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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1972 Heart Fund Campaign Meeting Draws Volunteers from State Local Men Named to Heart Fund volunteers meet January 5 and 6 for a Heart Fund campaign kick off meeting at the Hotel Utah, according to Mrs. Harold V. Liddle, State Heart Fund chairman. Volunteers attending will be from throughout the state. They include county and community chairmen, business chairmen, program and memorial chairmen. According to Mrs. Liddle, Beat the Big One, Heart Attack will be the February campaign slogan. It is estimated that heart and blood vessel diseases will claim over 45 per cent of all deaths in Utah this year. February has been designated by Congress as Heart Month to bring to the public's awareness of the nationwide problem of heart disease and to raise funds to combat this problem. Mrs. Liddle, serving her second year as State Heart Fund chairman, stated that the goals for the meeting will be to encourage the volunteers to meet or succeed each of their county goals as well as the state cam- paign goal of $205,000 and to make aware in the communities the problem of heart disease and what can be done to prevent it. What were up against is a twentieth century epidemic, and we believe each person can do something to reduce the high risk of heart attack. During the Heart Fund campaign each volunteer will not only ask for a contribution, but will be telling her neighbor what each family member can do to reduce the risk of heart attack, how to recognize if a person might be suffering a heart attack and what you should do in case of a heart attack, she said. One thing we are proud of and wont our campaign people to know is our research program. We want our volunteers to meet with the researchers who have been and are currently being funded by Heart Funds. During the Saturday morning session, each of the volunteers will have the opportunity to meet in a round table discussion with two Heart Fund researchers. This will give the volunteer a chance to informally chat with the researcher and find out what is being done in Utah to fight heart disease. We are sure it will help the volunteers become more proud of the work they are doing. Other keynote speakers for the meeting will be Dr. Alan F. Toronto from Artificial Heart Test Facility on the University of Utah campus and Dr. Harold V. Liddle, a heart surgeon at the Latter-da- y Saints Hospital. Savings & Loan League Three Salt Lake City savings, and loan executives have been appointed to the 1973 Legislative Committee of the United States Savings and Loan League. The appointments were announced by Richard G. Gilbert of Canton, O., president of the League. Named to the committee are G. Blair Bradshaw, American Savings and Loan Assn.; M. L. Dye, First Federal Savings and Loan Assn.; and Gene Donovan. Prudential Federal Savings and Loan Assn. The Legislative Committee furnishes direction for the national legislative program for the savings and loan business. The League is the national trade organization for more than 4700 savings and loan associations or cooperative banks which represent more than 98 per cent of the nations savings and loan assets. The Leagues legislative program for 1973 will be developed at its annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., Feb. This meeting will attract more than 350 of the nations top savings and loan executives. 5-- 7. Eight trout or salmon are generally the daily bag and possession limits in Utah. Several waters allow more or less as outlined in the proclamation. Lake trout have a limit of two. No size limits are placed on any species. Page Three Polls Show Studded Tires Still In Favor of Auto Club Members New polls of auto club members show a majority of them still favoring studded tires for safer winter driving, the Tire Industry Safety Council reports. We welcome this new evidence that drivers find studs an effective safety aid in winter driving conditions, said Council Chairman Ross R. Ormsby. The poll results are strong practical support for research studies which show studs measurably shortening braking distances and increasing car control on ice and compacted snow, said Eighty nine per cent of the members of the Pennsylvania American Automobile Association affiliates responding to a statewide poll said they used studded tires in winter. Most listed safety or necessity as the reason. The vote was 2,602 to 315. An Inland Auto survey covering eastern Washington and also northern Idaho tabulated 56 per cent in favor of studs, and another 10 per cent undecided. The Inland vote was 1,052 to 640, with 200 members registering no opinion. Editor Philip Wallwork of the Keystone Motorist, which conducted the poll, classified the returns as unusually heavy. I didnt realize people felt so strongly about the safety fea the comfort of circulating heat the cleanliness of filtered air heat the economy of natures most perfect fuel. And in addition youre helping to conserve Americas energy resources. Natural gas is natural energy. tures of studs, he said. Traffic Safety Manager Gary Matters called the response to the Inland AA poll outstanding. Many of our members favoring studded tires added comment which said in essence if studs save one life any extra wear on the roads is worth it, he said. One member wrote that since the state replaces guard rails as a normal expense for safer driving, why not some concrete if necessary? he added. Research studies show that studded tires on the rear of a vehicle will reduce stopping distance by 12 to 30 percent at 32. Studded tires on both front and rear reduce stopping distance by 32 to 46 percent. The Tire Industry Safety Council cautions that studs must only be installed in tire designed fbr the purpose by an authorized dealer, garage or service station. Studded tires are legal in all states except Hawaii, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi and Utah. Many states have time limitations on their use however. ' Minnesota allows studs on out of state cars for up to 30 days in a calendar year. Utah allows non residents to use studs for 10 days during the winter and exempts interstate traffic passing through the state. |