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Show i bmpcpor i Universal Mlcroftlantns Corp. IVooli Mens - I HiPierpoint Ave. Salt Lak9 City, Utah 84U0 C9p. ' (sicodl J)iyiE,iniD irok Is Cly petition with Utahs , By Bruce Keyes, Box Elder News Editor weeklies. National weeks do not feel the pinch of inflation. They're so frequent as to push down the price from the proverbial dime a dozen. ; has been dec.,--But Oct. to National Newspaper week, a....' reflect on the merits of Amti..a's press ., the As and its value to the nat'v-.1 another week becomes more i. n. excuse to sign a r .Ian' The Box Eldei News . nd its partner publication, the Box Elder Journal, consider themselves, like other community weeklies, a vital part of the press. The News was established in 1896 as an advocate for the conservative line and reflective of LDS church attitudes. In 1908 the Journal saw the first light of publication and early took a sort of adversary role. The two newspapers finally merged, struggled through the depression years and emerged in the early 1940s under the ownership of Charles W. Claybaugh and William Bill Long. other largest The News placed second. And the two have received numerous other awards for community service, (Continued on Page Volume 65, Number 41 Three) Brigham City, Utah 84302, Thursday Morning, October 1 2, 1 972 26 PAGES n- , Jdil Fronds Tumdwmi Ires Cy unify RFodidL t , Non-Partis- but conservative They are in philosphy, defending the propostion that a strong system is vital to the nations stability. e The staff currently includes 14 and nine part-tim- e employes who are responsible for putting out the News each Sunday and the Journal on Thursday. The plant, located at 55 South First West, has been expanded twice in recent years and equipment includes a computerized cold type system and photo type setter for headlines. A Fairchild News King offset press prints not only the News and Journal but three issues of Student Life, Utah State universitys campus newspaper, and the Preston Citizen each week. Today the News and Journal stand as two of the states most properous and respected weekly newspapers. In fact this past year, the Journal won the general excellence award in com non-partis- two-part- y full-tim- Commissioner Packer indicated that Harvest Days Chairman Tom Shaw gets in the mood for Friday's moonlight sale. Friday, Saturday Truck Lot of Couple An elderly couple was struck and killed by a pickup truck Saturday afternoon 30 S, while they were crossing U.S. during heavy traffic in Perry. Franklin Edward Seal, Jr., 83, and his wife, Eugenia Katinka Connie Seal, 70, 1817 Harrison Ave., Salt Lake City, were pronounced dead on arrival at Cooley Memorial hospital after the accident which happened at 3:15 p.m. 89-9- Get Out of Car According to Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Howard Dunlavy, the Seals were let out of a car on the west side of the highway across from Nielsons Fruit stand. They started across the road eastbound, hesitated a moment in the meridian and then proceeded across. The couple was hit in the outside lane of northbound traffic, he explained. Driver of the pickup truck, which was trailer, was Lin Oise pulling a Idaho. 59, Malad, Moyes, Trooper Dunlavy said it was too late before the driver saw the pedestrians. He said a car was passing the truck in the inside lane and was just ahead of the pickup. The car obstructed the truck drivers view of the pedestrians, he explained. Trooper Dunlavy said no citations would be issued. Joint funeral services for the couple were conducted Wednesday in the Riverton Second LDS ward chapel. Her sister, Mrs. Gertrude Craghead, lives in Brigham City. Reports Stolen Car Glen Fife, manager of Smiths Food King, at 670 South Main, told police Tuesday at 4:46 p.m. that his 1968 white Pontiac Catalina had been stolen. Police were still on the lookout for the car Wednesday. The license plate number is CC1071. Shoppers are invited to share in a bountiful crop of bargains Friday and Saturday as Brigham City merchants stage their annual Harvest Days sales event. Chairman Tom Shaw said a special feature of this years Harvest Days will be a moonlight sale Friday evening from 7 to 10 p.m. A spotlight will attract attention to the downtown area during the moonlight sale, Shaw explained. Harvest Days annually is one of the local business communitys most successful sales promotions and shoppers are invited to study the pages of todays Journal for best bargains. njirxixiiii'i'Vrruxriiiii, - secure a site and move ahead. The $18,000 sought to improve the present jail is intended to make existing conditions better until the new facility is built. ' Packer mentioned specifically a need to provide more office space and improve the kitchen. The present facility will always have a use for the county. "But to build a complete new facility, Im confident it couldnt be constructed on the present site, he added. Commissioner Packer was obviously miffed that the LEA task force panel would vote to disallow the county's fund request after it had gained approval of the county and Region One law enforcement advisory committees. He criticized the state councils make-u- p which has 10 of 19 members from Salt Lake City and only three north of the Utah capital rity. Suspecf Faces Charge A Honeyville man was shot Sunday night as a result of an apparent argument over a truck and a preliminary hearing has been set for a Tremonton man in connection with the incident. 0. Vernon Hanson was taken to Cooley Memorial hospital and treated for a bullet wound in the side, according to a Box Elder county sheriffs deputy. He was released the next day. Lorin Bingham, 29, 135 South Sixth West, Tremonton, was arraigned in Brigham City court Monday morning on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Preliminary hearing was set Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. Bingham was out on $5,000 bail from the Offered to Fruit Growers Fruit farmers who lost their crops to spring frost can take advantage of a liberal new financial hand offered by Uncle Sam. Farmers Home administration has been notified that emergency loan provisions have been substantially changed under Public Law according to Ronald W. Robins, Box for Elder county. supervisor Loans can now be made at an interest rate of one percent and for those who qualify, the first $5,000 can be canceled upon ap92-38- 5, plication to the government. Originally, loans were to be at five percent