The Daily Spectrum from Saint George, Utah • 4

utoh the PAGE 4 SPECTRUM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1981 UtahBriefs Torres reaches agreement to buy Silverbird Hotel Benson hospitalized for hip fracture The resort, one of the early "strip" hotels which opened under the name of Thunderbird Hotel, currently has 385 rooms. The estate of the late Major Riddle held a 15-year lease on the property but attempts to auction off the lease failed early this month. Some 850 employees were laid off when the hotel closed Dec. 3 after the unsuccessful auction. The Riddle estate is under the jurisdiction of U.S.

Bankruptcy Court. Torres said he also expected to renovate and impove the hotel, including the casino, KENO, and bingo areas. Torres and entertainer Wayne Newton opened the Aladdin Hotel in October of 1980. Torres financed his 50 percent of the Aladdin through a trust established for his children. LAS VEGAS.

Nev. (UPI) Longtime Nevada gaming figure Ed Torres has reached an agreement in principal with the landlord company of the defunct Silverbird Hotel to buy the resort and 24 surrounding acres for $30 million, it was announced Wednesday. The joint announcement was made by Torres, general manager of the Aladdin Hotel and former president of the Riviera Hotel, and Tiger Investment the landlord of the Silverbird Hotel on the Las Vegas The announcement said the sale would be finalized by the end of the year. Torres said the Silverbird Hotel casino would be reopened in May of 1982 if the necessary county and state gambling licenses were approved. He said a 700-room tower addition would be opened by the end of next vear.

SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Ezra Taft Benson, 82-year-old heir-apparent to the Mormon Church's presidency, was hospitalized with a hip fracture Wednesday, only two months after he had a hip socket and ball joint replaced. Mormon Church spokesman Jerry Cahill said Benson received a hairline fracture in his left hip when he slipped and fell Tuesday night at home. Benson, president of the Mormon Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, was listed in satisfactory condition at LDS Hospital Wednesday night. If the Mormon Church follows tradition, Benson will become the church's president and prophet upon the death of Mormon Church President Spencer W. Kimball.

Kimball is in ill health and is still recovering from skull surgery performed Sept. 5. The leader of the world's 4.7 million Mormons had scar tissue; fluid and blood removed from between his skull and his brain to relieve a subdural hematoma. It was the third such operation the 86-year-old patriarch has undergone. Cahill said Benson is expected to be hospitalized only eight to 10 days, and doctors say the injury will heal by itself if Benson keeps his weight off of it.

Benson fell and broke his hip several years ago, then underwent surgery in October to relieve pain and correct a limp. Cahill said the recent fracture is not in the same hip. Music for recess SALT LAKE CITY (LTD It wasn't a constitutional issue such as separation of church and state It was just a matter oi quiet the Utah Supreme Court that ended Christmas caroling by several public school groups in the State Capitol Building. The court is holding session each morning this week and the justices said they couldn't hear lawvers argue their cases while choirs sang in the capitol rotunda outside the courtroom. Court Clerk Geoffrev Butler then asked Kaye Smith the building's tour guide, to schedule the groups when the court is in recess.

But since several of the schools had already scheduled their capitol visits for the morning hours Mrs Smith said the court order has forced at least lour school choirs to cancel performances. Structure retained SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Mormon Church-owned Zions Securities Corporation says it will gut the aging Eagle Gate Apartment Building, but retain the structure's outside walls for a new apartment complex. The financial corporation said Wednesday the turn-of-the-centurv building needs to be renovated because it does not meet lire and safety code standards. The new building will also house commercial shops on the street level. Zions president J.

Howard Dunn said the renovation plan proposed by a San Francisco firm has been accepted bv Zions' board of directors and bv the Mormon Church's First Presidency. 'He said the costs of renovating the Eagle Gate or completlv rebuilding the structure were about equal, so' the firm elected to save the exterior walls due to their historical value. But Dunn said no timetable for the multi-million dollar project had been established. weather Retirement postponed NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST to 7 PM EST 12-17-81 2977730.00 30.24 Ok 30.24 30 00 30 00 i I BOSTON FREEZING LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UPI) U.S.

District Judge Roger Foley has notified President Reagan he is postponing retirement to senior status on the court indefinitely because physical facilities do not exist for a third working judge. Foley's retirement to senior status would clear the way for the presidential appointment of a third federal judge who would sit in southern Nevada. Foley notified Nevada's congressional delegation by letter Thursday that he had informed the President of the change in plans. "Upon my retirement, a successor judge would be appointed by the President. The existing facilities here are not adequate to accommodate three judges and their staffs." Foley said in the letter.

will riot retire to senior status on May 1, 1982, as previously announced." Presently the federal building in Las Vegas has two courtrooms and chambers suites for Foley and U.S. District Judge Harry Claiborne, the chief federal judge in Nevada. Foley said the court requested a third courtroom and chambers suite from the General Services Administration in June of 1977. He said the court has now been notified the expansion will not begin least i yzr Chicago '-krktwrrtl SAN FRANCISCO COUPON mm Bring in this coupon and receive 15 off Guitar Purchase! LOS ANGELES A I I If ATI ANTA Lr7 HIGHEST Employee indicted TEMPERATURES or 10 off a book of your choice Christmas drawing 10a.m. Dec.

