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Show 4 Court uoridation I: Salt nh Stibniu Loal TV Txiax Fajje 22 By Jack Fenton Tnbune staff W nter . Bui, he empnasized this is just one point of view and calk'd for a tourt test of nealth department powers and la .vs on Sport Suit hike Count .luondation I still hope there is a way for this to come to a vote of the people l)i Harry L Gibbons, health department director, said aftei hearing the opinion This has become far more than issue of fluoridation Saturday Morning. September 2. I!i72 Second Section Page 19 Hus valle, has been intimidated bv some irresponsible jieople who have extensive misleading and fiaud ulent information and I feel a vote of the people uftei an edm ation campaign would do much to dispel lours planted by that group Dr Gibbons .said he will invite the at tornev to discuss his op.mon and nuke ieconiPH'iidations to board mcmbcis Sept 7 Phone Plea Follows Cable Cuts Iasi month board mem Voting recommended adding the conlrovei sial proposal to November's geneial dottier. ballot Mountain Bell, besieged with 15 cable cutting in Itah in a week, Friday appealed to construction crews to check on possible cable locations before digging spokesman said nearly 12.000 telephones were out of sen ice for various time lengths because of the accidental But So the election would i? ? or legal effect have law pul no binding simply constitute a . V statistical sampling could produce the same results with less cost, Mr Nemelka noted. Then he added nl 72 Hoim 9, If every controversial issue was submitted to the electorate for an opinion poll, this country would be a government of poll-- , and not of laws Counting! ponders the beginning hard-hittin- Gary Clardj. for the Central (ity Dodgers, sits on sehool steps and of classes next Tuesday with mixed tions mostlv not good! Some things musi be settled Mr Nemelka Continued emo- Doesnt Because Own in doesn t up Clarence I) Williams Tribune Malt rdei The .s.ieet is not being overused. Hie big piobiem is speeding ' the coiii- - By A Salt Lake City TrafHc Department study of traffic conditions and driver behavioral patterns in the Federal Heights area suggest that the closing of Penrose Drive (1440 East) will not resolve all traffic problems m the area However. Penrose Dnve will ue closed as planned in about a month on a trial basis, said Streets Commissumet Steuben Hatmsen 1 He said the study ol access to the I iversity of Utah's icates the largest D- northern periphery induse of Penrose Drive is from those living on the Avenues iiussionet said We expect the impoilant 1st South widening above 15th East to bo lien Pern use tan completed by Sept 25 U closed on a trial basis " I Toe Salt Lake lay Commission iid-oto vacate Pen' use Drive last June attei a hearing t'le previous October, bui changed Us numl 1 Closure will mean 2.700 vehicles nJxiund and 2 400 outbound will have lo seek new route's into Hie university Jess A Agraz. city traffic engineer, 'i said the university's traffic advisory a resolution lecommending passed should eliminate juri'dictional disputes. Mr Nemelka predicted City Commissioner James L Barker Jr, who cast the lone no vote on the election request last month because it would b? premature. called the opinion the closest thing weve had to real legal work but disagreed with its conclusion Instead, he recommended an elect mn- but only after legal, cost and mechanical questions are answered Force on County' dont believe that this is the kind ot program that 13 people ought to force on a closine ten no lougci than two seiiool quartet s lie said then hopeful fuluie status ly a decision on the drive could lie made trial From the driver m The study read lew information taken at a Penrose Dnve location, we can e.pect at least 4s percent (1.300 v eludes) on inbound trip to be liausferreel to Federal Wav (1500 East and 1st South locations) Traffic exit mg the campus along Federal Way and 1st South can be expected to increase by at least 10K) vehicles, approximately 42 percent of toe number of trips presently leaving thiough Penrose ter. eom-mitte- Higher voldmes of traffic should be expected along irgima SHeet (12 ill East) The intersection of South Temple and irgmia Street will present the greatest pioulem as a lesult of these trip This intersection will begin transters to appiouch it' design capaeatv Delay and accidents may become severe here Certainly all the mtersec-timialong Airgima Street will expel an increase in Baffle as well as those along Federal Way and 1st Soulh The realignment project at 1st South and L'mv ersity Street (1340 Easl) certainly will help considerably in reducing the accident rate and congestion at the intersection. UJAUL 111 U by the media, the oters and the fact eague this is a nat.unal election as reasons for the heavy turnout this year The 250 000 f gui e is