interest with no provision for an outright grant. Anyone who suffered loss in their orchards from frost in March and April of 1972 are eligible for these loans provided that they were bonafide fruit growers at the time of the loss. Further details and applications are being handled by the county office staff at 53 South First East, Tremonton, Robins ' county jail Wednesday. Deputies said the shooting happened shortly before midnight when a man knocked on the door of the Hanson residence. Hansons wife answered the door and the man asked to see her husband, according to reports. The visitor wanted Hanson to go to Ogden with him about some parts missing from a truck. Hanson was still in bed when the .357 magnum pistol which was pointed at him, went off. The victim was hit in the hip and the bullet exited through his buttocks, then passing through the mattress and imbedding itself in a wall. The assailant then took Hanson, reportedly bleeding heavily from the wound, and announced that they were going to Ogden. First, however, he drove the pickup truck to the Crossroads east of Tremonton to get gasoline, the deputy said. Hanson's daughter in the meantime ran to a neighbors house to call for help, because the Hansons dont have a Commissioner Malcolm C. Young said he would talk with the local monuments dealer who has the monolith to make the arrangements. Commission members gave their okay to a request from County Clerk K.B. Olsen to establish a department on aging in the general fund. This will make it possible to receive and disburse funds for a current planning study on the needs of elderly persons in the county. A request was taken under advisement to have county jail prisoners help with unloading supplies in the county's supplemental foods program. The county officials said they would refer to the planner a request from Diane Spangler to locate two mobile homes on a South Willard site. ire Urges'Cautiomi v On Golden Spike Empire, Inc., is asking the Utah State Land board to exercise extreme caution in considering drilling lease applications on Great Salt lake. tourism Directors of the area took the stand during a monthly meeting in Ogden Tuesday evening. They did so after Murray Moler, ex officio member and a member of the Utah Travel council, detailed aspects of the situation, noting that concern exists as to the possible impact on existing lake industry, ecology and the nature of the lake itself if drilling is permitted. There are a lot of unanswered questions, he stated. The land board currently has applications from two sources for leases s of the lake. covering a reported Concluding his remarks, Moler told the Empire board: The potential for loss is a lot greater than the potential for gain. four-coun- ty .v current lake minerals imbalance created Travel by the Southern And in a companion move, they formally named Robert W. Barney to succeed Berry at an annual salary of $11,000. Barney has been serving as Empire HOST director, a position which the board will fill at a later date. The directors also discussed printing of convention stick-o- n badges for the Empire as suggested by Ron Frandsen, executive secretary of the Greater Brigham City Area Chamber of Commerce. Pacific causeway but there was no action on this. In other business, the board officially heard the resignation of Executive Director James Berry who recently accepted appointment as director of the Utah council. Doing on Own Weve been doing it on our Here are the statistics compiled four-fifth- Hoinieyville titan Shotf, In other business Tuesday, meeting in weekly session, the county commission agreed that the Ten Commandments monument should be reerected on the courthouse grounds. regular Unanswered Questions mi rs Liberal New Assistance stated. county plans to build a new jail have been lack of put on a back burner, the reason funds. ; Presently some $200,000 is budgeted for a new facility. Yet, a preliminary feasibility report placed its estimated cost in excess of $800,000 i Packer said currently there are no substantial federal funds available to help with the project. I But he denied that the new jail has been shelved. Harvest Days Kills Its not dead at all but its the timing, he stated. The county official said the county presently is looking at ground and plans to A Box Elder county official is ired that an $18,000 jail improvement project has been turned down by a task force committee of the Utah Law Enforcement ' Advisory council. County Commissioner William L. Packer said Tuesday that he will argue the projects merits before the full LEA panel in an effort to get the requested funds. Its the same fate that befell Brigham Citys application for $15,000 to upgrade the police station. And Mayor Ole Zundel has said he will go to bat for that project. In airing his views on the situation, Has Tourist Potential Brigham City Mayor Ole Zundel who is Empire president, noted too that the lake has great tourism potential for Golden Spike Empire. The discussion also touched on the by own and its been good for our chamber and also good for the region, Frandsen told the gathering. Mayor Zurtdel said they would bring samples of the local stickers to the next meetings. The directors gave their endorsement to quarterly meetings of representatives from Utah's nine tourist regions. The first was held recently at Richfield and Berry described it as a success. A treasurers report indicated that the transient room tax produced $1,334.30 fon. the Empire in Box Elder county during the I N second quarter. V N 'yx'Wxj. phone. She phoned Brigham City police. The car was stopped at Eleventh South and Main where police officers and Utah Highway Patrol troopers set up a road block. Hanson was taken to the hospital and officers took Bingham into custody. It- ' , - &' i. . - ' Board Sets Brief Session for Bids The Box Elder Board of Education will hold a special session Wednesday, Oct. 18, to open bids on refunding $750,000 bonds. The session will be at 7:30 p.m. after which the board will go into closed-doo- r talks with representatives for the school districts classified personnel. JEEP PATROL TRIP This photo was taken during the Box Elder County Sheriffs Jeep patrol trip into western Box Elder county. The group paused here on Silver Island after crossing the salt ON er flats traveled by the Donner Party. In the background are the Pilot mountains. Trip is an annual affair intended to acquaint patrol with county. See story, ' other photos on Page 3. |