigham friends but also those in Box Elder county. As our mission is drawing to a close, and it is with mixed emotions we are leaving the mission field, you will not have to send It anymore. We really appreciated your kindness. al ' Sincerely, Elder and Sister Melvin Nelson Ft. Lotten, N.D. Laments lights situation Editor: I am so mad about this light business. Why do we have to choose Christmas as a time for saving energy when people waste it all year long? Winter alone is so completely drab. The Christmas village, bells on the street lights, the Santa sleigh, and reindeer, people decorating their yards and windows, all these make it look happy and bright. And I think two to three weeks of this isnt going to hurt. Sincerely, Melissa Burridge BOX A ELDER wukly nwsppr tsfablishtd in published vtry Sunday by tht 1894, Box ElcUr l, 55 South First Watt, Brigham City, Utah, 64302 Sacond Clait poitaga paid at tha post offica, 14 South First Wait, Brigham City, Utah, 64302. Chariai Pubiishar NEWS Mambar Audit Buraau of Circulations. Utah Stata Prass Association, National Association and Unitad Prass International Advertising Representative Utah Stata Prass Association, Salt Lake City, Utah. Nawspapar PASSENGERS FROM bus were attended to at Cooley Memorial hospital. Here several receive attention. In juries were not serious, however. Three Brigham City ambulances transported victims to the local hospital. Trailways bus which went out of control and rolled onto its top after colliding with a pickup truck in north Willard Friday afternoon. Seventeen passengers the bus suffered hospitalized overnight. Tuff" Ciaybaugh Ganaral Managar rata $9 00 par year payadvance in connection with Elder Journal (published Thursdays) $4.50 for 6 months m Box Editor Bruca T. Kayas, Managing Mika Parry, Sports Editor Sarah Yatas, Sociaty Editor Subscription Shirlay Richardson, Cfatsifiads Batty Ciaybaugh Circulation Arland Tingay, Nawtpapar Supr. Van Ciaybaugh, Photo-PraSupr. H. E. Andarson, Commarcial Printing Supr. Elder County. rata $11 00 per year paySubscription able in advance h connection with tha Box Elder Journal (published Thursdays) $5 50 for 4 months, outside Box Elder County. able the In Box BUS PASSENGER, given shelter in a barn after accident, is comported by a law enforcement officer. t Two die in collision UPEA (Continued from Page One) from that position, the attorney added. Mayor Felt said Friday that he rescheduled the hearing and established the rules of procedure "on my own. He has since talked to members of the council and received no objections, the mayor said. He said he had no statement at the moment to answer the UPEA charges. "I might have a response when we get to the council meeting but Im not prepared to respond now, he stated. Anderson, described as UPEAs "closest source to Brigham City employees was quoted as saying "Employees are accusing the Mayor of Gestapo tactics". "We will attend the hearing, Valerga said, and will request that it be moved from the council chambers to the Box Elder High school auditorium in order to accommodate those wanting to attend. In this day and age when people are inalready cynical about their political to due and stitutions representatives Vietnam, Watergate, CIA spying and (Continued From Page One) Garth O'Dell of Bountiful. He and a passenger, Mike Hall, also of Bountiful, were treated and released from Cooley. The other driver was Donald M. Steffen-se- n of Idaho Falls, Idaho. He, his wife and three children escaped injury, said Hooper. The hospital spokesman said 17 passengers and the driver were treated at Cooley, mostly for cuts and bruises. All but the two passengers hospitalized were picked up by another Continental Trailways bus Friday night at the Box Elder county law enforcement building, a sheriffs deputy said. Brigham City sent three ambulances to the scene to pick up the injured. Taken to Shed Passengers from the bus were taken into a cow barn owned by Earl Garaser to protect them from the dense snowstorm until ambulances could pick them up. (See obituaries page 8) bribes, kickbacks and its unfortuante that the governmental cover-up- s, Brigham City council will not allow the facts in this case to see the light of day, Valerga said. Mayor Felt said as far as he is concerned the hearing, scheduled at 7:30 p.m., will go as he indicated in his announcement -- Several passengers sitting at the rear of the bus said they were unaware of the impending collision until it happened. The first thing I knew was when my head hit the seat in front of me. I dont know what happened, Mrs. Melvin Corbit, mother of the injured girl, said. She and Melanie and a son, Charlie, 2, were enroute to Ohio to visit Mrs. Corbits parents. "I was sitting in the back. I heard some one yell and then I fell to the floor," Norman Sewell of Boise, Idaho, recalled, "The first thing I saw was the top of that shed as we turned over. Thats the first I realized that anything was wrong, Mrs. Concha Silva recounted. Mrs. Silva and her husband, married for only a month, had been visiting her parents in Twin Falls. The passengers gave their comments while waiting in a crowded hallway at Cooley Memorial. Traffic Backed Up Traffic was backed up for miles both ways behind the accident and that caused a five vehicle pile-u- p investigated by Trooper Steve Stumm. Stumm said Marguerite Pickett of Boise, Idaho and Craig Alan Lieske of Montera, Calif., were stopped for the accident when another car driven by Jack . Sabo of Grants, N.M., collided with the rear of the Lieske car, pushing it into the first unit. John David Allen Neil, Salt Lake City hit the third car and one driven by James L, Thrush, Ogden, missed the fourth car but hit the Sabo unit, said Stumm. No one was hurt. THIS IS THE in injuries but only two were |