roughly half the population bull Lake County of 2 annual fiscal report for Central Utah Project That and the proposed Little Dell Flood Control project are two of the pi ejects in the department to provide water and prevent flood dangers for the projected growth of the city through the turn of the century, he said long-rang- e Little Dell Project I ited He added that the Little Dell Project would also save water for use which would normally be lost through runoff The water utility is presently worth m plants, property, equipment and investments, the report showed In the past year. 771 new water connections were made bringing ttie total to 67,353 serving a population of 305.5S3 $30 104,674 an average daily use of recorded, average per capita consumption was 223 gallons, area of the mostly in its city The department now has 998 miles of water mams and conduits which will be increased by 7.000 feet of mains this year to improve service m the south portion of the system Department Payroll Noted Department payroll for the fiscal year With Special to The I ribune A DRAPER Utah State Prison inmate was stabbed in the abdomen Friday about 3 15 p m in the weight lifting room. The Perils of quickly doused this automohile fire Friday at 4:15 p.m. oil the M5 northbound collector svstem at 24.h South. The Soulh Salt Lake Firemen driver Tom Halloran and his wife were moving to Idaho Falls from California. Officials said the bla.e started when either heat or a spark irom a short exhaust pipe ignited oline fumes. Damage to the auto and its reached total gascon-tent- s of $3,100. Tommy Danks Salt Lake City, was stabbed once on the left side and taken to University Hospital after first aid treatment in the prison hospital He is the sixth inmate to be stabbed at the prison this year Deputy Warden Ted Gee said that most of the stabbmgs have been as the result of debts owed other inmates or in some eases drugs Drug Related? He said Kegister on Last Day Before S.L. County Sept. 12 Primary A 1971-7- Inmate Stabbed In Abdomen At Utah Prison : 250,000 Voters Signed Up promotion In the x con-eep- of Women 2000 Only one of the citys reservoirs, the m located Bonneville Golf Baskin, Course, remains to be covered The other 11 reservoirs have been covered to keep water pure prior lo delivery to homes and businesses "v scheduled time for Salt Lake Citys takeover of the local Model Cities program passed Friday with problems seeming more comjilex than six weeks ago when the plan was announced Efficiencies of working with one jurisdiction" are Mayor Jake Garns big reason for transferring the operation fi om a joint board of three commissioners each from the city and county. But heads of eight of the agenev s nine task forces have questioned just what efficiencies the city hope's to achieve and accused the mayor of not being sensitive to problems of the poor t The joint boaid has approved the and city commissioners have signed needed papers But Commissioners Ralph V McClure and Phillip R Blomquist are balking at the county 's final okay Commissioner McClure, chairman of the joint board, feels it has worked well and emphasized he will not vote to change it cite-- On the 100th anniversary of the laying of Salt Lake Citys first pipes to begin the citys first waterworks system, Mayor Jake Garn outlined accomplishments of the Water Department, which he heads, and marked plans reaching to the vear $2,741.0:58 The He Waterworks was $1,541,334 for its 234 employes Water for the same period was revenue with water expenses of $3,727,801. Takeover Date Passes And? I Gani Lauds Strides in s iTWi D&RGW May Top 268.000 4 66,208,767 gallons Witnesses reported three diesel units burning, and fire departments from nearby Price and Helper were called m to aid Wellington volunteer crews. No names or conditions of those injured were available However they were being treated at Carbon Hospital in Price The accident happened about 10 p in , and construction equipment was summoned to help clear the wreckage from the track which serves the Denver and It was Rio Grande Western Railroad unknown late Friday whether both trains or one of the units were operated bv the Friday was the laet day for voter registration in Salt Lake County until after the primary election Sept 12, and W(l voters registered County Clerk V Sterling Evans said approximately 250,000 voters are reg's lered for the primary Aim do that when theres one political entity But Hus is 10 nine cities and the comity," Mr Barker explained He al'o noli'd that citic'' and towns can put i"UC' on the ballot by initiative' that i' voter petition the department. Mayor Garn said plans are under way for distribution of additional water to Salt Lake City from the flames 0G What about the will of the majority? foi protection of the public health and the control of disease Penrose Drive to be Closed on Trial