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Show uniyAr. Could it bo cnio Ls ,U . . . . Ve p City, Utah C03)pt ' Volume 66, Number 9 FBI Probes Brigham City, Utah 84302, Thursday Morning, March 1, 1973 County Closes In Kidnapping, Theft Case Elder county sheriffs deputies continued to be on the lookout Wednesday for a young woman and two young men suspected of kidnapping and grand theft. However the Federal Bureau of Investigation has taken over the case because it involved a stolen vehicle across state lines. According to Sheriff Warren W. Hyde, the three are suspected of hijacking a car owned by Claude Jeans, 19, Pocatello, Idaho. The incident started Monday night in Pocatello when three persons forced Jeans with a sharp pointed object into the back seat of his car. n Jool Decision Box - . . . that spring is near? bars, their coats laying in the ground and reflections seem to indicate as much. This photo was taken at Lincoln Elementary school Tuesday as local temperature climbed to 49 balmy degrees. Little girls playing on in melting ice water Drive to Utah They commandeered his car and drove it into Utah. The sheriff said they held a sharp instrument at the victims throat from Pocatello to Tremonton before Jeans escaped. When they stopped for gas at the Crossroads and were counting their money, Jeans fled and notified authorities, the sheriff said. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Bruce (Continued on Page Three) Crash Survivor Says Thugjhfi We Were Decad i, . Two Box Elder county men cheated death Saturday when their plane stalled while turning and plunged into the side of a southern Idaho mountain. Earl Don Peterson, Tremonton, the, pilot, said from his hospital bed Wednesday that its difficult to describe what I was thinking at that moment. He is recovering in LDS hospital, Logan, from a dislocated hip, broken pelvis and second degree burns. A passenger in the plane, Allan L. Young, Corinne, who suffered only minor ' burns and a head cut, said he thought we were dead. The two were hunting coyotes from the lost air when the Super Cub power and plummeted into Washboard Ridge, located about three miles south of Weston, Idaho. They had left Tremonton just a short time before at 8 a.ni. and were about to make a return, pass at a coyote when the mishap occurred. Young said when he regained his senses, the plane was burning. He pulled Peterson two-seat- er low-lev- from the wreckage, wrapped him ' in blankets and hiked down from the mountain to get help. After hiking out, Young went to several farm homes but found no one home. He then started walking down the highway and stopped a motorist who, coincidentally, happened to be a family friend. Members of a snowmobile club went to the crash scene and brought the injured man down on a skid. Reaching the highway, he was placed in a waiting ambulance and taken to the Logan hospital. Box Elder county is closing in on a conchallenge long left unresolved struction of a new jail building. Commissioner John Holmgren said Tuesday that a tentative drawing will be ready in about two weeks and then well know what were talking about. It appears that new facilities will be built on the existing jail site near the county courthouse. Involved will be utilization of the present jail building and construction of an addition on the south. Although a firm decision has not been reached, this would bring demolition of a house which currently serves as living quarters for Sheriff Warren W. Hyde. Commissioner Holmgren said architect Don Frandsen is assisting in the preliminary work but has not been officially retained since this is just exploratory. It was the recommendation of a recent professional feasibility study that new facilities be added to the existing jail and site. Funds Available Commissioner Holmgren said between $250,000 and $300,000 will be available for construction. This includes $190,000 in the current budget for new construction plus $18,000 from the Utah Law Enforcement Planning agency (which the county has agreed to match). Funds will be available also through the state office of emergency services (formerly civil defense) to finish a basement shelter area. Were not very far away from a Commissioner decision on the jail, Holmgren said. He explained that new construction would not involve building additional cells. Improvement work on the First District courtroom in Brigham City, long sought by Judge VeNoy Christoffersen, has moved a step nearer to reality. County Commission Chairman Don Chase indicated in a letter Wednesday that bidding is targeted for May 1 at least and hopefully by April 1, sooner if possible. He estimated completion within 30 to 40 days of accepting the low bid, conditioned on coordinating the project and court calendar. Slated for installation are carpeting in the courtoom and adjoining offices, new spectator seating, drapes, sound system and lighting. Judge Christoffersen said about $10,000 is in this years county budget to finance the work. The latest development came Wednesday after a Tuesday confrontation between Commissioner Chase and Judge Christoffersen. December to do and 1972 for what they were going when. Jeanne Jones . IPrps IFoginidls . . new N-- J writer Prior to that she was employed by The Leader Publishing company in Tremonton for three years where she worked as a typist, justowriter, reporter, columnist and news editor. As a columnist she recieved a first place and two second place ratings for her column, Jones