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Show r:r m &; mbi 7Ut By DEXTER C. ELLIS AND DENNIS READ if help him to the extent of getting him a coat; then allowed him to come inside and wrarm himself as Mrs. Webb slipped out to summon officers. They had seen the officers Deseret News Staff Writers UTAH STATE PRISON -Tconvicts fled in the fog early today, but were quickly recaptured, one while he was still on prison property. hree f 1 I ; - &"'' ,'S ' f jLJt - WW 4V,3r:;:S :, .. KiZSyf ' iwi.inlt ' Jgpf'' Deputies Dan Ipsen, Ron Cranfill examine footprints believed made by prison escapee Richard David Gill. That plea from Mr. and Mrs. 1746 Stratford Wendleboe, Yalecrest Ave., went out through a national wire service and radio to their runaway son, Travis, who has been missing since Sept. 3. The Wendleboes spent an anxious Christmas close to the telephone, longing for that special call. Travis began experimenting with drugs as a ninth grader, and he was staying at a center for emotionally disturbed young people in Provo when he ran away. In an open letter to her son, Mrs. Wendleboe said, Above all, we wish your dad and I that we could let you know we love you without reserva- - CUMBER, 62, PLANS NEW YEAR'S ASSAULT of all-tim- Charles Malone, 59, Hotel, 5 W. Main, Price, died' of head injuries at 6:40 a.m., about six hours after he while crossing was struck Main Street. n Price policeman B. G. said the car which hit him was driven by James Ray Priano, Helper. The previous day (Christmas), traffic accidents in Salt Lake County claimed the live.', of two motorists. 5pril K. Otteson. 28, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith V. Otteson, 1628 Fuller Dr. '4270 South, died at 7:40 a.m. in nine Cottonwood Hospital, hours after being injured in a collision of two compact cars at 4529 Highland Dr. Arden Eugene Taylor. 50. 531 Wilmington Ave. (2130 South), was killed instantly about 8:30 a.m. when struck by a car on the 21st South Freeway after he had stepped out of his err to scrape ice from tlie windshield. The accident resulted in two more mishaps on the fog- New-hous- e. Til-Io- FALSE LEADS Two ea11s from Houston, Texas, and Denver, Colo, proved to be false leads, and a man from New Rochelle, N.Y. called, offering his help. Travis has blue eyes, light brown hair and is about 5 feet 8 inches tall. He weighed about 130 pounds when his parents last saw him. Saturday, December 26, 1970 Denver wearing a leather blue jacket and jeans. The Early in Octcoer, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints sent a bulletin and picture of Travis to their 7,000 bishops and stake presidents across the nation. Travis picture -- nd description were published in a nay tional youth-locatin- g news- paper in California, and police have been alerted in many shrouded highway. An auto driven by Roger M. Bamson, 33, 3133 S. 3780 West, struck the open door of the car which had just hit Mr. Taylor. The latter car was driven by Harold N. Riley, 43, Tooele. A third car with Joseph h L. Barlow, 64, St., at the wheel hit tlie rear of tlie Taylor car. Barlows wife, Sarah Barlow, 63, was reported in satisfactory condition in LDS Hospital today with a broken wrist and facial See HIGHWAY on Page Wendleboes have exmuch time and money to find their son, but now we seem to have struck a dead end. In their despair, Travis parents are asking the public to look for their son, wherever he is. hausted 638-12t- B-- 2 56, American found beatpn to Todays escape was discovered when the three men were missed at an informal count about 9 a.m., shortly after breakfast. They had been gone about half an hour, according to Deputy Warden G. Richard David Gill . . . caught third time M. Fitzgerald. Webb said Gill pleaded for help, saying he was The convict intimated he would harm Mrs. Webb unless Webb helped him, tite latter said. Webb told him he would half-froze- n. Reported g f The number of new tuberculosis victims in Utah for the first 15 days of December exceeded every full month during 1970 except April, the Utah Tuberculosis and Health Association said today. Eight new cases were retwo ported in December each in Utah and Emery counties, one each in Salt Iron, Uintah and San Juan counties. The total for the year now stands at 52. Tlie spread of tuberculosis was described in a report prepared by Lyman Smart, Bountiful, president of the association, for the board of diLake, rectors. Hidden be cases musi found. Possible spread of the freezing, and 1, 2 2 2 five-to-li- Jones was in prison on a third degree burglary conviction. His sentence was six months to three years. The two men who escaped eatlier this week were recaptured after the body of Wagstaff was discovered in a prison farm granary building, partially covered