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Show i Page Sixteen FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 1961 THE SALT LAKE TIMES "BUY BONDS" MISS U.S.A. w.lfi,M,.VAiMi,.vw.w.vm.ivf.'Av.'i'Mii . .... , ... . .. . m i ' ' i 'f f ' rf ; ! ? 1 : V' ' f ' ' ' ' ' . , ' 4lAk A : IWWMW i : WV ' ' pK A 111f , ' : ' v' ' V . '' i ' f vnfW yi iff 1 j . . i 4 xwiL w t ' f ' ' " , M i :tA Q3 ' ;J i-- f. it IT v jif' 1 Sharon Rene Brown, Miss U. S. A. for 1962, is from Louisiana. She was a student at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, and U. S. Savings Bonds purchased by her parents, helped finance her early education. After her "reign' as Miss U. S. A. she plans to continue her education, majoring in Speech and Drama. She says: "Any gift with the real Christmas spirit is not just for one day, but for the future. So why not give the gift that keeps on giving a United States Savings Bond which grows in value through the years. They may be purchased in convenient amounts in denominations of $25.00 and up. Be a wise giver on this the 20th Anniversary of the U. S. Savings Bonds Program, let Savings Bonds solve your Christ-mas giving problem." Follow Wise Tips On Giving This Yule Season Why are some gifts so success-ful while others, perhaps much more expensive, get a reception that is merely polite? Why should the telephone, once dismissed as merely one necessity, rise to such popularity as a Christmas present? Why is it better, if you want to be "in" as an in-la- w, to give a gift that is too small rather than is too large; Advertising, packaging, and personal preferences all play big roles in determining what makes a gift a good one, but perhaps the biggest role of all is played by psychology the simple, com-mon sense kind. How can you put psychology to work in choosing gifts for the people on your Christmas list this year? By heeding these six do's and six don'ts. DO wtach for hints. Our slips of the tongue often reveal what is really on our mind. In the same way, when we talk about the things someone else has, we often give away an unspoken desire. DON'T give cash. Not only may it appear that you think the recipient needs the money, but a cash gift practically says that you don't know friends well enough to choose a gift for them. DO make it a luxury, some-thing good that your recipient wouldn't almost surely buy for himself if you didn't give it. If economics demand that you make it an intensely practical present, give two presents in-stead of one and make the first a tiny luxury. DON'T give something which could be taken as an unfavorable reflection on a man's ability to earn a living or on a woman's ability to keep house. This is especially true if you are giving a gift to your son-in-la- w or a daughter-in-la- w. DO give a present that won't create immediate anxiety. The women with young children may feel uncomfortable if you give them something quite fragile. This is one reason why a color-ful Princess telephone, which involves no breakage or repair problems, is such a popular gift for women and teenagers. DON'T give a present that will "reform" the recipient or get him started on a "good" hobby, unless you're confident that the recipient is really eager to be reformed. DO clear with a child's parent before selecting any but the most routine gift for him. DON'T visit a child without his present, telling him he can have whatever his parents 'will allow. The reward isn't immedi-ate enough for most bird in hand minded youngsters, and you put the parents in an awkward po-sition. DO save money by getting a top quality product in a lower price line rather than choosing a low quality item in a higher price line. (Billy Rose once said that if he had only a dollar with which to buy his wife a gift, he would blow the whole dollar on a single bar of soap so that the misses could feel like a queen while bathing). DON'T try to create an im-pression by spending more than you can afford. If you know a person well enough to give him a gift, he probably knows what you can afford. DON'T fail to enclose a card that gives your sentiment as well as the gift. As the poet Cooke said: 'Tis not the weight of jewel or plate, Or the fondle of silk and fur; 'Tis the spirit in which the gift is rich, As the gifts of the wise ones were. Birds with a taste for Douglas fir seeds have their problems. Tree farm foresters coat seeds with aluminum color. The un-suspecting birds are fooled and go pecking past the tasy morsels. Land Management Officials Meet, Hear Boss by Phone United States Bureau of Land Management State officials and dsitrict