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Show xfj? - lmj-- n , . w ?. jrmiynorTpnT See What You're Missing ' DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Tuesday. April 8, 1969 ' By LEO PERRY Deseret News Staff Writer PROVO When red smoke began to pour out of the tall smoke stacks at Geneva Works, Utah Valley residents were able to see what they had been going without in air pollutants for several jears. fil .I. Police Mop Cooperative -- For some 40 hours, a general overhaul and improvement of air pollution control units at the open hearth required shutdown of the waste gas cleaning facilities. During that 40 hours, valley residents were able to see just how much improving results Drive Aunti-IDinu- ig e control from the system, which combines electrostatic precipitators and wet two-stag- By ROBERT L. MULLINS Deseret News Staff Writer Noting that legislative attacks on drug abuse have caused very little decrease in drug usage, the Salt Lake City Police Department today proposed a program Involving education of students, parents, businessmen and police officers. e The plan is part of a report prepared by the Depart- scrubbers. ADVANCED SYSTEM The cleaning system is the most advanced in the industry for preventing air contamination from open hearth steelmaking, and residents of the valley said they were "ready to believe it" alter seeing how it used to be. While the crews had the 120-pag- ments kv"- - equipment down for cleaning, they initiated several refinements including installation of mixing chambers in a common collector main. Tills improvement is expected to insure uniform handling of waste gases for improved efficiency of existing units. Thick, black smoke belches from steel company furnaces an ugly reminder of the bad old days. same time, the crews carried out other repair and maintenance on electrostatic At the precipitators and water sys- tems. Hie large crew of maintain-er- s worked around the clock period to during the complete the project and return the facilities to full operation as early as possible. INSTALLED IN 1958 The electrostatic precipitators were installed in 1956 in an effort to decrease air pollution. The addition of wet scrubbing units in 1962 rendered the stacks obsolete and idle under normal operation conditions. The sophisticated cleaning system captures all smoke and waste gases from 10 open hearth furnaces in a common tpain more than 13 feet in diameter. The waste gases next are e diverted into eight systems for cleaning, first by e 1 e ctrostatic precipita tion, then by water from banks of two-stag- Pollutant-fre- e white steam billows forth, after powerful sprays Inside scrubbing towers. The scrubbing system then emits billowing plumes of steam. Geneva officials even tried to pick the best time of the year to make the cleaning im NARCOTICS MENACE GROWS By GARY BLODGETT - A generFARMINGTON crackdown on all known narcotic users and pushers was announced here today by Sheriff Ken Hammon. al He told a meeting of deputy sheriffs that drug traffic in Davis County is "hotter than a pistol and must be controlled. "We will begin the campaign by contacting parents of all known juvenile drug addicts, users and their associates and ask their support in curbing the illegal drug use," ' Hammon said. He added that all deputies will be given a list of known drug users and pushers, their description and method of if possible, and operation, these suspects and their associates will be stopped and searched. also will be Deputies drive-ins- , teen parties and socials where drugs might be passed or used, the sheriff said. He noted that an educational campaign of visits to schools, civic - and church groups to make county resi- - checking 160 Scholars "J is Day for the 168 finalists in the 1969 Scholar Awards Wednesday the judges will choose a winner and two in each category. Program. Names afternoon the Wednesday 14 in each of 12 finalists will be intercategories viewed by panels of judges at the University of Utah. . be kept secret. Sterling three-memb- er , Interviews will begin at 3:20 p.m. and will proceed according tq individual schedules mailed to the principals of participating schools. Sterling Scholar finalists who do not know their time of interview should ask the principal of their school. Finalists from Salt Lake schools are ' scheduled first with Granite, Murray and Davis district schools following. High schools in JorCity dan District, Utah County, Weber, Box Elder and Cache counties follow in that order. Generally, schools nearest the U. of U. are scheduled first, with schceh farthest way scheduled last. run-ners- will be of winners will All awards announced on an hour-lon- Academy Awardlike show to be simulcast live from Kearns High School Auditorium by KSL Television and KSL Radio. The program will begin at 8 p.m., April 15. Winners will receive $250 in cash and will be eligible for a tuition scholarship from either the University of Utah, Weber State College, Utah State UnYoung iversity or Brigham University. Scholar The Program is sponsored jointly by the Deseret News, KSL Radio and KSL Television, with cooperation of the State Board of Education, U. of U., BYU, USU and WSC. Its purpose is to recognize outstanding high school seniors and to excelscholastic encourage lence. Sterling -- We have done much in the past but will do even more in the future to stop this dreaded rise in drug abuse. Drug and narcotic use has not been restricted to the criminal element but has crept into some homes, Ham- City police departments the county are throughout also campaigning against drug abuse. Bountiful, Layton and Clearfield