The Times-News from Twin Falls, Idaho • 14

Idaho B-2 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Friday, April 25, 1980 Industry clean-up teams also at work Rain cleans Ft. Hall Preventive maintenance UPI Some 600 Army soldiers from Fort Carson, used a slightly modified uniform to keep out completed mobilization and readiness exercises some of the dust raised on Idaho roads by at Gowan Field at Boise Thursday. This soldier military equipment. Obituaries- Mary Elizabeth Earl TWIN FALLS Mary Elizabeth Earl, 82, of Twin Falls, died Thursday Magic Valley Memorial Hospital. She was born March 12, 1898, at She married Reuben Earl Feb.

28, 1916, at Malad. He died in 1966. She came to Idaho in 1930 from Utah, and moved to Twin Falls in 1934. She was a member of the LDS Church. daughters, are a Helen son, Wright Kinsfather Earl, and Dorthy Hoopiianna, all of Twin Falls; five grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a brother and a grandchild. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at White Mortuary Chapel with Bishop Gordon Carter conducting. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call at White Mortuary today and until time of services on Saturday.

Merrill J. Jones JEROME Merrill J. Jones of Green River, former Jerome resident, died Tuesday at Salt Lake City. Services will be held today at Green River. Graveside services will be held the Jerome Cemetery at 1 p.m.

Saturday. Friends may call at the Hove Chapel from 11 a.m. until time of services Saturday. Menno J. Nussbaum TWIN FALLS Menno J.

Nussbaum, 84, of Twin Falls, died Thursday at a local nursing home. He was born July 18, 1895, at Dalton, Ohio, and married Kate Miller Dec. 6, 1921, at Sugar Creek, Ohio. He moved to Idaho in 1945, where he had lived at Filer, Curry, and Twin Falls, and worked at Browning Auto for 14 years. Mr.

Nussbaum was a member of the East Mennonite Church. He is survived by his wife; two sons, George Nussbaum and John Nussbaum, both of Twin Falls; a daughter, Ruth Martin of Shipshewana, 17 grandchildren; three great a brother, Simon Nusshaum of Orrville, Ohio; and a sister, Katherine Zim- Services TWIN FALLS Memorial services for Esther Tolbert Ewing, 57, of El Centro, formerly of Twin Falls, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the First Presbyterian Church Chapel. RUPERT Mass of the Resurrection for Mary Zeimetz, 77, of Rupert, who died Monday, will be celebrated at 11 today at the St. Nicholas Catholic Burial will be in Rupert Cemetery.

Friends may call at the church one hour prior to the services. BUHL Graveside services for Judd E. Adams, 79, of Buhl, who died Tues- merman of Lois Ville, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother. Services will be held at 11 a.m.

Monday at the East Mennonite Church with the Rev. Jacob Quiring and the Rev. Royden Schwitzer officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call at White Mortuary today, Saturday, Sunday, and until 10 a.m.

Monday. The 1 family suggests memorials to the Filer East Mennonite Church. Andrew William Hilverda TWIN FALLS Andrew William Hilverda, 71, of Twin Falls, died Thursday morning at Magic Valley Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was born June 9, 1908, at Ooshem, Netherlands. He came to the United States at the age of 23, became a naturalized citizen and had lived in Idaho most of his adult life.

He received his schooling in Holland, Idaho State University, and attended Cal-Aero Technical School in California. He married Ella Mae Patterson Dec. 20, 1941, at Carey. He is a retired government employee and was a member of the LDS Church. Surviving are his wife; two sons, James A.

Hilverda of Walnut Creek, and Andrew L. Hilverda of Salem, and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and four sisters. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the 11th Ward LDS Chapel on Eastland Drive with Bishop Vaun Mikesell conducting.

Friends may call at White Mortuary today, and at the church one hour prior to services. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. The family suggests memorials to the Primary Children's Hospital at Salt Lake City. Myrtle A. Turley BURLEY Myrtle Ailoth Turley, 85, of Burley, died Thursday morning at the Burley Care Center of a long illness.

She was born Jan. 4, 1895, at Mansfield, and attended schools in Missouri. She moved to Burley where she worked at the Burley city offices. She married Hubert A. Turley July 1, day, will be held at 11 a.m.

Saturday at West End Cemetery at Buhl. Friends may call at the Hopkins-Buhl Funeral Chapel all day today and from 9:30 until 10 a.m. Saturday. The family suggests memorials to the Heart Fund or the Intensive Care Unit at Magic Valley Memorial Hospital. MALTA Services for Myrtle Hutchison, 79, of Malta, who died will be held at 1 p.m.

Saturday in the Malta LDS Chapel. Burial will be in Valley Vu Cemetery at Malta. Friends may call at McCulloch's today from noon until 8:30 p.m. and at the church -Hospitals 1932, at Dillon, and they moved to Rupert in 1932 where she and her husband owned a blacksmith shop. He died in May 1959.

