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Show eeaT ee Sunday, January17, 1971 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah—Page 3 Most Nursing HomesMeet Fire = All but six Utah nursing homes meet statefire regulations|and Siaie Fire Marshal Robert A. Tanner is “confident” that the few not meeting regulations now will soon Utah nursing homesare better prepared for fire than those in most states, Tanner said Thursday, referring to a Louisville, Ky., nursing home fire the same day in which nine “T wonderif I'll need spriukler the fire My office and the UNHA have which are located in the state's said. three lar;.st cities, have direct The time will come when all lines to fire departments, nursing homes will have the Tanner noted, sprinkler systems _for worked “excellently” together to find a mutual approach for meeting the fire standards, Tannerstated. StudentIs alignment?” emergencies,” sedbig .4 ye detection equipment, most of the Jan. 31 federal deadline,” he Former BYU anewfront-end ceiling ile oth Nursing homes located in ps erga the fire official on rural areas are as preparedor Sethe eee4 for for fr fires than better prepared on the| ae of those in larger cities, he said. whichcanala marshalexplained. “Most rural homes have in- “a paid on dutyfire department in times of emergency fulfill He stated that the Utah stalled the sprinkier systems.” state requirements if they have Nursing Home Association The six homes presently not (UNHA) has been ‘‘very meeting standards are in the a fire deteciion system installed progressive in its approach to process of signing contracts to or if the home is constructed to the fire problem.” install the water systems jnto permit a minimum of one hour The few small nursing homes their facilities, Tanner said. fire escape time for nursing without sprinkier systems or “T’'m confident they will meet home occupants,he explained. installed in Vy) 2 ESF9 44 Oe Lea eaelce UTS Lf Med Student Henry Nelson, former Brigham Young University student,is a member ofthefirst Class of the School of Medical Sciences on the University of UTAH SYMPHONY | NEGO Nevada campusin Reno. He is one of only 24 applicants ac- cepted from a total of 1,000. He is a memberof the LDS mn i od iw Herald Photo By Meb Anderson Chuckholes Create Man-Size Problems! worst ones, and while we are in one area, we repair the others,but thereis no ‘worst’ area in Provo this winter; they are all bad.” Anotherproblem the city has this year is thatthere are no “hot mix” plants i in cold weather, so crews mustgo to Salt ae City to get the mix to repair the ts. This takes a lot of extra time and phyge says. Mr. Murdock mentioned that Second Westis a special prcblem street because of the D & RG Railroad tracks. ‘he city hopes to be able to tear the tracks up by April 1, but it waiting on the petition the railroad haswith the Interstate Commerce Commission to decide whether this can be doneor not. Chuckholesin streets are a problem — for motorists, for pedestrians who get splashed with water that collects in them, and for street department crews who have the giganticjoboffilling up the monsters ice, snow and the motorists create. Fourteen crew members have been working aroundthe clock sincethefirst of the year to keep Provo’s 160 miles of streets clear of snow, to sand icystreets and to repair chuckholes made by water alternately freezing and thawing on the roads. Commissioner Ray Murdock, streets commissioner, said that there are no more employees now in his department than there were 20 years ago, and this is a distinct handicap. “But our people are dedicated men, many of them with over 30 years of service to Provo. I can’t compliment them enough on what they have been doing,” he added. And still many of Provo’s streets need repairing andcitizens call the department to report bad conditions that need im- e WITH Northern Germany. A graduate Nate Comes kaa GINA BACHAUER of Las Vegas High School, he was studentbody president th DynamicGreek pianist 7 . vA class house of representatives and homecoming elections committee. He is an honor student at the ‘Y’, has been on the dean's list and is a member of the Archon HonorSociety. ; $1 ’ 50 a (Fine Arts Center Box office) le aa SacheLock aad soo camp counselor. At BYU he majored in zoology and served on the freshman e . " and PRINCESS IRENE JAN. 22 — 8:15 p.m. BYU Fieldhouse exclusive FILTER-FLO’ Inthe meantime,thecity just “patches” the street temporarily because when the tracks are taken out,it will be made into a four-lane highway and completely resurfaced. Second West will be a fourlane streetfrom CenterStreetnorth to 2230 North Street, the commissionerreported. mediate attention, “We try to repair the Frank McKee Campaigns In Provo for Union Office This non-clogging moving filter effectively traps lint fuzz and keepsit from your clothes. 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Hespent Thursday and Friday in Utah County speaking at MasonsSetJoint union meetings, passing out Frank McKee,a candidate for Wash., is currently a staff director of United Steelworkers representative of the AFL-CIO District 38 which consists of affiliated union of which he has 90,000 members in 15 western states, visited Geneva Steel this week on the final leg of an extensive campaign tour. The union elections will be held Jan. 19. Two other candidates are also vying for the position: Macclovia Barazza and TommyConsiglio. Mr. McKee, 49,Seattle, of i el ao i Cr campaign literature, visiting with union membersatthe p! MINI-BASKET’ Meeting Tuesday joint meeting of Story Lodge No. 4 and Damascus Lodge No. 10 F. & A.M. will be hela at the Masonic Temple in Provo on Tuesday, Jan. 19, which is the regular meeting of Story Lodge. 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