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Show k WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NOVEMBER m Force By GARY R. BLODGETT HILL AFB Air Force officials at Hill Air Force Base have agreed to work with Gov. Scott Matheson more closely" regarding cargo being carried by military or civilian-leaseaircraft from the northern L'tah air base. d GOV. MATHESON also asked military officials to revise its flight patterns so that aircraft are not flying over densely populated areas of the state. The requests were brought to light follow ing the crash of a plane carrying military cargo that crashed early Suncargo-carryin- day, Nov. g a vacant field 5000 West and 2100 near 18, in South. THREE CREW members including the first officer, Harry Gardiner, 35, of Layton - were killed in the flaming crash which witnesses said followed a mid-ai- r explosion. It was the second military e plane to crash within a radius in recent months and the Nov. 18 crash had rescue personnel and investigators worried because of reports that there was up to 1,500 pounds of explosives and 40 pounds of radioactive material on board the craft. AS A result, Utah Air Na- tional Guardsmen armed with automatic-weapoclosed the area to The press and public and an evacuation ns plan was being put into effect. Larry Anderson, director of the state radiological safety and occupational health department, said experts were called to the scene shortly after the plan crashed about 5 a.m. FIREFIGHTERS, rescue workers and others close to the scene were ordered to undergo tests to determine radioactive contamination. However, said Mr. Anderson, the tests were negative. He added that there was still considerable confusion among state and county health officials even after the manifest of the plane's cargo was released. two-mil- THE MANIFEST noted that the plane carried more than 1,500 pounds of explosives and 25 pounds of radioactive material whereas 29. Vi 1979 Residents Complain T miscellaneous cargo, the amounts were much tires, etc. THE PLANE was a civilian Lockheed Electra which had been chartered by the Air Force and was en route from Hill AFB to Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, Nev. Witnesses reported seeing "a ball of fire m the air, at an approximate altitude of 10,000 feet, just above a light cloud cover. aircraft, but they were in heavy containers which accounted for most of the weight recorded on the manifest. a very small thorium 232, to be ALSO, ONLY amount of used as a hardening substance m an alloy gear box for another plane, was aboard the aircraft. Thorium is often used as the material which THE PLANE crashed in a vacant field and scattered e debris over a area. A wing and tail section were found a mile from the planes makes watch dials glow in the dark. A Hill AFB spokesperson said the amount of thorium was so little that it never required a label saying that the gear box contained the two-mil- main fuselage. Federal Aviation Administration officials at Salt Lake International Airport reported that the planes crew reported electrical malfunctions and were told by tower personnel to return to the airport (Salt Lake Interna- substance. BUT RESCUERS and investigators at the site did not have these facts and as a safety precaution sent in ex- - includ- ing aircraft engines, parts, less, he said. It was later disclosed that only about 15 pounds of explosives were aboard the packed tional) for an emergency with fully protected, perts and Geiger clothing counters to check for con- - tamination. The crash plane also reportedly carried a full load of more than 24,000 pounds of landing. BUT apparently the plane exploded and slammed into the field at more than 300 miles per hour, according to investigators. The crash site was in the same area of an Air Force bomber crash last July 16. aircraft apparently exploded in the air and Both crashed to the ground within 500 yards of 2100 South, sca- ttering debris over a wide area. Both had departed from Hill AFB minutes before the crash. HILL AFB officials later denied that there was an undue delay on the part of military authorities to notify personnel at the scene of The recent crash that there was a e of negligible amount Education Under Fire wish to quote a letter that appeared in a California . ALSO NO speaker I paper: this letter because education is under fire these days. I have a suggestion that might help. I propose that one week be set aside during which teachers would teach their routine classes and nothing extra be SUBMIT I added. from no slide-shoassembly, no TB skin test, no open house visiting, no stage band Africa, no passes for students to stay and finish an experiment, no early dismissal for part-tim- e jobs, no cheerleader tryouts, no opera screening, no book fair, no wrestling practice, no mat no dances, bilingual programs, no football or basketball games. This week should not contain Memorial Day, Good practice, , During that week there would be no class meetings, no yearbook and ring sales, no senior class pictures taken, no rock band assemblies, no field trips, no school fairs, no play rehearsal, no track meet, no creative art festival, no eye testing, no reading-systesalesmen, no gym floor varnishing, no meeting for the group going to Spain, no fire drill, no pep rally. Columbus Friday, Day, Veterans Day, Martin Luther King Day, George Washingtons birthday, Labor Day, the first day of snow or the first balmy day of spring. SHOULD SUCH a week be arranged, it is possible that our students might be able to do what they are supposed to do in school - explosives something. More money has been spent on education during the seventies than was spent m all prior decades of this century put together. In fact the of federal passage the first aid large-scal- e to