21 lay-a-way NOW for Christmas NEwA MIAMI 0RLEANS frfy) LEGEND W- -50 Ej RAIN xX xXxlsNOW 70 1 AIR Books, Music Things SALT LAKE CITY UPI A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted a U.S. Postal Service employee on charges of theft of $1,900 worth of quarters mailed to two southern Utah banks. The four-count indictment alleged Charles Wesley Mock Jr. of Provo took two boxes containing $1,000 worth of quarters mailed on Sept. 15 to a Zions First National Bank branch in Panguitch.

And the indictment claims Mock took another two boxes containing $900 worth of quarters mailed Sept. 22 to a Zions branch in Fillmore. An arraignment on the charges was pending before the U.S. Magistrate. 3inuwtIH; FLOW UPI WEATHER FOTOCAST Temperatures Ad prices good from 1 0 p.m.

to 12 p.m. on December 1 8 TME ADVANTAGE OF THIS DlStOuin ciTER 55 South 900 East Regional By United Press Intemationii Hi Lo Pep Boise 4729 Burley Cedar City 50 17 Idaho Falls 33 17 Lewiston 43 31 Logan 38 20 .02 Ogden 42 26 Orem Pocatello 30 18 Richfield 41 1ST Roosevelt 46 IS Sail Lake City 43 27T St. George (3 33 Wendover 4726 National IT fSl 30 10 0.05 82 63 72 56 0.02 30 26 0.32 27 02 0.31 63 36 76 57 34 29 0.20 53 43 0.01 72 69 21 15 06 M1 67 52 40 30 63 48 49 20 15 b06 76 46 63 37 38 25 73 48 31 19 0.05 37 26 0.06 52 44 17 12 64 35 46 20 43 27 51 49 35 .18 0.46 43 27 69 56 59 50 49 45 29 14 77 44 40 29 Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York Oakland Oklahoma City Omaha Palm Springs Paso Robles Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, Me. Portland, Ore. Rapid City Red Bluff Reno Richmond Sacramento St.

Louis Salt Lake San Diego San Francisco Seattle Spokane Thermal Washington 00P3 1 4s 'vvW(u. Temperature and precipitation table lor the 24-hour period ending at 4 a.m. Pacific time, as prepared by the National Weather Service in San Francisco: COVER GIRL Mascara Reg. $2.22 SAVOY SUPER PUFF Footballs Reg. $4.89 Cassette Carrier 24 cassettes, No.

1324 Reg. $8.99 PYREX Cake Dish 8" Square-Reg. $3.29 $'H29 STI19 $99 Hi Lo Pep Albany 35 25 0.11 Albuquerque 57 28 Anchorage 38 29 Atlanta 49 30 Bakerslield 61 47 Bismarck 06 b14 Boise 47 29 Boston 38 31 0.01 Brownsville 79 62 Buffalo 33 24 Charlotte 48 27 Cheyenne 33 08 O.lf Chicago 22 18 0.02 Cincinnati 33 26 0.23 Cleveland 32 23 0.01 Dallas 70 29 Denver 44 13 0.06 Des Moines 16 002 0.20 Detroit 33 23 0.02 Duluth 12 b05 Eureka 57 42 Fairbanks 17 07 Fresno 55 43 Hartlord 39 26 0.08 THE FAMOUS Gerber Baby Doll REVLON Flex Shampoo Conditioner When Mom Buys Truck Mothen buying trucks? It happens more often than you'd think, for mothers are the prime purchasers of toy trucks and cars, non-fad toy items that appeal to youngsters year in and year out. To help mom shop for a Christmas truck, experts who design the well-known Ertl toy vehicle line have these tips: WESTMINSTER Pocket Radio AMFM, solid state, model FM-18-Reg. $12.99 $69 Holiday Tumblers Packageof(20)9-oz.

tumblers Reg. $1.49 50 FLEX mourn mmmta tHAMfOO Reg. $21 .49 $H(o)99 1 i-JB Deluxe Giant Rocker. Solid Hardwood. LADIES Knit Tops Short sleeve Reg.

$8.97 LADIES f. Coats' 2 Hours mfj IFF IO500 Solid OakTable with TASCO Binoculars 7X35 mm Model 3000 Reg. $39.99 ZEBCO Reel-Rod Combo For spin-cast fishing, No. 202 Reg. $12.49 $49 o)49 4 chairs, reg.

345NOW 305 Hard Wood Bar Stools from 15w WE FINISH OR YOU FINISH 178 NORTH 500 EAST ST. GEORGE IN THE BAZAAR PLAZA 8284729.