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Show 2 Price, Utah Thursday, August 17, 1967 J?un--dvoca- I Mave Your Prognosis . . te Dateline: Europe by Issued Every Thursday by The SUN. ADVOCATE 76 WEST MAIN PRICE, PUBLISHERS. ITAH - INC. Dr. John W, Tucker PHONE 815Gi ENTERED AS SECOND HASS MATTER AT THE POST OFFICE IN PRICE, UTAH RATE 6 00 TEARLY OUTSIDE STATE 150 TEAHLY IN ITAH. SIBSCR1PHON Oxford, England is much like the Oxford of University The administration when we were govThat is, States. United the of government erned by the Articles of Confederation with confusion, inefficiency, and jurisdictional disputes. Since each of the 36 colleges is autonomous and wants to remain that way, the administration has to try to deal, in effect, with 36 sovereign states. ROBERT L. FINNEY, Publisher ALEX BENE, JR, JESSIE HOLDAWAY, Society Editor NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Mtxrtic T J WjLVv. vr nur-ASSOC1AIIOH UTAH STATE PRL LciTs No . .1 pendence Day could be observed on the first Monday in July. This may sound like heresy but would it make much difference as long as the particular occasion was not forgotten? This idea of uniform Monday holidays was discussed in a recent editorial in the Frovo Herald and the points so aptly expressed therein are incorporated into this editorial. Last March a Sunday newspaper magazine supplement invited readers to return a ballot indicating their views about changing the dates of certain holidays so they would occur regularly on Mondays. It 1 reported a deluge of returns in favor and only 10,004 against. Just a few months before this, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce polled its members on the question and found an overwhelming 85 per cent approved. Most of the businessmen said the change would help their production and work schedules by avoiding the stop-star-t interruptions caused by k holidays. By the same tok- en, it would be a decided advantage for employees, too, to be able to look forward to a long week end rather than a day off then back to work. Because of the results of its sur- vey, the U.S. Chamber is now actively supporting legislation in Congress, where several bills have been introlduced in both the House and Senate. Although a federal law on uniform Monday holidays would be applicable only in the District of Columbia, the Chamber believes it would encourage the states to follow suit. non-religio- us 180,-06- . t I l t ! mid-wee- HKcpori J J The university has no permanent head in the sense that American universities have presidents. (See why it s bad? I d be out of a job!) They have no regents, either. Faculties of Eurallow business opean universities are horrified that Americans Oxfords official institutions. academic for men to set policy head is its Chancellor, a noted citizen who serves for life but takes no active part in university affairs, is recognized by all as a figurehead, and wouldnt be allowed to become active even if he wanted to. The present chancellor is the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson. Such leadership as the university actually gets r is provided by the heads of the colleges who serve for administrative of continuity terms in rotation. The only source is provided by die Registrar, a paid officer; and a host of adconfusion visory or legislative bodies. Talk about committee the largest of the bodies is the Convocation, a group composed of all graduates with M. A. degrees or higher, some 16,000 people scattered all over the world. Naturally, only a small number of these are ever on hand to consider university business, but they Syslcmize Holidays There is a growing sentiment in ..support of uniform Monday holidays and after thinking it over we are of the opinion that it has merit. For example, Washingtons birthday could be changed to Presidents Day moving it from February 22 to the third Monday in February. Inde- Broadest of the bills is S. 1217, sponsored by Senator George Smath-er- s In addition to changing Washingtons Birthday to Presidents Day in honor of all presidents and fixing Independence Day on a Monday, it would move Memorial Day (now May 00) to the last Monday in May, Veterans Day (November 11) to the last Monday in October and Thanksgiving Day from the fourth Thursday to the fourth Monday in November. Neither this, nor any other bills, would affect Christmas, New Years Day or Easter. Our present holiday observance dates are less traditional than most people assume, says the Chamber to one objection. Washingtons Birthday, for example, was really February 11 under the old Julian calendar in use at the time. The Continental Congress actul-lapproved the resolution of independence on July 