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Show DESERET NEWS Monday, November 17, . 1969 Amv (Comih!!) SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH The sdence of the falhrg jarred by the sound of crashirg cars today as motorists failed to meet the challenge of the season's first snow stoi m. H.ghways ar.d freeway- - Wt si i Is ar.d slushy by the storm wtoch began Surdiy and ta.s morning, were the ssere of dozens of acctden's toe Salt throughout Valley SEF.RL 1N41RFD sr.ow was Cars Light Up To Guide Small Plane To Landing 75 Understatement Of Year Has entering a shopping center. It was snowing hard. Much to my surprise the entrance Has nothing more than deep ruts and large boulders. I purtured the oil pan. I reported it to the store manager nho advised me to call a wrecker. He told me to contrc him later and we'd discuss the matter of responsibility. Nest day he told me hed contacted the realty company which was the property's landlord and handled the insurance. The bid for repair and towing was $18.10. They told me theyd settle it immediately. Ive contacted them at least 50 times only to be put off. M. 4. L., Salt Can you find ont what they intend to do? Lake City. Prior to Christmas 1968 I The realty firm says their intention are to pay as soon make a settlement with a Detroit insurance company which handles insurance matters for the shopping center. They said you'd been terrific" m beirg so patient and you should be paid in about three weeks. That's ene of the tierto- -. statements of the year. Do-- Man suggests if you are not. to get back to Do-I- t Man. We also thins tne State Insurance Dept., might be interested in a claim that takes almost a year to settle as they It They Regtef Rudeness recently at a drhe-i- a in Provo. Weve been there many times. I have occasionally made out checks and they have accepted them. This time I gave them a cheek and they rudely said, We dont take checks. I asked why and he became angry. He said they had quit taking checks and to go so men here else and cash it and come back. My boy whose birthday we were celebrating, was embarrassed and many other customers and workers were watching. I do not recall ever being so insulted. I question the no check policy especially when all other businesses around will take checks. I would appreciate a response. J. B. C., Orem. We stopped For the first two years this drive-i- operated it was privately owned. Then it was bought by a chain and they started with an policy. Then this year they started the no check at all" policy. They posted signs to this effect. Even so. the managei is sorry and extends his apologies to you and will make sure that the rudeness" bit on the part of the employee with whom you dealt will not w ith you or anyone else. recur n Write To Their Lawyer We bought a water softener from a S.L. place which has lifetime guarantee on the fiberglass pressure mineral tank and fiberglass storage lank. Now it leaks. I telephoned them and found ont they are under new management. I railed him Mrs. M. but he hadn't gotten back to me. Can you help? P., Holladay. a New company says they are not responsible for old company's accounts. So you can do one ot tv. o thing1 : The lav yer who is handling affairs for the old company says if you'!! w rite to him hell forward your letter to the old ow 'er v ho now lives in California. Or the new owner says he can install a new salt tank for you for only $18 or $19. You have the name of the lawyer to whom to write. MINI DO-IT- S I won a record from a local radio station. I havent received it despite several telephone calls. P. O., Salt lake City. We gave em your name and address and you should be getting your record soon. I sent $1.73 to a cereal company fur a place setting of silverware. They rashed my cheek hut I haven't gotten anything. I wrote but no word. Please help, it has to he a birthMrs. K. C.. Salt lake C ity . day presrnt for my little girl. Salesman for company Imre in S L said he'd get one right over to you. Where can I get a March ()., Boys Life? Granger. i6 Write to Boys l.ito I vjt Boy hi outs ot Bumsuick. N' J . and request it. iiioihj New down the rurvvay without any damage. Quinton and Ball