education bill, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 was the date the scores of the College Board and all the other basic literacy tests began to go down. , AS MORE and more federal dollars cascaded into public schools the test scores dropped lower. Apparently more money is not the answer to better education. We should think twice before we vote yes for the mill levy proposal on Nov. 27. Perhaps our educators should learn to stir what theyve got. Carma Jenkins Centerville learn About Called Subversives and radioactive materials aboard the crashed aircraft. Bob Bowman, Hill AFB spokesman, said it had been confirmed that Salt Lake City police had been notified of the contents at 6: 32 a.m., about 90 minutes after the crash. He said a police officer named Green responded to the call. MR. BOWMAN said information was given to the police m response to an earlier tall from personnel at the scene requesting information about materials aboard the plane. The Hill AFB spokesman also noted that the Federal Aviation Administration (at calt Lake International Airport) directs the flight of the aircraft after it leaves Hill AFBs runway. STATE HEALTH Department officials have suggested By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON About a dozen county residents let the county commissioners know they didnt appreciate being called subversives, last week. THE GROUP appeared after comments were made by County Comm. Morris F. Swapp labeling members of the Friends of the Library and others as subversives and unfriendly toward him and the library. He made those remarks during a library board meeting where about 50 women appeared supporting action taken by the board (including Comm. Swapp) to fire Jeanne Layton. ELEANOR Willhard of Bountiful expressed strong feelings when she said, I was shocked and angered when I read what Comm. Weve Swapp had said. worked hard and openly through the system. 1 think subversive has the connotation of undermining. I resent that. They (those called subversives by the commissioner) may differ with you (Mr. Swapp) but theyve been honest. I were various proposals presented (at the organizational meeting) and it was Davis County residents reacting to what they considered to be a problem. They were local people, not ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union). Comm. Swapp said several lawyers representing the had attended the organizational meeting in ACLU Clearfield although some who attended that meeting have denied truth to that statement. SHE ADDED the Davis Education Association had gone on record opposing capricious, arbitrary action in the library. "1 dont think these groups are subversive. Its to say that unfair Comm. Swapp said anyone fighting for intellectual freedom was subversive. I dont think freedom needs license. With freedom comes I feel the group has acted within its responsibility. constitutional right. SAYING THAT she had come to support and not dispute the library Karen Edson of Bountiful said, 1 would rather protect the important value of each persons right to feel The League of Women Voters worked hard and long to write a policy statement within their guidelines that responded to the issue, Mrs. Willhard said, and she said the Friends of the Library organizational meeting in Bountiful had been an open meeting where anyone could bring a taje recorder. COMM. SWAPP had said someone had to sneak a recorder into the Friends meeting in the North Branch Library in Clearfield. While Friends of the1 Library was organized during the proceedings leading to Miss Laytons firing that was only a catalyst," she added. THERE a very definite feeling that we wanted to support libraries throughout the years. There WAS free choice. Pres. David Gardner at the University of Utah said he felt it was his overriding duty to support in- tellectual freedom. Public is part of the name of our public library and should let us be open to knowledge and a view of all. - A new FARMINGTON department has been added to Davis County government. THE Morris want to assure my library children and yours to be able to learn a variety of things about life, she said enemy? its think 1 IN HIS response Comm? Swapp read an anonymous letter from a library, employee stating that had been left in tht basement for five years (dur? ing Miss Laytons direc-gift-boo- torship) including many best-seller- very ficials to look into cost incurred to have a "famous speaker" give an address at the North Branch dedication and check into "expensive screens installed at that same library. MR. SWAPP said he had received other similar letters and emphasized obscene na- ture of phone calls he had received. Backing Comm. Swapps Refuting the subversive charge further was Leo Kinsman of Kaysville who said, The issue at stake is the dismissal of a trusted county employee who dedicated 20 her life (Jeanne of Layton) to the betterment of the county. If she did wrong it present, however, the new license department will operate under the auspices of the county commission and county planning director. Formally approved by the commission last week, the agency will be responsible for assessing each license and collecting license fees from those businesses filing after July 1. Fees will average about $50 a year for most types of businesses, including that amount for a billiard hall, motels and trailer courts, cabaret, car- bowling alley, nival, public dance hall, hotel, junk collector, restaurant and market. A CHARGE of $30 a year will be levied against bakeries, boarding houses, and rooming confectionaries ALONG WITH that, fees were set for the different types of business that could be established in the unincorporated county area. Licenses will be renewable at the end of each year and will run from Jan. 31. Special licenses