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Show tigefeur' FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1957 THE SALT LAKE TIMES I ; THE SALT LAKE TIMES J Combined with The SJt Lake Mining & Legal Newt (earleSS Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah . Entered at the potfoffice at Salt Lake City as. Kcood Independent class matter August 23, 1923 under the act of March 8, 1879 leWSpaper 7U South West Temple Telephone EM I 1 GLENN BJORNN, Publisher ' Subscription Price $3.00 pet year in advance "This publication is not owned or controlled fa any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation. Volume 37 Number 23 . "Comprendez Vous? I? GOP Has LettNation's Problems Unsolved rr If.lft.g5v O jftT V controls I (Continued from Page 1) "Nothing should be more obvious than the fact that the future of America is to a large extent being decided today in the ferment and turmoil of Asia and Africa and Latin America. Nothing would be more foolish than a decision on our part to turn our backs on this epoch of upheaval and make no attempt to influence its course. Now some of the ways we have tried to bring influence have been good, and some have been bad. I myself have been a critic of the foreign aid program of the Eisenhower Adminis-tration. I think that in the under-develope- d part of the world the most effective American exports are, not our military weapons and military pacts, but our economic methods, our technology, our ideas and our ideals. I deeply believe that a wise and constructive aid program is indispensable to our security. If I am not confident that all the military portions of the President's foreign aid demands are necessary, or even prudent, I am confident that aid for the eco-nomic development of our less fortunate fellows on this globe is. And I am confident that a nation whose gross national product is running at a rate of $412 billion a year can afford to spend one per cent of that on an investment in world economic growth and world political security." What Mr. Stevenson said about foreign aid can apply equally well to-fun-ds devoted to scientific development. We certainly can afford to spend a fraction more to keep out ahead of our enemies in a battle for survival. - General Electric, that military and civilian government em-ployees be paid on the basis of ability as well as rank. The Advisory Committee on Military Manpower, appointed by President Eisenhower, thought this change is essential to interest competent scientists and other skilled personnel remain-ing in government service. One of the important questions in any speed-u- p of the mis-sile program is, of course, whether the additional scientists and skilled technicians that would be required are available. Little attention was given the Cordiner report by the recent session of Congress. A brief hearing was held by the Senate Armed Services Committee just before adjournment too late for any action. Indications now are that it will receive serious consideration when Congress reconvenes. oOo Report Cites Need for Scientists There is no doubt that the Soviet development of Sputnik has stimulated interest in Washington in the recommendations of a special committee headed by Ralph Cordiner, president of --! IEASED GRAPEVINE The Club Feraco case, post-poned from the October session, has been set for hearing on the morning of Nov. 12 by the Utah Supreme Court. The Utah Liquor Commission, represented by Salt Lake County Attorney Frank E. Moss is appealing from an action in Third District Court. George E. Bridwell is counsel for Club Feraco which is charged with a liquor law violation. Salt Lake County Commission this week filed a letter from Gus P. Backman; executive secretary of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce in which the offi-cial asked the commission for a donation of $7,500 for the cham-ber's activity fund. Mr. Backman said the funds were for "strictly promotional purposes." The Utah attorney general re-ported to the State Park Com-mission this week that the cov mission has "complete authory to deal with This is the Place Monument, the Old State House at Fillmore, and Camp Floyd. C. J. Olsen, commission director, requested the opinion. It was written by Maurice D. Jones, as-sistant attorney general. Salt Lake County Commission has approved employment of Evanna P. Snow, 824-7t- h East, as typist-cashi- er in the county' assessor's office at $11 a day. Louis R. Watts, special investi-gator for State Auditor Sid Lam-bourn- e since April 1 and before that a member of the State liquor control commission, has resigned from the auditor's staff. He will take a job as local representatiC for a California wine distributVJiy A motorist is injured every 23 seconds, the Utah Safety Council estimates. One person is the vic-tim of a motor vehicle accident every 13 minutes. After nearly three weeks of hunting the fall waterfowl sea-son harvest was listed as average by the department of fish and game. This hunt, longest on rec-ord for many years, continues for 95 days through January 7, 1958. State waterfowl managers