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Show wwiinnTi fru ljTciyjsyrp j tfijriTiTiniyrJTqrinwigjf i 4 rs . .3$. ..' &&& 4 .nr i r 5 -- ' r 1 . . fc Rain Complicates Effort To Clean Up Oil Spill - Trr ' -- J: -- - - - . ' rat s SJ VSfcSSf PIUTE FARMS. San Juan Three days of rain County have swollen the San Juan River and complicated efforts to contain and clean up a 38.000 gallon oil spill threatening to reach scenic Lake Powell. i Crews working with helicop- ters and a drag line continued debris out of the river today as three log and foam booms strained to hold back the gooey mess from breaking into the lake. to fish The rains have brought high water, mud and more debris against the beams and allowed a very Little bit" of debris and oil to slip past to the lake. Cleanup crews aided by lights are working around the clock to pull refuse from the river. Special boats operated by oil spill experts from the Coast Guard are skimming some of the oil from the surface. A grebe nesting along San Juan River is cleaned after soaking in oil spill. UPI Telephotos Workmen pull styrofoam boom across San Juat. River in effort to hold back oil from Lake Powell. An additional protective boom is being installed today in an effort to take some of the strain off the other booms across the river, officials said. up and ferrying men and equipment. The rains have nearly closed most of the dirt roads into the remote area. Helicopters from the Army, the Coast Guard and the Texas-NeMexico Pipeline Co. are helping with the clean- - About 110 men are on the scene trying to clean the oil slick. It stretches some 600 feet long behind the booms 'Can't Butter Way Through Traffic' had previously petitioned for the closing of Penrose Drive, which was a request subsequently granted by the City Commission. Since the street was closed, residents along other streets in the Federal Heights area have complained of heavy traffic jams in their Penrose Drive official today said the closing of their street "may not be the solution, but seems to have aggravated' the traffic snarl on arteries serving the University of Utah. Joseph Rosenblatt, a director ef the Federal Heights Association. called for the full cooperation of city officials. University authorities, and citizens to "find a solution better than that now existing. Members of the association A areas. In a statement to the Deseret News, Rosenblatt said the petitioners had never intended to shift the traffic problem from one street to another. 4 AIIR MAM Wl "This street was never built to carry this much traffic," said Mrs. Robert R. (Beverly) Porter, 1415 Federal Way, as the morning traffic began. "There has to be an immediate solution. Either Penrose Meanwhile, the traffic jam Drive must be reopened, or continued today on Federal both Penrose and Federal Way, Virginia Street and other Way both closed until someFederal Heights arteries to thing can be done. inthe University as residents There were no city or univesisted they won't be buttered rsity officials or members of up or put off by vague the press munching toast this said the experiment of closing Penrose Drive had illustrated "a pertinent need for stricter control of all traffic on the streets entering and leaving" the University area. He , N. Utah Firm c Offer To (M4r Sell Bus Lines Hail To The Chiefs Four bus companies operat- One of the largest, and probably the most law abiding groups ever, attended the Sunday broadcast of the famed Tabernacle Choir. It was the cream of law enforcement from around the world. The Chiefs of Police International Association representing every state and 60 other nations are over at the Salt Palace. Their bosses are also along in most cases thrir wives. The choir sang special numbers for the police officers after the broadcast. Two of them were very appropriGod Be With You ." and "The Battle Hymn ate .. . . . felt so safe over there this morning that left my hubcaps on the car when I parked. It worked. There was only one missing when I came out. They really are an elite group of people. They even had their graffiti commercially printed. Now that's class! Signs urging the election of certain officers were stuck all . over the place. ... I 1 TOUGH JOB Listening to a few' of the speeches gives one the feeling that if the chief of police left his troubles on the doorstep of the station when he left for home, he wouldn't be able to climb over it the next morning! One chief from New Jersey said he didn't think the young women police officers in his office really respected him or his years of police work. He said that the other morning he walked into the office. The receptionist turned to the other gals. "Cool it, she said to the others. "Here comes the One thing that did bother me at the palace was all the men in uniform. Here are the top officers in law enforcement at a convention, and they had to hire security guards! They even had special guards seeing that no one stole the many police things on exhibit. I don't know who they thought would steal them. There was another bit that struck me as rather funny. The program had a special number to call if one of the delegates lost his badge. Most of them have years of experience on the department, and sounds like they lose their badges