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Show r 9 5 6 7 8 9 Executives Offices Onniwest Corp. t0. Slt Box 2608 l Lake, Ut. 84110 Thursday, May 1, 1975 Price, Utah 84th Year No. 18 18 Pages Price 15c J - "THE VOICE OF UTAH'S CASTLE COUNTRY" VJeafSier no deterrent to city ,rar T ' I , w V clean-u- p y? If EfTHf Hr ijr ! A I'SV ' Peri t One rejected ? o 9. - m i " The annual Price City clean-u- p campaign is off to a good start even if the spring weather isnt. Residents were encouraged to begin putting trash out near the curb last Saturday so city crews and members of the National Guard could pick it up for a week beginning The Utah State Bicentennial Commission has approved four projects in Carbon County for funding and has rejected one project. r. According to Janet Prazen, f chairman of the local bicentennial committee, the state has approved ' -i funding for an addition to the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum; a Southwest Chicano Heritage mural at the CEU library; a bicentennial film depicting the history and some of the areas of Carbon County and Construction of the East Carbon City community , center. if. t j The state commission rejected a i request for money for a new Carbon County Senior Citizens center. The commission approved funding of $8,298 for enlargement of the CEU VS. & museum which will expand exhibits Lf ' . in the museum to include a f P dinosaur display, dinosaur y r t j mural, dinosaur tracks and cenozore, mesozoir and paleozoic era displays. Mt 4iMifjadkiMlyi i' i wiwii i latuMina l The present facility will be upgraded Brownies from Troop 203 and their leaders Mary Saturday kickoff to the annual Price City clean-uand rearranged for better exhibits and traffic flow. Kestler, standing, and Lorainne Carr, kneeling, campaign. Brownie troops in Price cleaned up the The commission approved a $3,000 clean up the yard of an elderly invalid during the yards of five senior citizens Saturday. mural in request for a the CEU library to depict the Chicano heritage in the southwest. Blake Larsen is the artist selected to do the painting. The bicentennial film to be produced by the University of Utah and its educational station KUED, conference was will be funded at $3,000. month. The three-daBids were opened from three In other action, council members heard LaMar Jewkes, Price City fire contractors for a metal building for sponsored by Utah Technical College, East Carbon City will receive $8,298 the park department. The building is chief, report on the need for a new to be used to convert an abandoned Utah State Fire Marshals Office, 130 feet by 70 feet and 18 feet high fire engine. Chief Jewkes said one of store building to a meeting place for Utah State Fire Cheifs Association with three overhead doors. The low the citys fire trucks is 30 years old and the Utah State Firemens service clubs, senior citizens, labor bid was submitted by Garber Conand the other one is 13 years old. He Association. He said the conference unions and other community groups. said the fire department is answering tracting of Price at $13,500; next was stressed fire prevention and inThe building will have a ldtchen, as many calls in the county as in the Western Engineering of Orem at spections. He told the council there clurooms, office, dining room, $13,978 and Utah Building Structures city and the county calls are putting are a lot of fire hazards in Price City stage and a larger meeting portable f Ogden at 15,68. most of the wear and tear on the and aokcd what authority the city he, hall. The building will be available to trucks. He recommended the city The council approved a motion to to deal with them. City Attorney Luke residents of Sunnyside. take one of the trucks received from Atwood have Councilmen and down can burn said the Toy city Pappas The state commission rejected a federal government surplus stock Jim Jensen and City Engineer John old shacks if the owner gives the city from the Carbon County and have it rebuilt into a fire engine. request Huefner review the bids and award permission, otherwise the city has to Senior Citizens Center for $8,298 to The cost will be approximately $8,500 Atwood in is Mr. contract. the use its powers under an ordinance charge center on property new a build he told the council. help of the parks, and Mr. Jensen is in which doesnt specifically spell out the county. by provided Mayor Walt Axelgard said the cost of the procedure to take. charge city buildings. of a new fire engine runs between and the recommendation of Mr. Jewkes should be seriously considered. The councilmen agreed and voted to have the truck rebuilt into a 750 gallon per minute pumper. Mayor Axelgard told the council the city is thinking of raising the charges to the county