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Show $ Da', Parade y Asser-bi- ) By Anne Mathews Tribune Staff Writer MURRAY Over 100 parents attended a heated meeting at the Murray School Board offices to argue against moving athletic courses to after-schohours. Although it is proposed that all classes, including pep club, drivers education and drama be held after school, the chief concern among the audience foused on athletic courses such as wrestling, weight-liftinsoccer, volleyball and football strategy, all of which are now conducted during regular SOUTH TEMPLE i a ready strongly recommended these classes be moved after school begin1984-8ning with the ninth grade for At issue is whether Murray will comply with the reform by making it apply to all high school grades next year. "I feel that by this elimination of sports we are hurting the school program," said Karen Huber, a parent and teacher at Murray High School. She cited benefits to students from sports scholarships, the discipline students acquire, and the strong school spirit achieved uniquely through sports. "Taking sports out of the school day will affect the morale of ath urricular ST40T p FIRST SOUTH , school hours. The State School Board has al 'hi SECOND SOUTH I By Peg McEntee Tribune Staff Writer HILL AIR FORCE BASE - The United States' "Peacekeeper" intercontinental ballistic missile project is on schedule, and research and development on a new. 1CBM nicknamed the "Midget-man- " is proceeding rapidly, an Air Force general said Friday. Brig. Gen. Gordon E. Fornell. special assistant for ICBM modernization matters for the Air Force's Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research. Development and Acquiy sition in Washington. D C., met with Hill Air Force Base officials and community leaders to present an update on the ICBM modernization program. Officials said military construction projects estimated to cost $82 million w ill begin over the next six years at the base so the Ogden Air Logistics Center can provide logisli cal and maintenance support for the Peacekeeper, formerly known as the MX missile. The ALC now supports-many weapons systems, including F-- and fighter aircraft and the Titan II and Minuteman FIFTH SOUTH Shamrocks To Strut Down Main single-warhea- The cliche about everybody having a "wee bit of Irish'' in them may be true Saturday at 10 a.m. during the sixth annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Main Street from South Temple to 500 Terry Brennan. University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach from 1954 to 1958. will be grand marshal for the annual activity sponsored by the Hibernian Society of Utah. The 180 units will include 15 floats, 12 bands. 60 marching groups, clowns and such novelty groups as "precision lawnmower and shopping cart" drill teams, said John Welsh, parade chairman. Expected to last about an hour and 20 minutes, the parade will be broadcast by KSTU television, Local News y Features priority Darrell Josie, State Board of Education specialist for Driver Education. Safety. Health and Physical Education, presented the reasons See Page Column B-- TV Today, Page B-- 4 Saturday Morning, March Section n 17, lHl Page 1 1 Psarras Tribune Staff Writer Mountain Fuel Supply Co.'s willingness to chop $10 million off its latest rate increase request has raised questions about how much more money the company might save ratepayers if it wheels and deals more vigorously in the natural gas market. In fact, a Mountain Fuel vice president told the Public Friday that the company is pursuing negotiations that may result in another $15 million savings in fuel costs. And the director of the Division of Public Utilities said he has commissioned a study to find out if even additional money could be pared from the utility's fuel cost ledger. The divisions preliminary stance is that the company could probably make do with a total rate increase of about $17 million. Mountain Fuel asked for $88 million on Feb. 1. got $18 million two weeks later and is now asking for an additional $9.7 Service-Commissio- million. Posture of Division The posture of the utilities division. as explained by director Eugene Lambert, would indicate that if the division can convince the PSC that Mountain Fuel can make do with only $17 million, then the utility may be facing a PSC order to credit its gas cost balancing account, reducing the amount that such costs will translate into rate increases. "The company is prepared to make a refund if that is what the PSC orders." said Mountain Fuel spokesman Hich Doxoy. Mr. Lambert said the division wants the PSC to postpone finalizing the Mountain Fuel rate increase until more data is available on how much less the comgas pany may pay for compared to how much it is currently expecting to pay. Renegotiating Terms Any discrepancies between those figures would be the result of the company's exploitation of a "soft" natural gas market that has granted considerable leeway to buyers in re" negotiating terms of contracts with independent suppliers. Mountain Fuel revealed Thursdnv Column See Page h open-mark- "take-or-pay- 1 (llun klt a Art Chidester. project engineer for the Utah Department of Transportation. said a series of large rockfalls Friday about 6 a.m. filled a large ditch on the north side of the highway with some 10,000 cubic yards of debris, some of which spilled over onto the road. By Rose Gilchrist Tribune Staff Writer The artificial heart program received a small setback Friday when Kolff Medical Inc. received a letter from the Food and Drug Administration. The letter, rather than the hoped for approval, was a request for additional information concerning the revised artificial heart protocol submitted to the agency in late January. The FDA action will mean at best, a delay in the process to select a second artificial