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Show Rocky Mountain THE DIFFERENT WORLD OF UTAH STRIKES BACK , September 16. 1965 REVIEW. 61 By LOWELL DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS How About The Off Switch? Barbra Streisand, on Monday nights TV Emmy Show; It would take me 59 years on Broadway to reach the number of people who watched my "special (My Name is Barbra") on nation-wid- TV!!! e' to the performing arts are radio and e, in the early television. Radio had its golden era, and Lea acts forties only to be axed by the law which killed "live music on (the latter the radiol. Television came into its own during this same era and has into every living room in the country. Radio, rushed pell-me- ll fighting for its life, regrouped its forces and thats why and how DJs were born! To get the full picture one must came on the heels realize that this communications-revolutio- n of World War ns end in April (European theater) and August (Far East) 1945. I was involved in the local radio scene at the time as musical director of KSL. Which was "assigned 12 musicians by the union. I used Utah Symphony personnel entirely for a Paul Weston-typ- e sound. My arranger-- . Then 25 year old Crawford Gates. Who was commissioned to do Centennial score "Promised Valley the autumn of 1946. Commentator on our weekly Director, Rex Cambell. airings, KURDS KDYL was assigned 10 musicians. In those Genial Gene Jelesnik directed and gypsy -- fiddled. KALL was assigned 1 musician (organised Ed Stoker and others). and Lea. I went to work full Then came time for A. Ray Olpin on the hilltop campus. Came the revolution!!!! Today nineteen yeafs later the rubble and urban renewal of radio-TJohnny-come-latel- ys PA-wis- Taft-Hartl- ey anti-petril- lo Daddy-Long-Le- gs Mid-forti- es, LAST WEDNESDAY an' Oreponian, we know not whether tourist or businessman, parked his car on the corner of First South and Main. The city fire department was kind enough to let loose with the fury of one of its hydrants right on his fender, which was dented It could have been turned in another direction. To add insult to injury the poor visitor had contributed his little dime to Salt Lake's coffers through the insidiuos little parking meter. Now, just how, are we ever going to get them to stay more than one night? PHOTOS BY KENT FAIRBANKS Taft-Hartl- ey V. WWW Madison Avenue moved In on radlo-TRatings became the industrys Bible. "Rate or perish They were off!!! And the Nielsen ratings were In!! Several w ek ago on CBS Report, a panel of Important Americans (discussed the Nielsen ratings C. Nielsen showed his unseen audience a "cute little gadget. There are L 130 such gadgets in sets across the country in homes selected gadgettedTV set owners by Nielsen. These thousand-plu- s determine what TV programs we may watch, according to Goodman Ace in the July 31 issue of SATURDAY RE- Salt Lakes Humane Society, Dogs, I. 9 Cats, Badgers, And, Yes Alligators Last Friday afternoon a car raced along 40th West and slowed down long enough for the occupants to push a small gray cat out cf the door, then i sped cfl. t .. . for the Prevention of Cruelty their charges, and sets up a series of rules and regualtions that prospective owners must accept. Among these Is the strict need of having: female animals speyded, established of one of die society's the popumajor problems lation explosion in domestic animals in America. Mr. Dantaler notes that ove 14,000 dogs and cats are born every hour in the United States the supply far exceeds the demand. The Salt Lake branch operates solely on contributions from members and those taking animals. No public funds from any government source go into its operation. Mr. Dantzler has a staff of four including Mr. Haugen and Mr. Dantzlers wife Jean, who keeps the books and records. For Animals, which also exists in Utah but which does not operate shelters here. The Salt Lake facility is the only in Utah. t shelter Besides its regular service be-ca- Dieter Haugan picked up the abandoned animal and carried It Into the squat green building that houses the Salt Lake branch of the Humane Society of America. The animal was scrubbed and put into a cage, hopefully someone would visit the humane society soon and give the animal a per-mane- mt home. ' It happens quite often thii says F. L. Dantzler, Mr. Haugen's director of the branch, "they Just dont have the courage to bring the animals in here. the Of 18,000 animals handled each year by the Societys Salt Lake unit, not all are dropped by the side of the road. Often people who move and can't take animals with them turn to the society, or families who are moving to smaller quarters, or whose animals have outgrown their existing quarters. Often animals that have been abandoned are brought in. The society makes every effort to find good homes for way Far from being a receiving home for dogs and cats only, the society could just about open a small zoo on the guests received each year. Besides monkeys they have had wild badgers, pigeons, rabbits, chickens, livestock, pigs, sheep, alligators, parakeets and even an occasional snake. When an animal is adopted from the society, the new VIEW. i hwM serf J) the society carries on an emergency