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Show DESERET NEWS Utah Faces Flood Threat Floods are possible, he said, Salt Lake, Utah, Weber, Morgan, Iron, Washington and many other counties. Hubert C. Lambert, state engineer, said he has obtained excellent from cooperation water users and reservoir companies In planning release of water to provide maximum safety. By CLARENCE S. BARKER Deseret News Staff Writer years. Hampton Donald Norseth, member of Lamberts staff, said crews had reached the upper and lower Enterprise Dams Friday and had opened outlet gates so that reservoir storage will he available when needed most. BELOW COMPROMISE David B. Gardner, Utah Lake and Jordan River comsaid Utah Lake missioner, now is .4 of a foot below compromise and will reach compromise level by April 1. This will cause considerable flooding, he predicted. e Since last October, the UTAH on Page B-- 3 of 1932. DANGER AREAS Bob L. Whaley, snow survey supervisor for the U.S. Soil Conservation Service for Utah, said his March 1 report shows many areas of danger from flooding. Lark Miner Still Missing By JACK MONSON Deseret News Staff Writer Faces Doctors Utah is facing a crisis In care for the public because f iarge numbers of doctors are JjU)6ing thPir liability insurance J$id can t work without it. One insurance firm cancelled j med-Jdfc- ( out-Se- The Utah Bankers Association Monday said it was not at all opposed to a bill that would allow the state to invest millions of dollars now being held in public funds. The bankers, meeting with sponsors of SB205, the State Money Management Act, said their proposed amendments had been misun derstood and misrepresented to the public. Sponsors of the bill, with State Sen. Brockbank, VV. R-Sa- lt Hughes Lake, acting as chairman of the meeting, agreed to accept some of the amendments, but refused to consider others offered by the bankers. KILLED BILL And Brockbank, at the cona clusion of the haif meeting, told the bankers, "you have effectively killed tills bill. He said this was accomplished by delaying their introduction of amendments so long that the bill may not have a chance of passing. The bill itself, which had been scheduled for debate Monday, (See Senate Story on Page hour-and-- Threat "policies held by 133 doctors in LARK Rescue workers, moving at frustratingly slow speed through muck and debris in a tunnel at the Lark Mine, still held out hope today that a miner trapped since Saturday may still be alive. Tony Bullock, state mine inspector, said the crews have not uncovered a lunch bucket or any clothing while clearing a path through the tunnel. lie said he was still optimistic that possibly William Vernon (Buck) Jones, 61, 46 Allen St., Midvale, had gotten into another drift, or subtunnel, above the one where he was when the tunnel working before reaching the spot where Jones was last seen. Specially trained men called timbermen are assisting in rescue efforts at the cave-l-n scene. row only two or three men can be in there working at one time, he said. caved in Saturday about 11 a.m. Bullock said workers had 12 feet to go to the end of the rockfall, which occurred In a small passageway about 4U miles inside the U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co. mine. The men are working on an incline in the passageway now and they must move very slowly and carefully through the fallen rock. Bullock said the rescue workers may get through the rest of the rockfall in eight or it may be three hours more shifts. We send down an eight-ma- n team to work shifts of 10 hours, but the shaft is so nar tempWorking in eratures, the men are removing fallen slabs using shovels, Meanwhile work is going on pick', air drills, and other small hand tools. in the rest of the mine where The mine inspector said if underground shafts nearly 500 Jones were caught in the miles in length honeycomb rockfall his body jwill be the earth. . uncovered as the 'workers At 2 a.m. today a long move along the narrow pas- train-lik- e series of cars pulled to the mouth of the mine and sageway. Bullock said rescue workers unloaded its nearly 200 tired could see from one five-fominers finand section, or set, in the tunnel ishing their regular shift. vehito the next one, but not on As the large multi-ca- r cle deposited its load and through to the end of the tunmoved to a nearby parking nel. shed, a smaller type trans-Se- e Hp said they had another five-foLARK on Page R section to go through around-the-cloc- ot Wind, Snow Wallop Utah Education Formula: More Leadership, Less Authority 5 - - SECTION Zvietro City-Coun- ty B-- S one-bloc- k Tag Subcontracts - i 4 A-- l) was discussed in the Senate this morning. W. Peter Billings, attorney representing the UBA, denied Sen. Brockbanks charges, and said, If we had wanted to be dirty, as you have Implied, we could have waited until you hadi it out on the floor to introduce the amendments. WONT OPPOSE said the bankers Billings would not oppose the bill even if their amendmertts were 'not adopted. However, he said. If they are accepted, the bankers would support the bill. There's a difference between not opposing and supporting, he added. Meanwhile, two state senators took the floor Monday to criticize what they termed undue pressure from the press and Strong canyon winds whipped communications media urgout of the Wasatch and Uinta of the legislation. passage ing mountains the and night during said. They were designed not Sen. Wallace H. Gardner, today, merely to serve students needs, Fork, who is a banksome but those of the community and causing said he was not speaking er, damage the nation. If some youth are minor for or against this legislation and power outbut added that I resent the crying