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Show VOL.- LV Subscription $3.50fYear. Single Copy 10c THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, January 1, 1959 NUMBER 45 rtm January 20th Set Date tin Proposed avemen Drop Granite, , Spanish Fork A By Mike Prltchett American Fork cagefs under Coach Don Mcintosh took possession pos-session of the winner's column again last week as 'they chalked up a pair of 44-43 wins. The victories came as the Cavemen stopped a Granite High rally "Wednesday - afternoon on the Farmer's own floor and,, then blanketed a Spanish - Fork assault as-sault in a close, home session Saturday, ' At Granite the precision offence of-fence of the Cavemen during the first period gave them command early in the game. By halftime they had run up a 21-11 lead over the surprised Farmers. But rest period seemed to break the spell, and as the final seconds ticked off , the Granite squad tied the ;score. A foul shot by RonCook gave A JY the needed point, however, and the Cave man defense held the Farmers out of range until the final gun, AJV came out on the long end of the 44-43 final again Satur lay in the home session with- Kpahish-Fork-lt-iookgd-like-a-"long night" for' the .Cav.emen as the Dons took the floor. The , center and forwards "towered 6'5", 6'4' and 6'3", but size prbv-ed prbv-ed to be no substitute for hus tle, and once again'the Cave men maintained the lead.- High . scoring honors for the evening went to. Pete Scholes with six teen points. - AMERICAN FORK G. T, F. P Harris 3 0 . McCormick" 2 2 Read- r. '. 4 11 Scholes- .. - 4 3 Cook ........ :.. 3 5 Durfey 0 0 0 6 TOTALS 16 21 r' ' . GRANITE 12-44 ' G wuson- ;, 3 Owen .". 4 Belha 0 fiteinke 7 Zigarossi 2 Dalton ....7.. 0 Fortie 0 F. P. 3 -9 4 12 0 0 4 181 0 4 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 16 22 11 43 AMERICAN FORK : G. T. F. P. 2 U 0-4 Cook Seniles ... 5 9 6 16 -Read 3 5,3 9 McCormick ....3 6 4 10- Harris 2 1,15 TOTALS ............ 15 22 14 44 SPANISH FORK . ' J G. T. F. P. Sorenson 3 0 0 6 Johnson .......: 6 3 1 13 - Robertson A 3 10 :6 Combs ...th 0-11-1 Ostler. 3 2 06 Christensen :'. 0 1 0 0 Bray 1-7 7 9 Christiansen 10 0 2 TOTALS .J...;..... 17 15 9 43 Young Bowlers Awarded Trophies A gay knd eventful day was planned for the young bowlers of this arfea Tuesday December 30. ' According to Marvin Allen; city recreation representative, 58 young bowlers from the third grade through .the. sixth grade have successfully completed a ten-week course in bowling and we're presented , certificates - to that effect on December 30. In addition to this there were 24 trophies awarded to this class. John Keysor, manager of the bowling alley, offered free bowling bowl-ing to any and all parents of these, young bowsers who accompanied ac-companied their children Tues-day. Tues-day. ' . v -- -hejerycapableand effective effec-tive instructor for this classTMrST Renon Pace, was on hand to help award the trophies and again assist the young people. An excellent- bowler herself, Mrs. Pace, has been very faithful and helpful help-ful in this program. . She maintains main-tains a W9 average lor the sea son, and Tias rolled in. the 200 1 scores,' .As a-directresult""from - they ta command -a-naval vessel -in childrens classes an adult battle goes to Lt. John Gamble, mothers class has started, and who commanded the Greenwich beginning after the first of the during the victorious engage-year engage-year another class, fjjr the kids ment with the British Seringa-will Seringa-will begin. , patam on July 14, 1813. , as Voting s. Bond Election The Alpine School District Board of Education at its regular regu-lar meeting on December 16, set Tuesday, January 20, 1959 as the voting date for its proposed bond election of $1,450,000, according to an announcement by Dr. Alma Al-ma P. Burton, district superintendent. superin-tendent. The Board ' of Education and the administrative " staff are asking the voters of the District to support this issue so that the building program now under way in Lehi, American Fork, and Pleasant Grove can be completed complet-ed and so that future needs especially in the Orem area can begin in time to mee the., de mands of an ever Increasing student stu-dent population. Since the last bond, election was held the following school buildings have been completed: Orem High School, ! Edgemont Elementary, and the Windsor Elementary in Orem; Grovecrest Elementary and Central Ele mentary in Pleasant Grove; Greenwood Elementary in Amer- ican Fork; and Sego Lily Ele mentary in Lehl. In addition, new high schools. in Lehi, Pleas ant Grove, and American Fork are three-fourths completed. -The present growth of the District averages about eight hundred students annually. The best estimates thaf can be made indicate that byIB63ven6;rjrjO students will be in regular attendance at-tendance in Alpine District Schools. These figures indicate that constant planning must be going on to adequately house the students of the district Utah State Law limits the tax levy that may be assessed for capital outlay purposes by school districts, Alpine is already levy ing the maximum amount al lowed under the law Therefore, voting in favor of this bond issue cannot increase your present tax rate. The money received from this election will be paid by in creasing the length of time that