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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1961 Page Three Increased Use of Aluminum Reported in Magazine Article On roads, rails, in supermar-kets and homes, aluminum, once rarer than gold, is finding new uses which have made produc-tion of the modern wonder soar. ; American consumption of this aluminum is now three times what it was during the peak of World War II, Don Wharton re-ports. Thirteen years ago, 4500 manufacturers used aluminum in their products; today, 25,000 do. The auto industry alone uses more than all industries did in 1939. ...... Production has been breaking records. In 1959, according to the Aluminum Association, it was 1,959,039 tons an all time high and 25 per cent over 1958. The use of aluminum to replace tin coated steel in cans is one of many new uses. The innovation, pioneered by oil companies, is being picked up by brewers and may be expected to spread to other industries as aluminum moves in on the 40 billion unit a year can market. One result may be that homeowners can sell their empty cans instead of paying a garbage man to haul them away. Some of the other new uses are: Freight cars each car costs about $7000 more than one made of steel, but because it is lighter can carry five extra tons of pay-loa- d per trip. Highway bridges, signs, and railings, aluminum cannot rust, so needs no other painting or other expensive maintenace. Residential housing alumi-num siding, with the paint baked on at the factory, needs no paint-ing for an estimated eight or ten years. Office building construction of 63 tall buildings erected in New York since 1953, 30 have aluminum exteriors. The Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs will use over five mil-lions pounds of aluminum for walls of the cadet quarters, gym, chapel and other buildings. Automobiles in 1940 the av-erage car contained five pounds of aluminum; 1960 cars contain 59 pounds. Nine out of ten 1960 models sport aluminum grilles, which not one 1955 model had. Several 1961 cars have alumi-num bumpers, and experts think several also will have aluminum engines. Although one-twelf- th of the earth's crust in aluminum, it was not until 1886 that Charles Hall in Oberlin, Ohio, invented the process which made it readily extractible. Before that time, pure aluminum rated as a pre-cious metal. Napolean III had forks and spoons made of it, for guests too important for the standard gold and silver service. The nine inch alumium tip for the Washington monument was exhibited in Tiffany's before be- - Air Force Offering Lawyers Commissions In an effort to meet the rising demand for legal officers, the Air Force, through the Judge Ad-vocate General Commissioning Program, is now offering direct commissions to lawyers. They are in the grade of first lieuten-ant through colonel, depending on the individual's age, experi-ence and proven ability. All applicants for commission must be graduates of an accred-ited law school and be members of the bar of a federal court or of the highest court of a state. Additionally, applicants must be citizens of the U.S. and meet the established physical standards. Senior students of an accredited law school may apply up to 30 days prior to graduation but documentary evidence of gradu-ation and admission to the bar must be submitted before final acceptance can be made. , Detailed information concern--; ing this program may be obtained through the local Air Force Re-cruiting office at Fort Douglas. Woo! Growers Assn. Looks to Denver Meet Heavy guns of American agri-culture will be trained upon the 96th annual convention of the National Wool Growers Associa-tion when the nation's major lamb producing states send some 700 delegates to Denver for a long, hard look at the unhappy sheep industry. While membership in the na-tional association is concentrated in the western and midwestern states, there is no limit to the list of world renowned experts who have been called on from most states of the union to ex-plore serious problems that have hit the woolgrowers with crip-pling force. Executive secretary Edwin E. Marsh said the four day conven-toi- n scheduled for, Jan. 22-2- 5 at Denver's Brown Palace Hotel, will , headline such leading men Dr. Harrell DeGraff , professor of food economics at Cornell Uni-versity; President Don Clyde of the American Sheep Producers Council; Walter L. Pfluger of the Wool Advisory Committee; A. Z. Baker, president of the American Stock Yards Assn.; Dr. Morris Taylor, Utah Exten-sion Service; H. J. Devereaux, Rapid City, S. D.; A. R. Reed. California; William A. McKer-ro- w, Wisconsin; Dr. G. T. King, Texas A&M College; Dr. A. L. Pope, University of Wisconsin; William C. Purdy, director meat merchandising for Jewel Food Stores, Chicago; and dozens of others. Marsh quoted national asso-ciation President Harold Josen-da- l of Casper as urging all wool and