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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1976 Page Four. Sixth Millionth T elephone Used for Medical Research Mountain Bell announced the installation of its six millionth telephone. A special commemorative ceremony was held September 29 in the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardio-casulResearch Laboratory at 'the University of Utah Medical Center. The six millonth telephone, a dataphone set, will be used to g information transmit about the heart from nearby hospitals to the Medical Center over lines. phone ' This special event is another milestone in the history of Mountain Bell. It is most appropriate that Utah was selected that the location of the installion, explained Vice President and Utah General Manager John E. Lattin. Utah has been the stie of many historical happenings, many of which involved the telephone industry. The first telephones were reported in service in Utah only two years after the instrument was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. In 1917, at Wendover, Utah the final splice was made in the nation's first transcontinental cable. Although it took Mountain Bell over 70 years to reach its one millionth phone in 1948, it required only a three year span to go from five million telephones in 1973 to the six millionth phone in 1976. Everyone is aware of the rapid growth here in Utah, especially the telephone company employees, he said. Utah now has over 800,000 phones in service and will handle over one billion calls in the state this year alone. Lattin also noted that with such tremendous growth the cost of doing business is also to be dealt with. In 1965, when the three millionth phone was installed, our investment for each company telephone was $474. Today that figure is $764, an increase of almost $300 per phone over an eleven-yea- r period. Our construction expenditures in Utah this year alone will amount to more than $71 million --r that figures out to almost $lVt million per week, he explained. From its beginning, the telephone industry has had one compelling goal: to make available, to the entire public, telephone service that is low in cost and high in quality. This is more than just a business goal; it is written into the law of the law in the Communications Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1934. Contained there. . .to make in is a mandate to all the people of available the United States a rapid, efficient, nationwide, and worldwide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges. . . According to Lattin, Mountain ar life-savin- 97-ye- ar - ... r Bell has met those obligations over the years. Today, the U.S. enjoys the finest telephone service in the world at the most reasonable prices. "Over 94 percent of the households in this country have telephone service. In Utah the figure is almost 98 percent. It's true that rates have gone up in recent years but less so. than the prices of most other goods and toll charges are lower today than they were 20 year? ago. In 1900 a private line residential phone cost Salt Lake customers $5.00 per month. Today local residents have priate line residential service for about $7.72. That's an increase of less than $3.00 per month in 76 years." Such consistent good service and reasonable rates are now threat- ened by unregulated competition which has caused the duplication of existing facilities and services. While specialized common carriers are free to choose their service routes, they naturally avoid the less profitable areas. This does not represent complete service to all. If such practices are allowed to continue, one likely result is that rates will rise considerably. At present more than 150 members of Congress have voiced support of the Consumer Communications Act of 1976. The object of the Act is' to insure continued wide availability of high telephone service at reasonable rates, Lattin said. Meanwhile, our basic aim at . Mountain Bell will be to continue to provide high quality communications service as we move ahead to h our telephone. seven-milliont- Retardation Hold Annual Bazaar Nov. 6 The 28th annual bazaar of the Mental Retardation Association of Utah is set for Saturday November 6, from 2 to 9 p.m. at the National Guard Armory, 1543 Sunnyside Avenue, Salt Lake City. Admission is free and the public is invited. The proceeds of this event will help Utahs 33,000 mentally retarded citizens, according to Mrs. Elaine Sharp, executive director for the association. A change to win a 1977 Chevette automotible is only one of the many attractions at the annual affair. Various acts and groups will keep the crowd entertained while they participate in drawings, an auction, or shop booths, and enjoy some delicious food. New Program Burn Center Costs High, Piloted by Utah But Service is Vital Education Agency A burn treatment center is springs role expansion. as a regional center is Our traordinarily expensive. ex- The Utah State Education Agency has become the fourth unit to pilot the new teacher recertification program recently approved by the State Board of Education. Murray, Provo, and Rich School Districts .previously agreed to implement the proposal on a pilot basis to provide input on any problems that might be encountered in putting the system into operation. The announcement was made by Mrs. Bruhneild Hanni, Chairperson of the Blue Ribbon Committee, appointed to monitor the pilot programs. Under the new program, educators are able to earn recertification credits from a wide variety of professional experiences in addition to taking college courses. These experiences include work or travel . related to the teachers field of assignment, creative productions, professional writing, developing or conductint curriculum demonstrations or innovations, participation in evaluation visits and inservice programs, and supervision of clinical experiences such as student teaching. The State Professional Improvement Committee (SPIC) which will largely operate the program for the Agency will service any educators who desire to maintain their certification but who are not currently employed in any Utah school district. Murray, Provo, and Rich will continue to handle recertification for those individuals living within the boundaries of their districts who are not currently employed by any district as well as the active teachers in those districts. The SPIC will also initially process recertification applications for certificated State Agency staff mem- bers. Tax Collections Up 14.4 Percent The State Tax