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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1970 Riding on Bald Tires Can Cost More Money in the Long Run Intercollegiate Rodeo Scheduled at Spanish Fork Jan. 1 Motorists trying to economize on automobile expenditures by not replacing bald or worn-ou- t tires may find themselves paying over ten times as much for repairs following an unavoidable mishap due to tire disablement. The Tire Industry Safety Council advises that by delaying the replacement of bald and worn out tires, the economy-minde- d motorist is accelerating the chances of having a costly and damaging accident. The Council recommends tire replacement when the tread depth is worn to l16th of an inch or less. Many states throughout the country have motor vehicle safety laws declaring tires with l16th inch or less of tread as unsafe and illegal. While surveys show that tires are involved in less than one per cent of all highway accidents, says Ross R. Ormsby, Chairman of the Tire Industry Safety Council, in more than half of these cases, the tires are bald and worn to the cords. Bald tires have been found to be up to 50 times more likely to suffer disablement than new tires. Motorists driving on bald tires should realize they are greatly increasing their chances of having a serious accident, says the Council. While thinking they are , saving money by not replacing their unsafe tires, the Council reminds them of insurance company figures which show the average cost of repair is about $395 per car accident, plus $240 in property damage. The Council also points out that these figures do not take into consideration the cost of treatment for injuries. It is hoped the word inflation has more than one meaning drivers. for economy-minde- d of the warnings rising Heeding inflation on the business pages of the newspaper should also remind the motorists to heed inflation limits printed on the side-wa- ll of the tire. Proper inflation is the most important rule in tire safety and Air says Ormsby. mileage, pressure should be checked at least once a month, and preferably with your own individual air pressure gauge. The Council reminds motorists that pressure rating found on the sidewall are maximums and not recommended figures. Proper inflation for the load being carried can be found in the car owners manual. A mothers malnutrition during pregnancy may be a major factor in mental retardation, according to the March of Dimes. . r. Three BYU coeds will reign as royalty at the Rocky Mountain Region Intercollegiate Rodeo scheduled for Spanish Fork on January 1 and 2, 1971. They were chosen at recent competition and include Becky Gopp, a junior from Ten Sleep, Wyoming, as queen; Julie Jones, Malad, Idaho, freshman, first attendant, and Sherry Brown, Murray, freshman, second attendant. The rodeo will be held at the indoor, heated Horse Palace in Spanish Fork, with one performance scheduled at 7 p.m. on New Years night) and two more at 1 and 7 p.m. on January 2. Thirteen colleges and universities, four in Idaho and nine in Utah, will send teams to the event, which will be fully sanctioned by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association, according to Russell Black, rodeo team advisor at Utah Technical College at Provo, one of three sponsoring schools. Utah Tech, Brigham Young University and College of Eastern Utah at Price are the event. sponsors for the A total of seven rodeo queen contestants entered from the three sponsoring institutions. Winners were judged on horsemanship, poise and appearance. All the regular events of professional rodeo will be included in the intercollegiate affair. Bucking and roping stock will be furnished by a contractor approved by the Intercollegiate Ro13-scho- ol deo Association. Points in the coming rodeo will count toward the years total in intercollegiate rodeo competition, said Mr. Black. YMCA Ski Program CONDITIONING Safe skiing starts with your equipment. If your skis, boots and poles were properly stored last season, they're probably in good shape. But just in case . . . check them out. Make sure the bottoms of your skis dont have gouges from last springs last rocky run. In some skis, this presents a real problem. But in some, like the new Fischer Imperator and others in the Fischer line, the 2000 base is strong enough to endure all kinds of obstacles. If your skis do have a case of the do the folgouges, lowing: Clean the gouged area thoroughly and warm it with a heated knife blade. With the point of a knife, poke a few holes in the walls of the gouge. These measures will ensure a filler. good bond for the let it candle; Light your warmed into the drip directly gouge; and smooth over with a knife. After cooling, even out the patch with a piece of smooth sandpaper. If you took advantage of last springs equipment sales and have a pair of new boots, be sure your bindings are checked for the proper length. Also, tighten all the screws holding your bindings to the skis. On Marker Simplex toes there's little to worry about. Just check the screws on the toe pieces. The Rotamat heel has three screws under the heel plate. Make sure your safety straps arent broken or worn a good precaution that can save you the danger and embarrasment of runaway skis. Most new boots feature a plastic shell, like Hu manics Coverite material. This is easy to clean for the coming season because you simply sponge the outside with light detergent and water. If you're still skiing in leather, give them a coating n shoe polish. It of will help them look better without softening the leather. P-T- ex P-T- ex P-T- ex non-lanoli- Speaking of softening ..7 how have you been treating your body since the last time you were on the slopes? If you've gained or lost weight, be sure to have the settings of your release bindings checked on the Lipe Skiers Release Check at your ski shop. This is also the time to start bringing your physique to its winter peak. A brisk daily walk with occasional jogging, running and way to sprinting is a sure-fir- e wind machine in get your for the If shape slopes. you've been playing tennis regularly for the past few months, to the you're already half-wa-y mountain because of the top that's one sport that helps develop your wind, and keeps your reflexes, coordination and balance at a peak. By the way, take your ski poles running with you. This will help develop the chest and arm muscles, and youll have your right-poleleft-fo- mechanism veloped for turning. . de- . If your location makes out- door exercising difficult, indoor conditioning can be just as effective. Here are some of my favorites: lf Place your feet about a away from a wall. Now, slide your back down the wall until you're in a sitting position with the tops of your legs parallel to the floor. Just hold the position