every other week. It turned out they meant ident badges. ing in northern Utah offered today to sell all or part of their transit system to local governments under a series of from alternatives ranging $387,000 to $137,000. The offers were contained in a letter from R. M. Child, attorney for Ogden Bus Lines; Wasatch Motors. Inc.; Metro Transportation Co., and Lake Shore Motor Coach Lines, Inc. Copies of the letter were adto the Salt Lake County, Box Elder County, Weber County and Davis County comthe Ogden missions, City Council and the Wasatch Front Regional Council. dressed Child noted that a year ago the companies were asked to indicate a figure they would accept as payment for the mass transportation system. submitted an offer of They equal to one year's gross annual income, but "no counter offers have been received. $589,754, an amount The bus companies have secured certified appraisals of their holdings and now make the following four alternative offers, the attorney said: That the purProposal chaser acquire the entire system, including the lease payments on vehicles now being purchased for a sale price of 1 $387,120. IMAGINATION H ? . KIT S did hear one rare speech over there. Not really rare, bet not very well done. The same as Proposal 3 Proposal 2, except that the bus companies would also Sec BUS on Page B-- 2 A possible proliferation of institutions, a decline in college enrollment and the threat of a third school system were concerns discussed among today at an informal session of the State Board of Higher Education. . Although no actions were taken at the study session, it appeared board members and institutional representatives alike agree that continued coordination of all higher education is necessary. Fears were expressed that expansion of Area Vocational Centers at Roosevelt, Moab and Blanding and Utah State - - See BUTTER on Page B-- 2 Bomb Explodes In Dental Office A KEARNS crudely made bomb, apparently made of a beachball filled with butane and fastened to a rock, was thrown through s a window of William M. dental office in the Plaza Theater Building, 4124 W. 5415 South, Monday at 11:07 p.m. The resulting explosion knocked down overhead light brackets from the canopy outside the office, but did only light damage inside. Salt Lake County deputy sheriffs said investigators rerock covered a four-incwith a pair of rubber bands around it, some rubber fragments believed to be from a beachball, and a burned matchbook. h 9 which flowed down a dry' wash mto an irrigation ditch and from there into the San Juan River. The oil moved 138 miles down the river, staining canyon walls and sand bars University extension centers at Roosevelt and Moab will adversely affect enrollment at College of Eastern Utah at Price. Members also were concerned that Sevier Valley Tech at Richfield may hurt enrollment at Snow College. Some took the view that a third system of education is threatened through activities of the Manpower Planning Council in establishing skill centers for vocational education. It was suggested post-hig- h that all school education, no matter where it is offered, should be under control of the wildlife and affecting the banks. along Crews have been trying- - to clean up along the winding fiver and help some of the wildlife, but at ieast 40 miles is inaccessible until next spring's runoff. r deseret news SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Tuesday, October 17, 1972 B 1 Most Exciting Event In Science? Change By HAL KNIGHT Deseret News Science Editor everything we could observe. Only the details remained to be worked out, he said. Nothing is more disturbing or exciting to a scientist than to have his basic knowlstart to crumble edge beneath his feet. But new observations have raised such perplexing puzzles that we are beginning to wonder if we are lacking not only the details, but the basic he deprinciples as well, clared. But that is exactly what's happening in astronomy as some of the fundamental beliefs of the science have been staggered by puzzling new discoveries. Among the basic principles being called into question is the red shift the measurement of light which is used as the yardstick to tell how far away things are in deep space. Sir Fred Hoyle, world mous fa- For example, the red shift has long been a standard tool for measuring distances beyond our own galaxy. Without it, astronomers couldnt really tell how far away really distant objects might be. Sir Fred Hoyle astronomy "crisis" . . . astronomer and research professor at the University of Manchester in England, told of this crisis in astronomy Monday night in a lecture at the University of Utah. However, it is exactly that vital yardstick which has been struck broadside by new discoveries, Hoyle indicated. "Ten years ago the universe seemed much simpler than it does now, hi confessed. "We thought we had the basic principles to understand State Board of Higher Education. The state can neither afford between duplication present colleges and vocational centers or a third system of education, it was held. Preliminary enrollment figures reported by Myron R. commisassociate Holbert, sioner and director of finance for the board, showed more declines than increases. Only the University of Utah and the two technical