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Show f Universal Microfilming Corp. Ava. Salt Laka City, Utah &411J TO GENERALIZE' 'UNFAIR. UNREAUSITC Comp, Superintendent Defends Indian Schools IS Not all segments of the In. gotten Americans who have no dlan population In America are voice In the operation of their the suffering from educational de. schools. Consequently, and shouldnt be schools are said to be leading privation branded as such, a respected Indians away from their cultural Indian educator and administraheritage while contributing to tor said here this week, alienation from parents, alco. Wilma L. Victor, superlnten. holism and a high rate of sul. dent at Intermountain school, clde. made this point during an In. Miss Victor acknowledged tervlew with the Box Elder that problems do exist but not News over recent testimony In the same degree In all tribes. accuse heard by the Senate Subcom. To schools of mlttee on Indian education. destroying culture on the ba. Her remarks concerned lm. sis of one statement and to presslons, not always factural, generalize, to me Is a rather being gained from the current dangerous thing to do. committee study of Indian prob. ANY GENERALITIES about lems. programs and schools are not TESTIMONY HAS been to the just unfair but unrealistic and effect that Indians are the "for. If theyre not based on know. ledge of what the schools are boarding school, drawing about trying to do then they shouldnt 2,200 students annually from the be said, she declared. Navajo reservation. What may cover one sec. The school which has a staff tion Is not necessarily appllc. of more than 300 persons and able to all. Certainly, It's not an accredited high school, pro. part of our curriculm to teach vldes students with vocational students to hate their parents training that will enable them and culture but It is a part to gain employment after grad, of our program to Instill with- uation, and also, education In in them a pride In their cul. technical and academic fields ture, she added. preparatory to public schools for the education of their people. There are more schools at both the elementary and second, ary levels on the reservation now than ever before, both pub. Uc and BIA.admlnlstered, with more being added. SPEAKING OF advances made by the Navajos over the past 10 years, she said empha. tically, I think Its been tre. mendous, As for the social problems charge, the administrator said they are no greater, probably less, than would be experienced among other students. There has never been a suicide in the history of (Continued on Page Two) work. DISLIKE seeing this kind of headline for the sake of I MISS VICTOR WHO explained that Intermountains program Is geared from year to year to meet the particular needs of Its students, said the Nava. wise and jO people have been fortunate In working with the Bureau of Indian affairs and our staff. They are hardwork. lng and conscientious and they are making a mean, ingful contribution which they are. Intermountain school Is the world's largest coeducational be-Ue- O o Rehearsing a scene from "Pinocchio" which will be presented Jan. 10 through 13 at Box Elder High school are Laurinda Beecher as Pinocchio and DelRay Woodland as Jiminy Cricket. PINOCCHIO AND JIMINY CRICKET FOUR PERFORMANCES As BEHS Production earlier. Were trying to put all of the fairy tale quality possible into the production, said Dl. rector Fontell Messervy. . t THE STAGE WILL be extend, ed out to the audience to bring them into the action and the full depth of the stage will be used, A suspect In the burglary last week of Parson Service cen. ier at South Brigham City, lias waived preliminary hearing and been bound over to First Dls. trict The latest In a series of ma. Jor stage productions at the school, It will be presented Wed. nesday, Thursday and Friday evenings starting at 8 p.m. and on Saturday at 1 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door and have been sold In book form Suspect Bound Over court. James D. Fenn, 32, of 4499 West 5470 South, Salt Lake City, appeared In city court Thursday on a second degree burglary charge. He previously had asked for time to engage an attorney. The court continued ball at $2,500 and Fenn was returned to the county jail. A second suspect in the case, James A. Allen, 27, of 4546 West 5570 South, Salt Lake earlier waived pre. City, llminary hearing and was bound the director explained. Music boxes, clocks, the cir. cus and even the scene where Pinocchio and Geppetto are in side the whale will be created on the large high school stage. Some 120 drama department students will take part In the production which is open to and children alike and Is some 80 minutes long. TAKING THE PART of PI. nocchlo Is Laurinda Beecher with DelRay Woodland as Jim. iny Cricket and Roger Barth mid-wint- t added. OFFERS POINTS-CU- T AS BONUS Driving Course Set Starting Thursday as Set Wednesday Slippery December: 1967 Beats THE IMPACT of Decembers urge Is measured by compar-lnthe 80 accidents with the g average of 38 accidents Investiof gated In the other months the year, However, while mishaps were January 7, 1968 8 PAGES On Bid to Cut Passenger Trains Officials Want Answer From Governor City Gains On Beautification, Safety Questions In Electric er SUP Election month-to.month- Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Sunday Morning, 1 City Council Takes Neutral Stand The season ticket year for play at Brigham City