were en route to California when they ran into a snowstorm near Beaver. They decided to return to Fillmore but lost their way. and Qumton was planning to land at N'ephi. However, the snow became too dense and they turned back, not knowing where they were. The pilot made one attempt to land on U.S. Highway 89 one mile south of Mt. Pleasant, but he had to pull up when a truck came along. He then sighted the airport and was circling and blinking his lights when Chief of Police Lynn Barah and his wife, Joan, spotted him as they were entering a cafe. They sped to the avport along with 15 or mere other motorists who saw the plane in trouble. Ted Dae, a junior high school teacher, directed the cars along the runway and told them to turn on thier ofrhtv The pilot made several pas ms before touching down on the runway. Barah dreamed said he A Lore s, s.H rs vet' r. u r v v p A.-.t- ravi, rp nt " p or s ,em. s 1, il 1 .I.- rod anont Pig c'av SI 0 - u- upa of a i.,.s .don's i lined.' D.iv s County Siu miiuuig tout awiderts 01 Hid- - n ups ! c ft p.ii'tv; rot' "g '!'! r .' e ui or. e V. Lev Mii'ic Ha SKIERS II VPP -- irvoivuig r.t u x f , ' V . !. ii v. vv nip fa s'onit t.ie.i'it ro'hing but trouble tor motorists. ,i u is the cause of great re jolting among skiers Bnghton started opetatiig iis lifts today as an additional s 15 inches of snow brought the - - r A' depth cn the ground to tween 31 and 4 leet. be- . 4 ard Solitude to Deret Early season snowfall makes for toicky driving foo Nr O c f) 91 Ana abo ,tn vv a toot to a foot and a half of new snow, plan to oien Saiu-- d tv Paik his noi set irs v on slushy freeways. (tv date yet. Roads to me See sTORVI on Page i'iet ii. g B-- li Its Not The Snow, Its faulty Driving WOLTHUIS RENAMED MAYOR FOR OGDEN Inc unibeitt Mayor Bait Wolthuis was re IKjDEX named Ogden's chief executive today for another r tet rr. Selection of Wolthuis and A"t. Miyor Kail Mactar-lane- . also renamed to oftae, was the first official act of two-yea- With winter approaching, driving a car on public highways is an entirely new ball game." the Utah Safety Council warned today. The driver who realizes this and adjusts his habits accordwill avoid ingly. probably tragedy, G. Ernest Bourne, council director, said today. The motorist who blithely nothing's the new Ogden city council. Three new cour.cilmen John B. Arrington, Maik H. Bott and Herbert J Corkev were sworn into office along with four returnees, Wolthuis. Macfailane, George Frost and Vein Wilcox. Today Ls the last time Ogdon's council will select the mayor. Voteis this fall overwhelmingly approved a chatter amendment which will permit election of the mavor by popular vote, beginning in 1971. assumes that ; Is headed hanged trouble, lie said far ( v all atirct tne aui! the diner to see other eople. vehicles ami objects. it.d-hie- ld ot ii y "Uniter driving conditions don't cause accidents. Drivers who fad to adjust to ihe'p conditions do cause them. The two main problems in winter-tim- e are reduced visibility and slippery road sui laces, said Bourne. Early darkness, fog ram. SLOW DOWN Rain, sr.ow and ice on the road sui face greatly decrease tne starting and stopping power of a car and its The solution is, of course, to more slowly and cautiously. tie safety council tor s. id He advised St w far thei hell. nd the i ,.r he oi oi apnicai h interop. to" - ailtloU'ii 1 FEE PKUvES When umimg up to a stop s"gti o' red semaphore "teel the broke' i.uiliously to detei rump liie fcMtmg well before you lea, h the point where ; mi have to stop If wheels hie k arid shoe e.roe lip and "pump" p e brakes rapidly This not cn.!. gives better stopping power but helps preserve steering control. When ai four wheels are locked and sliding a c.,r is an out-o- f control toboggan DIRECTION OF SKID A sideways skid can often ue arrested by turning ti.e front wheels in the direction the rear end is sliding. Don't touch throttle or brekps while attempting this maneuver. For a gentler touch on the throttle, rijust your front seat dnve di-l- r s. j? c ?Sv . never - X 2 S', if so tlie right foot rests comfortably or the tull lei, gth of If the accelerator pedal. you're too far back ar.d re.iii ing. smooth starting ard sure cortrol of powpr ml! be In- -' Tooele TSVTLLE, Death came to too separate accidents County highways night and early Sunday . KILLF.l): Miss Nola Christenson, 19, Oak City. Millard County, dead on arrival at Tooele Valley Hospital. Golden Norman Burris, 41, 2770 S. 8650 West. Matin,., crushed to death when his pickup truck ran off U.S. 40. 