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Show Snowbird Unveils Plan For Development By JOE BAUMAN Deseret News Staff Writer I i 4 Details of the master plan for Snowbird indicate the resorts developers envisage a project with facilities to ultimately house about 5,600 vacationers. The master plan contains much information never before published. The projection is toward the lower scale of figures indicated in earlier thinking, 5,250 to 10,500 But the luxurious community high in Little Cottonwood Canvon still would have a population a few hundred people larger than Pleasant Grove, Utah County. According to plans drawn by Enteleki Architecture Planning and Research, 333 Trolley Square, Snowbird will be developed in four locations with mostly untouched mountainsides between. The main commercial and residential section would be Base Village, where most of the development to date has taken place. (The only building outside this center to be constructed so far is Snowbird's Gad Valley Restaurant, in a nearby valley.) Base Village will have 1,500 to 1,800 condominium and lodge rooms, said Enteleki spokesman M. Ray Kingston. He said recent studies show an average occupancy of 1.75 persons per room. The project's remaining 1,400 to 1,700 rooms would be unevenly divided among three other centers. They are lodge clusters called Ircr Blosam, Sunshine and Eitzhaven villages. Except for a restaurant or two, there will be no commercial facilities at these lodges. The total number of lodges in all four residential sections be between 16 and 20 when the project is completed in the early 1980s, Kingston said. Present thinking is centered on 19 lodges. will Additionally, tentative plans are being worked out for a owned housing development by Ted Johnson, the first Snowbird promoter. The project, part of the original overall plans but separately owned, is called Blackjack Village, and would be located about 3.000 feet northeast of Snow'-birDetailed plans were not available for Blackjack. Base Village will eventually have a large commercial center and around 10 condominium-lodges. Theres some question about the exact number because designers are unsure in several cases whether to have one big lodge or two smaller ones close together, Kingston explained. Base VilTwo lodges in are finished. Three lage d. more, including the controverCondominium sial Four, are under construction. The large commercial building the Central Plaza and Aris about half complete. cade It already contains four restaurants and five or six small a bar, medical clinic, shops ski shop, photo and gift shops, and ice cream shop. During the summer and fall, plays are performed in a tent, roGf of the on the patio-likPlaza and Arcade Central building, near an outdoor restaurant. A huge Swiss-mad- e aerial tram can carry 12C passengers at a time from this building (at 8,100 feet) to the e is a square building supported 11,000 Hidden Peak in six minutes. Ski runs start at the on five pillars, one at each corner and one at the middle. peak. This allows the natural sloping The spectacular 1 mile and a half tram ride to Hidden wall of the valley to continue Peak is one way to get to the uninterrupted beneath the restaurant, greatly reducing probGad Valley Restaurant. Skiers lems from the spring runoff. down the start frequently Also connected slopes at Hidden Peak and by tram Base Village will be .from halfat restaurant the pause Iron Blosam developway down to the base of Gad the ment, Kingston said. Valley. Iron Blosam would be just The other way is bv hopping above Base Village, he said. a ski lift w hich stops at the resAnd the idea was Iron Blotaurant. There are several sam would be a center for fine lifts from Base Village, one arts workshops, seminars, of which can move 4,800 music workshops, and so on. skiers an hour. The character of that place The Gad Valley Restaurant would be about like a monas- - DESERET NEWS B 1 Clark. B-- 3 From Icy Mishap h L. By SUSAN SUNADA Deseret News Staff Writer LOGAN James McCau-gheJr., 19, is a calm, modest young man, somewhat overwhelmed, who does not yet seem to fully realize that he y, probably saved six lives including his own. Still wincing with pain in his knees, he told his parents in San Bernadino, Calif., by telephone Sunday the harrowing tale of a fishtailing pickup truck on black ice in Logan Canyon, a dive into Logan River and the rescue of four women submerged in the truck cab. long-distan- It all happened about 10:35 a.m. Sunday just beyond the first curve in U.S. 89 at the mouth of Logan Canyon. The fog is expected to dissipate during the afternoon, then again tonight. Before McCaughey, a student at Utah State University, and his fiance, Phyllis Grob, Skies were mostly fair over the state today, but increasing 19, St. Louis, Mo., could give any thought to saving anyone elses lives, they had to save and the action their own d decicame in a sion. cloudiness is expected north Tuesday. in the split-secon- Rites Honor Slain Officer By HAL KNIGHT.' Deseret News Staff Writer Sgt. John Dale Moes-se- r of the Salt Lake Police Department told the mourners gathered at the Rose Park North Stake Center, 1155 N. 11th West. of Utah, From all over the state, hundreds of lawmen in full uniform gathered today to pay their respects to fellow officer Percy L. Clark, 42, a veteran Salt Lake policeman killed in a robbery last week. d He was probably the officer in the entire state best-like- Moesser, Lt. Oscar J. Hendrickson and Sgt. Max Yospe, all who worked with Clark for many years, w'ere the main speakers at the funeral rites being underpaid, overworked and living with bad hours and constant danger, but few would trade their profession for any other, he said. Hendrickson said that those who knew him well and know the circumstances of his death, feel it must have been time for him to die. means He recalled many of the experiences he and Clark shared as close friends, hunting companions and as partners on a team marksmanship pistol which traveled throughout the Being a policeman Charges Against 1 