Municipal Golf course was changed by action of the city council Thursday night. On a majority vote, the council followed a recommendation of Mayor Olof Zundel to sell tickets for the period April 15 to April 15 of each year. Tickets presently are valid from Dec. 31 for one year. The mayor pointed out that golfers arent always ready to buy a new ticket at when they generally cant play. And in the early spring they dont like paying green fees when they haven't a season ticket but intend to buy one, the mayor Geppetto. Want to shave some of those Other leading characters are off your driving record? points Jeff Bigler as Honest John, A course In defensive drivMike Whitehead as Foulfellow, as Gideon, ing will open in Brigham City Dave Sparkman Jan. 11, next over. James Edwards as Coachman, under Thursday ofnight, the UtahSafe. The pair Is accused ofbreak. Wade Hyde as auspices Nani Lampwlck, lng Into Parson Service center Janlak as Blue Fairy, Barbara ty council, and will continue and taking two rifles and a ly for four sessions, It was an. Jeppson as Firefly, and Diane nounced this week. checks totaling plus shotgun Jensen as Figaro. All drivers are Invited to reg. $2,859. They were apprehended lster. The cost Is $4 to pay for early Tuesday morning by Tre. Instructional and materials exmonton police. The Box Elder Sheriffs de. penses. With Initiation of the course, partment has conducted the In. featuring films and lectures, vestlgation and Chief Deputy Brigham City joins Salt Lake Stanley A. May said the guns were found In a car occupied City, Ogden and Provo. Election of officers and dl. by the suspects when they were CITY JUDGE VeNoy Christ, rectors for the coming year arrested, Is helping with ar. The break. in was discover, will be the main order of bust, offersen ed by Brigham City police. ness at the regular monthly rangements. He said the Thurswill be held In meeting of the Sons and Utah day meetings Elder Box chapter, Pioneers, REPORTS BREAK-Ito be held Wednesday, Jan. 10 at the Tropical restaurant at WALLET STOLEN Carol Porter, 422 South Sec. 7 p.m. Mrs. Joseph Uriona, 680 ond West, reported to Brigham Reports will be given by the Fourth South and West, reported to and some that secretary police Tuesday president City one had broken Into her home musical numbers are scheduled Brigham City police Wednesday that her son's wallet had been and pried open a file cabinet. during the evening. All members are urged to stolen from the Box Elder Jun. indicated that The report lor High school gymnasium. attend, a spokesman said, nothing was missing. A spectacular Increase in traffic accidents during December, attributed to icy street con. dltlons, saw the 1967 mishap rate here shoot past the previous years mark, according to a year-ensummary released by the city police department this week. Officers investigated some 8C accidents during the final month to push the years total to 492 compared with 468 mishaps during the preceding year. And It was the first time that 1967s accident rate, tallied had ex. , from ceeded the previous year. Number Council Action Changes Period for Golf Tickets i BC Burglary 71 SLATED 'Pinocchio' Readied A childrens theatre produc. of tlon Pinocchio will be presented In three evening and one matinee this week at Box Elder High school. Volume 80 Mishaps, Connections Brigham City recorded a nel gain of 303 electrical connec. tlons during the past year, City Tolman Burke reportRt ed Thursday. The gain was the largest In recent years and Indicated the growth of local population. a report to the city council, It was pointed out that all totaled 1,201 new connections and disconnections amounted to 898 which means our electrl. cal people have been busy, the recorder stated. In IN OTHER BUSINESS Thurs. the Mountain Fuel Supply com. day, the council, as Its first new year, approv. pany auditorium beginning each action of the ed an advertisement costing time at 7 p.m. Slated to handle the first about $200 In the Empire of the Salt Lake Tribune. class is Patrolman Ralph Jack, The three, column-by- . eight. son of the Utah Highway patrol. As a bonus to those who at. Inch ad will be the same size tend and complete the eight-hou- r as one taken by the city last course, the state will de. year. Representing the Tribune at duct 50 points from their drlv. the council meeting was Stan accum. have If record they lng ulated this many or more points Farnsworth. Councilman Blaine Olsen was asked to work with through violations, the Judge the newspaperman In making up explained. the ad. TO HELP STIMULATE inter, MAYOR OLOF ZUNDEL re. est, Judge Chrlstoffersen for the past month has offered to e minded council members of a fines and Jail terms of meeting for all Box Elder coun. traffic offenders if they would ty municipal officials by the county commission Jan. 9 In attend the course. courthouse conference About 30 persons have con. the room. can we If and so do to sented .pick up this many each month, we can keep the course going for some time, the city Judge edl-tlo- n Brigham City will remain neutral on Union Pacific Railroad company's request to discontinue passenger train service between Salt Lake City and Butte, Mont. A city council decision not to take a stand was unanimous at Thursday's regular weekly session, first of the new year, but only after a motion to protest the U. P. apvote defeat. plication went down to a 3-- 2 A strong recommendation to remain neutral came from Ma. yor Olof