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Show TT B0HE EUQBV f r P? C2 10. 1969 Y. GEOLOGIST IN ANTARCTIC It took a month tor us to reach our first area of explor high in the cold, Transantartie Mountains. We have now been in a camp at Coalsack Eluff for a week. We arrived hete on a Sunday and the veiy next day mats a fabulous discovery. A scientific gold mine. Where there was only one small bone fragment from an area larger than the U.S. and Europe combined, suddenly there is a string of sandstone tiffs a lictir nine Lmg with a bone m every foot or two of their length. The collection is my problem. We have been working on these cliffs us much as we have been able to considering the intense cold and high winds native to this region. The bones represent various types of Triassic animals. Some appear to be like those we discovered in South America and may therefore be of great importance in future theories on the One great continent of Gondwanaland. This, of course, was the philosophical justification for the entiie effort and expense of this expedition. This is a vast, incomprehensible land with nothing to assist the common mind in estimating size or grandeur. There are no billboards (alas), or fence lines, no power towers diminishing the perspective. No moving objects of any sort to compute size from. Nothing, in other words, to enable "he eve to suggest depth and dimension such as pine trees or a mountain profile or juniper dots across the plain into infinity. And yet from our front door, in a Jamesway Hut. we see Mt. Falla rising directly upward to a magnilicent peak like ON FOSSIL EXPEDITION Janies A. Jenran. geology curator at Brigham Yo.rg University, departed this fall for Antarctica to take rut in a search for fossils in the frozen wastes near the Sv.rh P .. The searchers have already come up with one of t e world's significant "cienufic es bones belongi: g to the ancestors of prehistoric dinosaurs. Here, in his own eloquent words, Jensen des. nbos what it's really like in Antarctica as his team struggles against the elements and where each helicopter trp is flight into the jaws of death. one vast mountain printed on a sheet of white canvas. Not a hump, speck or irregularity of any soil mars the oura white sheet of snow covered ice between u- - How many r. !rs away? It is too far to travel on foot n.d impractical to e the necessary time to go by motor toboggan. Yet Met-esFalla stands in regal splendor, draped in crystalline roles, rising in defiant purity from our common plain to approximately 12.000 feet. She, enthroned in her sapphire robes, cradles glaciers in u-- s News Washington Bureau - WASHINGTON Open air lesting of all lethal chemicals, induding the controversial nerve gas, has been suspended at Dugway Proving Ground, Tooele County, the Army announced Monday afternoon. The Army action induded a request for a review of open air testing of deadly chemicals to be conducted by the secretary of health, education and welfare. At the same time. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird said the Army will be allow ed to use germs to produce poisonous substances for chemical weapons. These poisonous materials, called toxins, are considered to be chemical agents and are not prohibited under President Nixons recent ban on offensive biological weapons. The ban did not indude chemical agents. The administration was agreed that the toxins, although a byproduct of germs, fall in the field of chemical agents, such as nerve gas. This same position is held ' V" Speed Study Asked By Rampton Do-er- et Calvin tins morning State Highway L. Rampton directed the Dept to p n possible pare a study reduction of speed limits to 55 or even 50 miles per hour on interstate freeways through metropolitan Salt Lake City. The governor asked that the study be presented to the Road Commission for possible action at its next meeting, Dec. 30 in Brigham City. TWO REASONS Such a reduction seems desirable for two reasons, Rampton said: Through the metropolitan area, because of the need for frequent structures to cross other roads and railroad tracks, the distance that a di iver can see ahead is often limited by structures or by re-o- scare Jo residents of the northwestern Utah area. Reuss is chaiiman of the conservation and natural resources subcommittee of the commission formed to advise the United Nations on chemical and warfare matters, Laird said. The latest restriction on testing of nerve gas does not prohibit laboratory experiments or research, but only open air testing. The suspension, announced by Rep. Henry S. came in die Reuss, wake of public protest following a leakage of liquid nerve gas last Thursday which forced evacuation of 200 employes and gave a House Committee on Government Operations, the body that conducted hearings into the death of 6.400 sheep of Skull Valley last year following open air testing of nerve gas. The subcommittee later recommended the cessa tion of open-ai- r testing of le-- t ha1 chemicals through test -- rmd-sectio- pe.