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Show Universal Microfilming Corp. BUSINESS AT STAKE 200-JO- B l41rierpoint Salt DC goal: Coap. $150,080 for Industry Push A campaign to raise $150,000 (or Industrial development In Brigham City was klcked.oK Wednesday morning at a meet lng called by officers and dl rectors of the Box Elder Im. provement corporation. At stake Is an operation which will employ up to 200 persons to be housed In the Jay Dee Harris building on north Main street which will be purchased proposed new busiby the ness firm. It Is expected to be In operation by shortly after the first of the year but machinery and equipment must be pur. chased Immediately. Final arrangements hinge on the success of the Improve, ment corporations fund drive. ALSO CONSIDERED wm provement corporation as pres, ldent Is Dee Glen Smith, with Bud Powers as vice president; J. Dale Madsen, secretary .trea. surer; and C.S. Hamilton and Roy F. Barnard as directors. Veran N. Boothe Is register, ed agent for the newly.formed Investment corporation. for as. slstance will be three other firms which are currently ne. gotlatlng with the Brigham Cl. ty Industrial commission for location In this community. Heading the Box Elder Im Volume 58, Number 42 Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Thursday Morning, October 21, 1965 SMITH AND HARRIS explain, ed the financial Investigation that has been conducted on the new firm after which the com. mlttee of approximately 20 who Senator Frank E, Moss (D. has urged the National Park service to re.program a portion of the Land and Water Conservation fund so that pur. chese of land for the expanded Golden Spike National Historic site can go forward at once. Utah Thlokol Chemical corpora- and the Wasatch division of tion and Hercules Powder com- Thlokol. pany In a joint effort have been awarded an $89 million HERCULES work on the sec. contract to develop the two. ond stage will Include program stage propulsion system for management, design, compon. the Navy's Poseidon missile. ent procurement, propellant The contract could lead to manufacturing, assembly and additional research and pro. testing. The second stage mo. tor will utilize the same type n ductlon work exceeding $1 of very high performance pro. in the next 10 years. Its immediate effect will be pellant used by Hercules In the to help stabilize the work force Polaris motor and In the at both Utah operations. third stage motor of the Air THIOKOL's share of the con. Force Mlnuteman ICBM. Both tract figure was reported at $14 of these motors are now be. and the company stated Wed- lng produced at Bacchus. Terms of the Joint venture nesday the development phase will continue for over four years on the first stage call for Her. and require about 100 persons to maintain, bll-lio- historic site em bracing 2,100 acres was auttu orlzed this year as a unit of the National Park system in a bill authored by Senator Moaa. In his letter to Park Service Director George B. Hartzog, Moss pointed out that the cen. tennlal celebration of the drlv lng of the Golden Spike at Prom, ontory Summit will be held in A-- 1969. ready for the celebration. Tha Utah legislature this year a Golden Spike Centennial m Isa Ion and Ita goals. com James M. Stone I UNDERSTAND that funda has been appointed director of with which to acquire recrea. odmlnlitratlon at Thlokoli ilon lands during fiscal year Wasatch division. 1966 have already been pro. grammed with no fundi aet a. side for Golden Spike. If we are forced to delay significant achievement! at tha alte until fiscal year 1968, there la a definite possibility that the visitor center and other at tractions will not be completed In time for the centennial cal ebratlons." Commenting on his action, James M. Stone was recently Mosr explained that monlea of appointed as director of ad. of land to go Into na. purchase Dl. the at Wasatch ministration monuments and tlonal parks, vision of Thlokol Chemical cor. historic altes now cornea from poratlon. the Land and Water Conserve, Stone was previously man. tlon fund. ager of materiel and was re. The fund la financed from the ma. for procurement, sponsible of the sale of the $7 proceeds and terlal handling control, traf. conservation permit plan ad flc, and transportation, ministered by the Bureau of In his new position, Stone Outdoor Recreation In the De will be responsible for dlrec. of Interior. partment ting and maintaining manage, Senator Moss said that the ment systems, Industrial re. amount needed for land pur latlons, computations, adminls chase at Golden Spike Is not tratlve services, safety and se. some $110,000. large mater and curlty programs, But the land must be ac. lei functions. before setting forth on Stone Is a native of Bristol, qulred other proposed development at came to Thlokol and Virginia the expanded national hlstor in November 1960. He lives lc site. at 278 Greenwood drive in Brig The senator noted that the ham City, Utah with his wife, funds can be re.programmed Margaret, and their son Don, without a vote In Congress but that the action must be approved by the committees on appropriations of both the House PROMOTED Tliioltol Aide Is Promoted Summer Rains and the Senate. Slow Down Road Job Progress on a (Box Elder county Interstate highway prelect wais slowed down this summer by ralny weather, according to a report issued this week by the Utah Highway de partment. Hie Box Elder job was one of many