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Show Page Four FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1961 THE SALT LAKE TIMES U. of U. Polishes Stadium Bowl For Summer Festival Shows The University of Utah's Sta-dium Bowl ih being polished up for the exciting 1961 Summer Festival. The fourteenth annual version of the "festival under the stars" is expected to be an outstanding show. "Destry Rides Again" will be the Broadway musical portion of the annual production, with music and lyrics by Harold L. Rome and book by Leonard M. Gershe. Star of the show will be Dennis Day, well known ra-dio, television and recording per-sonality. Members of the Utah Symphony Orchestra and the University of Utah Theatre Bal-let Company will also play im-portant parts in the Broadway smash. The scheduled dates for this particular production are June 30, July 1 to 8. With only a few days of rest, the actors will be back on the boards to please the audiences with the popular opera Carmen. Bizet's all time favorite, will star Jean Madeira and Brian Sulli-van with prominent Utah sing-ers in the supporting roles. They will be backed up by members of the Utah Symphony Orchestra and the University of Utah Bal-let company. The production will run July 13, 15 and 17. Thousansd of persons from the state, the intermountain area and afar annually attend the Summer Festival. In the event's 14-ye- ar history it has become a major tourist attraction. Those attend-ing the 1961 performance can expect delightfully entertaining shows, acocrding to production director Dr. C. Lowell Lees. Maurice Abravanel is music director and Professor Wm. F. Christenson is choregrapher. Mail orders for tickets may be sent to Summer Festival, Uni-versity of Utah, Salt Lake City 12, Utah. The best seats are $3.50 for either show or $5.50 for a season ticket to both shows. For single performances prices are $2.50 and $1.50, with children under 16 $1.00, with comparable prices of $4.00 and $2.50 (general admission). A better selection of seating can more easily be ob-tained during the earlier per-formances. I , I THE SALT LAKE TIMES Combined with The Salt Lake Mining & Legal News fearleSS Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah . , , Entered at the postoffice at Salt Lake City as second iButpeDOCBl class matter August 23, 1923 under the act of March 8, 1879 II Newspaper 711 South West Temple Telephone EM I . GLENN BJORNN, Publisher "This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation." Volume 41 Number 4 '"- - ' the--L EASED grapevine Spokesmen for two private garbage collection firms this week protested to the Salt Lake City Commission that a city-writt- en contract for private col-lection for city garbage placed the bid bond too high and the city "too much at an advantage." The bidders reportedly are running into trouble because of the contract's bonding clause which requires a bid bond of five per cent of the bid in addi-tion to a $100,000 performance bond. Streets Commissioner Joe L. Christensen said he recalled that the clause had been approved by the entire commission at the time the contract was being readied for the city recorder. The State Board of Examiners this week declared a moratorium of two months on salary raises for state errmloves from Jnlv 1 to Sept. 1. The Salt Lake City Parks De-partment needs $28,000 for its new golf courses and the water department needs $18,000 for its operations, the city commission was told this week at a third budget meeting. Salt Lake City Commission this week unanimously approved the appointment of Mrs. Leon Jack Sweet, 1601 Arlington Dr., as a member of the Salt Lake City Library Board. Her term , will expire July 1, 1964. She was named to fill a vacancy created by the expiration of the term of Mrs. Virginia Nicholes. Senator Frank E. Moss told the Senate Interior Committee, of which he is a member, that resolving the problem of federal and state water rights is "of vital importance to the economic growth and development of the west." In a statement prepared for a special Interior committee water rights hearing, he said that one of the first bills he introduced asserted the authority of the states relating to the control, ap-propriation, use or distribution of water within their boundaries. Litton Industries, which has a plant in Salt Lake City, has de-clared a 2Vz per cent common stock dividend to be paid on October 20, 1961, to stockholders of record Oct. 6. The last previous dividend paid by Litton was in October, 1960 and was also a 2Vz per cent common stock dividend. Utah's Fish and Game Maga-zine has been awarded first place in the nation in its cate-gory of publication as a conser-vation news outlet. The award was announced by Director Harold S. Crane follow-ing official notification from the American Association of Con-servation Information. Director Crane commented. "We of Utah's Fish and Game Department are extremely proud of this award. Enlargement and upgrading of this official month-ly department publication has been a team job bringing much favorable comment from both within and outside the state in the past 18 months." Kennedy's Posture Grows (Continued from Page One) plete lack of escapism." In Germany, press comment was highly enthusiastic. Die Welt of Hamburg said: "Above all, Khrushchev will know now that he has never met a more resolute Western statesman. This cannot remain without influence on Soviet policy." The respected Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said that "'Apparently Western confidence in the young American Presi-dent's steadfastness and determination was justified. Khrushchev will take home the impression that he is dealing with a pilot of America's fortunes whose will power and determination equal his own and who bows as little to difficulties as to political setbacks." The Koelnische Rundschau of Cologne said: "The coura-geous precision with which Kennedy outlined the situation de-- serves the greatest respect. Nothing is being glossed over any more. The gauntlet thrown down by Khrushchev is being accepted." LeMonde of Paris