Basis of contacting contractors, reminding tnem to call MB repair service before not after they dig Warning signs also are posted along cable routes you're giving medical treatment and people shnuldn t be forced to take it iinles' then want it " deemed necessary ordesiiable giam 1 own "Aou're not fightmg disease I nder state law allowing it to a lea .unable health pio court. Hater System the count v set the county, Mr Barker declared, referring to the board Opponents, who two weeks ago as, .eel for a delay of any action, feel this i' the only way fluoridation should be put mi (lie ballot ilejlih Necessity How' uttorne. This poll of public opinion gram A WELLINGTON', Carbon County freight train slammed into another about one nnle east of here Friday . injuring at least three crewmen and bursting into Mr Nemelka says stale doesnt give counties authmity to items on the ballot Even brief interruption of service can be potentially a crisis if the subscriber needs to call the fire department, police or a doctor," the spokesman said Seven sevenngs occurred m Salt Lake County, four in Provo, two in Si. George and one each in Richfield and Orem, he said all by road, sewer or water line digging equipment The spokesman said the company provides emergency mobile phone sen ice in sound truiks patrobng affected areas to advise residents how lo make vital calls Mountain Bell has a continuing pro- Tnbune i! suggested that the health dep.nl incut lepresenting nine ci'ies and towns plus the vast unincorporated aiea pass regula! ions requiting i alley wide Ihiornl.i 1 it Special to The fluoridation would be moie academic than real ' unless Salt Lake City joined with its water system . Vnd how could the city fluondate without the Wc.i ' county going along Its doubtful whcthei it would be piactical to segiegate the citv's tluondat ed water from non fluoridated water delivered to county residents the op:n urn noted be's serings Trains Collide -Hurt 3 in Carbon County water system, Hon Iteconinuiided Ballot t- If eer eontroeri:il i.ue lias iihniitletl to the eleeloriite for an opinion toll. I hi eountn nonhl he ttf toll, not l;m it. hivl inelku. Fluor.dation of Salt Lake alley vvatei supplies could be done by a board of health ordei County Vtty Carl J emel ka said Friday News 1 -- voter demographic study distributed a university research agency estimates the total number of eligible voters in Salt I.ake County this November will A by exceed 268. 000 persons I sing the latest officio! count of reg.s-terevoters as of April this year, the study indicates that almost 85 percent of the eligible number are registered Next Official Tally However, tne study cauUons that the numbers are flexible First, the estimated eligible voters tally makes no allowance for death of residents or migration of in dividuals since the census was taken Second, many persons have registered to vote with county clerks since the April accounting There wont be another offi cia! count of registered voters until a tally is taken after the New 7 general e' action 1970 by the I mv ersity of Utah's. Bureau of Economic and Business Re enrch using census data and computer capability to bieak down certain dcmogiaphic factors of .omity vot ers cn a block bv block basis The study was made' The resultant statistics give the non white population and estimated population by age group for each of the more than 52.5 voer districts in Salt Lake County Resumes Sept. 13 Mr Evans said voter registration will begin again Sept 13 at his office. Room A 2(t4 in the Metropolitan Hall of Justice Registration will continue throueh Oi t 27. with the exception of Oct !4. S7 and 31 On these three days voters may register at neighboi hood registration loca- tions oters can find out where they may register in their neighborhood, by phoning the Salt Lake Countv C'erks Office, Lake Tribune h by calling the League at The Salt brary, 1 or of Women Voters, 2 Fijihl Mantl Fire Itah State Foi esters fire fighters were being dispatched late Friday to a file on the southern thud af Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake Personnel at the Salt Lake City International tower said the blaze was spotted about sS 9 to p m there is a possibility Friday s stabbing may be drug related The stabbing was reoorted bv Danks himself when he walked up to the sallyport leading to the main corridor and asked for treatment of the wound, Deputy Warden Gee said A small puddle of blood in the weight lifting room indicated that the stabbing took place there, he said Area Sealed Off 'the area was .sealed off and the Salt Lake County Snenff's OT'ice began to in vestigate Danks is serving two counts of five years lo He for mhhory and ore to 10 'ears fur attempting to escape He was first received at the prison on June- 29. 1959 ar.d was later paroled He was returned for parole violation on Nov 3 - i V |