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Show ; :1 1 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY Oi-I- " ? j 4 Salt Lake City, Friday, September Ten Cents Per Copy 1, 1961 F Browsing Through the News Granite i 4 P J A . ; jf '.Ni !!! - i Unprotected Persons Are Urged To Get Their Polio Shots Now Vol. 24, No. 35 ? . - i I: ' . l.i .r-- ry City 12 .) i . It was reported from Washington that Utah and Pennsylvania interests are negotiating for Utah coal properties with a view to establishment of a coal pipeline from Carbon County to the Pacific Coast. Under the process, the coal is mixed with water and travels through the pipeline as slurry and is fed directly into special burners. The Rural" Electric Admin-tratio- n has reported that Utah farms have more than doubled their use of electricty from REA lines in the past decade. Putting an astronaut in orbit before the end of this year seems to be the aim of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The NASA announced recently that it will forego any more suborbital Asflights such as those by tronauts Shepard and Grissom, to put a man in and go all-oorbit. ut If you are planning an air trip on Saturday, October 14, youd better check schedules. For all airlines and other planes in North America are to be grounded for 12 hours on that date. The ,ban on civilian flying is from noon to midnight, Eastern Standard time. It is estimated that travel of some 120,000 passengers will be interrupted. non-milita- ry Therell be no benches car rying advertising at bus stops in Salt Lake City. A petition from Richard H. Nickles asking for such permission was denied by the Salt Lake City And, like it or not, we are in a technilogical and scientific rave for survival with the Communist nations. American scientists move ahead in many fields. Now, a group of American earth-hespecialists at a United Nations conference in Rome have come up with the belief that they may be closing in on the answer to the origin of underground heat, a world phenomenon as old as Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park. at And they believe it may be something as simple as rainfall said an Associated Press dispatch from the Italian Capital. Once they know the origin, the despatch said, scientists will be able to tell whether geothermal energy could be used as a new source of electric power. Still they come after more American taxpayer dollars, and they start quickly. Dr. Cheddi Jagan, who will be the first prime minister of British Guiana says he will visit Washington in November to seek development funds from the United States. This bomb shelter business isnt influencing everybody the Soviet embassy in Washington is not building one. Second Secretary Ivan P. Azarov told the Chicago Daily News Service that we rely completely on the American government for protection. If they did start digging some ideas might be born. Commission. Utah wheat farmers have voted in favor of an acreage program which the govern ment claims will increase the farmers income 10 to 15 per cent, according to USDA program specialist Donald G. Gibson. The best salesman for freedom around the world is the food and agricultural superiority of the United States, said Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman in a recent speech. A challenge to education was voiced by John D. Spikes, head of the department of experimental biology at the Univer- sity of Utah when he said in a speech that a tremendous effort at least double our present one must be made in the next 10 years to satisfy the nations need for scientific talent. He said, We must solve many technical problems in the face of our expanding population just to maintain our present standard of living. . What, no rattlers? Nashville, Tenn, gists had a meal snake steaks from wood moccasin and 50 Last week herpetolo- featuring a cotton- four water snakes. A newspaper reporter graciously declined to sample the food. Dont Forget S.S.L. Firemens Ball Saturday, Sept. 16 Have you bought your ticket for the South Salt Lake Firemens Ball being held the night of Saturday, September 16? The South Salt Lake Auditorium at 2490 South State will be the scene and dancing will begin at 9 p.nj. The Mutual Benefit Fund of the South Salt Lake Firemens Association will get the receipts. A television set donated by the South Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce will be given away. Tickets can be purchased from department members or at the fire station, 90 East Oakland Avenue. Schools Open With Enrollment Up Granite District children and youths went back to school Tuesday with registration considerably above last year. The district reported first day enrollment as 40,357, or 2,780 more than the first day signup in 1960. Both elementary and secondary schools had increases, with 24,388 elementary students registered compared with 22,670 last year, and 15,869 secondary students against a year ago. Registered in special education are 140 students. 