She returned to Burley in 1971 where she had since resided. She is a member of the Methodist church. Survivors are a son, Evan H. Turley of Burley; a Mrs. A.J.

(Helen) Johnson a sister, step daughter, Mrs. Verma Jane Cockrehan of Johnson, and a brother, Paul Gaskill of Newcastle, and seven grandsons. She was preceded in death by four brothers and a sister. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Rupert Cemetery with the Rev.

Kline F. Dickerson of the Rupert United Methodist Church officiating. Friends may call at Hansen Mortuary at Rupert this afternoon and evening, and until service time on Saturday. John Harm Renken TWIN FALLS John Harm Renken, 69, of Twin Falls, died Thursday at Twin Falls Clinic Hospital. He was born April 5, 1911, at Lorton, Neb.

He married Thelma Lockridge Dec. 18, 1965, at Carson City, Nev. He came to Idaho 32 years ago, and had lived in the Jerome area the past 2 20 years. He was a farmer and helped clear land. Surviving are a stepson, Jim Lockridge of Kennewick, five stepdaughters, Patricia Dawson of Hood River, Jacqueline Bethel of Indio, Joan Oldrich of Mt.

Clements, Norma Jean DeRoin of Omaha, and Dorothy Simpson of Houston; 24 grandchildren; 12 greatgrandchildren; 24 nieces and nephews; and two sisters, Florence Laib of Twin Falls, and Ann Combs of Norwalk, Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and five sisters. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the White Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. Vernon Kendall officiating.

Cremation will follow. Friends may call at the mortuary today and until 2 p.m. Saturday. Memorials may be made to the Cancer Fund, or a church of one's choice. one hour prior to the services.

BUHL Services for Ramona Beeghley, 76, of Buhl, who died Wednesday, will be held at 10:30 a.m. today in the Farmer Chapel at Buhl. Friends may call until time of services. Burial will be in the West End Cemetery. TWIN FALLS Graveside services for Earl Glenn Piercey, 69, of Twin Falls, who died Tuesday, will be held at 2 p.m.

today in Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call at White Mortuary until 1 p.m. CASSIA MEMORIAL GOODING COUNTY MEMORIAL Admitted Mary Jane Fulp, Henry Thompson, Newton Johnson, and Holly Constantineau, all of Burley; Karen Jensen and Diana Mabey, both of Heyburn; and Ruby Blacker of Rupert. Dismissed William Jones, Debra Lewis, and Lena Anderson, all of Burley; Melissa Martincic and Pam Howard, both of Heyburn; and Nicholas Zarata of Malta. Births A son to Mr.

and Mrs. Arlyss Mabey of Heyburn, and daughters to Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Jensen of Heyburn and Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Fulp of Burley. MINIDOKA MEMORIAL Admitted Mary Boyd of Burley, and James Fox of Rupert. Dismissed Harry Blackmon and Martin Dean, both of Rupert. Births A son to Mr. and Mrs.

David Boyd of Burley. ST. BENEDICT'S Admitted Adrian VanHook, Mrs. Russell Woolley, and Melvin Grindstaff, all of Jerome; and Mrs. Gilbert Fuentes of Shoshone.

Dismissed Mrs. Gilbert Fuentes and son of Shoshone; Erin Lee Heath and Melissa King, both of Jerome. Births A son to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Fuentes of Shoshone.

FORT HALL (UPI) Heavy rainfall assisted homeowners in Fort Hall Thursday in washing contamination from their homes and lawns. At the same time, industry emergency team began preparations to clean up toxic chemicals. Bingham County Disaster Services Director Ed Barrus said a team of experts from Union Carbide which manufactured many of the chemicals at the Russett Chemical Co. plant in Fort Hall, was examining the site and making initial preparations to transfer toxic substances to the hazardous waste disposal area operated by WesCon Corp. south of Boise near the Snake River.

Health and Welfare Department officials said nonhazardous wastes would be transported to the Bannock County landfill south of Pocatello and that transportation of all the wastes would be accomplished in compliance with U.S. Transportation Department regulations. Barrus said the remains of the plant, which was destroyed by a fire and explosions that engulfed the facility just after midnight Tuesday, had been buried in 300 cubic yards of sand in an attempt to cool down the area. "All that sand has become contaminated now, too," Barrus said. "They're talking about putting everything in sealed containers and take them to a storage area but this hasn't started yet because the area still is too hot." Environmental Protection Agency officials said two investigators would remain in Fort Hall through the weekend to complete initial tests of soil and water.

