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Show ' .. ,vi , . i x v r . 'i'' " ' V---- - ft" 1 PERIODICAL DIVISION ' JV' . I- - ' "r c , i UNIVERSITY LIBRARY V - UNIVESITY OF UTAH j. .epv j t cm 12 ac j SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1961 Utah National Guard Honors Cal Rawlings CALVIN W. RAWLINGS Democratic National Commit-teeman Calvin W. Rawlings has been made an honorary colonel of the Utah National Guard. Mr. . Rawlings was . sworn in as a member of the Honorary Colonels Advisory Corp by Maj. General Maxwell E. Rich, Utah Adjutant General, at ceremonies at Jackling Hall Armory. Sev-enteen persons were present for the ceremony. Membership of the corps in-cludes 25 leaders of business, industry and church. The uni-form is a red blazer and gray slacks. Each has distinctive cuff links and insignia. County Commission Organized; Larson Heads Roads, Bridges IIIIMM mil J lIlllllMiiiiiiiijDmiiiinniuniiijM I in i iniiii mitv COMM. VV. G. (BILL) LARSON COMM. C. W. (BUCK) BRADY improvements program, planning board, library board,, mosquito abatement board, the detention home, printing department andl the Sugar House Park Authority. "SS " ,V" ! Jin .akAjfliiiiaaa'tMitffiiiMiWMi' m COMM. EDWIN Q. CANNON Salt Lake County Commission was reorganized Wednesday with W. G. (Bill) ' Larson taking over the Roads and Bridges Depart-ment. Commissioner C. W. (Buck) Brady was named to head the Health and Charity Department and Commissioner Edwin Q. Cannon was appointed Finance Department chairman. The suggested assignments were submitted by Commissioner Larson and seconded by Com-missioner Brady. In addition to Roads and Bridges the reassignment gave Commissioner Larson the rec-reation board, garbage disposal operations, purchasing depart-ment, county garage, license de-partment, fire department, the property tax department and the zoning, building and inspection division. Commissioner . Brady will be in charge of the county hospital, building and grounds depart-ment, the building engineer's of- - j fice, welfare department, board of health, community nursing service and the Community We-lfare Council. Commissioner Cannon will be in charge, of the county's capital Count Clerk Keddington Sees I Increase in S.L. Count Districts and county districts there is too large a number of eligible vot-ers. t The clerk said that the study shows that District 311 in the county has 1,033 registered vot-ers. He said this is one of the heaviest increases because of ex-pansion through new subdivi-sions. He said districts 305, 367, 492 have more than 900 voers. He said- - there are another six dis-tricts which have between 800 and 900 voters and 24 having from 700 to 800. He said there are 47 with between 600 and 700 and 81 from 500 to 600. Some 111 districts have between 400 and 500, the clerk explained. "All these districts have a higher number of voters than is permissible by statutory direc-tives," Mr. Keddington pointed out. "The law says each district shall not have more than 300 voters," he explained. Mr. Keddington said that if , iK..ooitvty . requires ? voting ma -- . ....... chines or electronic voting ma-chines, districts should be con-fined to not more than 300 to 400 registered voters. "When mechanical voting comes in per-missive legislation should be enacted to consolidate groups of voting districts in centralized locations wherein voting ma-chines can be installed and per-sons required to go to these loca-tions to cast ballots." ALVIN KEDDINGTON Salt Lake County Clerk Alvin Keddington this week predicted creation of from 35 to 40 new voting aistricts-- m sairnDaKe County by 1962 general election. Mr. Keddington, who is in charge of and makes prepartions for elections, said that after the 1960 general election he made an analysis of all voting districts to determine the total registered voters in the 385 districts in Salt Lake County. Mr. Keddington said it has been disclosed that in many city Commissioner Brady Reveals Plans For General Hospital The only personnel changes planned at Salt Lake General Hospital by new Democratic County Commissioner C. W. (Buck) Brady are the "purely political appointments," the new commissioner said this week. Commissioner Brady said that "we hear it said that the hospital has been run on a non-politic- al basis. This is not true. There have been political appointments made. "There have been no steps taken in the past eight years, or even before that, to place the hospital personnel under a merit or civil service system. "I have not the slightest in-tention of disturbing the medical staff or any of the top profes-sional people that are doing such an excellent job at the hospital. Nothing must be done that will injure the hospital's standing in the community." Mr. Brady said "the hospital has been close to me for the last 12 years. He said he intended to stay close to it as a taxpayer rep-resentative. He noted that there had been various citizens committees ap-pointed in connection with the operation of the hospital. "I will work closely with them; however, I feel the citizen com-mittee should answer the County Commission and not the com-mission to the citizens commit-tee." The new commissioner said his greatest desire is to see that the hospital is operated in such a way "it will take care of the sick, needy and indigent in a respectable way. "But at the same time we must be mindful of those who are pay-ing the bill the taxpayer." TODAY'S EDITORIAL Mormon Battalion Intensifies Drill For Inauguration The Mormon Battalion this week stepped up its drills in preparation for participation in the Inaugural Parade of Presi-dent John F. Kennedy in Wash-ington D.C., later this month. Tuesday members from as far north as Logan and various cities to the south participated. Present at the drill session were Dr. Crawford Gates and Dr. Hansen of Brigham Young University in Provo. Three "bus captains" were ap-pointed to take charge of the buses in which battalion mem-bers will go to Washington. They are Lt. Col. Marvin E. Smith, Salt Lake City; Capt. Earl E. Hanson, Logan, and Lt. Frank R. Goodman, Salt Lake City. It was announced that the bat-talion would parade in several cities along its route to the capi-tal. First parade will be in the Denver business district. An-other parade is planned for In-dependence, Mo. Others will be arranged, officers said. Col. Elmer G. Thomas was named to arrange seating at the inauguration for wives of bat-talion members. Health Insurance for the Aged The issue of how to meet the health needs of elderly citizens ! is now shaping up into a momentous political battle. The powerful American Medical Association has warned that it will fight a Kennedy medical care program "with every resource, right down the line." Liberal, labor and elder citizens' groups j are demanding nothing less from the 87th Congress than a sound and generous health measure. j In this situation, the Public Affairs Institute has released j its new study "Health Insurance for the Aged." Written by j staff member F. J. Seidner, the 65 page report explores the major aspects of this controversial issue. It concludes that the Forand and McNamara bills provide 't'he basic framework" from which J any sound program of health care for the aged will have to be worked out. For these bills have behind them a tremendous body of supporting evidence based on the facts as developed in pro-- longed congressional field studies and committee testimony. The comprehensive fact-fille- d study is divided into two parts. The first "The Inescapable Issue," presents data on the inadequacy of present methods of dealing with the health j needs of the older population. A substantial array of facts on the aged their growing numbers, low income, and poor health (Continued on Page Four) |