with grain. disease must be investigated. facilities must be maintained. Those with early infection mast be sought out on and placed preventive t.eatment. This requires continued alertness on the part of individual citizens as well continued competence in state and local government agencies. Smart emphasized. While there are fewer total TB cases now than 10 years ago, it is this very success which is creating the biggest problem in the fight against tuberculosis, Smart said. People tend to lose their fear of the disease when they hear about it less frequently. In We can expect that while are giving less attention to tuberculosis than we did five years ago the seeds of TB will continue to be spread, only to be tallied as new cases of tlie thick fog in the valleys of northern Utah demanded special caution from drivers. Trees were iced with frost and homes were trimmed with icicles. disease in future years, Smart said. As an illustration of the way in which the spread of tuber- Nationwide, every state but Florida reported freezing temperatures this moning. Evanston, Wyo. has the dubious honor of having the nations County. lowest the TB Drug Program operated by the State Division of Health with the local health department. Drug therapy will continue for two years or longer. Tlie victim w as released from the hospital shortly thereafter to continue treatment in his Utah County home, saving Utah taxpayers thousands of dollars. In many cases today a TB patient doesnt have to go to the TB hospital for a long, expensive stay. lie can be treated through outpatient clinics or in the physicians office instead. Health workers discovered those most likely to have been mfected, in addition to the patients w"e, were a son. two and daughter-in-law- , grandchildren, who also live in Utah County. Each was given tests by the health department. The wile and the son were found to have begun taking preventive treatment, and will have to take anti-Tdrugs for at least one year. culosis drugs got new ski for Christmas found conditions excellent at who equipment ski resorts today where the sun was shining and the snow was great. Park City and Solitude are open tonight for to the skiing. Highways resorts are clear and open with a few slick spots. Snow fjres are recommended. Cold weather, lots of Mr. one recent in Utah prevent.!, A elderly man hospitalized for pneumonia was found instead to have active tuberculosis. He began taking The Salt Lake International Airport recorded a high of 25 and a low of 2. Temperatures plunged below zero at Bryce Canyon, Delta and Wendover Friday. Elko, Nev. reported a 10 below reading, while Big Piney, Wyo. hit a chilly 11 Those is Smalt described case discovered 15 below. reading Fridays high was 86 degrees at Vero Beach, Fla. fog and no snow is the outlook for Utah through Wednesday. 8 Gill and h i s brother. James R,,y, 25, flc-- the prison in a hail of guard bullets in March 196S. but were recaptured two hours later in a nearby corn field. They were invoved in another escape in November 1968. when nine maximum security prisoners fled in a snowstorm after leaving dummies in their beds. The Gills are serving five years to life for robbery. Montayne is serving a term for robbery an one to 10 years for grand lar- we hov-- e below miss-in- Utah, budgets have been drastically cut, services reduced and TB workers dismissed. through- red found no one else was Utah In Tempera- tures Fitzgerald said prison perimmediately made a recount of all prisoners, but sonnel 8 New Cases Of TB Even the snowmen are shivits cold, and its ering to going stay that way for a while. out Utah the prison. ceny. They had slipped through the fan room in Cell Block A, then lowered themselves to the ground from tne high roof by means of a makeshift rope made of torn bed sheets tied together, he said. Tracks in the snow showed they had fled to the north fence. Jones was caught in be below. cities. The City, Regional Obituaries Weather Map Action Ads Wagstaff, Fork, w'as death. iven Snowmen Shivering long-distan- tooth. HAD NO MONEY When he vanished from the Provo center, Travis had no I money or extra clothing. dont think he even had a dollar with him, his father said. The boy was last seen in Road Deaths Top Record back yard. