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Show DESERET NEWS, TUESDAY, JULY 12, t By Rod Decker News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON A defeat in the Senate for President Carter Monday night could increase the chances for a presidential veto of the public works appropriations bill containing money for the Bonneville Unit, sources on Capitol Hill said. the Senate refused to go By a vote of along with President Carter and kill the nuclear fast breeder reactor at Clinch River, 49-3- Tenn. Both Sens. Jake Garn and Orrin Hatch, voted to retain $75 million for the project. "Money for Clinch River could be 1 a real factor in the Presidents decision on whether or not to veto this bill," Rep. Gunn McKay, said Monday. A spokesman for Rep. Tom BeVill, chairman of the House Public Works Appropriation Subcommittee said Bevill was even more worried. Theres no way this bill can pass a veto w'th Clinch River in it, the spokesman said Bevill had concluded after three meetings with President Carter. The House version of the bill deleted all money for the breeder reactor. Both the Senate and the House have voted to include full funding for the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project in the bill. The two houses differ on whether to fund eight other water projects opposed by President Carter. Business Action Ads 1977 ones- Newsline: - presidential veto remained the hurdle for continuation of the Bonneville Unit despite strong opposition from the Carter administration. Carter proposed $34 million for the Clinch River project, but only in order to phase it out. The President has said proliferation of fast lead to breeder reactors in the world proliferation of nuclear weapons. He wants the United States to set th example in renouncing fast breeder technology. Both Gam and Hatch argue fast breeder plants could be an important new source of energy, and other nations are proceeding with fast breeder technology despite anything the A A Conservancy District, including Lynn Ludlow, general manager; Robert Hilbert, chairman; board member Leo Haueter, and Ival Goslin of the Colorado River Project, came to Washington Monday to speak with the Utah congressional delegation. Among the purposes of the visit was to plan strategy in case the public works appropriation is vetoed by the President. Still remaining to be voted on before final action on the controversial public works appropriations bill in the Senate is money for a neutron bomb. only-majo- United Both Gam and Hatch say they favor appropriating research funds for the bomb to the Energy Research and Development States does delegation from the Central Utah Water killed, injured in lake plant blast 1 KCC talks with Ken-neco- tt strike. Kennecott spokesmen said meetings with the four locals continued today on an intensive basis in an effort to end the walkout. None of KCCs 6,000 Utah employes will return to work until all unions have settled. The latest to reach agreement was Local 1081 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. e issues such as Bargaining involves work rules, job safety, shift work and union security. An agreement on economic issues was made 11 days Alta Mayor William Levitt, second from right, joins volunteers in hauling off collected litter. Cleanup leaves Alta By Elizabeth Schoenfeld Deseret News staff writer Trails and picnic areas in the town of Alta are free of litter. Coal Mine Basin, a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) campground near Vernal, and picnic areas near Panguitch are also clean. Thanks to hundreds of volunteers attempting to cleanup BLM and U S. Forest Service recreation lands this week, Utah is becoming Utah the Beautiful again. But theres a lot of work still to be done and many, many volunteers are needed to bag up the litter and haul it off. Alta Mayor William A. Levitt declared Monday an official cleanup day and volunteers bagged more than 200 plastic garbage sacks full of beer cans and bottles, soda pop cans and paper products. Twenty-fiv- e volunteers spent two hours in the fight against litter. Unusual things : pie-eati- : i agreement Copper Corp. (KCC) Monday night, leaving only four of 19 unions still unsigned in the This July, the 24th starts on the That means today, and a family celebration in Pioneer Park tonight opens two weeks of events geared to remind Utahns of their pioneer heritage. Days of 47 programs, culminating in the nation's third largest parade on Monday, July 25, will include music, duncing, rodeo and related western activities, talent shows and a family night. Tonight's Pioneer Park Family Celebration opens at G 30 p.m. at Pioneer Park, 4th South and 3rd West. Activities, for all the family, include music, a tug of war, Hogle Zoo chimps, pole climb, a sawdust scramble, a women's nail driving contest, doughnut and contests, and many other events. Lydia Burrows and heber G. Taylor are cochairmen, with John Jackman, Gened Diamond, Johannah Simmons and Lynne Turner serving as committee members. The schedule of other events eye-catchi- ng progress Another union reached non-wag- WEDNESDAY '47 annual Pops of Days Con- cert, 8 p.m., Salt Palace Arena Free to the public, a variety music program under the direction of Eugene Jelesnik with the Salt ago. litter-fre- e which were picked up included a penny, a skis. $1 bill and two had declared cleanup day Mayor Levitt d in conjunction with the Deseret cleanup week, which lasts