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Show rne FR1DAY, MARCH 10, 1972 Four Gary Graffman Featured With Symphony March 1 5 in Concert Checkups for Men (Continued from page 1) Often as a result of the simple physical examination cancer is detected before it has begun to spread, and that is its most curable stage. A Cancer Society survey found one reason advanced by many men for not going for checkups was that they jjelt healthy. A somewhat smaller percentage gave as their excuse that their doctor had not suggested it. Suprprisingly, some 10 per cent admitted they had no concern about the disease. liegardless of how many men insist they feel healthy the fact remains that 25 per cent of the population will be struck by cancer during their lifetime, and despite recent progress in controlling the disease, some 100,000 died in 1968 who might have been saved by earlier and better treatment. All this points up the timeliness of the Cancer Soyourself with a checkup cietys slogan this year: Help and other with a check. ' Medicare a Misnomer? A recent Gallup Poll indicated that a majority of Americans favor Medicare. But, of great significance, the same poll found that a very large percentage just dont know what the scheme would and would not do. They believe that it is far more liberal and incdulsive than is actually the case. To take one important example, 40 per cent think it would cover the fees of doctors, surgeons and dentists which it wouldnt. The fact is, as many observers have pointed out, that the very term medicare is a misnomer. It suggests a broad program for meeting all the health needs of those coming under it. Instead, it is essentially a hospital and nursing home program, and even in those areas the benefits are strictly limited. So, if medicare should become law, milloins of people will be due for a grave disappoitment. Along with that, the heavy cost which in all probability would be larger than the estimates would have to be paid by substantial boosts in the social security tax rates. We might have to accept these dangers and disadvantages if medicare was the only way to deal with the medical problems of the aged. But there are other and better ways. What seems to be the best of these is a plan proposed by the American Medical Association. It would federal-stat- e expand the existing Kerr-Milprogram and authorize people over 65 to buy private health insurance providing liberal hospital and medical benefits. Government would pay part or all of the premium of policyholders who could not afford the cost. If a policyholders income was below a certain level, established by the state lie would pay nothing at all. A simple statement of income, filed with a state agency, would be all that was needed to qualify. This pifan is based on actual need, as any sound plan must be. It would provide much more than medicare and do that without setting up another Washington bureaucracy. It would not open the door to socialized or politically dominated medicine, as many fear medicare would. It meets the problem without creating new and serious problems in the process. ls A Good System For 100 years the oil industry has been notable for its imagination, risk taking and spectacular achievement in meeting public demand for its products under all cir- - For their 12th subscription concert in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Wednesday evening of March 15th, Maestro Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony shifts their emphasis from contemporary music that has dominated the last three concerts to three works by German masters that have long since taken their place in the symphonic repertoire. Featured soloist for this concert will be Gary Graffman, whose globe spanning concert career has established him as one of the foremost keyboard artists of this generation. Mr. Graffman, a volatile and voluable man, is blessed with an obvious zest for life which enables him to enjoy exploring the four corners of the earth while developing and perfecting his extraordinary musical gifts. The 25 years that have elapsed since his debut as a teen aged prize winner have indeed been those of dedicated work, multitudinous experiences, and solid achievement. He has been internationally acclaimed with his regular tours of six continents. Mr. Graffman will play with Maestro Abravanel and the Utah Symphony the Brahms Second Piano Concerto. This Concerto is the fruit of Brahms maturity, being sober, reflective and also phlisophical. It is a work of large structural dimensions; no other work in the literature of the concerto has such scope and stature. Only an artist such as Mr. Graffman with a full, sensitive and responsive orchestra such as the Utah Symphony can do it justice. The orchestra and the Maestro will commence the program with z Webers Overture to Der and Schumans Sympho3 in E Flat Major, RhenNo. ny ish. Der Freischutz is the overture to Webers greatest triumph the beautifully romantic German folk opera, while