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Show tJitf Mt. UNIV(i r fry 1 NON-CIRCULATIN- 1. pr f It G WESTERN AMERICANA Serials Gau SOUTH SALT LAKE NEWS Serving The Center Of Industry 2s we N South Salt Lake Thursday, January 9, 1969 Volume II GUEST EDITORIAL Rampton Inaugurated Discipline is Best in Capitol F Vince Lombardi, general manager and former coach of the Green Bay Packers, addressed some remarks to the Football Writers Association the other day that bear repeating. In a few brief sentences, Lombardi expounded a philosophy through which he led the Packers to world championships in three consecutive years: For so long have we ridiculed authority in the family, discipline in the school, order in the state, that the freedom we have sought has brought us close to chaos. We will never have a good society, much less a great one, until individual excellence is respected again. Freedom will succumb to communism unless the values underlying it are upheld. These values are duty, responsibility to authority, and the development of mental The answer today seems to be to take the easy way. discipline. You discipline in the National Football League or in your family, with love, understanding, and rules and regulations. If a man breaks a rule he must be punished. It's as simple as that..." Of course, those who believe that freedom is absolute, and without limits of any kind, will regard Lombardi's views as simplistic, '' if not chauvinistic. But to many Americans who still believe in the concepts that made this nation great, Lombardis words have the ring of the old-tireligion. time-honor- ed me THE NEWS LEADER Richmond, Virginia Home Owners Dispute Park dispute among owners of property bordering on a proposed South Salt Lake Salt Lake County park will be settled Friday by the South Salt Lake City Council. Mrs. Martha J. Toombs, city recorder, Monday released figures showing that 13 of the property owners in South Salt Lake are in favor of the park while 11 are opposed to A County property owners liave indicated they are against the proposition 10 to 7. The park will be developed jointly as part of the flood control for the area along Mill Creek. The park will cover about 14 acres from 500 to 350 East on both sides of the stream, according to Mayor 0. P. Davis. it. GOVERNOR CALVIN L. RAMPTON gives inaugural address before crowd gathered in Capitol rotunda. Tax Help Available from IRS According to Roland V. Wise, dis- trict director of the Utah Internal Revenue Service, the regular Tax- - Teacher Salaries i i Increased Report Reveals It takes more than 13,000 professional personnel-teacher- s, principals, librarians, counselors, social workers, supervisors, administrators and others to staff Utahs 40 public school districts. This was disclosed this week in the annual personnel and salary report of the State Board of Education's Auxiliary Services Division. Of the 13,057 full-tiequivalent (FTE) persons employed, 11,223 are classroom teachers. This is an increase of less than (me per cent (.62) over last year's total of me 11,154. The average contracted salary for classroom teachers this year is $7,037, an increase of 6.07 per cent over last year's $6,634. The report discloses that the 40 school districts employ 569 FTE principals at an average salary of $11,313, up 6.08 per cent from last year's streets. Assistance is also available at all local Internal Revenue Service offices throughout the state. Internal Revenue Service employees will answer questions or give information to persons making out income tax returns but they would like to emphasize telephone service and Monday assistance this giving better service to taxpayers and minimizing the cost to IRS. The plan of advising and instructing taxpayers in filling out their own returns will be carried out as in last years program. Mr. Wise states that service will be given gladly and cheerfully, upon either a telephone or a personal contact from a taxpayer, and that returns of handicapped individuals will be actually prepared if they cannot physically do the job for themselves. Your Federal Income Tax," and Tax Guide for Small Business booklets are available at the various offices for 60$ per copy. $10,664. Other instructional personnel, including librarians, counselors, psychologists, social workers, other specialists and supervisors, number 1,188, an increase of 5.07. The average salary of this group this year is $8,703. The average salary of the 40 dis- administrators (superintendents and assistant superintendents) for the 1968-6- 9 school term is $14,687. tricts payer Information Program for filing 1968 federal income tax returns will be in effect Jan. 2 through April 15, 1969. Taxpayers are reminded that the Salt Lake City offices are still located in the Post Office and Courthouse Building, 4th South and Main 77 Dont just mail i- tWith Zip Code, mail is i sorted up to 15 times faster! Use it in all mailing addresses your return address, too. advartiiinfl contributed for the public good ner, secretary - treasurer, William N. Shipley, vice president, and D. B. Bagley, returning president, Offices of the Salt Lake Chapter are at 61 Shelley. Retired Persons To Painting Contractors Keep Organize Local Chapter Members of the American Association of Retired Persons will meet on Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. in the Library Room at the Friendship Manor, 1320 E. 5th South, to organize a local chapter, according to an announcement by George W. Schluderberg, president of the million -- and ne-half member AARP. Over 500 AARP chapters are now lactive throughout the United States, Mr. Schluderberg said. At this AARP meeting, full participating privileges will be offered to members of the National Retired Teachers Association, parent See Page 2, Column One -o- j NEW OFFICERS OF THE SALT LAKE CITY Prog- ressive Chapter, Painting and Decorating Contrac- tors of America, are from left, Walter E. Kuef- - S. L. Chapter President has been reelected president of the Salt Lake City Progressive Chapter, Painting and Decorating Contractors of America. The chapter has its office at 61 Shelley Ave. in South Salt Lake. Mr. Bagley has long been associated with the painting and decorating segment of the construction industry in Salt Lake and has been a leader of chapter activities, including the designation of National Paint D. B. Bagley Decorating Week in South Salt Mr. Bagley prepared the Lake. proclamation for Mayor Davis' signature. Other officers elected to serve the Progressive Chapter of PDCA for the coming year are: William N. Shipley, vice president, and Walter ing E. & Kuefner, secretary-treasure- r. The Painting and Decorating Contractors of America has a national membership of 7,000 leading contracting firms. i |