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Show iqm jj1 T'1 i1ri TC'' rrt riyr , eoo By STEVE HALE are splashed with the vivid blues of mountain lupine, fiery Indian paintbrush, lavender daisies, and a flower with sEvery threads which looks for all the world like Leopold Stokowskis haircut Timp hikers slosh under one spectacular waterfalL They rest in the plush greenery. They splash icy waters onto Deseret News Staff Writer Climb ASPEN GROVE through seven and a half miles of waterfalls, wiidflow-er- s n rock and and they give you a tin badge worth maybe two cents. But try to take that tin badge of tenacity from one of the climbers and he will fight wind-beate- symbolizes a trek to the 12,000-foMount on the day of the annual Timp Hike. Ask the 3,000 men, women, and children who puffed to the summit Saturday why they did it, and you will likely get 1,000 different answers. They need not give a reason so obscure as the climber of ML Everest who said he Tim-panog- tiful, bt!t she is v ' 'x s s f ' . ' ,, ' 'sv urday. Hikers came to him with blisters, scrapes and muscle any further than Lake, he said. agonies. My girl friends got the flu, said a pretty brunette. How do you know?" said Tony. Bad stomach ache. She really feels bad." Sounds Eke altitude sickness, said the first aid chief. Yeah, could be! She Just Those who do quickly find quarter-mil- Dawn comes up and Old Glory goes up at Emerald Lake during Monday, August 4, 1969 His body, ripped free of a heavy wool shirt, dropped into the middle of the road ahead of us. I bad to swerve to miss him. Hardman's northbound auto had swerved to the right side of a shoulder on the road to miss the cyclist. Another day FElis would have had more than enough room and for passing a semi-tructrailer. SLOWS CP The semi driver must have seen the coming accident and slowed to a stop. FElis crashed into the left headEght of the Hardman car. His helmeted head smashed into the windshield of the rust colored and black hardtop convertible. The impact turned the auto sharply into the path of the semi. Hardman was feverishly seeking blankets and assistance from the curious traffic that was just beginning to turn on headlights for the darkness of rain-soften- k I am 80 and crippled and I need a special kind of corset I ordered me from a lady who sells them for a corset company, bat she is In the hospital and I dont know how to get the corset Shfe lives alone and has no relatives. Can you help me? Mrs. F. S., Salt Lake City. If you can go corsetless for a few days the problem will be solved. The saleslady wEl be discharged from the hospital Tuesday or Wednesday and shell get in touch. Here's A 'Best Buy' For You For almost three years now Do-I- t Man has been trying to educate people into becoming more knowledgeable buyers. One of file best ways is to relate the practices, questions and avoid them. Well problems of other people so others can continue to do this, but in the meantime heres a tip on how to get some additional help. Visit the Better Business Bureau, 146 S. Main St, and get one of their new Consumers worth the money. If you Buying Guides for only $1. Its well em $1.25 for book and seed Jnst to mail one, them you prefer to cover mailing cost t Steps Have Bjen Taken We would appreciate any help you can give ns about It is cleaning up a stream that flows through otr property. the city, state and polluted. Weve contacted everyone in who would help. county government but no one seems to know A.P.N., Salt Lake City. Because of our referral, you have been contacted by the information one County Board of Health and from your taken to stop it found and has been steps source of pollution In addition ihey have assured you they are working to find aE sources of pollution to eliminate them. Shows that were preDuring June Conference the Road sented at Kingsbury Hal! there was one called Road Show record they Rigamarole. I want to find out the name of the Used in preparation for it. Mrs. R. B., Salt Lake City. want is Bakers Street. Jewelry" and is from the Hart Bros. Music can order mall Ndtot Wi'rt mm im numour M culit and tha velama maka It Impoulbto to aniwtr avory auaitloa Ptoaia, aa madical ar lagal anvalapaa a anawara can aimtions. Don't aand stampa ar aaltodd-tasa- d inly ba gluon In ttoa column. Only