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Show Utah State Fress Assn. P.O. Box 1327 Sc.lt Lake City, Utah. 34110 The Newspaper Published W eekly and Read Daily s t -.V-', fV ' Lm "imi V MHtf ' A MAJOR PROJECT at U.S. Steel's Geneva Works' to modernize central maintenance main-tenance shop operations and make these facilities fac-ilities even more self-sufficient will be car Geneva Modernizes Central Shop Approval of a major project to modernize the central maintenance main-tenance shop operations at UJS. Steel's GenevaWorks, near here, was announced today by H.A. Huish, general superintendent. Scheduled for completion in early 1978, the project calls for construction of a new steel, industrial-type building, the replacement of outdated equipment equip-ment and rearrangement of work areas and machinery. On completion of the project Mr. Huish said, 'central maintenance main-tenance operation, already among the largest in the West, will be one of the most modern and self-sufficient." self-sufficient." Employing approximately 900 men and women, Geneva's central maintenance .uwis-xespoosible., for primary maintenance and repair re-pair of all operations at the integrated in-tegrated steelmaking plant. Most facilities are presently located in one building which houses a number num-ber of separate shops, such as electric, machine, boiler, weld, carpenter, blacksmith and locomotive loco-motive repair. In order to gain more space, the electric shop will move into a new, 22,000-sp. ft. building which will be erected south of the existing maintenance area. Most of the other shops in the existing building will be rearranged re-arranged to improve work flow and materials handling, as well as to accommodate new, more efficient ef-ficient equipment. Key to the project's modern Regional Burn Unit Doubles Capacity A six-bed intermountain burn unit will open in University of Utah Hospital in early spring, doubling the present unit's capacity. cap-acity. According to the unit's director, direc-tor, Dr. ChadHalversen, Represent Repre-sent three-bed facility is m;iin- Utah Lions Hold Mid-Winter Meet Utah Lions will gather January 30th and 31st in Salt Lake City for their annual Mid-winter Conference. Con-ference. Lions International 3rd Vice President, Ralph A. Lynam from St. Johns, Michigan will be the special guest of Utah Lions during the conference. A banquet Friday, January 30th at 7 p.m. honoring past district Governors will start the conference. confer-ence. International 3rdVicePre-sident, 3rdVicePre-sident, Lynam will be a featured speaker. A business luncheon to beheld at the Triarc Travelodge on 6th South will attract Lion leaders from throughout the state. District Dis-trict Governors candidates for the Lions Utah districts will be announced at this important meeting. Highlight of the entire conference confer-ence will be the Mid-winter banquet ban-quet to be held in The Terrace Ballroom, Saturday, January 30st at 7 p.m. Lions, their wives and guests will attend this, one of the largest, banquets held in the state. Lions International 3rd Vice President, Ralph Lynam, with his wife, Doty, will be in attendance and will be the featured fea-tured speaker for this traditional event. ,j4 1 8 1 1 ization is the numerical control equipment. These computer programmed pro-grammed units can, at a much faster rate, make spare parts which are needed on a continuing basis for various facilities at the plant. "This will free our shops to handle the more complex maintenance main-tenance projects, as well as give us the kind of flexibility and self-sufficiency self-sufficiency we need to take care of emergenciestheGenevahead emphasized. "The modernization will enable en-able central maintenance to meet today's production requirements and reduce operating downtime caused by delays in obtaining spare part deliveries. Moreover, the self-sufficiency gained through these improvements will help all of us do a more effective effec-tive job of serving our customers, which should further strengthen our competitive position in the western steel market," he said. Mr. Huish said approval of the project demonstrates U. S. Steel's confidence in the ability of Utah steelmakers to keep their industry vital and strong over the long pull despite the present low level of steel demand and the increase in-crease in recent years of Japanese steel products into the western market. He stressed that "future improvements im-provements at Geneva will depend on our getting the most out of these new maintenance facility improvements, as well as our existing ex-isting facilities, in serving steel customers in the West." taining a near 100 percent occupancy occu-pancy rate, and more beds must be provided for the Intermountain Intermoun-tain Region's burn victims. We've often been forced to turn down less critical burn patients pa-tients and find treatment for them elsewhere," Dr. Halversensaid. "But with six beds, we can accept ac-cept more cases and provide the highly specialized care these patients pa-tients desperately need." The present burn unit provides total care for the burn victim, the director noted. "We have our ownsocial workers ,physical therapists ther-apists and a specially trained nursing nur-sing and physician staff. In addition,, ad-dition,, the unit's location provides pro-vides ready access to the rehabilitation rehab-ilitation division's facilities." The three-bed unit was originally origin-ally organized by Drs. Fred Chang and Earl