at half the regular rate will be available for LAYTON An Layton man was electrocuted in Salt Lake City last Friday the day before he morning was to be married. KILLED IN the freak industrial accident was David L. Adams, of 3024 N. 2350 E Layton. Witnesses for Cameo Construction Co., of which the victim was employed, said Mr. Adams was working with four moving a piece of concrete wall that was suspended by a crane. - Causes Accidents & Poind By TOM BUSSELBERG The Davis County Board of Education has been called incompetent and uncaring by a group of Clearfield parents. other hazardous areas, I would tend to agree, as those parents have. But they seem to think their area is the worst, or so it would appear. Just where are some of these other hazardous areas? fairly heavily travelled "but not having sidewalks. Two cases that come quickly to mind include students who walk to Central Davis Jr. High in Layton. They must travel along Church Street where there are no sidewalks, the street is fairly members have repeatedly assured their interest in the welfare of children attending South the Davis Schools Transportation Dept., some 23 areas were listed although it was noted that it was not Clearfield Elementary School. But by the same token, they have reiterated the fact that money just isnt there to provide a bus and driver for youngsters who must to cross two freeways on and get to school. Then again, if they did fork out the money, who knows how many other areas would request the same kind of treatment. ABOUT 11,000 students, or 30 percent of the Davis Districts children, are bused to school. Parents of 150 or so children attending South Clearfield would like to add theirs to the list. They claim the conditions for their children involved in necessarily an "exhaustive list. Going down the list, it started off with Woods Cross High School, where students must walk under the freeway, cross the freeway entrance and exit and cross the South Main from the east and south. WHILE IM not real familiar with that area, it would appear to me that traffic is fairly heavy and constant there, making it certainly one of the most hazardous in the county. Some others include: Jamarl Acres to Wasatch Elementary School across Highway 91 in Clearfield: Orchard Elementary from the east across Orchard Drive and from the south across E. Center in North Salt Lake and Clinton Elementary from all directions with no sidewalks. Those living east of the Denver and Rio Grande and Western tracks must cross the railroad tracks besides. AT THE same time, board walking to school, especially in the winter, make it necessary to utilize a school bus. True, the youngsters have to pass both p on their way to school. an on and And the time they are likely to be walking d to and from school is when Hill traffic is at its peak between about 7.30 and 8.35 a m. and 2:30 and 4 p.m. - IN A list four-lan- narrow and traffic moderately heavy. Added to that is construction going on in prepared by the area west of the school. e Field-relate- BUT THE kids do have sidewalks, they do have a crossing guard near the school and a fairly well-li- t open area m which to walk. And the recent fatality of a young boy raised by parents as firm reason for a bus happened when a bus wouldnt have been travelling the area anyway. And when the district says there are AMONG THOSE listed is one think theyre making a lot out of nothing. Even if we decided to do something we wouldnt now because everyone would demand busing. 1 had used a approach, they might have had a bus by now," he added. Its too bad the district has to worry about whether a kid lives miles from school or not. But the ,tate has set those guidelines before it :an participate in funding of elementary school busing. The youngsters in question dont live far enough away. And were they to be bused, the district would have to pick up the entire tab. one-f.n- frequently raised concerns students attending Stewart ANOTHER CASE Elementary m Centerville. Some of them just walk from the east across the old highway and from the area of the city shops where there are no sidewalks. That segment, along Parrish Lane, has become a fairly busy thoroughfare with the construction of several large businesses within the last year. Dr. John S. White, assistant superintendent over transportation for the district, has said the district has no set priority list for hazardous areas. But he mentioned the prospect facing many youngsters who live in such areas as West Kaysville, West Layton and Syracuse. In many instances, those youngsters must walk along narrow roads with an irrigation ditch on one or both sides. If that doesnt make for potential hazards, I dont know what does. low-ke- d y one-ha- near-worthle- development. They must walk down Antelope Drive without benefit of sidewalks. And Antelope Drive is no longer the country lane it once was, with more development m the offing Many of the areas noted require students to walk along streets that are - lor the slick especially m north Davis County causing a rash of accidents ACCORDING to the Utah Highway Patrol, there were "several" minor accidents and several vehicles slid off the road, becoming stuck but not causing major damage or serious. Probably the worst two accidents in the county occurred Friday and involved large trucks that skidded out of control and rolled over ONE ACCIDENT was south of Utah Highway 193 (Hill AFB exit) on State Highway 89 where a r driven by Kenneth S. Johnson, Salt Lake City, attempted to pass a car and ripped out about 50 feet of guard rail before rolling onto its side. Damage to the truck and cargo was semi-trail- estimated at more than $25,000 Another semi driven IN COMMENTING on the problem raised by South Clearfield Elementary parents, district supervisor of