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Show Page Four FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1959 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Oil Firm Will Again Sponsor Orchestra In Pops Concerts i, -- ' w-- - " ' , ; " 'A '- 'iW Ashley J. Badger, president of the Utah Oil Refining Co., talks over plans for series of free "pops" concerts with Maestro Maurice Abravanel, who will conduct the Symphony in the four programs. The Utah Symphony orchestra with Maestro Maurice Abrava-nel conducting, will present four "pops" concerts in Utah early in January giving just about every-one in the state a chance to hear the state symphony orchestra. The good news is that everyone can attend free. For the fifth straight year, the Utah Oil Re-fining Company will sponsor the concerts. Free tickets will be available at all Utoco service stations for the asking after De- - cember 15. Last season three "pops" con-certs were staged in Salt Lake City, Logan and Provo. This year the program will be expanded to include Ogden as a result of many requests. Dates for the free "pops" con-certs are announced by Herold L. Gregory, symphony manager, as follows: Salt Lake City, at the Tabernacle, on Tuesday, Jan. 5; Provo, at the Brigham Young University field house, Wednes-day, Jan. 6; Ogden, at the Tab-ernacle, on Monday, Jan. 11; and at Logan, Utah State University Field House, Tuesday, Jan. 12. The programs have been desig-nated as "family night" concerts Parents are invited to take their children to the events. Concerts will start at 8 p.m. These events have been ex-tremely popular in past years and big crowds are expected for the programs again this year. Maestro Abravanel will conduct all concerts and has selected a program that will have a strong appeal for everyone who loves music, both old and young. THE SALT LAKE TIMES 1 Combined whb Tbo Salt Ukt Mini & Utal Hiwi iCarleSS Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah . Entered at the postoffice at Salt Lake Gty as second IllipClieil class matter August 23, 1923 under the act of March 8, leVtpaptr 7U Wcjt Temple Telephone EM GLENN BJORNN, Publisher Subscription Price --13.00 per year in advance "This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation." Volume 39 Number 30 The Straggling Pedestrian -- A Double Menace (Continued from Page 1) Hundreds of times each day traffic is held up to allow some straggler, who started across the street after the "Don't Walk" sign flashed, to get across safely. The nuisance and the menace, too is multiplied many times during the rush days before Christmas. The obvious solution would be to have police officers sta-tioned at the intersections to ticket offenders. No doubt the police department is not sufficiently staffed for such a project but it might try some spot checking. Even a small reduction in the number of stragglers would be an improvement and it may sove some lives, too. thc--L EASED .GRAPEVINE i Possibility of a joint Salt Lake City-Coun- ty Health building to house offices of both city and county health departments is be-ing studied by officials of both governmental units. City commissioners have au-thorized Mayor Adiel F. Stewart to contact county commissioners to see if they would be interested in such an undertaking. Logical site for such a building would be according to backers of the pro-posal on county property north of the Salt Lake General Hos-pital facing State Street. A four-prong- ed inquiry into Utah's facilities for catching, trying, imprisoning and rehabili-tating law violators was ordered this week by the criminal justice committee of the Utah Legisla-tive Council. Jed F. Woolley Jr., this week was elected president of the Utah Society, Sons of the Amer-ican Revolution. Emerson C. Willey retired as president. Elmo R. Morgan, retiring di-rector of the Utah Highways De-partment, was honored at a Tuesday luncheon by the Salt Lake Rotary Club and Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce in the Hotel Utah. Mayor Adiel F. Stewart said this week he will recommend to Salt Lake City Commission that the city legal department handle tne worK ot director ot tne bait Lake Civil Service Commission. He said members of the city legal staff could do the work without appointing a new direc-tor to succeed Donn E. Cassity, who resigned effective Dec. 31. Elliott W. Evans, chairman, of the Civil Service Commission, said however, that the commis-sion should have a "free lance director who is accountable to our commission." Salt Lake County Commission has approved calling for bids from financial houses and bank-ing institutions on two million dollars worth of tax anticipation notes. The county expects