Brown, both of the department of surgery, in March 1974. Dr. Halversen took over supervision of the unit last spring along with Dr. Browne. Since its opening, the unit has treated 67 patients. "Burn victims are generally long-term patients," Dr. Halversensaid. Hal-versensaid. "The average length of stay is four to six weeks, so the problems of finding enough space to treat a large number of patients from throughout the area are evident.' Patients have come to the burn unit from six states involved in the medical center's service 4re, including Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada and Utah. Burn victims from Arizona Ari-zona have also been treated in the unit. I J ' ' JkJfT5? J(J Volume 46 Number 3 ' January 22, 1976 PRICE TEN CENTS 3 I , 1 V 4 V ried out over the next two years. Geneva's central maintenance building, shown here, houses a number of separate shops, such as electric, machine, boiler, weld and others. westmoreHoids special mm Tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium, the Westmore PTA is sponsoring a film entitled 'The Shoplifter". A panel made up of Dean Madsen, a district agent for the Adult Probation and Parole office of-fice 2nd two Utah State prison inmates will answer questions from the audience concerning Shoplifting. You may bring children you feel are old enough to benefit from a program of this nature. Some students from each of the three sixth grades will sing some patriotic songs. As a PTA we hope you will have the time to come find out ways to help your children to NOT become involved in the practice of shoplifting. Kirby Vacuum Holds Opening The Kirby Vacuum Company has opened a new shop in Orem. The new shop is located at 573 North State Street in Orem. The new Kirby shop opened on January 8. They have scheduled their grand opening for this Sat. January 24, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The owner-manager of the new Kirby store is Dennis Dillingham. Dil-lingham. Dennis is from Provo, where he graduated from Provo High School. After graduation he attended BYU and Weber State College in Ogden, where he studied stud-ied business. According to Mr. Dillingham the new Kirby store is one of two authorized Kirby Vacuum shops in Utah County, the other being in Provo. The new shop in Orem will provde sales and service ser-vice of Kirby Vacuums. Mr. Dillingham Dil-lingham remarked that they specialize spe-cialize in one day service and quality on their work. He also stated that the Kirby company offers a life time guarantee on all vacuums with free service and labor. The Kirby Company was founded found-ed in 1906, and has since become one of the most reputable vacuum company's in the world. The Kirby company is also makers of rug shampooers, floor polishers, and power tools. Land Bank Meeting Is Set The ProvoAnnualStockholders Meetings of the Federal Land Bank Association of Provo will be , held February 10, 1976 at 1:00 p.m. at Monticello, and on February 11, 1976 at 11:00 a.m. at Provo. Association Manager, Blaine D. Hales, said one of the highlights high-lights of the meeting will be a report on the association's financial fi-nancial position and a summary of the past year's lending operations. ope-rations. An election to select one director will also be held. The Provo Association makes long-term loans to farmers and ranchers in Utah, Wasatch, Juab, Carbon, Grand and San Juan Counties through the Federal Land Bank of Berkeley, one of 12 such banks in the nation. These banks obtain their lending funds through nationwide sale of Land Bank bonds to the investing public. pub-lic. All stockholders of the Provo Association are invited to attend at-tend this year's annual meetings. Sydney LDS Conference Set For T. V. Officials of the LDS Church have announced that a portion of their upcoming Area General Conference in Sydney will be seen on the Channel 9 television network. net-work. The one-hour televised session . of the conference, which will be attended by thousands of Mormons Mor-mons in the Sydney area, will originate at the Opera House in Sydney, and will be seen at 10 a.m., Sunday, February 29, 1976. Highlight of the televised session ses-sion will be an address by Pres-. ident Spencer W. Kimball, Sail Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., who is world leader of the Church, which numbers 3.5 million worldwide and some 31,000 in Australia. Performing on the program will be a choir comprising members mem-bers of the Church in the Syd-: ney area. The telecast will be seen not ; only in Sydney, but on the entire Channel 9 network, which includes in-cludes Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Bris-bane, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart and other Australian cities. Help Available For Home Repair For low Income Orem City is now accepting applications ap-plications for rehabilitation assistance as-sistance to low income persons or families who own or are buying a house which is in need of repair. Applications may be picked up in the Mayor's Office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Eligible applicants will be notified noti-fied and appointments will be made at that time for an on-site inspection, of the dwelling. The inspectors will also explain what the eligible activities are. The housing rehabilitation project pro-ject is part of Orem City's Community Com-munity Development Block Grant Program. It is an effort by the City to eliminate sub-standard housing in Orem and provide housing assistance to low income families and individuals. JACK CARLSON Carlson Becomes Candidate For US Senate Jack Carlson, who recently resigned re-signed as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the In terior today announced his candidacy can-didacy for the Republican nomination nomi-nation for the United States Senate. Sen-ate. In his announcement speech, he discussed the role the Federal Fede-ral Government plays and what role he thought it should play in individual lives. A former budget bud-get analyst for the U.S. Government Govern-ment Carlson said , "Federal spending continues to grow at an alarming 20 percent per year. "We cannot look to the Federal government for solutions to all of our economic and social problems. pro-blems. 