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Show r-- 7 V She w I A w 7L fga X W't ' k; t 4 C i ' t 7 9 J ' T s f v - w 4 Wss N 4S;Av it. H f H ? 197.1 V . i - Nf- i csMAV Vn 21 C. t ?i Ij. - ' '.v. fr V" 4 it-- 9 css, v s $ " Sport- - Id N; i I Loral News. sci limi , ' '.f Saturday Morning. -- ri'oilil " X JP Eribtmc August 25 - b ; i Salt fake TV Todav IaiK 2( w pm 1 ' tv' X lt I : v ' Low Flow m Ruins Fisheries K 'V Ht, I r . Ss', $ s By Robert S Halliday Tribune Environmental Specialist i $ &' , i I i s U s j, it i - v ? s a f J' ' s $ i v X' L. rS ,Cr 4 f . - x HV V, i, w1 L$ .4 ' iV t' $ low voluim of water The pre-ebeing released through the new Soldur (reek Dam into Strawberry River which is the minimum flow proposed under operating criteria for the Bonne- lln lint Central Itah Prop-c-- t is destroying fisheries along 15 to .ll miles of the river, a state agency and env spokesmen said Friday Soldier Creek Dam completed last spnng sin or seven miles downriver from the present Strawberry Reservoir Dam. is part of the Bonneville Imt, designed to more than quadruple (he capacity of .he The natural river flow had reservoir been allowed to bypass the new dam until June 30. when the flow was completely cut oft at Soldier Creek Dam for a trash fish eradication program in the river between the two dams The dam closing bv The I' S Bureau (if Reclamation was done at the request of the State Division ot ttildhte Resources to prevent the pm son (rotennne. used to kill tiash fish) from coing on downriver Trash Fish Killed , nt t s , ' W' r nliies?ShWx J.'" , Sorensen is consoled by a passer- Tribune staff photo bv George Carolyn Brewer sits patiently waiting for arrival! the rescue unit to free her. She was trapped er and Finally freed alter wait, she is lilted to streteh- - eon-oher car after collision with rtady-m- i erete truck. Door latch had to be cot to free her. Ji f by. She sutfered A a broken leg. non-ment- The trash fish were killed to keep them from becoming part of the reservoir population when the old dam is breached and the entire reservoir is backed up behind Soldier Creek Dam Despite the June 3(1 water shutoff, the river bejow Soldier Creek Dam was kept alive by the (low of Willow Creek, a tributary two miles below the dam which had a flow of up to 15 cubic of water at feet per second (second-feet- ) that time. according to Palmer DeLong special assistant to the regional direitoi Buieau of Reclamation and former protect manager for the Bonneville Unit dlow Creek flow has since dropped to between five and seven second-fee- t and at the request of the fisheries people we started releasing four second feet through Soldier Creek Dam a week ago (lug 17). Mr DeLong said Adverse Impact In Terrace Demos to Open Annual Meet, Choose Leader tah Democrats will squeeze in a day of receptions, seminars and dinners Sat urday as thm gather for the annual part' convention at p m in The Terrace. 4i4 S Main said his department expected some temporary adverse effect from the dam closing for the eradication program Our concern is that the situation could become more or less permanent, ol water now since the four second-fee- l being released from the dam is the min mum proposed release under operating Mr criteria for the Bonneville Urn! Out people examAndriano continued ined the stream Ale didn't find any dead lish But all the large fish are gone caught by fishermen in the remaining pools Need 12 Second ! eet river fisheries could be maintained with the minimum for Hie water release programmed Bonneville Unit, as proven by the preswould ent flow A flow of 12 second-fee- t maintain fishery in the nver, he added He indicated the not Mr As for the present situation DeLong said that as Willow Creek flow decreases vie will increase the release at the dam hope to shortly reach the of minimum How the fisheries people recommend In the meantime. we are analyzing the etfect on biological and aquatic- life, with various vnl thflow of in river" Mr DeLong unit's e sjid Ihe rivet shutoff action and water impoundment at the new dam is considered legal by the Department of Inteiioi, ac cording to a spokesman Protest Damage "The Department takes the position that, following guidelines of the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), any program like the Strawberry project which was substantially under way prior to NEPA effective date, could be continued pending decision on the prn(eet s en- " In- said ii orinn-nt.i- l impart stu'enn-nThe damage to straw berri Kivu fishery was piotested Fiui.iv bv environmental organi'ations unhiding Dot SE (Defenders of Out Utah Streams and Environment i and the Sierra Clot) - 4806-174- 0 conciete Her car stiuck the frame of the Ernest Clough, operator of the rescue unit, using a power saw Sail Lake County Fire Department ambulance drivers and deputies also had difficulty in removing her because of her injured leg The truck, ow by the A and L Con-f- t etc-- '0 . 