help, their elders are ages. tactics of the newsstrong-ardying hold fast." A storm movThe mass media, particularly papers and television of the past few days in support of the bill. television, and permissive par- ing across the Monday ents must share part of the DUCKING DUTY most blame for the present situation. bypassed I particularly resent the Students learn very much out- of northern Utah, of these editorials implication snow in fell some areas of the side the schools, he said. moun- that the Senate is ducking Its in the south, particularly Not the blackboard, but the duty, he continued. tains. lighted screen has been their he declared that "if this Is teacher. The spectacles on Monticcllo had five inches of the most Important piece of legwhich they have grown up have new snow and Cedar City four islation to come out of this sesincluded armed battles so that inches. It was still snowing In sion, it should have been introtwo peaceful blacks could enter duced much earlier." the universities of Mississippi those areas this morning and Where have the hearings also at Duchesne and in Price and Alabama . . . been? he asked. Why is it Every day they saw schools Canyon. only now that we are getting in the national news. But conTravelers warnings were out constant pressure from the sider the image. Small wonder for snow and blowing snow in newspapers and communicathat their attitude toward the south today, but the storm tions media to act? schools and their behavior with-Se- e is moving out and clearing will He said that the Senate is See BANKERS on Page B--3 SCHOOL on Page B-- begin this evening. again state 3 Tuaiminiel InkoDD k dirt-soake- d February and another 100 are ; facing the loss of this protection. An additional SO have been told their insurance will not be renewed April 1. Cancellations for the states i 1,000 physicians are snowballing J so that for the most part, insur-- . ance will not be available in the near future, said Dr. Homer E. Smith, president of the Utah , Medical Association. i, , Without this insurance coverage for possible malpractice suits, doctors cant risk contin--; ued practice or they might be wiped out financially, he said. 'Doctors have no choice other Iwisdom to offer effective alterBy LAVOR CHAFFIN , than to close the office door and sa'( Editornatves J discontinue practice," he said. Deseret News Education The main appears problem Those who have had insurSAN FRANCISCO We must to be impatience on the part of ance cancelled and cannot obrely less on authority and more students and rigidity on the part tain other policies must either on leadership to reshape Ameri- of their elders, he said. Tacti; move lrom the state or retire if can education to meet the needs cally, the corresponding sins , they are older. of youth. Utah already suffers from a This is the conclusion of Dr. are coercion by students, defensiveness by administrators. . serious doctor shortage, espe- -' William B. of Boyd, The schools do need to president dally in the rural areas. Spe- Central Michigan University change, he said. cialists are lacking even in the who today delivered one of the Our Institutions are not reallarger cities, Dr. Smith said. most talked about speeches at ly ours, but societys, Boyd i ' The problem with insurance the 53rd annual convention of will keep other doctors from the National Association of Sec: cbming to the state to practice, ondary School Principals which he said. B said will close here Wednesday. Insurance executives His talk centered on what is their companies are losing one of the conventions top conmoney because of many suits cerns student activism and and doctors judghigh against unrest. awarded ments by juries. student radicals believe , .This is not the fault of the thatIf coercion is necessary to social is This a doctors. prob, a we must change, produce lem, caused by a segment of have the to oppose courage unscrupulous persons greedy who file suits at any pretext and them in those tactics and the juries that grant exorbitant judgments," said Robert R. rjspnntag, manager of U.S. Fidelity A Guaranty Co, Most insurance firms handling this kind of policy reported losses last year in Utah. One noted it took in $18,000 in premiums and is facing an estimated 200.000 in payments on claims for the jear. cggoirag-moiniiui$IAs a result, ore company is getting out of this end of the business, another will only write fulfill in correcting the probBy JOSEPH T. LIDDELL renewals and then only for doc' lem. Deseret News Staff Writer tors with no claims against Crellin said he thought the them, while others are 'getting City officials today sought engineers had as a roucity very strict about issuing pol- Immediate ways to reinforce tine check" given an okay on ices. a sagging utility tunnel con- the plans at the time the tun(At the start of, this year the necting the Salt Lake nel was constructed. r insurance Rating Board boosted and the Building Commissioners also asked Ip&tes on professional liability Metropolitan Hall of Justice him to check whether any 30 cent. 25 to per J average complex. r. payments were still due on Some doctors who have had The tunnei celling "is in the Metropolitan complex See PHYSICIANS on Page danger of collapsing, Assistproject, which included the ant City Engineer Alvin long $500,000 tunnel. Mason reported. B. Commissioner George jl $91 .7 Million The tunnel sill (floor) also Catmull, In charge of engi'.On is evidencing slight uplifting neering, said, We will have to take immedate steps to from underground soil presJ WASHINGTON The De-- 1 sure, engineers said. correct the danger." He We are writing a letter partment of the Navy said this arranged another conference Harold K. J week thkt the value of