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Show Jail project reviewed V Tax said essential for north hospital Enactment of the local option half-ceales tax was pictured Tuesday as essential to continued hospital services in north Box Elder county. The view was expressed by Tremonton City Councilman Carl Borup and Mel Foxley, representing the Bear River Valley Community Hospital board. They told the county commission that if ales tax revenue is not made available, it will be necessary to throw in the sponge on hopes for a new community hospital. And, they continued, within two weeks the existing old Valley hospital would close down. That facility is presently being operated by the LDS church, reportedly with the understanding that a more - o Corp. v 5 Cit Utah 31110 5465 ? 3-- 74 modem hospital will be constructed. Can Raise Funds major communities in the north county area bond for the hospital, meeting payments with sales tax revenue, additional funds can be raised to meet the full obligation. Foxley said 95 percent of the people favor the tax increase if it is used for a new hospital. He ruled out a county-wid- e bond issue as a means of financing. The commission took no action on the Borup said if request. However, at their previous Volume 66, Number 41 weekly session, the county officials said (Continued on Page 14) IP Brigham City, Utah DHimiDirii3ife 84302, Thursday Morning, October 11,1 973 26 PAGES dtfy Uncle Sam gives books to Brigham City library The Brigham City Carnegie library is receiving mail bags of n fiction and books through the assistance of Utah Senator Frank E. (Ted) Moss. In a cover letter to librarian Miss LaPreal Wight, the senator explained that although the books are now considered surplus to the needs of the agency for which they were purchased, many are comparatively new and should be valuable to the library. Moss wrote, I am glad to be able to make these books available to the people of Brigham City, and to assist you in your efforts to provide enjoyable and worthwhile volumes to the people of your non-fictio- area., . On the Democratic party ticket for the upcoming election ON TICKET for mayor is Harold B. Felt, center, and for councilmen left, Edward Hee-sack- and Douglas Wight. Plymouth to state line s Felt, Wight, Heesacker are Democratic nominees Brigham City's Democrats selected three candidates for mayor and city councilmen seats Tuesday night without any opposition during the partys convention at the Community center. Harold B. Felt, a longtime Brigham City businessman and community worker, was selected as the Democratic party candidate for mayor and Douglas Wight and both Thiokol Edward Heesacker, Chemical corporation executives, were picked to run for the council seats. Nominations Unanimous All nominations were unanimous and the candidates received no opposition. The Democratic party also passed a party platform and selected Lucille Hansen, as vice chairman of the city party to replace Leone Fonnesbeck. The convention was conducted by Bruce Parsons, city chairman. The meeting lasted about an hour and 45 minutes. About 60 persons attended. The platform read: Effective city government is dependent upon a strong two party system. Effective city government is deoendent upon maintaining two way communication with all the people. Effective city government is dependent upon the elimination of unwarranted Wayne Jensen center, was nominated for mayor on the Republican ticket, along with left, Les Dunn and Dale Baron, seeking councilmenposts. k GOP NOMINEES er deficit spending. Effective City Government provides a quality recreation program for all segments of the community. Effective city government fosters orderly municipal growth within the limits of sound financial management. Effective city government cares for and improves the municipal environment. Effective city government provides for the sound management of all public utility systems. (Continued on Page Eight) - Bidding sef on highway The Utah Highway department intends to advertise next May or June on the first highway Plymouth of interstates phase construction between and Idaho state line. This disclosure came Tuesday from two Howard department spokesmen, . Richardson, and Kent Lee, district design engineers. They told the Box Elder County commission the seven-mil- e project is dependent upon funding from Uncle $am and it will procede as planned if money is available. Right-of-wa- y work is slated to begin in December and owners will be contacted a month later. Richardson said completion of this section of probably will take two four-lan- e seasons. The divided highway could open to traffic by the fall of 1974 and is intended to correspond with interstate development between the state line and Malad. Idaho. Run Parallel It will follow a route running roughly parallel to and on the east of existing U.S. (Continued on Page While Shoppers! Gobble up the bargains IS Dil The drawing is a highlight of Harvest Days, and tickets can be obtained from participating merchants all day Friday, according to Mary Kay Hess, chairman of the promotion. Window signs will identify those merchants taking part in the activities, she explained. HARVEST DAYS Mary Kay Hess, chairman of Harvest Days, Friday and Saturday, tells shoppers turkey tickets will be available from local participating merchants. 