service, and receives about 450 calls per year in this connection. non-Niels- DOESNT ANYBODY want me? Asks this puppy, one of 18,000 animals received by the Society each year. gs i DIRECTOR of the Humane Society F. L. Dantzler points out a dog Just waiting for a home to Wade Sperry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Sperry, 4481 South 4280 West. owner must pay five dollars, which entitles him to a physical examination atavetemary hospital, plus IS dollars for spayding for female animals. One of the countrys most modern Humane Society facilities exists in Salt Lake, on 4600 South and 4000 West complete with ceramic walls, and removable steel partitions for cleanliness. It was three and one-ha- lf opened years ago by Mr. Dantzler, originally in electronics and persuaded to go into the animal business by his wife. The society has 2000 members in Utah, and is financed by contributions from these members plus rummage sales Christmas baxzars, and adoption fees. Contrary to some popular concept, the society is in no way connected with the Society Granite Starts Full D Nielsen admitted that given quadruple the number of gadgets he could double the "accuracy of his ratings Or as the NY JOURNAL AMERICANS TV columnist Jack Gould added; "Doesnt that indicate it now is only half as efficient as it should be? Ace continues, "Personally, I think Mr. Nielson has something there... it would be better than the half -- assessed , system we have now? en fan for years., the Nielsen rating "I've been a to be distributed but with the booklets should voimnue added suggestion of the FTC . . that it be published with a warning label similar to the one the cigarette package will carry beglnnlngjanuary L: 'Caution; cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health; Ace then furnishes his version at such a Nlelsen-ratlnlabel; "Caution; "These ratings are not completely accurate and should be taken with a grain of aspirin. "They may become habit forming and may tend to lower the cultural level. "They should be taken in dosage of no more than two quarter-grai- n capsules for each publication. '.During reading there may be a tendency toward nausea. If this occurs, give up. "In advertising mem other symptoms that may appear are palpitation, slipped disc, falling hair, a feeling of drowning, a feeling of elation, and menopause. If dizziness occurs and things begin to disappear before your eyes this is known as Novakitis. This is a Nielsen syndrome and theres nothing much you can do about that. "Readers are warned to stay away from high, open windows ve "after continuous usage some readers may become to ratings. To offset any ill effects these readers should combine the Nielsen dosage with a local anesthetic known as Arbitrary If a sponsor with a highly rated program should read e, a feeling of exultance may develop these ratings at insomnia. To relieve this sense of Jubilation be should tune in his show. ' As soon as apathy sets in he should turn it off." super-sensiti- .A J for Deiter fcot but long. Haujen, ABANDONED, hopefully assistant at the Humane Society picks up this cat left on road near shelter. 1 First Grade bed-tim- SL has its Nielsen watchers. So much for Nielsen's ilk and radio-T- V houses. John They dwell in the q p. has little to do with available TV viewing. Local radio is one big DJ Some cute, for awhile. A few Most, inept and concerned essentially with knowledgable their egos Most are experts on everything from Beatles to immortality, with psychiatry in betwixt. Some exceptions can be found: KSL has a competent jazs-pe- rt. KCPX had two fair DJs until they went rock 'n roll n western two weeks ago. KNAK DJs moved to KCPX en masse, apparently KALL and KLUB (and KSL) play it safe with a constant er for MADs (middle-age- d treacle of pops fare and there is a distinction between dolls and dollies!) dollies Alone in the realm of good music is KWHO on which one ran rely for a sound. And with appropriate bankers' hours I don't know what the new KNAK sound is like since the transfer. Haven't caught up with it yet e, it s a battle among ABC (channel 4), NBC (channel 2) and CBS (channel 5). There are simply NO Local Shows Worthy of the Name Except the rather expert! KSL-Tpulieo tne season's "nifty' when they signed James-Wel- ti and added the Viking thereto! had little competition Theretofore. Channel 2's Mitchel-Keas they followed Huntley-Brinkle- y both time and format-wis- e. Roy Gibson (Channel 4) deserves something better than is afforded him. I wager the sports-weathcrowd made the move from Welti-JamAnd well done channel 4 to 2 en masse. erf the lot. are simply the best made-to-ord- The Plan: How It Works Teachers Reaction A TV-wis- by Bemeice Neeley the first time in the history of the Granite School District there will be a full day first grade for 21 of the 44 elementary schools. Classes will be on a staggered schedule to allow some individual attention In a class of 30 children 15 would arrive at 9.00 a m and go home at 2;40 p m , the balance would arrive and leave an hour later. The exact hours will vary with For Teachers and other school officials should be kept informed of each childs health status, Utah Heart Association advises That way they can