Provo Daily Herald | 1981-11-05 | Page 4

Page 4—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah. Thursday, November 5, 1981 tah Valley News about your friends, neighbors and leaders in Central Utah Presidential Prestige Vital in AWACs Issue mination to play a role in the Persian By PATRICK CHRISTIAN Gulf and it is a message to the RusHerald Staff Writer In the recent deliberations over sians to stay out of the area.”’ Kader said the $8.5 billion Saudi whether the United States would or would notsell five Airborne Warning armssale that includes AWACs, some and Control System radar planes aircraft, and extra fuel tanksfor the F(AWACS) to Saudi Arabia “‘presiden- 15 fighter planesto extend their range, tial prestige overshadowed everything, sends out several messages to the says a specialist in Middle Eastern af- world The first messagehe saysis that the fairs at Brigham Young University Omar Kader, director of Middle AWACs, with an American on board, East studies at the Provo university, represents a U.S. military presence in says that congressmen bent over the Middle East. He said Israel would backwards to avoid making President have to think twice before considering to shoot an AWAC down when an Reaganlook bad “Right now, in international rela- American is on board. Another message sent in the sale is tions, it is pretty well perceived — and I tend to agree with this — that it was that the Arabs can count on the United not a good thing to make Reaganlook States. Kadersaid a final strong mesweak or ineffective in international sage is sent saying the Soviets had beteyes,” said Kader, whose Arab parents ter take a close look at their movements in the Middle East. were born in Palestine. Onthe negativeside, says Kader, the The BYU professor said from the perspective of prestige he believes the AWACsale represents an arms build up in the area that is not healthy. “It senate made a perfectly wise move. If the image question wasprimary, contributes to the armsrace,” he says, then there was also a second con- “because you have to go for a more sideration in AWAC deliberations, sophisticated missile technology to claims Kader.‘I think the AWACs are defeat its detection capability.” He nothing more than a symbolic gesture says the AWACs — besides their inof the overriding Haig/Reagan ap- telligence gathering capability — also plug into the F-15 weapons guidance proach to world affairs,” he said “And their approachis to view world system, so is also a weapons system. “From an Israeli point of view the. affairs as an East/West struggle. The AWACsrepresent the U.S.'s: deter- AWACslimit Israeli maneuvering doors closed and havinga fire es- OMAR KADER without detection in the Middle East,” says Kader. Healso agrees that the sophisticated aireraft could help bridge the intelligence gap left when the United States lost its spy listening posts in Tran New American Fork Hospital Dedication, Tours Under Way AMERICAN FORK — Thefirst2,500 families visiting the new $12.2 million American Fork Hospital today, Friday and Saturday will receive a pocket first aid kit. The hospital is at 170 N. Mark J. Howard, hospital administrator, says tours will be conducted following dedication today, Friday and Saturday from 2 to 8 p.m. The new 82-bed hospital, built and owned by Intermountain Health Care, Inc., (IHC) repiaces the hospital at 300 N., between 300 and 400 E. in American Fork. THC has leased the hospital building and grounds from American Fork City since it purchased the hospital from thecity in 1978. Thecity has madenodecision yet aboutdisposing of the old building. A slide presentation telling the history of the hospital will be shown during the open house. Today’s dedication was given by Elder William Grant Bangerter, of the Quorum of Seventies. Program speakers included Luana G. Searle, chairman of the American Fork Hospital Board of Trustees; U. Dale Murdock, M.D., president of the hospital medical staff; Mayor Malcolm H. Beck, board member; William N. Jones, chairman of IHC Board; Scott S. Parker, president of THC and Mark J. Howard, hospital administrator. Music was performed by the Lehi High School Band. The newhospitalis built on a 30-acre parcelof land, which will allow expansion as the population of North Utah County creates the need for additional hospital beds, Howard points out. The hospital currently serves approximately 46,000 people from the Cedar Fort and Lehi area to Orem An additional 68 beds can be added in 1986 to make it a 150-bed hospital. Another 100-bed addition is planned for 1994, which will make the American Fork Hospital a 250-bed facility Howard says he expects more people to utilize the new facility because of expanded health care. Currently the hospital has 279 employees, Howardnotes,but the new hospital will create only about 14 ad- By DAWN TRACY Herald Staff Writer Robert and Jean Summer know the importance of having a smoke alarm installed in their home, sleeping with bedroom ditional jobs, most of those housekeeping and labor, because the new building is 40,000 square feet larger than the old. The numberofbedsis the same as the old hospital, but the numberof private rooms hasbeen increased. Howardsaid the new hospitalwill be completely operative by Thursday, Nov, 12. About 300 volunteers, 100 vendors of hospital