Zundel who reported on losses Incurred by the rail company during a period last year. He said the deficit amounted nine-mont- h to $218,000 with the company running two trains daily. Pas. senger use locally totaled 63 persons who caught the train in Brigham City and 175 who got off here. The mayor explained that since the loss of mail service on the route, the company In. dlcated to him that Its loss would Increase to $301,000 over an Identical nine. month period. To discontinue the service wont affect employment at the local depot, he noted. COUNCILMAN Byron Arm. strong, one of three new coun. cllmen sitting In their first reg. ular session, suggested that It was not Brigham Citys con. cern whether or not the line was making a profit. Councilman A1 Cazler, noting the national trend for railroads to abandon passenger trains In favor of freight business, said It would be a shame If the city were to have a brochure in which It could list no passenger train service. These are the only two pas. senger trains which now go (Continued on Page Two) Planning Cost Estimates Out of Line, Says Engineer A proposed master plan cost-ln- g $65,690 for Box Elder county and a related plan for water and sewer development bearing a $6,500 price tag were branded as completely unrealistic at Tuesdays meeting of the county commission In Brigham City. Making the sharp appraisal was Keith Hansen, head of an engineering firm In Brigham City, who suggested the county officials take a long, close look before signing any planning contracts. He suggested that if this much money Is to be spent, that the county set up its own planning works and Include a planner to keep It current. Pressure to create a county plan has come from municipal officials who want to qualify their communities for govern, ment aid programs. Brigham City has requested It for parks development and Corlnne wants to push ahead with plans for a sewage disposal system. A MEETING TO sample the opinions of leaders from all Box Elder county municipalities has been called for Tues. day, Jan. 9, at 7 p.m. In the conference room, county court, house. The said commissioners their position at this session will be to sit back while rep. resentatlves from Utah State university explain planning and Its implications. The commission will not try THE COMMISSIONERS as. to sell planning to the town sured Hansen that they would not and city officials but want them rush Into the program Just be- to advise us If they wish the cause matching federal funds county to move ahead, the county are available. (Continued on Page Two) were quoted to the commissioners In late Novem. ber by R. Clay Allred, city plan, ner from Ogden. The prices explained. However, It Is not necessary to comm ltt a violation before en. rolling. Registration forms are avail, able at the city court, located upstairs In the city hall, to all Interested persons. Although a Is desired by the safety council to know how many persons plan to attend, drivers may sign up during the class period this first time. Previous Year Mark Charged up, estimated property damage year. fell short of the 1966 mark. PUBLIC INTOXICATION, 0 The summary set the value of losses at $97,935 as opposed list with 269 arrests, followed Four persons have been to $109,320 the year before. by speeding with 230, the sum- linked with the Dec, 29 theft were down, from mary disclosed. Injuries also of saddles from a west Brigham 138 to 110, according to the re. Other ticket tallies for the City shop, year Included; port. Charged with second degree no 99; Running stop sign, Roland P. Lien, 18, burglary, IN THE AREA OF citations drivers license, 92; failure to of 829 Fifth East, Logan North , 72; faulty was for motorists Involved In the yield arraigned In city court mechanical mayhem, as accl. equipment, 59; drunk driving, Thursday and waived prellmln. dents went, so went the Issuance 50; failure to keep proper look, ary hearing. of violations. out, 48; Improper parking, 44; He was ordered bound over In December, officers wrote running red light, 39; negligent 52 citations as compared with collision, 39; parked In yellow on the charge to First District 25 for the same month In 1966 zone, 38; following too closely, court and ball was set at $1,500. He was remanded to the custody (when 45 accidents occurred.) 27. And for the year, It was 280 Driving on revocation, 22; of Sheriff Warren Hyde, to 251 citations for accident-Involve- improper turning, 21; Improper Three others accused of lm. Infractions. registration, 20; reckless drlv. plication, all Juveniles from Lo In terms of total tickets, how. lng, 18; no state Inspection stick, gan, reportedly have been re. ever, the 1966 figure was higher, er, 16; too fast for existing ferred to the Juvenile court, The three saddles, valued at 1,712 to 1,063 but this was re. conditions, 17; improper back, fleeted In Issuance of warning lng, 11; leaving the scene, 10; $400, were taken from the shop of Associated Brigham Contrac. tickets of which 574 were writ, failure to set brakes, 10. tors. ten two years ago and 335 last (Continued on Page Two) In BC Theft right-of-way- There were more than 180 SCADS OF SKIERS skiers who gathered in Brigham City Saturday morn-infor the weekly trip to Beaver Moun-tain- . It was the biggest turnout yet in the winter g program. Five buses were ordered but the company nad only three and so youngsters were transported by private car. Youngsters are taking lessons at reduced prices. |