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Show weet Cherries By DeANN EVANS and DOROTHY REA Deseret News Staff Writers Utahs commercial sweet cherry crop has suffered a crippling blow dealt by heavy rains over the past 10 days, with most extensive damage occurring in the Provo-Orearea. A Deseret News survey of prime growing areas today showed that the excessive moisture has caused a large percentage of cherries to split, making sales to commercial buveis impossible. The fruit will still be usable for local consumers, orchard owners reported. Utah County fruitgrowers have lost from 50 to 90 per cent of the sweet cherry crop. An estimated 30 to 40 per cent of the crop is ruined in the Davis County area. Box Elder County sweet cherries have also suffered damage, but few orchards are operated for commercial sale in that area, according to Box Elder County Agent Ray Burten-shaTotal damage has been estimated as high as $1.5 million by Joseph H. Francis, state commissioner of agriculture. He said 5 to 6 million pounds remained on the trees when the rains came, with 98 per cent now unmarketable. The growers loss may be the publics gain. Although the cherries are split, they are wholesome and edible, and most growers are allow Board Proposes TAD As Colorado Alternate By GORDON ELIOT WHITE Deseret News Washington Bureau A federal advisory comWASHINGTON mittee suggested today that Tooele Army Depot be used as an alternate site for the defusing of more than 1.6 million nerve gas bomblets if safety factors prohibit the work being done at Rocky Mountain Torrential rams split cherries, ruining thousands of tons of Utah's commercial crop. ing the public to pick them for their own use at a cost of only 10 cents a pound. Idaho cherries suffered the same fate, with about of an unexpected near record crop affected by the moisture. Doyle Symms, of the Symms Fruit Ranch at Sunny Slope, said the loss could run as high as $500,000, since only 50 carloads of an expected 250 had been picked and shipped before the rains hit. Inspection of the orchids in Provo and Orem presented . two-thir- Arsenal in Denver, Colo. Utah County Agent's office. Davis County Agent L. Darrell Stokes said the damage varies from orchard to orchard in the Bountiful area, with some growers reporting extensive damage. According to Francis, the See GAIN on Page B--2 DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH B 1 Thursday, June 26, 1969 at the By MAXINE MARTZ Deseret News Staff Writer Utah skies brightened up today and theres hope that the monsoon season may be about over. Some show- ers may con- tinue over the mountains this afternoon and Friday afternoon, but the of probability Clearing measureable rain has dropped to; 20 per cent. Sunshine made periodic appearances throughout the day, giving the mercury a shot in the arm. By Friday highs should be up in the 70s in .the north and 75 to 85 south. upper Lows will be in the 30s and 40s. Meanwhile, Salt Lake City tallied a new record low maximum of 62 Wednesday. Previous record was 64 set in 1952. Salt Lake Citys low was 49 early this morning. Bryce Canyon had a 33. High for the state Wednesday was 92 at St. George, but most readings were in the 60s. Other precipitation amounts for;the 24 hours ending at 5 a.m. today were Hill Air Force Base .43 of an inch, Blanding .23, Bryce Canyon .08 and Wendover .07. An additional .28 of an inch of moisture brought total pre- - r ' Salt Lake cipitation Airport to 2.83 inches for the month, just .10 below the record of 2.93 set in 1947. With five days left in June, this record very likely will be broken. storm left Wednesdays more snow in the mountains, rain at lower elevations, some hail at Bountiful, and a few' lightning strikes and short power outages. Lightning struck a tree at 1777 Princeton Ave. about 3:30 p.m., splitting it down the middle and knocking off all the bark. Heavy rains of the past 10 days have caused most creeks and rivers of northern Utah to rise slightly and some minor local flooding could occur along the Wasatch Front. The Weather Bureau River Forecast Center said soils are now well primed from the rain of the past several days See SUN on Page . B-- 6 B City, Regional 1, 2, Financial TV Highlights Obituaries Weather Map Action Ads 4-- 13, 14, 24 10, 11 12 14. 14 14-2- 3 health director The reappointment of Dr. G. D. Carlyle Thompson as director of the State Health Division stands, the State Health Board chairman said today. An executive session of the health board resulted in no change in Thompsons status, according to Dr. D. Keith Barnes, board chairman. ' 'The secret meeting was called after a health board member protested that Thompsons reappointment should not have been made in s.n open meeting recently. The health chiefs reappointment was confirmed later by Ward C. Holbrook, executive director of the State Department of Social Services. Juab Sets Teacher Salaries Juab County NEPHI, Teacher salary schedules for 1969-7have been set in Juab School District. the beginning salary for teachers with the bachelors 0 degree was increased $425, from $5,200 to $5,625. The maximum salary for bachelor-degre- e teachers was increased $375, from $7,500 to $7,875. In addition, the bachelor degree schedule was shortened from 13 to 10 years. By PAUL SWENSON Deseret News Staff Writer Dissenters who hurt their cause in Vietnam realize are should they adversely affecting their own and their childrens future. Lt. Gen Lewis B. Hershey'. director, U.S. Selective Serv-ice- , comment had Wednesday in Salt Lake City. The controversial draft