the District must stay at the maximum mill levy. Registered Voters who paid property taxes in 1958- are eligible eligi-ble to cast a ballot for or against the proposal. Voting will be conducted in at least five different places lo cated for the convenience of the voters of the district. Any resident who would like further information concerning this bond proposal is invited to contact members of the Board of Education or any member of the district administrative staff. Coun t y ASC Committee Elected Claude Hunting of American Fork was re-elected as chairman of the IJiah County Agricultural staDiuzauon ana conservation Committee at the recent annual convention of community ASC delegates, the ASC County.Of lice has announced. The con vention was held in Provo Monday,' December 22, 1958. on utner oiricers elected were Rex Blake of Provo, vice chairman, chair-man, and Merin Davis of Salem as lhethlrdegular-member-of the committee. First and sec ond alternates chosen were Mar vin Gardner of Spanish Fork and Arthur Wickman ' of Santaquin Both regular ' and alternate members of the committee were elected' for a one year term of office, beginning January 1, 1959. Duties of ASC County Committeemen Com-mitteemen consist principally of policy., tand decision - making functions in the administration of national farm programs dealing deal-ing directly with farmers: They are responsible, on the county level, for the proper operation of such programs as price supports, acreage allotments, marketing quotas, the Agricultural conservation conser-vation Program, farm storage facility loans, the wool and sugar, pr.osramsLand Jhe Soil Bank. ASC County Committeemen must be bona fide farmers elected elect-ed from among their own number num-ber who are taking nartJinone or more of the farm programs, They are elected, by , delegates who have previously ieen chosen by i farmers in ' local' clctions which also named community ASC Committees, The honor of. being the first and only Marine officer actually Sportsmens Ass'n. i Maps Plans for The Coming Year At a recent meeting Of the American. Fork Sportsmens' As sociation events .of the coming year were discussed. Many ac complishments are the hope of the new. officers and board of directors of this organization. Among the accomplishments in 1958 .was the establishment .pf an affiliation with the National Rifle Association. This alone, should given many benefits to the members of this organiza tion.- . ' . , Plans for. a family night were discussed. This" is a night to be set aside for the members of' the association and their families' to utilize the facilities ofthe.club room. These facilities include ping pong, shuffleboard, dart games, checkers; chess and others. Also at this meeting was the election of officers and a board of directors for the year 1959. The , following is a list of. directors di-rectors and the capacity in which they serve: Verl ghoell, president,-director in charge of membership; Jack Allshouse, vice president, publicity; publi-city; John'Laycock, two-year director, range officer;" Seth Phillips, big game; Clarence Bair, fisheries; Lowe Peterson, jun.i.Qr..&ctivities;. Peggy' Shoell, special events; Paul Gauger, -enforcement; Roy Barney, upland and migratory birds j. Beth Cart-er-secretary-treasurer. r . It Is the hope of the officers and" dirctorsof this organization organiza-tion that .Jhe citizens and members mem-bers will continue to give their support as they have in previous prev-ious years. Welcoming Service Started in Am. Fork The Welcoming Service launched launch-ed by American Fork Chamber of Commerce on December 1st is now in full swing. During the" Dast few davs the followine new peopie have been officially welcomed wel-comed into American Fork;: -.- Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Brown and family, 9 Roosevelt Ave.; Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Spencer and family, 258 East 2nd South; Mr., and Mrs, Gene Bullock and family, fam-ily, 244 East 2nd South. We are happy to have these new families in. American Fork and we invite you the neighbors of these people to visit them and help them to become better ac-guainted. ac-guainted. , Remember anyone " reporting a new family moving Into Amer ican Fork will Aceive two tic kets to the Miller Theatres, call 310. ere's hope that it Brings " - UKl if?k :ijp - w- " ; ! -v A fir ' " IfVAMV J- ' t'V 'KrVK ' . . VJ'UVrs fIV -A 7' iU nt deeply apprecie. May 1959 find you in the best of health and spirits, and leave you twelve months richer in happiness, friendship and achievement. U. S. Sfeeil A'mmmcesiJi e oi era City Officials Pass Budget For Coming Calendar Year The American Fork City Council Coun-cil members unanimously passed the 1959 Citx Budget as prepared by Recorder Stephen P. Shelley. The official budget is printed on page two' of thls paper by departments de-partments along with the source of all city income. Dale Peters, city police officer for the past year,, presented his More Uniform Policies For Juvenile Traffic Violations Needed More uniformity in court policies poli-cies and procedures and better corrective treatment of Juvenile traffic offenders, highlighted the recently-concluded series of Utah regional traffic court cbn- ferences, the Utah Safety Coun-. cil reported today, ' The conferences were jointly sponsored by the Goyernor, State SuDreme Court. Attorney Gen eral, and the Safety Council. Over 175 judges, justices of the peace,. prosecutors, and city and county officials, attended the conferences throughout the state. The conferences were held under the direction of Justice J. Allan" Crockett, Utah Supreme Court. A special target of attention was the wide variance of penal ties in cases involving offenders driving while their licenses were suspended or revoked. Court officials of-ficials were urged to "get' really tough" on sucriarlvers, and adopt penalty policies4hej)ublic will support. .