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Show TtrftUin i rv -u The Sail Lake Tribune, Sunday, April 23, Women Writers Gain Awards 197H Boom in Outsiders Ires Wyoming Isolationists B Molly lwn.s New York Times Write "It ain't the money thats CHEYENNE, Wyo said Ralph Hutsell. a going to ruin this state. grocery store manager in Shirley Basin "It aint the It's the It aint the uranium coal companies outside) s " According to the most recent census figures Wyoming is the fastest growing state in the nation, outstripping even the Sun Belt states But here, the news produces as much gloom as it does pride or swell of joy as there gt eed There is no would Ik- in. say, Texas. Wyoming is, and has been for a long time, isolated, insular and somewhat xenophobic "Piescne Wyoming wildlife," urges a popular seam-burstin- g - hunter. The huiiiier stnker, "Shoot an cuirent Almanac of American Politics starts off by noting. "Wyoming is the closest thing we have left to And the deer and the antelope llu old Wild West still play under skies so blue they make picture postcards look pale "There x so much pride here in being the last bastion of the West, it's the romance, the mystique, the myth." said Michael Durgain, a Laramie bookstore owner. m jn In Wyoming, what goes on elsewhert , in New Ea-,- t It's being exploited for coal and fur power. We York, Washington or California, seems very, very far live with the pollution and the coal trains so the East away. "Its not alienation, its isolation," said Gov can keep up a ridiculous standard of energy Ed Hersehler. And we like the isolation. consumption The complaint is not uncommon in the West But According to the Census Bureau, Wyoming grew 2.7 percent a year from 1970 to 1975 and the rate the unease and resentment in Wyoming is not so Wyoming-lte- s swelled to 4 percent a year in 1975-7The 1970 census much over the depredations of industry listed Wyomings population as 332,416, or 49th in the dont hold much truck with environmentalists nation, more populous than only Alaska That census as it is over "the outsiders also said that zero percent of Wyomings population In most Wyoming boom towns there is antipathy was in central cities or suburban areas for the between the "townies and the "trailer people. The sufficient reason that Wyoming has no cities The two trailer pimple are not Okies of the 70s. They are biggest towns are Casper and Cheyenne, which are skilled workers who make $10 an hour or better. They past 50, (K4) by now. know they are resented and fight back in their own one of their bumper stickers says, Oilfield As the state has grown, its unemployment rate has ways and proud of it sunk to 3 percent, its coffers nave swollen and its trash income has risen to the second highest in Such developments have provided rich material the country. for sociologists. Academic reports on boom towns Wyoming's boom is based on the nations crisis -- haxe been appearing almost as fast as new uranium energy, oil, gas, coal, uranium and oil shale are being mines, and they say that the effects of booms are awful pulled out of Wyomings earth at an accelerating pace. Fruits' of Growth Conspiracy Theory cite divorce, family tension, emotional They People here think there's an eastern elite, and damage and alcoholism as the common fruits of rapid growth. The school systems, they say, suffer as theyve got fresh reason for a conspiracy theory, said Doug Elliott, a Worland electrician. Wyoming students are crammed into double shifts. The jails is an energy exporter. It's an energy colony for the are crowded. There is a general breakdown of public services and a 'lack of amenities. One study reported that while the population of Rock Springs doubled, the mental health caseload increased ninefold. Sociologists call it the Gillette syndrome, in honor of that town in the north of Wyoming. Kenneth L. Gray, a Utah sociologist, writes, There are massive unplanned mobile home parks and squatter colonies of trailers, often lacking normal sewer and water facilities. The greatest irony is that the workers are not poor but their living conditions are often worse than those found in urban ghettos per-capit- a "These workers often move from one temporary village to another as a way of life. They permanently live in temporary housing. Since this temporary housing is usually substandard, some of these workers never enjoy the amenities which most Americans with much smaller salaries enjoy. ed E QUARTZ-- T Angry Newcomers What all this means is that there are a lot of disappointed, frustrated, angry newcomers in Wyoming. and Wyomingitex are not overjoyed about having them there LED READOUT J5 5 FUNCTION The workers tend to