for fire calls. Chief Jewkes gave a report to the council on the fire and safety school he attended in Salt Lake City last The state commission will consider a request from Helper City at a later date for funds to expand the Helper Mining Museum. The commission also approved funds for a documentary film about Green River and will discuss other Emery County proposals at next months meeting. T. '- Monday. The clean-u- p will run until Monday, May 5, after a good start Saturday when local Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Brownies and Club members helped many elderly persons in Price clean up their yards. In addition, the Utah State Extension Service and the 4-- H Hike-Bik- e Vm;- ; Clubs participated in Gov. Million Trees for a Ramptons Million People program by planting and distributing 1,000 trees free to county residents. The city council urges residents to take advantage of this opportunity to do their outside spring housekeeping and put trash out to be picked up. Crews will not be picking up junk cars this year as a car crusher is not available, and the council askes residents not to put out any trash object too large to be handled by one 4-- H set for mt s t 4 4 4 J i? r j weekend The Carbon-EmerAssociation for Retarded Citizens and the Price Jaycees are sponsoring their annual e on Saturday at 10 a.m. Volunteer walkers and riders will try to cover all or part of the 10 mile route beginning at the Price City Park. The route will go out to via the back road by the new Price Elementary School. The route will be plainly marked, according to Dennis Rigby, Jaycees chairman for the event. Individuals and businesses are urged to pledge whatever they feel they can afford for each mile covered by the walkers and bikers. All ages are invited to join in the fun and assist in a good cause. Mr. Rigby said the Jaycees hope enough money is raised to purchase a minibus for the use of retarded citizens in their local activities. Refreshments will be served at the halfway point by the Jaycees. Prizes will be given to those turning in the of money. First prize largst amounts will be a 10 speed bike with eight other prizes ranging from $20 for second place to a $5 gift certificate for ninth place. Pledge forms are available in all county schools. y camp-tosaur- us Hike-Bik- tkMm. p man. Car-bonvil- le three-canva- s City raises electric service deposit The deposit a homeowner or renter must give Price City before receiving electricity from the city was doubled by city council action Monday night, as the citys way of responding to increased number of chargeoffs for uncollectable electric bills. City Recorder Hampton McArthur explained to the council the problem of collecting past due electric bills .from transients .who move in and out of the city without paying their electric bills. The average utility bill has gonefrom. $15 a month in recent yearn to $30 a month today, he said, adding that the $25 deposit isnt enough to cover the bill considering it usually takes the city two months to find out who is delinquent. He recommended the council in- crease the deposit to $50 with $25 being refundable in six months if the customer has a record of paying his electric bills on time. The council agreed and Councilman Harold Patterick made the motion which was passed unanimously. The new deposit rate will go into effect May 1. $70-80,0- IMW , mkms reran mse All working UMWA coal miners and construction workers will receive an additional 8 cents per hour cost-of-livin- g wage raise in their first paycheck covering hours worked after May 1st, according to UMWA r Harry Patrick. raise is The eight cents the maximum for the second quarter of the 1974 UMWA contract, Patrick said. It will bring the total wage raise under the new contract to 15 cents an hour. It is unfortunate that inflation levels continue at their present high rates, Patrick said. But as long as this is the case, United Mine Workers arent going to bear the burden by having their wages eaten away by rising prices. Patrick, the chief financial officer of the UMWA, said a United Mine Worker who works a regular work e week with no after May 1 will receive a total of $6 a week in Secretary-Treasure- cost-of-livin- g cost-of-livin- g over-tim- raises over his regular paycheck as a result of the latest raise. Since raises are counted in computing overtime and premimum pay, the average United Mine Worker will receive a higher weekly raise, Patrick said. A miner who works 12 hours overtime, for example, will receive a total adjustment of $8.70 for the week. If he works on a holiday, the total adjustment will be $11.10 for the week. The eight cents raise effective after May 1 is the second raise paid to UMWA miners under the 1974 contract. Miners received