colleges show gains over last year. Holberts tentative data showed these enrollments: U. of U. - 21,550, a gain of 192 over last years 21,358. Figures are for day and evening head count. Utah State University decrease of 90 from last years 8,842. (Daytime head count. USU has no eve8,752, a ning classes.) Weber State College 7,907, a decrease of 894 from last years 8,801. (Day and evening h,ead count.) Southern Utah State College 1,762, down 102 from last years 1,864. Snow College 660, a See EDUCATORS on Page de- - (The red shift is a change in the visible light of a star toward the red portion of the light It is supposedly spectrum. caused by the velocity of the object moving away from the viewer.) According to prevailing scientific thought, the greater the red shift, the higher the velocity and the farther away the object being viewed. But, astronomers have discovered two distant twin galaxies far out space connected by a kind of umbilical cord of stars, yet the red shift in one is twice as great as in the other, Hoyle said. h Other discoveries, as clear-cu- t while not and dramatic as this one, have indicated same kind of evidence. SECTION City, Regional Obituaries Action Ads Weather Map the B 16 I....4 7 B-- 2 'No Down Payment' Just Too Far By BOB COPIER A car salesman was left speechless and tied up in knots Monday afternoon as two men drove off in a car they obtained on the terms of no dowm payment, no monthly payments. However, they had to use a pistol to close the deal. Law officers are searching for two men who robbed the car salesman at left him bound and gagged and escaped in a car they were testdriving. .r-. un. ...... L'nmn coi'l tHn ikctnp jmiu ua muiiuj i utiue uidpaiuiu onto walked the lot of Performance Motors. 5645 S. State, and asked to try out a 1971 automobile. gun-poin- -.- -- luh Tat Reynolds accompanied them on the test-dnv- I - n clam-shel- Oct. Board Airs Dip In College Rolls Deseret News Staff Writer Salesman END That the purchaser acquire the entire system, less the school service, intrastate charters and ICC rights. The bus firms would minimum retain operating rights between Salt Lake City and Ogden (possibly one round trip per w'eek), plus accomodations for its vehicles at the Ogden facility. Sale price would be $245,770. 2 Carry sec- The more I sit through some talks, the more Im convinced that speeches are like broiled lobster. You have to do a lot of picking to find any meat! It must be a grim job being a chief of police. The only person I noticed who was smiling at ail was I guy I've seen down at the police station. They call him Nick, the Pick!" l im . t iotui pvisfiov..-v- . lie & mu I'm only kidding. The chiefs arc a great bunch and we hope their stay in our valley is memorable and happy cross-sectio- l huge scoop is lifting oil soaked trash from the river and piling it on the banks. When it dries out it will be burned and the remnants buried in a large crater dug above the high water line. A The oil spill came from a ruptured pipeline last SALESMAN STRANDED, MINUS CAR One of the speakers told the delegates that they should put some imagination into their work. You know what imagination is, he said. "It's the stuff you put into your expense accounts. One speaker said that he threw his speech over to his retary to take out the dull side. So in conclusion. Mayor E. J. Gam said today that an examination of the signatures indicated the petition was signed not only by affluent homeowners but by a broad of the community, many of whom Dur-rant- 2 Proposal morning on Federal Way as there had been Monday at the "Toast and Traffic Jam, served up by residents, but the jam itself was just as thick. holding it back from from the lake. The car was driven to. a semi-rura- l area near 5600 S. 6th West when the driver slammed on the brakes and pulled a .22 caliber pistol. The gunman pointed the weapon directly at Reynolds and told him, get out! I. was more surprised than scared, said Reynolds, of 412 Welby Ave. He said he didn't suspect anything until he was staring at the pistol, but they knew what they were doing." The two robbers then jumped from the car, grabbed PftvwnlHc O arrppH him Thpv fhO ViO- -V,j 11K4V40, eo l..U Ivm in J pb off his his removed wallet tim into a ditch and pulled shoes, and check book, and told him to remain there. The pair then sped away in the automobile. about five minutes" until ne was Reynolds struggled able to work his legs partly free from the ropes. He slowly moved himself approximately a mile, still in stocking feet and with his hands tied behind him, until he found help. Murray City Police were then notified. I wasnt have no idea how far I had to go in my stocking feet. I paying attention to how far it was," Reynolds related. Something like this never happened in Salt Lake before. This was like kidnaping someone to get a car," he added. Reynolds has worked for the same corporation for about only been assigned to the Performance Motors factiitv about four months. four years, but had The first suspect is described by police as being 5 foot 10 inches, 150 pounds, wilii medium length brown hair and a high pitched voice. The second suspect is 5 foot 8 inches, with stocky build, of Latin descent, dark hair and dark complexion, oossiblv ' i |