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Show INDEX Amusements Business Chereh—— Comics Editorial Obituaries Sosiety Sports WEATHER 46-47 12 56-5 351 58 Fair and warmer througk Sunday; increasing soatheriy winds; highs Sunday near %); outlook for Labor Day, warm 39 4 and windy; highs in St. 343 George area $5 to 100, and in 614 Logan, 9) to 95, Public Support Ask eit Worst Citizens Form Storm in 88 Years ‘Coalition to Save Geneva’ “Citizens Coalition to Save Geneva.” This is the name of an organization established Friday at a meeting in Provo of civic, business, political, and educationalleaders concerned over the future of Geneva Works of U.S. Steel Corporation. concern stems from current negotiations with the Environmental Protection Agency and Utah air conservation people on requirements to bring MIAMI (UPI) — Hurricane David. half of its power spent on a merciless beating of the Dominican Republic drifted along the north coast of Cuba toward Florida Saturday and a hurTicane watch was posted fi Palm Beach to the defenseless Keys Florida Gov. David was the worst storm the Caribbean had seen in 88 years. killing at least 67 people in its passage through the WindwardIslandsto the Dominican Republic until its 150-mile-an-hour windsfell to 7 mph barely hurricane Palm Beach through the Florida Keys representation from the county com- A Provo manwho wastraveling trom his five year reunion canyon party in Provo Canyon Saturday apparentiy ran off the road on his motorcycle and landed in a tree, injuring himself, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. r Dick Chatterton of the UHP said Tim Duke, 23, of 161 North 900 East in Provo was returning from his class reunion of five years (Provo High School) near Aspen Grove, about a mile from Sundance resort, when the motorcycle he was driving apparently left the road and crashed down a 15-foot embankment. The accident occurred about 8 p.m. Sautrday. The lights of the motoicycle were apparently shining in the air toward the sky when Walker Ayres, address unknown, stopped to investigate. Upon finding the victim in a tree, Mr. Ayres called authorities, said Trooper Chatrton. Mr. Ayres traveled to Sundance to report the accident, and according to Trooper Chatterton, Mr. Duke was ietenia by ambulanceto Utah Vallospital where he was examined for possible fractures of his ribs, collarbone and leg Nocondition was available on the victim from the hospital at press time Saturday . Stone stressed thatthis is a grass roots movement, ‘‘financed by noone except ourselves.” y — ial that each of the is mem! solicit Support of 20 peop! tealup a $= rship fee.Peia vite ispotionsto join and send $5 to mee wb — and we hope this i snowball into into a strong demonstrai of the people’s support, . Suck contributions should be sent to “Citizens Coalition to Save Geneva’ in care of UVIDAatits office in the First Security Bank Building at Provo, the chairman stated. Mr. Stone discussed someof the possible consequences of shutting down Geneva ... and added that in his opinion,if the plant everclosesit will not re-open. About 120,000 people would be affected, according to his projections: 6,000 Utah jobsin the steel industry; by rule-of-thumb, 3 service jobs for each (Continued on Page 4) Big Golden Onion Days Parade Ahead Monday By OWEN LINDSAY PAYSON — Finishing 15 minutes ahead of the nearest competitor in what canbe called an unusual — if not dramatic — climax to Payson’s Golden Onion Daysfirst annual marathon was Curt Brinkman of Provo. Curt ‘‘ran’’ the course in a wheelchair. But because of a technicality, he could not be hailed as the official winner. That honorwasleft to Mark Lisak, a 22-year-old visitor from Michigan City, Indiana. race was just a part of the Golden Onion Days activities which were held on Saturday with more to come on Sunday and Monday Saturday’s events included horse racing at Payson’s track and a performanceof ‘Kiss Me Kate,’ put on by Payson Community Theater at Payson High School. Of coursethere were rides carnival activities as well The main celebration of the Labor Day holiday will be held on Monday beginning with afull-bloom paradeat 10 a.m. Then at noon three separate events will begin. First will be a band concert, then a flower and art show along with a rock and hobby show. Horse racing will again open up at the track at 2 p.m. with another performanceof ‘‘Kiss Me Kate” at 8 p.m.at the high school Finalactivity will be a band concert given by the Payson City Band under the direction of Lew Huff with Ferron Hiatt acting as master of ceremonies. Mayor Gary S. Hansensaid thatit is activities such as Payson's Golden Onion Days which along with gas shortages, and otherinfluences, help revive the small-town” spirit in this country. Honorof winning the race marathon went to Mark Lisak a 22-year-old native of Michigan City, Indiana who was visiting in Provo whenhe learned about the marathon. This win marked his third first place out of 38 marathons he has competed in. His tinie of two hours, 55 minutes and 25 seconds wasnot his best time for having run a 26 inile marathonas hehas posted a 2 hour 40 minute mark in a previous run. Mr. Brinkmanran the course without registering and so was not eligible to win, He has competed in 20 marathon and otherraces including a wheelchair (Continued on Page 4) a the Windward Dominica earlier this week island of Authorities in Santo Domingo called for volunteerstoclear the streets of up- Tooted trees and other debris while theytried to deal with the homeless believed to numberin thetensof thou sands, Mostriversin the central part of the country were flooding At 6 p.m., David's eye was located near latitude 