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Show Page 16—THE HERALD,Provo, Utah, Monday, June 1, 1981 Utah-Regional The latest happenings from in and around the Beehive State aK Efforts Renewedto Find Gasoline Fumes Source WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (UPI) — A. specially-designed camera was dropped back into the city sewer system todayas part of a week-longeffort to locate the source of dangerous gasoline fumes which contaminated the pipeline andfilled residential sasements and businesses. City Fire Marshal Jay Miles said the camera pinpointed three breaks in the line Saturday, but city crews. believed they would identify further cracks or ruptures once the surveillance was revived. Miles said the camera used Saturday broke after checking 800 feet of line, so another camera was borrowed from Murray City to complete the work. The video device was developed so that oil and gas companies could check pipelines for possible leaks “We have sealed the breaks. but we aren't sure we've found the source of the leak’ Miles said “There is a possibility of more problemsif it rains again.” Miles also said the fire department‘'might be looking at extensive excavation to repair any more breaks,” Miles said. ‘Some breaks can be sealedby jelly without excavation but in this case the petroleum would eat through the sealant.” Explosion Flattens Idaho House; NobodyIs Injured CALDWELL, Idaho (UPI) — Anexplosionflattened a woodframe Caldwell house Sunday afternoon. scattering glass and other debris into the street and adjoining lots, authorities said. No injuries were reported. The blast blew out three walls of the house. brought downtheroof, rained debris up to 100 feet away and broke windows in at least two nearby residences, said Caldwell Fire Department Capt. Olen Waner. The single-story house was headquarters of the Dail-A-Sitter Inc. child-care business. No one was in the building because the business wasclosed Sunday, Wanersaid. , : Morris Chamness,58. said he was cooking eggsin his kitchen next-doorto the devastated house when he heard the explosion “It was like a bombblast.” he said. ‘'I’m still shaking. My wife works graveyard, andit blasted her out of bed.’” Chamness said his home's picture window was shattered and glass from his houseandthe exploded house covered his driveway and yard. He said a flaming object from the house landedin his yard. but a neighbor witha fire extinguisherputit out. “Tt just blew up. like that.” he said. ‘Atfirst I thought some drunkhad plowedinto the house. But then I looked out and the walls (of the destroyed house) were all over. One came over toward my wall and anotherfell out towardthestreet. It was a big explosion.’” Donna Duck Returns To Daily Routine LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UPI) — Donna the Duck. the 24-ounce mallard pierced by a three-foot arrow, Sunday returned to the daily routine she had followed with her mate andfour ducklings before the injury catapulted her to national fame. She was seen swimmingon the pond at the 13th fairway of the Sahara Country Club golf course with her mate, apparently having forgiven his reported unfaithfulness. Donna — who became a celebrity when she was removed from the golf course May 25 by federal agents who drugged her bread — was treated to a redcarpet homecoming Saturday at a champagne and corn reception attended by 100 guests The duck apparently ignored the advice of a song writer that now that she was a star she should forget herfaithless mate, who, it was reported, was cavorting with another female during Donna’s absence from the pond. She was seen peacefully swimmingathis side. Donna returned home Saturday following surgery and a sixday convalescence in an animal hospital. Some 100 members of the media and hotel staff were on handat the club house when a red carpet was rolled out and Humane Society official Dart Anthony carried Donna from the helicopter which had broughtthe duck homefrom the hospital. “Donna's Ducky Now!" read a sign on theaircraft. “As we were flying over the golf course. she looked down recognized whereshe was andbit me,” Anthony said. ‘She strug- Gun Fired At Crowd; OneKilled Slurry Pipeline Planned Sahara Hotel officials had a “Welcome HomeDonna” banner behind a podium set up for speeches to celebrate the bird's CHEYENNE, Wyo (UPI) — Ranchers and farmers in northern Colorado have been approached by a slurry return. pipeline company seeking gled to get loose.”’ “We toast Donna for her courage and for the feelings of love and humanity she has in- spired in us all” said Paul Jarvis, vice president of sales and marketing for the Las Vegas “strip” resort. While the crowd drank champagne, Sahara officials passed out T-shirts with a picture of Donna and the name of the country club on the front and the words ‘Home of Donna the Duck" printed on the back. After being presented with a glass jar of seed corn, which she didn’t get to eat Donna and Anthony climbedinto the seats of the hotel's VIP golf cart for a five-minute ride to Donna's pond. They weretrailed by a caravan of two-dozen othercarts carrying reporters and photographers. At the edge of the pond Anthonyreleased the bird, which flew out over the lake, to be joined by her mate and another bird. The three flew away at treetop level away from the crowd. “She'll be back "’ Anthonysaid. Donna did return. About three hours after she was freed the duck was observed with her mate undera tree on the golf course. “We had binoculars and we recognized her from her markings,’ Anthonysaid. “Wegot to within 10 feet of her and she didn’t move.”’ “It will take her a couple of days to get used to moving around without the arrow, but she'll be fine." rights-of-wayfor an 1,800mile pipeline to move Wyoming coal to power plants in the South, a companyofficial said. Walter Hale a Tulsabased vice president of Energy Transportation Systems, Inc., said in a weekend newspaper report the company is attempting to obtain rights-of-way across ranches in northeastem Weld County for the pipeline, slated for construction in 1983. ETSIplansto use up to 20,000 acrefeet of water a year from the Madison formation underlying parts of eastern WyomIng, western South Dakota and western Nebraska to move pulverized coal through the pipeline. The company already has obtained a right-ofway across a ranch in Vapors began seeping from storm drains andtoilets last Tuesday and officials thought heavy rains freed gasoline from thesoil and carriedit contributing to the problem. Miles said threeofthose stations have now into the sewer system Teopened with certification through cracks. Miles said several abandoned undergroundfuel tanks could be the major sourceof the gas. since city crews found very high concentrationsof gasolinein thesoil Six service stations in the area were closed last week until they ProbeInto Plane Crash Under Way BEAVER, Utah (UPI) — The Federal Aviation Administration saysit will begin an investigation todayinto a light plane crashin the heavy timberof western Piute County which killed two Grand Junc- tion Colo., men. An FAAspokesmansaid the team would be comprised of a flight standards official from the agency'sSalt LakeCity office and a representative of the National Transportation Safety Board in Denver. The wreckage of the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza wasspotted shortly aftér noon Saturday by a Fish Lake National Forest helicopter. A ground party from the Beaver County Sheriff's Office ae through the rugged pine forest to reach the craft. The bodies of the plane's two occupants were found at the scene said County Sheriff Lynn Cartright. The victims were identified as pilot Bjorn Petersen,21, and passenger Mark Leavitt Peterson picked up Leavitt in Round Mountain, Nev.. two weeksagofora flight to Grand Junction The National Weather Service said severe rainstorms broke out in the area shortly after takeoff. 3 Cartright said the light plane apparently flew up a canyon andcrashed while trying to climb outof the ravine. He said the wreckage wasspotted shortly after noon Saturday at the 9.200-foot level of Mt Belnap about 2) miles east of Beaver in adjacent Piute County. systems were airtight and were not Lie Detector Forms SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — The Utah Liquor Control Commissionhas askedall its employees to sign consent forms allowing the administration of lie-detectortests if cash or liquor supplies come up short at stores. Commission Director Kenneth Wynn said consent forms were passed out during the past week to 375 full and part-time employees, and he has heard of no trouble over the signing. residence was not staying at home. More than 100 businesses and about two dozen homes had been evacuated between 3200 West and 4000 West along 3500 South Tuesday. A fewer number of homes were emptied late Wednesday when dangerous gasoline fumes began to waft again from basement storm drains, sewer manholesandtoilets. while the other three werestill checking their systems. Police and fire crews reopened the main highwaythroughthecity's business district Saturday after readingson the gaslevels stabilized Miles said a check of bathtub water In Oregon Five Jail Escapees Elude Law Officers PORTLAND, Ore. (UPI) — Five men, one a convicted killer, who escaped Friday night from Rocky Butte Jail eluded law enforcement officers Allfive of those remaining free were considered dangerous. The others were identified as Michael Steven Perkins, 21; Robert L. Bunch, 32; Rocky E. Fussell. 20. and Robert P. Hoy, 23. All were charged with first-degree robbery and all had previous convictions. Sunday. Two others. who wriggled out a second-story window after cutting a 9by-12-inch section of bars. were cap- tured in Portland Saturday night. Dozens of sheriff's deputies were checking places the missing men were known to frequent and following tips provided by callers, a sheriff's spokesmansaid Sundayafternoon. One of those still free was William Slusher 28, convicted in Clackamas County of murder last Decemberin the shooting death of Bryan Kenton, 26, of Talent, Ore.. May 30, 1980. in a dispute over a woman. Slusher had been returned from the State Penitentiary. where he was serving a life sentence, to the Multnomah Countyfacility io awaittrial ona firstdegree robbery charge. He was taken to rocky butte from the state penitentiary where he was serving a life term for murder. Liquor Panel Requests Its Workers to Sign in one homestill showed high vapor readings, but the owner of the could certify their gasoline storage Saturday night James N. Hoberts, 21, was found at a North Portland home by friends. who held himuntil police arrived. Caughtlaterin another Portland home was Thomas Delaney. who surrenderedafter being told the house was surrounded bypolice. Both had been held in the jail on a burglary charge. Meanwhile, corrections officials were being questioned aboutfailure to place a guard outside the jail Friday night after the cut window bars were found. Sgt. Gary Walker said the cut bars were found about 8:30 p.m. but no guard wasposted outside the window. The escape was discovered about 10 p.m. Proposal Studied PARK CITY, Utah (UPI) — The Utah Public Health Association will consider an anti-MX missile resolution during its 44th annual convention, this week at Park City. The proposed resolution would have the state association go on record as opposed to the basing of the MX missile system in Utah Workall day... 8 northeastern Wyoming. ETSIlawyers argued successfully for the right-ofwayduring a court hear- ing last month, saying it wascrucial to the project if the pipeline wastofollow its planned route. SUC ekaG rg SN Pooeet 377-6149 —— WORLD’S FASTEST SELLING COMPUTER PRINTER COMMERCE CITY, Colo. 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