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Show Kaiparowifs: Many lh, But Outlook Good By DEXTER CLLLS Deseret News Staff Writer There are still a lot of ifs, ands and buts regarding the proposal to build a $600 million power plant i.ear Lake Powell. ' However, the project appears to be back on the main 'line again titer being side-- . coal-fire- KAIPAROWITS d tracked for several years by of a firm agreement to . supply the 102,000 acre feet of - water needed. ' Those optimistic that the . project will go, including Gov. , Calvin L. Hampton, point to the immutability of economic . - factors involved: ' 'lack SUPPLY SOUTHWEST combine The tii. ,liu;rested in the proposal will need 19 million kilowatts of new electrical power ip the next decade to supply their g customers in ' Southern California and Arizona. , . . Map shows where coal power plant is scheduled. rapidly-growin- That vital commodity, coal, is available on the Kaiparowits Plateau in the . quality, amount and accessibility necessary to fuel the monstrous boilers entailed in such a plant. The three firms in the combine, Arizona Public Service Co., Southern California and San Diego Gas & Electric Co., have the know-hoand money to em- bark on such a giant under--. Jldison - Co., taking. CHIEF THREAT The chief threat to the project, especially in view of the delay caused by federal foot-- dragging on a water agreement, Las been the growing use of atomic energy for power generation. Gov. Rampton However, noted at a recent news conference that latest developments place the economic feasibility of farther in the future than at first supposed. With its water agreement nailed down, the combine (Resources Co.) is now asking of its bids for coal exploration and for preparation of a plan for more thorough exploration. It has spent about $1 million on initial exploration of the plateau. Drilling of 40 holes over a 7Q square mile area indicates there are 1,855,000,000 tons of coal buried in layers 400 to 1,000 feet below die surface. The seams are one foot to thick, interspersed with layers of sandstone and shale. At least six of the coal beds are four feet thick or more, which is considered to be the minimum thickness for et economical mining. Using a recovery factor of 33 per cent, mining experts figure 612 million tons of the coal can be recovered, which is plenty to satiate the prodigious appetite of the boilers for 50 years or more. Before making an irrevocable decision to go ahead, Budget Optimism For Utah Projects tions Needs Headstone Marker r My son was killed in World War n. His body was never found. I have an application for a headstone marker but I 1 have to have a spot to pnt it. I would like a place in Memory 2 Grove with all toe other unknown boys. I have to have a sexton sign toe papers before I send in the application. Can ? yon help me? Mrs. B. H., Salt Lake City. Jack Thompson, city cemetery sexton, will sign the papers. Hes at 4th Avenue, and N Street. Clarence Bamberger Sr., handles markers, etc., for Memory Grove. Only qualification for your sons marker to be placed in the Grove is that he must have been born in Utah. Contact Bamberger before you mail the application at the address you have been .given and hell help you. No Legal Problems - Please In the case of someone falling on toe sidewalk and hurting themselves, is thp city liable? R.D., Salt Lake City. Do-I- t Man has no comment to make on legal matters. Our only advice is consult with an attorney, or if you feel you have a claim, file it with the City Commission and it will in- vestigate. 0 We bought a couch and it was supposed to be replaced. Its been over three months and we want to know why. W.D.M., Bountiful. . '' ' ' , , ' . I I We bought a Book of Knowledge about 10 years ago. One volume is lost. Where can we get it replaced? Mrs. R.B., Tooele. . Write to Grolier Inc., 575 Lexington Ave., New York, ;N.Y., the publishers. New edition is out and you may not be able to get your lost volume replaced, but you can try. When our neighbors moved they left a half a freezer shelf full of meat with ns. They were to come back and get it. Its been a long time and we dont know where to contact them. Can you? Mrs. K.E.F., Layton. . ! , Your couch was caught between the warehouse and the we understand. As of now it has arrived and you presumably have it. They are staying with Mrs. K's mother time theyve contacted you. in Helper. By this , i Where could I send a song to be listened to and possibly C.H.P., Smithfield. published? words to songs. Is there any place in some Ive written Balt Lake City or nearby that will buy them? K.R., Salt Lake City. ''i;be - Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah Write Joe Raymond, 130-l84130. He'll advise you both. Heet cookware made by toe Vollrath I have a set Co. I need some handles repaired, but I cant find anyone who sells this brand. Mrs. P.M.H., Rcxburg, Idaho. Address is 1236 N. 19th St., Sheboygan, Wis. You have also been given addresses of two places in Salt Lake City who might do repairs. of Lo . . , Are there any uses for Indian corn? Also where can I find u about tanning rabbit and deer hides? R.C., Bountiful. reclamation problems close to home speaking to the press of the West and of Utah. Easterners may soon realize that water is not an inexhaustible resource wl. h can be used indiscriminately, he i said. REALIZE PROBLEMS The East has problems in water pollution and in shortages of water for municipal and industrial uses. Maybe now they (easterners) will get a feel for our problems in water reclamation. Armstrong said reclamation in Utah specifically the Central Utah and Dixie Projwill probably not be ects affected by budget cuts. While the budget cuts will