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Show TH SALT LAKE TIMES ( FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1959 Page Fiva Doctors Contribute $450,000 to Medical Center Contributions to the Univer-sity of Utah Medical Center cam-paign by members of the medi-cal profession reached $450,000 this week, according to the re-port of Dr. Kenneth Castleton, Medical Division chairman. Dr. Castleton' said that an ad-ditional $50,000.00 had been re-ceived at campaign headquarters since last week's report. He said the medical division's goal in the campaign is $600,000. Dr. Castleton singled out the physicians from Salt Lake, Utah and Weber counties for special praise on contributions. He said that he was confident the divi-sion's goal will be reached if present support continues. The campaign is under way to raise funds to construct a Medi-cal Center on the University of Utah campus. weighed heavily from the safety standpoint in the initial employ-ment processing." The Conference for Safety Su pervisors was sponsored jointly by the Extension Division of the University of Utah and the Utah Motor Truck Assn. March is Egg Month in Utah and across the nation. Gov. George D. Clyde in pro-claiming March as Egg Month in Utah states: "The egg industry is a very important part of our agricul-tural endeavors here in Utah and I urge all people of the state to lend support to this promotional program. Considering the many ways that we all use eggs and also considering the wonderful nutritional value in eggs, this is a program we can all participate in and enjoy." Cecil Rushforth of the Utah Poultry and Farmers Co-operati- ve, has been named the state chairman of the March egg pro-gram by the Poultry and Egg th-e-i EASED GRAPEVINE Control of all construction in the city's watershed areas- - with "teeth" to enforce such control, was promised in actions and words by both the Salt' Lake City and County Commissions this week. City Water Commissioner G. M. Burbidge presented a decla-ration of policy in the form of a resolution to be adopted by the city commission to govern the "present and future develop-ment" in Big and Little Cotton-wood Canyons and Parleys Can-yons. . A proposed city ordinance to establish a "department of city controller" and create the of-fices of city controller and as-sistant city controller within, the department of public affairs and finance was redrafted this week for consideration by the City Commission. Drafted by the city legal department on orders from the commission the ordinance provides for a city "efficiency" expert." Wallace C. Taylor, chairman of the trucking industry's 1958 summer safety campaign, re-cently completed a series of im-portant association activities by an address before the Confer-ence for Safety Supervisors in Motor Fleets held in Salt Lake City. Taylor, director of personnel and safety for Ringsby Truck Lines, Inc., told the conference that "the prime factor in any motor fleet safety program is the careful selection of drivers in the very beginning. Personal-ity traits and aptitudes must be national Board. Science teachers in local high schools will have an opportunity to receive specialized science training under a new science teacher education program an-nounced this week by the Na-tional Science Foundation. The University of Oregon has been selected by the NSF to ad-minister the program which will send specially trained personnel into high schools in the six northwestern states to work with science teachers in developing improved teaching methods. The University has received a $382,-00- 0 grant from the Foundation to finance the program. Newly reprinted general ob-ligation bonds totaling two and one-ha- lf million dollars for con-struction of a new terminal at the Salt Lake Municipal Airport were being signed by city offi-cials this week. The first bonds printed had to be junked be-cause of errors. Noted Soprano Sings In Kingsbury Hall Roberta Peters, brilliant color-atur- o soprano of the Metropoli-tan Opera appeared in concert Thursday in Kingsbury Hall under auspices of the University of Utah Lecture and Artist Series. Now internationally acclaimed as the world's foremost colora-tura diminutive, beautiful Miss Peters first stepped into the spot light at the age of 20 when she scored a triumph in her Metro-politan debut, pinch hitting on a few hours notice for an ailing prima donna. Not only was this the Cinderella soprano's oper-atic debut but it was her first performance on any stage. Miss Peters came to Salt Lake City between appearances at the Metropolitan Opera, where she is singing five of her most fa-mous roles this season: Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Zerlina in the new production of Don Giovanni, Adele in The Fledermaus, Gilda in Rigoletto, and the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor. American born and trained, Miss Peters is a popular per-former on network television programs. COL FRANK THOMPSON TALKS ABOUT Premium Grains " " I y " ' T XHttttfi ::xxxv. "RICH, SUN-FE- D PREMIUM GRAINS, corn and T rye and barley, give our Old Kentucky Tavern magnificent Bourbon flavor. And we age it for i you 7 full years in open-ric- k warehouses, where 1 S fresh air mellows every drop to perfection." y ..:: .v.'