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Show T,tl0 fire threatened grain fields of area es Monday afternoon. Two planes loaded with retardant were dispatched from Helena, Mont blaze burnMonday to fight the 4,500-acring out of control in Box Elder County. e Sfibtnw TV Today Page 18 45 Planes Battle 3bt ranch- Started Snnday Night The Earlier reports from the Wasatch National Forest and Bureau of Land Management Fire Control Offices indicated that two other planes and 20 hre fighters had controlled the blaze. But the Montana planes were summoned when the lightning-cause- Utahs largest in recent days, started Sunday miles south of Snowville. The area is primarily sagebrush and cheat 14 night grass. Two other fires started Monday afternoon in Tooele County. The BLM dis y- yy - iff l4440'.p4 0"' Box Elder Blaze -Acre patched men to an area west of Clive, half way between Salt Lake City and Wendov er, to fight a fire caused by lightning Fifteen men were sent to another grass fire on the west side of the Cedar Mountain range by the BLM. Hot spots still burned on Skunk Ridge in Skull Valky in Tooele County. The 2,000 acre fire was contained Sunday. grass-sagebrus- h blaze, d "Tm were not considered a threat Forest spokesmen said the fire danger continues A blaze of about 170 acres was burning in Nevada, close to the Utah line but a BLM spokesman said it was being handled by Nevada authorities. 4 Small as critical. In Brigham City, a lightning storm at struck the city generator east of the city knocking out police communication for several hours. Officials estimate repair costs at 19,000. Weather forecast for Tuesday indicates the possibility of more thunder1.30 p m. Monday Fires In addition, four small spot fires were reported in the Wasatch National Forest of the Ogden-SaLake City district. Spokesmen said ihe fires, caused by lightning, were controlled quickly and lt storms. Local News Sports Tuesday Morning, August 21, 1973 Second Section Page 13 , - , x t t j "Tj n - ft. 3 Court Rule Only for Mane Doe r 4 fee ?r r ' v7Tv'v f 60itpm- Not Decided . But the judgesVTfavid T. Lewis, Willis W. Ritter and Aldon J, Anderson, have not yet decided on that issue and to remove the immediate urgency of the case while they study it further, issued the interim order granting for the plaintiff only the relief sought; that is, an abortion. Mr. Evans said be could not speculate when the judges will finally decide the case and wouldnt be surprised if the decision took a week or a month. Black Market? IRS Probing J Investigation continues into reports of black market beef in Utah, the acting district Economic Stabilization manager. Internal Revenue Service, said Mcnday. Karl Nash said his office is checking out every complaint we get on this. Beef is being traced from pasture to meat counter in an effort to pinpoint any violations of the beef pnee freeze. However, he added that no complaints have been signed. He noted that because a store has beef, that doesnt mean it is black market. He said some grocery store operators are buying beef from farmers at any pnee and then turning the animal over to a processing plant. There has been no change in the matter. We are pursuing it and we do get these calls and we send investigators out to check on things, Mr. Nash said. t v - v J?1 ? V c 4 4 Jf f fF i X. J-- - ii , S&s i4 f A v V- - I ft Battered truck lies alongside tracks after it crashed into a Logan Mayor Cries After Plea of Guilty LOGAN (AP) Bursting into tears, former Logan Mayor Ted S. Perry pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of violation of the Utah Public Employes Ethics Act Logan City Judge Zachary Chaplain fined Perry $200 and said that there would be no jail sentence. Perry was charged last Friday with participating in a business transaction with a bank of which he is a director, by County Attorney Burton Harris. The charge, with a possible penalty of a 2299 fine and six months in jail, said that on March 23, Perry had Logan City Corporation funds withdrawn from First Security Bank and deposited in the First National Bank. He is a director of the First National Bank. The action was taken contrary to the direction of commissioner Russell J. Fjeldsted, city superintendent of finance. Breaking down li tears following the guilty plea, Perry said, I violated the statute I am very sorry for my action. I I train and exploded when it hit the signal pole in hackground. , ',, , " k Tribune staff photo by George Douglas Lee Curtis, one of two men Involved in truck-trai- n crash, is carried to ambulance after Truck Hits Train By George A. Sorensen Tribune Suburban Editor SANDY-- A Salt Lake County man was killed and his companion was injured Monday at 12:42 p.m. when their pickup truck dammed into a train and exploded first receiving quell fire in ; - Mrs. Ilene Colton, 25, 1537 Luella Cl., West Jordan, who was nding with Miss Karla Robb, 16, 4755 W. 5015 South, said the pickup had passed them a short distance away from the crossing. stopped on just north of the the train approached the crossing. 