2 i miles west of Grantsville. The deaths brought Utah's 1969 traffic fatnlitv toll to 269 compared with 247 on this date a year ago. Tooele County Deputy Slier-n- f William E. Pitt said Miss Christensen was pinned beneath the car she was in when it rolled off the St. John Grantsville count v road on a curve at the crest oi a knoll Time was 8 'll) p ni Satin iliv Burris was killed at 1 a in. Sunday when his pickup truik drifted otf the left snle of the highway ino a bariow pit, t .miming a iiilveit embankment m a guilev. v 4 mormrg loop era g i l 2 Utahns Die In Tooele Car Crashes Saturday t.i.s Airport ',1 r they would land safely. He and his wife took the shaky, but unhurt, 'pair to a hotel. Quinton has flown for 25 years ar.d clocked 2.500 hours, but he said this was the closest he had ever come to cracking up. He said he was flying Bad back to California where he is a student of California State College at Long Beach. G RA X County Utahns in on Tooele the on ad US car-truc- k Piper Cub Cherokee 59. Myron James Quinton, 55, 677 E. 4th Ave., pilot, had touched the plane down about half w a y cars and were u c der ing off the road to a southbound i.ear pileup on ISO. Most seriously hurt was a Brigham Young University student who was critically collision injured in a in Farmington Sunday. The Utah Highway Patrol reported more than 15 accidents during the mormrg rush hour and tne Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office was deluged with at least 20 calls in one hour. FEWER MIMIIPS Salt Lake City police sa.d there weie fewer accidents ths mormrg than Sunday, althere were manv though More than 15 cars lined up on the runway at the Mt. Pleasant airport and turned on their lights to guide a small plane to a safe landing in a heavy snows" orm Sunday night. Hello, you wonderful people, were the first words of Bruce Ball, 20 Bakersfied, Calif., as he stepped out on the wing of the ). Hove a problem? Dial 6 to 9 pun. Monday through Friday, or write to Box 1 257, Salt lake City, Utah 84110. Do- - V 14-c- MT. PLEASANT today. to mcoi rots proo-lem- s, tour noroes got out of a ter, red neld rew the Salt Several By INA JONES Deseret News Correspondent more 'tree's To v.eie persons injured in the mi'haps. which rarged irom sirge cars bmes rot toOKT Tun IF C same 'o:t " touc should be used or, t ,e hr .kps ard steer irg w heel t e I ir on': e v K'.e. Driverless tow truck plunged down embankment Sunday, through fence ond into empty swimming pool. 1 Larry Jacobs. 22. contem- plated a quiet Sunday assignment when he was asked to drive his wrecker to 1140 Elizabeth St to Inn! a stilled ear from a garage. nd-in- But minutes alter Jacobs about 1 p ni. arrived there was a great deal of excitement on the qu.et, residential street, and althouu' the truck driver himself didn't get into ihe swim of things. Ins "big tow" did. The one ton tow track luits brakes, atui w.th Jacobs turning helplessly behind, ca-t reened backward down tne deadend stieet. over an embankment, through a fence and into an apartment swimming port! There was oi v aiiout too feet of water m the deep erol of the piiol and l! was roon stained a sickly btown el and gisolme 'rom the tru, h Ea't Jacobs, Granger, was i.ir..i!pi thoughts of i iw n it could have hep- in h oi'P . hy - Tlie fuur ''nat narrow - (ik Rd v ' a ,u 2 s'ei s on memo behmd the wheel of the truck couldn't have steered it as well as u steered itself," he said "ft went right between two trees and missed a power po e " track "mu wien been the "i ' e vc.Ups (wnnh lock' t"e wiiole broke sys'emi toiled, be probably would been ti'"ed tnrough the wir.d'h e'd. Tee track K'. tie c.i'a w 'h ten 'a impact knei kmg e neaul. gilts out of t so, - T.le was also cripped cn e bottem of the pixi! at t'e rr ir of the LaNai Apir" -- vs tc'1! 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