nuotttona of ganeral mtoroat will bo Man phono amworod ond toiophono calls can ba accaptod anly an Urn Do-at tha nours praicrlbad. Giya your nams, aadraas and tatophona avmbsr mt for publication but to kalp Po-l- t Man Italy you.) Timp Hike. now-stopp- dusk. WIFES REACTION My baby, my baby," Hardmans wEe, Connie, 20, cried as she grabbed her stomach. Hardmans face was splattered with blood. His wife was white with fright from the accident and the prospects of losing an expected child. Less than a minute had passed. A smaU foreign car skidded to a stop on the graveled side of the stopped truck. IT'S MY HUSBAND Its him, I know its him. Hes my husband. Is he going, to be all right?" JoAnn FElis shrieked as she ran from her a peep of sunlight See CRASHS on Page 6,430 started. As difficult as the climb is, the moment of reaching the summit is not the climax of the days adventure. A stroll down the summit ridge takes the hiker to a perpetual snow-fiel- d that plummets at a sharp angle toward Emerald Lake below. A swift, slide down that glacier helps the hiker to get his mind off the weariness. An elite corps of hardmuscled young men, known as the Alpine Rescue Team, explain the sliding form. Sit up straight, keep your hands behind you, and kick up snow with your feet to slow down, bawled Jim Miller, a Salpm, Ore., native. The ride sets off a series of shrieks from the females, roars of surprise from the men, and yipes from the dogs that climb with them. At the foot of the snow-slidthe climbers get their first real sweU of pride. It is there timi they meet hordes of climbers on the way to the summit who stare enviously at the little orange buttons. Hot Dog! Free Meal Downtown Downtown bargain-hunter- s will find an extra bonus tonight in the form of a free hot dog, doughnut and soft drink with each $5 purchase. The free lunch will be avaE-abl- e at four colorful circus wagons in the downtown area, courtesy of the Downtown Merchants. Tickets for the snack can be obtained with purchases in the downtown stores, which will be open untE 9 p.m. ' The lunch wagons, open at 5 p.m., will be located: on Main Street between ZCMI and Zions First National Bank; on the corner of Main and 2nd South; in the Grant parking lot on the southeast comer of State and Broadway; and at the Paris Park, 45 E. Broadway. not Tickets used during shopMondays ping spree can be used Monday and Tuesday for a 15 per cent discount on meals purback-to-scho- chased at 18 downtown restau- rants, according to Stanford P. Darger, secretary-manage- r of the Retail Merchants Asso- ciation. The Feed the FamEy Downtown activity is traditionally one of the most popular downtown events, with over 13, OCX) hot dogs dispensed in a fivo-hoperiod during last years event. B1 AIR ROUTE HEARINGS TERMED 'VITAL' TO S.L. on what some observers have called the most important air route service case in Utahs history will open at the University of Utah Law School at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Robert S. Campbell, special assistant attorney general, who is legal counsel for the Utah agencies in the investigation, contends that Salt Lake Citys future in East-Wetranscontinental air service depends upon Hearings st . By PAUL SWENSON Deseret News Staff Writer . these hearings. For the first time in 31 years since the passage of the CivU Aeronautics Act in 1938 the CAB has focused its 'attention solely on the major market transcontinental needs of the Salt Lake City area, he said. The local end of a national controversy heated up today with the request by air traffic controUers at Salt Lake International Airport for a voice in shaping operations. We feel that we as professionals must have a voice in matters of staffing and operational procedures where they affect safety in flight, said Charles Abnet, chairman, Salt Lake Branch of the Profes- - Government Study What local government services are essential? Which services should be expanded? Which should be curtaEed, or even eliminated? These questions will be up for discussion by the Citizens and Officials Advisory Committee of the Local Government Modernization Study. The committee will meet Friday at 10 a.m. to consider what are essential er functions of local government. The meeting will be held in the Citys Public Health Ded partment auditorium, East. Also to be discussed wEl be observations about local government operations written by the Advisory Group at its first meeting June 9. 