Commission announced tax collections during July through Septemer increased 14.4 percent over the same period a year ago. Net collections from all sources totaled $128.7 million, compared to $112.5 million last year. This included a 12.7 percent increase in net collections for the Uniform School Fund, from $35.7 million upto $40.2 million. Withholding taxes, the biggest item in the fund, were up 19.1 percent, from $29.6 million to $35.3 million. Corporation franchise taxes, a relatively small dollar amount, showed a 51.3 percent decline. This is mostly because Kennecott Copper Corporation paid the tax in a different quarter than usual in 1975 and upset the comparison between the 1975 and 1976 figures. Increasing 10.9 percent, the Gen- eral Fund tax income from $53.1 A will has the power to do marvelous things, like taking care of your family In your absence. And assuring that your estate wont be tied up for months unnecessarily in probate court The beer taxes, also in the general. fund increased 17.5 percent, and cigarette taxes, which went up 7.2 percent in the three-mont- h period. At First Security Bank, our Trust Department has the knoricdge and experience to work with you and your attorney to set up and administer a practical estate. Its all part of being a full service bank For aU details on how we can help you. Just call up and ask Trust Deportment First Security Dank of Utah. N A 350-536- 1 Mnntav FJXLCL to $58.8 million. Use and sales taxes, thebiggest item in the general fund, rose 16.1 percent, from $46.9 million to $54.4 million. million J The maintenance and highway construction fund showed a 6.6 percent increase, from $15.1 million to $16.1 million. Motor fuel taxes rose by five percent, from $11.7 million to $12.3 million. The Trust and Agency Fund showed a 14.9 percent increase, from $562,477 to $646,501. important in light of the Federal governments intent to regionalize health care services, Dr. Halversen said. It just wouldnt be economically feasible to install a bum unit in every hospital. , Bills totalling as much as $45,000 are not uncommon since the average length of stay is six weeks. The daily room rate in the center is $300, and added to this are physicians fees, operating room expenses and the cost of special dressings. The burn victim and his famfiy face the double whammy of a disfiguring, painful injury and the prospect of seemingly insurmountable hospital bills, said Dr. Chad Halversen, director of the Bum Center at the Uniof Utah Medical Center. versity Because of this, Dr. Halversen and his staff of health professionals attend to the patients emotional as weU as medical needs. They also attend to the physical and occupational rehabilitation of patients once the crisis stage is over. To help bum patients overcome financial problems, the staffs social workers assist family members in finding resources, such as existing insurance, Social Security benefits and other types of state and Federal support. This is in addition to the Social workers other function of providing emotional support for patients and families during the traumatic days of recovery. The bum center also employ dietitians to plan special diets, drag specialists to control medications, specially trained therapists to help regain patients body functions, plastic surgeons to restore physical appearances, and other medical specialists. Dr. Halversen said. This facility and its staff have made considerable impact upon Utah and the Intermountain Region, he added. Were providing specialized care and saving patients who otherwise would have little chance for survival. Generally, patients admitted to the unit suffer from second and third degree bums over 40 or more percent of their bodies. These are burns mostly commonly caused by flames or scalding liquids. Some are electrical bums, suffered in various accidents. Dr. Halversen attributes the centers 80-8- 5 percent patient survival rate to the total care concept that lasts well beyond the hospitalization phase. The center coordinates all follow-u- p plastic surgery and provides physical therapy until the patient is fully recovered. As the name implies, the bum center is regional in nature, serving sue intermountain states. It is the only facility of its kind between Denver and the West Coast, and it has treated patients as young as 18 months and as old as 70. The unit was enlarged last April from three to six beds, including a crib for young children. Since Dr, Halversen was named director in July 1975, it has cared for nearly 80 patients. Thirty of these people received treatment after last Inter-mounta- in . Fire Escape Plan Can Save Lives A mans castle could turn into a nightmarish maze when fire strikes if there is no prearranged escape plan, says the Insurance Informa- tion Institute. Fifty-seve- n per cent of the 11,600 fire deaths in 1974 occurred in the home, according to the latest estimates released by the National Fire Protection Association. And most of these deaths occurred between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. . It is important to have a family escape plan to avoid panic and confusion in the event of a fire. Even a persons own home may appear foreign in an emergency situation at night if the usual exit - is blocked, says the well-rehears- Institute. The Insurance Information' Institute offers these suggestions for a family escape plan: Decide on two ways to escape from each room through the doors and halls and through a window to the ground below. When appropriate, sleep- - with bedroom doors closed. Fire safety experts point out that fire generally takes from 10 to 15 minutes to burn through a wooden door, thus delaying the spread of fire. These valuable additional minutes might just be the time needed for escape from the home.' Decide on an emergency signal that every member of the family can use to arouse the others in the event of a fire. The predetermined signal can be as simple as yelling or pounding on the door and walls. Test the doors before opening them. Hot smoke and possibley poisonous fumes could be lurking behind the door. If a door is hot, do not open it. Instead, use the emergency exit. Keep down close to the floor if .the room is filled with smoke. Cover your mouth and nose with a damp cloth, if possible. Never assume that clear air in a fire situation is safe. It could contain carbon monoxide which affects' judgment, thus hindering escape. Roll over on the ground or floor if your clothing ignites. Running will only help to fan the flames. 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