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Show r ' 'iy p'idui ,ijii' ji W' )ii i.',n'iy ry Tpr"y lyti f- gi - Most counties gain in population Q By Arnold Irvine Deseret News business editor 1,157,000 Most Utah counties gained population in the 12 month period between July 1, 1972 and July 1, 1973, according to statistics compiled by the Utah Population Work Committee. The committee consists of representatives of the state departments of Employment Security, Highways, Health, Planning and Education, plus representatives of universities, churches, businesses, research organizations and the Legislature. is of July 1972, The greatest population gain was made in the four Wasatch Front counties Salt Lake with an increase of approximately 8,000; Utah - Clearfield rode over Spanish Fork in a comeback victory during the fastpaced Young Americans quiz show Saturday afternoon. noon. Both teams owed their points to girls team Marla Fisher, Clearfield of the and Janet Cornaby captaim, IRil , shortly county Lt. Merrill stopped to talk with friends. He had been patrolling the area north of Logan and was westbound toward Benson on Bullock Lane. A physician told Sheriff Darius Carter Merrill died of acute suffocation, attributed to a blow on the side of his head. Miss Comaby racked up 40 of the 55 points Spanish Fork had by halftime, bonus ques though missing five-poi- and After completing investigation Sunday Burton Harris Cache with Atty. County conferring and the family physician. Carter said foul play was ruled out. Carter said Merrill had turned west off U. S. 91 Needs of S.L. residents survey under way cials said. It is being conducted by Thomas Phelps, coordinator of informational services at the library, and John Gisler, asso-- . date director of the U. bureau. The survey is designed to provide computer analysis of questionnaire responses. In addition to indicating the age, sex, geographic location, employment status and levels of library patrons in the area, the survey information should provide that will aid the library in and mailed questionnaires, the study should provide much needed information about library needs of Salt Lake residents. It ,also should reflect their attitudes toward the library and its services, offi BMBNHBSUSI MATTRESSELV BOX SPRINGS FACTORY PRICES NO FREIGHT Tables to You From Our Finishing NO WAREHOUSE the SAVINGS about one mile south of Smithfield, stepped out of his patrol car, slipped on the ice and struck the side of his head as he fell. strengthening the appeal and availability of library services to persons who are now nonsaid Richard J. users, Rademacher, library director. Hopefully, information will also assist the library in gearing services more closely to the expressed needs of the public, provide data for future library facilities and program planning and provide better management information. The survey should be completed and a report published early this year. Further in orma ion may be obtained by Ext. calling Phelps at 49. The sheriff recalled Merrills devotion to duty. veteran of the sheriffs office He said the long-tim- e was known throughout the state as the only qualified polygraph operator in northern Utah. He devoted many hours to the department beyond the call of duty, Carter said. Vandals threw bowling balls through two windows, slashed chairs, cushions and tires and ransacked three offices over the weekend at Thrifty 1255 W. North Temple. It was undetermined Sunday Rent-A-Ca- r, Continued from Page land purchase. B-- l Firm Quilted Cover Guarantee 10-Ye- ar 15-Ye- ar SALE PRICE $10090 I including Guarantee SALE PRICE accessories $01090 Mm around $9 million. QUEEN SIZE SET FirWi Quilted Cover Guarantee 10-Ye- ar 1 $1709 $1499 f and m