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Show i.. 9 2B DES. ET n wq0(0csi ngilpfr ) Tir gjirtijr jii By GORDON ELIOT WHITE Deseret News Washigtc:) WASHINGTON Bureau Utah leg- islators said today they are disappointed that the 1972 fed-er- al ' budget sent to Congress Friday does not contain substantial increases in spending proposed for water resource work in the state. Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, said he will ask con-- g r e s siona! appropriations committees to add $5 million to the Bonneville Project when the Interior budget is considered this spring. offiInterior Department cials defended the budget, saying that jj M ''lflnyifni)g"IBn"l NEWS, Saturday, January 30, 1971 reclamation throughout the West on which starts were postponed. Sen. Frank E. Moss, away on a trip to Africa, was informed of the budget figures by aides, who described him as disjointe- spending overall was up nearly $40 million in the new budget. They added that the budget could not contain funds to start work on the Dixie Project, which rates a low federal priority because of its poor ratio. Planning for the project is complete, they said,, and there is no justification for ad-- d i t i o n a 1 spending. d. Sen. Bennett said of the overall budget: It is unfortunate the economic conditions the President inherited force him into an $11.6 bililon deficit in his fiscal year 1972 budget. devel-- o Those conditions, e d the during p eight 'ost-brnef- it Several Utah officials here the tend to dispute ranking of Dixie. P. Lloyd, Rep. Sherman said Dixie suffered along with other new projects Kennedy-Johnso- years, n bal- looned almost out of control just prior to the time President Nixon took office, and I feel that it the new turn those in just two is unfair to expect administration to conditions around the curtailirg of new starts on projects such as the Dixie Project in Southern Utah should be reconsidered, and I will make that appeal in the appropriations hearings. Reclamation Commissioner Armstrong has assured me that the Dixie Project has not lieve years. The budget we received to encourage today economic growth at the same time and attempts to stem high unemTaken ployment. together with some sincere cooperation from Congress, labor, management, and some good luck, I look for this budget and its progiams to go a long away toward helping ease the nations economic ills. Rep. Lloyd said, Reclamation in the West should be protected in the Presidents new budget. I be- expansionary been singled out but was caught in a general curtailment o' new project starts throughout the country. The budget for the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project was, of course, disapbut Commissioner pointing, Armstrong has advised me that construction will proceed on the Jordan River aqueduct. Made At Home Homemade exLOGAN plosives which detonated in an automobile here Wednesday, injuring five, were manufactured in an apartment rather than in the U'ah State University chemistry lab. Promotion For Test CenterCHief Col. Max Etkin, commanding officer of the Deseret Test Cent' -- , will be promoted to brigadier eral in a gen- cere- mony to be held Monday at 4pm. at the Ft. DouCenter and Elder Sterling W. Si Tony Mitchell of Northwest browse through book collection donated to center library. Multi-Purpo- glas officers open mess. M a j. Gen. Eduard H. de Saussure Jr., co mmanding Elder Sill Donates To Center Book Drive Multi-Purpos- e Fires Strike 2 Trailer Park Homes Arson and a faulty furnace are suspected causes of two separate mobile home fires that sent one person to the hospital and destroyed the two dwellings this morning.A 5:09 a.m. fire at East was discovered by Monte Hancock, 24, and Bill Ewell. Hanccck, who suffered from smoke inhalation, was taken to Cottonwood Hospital where he w;as reported in good condition. The Salt Lake County Fire Department said a faulty furnace caused this blaze. Damage was estimated at $1,000. The home was completely gutted by fire in a matter of fire officials said. minutes, Two fire trucks and numerous fire fighters brought the blaze under control within an hour. About four hours later, a mobile home owned by Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Parker 3486 S. 4230 Wes, caught fire at both ends. The owners were not home at the time of the blaze. is the suspected cause, and fire officials estimate damage at $3,000. Most of the furnituie was - 3114-2n- d home-owne- the Council of the Twelve, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. to all age and appealing levels. Anyone interested in - conElder Sill donated a selectributing books or magazines for information of books from his private may call collection, including a Bible, a tion. Book of Mormon and other Besides operating a reading standard Church writings. room, the center offers State Books authored by Elder Sill Department of Vocational and a variety of ether books Rehabilitation a services, were among the collection. State Employment Security e services, an a spokesman Agency, Meanwhile, for the center said the book adult recreational program and a teen center. drive is still on and families A medical, dental and vimay send books in good condition with their children to sion screening clinic, a family school where the Rose Park service