Suspect Dropped In Holdup Slaying By GORDON KIRBY Deseret News Staff Writer Charges were dropped today susagainst one of the four pects held in the shooting death of a Salt Lake police detective last week. Kevin Mann Tutorow, Woods Cross, was identified 18, as a police informant who fed lawmen information prior to the robbery and shooting. He will testify as a prosecution witness at the trial of the other suspects. Officer Percy L. Clark, 42, night was killed Thursday when a police stakeout surprised several bandits after they held up the Third Avenue Pharmacy, 564-3r- d Ave. The gunman, identified as Michael Edwin Mahoney, 21, Woods Cross, was killed in a burst of police gunfire seconds after Clark was shot. Arrested and charged with first degree murder, robbery and conspiracy were Tutorow, Elwood Lynn Bown, 19, and Ann James, 19, all of Woods Cross. juvenile, Brian Russell Johnson, 17, Bountiful, also was charged with murder and robbery. A hearing will be held next week to decide if he will be tried as an adult. A Bown and the Ames girl were being held w ithout bail in the Salt Lake County Jail while Tutorow was transfered to the Davis County Jail. Johnson is confined at the Salt Lake County Detention Center. Salt Lake County" Attorney Carl J. Nemelka today asked City Judge Floyd H. Gowans to dismiss the charges against Tutorow and grant him immunity from prosecution so he could testify at the trial of the other suspects. Nemelka said Tutorow was an informer for the police several days prior to the robbery and shooting. The judge dismissed all the charges. d John OConnell, attorney for Tutorow, said police were guilty of Sec AIDS on Page court-appointe- B-- 3 law'-me- ti U.S. Deseret News Medical Writer More than 3(U) former hosare being patients pital tracked down by Utah health authorities after being exposed to a hospital worker who developed tuberculosis. Tests need to be given all these people to see if they caught the communicable disease. The patients are scattered all over Utah and a few even in other states. Efforts to notify them have been going on for several weeks. We have gotten back a limited number of test reports, said Dr. Elton Newman, chief of the Tuberculosis Section, Utah State Division of Health. So far there is no evidence of any infection. However, he warned that the investigation might take a long time. Some, perhaps all, of the exposed former patients may need Jo be retested in two or three months, he explained. The' scramble to find the began when a worker in a Salt Lake hospital - became ill and sought help from his family doctor. Tests showed he had an active case of TB, Newman said. This meant that anyone exposed to the worker during the previous several months needed to be tested for signs of infection a mammoth job considering that the average TB case requires tests on five or six exposed people, generally memuers of the family. The unidentified hospital and gave full cooperation provided the names and addresses of all patients who were probably exposed to the 35, while the Univerport sity of Utah, above the cold air trapped in the valley, had a high of 49, almost as warm as St. George where the mercury reached 50. Salt Lake Citys low this morning was 16. Other readings were mostly in the teens and 20, except in eastern Utah where it is still cold. Green River reported 9 below zero and Hanksville and Roosevelt had 6 below. Most Yospe cited the scriptures which promise a resurrection and continuation of life and said this was a comfort to Clarks w'idow and his seven children. Percys life is not over, but he said and described some of the experiences which the fallen lawman might now be expected to en- merely changed, counter. Police officers at the service were obviously deeply moved by the death of Clark. The Salt Lake Police Department had most of its men turn out for the funeral while reserve officers helped keep the city fully, if thinly covered. The tactical squad of the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office served as a backup force to meet any need in the city See CLARK on Page B-- 3 300 Former Patients Sought By HAL KNIGHT there is a rnfld air mass over the region, McCaughey and Miss Grob for the cold air except were walking out of the canin trapped many valleys. yon, where McCaughey had in Salt the Temperatures been taking photographs of Lake Valley illustrated this winter scenes, when they noThe airat the Sunday. high ticed a pickup truck hit a was Generally, for the slain officer. Moesser said he asked many policemen what they thought was Clarks outstanding characteristic and each gave a different answer; courage, dedication, ability to communicate, devotion to duty, a sense of fair play, humility and a willingness to help others. highways in northern Utah had fog and patches of black ice this morning, while those in southern Utah were reported clear and dry. The fog extended to the Richfield and Fillmore areas. Highs will be in the 30s and lower 40s in the west Tuesday, but only in the 20s east. Lows will be in the teens and lower 20s west and 10 below to 10 above east. started to run, not knowing which way the truck was going to go. Then Jim and he jumped pushed me over the railing. As Miss Grob spoke, she We McCoughey tells his parents of mishap, heroism. covered her face as if to shrink from recalling the scene. The truck hit the railing right where we had been a. moment before, If Jim hadnt pushed me and if he hadnt jumped we would have been smashed where the railing is now broken. When Miss Grob looked over the railing, she saw McCaughey splashing into the icy depths of Logan River, and the pickup truck tumbling down the bank after him, landing upside down in the middle of the stream. Jim was hurt, Miss Grob said. When he jumped, there wasnt time for him to pick a spot to land. He had to avoid a concrete retaining wall and he fell 20 feet into the river. Grob watched as Miss McCaughey pulled himself out of the water and made his way to the truck. One of the occupants had apparently crawled half way out a window, but