including accessaries mm accessories: Includes the Set following Queen Each King fitted sheet 1 I ' 1 flat sheet . Guarantee SALE PRICE SALE PRICE 1 3 pillowcases 2 bolster pillows FULL or 1 I bedspread matching headboard quilted mattress pad steel from with rollers SALE PRICE $159 from sole price for any item above not needed or full or twin os little os MATTRESSES BOX SIZE (a n In Utah since 1935 QfZ and up Terms arranged or all Bank Cards Accepted OVERMAN MATTRESS CO. When Better Mattresses An Made OPEN MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS HI 9 ALL DELIVERY FREE salt lake errr 3763 S. State miles w - 5 within 50 and Ski in-A-O- ... CALL. L. S. fTl 27, heart at Hanford. to Bierman - home. Born Elder's former president. West Jor2nd former dan Ward; athletic director and Cub Scoutmaster. sons Survivors: widow; and daughter: Daniel F., Donald L., Dennis O.. Denise Church; Quorum Bountiful Main president, Street Merchants Assn.; former member. Bountiful Planning Committee. sons, Survivors; wife; Arthur Roy daughter, Mrs. Nick", C. Char-lottKelly, Ann Fornes. all Bounti- e ful; 7 grandchildren; brother, S. Edmond, Salt Loke City. noon! Funeral Tuesday Bountiful 9th LDS Word Chapel, 585 E. Center St. call Friends Llndauist's Bountiful Mortuary, Monday 8 p.m., Tuesday 10:30-11:3- 0 a.m. Sunset Lawn. Burial, Memorial Park. c 3 vWnriHts!' . for FRANK THE L SANOT "SHQRT-SK- I 277-774- 8 MAN" Jan. in Cindy Horvath, Price, died after a long illness Jan. 5 in a Salt Lake 7, hospital. Born Jan. 31, 1966, Price, to James ond Sue Ann Shiner Horvath. Member, LDS Church. Survivors: parents; brothers, Lance, Brett, all Price; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Shiner, Mr. ond Mrs. Bill Hatch, Mrs. Elizabeth Horvath, ail Price. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m., Mitchell Funeral Chapel, where friends call Monday and Tuesday prior to service. Burial, Price City Cemetery. Family suggests conto Primcry Chitributions ldrens Hospital. E. Hughes -LIdaho Hughes, 59, Teton City, died of a t.eort attack Jan, 4 at home. Born Sept. 23, 1914, Teton City, to Fred and Rhoda Robbins Married Hughes. Lydia Klein June 28, 1939,' St. Foreman, Anthony. Meyers Feed Lot; employe, Fremont Member, County. LDS Church. Survivors: son, widow; Boise; daughter, Ronald K Mrs. Maurice (Lorene) 6 Nielsen, Visalia, Calif.; CITY, Eornest grandchildren; ters, Ruion, brother, sis- Mrs. Myri Dross, both Teton City; Mrs. Della Mrs. Evelyn White, Murri, both Idaho F nils. Funeral Monday i:30 p.m., Hansen Memorial Chcpel, St. Anthony, where friends call to service. Burial, prior Teton Newdale Cemetery. to 1939, Salt Circulation manager. Newspaper Agency Corp.; high priest, Burley 14, Survivors; sons widow; and daughter: David, McMinnville, Salt Lake City; 12 grandchil- Shelley Leonord - 1594-lOt- h East, died of cancer Jan. 6, 1974, in a Schmidt, Wes) Clyde (Ruth) Mrs. Ralph Lercahl, Sait Loke (Pearl) ! and sisters: Lake City; Idaho; Mrs. Tooele; Hogan, City. Funeral Wednesday noon, Park Ward chapel, East. Friends call at 2128 S. State, Tuesday p.m., and at chapel hour prior to services. Burial, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. Nibley 2450-St- h 6--8 one-ha- lf Michael Daniels HUNTER iels, 33, 3547 S. 6470 West, died of natu- ral Jan. Michael Dan- - J j ; 5, 1974. Salt a Lake hospital. Born July 12, 1940, Ft. Bliss, Tex., to in Earl and Emma Porciello Daniels. Married fesj J o .v c e Longson Jah. 17, 1970, Salt Lake City. Electrical engineer. Member, LDS Church. President, Utah Kidney Foun- r Survivors: WIFE: SON, Todd, - teresa, daughters, both Salt Lake City; San Stephanie, Francisco; stepsons, David Higgins, M- I s$, Americano mi Robert ichael Higgins, Fork, Leonard .Harrington Higgins, all Salt Lake mother. Salt Lake brother, sister, Bruce, Roy (Denise) Johansen, Charlotte O v a r d Shelley. Maand rried Ruby Clara Evans May 28, 1937, Fabricotion fore-moBountiful. Member, LDS Church, Moose Lodge 259. wife; Survivors: daugh ters, Marion Carol, Murray;. Salt Lake Deborah Lynn, Ross Mrs. sisters, City; (Cleone) Sorensen, Mrs. Rav Sait both (Iris) Hoddow, Mrs. Janice Lake City; Hixon, Kearns. Funeral Tuesday tl a.m., S. Redwood Rd., where friends call hour prior to service. Burial, Valley View Memorial Park. 4339 spencer - ST. GEORGE Guv R. Spencer, 64, St. George, died of a heart attack Jan. 4, 1974, of home. Born Dec. 28, 1909, Marion, Ind., to Lee and Maria Blue Married Laura Spencer. Fullhart March 15, 1938, Indianapolis. Ind. Retired Indiana police officer. Member, Methodist Church. St. George resident since December, 1972. "wile; Survivors: sons, Capt. Lester Spencer, Longlev AFB, Hampton, Va.; Jerry D Terrell, Tex.; Guv Jr Marion; 8 grandchildren; Dorothy sister, Martin, Tucson, Ariz. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m., Salisbury and Graft Funeral Chapel, where friends coll hour prior to service. Burial, St. George City Cemetery. City; City; Mrs. both Salt Lake City. Funeral Wednesday noon. Hunter 9th LDS. Ward hao-ei- , :S. 360S Friends West.' 7005 260 E. call South Temple p.m., Tuesday 6--8 chapel Wednesday hour prior to service. Burial, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. James R. Merrill SMITHFIELD, Cache CounFuneral services will ty be at 1 p.m., Tuesday 2nd LDS Ward Smithfield Chapel, for James Raymond who Merrill, 39, Smithfield, was deed on arrival at a Logan hospital Jan. 5, 1974, of injuries suffered in an accidental fall. Born 1934, March 15, M. to Osmond Smithfield, and Elthiro Married Rasmussen March Raymond Jo Ann Merrill. 16, 1955, Logan LDS Temple. Attended Utah State University. Veteran, Korean War. Former scoutmaster. Cache County deputy sheriff. sons, wife; 5urvivors: daughters, Jeffrey R., David Susan, James, Julie, all Smithfield; Smithfield; Dr. Monte j it causes dation. Salt Lake R. SaltA Linneboch, June Lake Temple. Haridson, Scottsdale. Ariz.; Carl, Salt Lake City; John H Plaserville, Calif.; Mrs. Francis (JeNeil) Lund, Salt Lake City; Robert W Lake David Tahoe, K., Nev.; Thomas, both of Salt Lake City; 11 grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m., 2128 S. Stcte, where friends call Tuesday 6-p.m.. and from noon till time of services Wednesday. Burial, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. Guy 1909 Lake City 13, 1908, Cindy Horvath PRICE Dec.5! Born 24, 8tn Ward. ' Oct. i local of a heart attack. Word, member, LDS Church; active in cerebral palsy organization; member. South Sait Lake Fireman's Ladies Auxiliary. Survivors: sons and daughDon ters. Mrs. (Ollie) hospital. Born u4, Mortinsen, 1974, ? 5, a hospital 1 65, L. Dr., Burley, died Idaho, d Marion 1 a 2200 dren; brothers Salt Parley, Henry, Grace, Paul (Evelyn) Jordan; Mrs. in Marion Jordan; Alma L Martinsen Alma 63, 20 Cart L. of West all Kelly, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred I. Biorge, Sandy; brothers Mrs. and sisters: James (Mildreih) Gilgen, Sandy; Mrs. Terry (Elna) Dunning, Ogden; Mrs. Robert (Marie) Greenwood, Provo; James, LDS mission, Sweden; stepbrother, Russe'l Zimmerman, Sandy. Funeral Wedne,day noon. West Jordan 2nd Ward chapel, 7925 S. 2700 West. Friends call Goff Mortuary, 8090 S. Stole, Tuesday p.m., and one hour prior to services at chapel. , i 939, Salt 1955. School teacher; Burton 2nd Rilev Nov. Rich Randolph, ' Minn., to fred I, and I F I o r e n c ej Storks Married Biorge. Carolyn (Kelly) Johnson on Feb. 7, 1959, Salt Lake City; later solomnized in Salt Lake LDS Temple. Member, Lake City. He died June 10, solemnized Manti County; LOS Temple, July 25, 1934. Jeweler, Newman Jewelers, Bountiful. Member, Bountiful Lions and Kiwonis clubs; . j Oregon; Paul, Monmouth, Oregon; Grant, Grants Pass, Oregon; Mrs. Rodney (Sally) Anderson, 1 Theodorel McKean and Elizabeth Edmonds' Newman. Married Alice G. 1933, Mor-rie- 9 3 8 , 1 Minneapolis, Al- - ' and f Born March, 3 . Mellor Ollie 9 7 4 , ester Hatterfiorn cancer. 