lamp producers to attend the Denver convention which he said will see an "intensely de-termined" drive towards actual-ly finding sensible and economic solutions to the grave situation sheep producers have encount-ered this past year. Even the resolutions of the 96th convention are expected to express the militant attitude of the producers, he said, and the panel discussions will explore all fields of momentous concern to wool growers. , Panels will get under way on Jan. 24 with "Lamb Quality" and "Marketing" setting the pace. The nubbin of the woolgrowers' difficulties, however, will be un-covered Wednesday, Jan. 25, when the delegates hear market-ing experts discuss "What Can We Do to Make the Sheep Busi-ness Profitable?" Squeezed in between the busy sessions will be executive com-mittee sessions, resolutions and election of officers. Auxiliary members, too, have scheduled an ambitious program carrying through the full four days of the convention and cli-maxing with the national Make It Yourself With Wool contest and the , annual banquet and dance. The ladies will also elect officers for next year. Sixteen states, representing 70 per cent of the nation's lamb and wool production, will have delegates attending. They are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi, Ne-vada, Montana, New Mexico. Texas, Oregon, Utah, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Consumers Croup Organizes to Fight For Stamps A housewives' crusade against legislative proopsals to abolish trading stamps in Utah was in the making this week. A Salt Lake City grandmother Mrs. Eliza T. Bringhurst, home economist and former educator, announced the formation of the Utah Consumers League, a state wide group of consumers dedi-cated to preserving the right of merchants to give and the house wife to receive trading stamps. Mrs. Bringhurst, home econo-mist in Utah for the Sperry & Hutchinson Co., oldest and , larg-est of the trading stamp firms, said the League is being spon-sored by a state committee of 11 women who have voluntarily joined forces with S & H to de-feat the "sudden death" legisla-tion. t , "We are vitally concerned that our freedom of choice as con-sumers is being threatened by legislative proposals such as Senate Bill 19 and House Bill 44 which would banish the trading stamps. Both the League and Sperry and Hutchinson regard these proposals as an unwar-ranted governmental encroach-ment on the right of consumers to shop where they get the most for their dollar. "We are certain tha thousands of consumers share our feeling that this issue should remain in the competitive market place where both stores and consum-ers will decide the matter fori themselves, since neither are compelled to take or give stamps. The league is asking all who be-lieve in freedom of choice to write to their legislators today in opposition to these incredible proposals." Mountain Fuel Supply Names Pipeline Head E. M. Fox, district pipeline superintendent for the Mountain Fuel Supply Co. at Rock Springs will be promoted to manger of the pipeline division, it was an-nounced Tuesday by J. T. Simon, vice president in charge of the exploration, pipeline and pro-ducing divisions. He succeeds H. M. McCamish, who has accepted a position with the Bechtel Corporation at San Francisco. The new manager has been an employee of Mountain Fuel Co. for more than 30 years. He began his employment at Coalville and worked his way up through the ranks to his present position. He is married and has a daughter and two sons. C. H. Sargent, superintendent of communications and heavy equipment, has been named dis-trict pipeline superintendent at Rock Springs, . succeeding Mr. Fox. He will continue to super-vise the heavy equipment de-partment but will give up his supervision of the communica-tions department. J. K. Duvall, pipeline engineer at Rock Springs, will be ad-vanced to pipeline engineering supervisor, in which position he vill have overall supervision of pipeline engineering as well as communictions and telemeter-ing. A. F. Bassani, electrical en-gineer, will become pipeline en-gineer. J. E. Clark will continue to have direct supervision of the telephone communications. All changes were effective February 1. Weston E. Hamilton Named to Board By Frontier Airlines Weston E. Hamilton, promi-nent Salt Lake City banker and business leader, has been ap-pointed a director of Frontier Airlines board of directors, it was announced by Lewis May-tag,, Jr., president and chairman of the board -- for the airline. A lifelong Utah resident, Mr. Hamilton is a vice president of the Walker Bank and Trust Co. and executive secretary of both the Utah Retail Merchants Assn. and Utah Council of Retailers. He is a member of the Utah State , Aeronautics Commission and the Utah State Road Com-mission and also serves on the Board of Governors of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. He is a director