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Show rHE SAf-- T LAKE TIMES , FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1 959 Page Thiw , Utah National Guard To Don Army Green Beginning July 1 the Utah Na-tional Guard will take on a new look with he issuance of the standard new "Army Green" uniforms, according to Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, Utah Adjutant General. Until recently all issues of the new green uniform have gone to Regular "Army' personnel with a limited allotment occasionally to enlisted Guardsmen serving on . short tours of activeduty for six months asic training or attend-ance a service schools Now, however, manufacturers have supplied a sufficient quan-tity of the uniforms to complete-ly outfit all of the more than 350,000 enlisted men of the Na-tional Guard in the country. Thesei "uniforms cost the gov-ernment $45 each. They consist of coat, trousers, hat, light tan shirt and black tie. Black ox-fords and sox to complete jhe unjform are available for pur-chase jay Guardsmen at small cost through the Quartermaster Sales store in Ogden. Purchases will be made through unit com-manders instead of by individual guardsmen. Guard officers must buy their own uniforms. They made the changeover to the greens in the fall of 1957. "Alhougti he new uniforms will be issued enlisted personnel beginning July 1, they won't re-ceive regular use until October 1 ' when the Guard changes from summer to winter uniform," the General said. Utah Federal Employees Tops In Contributions Utah's federal employees, who led the nation last year on per-centage of payroll contributed to the Federal Service Joint Cru-sade fund drive, have already surpassed their 1958 record in the current campaign, it was re-ported by Ralph Wright, presi-dent', Union Bank '& Trust Co., and state treasurer of the Joint Crusade. - William W. McBride, regional manager of the Veterans' Ad-ministration, was accorded spe-cial recognition for a dual role in this achievement first, as chairman of the Joint Crusade for the state of Utah,' and sec-en- d as head of the federal agency with the highest per capita con-tributions. The Joint Crusade is an annual campaign approved by White House for solicitation among fed-eral agencies and military instal-lations in support of CARE, the Crusade for Freedom and American- -Korean Foundation. According to recent word from Washington, the $10,298.72 con-tributed by Utah's federal em-- pi oyeers in 1958 was tjie highest in the nation on the basis of federal payroll. Already this year $12,789 or 12.5 per cent of last year's total has been re-ceived, with additional returns still to come from Clearfield Na-val Supply Depot, Dugway Prov-ing Grounds, Army Reserves and several other federal agencies. Hill Air Force Base employees contributed $6,129, accounting fnr nparlv half nf 'thf st.atf id- - ; . 77 , tt: ; tal. This was almost twice the $3,284 from HAFB last year. The 80 employees of the Vet-erans Administration Regional office, Salt 'Lake' City, contrib-uted 29 per cent more per capita than the next highest federal agency in the state. Single Car Wreck Puzzles Officers One of the most puzzling mys-teries on our highways today is the single car accident, accord-ing to traffic safety authority Edward R. Klamm. ' Usually a lonely disaster at night," an generally fatal," the single car accident offers little or no outward clues as to its cause. When discovered, the wrecjce car shows no-- evidence of hing forced off the road and there is no sign of mechanical failure, re blowout or steering trouble. Occasionally, however, a driver may be exceptionally lucky and survive the single car accident. Or there may have been wit-nesses who, although not present when the accident occurred, have information' about conditions leading up to it. From the hazy recollections of these injured drivers and tjie information ob-tained fr6m others, traffic au-thorities have been able to draw conclusions which may shed light oh he probable causes of these strange accidents. Klamm, accicjent prevention director of the Allstate Ihsur-- J ance Companies, reports several case histories of single car acci-dents in ah 'article "The Accident No One Sees," appearing in the current issue of' Home & High-way magazine The first case involved a 38 year old salesman who was in-jured in an accident while driv-ing to bis home in Los Angeles late in the evening. There were no other cars on the road and he wasn't sneedine. Yet. ' suddenlv J ' his right front tire was yanked off the highway and the car spun over the road shoulder and into a difch. Moret Jian'an hour later highway patrolmen found ' the driver pinned helplessly beneath the steering wheel of the car. Next morning in' the hospital the driver was bewildered when he spoke to