Show Journal Tlhe Herald Covering Bridgerland - Northern Utah And Southern Idaho Vol 69 No 231 Logan Utah Tuesday September 26 1 978 1 8 pages 2 sections Fifteen cents Cost of living rises § during August - With WASHINGTON (UPI) stable the remaining grocery prices cost of living rose 01 percent in the second consecutive August moderate monthly increase the government reported today Although August's Increase in the Consumer Price Index was slightly higher than the 05 percent climb in July it equalled the second lowest advance of 1171 Priees had soared 01 percent between April and June before - responsible for the overall moderate increase of M percent Other sectors — such as housing clothing and transporation -t-urned about the same perfonnances as ba July' However medical costs soared 19 percent the largest gain of fee mainly a year- tapertagofftaJuly Since January the Labor Department said consumer prices have risen at a 85 percent annual rate above the administration’s yearena target of aboutfpercent In the period January through June prices had cUmed at an annual rate of more than 18 percent But the moderation of inflation during July and August has pushed down the annual rate to below U percent The Labor Department's index that measures food and beverages priees advanced only BJ percent and the cost of food purchased in groceries w as unchanged from July Fresh vegetable prices dropped shandy beef fell for the second straight month and poultry prices declined for the first time In These iy Grand old qnad istelf changes little The campus of Utah State University came back to full life today with the opening of fall quarter classes for several thousand students But with the new year new faces and a campus that is showing signs of rapid growth some things still don't change The quad is still a wide open and green oasis of No county commitment on senior center plan By Janeile Brown staff writer Suggesting that the Cache Comity Senior Citizens may be attemptini to put the cart before the horse the Cache County Commission this morning reaffirmed it could mike no financial commitment on a proposed addition to the county Senior Citizens Center until after it figured the comity's 1171 budget “Our concern is that we consider this request in December along with other budget requests for Commissioner Robert Chambers explained to three senior citizens representatives “We make the commitment when we approve the budget" OW Hyde president of the county Senior Citizens Board approached the commission this morning to discuss a proposed $200000 addition to the Senior Citizens Center The senior citizens are asking the in” t UEA keynoter announced SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — Bess Myerson former consumer affairs commissioner for New York City will keynote this year’s Utah Education Association convention Oct 54 Ms Myerson will speak on the general theme of the convention “What's Right with Education” Other speakers include Dr Elliott Landau professor of child growth and development at the University of Utah and Warren G Hill executive director fo the Education Commission of the States Schools across the state will be dismissed for those two days so an estimated 14000 teachers can attend the convention county to provide $150000 for the project “I Just want to know if you're for or against the project" Hyde told the commission "One of the reasons I want tojsjktoyou is to convince you the senior citizens should “ receive a high budget priority’' Senior Citizens member Lee Olsen and Fred Niederhauser architect for the project accompanied Hyde at this morning’s commission session Olsen voiced his support for the project stating he felt the senior citizens urogram was very worthwhile “I agree 100 percent that the program is worthwhile’7 Commission Chairman Ray Theurer said “But when you come in and ask us to commit ourselves — that isn't lawful We can’t go out on a limb before we review our 1070 budget proposal” The commission advised Hyde to submit a formal application to County Auditor Bob McCann for the $150000 budget request submit the application In other business this morning the commission discussed with Bartell Cardon director of the Bear River Community Mental Health Center a “Speaker’s Bureau” program the center has instigated Cardon explained that members of his staff would be available to speak to church civic and private groups on a variety of subjects related to mental health Cardon distributed a pamphlet to commission members outlining the new program “This represents our first formal venture out into the community ’’ Cardon said “We're planning to meet with various religious leaders and inform turn about what services the center can offer” sunny quiet amid the confusion (Herald Journal photo by Paul Carter) v In the food sector the (hpartminf said fresh vegetable priees fen 17 ‘ percent conaflerahly more than in June or July Beef poultry and pork costs also feu and coffee costs dropped 4J percent last month - sharply higher prices lor rags fruit cenu and oakery products care ser Charges for rose ifpenent in Augnrt about twin the rate of increases in the past Charges for hospital rooms root LS percent dental services wont up 1 percent and doctors fees advanced If percent 'j - Both the dofetag and entertainment The housing index rose 17 percent the second smaDast of the rear The ipmeteaat Interest rates meftt and prices of homo property maintenance and repafr rooe sharply Charges for etadridtj docSad Labor report Department slightly for the second straight BMnth separate which showed that - the average but charges for natmral gas rose L4 American’s buying power fell percent twice the rates of June and percent last nmnth and was down 15 July the department sail The bramaontloa index Increasod percent from August 1877 5 percent in Aafust beiqw tho The government said Its price index for all whan consumers which in-average 17 percent rties ta each of the months pweedthi eludes about 80 percent of the The AMist increases ta fee new and wkimt i nondathw and fa the armdexs— 8 percent and 12 stood at measurement of 197 means services That goods and the feat cost $100 in 1187 were priced at joiner than in recent v 1971 The somewhat encouraging inflation news however' was offset by a