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Show OL .' vl' Army Deception Charged in Bug way. Probe By GORDON EIIOT WHITE Deseret New ordered Gen. William Wasnirgton Correspondent -- Stare, head of the Army chemical warfare program to report to the subcommittee in writing within 24 hours of any atmospheric test of lethal materials. Rep. Reuss said such reports should be continued indefinitely. Sub committee members - WASHINGTON The made deliberate Army attempt to conceal its test last the year wliich preceded death of the Skull Valley sheep, Rep. Guy Vanderjagt, said today. V a n d e r jagt questioned Army witnesses at continuing hearings in the House of Representatives on chemical and biological testing at Dugway Proving Ground. t sharply $574,000 the questioned paid to ranchers for the loss of 6,400 sheep and damage to their ranges. The rangeland was certified safe last October by the Bureau of six Land Management, months after the sheep disas- The Michigan Republican said he could draw no other conclusion from the pattern of deception on the part of Dugway information officers. S u bcommittee Chairman Rep. Henry ' ; " .' S. Reuss, r v Vi, r ter. Rep. Reuss said he was disturbed by testimony that the L i, paid more than $66 a for sheep which had a of about $35. He said he ask the Department of Justice and the General Accounting Office to make an and determine investigation whether there had been violations of federal law. He said all or part of the compensation might be recovered, depending on the results of Justice Department findings. In testimony Tuesday, Utah said health officials that Army piece value would charges of permanent rangeland contamination and he death of 1,700 cattle outside the Dugway boundaries were simply not true. The charges had been made by Rep. Rich ard McCarthy, who declined to identify his source of information concerning the alleged range Lloyd, who said he had never seen the military map, maintained that the latest safeguards being taken at Dugway made the testing safe for surrounding populated damage. s the same time, scientific director, Dr. Mortimer Rosenberg, said late Tuesday that a small area, less than 100 square yards deep inside the Dugway fences, had been contaminated with a persistent gem agent likely to remain dangerous for five to 10 more years. Reuss displayed an Air Force map a -- permanently contaminated area warning at Dugway and, in effect, asked Rep. if Sherman P. Lloyd, he felt comfortable with such tests going on in his congressional district At Dug-way- areas. Lloyd told the subcommittee that ho doesnt like chemical and biological testing but that, with proper safety precautions, it is necessary in the national defense. Reuss attempted to show that Lloyd was influenced by the $13 million annual payroll for the Deseret Test Centers 1,500-mastaff, but Lloyd asserted he would favor minimum production, testing, inventory storage, and transportation mileage of chemical and biological warfare (CBW) designating n agents consistent with national defensp. He also suggested more public disclosure of CBW activities. Dr. Kent Van Kampen, an Agriculture Department veterinary pathologist stationed at Logan, said he was certain there was no widespread danger to cows from the 1908 Dugway accident. He did not rule out one or two cattle deaths, but said there were certainly not 1,700 killed in Utah. Dr. D. A. Osguthorpe, a vetto the erinary consultant USDA at Logan, told the subcommittee that the Army probably cost the lives of hundreds or thousands of sheep last year by denying his diag- - trw sJlr "n; I? it t V He was critical of the Army for failing to alert state and USDA officials after the accident in an air-dro- p test, and added that Dugway has not actu J!y improved its safety He urged improcedures. provement before such testing is dene in the atmosphere and that more rigid controLs be instituted on the Dugway test program. At the same time, in a Senate speech, Sen. Frank E. .said he would Moss, like to see nerve gas production, now carried on outside Utah, stopped to permit funds to be spent instead on education programs being trimmed by the Nixon Administration. There was no explanation of the map designation Tuesday, which seemed to indicate the contamination of Skull Valley last year. The area involved, about seven miles square according to the map, was outside Dugway boundary and Dugway officials said they knew of no such area. The contaminated area at Dugway, IJoyd said, has been quarantined since 1951, and has been heavily fenced and its access road continuously patrolled. Animal life in the area was estimated at less than ore per two square