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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES Page Five FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1976 Deficient Eyesight, Lack of Proper Springmeyer Eye Protection Play Role Accidents Pleased with Poll In an effort to carry eye safety into the woodlands of America this season, Jo Ann Jacobsen Wells, Executive Director of the Utah Society for the Prevention of Blindness, offers hunters several tips for saving sight and lives. Recalling the many incidents of hunters mistaking other people for animals, the Utah Society urges all hunters to have a complete eye examination before the start of each hunting season. Of course anyone with blurred vision should wear corrective lenses when stepping on hunting ground," Mrs. Wells said. "Astigmatism, reduced field of vision, farsightedness, nearsightedness and color deficiency all affect target perception and visual acuity, and may result in blinding accidents, even death." The Society warns every hunter to wear industrial strength safety lenses in a safety frame for maximum eye protection while hunting or shooting. "Ejecting shells, stray pellets, twigs that may fly into the eye while scrambling through the brush, or a fall on rough ground may shatter impact-resistastreetwear lenses," the director warns. "Real safety glasses will give the eyes the protection needed for the hazards in the woods. Hunters are also reminded that sunglasses often cause a loss of visibility, particularly once the sun starts to set, increasing the task of distinguishing colors. Sunglasses should always be removed before driving after dusk when dim light makes it more difficult to see moving objects. "Deficient eyesight and lack of proper eye protection play leading roles in many hunting accidents," Mrs. Wells emphasized. The number of preventable eye accidents can be dramatically reduced if hunters are examined for possible eye problems and don safety eye-webefore they head for the woodlands. A subject! I'm Reddy Kilowatt, your friend at Utah Power. This column is devoted to questions and suggestions we receive from our customers. You are warmly invited to Hi, participate. Questions and suggestions regarding electricity, your electric service or energy conservation are welcome. hydroelectric plants? Ub & Light build more dams and use more the cleaner and cheaper hydroelectric generation instead of building more coal-firegenerating plants? The management of the com- pany would be delighted if they could find suitable locations for addiof d A c installations. tional the present time almost all feasible hydro-electri- c sites in our country have been utilized; most of the remaining attractive sites are in national parks and scenic areas and not available for dam construction. It should be noted that an economically acceptable site for a hydro-electri- c plant requires of running a year-roun- d supply large not have large streams do water; small enough flows of water to provide c acceptable sites for installations. The State of Utah's one large hydroelectric installation is at Flaming Gorge, and the power available from this facility is totally committed. There are no further firm plans to construct hydro-electri- c dams on other possible Utah sites, which are in national parks and scenic areas. Installed generating capacity in the State of Utah, including both steam and hydro, is not adequate to supply the. energy requirements of people in the state; for example, in 1975, 48 of the needed power that UP&L supplied its customers in Utah plant in came from a steam-electri- c Wyoming, and whenever available, from hydro-electri- c generation of other At hydro-electri- hydro-electri- companies in the Northwest. Best Man for Your Money Letter To The Editor quasi-governme- nt Electric rates: increasing in Utah, decreasing elsewhere? A s in-dep- th Why are power rates lower in the Northwest? Why not build more Utah Power STATE TREASURER no-layo- ff. onthe doesnt Bob Springmeyer, Democratic candidate for the Salt Lake County Commission, said this week that he is "extremely pleased with the PROVEN TO BE THE Salt Lake Tribune poll which shows him leading in the Commission race by a substantial margin. Springmeyer added, however, Paid by Linn Baker Committee, that his campaign will "continue to Leonard McDonald, Manager go all out between now and November 2." He said, Weve been campaigning 18 hours a day now for several months, and it's good to see the people of Salt Lake County are responding. Springmeyer said that he be- Letter to the Editor: the imbalance. An effective work lieves the main issue in his race is Service Postal States United The measurement system has been which candidate is best qualified to corwas made a and each office is persolve the County's pressing probeliminated, poration in 1970. The law which mitted to set its own work standlems. He pointed to his own experience as local government specialist established this corporation gave it ards which support this type of and as Director of the Law En- authority to unionize the same as imbalance. Efficiency and economy forcement Planning Agency for Salt private industry, with one excep- in the operation of