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Show mm Tfae S ALINA, UTAH, THURSDAY, VOLUME 59, NUMBER 6 FEBRUARY 5, 1981 Police Arrest Suspect In K.C. Bank Robbery Local police apprehended a Kansas City man wanted for bank robbery Tuesday afternoon in Salina. in Pennington was westbound on the Gooseberry area when Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Jim Reynolds, Salina, who was eastbound, clocked the vehicle at 90 miles per hour. Reynolds turned around, turned on his lights, and attempted to stop the vehicle, while radioing Salina Police Chief Gordon Kiesel for assistance. Edward H. Pennington, 24, Kansas City, Mo., was arrested early Tuesday afternoon after being stopped for speeding. Officers found $6,200 in cash from Fridays robbery of the North American Savings and Loan in Kansas City in Peningtons vehicle, along with a stolen loaded .357 magnum as well as another .25 automatic pistol and a substance suspected to be cocaine or heroin. Pennington came back 10-9-9 (wanted) from the NCIC check, Chief Kiesel said, and the two officers took the family to city hall. A telephone call to Kansas City provided information on the crime, and a search warrant for the Pennington vehicle, a two-doo-r green Buick, was obtained from Judge Thad Wasden. The money was recovered in two Pennington did not stop for Reynolds, ran the stop sign at the aid of the In- tennis shoes, along with the loaded .357 terstate, then pulled into the Safari. He magnum. Penningtons wife attempted told Reynolds his son was to bring her husband a shaving kit, to was he ill, and hurrying get him to which contained the loaded .25 the hospital. Pennington, who is black, has indicated he will waive extradition, and will be returned to Kansas City to face charges of first degree robbery and armed criminal action. Kansas City detectives indicated he is an Chief Kiesel checked the vehicle and Pennington through the National Crime Information Center while Reynolds escorted Pennington, his wife, Arletha, and two sons, the other about 3 years old, to the Salina Cline. automatic, according to Chief Kiesel. The bills found matched serial numbers of the money stolen from Kansas City. Pennington is being held in Sevier County Jail. Mrs. Pennington has not been charged. Suspects Charged in Burglaries Sevier County Sheriff Lt. Jerry Nice items believed to have been stolen, said Howick and Conners are charged a load of wood in a truck and a trailer: in incidents on Jan. 13 and Jan. 29, and Lt. Nice said officers are continuing charges of burglary in connection with Livingston in the Jam 29 instances. to piece together other burglaries in the breakins at several summer homes and In addition the three face charges in area which could be connected with two lodges in the Fish Lake area. Wayne County for various offenses, these instances. Scott Howick, 25, and Michael including possession of a controlled Barrett Conner, 25, were each charged substance. Many of the stolen items were tracked to Salt Lake City and through with seven counts of first degree Howick was released earlier this burglary and five counts each of second week on $2,000 cash bail. The other two the cooperation of the Salt County Sheriffs Office, warrants were obdegree burglary, and Craig Livingston, are being held in lieu of $2,000 cash bail tained and searches made. 25, was charged with five counts of or $4,000 property bond. second degree burglary. The trio was arrested near Fremont Date for the preliminary hearing has by officers who discovered several not been set. Three Salt Lake City men were arraigned in Tenth Circuit Court before Judge Louis Tervort Tuesday, to face Sevier Population Reaches 14,742 in 1980 Census Count Sevier Countys official 1980 the following: population was 14,742, an increase of Hanksville, 358, 181; Bicknell, 298, some 4,639 over the 1970 figure ac264; Loa, 362, 324; Torrey, 140, 84. cording to official statistics compiled and released by the U.S. Department of Housing units in the county totaled Commerce. 848 in 1980 and 556 in 1970. Broken down The official figures closely match this shows the following with 1980 figure those announced in earlier preliminary followed by 1970: Hanksville, 160, 64; reports following last years; census Bicknell, 125, 92; Loa, 149, 112 and count. Torrey, 77, 44. According to the release, the county had 5,429 housing units in 1980, compared with 3,600 in 1970. The State of Utah showed a population increase of 339,737 for the decade, going from 1,059,273 in 1970 to Richfield City continued to be the 1,459,010 in 1980, a hike of largest community in the county, The preliminary housing unit count in growing to 5,483, compared with 4,471 in the state was 489,371, compared with 1970. Richfield was reported to have 315,765 in 1970, an increase of 55 per1,904 housing units compared with 1,469 cent. in 1970. The departments preliminary Figures for other communities in figures will be superceded by final Sevier County show the following, with counts which will be issued in the next the 1980 population figure followed by few months. G. M. Burr Marks lOOth 1970. G.M. Burr, who will celebrate his 100th birthday Tuesday, will be honored at an open house from 4 p.m. at DeKator Manor. Gilbert Morse Burr, or Bishop or Daddy Burr as he is fondly known, still is active in church and community life. He still lives in the family home on West Main Street he bought 62 years ago when he moved with his family to Salina from Emery. guns, are inventoried of Salina Citys garbage dump was discussed again at Monday nights meeting of the city council. , of a representative which is Engineering, assisting with the project, met with the council. Another meeting with state representatives will be held tonight (Thursday) in an attempt to acquire a site for the solid land fill. Tim Jones, Horrocks for state-owne- d land northeast of the rodeo grounds was met with less than an enthusiastic response from the state land board, which feels the land may be developable at some time