heart patient. At worst, it could indicate some reservations on the project by the agency. "But we don't interpret it as a rejee- - d single-warhea- WTiling d lion. said Kolff Medical Executive Vice President Bill Moeller. It's fairly standard procedure for them to request additional information." Considered a Surprise The agency's announcement was considered a surprise of sorts, because the first implant protocol was approved without any requests for additional information and because for months doctors had said they expected little or no difficulty obtaining the FDA's blessing after the exhaustive university review. The additional information sought by the FDA concerns four areas: Changes in the Jarvik-- valve. - 7 to Compromise" Hansen Says Rewritten ERA Would Pass Tribune Washington Bureau The proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution would become law if supporters stopped regarding its text as something "etched in stone by the finger of Dictv on Mount Sinai." Rep. James V. Hansaid Friday. sen. If ERA were changed to prevent the Supreme Court from interpreting it in a radical" manner on such issues as the military draft, a hot tion and homosexual rights. Rep. Hansen W "Its alive it just cl aw Is." said the highway official as he watched dozens of small rockfalls Friday afternoon. He pointed to a web ot cracks extending through the clifl face which indicate problems for the highway could continue for a long time. January, restoring the major route between the Wasatch Front and southeastern Utah. Experts blame the recent problems on a combination of factors, including wet weather, daily freezing and thawing which loosens 'he rock, and pressures within the cliff. The section of Highway 6 through Billies Mountain was built last year The highway will remain closed until the cliffs stablize and highway crews are able to dear away the rock and debris. Mr. Chidester said this could take a day. or two. or after the huge Thistle landslide Spanish Fork canyon and buried the old highway. The detour around the slide was opened in early blocked Artificial Heart Program Suffers Small Setback r. land-base- Hundreds of small to medium-sizeboulders continued to fall Friday. preventing crew s from clearing the highway. "I can't tell you when it will be open," said Mr. Chidester. "It's just loo dangerous for men and equipment right now." His opinion was obviously shared by other workers at the site who, when required to move through the road cut on foot, ran the entire distance casting nervous glances at the surrounding cliffs. FDA Wants Additional Inlormalion n said. then conservatives would support it. "We are willing to compromise if ERA supporters are willing." he said. "Compromise is the art of politics." Noting that ERA'S text has changed little since Alice Paul wrote the first version in 1923. Rep. Hansen said. No one could have ever foreseen either the social changes in America or the activist mentality of the Supreme Court" since then ASHINGTON "Times have changed and the ERA needs to change to match the times, he said. The current ERA reads: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. "The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. "This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification " which was redesigned after a failure was experienced in the first recipient, Dr. Barney Clark. Further explanation of certain experiences with the Clark case. Performance of the artificial heart when driven by the new lightweight Heimcs drive system and an experimental protocol for the clinical investigation of the drive system. More documentation on the University of Utah Institutional Review Board's resolution of certain questions, including the new patient consent form. Dr. William C. DeVries, chief of cardio-thoraci- c surgery at the University Medical Center and principal investigator on the artificial heart project, will work with I)r. Robert K. Jarvik. president of Kolff Medical, to provide the company any additional data it may require from within his purview as senior physician and principle investigator, so that the necessary approval can be secured and the patient selection process can begin, reported U. Medical Center spokeswoman Ann Brillinger. According to Dr. Jarvik. "The additional information should not be difficult to supply. However, the regulatory process will require additional time before the next im" plant can be performed. G. Dr. Richard Lee, dean of the University School of Medicine and administrative head of the artificial heart team, believes the additional questions are appropriate and says the additional exchange between government and artificial heart interests is not only expected, but essential in an experimental project of this magnitude "The university will cooperate fully with the FDA with regard to any concerns it may have about clinical application of the artificial heart or the university processes by which that application is accomplished." Dr. Lee said. Mr. Moeller said Kolff Medical will expedite its response to the FDA's questions. It's going to take a couple of days to analyze exactly what the FDA is asking and a couple of weeks to pul that information together. but we don't feel the questions will involve any substantial de" lay on our part 30 I)a s to Act After Kolff's new response is submitted. the FDA will have 30 more days to act on the application with either a rejection, approval or a re quest for yet more information "We wish that it had been approved on this go around, but we understand this is how the process goes and were willing to play by the rules." Mr. Moeller said Humane Society Working to Stop Brutal Trapping of Pels Special to The Tribune - KEARNS When Angela Rich's cat. Fritz, tinally found its way home after a five-da- y absence, the child b'came because Fritz was hysterical