threaten construction projects in several departments of government. they shouldnt touch the Central Utah Project, since $8 million has been previously budgeted as an adequate amount for completion, Armstrong said. CAN BE IMPROVED He acknowledged that the project could, of course, be improved through additional expenditures. We must all pitch in to fight inflation, and this department is no different, he said. "But budget cuts will only affect new construction work, not work that is a1 ready budgeted. The Dixie Project will not be immediately harmed since work is in the planning stage rather than the construction phase, Armstrong said. CUTS RESTORED He predicted that the budget cuts will be within the next few years. The reclamation post was the fifth job given to a Utahn in the Nixon Administration. Two cabinet posts, the assistant budget directors post, and the Interior Department solicitors job, have all gone to Utah natives. appointment was a victory for the three Utah Republicans in Congress who had privately campaigned for him last winter to become assistant Secretary of the interior for water and power. When he was not chosen for he post, Sen. Wal- restored Only good use is decoration. Wells Tar ,ery, See DO-I- T 1813 W. Cud- - MAN on Page B-2- 8 Armstrongs lace F. Benr!, and Sherman P. Lloyd, pressed for his ascension See ALL on Page c steam-electri- A workman examines B-1- airline fecting Utah, six to eight another, a high-rankin- g - ' Modern plants, such as Utah Power and Light Co.s Naughton Plant at Kemmerer, Wyo., grind the coal to powder, then blow it into the firebox where See PROJECT on Page 0 a thick layer of coal on the Kaiparowits Plateau as plans for mining continue. DESERET NEWS imminert in case afand is probably A decision is f problem? Dial 6 to 9 pan. Monday through Friday, or writ to Do- Bax 1257. Sait lake City, Utah 841 10. Also in question is design of the power plants. one Bureau to B-1- 0 jf the power plants, but whether this will be done by a captive railroad or by some conveyor system has not yet been decided, said Titus. By DON C. WOODWARD commissioner Nov. 1 in Washington, D.C. Senate confirmation is not required. The Deseret News Washing-to- n disclosed A r ms t rongs forthcoming appointment in an exclusive story several w'eeks ago. LOSE TO HOME Armstrong brought the naa I rd&rp&W Deseret News Business Editor Utahs Ellis L. Armstrong, new U.S. Commissoner SPOKANE, WASH. of Reclamation, said today that budget cuts probably will not affect the Central Utah and Dixie Projects. Armstrong, 55, attending a conference here, was officially named to the post Wednesday by President Richard M. Nixon. He will be sworn in as the new Hay the three firms plan to spend up to $3 million to more thorcoalthe oughly explore bearing formations. This will not only prove out the coal deposits beyond all doubt, but provide data necessary for designing and engineering the mines. DETAILS AWAITED Utah state officials believe that if the combine does, indeed, spend the additional $5 million on exploration then of the project development will be virtually assured. Many details of the project remain to be determined two years from now when the exploration is completed. However, the location has been pretty well defined, according to M. C. Titus of vice president of Phoenix, Arizona Public Service. The plant site is four to five miles north of Lake Powell and some 8 miles south of the coal beds a few miles from where U.S.-8- 9 loops from Utah into Arizona. TRANSPORT COAL The coal will have to be transported from the mines to route months away in member of the Civil Aeronautics Board said Wednesday. John W. Dregge, director of the Office of Community and Relations for Congressional CAB, gave this candid assessment to members of the Utah Agencies during an informal luncheon meeting. Dregge was in Salt Lake City to speak at the annual convention of the National Association of State Aviation Officials being held at the Hotel Utah. The Utah Agencies are most deeply concerned with two airline cases at the moment. They are the Reopened Pacific Northwest-Southwe- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Thursday, October 23, 1969 Route case and the Service to Salt Lake City Investigation. Dregge said he had hoped to bring a decision with him in the Northwest - Southwest route case, adding, Its that imminent. Utah hopes to get more airline service and possibly a new airline to serve its traffic needs to the northwestern cities of Portland and Seattle and southwestern areas such as Dallas and Houston. This airline ase has already been decided by the CAB, but the CAB agreed to Attorney Quits County Post Over firing By GORDON KIRBY Deseret News Staff Writer The parade of musical chairs in the office of Salt Lake County Attorney Gordon Christenson took additional turns today. Philip C. Pugsley, young attorney who has served as a criminal deputy for six months, resigned in a letter which is critical of both Christenson and acting county attorney LaMar Duncan. Paul Van Dam, chief criminal deputy, who was fired early Wednesday by Duncan, was still on the job. His dismissal was revoked by Christenson later Wednesday as he was released from University Hospital where he had been undergoing tests. In an unrelated action, the Sait Lake City Commission approved the employment, effective last Oct. 10, of an additional deputy county attorney, Lothaire B. Rich. Rich, employed at a salary of $877 per month, will handle health and zoning problems in the county. Christenson, who has been away from the office this week, said he would not fire anyone and that he would review the eqtire situation when he returns to his office Monday. Pugsley handed in his resig- - SECTION City. Regional TV Highlights Comics Financial Obituaries Weather Map Action Ads ... 