The EPA officials said another team of experts would be transported to Fort Hall Monday to oversee clean-up operations and transportation of the hazardous wastes. Barrus said the Union Carbide team was discussing the possibility of spraying chemicals on the charred plant in an attempt to force-cool the area so that clean-up could begin earlier than next week, but he said no official decision had been made early Thursday evening. He said the estimated 700 residents who returned to their homes Wednesday afternoon spent the day cleaning bedding, eating utensils and disposing of food they left behind when evacuation of the southeastern Idaho Indian reservation was ordered early Tuesday. Heavy rainfall Wednesday night and continuing precipitation Thursday assisted residents in washing contamination from the outside of their homes and lawns, he said. Fire officials had not yet determined the cause of the blaze that resulted in a $200,000 to $300,000 damage to the plant, but said they still suspect arson.

Water samples taken from one well, which provides drinking water for the Bureau of Indian Affairs offices in Fort Hall, showed levels of contamination, Barrus said. He and EPA officials said they did not believe the contamination was the result of the plant fire, although additional tests would be performed on the water. An EPA spokesman said it would be unlikely that wastes from the plant could have percolated through the soil into the well in such a short time after the fire, adding that he believed the test sample was inaccurate or that the well had been contaminated before the fire. Levels of contamination also were found in the asphalt surrounding the plant and state officials said the paving would have to be replaced. They also said some contamination had been detected in a mobile home, but that precautions had been taken to ensure the safety of the occupants.

Both firefighters who were hospitalized earlier this week for smoke and fume inhalation had been released from area hospitals by Thursday. Barrus said residents had been instructed to go to the Fort Hall clinic for treatment if they suffered headaches or nausea, but he said no cases of reactions to the chemicals or fumes had been reported by health officials since 54 residents were treated immediately after the fire and explosions. He said the Fort Hall school remained closed because officials were worried that children may wander into the nearby plant site. He said a snow fence would be constructed around the plant site and guards would stand watch around the clock. Valuable wilderness lands not tied up much BLM BOISE (UPI) A Bureau of Land Management official said Thursday wilderness studies will not tie up significant amounts of land containing mineral and energy resources and Congress will not designate such land as wilderness.

Terry Sopher, chief of the BLM's Division of Wilderness and Environment in Washington, D.C.. Boise trio jailed 17 car accidents BOISE (UPI) Police arrested three Boise men Wednesday and charged them with staging 17 car accidents over a period of three years in efforts to defraud insurance companies. Officers claimed the wrecks might have netted the men $30,000. Accused on 17 felony counts each of obtaining and attempting to obtain money under false pretenses and damaging insured property were Robert Sturgill, 25, and 26-year-old twin brothers Marvin and Marshall Wolfe. They posted $1,000 bail apiece and left police custody Wednesday night.

Officers said all three gave their occupations as self-employed carpenters, a repairmen and inventors. Air quality BOISE (UPI) Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Director Milton Klein granted Thursday an air quality variance to the Boise Redevelopment Agency, allowing the construction of up to 3,060 parking spaces in downtown Boise. Klein said the denial of the variance would impose arbitrary or severe and unreasonable hardship upon the community. He said rejection of the city's petition could force an expensive design change to avoid the state construction permit requirement for parking garages for 1,000 or more vehicles. "Since no significant air quality said less than 14 percent of BLM land in the West will be designated for wilderness study.

Of those lands, less than 10 percent have been leased for oil or natural gas exploration, Sopher told those at a meeting of the Western Interstate Region of the National Association of Counties in Boise. He said priority areas also would be for staging in 3 years The arrests followed a cooperative investigation by state, county and city authorities, police said. In the formal complaint, authorities alleged that the men drove three Chevrolet Corvettes and repeatedly staged one-car accidents and two-car car wrecks apparently involving unsuspecting motorists. The men then received compensation from at least 10 insurance companies, the complaint said. Milbank Mutual Insurance Co.

of South Dakota, which has nine agents in the Boise area, apparently was victimized five times for more than $10,000, according to the complaint. Authorities declined to say what led them to investigate the accidents and claims. variance given benefit would be derived from such a re-design, the cost of doing so clearly constitutes an arbitrary hardship," Klein said. Klein said if no exemption existed, denial of the variance would "effectively kill the redevelopment project." "In view of the substantial investment that has already been made in the redevelopment project, much of which predates the applicable air regulations and standards, imposition of a rule that would destroy the project would impose a severe hardship upon the community," Klein said. Sewage surcharge likely from page B1 but the era lias not released the Using federal revenue sharing funds to finance the plant would leave little money for capital improvements, Courtney said.

In light of anticipated revenue shortages resulting from the 1 percent initiative, committing all revenue sharing funds to the sewer plant may be unwise, Courtney said. If the council decides to impose the fee, they must then determine how much will be charged and for how long. How long the fee would be imposed is crucial in terms of filling the city coffers at times when they would otherwise run dry. Courtney told the council the city could expect cash flow problems in October 1980, and next summer. Thelonger the surcharge is in existence, the smaller it will be.