was still completely submerged. He got her out and pulled her to the rivers" edge, then went back and got one of the doors open and pulled out two Miss Grob more women, see MODEST on Page B-- 3 Auditor Will Provide Data J In Double Taxation ' Probe Harry Jones is on vacation. His column, Our Man Jones, will resume when he returns. He told commissioners in a letter that the county should play a part in any legislation on the question, to avoid multiplying the problems. The city wants a state law SECTION B providing a tax adjustment for taxpayers residing in municipalities located in counties where municipal services are provided by county govern- ments. The Utah legislature passed a bill previously prohibiting-countiefrom expending funds from property taxes for certain municipal services, such as public safety and health services. The auditor said that the city is complaining that the new law has never been implemented. n By S.L. Hospital For TB Test explained. We took the list of names, broke it down to locality and sent a notice to the local health department some of them out of state," he said. active. We informed them that the person had contact with an active TB case and asked for a followup," Newman reported. We think this person had the infection earlier in life and it became active just recently. The original infection was probably years ago, he said. The lengthy list of people is We were walking along the railing that separates the highway from the river when we saw the truck coming at us fast, out of control on the ice, Miss Grob said. Time To Rest The extended forecast, Wednesday through Friday, indicates mostly cloudy skies and snow likely at times, mostly in the west. Highs will be 35 to 45 west, 25 to 35 east. Lows will be 20 to 30 west and 10 to 25 east. reach the period before the sick workers TB became partly due to the fact that health officials want to make sure check former they patients back far enough to patch of black ice. Salt Lake County auditor Gerald R. Hansen will furnish county commissioners and Salt, Lake City data from an investigation he is conducting on double taxation in the county. The auditor asked that the three-macommission apprise itself of the problem, raised in the form of proposed legislation to be submitted at the state Capitol this month. worker during the last eight or nine months, Newman y Kingston said a typical lodge would be half condominium and half regular rental unit. Condominium units will be sold individually. The owner of a condominium unit would allow the lodge to rent his room to skiers, receiving compensation. When he wants to stay at his condothe minium, said Kingston, owner will have to reserve his times, just as anyone else does. S. L Valley Visibility was zero at the airport from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m., but few flights are scheduled in or out during those hours. Visibility had lifted to mile at 7 a.m. but was still zero in denser areas. chapel for memorial service honoring slain detective Percy h Youth Rescues 6 to other destinations. The fog was up and down, however, and some flights were able to get in and out. fill h Fog Plays Havoc In Extensive valley fog was plaguing northern Utah today and hampering traffic at the Mourners water. The sewer line cost $434,291, with the Environmental Protection Agency paying 30 line percent. The ties in with Alta and joms the eight-incline exiting from the mountain nearby storage vaults of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. Lodges will be tied in to an underground garbage disposal system that will whisk garbage to a central point ir. Base Village to be compacted and removed by truck. Snowbirds consultant landscape architect and site planner. Daniel Urban Kiley, has tried to blend the resort in as much as possible with its environment, Kingston said. phone, For this reason, extensive tree surveys (indicating each Utility lines are already in, conifer and aspen in the and all are buried, he said. area), slope analyses and avUnderground are lines for alanche studies were conductcable TV, garbage disposal, a ed, he said. Efforts were sewer system, power, tele See MASTER on Page . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Monday, January 1 5, 1 973 rooms and places for meetings would be provided. The other satellite lodge to the Sunshine clusters, northwest of Base Village and Fitzhaven to the east, are close enough that visitors can walk in to the commercial center with no trouble. tery Ninety percent of the people who develop active TB do so from an old infection they received earlier in life, the Utah health official said. Most people "who are infected with TB never develop into an active case. It generally stays dormant all their lives - and they never know they've had it, he explained. When TB strikes initially, the body usually handles it very well and the disease becomes dormant and cant be passed on to others until suddenly it might flare up later in life, Newman said. Once symptoms appear, as they did in the case of the Salt Lake hospital worker, the disease becomes highly communicable and can be spread to others, chiefly by coughing. Newman said that state laws requiring TB testing were rather strange. Only hair Id like to get that changed dressers are required under so that hospital employes are statewide statute to have anrequired to have an annual TB nual TB tests. test, Newman declared. He A Division of Health regulasaid the current session cf the tion calls for all school personLegislature ought to look into nel to have TB tests and ordithe problem. nances in Salt Lake City and The health official said that coumy compel food handlers to have periodic TB tests, he TB is a growing problem insaid. die state since funding for tuHowever, only hairdressers berculosis eradication was reare listed under state law and duced to minimal amounts. are more cases and hospital employes, while per- There are being found at a they to have such haps encourged tests, are not bound by law, he more advanced stage of development. said. r. |