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Show 1iyiTpiirrtTfiryiMi q(f iHTy-i- Hong On, Just 194 Days Until Summer trouble was caused by gusty sh.fting winds which were drifting and blowing snow across many highw ays. All major routes were and icy. but sanded. Travelers should be prepared for hazardous dn.ing conditions and very cold temperatures tonight. snow good cover in most snovv-packe- d areas. Lows a r e to expected range front 10 below zero to 10 above, with 10 below predicted for the Salt Lake area. Deseret New Photo by Traffic jam resulted became very Highways treacherous and icy Friday night and dozens of auto accidents were reported, mostly property damage mishaps. The Little Cottonwood Canyon road to Alta and Snowbird ski resorts was closed early this morning for shooting of avalanches. However, the road The mercury dropped to 3 below at the Salt Lake International Airport this morning, setting a new record low for the date. Previous record w as 2 below in 19)6. The coldest low reported this morning by any official weather stat.on was 6 below zero at Tooele. ... 0. VoHoce at Alta as ski schools, excellent conditions lured skiers to slopes. His chief deputy. Mike Low ell Ingle, charged with destruction of property and display mg a deadly weapon in an angry and threatening manner, was found innocent Fridav . S.L. Share Trimmed V. P. Jacobson. Ephraim, has been named "Sheepman of the Year" by the Utah Future Farmers of America Salt Lake City will get a smaller piece of the federal revenue sharing pie than previously expected, disappointed city fiscal experts said today. The city's share of the funds previously had been calculated as $3,881,774, but Fred M. Oliver, the citys fiscal consultant, said federal figures released Friday will put the annual share closer to $3.5 million. will receive city for the first six months of the program, about less than Salt Lake $150,000 City officials had expected. Oliver and Lawrence A. Jones, city auditor, have been using the $3.8 million figure in making budget projections for the next four years. Even with the higher amount, the city faces a budget deficit in the future, they warned. The $1,796,588 The citv has been requesting approval from the Utah Legislature for an additional half-cesales tax to reduce budgetary woes, but the plan has been rejected for the past several years. According to city fiscal planners, approximately $3.8 million would be generated by the additional half-cesales tax, approximately the Jacobson was awarded the title and a plaque at the 66th annual convention of the Utah Wool Growers Association Friday night. Association officers were also elected during the convention. E. Ray Staley. Salt Lake City, vv as reelected president. and Vein Wilson. Midway. Wasatch County, vice president. mov The environmental as it affects the wool grower and farmer was the topic of the talks at the convention. Speakers expressed concern over the control ecologists are exerting over the agricultural industry. L. Holman. Ogden, Roy president of the Farmers Union, said that as government, consumers, economists. ecologists and others increase their control over agriculture, the farmer loses control of his own industry. Farmers should unite to develop a strong voice that can Utah-ldali- Salt Lake City Commission has approved the appointment of Edward W. Clyde, Utah land attorney, to work as a with the city attorneys office in the Jelco Inc. expected from revenue sharing funds. Jennings. lie threw the wrench when he and a companion stopped to offer assistance and the pair began to chase them. The high speed chase ended at the Jennings home vvheie the two youths jumped out and ran into the house. Mrs. lolet L. Jennings. exert some pressure and that will be heard in Washington. D.C.. Holman said. lie added that m many cases, those vv ho speak the loudest for the farmers are "observers only, 2754 not participants." Land use policy legislation on the national and state level D D Evans testified he "blew up" and broke the headlights and possibly a taillight out of the Jennings car after Ingle was injured by the youths. Evans returned the following day and replaced the !fke Weather Map Obituaries T 2 2 Court lo. for exPamlon of ?lstnct that "your judicial clared that a umf.ed court system would improve the delivery of justice in the Beehive State. is associate justice (retired) of the United States Clark Supreme Court. He spoke at the banquet session of the Second Citizens Conference on the i tali Courts m the Umveisity of I 'ah Olpin Center Fridav Neighbors said Mrs. William R. (Patricia) Mugelston, 29, looked like she had butchered a pig, after the ordeal during which she broke the glass of two windows with her hands and arms to get to the child. Frank W. Buhman. a cattle rancher r to a second term was the Utah Association of Soil Conservation Fridav session of the association's annual from Morgan. as president of Districts at the The child, Gail Mugelston, was reported in critical condition this morning at University Hospital with bums over about 30 per cent of