police. He claimed he had hit something a rock or a hole in the road. But when the two officers said they had found the road clear of hazards, the driver searched his memory. He had reached for a cigarette from the pack on his seat,' he said, and this was the last he remem-bered. This was enough for the police, however. They marked "human failure!' as the cause of the acci-dent. i .. , iidtok &)()tag o S Oiii Everything stays so I much fresher and clean- - i er kitchen walls, cur-tains, pots and paps .. . because there's no grimy smudee. Electric cook-ip- g is clean 3s sunjigjit ! .. " .r ... i - . l 1 . (gETJGggSGB 0) W3SB (3S Helps Ileal And Clear E2chy8!dnteh.v Zemo liquid or ointment a doc-tor's antiseptic, promptly relieves itching, stops scratching and so helps heal and clear surface skin rashes. Buy Extra Strength Zemo for PlTlli stubborn casesIVIlAV Three Area Leaders Join Fund Campaign Three of the intermountain area's leading figures in indus-try and finance were added his week to tjie list of community-minde- d individuals taking part in the University of Utah Medi-cal Center campaign, according to Lela'nd L. ' Flint! campaign ' ": ; chairman.' v Mr. Flint announced that Geo. S. eccles, president. First secur-ity Corporation, W. LaMar Webb, president Zions First National B,ank, and F. C. Green, general manager, Utah popper pivision, Kennecott Copper1 Corp., all of Salt Lake City, had accepted im-portant volunteer positions in the campaign to raise-- funds ot construct 'a medical center oh the University campus. ' Mr. Eccies will serve? in a dual capacity as a vice chairman of the campaign and as chairman of the Advance Gifts Division. Mr. Webb will serve as a vice chairman of the campaign while Mr. Green will be chairman of the Corporate Gifts Division. In announcing his acceptance of ; the assignment, Mr. Eccles said, "The' Medical Center Cam-paign is a campaign of more than getting the bricks and mor-tar to build the Center, it is a campaign of ideas and of team-work. People from all walks of life in our state' wide community are joining in this campaign. I am sure that this community team will make the great medical center a reality fir bur people. Mr. Webb said he regarded the new Medical Center as one of the most important projects un-dertaken by the community and that it deserved the support of everyone in Jhe area. Mr. Green said that he was pleased to be a part of such an important project and also pre-dicted a successful campaign to , benefit the people 4 of the entire r " ! area.5 BYU Readies Plans For Track Meet Invitations to BYU's. 46th an-nual Invitation Track and Field Meet were mailed o high schools and junior colleges iri five west-ern states this week' as the Uni-versity advanced plans ' for the mammoth spring event. The largest meet of its kind in the west, the Invitation meet is scheduled for April 16-17-- 18 in the Cougar stadium. Dr. Edwin Kimball, director of 'this ' year's spring carnival, said ' invitations are " being ex-tended toi junior high school and high school performers' within a 350 mile radius, plus all junoir colleges in $he area. Although a majority of the par-ticipants are from' Utah schools, the meet ajso draws heavy Nevada, Wyo-ming, Idaho and Colorado. KimbalJ said that-som- of the " finest athletes in ' this section of the country will be seen in action this year. Special event stars already an-nounced jnclude Rafer Johnson, world decathlon champion, 'and Max Truex, two mile champiori from the University of Southern ' ' California' General Reveals Date for Camp Uaah's adjutant general, Major General Maxwell E. Rich, an-nounced that Army units of the same goal. Engineer units consisting of 1500 officers and men from the state viil build and improve roads in several rural areas dur-ing' the same! period. Details of this annual project are still be-ing worked out. Construction assignments will be announced later iri April M ' . The 144th' Evacuation Hospital of Salt Lake City may go to Fort Ord. for on' the job training in medical facilities at ' the U. S Army Training Center Station Hospital. Gen. Rich said this year's ses-sion will be the Utah Guard's 11th annual field training en-campment since end of World Wan. Utah Rational Guard will attend their annual summer encamp-ment June 7 through 21. About" 2600 officers and men of artillery and special troops units will train at Camp W. G. ' Williams, the 22,000 acre state-owne- d military reservation at Jordan Narrows. From July through May, the Guard units receive mainly theo-retical training at weekly drills in hometown armories. During the weeks in June, the Guardsmen take on the job train-ing in the field. Here they apply year around training to practical problems. Other units will train under different conditions but with the |