-ik- - lot-t.-- .g See SCIENTIFIC on Page P spraying in large quantities from an airplane. The proposed review of test ing procedural came in the form of a request from Secy, of Laird to HEW Secy. Robert Finch. An This year's version of Army spokesman told Reuss that the review would include a look at possible hazards to puhlic health and safety and recommendations for pic. measures to protect the public. The latest uproar over nerve gas testing at Dugway occurred after the liquid gas seeped out of a damaged plug onto the dirt floor in a storage See Dl GWAY oa rage B-ll tors When all tiaffic is moving at a high speed and the driver touches his brakes to reduce lus speed, cars behind him in turn must reduce speed. Usually in order to have a margin of safety, the lowered speed is somewhat below the reduced speed of the vehicle in front This has an accordion effect on all traffic following until finally when such accordion back effect has passed through a dozen or more cars the result will be that traffic is stopped. At a lower speed limit the changes in speed necessary for a driver to accommodate himself to the approaching exit would be less. Likewise, succeeding automobiles w ould be better able to accommodate themselves to the situation presented and the accordion effect above described would be minimized. The opera, the story of a crippled boy who travels to Bethlehem to see the Christ child, w ill begin at 8 pan. in the Tabernacle. Performed by the University of Utah Opera Company, the production is fiee to the public, courtesy of the Deseret News. ZCMI. Zions First National Bank, Beneficial life Insurance and Sugar. Because of the overflow crowds attending the first three performances, doors will be closed at 8 p m. Utah-Idah- larceny, filed against Danny K. Bogue, 24, Elko, Nev., and Delbert Loddy, 25, Ely, Nev. Hearing was originally set for Sept. 3, then delayed until Dec. 15 after the county attorney's office said witnesses would not be available on the first date. When they were also unavailable Monday, Judge morris ordered the charges dismissed. more criminal charges because of failure to prosecute by the county attorneys office. He acted on a motion by defense counsel after the county attorney's office asked for a second continuance because witnesses were out of state and unavailable to testify. The charges were grand of property taxes jiM about completed, the Salt Like County treasurer's office today that revenue will exceed last year's collection by $3.5 million. o Charges Dismissed Salt Lake City Judge Melvin H. Morris has dismissed two ith the annual collection 1 Some $62 million has conic in to date from real property, and a few thousand more is expected to dribble ire before the first of the year, officials reported. With this added to some $9 million received earlier in the year from taxes on personal and other property, the overall total is expected to hit $71 million, compared with e the previous property tax total of $67.5 million last vear. all-tim- To date, the treasurer has distributed jut under $46 million to the various taxing units in the county. Thg balance will be parceled out by the end of December, treasury officials stated. curvature. It would seem that during rush hours a lower speed limit may actually move traffic through points of congestion more rapidly than the high speed limit DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Tuesday, December 1969 16, It is often difficult for a driver at speeds of 65 to 70 mph to bring his car down to sufficiently slow speed to cope with an emergency, Rampton said. As a result, we have experienced substantial numbers of multiple collisions in which a the Deseret News Staff Writer A flood control plan for Jordan River tributaries was flooded ; with protests Monday night. The plan was conceived by your own county commissioners, Sacramento District engineer Col. George