slowed down across the state. Blaine J. Kay, state high way engineer, said the pro Ject, extending from Hansel valley to Snowvil'le, Is now a bout 80 percent complete. The project involves a Ms tance of 7.3 miles of bituminous surfacing and the construction of two structures. It is being done at a cost of $14 million. Kay indicated that the ad vent of good weather this fal to contractors will permit work rapidly on most con struotlon projeets. POWER PLANT STOLEN Boyd Jeppson, 270 North Sixth East, told Brigham City police Wednesday that a portable pow. er plant had been stolen from his garage. Co READY FOR HOMECOMING captains for Box Eldar thli walk Gary Cook and lohn Sombatl, taka lomt pointers from choerloadara Vickie Johneen and Ttrl WaA aa they prepare for tonlghte homecoming grid battle with Sky View, crest centennial commission and provided it with funds with which to begin planning for the 1969 observance. There la unanimous support within tha state of Utah for the ed M ilfeje Pad An expanded Ald he wrote; three.and.a-hal- f In only years, the state of Utah and tha National Park service must have the new Golden Spike site 18 PAGES fcemte attended the breakfast meeting at the Tropical restaurant vot. ed unanimously to raise funds for financial assistance. Additional funds for the new establishment will be borrowed from the Small Business admin, lstratlon. It was pointed out by Smith that stockholders In the lm. provement corporation will be paid dividends on interest earn, lngs made on loans granted to new firms, Earmark Spike Funds, Utah Senator Urges BE Ave. Lai3 City, Utah Grid Game Tonight Schools Close Is High Point Doer Hunting 01 BE Homecoming by Kathy McDonald Box Elder's Homecoming game with Sky View High achool promisee an exciting climax to weeklong activities aa enthua. laatlc Bees prepara for the home teama official coming out." will be officially announced at Thursday! assembly, Painting of the town by the class of '67 came Wednesday night as juniors, armed with buckets and brushed, splashed victory slogans on downtown sidewalks, Other Beea painted and decorated their care In the school's' purple and white col. ors, and a prize of $5 la to be awarded to the most original decorations. Some of this yeara home, coming projects are tradition, al, but many new activities of. fer a different twist to the cel. ebration in which the welcome back mat" Is laid out for Box thats today, THURSDAY, Elder alumni. marks Black.Eye Day for Firing school spirit and build, loyal Bees, as each student lng support for the schools comes to school with one black top.notch team, cheerleaders eye and wearing a sign read, and the pep band have spon- lng, Us Bees would rather sored a peprally each morn, fight than lose I Game preparations today be. lng this week. Cheerleaders, BEttes, and Rockettes have gan with a pep assembly. Spon. decorated the entire school with sored by seniors, it will con. signs and posters advertising slst of a skit by each class, the big game, and are making plus a faculty skit. The as. badges for students. semhly Is scheduled to close HOMECOMING ROYALTY with a pep rally on the football was selected from the senior field and an all.class-tug.of.wa- r class. Nominees were deter, supervised by the Key Club, mined by the representative council and all.student voting AFTER SCHOOL, activities came Monday, during first hour. will continue right up to game Each succeeding day, clues to time. Cheerleaders, pep band the identity of the royalty were and pep clubs will climb on n given, but the king and queen the bandwagon to lead a of cars through city streets, cherrlng and urging everyone to attend the game. The parade Is slated to conclude at the courthouse with another peprally. Students will then lead a snake dance down Main Street, Teachers Okay Pay Scale, Will Boost Next Checks A new salary schedule for teachers in Box Elder School district will go into effect this month after being ratified by the Box Elder Education association Monday. The new scale, reduced from 16 to 15 years to reach maximum pay, ranges from $4,656 to $7,524 for teachers holding the bachelor's degree. It was given approval by a meeting of teachers at Bear River High school Monday afternoon. The schedule had been drawn up by the BEEA salary committee and was approved by the board of education last week, subject to teacher ratification. Superintendent J. C. Haws said the pay will be in checks handed on Oct. 29, retroactive to July 1 . Box Elder teachers have received two pay checks already this year based on the 1 964-6- 5 schedule. Friday for Box District Elder .schools wl.l close fhelr door .Friday In tho tradition si dser hunt holiday for students and teschora. Employes In tho .. district central offlct st Brig ham City and other per aonnsl also will obaarva the day oil, a achool spok sman said. Tha eve of Utahi gen- eral deer season has traditionally been observed as a holiday locally to give hunters tha opportunity to prepare and perhaps depart for their favorite hunting grounds. THIEVES TAKE BLOCK James 481 South Bldlack, First West, told Brigham City police Sunday that a motor block owned by him and valued at $50 had been stolen. This newly awarded development phase will be followed by a production program. Ac. tlvlty In negotiating for the production contract la expect, ed to occur toward the close of tha development phase. CHARLES E. Hunter, vice president and general manager stated