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Show Utah state' Press Assn P.0, Box 1327 Salt Lake City, Ut, 84110 featuring Thursday, Augusts, 1976 Price, Utah 85th Year Number 32 24 Celebrating Our 85th Anniversary Year Honoring America's Bicentennial Pages Price 15c Undercover work I'' X H7 Aram (gfiMfiy A DffQ 7.7 A' V Six weeks of undercover work by a representative of the state narcotics division working under the supervision of Everett Johnson, Region Eight Task Force director, resulted in the arrest of 17 Carbon County individuals Saturday night in Helper, Carbonville and Price. According to Carbon County Attorney Ron Bout- - s C3 r i jf ' , i - - 1 4 JV- v ia. I WT .Y 4 ,. ttw&wwtu At, Piggyback cars Utah Highway Patrol trooper Steve Douros (right) works on report of an accident which injured a young Castle Dale man, Nathan Nelson Johansen, 19. He was treated and released from Carbon Hospital Tuesday afternoon after his car stopped to avoid hitting a stalled truck pulling a trailer of galvanized pipe on U.S. Highway 50&6 one mile east of Soldier Summitt. Then . another car driven by Clyde Alvin Price, slammed into and lodged Jacobsen, 61, beneath the rear of Johansen's car. The truck, driven by Anthony McKinley, 27, Richfield, was pushed off the road. The accident was investigated by Darell Robertson and Steve Douros. PRWID eeMitf fond SA Photo rail! have to be approved by the state and not by the EDA. The state should be giving their approval any time, he said. have been obtained Right-of-way- s and the treatment plant site negotiations are going on now, Staker said, because there are too many Ifs to consider. If and when the application is approved, the work can go on fully. The bids for the work must be advertised for and contracts ' . awarded, and that all takes time also, he commented. ' Another problem in setting a completion date now or a tentative work schedule is the weather. That may cause a two month delay in the work, or it may only cause a delay of less than a week, he said. It just all depends on the weather. Staker said he would hear from the Denver office on the EIS August 1, but at press time, no information had yet been received. socio-econom- ic B. Jouflas temporarily takes directors post Chris Jouflas, former planner for the Southeastern Utah Economic Development District, (SEUEDD), has agreed to serve as acting director of the SEUEDD and the Southeastern Utah Association of Governments (AOG) until a permanent director is appointed. This decision came last Wednesday at a meeting of the AOG board of directors. Jouflas agreed to accept the position for at least two or three days each week for about three months. In a telephone interview last Thursday, Jouflas said, I think enough of the program (AOG and SEUEDD) not to have it go down the drain. They (AOG board) seem to think the problem of hiring a director is insurmountable, but I think I can keep it going. Jouflas resigned as planner of the SEUEDD April 15. He had been associated with the program since its inception. The planners position was quickly filled by Bill Dinehart. The probelm of selecting a director for the SEUEDD, however, arose July 1 when Jess Tuttle, instrumental in organizing the SEUEDD and who had served as its executive director for the past seven years, resigned. I. Dart Carbon unaffected Senate candidate dies by coal strike Dart, 80, a Republican candidate for the Utah State Senate seat held by Omar Bunnell and a former chairman of the Carbon County Republican Party, died B.L. Saturday in a Price hospital of a heart attack. Mr. Dart, a former juvenile court judge and former member of the Utah House of Representatives, served two terms in the Utah House of Representatives from 1928 through 1932. He was a Fifth District Juvenile Court judge from 1948 to 1962 and practiced law in Utah for 55 years. ' His life, however, did not only consist of politics and law. Mr. Dart was a past president of the Price Kiwanis and the Rotary Clubs. He was also a past commander of the Price American Legion Post and was a veteran of World War I. He was born November 3, 1895, in Hardington, Neb., to Burt Lincoln and Orpha Markley Dart. He married Mary Elaina Kempton November 3, 1931 in Salt Lake City. He graduated from the University of Utah Law School in 1922. Survivors include his wife; two daughters and a son, Mary Fipes, Canyon Country, Calif.; Ann Macdonald, Price; B.L. Dart Jr., Salt Lake City and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services were Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Fausett Mortuary Chapel. Burial in Price City Cemetery. - May-Tih- i. Public meet favors fluoridation in Utah y The coal miners strike in West Virginia, and other eastern states is having no effect on the miners of Carbon County, according to Del Brownfield, UMWA district 90,000 e those opposed at the Price City Center last Friday. The hearings were held in accordance to state law which requires the hearings before action can be taken by the state to change the laws concerning the water supply. The fluoride issue was only one of three proposed changed to be made. The other two involve changes in the wording of the law dealing with EPA standards. The fluoride issue received favorable comments from local community and medical leaders. Those opposing the fluoridation issue did so for the most part, on grounds that each I Community should be allowed to choose for themselves, and not be forced. Former Helper City Mayor Chris Jouflas testified that the city of Helper has had fluoride in the water since 1952 and no adverse results have come from it. He said the children who have lived in Helper since that time have fewer cavities than those from other areas of the county. Dr. Kent Lowe, a Price dentist, testified that he could tell upon examining the teeth of children, where the child had lived. He noted, that children living in Helper have fewer cavities when compared to the rest of Carbon and Emery Counties. Lowe cited his experiences from dental school in Cleveland, Ohio. He said most of the people who went to the dental school to have their dental work done were poorer people who could not afford to go to a regular dentist. He said the school had problems finding children with cavities to work on because th city water supply had fluoride in it. He commented that prevention is much better than trying to repair the cavities. Betty Bates, concerned Citizens Party candidate for governor, attended the hearings and was not allowed to speak. Dr. Lymon Olson, State Board of Health director, said Mrs. Bates had been given an opportunity to testify at three other hearings in the state and the hearing in Price was for the four county residents, and not for those from other parts of the state. Mrs. Bates is running on a platform against the fluoridation issue. The results of the hearings will now be sent to the state Board of Health