-Analysis studies of conviction reports for these and other offenses revealed a wide tendency of court leniency in this regard. A -lack of satisfaction, among most of the conferences participants, partici-pants, with disposition of juvenile juve-nile offenders was expressed. The general feeling, Justice Crockett isaid was that either the juvenile courts "toughen" up on such drivers or -that the law be amended to transfer jurisdiction jurisdic-tion over to regular traffic w. VlWx fiL' if.- . ' t If 9 to 19591 We. greet the New Year. with the sincere good fortunoto all our friendsrwhose patronage we iFufureSfee resignation to. take a position as Utah County Deputy Sheriff on January 1st. Following complaints of citizens citi-zens Vbout dogs running loose over the-city the council voted to employ a dog catcher to pick up all unlicensed dogs and have the law prohibiting dogs from roaming the area enforced. courts... The court's critical role f and responsibility In corrective'' and educational measures for traffic traf-fic offenders was emphasized, DOtrrtoy conference panelists and through a special film prepared by the American Bar .Association It was also pointed out. that traffic traf-fic court activities in Utah cities, ara measuring up to an average of less , than 60 of recommended minimum perform .ance levels. "Most or tne lac- tors involved in these standards can be improved by administrative administra-tive means of the courts themselves," them-selves," said Leon L. Lines, - a conference panelist, "and until they take such steps, they will continue to be a weak link in our chain of accident , prevention." preven-tion." . The state drivers' license division di-vision was also urged to simplify and distribute more frequently itaJistLPf suspended and revoked drivers. People with, false teeth who must lose weight should do so under the supervision of a phy sician, according to an article in the Schering Science Bulletin, a compilation of articles from medical journals. This particular particu-lar report appeared in the "Dental Survey," Fast dieting in particular, says the author, will affect the fit of dentures. However,, the change may not be too pronounced if the patient fs reducing under the supervision of a doctor. V ' . j By ROGER, M. BLOUGH Chairman of the Board United ""spates Steel Corp-. The American steel industry, rapidly recovering from the third post-war recession, has prospects of reaching an operating operat-ing rate of about 80 per cent of present capacity during the first six months of 1959 an increase of approximately 45 jper cent over sharply curtailed operations in the first half of 1958. Despite this prospect, the 1959 U. S. economy will be confronted confront-ed with the challenge of further cost-push Inflation,- the inflationary infla-tionary effects of Federal deficit spending and, importantly, the ever-growing need to strengthen our industrial . and scientific might to meet Soviet economic aggression. The present three-year labor agreement terminates on June 30 and prior t6 that, date the companies com-panies in the steel Industry are faced with the task of negotiating negotiat-ing new agreements which" will not add fuel to the inflation fire. In Washington, the Congress is confronted with the : ponderous task of meeting a probable $12 billion fiscal 1959 deficit, with resulting inflationary Implications.7. Implica-tions.7. Our need to combat inflation and maintain the country's industrial in-dustrial supremacy cannot be over emphasized. Russia's sew en-year program' ending in 1965 has a target of 100 million Ingot tons of capacity, This proposed growth, which would increase Russia's present capacity to two thirds, is about twice as great percentage-wise as this country's substantial expansion in the past 6even years. Despite this Soviet expansion there today are some groups who would tax away our corporate profits, or even bargain them away with uneconomic wage in creases, at a time when our in dustrial resources areso vitally needed. In continuing its moderniza tion and expansion program hi 1958, U.S. Steel spent $341 mil lion for additions and replace ments in the first three quarters and had authorized projects to be completed requiring expenditures expendi-tures of $740 million at the end of the 'fhird quarter of 1958. Since 1945 U. S. Steel expehdi-tures expehdi-tures td,give : the nation more and better steels have totaled al most $4 billion. This has been done despite mounting costs and a tax allowable depreciation far from adequate. Completed or in progress In 1958 for increasing the efflc iency and capacity of blast furn aces was' the construction of four new sintering plants in the Pittsburgh, Youngstown, O., and XReChicago- areas pother- proj ects