67 E 8000 South, was driven Clifford Rees, 49 East truck just in front of the rear wheels and was spun around out of the wav of the wheel ,, saving her life. Deputy Fletcher said ru-- She was pinned in the vehicle until the door latch could he cut off by Deputy 71)36-130- Boy, 11, looses 1 Former t ite senator, Thorpe B W has been designated chairman for the convention at which speeches will be delivered by Sen Frank E Moss. Gov Calvin L Rampton and Reps Gunn McKay and Wayne Owens On Tour, Moss Foresees Even Chance F or Replacing of Kaiparowits Plug two-ter- Jefferson-Jackso- fund-raisin- e n Day Banquet in The Terrace with the featured speaker. Sen Adlai Stevenson 111 of Illinois The banquet begins at 8 p m Pre-Dmn- - PRICE Sen Frink E Moss. foresees a slightly better than even (hanee" that Intonor secretary Rogers c B Morton will replace to the controversial Kaiparowits power project in Kane County Reasonable Man The fact Mr Morton indicated later he would take another look at (lit controversial project 'was. in itself, an exMoss Sen pression of good faith. And the set is a rea explained who 1 hope, will look sonable man at the companies' siutiy wilh openness and a new viewpoint I m going to try to assuie him. ton, that were very concerned about utilizing I tab's vast coal resources," the Itah snlnn continued billmn-dolla- project's einnonmental impai t No Direct Reading Stevenson will participate in a reception at the Ramada Inn. 1000 S State, for the One Hundred Club, an organization of sustaining party con- tributors Delegates to the convention also will likely ballot in an election test for the position of party vice chairman Incumbent Val J Boothe. Bngharn City, and Marion Peterson. Salma, have announced they're seeking the post Party Secretary Beverly J White. Tooele, and Treasurer David Duncan, who is also the state too treasurer, are seeking had a dnect reading from Morton himself. Sen Moss .aided, noting the secietary currently is on an But the documents I believe, trip now are on his desk I t las-Ka- n These studies, he explained, contain t findings amassed by Kaiparowits backers specifically, the consortium of two California and two Arizona public utilities environmental-impac- Jr i'nbuno Staff Writer The US Buieau of Reclamation and the Duchesne County sheriff agreed !ri day that two signs warning of danger on the old US 40 highway wlieie it heads are "ado Reservoir into Starvation quate." despite the fact that three persons have drowned there in less than a which spent a companies and some $1 million m hadn't subpreparing the documents mitted them to Mi Morton before he lf distance from Navajo' " another power plant project in ex'reme northern before dawn Thuisday Larsen Jr, 49. Salt Lake sedan down the former his U S highway and into the reservoir about three miles west of Duchesne where the highway suddenly disappears under the waters of the reservoir A to see." and added that they show better at night than in Ihe daytime up Mr Hudspeth says a motorist has ap000 feel of proximately warning from the first sign to the water The first sico The second reads stmplv "DANGER Road Area reads "Reservoir sign Signs Big Enough' Duchesne County George Marett. sheriff, said Friday that the signs are blind big enough for a man two-third- s - Praises incident nuurred at r am Sept 18 1972 when a took the same road into the reservoir One nun drowned and ano'her was rescued An identical 1 I nit he praised IT&l.s unit generating there as "a power source one with very little degradation to the Tlu- - 4 0 ODD kilowatt first environment unit currently complete vv ill go on stream next June Accompanying the senator in three planes were several of his staff aides, top company executives and newsmen E Allan Hunter UP&l. president, noted that cost of Huntington's first generating unit origmailv was placed at $91 5 million But due to inflation and environmental protection requirements. its price tag now reads $119 million At Huntington, coal-fne- Sllt-nnllio- n d three-lourth- IPiL-chartere- s d ' " He said they will be "looking at it but "I really don t know what we can do " s Dead End " Both are in red on a white background The first Closed sign is about 10 inches by 30 inches second four feet by eight feet it the He added that a proposal is being d tn remove a small