agency and an agency Lions and Jayceer will collect for the Community Action the books. Program are housed in the at the center, new facility. Officials , located at 1300 W. 2nd North, Woodworking and arts and ' hope to equip the centers crafts facilities and a recreational program also are reading room with books covavailable. ering a wide range of subjects y 1 day-car- Col. Elkin general, White Sands Missile Range, N.M., will officiate. Federal and state officials will attend the ceremony, including ODell Charles Madsen, civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army foi the state of Utah; Gov. Calvin L. Rampton; and Maj. Gen. Maurice L. Watts, Utah udju-tageneral nt Etkin, a veteran of 28 military service, asyears Col. of A Col. native of Etkin Fargo, FT WORKERS WIN PAY DECISION The board of review for the State Department of Security has overturned a department Employment referees decision that unemployment benefits should not be paid to former employes of the Swift & Co. Ogden plant. The plant closed Nov. 14 and employes were told at a subsequent Employment Security Department hearing they would not be eligible for unemployment benefits until severance pay ran out. For some this would have been 40 weeks. The board of review ruled that severance pay is not like a wage and therefore the employes should receive benefits. Some 120 former employes unemployment brought the action before the board. The decision becomes final Feb. 8. member of the LDS Hospital staff, a courtesy staff member at Holy Cross Hospital and a member of the board of Utah directors, Chapter, Dr. Jack B. Watkins, a general surgeon with the specialty of proctology, and Dr. Lyman R. Feirauer, a pediatrician, have been elected president and president-elec- t, respectively, of the Primary Children's Hospital medical staff. Dr. Feinauer Dr. Watkins is a member of the American Society and a Proctologic member of the Salt Lake Surgical Society. He also is a American Cancer Society. F e i n a u e r Graduated in chemical engineering at the University of Utah in 1941 and later began medical s'uriies at the U., where he was graduated in 194S. He completed his residency at Stanford University HospPal in 1971 and has been a physician at Salt Lake Clinic since then. Also named at the hospitals annual staff meeting were: B-- l are sampling representative areas of the lake. COUNT CATTLE James Walker of the BYU services and photographic White said they had counted 3,700 head of cattle along streams entering the lake. They indicated both cattle and municipal wastes are part of the pollution problem. In the past, cynaide wastes and some other pollutants fiom Geneva Steel Co. have occasionally gotten into Utah Lake, but biologists said Geneva nas installed settling ponds to prevent further pollution from these sources. However, the lake is still so polluted that tha Utah State Board of Health last year banned water contact snorts in some areas of the lake, including the Provo Boat Harbor, where the only state park on the lake is located. BOND ISSUE One speaker at the confer-- . ence cicd a recent survey in which a majority of those polled in Utah County indicated they would be willing to pay into a bond issue for reducing pollution in Utah more I,ake so it could be fully enjoyed. Fish species in the lake are primarily hardy speues such as channel catfisn and white bass, wiih some walleyes. even they have However, been killed at times by pollution. White said historicall the lake was noted for its large cutthroat trout, but pollution and lack of adequate inflow for spawning eliminated them. Thermal disfluctuation, solved solids, ground water, nutrient inflow, pesticides, and many other factors will be studied in the intensive program, said Dr. Donald of the Allred, coordinator BYU Center for Environmental Studies. Probe $4,000 Theft Police today were investigating the theft of $4,000 worth of radios, televisions, tape recorders, and other appliances from K. H. Pitts, Inc., Dick Robinson, 1259 E. South Temple, told police the merchandise was stolen from a display room. term. of Jenkins-Soff- e Soffe, Mortuary, 4760 S. State, is bishop of Murray Third Ward, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. He was twice named president of the Utah Funeial Vaughn C. Soffe . . . civic leader' y and Embalmers Asso- ciation and was charter president of the Murray Jayrees and president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Mur-la- y Kiwanis Club. The new mayor is assistant of the Salt Palace Development, Promotion and' Recreation Board and is treasurer of the Sentipal Security' Life Insurance Co. chairman Utah deceives $49.8 Million neret News Washington Bureau - WASHINGTON Utah received more than $49.8 million in federal research and development funds in the fiscal 3 ear that ended June, 1969, Sherman P. Rep. Lloyd, esimated today. The figure represented a 10 per cent increases in federal research funds allocated to the state over the previous fiscal year. This shows the extent of participation by the federal government in funding the coun'rys basic research and development programs and other scientific activities, Rep. Lloyd said. He said federal funds for basic reseaich and develop1969 ment during fiscal totaled $15.3 billion. Some administration sources have indicated that