2, 1776. This was the date John Adams though should be celebrated. Another and perhaps stronger argument is that Monday holidays, by extending week ends to three days, would cause more traffic accidents midweek holidays. than one-daVarious studies show that sometimes, this is true, sometimes not. Traffic fatalities during week ends often exceed those of holiday week ends. The National Safety Council has stated that from a traffic safety viewpoint . . . highway deaths provide no argument for or against Monday holidays. The idea of uniform Monday holidays is by no means a new one, but the momentum behind it is building. It seems likely that in the not too distant future, Americans, speaking through their state and national representatives, will be given an opportunity to make a final decision about it. (R-Fla.- non-holid- ay from Washington (The following timely report is from Representative Laurence J. Bur- ton written July 28). (R-Uta- h) I turned on the radio one morning last week to hear the newscaster say, J the commanding general of federal J troops in Detroit believes the situation is now under control, although isolated and sporadic sniper fire continues in I the city. Commanding general! Fed-- J eral troops! Sniper fire! It hardly I sounded possible. The report was like a communique describing a battle scene from World War II. The very tone of that newscast, phrased in the language of total war, brought home to me more forcefully than anything else the tragedy of the urban riots that have rocked our nation in recent I H days. This is an unhappy time in our history. Americans are fighting Americans. We are burn- -' ing our own cities, killing our own people, destroying our own homes and our own hopes. It is a madness, really, and hopefully it is now over. The tragedies of Newark and Detroit and Watts are sorrow enough. Other cities must be spared this awful and futile experience. Who is to blame for this latest violence? The National Republican Coordinating Committee wasted no! time in pointing the finger at President Johnson. I regret very much that my GOP colleagues for reasons ' countrys chose to level inexplicable to me such a charge. Certainly they were not speaking for me, nor for many cf my fellow Republicans in the House, when they attacked the President on the riot issue. I believe the Coordinating Committee was completely irresponsible and without founda-- , tion in fact. I, as one Republican, dis-- ! associate myself from the Committee statement. In my view, this is a time to work together to help solve the two-yea- could all vote if they chose to do so. Policy Making Congrcgaton In practice, day to day decisions of the university are made by dissolving convocation into a smaller body called Congregation. This group, composed of those who are actively at work This body, in in the university, numbers about a thousand. turn, elects the 18 members of the Hebdomadal Council (run that one over your tongue!) who really runs the university. There is also a body called the Curators of the Chest who control the university purse strings. They have equal status with tlie Hebdomadal Council. If they have conflict, it can only be In short, it takes a resolved by appealing to the Congregation. done to of lot at Oxford. talk a and get anything long time y y problems that the riots have caused, and to prevent their occurance elsewhere. It' is not a time to resort to partisanship and questionable accusations. As for the President, he was particularly petty and partisan in his speech of Monday night w'hen he sought to charge Governor Romney with responsibility for the inability of the Detroit police and the Michigan National Guard to control the riot situation. The President knew this wasnt true and his statements in this regard were most unfortunate. The rather extensive crticism that both the President an dthe National Republican Coordinating Committee have received for their resort to blind partisanship has, in my judgment, been deserved. I hope that both sides have learned from it. Three STATEHOUSE REPORT Tax Commission Adds 1 .5 Million To Utah County Farm Land Value By C. Sharp Utahs ed $1.5 to Tax Commission mov- restore approximately million worth of cuts in farm lands valuations in Utah County Aug. 8. By its action the state agency the Utah virtually accused County Commission of trying to make effective this year a conto 'be stitutional amendment voted upon in November, 1968. This proposed a m e ndment would allow the Legislature to provide that farm and other agricultural lands shall he valued for tax purposes in relation to their value for agricultural purposes only. The state constitution now requires that all real property