'The government that offers of-fers everything is also the government gov-ernment that can take everything away." The answer to many of these problems lies at the state and local level, and in the private pri-vate sector. Carlson said he plans to look at the problems of the state through the eyes of Utahns by working with them on the job. Once a week he plans to pursue a new job in different areas to discuss issues with employees. ...... j! ' I i i J I !-' "" ' ,l'!,ww;,"y "WWW w trvT-twrnT-irM-ipw -,,1.1 .waw.t- i)ni,",v w 1 V ---mi hi, ldLr-1 miMjofc,'Sfr- .ftfT:.::'j ::::::: in jj DAVID J. STONE will be installed as the new president of the Orem Chamber of Commerce for the coming year tonight at a banquet to be held at the Tiffin Room at ZCMI in the University Uni-versity Mall. Mr. Stone will receive the gavel from Jim Brown, outgoing president. A short program has been arranged. It is expected that about 125 people will be in attendance at the function. See special tabloid included in this issue for Chamber of Commerce accomplishments for 1975. Ilillcrest Slates Garn Deplores Arts Festival jjsje End Hillcrest PTA is pleased to announce an-nounce that Feb. 4, 1976 has been chosen as the date for the Cultural Cul-tural Arts Festival. The program will begin at 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Elementary School. The theme of this years program pro-gram is 'The Spirit of '76'-Miracle '76'-Miracle of America." There is no greater miracle than our chil-and chil-and nothing is more exciting than their creations. Please bring your family and view the end results ofyourchil-drens ofyourchil-drens patriotism reflected by their art, literature and music. General chairlady of the event is Yvonne Egbert, with June Jor-gensen, Jor-gensen, PTA vice president, acting act-ing as assistant. Kathy Brimhall has been handling the publicity and is art consultant. Yvonne Egbert is music consultant. Afro-Exoert M Angola Observation 'The Soviet Union is demonstrating demon-strating a remarkable ability to shrug off past failures in Africa and is plunging ahead in Angola, while the United States seems paralyzed by its failures and takes satisfaction from licking, examining, and displaying its wounds." This is the observation of Dr. Ernest Oates, a new History Department De-partment faculty member atBri-gham atBri-gham Young University who spent six years with the U.S. State Department, De-partment, two of which were in Kenya during it struggle for independence in-dependence in 1962-64. It is probably true that the United States will lose favor with some factions in black Africa because be-cause our interests in Angola appear to converge with those of South Africa," Prof. Oates said. 'This should not deter us. In order to check-mate the USSR, we have associated with mainland main-land China which is an infinitely more ruthless and totalitarian state than South Africa. We could not help the Africans in their 'crusade' any more than they could support us in Vietnam or the Middle East. 'They will learn to live with disappointment, even as we have. We must pursue our own objectives, objec-tives, which at this moment in Angola require a modest level of assistance to the anti-combatants," the historian said. Dr. Oates differs with those who say that the U.S. has no interests in-terests in Angola. While serving as a consular officer at the American E mbassy in Kenya, he was amazed that more than2,000 American citizens resided in that country pursuing broad ranges of interests from scientific investigations inves-tigations to researching for books and operating businesses beneficial benefi-cial to both countries. There probably would be as large and diverse an American community in Angolaprovided the country is accessible. He predicts that Angola will likely follow the Mozambique U.S. Senator Jake Garn, one of the Senate's leading proponents of a strong defense, today urged the President to reconsider the decision which would lead to the discontinued production of the Minuteman Three missile. In a letter to Mr. Ford, the Senator referred to 'several recent press reports that the President's budget bud-get for fiscal 1977 would exclude ; any funding for the-coiit inued production" pro-duction" of the missile. He said the action would result in the termination of the only ICBM in production in the United States. 