transportation Dr. R. Richard Butler raised some good points after spending more than an hour observing traffic at the site along 700 South He noted only a few youngsters at a time, with all of them checking traffic from both directions when crossing the on and Theres no hazard there. PERHAPS BY getting enough heads together and checking resources a solution can be found. Maybe a first step would be for parents to remind their children again of the need for caution in walking to school, where applicable. It never hurts to do the best with what you have even if it means walking along a narrow road lined with irrigation ditches. Good luck to everyone involved. We all value the lives of our children. by R. Clark, Salt Lake City, overturned at 3000 West and 2700 South, Larry Syracuse, causing an estimated $10,000 damage A UTAH Highway Patrol dispatcher said that a perhaps mile from the South Clearfield site. It cites the problem of students attending Lincoln Elementary in Layton who come from Camelot subdivision and Dawn unprepared highways semi-traile- IN THESE times where every penny must be pinched, the Davis District cant readily afford to add extra buses, no matter what their desire. Perhaps it isnt one, but 23 buses that are needed to protect children in all 23 hazardous areas. I wish there were an easy solution but it doesnt appear that there is. Its not my role, necessarily, to find a solution, although it would be nice if I could. The least I can do a part of my job, in fact is to make everyone aware of such problems as exist at South Clearfield. houses while $100 will be required to operate airports, and junk dealerships theaters. A maximum fee, of $150, will be asked for resorts. Officials including building inspector, sheriffs officers, health department officials and fire department chiefs and assistants will have the power to inspect businesses and stop vehicles requiring licenses, the ordinance says. IT WILL take effect Jan 1. ap- parently motorists were not used to the sudden adverse driving conditions and were driving too fast for existing conditions. Snowfall was the heaviest in north Davis County, according to the UHP spokesman. South Davis County experienced only about two inches of snow causing only slushy conditions on the highways. THEY SAID the piece of wall accidently brushed a high power line and the electricity apparently went through a metal pole causing him to be electrocuted. The victim was treated at Holy Cross Hospital where he died a short time later. TWO OTHER workers at the scene also received light electrical shocks in the accident, but were apparently not seriously hurt, according to a Salt Lake City police report. Mr. Adams was treated at the scene by a fireman until an ambulance arrived. Holiday The first major spowfall of the season caught motorists IF THEY action was County Commission Chairman Glen Flint. "There are two sides to it Wed have to stand behind Comm. Swapp in what he did, not what he said, knowing the situation. Theres a lot of pressure sometimes. Layton Man Killed First Snow To clas- The: sics and party stated they didnt know? what had happened to those? volumes but indicated other? books were pulled from the shelves and burned. That? practice was finally stopped" after book sales were initiated, the letter continued. The letter also asked of- serious for an elected official to call taxpayers enemies. Mr. Swapp had referred to receiving obscene phone calls from those opposed to his action. The county merit council made a decision indicating Miss Layton should have been covered by merit protection at the time of her firing, while the county has taken the opposite view. JIM KIRKHAM of Sunset, president of the North Davis Friends of the Library, said he had a tape of the meeting in Clearfield which Comm. Swapp had said indicated subversive activity. years All won- dering if they will be next (to be fired). This doesnt make for efficiency." FORMER Library Board member Lynette Wilson also havexpressed anger. After on the served years eight ing not library board. . .we did call each other names. Who, Comm. Swapp, do you call enemies? 1 deplore obscene taxphone calls but there are with who you disagree payers Is the merit board part of the various businesses. that manifests be written in such a way that there will be no confusion about the coding of the materials, a problem that apparently arose following the recent crash. A full investigation of the crash is being carried out by the National Transportation Safety Board. the wrong decisions. county employees are private Swapps I License Dept OKs FOR was because the board made It is not Karen Edson's or Bazaar The Heritage Senior Citizens Center in Clearfield will hold their annual holiday, bazaar on Friday, Nov. 30 at the center! The bazaar will start at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. ITEMS FOR sale will include handicraft items, baked goods, needlework, quilts, jewelry, ceramics, oil and china paintings and other handmade items. They will be sold at a very reasonable price. People interested in selling any items at the bazaar can call the center to reserve a table. A $5 advertising fee will be charged per table or $150 per half table. Report Sunday, Nov. 18, a resulting in nearly collision $1,000 damages to the two cars involved occurred at the intersection of Main Street in Lay-towith 1396 North. Darrell Martinez, Layton, was north bound on Main Street, attempting to make a right hand turn onto 1396 N. when a car driven by Manuel B. Osborne of Layton struck into the rear of the Martinez vehicle. n MR. MARTINEZS car was damaged across the rear portion of the car. The Osborn car sustained damage to the right front fender, bumper and hood. Mr. Osborne was cited for failure to keep a proper lookout. 1 |