1910, Lake Jostwh 400 Salt City, to If nt.i! hospital Jan. 6, 1974 at a local hospital of a J heart attack. Born April( Newman 3640j Hied 1974 Jan. 6, in a Murray ) H. Bierman Jecnette.H. Bierman, S. West, site Hove n Ave., died Letter information 35 1 8627 E . TETON PURE PARALLEL Charlesi Biorge, cleared for construc- Jeanette Ceme- City 3:32 p.m. Fredrick C. Biorge WEST J 0 R D A N F r e d r I c kf Monson had not misrepresented the facts, however, and added, We do have some improvement to be made and have already taken steps to make the necessary adjustments and corrections. Im not going to argue with the state auditor. OBITUARIES Povson Burial, tery, Wednesday. Ferron C. Losee was reacting to an audit released by State Auditor David S. Monson which proposed changes in the schools financial procedures. Losee said steps had already been taken to make adjustments and corrections. Instead of being a state auditor to help institutions with their bookkeeping, hes more interested in personal publicity and hasnt helped us much, Losee said. SNOW-PLOWIN- G Frustrated kinds of Skiing 9 ST. GEORGE (AP) The president of Dixie College says the state auditor is more interested in personal publicity and failed to help the school in a recent critical audit. 25, need ONE lesson only to be "cured of these Black, Povson. II Funeral Wednesday a.m., Roosevelt LDS Stoke Center. Friends coll Olpin p.m., Mortuary Tuesday Wesnesdav prior to service. Dixie College criticizes auditor Sen. Pugh, conversely, says he is Reasonably certain gasoline tax revenue will fall off, perhaps as much as 20 to 30 percent due to higher fuel prices, a reduction in tourism and other factors. Fuel taxes are earmarked for highways and do not affect general fund appropriations. Pugh, whose business is diesel truck sales, sales and service, said he is forecasting only a very slight increase in his own business whereas it has had been growing by 17 to 20 percent a year. Y6u CASH DISCOUNT 484-440- and owner-operato- Eugene Dalton, company president, said his firm plans to install a portable Navy-typrefinery and start production within 60 days. It will process about 3,000 barrels of crude oil daily. In the future, he said, the firm hopes to replace that unit with a $1.5 million refinery to process 15,000 barrels of crude oil daily. He said the firm plans to hire about 40 employes during the first stage and up to 300 with the larger unit. April 30, 1905, Soil Lake City, to STEMMING? 4J Salt solemnized LDS Tempi. Feb. 25, Retired cattle rancher. Uintah Former Hayden, County, constable; president. Cattlemen's Assn.; road sur of a pervisor; store ond post office. sons, Survivors: wife; O. Stanford daughters, Ford", Roosevelt; Bert R., Salt Loke City; Mrs. Pout (Bernice) Nelson, Mrs. Beryl Roo., Mrs. Theron (Fawn) Mrs. Leov'tt, all Roosevelt; Lester Swain, (Melba) 21 Ogden; grandchildren; 25 sisters, Mrs. Della Spencer, Salt Loke Mrs. City; Sylvia Operation of Atlantic Rich- The refinery will be built in two stages on a north of Lehi. past several years, is taking a fairly optimistic view of the coming year. He believes the state may well end up with another surplus after the next fiscal year and is even estimating a slight increase in gasoline tax revenue. Some of these matters are targeted for a