briefly . . . not too long . . . then repeat several times. And for those of you who just cant wait to get your equipment on, try sitting in a chair with your ski boots on and lifting your legs, one at a time, straight out so they're parallel to the floor. Hold for a few seconds, then repeat. When you've finished that series of exercises,' just lean back in your chair, put your feet up, and ask yourself . . . how does it feel to be so close to snow? foot-and-a-ha- Opens Jan. 2 Two YMCA-sponsor- youth ed ski programs will get underway Jan. 2, Harold W. Buckner, director of physical education at the YMCA, 737 E. 2nd South, announced. Instruction for beginning and intermediate skiers (ages 8 through 15) will be held at Gor-gozthree miles east of Paron Highway 40. InSummit leys termediate and Advanced skiers (ages 11 through 17) will meet Page Three Long Hair Discrimination May Encourage Youth Rebellion Boys who wear long hair in were students with high and low Salt Lake City junior and senior grades in both groups, but overd high schools on the average get all, the boys had long-haire- lower grades, sluff more often and have less favorable attitudes toward teachers and school, yet they equal their short-haire- d peers in intelligence and achievement ability. These were the findings of a University of Utah student whose recently completed masters thesis in educational psychology included a detailed comparison of a group of young males who wear long hair with another group who do not. Mrs. James E. Foard said comparing the two groups proved extremely difficult because there was wide variation among the boys within each individual group. But I have concluded, Mrs. Foard added, that teachers and school administrators are likely to discriminate against boys who wear their hair long. This in turn reinforces whatever kind behavior the of students may have, encourages rebellion and can lead to dropping out. Of 81 ninth-gradboys from four junior high schools who took District Evaluation tests last spring, 12, or about 15 per cent, were classified as long- non-conformi- ng e lower grades. Concerning absenteeism, U researcher said the long-haire- group missed more school 14.10 days per semester, compared to 6.45 days for the group. She explained that a few long-haiexhibited chronic absenteeism which affected the overall average. Probably the most significant finding in the study was the higher dropout potential exhibited by the longhaired group. According to Mrs. Foard, the wearing of long hair appeared to be a deviance from the norms of many adults, and was classified as a stigmatic stimulus. Ini was beturn, this lieved to be influential in the boys perception of teachers, who represent authority. Mrs. Foard got the idea for her thesis from her own son, Walker, a junior high school student who wears his hair long. Long hair, she added, was the subject of a running battle in our home, and I wanted to find out more about it on a larger scale. haired and were chosen for Mrs. or Foards study. Thirty-fivabout seven per cent, of 497 boys from three high schools were d classified as and were also picked for the study. ' Although mean scores on the various achievement tests were nearly identical in both groups, the cumulative grade point averages for the group were somewhat, higher 2.46 compared to 1.98. Mrs. Foard stressed, however, there non-long-hair- ed rs non-conformi- ty 15-year-- e, long-haire- panied by an adult. The Christmas vacation and increased activity in rabbit hunting and plinking by young people places an additional responsibility on parents to be aware of their childrens activities and be sure they are properly supervised while using firearms. Young people socn develop The March of Dimes reports into responsible sportsmen and the if proper that 700 babies a day are born given gun owners with birth defects. training and supervision. non-long-hair- ed 4 . a, at Park City. Mr. Buckner said each course will run for six weeks, with second sessions beginning Feb. 13. Cost of Gorgoza instruction, under the direction of Lou Lorenz, is $48, including transportation y and passes. Park City instruction, under Phil Jones, is $62, including passes and transportation. Ski buses will leave the Y building at 8:15 a.m.; and Mt. Olympus Shopping Center at 10:20 a.m. for Gorgoza. Buses will leave for Park City from the Y at 8 o.m.; Foothill Village at 8:15 a.m.;. Mt. Olympus at 8:25 a.m.; and Cottonwood High all-da- r School at 8:45 a.m. Juvenile Cun Laws Explained by Board Parents of children interested in guns and shooting should familiarize themselves with the laws regarding possession and use of firearms. This is especially true for parents who arc planning to give their children firearms for Christmas. Utah law prohibits the selling or giving of firearms to any person under 14 years of age. Another section of the law prohibits the use of firearms by anyone under 14 unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. Utah Fish and Game regulations allow juveniles 12 years of age or older to hunt small game if accom- - the d boy operations in 1890, this new named Sidney Augstein arrived structure gave rise to the formdone in America. No ordinary ation of S. Augstein & Co., probably today's oldest youth, he brought to the New Inc. n manufacturer and tradiWorld a family business fashion American revoluin the tion that would soon and industry. tionize an entire industry affect everyone living in his Only eight years after launching his San Francisco factory, adopted country. of Sidney Augstein, at the still It was as a representative business relatively tender age of 21, his family's European -- manufacturing women's and moved to Philadelphia. In children's apparel and textiles 1900, he moved once more and that young Sidney went to set up business in New York. San Francisco to establish a There, in order to avoid confusales agency. Having done that sion with the parent company with a speed and expertise that abroad, he chose the brand belied his youth, the lad hit name Sacony (the intials of the road and, through his S. Augstein & Co., New York) sales efforts, opened up impres- . . . which grew up to become one of the leading dress manusive outlets for the century-old- , firm in its new American facturers in the country today. Now, there's another Sidney marketplace. obone There Augstein guiding the way for stacle to be overcome; that it fashion's first family and, as took months for shipments to Sacony 's president, he has arrive from the overseas fac- proven himself to be a chip off d founder pertory. The answer to this imped-- ! the grand-datradiad-an ; an and Iment was obvious, petuating ditional factory was built right tion, rich in the fabric of in San Francisco. Beginning success. In 1883, a d best-know- was,-however- , ... ld |