Fink, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, told some 80 unhappy landowners and their representatives living on or near Mill Creek, Big and Little Cottonwood Cteeks. But I get the clue you had nothing to do with endorsing it, he added. The meeting was held in the Federal Building Annex. LINED C AN L General initial plans on the thiee sti earns mil for con- 1 canal some 40 feet wide and seven feet deep, with . ece-- s roads on each side and a high fence from the Jordan River to approximately Highland Drive. Tlie concrete sluiceway would funnel in a trapezoid shape as it nears the Jordan MARL Hov of costs varied from $20 to $30 million. Condemning land on Big Cottonwood Creek alone would cost the county $3.7 million, engicn neers said. WHERE ARE THEY? I wish the county commissioners were here so we could ask them about this costly project. University of Utah biologist Stanley Mulaik said. Tbs plan was devised by commissioners without ever talking to the people involved. We have called them, written them and still they ignore us. arent they here continued. HUE HAZARD f Si Furthermore, highway patrolmen attempting to control traffic at the scene of an accident are placed in a hazardous position when a car suddenly comes over a structure at a high rate of speed and suddenly becomes aware of the patrolman in the lanes of traffic said She gover V' ' u 5 r t , nor. Much of which occurs of maximum state comes - O' i v tJV y i! is that A, letter problem while initial stages aie to cement from the Jordan up to about Highland Drive, you can be sme the second phase will be to cement up to Wasatch Blvd. They would have to do this because of the water tnat is being funneled on entire east side of the valley mto the three streams. Figures cited by Lamh on Mill Creek indicated changing tiie 51 cubic feet per second h gh water flow on record to 2 if'O cfs. Similar increases would be made on other streams as flood waters are See LANDOWNERS, Page t tlXIil IiURIM iTl XAfcabT W: SECTION v, City. Regional Conics - 11. ,1, j t mgiu. Toys For Tots Pour in Robert Tuck, vocational instructor at Utah State Prison, is swam) cd by toys being: poured on by Scott stores, collection points for Toys for Tots. The Marine Corps sponReese, district manager of sors the annual project, and prison inmates make the toys like new again for distribution to needy children at Christinas time. More toys are needed. J S;irts Financial Obituaries Weather Map Action Ads B--ll B 1. 10. 11 2 3 4 7 8, 9 12 12 12-1- 9 (364 Monday through Friday, or write to Box 1267, Soft Gly.Utoh S41 XX la New Bottles Coming rate-line- d River. a problem? Did 6 to 9 pan. No cydaniates are claimed oa the caps of dirt soft drink bottles, but the labels still list cydamate among the ingredients. Why? Also, what Is the calorie count in a soft drink where sugar has replaced cydaniates? What dont thry remove tbe bottle labels from the market? A.B., Salt Lake City. Costs money to make new bottles. So the government is letting soft drink companies use the bottles on hand unil supply is exhausted. You may. therefore, continue to see these bottles for quite some time. However, the caps on mo-- t diet soft drinks now indicate no evdamates. This fact is also on a special label pas.ed to each carton, or even a spelled-ou- t piece of paper attached to individual bottles. Metal contu.n-er- s now being manufactured will be labeled to indicate no cyclamates and will list the new calorie count. Do-I- t Man has seen the calorie count listed as 3.8 per ounce for one drink and six per ounce for another since the ban on cydaniates. We sugget you check with the bottler for the new count on y'tir favorite diet drink. Their Letter A Bit Confusing At present I am not living in S.L.. but I subscribe to your paper and hope you can help. On Oct C I sent my check tor $7J4 for five books to a company in Massachusetts. I didn't gel the books, so wrote them. Now they tell me my rRcrfc was for only $1 JO. I have my canceled check and its $7.J(l. I want tbe books or my money. I cant get any answer lrotu them. Mrs. L. A. W., Scranton, Pa. Maybe things will be okay, but we are a bit dubious from the way they framed their letter. They apologize to you: ir. cate all taken care of, and say: You will find that the books, were mailed on Dec. 16. Trouble is their letter was dated Dec. 10. so how could they already have been mailed on Dec. I 16? If you dont receive, get back to Do-I- t Man. Tco Many Excuses IT TO WASATCH TV 1 Bv HARTT