possible special session of two or three days to be called immediately following the budget session. r . i Pavson; Arizona Fuels Corp., which applied for the variance, supplies kerosene and diesel oil to U.S. Steels Geneva Works at Orem, and to Kennecott Copper Corp.s Utah 1 These include constitutional amendments, abortion, criminal statutre statute amendments, land use planning, public employe indemnity, public money management, governance of higher education, revision of the new weighted pupil school finance formula, the retention of some Central Utah Project water in the Uintah Basin, legislative reorganization and the creation of the office of legislative auditor. - Loke The Utah County Board of Adjustment approved a zoning variance to allow the plant to process industrial fuel oil and diesel fuel. East, died of a attack Jon, 5, The budget session of the Legislature is intended to concentrate on fiscal affairs, but several other important matters will likely be given consideration. - , , ittersonj a rd ne r ft v '"S 6tl1 s i 5 v Laura May Married Oberhanslv Jan. 14, 1903, il PROVO (AP) The way has been tion of an oil refinery north of Lehi. 110 0 including frame and plastic covered headboard PRICED Are you still 190 79 SPRINGS Nielson noted (fiat the Legislature helped out the University of Utah medical school when it ran into a'heavy deficit. Gov. Rampton, who has been on the conservative side fti estimating revenues for the Guarantee 1 SALE PRICE OTHER Both he and Pugh said they can see no way out of a supplemental appropriation of $2.6 million to bail out Utah State University as result of investment losses. TWIN SIZE SET Guarantee 10-Ye- ar The Utah Education Association is asking an increase of $24.3 million in state money for next fiscal year, while the State Board of Higher Education is seeking a boost of $15.3 million for colleges and universities. Nielson hazarded a prediction that public schools may get an increase of around $18 million and the colleges and universities G r a M per acre. Prospective bidders are reported to include the Union Co., Mobil Oil Corp., Sur. Oil Co., Occidental Petroleum of BOUNTIFUL L e G r a n d 68, Newman, Tough session ahead 8 8 0 1 Pavson, Henry E. ond The first bids on development of oil DENVER (AP) shale on public lands in Colorado under the U.S. Department of the Interiors prototype leasing program w'H be opened here Tuesday. Presiding over the opening of bids for the right to develop oil shale deposits on 5,090 acres of public lands will be Jack Horton, assistant secretary of the interior for land and water resources. Also n hand will be U.S, Bureau of Land Management director Curt Berklund and state and local officials. Arthur Rampton, lawmakers agree "Im not yet ready to vote for that, said Pugh. TLat would come pretty low on my priority list, said Nielson. Both leaders support the idea of giving income tax taxpayers another credit and taking the money from the surplus. This would require about $6 million. Also prominently mentioned by the two is the need for new state office space, to be provided either by erecting a new structure or buying an existing building and remodeling it. Unsafe school buildings should also be brought up to standard as soon as possible, Pugh said. KING SIZE SET if any property was taken from the rental offices, according to Salt Lake City Police Officer Gary Layton. He said the vandals had apt rrent-l- y entered through a small window on the east of the building. I P 2 . 1 He said Vandals ransack 3 S.L. offices '8 died of pneu-- j monia Jan. 6,1 in oi 1974, Roosevelt rest!, home. Born Sept. , ... e Smithfield, when Merrill Heading the Spanish Fork . squad Smith Bowen, aided by Miss Comaby, Lila Jean Taylor and Stan Reidhead. the show was Moderating Richins. Spanish Fork team. accident occurred , after 9:30 p.m. on a ' road just south of Charles .f',,.... 