his body. The home, at 10263 Peony Way, received an estimated $3,000 damage. convention. Vice President Thaine Taylor was also reelected. The election of officers wound up three days of committee meetings on environment, recreation, wildlife and other topics related to land use. Some 125 district supervisors and guests met at the Ramada Inn. 1000 S. State. Near ' '' But the plane's windshield' suddenly developed hundreds of cracks just before take-of- , f. forcing postponement of the flight until a new one is Jim Rowbotham. the assistant director, and Director Kirt Caipenter had a contest: staff members were asked to stack canned goods for the project on the desk of one or the other. The loser was to give the winner a wheelbarrow rule. Crewmen were not sure whether they could make the repairs in time to leave today. It may be necessary to reschedule the aircraft for next week-enthrowing off the schedule for the project's operation. If this happens, some of the goods will reach tribal warehouses after Christmas, according to Robert Foster, project man. g Just before the judging. Caipenter transferred his goods to desk. Rowbotham's Then, after the assistant director for posed photographers, perched proudly on the wheelbarrow surrounded by food items. Carpenter wheeled him down an incline and dumped him into a snowbank. vtr: : "Project Navajo" is a humanitarian project to help provide food for hungry Indians, sponsored by the Deseiet News and the Utah Air Force Association. Cut-of- pick-upoints The recently chartered Washington Terrace Explorer Post will participate, going house to Jim Rowbotham gets cold feet (and everything else) over Project Navajo. p house collecting food for the ProJ-ct- A big turboprop air- - plane from Kelly Air lorce Bae. Texas, was scheduled to take off from Hill AFB Friday with 17.500 pounds of food for the Navajox. flying to Albu- querque, N.M. Food may be dropped off at all city and county fire stations in Salt Lake County. Bountiful Fire Station. Civil Defense offices in Davis County Library in Farmington. Also, at the St. Rose of in Lima Church Layton. Mark-I- t Food Store in Clearfield, Roy Fire Station, Browning Armory and Naval Training Center in Ogden, Defense Depot Ogden main gate, and Mrs. Mugelston said she was in the kitchen when she smelled smoke about 1:30 p.m. Investigating, she found smoke and flames coming from the boys bedroom. Unable to enter, she took her daughter Debra, 2, outside and ran across the street Save my little screaming, baby. She pounded frantically on the door of the Herman Baer residence, 10268 Peony Way, smashing a glass and cutting her hands. Mrs. Bridget Baer ran with her across the street and entered the burning home. I got as far as the bathroom, then had to come back out, said Mrs. Baer. The latter took the little girl, who was shivering in the snow, to her home and called the fire department. Then she soaked a towel with water and ran back to the Mugelston house. Meanwhile, Mrs. Mugelston had sought help of other neighbors, including George H. Ber-ret-t, 80, and his daughter, Mrs. Gladys Guenon. Im going Telling them, in, the mother put the wet towel over her head and climbed through the shards of the broken bedroom window and began searching with her hands for the boy. She found him on a burning mattress on the bottom of a bunk bed. i r T v. i She was terrific, said Mrs. Baer. I dont know where she got it, but she had the puwer of a lion . . . nothing could stop her. Mrs. Mugelston handed the little boy through the window to Ber-ret-t, who cut his hand taking the child. He laid it down in the snow, heaped snow around the childs smoldering clothing and gave the child mounth- resuscitatio I gave him about eight o Intermountnin School in them (rbbreaths) when I felt him start to breath, said Ber-ret- t. Brigham City. Then he started to cry. Financial contributions maybe mailed to Utah Air Force He and Mrs. Mugelston were Association (Navajo), P.O. taken to the hospital for treatBox Utah ment of cuts on the hands and 486, Clearfield, 84015. arms. Lauds Utah System, Urges Unified Court ce system is the bulwark of your freedom." Tom C. Clark de- SANDY A frantic young mother, with power like a entered her burning lion, houe Friday evening, groped through a smoke-- f .ed bedd room and rescued her son. UTAH S0IL UNITS SOUTH WEBER -"Project Navajo" left the assistant director of the Weber Bain Civilian Conservation Job Corps Center in the cold literallv. items at f T,hird se the the airport. 