spend their money on what the sociologists call immediate gratification, in the form of trail hikes, snowmobiles, hunting rifles, pick-u- p trucks and fishing boats. And the natives complain that they tear up the landscape, poaching, racing around on their motorcycles and snowmobiles, raising havoc with the wildlife. ELECTRONIC SOLID STATE METAL CASE said "You should see Doug Elliott, a ojiening day of the hunting season around here. Its like the Normandy landing only with a lot of booze. r, OVER 32000 KHZ per sec. Special to The Tribune AMERICAN FORK Betty G. Spencer, American Fork Citizen writer, was named winner of the Beehive Sweepstakes Award for excellence in journalism at the Utah Press Women awards luncheon Saturday at the Alpine Country Club Mrs Spencer won nine first place awards, six second and in (d v r"? one third in the annual UPW competition, for a total of 45 points Second place honors went to Michele Bartmess, Greensheet Newspapers reporter, Murray , and Oneita Sumsion. editor of the Springville Herald, with 30 points each Other Winners Other winners were Charlene Winters, artdrama editor for The Daily Herald, Provo, 28 points; Koleen Peterson, editor of the Mount Pleasant Pyramid, 24 points; Josephine Zimmerman, FarmGarden editor of The Daily Herald, 23 points and Vandra Huber, Special to The Tribune information officer for the Utah Department of Social 17 points. Box Elder Services, PARRY, A Brigham City father Other first place winners were Jennie L. Hansen, dragged his editor of the Valley View News; June Krambule, St. son from a flaming buildBenedict's Hospital Public Relations; Ethel Brading here Saturday at ford. Murray Eagle; Joyce Christiansen, Deseret 12:30 p.m. The victim is News writer; Sarah Yates, womens editor of the Box reported in serious condi- Elder Journal; Betty C. Fisher, advertising agent for tion at the University of Davis County Fair; Janet M. Dowse, Greensheet Utah Medical Center. Newspapers writer and Janice Hubbard, Magna Box Elder County Times columnist. Sheriff Arthur F. RedMore Winners ding said Michael G. Betty Fowler, Lehi Free Press; Virginia Havens, Jeppesen, Brigham City, was cleaning the floor in Utah State Retirement Board; La Ree Pehrson, the center room of an Greensheet Newspapers and Violet G. Boyce, e honors. automobile repair shop freelance writer, all won when the flaming exploOut of 198 entries, 53 received first place awards. sion occurred. The buildWinners will now go the the National Federation of ing is located at Peach Press Women Communications Contest June 24 at Drive and U.S. Highway San Antonio, Texas. 89. Guest speaker was Marion Dunn, sports editor of Don Jeppesen, 52, the father was outside the the Provo Herald. building and ran into the flaming room to rescue his son, according to Sheriff Redding. He said the synthetic fabric shirt worn by the victim melted to the skin. He suffered first, second OGDEN AP The Ogden Area Chamber of and third degree bums Commerce has gone on record opposing lengthening from the head to the of legislative sessions in Utah, a matter to be waist. session of the legislature a considered The sheriff said Mr. next month. during special son his Jeppesen dragged In adopting its position, the chamber overwhelmoutside and rolled him in a heavy blanket. He then ingly defeated a proposal that it endorse annual, y sessions of the legislature. Currenty, lawmaktook his son to Brigham ers meet in general session on years City Community Hosfor 60 days, and on years in a pital. A passerby stopped restricted, budget session for 20 days. and called the Brigham The chamber board said it would support giving City Fire Department. the legislators authority to call themselveds into Sheriff Redding said special session, but declined to endorse any increase the father's hair was in pay for state lawmakers. Both proposals are also singed. Fire Chief Robert to be considered by the special session. Eventually, voters would have to amend the constitution to effect Haynie said an investigation is under way to the change. determine if a cleaning In opposing longer sessions, the chamber direcsolvent being used on the tors said it would be a move toward a fulltime, floor triggered the exploprofessional change. - t'.t'-- i Father Rescues Son in j Fire first-plac- Extended Legislature Draws Opposition 45-da- (Complete Quartz Accuracy) Izxik. said Joan Nice, editor of The High Country News, the Bible of western environmentalists. "They come out here expecting to get a nice house with a beautiful view of the mountains, with fishing and hunting maybe 10 minutes away, and they wind up in some dumpy trailer camp. 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