chief was in town to present a Distinguished Service Award to Col. Evan P. Clay, Utah Selective Service director. Because I have so little time left, Hershey, 75, said he, of necessity, has limited interest in the future. But young dissenters who have a lifetime of interest countrys this By M. DeMAR TEUSCHER Deseret News Political Editor Gov. Calvin L. Hampton gets a Day rajse Tuesday along with many other top elected an(j appointed state officials, under terms of the 1969 Salaries Act, which becomes effective Tuesday, the ton pay goes from $18,000 per year to $22,000. This figure is important be- cause, under terms of the act, no employe listed in the act may be paid mare than the governor, other than medical specialists and some employes of the Department of Employ- ment Security. , State employes who make more than the governor and there will be several, with the new pay raise even are mostly in medicine and education and most are not covered by the new act. Nor will those who are covered by the act receive pay cuts. The law specifically prohibits current salaries from being diminished through provisions of the statute. One new provision of the act creates a Utah Executive Commission. Compensation This commission shall prepare a comprehensive wage Clears Up In August 1967 we bought between $5,000 and $6,000 worth of merchandise from a S.L. furniture firm. We did this because of a bonus ad in the newspapers. It said we would get 10 per rent bonus, but we only got about $100. Weve talked to them several times but they claim there were some exclusions in the ad. I took a look at the ad in your offices and we think we are right and they are wrong. Can you help get this cleared up? Mrs. R.C., Morgan We took a look at the ad, too. Once with you and once later. We contacted them and they said theyd allow an additional $50.71 merely to arbitrate a misunderstanding and not to concede they had made an error. However, you told Do-I- t Man this was not a satisfactory solution. So we took a copy of the ad, personally, to the store. They had to admit the ad was misleading; that there were no exclusions involving any of your purchases. As of now they have all your purchases and have allowed you 10 per cent bonus on all your larger purchases to apply on smaller purchases so that you get the maximum bonus amount. You should realize, if you havent already, that the ad did NOT offer a blanket 10 per cent discount, but a 10 per cent bonus to use to buy other merchandise. Theyve tried to be fair and hope you think so. and salary classification plan covering all employes whose pay is fixed by statute. It shall also be the duty of this commission to make recommendations to the Legislature for future changes in statutory pay scales. Two additional members of the compensation commission Dr. Stewart L. Grow, director, Institute of Government Services, Brigham Young University, and Frederick R. board chairman, Hinckley, American Paper Co. were appointed Wednesday afternoon. three earlier members appointed by Gov. Calvin L. Senate President Rampton, Haven J. Barlow, and House Speaker Lorin N. Lake. Pace, lt members of the commission are B. Z. Kastler Jr., Winston Crawford, Orem, and Finley F. WilkinFirst-name- d son, Bountiful. First official meeting of the commission will be held July 16. The commission, including Karl N. Snow Jr., legislative member, is analyst, to to make recommendations They were selected by the See STATE on Page B-- 2 ahead of them should realize the situation in which theyre putting their country. said protesters Hershey should consider what kind of life they want their children to live and what effect violent dissent will have on the future. "Then they should go at their dissent in another way, he said. The white-haire- ' my of Sciences recommended that the obsolete nerve gas not be hauled munitions across the country by rail for disposal in tne Atlantic Ocean. In its report, the group suggested that the 21,000 clusters contair.ing 4.1 million pounds of Type GB nerve gas be disassembled and chemically detoxified at the Colorado arsenal, where they were manufactured in 1953. PRIME SITE The arsenal is described as the prime site, because work done there would eliminate any rail shipment. The arsenal also has facilities and staff experienced in handling nerve gas. But the committee added that if for any reason the work could not be done in Colorado, the clusters could be moved by rail to Utah. The committee said the Utah depot was only a relatively short rail haul from Denver, was located in a sparsely populated area, and was protected by a large land area. Own Future State Aides Get Pay Raise Ramp-SrCTIO- N , Voters Hurt meeting confirms The ad hoc advisory committee of the National Acade- a gloomy picture as far as Bing and Lambert cherries are concerned. The sour cherry crop, due for harvest after the first week in July appears to be all right so far, according to Ralph Horne of the d, broad-shoulder- draft chief, who has been Selective Service director since 1948 when he was appointed by President Harry S Truman, said he isnt pleased with his image among young people as crusty and insensitive or a heartless machine. By acting as a lightning rod for criticism, he hopes he has saved higher officials from being burned by dissent. He says he adopts a forgive them for they know not what they do attitude toward violent dissenters and added, back on the farm we used to say consider the source. irreHershey condemned older Americans sponsible up to age 65, some in prominent positions, who tell draft