through Saturday. Other sponsors are the Clubs, environmental Boy Scouts, groups, Utah Retail Grocers Association, Utah breweries, soda pop companies and News-sponsore- 4-- H many more. A Club in Panguitch cleaned up picnic and other areas filling 32 large garbage bags with litter. More than 20 girls and leaders volunteered to be part of the cleanup week campaign. Cub Scout Pack 235 of Naples, Uintah County, drove to Coal Mine Basin today and filled one truck with bagged litter. Others interested in cleaning up campgrounds in the BLM Vernal District should contact Curtis Tucker, recreation specialist, at BLM Moab District Director Gene Day 4-- 789-136- FRIDAY Square Dancers, Main Street between South Temple and 1st South streets. Spectators get into the spirit of toeoldtime tapping, dancing. Valley hand-clappin- g SATURDAY Youth Parade, 9 a.m. Main Street from South Temple to 3rd South, east lo Slate Street, south to 4th South, City and County Building. Parade features 110 entries with nine bands, floats, clowns. Days of '47 royalty and other highlights, with 5,000 children. Days of 47 Street Show, Pioneer Village, Lagoon, noon to 7 p.m., western entertainment, beard contest, square dancers, fiddlers, barbershop quartets, film. ZCMI Mall, 2 to 7 p.m. MONDAY Home Evening, At Home 5. featuring the King Together, Sisters, Gunsmoke character Fes-tuBillie Loukas and Robert Peterson. Eugene Jelesnik is host. Street Show, ZCMI Mall, 2 to 7 p m. Variety talent show. See PIONEERS on B-- 2 Days of KSL-T- praised the Deseret News and other sponsors for the war against litter and said his district has pledged to remove visual litter from rock walls and natural bridges during 1977. Wilson Arch, south of Moab along Utah-163- , has been completely cleaned of graffiti, Day said. "People usually write on the rock walls where others have. They dont tend to be the first one to deface nature, he said. They are removing the unsightly painted names with paint remover and sandblasting. Paint remover is preferred because it doesn't harm desert varnish, the natural black streaking seen on rock walls. He said campgrounds in the Moab area need volunteers to come in and pick up litter. He is also asking that campers and picnickers not make their own fire rings of stones and leave them as ugly reminders. See ALTA on B-- 2 hunts alternate tax Lake Philharmonic Orchestra. Tri Job benefits denied C. of C. 12th. were treated to an sight today as the moon and the planet an extremely bright "star" for a like Siamese looked twins Venus of on the moon. time. Venus was nearly top Last year it was rising, but in the past 13 months the surface level has dropped 1.9 feet. The Division of Water Resources presented to the board a report updating last year's Comprehensive Plan for the lake. In other business. Warren Haycock began serving on the board. Haycock, of Deweyville, Box Elder County, will represent the Utah State Lands Board. The board also reviewed progress on the Water Quality Sampling Program currently underway. The program seeks to determine water contamination levels at various points on the lake. The Utah Department of Transportation (DOT) is applying a loose gravel covering to many highways. The gravel can add about two years to the life of the road surface, according to DOT spokesman Jim Johnston. If the asphalt is already fairly soft, the gravel is applied directly, otherwise the road is first treated so the gravel can embed itself into the surface. A roller smooths out the gravel, and then the traffic works it in. The gravel can usually be applied twice during the life of the road surface, during the warm months. begin tonight risers The water level of the Great Salt Lake rising since 1963 has now begun to drop, the Great Salt Lake Board was told Monday. Doug Stewart, executive director, Great Salt Lake Division, told the board at its regular monthly meeting that the lake has changed since last year. tell you. Days of '47 Utah Great Salt Lake drops When the road sign says, "loose gravel, 25 mph," take heed. At least thats what dozens of motorists with fresh chips and cracks in their car windshields will safety-inspector- Early the West Caution urged on gravel B An explosion at NL ROWLEY, Tooele County Industries magnesium works west of Great Salt Lake killed a Tooele man Monday aftrnoon and critically injured another worker. Several others were treated for inhalation of chlorine gas, which billowed up in a yellow-gra- y cloud and drifted west and south across the uninhabited Salt Flats. Company officials said the chlorine, part of the magnesium extraction process at the plant, was controlled soon after the blast and the deadly gas cloud dissipated over the desert. Killed in the blast was Glenn Eldon Holden, 26, Tooele, married and the father of four young children. James A. vonBehren, 27, 665 5th Ave., was reported in serious condition today in the intensive care unit at Holy Cross Hospital. He suffered severe leg injuries. John Nicholson, public relations officer for the chemical firm, said Holden and vonBehren were doing repair work in the chlorine plant when a pump ruptured. He said the - exact cause was under Utah Industrial Commission investigation. were also at the site investigating the mishap. Employes leaving the plant said the explosion hurled a large chunk of the pump casing through the roof of another building, but it missed workers there. Although company spokesmen reported no general