have at least one officer assigned to narcotic investigations, it was explained. Two county deputies and one Bountiful officer will be sent to Washington, D.C., in August to attend a Federal Narcotics School. two-wee- k Face 'J Day' Wednesday dents aware of the danger of drug use among teenagers will be continued. of the finest mon added. Dial and Safe Streets Act of 1908. was auThe application thored by D. Dan Detton, director of the planning unit, under supervision oi Police Chief Dewey J. Fillis. It has been submitted to the Utah Law Enforcement Planning Agency for its approval. CRIME FORECASTING Hoot problem! Dial 4 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, or writ to Sox 1237, Salt lota City, Utah 84110. Turnabout Action I bought a car with a 50,000 mile warranty. On a trip to California the engine went out in Las Vegas, My dad towed me to Riverside, Calif. This was in Sept. 1987. A firm there did $182,47 worth of work but they were not author- - ' Led dealers and we paid rash. However, they had from the official representative of the make car I had bought. The car had only gone 13,000 miles. We have keen Lying for a year and a half to get this money back but iiie company reiusts because the repair order didnt show the cause was a defect in factory material or workmanship, Can you get some action?--- G. E., Salt Lake City, r Among other facets of the attack on crime the report proposes a program to use the to computer departments so as areas crime high predict best to possible permit of officers for deployment picveiiilun and appi ehenaiun. Six sections of planning and research are contained in the application which will be followed by a more comprehensive and refined report to be submitted to federal agencies in June. These include prevention of detection crime, improved of crimiAnd apprehension nals, upgrading law enforcement personnel, improving of remodeling. The smokestacks stand obsolete. community relations and prevention and control of juvenile provements. They consulted State Department, delinquency. with the U.S. Weather Bureau Utah County Air Pollution at Salt Lake City and submit- Committee and the State Air SPECIAL TRAINING ted their plan to the Utah Conservation Committee. The proposed attack on drug abuse would include a "comprehensive research' and planning effort to provide the of necessary understanding abuse. use and drug drug Educational efforts would include training of police officers by drug authorities and at least one day of using visual aids, films, brochures, pamphlets and lecCity commissioners agreed today to redistrict Salt Lake tures. Citys six municipal voter wards, provided a census supports be would Presentations the changes. to small groups of parmade City Recorder Herman J. Hogensen said he would confer ents by police officers and with the U.S. Census Bureau and the Salt Lake City Board of volunteers, including universiEducation before making recommendations to the commisstudent specialists. ty sion. The recorders office supervises elections in the city. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL The board requested reapportioning of districts after last Novembers election indicated the six wards are "unequal in The education of businessmen would be accomplished population. Wards 1 and 6 each tallied approximately 13,500 voters of 49,470 for the city in the Nov. 5 election. Other through the Salt Lake Busiwards ranged from 4,129 to 6,924 voters. nessmen's Executive Council, a group already set up to coCity officials noted the school board takes an annual census. The board's totals may assist city officials in reapporoperate with police in crime and community prevention tioning without a census. received-authorizatio- I Hammon said Deputies Leo Monks and Floyd Dansie will represent the county. Officer Ronald Ballantyne will be sent from Bountiful, said Chief Dean O. Anderson. BYU Student, 3 Injured COVE FORT, Millard Coun-t- y One Brigham Young University student was killed and three others seriously injured at 5:45 a.m. today when the driver apparently fell asleep and their small fornear eign sedan went off six here and overturned times. Dale J. .Fernelius, 24, Spring Valley, Calif., the driver, was killed, according to Utah Highway Patrol. Injured were Lynn L. Jones, 21, San Diego; his sister, Lola Jones, Provo, and Austin Bruce Judd Jr., 24, 274 N. 500 East, Provo. The group left San Diego Monday at 6 p.m. and had been traveling all night. ' ... Wed like to think that this turnabout action was all due to Do-I- t Man, but re likely it was because the auto ament investigation from all sides Industry is beset i,, ew car warranties. due to complaints aoo,.. ; - Ida, I Mean Hazel, It's Fixed id 5 One way would be to go to a lawyer whod go to court and get order for change. Another way would be to have your aunt take the Bible to the bureau and have them verify the listings. But, the bureau people are so very helpful, they checked the records of the LDS church and verified your blessing certificate. As of now your certificate has been changed to read Hazel and not Ida. And youll get a copy of the certificate right away. And free, cause Do-- Man paid the $2 cost. It s i Some Minor Problems Among several minor, but plaguing problems, cleared up by Do-- Man in the past week, were Mrs. B. S.s difficulty in getting a sofa manufacturer to come to her home and replace a lost button. They had been promising her for a year Man theyd be right out to do this. They told D-Mrs. B. of Layton said she couldnt get a $181 overpayment refunded on her mortgage with a bank. Said theyd promised it in eight weeks, but it had been