6 Ex-Justi- . Save Son, 3 rancher to head 'Project Navajo' Cut-O-ff much-neede- 1.2 B 1 three-yearol- will soon be developed, predicted Dr. Cy McKell. director. Environment and Man program. Utah State Lmversi-ty- . He said farmers should anticipate that legislation and get the facts on em lromnental matters so that intelligent decisions can be made. f date for contributions lawsuit. is Individuals, Wednesday. " Jelco has sued Salt Lake civic organizations, churches, City in a dispute over land other groups are invited to owned by Jelco west of the participate by leaving canned goods or other International Air- Sa: " Noting o Okays Lawyer For Jelco Suit same amount originally Action Ads Richard driver of the car. said temperatures. Tooele had a foot of new snow from Friday's storm and 20 inches on the ground this morning. The main highway into town U.S. 91 and between and other roads in the area Nephi and Beaver were open were described as "hideous." one lane in each direction Salt Lake City had six inchthis morning. es of snow on the ground Skies were sunny at times this morning. Moisture from today, but it did little to alle- the storm amounted to .16 of viate the cold. Highs ranged an inch. Mom Braves Flames To izen's arrest on Ingle who was transported to an Ogden hospital by city police. She later signed a complaint against Evans. two-yea- Fund Estimated At $3.5 Million t. tv. Regional Charles 17, cold Saturday, December 9, 1972 Liberty Ave., testified that Ingle had pointed a handgun .at her and demanded in abusive language that she send out the two boys. Ingle contended that he was holding tinsmps to guarantee his own safety after having been injured by the thrown wrench and a milk crate thrown by the other vouth in the Jennings yard. Mrs. Jennings made a cit Sheepman Of Y ear' Title Goes To Ephraim Rancher Of Pie CCrTlDkl utL I lUn from a car. Ogden City Judge Charles Sneedon set Evans' sentencing Friday. The jury returnid the verdict at 11 p.m. after five hours of conflicting testimony and two and a half hours of deliberation. The Morgan County officers testified that they had stopped m Ogden to make a phone call about 2:30 a.m. Oct. 21 when a vouth threw a wrench at them day through Wednesday, indicates unsettled weather with periods of snow and continued SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Ogden Jury Convicts Morgan Lawman A foui man jury OGDEN has found Morgan County Sheriff Michael Leroy Evans guilty of destruction of County There was no problem in the canyon past Snowbird resort, but the congestion developed on the road and in the parking lot at Alta. Skiing was reported excellent, with six inches of new snow at Alta. Total depth was 68 inches. DESERET NEWS The strong winter storm which dropped snow across the slate Friday' was centered in the Four Corners area of southeastern L'tah this morning. But it was moving eastward out of the state todav. Kasteler was opened later and a traffic from 15 to 20, jam developed at .Alta with Increasing cloudiness is prethe heavy turnout of regular dicted for Sunday with a attendskiers, as well as those chance of scattered snow deing the last session of the Desin the north portion. veloping Ski and also School eret News The extended forecast. MonSki School. the Davis A few scattered snow showers continued todav, but most It was cold in Ct.ih this rooming, but it will probably be even colder tonight under clearing skies a and with night. I know of no state of comparable size that has its court business in better shape . . in a better state of expedition. Clark said. "You should be proud of your court system and the judges that man it women, too." he added . Nevertheless, Clark said, the system could be improved by reducing the present "fivetiered system" to a svstem. (Presently the Utah two-tiere- system includes five levels the supreme court, district courts, juvenile court, city courts and justice of the peace courts He suggested that it be reorganized with only two courts the apreme court and the district vourt and that it be and totally employ a state court administrator and staff. He suggested that justice of the peace courts be abolished, eventual state-finance- d ly. and that their functions be taken over by magistrates attached to the district courts. Clark had high praise for Utah's unified, state system of juvenile courts and suggested it be a model for the entire system. "Your juvenile court. I'd say. is tops," Clark said. Nevhe recommended ertheless, that it "ought to be unified in the system." In the transition fj'om the present system to a uniform system, Clark emphasized the need for caution and compromise. It may be wise, he said, to phase out justice of the peace courts by making "JPs the first magistrates. "I know you will look into the matter carefully and come up with good answers, just as you did in modernization of the juvenile court, he said. Justice J. Allan Crockett ot the Utah Supreme Court. who conducted the session, cautioned against hasty revision. Both by word and manner. Justice Crockett emphasized his concern changes. over proposed Quoting George Washington, he urged Utahns to beware of innovation. Agreeing that the state's judiciary "is not beyond improvement," he urged that the planners look carefully in'o change. Throughout the day citizens in discussion groups to consider a proposed modernization plan worked c it by the Council. Legislative They seemed to agree that modernization would improve delivery of justice, but expressed concern whether the change to a unified state system would make the courts Jess responsive to local citizens. . met The conference clude todav. wills con- II |
