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Show Ben Lomond Beacon, Aug. 10, 1978, Page 3 1 Veterans Administration aids man in finding productive life, employment Velorans Administration Regional Office Director Elmer J Smith tells a story of a problem encountered by certain veterans The gunshot wounds in the thigh appeared to heal normally, hut this Vietnam veteran still couldn't work The leg remained stiff and swollen, and a severe pain in his back baffled his doctors and turned Only a few years ago, this After training he was placed with a Government agency where he is a productive and employee Mr. Smith said that under a program Administrator of Veterans Affairs, Max Cleland, has ordered expanded and emphasized, VA might have ended the but story," said Smith, today the young veteran is gainfully employed Veterans Administration found that his limp had aggravated a congenital curvature of the spine which could be corrected by But his emsurgery. Counsiling psychohgists placed 73 such severely handicapped veterans in Federal agencies during ployment problem remained unresolved until Veterans Administration counseling psychologists entered the off prospective The stress of employers joblessness and constant hi ought on an pain 1977 Tests and interviews showed that the veteian had an aptitude and picture emotional breakdown and a long period of hospitalization in a veterans hospital an interest in Special Civil Service certification procedures permit the appointment of severely handicapped veterans clerical work. the to Federal jobs on certification of a VA I)C CETA, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, originally instituted to move the low skilled and un killed out of the ranks of the unemployed, has degernerumd into an expensive ($11 4 billion-a-year- ) joke on the taxpayer and the hardcore jobless, reports the Readers Digest in its August issue Calling CETA a "giotesque Lazy Susan of programs populat'd by opportunistic artists, political activists and various professionals, Digest Washington writer Ralph Kinney Bennett cites examples of CETA funds -- Paying a Chicago man $470 a month to teach children how to become human drums" by slapping themselves rhythmically - Paying an Atlanta man, a professed Marxist, $473 a month to in his words keep an eye on city, county and state governments and their jiving of the masses. Providing jobs in Baltimore for the wife of a state supreme court judge, the daughter of a U S Court of Appeals judge, and the son of a member of the Maryland House of Serivce Commission and the employing agency. With a certification that he or she is able to perform the job, the handicapped veteran need not enter the normal Civil Service competition Oi n p R b Li The applicant is not forced into what could be an unfair competition situation, and the employing agency has the assurance that the handicapped Veteran's skills and physical capabilities have been carefully evaluated in realtion .o the teres'ed ve'uuns r The Mountain Post will hos! the 1973 Annual U S .Army Retiree Open House on Aug 25 This year's theme is. Keep Current-Sta- y Active In the past, more than 550 retirees and their dependents representing Colorado, and Utah have attended the event The purpose of the Open House, established by the Department of the Army, is to keep retirees updated on the active Army, their and benefits rights, privileges as retuees Proclamations declaring August 23 as Fort Carson Army Retiree Open House Wyoming in the state of Colorado have been signed Richaid D by Governor Day", Lamm, Colorado Springs Mayor Larry Ochs and Major General John F Foirest, the commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division, (Mechanized) In addition, Maj Gen Forrest has extended an invitation for all retired members of the Armed Forces and their spouses in the area, the e to par- Open ticipate in House" The principal guest speaker for this years event is Lieutenant General Beverly Powell, president of the Department of the Armys Officers Retiree Council The program w ill open at 8 a m with music, coffee and doughnuts followed by the presentations of the colors, Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation Other items on the days agenda include the reading the of proclamations, recognition of the retirees, welcoming remarks by Maj a Country Gen Forrest, Combined Arms Orientation and a visit to Foit Carson's Aimy of the The Open West Museum House will close with a and retreat formal retirement ceremony For further information concerning Fort Caisons Army Retiree Open House Fair, Day, on Aug 25 individuals may contact 1st Lt. Gary Fleming at area code 303, 579 4100 U yW l! 017 personality and chairman of the Utah Symphony s Sale reviews a list of donated items as they arrive at the warehouse for storage and pricing in preparation for the two day event, Sept. 8 9 at the Salt Palace KSL TV JACKIE NOKES Id Wot s Largest Garage rHiltr eMbu n 1 L- s ; few vj n f. .4; L! ' U f f no r, JVJ7 t l.A irr i rl be a ui 111110 oi tin borne tieasmis donat'd oundd lion iha'lenge giants Eer raised $1 by the will be matched from the foundations KSL 1 V personali tv Jackie Nokcs, gaiage sal" n, phony S gripe? Write a S2 by chan man, said donations letter to beginning to fill up the huge Fuller Warehouse at ai e the editor ( r h L ) I u Li ah Mellon Got a r ; n b to the L 1 t mphony tor iN oi Ids largest Garage Mile m he Sal! Palace Si pit min i 8 and 9 The is holding i he Siinphom biggest garage sale this area has e er seen to raise matching funds for National Endowment for the Arts and No in ct Mul gal age .ate w ouhl lie uiniph 'o w ithuut a lamb - wui i i ug or a me o ' a! fur a mai Me tup i offer tdoii e ! tiu i I ; f (WES 1 f West 4th South Rut we need much mui h ' she said It s a rnoii huge w aiehouse and it will !n4 a lot ') nil I' I) ma'n 'is i m n off at .lie Wall I) wn kd a - o' l J, a !ak ,1 c!i in j J on i 'i , 5 anil M'lll J,i from 9 a in 'o noon NoUni'n' .nil he 'hue to pt pill , 1 donationns am! issue a Ml rectipi foi tax ixoids donations aie !u dedm iiblo Arrangemen's uko i an bi made to pick up lai u id i is t t calling ne oil ii e, 35 i ' Palace Interested persons should tall Robert Mickelsen at trie 6 mphony office, The two day Salt Palace event also will feature a free bv 533-562- outdoor 2fj Mis Nikis said olun rs are now canvassing Salt Lake ana neigh boihoixis for garage sale She said 59 0 9 donations notices will be d, Jubu.ed tn t few 5(i anas over 'lie n weeks tec volunteers also are bung iciiuited tor pi icing merchandise at the warehouse and as cieiks arid checkers a' 'he sale in September Mm e than 300 will be needed tin the two days at the Salt concert, Friday, Si ptember 8, at G 30 p m by enDie I tan Symphony, tertainment during the sale an antique auction conducted by auctioned Several Frank 1 runzo antiques have already been dona 'cd for part of the and pi ogi am ri -- J Kl-- jJ nfily U ED 1 ii f? - NOW OPEN B & By l 7 i Over Cost OVER C0 SAVINGS OVER & 3 ty AT RAWSON & LUND 1 i, w. 1978 Used GMC 4x4's and Vans (6) Low, Low Miles. 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State, Clearfield tip H ob- may sips President Carter has signed into law a WASHINGTON moratorium on a proposed grazing fee hike, Utah Congressman Gunn McKay today reported According to McKay, the President signed the bill without fanfare last Firday (July 21), one day before the bills expiration date Had the President let the bill expire, McKay said, the fee schedule would have gone into effect raising the cost of grazing livestock on public lands by up to 100 per cent in the next three or four years Rep. McKay, a sponsor of the moratorium, said the bill will hold off the fee increase until the President signs my bill changing for at least seven years the way grazing fees are assessed The Public Lands Improvement Act, which passed the House June 29th, would lock the cost of grazing fees to the cost of raising the livestock The bill is now awaiting Senate action According to McKay, the Interior and Agriculture Departments proposed charging ranchers fair market value" for the use of the grazing land what they would pay to graze comparable private lands The problem is, nobody knows what fair market value Further, public lands are definitely inis, said McKay. ferior to private lands, The BLM ignored recommendations by its technical staff to consider the extra costs of raising livestock on land in its jurisdiction, which is definitely inferior to private land. First of all, the cow has to walk farther on BLM land to eat and he just burns off what hes gained. Second, the grazing fee schedule they proposed didnt take into account the permit the rancher has to buy to go onto the land In a bad market year with depressed prices, the small ranchers would be wiped out paying the high prices. But with a fee schedule pegged to the cost of raising the animals, fees in a bad market year will drop Conversely, the fees m a good market year will rise But then they can afford them McKay said he was very pleased with the Presidents response and that the way toward a permanent solution is clear He said he hoped the Senate would act on the Grazing Lands Improvement Act changing the assessment formula this year 1 i Q jm rarazs U1 k dn ee toi Noting that CETA's impact on unemployment has been has minimal, the article points out that the program evolved into a kind of federal job fair in which the individual desires of some take precedence over the real needs of many. Thus, CETA has become a major source of funding for the arts. "CETA arts programs are funding at least 10 000 men and women, many of whom have left jobs in the private economy to paint, sculpt, make movies, create street theater, play guitar, weave and make pottery at public expense of more than $75 million a year. Indeed, the article points out, the CETA jobs are so at tractive that they are drawing potentially productive wealth producing workers away from jobs in the private sector. Nonetheless, the Carter Administration in tends to maintain the CETA job level and pour additional billions into the program 25 i r lull details of the tain piopieam b cmi'ac ting the A Regional Ofl.ce m Salt l.ike C I'y 01 you may dial the VA Regional Office at the toll free nurnbei listed m local telephone youi treasury. Vs5r u ft Ilf' !,k f 07 f r u A severely handicapped vetei an is tei iiiied under the pi opium on) v foi a specific job m a specific agency, Smi'li pointed out The essential lust slip in the process he s.nd is that an Mme than opening exist half of those placed doling the latter half of 1977 weie In employed bv the V Delegates Noting that the lavish shoveling of CETA money has resulted in inevitable financial scandals, the Digest story emphasizes that the greatest scandal is the CETA program itself CETA has become so far removed from its legislative intent that it constitutes a fraud on taxpayers and - most poignantly - on the disadvantaged whose hopes for lasting, useful employment it has falsely raised The Digest article examines the problem of local governments openly subsidizing their payrolls to the point where 15, 25, 30 percent and more of their employees are now drawing federal paychecks. Policemen, firemen and other essential local services are being financed out of the federal d en-v- . t oilmen! of the particular job the VA Dnector said Digest reports expensive joke WASHINGTON, - 5 demands and the woik counsel.! psychologist with the concurrence of the Civil P:-- .... I Ctvd LRP OR SANTANA |