610-2n- . These observations range from one extreme to the other, indicating that there is a d division of opinion on local government within the committee, according to LeRoy F. Harlow, director of the modernization study. Committee members come from aE walks of political, economic, cultural and social lEe and were asked to serve because of their divergent views, Harlow said. He cited as ?.n example of the observations given at the first meeting of the committee responses to suggestions for county-cit- y merger. Some said, This would be a big This wEl never mistake, Not to be work," and wide-sprea- . Others said, This desired. has the most promise for It is the only solution good, in the long run, and I feel this would be the best solution. Harlow said the study committee staff seeks such responses and desires that members of the Advisory Committee learn to understand opposing points c view. What we do not want is for members of the committee to become locked-i- n in their positions without that appreciating there can be other views. The Local B-- ll BiMinnsmimmiimnniiiniiminmmiimma TIL (?) Li TONIGHT cfiiiimiiiiiiiiiimnsranniiiimnmmiiiiimimi Government Modernization Siudy is being financed jointly by Salt Lake City and County, state, and federal funds. sional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO). Problems exist not only in air traffic areas, but also on the local level not only on the West Coast, but in Salt Lake City as well, Abnet said. He complained that use of inadequate equipment and of inexperienced men in air traf-fi- c control jobs rather than paying overtime to trained sonnel is endangering per lives in the air. The new men should at least be monitored while they, are getting their feet Wet, so that they can learn without high-densit- y t i I kEling somebody. We,Want to prevent this from happening in Salt Lake City .(and anywhere else in ' the nation, Abnet said. It was in July 1968 that the national PATCO. organization, which claims ,7,000 of the Federal Aviation Administrations 14,000 air traffic controUers, began strictly fol See AIR on Page B-l- l ; SECTION City, Regional Comics Sports 4 iii Financial TV Highlights Obituaries Weather Map Action Ads -- 1, 11, 22 2, 3 ! i )U i L 4-- 6 8, 9 10 11, 12 12 12-2- 1 Orphaned Sparrow Adopts A y KATHY CRACROFT but Chirpy grew healthy ou the baby cereal and water the Nokers painstakingly fed him through an pye dropper. Now he;reaUy makes a when hes thirsty, racket and has jbeen known to tip over the pye dropper bottle to let the fatnEy know he wants a drink ,j. . and propto. Although hes finicky when It comes to eating worms, Chirpy voraciously downs grasshoppers, flies, bird seed and aE kinds of fresh fruit. During the Nokers supper, he gobbles up any table scraps that faE on the floor. I guess hes here to stay, Mrs. jNoker said. Chirpys arrival'1 ousted the family cat, Boots, who has been ostracized to a grandfathers Deseret News Staff Writer BOUNTIFUL Its said That means Chirpy rides around on eight-- y Melindas head, on the telephone perches when Kari I,ee, 13, is talking, and clings to Davids toothbrush when hes brushing his teeth. The bird, not three inches tall, keeps a watchful eye on MarshaU, 9, during piano practice sessions by sitting right on the piano ear-ol- d SHOP said Air Andes birds of a feather flock together, but Chirpy, a sparrow who car. She had been following the resides with the Alvin Noher family, 73 W. 900 North, is cyclist. The young couple had spent of a different feaththe day visiting her parents in er. The two had SpringvUle. Chirpy ignores the fact that planned to return under the he is a sparrow and should be rainbrightness of day, but a shy of humans. storm came. Wherever the famEy goes, He had a motorcycle. They he goes, too, said Mrs. decided to wait Noker. Only The air is oxygen-poo- r and the trail is steep. Two Boy Scouts unceremoniously handed out the orange buttons that say Timpanogos Summit Club, 1969. Saturdays hike saw 3,000 people reach the top. Officials SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH two-lan- By the time you read this, teachers should have their