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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1961 Page Five President Kennedy Receives Car Designed for Every Occasion flashing red lights are recessed in front bumper guards. Other built-i- n accessories include ra-dio, emergency light, a fire ex-tinguisher, an automatic trunk lid, a first aid kit, a siren and special storage compartments. The car is 43 inches longer and three and one-ha- lf inches higher than the 1961 Lincoln Continen-tal model. The wheelbase is 33 inches longer. The car is pow-ered by a 430 cubic inch en-gine. Heavy duty parts are used on many of the chassis compo-nents. Structural supports are strengthened for durability and riding comfort on virtually any of the world's roads. William Howard Taft, whose administration began in 1909, is credited with approving the first official auto fleet for the White House staff and Secret Service use. The practice of maintaining loaned, leased or purchased cars continued through the terms of Presidents Wilson, Harding, Coo-lidg- e, Hoover, Roosevelt, Tru-man and Eisenhower and into the Kennedy administration. A new custom Presidential car built by Ford Motor Co. has been delivered to the White House Secret Service staff for use by the President. The automobile replaces the eleven year old "bubble top" car which was used by three presi-dents intraveling more than 100,-00- 0 miles in the United States and abroad. Delivery of the new car is the culmination of four years of planning and discussion with the Secret Service. Major innovations include a series of roof combinations, a rear set that can be raised and lowered automatically, retract-able foot stands for the Secret Service men, two way radio and a master control panel for power accesories. The President can ride in the car in the open air, either sit-ting or standing. Assuring pro-tection in all types of weather and for various conditions, the President can also ride under a metal roof, a transparent plastic roof or a convertible top. The car is divided into two compartments with a power-operate- d, sliding glass partition separating the driver compart-ment from the passengers. The rear passenger area includes two folding jump seats and a back seat that can accommodate com-fortably three people. A unique feature of the car is the power operated back seat, which can be raised to a height of 10 inches from the floor when the rear roof section is removed. The adjustable seat, which has foot steps for maximum com-fort, permits the President to be seen easily even though seated. If the President chooses to stand during a parade he can support himself by means of a metal railing located over the mid-sectio- n of the car. Both the driver and passenger compartments have a two-wa- y radio telephone, heater and units. The interior of the car is out-fitted in light and dark blue leather. The passenger compart-ment floor is covered with mou-to- n carpet. Two lap robes, each embroidered with the Presiden-tial seal, blend into the trim panel styling of the rear doors. Flagstaffs on each front fender are illuminated by remote con-trolled spotlights at night. Two U.S. SAVINGS $ i A bonds Wlmmm Juveniles Advised To Take Course On Gun Training The Utah Department of Fish and Game estimates that some 6.000 juveniles who expect to go hunting this fall have yet to qualify for a hunting license by passing the gun training safety course sequired by law. With the beginning of the 1961 hunting season only weeks away, department spokesmen remind-ed all first time juvenile hunters to enroll in the nearest hunter safety school and complete the training required by Utah hunter safety law. The law requires any first time purchaser of a hunting license under the age of 21 years to complete this training course or its equivalent. All juveniles un-der 17 years must complete this course and show a certificate in evidence of same when applying for a hunting license. Juveniles over the age of 16 years must present the required certificate, its equivalent such as ROTC, basic military or National Rifle Association training, or their hunting license from the pre-vious year. The department said instruc-tors are available and classes being given in communities in the State. This state agency con-ducts a continuing program to teach and qualify certified in-structors in all sections, with the recent qualifying of 115 new instructors in south-stat- e com-munities bringing the total to over 3000 available teachers. To obtain information con-cerning date and place of hunter safety classes, juveniles or par-ents should contact the nearest conservation officer, local fish and game office, or nearest Na-tional Guard commander. The gun safety training law was designed to reduce gun acci-dents and create more pleasure afield through the current pro-gram which became effective in 1960. Utah's hunting accidents were reduced some 47 per cent last year, with this new training and qualifications believed to have played a major role in this reduction. FTC Advertising Curb Slows Research in Tobacco Industry The authors contend standard-ized tests for nicotine and tar are scientifically possible, and tables accompanying the article report the tar and nicotine con-tent of 26 filter and 11 plain tip cigarettes. Tobacco industry research and the search for "safer" cigarettes, a Reader's Digest article says, have been slowed up by the Federal Trade Commission cur-rent" ban on advertiisng claims involving tar and nicotine. "The tobacco companies ask, why spend millions to improve products when you can't tell the public about the improvements? The article, "Facts We're Not Told About Filter Tips," quotes Dr. E. Cuyler Hammond of the American Cancer Society as say-ing cigarette manufacturers must "be permitted or even required to disclose the tar and nicotine content of their products on la-bels and in advertising. "Meanwhile the public con-tinues to buy and smoke inj ignorance. The only bright spot in the blackout is this: no manu-facturer took advantage of it to lower filter efficiency or to in-crease flavor (and tar) with a stronger blend. "The latest tests show that the tar in most brands y is still at 1959 levels. Nicotine is up, but not significantly, probably cause of the character of the tobacco crop." Revenue Service Schedules Exam As a reminder, the Internal Revenue Service will offer an enrollment examination on Sept. 27 and 28 for persons, other than attorneys and Certified Public Accountants who wish to qualify for practice before the Treasury Department. Enrollment to practice is re-quired of persons who wish to represent clients before the De- -' partment in tax matters, as well as in certain other actions. As in prior years, the exami-nation will be given simulta-neously in each Internal Revenue Service district, at a location se-lected by the District Director, and under his supervision. Applications to take the ex-amination and other information may be obtained from Room 366, Federal Building, Salt Lake City. Completed application forms should be mailed to the Director of Practice, Internal Revenue Service, Washington 25, D.C., to-gether with a check for $25 pay-able to Treasurer of the United States. The deadline for submis-sion it August 1. New Drug Holds Promise of Curing Tough Skin Disease Injecting the corticosteroid drug, aristocorot triamcinolene, directly into lesions of stubborn skin diseases holds promise of more effective control of those disorders. This is the consensus of four investngtaions into this method of treatment reported in medical journals the past year. In three studies investigators reported success by injecting the drug into or under lesions of psoriasis, one of the most com-mon and unyielding skin ail-ments. Hypodermic syringes are used. In the other study, tattoo-ing equipment was used to inject the drug directly into a huge sore of lichen amyloidosis. The spread of this rare skin disease was controlled, and the extreme itching that accompanies it was abated. Interest in this way of admin-istering artistocort was aroused two years ago when Dr. Walter B. Shelley of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and Hospital reported that 12 of 21 psoriasis patients respond-ed well to topical injections of aristocort. His results stimulated Dr. Harvey J. Cohen and Dr. Rudolf Baer of the Department of Dermatology of the New York University Post Graduate Medi-cal School to compare the effec-tiveness against psoriasis of cor-tisone compounds administered intralesionally. Aristocort proved the most ef-fective of three steroid drugs in reducing the areas of the lesions of 20 to 25 patients, most of whom had suffered from psori-asis for years. It was also the most effective by mouth, proving helpful by the oral route for 85 per cent of the patients who had done well on local injections. 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