5 I started up thinking that this crossing has been the scene of several accidents as I saw the train going south and The driver hit his brakes and the the pickup east. at 412 W. 9000 South. pickup skidded into the side of the train I didn't see the hit the train at an angle. It then rolled off the train because it was on thepickup Richard Wayne Harper, 19, 4293 Diana other side, but the and exploded, she said. Way (4035 South), died later at Cottoninstant I saw the smoke, f realized there wood Hospital. Douglas Lee Curtis, 32, had been another accident, Trooper Passenger Smiles 142 W. 8835 South, is listed in fair condiMiss Robb said the passenger smiled Mattingly said. tion at the same hospital. at her as the pickup passed them. Suffer Multiple Injuries Trooper C. M. Hendry, Utah Highway I just laughed and then it hit the Trooper Hendry said both men were Patrol, said the fact Mr. Curtis was train, she said. thrown from the vehicle, probably thrown from the car helped save his life. the left side, and thus were not through said he had Mattingly Trooper Witnesses, including Trooper R. D. burned. However, both suffered multiple Mattingly, said the pickup truck was injuries as the 1971 pickup with a small eastbound when it struck the second diecamper on it was destroyed. The camper Denver and sel power unit of the was hurled seural feet down the tracks Rio Grande Western Railroad freight from the burning truck. train. Bill Shepherd, Public Service CommisHurls Truck 15 Feet sion investigator, said toe tram was travThe Utah Law Enforcement Assist28 The truck was hurled 15 feet into the ance Agency has been granted an eling at miles an hour. the of base signals guarding the crossing run at the scene show the pickTests advance of $100,000 on its requested fiscal and then spun off for another 42 feet to was about 25 miles an hour at 1974 doing up to year planning funds, according where it burst into flames. word received by the office of the goverimpact, Deputy Sheiiff Ray Bmkerd, who The fire was quickly brought under nor Monday. assisted in the investigation, said. control by the Sandy and Midvale Fire Funds are made available under the A third injury resulted when Trooper departments. 1965 Omnibus Crime Act. Mattingly cut a finger on his left hand as 64-c- It was an error in judgment, the former mayor said tearfully. The pressure of the office can get to you and you dont think clearly. State Crime Agency Gets Cash Advance County Animal Controllers Take On New Look Stray and unruly beasts may not be impressed, but Salt Lake County's will be animal contri specialists sporting a new loook and equipment. Commissioner Ralph Y. McClure Monday demonstrated the countys move to upgrade the image and efficiency of its animal control department when he unveded two new trucks with individual cages for dogs of guilty was the second blow to local government that Logan has faced within one week. Perrys plea Last Wednesday, Commissioner Glenn Nielsen was arraigned on one felony and one misdemeanor count for allegedly using his office for private gain. Nielsen has denied the allegations. A. Sorensen Fireman on left helped started by explosion. pickup aid. Kills 1, Injures 1 ... and cats and even a carcass drawer. The $7,132 bill for each is through a low bid from Gordon Wdson Chevrolet. And two more should be in the 1974 Mr. departments budget, Our old trucks were just cages on the back of pickup trucks, the commissioner said. We'd pick up s dog or two, tfkn wed have to go to the shelter. McClurg added. The compartments, he said, should let the truck stay out several hours at a time. The cages also are insulated for summer and winter comfort. Along with this will come a new $400,000 animal shelter and uniforms for the specialists be was cutting the trouser leg of one of the men so that a splint could be put on a suspected fractured leg. The impact of the piqjtup against the signal base was so great & rail protection bar was uprooted. Trooper Hendry said. Both men are t employes of the DeWayne Construction' Co., and were driving a pickup registered to that com- r. pany. This is the second serious accident at the crossing this year, Mary Kenney colliWood, 77, was killed in if train-ca- r sion there Jan. 14. The Highway Patrol said that the d crossing lights were operational at the time of the accident. Officers said apparently the driver did not see the LShts. rad-roa- H, s - U.S. Census Bureau -- Taking Job Survey The U.S. Census Bureau Monday started conducting its regular monthly survey of employment and unemployment in the Salt Lake area. The survey runs through Thursday. Local households in the survey are part of the 50,000 across the nation that have been selected to represent a cross section of all households, said Walter A. Freeman Jr., director of the bureaus Data Collection Center, Denver. The survey is taken by the bureau for the U.S. Department of Labor to provide information on the labor force. Dan's on Vacation Dan Valentine is on vacation. His column, Nothing Serious, will resume upon his return. By Clark Lobb Tribune Staff Writer "There are scores, even hundreds, of community activities in which the retiree can and should become involved. Fishing, hunting, woodwork? Sure, these are fine. But to stay in the stream of life you need more. You need community activities says Douglas O. Woodruff. Such was the word from Douglas 0. Woodruff, 78, 372 H St., national president-elect of the American Association of Retired Persons a man who practices what he preaches. He has flown 150,000 miles in the last year in pursuit of his many objectives one of them being to contact the governor of each state to tell him about his ideas on retirement and programs for what he calls '.he "oldsters. Mr. Woodruff, chatting effortlessly at his attractive and comfortable Salt Lake City home, gave the impression that here i? a retired man (for 10 years) who really knows what its all about. That he docs. Douglas O. Woodruff Senility sets in with inactivity. 