cooperate more effectively with doctors and parents in the retime prescribe for pupils with all kinds of heart conditions. the schools'. Ralph Riches, director of elementary education for the district said the following schools were on full day first grade as of September 13; Academy Park, Blaine, Canyon Rim, Cottonwood, Crest-vieEast Mill Creek, d, Holladay, Howard R. Driges, John C. F remont, Lib-b- ie Edwards, Meadow Moor, w, East-woo- Morningside, Oakridge, Redwood, Roosevelt, Posecrest, Terrace. Western Upland Hills, William I enn and Woodstock. There were no full day first grades in the district last year, and plans were made during the summer to start those that would be possible w.th sufficient classrooms available. The staggered schedule comes about bth through the requirements of the school bus schedules and the desire for some individual attention. Mr. Riches admitted that this might cause some inter ruption to classes, but felt that proper organization by a teacher would alleviate the He also problems caused. stated that one purpose of the full day program was to make more time for music, art, physical education, social studies and science. "This has been a team approach." said Mr. Riches, noting that members of the board and Dr. William L. Hutchinson, assistant superintendent for instruction had helped with the program. ' I've had to keep track of the rooms and the teachers,' noted Mr. Riches. "It might have been easier to wait another year when we could have had the entire district on a full day first grade, but since we had the rooms and the teachers for these 21, we felt we should start tins year. This way we've had to recruit half as many first grade teachers as we wull eventually need, and hope to get the other half next year." "Hooray for full day first was the comment of Mrs. Barbara Call, first grades! grade teacher at the Howard R Driggs School, 4340 South 27th East, which was one of the first 19 schools in the Granite District which began full day first grades on Sep- tember 7 Just think of how much more we will be able to teach these ch.ldren .such things as science, art, music and .social studies..,whchwewere never able to take time for in the half day first grade, I'm really thrilled with it and think it is long past-du- e, and it s going to be wonderf j1 for the children, Mrs Call exclaimed. "1 know it's going to take some adjusting and experimenting and organizing, but I'm will.ng to work with it. Just think ..we ll be able to do more than just 'cram' these children with the three Rs. We can enrich in the areas we have been slighting tven . . the reading should be improved, she said. Mrs. Call has ten boys and eight girls arriving at 9 a m, and ten boys and five girls arriving at 10, two of whom come by bus. There are 20 boys and 13 girls, for a total of 33 enrolled m her class. After calling the roll and explaining about the bunch tickets for the week, Mrs. Call had the children sit in a circle on the carpeted floor and they talked about a katydid and a narch which Mrs. Call had brought. They learned the meaning of such Wfrds as 'camouflage'' and M caterpillar ' protection " All the children in the first group purt.cipated in the one large reading group until mess time At 10 am. Mrs. Call rang a little hand be',1 and her 10 o'clock childA few hadn't ren came in heart her tall and had remained with the other child ren outside on the playground Tm sure you 11 all soon learn to come when I ring my bell, wont you'1 she asked the lu o'clock children when they had all arrived. V nt er After calling the roll and about the lunch explaining money to the new group, the first group arrived from recess and she gave the entire class papers to color; the children were instructed to circle the items of clothing. When asked if there had any problems so far at Howard R Dngrs Sch'iol in connect) with the full-da- y ben first grade, W ilium H lei ter, principal, said that the only problem they have had so far is children coming too earlv to the 10 o cKxk classes 'Thf re is no playground supervision during that time. ' hp said "We 11 have to work with the parents of the children who persist in coming too ' earlv es informed-behaved-looki- ng this week. ..we're in the midst of the biggest in its quarter-centucommercial history It's almost ton much to digest. In brief, it looks like a CBS comeback after a five-ye- ar decline under legendary Jim Aubrey (whom CBS axed recently). The Emmy show demonstrated an of thinking With awards to Leonard among the indistry s leaders Bemsem, Barbara Streisand, l.unt and Fonteyn, and Dick VAN Dke wards, for the most part, went to directors aria craftsmen, a la Hollywood Oscars. Fuch d'umentaries as CBS' foreign policy show last week ('four hours worth) andthe Emmy-awarinning 'The I ouvre" a irur well for the public-futuSo much for commercial TV . except for its ''live shews: baseball, pro football and NCAA at 1:30 pm), golf, tennis. Olym(Saturday it s All at which are great pic games, ec of all .in the long But, perhaps, the biggest gold-miis educational TV. Next week. UU s KUED....new range h' nzona In the meantime, catch Channel 7's new Sunday schedule in la t And now TV . barrage ry , d- re ek na ne early-evenin- g! |