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Show Page 6 UTAH FARM BUREAU July 1966 NEWS Some Day or Night This Emblem May Save Your Know It Use It If you arc. a farmer and sometimes drive farm machinery on the highways, you should know about Vehicle (SMV) emblem. It could and use the slow-movi- ng Slow-Movi- ng save your life. If you are a city or urban dweller and travel the rural highways, you too should know and recognize the SMV emblem. ' It could prevent you from being involved in a rear-en- d collision with slow moving equipment. The emblem is a fluorescent colored triangle with a dark red reflective border about 14 inches high and 16 inches wide that is placed on the rear of a vehicle so it can be easily seen by other drivers, day or night, from a distance of 500 feet or more. It is not intended to replace other caution or warning yellow-orang- e slow-movi- EVERYTHINGS CLOSE IN The Lee Vegu retort complex it located In the center of vast recreational Mead and Hoover Dam on one aide, ML Charlatan on the other and the acenie deaert all around. More than 22,500 area, with rooms alone the famel " tlrporU to . Las Vegas, Nevada has been selected as the site of the 1966 AFBF Convention. The large, modern Las Vegas and twin and double rooms range from $14.00 to $20. Those reservations wishing should write directly to the Utah Convention Center will house the meetings and members will stay at nearby hotels. Utah Farm Bureau members attending the convention may stay at the Sands Hotel where 115 rooms have been reserved. Single room rates range from $12.00 to $18.00 State Farm Bureau Reservations Office, P.O. Box 11668, Salt Lake City, Utah. The Convention, which runs from December 4th through the 8th, is about as close to Utah as one could ask without having it right in Senate Approves Prouty December 4th, will the signal opening of the Convention with an evening Vesper Service. Sessions will continue through Thursday morning. Those wishing to do so may participate in the California Farm Bureau Pre Convention Tour which takes a group to Hawaii and then to Las Vegas in a twenty-da- y package. Sunday, -- ALENT FIND COMING Farm Labor Amendment Farm Bureau Day at the State Fair will be Friday, September 16. The Talent Find will be held at the Fair as follows: Junior Division By a vote of 46 to 39, the Senate approved a modified version of the Prouty amendment to S. 2974, a bill relating to the operations of the federal-stat- e employment ser- vice. offered by The amendment Senator Winston Prouty (R) of Vermont -- - provides that no employees may be referred to an employer to fill a Job which is vacant because the former jobholder is on strike or is locked out. up to 10 years 9:30 a.m. Intermediate Division 11 11:15 a.m. through 16 Senior Division - 17 through 30 1:00 p.m. All contestants must be members of the Farm Bureau families and must have been judged a winner in county competition. Details are available from your County Farm Bureau Womens Committee or write to the Utah State Farm Bureau Womens Committee: the worker should be notified of the existence of a labor dispute. THE PROUTY Amendment knocked out of the bill a more proposal. The bill originally provided that no workers could be referred to any farmer involved in a labor dispute regardless of other factors. This language was intended to give the Secretary of In other cases -- far-reachi- ng Mrs. Willis Whitbeck Chairman 5770 South Redwood Rd. Labor authority to deny workers to farmers involved in a dispute with a labor union, even though the farmer was employing no labor at the time of the dispute, or even if no workers employed by the farmer had walked off the job because of a labor dispute. The Prouty Amendment was strongly supported by Farm our state. Mrs. Paul Nelson Vice Chairman Ferron, Utah Murray, Utah devices such as flags, reflectors or lights. The emblem was developed by Ohio 'Stale University research specialists in an attempt to reduce the number of rear-en- d collisions involving vehicles designed to travel at speeds of less than 25 miles per hour. It was first introduced two years ago as a safety device and since then its use is mandatory by law in Ohio and will be required in slow-movi- Mrs Richard Nelson I Secretary-Treasur- er Cedar City, Utah Director Smithfield, Utah Mrs. Ernest Huggins Director Bear River City, Utah ng Nebraska next year. Other are states considering similar legislation. Traffic safety experts theorize that the average .motorist does not realize how slowly the vehicle ahead of him is moving until it is too late to avoid a collision. Under normal conditions, recognition of the emblem would provide ample time for the motorist to safely reduce his speed. During National Farm Safety Week July 24-3- 0 special emphasis is being placed on the SMV emblem to promote its use and to acquaint the motorist with its meaning. Leon Urbcn, director of farm safety activities for the National even Council, says, there more than arc though 100,000 SMV emblems in use, wc still have a big task ahead in educating the motoring public and the owners of the more than 1 1 million vehicles estimated to be in use Safety slow-movi- Mrs. Melvin Hillyard ng ng today. Information on how to acquire SMV emblems can be obtained from farm equipment dealers, your county agent or the National Safety Council. LBJ Endorses Farm Campaign The signing of a proclamation by President Lyndon B. Johnson designating July 0 as National Farm Safety Week lent emphasis to the 23rd annual rural safety campaign. In signing the proclamation, President Johnson urged that all persons recognize and vigorously attack the hazards and unsafe practices that cause farm and rural accidents. I urge all families who live on farms, and all persons and groups serving or allied with agriculture, to unite for safety, and apply full energy and determination to the vital task of reducing accidents at work, in homes, at recreation and on the roadways. Progress toward this goal should be the objective of National Farm Safety Week 1966, the President said. 24-3- National Farm Safety Week will focus attention on all farm hazards and place special emphasis on the prevention of highway slow-movi- ng accidents involving vehicles. The farm ancampaign is nually by the National Safety Council and the United States Department of Agriculture. Outing For Utah County FB The Annual Summer Outing of the Utah County Farm Bureau will-bheld on August 12, 1966atKellys Grove In Hobblecreek Canyon. All Utah County Farm Bureau members are invited to attend. The admission will be by a family ticket which can be obtained, free of m charge, from each local Farm luncheon will president. The begin promptly at 12:00 noon, and everyone is requested to bring his own utensils. All Utah County Farm Bureau members should plan on attending and spending an afternoon of recreation and relaxation. Please contact your local presidents for reservations and tickets. Bu-rea- e |