muskrat dragging a trap from its horribly disfigured steel-jawe- d left leg. Angela s m said she found smoke-colore- ! Debbie Hu ntz. a In r. h. long-haire- neuteicd tom. when she heard him rvmg Monday evening Ms Rich s od a fi lend had to pray the device, which a small bear tiap with a l chain with a lubricating oil to pry p upon v eierinarian at an emei gency two-foo- Everv time you lend money to Inend. you damage his memory Special to The Tribune THISTLE. Utah County Highway 6 was closed indefinitely Friday as the steep rock walls in the new road cut through Billies Mountain slowly deteriorated Peacekeeper missile indicate the system is on schedule, within its budget, and meeting performance requirements. While the results of test firings from Vandenburg Air Force Base are classified, "the results would knock your socks off to see how well we're doing." he said. "The nation needs to move on with the ICBM modernization program." Gen. Fornell said, adding that new faces in the present administration and the 1984 presidential election could lend "new dimensions in political issues regarding the program. The impact of President Reagan's proposed $150 billion package, which includes plans to slice $40 billion from a three-yeare$931.1 billion defense budget, mains to be seen," Gen. Fornell said. 'Depends on Guidance "We'll need guidance from the administration and the Department of Defense, and the impact depends on the guidance we get, he said. Gen. Fornell said a team of contractors. representatives of governAir ment agencies, and a hard-cor- e Force element" are now working to muster support from Congress for the Midgetman. which would be a missile. deficit-reductio- d Slides Close New Highway Near Thistle Centralized Deploy caul About 20 Peacekeeper missiles are scheduled for centralized deployment in Wyoming Gen. Fornell said tests on the Sparks Rate Queries of small- - to medium-sizeboulders continue to fall from a web of cracks w hich extend through the face of the cliff. Crews work to clear a path to Highway ( through Billies Mountain. The road is closed indefinitely as hundreds ICBMs. MFS Action B-- d F-1- 6 4 he said. pass-throug- high schools." "We are not eliminating these classes." Superintendent Glen C. emphasized "They will still be available but they must be given " a different F'ri-da- South. Bv Con QTibunf Peacekeeiter' Key To Modernization i FINISH great concern among the coaching staff about the proposed change "We spend a great deal of time developing athletes physically." he said. "We want to keep up with other On Missiles i n after-schoo- ch at Murray High, said at the Wednesday night meeting there is a Progress FOURTH SOUTH i letes and all students." Mrs. Huber said. "Having sports after school would be detrimental because many students have l jobs. It would also take away from family time." she said. Another parent added that involvement in sports inhibits use of alcohol and drugs and improves students eating habits. Another parent said his five sons learned to compete, learned how to get along, and increased their emotional development through involvement in sports. They learned important things they never would get in a math class, he said. Wade Meier, head wrestling coa HAFB Hears THIRD SOUTH a . Keep Sports in School Day, Parents Demand Halt akf f y Are3 L Heated Meeting in Murray A St. Patrick clinic, who said Fritz had been trapped for at least two or three days, amputated one toe and drilled through the foot to drain the infection. Ms. Rich doesn't know yet whether the leg will have to be amputated, or if skin grafts can be used to repair the foot, which was stripped of skin by the infection. In either case, it will be even more expensive than the $200 in bills already accrued. Fritz became the third trapped domestic animal found in Utah this year. Humane Society of Utah investigator John Fox said Friday Ten trapped cats and dogs were reported last year - and that could be only a fraction of the total number of domestic animals killed oi injured by the devices. "Sometimes the traps are anchored by a chain. Sometimes they've closed on an animal's leg or head, or even its tongue." he said. "It's not a tool to be used on domestic animals." A muskrat trap such as 'he one that injured Fritz doesn't have teeth, but the twin steel jaws will mutilate any animal it catches. years with the Humane Society I've never seen a marked trap." he Mr. Fox said. hate stray cats, but so far we haven't identified anyone who If a legitimate trapper uses the device, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources mandates that each trap is marked with the trapper's identification and the trapper must monitor Ins lines, Mr. Fox said But legitimate trappers don t go after cals and dogs. "In eleven said. Efforts to find the person who set the trap have been unsuccessful. even though Humane Society personnel have been canvassing the Kearns neighborhood lor information. Mr. Fox said "We've found a lot of people w ho may be using it." he said. "What w e re hoping for is someone who's seen or heard something about it." Mr Fox said the Humane Society could press criminal charges against a person found to be using such a trap illegally, but proving such charges is difficult "Too many people take the quick and easy way out" in dealing with stray animals. Mr Fox said "If they shoot, or poison, or trap them, then they won't have t" lace the neighbor who owns the stray animal " The Humane Society opposes the use of such traps for any reason. but it Mapping is necessary, d prefers live traps, whuli lure an animal into an oticlosuie but do not injure it. Mr. Fox said "A live trap puts the responsihd ity on the owner instead of the animal," he said Mr. Fox said inyono with on illegal traps and who may be setting them should contact the Humane Soeietv lulor-matio- |