of the Magna Investment and Development Corp. and of the Keystone Iu-suran- ce and Investment Co. Prior to joining the Walker Bank and Trust Co. Mr. Hamil-ton was assistant secretary of the Salt Lake Chamber of Com-merce and in that capacity served as executive secretary of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and served as executive secre-tary of a number of retail, fi-nance and hotel organizations in the state and in the west. From 1942 to 1944 he was personnel director for the Remington Arms Co. at Salt Lake City and then he joined the Clearfield Naval Supply Depot in the same capa-city. Fish-Gam- e Board Sets Pheasant Season The opening date for Utah's 1961 pheasant season was set last week by the Fish and Game Commission for November 4. The opener was pinpointed by the five man board in a continu-ing effort to assist hunters in planning vacation time to coin-cide with major outdoor seasons. The length of the season, daily bag and possession limits will be set later in the year after sex ratio and brood counts are sub-mitted by game managers and conservations officers. In other actions during the one day session the Commission: Approved purchase of perfo-rated plating for use in fish hatcheries. . Approved an expenditure of $2,270 to purchase 4.54 acres of land adjacent to the Loa Hatch-ery in Wayne County. Approved purchase of 640 acres of critical deer winter range in Iron County for $5,120. Reviewed Provo Bay drainage project and approved financial cooperation with water users in construction of a headgate to regulate marshland waters. Approved the purchase of grass and browse in the amount of $15,000. Granted approval for purchase of wire fencing materials in the amount of $14,000. Referred the American Fork Boating Club to the State Park and Recreation Commission in their request for aid in the con-struction of boating facilities on the north end of Utah Lake. Granted an easement on de-partment lands in Hobble Creek to allow water users to construct a cement ditch. Denied a request to a private promotional enterprise for the use of marked fish in streams and lakes of the state. Approved a proposal from the South Davis Sewer District to allow shortening of the system's runoff. New Tax Table Aids In Figuring Deduction . A table . reflecting average state sales tax payments by dis-trict residents was announced this week by Roland V. Wise, District Director of Internal Rev-enue at Salt Lake City. Mr. Wise said that the table may be used as a guide by dis-trict taxpayers in claiming sales tax deductions on their federal income tax returns for 1960. "Taxpayers who itemize their deductions instead of taking the standard deduction on Forms 1040 or 1040W may find the table helpful in estimating the amount to claim for sales taxes on their returns " he said. Mr. Wise stated that the law requires taxpayers to substanti-ate any deduction claimed on their returns and if requested they must be prepared to do so. Ordinarily, however, they will not be asked to produce records to support the sales tax deduc-tion claimed unless it exceeds the amount shown in the table. Taxpayers who have questions on this subject may telephone; the local Internal Revenue office at EMpire The sales tax table is based on a 2Vz sales tax which applies to counties which have adopted the additional Vi optional sales tax. In those counties which have not adopted the additional sales tax the accompanying table is to be reduced 20 per cent. Agriculture Dept. Readies Hearing , Proposals to amend the Great Basin, Utah, federal milk mar-keting order will be. the subject of a hearing in South Salt Lake Feb. 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week. The hearing, to convene at 10 a.m., in the South Salt Lake Auditorium, 2490 So. State St., has been requested by organiza-tions representing a substantial portion of the producers supply-ing milk to the Great Basin area. Of major interest at the hear-ing will be a proposal to provide for a Class I price after April 30, when the present price is due to expire. At the time the order was issues, its Class I price was made to run for only the first 18 months, after which it would be subject to review in the light of experience. Other proposals being heard: 1. Expand the marketing area to include Uinta County, Wyo. 2. Redefine "approved plant." 3. Provide for a separate utili-zation class for milk used in making cottage chees, at a price 10 cents above price for manu-facturing milk. i 4. Revise provisions oh pro-ducer payments. After considering the evidence presented at the hearing, USDA may recommend amending the Breat Basin milk order. Inter-ested persons would then be given opportunity to file excep-tions to the recommendations. A final decision would then be issued by USDA, which would be subject to approval by producers supplying milk to the area. 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