the raise-- of first seven cents an after cost-of-livin- g cost-of-livi- cost-of-livin- g cost-of-livin- g cost-of-livin- g cost-of-livi- hour-effect- ive February 1, 1975. UMWA miners will receive a total of $7.84 per day in raises by the end of the contract if inflation cost-of-livin- g averages period. eight percent over that Provo man was killed Monday morning on snow slickened U.S. 50-near the Scofield Reservoir turnoff as the pickup truck he was driving . with a crossed the center line and collided head-oA 6 n semi-truck- At Scofield Junction Provo man was killed in a head-o- n crash at the Scofield Junction on U.S. early Monday morning when the pickup truck he was driving went left of the center lane and ran into a 50-- semi-truc- 6 k. The Utah Highway Patrol identified the victim as LeRoy Bott, 71 driving eastbound when the accident occurred at 8:40 a.m. The two men in the semi-truc- k traveling west were taken by ambulance to Carbon Hospital where they were treated for minor bruises and released. They were identified as Clarence M. Stanfield, 27, of Talullah, La. and Lloyd Kelsoe, 39, of Jackson, Ala. The problems facing county schools The problems facing local schools the topic of discussion between Dennis Nelson, superintendent of the Carbon County School District and the Carbon County Womens Political Caucus during the groups meeting May 7 at the Carbon Country Club. Druing the meeting, which will begin at 8 p.m., Mr. Nelson will speak on the topics of special education in the schools, alternative education, will be wheels under their tractor were broken loose from the chasis by the impact and the rig was lying on its side in a ditch. 10 Although a light snow was falling at the time of the accident, investigating officer Larry Taylor said weather conditions could not be blamed for the wreck. He said witnesses told him the Bott truck had been following another vehicle and crossed the center lane ' into the westbound lane. The impact point was in the westbound lane and there were no skid marks, according to Officer Taylor, who said Mr. Bott died instantly in the head-ocrash. women counselors and career counseling for women students. There will be a question and answer period. Janet Prazen, president of the Caucus, said that at the groups founding in Carbon County, a survey of members showed 95 percent were concerned about the quality of education in the schools. All members of the public are always invited to Caucus meetings, which are usually preceeded by a tt fr t nrl "tV iiiiiiwirTriitir dinner at the country club starting at 7:30 p.m. Dinner is optional and reservations may be obtained by calling Mrs. Prazen at iiirtx County Clubs plant 1,000 trees The Carbon County tree planting program last Saturday was a big success as 75 Club members turned out to distribute and plant a total of 1,000 trees. The members planted about 500 trees at the homes of persons in Price, Helper, Wellington and East Carbon City, and the balance of the trees were distributed to homeowners from the County Extension Service offices in the courthouse building. 4-- H 4-- H mif i y before stopping. Price policeman dies in accident truck-trai- n 637-015- 9. 4-- ff iin ir iirr Glenn S. Peterson, an Price police officer was killed Friday morning when the truck he was driving was struck by an eastbound passenger train at the Maxwell crossing in Carbonville. The train pushed the pickup truck approximately one half mile down the track off-dut- Women's political group to hear A U sw;: M campaign , v n Glenn S. Peterson, 46, a veteran officer of the Price City Police Department was killed Friday morning when the pickup truck he was driving was hit broadside by an eastbound passenger train at a Carbonville crossing. The Utah Highway Patrol said Mr. Peterson was apparently killed instantly when the train, the Denver and Rio Grande Westerns Zephyr, struck the cab of the truck at the Maxwell crossing on Mr. Peterson had the day off from the police department and was making deliveries for Wycoff, a freight company, when the accident occurred at 10:10 a.m. He was a veteran police officer and had U-2- 7. ar been working part time for Wycoff. Investigating officer Larry Taylor of the Highway Patrol said the trains engineer and fireman reported the train was traveling close to 60 miles an hour and had sounded its whistle for the crossing. Officer Taylor said after talking to Witnesses, he could find no evidence the truck stalled or ran out of gasoline. Heavy winds were blowing at the scene which witnesses said may have prevented Mr. Peterson from hearing the trains whistle. Mr. Peterson is survived by his wife Colleen and daughters Brenda and Marti K., and son David. Funeral services were held Monday at the Price LDS Fourth Ward. |