said, "The general opinion is that the student Kennedy has brilliantly passed his Paris examination. His charm, his knowledge of the problems, the intelligence of his remarks, his gift of getting directly to essentials greatly struck all those who came to hear him. "He adds to this a rare quality with political figures: Far from seeking to evade his responsibilities, he assumes them. With such a partner discussion becomes easier, more complete, and more frank." Santa Fe and WP Presidents Blast D&RG Control Proposals traffic from Utah to the Arizona gateway is completely unfound-ed. "The fears felt by the D&RG as to the future of the Utah gate-way with Western Pacific under Santa Fe control should have been completely laid to rest by the traffic agreement and stipu-lations to protect and foster this route which have been solemnly pledged, and which will be made a part of the case by Santa Fe and Western Pacific before the Interstate Commerce Commis-sion," Mr. Whitman said. In his statement, Mr. Marsh said that Southern Pacific would have the same opportunity and the same motive to divert traffic through the Arizona gateway. "Just as the Santa Fe has a southern trans-continent- al route through the Arizona gateway, so does the Southern Pacific. Just as the Santa Fe's long haul is through the Arizona gateway, so is the Southern Pacific's, the difference is that the Santa Fe has made adequate provision to guarantee against such a diver-sion of Western Pacific traffic, while the Southern Pacific has not." Santa Fe has agreed to main-tain Western Pacific as a sepa-rately operated railroad, solicit-ing traffic through the Utah gateway as in the past. Santa Fe has also agreed that it would not use its control of Western Pacific in any way to solicit traffic from the Utah to the Arizona gateway. On May 31st, Santa Fe entered into a written stipulation with Western Pacific that would guar-antee a competitive independent Western Pacific line between Utah, San Francisco and its con-nection with the Great Northern in Northern California. Provisions of this agreement will be presented to the ICC with the request that they be incorporated into the acquisition order authorized by this govern-ment agency. The presidents of the Santa Fe Railway system and Western Pa-cific Railroad this week accused the Denver & Rio Grande West-ern of "disregarding the public interest" and falling into a "booby trap" in its announced support of a Southern Pacific-controlle- d Western Pacific. Santa Fe and Southern Pacific are currently engaged in a legal battle to gain control of Western Pacific. Shortly after D&RGW an-nounced its support of Southern Pacific's position this week, Er-nest F. Marsh, president of Santa Fe, and F. B. Whitman, president of Western Pacific, declared in separate statements that acquisi-tion of Western Pacific by S.P. would suppress competition over a large portion of the central trans continental rail route and pave the way. for monopoly over much of the remainder of the route. The Santa Fe official expressed fear that a Southern Pacific-controlle- d Western Pacific would "gravely impair" the prospects of continued independence of the D&RGW. "A dangerous precedent can be created whereby the Union Pacific could destroy competi-tion on the parallel and compet-ing Rio Grande line between Salt Lake and Denver. Union Pacific has already started in that direction by acquisition of approximately 10 per cent of Rio Grande's stock." In his statement Mr. Whitman of Western Pacific regarded the D&RG intervention on the side of Southern Pacific as "unreal-istic and shortsighted, a booby trip and disservice to the public interest. "It should be obvious to all that if Southern Pacific were successful in acquiring Western Pacific, a precedent would be established which could lead to D&RGW eventually being ab-sorbed by Union Pacific," said Mr. Whitman. Both presidents emphatically stated that the professed fear of D&RGW that Santa Fe would tend to divert transcontinental Hazards in the Bathroom The bathroom is one of the most common scenes of serious or fatal home accidents. It is particularly dangerous for young children, warns the Utah State Medical Association. Left alone in the bathroom, a child can get into many troubles. He can, for example, burn himself by poking a curious finger into an electric outlet or by playing with the heater. Hot water from the tap can produce serious burns. One of the main sources of danger is the family medicine chest. All too frequently parents leave harmful substances in their medicine cabinet which might well lead to serious injury or death. Even aspirin, if enough tablets are eaten, is a hazard. A child might also take it into his head to sample one of the cleansing agents frequently kept in the family bathroom. A child can fracture his skull as easily slipping off the sink or the edge of the tub as he could falling from a tree. There are shelves and drawers in the bathroom which are also enticing to the amateur Tarzan. Broken glass from a medicine bottle or drinking glass can cut a child as easily as a piece of glass stepped on in the yard; razor blades are another source of cuts. Suffocation is another bathroom risk; a child might well choke on a pill or some other object in the medicine chest and there is also an alarming number of bathtub drownings every year. The most important part of protection is prevention. All children take to climbing; parents should provide relatively safe places for them to climb, and teach them where not to climb. Poisonous substances should be kept locked up so that a child isn't tempted to try new tastes. As sobn as the child is old enough, he should be carefully taught not to put foreign objects in his mouth or to pore through the medicine chest. Electrical outlets should be covered and heaters placed out of the child's reach. These common sense rules for the home safety will protect you and your child from unnecessary and often tragic accidents. Imagination disposes of every thing; it creates beauty, justice, happiness, which is everything in this world. Pascal. |