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Show Chemical Tests RiddinglJjJJ i,,p The Control Forward Series Highways of Drinkers S un- - Qdvocate I Utahs new chemical test law Safety Department executives has speeded up the process of agreed on this point Monday after eliminating druken drivers from the first month of operations unthe highways. The State Public der the new law. The chemical law test became effective May 14. Inmates Start Work George C. Miller, state driver license division director, announcOn 1958 License ed that 19 drivers so far have refused to take the test after havPlates, Blue-Oraning been arrested fo drunken drivge Application of bright blue and yellow paint began Tuesday on 25.000 stamped Utah license plates at the Utah state prison plate plant. The plant started operations two months- early this year in hopes of clearing most of Utahs 446,000 passenger, truck, trailer and motorcycle ' plates before August 1. Warden Walter D. Achuff pointed out that by utilizing the inmates time during the more slack seasons, the plant can be closed and the men used on the prison farm during August and September. Stamping of the new steel plates began last week. The 25,000 now completed and ready for paint are for trucks and trailers, Mr. Achuff ing. Thursday, June Third Section Larger, more powerful vehicle in the new series of Jeep forward control models recently announced by Willys Motors, is being introduced here by Vem Davis Motor Company. Mr. Davis, head of the local dealership, said the new vehicle is identified as the forward control" Jeep FC 170. The heavy duty truck carries a gross load rating of 7000 pounds, heaviest payload of any Jeep model ever intro- The driver licenses of all 19 duced. were immediately revoked, Mr. The model continues the overall Miller said. advanced styles and A high percentage of those who engineering characteristics did take the test will or have been drive 0 of introduced at the convicted of drunken driving be- turntheof the d year. However, cause of the positive evidence prois 30 per cent greater. vided by the chemical tests, Mr, location of the cab, The Miller said. situated well forward of the enMr. Miller reported that 208 allows maximum use of the driver licenses have been revoked gine, wheelbase. The pickup vehicles for drunken driving over the past or stake bodies provide full unfive weeks as compared with 161 obstructed nine feet of cargo similar revocations during the corresponding five weeks a year ago. length. Comfort and convenience has One driver who refused to take the chemical test apparently is been built into the spacious, cab. preparing to test constitutionality The car has suspended brakes, of the new state law, Mr. Miller level plane steering wheel, drive controls. said. He said the Utah attorney genyears ago (1918), erals office has investigated the Thirty-nin- e said. the Fourth Marine Brigade, atof the proposal constitutionality In charge of the operation is was winter tached to the Second Division of T. L, Phelan, supervisor of in- before it1957 enacted last the AEF in Europe, .took part in the by Legislature. dustries at the prison. I dont believe this driver has the Aisne Offensive. This year we have assigned a chance of regaining his license 365.000 passenger plates, 72,000 through an appeal to the district truck plates, 7,000 trailer plates court, Mr. , Miller said. and about 2,000 motorcycle plates, C. Newman, state public Jay Mr. Phelan said. safety director; Superintendent The annual job requires serv- Lyle Hyatt of the Utah Highway ices of 34 inmates, Mr. Phelan Patrol and G. Ernest Bourne, diadded. This is the first year the rector of the Utah Safety Council plant has started plate processing all agreed that the chemical test before the usual August 15 date. law is proving effective in halting Platefe for 1958 will have a blue drunken driving. Meanwhile E. R. Callister ruled h background and a physician or a duly authorthat the same color as ized numerals laboratory technician may Oregon states 1957 plates. take blood from an unconscious or dead person to determine the alcohol content of the blood. Utah Crime Conference Such a test would be permitted The Utah crime conference, at the request of a police officer. which will hold its next quarterly Homer F. Wilkinson, deputy atmeeting at Ogden, has elected A1 torney general, wrote the opinion bert Passic, Carbon county sher-rif- and cited a U. S. Supreme Court decision holding that testing blood general chairman; A, R. Weber county, vice chairman, content of an unconscious person and renamed Ralph Peters, Utah does not violate rights granted under the U. S. Constitution. county, secretary-treasurefour-whe- 27, 1957 CAdtle Cjale Mr, and Mrs. Remo Etzel and daughters, Connie and Janis, will vacation in California, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mills are planning a visit to Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis and family will visit relatives in California. Mr. and Mrs. Weston Potter and children plain to visit Seattle, Washington, and then return to St. Anthony, Idaho, to visit their parents. Speakers at meeting Sunday evening were Don Trauntvein and Arthur Sastimonian. Wheat Crop Quota Of Utah farmers, by a comfortable margin, Thursday voted in favor of having wheat . crop quotas placed into effect with the 1958 crop. A preliminary tabulation by the state administration, Agricultural Stabilazation and Conservation Committee, showed Utah farmers favored the quotas by a vote of 608 to 139. Farmers throughout the United States who have acreage allotments of more than 15 acres of wheat in 1958 participated in the referendum Thursday. More than of the nations wheat growers must favor the quotas if they are to be in effect. el . Attorney General two-thir- FC-15- pay-loa- - up-fro- nt four-whe- el Utah Farmers Vote In Favor It Was stressed that the referendum deals only with quotas, not with acreage allotments which be in effect regardless of the national referendum outcome. Should the nation favor the quotas, farmers who exceed their wheat quotas would be subAMBASSADORS . . . Representing Utah at the 27th national H conference in Washington, D. C., are front, left to right, Clark Child of Clinton, Etta Pace of Vernal, Blaine West of Spanish Fork and club leader, Glenn Blain Morgan of Kenilworth, and their state Baird, Utah State University, Logan, back left. The four young Utahns, who were selected for their outstanding achievements, leadership and community service to attend the conference, met with the senate and house agricultural committees, visited the house and senate chambers and toured the capitol with Congressman H. A. Dixon 4-- 4-- H of Utah. - Rules on New Blood Test Law ject to marketing penalties for the surplus. Mr. Gibson said at a late hour 7 Thursday 78.6 per cent of voters favored quotas. The results were from 29 of the 36 states participating. 105,-69- USE THE CLASSIFIEDS l - A new Utah law giving police officers the right to require a blood sample from persons suspected of driving while intoxicated also gives them the right to require samples from dead or unconscious persons, the Utah attorney general ruled. The law was passed by the last legislature. Homer F. Wilkinson, assistant attorney general, concluded the opinion by saying an officers right to secure blood samples from dead or unconscious persons was neither specifically given nor t limited by the new law. . . orange-yellowis- . f, po-vie- o, r. nmm 633 ....Or ED Farm Repair and Maintenance COSTS LESS I COES FAR because you can do nearly anything with rough lumber. 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