must be valued in relation to its fair cash value. State law provides that it shall be assessed at 40 per cent of such value. Objective 20 Per Cent In actual practice, the Tax Commission is moving towards valuing all properties at 20 per cent of fair cash value, since all property theoretically now is at inflated figures. Moving towards this objective, Tax Commission appraisers revalued lands (not improvements) in much of Utah and Salt Lake counties last year. Protsests from Salt Lake City taxpayers in newer residential areas were long and lound after they received their valuation notices this year. Wails were even louder from agricultural land owners in the Orem and Provo areas of Utah County. $630 An Acre Ransom Quinn, Tax Commission chairman, charged that the Utah County Commission, sitting as a board of equalization to hear tax protests, fixed an arbitrary ceiling on land used for agricultural purposes of $650 an acre. This figure is less than half the actual market value of some of the excellent farm and orchard land in Provo and Orem, he said. County CommisPreviously sioner Marion Hinckley in a visit to Gov. Calvin L. Ramp- - high-mine- ton, charged that the land valuations were unrealistically high. The Tax Commission Quinn said Terms k terms The university year is divided into three eight-wee- k named in accordance with the Anglican calendar: Michaelmus, We are now just finishing Trinity and Hilary, and Trinity. entering vac (vacation). We will soon be having commencement exercises. The university forbids the wearing of any academic robes other than its own. In order to get distinguished persons into the procession, it routinely awards visiting professors an honorary Oxford M.A. degre. I'm looking forward to commencement to get to see the Prime Minister. 1 i 3 I Micro-Skir- ts employindepend- ed Augustus B. Johns, ent appraiser, who spent several weeks appraising eight properties selected by Mr. Hinckley. Independent Appraiser Mr. Eight-Wee- Mr. Johns valuations were strikingly close to those of the Tax Commission and greatly in excess of those used by the County Commission. Mr. Quinn said other taxpayers have to carry the burden for school support and other expense if valuations for any group are allowed to lag below those of others. He said all changes in valuations made by Utah County will be reviewed by the Tax Commission. Those found not justified will be revised and individual taxpayers notified. Hearings Scheduled Hearings 'then will be conducted by the Tax Commission in Utah County to hear protests. (Continued on Page Three) Little English differences . . . male students wear their hair much longer and female students wea'r their much shorter (The English version should be called a micro-skirt- .) Milk ordered with a meal comes boiling hot with skin on top no milk is homogenized and is sold only in pint bottles coal stoves ice cold Coco Cola means room temperature thumbtacks are called drawing are called solid fuel burners waxed paper is called greaseproof paper and comes in pins the hardware stone is the flat sheets as stiff as parchment potato chips are french fries, potato crisps are Ironmongers freehouse bill boards are called hoardings potato chips with a pubs don't give away free ale, they just have no tie-u-p beds double beds two have single pillows, particular brewery have four English food is cooked and served with little seasoning, generally ends with something custardy, and the odds are 90 to 1 there will be orange marmalade on the table someone once said Hell was a place where the English were is an the cooks and the French the mechanics an odd-ba- ll y electrical outlets are called points meaning and the holes vary according to the amperage; so the English defeat the purpose with four or five adapters attached to every outlet water pipes are placed oq the outside of buildings; they freeze in cold weather continuing streets often change no uniform system of street numbers names at intersections on one side while others do not often, house numbers start is used some streets have even numbers on one side while others do not often, house numbers start on one sfide in esquence, continue to the interestcion, cross the street and electrical appliances are not plugged come up the other side in but earthed a sponge is a cake a rage is a practical a crockodile is a column of school children walking joke mini-skir- odd-bo- ts 1 odd-bod- I Bathrooms are for Bathing TWENTY YEARS THIRTY AGO Construction is expected to start Aug. 15 on the plant of the Utah Chemical and Carbon company at Salt Lake City which will process coal for site. The plant will smokeless fuel on a cost approximately a million dollars. 