Bones, in the Utah Press and Printer, best column in Utah weekly newspapers as judged by Utah State University. A native of California, Mrs. Jones has lived in Tremonton since 1961. Her husband, LaMar, is employed as an engineer for Thiokol Chemical corporation. They are parents of four children, Pattie 15, David 13, Casey 12 and Kelli 11. In her free time Mrs. Jones enjoys reading, creative writing, swimming and traveling. Anyone wishing to report news in the Bear River Valley is invited to get in touch with Mrs. Jones by calling her home, 3. mkoviilbDD (M Theres a question mark hanging over bookmobile service in Box Elder county. This was disclosed Tuesday as county commisssioners were advised that federal funding for the program may be cut. At least. President Nixons budget excludes such an appropriation. The cutoff, if imposed, would come as of July 1 and leave the county faced with financing a greater portion of the program which is figured to cost a total of $44,204 next year. Uncle Sam currently foots most of the bill with Box Elder contributing about $15,000 annually. They were asking for $17,681 next year, County Clerk K. C. Olsen explained. Immediate response of the commissioners was to defend the bookmobile as important. And to suggest that the pending funds gap should be filled by the He suggested that pressure be exerted through the governors advisory com- mittee to obtain state funding. Russell L. Davis, director, Utah State Library commission, asked in a letter to (Continued oh Page Three) slate. Brigham City Jaycees' annual Distinguished Service and Public Service awards will be presented Friday evening, March 2, at the community center. The annual event will start at 8 p.m. A young man between 21 and 36 will be The community service. Box Elder county has officially adopted its first budget for federal revenue sharing. The county commission did so Tuesday after a public hearing. No citizens showed up to comment or object to proposed expenditures of $178,500. And so the county board stamped its okay on them. Heres how the initial increment will be spent: Building at fair grounds, $25,000; purchase of property near courthouse for parking, $37,500; two cars, a truck and horse trailer for the sheriffs department, $16,000. Also, a large D-- 8 tractor for the county road department, $80,000 and installation of a sprinking system for fire protection at Pioneer Memorial Nursing home, $20,000. To date the county has received $232,071 and County Clerk K.B. Olsen said a total of $409,874 could be budgeted this year. Officials Look to State Jaycees to Present PSA, DSA Awards of the community will be recognized for Revenue Sharing Funds Marked for Spending Mrs. Jeanne Jones of Tremonton joins the staff of the Box Elder News and Journal this week. She will be reporting Tremonton, Garland and neighboring communities news. Mrs. Jones has worked in the newspaper businness for the past four years. She was employed as a reporter for the past year with the Bear River News. Following are mercury readings for the past week as kept by local weather observer Charles Clifford: The judge said about a month ago he had requested the commission to indicate by March 1 what it intended to do. They kept telling me they were going to do something and northing ever happened, the judge explained. He said he simply wanted to know what and when something would be done so that he could arrange his calendar accordingly. The letter from Commissioner Chase Wednesday was satisfactory to the judge. The jurist said he first raised the need for a sound system and other improvements a year ago but had to wait until funds could be budgeted. He said he has been pressing since honored for outstanding achievement during the past year and an older resident He called the existing jail the cleanest and best operated jail I've been in and told listeners of Sheriff Hyde, I can tell you this, hes done a good job. Holmgren said the jail, built in 1940, is (Continued on Page Three) Writer Joins Staff For BR Valley News In forcing the issue, Judge Christoff fersen threatened to use a section of state law which empowers a judge to direct the sheriff to provide suitable rooms for holding the district court at county expense. BE Need 10 Offices "Were going to need about 10 offices, the county aide explained. Specifically cited was needed space for interrogation, booking, secretaries, deputies, sheriff. highway patrol and emergency services. Its important to coordinate law enforcement personnel out of one area, Commissioner Holmgren asserted. Meet Jeanne Jones Order in Court: Lights, Sound ... These would continue to exist in the present building. The addition would provide needed office space, communications and quarters for temporarily holding juveniles. - Edward Leonard of Mountain View Mobile Home park approaches bookmobile during stop Tuesday and . . . BOOKMOBILE STOP A. Is a Benefit Commissioner John Holmgren said the state has allocated $100,000 to help make up a reported $300,000 now poured by the federal government into Utah for library services. He said this was not enough. Its my recommendation that they pick up the total program at the state level, Holmgren stated. I feel very strongly that it is a benefit for people in the county and personally Id hate to see it disrupted, Chairman Don Chase said of the bookmobile program. once inside, takes time to browse. Unit stops every two weeks at 34 places in Box Elder county. It is popular with young and old. . . . |