1, 4, 20 nation about 10 oclock this morning when he submitted his letter to Duncan. He then gave a copy to the Deseret News and left the building, apparently quitting on the spot. In the letter, Pugsley said he was very distressed by the firing of Van Dam. I personally believe, PugsVan Dam has ley wrote, done an excellent job and that he was as conscientious a per- See QUITS on Page B--4 proper for him to comment on the case since it is still in essence a judicial hearing and has not been resolved. But he said, Id anticipate an initial decision within three to four months time from the C A Bs James examiner, Keith. After Keiths decision, the board will have 30 days to decide whether or not to review it. Normally, in a case of this magnitude, the chances are that the CAB will review it, he said. That means further briefs, either from the east or the west. But he said he felt the Utah agencies had made a strong presentation, as evidenced by some of the the fact that largest and most capable trunklines are interested in See DECISION on Page 0 U. Royalty Begins Reign Over Homecoming Events University of Utah homecoming activities got off to a royal start Wednesday night blonde Lisa when Frost was crowned Homecoming Queen. Maurin Jensen, Homecoming Queen for 1968, crowned Miss Frost, 19, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T. Leland Frost, 49 N. 1st West, Kaysville. She will reign through Nov. 1 as the iary group, and has worn the crown of Sigma Chi Derby Darling. Hazel-eyeblonde Jill Frank, 20, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Lloyd Frank, 1545 Indian Kills Dr., was named first attendant She is a sophomore art major, Junior vice president and a d U. of U. celebrates coming with the theme Remember d Pan-hellen- certified ski instructor at Park City. Miss Frank affiliates with Pi Beta Phi sorority. Second attendant is Marjorie Meads, 20, a brown-eye- homeWe U. Chosen from a field of 13 contestants, the queen is a business major sophomore and Davis High School graduate. She affiliates with Chi Omega sorority and Army Sponsors, Army ROTC auxil - A mothSPANISH FORK her voice choked with emotion, said, I know she would not stay away from home on her own. She would have called us and let us know. d brunette and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Garner B. Meads. 1940 Browning Ave. A junior home economics major. Miss Meads is a member of Chi See HOMECOMING, Page B-- 4 She had lots of plans. But she wasnt serious about any particular boy, her mother, Mrs. Reed Levanger, said. er, Ann Levanger, 20, a pretty girl with medium brown hair and lots of plans for the future, was seen along Interstate 15 a mile north of Spanish Fork Oct. 10. She was sitting in her stalled car, and a young man was bending over to talk to her. But no one has seen heard from her since. Sss. 8, 9 10 11 said today the bank is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to Lading the young woman. She worked for S. a-- I' X Kx s She had so many plans. her father, his face creased with worry, said about his daughter. She was studying at the vocational school to enter secretarial work. She had no cares, no troubles. The abandoned car was found in an emergency parking zone on the freeway where she was last seen. The keys were gone, ar.d so was the girls purse. It was a gloomy Levanger said. or Roy S'mmons, president of Zions First National Bank, ...11-1- 9 J 'She Would Have Called' 2 if miiisT review the Salt Lake City portion of the hearing award the only review it authorized. The second case is by far the most important route case the state has ever been involved in, since'it was set up to deal exclusively with the needs of Utah in general and Salt Lake City in particular. Briefs in the case were filed this week, with the Utah Agencies from service requesting American Airlines, Northwest Orient Airlines and TWA. Dregge said it would be im blue-eye- She was recognized by persons who knew her and by others who saw hex and recognized her from a description of the clothing she wore. B g more oral arguments, and then the decision. Youre probably six to eight months away from a final decision. It could be longer, but thats a fair estimate, he said. During a question period, he said he had felt for some time that Salt Lake Citys airline needs had been overlooked by the CAB due to a circumstance of geography. I think that in the past the board has not given the intermediate points as m ich attention as they need, he said. Youre always right on the fringe of a service case Ann Levanger . . . 'would have called' a Spanish Fork branch of the bank. The family previously posted a $1,000 reward, bring-n- g the reward total to $2,000. v day, He towed the car to his home at 190 S. 300 East St. He started the cai with another set of keys, but the auto would not move. She had lunch with rue the day she disappeared, Mrs. Levanger said. Then she went back to her work at the bank. She talked of going to the show with girl friends in Provo that night. She left work at the bank about 6 p.m. No clear description of the young man has been offered persons who by some saw them together. He was described as tall and neatly' dressed. He was stooping to talk through the window. 12-1- 5 Some said that a late model in front of the car was parked girls car. Girlfriends in Provo re- ported Ann missing when she didn't return to her apartment, which sue had rented lo be near the vocational school. A report that a girlfriend followed Ann's ear in case of trouble, and a second report she had stopped at a service station were discount had See MISSING on Page B-2- 9 |