14) A surprise nomination of Les Dunn for city councilman provided the interest in Tuesdays mass meeting of the citys Republican party. Dunn eventually won the nomination after tying with Dr. Peter Knudson on the first ballot. Dale Baron won nomination for a city council seat on the first ballot and Wayne Jenson was chosen as the partys candidate for mayor by acclamation. He was unopposed. Approximately 200 people filled the room of the Central recreation elementary school taking nearly all the seats available. Three way Race three way race for the two city council seats became apparent after Margaret Anderson nominated Dunn for the council seat and Sam Gordon seconThe ded. Dr. Peter Knudson and Dale Baron were at that time already nominated. Baron was nominated by Willis Hansen with a second given by Ron Frandsen while Boyd Newman nominated Dr. Knudson with Dee Jay Hammon giving the second. Baron won on the first ballot of the three way race while Dunn and Knudson tied. Dunn won the run off. County commission chairman Don Chase made the nominating speech for Wayne Jensen and county attorney O.D. Lund gave the second. No Others No other person was nominated for the mayors job. After the results of the second ballot were announced Dr. Knudson was immediately nominated as city Republican chairman and won the spot by acclamation. Others elected for party jobs included Margaret Anderson vice chairman, Darleen Wells secretary and Bruce Christensen, treasurer. Outgoing councilman, Claudius Olsen gave a short speech to the convention saying, that It has been good to serve on the council. Everything I have done has not been accepted by everyone but I have enjoyed serving. (Continued on Page Eight) being phased out ilni Brigham City area residents will literally be able to "gobble up those bargains during traditional Harvest Days promotion Friday and Saturday. Local merchants are planning to give away 10 gobblers during the event, Friday at 10 p.m. at Forest and Main streets. Late Openelng Harvest Days will also kick off late Friday openings downtown that will continue until Christmas, she commented. Stores will stay open until 8 p.m. on Friday nights from now on. Many sales and bargains can be seen in merchants' sds displayed in todays Box Elder Journal. Republicans name Jensen, Baron, Dunn BC sm(1? oMfis eoGasraes' talfisioa SsCjI1s SpldlDGil At a time when the Bureau of Indian Affairs is attempting to phase out Intermountain school in Brigham City, the agency is spending over six million dollars to expand two older Indian schools in Arizona and California, Sen. Wallace F. Bennett said Tuesday. Since we began fighting to save Intermountain school, earlier this year, I have been given the impression by the BIA that there are problems with boarding schools all over the country and that their significance in the Indian education program was being down played," the Utah Republican said. Now I learn from a BIA press release that over $6 million is being spent to modernize two boarding schools in Phoenix and Riverside which are 82 and 72 years old, respectively, Senator Bennett said. years as a secondary school for Navajo students. Wants Explanation I am therefore writing today to the acting head of the bureau requesting that he explain the apparent contradiction of he said. policy, The contracts announced last week by Marvin L. Franklin, assistant to the secretary of Interior for the Indian affairs, included $2.3 million to expand facilities at Sherman Indian school in Riverside and $1.2 million for a new gymnasium at Phoenix Indian school. The Riverside contract represents the second phase of a $5.2 million effort to modernize the facility. The Brigham City school, orginally constructed as a military hospital during World War II, has operated for the past 20 Revealed In March The BIA revealed early in March that Navajo students would be phased out beginning with this years freshman class and has since then been looking for other uses for the facility, with little success. The major reason given for the phaseout at Intermountain was the Navajo tribe, like other Indian tribes throughout the nation, want their children educated in schools closer to the reservation. Senator Bennett received assurances from Interior Secretary Rogers C.B. Morton In a meeting last week that the future of Intermountain school would be given top priority when a new commissioner at the BIA Is appointed. |