the fiscal 1972 budget will contain about $17 billion for research, which wou'd be up S1.2 billion from nt the fiscal year. e The breakdown of fiscal 1969 expenditures, the most recent figures available, was made in a report by the National Science Foundation. Of the total expenditure in $17.1 million was dis- Utah, tributed among federal Boating Classes Free classes in boating safety are being coffered by 7 the U.S. Coast Guard Auxila- - ' ry Thursday and Feb. 11 at 7 pm. in the Utah Power Light Co. auditorium, 1407 Wr North Temple. Each class T lasts two hours. , S' ec-re- state-by-stat- N.D., Most People Have Potential Money in Unused Properties, ber. City Appeal If you can use some extra cash, sell those items you're not using with a Classified Ad. Thousands of people shop the Classified ads daily. They may be Iock-in- g for that item you don't want anymore. If you need assistance in preparing your ad, drop in at 143 So. Main or call the classified advertising department of this newspaper, YOUR DIRECT LINE Wcndn TO RESULTS. Legal officers of Salt Lake City are preparing an appeal of a back pay ruling for Edna L. Kopp, 2133 Xirkham Way, police dispatcher. The city has three weeks in more to file the appeal effect requesting a new trial in Third District Court, according to O. Wallace Earl, assistant city attorney. Directives for the action came this week from the n board of comcity's missioners after hearing the back pay order of Utah Industrial Commission. The state derided the woman dispatcher is entitled to pay differential equaling the difference of her salary and that for male police doing the same work. This Classified Ad Get Results! (most of them de) five-ma- CALL CLASSIFIED ADS Dr. Dean H. Zobell, secretary-treasurer; Dr. L. George Veasy, who rema .is as director of pediatrics, education Femauer, research; remains as chairman of the department of medicine; Dr. Hal Bourne, newly elected chairman of the department of surgery, replacing Dr. Wallace E. Hess; Dr. Walter Romney, chairm tn, department of dentistry, replacing Dr. Richard Haskins, and Dr. Carl Brockbank, new chairman of the department of general pra tice, replacing Dr. F. Willis Taylor. agen- cies, $16.2 million to universi-tie- s and colleges within the state, and $15.3 . million to industrial firms ($15.3). Rep. Lloyd said about 60 per cent of the states total research dollars came from the Defense Department. Industrial firms in the state received $12.6 million in defense research iunds, while the academic community re, ceived $5 million. graduated from and Iii'gn ing. Soffe was chosen at a special meeting of the Murray City Commission Friday night. He fills a position vacated Dec. 31 when William E. Dunn resigned after his election to a four-yeterm on the Salt Lake County Commission. The new mayor will serve for the remaining three years of former Mayor Dunns tvenjMy JMs North Dakota State University in 1941, began his military career in March, 1941, and was commissioned a second lieutenant the following Decem- On rTOTrilfJ,-ii,ir-i- (i 4 Scheduled EX-SWI- H MURRAY Murrays new mayor, Vaughn C. Soffe, 4760 S. State, will be sworn into office Monday at 5 p.ir.. during a regular commission meet- he said, they can determine where mast of the pollutants are enteiing the lake and also can make certain the boats sumed command of the Deseret Test Center on July 6, 1970. previously ha was commanding officer of the LexinGrass Army gton-Blue Depot in Kentucky. Hospital Staff Elects Pair They will serve during 1971, with Wthins succeeding Dr. Robert S. Rothweil, a pediatrician who was named chairman of the hospital's credentials committee. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Watkins That w'as the report today of Cache County Deputy Sheriff Bob Miller who is continuing investigation of the incident, in cooperation with the USU Security Office and the Fedeial Bureau of Investigation. Miller said the small, round of an inch in explosives and diameter resembling a ere cherry bombs made by USU student Michael Ball, 19, in his apartment at 620 E. 6th North. A Logan pr'iee report had originally stated the explosives were made in a USU chemistry lab. Ball was holding the box of bombs in his lap as he and five other USU students traveled south toward Hyrum, Cache County, from Logan, in a car at 3 :30 a.m. Wednesday. The box suddenly exploded and all but one of the occupants of the vehicle, Dean VVagstaff, 18, were injured. Bali suffered severe cuts on both hands and possible injury to both ears. He was released Friday from Logan LDS Hospital in good condition. Treated for ruptured ear drums were Roger Webster, 19; John McKinny, 18, and David Anderson, 18, Webster at the hospital and the latter two by a private physician. Lane Warensky, 18, who lives in another apar'ment at the same complex as Ball, suffered nerve damage to both ears. He was treated at the hospital and released. it Murray Mayor Scheduled Continued from Page - Vaughn Soffe mdhm Studies Box Of bombs' A public request for books to fill a library at the Northwest Center bought a donation Friday from EMer Sterling W. Sill, Assistant to HD.rHny- Utah Lake Lev Priority r ilyrtftlgj-'- 521-353- 5 Just Soy "Charge it," that's all Hours: Daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday 9 a m. 'til Noon I - ?w It , |