Inside today II official of the Utah Association of Counties says The is Herald Journal An tot “reckless and irresponsible" Letters 14 About Cache Jack Anderson Jim Berry 1 Births Classified ads Comics Crossword u 2 15 5 14 14 Editorialopinion Foreign editors say 9 9 Horoscope Dr Lamb Letters to the editor News of record Obituaries People Sports 14 2 4 11 4 9 3 4 Theaters Utahldaho roundup Weather Generally fair and warm weather will continue the next couple of days in northern Utah and southern Idaho according to the National Weather Service Daytime highs will be in the low 80s with lows in the 50s 4 Rachel not yet conscious - LAKE CITY (UPI) The awakening process is slow but lSfeandd Rachel David is showing new signs every day of consciousness says her doctor SALT J J $197 J8 last momh r ! The LabdPDnartment said that fee stable food price performance was prices wife tip Strike stalls most rail service in US - Several hours after the nationwide action began Burger lifted an injunction which had Mooted BRAC members from spreading the NAW Rail WASHINGTON (UPI) vice was stalled today in much of the country as the hnontlHdd strike against the Norfolk & Western At strfte to 12 other tees that have been the Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger cleared fee way for an even wider walkouL ' Most passenger and freight trains in fee Northeast however continued to helping the carrier with financial aid In a brief order Bwger said ho ted vacated the imjmmctfton Waiter con- suiting wife other members of the court1’ Hb action left open fee possibility that even more lines would be added to the dispute The raflroads have provided NAW with $901000 a day through a Railway Co expanded nationwide roIL Early today members of the Brofeerooodof Railway and Airline Clerks set up picket lines at key terminals crossings and interchanges where NAW exchanges freight ears wife other carriers In all 42 railroads were involved a union spokesman said aid strike insurance pemsiac 4JB0 NAW decks walked out woifcruieandjobprotectioaissues The raflroads o4 fee (CoattanedonpageS) F"! V Death toll now 151 in worst U§ plane crash ever SAN DIEGO (UPI) — It was a balmy moraine warming toward 100 degrees the hottest Sept 25 San Diego had ever known The sun was brilliant in a dear sky when there came a boom like thunder and an awful rain Pouring from the sky over a quiet residential neighborhood came fire and steel and people dead and dying Hollywood movies have fantasized and idiots have warned of similar disasters A small Cessna its idiot practicing instrument landtags dipped a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 at 3000 feet But it was real— too horribly real Within minutes at least 151 people — all those on both planes and more than a dozen on the ground — perished in the deadliest aviation disaster in US history People on the ground watched in horror as fee blazing fusdage plummeted into the quiet neighborhood like a blockbuster bomb leveling homes in a tumble of flying wreckage and fiery blossoms of burning Jet mangling and incinerating fee occupants beyond identification A professional Hans photographer Wendt happened to be nearby and took pictures as the Jetliner its whig aflame toward earth plunged nose-firBodies rained down They smashed to earth in yards crunched onto roofs and sidewalks and snagged in trees Two falling bodies crashed through a car’s windshield and killed the occupants a woman and her baby Ghoulish looters scurried into the bur- fuel st 15 onlookers for disobeying police orders to leave the area “I looked up and heard what sounded like a bomb” said Mrs Joseph Alessio who was among the witnesses who watched in fear as fee crippled Jetliner began to burn explodeand fell out fee sky “I saw the tail end of the plane come off Logan native on plane n man Don Parsons Ashwas among the victims of Mon1 day’s collision of a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 and a small Cessna A Logan-bor- croft 42 over San Diego 134 aboard Its right wing afire a San Diego residential neigh- toward plunges borhood Monday five miles short of the airport The A letilner with let collided with a Cessna 151 persons S k 172 Death toll is at least An engineer employed by a Sacramento firm he resided with his wife and five children in Sacramento A son of Theron and Lucretla Parsons Ashcroft Don moved from Logan to Cedar City wife his family when he was 2 years old His father taught engineering at the College of Southern Utah until his retirement A graduate of Utah State University in engineering Don Ashcroft is survived by his wife Maurine Stuck! Ashcroft and five children of Sacramento his parents of Cedar City and five sisters two of whom reside in Cube Valley Mrs George Pond of Lewiston and Mrs Gertrude Toolson of SwitfhftoM and two objects fell from fee plane I guess fee first was part of the tail and the second a person God it seemed Ifoe R took forever to faU” said Andy RussdL The crash killed 121 people aboard fee PSA flight — including the seven crewmembers and 21 other PSA employees flying as passengers -t- wo in fee Cessna and at least 12 on the ground The single engine Cessna 172 carried a flight instructor and Marine sergeant David L Boswell 25 of Oceanside CaliL an experienced pUot practicing instrument landing techniques A force or180 Marines was posted around the wreckage to guard against more looting and coroners officials said they expected to continue working at least an day today to identify the dead from fee pieces “There wasn’t a single entire body recovered on the whole Mock” said coroner's supervisor Warren Chambers The crash demolished fee Jetliner wrecked aa eight-unapartment building leveled U homes and seriously damaged five others setting the block afire Bodies were difficult to find in fee smoking rubble “The intense beat of the fires didn't leave much of anything” Police Chief Bfll Koleader sail “I’ve never seen anything so bad in my 22 years of it police work” When heavy equipment lifted a Jet engine one of the few remaining identifiable pieces of the PSA plane the bodies of a woman and five children were found beneath ft The PSA flight was heading for a landtag at San Diego International Airport Lindbergh Held ending a flight from Sacramento and Los Angeles f |