the Rhenish SALT LAKE TIMES THE r th-e- IEASED Freis-chut- Symphony is a melodious and moving orchestral presentation of the German scope of Rhenish life. The same program will be presented in Ogden, March 16. This is one of the favorite concerts with Utah audiences and most of this seasons concerts have been tremendously popular and played to a full house. Advance sales indicate it would be wise to get tickets early to be assured of good seating. Tickets are available at 55 West Its So. Breath Improvement Classes Scheduled Registration is now open for the March Respiratory Disease Self Care Class, it was announced by Franklin K. Brough, executive director of the TB-RAssociation of Utah. Ten hours of instruction in the techniques of self care for people with emphysema, bronchitis, asthma and other chronic lung disease is sponsored monthly by the Christmas Seal Association, the LDS Hospital and the Intermoun-tai- n Thoracic Society. The class will begin March 20 at 4 p.m. in the LDS Hospital. There are five sessions in each class series. The purpose is to help victims of lung disease to breathe easier and avoid the handicapping loss of physical activity that accompanies shortness of breath. D GRAPEVINE i Employees working full time for the state, which is obligated to pay retirement contributions and provide health insurance coverage under the Appropriation Act of 1972, were defined a regular full time employee shall mean a person position which holding a normally reservice of not less than quires 250 days on a per diem basis, 10 months on a monthly basis or 1000 hours on an hourly basis in any one calendar year. The office of Economic Opportunity has awarded $929,438 to the Salt Lake County Neighborhood Health Programs to finance the second year of operation. The grant included $300,000 for operation of a second center to be located in Midvale or Murray. for construction Application funds are pending with other U. S. Agencies. Salt Lake City has acquired five of 10 pieces of property on West Temple and 2nd South as of the Neighborhood Devel- part opment Program. Condemnation suits have been filed on two pieces of land and negotiations are under way on two other the land has been cleared it will be resold to builders for redevelopment. Developers making the highest bid based on the best use of the property considerwill be have ation. given greatest cumstances. The very talents of the industry that accounted for its success make it a logical target of political attack. They also now make it a leader in meeting with a constructive approach, the problem of bridging the gulf between fantasy and reality among the young people concerning business or the establishment, if you please. In an unprecedented interview the three top executive officers of the nations largest oil company carried on a rap session, or old fashioned bull session, with three university students. The meeting was moderated by a top newman and was wholly unrehearsed. The discussion covered drugs, employment opportunities, the role of the company in environmental problems and its contributions it to undertakings of all sorts. The students discovered one surprising fact. The most successful people in business are nonconformists. One of the company officials, when asked if it were necessary to conform in order to succeed in his company, replied, We spend an enormous amount of time combing through our organization for people who are creative, imaginative and innovative. So it seems odd this conviction that you have to conform when wc spend our time trying to find people who dont conform in order to promote them. non-prof- pices. Once $400,000 in fees for business licenses have been collected by Salt Lake City, according to Thad Emery, city license assessor collector. The revenue came from the sale of 5,000 business licenses, another 1,500 businesses have been operating since Feb. 18 without the proper license. About $19,000 more is expected from the businesses which are known operating without. The penalty for the delinquent business is an additional 2 of its assessed fee before April 1. After that date the fee is jumped by 50. The Salt Lake County Housing Authority approved a proposal for 200 dwellings for elderly persons, 100 under Section 236 Hounsing and 100 under Section 23 Leased Housing. Three methods of financing the projects of the elderly were conventional 90 per cent loaned for 25 years or 85 percent loan for at 8 30 years at FHA, 90 per cent loan for 40 years at 7.96 olus FHA fees and revenue bonds "r 100 percent loan for 20 years with 8, 6. 860 Utah Republican Chairman Kent Shearer has said that the Jtahs GOP could not meet rccommcndatoin in meetthe guidelines set for the ing na-oin- Where thousands of listeners enjoy concert music and news every day! al election of delegates to national convention, which arc to include the younger vote, women and members of minority groups. Mr. Shearer said Utah flatly cannot comply at present because it wont have enough |