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH stations. one-inc- n The death of a Price pedestrian early today sent the Utah highway death roll to an e record of 332, with five days still left in the year. The former top mark was 331, set in 19G6. tion, and that you will always have a place at home. The letter went out over the Associated Press wires Thursday, and that evening the Wendleboes received a call from an American Broadcasting Co. executive in Los Angeles. Mrs. Wendleboe read her letter over the telephone, and ABC taped it for distribution to its 1,250 affiliated radio two-inc- year. Petzoldts party comprises a geographical of the United States with young representatives from the south, east, far west and southwest represented as well as the Rocky Mountain area. Petzoldt has been making the New Years assaults since 1965, but says weather has always turned him back. He says snows are particularly deep this year, adding his climbs seem to bring bad weather, but good skiing, to the Jackson Hole ski area. time cross-sectio- Lake City. Gill w'as nabbed at the home of L. J. Webb after Mrs. Webb slipped out the front door and notified officers who were swarming around ir nearby fields and roads. Webb said he had noticed a strange man in the field back of his house and went out for a better look. He virtually bumped into Gill w'ho evidently had been trying to get into Webbs camper truck parked in the NEWS h Travis has a scar across the bridge of the nose h and a scar at the bottom of his chin. His face wras cut in an accident when he went through a plate glass window about eight years ago. He also has a broken front mountain LANDER, WYO (AP) climber Paul Petzoldt is preparing himself and a party of 22 young people for a New Years assault on the Grand Teton. Petzoldt hopes to repeat last years successful climb which he says was the first of the 13,766-foo- t peak at that Don 29, a Utahn, 33, of Salt DESERET t Lkers right. escapees from the prison. It was the second prison break within less than a week. two convicts Wednesday were captured within an heur and a half after prison guard and Jimmie Jones, MiiSihSiiiiBiii M But this morning, his voice catohing, Travis father said they had not heard from their son. IN NINTH GRADE Last to be picked up was Richard David Gill, 23, of St. Joseph, Mo., who had escaped and been recaptured on two other occasions. Officers apprehended him at 441 W. 12300 South about two hours aftir the break was discovered at 9 a.ni. The other two escapees were identified as Herbert Ross Montayne, , 4U Call collect on Christmas and let us know ycure all searching the area and had heard about the escape on the television and radio, so they knew what the situation was. It was the third time Webb had helped officials apprehend tween the two fences that ring the prison property. Montayne was apprehended by Utah Highway Patrol officers some distance north of Cindy Haws builds an ice castle at her Edgemont, Utah County, home. through anks As Largest Private PROVO Brigham Young to rank as the largest private university in the United States on a e basis of students, aca to cording study released today by the University of Cincinnai. Results of tlie survey were University continues full-tim- issued by Dr. Garland G. Parker, vice provost fc admis-son- s and records and author or an annual report on colleSchool giate statistics for and Society, an educational journal. BYU ranks 21st among the Big 30 universities ranked according to full - time enrollment. All of the other schools on the list are large state uni-vsides outside the Mountain West, except tiie University of Coiorado, which is number 30. However, in the list of the Big 30 for total enrollment, BYU is not included. BYU this fall semestet has 4 a total enrollment of 25,021. survey show's e that 22,648 of these are students. Dr. Parker states that despite higher costs and widespread campus unrest in the past, students again have enrolled in record numbers at the nation's colleges and universities. The Cincinnati full-tim- This indicates more confiin American dence higher education than many had presumed, he asserted. Figures from 1,185 reporting accredited colleges ;.nd uniand the versities schools they operate show e there are 4,484,031 students. When part - timers are added the grand total two-ye- full-tim- come to 6.048. 49C. Both categories represent gains of more than 300,000 over last year's figures. Therp are actually 2,574 U.S. institutions of higher education, and Dr. Parker estimates about 5.9 million full time students are attending Dr. Parker repotted freshman enrollments in public junior and community colleges rose more rapidly r than at schools. Freshman increases v.eie noted in nursing, arts and sciences. business administration and agriculture. Engineering showed lower freshman enrollment as did in strikteacher edulation. ing contrast o tlie iront-run- two-ye- four-yea- ner position it often has held over the last delade. Women again showed a largin enrollment than er gain men. schools were Theological only group which showed a decline in full - time enrollments. TIipv were down for thi second consecutive year. One area of spectacular enrollments is that of veterans, up 38.8 per cent over last the vear. V i |