miles. The terrain is barren salt crust land in the western portion of the proving ground. DESERET NEWS 7 f nosis of nerve gas damage to the S ;ull Valley flocks. u SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Wednesday, May 21, 1969 College Athletics oil To Pay Way ' V VH :V,V , 1! B1 By LAVOR K. CHAFFIN Deseret News Education Editor ;,'V ,e Expenditures for intercollegiate athletics at Utahs seven pub- lic colleges and universities exceed rever.ues by more than $500,000 annually, based on the 1966-6- 7 and 1967-6- 8 school terms. This was disclosed today in a report prepared for the Legisla- tive Budget Audit Committee of the Utah Legislative Council by I 4Y C :k IS V.M r' X (' ' ' the Coordinating Council of Higher Education. The report was compiled by S. Bertell Bunker, the councils associate director for finance. JL W rt '! t N ' ' Wir?!?0s For the v& '' -Npw pftotof, by w, Pdrkef Hm a problm? tat 6 to 9 n, p.m. Monday through Friday, or writ ta Bax 1257, Sob LaktGty.lMiUUO. ttn scorn comoMlt of mort Editor's not: Tho totlowlno ouoitlon h Man toltowing on itam in th April M column about s spooch Mr nt to Do-ov. Ronald Rtasan of California. Tho orininal nuostlon is raprintad first.) It's A Good Story . n r . The Cokeville LDS Seminary is interested in an excerpt from a talk given by Gov. Ronald Reagan. It had something to do with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. He said some of the signers were questioning whether they should sign it. A man they had not seen persuaded them. They were in a closed room. When they signed it and turned around to speak to him, he was gone. Can you find this excerpt for us? M.N. Cokeville, Wyo. We are quite interested is your reference to au unknown individual who disappeared after making some emphatic statements at the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Gov. Reagan supposedly quotes Thomas Jefferson. Is there any place where this can be found and verified? Where did he get his information? Dr. J.R.E., Salt Lake City; Mrs. E.W., Centerville; Mrs. W.F.D., Fillmore; J.M.R., Provo; Dr. W.A.G., Salt Lake City; P.D., and othtra too numerous to mention. In the copy of the speech which Gov. Reagans office sent us, it says: Thomas Jefferson tells . . with no qualification whatsoever. But, in another speech where he mentioned the same thing, it says: Perhaps you know this legend, but Thomas Jefferson tells . . Dr. Dumas Malone of the University of Virginia, one of the top recognized experts on Jeffersonian history and who is currently writing a definitive, biography of Jefferson, has never heard of the story. A second source, a University of Utah history professor, says he has heard the story often but it is only folklore. No biography of Jefferson, we were told, chronicles this story. Another source wondered why men in public office dont check historical facts such as this before saying them in speeches. Good question! While Do-l- t Man was doing his research, a Kearns high school history teacher, informed us he had written to Reagan some time ago to find out where he got his information. He said one of his aides replied the governor heard It on the radio, but there was no basis for it in historical fact . The next to the last word belongs to Gov. Reagan or, in this case, his press secretary, who backed up our Kearns informant by writing: The quotation was derived from a radio documentary research by a writer several years ago. Unfortunately, the Governor has since lost track of the source which was named at the time. Do-l- t Man gets the last word, which Is: Legend or fact? Research brands this as an apocrypha a writing or reference of doubtful authenticity. five-volum- e Time U Key, But Can You Wait? We, a group of Granger residents living by a drainage flitch which drains into a canal that empties into Decker lake, ask for your help. Tho ditch is a terrible mess. Weve contacted many agencies but to no avail. It appears that it ALIN on Page B S See DO-IT MANILA, Daggett County second smallest school district, Daggett, has become the first to reach salary agreements with teachers in contract negotiations. It appears we have reached agreement on next years salDaggett Supt ary scale, Norman W. Long reported Tuesday. Under the agreement, the districts instructional staff members will receive salary increases from $643 to $1,200, depending on education and length of service and Including increments. The salary inrease figures include the annual salary increment and a $40 raise 16 on the additional cost of insurance, Supt. Long said. Starting salary for new teachers with a bachelors degree will be $6,500 on the new schedule. Salaries