to thousands of commuters. On the Massachusetts Route 128, skirt-ing Boston, 227 companies have built 17 industrial parks and 137 million dollars worth of homes for 28,000 workers. "Undeniably there are two sides to every argument. Those who are dispossed of their homes and property should have the fullest hearing and consideration but Americans should remember that we are still trying to work on the basis of the greatest good for the greatest number," he concluded. The article, "The Boom That Follows the Highways," is con-densed from the Rotarian. Super Highways Bring Boom to Cities Along Their Routes Despite hardships to some in-dividuals, new super highways have brought boom, not doom, to cities in their paths. The experience of Bedford, Pennsylvania, was typical. Bed-ford a tourist town on the old Lincoln Highway, battled the Harrisburgh-Pittsburg- h turnpike with petitions, meetings, protest delegations to the capital, but the turnpike went through, one mile from Bedford. "Today, if you recirculated on eof those pe-titions you'd be laughed out of town," writer Paul W. Kearney reports. Trucking companies made Bed-ford a rest stop and turn around point, bringing payrolls in ex-c- es of seven milloin dollars an-nually to the town. In addition, because of its strategic location, Bedford is attracting conven-tions. Some 200 new motel units have been built. The Bedford Springs Hotel has had a tenfold increase in gross business. A similar battle was fought, and lost, in Elyria, Ohio, over the route of the Ohio Turnpike, according to an article in the December Readers Digest. There were warnings of "de- - preciation of valuable real es-tate," and withdrawal from the tax rolls of "income producing land." Instead, when the route went through, plans were filed immediately for seven new hous-ing developments near the high-way. The New York Thruway is credited with stimulating 650 million dollars worth of develop-ment along its route. Residential developments have sprouted on the New Jersey Turnpike for What Is Our Foreign Policy? The world of today is not a safe or simple place. It is full of momentous dangers and sudden changes, overshadowed by the growth of aggressive Russian power and the possibility of atomic warfare. Beset by these international complexities, swamped by the flood of information that pours in on us from all parts of the world, deafened by the clamorous advocates of various foreign interests, or by those who are sure they know just what is needed to settle the problems of China,, or North Africa, or India, or the Middle East, it is no wonder that American citizens some-times ask themselves, "What is our foreign policy, anyway?" This question is usually the great conversation stopper. The special pleaders are apt to run away with the argument, whether they are in favor of freedom of Algeria, or against Yalta, or for MacArthur, or ready with a glib answer on what! to do about disarmament. Yet this question, "What is our! foreign policy?" is perfectly legitimate one, and one that can be given a satisfactory answer. The late Secretary Dulles tried to do this last year. The answer, in effect he said, is to maintain our security, preserve our economic interests, and uphold our political ideals. This seems like a good answer, until you stop to examine it. Then you notice that the element of "how" is missing. How are we to attain these desirable objectives? What means are we to use to further our security and our interests and our ideals? Foreign policy is a problem of how of the choice of means because in foreign policy we are dealing with a lot of other nations all concerned about their security and their interests and their ideals. The problem of bringing ours and theirs together for harmony and peace is the problem of foreign policy. No definiton of foreign policy that gives only our side of the ques-tion is adequate. Indeed, a statement of foreign policy that is concerned only with our aim is likely to be worse than inade-quate. It is likely to be dangerous if it does not take into account the interests of other nations. The present eleven nation trip of President. Dwight D. Eisenhower seems to indicate that the Republican administration might at last have awakened up to this fact. Only time will tell. You don't have to be rich to enjoy RICH IKMJmiOMJ I A BARREL OP QUALITY IN EVERY BOTTLE J niAIQST I00U01 1IISIEI It riOOF OLD QDAKI I1S1IUII8 CMAWIKCIIOtfi.lNB. . OUO I will utter what I believe today, if it should contradict all I said yesterday. Wendell Phillips. uHvun Persons hardest to convince they're of retirement age are children at bed time. , OUO The man who says he has never told a lie has made a very good beginning.. |