| Show '6' LOCAL The Salt Lake Tribune I Thursday March 5 1892 0 Al2 i 1 Claims Ex-Own- er 9 - Toxic-Wast- in By Ted Cilwick THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE A former owner of a i I A 1 ' i 0 tonal drug therapy and patients required months under quaran- TB program A TB manual due out soon from the Utah Department of Health recommends that youngsters be given a new skin test known as the Mantoux (ppd) at 12 or 15 months of age at 5 years old and again at 15 "It can work out with the regular immunizations nicely" said Peggy L Sower TB program co- Utah health officials recom- mend that all children be screened for tuberculosis at regular intervals and that high-rispopulations be screened every six months Such testing is needed to stop the spread of the deadly disease which Utah Department of Health workers say is not getting the attention it deserves "Most people think TB is a disease of the past Now there's a problem that people don't want to believe — it's back" said Lile director of the lian drug-resista- Since 1984 the trend in the number of TB cases in Utah has been upward with 46 cases reported in 1991 Two of those cases were resistant to conven Tom-Orm- One reason many Utahns don't view TB as a threat is because it Tom-Orm- u nt WaosemotrAme0 4 - A c'-'1- v N N! '1 k '''''''''-- k Ex-Offici- 1 - t itif t t - I v 1 1 - - 0 ot - 1 4 r7'""'— - DJ if 11 I -- h' "'" if—i''01 iit 1 i: ' i i:v4 s A'44k - ' : k6AN r 7: Ai rAt S A 1471 Ar ' 1: rif al : ' - ' Funeral services will be held Friday at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary Hyde Merrill a former Ifor Taylormanager of Zions Securit ties (Corp and office manager for t the presiding bishop's office of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints He died March 1 in a Salt Lake City hospital at 85 Mr Merrill began his career as a 7: banker and later served as office manager for the bishop's office from where he worked with church presidents Heber J Grant David McKay and Joseph Fielding Smith He left to e join Zions Securities the arm of the LDS Church In 1960 he was named acting manag- I t 1 I 1 ir" - 1 (7 1 - 1 4 I f r 1 - 'i t Y t Funeral Services Set For Of Zions Securities 1 r N o" I Ill': ) ( (1 L - ' 41 1 1 t r yr" -- 111 K i 1 -- - 47 w drug-resista- NJ T-- lov ) k' ) es3 - 1 But the treatment can last from three months to 18 months and some people won't complete it If they don't finish treatment they may become --- 4 - I treated healthy immune systems the bacterium is walled off and can't e t- - People who are healthy when infected can become ill later if their immune system is weakened That's why people who are infected but not sick should be In people with bacterium - : do any damage But in people with weakened defenses — from diabetes cancer pneumonia or the virus that causes AIDS — it can eat away at the lungs eventually causing death afflicts primarily "hidden" popthe hztitutionulations such alized elderly and the homeless The state's overall TB rate is 3 cases per 100000 population But among the homeless the rate is 102 The rate among Utahns over 65 is 10 cases per 100000 Ethnic groups are also more vulnerable The rate for blacks is 18 It exceeds 40 for Asians and Pacific Islanders TB is caused by an airborne tine While TB is causing a stir around the country state health officials worry more about conventional cases Too many health professionals don't recognize TB or don't treat it appropriately officials say And there is not enough cooperation in tracking people with TB or keeping them somewhere until they're cured "It's going to be a problem for a while until Utah as a whole sees it as a problem" said Ms ordinator high-purit- y 1 : Health Department's THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE k hazardous-wast- e disposal firm in Blanding has been indicted on two counts of t abandoning arsenic and other tox ic wastes Gordon S Bird Jr who owned Xtron Inc pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the federal charges and was released on his own re ' cognizance Ile faces up to 10 years in prison and $1 million in fines if convicted Mr Bird is charged with storing and disposing hazardous wastes without required permts at his Blanc ling company in 1987 — then abandoning the wastes Xtron ran a refinery of metals including gallium Authorities learned of the abanI doned wastes after residents complained to the Utah Department of Health said Peter McGrath an environmental crimes prosecutor for the US Department of his'' tice The US Environmental Protec tion Agency instructed Mr Bird now of Elk River Minn to clean r up the wastes but he eventually e abandoned them authorities said When federal agents executed a search warrant at the business in June 1988 they found arsenic and other dangerous wastes stored in and containment ponds re ‘ drums cords show One pond contained at least 22000 pounds of toxic ar: senic agents said The wastes recently were properly disposed and there is no risk to the public Mr McGrath said ' The cleanup was funded by the EPA a civil suit to force Mr Bird : to pay the cleanup costs is pending I Health ()thick& Urge Testing to Combat Spread of Tuberculosis By Anne Wilson Case e Utcth - (''''' t ' - - : ' i - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 : ! - - li: 1 I 1938-195- 3 a t '' - I - ' — 1 ' : It was Mr Merrill's proposal while at Zions Securities to build the Kennecott Building across the street from Hotel Utah He was also instrumental in purchasing the property for the ZCMI Center ' both in downtown Salt Lake City He was born June 2 1906 in Salt Lake City to Joseph F Merrill a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles and Annie Laura Hyde Merrill He graduated from the University of Utah in 1930 and married Marian Skeen Sept 16 1932 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple He is survived by his wife and his five children: Taylor Joseph Mrs Ron (Marcia) Wright Dixon and Victor 28 grandchildren and - 23 - i real-estat- er ' i 1 14 0 00 : ti L V i -' I 5 i i 1 Lti) '' )1' ii:i great grandchildren Funeral service is at noon in the mortuary chapel 3401 S Highland Drive A viewing will be held there Thursday from pm and one hour prior to services 6-- 8 J rli IL rjt): II E::A111 1 ri lc u : IL -:‘-1!- -t-lt ki T i - ) Horse-Rac- e ' $ 1 4 : L !I ' : ' - t i I 1 ' 1 i t I 4 filtfi''' Eyes State Senate 1 I Sponsor i I' I 4 1 1 Rep David Adams the lawmaker who sponsored unsuccessful legislation to legalize horse-rac- e betting is giving up his Utah House seat to run for the state Senate The Republican from Monticello is seeking the seat vacated by veteran Sen Omar Bunnell DPrice who stepped down because ' of an undisclosed illness Mr Adams who has served 'eight years in the House sponsored legislation that would have allowed counties to vote on legalized parimutuel racing That measure was crushed before it got out of Rules Committee for its first pubhc hearing in the Legislature 'as a result of the Mormon Church's lobby anti-gamblin- g ' LiLTI:1‘ i r- CONJUNCTION 1 WITH ANY t OTHER OFFER LA-t1- - Li: 11 4 I jr i 1 1 i ! 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