checks. Reason for the very shght delay was that final apportionment of state funds could not be sent out untU the finance office got final statistical reports due at the end of the fiscal year July 1. The info was late this year and a voucher was not submitted to the state for payment until July 17. Next time if ever wa hope not there are pay problems check with the state division of auxEiary services. Saturdas annual DESERET NEWS feet a letter from the Sooth Sanpete School District stating the district couldnt meet the payroll for Aug 1 because, It hadnt received its money from the States Dept of Finance. The district said interest rates are so high that they could not legally borrow money from the bank in past years. It would seem that the district needs the money on time and free of added interest rates worse than the state needs the extra money. Believe me, were poor down here. Ibis practice seems unfair, unnecessary and illegal. Please see what the facts are. G. L., Gunnison. It's snow-field- s. higher. We received e hard going. Then its a route up a rocky set of switch-backAt the end of that section, hikers change to the west side of the mountain. This is no place for people with height fright The trail ascends a staircase of rocks and here, more than anywhere along the traE, hikers must rest frequently. zig-za- g came here from Florida. Give her two of these pills and get her off the mountain. Shes not to climb a foot Very Slight Delay Emerald themselves trudging aeross a . feet into the air and down the e highway about 150 (Editor-- ' . easy. Tony Johnson, an medic, operated the first aid station at Emerald Lake Sat- NEPHI Life is the loser in a head-o- n collision. So it was Sunday at 8:20 p.m. when motorcyclist James Leon Fillis of Ephraim and his 350 cc machine collided with the left front side of a car driven by Steven D. Hardman of Pleasant Grove. A puff of steam from an exploding radiator seemed to send Filiis rocketing 30 Broadway play It for you, ' hard-hearte- By DAVE KADLECK Deseret News Sports Writer of song you i Tony Johnson's aid station is at Emerald Lake, which is one of the happiest and most disheartening sights ' of the hike. It is four and a half mEes up the traU, a green flatland with the first aid hut, the lake and the sight of hundreds of people eating, lounging or sleeping. Very placid. But it is also the spot where many hikers catch iheir first sight of The House on the Top of the World. It is the summit shanty which roosts atop a sheer book cliff that looks to some an impossible distance up. Many hikers get discouraged when they take a look at how far they have ;o go from Emerald Lake, said John Hansen, a Brigham Young and University professor chairman of Saturdays hike. A lot of hikers dont go Crash After nwerth: Life Ds The Loser Name J N its yet ladys sides d ' f Rare is the person who makes the hUte who wEl say did it because its there." With a bit of imagination, a person can visualize the form of a sleeping woman along the ridges of the top of Timp. The hikers can tell you the scenery makes her a beautiful woman, and thats one of the most frequently heard reasons for making the hike. But there are many others. Older climbers say they did it for exercise. The young say its something different" in an adventure starved world. Middle-age- d climbers make the Timp Hike to prove they The limestone vs C faces from a bottle-gree- n lake. Far below the lake is a cave. In that cave is a rock that is the shape and color of a human heart, and that is appropriate. The limestone lady is beau- It arent middle-age- ' vv' i . their you. top of '' horde'. to A'. turn him loose..?..1 Mrs. Kbker said. outside, '.Ties had some narrow scapes from cats. is who Chirpy, very . often startles visi- serious, .tors by swooping through; the . air and landing on the stran- Igers head or shoulder. afraid keys. Chirpy was among the 11 sparrows and two pigeons who joined the Noker family after some birds nests in the neighborhood were robbed. He was a skinny thing, barely 1 inches long, with no feathers. One by one, the birds died, ), lies so friendly that were. A'? He's i Marshall Noker, 9, holds family pet, a music - loving sparrow. not afraid of anybody, Mrs. Noker said. The 35 Scouts in Bountiful See BIRD on Fage B-l- l , |