that Wasatch division had over 100 already processed million pounds of first stag propellant of the type to be ueed In Poseidon. The division has also man. ufactured over 1,500 motors of the alze, chamber pressure, burning time, ' and tnaulatlon virtually Identical to the Poa. virtually Identical to the Po. aeldon C3 first stage, Our Joint venture with Her. culea on this program alms ov. er 43 years of experience In olid propellant rocketry at the Poseidon program and we feel confident about tha aucceas of this development phase and a resulting production follow.on contract, Hunter said. THIOKOLa Poseidon man. egemant will include Edward J, Heesacker, program mans, ger; Warren Allen, project en. glneer; Leland Jacobson, qual. Ity engineer; Robert Hutchison, manufacturing engineer; and Henry Nowak, teat engineer, Thlokol and Hercules will combine efforts on the missiles first stage. Hercules will per. form all of the work on the second stage and act as man. ager of the Join venture. The major portion of the work will be conducted at the Bac. chus Warks and Clearfield Case Winding facility of Hercules DE port. SELECTION of the contrac. tors was made after a highly competitive series of proposals, Previously, Hercules and the Hercules-Thloko- l joint ven. ture were selected from a group of contractors to submit pro. gram definition proposals for consideration. These detailed proposals (Continued on Page Seven) Employs Now Gardener Hoars Easomont Request Tha Box Elder County com. mission Monday employed a new gardener, and discussed a storm drain easement request and the availability of buildings for new Industry with Brigham City officials. The action came during a reg. ular commission meeting In the county courthouse. After considering several ap. the county board plications, named Fred Oklmura of 423 East Fourth North, Brigham City, as gardener for the court, houae and Pioneer Memorial Nursing home ground. Ths starting salary was announced aa $350 a month with the new gardener to begin work on Nov, 1- - OKIMURA will succeed Nor man Jackson who has held the position for the past year.and. a.half. Mayor Willis Hansen and Councilman Rudolph Kaiser of Brigham City asked what stepa tha city muat take to aaaement along the secure an old UIC right-of-wa- A drain would b constructed on the easement to con. duct excess water from north, east Brigham City to North lake, they explained. HOWEVER, the commlislon said the old railroad rlghbol. way had not been officially turn ed over to the county although the Utah Highway department, the present owner, haa Indies, tad It will do ao, The county officials said auoh a request would require atudy. And If an easement la grantsd, ths city would havs to atand ra. sponalble for any damaga that might occur from tha drain pro. Jact. Lsnn C, Jensen, director of Brigham City Industrial commission, asked help In lo. eating buildings in the county that would be available to new (Continued on Page Three) the DC Citizens Invited To illeet Candidates writer of an will be the moderator at a Meet Your Candidates night meeting In Brigham City next Tuesday, Oct. 26, starting at 8 p.m. He Is Cliff Thompson, writ, er tor the Ogden Standard Ex. amlner. The event will be staged at Central Elementary school with an Invitation to attend extended to every adult citizen of BrigThe political Ogden newspaper ham City. ON HAND for the occasion will be the candidates for two seats on the city council and the office of mayor. Representing the Democrats will be council candidates Rich, ard A. Davis and Joseph L, Kelly and mayoralty hopeful Elnar J. Larsen. Carrying the Republican hopes are Olof E, Zundel, candidate tor mayor, and Wayne A. Jensen and Claud, lus B. Olsen, seeking the coun. ell posts. THE GAME, PITTING the Bees against Skyviews Bob. cats begins at 7 p.m. B'lvers will light the traditional bon. fire. BEttes and Rockettes march, royalty will be crowned during halftime. Adding a glow, lng touch to the halftime cel. gbratlon, the sophomore class will light the B. Concluding the celebration, the homecoming dance will be gin at 10 p.m. EACH WILL be given an op portunlty to offer a brief state, ment and then will be aubjeot to questioning prepared In ao. vance and asked from the floor. Sponsors of the event are the Brigham City League of Women Voters and the Jay, cees. The Issue of fluoridation aL so will be discussed and la scheduled to conclude tne meet, Candidates Mayor Lee C. Johnsen will be unopposed in the Nov, 2 at Bear River City. He will be a candidate on the Peo. pies ticket. Other candidates on the Peo. Gordon pies ticket Include Holmgren and Dwight Andersen for the board of trustees. Holm, gren Is an Incumbent trustee. With no candidate for mayor on the Citizens ticket, the trus. tee candidates are Roland Scof. field and Chester Christensen. cules to manage the program and provide the design, com. ponent procurement, assembly and testing of the rocket mo. tors. Thlokol will provide the propellant and engineering sup. lng. Each side In the controversy will be represented by a speak, er who will briefly air argil, ments for and against fluorl. datlon. There will be no ques. tlons on this part of the pro. MEETING Ron Allen and Blaine Fowles, representing the Brigham Jayceei, an Mrs. John K. Hanson, League of Women Voters, discuss preparations for a Meet Your Candidates night Oct. 21. PLAN CANDIDATES gram. Light refreshments will ba served, a spokesman said. |