3 ? - fi 3 Senility sets In with inactivity. Withwithout something to out objectives work for you wilt on the vine. f t h, i W: 1 if- ' ,Ph hv... M Keep Active, Retiree President-Elec- t '? a . Receiving CjSs Weve been getting calls from docMr. tors and prospective patients, Evans said, and weve been telling them to refer to the statute. The statute prescribes certain procedures under which abortions may be performed in Utah, he said. Were taking the position we still have an abortion statute," Mr. Evans said. The temporary injunction barred the state from prosecuting those involved in the plaintiffs abortion, he said. The abortion was performed last week. The suit bad been filed against the state as a class action which would bring in all Utah women situated similarly to the plaintiff. ' f J iv ;j Last weeks decision by a three-judg- e federal court panel okaying an abortion for an unnamed Jane Doe plaintiff has not liberalized Utah abortion laws but instead applies to that one woman alc.ie, according to a spokesman for the Utah attorney generals office Monday. William T. Evans, assistant attorney general, said the order by the three judges specifically bars Utah from enforcing the new abortion statute contained in the new Utah Criminal Code effective July I against the one woman. & y ' By Dave Jonsson Tribune Staff Writer ' J i Claims Activitys Key He could talk for hours about bis ideas, about his plans for toe association, about his garden, about his summer home at Smith and Morehouse 11 miles east of Oakley, Summit County. He is completely dedicated. Remaining active is toe key to successful retirement, Mr. Woodruff said. Too many retiring men and women go into retirement with toe idea that here is a chance to catch up on my loafing. They think theyll dedicate their time to their hobbies and then oy discover many times that hobbies can become chores when they are the only tiling occupying the retirees time. He said he likes the term remaining in the stream of life. A. This just about sums up what were said the new national talking about, chief, who will assume office next Apnl during the associations annual convention in San Diego. There are scores, even hundreds, of community activities in which the retiree can and should become involved. Fishwoodwork? Sure, these are ing, hunting, fine. But to stay m the stream of life you need more you need community activities.' Mr. Woodruff plans within the next few months to visit the New England I JMk irflfc 0 J' dtv. da- t Urges Elderly governors (hes saved toe intermountain chief executives until last for the winter weather) So far, he has had interviews with 21 governors. His message to each is the same Look for positions oldsters may fill, oldsters who certainly are still bright and alert. Change toe laws in your state which discriminate against them and see that new laws are passed to aid them. Would Change Regulations He said the AARP has a national legislative council and soon will have state legislative councils to see if laws or regulations can be changed to make it not mandatory for retirement at 65 if that person is fully capable of performing adequately for many more years. These councils will not only look toward passage of new legislation, but will also see that present laws which are discriminatory are taken off the books, Mr. Woodruff said. Th former manager of toe University of Utah Union and instrumental in 1927 in establishing the firs. Union at the institution, Mr. Woodruff said the AARP represents toe largest Volunteer organization in toe country. He and other officers serve for expenses only. Paid staffs are set up in 10 area offices. Our special concern nght now is legislation affecting housing, transportation, anything affecting retirees, pensions he said. Our primary goals are for proper housing, health, income and transportation, not necessarily in that - '' ' order. Chance to Plan Ahead? The association also has a program for men and women 55 to 65 who are thinking of retirement soon and who have the opportunity to plan for toe years ahead when the regular job Income just wont be .there. ,) It' is important that these people realize what is ahead, that they join in toe fight for fairer laws and regulations for retirees, Mr. Woodruff said. Taxes and loans are two problems facing retuees, he said, faxes are levied regardless of the persons income and present a real problem to those cn & SeePage35,Cc!czat |