evacuation because of the gas cloud hazard, personnel nearest the blast scene apparently were evacuated. Don Bryant and Franklin Anderson, both of Tooele, and Mark Allred of Granger, were treated for gas inhalation. Bryant was a compnay ambulance driver who helped rescue the victims. The Grantsville Fire Department said several others were treated at the plant site. Tooele County Sheriff William E. Pitt said the escaping poisonous gas blew away from the plant across the desert and presented no hazard to the rest of the plant. But an attendant at Teddy Bears Service in Timpie Springs, 14 miles from the chemical plant, said he could smell chlorine in the air. I smelled like a swimming pool," he said. NL Industries extracts magnesium from the brine of Great Salt Lake and produces metal ingots and chlorine as byproducts. The plant is located about 50 miles west of Salt Lake City and is about 17 miles north of Sports Deaths '47 Channel By Nick Snow Deseret News staff writer A business task force will attempt to find alternatives to the recently enacted city utility franchise tax, and a letter protesting the manner in which the tax was enacted will be drafted. Thai was the action taken today by the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors at its monthly breakfast meeting. Board members said the tax was a step backward by the City Commission and that the move places businesses operating in the city at an economic disadvantage. Peter Cooke, the chambers governmental relations liaisoN, said the chamber recognizes that Salt Lake City has a limited number of options in raising revenue. The tax was one of a group of choices the city had in replacing a $4 million deficit, he explained. "We feel there should be more input from the business community on balancing the citys budget. The tax clearly was a step backward, so we are offering our assistance and asking for a review of the options. We feel that a task force approach including local businessmen will be the best approach to solving the citys tax problems, Cooke said. He reported that the chamber has already contacted its members regarding the problem, selected its nominees for the task force and attempted to establish a working relationship with local governments in addressing the tax question. But. he added, it may be necessary for businessmen to work through the Utah Legislature as well. The chamber is considering a grass-root- s lobbying effort for this purpose, Cooke said. Members lauded the effort to reach a long-tersolution. But some said the City Commission's attitude toward business in general is a more immediate problem See CHAMBER on B-- ll To qualify for unemployment benefits a person must show good cause for quitting a job and must actively seek new employment, the Utah Supreme Court ruled Monday. In a unanimous decision the court said Burton Denby, Fallon, Mont., was not compelled to leave his employment, and that he had made no effort to remedy offending working conditions. Denby, 64, a U.S. Postal Service clerk, voluntarily quit and moved to Fallon to live on a ranch with his brother and son. He said his had been a job of extreme tensions and pressure, and that he did not want to stay until the mandatory retirement age of 70. Denby was denied benefits on the grounds that he left without good cause, and that he was not available to work as required for eligibility. The court upheld the decision of an appeals referee and the Board of Review. Though Denby had sought four jobs over a four or five month period, the court said he was not available in an area where employment existed, and that he had not actively sought work. Pageant director honored Deseret News special A tribute to Dr. Harold I. ROCHESTER, N.Y. Hansen, director of the Hill Cumorah pageant at Palmyra, N.Y., for 40 years, was given here today by the Rochester Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club. Joining in the tribute was President Ezra Taft Benson of the Council of the Twelve, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, who was the keynote luncheon. speaker at a joint chamber-clu- b President Benson said Dr. Hansen has directed the pageant since 1937 and during that period directed more than 200 plays and participated in eight overseas tours for the USO, the American Educational Theater Association and the U.S. Defense Department. Not oniy does he teach theater at Brigham Young University, President Benson said, he is an accomplished actor in his own right and only recently he portrayed Willie Loman in BYU's version of the Arthur Miller play, Death of a Salesman. President Benson said the Hill Cumorah pageant "is considered in drama circles to be perhaps the most elaborate outdoor production in the country, if not in the world." full-leng- Always was a silent fish The United States Flag in front of the State Capitol should have flown at half staff Monday. At least Gov. Scott M. Matheson's staff thought so. One of the governors most loyal staff members (the only one that would not talk to the press) died late Sunday. The office's carassius auratus (goldfish), Search, was found floating belly-uMonday in his, or her, fish tank. The goldfish was presented to the governor's office in January by Rep. Wyllis Dorman-Lig- h Lakel. He, or she. was named Search after another pet project. State Efforts to Attract Responsible Citizen Help. No autopsy was performed on the goldfish, but uremic poisoning was suspected. p (D-Se- lt ld |