will range to $9,900 for teachers with masters degrees and 12 years of experience. The sala- ry scale for teachers with masters degrees starts at $7,605. Salary schedules for the current year ranged from $6,000 to $9, GOO. M e a nwhile, negotiations continued In Utahs other 39 districts with many administrators voicing doubt that agreements will be reached before school closes this year. In the Salt Lake trict, for example, Supt. M. Lynn Bennion said Tuesday, We dont anticipate we can sign contracts with teachers before school Is out. II said teachers will be asked to sign letters of Intent to give some idea about how many will be returning next year. City Dis- By ROGER PUSEY Deseret News Staff Writer to Evidence attempting show that Great Salt Lake is inaccessible was introduced today during a hearing to determine navigability of the lake and ultimate ownership of the lake bed. Martin Green attorney for the Justice Department, introe duced a exhibit containing excerpts from historical documents, books and other publications dealing with with the lake and some of the activities on and around it 285-pag- ONE WITNESS Authors of some of the excerpts from which he read said most of the lake is inaccessible. Green presented only one witness today, Elmer Butler, hydraulic engineer, U.S. Geological Survey, who described a trip he took in 1964 to study water inflow. Butler said the wst and north portions of the lake are relatively uninhabited and that he noticed only a few mining holes during the The testimony came during the final day of a hearing to determine who owns the lake bed and relicted lands around the lake and if the lake is navigable. It had been estimated there are $90 billion worth of minerals on the land. Judge J. Cullen Ganey, chief judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Philadelphia, was appointed special master to hear the case and will report his findings and conclusions to the U.S. Supreme Court. 1855 SURVEY At issue is the navigability of the lake at the time of statehood and the ownership of lands exposed by the receding waters since an 1855 survey. SECTION City, Regional Comics Financial reve- b y 1967-6- All athletic Bountiful, who was born in 1891 in Farmington but lived for 12 years on Antelope Island in the center of the lake, testified Tuesday. She testified her father was the superintendent of a cattle ranch on the island and took his cattle to market by boat to the mainland and then they were taken to market. She also remembered grain and buffalo being loaded onto a barge and taken to the mainland for a trip to market Green has said the lake cannot be termed navigable in a legal sense because there is no place to go on the lake and there was no reason for com-Se- e LAKE on Page fi-- S appointment of J, P. OK e e f e as metropolitan chairman for the National Alliance of Businessmen (JOBS) in Utah, was announced today by President Richard M. The Nixon. OKeefe, general manager of Utah Copper Divsion, Copper Corp., will have charge of the program in Salt Lake, south Davis and Tooele counties. The purpose of the program is to find jobs in Ken-neco- it B 1, 4, According to the Utah partment of Employment 2 6, 7 revenues, including gate receipts, student fees, game guarantees, gifts and grants and income from sale of broadcasting rights, are included in the study. Bunker said. Likewise, all expenses, including applicable coaching and other salaries and employe benefits, to athletes, team grants-in-ai- d and recruiting travel and game guarantees and indirect expense, such as applicable uni versity administration, general expense and mainteare nance and operation, included. Capital investment and depreciation are not included, Bunker said. Although the deficits are sizeable, they are less than some critics had charged. SCHOOL REPORTS All seven schools, the University of Utah, Utah State University, Weber State College, College of Southern Utah, College of Eastern Utah, Snow College and Dixie College, reported that athletic expenses exceeded revenues In both years covered by the study. With one exception University of Utah football for 1967-6all sports showed losses for both years. The study reported separate figures for both football and bas-Se- e UTAH on Page B-- S By M. DE MAR TEUSCHER Deseret News Political Editor PHOENIX The role of of the the federal Four Comers Regional DevelCommission came opment under scrutiny of three governors here today. Particularly under fire Is a proposal by W. D. Brewer, the new federal of the commission, to headquar- ter his administrative staff in Denver. Leading opponent to the move is Gov. Jack Williams of Arizona, who has the