managers Monday visited their boss in his Washington. D.C., office while they sat in Salt Lake City. The occasion was the start of a week long conference for BLM district managers and their ad-ministrative assistants, meeting in the BLM State office, third floor of the Darling Building. The talk by Karl S. Landstrom, BLM national director, was made possible by a direct telephone hook-u- p with the conference room in Salt Lake City. Mr. Landstrom1 listed four points BLM employees should keep in mind. First, historical aspetcs concerning public land should be respected. Second, it must be kept in mind that the public must be served "first, last and always" in the administra-tion of public lands and this would include generations yet unborn as well as persons using the public lands today. Third, although multiple use is a basic aim of BLM, this policy should not be followed at the expense of soil and resources. Fourth, according to Mr. Landstrom. BLM shoudl be an interpretative agency in the administration of public lands rather than only an enforcing agency. j The BLM national director noted that regulations and poli- - ) cies are necessary but recognized I that sometimes there are oppos - f ing views. ' "We have an obligation to i carry out our duties the best we i can, according to the rules," he I said. "But there is a great deal . '" of room for flexibility. Many ; ideas need to be challenged. If V there are divergent views, they ! should be pointed out, resolved f and then we should forge ahead toward our goals." f Another speaker Monday was Dr. Grant Calder, professor of I management, University of Utah J, College of Business, who spoke J'1 of problems in managing people and offices. Conducting the Utah confer- - f. ence, which continued through r Friday, was R. D. Nielson, BLM f Utah State director. Subjects j discussed included grazing, wild- - jj life, recreation, forestry, mine- - I rals, engineering, personnel and f, safety. The meeting was intended to result in an improved BLM I operations at the state and dis- - ! trict levels through more effi- - cient and effective planning and f management of manpower and money. , In addition to instructions by BLM State officials and group 1 discussions, the conference also included several other speakers. Among them were Harold Crane, director, Utah Fish and Game Dept.; Max Gardner, director, Utah State Land Board; Harold P. Fabian, chairman, Utah State Park and Recreation Commis-sion; Ariel Jorgensen, chairman, State Soil Conservation Commit-tee, and J. M. Cornwell, pub-lis- er of the Murray Eagle and president of Utah State Press Association. The Bureau of Land Manage-ment administers slightly less than half of the area in Utah. Income from private use of this land amounted to $8,575,243 in the fiscal year ended June 30, of which BLM turned over to the state treasury $2,962,057. To carry out its administration BLM has nine districts in Utah with headquarters in Brigham City, Murray Vernal, Price. Fillmore, Monticello, Richfield, Kanab and Cedar City, in addition to the land office in Salt Lake City. I PRETTY AS BONDS K- -, ot ' TiM- ' fS2 But Jacqueline Beer, Warner Brothers' star of the "77 Sunset Strip" series, is thinking of her Christmas gifts of Savings Bonds, not herself. She hopes her fans idmire her choice of presents md follow her example. BLM Completes Study Of Mineral Lands As part of a process to deter-mine surface rights on unpatent-ed mining claims in the Milford- - Cedar City area of Iron and Beaver counties, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management recently completed an examination of BLM-administer- ed lands in that area. The tracts examined are main-ly within townships 30, 31, 33 and 34 south, and ranges 10, 12 15 and 16 west. The area con-tains timber and range improve-ment projects consisting of re-seedi- ng projects, stock watering facilities and fences. According to R. D. Nielson, Utah State BLM Director, the procedure is required under Pub-lic Law 167, which provides a means by which the government may manage and dispose of vegetative resources on unpat-ented mining claims. However, the procedure in no way limits individuals in prospecting for and mining valuable minerals which may be located under U.S. mining laws. The BLM procedure enables the United States to manage the surafce resources on land cov-ered by unpatented claims lo-cated before July 23, 1955. On all mining claims located after that date, the law provides that surface rights remain with the United States until the claims go to patent. 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