four-to-on- ed in hearings held for the examination. Dr. Olson said the board has documents from all the hearings to examine and after that examination, a decision will be made. Olson said a group of people against the fluoridation issue have gathered signatures on a petition calling for a referendum. That referendum, if passed, would require each community to decide if they want their water supply fluoridated. Olson noted that the law which is proposed by the state, would require communities with a high fluoride content in the water, to remove the fluoride to a level of one part He said there are some communities in the Uinta basin which ahve naturally occuring fluoride up to two parts per million. Olson said the board of health probably would not have the findings of all the hearings examined before the referendum vote goes before the people. He said if the referendum is passed, the state cannot require the manditory fluoridation of the water.. Gary Tomsic, speaking for Price City Mayor Walt Axelgard, testified in favor of proposed regulations which would require the states water supply to be fluoridated. Tomsic read a statement from the Mayor which stated that he, the mayor, favored the proposed requirement, and supported the state Board of Health decision to ask for the fluoridation. Professor per-millio- n. Frank Postma , professor of ' English and music at College of Eastern Utah, was killed Monday night when his auto crashed and a near Dillon, Montana. Mrs. Postma, who was with her husband, was injured but was expected to be released from semi-trail- er the hospital Wednesday, according to word received in Price. Details of the fatal mishap were not available at press time, but will be carried next week in the Sun Advocate. . -- 21 president. Brownfield said he had talked to the president of UMWA district 30 in Kentucky and all miners which were on strike there are back at work. He also told Brownfield that the miners in Ohio were also back to work. Some miners in West Virginia are still striking, Brownfield said, but for the most part, the strike has stopped. According to a UMWA health and retirement funds news letter, the strike has not seriously affected the money available for paying the pensions, but has caused officials of the trust to convert some of the investments to cash in order to pay the pensions. Bob Doty of the UMWA Health and Retirement office in Price said there are some Citizens favoring the fluoridation of the water supply of the state of Utah raid and Escondido, California. The initial shipment was hash oil; the second, hash and the third which was inThe latter is tercepted, was a little longer than a cigarette and has the flower of the marijuana plant on top. According to Mr. Johnson this is the most potent part of the entire marijuana plant. Discovery of the undercover agent resulted in the fast movement by law enforcement officers who moved in to arrest those discovered by the agent plus others who were involved through association and other contacts. Involved in the mass arrests in addition to Mr. Johnsons task force were the Carbon County Sheriffs Department, Helper Police Department; Price City Police Department and the Utah Highway Patrol. Arrests listed as of Monday by County Attorney Boutwell in connection with the raids included Rick Faccenetti of Helper who was released on bail; Helen Bush, released on her own recognizance; Virginia Gross and Michael Tripp, plus three juveniles. Complaints are being processed for future arrests according to the County Attorney. 18 counts of felony, five misdemeanor charges and 16 complaints were issued. The complaints include four or five juvenile referrals. Mr. Johnson also stated that a shipment of drugs was intercepted on July 30th. This was the third such shipment and was made by bus. The drugs came from Las Vegas, Nevada well, L i "L& Price River Water Improvement District (PRWID) officials are waiting for officials of the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to rule on the PRWID environmental Impact statement (EIS) before thetr applications for $1 million in funds can be processed. The EIS in the hands of EDA environmental officials in Washington and according to Earl Staker, PRWID manager, those environmental officials were pleased with the EIS and the added information asked for statement. in a The EDA officials in Washington will have to give their approval to the EIS before the PRWID application for the $1 million can be processed by the Denver EDA office. Staker said if the environmental officials in Washington approve the EIS, then the $1 million application can be processed. He said the technical plans will have to be reviewed before the EDA funds can be released. Staker said that if the EIS is approved and the grant application is considered in the Denver EDA office, then construction can begin using the money which has already been allocated to PRWID. The plans for the treatment plant have already been sent to the state health department for their approval, and the state has made some minor suggestions for changes, Staker noted. He said the plans for the plant Mss ratiflie mine workers covered by the pension fund. He said the striking workers provide about 30 percent of the income for the trust. Doty said the trust is now losing about $800,000 a day because of the strike. Pensioners will not have to worry about their pensions, Doty said, because of the way the trust is set up. No pensions are in danger he said. Three day program set for Labor Day The Bicentennial theme will be featured at the annual Labor Day celebration planned for Sept. 4,5 and 6 in Price according to Jack Smith, chairman. A feature of the Sept. 6th event will be a visit by Governor and Mrs. Calvin H. Rampton and Senator Frank E. Moss who will arrive in the city about 4 p.m. Complete plans for the three day affair are not entirely complete but will consist of a free rodeo Sept. 5th, free swimming Sunday and Monday for the children at the Price Youth Memorial Pool and several political speakers on Mondays.program. A parade is also on tap and the Labor Day committee invite all business, civic and coal companies to enter floats. Officers serving with Chairman Smith on the plans committee include Sam Fazzio, financial secretary; Calvin Christianson, recording secretary; Lawrence Buckly, raffle chairman and Adrian Anderson, publicity chairman. il el v V i. - Marijuana ? Price City Police Chief Art Poloni (right) and Bob Powell, city park employee, examine a plant found in the park In response to a tip about 100 plants may be marijuana . Carbon County Sheriff Albert Passlc, called to examine the plants, however, said "they are not marijuana." Poloni added the plants are not marijuana because they were planted too.much in an open area and their leaves were even. Marijuana leaves grow uneven, he said. The plants were found by Powell last Thursday. , |