Another question yet to be resolved is how much money the city will need. EPA and the state owe the city about $233,000 in payments from the original plant construction project. Those payments were held back because the plant did not meet water quality standards. The issue was resolved in February when the city obtained federal funding to design the plant modifications, submitted for an accelerated study process. Lands containing mineral and energy resources probably would be designated as priority areas, he said.

Sopher said even while lands were being studied, there is a potential for gas and oil exploration to take place. He said companies would be unlikely to invest in the exploration of lands under wilderness review, but he said if such investments are made, better mineral and energy resource information will be available for inclusion in the study data. And i if mineral, oil or natural gas deposits are found, it would be "extremely unlikely" that the Congress would designate an area containing such deposits as wilderness, Sopher said. He said the bureau had originally designated 173,727,000 acres in the West as subject to wilderness inventory. Of that amount, 124,154,000 acres lack wilderness characteristics and 10,057,000 acres have wilderness characteristics, he said.

04 funds. Courtney said documents necessary to secure those funds will be sent to EPA within 90 days. The EPA needs proof that the city paid the original contractors for their work. Much of the information required by EPA is in the hands of plant's original contractors, and the city is involved in a lawsuit with those contractors. Recognizing that, EPA may relax its standards if the city can produce basic records, Courtney said.

Aside from that, the city has no funds to draw on. Funds from the Industrial Cost Recovery (ICR) program are virtually depleted. ICR funds are paid to government by industrial users of the plant for work needed to make the plant capable of handling industrial waste. Future ICR funds are also in jeopardy, since Congress may eliminate the program. About half of those funds go back to the cities for plant capital improvements.

About 80 percent of those funds can not be spent without EPA approval, however. The city has used most of those funds to finance widening Canyon Springs Road and to construct sewer sludge storage ponds in the Snake River Canyon. INTERSTATE 84 Interstate signs changed to read I-84 BOISE (UPI) Idaho Transportation Department crews have completed a sign-change operation required by federal designation of the state's main east-west highway as Interstate 84, officials said Thursday. By mutual agreement, Oregon, Utah and Idaho agreed to discard the old Interstate 80N signs by May 1. The Federal Highway Administration had ordered the states to make the change by July 1.

Officials from the three states agreed to carry out the directive before summer to save motorists confusion during the tourist season. The shift was ordered because new federal policy dictates that directional designations be banned from interstate route numbering. Interstate 80 begins in New York City and extends to San Francisco. East of Salt Lake City, at Echo, it branches with a northern route running through northern Utah and southern Idaho to Portland, Ore. Federal officials say the number -directional designation of Interstate 80N caused confusion among travelers.

About 1,000 signs along the interstate's 276-mile path in Idaho were switched, officials said. Idaho officials said Oregon and Utah crews aiso would have the change completed by May 1. Idaho maps with the new designation will not be available until July. Admitted Winona Smith and Walter Beerly, both of Gooding; Hannah Bohm of Shoshone; and Stan Frostensen of Fairfield. Dismissed Noel Nelson and John Perrine, both of Gooding; and Mrs.

Larry Wilson and son of Bliss. MAGIC VALLEY MEMORIAL Admitted Mrs. John Howard, Mrs. John Stoddard, Christopher Hughes, Lillian Scott, Howard Johnson, and Mildred Holmes, all of Twin Falls; Mrs. Bill Sparks of Heyburn; Mrs.

Steve Colgrove and Scott Priest, Burley; Lance Hansen and Mrs. Tommy Driver, both of Rupert; Teresa Butler and Keith Pollard, both of Hansen; Russell McCauley of Filer; Johnny Urrutia of Kimberly; Jason McClellan of Paul; Mrs. Gusty Teply, James Strawser, and Rugh Davis, all of Buhl; Robert Sample of Castleford; and Amelia Schaefer of Wendell. Dismissed Arthur William Patterson, Ellen Sund, Mrs. Phil Mitchell and daughter, Billy Mort, Mrs.

Edward Peters and daughter, Mrs. Lany Sucher and son, Mrs. Merland Edwards, Mrs. Dan Bastian, David Frantz, and Brendi Frantz, all of Twin Falls; Thomas Baker, John Arkoosh, and Joseph Torson, all of Gooding; Barry Bradford of Shoshone; Mrs. Jeffrey Wood and Charm Gulick, both of Buhl; Michael Perkins of Murtaugh; Mrs.

Gene Walker of Hansen; Mrs. Joe Gutierez of Paul; James Hollis of Heyburn; Vada Johnson of Jerome; and Hansford Rose of Eden. Births A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Williamson of Buhl.

Sons to Mr. and Mrs. Fidel Alcala of Hazelton, Mr. and Mrs. Lon McDonald of Jerome, and Mr.

and Mrs. Ronald Reed of Kimberly..