93, 4 Roosevelt, Oil refinery gains approval O nf' ) 1909. Co., the Colony Development field Co., and others. - The r x Gardner, on shale Tuesday barrels He had a deep dimple. He SMITH FIELD looked like he was smiling even when he wasnt smiling. He was quiet, devoted to duty. ' Thats the description of CbcItc Sheriffs Lt. James' Raymond Merrill, 39, 151 W. 4th South, Smithfield, who was dead on arrival at a Logan Hospital about 10 p.m. Satur-- ' day, after slipping on ice and striking his head on his car. - ROOSEVELT O Portions of the tract, located in Rio Blanco Conty in northwestern Colorado, are said to contain one million Fall on ice kills Cache lawman tions. And Miss Fisher nad only managed II by naiftime. From then on, it was point for point, back and forth, with Spanish Fork stopping at 75. When Miss Fisher picked up a whopping 80 points on her own, with teammate Alan Wallace scoring an additional 10, the game was sealed. Clearfield had caught up and overtaken Spanish Fork by 25 points, 100 to 75. Also on the Clearfield team were Joe and Virginia Brimhall, cousins. Final score was 100 to 75, which sends Clearfield into third round action of the weekly television quiz show cosponsored by the Deseret News and KSL-TChannel 5. It was broadcast at Wasatch and Sanpete were two of nine counties showing no increase in population between July 1, 1972 and July 1, 1973. The others were Rich, Daggett, Grand, Piute, Wayne, Garfield and Kane. uum sore U.S. opens bids Oil Clearfield scores over Spanish Fork in TV quiz . Other big losers through migration were Weber 555; Tooele 582; Sanpete 490; Box Elder 371 and Wasatch 336. The population estimate as of July 1, 1973, broken down for the four Wasatch Front counties is 111.000 or 373 persons per square mile for Davis County; 490,000 or 641 per square mile for Salt Lake County; 155,000 or 76 per square mile for Utah County, and 135,000 or 231' per square mile for Weber County. The rest of the state gained 10,000 persons. Other counties showing substantial growth were Washington, Emery, Cache, Carbon, Duchesne, Box Elder and Uintah. The committees estimate of Utahs total population is the same as the recently released estimate of the Bureau of the Census Community Development. Being conducted by personal interviews Utah County In growth from led the state with an increase of 4,672 persons. Duchesne County also had a large 2.228. Salt Lake County showed a loss of 649 through migration, the largest loser in the state. However, its natural increase, the preponderance of births over deaths, was the largest in the state, 7,950. ember-Decemb- The total increase for the four couuties was 19,000, bringing their total population to an estimated 891,000, or 243 persons per square mile. A survey of users and nonusers of library services in the Salt Lake area is being conducted by the Salt Lake City Public Library and the University of Utah Bureau of 1960-197- 2 The committee report by John E. Biockert, chairman, and Gery E. Moore, is issue of. published in the Nov the Utah Economic and Business Review of the University of Utahs Bureau of Economic and Business Research. 5,000; Davis 4,000 and Weber 2,000. COMPARE The report shows 26,911 births in Utah in record a decrease from the total of 27,552 in 1971. Deaths in 1972 totaled 7,323, the highest in the period. 1, 1973. Charles O. Gardner parents, sister. brother, Merrill, Mrs. R.E. Seattle; (Patricia) Michaud, Mesa, Ariz. Friends coil Nelson Mortuary, Logan, Monday 9 p.m,. Nelson Mortuary, Smithfield. Tuesday two hours prior to Smithfield service. Burial, City Cemetery. |