in the future. A previous city request km Gates was commissioned to dig a test hole at the site to determine if there was sufficient dirt to cover the trash daily, as required. Questions also were raised at Monday nights meeting as to whether a county landfill might be developed, or the possibility of a joint landfill with Redmond. Councilman Lynn Reynolds motion to authorize Jones to prepare an application for funding from the munity Impact Board for planning for the new landfill was unanimously approved. Russell Holt questioned the Council about the pressurized irrigation system now being installed. He was read an excerpt from the irrigation contract, which concerns removal or destruction of plants, lawns, sidewalks, curbing, trees, shrubs, fences, signs or any improvements. . . . the ConIn such instances, tractor shall, at his expense restore the same to the satisfaction of the Owner and the Engineer. The costs incurred by the Contractor in doing so shall be included in the unit prices of lump sums Two new pieces of equipment for use in the clinical laboratory at Sevier Valley Hospital are providing better patient care and are a great help to doctors in treating these patients. Craig Smedley, hospital ad- ministrator, said the units, an Auto Cal Digital Flame Photometer and Cholride and C02 analyzers now make A breakdown of communities, with 1980 figure followed by 1970, shows it possible to run vital tests in the laboratory here instead of having to have tests sent to Provo for results. The units, costing $13,000, work in conjunction with each other and are semi-automati- c, performing rapid analysis on serum and other biological samples. They provide results in sodium, potassium, chloride, carbon dioxide and lithium content. Flame-Photomet- er forced into an excited state. Since these states are unstable, the excited atoms or molecules will return to the grounded state, dissipating the absorbed energy in various ways. One of these ways is light emission which is then ready by the instrument to give the amount of the element in a certain volume which is then compared to a normal range of individuals. Smedley explained that the tests are highly valuable aids to the doctor becau the elements are in ve' cate balance in the body and if they become unbalanced, it can cause many different kinds of symptons. r the Next council meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, because Monday, Feb. 16, the regular meeting date, is the Presidents Day Holiday. City offices will be closed that day . He said the principal of the is that substances exposed to sufficient high temperatures will be Housing units, with the 1960 figure followed by 1970, in Piute County, shows the following: Wayne County showed the largest percentage gain in population of any of Mr. Burrs stepchildren are Glen. the three counties, going from 1,493 in Palmer, Salina; Norma Blankenagel, 1970 to 1,918 in 1980. Forty-fou- r business licenses were accepted by the council. By use of known standards, the machine can be calibrated to give exacting results, Smedley said. He added that in order to keep up with todays modem methods of technology and to provide faster and better testing, addition of the units was vital, vital. A community breakdown, with the figure first, followed by 1970, shows Circleville, 442, 443; Junction, 151, 135; Kingston, 146, 114; Marysvale, 359, 289. Circleville, 190, 159; Junction, 92, 62; Kingston, 54, 38; Marysvale, 194, 148. right-of-wa- Patient Diagnosis 1980 y, y Using the old railroad from South State Street to the new park area along Salina Creek as an access road was discussed. Further study will be made before any decision is made. i housing units in the decade. The 1980 census figure shows 1,328 residents, compared with 1,164 in 1970. He can be seen on any fair weather day, working in his yard or walking up town, greeting friends and passers-bshe noted. he bids for the work. New Equipment Aids Piute County also showed a substantial gain, both in population and , by Chet Johnson, UHP, on hood of Salina City Council Considers Location of Garbage Elsinore, 231, 149; Joseph, 79, 46; Monroe, 576, 363; Annabella, 132, 85; Glenwood, 135, 79; Koosharem, 94, 79; Sigurd, 135, 83; Aurora, 258, 151; Redmond, 228, 145; Salina, 758, 488. Daughter Ardys (Mrs. Farrell) Crane said Mr. Burr is enjoying life, his family and friends. Douglas Palmer, Canada, and Donna Jean McClean, Oregon. All but $50 of the $6,250 stolen at gunpoint Friday from a Kansas City, Mo., savings and loan was recovered Tuesday afternoon by Salina Police and Utah Highway Patrol officers. Some of the money as well as two loaded hand- - Housing unit comparisons for the county shows the following, with 1980 followed by 1970: 2-- Moab; Arlene Smith, California; of Loot Elsinore, 609, 357; Joseph, 217, 125; Monroe, 1,475, 918; Annabella, 461, 221; Glenwood, 448, 212; Koosharem, 186, 141; Sigurd, 389, 291; Aurora, 876, 439; Redmond, 613, 409; Salina, 1,997, 1,494. Birthday Mrs. Crane and her brothers and sister, Morse, Elko, Nev.; Ted and Beth (Mrs. George) Jackson, both of Salina, and Lee of California, invite-theifathers friends to call and share his birthday with him. They request no gifts. Lots These symptoms can be helped by First Beam Up Workmen have put up the first beam on the classroom section on the east end of the new North Sevier High School. The winters accomodating weather has enabled the general contractor. Valley Builders, to catch up" with the original construction schedule. Work was sup posed to begin in August, but was delayed until October. Recent cold weather has slowed down bricklayers working on the west walls of the gymnasium. Architect Roy Silver predicted the building could be finished as early as February. I!W2, if work continues on schedule. giving the patient the necessary element until they are once again brought back into a normal range. These tests are some of the msot often ordered tests by the physician because of their great importance, Smedley said. |