resisters, I wouldnt go if I were in your shoes. said he has told such people, Why get some in trouble because of something you say? Herhey said he has always been an advocate of a certain kind of issent within the military service, the kind where a soldier is allowed to gripe his complaints out of his system, as long as he isnt plotting revolution. WANT DETAILS Other nerve gas munitions have already been moved to Tooele for storage and even tual disposal. Sen. Frank E. Moss, and Rep. Sherman P. asked the Lloyd, Army today for detailed information on any plan to handle the nerve gas bomblets in Utah. Rep. Lloyd said that the probability of a catastrophic rail accident was certainly very low, but not zero. He recommended special safety measures, including See DISPOSE on Page B--6 must be maintained free of insects and rodents, says law. Board of health sanitarians recommend that screens be provided for openable windows, front and back entrances for fly, mosquito and other insect control. Can they enforce? You bet! You And Rim Now On Trip I belong to a motor club. I am a widow and had a flat tire. The club fixed it but they broke the rim by beating on it. I called them and they said theyd take a look. But its been more than two weeks and theyve never come. Is there anything I could do or can you help? D.L., Salt Lake City. You never did say what you wanted. But we checked them ad they said no problem; never was a split rim, Up 11 By JOSEPH Pet. T. LIDDELL' Deseret News Staff Writer On a 3 to 2 vote, city com- missioners today adopted a record $26 million total budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. The figure was $2.6 million above this years budget, or an 11 per cent increase. Salary increases and related employe benefits accounted for $1.4 million of the increase. Commissioners adopted a lump sum figure for the raises for the 1,700 city employes, but will decide July 2 how to divide up the money. Departments reflecting large increases in the new budget were the general fund, up $1.6 million; airport, up $1 million; water utility, up $630,000. improvements Capital $731,000 from this dropped years Part budget. of the capital improvements decrease occurred through transfer accounting. Auditors received approval today to transfer $400,000 sales tax revenue to this years capital improvements fund. After July 1, the capital improvements sales tax share of $1 million for the new fiscal year will be pared $400,000 to reimburse the general fund. The transfer came after AudA. Jones re- itor Lawrence See NEW on Page B-- S School Posts By LAVOR K. CHAFFIN Deseret News Education Editor A major change in administration positions in the Salt Lake City School District will take place Tuesday. A new superintendent, three new assistant superintendents and three directors officially will assume new duties. Dr. Arthur C. Wiscombe, presently deputy superintendent, will succeed Dr. M. Lynn Bennion as superintendent. Dr. LaVar L. Sorensen will succeed Wiscombe, with the title of assistant superintendent in charge of education. top-lev- He-sh- ey HEAD PERSONNEL Dr. Arthur C. Wiscombe . . . to head S.L. schools Dr. Stanley R. Morgan will become assistant superintendent in charge of personnel, succeeding Burton M. Thompson. Walter A. Jensen, formerly superintendent of buildings and grounds, will become assist- ant superintendent of business, in charge succeeding Arthur E. Arnesen. Can They Enforce? You Bet! All dwellings Budget; 7 To Assume RUhleadmg Ad Are there two ordinances in S.L. specifying that screens must be on all windows that can be opened? 1 all rental homes and apartments. 2 all residences and homes in the city. Can you publish these ordinances in your column and does the Board of Health have the authority and power to enforce them? F.S., Salt Lake City. S.L. Adopts Bow problem? Dial ), 6 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, or write to Box 1237, Salt lake City, Utah 84110. Do ! either. Just a few minor dents which can occur in changing any tire. Nothing damaged and no danger. Seems you must have agreed since they said youd now taken off on a trip with that rim. Action Reaction Your results are amazing. I wrote asking lor help in obtaining a long overdue paycheck. I received the cheek and a letter of explanation a few days later, explaining it had been misplaced from May 3 to June 14. Without your help it would have probably still have been lost. F.L.H., Elsinore. (Editor's Notci Wt'ro sorry ttio number of colli and lh volumo of moll mako It impoiflblo to onswor ovary ouostion. eieoio, no modical or legal ouoitions. Don't sand ilsmpo or at answers can envelope only be given In Uni column. Only ouostion! o( general Interest will bo answered end telephone calls can be accepted only on tho Do-Man phono I the hours proscribed. Give ywjr noiito, address and telephone number not tor publication but to help Oo-Man help you.) Bennion, Arnesen and acThompson will retire from tive duty after many years of service with the schools. Bennion has served 24 years. Arnesen, 44, and Thompson 29. NEW DUTIES New directors who officially will assume new duties include George T. Brooks, director of classified personnel; Dr. Earl J. Smith, director of business, and Bruce F. Ririe, director of huild;ngs and grounds. Wiscombe, the new superintendent, has served as oeputy superintendent for six years. He is a native of Roosevelt and attended public schools in Uintah County. He holds a B.S. degree from' Brigham Young University, a master of arts degree from Columbia See CHANGE on Page f .iir-s-da- B-- |