backing of Govs. Gil Rampton of Utah and David F. Cargo of New Mexico. CONFER PRIVATELY Most of the discussion came behind close! doors as the governors met in executive session end Williams and Rampton conferred privately prior to the noon opening of the Four Corners Conference. Opponents of the Denver s move cite commission specifying that the office of shall be in the Washington and in any othejr city or cities within the region. Denver is not located within the region although it is Brewers residence. Brewer was appointed to the post by the Nixon Administration to succeed Omen Beaty of Arizona, the first of the comnisjion. IXALSON MAX Also discussed in the closed door hearings is the relationship of Allen T. Howe, federal who is a liaison man with Congress and exec JBS Post For industry for the disadvantaged. It also has the assignment of helping students find summer employment. E res ALL INCLUSIVE In attempting to show the lake was navigable, assistant and special assistant attorneys general used long-tim- e Utah residents who remembered boating on the lake and some commercial ventures requiring boats. Mrs. Zella Walker Manning, trip. Car Stripped Engine parts, valued at $40, were stripped trom the car of Richard Barr, 1053-3r- d Ave., sometime Monday evening while the car was parked in the victims driveway. ($1,976,297.43) exceeded nues ($1,427,583.01) For the $548,714.42. report Accessibility Hit By Lake Witness Utahs year, total year, Sunny skies and a wanning trend always bring out the boats on. Utah Lake. The fair and warmer weather forecast for the coming weekend bodes well for boating and outdoors enthusiasts throughout the state, with temperatures expected to range in the 80s in northern Utah and in the 90s in the south. Warming trend is expected through the weekend with little or no precipitation exhigh pressure area centered over the Mountain West. pected, thanks to a Daggett Teachers Win Pact 7 expe nditures expend itu ($2,184,996.60) exceeded reve-- n u e s by ($1,541,865.21) $643,131.39, according to the Sunny Skies Call Boaters 7o Utah Lake to 1966-6- athletic Four Comers Draws Fire DeSe- curity, there are 12.460 disadvantaged persons who are training and remedial Howe reported to the commission today on progress made to date in the Four Corners area, which comprises parts of the states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. He said that a division has been made of funds remaining in the 1968-6fiscal year budget which will give each state an allocation of $711,250. 2 PROJECTS Two Utah projects have already been approved: the 9 Price River Water Improvement Project in Carbon Cuunly and a $55,000 im- $345,000 provement to the Gunnison Valley Hospital in Sanpete County. Howe said that each of the four states has now completed work on state development plans, Including projects to be by commission funds. financed Emphasis has been placed on projects in agriculture, uiurism and recreation, mineral and fuels development, r and potentials industrial development. HOLD MEETMXGS Howe Slso reported that highway officials of the four states are holding continuing meetings in an effort to develop plans fer access roads in remote desert areas of the four corners. man-powe- munity will equal and surpass the tesults attained in other cities. three-count- The program is aimed at school dropouts, youths under 22 years of age, persons 45 years of age or over, the handicapped and welfare re- coun- seling. Kennecott recently was commended by the government for its policy of providing jobs for minority groups. FIRST EFFORT Commenting on the JOBS cipients. JOHNSON PLAN Tne National Alliance of Businessmen was inaugurated by President Lyndon B. Johnson in January. Its goal was to have 500,000 persons on the job by June 30, 1971. in the nation's 50 largest cities. plan for Utah, OKeefe said, This first move is to quickly organize the businessmen of oar local communities to meet the challenge presented by underprivileged and disadvantaged citizenry in the midst of affluence. Government cant do the job without business leadership. We are confident that the Salt Lake business com s, 'ECeefe y in the area. The program operates on the principle of hire first then give employable utive director of the commission. He is a former administrative assistant to Rampton. Under commission Howe is charged with being the chief executive, and administrative officer of the commission. President Nixon enlarged the program to include the largest J. P. O'Keefe . . . heads program 125 metropolitan areas which brought the three Utah counties into the program. The 1971 employment goal has been increased to 614,000. |