note that there are ample birds to pro-vide good hunting at the present time. Best reports of hunter suc-cess during the past week have occurred during days of heavy wind when the ducks have been moved from the mud flats and! large bodies of water to within reach of the hunter's gun on the marsh areas. Clay J. Washington, apprentice petty officer third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wash-ington of 242 E. Sixth South, graduated from Recruit Training at the Naval Training Cenetr in San Diego. Apprentice petty officers are chosen from the ranks of the seaman recruits to assist Com-pany Commanders. The selection is based on individual aptitude and leadership dualities. A Marine Pfc Donald M. Jensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob D. Jensen is serving at the Marine Corps Supply Center, Barstow, Calif. ouo Polio Isn't Licked Yet With the introduction of the Salk vaccine the polio picture in this country has undergone a radical change. Since this change has a bearing on the health ow your family, you ought to know about it. Here's what has happened in the past five years. Children from five to nine years old used to be one of the largest groups of victims. In 1952 they accounted for 24 per cent of all paralytic cases. By now most of these school young-sters have been vaccinated and the proportion of cases among them is declining. In 1956 it dropped to 16 per cent of all cases. That's the bright side of the polio picture. Of course, with a decline in one age group there has been a corresponding rise in percentages among the other age groups not yet protected by Salk vaccine. Take pre-scho-ol youngsters under five years old for instance. In 1952 they comprised 29 per cent of paralytic cases. In 1956 the percentage had climbed to 39 per cent. Infants one and two years old had the highest percentage of all. That's why polio authorities like the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis urge that'they be first on the vaccination list. The next most vulnerable group in the new polio picture are teenagers and young adults from 15 to 40 years. In 1952 they comprised 33 per cent of paralytic cases. In 1956 the per-centage was 34 per cent. Since polio paralysis is especially dis-astrous to wage earners in a family, they need protection urgently. Think these figures over. If your school-ag- e children have been vaccinated that's fine. But don't forget the other members of your family under 40 starting with the baby. - oOo Science Program Renewed at U. The University of Utah's Aca-demic Year Institute, a program to give special training to high school science teachers, has re-ceived an additional grant of $265,000 from the National Sci-ence Foundation. Notification of the renewal was received by President A. Ray Olpin, who noted that the new grant would permit the Univer-sity ''to carry on this vital pro-gram during the 1958-5- 9 aca-demic year." Fifty science teachers will be selected early next year to re-ceive the fellowships and one year's special training at the University. The purpose of the program is to stimulate greater interest in science among Ameri-can youth through improved sci-ence instruction in high school classrooms. Presently, 54 teachers, includ-ing 20 Utahns, are participating in the 1957-5- 8 Academic Year Institute at the University of Utah. They were selected from among 350 applicants for train-ing under the first grant of $280,-000.0- 0. ; Dr. Thomas J. Parmley, direc-tor of the Institute, said selec-tions would be made from among applicants who teach chemistry, physics, biology and mathe-matics. Information will be released later on how to opply, Dr. Parm-ley stated. U. of U. Enrollment Passes 20,000 For First Time Total enrollment of the Uni-versity of Utah last year went past 20,000 for the first time in its history. Passage of the milestone was reported in the report of the reg-istrar for 1956-5- 7, transmitted to Dr. A. Ray Olpin Wednesday by J. A. Norton, registrar. The 1956-5- 7 total including sub-colle- ge pupils and exetnsion registration, as well as the regu-lar college students reached 20,727, at least ten per cent more thana ny previous one year en-rollment in the University's his-tory. The total covered 18,789 stu-dents at the college level. Only two decades ago enrollment at the same level was 7,023. Regular daytime enrollment on the college level last year was 9,113. A study of enrollment trends in Utah made last year reported that by 1970 the regular day-time registration at the Univer-sity possibly will reach 18,000. The 1956-5- 7 enrollment in-cluded students from every part of the state and from every state in the nation. Mr. Norton told the president: "... 84.2 per cent of the day time students were Utah resi-dents. Other states and U. S. pos-sessions provided 14.3 per cent, and foreign countries provided 1.5 per cent." Stability of the growth at the university was shown by the fact that in each of the past five years the senior class has been almost as large as the freshman class. The enrollment last year in-cluded 2,351 freshmen and 1,940 seniors. |