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Show Page Four FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1962 THE SALT LAKE TIMES I I THE SALT LAKE TIMES Otahs Combined with The Salt Lake Mining & Legal News fcarlcSS Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah ill . Entered at the postoff jce at Salt Lake City as second independent class matter August 23, 1923 under the act of March 8, HeWSpaper 7U South West TempIe Telephone EM I I . GLENN BJORNN, Publisher "This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation' Volume 41 Number 49 the--L EASED GRAPEVINE After replacing two items just recently cleared for elimination, the Salt Lake County Commis-sion this week approved a $1,-092,8- 00 contract for construction of combined juvenile detention home and Second District Juve-nile Court building. Bower Building and Construc-tion Co. is the apparent low bidder. Eugene Bowers, com-pany vice president, said that work can start as soon as the necessary papers are signed. He A "friendly" suit was filed this week by a Salt Lake City taxpayer to determine the con-stitutionality of a Utah law that permits counties to create a tax-ing district to finance a civic auditorium and sports arena. William D. Backman, 1860 Laurelhurst Dr., brought the suit in Third District Court against the Salt Lake County seeking a declaratory judgment on the law passed by the 1961 Utah Legis-lature which authorizes such districts. 3k lf Gov. George D. Clyde, pre-viously critical of a proposal to cut National Guard manpower, Tuesday refused to concur in a planned reduction of the Utah National Guard. He cited federal law as requiring the governor's support of any change of allot-ment of National Guard troops. The governor's refusal was sent ' to Maj. Gen. D. W. McGowan, chief, National Guard Bureau of the Department of Defense. Carey McWilliams, editor of The Nation, a weekly magazine of political comment, said in Salt Lake City this week that "American politics is in a state of shambles. It is absurd, largely irrelevant and very much beside the point." The reason U. S. politics has become such a bland mixture is that it suffers from the same massive pressure for conformity which is affecting all our so-ciety," Mr. McWiliams said. He warned that a spirit of dis- -' sent and the quest for truth is the vital principle of all free societies. Cost of water sold to Salt Lake City by the Metropolitan Water District from the Little Cotton-wood supply will be reduced as of Jan. 1, 1962. The Salt Lake City commis-sion was so informed in a letter received this week by Mayor J. Bracken Lee from V. J. Dayton, Metropolitan District Controller. The deadline for registrations to attend the all day hunter safe-ty training school at Camp. Wil-liams on Saturday, May 26, is rapidly approaching. The concentrated session of firearm handling and hunter safety training, leading to "Safe Hunter" certification required of all first time license buyers, is limited to 300 participants to be accepted on a first come and first served basis. .Registrations for the course, to get under way at 6:00 a.m. on May 26, are now being accepted at department of fish and game offices in Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo, as well as at the Jackling Hall headquarters of the Utah National Guard located on Sunnyside Avenue in Salt Lake City. Sen. Moss Predicts Sugar Bill Will Be Introduced Soon Senator Frank E. Moss pre-dicted Monday that an adminis-tration sugar bill that has the full support of the industry will be presented to Congress soon. "l am very optimistic that the bill will be non-controversi-he said. "After months of negotiations, the industry spokesmen and De-partment of Agriculture special-ists are very close together on the important question of share of basic consumption to go to domestic growers," he said. Senator Moss said the industry originally asked that beet and mainland cane be allocated 61 percent of the basic consumption of 9,700,000 tons. The Depart-ment had suggested 57 per cent. He said that on the "growth" above 9,700,000 tons, the indus-try had asked 67 per cent, the Department had suggested 63 per cent. "They are now no more than two points apart on both items, at 61 and 59 on basic consump-tion and 63 and 65 on growth. "It appears that the final fig-ures will be within one point of those desired by Utah beet sugar growers. These were 60 and 65, and I forcefully present-ed them to the White House during negotiations." The domestic allocation will be divided 75 per cent to beet, 25 per cent to mainland cane, he said. "We still have 60 days before the present Sugar Act expires. This should be enough time to enact a new bill, particularly if the domestic allocation is agreed to. "The sugar industry and the Department of Agriculture are to be congratulated on the ex-cellent spirit of cooperation that has accompanied the discussion. "Congress of course, will make the decision on the percentages to go to domestic producers, but if the administration and the sugar refiners and growers are agreed on a quota, I expect Con-gress to adopt it." The Senator said present thinking is to establish a Cuban quota reserve of one to two mil-lion tons. This would go to Cuba in case of a Castro fall and the development of satisfactory re-lations with the U.S. For the present, this quota will be filled by additional allocations to other foreign suppliers. Labels Will Urge Doctors to Back Kennedy Plan The patients will soon be tell-ing their doctors what to pre-scribe for them. On envelopes containing re-mittances for their doctor bills, Americans will be gluing new red, white and black labels sup-porting President Kennedy's health insurance plan for aged through Social Security. The labels will not go to the doctors alone. They will be on envelopes addressed to millions of other Americans in a new campaign to inform the public on the merits of the plan. The labels are being distribut-ed to supporters of the plan by the National Council of Senior Citizens for Health Care through Social Security. They bear the message: "For Your Family's Sake, Support President Ken-nedy's plan for Health Insurance through Social Security." On each label is an illustration