.v-- ,.w. ".v.v. :: SSSSJ KSSShv COL. FRANK THOMPSON, CHAIRMAN OF ; XHKBOARD, GLENMORE DISTILLERIES ' 86 PROOF & 100 PK00F iAf B0TTLED-IN-B0N- D j lrsk KENTUCKY STRAIGHT t M'S WU lit rt , r CLCNMORt DISTIUXBCS CSL f0 " Vtat Pwfeclion of Product it TnOmm f4 touisviui. ranwar BYU Will Adopt Semester System To improve scholarship and increase efficiency and economy of administration. BYU will break from what has occurred in the past." President Wilkinson pointed out that 58 per cent of BYU stu-dents come from without the state of Utah and that in other states, notably California, there are already thousands of stu-dents graduating at midyear. He thought there would be a marked trend in that direction in Utah in the future. change from the quarter system to the semester system, begin-ning September 1960, it was an-nounced this week by President Ernest L. Wilkinson. This decision is the result of the unanimous recommendation of the Utah Conference on High-er Education composed of the faculties of all universities and colleges in the state, urging that administrators and governing boards in Utah's institutions of higher learning give serious con-sideration to adopting the semes-ter system." According to President Wilkin-son the decision of the BYU was motivated also by a desire to have a more realistic relation-ship with high schools, all of whom operate on a semester system. With the current em-phasis on advancement for the talented student, more and more of them will be graduating at mid-yea- r. Under the new plan they will enter the BYU immedi-ately upon graduation rather than be required to wait until the opening of spring or some later quarter. "We have a feeling at BYU that in the interest of encouraging high school students to go on to college, we ought to make the transition as easy as possible, and that there should be more cooperation between high school and college programs and high school and college administra-tors than there has been. College training should be merely a continuance of the learning pro-cess, not a sharp identifiable Notices Utah Guard Officer Named to Academy Position Maj. Earl R. Francis, Utah Air National Guard, has been ap-pointed liaison officer for the U. S. Air Force Academy as an additional duty, according to Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, Utah Adjutant General. Major Francis is administrative assistant for Air Affairs, Headquarters Utah National Guard at Fort Douglas. This appointment is part of an Air Force program to establish well qualified officers at strate-gic points throughout the coun-try to interview, eligible young men for Air Force Academy ap-pointments. Applicants must be 17 to 22 years of age, in excellent physi-cal condition and must pass com-prehensive entrance examina-tions. They study four years at Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, graduating as Second Lieutenants of the Regular Air Force. Among his new duties Major Francis will address fraternal, civic and educational organiza-tions, and high school and uni-versity assemblies to explain the entrance requirements and ad-vantages of a career in the Air Force. This counseling service is avail-able to members of the Utah Na-tional Guard and other reserve components as well as to young men who do not have yet a mili-tary affiliation. Young men desiring informa-tion on this subject may contact Major Francis by visting or writ-ing to Headquarters Utah Na-tional Guard, 1543 East Sunny-sid- e Ave., Salt Lake City. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of FRITZ OSCAR ERICKSON, Deceased. . Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at 1111 Deseret Building,' Salt Lake City, Utah on or before the 30th day of April, A.D. 1959. FRITZ OWEN ERICKSON, Ad-ministrator of the Estate of Fritz Oscar Erickson, Deceased. Date of first publication Feb-ruary 27th, A.D. 1959. Backman, Backman & Clark Attorneys (2-2- 7 3-2- 0) NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ALISON MARSHALL, Deceased. Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at Trust Department, Walker Bank & Trust Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, on or before the 7th day of May, A.D. 1959. WALKER BANK & TRUST COMPANY, as Administrator of the Estate of Alison Marshall, Deceased. By James E. Faust, Attorney Date of first publication March 6th, A.D. 1959. (3-- 6 3-2- 7) |