the Postal the right to strike. Lake and Tooele Counties as one of tion Service under this labor agreement Labor National The .Agreement, are impossible. the main reasons the voters have which started immediately withthe The upper management of the repsonded to his candidacy. has structure, provisions corporate Postal Service has committed variHe also stated that "the volunand which above are anybeyond ous acts to shield this truth from teer, grass-root- s approach of our in the private sector, such as the public. Hearings before the thing has paid great campaign Also, when labor dis- subcommittee of the Congress with management's deci- when properly reviewed will clearagrees sions, management cannot act. The ly identify the fabrications. How decisions must go to arbitration, can Congress or the President etc. this when conduct of a The Postal Service is responsible ignore similar nature in the Executive to no one for its expenditures. Any Branch of the government brought deficit must be paid by the taxpay- about the removal of the President ers. of this Nation. The salary structures which the rates are Why increasing The investigative arm of the U.S. Postal Service set for itself for in Utah while others known as the General and labor have a Congress, management Office, has presented are decreasing? A large num- Accounting ceiling of $63,000. and testimony which are ber of management officers receive reports Electric rates are increasing absolute fabrications. Documents tose of exceed far which salaries rare everywhere, and isolated, proving these fabrications are. in The and Senators Congressmen. the hands of Congress. For Coninstances of rate decreases are special Office labor force receives Post to use these reports while in situations of very short duration. In the salaries which far exceed those for gress the process of preparing legislation UP&L service area rates for residential government employees. Prior to for laws to govern this Nation is a service have increased about the same the formation of the Postal Cor- damnable act. The needs to refer-thias the cost of living index for food poration, these were comparable. to the Justice Department lor Overstaffing and idle hours in the an - and services since 1967. probe is of the utmost Postal Service is now a way of life. our government and if importance The law requires eight hours work the nations business is to function for eight hours' pay in other properly. The Board of Governors, agencies. the Postmaster, the entire upper The union contract which the management of the United States Postal Service negotiates with it- Service should be held responsible self superseded the law of our land. and accountable for the multi-billio- n Utah, where Why, in power-ric- h The financial problems in the Postal dollar waste which they and there is an abundance of cheap Service have been created because alone are responsible for. coal and water power, are rates of this labor agreement. Excessive they I invite everyone interested in an Northwest? caused has in a in increased the cities than postage efficient U.S. Postal Service to higher decrease in mail volume. Many of write their Congressman and make First, there is not an abundance the major users are now finding their views known. b of water power in Utah. The rates alternate means in lieu of paying Carlton G. Beall this price. The of power companies in the Northwest provision (Former Postmaster, in the contract leaves a fixed are lower than most other western utilWashington, D.C. Retired) decrease force with a work number fact that the The of ities because only limit on U.S. Postal they Postal mail in volume. employees Service salary is that no employee have been, up to now, predominately for doing nothing. can make over $63,000. The total receive high pay n utilities where the Unless the attrition rate equals the subsidy for the current fiscal year cost for fuel (falling water) is zero. When workload decreases, the imabalance is 1.5 billion, plus an estimated sites were available for construction of between the manhours and work- deficit of 1.4 billion, representing a load will continue. The to additional dams generate power total amount the taxpayers have to clause does not permit management shell out most was this the water, annually, plus the price of using falling to reduce the work force to correct to stamps. desirable and inexpensive way ar r Why CT nt Lets get a bit more light Xip RE-ELE- A no-layo- ff hydro-generatio- no-layo- generate electricity. Second, since no longer available, hydro-electri- c sites ff are utilities in the are now turning to coal-firegeneration and nuclear plants, and it is inevitable that this will cause their Northwest d customers' bills to increase, probably more rapidly than those of customers in Utah. Address your questions or suggestions to Reddy Kilowatt, P. O. Box 899, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110. Due to space limitations, ail questions and suggestions cannot be printed in this column, but each will be answered. Some trust problems a lawyer can solve better than a bank. Some trust problems a bank can solve better than a lawyer. 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