include a new pipe mill at Lorain, O., which will be the most modern facility of its kind ever to be built, replacing several sev-eral old mills, 'with an annual capacity of 237,000 tons; a new engineering building in Los Angeles: a-newstructural and blooming mill and a new slabbing slab-bing mill in the Chicago area; new primary and billet mills and another electric furnace-in the Pittsburgh, area; new tin plate manufacturing facilities in Cat ifornla; a new coal cleaning plant in Utah, and the installa tion of auxiliary facilities for plates at Fairfield, Ala. in the field of research U, S. Steel announced in. 1958 the development de-velopment of the world's widest thin- gauge alloy and stainless steel sheets, "sandwich" rolled for -defense missiles and ahcraf t in a new technique) developed and refined by U. S. Steel. Another An-other is. a missile steel with a tensile strength level of 280,000 pd"unds per square inch, or six times greater than that of ordi Wr..., r.Vin ... .Qi ill nthrc arevi: .n,, of beauty and - durability, and patterned- vltrenamel sheets in. many colors for a wide variety of applications. The year 1958 was a difficult one for the steel industry, with an operating rate of only 54 per cent of capacity during the first half, rising to an' estimated 74 per cent In the fourth quarter. Although there was substantlal-lygreater substantlal-lygreater Ingot capacity - than in earlier years, the, estimated 1958 output of 85 million ingot tons reflected sharJy reduced ofum- .0 levels of operation. However, the gain In second-half output -made it possible for the Industry . to end the year on a "stronger tone enabling us to look forward., for-ward., to continuing improvement improve-ment in J959., Actual use of steel in 1958 was not as depressed the operating operat-ing rates would imply. During the first three quarters of the., year steel users consistently bought less steel than they were using on their production lines. ' Steel-shipments fell steeply as a result. . By ordering less steel than they were using, thereby deplet- N ing inventories, customers were able to alleviate a financial burden bur-den when their Income was falling, fal-ling, and, at the same time reduce re-duce inventories which had been built 'up "in 1956 amd early 1957. . During the 15-month period ended last August, total customer custom-er Inventories appear to have been reduced by the equivalent of 15 million ingot tons to tht lowest level since 1950, The decline In steel output last year was not Just the result ofJnyerLtoriiliauidatiQrjJr ever. Preliminary figures suggested sug-gested that steel consumption in 1958 fell -15-20 per cent below the record total of 1957, Although a modest amount of inventory rebuilding was apparent ap-parent during the final quarter of 1958, Steel stockpiles are still believed to be inadequate to meet the steel consumption needs of an economy that has substantially recovered f rorii a sharp though comparatively short recession. However, the corner has' been turned, and based on virtually every measure of business ac- , tivlty, it now seems clear that our economy reached the bottom of the recession last spring. Since then, there have been continuous continu-ous substantial gains In total industrial production, personal . income, new orders, consumer spending, and in steel -production. : The industry can reasonably expect improved shipments in the .next six months to such major steel customers as the construction industry, farm Implements, Im-plements, appliances, machinery and . automotive. Probably the largest gain in shipments will be made to the automotive Industry In-dustry which moved up sharply in November and December. A major question lies in - the area of business spending on plant and equipment. , Accord-ing Accord-ing to . government surveys, ' there has already been a small gain in capital investment from, the summer low, but there Js no certainty that there will De a significant revival in 1959. However, How-ever, termination of this decline of spending removes the basic uncertainty and it is reasonable to suppose there will be some modest gains in this type of business investment. The quickening pace of steel orders already has begun to have an effect on delivery schedules. sched-ules. As lead times lengthen, the need f or customers to -protect their inventory position becomes greater. .Consequently, a certain amount of inventory building -makbe anticipated in the com ing months. Irrtotal, the change from Inventory liquidation in the first half of 1958 to inventory building in the corresponding months of 1959 may mean a net" Increase in ingot production. We Wejgh More Each Tear An article in the "Journal of Iowa. State Medical. Society" reports re-ports .that studies Indicate the average individual can expect his weight to Incr6ase from two to four pounds every five years up to age 60. A man weighing 150 pounds at 29 can expect to gam or l pounds does not . rep gain of Impounds does noF resent overweight, according to the article. Cosmetics and Allergy if a woman sneezes every time she uses perfume, this suggests that she may be sensitive to the orris-root in perfume,, according to "The Journal of Nursing." Smaller .concentrations of . the" same root in her cosmetics may oe precipitating a constant, low- grade nasal irritation. 1 V 1 |