14,-8- 07 Seven schools in the district are on double sessions, and for the pupils the starting time is 7 a.m. One new school Hillsdale, in the Granger area was opened this year and is on double sessions. To fill vacancies in the dis- trict-wistaff, there are 18 substitute teachers. first-sessi- on de Continued use of the Salk vaccine for polio until the new multiple oral vaccine is available, is being urged by the Utah State Department of Health. Manufacture of a polio vaccine to be taken by mouth has now been licensed for manufacture, it has been announced by Dr. Luther L. Terry, Surgeon General of the Petition Granted To Vacate Alley At the regular meeting of the South Salt Lake City Council held Monday night, a petition was received to vacate an alley between Vidas and Beryl Avenues. The petition, which was granted, was presented by Nate Adamson, representing owners on the south side of Beryl and north side of Vidas Avenues. The Council also approved the appointment of James R. Nicholas as a deputy marshal in the Traffic Department of the South Salt Lake Police Department. Officer Nicholas has been on the job since Aug. 16 after returning from Berlin where he was assigned as a military policeman in the American sector. Discussion also was held on the over-nigparking ordinance and the matter was left for further consideration. William W. Anderton, water supervisor, reported on progress of the well which had been drilled about 2240 South Fourth West. The well now is in the test pumping and surg- Public Health Service. In making the. announcement he said: I want to emphasize that an oral vaccine providing protection against all three types of poliomyelitis will not be available for some time. The vaccine being licensed today produces immunity only against Type 1 polio. Therefore, it is of the highest importance that vaccination continue with the Salk vaccine which is the only weapon we have today to provide protection against all three types of polio. The Public Health Service will continue its effort to promote the widest possible use of Salk vaccine. When the full series of oral vaccine becomes available, we will also help in its promotion. The Salk vaccine, to which the progressive decline in polio since 1955 can be attributed, should be used by all unpro- tected persons until the multiple oral vaccine is available, according to the Utah State Department of Health and the U.S. Public Health Service. There were 13,850 cases of polio in 1955, the year of the first use of the Salk vaccine, and only 234 cases .thus far this year. ht Storm Dampens Bid For Prizes Night Held in Sugar House Some 2000 persons were gathered in Sugar House Plaza last Friday night to enjoy the fun of bidding for more than 50 prizes with Sugar House money when, in the midst of the bidding, the clouds let go in all their fury. It was Bid-for-Pri- zes night sponsored by the Retail Trades Committee of the Sugar House Chamber of Commerce and the prizes had been contributed by Sugar House merchants. As a result of the storm, the affair had to be called off temporarily and was continued Saturday morning when the balance of the prizes were auctioned off. ing stage. Book Reviews Set at South Salt Lake Library Auditorium The Salt Lake County Library in cooperation with the South Salt Lake Branch Library will present a series of free weekly book reviews and programs to be held in the South Salt Lake Library Auditorium, 2490 South State Street each Friday evening at 8 oclock beginning Sept. 8. Program for September and (Cont. on Page 3, Col. 4) Dr. Alton A. Jenkins, Director of the Disease Control Section of the Bureau of Community Health Services, State Department of Health, points out that while, as a result of the Salk vaccine, polio has been drastically reduced, the danger to each person not immunized is as great as ever. All citizens Who have not had the complete series of three shots and a current booster are urged to get the Salk shots now, Dr. Jenkins said. Communities are urged to start organizing their campaigns for next season, since the series of three shots are given over a minimum period of seven months. Thus, to complete the series before next years hot season the danger months begins, the immunization campaign should be under way not later than November of 1961. Warning Issued to Youngsters Not To Handle Bats As we close our paper for this weeks issue, search was still being made to locate a boy, about 9 to 11, presumed to have been bitten by a bat in Fairmont Park on August 23, and the Utah State Department of Health laboratories are being deluged with bats sent in from all parts of the state for examination. The boy, alleged to have been bitten on the hand by a bat which was found to be rabid, was apparently a tourist. His name or where he might have been from are not known. An interstate was put out. alarm It was stated that because of the large number of bats being sent in, tests at the laboratories will be made only on those known to have bitten or attacked someone. Several have been found to be afflicted. Russell Frazer of the State Department of Health said last week it takes about four weeks for the disease to become solidly established. Treatment, however, takes two weeks, so if it is not caught within 14 days, it could be too late. Bats rarely attack humans, but will bite when handled, especially those that are rabid. But there is the danger that a rabid bat may attack wild animals, cats, and dogs, and set off an epidemic. Bata seem to hold a strange fascination fbr children, and the State Department of Health urges that youngsters be taught never to tease or handle a bat. If the creature does not fly away but allows a human to approach, it is probably sick and may be rabid. ever-prese- nt |