'I am gravely concerned that such a decision could have been made when serious questions are being raised concerning the sufficiency suf-ficiency of our strategic force", Senator Garn said. "And, at a time when we are attempting to negotiate a new SALT agreement. a. Pf f O IH W (formerly Portugese East Africa) extreme pattern if the Soviet protege, the MPLA, wins out. Anything approaching a Vietnam Viet-nam scale involve ment of the U. is not only unthinkable but uncalled un-called for," he concluded. "But we have able and dedicated personnel per-sonnel who can ensure that our friends do not lose by default. If there is a lesson from Vietnam Viet-nam to be applied, let it be that our commitment should never exceed ex-ceed that of our allies." V . 1 ,f I 5 DR. ERNEST OATES, new member of the BYU History Department De-partment faculty and former U.S. State Department official in Kenya, holds an African carved mask. Total Maintenance and Operating Op-erating costs of Utah schools increased in-creased from $106,958,951 to $275,494,003, or 158',c in the 10 years since 1965," the UtahTax-payers UtahTax-payers Association said today. "The costs do not include funds spent for Capital Outlay andDebt Service," the UTA News noted. Per Capita derating costs in Alpine District were $892.01 compared with the state average of $9C0.30" said the tax research organization, Nebo School District had the state's lowest per pupil costs with $870.22. JordanDistrictwas next with $873.70. Daggett District Dist-rict had the hghest costs $1,860.59. UTA claims that the teacher-pupil teacher-pupil ratio is the most important item in deter mining school operating op-erating costs. When the ratio drops just one point, it costs the taxpayers an additional $5.8 million. According to the Association, As-sociation, in the past 10 years the ratio has dropped 9, from 25.3 to 22.9 This cut in the teacher-pupil ratio means that 1,181 more teachers are now being used to Mrs. Rampton Speaks At "Focus On Women" Utah Technical College at Provo will sponsor its second annualFocus on Women onFeb-ruary onFeb-ruary 4, a day-long seminar of talks and discussions on the concerns con-cerns of women and open to anyone any-one interested, according to Mrs. Carrol ReiQ'.'X'Uli Tech Dean of Women and general chairman of the day. The event will begin at 10 a.m., with an address by Utah's First Lady, Mrs. Lucybeth Rampton, Wife of the Governor of the state, speaking on 'The Future of Women in Utah." Other morning activities will include a discussion, dis-cussion, beginning at 10:45 a.m., by Utah Tech students and graduates grad-uates on "Women in Non-tradi- tional Occupations." The morn- events wiU conclude witfl "Self -Concept Development" by Jan Tyler, assistant professor of child development and family relationships at Brigham Young University. Mrs. Reid said luncheon at the college cafeteria is scheduled for 12:20 p.m. Cost is $1.00 for non-UTC students. Reservations are necessary and may be made Student's Office, extension 46. Afternoon schedule will begin at 1 p.m. with a talk by Sandra Haggerty, syndicated columnist and assistant professor of communications com-munications at the University of Utah on "Similarities Between Sexism and Racism." Following will be Dr. Hugh Gillilan of the Center for Human Development, speaking on "There is Still Hope '"I 'tit s I s v w 'x ! teach a similar number of pupils pup-ils than ten years ago. The teacher-pupil ratio in Alpine Al-pine District was 23.7 compared to the state average of 22.9 Rich District had the lowest ratio, with 13.4 and Nebo the highest, with 25.8, followed by Uintah with 25.1. The UTA News further noted that the 1974-75 average contract cont-ract salaries of classroom teachers teach-ers in Utah were $10,056, or $1,117 per month for time actually actual-ly worked. The 1975 average teacher salary is $910 over the $9,146 paid in 1974. Alpine District Dist-rict average salary was $10,347. Association analysts said that fringe benefits - retirement, social security, and insurance -cost taxpayers anadditional$37.1 million. This is equivalent to about $1,625 for every school employee per year. Adding this to the $1,117 per month salary sal-ary would put monthly average teacher salaries at near $1,297. By districts, average salaries range from a low of $8,288 in Daggett to a high of $10,809 in Tooele. m MRS. LUCYBETH RAMPTON for the American Male." Dr. Gillilan will then moderate a panel on 'Partnership Mar-raige." Mar-raige." The day will conclude with a session beginning at 3:45 p.m., evaluating and generally discussing discus-sing the conference. Mrs. Reid said the college staged it's first Focus onWomen last year for a sizeable and interested in-terested audience of women from this area. She stated that those attending may park in the lot west of the college, across University Uni-versity Avenue. Police Officers Receive Awards About 150 people attended a police recognition banquet at the multi-purpose room at the city center Wed. evening. The purpose of the gathering was to honor an officer in the police department and in the auxiliary who have rendered outstanding service to the city during 1975. The event is an annual affair sponsored by the Orem Lions Club. Jack Wright, of the police department, de-partment, was presented aplaque for his valuable service during dur-ing the past year. Eugene Larson Lar-son was the member of the police pol-ice auxiliary who received the award for 1975. Chief of Police Jim Simmons was the recipient of a special presentation as a vote of thanks for his services to the city. Jack Sumner was general chairman of the festivities, aided aid-ed by Jay Willis, Or land Pyne, Ernie Summers and Chick Roh-bock. Roh-bock. The banquet was well attended at-tended and all appreciated the Bicentennial decorations. Short remarks were made by City officials. |