equipment, and hospital employees will help in the move. Ambulances from American Fork, Lehi, Pleasant Grove and Orem will transport patients. cape plan. They found out the hard way Last week, the Summer's bane located at 800 E. 351 N. in Orem — burned down. “We're grateful that we escaped with ourlives, butit's still a traumatic experience,’’ says Mrs. Summer. “Wehad 26 years of our lives wrapped up in that house.” Orem Fire Marshal Larry Ballard says a single aerosol can of furniture polish was left in a bucket next to a wood-burning stove. The stove radiated enough heat to cause the can to burst, spewing flammable liquid onto a nearby cardboard box, carpet and wood paneling “Poisonous gas from burning plastics would have killed us if our bedroom door would have been open,”’ Mrs’ Summersays. “We were lucky. For many years, especially while our children were small, we slept with our bedroom dooropen.”’ Shortly after midnight, the Summers were awakened bysliding glass doors breaking in the family room. Mrs. Summeryelled fire, which woke up her son and a couple downstairs who had been renting an apartmentin the basement. “It’s surprising how fast a fire burns,”’ she says. “If we would have had young children sleeping upstairs, I don’t think we could have gotten to them.” Although both she and her husband had time to escape, Mrs. Summerran backinto the burning house to make sure her son had been able to flee also, She says in the ensuing panic, she didn’t think to walk to her son's outside window to find out if he wasout of danger. “When I ran back into our home, the heat and smoke were so intense, I almost lost_consciousness,'’ she says. ‘There wasno wayI could have gotten to his room.” Fortunately, her son Gary had already escaped — and waslooking ice her. eighbors called the Orem Volunteers from service clubs in American Fork, Health Science students from high school and Brigham Young University and Utah Technical College students will assist. Howard said there will be three supportpeople, two professionals and one volunteer, for each patient. On moving day, Nov. 12, the two hospitals will be completely operable, Howardexplained, to makethetransiticn smoothcr in case of any Elder Gene K. Cook, a member of emergency. the LDS Church's First Quorum of the Seventy, will speak at the Brigham Young University 14-stake fireside Sunday. The publicis invited to the 7:30 p.m. fireside in the Marriott Center, acDuke University Medical School. He cording to Dr. Eliot A. Butler, presiinterned and completed a residency in dent of the BYU 8th Stake which is surgeryat the University of California, sponsoring the meeting Los Angeles, and a residency in The talk will be broadcast live on neurosurgeryat the sameinstitution. KBYU-FMand repeated Nov.12 at 10 a.m. It will be televised on KBYU-TV, Channel11, twice: Nov. 10 at 9 p.m and Nov.15 at 8 p.m. In 1975 Elder Cook wasordained a president of the First Council of the Ken Howard, Good Earth; Stan Seventy. One year later, when the Nielsen, Granite Furniture; Christine Councilwas reorganized, he wascalled Oliver, PIP; Larry Ruff, Ruff Invest- to be a memberofthe First Quorum of ments; William Shriver, ShriversInc. ; the Seventy. A native of Lehi, Utah, Elder Cook Terry Teeter, K-96 Radio; Dan Openshaw, Zions; and Larry Ashby, earned a bachelor’s degree in business management and a master’s degree in New YorkLife. business administration from Arizona Brian Tregaskis Photo Robert Summersurveys fire disaster aftermath. Fire Department and within two minutes, officers arrived at the scene. Mrs, Summer sadly recalls that just a few days before the fire started, her husband took down a smoke detector because the device periodically wentoff when something overcooked in Cook to Address BYU Fireside State University. After graduating from ASI, he worked as a management trainee for MountainStates Telephone. In 1967 he was employedasa consultant for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and earned a Chartered Life Underwriter designationin three years Provo Neurosurgeon Named Fellow Douglas B. Kirkpatrick, M.D., Provo the American Board of Neurological neurosurgeon and medical staff Surgeryandis a clinicalinstructor in memberat Utah Valley Hospital, has neurosurgery at the University of Utah been named a Fellow of the American College ot Medicine College of Surgeons, October 15, 1981. He was born andraised in Dayton, Dr. Kirkpatrick is also certified by Ohio and earned a medical degree at — an accomplishment which usually takesat least five years. He was alsoa member of the equivalent of the Million Dollar Round Table Elder Cook has held a wide variety of church positions, including service as a regional representative. He served as executive secretary to the First Council of the Seventy for three years before being namedto the Council in 1975, Heis currentlyserving as executive administrator for Chile and formerly held that position in the Andes area while living in Peru. He is married to Janelle Schlink Theyhave six children Manning Leads Better Business Bureau Gene Manning of First Media Corporation has assumed chairmanship of the board of directors for the Utah County Better Business Bureau. Manning succeeds Ray Miller, of Miller Trailer Sales, who has chaired the board for the past 16 months Manning assumed the chairmanship at the organization's membership luncheon Tuesday New board members are: Bill Aaron, Merrill Lynch; Carl Berg, Berg Mortuary; Rob Bowen, Far West Bank; Gerald Gilner, First Interstate Bank; Shirl Hanks, Hanks and Sons; the kitchen. “We thought the smoke detector was a nuisance,” she says. Fire Marshal Ballard says most fires taat kill happen in residential homes between 12 midnight and 6 a.m. He adds, “We're not good smokedetectors when weare asleep.’’ Obituaries Samuel P. Westenskow Lillie Chapman Westenskow. He business to include appliance married Venice Denison, Aug and lawn mower sales. 10, 1938‘ The marriage w h his son established a ing a stroke solemnized in the Manti LDS second store in Richfield He was born, Dec. 22, 1915, in Temple was a high priest in the Manti to Julius Fredrick and He worked in the Civil Conser: Gunnison Second Ward vation Corps. and in later years Survivors include his wife og = helped in the organization of a two sons and four daughters groupof former members of tne Wallace S. Westenskow of CCC Camp from the Ferron Lakewood, Colo Berg area Westenskow of Gunn After suffering a stroke in Harry (Helen) McCoy of Salt Mortuary 1948, which forced himto dis LakeCity, Mrs. Rod (Barbara) continue farming, he es rdner of Salina, Mrs. Ray tablished a bicycle and lawn a) Terry of Aurora and mower repair business in Gun Mrs John Aiton) Fechser of nison He developed this Mesa, Ariz grandchildren and three grandchildren, two brothers and twosisters. Clair Westenskow of Sandy, Don Debra Jasper Kuhni Westenskow of Layton, Dale Funeral services were enson an¢ Mrs Farrell held today at the Sunset ‘z. Olson, both’ of Salt 3rd Ward Chapel. Interment Provo City eral services will be Saturday at 2.30 pm. inthe Cemetery. 5 E. 3005. + PROVO + A753. enter Friends maycall Friday from7109 p.m Ruth Hayes Cloward and Saturday one hour prior to Agnes Kathleen Seyboldg Graveside services will services. Burial will be in the Graveside services will be held Friday, 2 p.m. at Gunnison City Cemetery be held Saturday 12 noon the Spanish Fork City at the Salt Lake City Cemetery. Friends may Cemetery. Friends may call at the Walker Mor- HELP call at the Berg Mor- tuary of Spanish Fork 1 tuary of Provo Saturday hr. prior to services 10 to 10:45 a.m 1 [phone] Samuel Peter Westenskow, died Wednesday, Nov, 4, 198!, in the Utah Valley Hospital follow Services 373-184} Lincoln Hanks SALT LAKECITY — Funeral services for Lincoln Hanks, who died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1981 will be Saturday at noon at the East Millcreek Eighth Ward Adonis Drive. A daughter resides in Provo Hewas born March 8, 1918, in Nampa, Idahe. to Arthur and Mattie Little Hanks. He married MaxineWalker, Nov. 28, 1948, in es Ariz. He Was president of Dove cretk Farms and was aninvest ment banker for manyin surance companies. He was a member of the East Millcreek Eighth Ward and a high priest Survivors include his wife; five daughters and two sons. Viexy Westlund, Karen Hanks. Denice Hanks, Gregory Hanks, all of Salt Lake City, Diana Lambert of Logan. Gloria y of Provo, and Larry of Ogden; 26 grandchildren; a brother and twosisters, Ray E Hanks. Teron Jackman, both of Orem 44 Flora Sears, North Salt ake Friends may call Friday from Ruth Hayes Cloward SPANISH FORK Ruth Hayes Cloward, 64, of Canyon Texas, died Monday, Nov. vices will be pim at the Spanish 2 1981 Shewas born Nov 29, 1916, in Spanish Fork to Henry D. and Jessie Boyack Hayes She married Don Cloward, July 31 1934, in Pro She was e jpanish Fork schools andin 182rooved to Canyon, Texas, where she owned and operated a restaurant with her husband She was a member of the LDS ay E 100 00 Discount CUCL isu NATURAL LOOKING AND AFFORDABLE RELINES: by Appt. $35 REPAIRS: Takes 1 Hour Church 6 to 8 pm. at the Larkin Mor- Her survivors include her hustuary and Saturday one hour band of Texas, one son and two prior to services at the chapel daughters, Don H. Cloward of Crown & BRIDGE Ft Wayne, Ind. Betty Jo n of Amarillo, Texas, a AT BELOW AVERAGEPRICE PORCELAIN Nellie Hamlin Taylor : LOA Funeral services for Nellie Hamlin Murray Brinkerhoff Taylor, 81, who died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1961, at the Gunnison Hospital, will be Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Loa WardChapel. A brother resides in Nephi She was born Feb. 23, 1900, in Salt Lake City to Arvin Hamlin and Ina Maria Horrocks Murray. She married Edwin C Brinkerhoff March 18, 1920, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He [DENTURES died Oct. 24, 1939. She married Arvel J. Taylor, Aug. 31, 1941, in Jessie M. Kennedy, and Furi Junction Survivors include her hus- Craig of Sunset band, two sons, two daughters, Death Notice 16 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, four sisters and Agnes Kathleen Seyboldt, two brothers, of Provo, dled Wednesday Friends may call Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Springer Mor: Cemetery tuary and Saturday from 11:30 4mto12:30 p.m. at thechapel Friends may cail at the Berg Burial will be at the Loa City Mortuary of Provo, Saturday Cemetery from10 to 10:45 a.m RL: Our Flowers Say liteToSay! WIRE SERVICE 1042S. State, Orem $190.00 |. KENT ELKINGTON, D.D.S. Located at GOLDEN DENTALCENTER PROVO 275 W. 500 W. 374-5768