21.0 north longitude 75.0 west. the hurricanecentersaid Hurricane At-A-Glance force, Saturday. David, entangled in the mountains of eastern Cuba, was taking a “slow and SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (UPI) — erratic’’ westward course Saturday Hurricane David's effects through night. the National Hurricane Center Saturday, country-by-country said, Barbados — Island received glancing But it was only 475 miles from Miami blow frorn hurricane but damage was and forecasterssaidif it returns to the minor. warm Atlantic it could rebuild — Martinique Roads and comalthoughit wasunlikelyto regainall its munications knocked out and damage strength. widespread, but no deaths reported. At 6 p.m. EDT the Hurricane Center FortdeFrance, the capital, was badly announced a hurricane watch from to Dry Tortuga and said “hurricane wamiingscould be re y morning. Alvin Samet a spokesman for the center, said there had been no dramatic shift in the hurricane’s progress but said Dr. Neil Frank, director of the center, ‘likes to give a 24-hour watch notice’ and “if we have to put up a warning tomorrowtogive 12 hours of daylight warning the watch mission, chambers of commerce,state legislators, UVIDA, mayors, the steelworkers union at Geneva, Brigham Yot University, and the State Industrial Promotion Commission. * Henry A. Huish, general superintendent at Geneva, briefed the group on the status of negotiations with fra and the state air conservation group. awe an outlay of $50 en oes Provo Cyclist Injured in Provo Canyon urged mile-long island chain linked to the mainlandby a series of bridges. Genevainto compliance with the Clean Air Act of 1977. Geneva has proposed a program costing a new investment of $50 million whichit declares will meet the requirements of the law; but installations specified by EPA ‘would cost in the neighborhood of $178 million. eneva and U.S.Steelofficials have declared that $50 million is the limit they can spend and still keep the Utah comny plant viable. Richard S.Stone, retired Geneva executive, was chosen chairman of the Citizens Coalition, with Mrs. Stanley N. (Dorothy) Clark vice chairman; and Richard ‘Bradford, manager of Utah Valley Industrial Development Association, secretary-treasurer lide Representation The 18 citizens present include with the - wr Hiarperet accomplish percent of what$178 million could achieve. In terms ofparticulates, he said the Geneva proposal and EPA demand are only 4 cook per liter apart — proportionately ‘‘aboutlike a bee in the astrodome.”” Mr. Huish called for an attitude of “reasonability”” which he said can come only if the po themselves por up and make their feelings nown. Mr.Stonesaid that while Utah's con&ressional delegation is doing what it can, the time has come for people with a stake in Geneva to Speak up. “The Citizens Coalition will Serve as oe vehicle for that expression,” he Bob Graham tourists to stay away, put the National Guard on alert and sent extra state treopers to the Florida Keys, a 130- ravaged liad to go up now.” But preparations had begun long before the watch wasordered.Local officials in South Florida had begun sandbagging operations around public build- AN IMAGEOF SATURN'S sings by PioneerIl shows the structure of the planet's ring system in detail never before seen. Tae spacecrait was 585,950 miles from Saturn. It is under these rings that the spacecraft successfully travelled on the first exploration of Saturn, Sept. 1. The image was made Aug. 31. The ox ings Friday, Waterlevels in canals had already been reduced. Floridians had begun stocking up on hurricane supplies — flashlights, candles, batteries. canned goods, bottled water and beer and liquor — well Tethys, “seen at the t of image is 650 miles in eter. The image was produced for NASA's Ames Research Center by scientific team from the University of Arizona. Top photo is in red lig and bottom is in blue light. (UPI Telephoto) before the watch began. Windows were being taped and shuttered. Gasstations reported a run and one South Miami hardware store experienced such a crush it had to organize a line andlet customers inside a few at a time. “urgeailcitizens of these areas to begin to make preparations in case evacuation is required" Graham said Pioneer 11 Discovers New ‘Saturnian Ring’ MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (UPI) — Pioneer 11 explored Saturn Saturday. the first time the planet has been reached by a man-made spacecraft, and discovered a new Saturnianring. ‘The spacecraft arrived at Saturn after a 77-month voyage over 2 billion miles during which the spacecraft also survived a close encounter with Jupiter. At Saturn. Pioneer twice escaped col- in a statement Saturday. “If the winds should intensify during the next 12 cond. Its instruments discovered that Ring E is probably composedof objects 1-50th of a centimeterin diameter and dispersed five yards apart. The 565pound spacecraftis 9 feet wide. At such a high speed,a collision, even with a microscopic object, could explode the spacecraft. When Pioneer survived Ring E cheers rose at mission control at NASA's Ames Research Center Charles Hall, project manager.said’ space mission takes an awful lot of luck.” lisions that could destroyed it. Both inbound and outbound, the spacecraftslipped through Ring E. an areafull of flying objects. Pioneer dove through King E, under Although Saturn is commonly thought to have three rings. recent the main rings, and swung behind the studies determined that the planet has planet before flying off toward Titan. five. Pioneer discovered a sixth, which one of Saturn's moons, The closest apTom Gehrels, a University of Arizona proach to Saturn was13,300 