more than that. Shell get her money but will .have to be patient as it sometimes takes 90 days, or more, to clear up all paper details. It It As usual we got more photo problems, one involving a White Plains, N.Y. firm. Seems Mrs. V. H. N. didnt get her photo. But now it has been shipped. And another one involving a firm in Philadelphia which had been doing some advertising work for a California firm. They are returning N. B.s money, and setting a tracer on the film, apparently lost B W tho vohimo a mall (Editor! Nola: Wora wry th numiwr ot cam maka N impoitiMo to onswor ovary ouaation. Ploasa. no mad leal or lasal mvatopos ot omwars can ouattlana. Don't nond ataman or tho hourt omcrlbod. Olvo your noma, add root and totaphono ttumbdr only ha a van hi ttilt column. Only aunitiana at sanaral tntaraat will ho onawarad and tataphonn calls can he occootod only an the Do-I- t Mas phone Men help you.) hut In help Do-net for nuhitcotlon it 1, City, Regional Comics 3-- 8 2 GOP Aide .Keynotes Challenge Week By KATHY CRACROF1 Deseret News Staff Writer Students have a "right and to evoke "evoresponsibility lutionary, not revolutionary change, Republican campaign worker F. Clifton White told a University of Utah Challenge Week audience Monday night. In a keynote address which five 69, opened Exposure days of speeches, films and plays on contemporary issues, White said students could more effectively carry out their reform projects without destroying Americas existing institutions. "Both political parties are open organizations, open to everyone. Once a member, your opportunities for political activity, influence and power are essentially limited only to your own abilities and initiative, White said. Tonight at 8 p.m. communi- cations expert Harley Parker The Impact of will discuss Media on Society. On Wednesdays Challenge agenda will be the Rev. WiThe New Molliam Glenesk, at noon; James rality, Priginore, The Fellowship of A Scenic Poem in the Ring Nine Episodes after J.R.K. Tolkien, at 4 p.m.. and Dr. How Truman C. Madsen, Can God Die in a Mormon Community? at 8 p.m. Monday Vance Packard, social critic, journalist anu author, told a audience standing room-onl- y hat "wondrous technology has yielded some unexpected Earlier fruits. he said, has created a "hedonistic, nar-- c i s sistic, wasteful" America. The nations "undue reverTechnology, status-consciou- s, ence for technology, Packard said, is responsible for "disillusionment among modern youth. Any perceptive kid will become a cynic by age seven. In a society that spends $100 million annually on bubble gum, more money yearly on greeting cards than medical research, and more dollars each year on advertising than on its entire public school system, the government has delib- erately persuaded Americans that living on credit has become both moral rnd fun, Packard said. 4 Korea and Vietnam which we could not settle in the usual forthright American way. Accompanying this scientific increase is, ironically, a "flocking of Americans to astrology, Packard said, probably because this "quackery offered a neatly arranged universe with the individual still at its center. Dwight David Eisenhowers death, he said, marked for many Americans a "farewell to a simple, more pastoral way of life. Now we are a nation of strangers, with the average family moving 14 times" in its existence as a family unit, He cited a "most exquisite example: a Chicago billboard which reads, Now you can borrow j I am trying desperately to get a birth certificate. When I was bora my mothers name got on my certificate instead of mine. I wrote to Hie vital statistics bnreaa in S.L. but they ' tell me I most have some proof before my 18th birthday. My aunt la Tremonton, who told me about yon, has a family, Bibib where everything la listed. My name is H and fiat certificate says Ida. Mrs. H. B., San Jacinto, Calif. , ' relations. The report noted that one of Salt Lake Citys most pressing needs is "proper education centering upon the extent of drug use, the various forms of drug use, the effects of drug of abuse, the identification drug users and presentation of better alternatives for prevention of serious drug abuse. SECTION t I Health Cove Fort Crash Kills . Man quotes from the final letter received by this complainant from the motor company in Detroit; We hav carefully reviewed your letter and complete history file , . In view of . . . we must decline your request for reimbursement and void your warranty . . . t t So we too carefully reviewed all the correspondence and sent off a fast letter to the man who signed the above letter and got a fast reply; "We have carefully reviewed your leL we are making a special serv-ic-e ter and comments within adjustment for $182 47. We are pleased to inform you that arrangements have been made to issue a check in approxi, mately five weeks. j, Do-I- Voter Ward Change Due? Davis To Crack Down On Drug Users, Pushers Deseret News Staff Writer Research and efin an Unit Planning federfort to qualify for al funds under the Federal Omnibus Crime Bill ! enough pletely out of to get com- debt The American character, originally molded by the frontier, was marked by individualism. optimism, high enerdrive and gy, competitive scorn for authority, Packard said. But technology, far from giving Americans a new sense of power in "inventing" the future, has instead "deflated the American dream, the writer said. The new American mood is one of "complexity and confuhe said. "Technical sion, innovation gave us the on to embark messy situations such as Packard said. and industry, Government reconciled bv a "new peace," See EXPOSURE on Page B--8 1 ' |