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Show Millard Drought Now Over Bv REED MADSEX News Staff Writer FILLMORE, Millard County One of the worst spring droughts in several decades has been alleviated on desert grazing lands in west Millard County, Some 1,000 head of cattle came off the ranges because of lack of water during early June but will be taken back within the next 10 days, said Lincoln Deseret, Cropper, Deseret Cattlepresident, mens Association. There has been considerable relief to the area because of a series of rains during late June, Warren Brough, man- V: - "W i fr waw ?, ,r. . V'' 'kVrjH &$&SStotft' r - . '' ' 2 ; . 'Tfi'-'':- ., tfl ' r. . ' ,RS: ;- vs ' -. - , . & - s' ' '' '' v.. -- ur.z--.'.--.-......- : N ' s' x S '''' ' ' ' N ss s i , -- ager, Fillmore District, Bureau of Land Management, said. Brough said the Long Ridge Reservoir, located some 30 miles west of Delta, was dry during late spring for the first time in about 15 years. It is now practically filled and water is in all reservoirs. Die situation was not critical enough to discontinue grazing, but, because of the lack of drinking water, livestock migrated to fields. milAbout one and lion acres of the five million administered by the Fillmore District was affected, Brough said. Forage is growing now as well as summer grasses. s n i ', S y ' - Xs . - . o, '. ,. V ' s' y. s i SV-- W-- 'w '(.v Sn'' ' . ' ;& WsSS&.s it rsxsstus; thji Kff S' i;; t. ' - . .' JV! &?nU .' rains have filled most ) ,,n Summer ' , &l ' -- , v.'A A 'xv" -- ' s v watering ponds now and cattle s '' s f '' ' s - ' ' ' ..s' S' ' one-ha- s ' Ss Vs . . ! s are being moved back to range. Dry water holes such lf SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH able. area Anderson, said there were some 19 cattle permittees af have greatly improved. During the past few weeks the desert has received a lot of fected during the drought. While stock could have existed with sufficient but poor forage, the animals bunched on the water area and couldnt utilize what feed was avail- he said. Darwin manager, m Cropper ... Just Partially Typical July weather continued over Utah today with glaring sunshine and afternoon temperatures in the mainly state Today was a typical work day for most Uthans, but some and federal employes had a holiday to recuperate from Sundays exciting moon activities. The update of the Apollo moon walk by some three hours meant that emthan previously expected when the walk ployes reported a little less bleary-eyed ' was scheduled to begin shortly after midnight. said cigarette industry lead- told him privately they are willing to take their com- mercials off the air at an com- accelerated schedule NAB pared with the four-yea-r plan. Moss said the industry hopes voluntary action will prompt Congress to pass the House bill. If the bill dies, the FCC could proceed with its proposal to ban all broadcast cigarette ads and the FTC go ahead with its pro- posed mandatory health warn- ing for all ads. The industry has said the warning is so stiff they would stop advertis- altogether ratiier than use it. Last year, the cigarette industry spent $310.7 million n advertising, including $217.2 million on television commercials, according to FTC figures. In one month, the FTC said, the average American saw 66 cigarette, commercials. Employes of retail stores and banks were on the job, along with skeleton crews in city and county offices. Meter maids were at work writing out parking tickets, and University of Utah students were attending summer session classes on schedule, Nonessential state and fed-er-s erai offices, the Post Office, the Sait Lake stock Exchange aad state liquor stores were among offices closing under Gov. Calvin L. Hamptons proclamation. But whether at work or at home, Utahns were expected to foUow todays moon events vvith the same rapt attention they displayed Sunday. While most followed the action on home television sets, an mated 200 persons watched the lunar touchdown on the large screen at the Hansen Planetarium, 15 S. State, g An enthusiastic group mained to watch the moon walk, with the planetarium serving as Salt Lake Citys space center until apprnxi-- o mately midnight. Changing the policy of Monday closing, the planetarium opened at 11 a.m. and was to remain open expected throughout the entire days