of the three generation theme of the plan: grandparents, parents and children. Said Aime J. Forand, former Rhode Island Congressman and chiarman of the Council: "The Council is sending out these labels to all its 700 mem-ber clubs and supporting organi-zations. We feel this is an ex-cellent way of getting the issue before the public, and we are go-ing to glue the labels on all our letters. Envelopes containing re-mittances for our doctor bills, of course, will head the list." The labels will be distributed before and during the week of May 14 when "Operation Peti-tion" will get under, way. This will be a door to door campaign sponsored by the National Coun-cil and will call for personal visits to doctors and neighbors by thousands of Americans young and old who support the President's plan. The drive will be culminated in mass rallies to be held simultaneously in many cities in the nation with a rally in New York on May 20 when President Kennedy will appear at Madison Square Garden for a major televised address. Careless Motorists Seek Trouble (Continued from Page One) lives and the lives of other drivers on the road. It is sur-prising how little regard some people have for their own safety when just a few precautions could keep their tires and their cars in top condition. Other items which should be checked for safety's sake before a long vacation trip are the headlights, steer-ing, ignition, battery and brakes and radiator. Help Victims of Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease which strikes mainly at those in the 20 to 40 age group. It is, in the words of Dr. H. Houston Merritt, professor of neurology and dean of the faculty of medicine at Colum-bia University, "the greatest cause of chronic disability among young adults." Many of its victims are young parents trying bravely to raise a happy family while struggling to fend off the partial or complete paralysis which is generally the end result of this disease. The cause of multiple sclerosis is unknown. Effective treatment has not yet been determined. Yet, MS victims have hope. Reason for hope arises from the program of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, whose MS Hope Chest campaign runs this year from Mother's Day, May 13, to Father's Day, June 17. Founded in 1946 to sup-port and stimulate research in MS and related diseases, the Society has sponsored 107 research programs and awarded 41 fellowships to young research scientists. Its chapters maintain patient aid programs and support wholly or in part 33 MC clinics. As a result of the Society activities, research scientists are confident they will event-ually ferret out the final secrets of this disease entity which afflicts an estimated 500,000 Americans. On Mother's Day and Father's Day, MS afflicted parents will hug their children, if the illness has spared the power of their arms. They will also wonder if their neighbors still care. Supporting the MS Hope Chest campaign which provides the funds for the Society pro-gram of research, patient services and lay and profes-sional educationis your personal and neighborly way of giving them more hope, more help, more courage, while science presses on to the final conquest. College Association Receives Grant The Intermountain Colleges Association, Inc., which includes the College of Idaho, Caldwell; Northwest Nazarene College, Nampa; and Westminster College of Salt Lake City, has been named recipient of a $1000 grant from International Harvester Co. and International Harvester Foundation. The gift represents continuing support to the Asso-ciation. The two organizations, Inter-national Harvester Co. and Inter-national Harvester Foundation, will contribute approximately $360,000 in 1962 to colleges and universities as part of Harvest-er's annual program of aid to higher education. The announce-ment was made by Frank Jenks, president of International Har-vester Co. The $360,000 total this year will bring to more than $1,-700,0- 00 the amount of financial aid from the Foundation and the Company in the past years. Colleges and universities in 43 states will share a $125,000 grant from the Foundation to be divid-ed among various state and re-gional associations of independ-ent privately owned colleges and uinversities in the U.S. The grant will be shared by colleges and universities with an enrollment of nearly 480,000 students. Difficulties are the things that show what men are. tetus. Adolph Sorensen Attends Meet For Steel Workers Adolph Sorenson has returned from a District 58, United Steel Workers of America conference in Portland, Ore. He represented Local 5879 at the Portland meet. Attendance at the USW con-vention prevented Mr. Soren-sen'- s attendance at the recent Democratic Organization Con-vention, to which he also was a delegate. Trucks Carry Big Tax Load in Utah Although they comprise only about one-fift- h of Utah's motor vehicles, trucks bear two-fifth- s of all the state's highway user taxes. Add federal levies, and Utah truckers pay a total of well over $18 million annually in special automotive taxes. These figures are from a new report by the Auto-mobile Manufacturers Association on taxes and other economic benefits gained by Utah through the use of trucks. The study is confined to truck operation, and makes no attempt to assess the economic energy also generated in the state by the sale and service of commercial motor vehicles. Covering the latest year for which complete data are available, the study shows that the 84,577 trucks reg-istered in Utah in 1960 accounted for $10,756,000 in special user taxes, or 40 per cent of the total. Federal taxes of $7,411,000 brought the total truck user tax bill to $18,167,000. Not included are income taxes, sales taxes on other general levies also paid by truck operators or by the many businesses they sustain. I News Preview i 1 I Polls show that Democratic j ! author James Michener is far I ahead in his race for a U. S. ! I Congress seat in Pennsylvania . . . FBI Director J. Edgar ! Hoover is being asked to help 1 advise smaller anti-Commu- -! nations on ways to pre-- J Red subversion . . . The i Inist Boifr.cha.n.S"oicnifeotyrmiasl odnisstoh--ej j An Eisenhower ( ilution" tour is in the works. ( |