Show 'X- Answers io issues ISCUSSBOn Candidates for the Logan City Council met with the public last grams have a relationship between costs and benefits Too often people don’t consider the implications of decisions” Lewis said he would support Wednesday night at the informal gathering in the Cache County Library where interested citizens were able to talk freely with the ten candidates Six men are vying for the three four-yea- r councilman positions Glen T Baird a retired USU Extension specialist said “I’d given it some thought but actually it was when my friends passed around my petition that I decided to run” Baird said control was needed to clean up the places where those who move in don’t care “If there was some way that we could appeal to these people personally that might help” he said W Cris Lewis 34 an associate professor of economics at USU said “I think I can do the job as well as anyone else I know I have certain skills — I’m a trained economist and I’m experienced in economical problems All pro the mosquito abatement ” them or Nickel Warner said “I’m runof of a public a sense out ning spirit and responsibility to the vice-versa- community” He is the owner of Palatial Living Mobile Homes and has 30 years experience in landfill oper- pro- gram and would have to look into water flouridation “This election has cost me a little but it’s really been fun and interesting” he said Claude Burtenshaw 57 a nominee for United States Senator said “I can’t really say what made me decide to run except I helped develop the program to change the form of city govern-meI had an interest from that 'point and thought I’d like to share in seeing it get started” He said he was for a central county library “I think anything less than that doesn’t serve the city or the county Both should share in the costs” he said “I feel the University contributes a lot to Logan but the college shouldn’t feel that the city is obligated to ations and garbage business “The garbage definately has to be picked up no question about that” he said “Recycling is being tried and is paying off in some of the heavily populated cities But I don’t think the community here is large enough to make recycling pay off If you’re going to use more energy materials than is economical then you might as well stay with the landfill plan” Richard Griffin 57 who conducts training courses for municipal and community leaders in water management said “It has always been in the back of my mind to serve the community in this respect” “I’ve been asked about items nt like the library Arts and music are a vital part of our life We should strengthen the Cache Library” Griffin said “I’ve also been asked about bicycle trails” Griffin said “I ride a bicycle and I think it would be a good idea since weve got an energy crisis” Griffin spoke out on water County taxes “It takes money to run a city and where is that money going to come from? To me it’s less painful to pay a little more on my water bill and less on taxes” Loye Martindale 55 said “Running for this office is just a matter Of service tothe cfffflmun-it- y I don’t suppose you have to be learned but I’ve had lots of experience in decision-making- ” “One problem I’ve been asked about is multiple dwellings” Martindale said “I think multiple dwellings should be in one particular area because it changes to look of the whole city” (Cont on Page 2) Utah State University Logan Utah October 22 1975 Vol 73 No 14 12 Pages Possible explosive removed by Kent Lauer “There was no explosion and anybody who says so is incorrect” Neil R Langerman chairman of the chemistry department’s safety committee said of last Saturday mornings incident in the chemistry building “It was a normal routine safety precau- tion” The 62nd ordinance disposal batallion from Ft Douglas was called in last Saturday to assist in chemical was probably silver-ozid- e but it is hard to tell because it had been sitting for awhile Langerman said The chemical was found last Records has new director Normal Routine Institutional Council members verified the appointment of Bill Sampson as new director of admissions and records replacing Evan J Sorenson present acting head Sampson will fill the position “As a normal routine safety precaution we conduct lab clean up when we find chemicals that have a potentially safety hazard” Langerman said “we dispose of them recognizing that they are potentially dangerous” Langerman said the procedure was as normal as making sure that each student knows how to operate a safeifeasti-nguisheThe local fire and police departments were summoned to make sure the area was empty and safe for the disposal Langerman said “In my estimation we were just exercising due precautionI and restraint” he said “When come across chemicals which are potentially dangerous I simply perform a routine department safety procedure” r Normal Thing “It’s a normal thing and in my opinion not newsworthy” he said The potentially dangerous 5 pm but the disposal was delayed until Sat- urday morning because there were less people and the area was safer he said “We were ready to move it within five hours” Langerman said “The chemical was in a secure place surrounded by a firewall” safely disposing a potentially dangerous chemical from one of the research labs Thursday at Nov 1 “I’m excited about Sampson s outlook because he’s very student oriented” Don Smellie selected committee chairman said Over 100 people applied before the July 1 deadline Those on the selection committee included Russ Hawkins and Nolan Johnson student representatives and Science Dean Ralph M Johnson Ron Harrison Rod Clark Fay Clawson Burgerson and Paulinefrom PresSampson orginally BYU at been ton has registrar University of Texas at El Paso and Wichita State He completed a Bachelor of Science degree at BYU and did graduate work at BYU and UTEP Admissions and records stall workers are planning an open Nov 4 in Main 104 for students to “get acquainted with Sampson house EightMinutesToDlspse The actual disposal took place from 9 am to noon Langerman said It took eight minutes to get it safety out of the building and the rest of the time was used for setting up and the disposal he said Langerman said the chemical was found in one of the research labs but it was not a part of any student experiment “If the device were to explode there would not have been any severe physical injuries or damage to the building” Langerman said Langerman said the chemistry department is very concerned that people don’t get hurt and that all safety precautions are carried out and last Saturday’s event was just one of those precautions Same As Nitro There was no explosipn Saturday at the Chemistry building s personnel according to Neil Langerman just Photo by Tim Marzolf extra-cautiou- Logan police chief Max Jones said the chemical is basically the same composition as nitroglycerin was prepared a year ago and its ingredients made it very volatile Dr Jack Spence professor of chemistry said a lab technican had left silver residue in a flask in order to reuse the expensive silver rather than pour it down the drain The technician apparently forgot about the flask and it had been left around for six months long enough for the professors to get worried he said The 62nd disposal batallion covered the flask in a sand-fille- d box until it was buried in a remote section of Cache County police chief Jones said The chemical was so old the technicians could not tell what it would do he said |