events. . Dr. Mark Littman, director, said the staff has been pleased with the public re-- : B sponse. Its been fun for us, he commented. A Utahn watching with par- City, Regional 1, 3, 10, 11, A ticular interest was Dr. esti-cou- ld re-in- . SECTION 2 4 mcs. TV Highlights Sports Obituanes -9 11, 14 Action Ads Weather Map They're 14-2- 3 14 James C. Fletcher, University cf utah president. Dr. Fletch- er wko worked in the plan- njng stages o! the moon See HOLIDAY on Page WeriiUQ I non a third prize (one of 3,000) in a Soapstakes. On Dec. 16, a letter was sent to me telling me I was a winner and that In 74 days I would get my prize. Then I got a letter from another corporation dated Jan. 8 saying I would get it in three weeks. Then I got a letter on Jan. 31 saying it would be April. I still havent gotten it. Can you help? C.P.B., ' American Fork. B-1- 0 90s. A few afternoon and evening thundershowers may occur in the south, but the chance of rain in the north is zero. Showers Sunday netted Richfield .13 of an inch of and precipitation Bryce Canyon .05. Most other areas were hot and dry. The mercury climbed to 101 at St. George and 95 in Salt Lake City. He Sciences. also next epochal event in space might be the landing of a man on one of the other planets. He said he didnt want to speculate on which planet would be the target. Many space missions will generate plenty of scientific knowledge without taking men signals that may SUPPORT LIFE could mean that this water could be used for life support if an experimental colony is sent to the moon, he along. Ward said. scientific packPutting ages on other planets would take less space, payload and man money than sending along, Ward said. WAS ASTOUNDED Ward, whose department at the U. of U. will study such areas as pollution, mining and the basement of the Great Salt Lake,said he was astounded by the astronauts moon walk. Scientist or no scientist, he said, I couldnt believe my eyes. It was absolutley incredible. It added. The other possibility is that Astronauts could mine water from the moon rocks and use the hydrogen and oxygen as fuel for deep space missions. Indications are that this would be less expensive than launches from the earth, does research for the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-- ; tration. ANTENNA He said later Apollo ventures to the moon may carry antennas that unroll T 240-fo- Dr. Stanley H. Ward . , . how dry the moon? like carpenters measuring tapes from orbiting spacecraft Ward said. PLANETS NEXT The geophysicist said the Whatever Becomes Of Duplicate Gifts? Newlyweds often find them- selves seeing double as they gaze at duplicate gifts. Married in June, Stafford L. and Debbie Powell Sorensen, 2020 Nevada St., wound up with a dozen casserole dishes, we because we thought might have a high breakage rate. three electric fry pans and an abundance of salad bowls, towels, plastic mixing bowl sets, salt and pepper shakers and tumblers. In apartment living with no storage space, its a matter of what you can use right now, Mrs. Sorensen said. Gifts that cant be used right now usually get carted back to the stores. Provoans H. James and Rose Ann Callister Gordon received a lawn sprinkler for their June 6 wedding. The apartment-dwellin- g' ; couple has no lawn to water. Brent and Sue Oler Giau-qu729 E. 3rd South, got five popcorn poppers when they married a year ago. e, We love popcorn, Mrs. but we just Giauque said, kept one. One of the extras was given as a wedding present to a friend who received no poppers and who had been using a frying pan to cook the kernels. The Giauques got dozens of glasses, but kept them all Brides and grooms, Mrs. Sorensen said, appreciate original gifts. People, especially in June, get into a buying rut when it comes to she said. Whats weddings, needed is a balance between originality and practicality. For the Sorensens, uncles and aunts went in together to buy the couple a portable television set. Other original items they received were a thermos, an electric broom and hibachi. Amidst an array of expansive gifts, its the little things people dont think of, Mrs. Gordon said. After returning some gifts for cash and credit, the Gordons bought such necessities as a gelatin mold, potato masher and a plastic silverware divider. She confessed they also bought groceries with some of the gift money. Among her favorite gifts were an American flag display set, two handmade ceramic birds and a set of glassblown swans. Mrs. Gordon told of some clever and practical who filled a plastic gift-give- rs Up to her wedding veil In duplicate gifts is June bride Mrs. Stafford bie Powell) Sorensen. L. (Deb- scrub pail and waste basket See WHAT on Page B-2- 4 A Siubstiifcufte Prize him and determine if hes still disabled. 