portion of the i t want to Mr Hudspeth said he bloc k off the road, now used tor a boat ramp, and stop people from enpiying dm-si- 'v pavement stretch to create a short "warning A RH A AAsa. it . ' ' - X t ft UMhwLR s 0HAD vA - . , w v:., . , Cs f.7 4 $ U'&iV . J ' ' 4 t ti S - , , ,t ' tmek-eanpe- Mr Hudspeth said the fact that there Genes lmt index finger was severed between the first and second knuckles by a lavvnmower blade about 11am Thursday No one was at home so he rode to 400 West where his mother was 326 notified by phone A (.old Cross Ambulance crew and Mrs LitineU arrived and located Gene s finger and it was sewed back on at University Hospital Mrs Litinell said she found the finger but she told the ambulance techm- eian to pick it up What ua; Gene's reaction to the w hole thing He was a little bit scared but he was more worried that 1 would be mad at him. his mother said FFACR VOIP and his passenger, Mr Larsen 33. Marysvale. Thomas !arr were unable to get out of the car m 10 feet of water and drowned Skid marks leading into the water, originally thought made by the Larsen car, have now- been attributed to some other vehicle, according to the sheriffs office probably a car pulling a boal out of the water s Jfi City-drov- 16 What does an hoy do when he tuls otl his finger If the boy is Gene Litinell son ol Mrs Donna Lmnell, M2 Center St (.ill North), he jumps on his bike and rides seven blocks to gel help and then worrn-that his mother will be mad at him fler the senatoi s plane touched down m Puce when- the party left for he voiced "consul Huntington by auto eiable reassinanu that the proposed plant site is considerably removed from the reservoir " And while its location on the high plateau indicates smokestack effluents would be widely dispersed with low lev els of concentration "a pljnt there must be engineered verv carefully " Pair Drowns In the hours Rides for Aid Arizona Dick Hudspeth, safety manager for the Region 4 office in Salt Lake City, said one ol his satety engineers examined the ate Friday and concluded the signs are sufficient warning They (the sheriff's office) and the Bureau of Reclamation feels they are adequate. he said Robert Finger Signs Adequate at E. Utah Reservoir have been two accidents there "concerns us" because the same signs writ- - theie at that time 1 year Friday s trip was ptim.tnly to view Utah Power & Light Co's rising Huntington plant in Emery County. 28 miles south of Price. Sen Moss said he "wanted to see the plateau s relationship to the lake (Lake Powell) and also its While The Despite Deaths Knudson y The senator, who flew over the pro posed site in desolate southern Itah mi Friday morning, said he believes the In has genuinely retenor Department i examined the data on the Reception By Alax B i V Chief business wdi be election by the delegates of a slate party chairman have announcements John H Klas. incumbent, seekagainst a challenge of ing Fred Demman Jr . former Salt Lake County party chairman The day's activities will conclude with a ejected last June ajipLcalions foi neces for building the sarv federal permit power facility nother study Sen Moss continued, contains reassessments by a governmental task foiee winch eat her rejected Kaiparowits foi environmental reasons Lance Gudmundsen Tribune Staff l iter Rv ( hief Business 12 second-fee- t Highland Dnve East, sufCarolyn Brewer. fered a fractured right leg and lacerations in the collision Deputy Shenff Dan Fletcher sa.d Miss Brewer was northbound on Highland Dnve when her car collided with the east bound truck which was loaded with - Controversial Project Sen He Special to The Tnbune A H0LLAD4Y Salt Lake woman was reported in good condition at Cottonwood Hospital Friday evening where she was taken after being pinned m her automobile for more than 30 minutes after it collided with a ready mix concrete truck at 4500 South and l pre-dinn- This amount ot flow is proving to have an adverse impact on 15 to 20 miles ol fish habitat below the dam. reported Donald Andnano. chief, fisheries section. State Division of Wildlife Resources The large fish are gone The water is so low. the big ones (mostly brown trout) congregate in the pools in the river bed and aie easily caught by fishermen " Rescuers Free Woman Trapped in Car Crash J j is first indication ! This sign motorists on t old L.S. 4t 'i : v to at I . .Al Stan ation Reservoir that danger awaits. Road drops into water. J 4? . , i, v vVVAv' i.'j . This second sign is about .500 feet from reservoir where two I rf , ; " r v - Vj1;..' ' i - , iA6 ACx 4f men drowned Thursday. Officials daini two signs are adequate. , f W zs m I |