miles from astronomer. promptly dubbed Ring F the cloud tops. The craft was traveling He called an adjacent space “the at a speed of 71.00 mpa at the time Pioneer gap. Titan will be investigated Sunday Ring F appeared from picturestaken from a distanceof 220 000 miles. Scienbythe spacecraft to be 200 miles wide. tists think Titan may betheonly place but only two miles thick in the solar system where conditions The three main rings of Saturn for life might exist which are 48 000 miles from the planet surface, are thought to be composed of flying chunks of ice. someas large as the Pentagon. To make its closest approach to Saturn, Pioneershot at a shallow angle through Ring in a fraction of a se- Vance to Confront Russians on CubaTroop Issue WASHINGTON (UPI) — Secretary of State Cyrus Vance intends to con front Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko next month with U.S evidence ofthe first detected Russian combat troops stationed in Cuba. U.S. officials said Friday Vance will take Gromykoto task about the newly detected, tank-led combat brigade al a mid-September meeting in New York City. Gromyko will be in the United States to address the U.N. General As sembly The officials said the State De ment has already warned the Sc Embassy th secret build-up of up to 3.000 Ru combat troops “will burden the relationship” between the two superpowers hours, evacuation time would be greatly shortened.” Graham also urged tourists and “persons without necessary business”’ to stay away from South Florida until the threat had passed. In another development, a hurricane watch was called in the Leeward Islands north of Guadeloupe for hurricane Frederic, a new storm churning along a path slightly north of that David took, bearing winds of 75 miles an hour. It was moving on a westward path that would carry it through the Leewards sometime Monday David reduced much of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, to rubble when it slammed into the south coast Friday. Haiti which shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic apparently escaped major damage At least 30 people were dead in the Dominican Republic, most of them along flooded rivers outside Santo Domingo. Two were reported dead in Haiti and Puerto Rico. struck a glancing blow, counted eight fatalities. At least 27 were killed when David Dominica Some 60,000 persons three quarters of the population, were left homeless and with little food or drinking water. Prime Minister Oliver Seraphine reports 20 deaths, “hundreds unaccounted for,” begs for help U.S. Virgin Islands — Widespread flooding and electrical blackouts Puerto Rico — Eight persons killed and 20,000 left homeless in floods. Governor Carlos Romero Barcelo declared a state of emergency. Dominican Republic — Storm ripped into Santo Domingo. Tens of thousands homeless, 30dead. President Antonio Guzman imposed curfew and asks ppeualae of American states for aid. Haiti — Fallen trees and minor damagereported on the northen: city of Cap Haitian, but the Western Hemisphere's poorest and most vulnerable country apparently escaped massive destruction. Two dead. Guadeloupe — Telephones knocked out for a day; roads blocked. Antigua — Water, power service interrupted, tivo factory roofs blown off St. Kitts — Power out for several days, boats washed ashore, including the main ferryboat to sister island Nevis. Portillo Will Visit U.S.A. WASHINGTON (UPI) — The State Department announced Saturday Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo will visit Washington Sept. 28-29 even though there is a stall in negotiations over the price America will pay for Mexican natural gas. It will be the third Carter Lopez Portillo summit. The Mexican president was the first foreign head of state invited to the White House after Carter took office in 1977 and Carter visited Mexico City earlier this year. One of the chief issues between the two countries currently is disagreement on how much the United States should payfor the Mexican natural gas it wants. State Department spo! ni during talks in Mexico City this between deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Mexican Foreign MinisterJorge Castaneda Pre-LaborDayMessage Americans: Best Living Standards Despite Inflation Worry — Marshall WASHINGTON (UPI) Union leaders said Saturday Labor celebrations will be marred by tinuous worries about inflation Labor Secretary Ray Marshall Day con but said Americansstill enjoy the best pay and living standard in the world Labor unionofficials repeatedly cited the rising cost of living in Labor Day right to work free of union membership. ‘Whether free cr a slave to com pulsory unionism every American worker knowsinhis heart that the right to work is a fundamental right. the truth of which can never be destroyed plies good nd give most of our leled standard er in Larson said United Rubber Worke Peter Bommarito attack President Americans face a sea of uncertain ties Jacob Clayman, head of the Sen. Edward Kemeiye Mass.. as @ AFL-CIO’s industrial union depart presidential alternative We need decisive pleadersiip ment, “We must cope withhistorically statements Bommarito said. high inflation rates. Other union leaders asked stronger government etto unemployment. ¢ hi umion movemen he DY Reed Larson, he dof the National ald it Right to Work Committ et would be a shan’ to ce! brate Labor Dav without honoring ar employee's Carter is hesitant troubled and unsure of how to use his r Tt would not take tship to woo the ru r candidate “But Marshali said t iministration 1s doing well by anerican workers He said the nation’s work force sup energy policies aanrenewedacall or mandatory wage-price controls |
