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Show Page Four FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1971 Elementary Education Pilots Program for Rural Students IB Undermining Health Care (Continued from page 1) to this ratio. But, of these doctors, 169,956 are engaged in full time private practice and 19,586 in part time private practice. Of the remainder, more than 30,000 doctors are now in government and administrative work enough medical men to care for three cities the size of Los Angeles. As Private Practice points out, it is government medicine which is, in large involvement in the field of measure, responsible for the alleged doctor shortage. Not only does it absorb many physicians in nonproductive work, but as it moves toward National Health Insurance, if countries like Great Britain are a criterion, the oppressive characteristics of such a system lead to a migration of many of the most talented medical men to other lands where there is greater freedom. National Health Insurance is no cure for a doctor shortage. i . r Nationalization No Panacea As everyone knows by now, free wheeling competi tion from other forms of transport, archaic regulation and improportionately high taxation in some areas have hamstrung the railroads to the point where their future as self supporting, taxpaying private enterprises hinges upon prompt and far reaching alterations in public policy and laws. The alternative is ultimate nationalization. Anyone who thinks this would be the easy solution to solving the problems of this most basic element of the transportation system would do well to consider the findings of a study that reveal the cost of nationalization to taxpayers. The study cited nonindustry sources that have put the cost of nationalization as high as $60 billion merely to acquire privately owned railroad facilities. In addition, taxpayers would be faced with the mounting capital needs of the industry, which the study places at $36 billion between now and 1980. Still, all of this would be just a beginning judging by experience both here and abroad. In World War I the government took over the railroads. They lost about $2 million a day. In World War II, the railroads remained under private ownership. They handled 95 per cent of all organized military traffic, met civilian freight and passenger needs and paid the government more than $3 million a day For at least some of Utahs elementary students, life on the farm and life in the classroom will be moving closed together. The new concept in teaching is part of a pilot program designed to make school subjects more relevant for Utahs rural students. Formal name for the project is SPURS, Staffing Plan for Upgrading Rural Schools. The plan is part of a attempt to make the curriculum in small rural schools more real to life for the students. According to Bill Cowan, director of Utah's portion of the program and a staff member with the State Board of Educations Division of Research and Innovation, subjects taught to rural students have not really been relevant to the childs everyday problems or experiences. Four of Utahs elementary schools are taking part in the project. Students in Park City, Goshen, Mt. Pleasant and Manti began testing the new curriculum this fall. Called the Life Internship Model, the new teaching plan is designed to focus the learners tri-sta- te attention on those behaviors and processes normally involved in his everyday life. For instance, farm kids will be able to use the things learned in a math class in solving the problems associated with farm management. On the other hand, if rural students in a particular area have constant contact with the experiences associated with a mining community, then the different school subjects will involve mining. Those associated with the project expect that by making subjects relate to the childs own experiences, the student will be better motivated to study and use classroom theory in problem solving. Teachers who begin teaching in SPURS will undergo intensive training during a two year period. Most of the teacher training will take place on the job and will prepare the teachers to work as teams to implement the new curriculum. The experiment will continue for three years with these four schools and if succesful it will be expanded to include other Moss Critical of Nixon Using Tax Credits for the Elderly Senator Frank E. Moss said in the senate this week that he supported a bill to give property tax credits of up to $300 to people over 65 years of age who are dependent on limited incomes, the White House floor manager scurried round getting Republicans to oppose the bill. Then last week at the White House Conference on Aging the Moss said that it is difficult to attach must credibility to an administration which continues to make public promises to help the aging American and at the same time works against the interests of the aged when it comes to real legislation. Mr. Nixon talks like he wants to help the older Americans but judging from his adminstratonss President said: to the property tax The time has come to stop opposition this football fan is nothtalking about the impact of the credit,more than an 'armchair property taxes on older persons ing act to in their behalf. and quarterback. STORES DOLLED UP FOR CHRISTMAS In foreign studying? the LEASED GRAPEVINE J. Thomas Green, Salt Lake attorney and past president of the Utah State Bar, has been elected president of the Utah Bar Foundation. In a general reorganization of the foundation, a non profit organization concerned with increasing the quality of legal representation by providing continuing legal education. Other attorneys elected were David Salisbury, vice president, Earl Tanner, secretary and John Lowe, treasurer. State training school at the American Fork employes Training School won an out of court settlement of $49,250 for overtime pay due thme. The case was before Federal Judge Willis Ritter. A similar case last year determined that the state must pay overtime to training school employees. Salt Lake County Commissioner Philip R. Blonquist has gone on record as saying that the Salt Palace should be independent of the County Commission. In a letter to Salt Palace directors the county commissioners urged them to take the necessary steps to become independent of the county commission. The letter follows a recommendation by a commission-audito- r budget report to trim $205,000 worth of capita! improvements from 1972 budget. Blonquist said the state law permits the Palace to operate as if it were a private business. In the budget the auditor commission team cut $100,000 for a sign identifying the arena, construction of exterior capopies to halt deterioration of concrete plazas and an additional exit stairway. Salt Lake City Commission approved an agreement between the city and Salt Lake County for city use of the county computer to process city traffic violations and water department billings. The city agreed to pay for the computer at $90 per hour of computer processing time. The maximum monthly fee will be $1,575. This fee will be based on the current volume of data in the violations bureau and water department. in taxes. countries, the performance of railroads under government ownership is also unimpressive. They operate at heavy deficits, and taxpayers make lip the loss. Even more significant is the fact that once the basic segment of the transportation industry is nationalized the others follow such as airlines. and motor carriers. Nationalization is no panacea. But, time is running out for the development of balanced treatment of the nations transportation facilities in a realistic statutory and regulatory atmosphere. oOo Turner N. Clinard wrote, If words developed complexes, the word discipline would head for the nearest psychiatrists couch. Its a word nobody seems to love. It connotes authority, strictness, narrowness to most people. Even the dictionary's definition speaks of rules, correcetoin and punishment. But discipline is a good word and a good commodity to have around. Originally the word meant instruction, being related to the Latin word disciplulus, meaning pupil. It still carries that connotatin in a sentence like, In what discipline are von r THE SALT LAKE TIMES Dolls are selling faster this year at many of the countrys modern department stores now using special computer cash registers made by The Singer Company that can insure, among other things, immediate inventory control and speedy replenishment of toys and other items. 860 Where thousands of listeners enjoy concert music and news every day! Judge Aldon J. Anderson of the U. S. District Court for Utah dismissed for lack of jurisdiction a civil lawsuit against Salt Lake County and the Model Cities agency filed by JimP. Hansen, former Model Cities director and consultant to Salt Lake County. The suit filed has requested $400,000 from Salt Lake County and $100,000 from the Model Cities. The major complaint was that Salt Lake County Attorney Carl Nemelka maliciously filed or caused to be filed a criminal complaint against plaintiff which constituted a conspiracy to deprive plaintiff of the right and privileges under the constitution of the United States. light rain or drizzle, especially after a dry spell, will produce a thin, greasy film which A makes a road a prime skidding surface. |