1 stand to lose my house because I do not make enough to meet the payments. Can yon help me? B.A., Salt Lake City. We discussed this with the SS people. You now have the name and telephone of the person there who will help you. Double Try Paid Off other letters from you. But now they've sent you a full refund of $50. Thera is some property adjacent to Hie Fairmont golf course that is full of junk cars and rubbish and needs to be cleaned up. It is a hangout for hippies. Can you get this cleaned np? M.E.R., Salt Lake City. Owners or to clean this up. Your complaint is just one again of many others nearby. Health Dept, also suggests that entrance be barricaded to prevent trespassing. A My husband was in a mental hospital for nine years but was escaped in April. Now tlie Soda! Security payments I find can until they have stopped receiving for child support Our double try paid off. They sent us a carbon copy of a letter they had written to you dated June 2 which said theyd but had not received any canceled charges for volume'll, In May 1968 wo sent some things as a wedding present to someone in England. We insured the package. When it didnt arrive w a contacted the postmistress. But over a j;enr later r inti show the presence of water. If so, Ward said, this could have two important'possibili-ties- . I sent a cheek for $5(1 to a company in Chicago for a scries of books. I changed my mind a week later and wtoIc to them asking for a return of my money. I got a form letter to fill out but thats all. Tills is the second time Ive written to you, too. I know you got more of a response than I did but would you try again? D.K., Salt Lake City. i SFomid rocks You are in a "select group. One of 12 of 3,000 who DIDNT receive prizes. You have now been offered a different brand radio, but comparable in every way, with the one you were to get. Problem all caused when the radios, which are manufactured In Japan, sat on the dock during the dock receive a letter asking strike and became defective. You-wi-ll you to notify them immediately if you wish the substitute brand radio. A counties. developing. The antennas will bounce signals off the moons If there is water on the moon, it may become the launch pad lor probes into deep space, a scientist said in Salt Lake City today. And, said Dr. Stanley H. Ward, part of his work is to find any water that may be on . the moon. Ward will come to the University of Utah next July as chairman of the Department of Geological and Geophysical Stays Turned On conditions antennas that his team is By STEVE HALE Seseret News Staff Writer July Weather said moisture and we plan to move the cattle back onto the ranges either next week or the week following, he said. Brough added that range conditions over the southern part of the district are in excellent condition. Early spring rains were abundant in Beaver and south Millard The Sdem&ti T B1 TJlooinidtay' HolicJay? as this forced stock from south Utah ranges. an annual which provides some forage, did not start to grow at all during the spring but is now affording some value. Brush is also growing better, Russian Thistle, weed Water DESERET NEWS Monday, July 21, 1969 Jif controllers of this property have been noti- fied will be conducted within 10 days. Wait Till Aug. 1-- Then Check Hovo o peoMwn? Dial (364-M26-), 6 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, or writ to Bax 1257, Salt lak City, Utah 8411 wo have not heard anything about the package. B., Monroe. Mrs. I Claim for indemnity was filed by you May 2, 1969 and forwarded to the N.Y. Exchange ofiice on that date. It usually takes 4 to 5 months for international claims on mails addressed to England and Europe to be processed and reimbursement made. Hence, it could be another month before you hear. You ars requested to wait until Aug. 1 and if payment has not been received to contact the postal service officer whose name Do-I- t Man has iven you. |