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Show Springville and caused the severance of a 138,000-volt power line which fell into a 44,000 volt line, cutting power to parts of Utah, north Juab and San Pete Counties for several hours. Speaking for the utility, J. L. Shoemaker, manager of public affairs, said this type of vandalism is not only thoughtless and costly, but dangerous. "The vandals forget or ignore the fact that thousands of people are inconvenienced, in-convenienced, some of whom may be seriously ill, or de- pendent upon an iron lung or other life-saving apparatus that requires electricity." Under Utah statutes, persons per-sons convicted of shooting power lines and related facilities fac-ilities can be charged with criminal offense and subject to both fine and imprisonment. imprison-ment. Shoemaker said that Friday's act of vandalism cost the company and its customers many thousands of dollars "certainly an avoidable expense affecting the cost of electricity," he said. Ulah Power Offers Big Reward Utah Power & Light Co. Tuesday offered a $1,000 reward re-ward for information leading lead-ing to the arrest and conviction con-viction of the person or persons per-sons responsible for the shooting of a high-voltage power line conductor that caused widespread power outages in Central Utah late Friday. UP&L officials reported the shooting incident occurred occur-red just north of the city of |