WIXOM tonight? The greatest problem with this proposal is That in addition to the condemned land lost, remaining real esta'e values drop sharply by changing a beautiful stream into a cement canal. Property tax values also drop, and that means less annual taxes paid to the county, Dr. Harold Lamb, landowner on Mill Creek, said. a car proceeding at or near presently established runs into cars limits speed stepped on the highway as the result of a previous accident, B Landowners Protest Flood Control Plan Why IN EMERGENCY the congestion during a period use of an interwhen a driver attempts to change his lane of traffic in order to place himself In a position to take an exit which he is approaching. In changing lanes when traveling abreast of another car which is in the lane to which he desires to change, the tendency of the average driver is to reduce his speed and pull In behind the other .. car. 1 Arnahl and the Night Via- will be presented two more nights tonight and before completing its traditional holiday Wednesday run. James A. Jensen, BYU curator, tests a camera before leaving on dangerous trip to Antarctica. 10 Defense Tax Inflow YULE OPERA RUNS Ahead Of FOR 2 MORE NIGHTS '68 Pace Limit By CLARENCE S. RARKER News Staff Writer by a her arms, while spaikhng cetulean furs sag low c r shoulder and bosoms. Al about her tumble her childten. the glu- jet's, horn as a result of her physical ability to entrap row men ice. Tttey harg by one atm from the nearby peas-- , down t .ey con e in suspu ded animation, on their bellies, on their Kicks irn:s ouispiead, sideways, end over end. while m me l.e ,n re's the thrust of gravity arms clinging to ore . feet interlocked with another while their is 'T:etciied far down beyond its natural tolerance opening wide crevasses m their spinal column. They ding hopelessly to then- mother. Mt. Falla, the mistress ot ice, but tiieir inevitable doom is to become tiny lateral lines m an unending flow to the ocean by a v.w, incomprehensible river of ice known as Bmrdniore Glacier. Ore has heard tnat an adventure is an experience whete-i- n one suffers. This will truly be the greatest adventute of my life. Every day we arp faced with an unending smuggle lor survival. We struggle into our bulky clothing, we strangle against the wind to keep our balance or to remove and keep hold of our equipment. On the tochy chits we strung1? for a secure foothold while we strugge to use hammer and chisel w .th bear paw mittens. Tiny specimens must be handed with s '.'king, numb fingers. Ai thrifts locks your thumb joints tiny, priceless objects fall into a ctack in some diff ire. Not only the panorama but everything w on a gtand si a'e here. There ate no little or small thu gs. Theie are no 1'ttle dangers. Three helicopters went into the mountains from McMurdo. Thev alwavs rarrv compdto c ir Tests peon-A- ir je fnaryrr TO Ev JAMES A JENSEN Gov. if i ij Jle Found Gold Mine isr uay December Deseret irriu ni 1 sent S3 to a ronuc.in in Nebraska for a grapefruit HtL. That was more than a month ago. And Ive not beard anyW.S., Salt I aka thing. Can vou find out what is going on? City. letMay lie theyre figuring out more excuses, since tbrir ter to us mentioned four different ones. Anyway tney are sorrv and since we are not in the habit of taking peep.rs money and not fulfilling our part of the bargain." have sent you your materiaL Happy dieting. No Overnight Solution We hope you can help us with a problem with a California firm where they haven't paid uv They had a government t the contract and about 40 to 50 people are involved. Why G. G., Dugway. government doing anything about this? in Sir, this firm is not only involved with the place where you work, but also with some other concerns too. Be assured the government has, and will continue, to take the necessary Unfortulgal steps to protect the rights of those involved. will take nately, such action is not conclusive overnight. It for a satisfactotime as legal maneuvering usually does I ry and fair solution. You and others will ju-- t have to patient. null wtumg Mlts and Wt it terry t iwcibw (Editr- mailt It vnemuM t nwu tryry vuestioii. PINS. M oMdital or l caa answer s r envelopes remus send t Den gunttenv catuma. Onlf aueshew at general inter. I wiU Oa ante ba grvtn m m Maa bhaaa the err m cea belt cells be accepted answeied ana telephone at trm hour, prescribed. Give your .aim. address and tetegnont mtmuw ' but ta help Do-I- t Mee yau.l Mt ter gvMicatiM al: |