subcon- - today informing for the afternoon with Crellin Iracts Issued in Utah for the Beecher and Associates, to discuss the legal problems. Polaris and Poseidon missiles architects, of the tunnel Public Safety Commissioner i W ould total $91.7 million during danger," City Atty. Jack L. James L Barker Jr., who ! the current tiscal year and Crellin, said. City Engineer personally Inspected the tunt $107.7 million the following Joseph S. Fenton was composnel this morning, was meeting with engineers to determine letter. the ing jear. f Two Utah firms, Hercules at Commissioners expressed whether the tunnel should be Bacchus and Thiokol at Brig-ha- alarm over the tunnel danger closed for safety reason While calculations by City, have developed and and asked the city attorney to Edmond W. Allen, structural motors for the U.S. determine what part the city would legally be required to engineer, provided for aeight submarine missile programs. ; oil By DON WOODWARD Deseret News Business Editor Rocky Ford Dam has been under restrictions for many attended part of the meeting and obtained assurances of mutual cooperation between state, county, city and federal agencies. Larry Zimmerman, hydrolo-- . gist in charge of the U.S. 1 Weather Bureau here, reported that precipitation this winter has broken many records paralleling the flood year INSURANCE IFnmds ; a hazardous situation, and the 1 1 pp$Mmi many cases reservoirs are being kept below carrying capacity so they can absorb runoff when this heavy comes. The upper and lower Enterprise Dams are potentially in trol. L. 1 Hanikeirs Cfeom j absorb runoff Capitol. NO AUTHORITY Harmston said no agency now holds authority to dictate how water shall be retained in reservoirs or released to provide for maximum flood conCalvin 4, 1569 March In Jtate Gov. Tuesday, in Additional storms heavy during March, followed by sudden warm weather, could serious flooding in J areas of Utah. jnany ! fills was reported r.t a flood control meeting of many ; agencies called by Gordon F 'IIarmston, executive director, Jitate Natural Resources Monday at the i SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH load of 1,150 pounds per square foot against the tunnels exterior surfaces, ou calc Rations show the actual load is 2,100 pounds per square foot, Mason stated. He said the four-incseven-fowide tunnel is buried beneath 16 feet of water-soake- d soil. Apparently designers took into soil account an eight-focover, engineers computations showed. eight-foot-hig- A collapse of the tunnel would sever steam and condensation pipelines, telephone and power lines which service the Building off the Metropolitan complexs power and steam plants, officials warned. Slim steel posts Installed to hold the steam lines and conduit in the tunnel are buckling and twisting under the load pressure. The posts never were intended to supCity-Count- y port any weight other than the utility lines which they hold in place, Mason explained. No Must Here My son Is buying a car and paying monthly payments. However, he Is due to go Into the armed seniors soon and the payments are too high for him to meet with his Army pay. Must the finance company adjust these payments or Is It optional with them? Can you quote a government reference which states they must adjust or give a moratorium on debts in cases like this?- -J. O. K., Loa. P.S. I am listed as r. No must here. Finance company not obligated to do any adjusting, since the agreement is a matter of contract. You and your son better try to persuade the finance company to rewrite the contract for a longer term at a lower payment. Incidentally you are legally responsible for the debt as r. They're Working On Plan Why can the students from Olympus High School tic np traffic for 10 minntes on 23rd East. Theres a stop and go light 20 feet away to cross on, bnt they ignore this and cross in the middle of the block to go to seminary classes and this goes on six times a day. The traffic la backed np constantly. I am not the only one who would appreciate some help. Mrs. R. S. K Salt Lake City. Theres someone else that would appreciate some help, too. The Sheriffs office. Theyve contacted the principal of the school and the seminary in an effort to have a system established so that someone (a student) can supervise crossing of students with safety and to eliminate the traffic backup. Hope It works. New Approach Saves Space Sometimes minor business complaints get Do-Man down, and likely bore some readers, so we'll try a different approach in reporting them. Saves space, too, for bigger and It better problems. . R. L. H. of Salt Lake City has received word that hell be getting his fuel Igniters from a N.Y. company. A Chicago mail order house is looking into Salt Lakes G. C. P.s complaint they have not gotten a credit for a $14.98 chair cover , which they returned. A book club told Mrs. B. P., of Layton, they were sorry, and that theyd sent her another cookbook set to replace the one she didnt receive. A N.Y. automotive firm spent a terse note to P. P. of Riverton: Refund is being made right away for the G. T. energy chamber you ordered. Meanwhile, on homeground, a S.L. firm, which was supposed to give Mrs. R. M. 230 quarts of dried milk, for buying an electric sink, but didn't, now says they'll deliver it to her home in Price In the next few days. Last but not least, Do-I- t Man restored two children's faith in Santa Claus (we hope) when he was able to get a Chicago company to give their parents (Mr. and Mrs. C. A., Farming-ton- ) a personal telephone call and tell them the 1898 Spit-ti- n Image BB gun and the "Talking Barbie Doll were being shipped at once. Both were replacements for merchan- See DO-IMAN on Page B--3 T |