20 Utah coal operators have expressed protests to the acceptance by the Salt Lake City commission of its latest ordinance covering coalwithin the city burning steam locomotives limits. The coal operators protest was predicated on the complaint that the amendment adopted on July 30 specifically discriminates against coal in that it does not ban steam locomotives fired by other types of fuel. 2-0Four slot machines confiscated by the sheriffs office on July 9 at arious clubs in Helper have been ordered destroyed by City Judge S. J. Sweetring. Judge Sweetring issued the order to destroy after the owners failed to make an appearance on an order to show cause why they should not be destroyed. panel, will make a thorough and mean- ingful investigation. There are many reasons, I am sure, for the riots. None of them, however, can justify the violence that took place. Wrongs cannot be righted by burning and killing. Complaints cannot be satisfied through lawlessness. I am sure that most of the people in n the area know this, andf they mourn the fact that a criminal few have been able to bring such great sorrow to so many. These criminal few, however, must not go unpunished. As the President stated they must be dealt with forcefully, swiftunder law. ly, and certainly We cannot tolerate the actions o I riot-tor- YEARS AGO Grading work preparatory to landscaping the area around the Carbon stake LDS seminary is expected to begin Thursday of this week. It was estimated at the close of work Tuesday, the building was approximately 80 per cent complete. smoke-produci- The Presidents speech of Thursday evening, in contrast to his earlier d and reasonable. one, was In fact, I was moved by its eloquence and greatly impressed by its content. I certainly support the appointment of a presidential advisory commission to investigate the wave of riots, and believe that the President selected a panel of highly qualified individuals. I have worked in the past with three members of the commission Mayor Lindsay of New York, Congressman James C. Corman of California and Congressman William M. McCulloch of Ohio. Mayor Lindsay, of course, served in the House of prior to election to his present post. Rep. Corman and I are both members of the House Select Committee on Small Business. As for Congressman McCulloch, he is one of. the most able and respected men in the House. He has been a chief Republican spokesman on civil righftsi matters. I am certain that these men, together with their colleagues on the President Over-a- ll -3- 0- Asphalt paving and curb and gutter constructions on three streets in northwest Price will be started immediately by Harris, Galanis and Karris, contractors. At a regular meeting of the city council Monday evening, the contract was granted for $13,263.77. A tax levy of 19 mills also was voted at the meeting, which is the same as that set for last year. . -3- 0Work of paving the old highway between Castle Gate and Royal is expected to be carried out next month, a step in the development of that route as an auxiliary for Highway 50. The stretch of highway to be surfaced is a portion of the old state road. The work will be done by the county. the Rap Browns Stokely Carmichaels who travel from city to city fomenting strife and urging Negroes to shoot and loot. These people, and others like them, should be in jail. There are criminal laws dealing with incitement to riot, and it seems quite clear to me that the Carmichaels and the Rap Browns have violated them. But neither can we tolerate in modern America some of the conditions that adovermittedly exist in our cities crowding, mass unemployment, povthat have contributed erty, filth to the riots. There is much to be done, but I feel confident that the American people can and will meet the challenge. Never ask to use the bath room unless you want to bathe; the English use more direct language If youre asked if you'd like to spend a penny, youre being invited to use the toilet since it costs a penny to use a public rest room (Thats about all you can buy with one of the big, brown, worthless coins.) Oh yes, today I attended Rotary Club at the Randolph Hotel. The fellow who collects fares on the bus in reply to my request for directions said: Blimy. ya dont wanna eat lunch there. bloody fiver to get through the bleedin' door! Itll cost ya a Labor Day Notice of Bids - PRICE CITY SEPTEMBER -- - PARK 4, 1967 Far those desiring to bid on the, concession rights and construction of the Queen's float for the Labor Day Celebration at Price , City Park, September 3 and 4, bids will be received by any Labor Day committee member up to 2:30 p.m., August 20, Andrew J. Smith Chairman Sam Fazzio Treasurer Don Johnson Secretary 1 t I |