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Show Page four FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1962 , THE SALT LAKE TIMES j I THE SALT LAKE TIMES Dill t Combined with 1b$ Salt Lake Minift & Utal Newt flirlltt Published Eorry Friday at Salt Uh City, Utsb lij....J..t Entered it the poitoffice at Salt Lake Gty as second IBQCpCBOCIl class matter August 23, 1923 under the act of March 8, itiPPlf 7H south West Temple Telephone EM 64 1 I GLENN BJORNN. Publisher "Tbit pnblhation is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, diem, faction I or corporation." Volume 42 Number 26 Drug Addiction Is it a Threat To Your Children? Drug addiction is a potential threat to you and to your chil-dren. It accounts for about one-four- th of the nation's crime, says Betsy Marden Silverman in a recent issue of Parents' Maga-zine. Are the young addicts al-ways stereotyped delinquents? The youngster who is emotion ally secure will never turn to drugs, according to a social worker of long experience with young people. He says flatly, "It is the alienated kids, the ones with no place to go, no future, who get hooked. They're not fighters, they-r- e not sex mad. "They're lame ducks in every sense and they're scared, scared of themselves, of taking any kind of responsibility, even of suc-ceeding." The classic picture of the drug taker is someone who is unhappy and passive: someone who seeks to turn trouble aside by closing his eyes to it, in the release that drugs offer. He is troubled before he begins to take dope. He is also prey to the pressure of ignorant kids who want to try something for kicks. The weak, addictive personality is soon "hooked." Even before a physical addition is formed he may become emotionally hooked so dependent on this release from tension that he retreats even further from the combat of the real world. He is easy prey for the criminal who makes a living on his weakness. No single section or social class has a corner on drug ad-diction, for the figures pin point-ing the problem in big cities and among the poor are misleading. Across tne country young people are exposed to dangerous ' drugs which are not under the control of the Narcotics Bureau, and which can be as destructive as narcotics. Because the pressure on youngsters today to succeed and to achieve are often intoler-able, troubled children pos-sible drug victims are found all over and in every kind of home. Bids Are Readied On Highway Jobs Bids on 4.6 miles of road sur-facing from Manila to the forest boundary will be opened at the State Office Building Dec. 4. C. Taylor Burton, Utah State Director of Highways also dis-closed that the project was to be completed in 125 working days and would require some 220,000 cu. yards of unclassified road-way excavation, 64,800 tons of gravel and 780 tons of bitumi-nous material. This additional improvement to State Road No. 44 will greatly improve access to the high Uinta Country and Green Lake above the Flaming Gorge Lake, accord-ing to Francis Feltch, state road commissioner. Bids for the major structure located at Lehi on new Inter-state 15 will be opened Dec. 4 in the State Office Building, Salt Lakp Citv. This structure will require 600,000 lbs. of steel and 1500 cu. yards of Class A concrete, and will require 120 working days for construction. Mr. Burton disclosed that this project is one of six jobs under-way in Utah County at the same time. The overpass at Lindon and the Lehi to American Fork grading and draining project is complete on Interstate 15. Elias J. Strong, State Road Commissioner representative for the Utah County area, stated the major overpass at Lehi is an-other great step forward in the development of the Interstate Highway 15 through the state. Construction in Utah County area is supervised by Jim West, District Engineer, with offices in American Fork. I (h-e- ' LEASED GRAPEVINE During the first four months of Salt Lake City's new fiscal year, which started in July, a total of $2,871,711 was spent for the operation of five city de-partments. This is shown in a report for the four months ended Oct. 31 presented to the city commission this week by City Auditor L. E. Holley. Gov.-ele- ct George Romney of Michigan visited briefly in Salt Lake City this week. The new governor is a former resident of Salt Lake City. Another voice was heard this week in the continuing and un-solved controversy swirling over the future of juvenile courts. The voice was that of Ameri-can Judicature Society, and ex-pressed through its executive secretary Glenn R. Winters. The society backs the proposal ad-vanced by the Utah State Bar for the removal of the state's juvenile courts from the admin-istrative control of the Public Welfare Department. The Bar seeks to have these courts established as a part of the state's independent judiciary operating on par with the dis-trict courts. Utah's alcoholic beverage con- - sumption is showing a decline, but the state still has nearly 14,-00- 0 alcoholics, the State Board on Alcoholism said this week. . Salt Lake County's assessed valuation totals $607,754,448 for 1962, some $35,500,097 greater than in 1961. The figures were announced this week by County Auditor David P. Jones, who closed the tax assessment roll on all property assessed within the county. The original valuation figure for 1962 as assessed by county assessor totaled $607,754,448 but the figure was reduced to $605,-431,4- 43 after state and county boards of equalization adjust-ments were made within the four school districts. Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce this week unanimous-ly endorsed an application to Area Redevelopment. Adminis-tration of the Department of Commerce for funds to develop Wasatch National Park. Dr. Frank E. Duddy, Presi-dent, Westminster College, has been invited to speak for the small college in a panel discus-sion at the Unitarian Church on Sunday evening, Dec. 2, at 8:00 p.m. Other participants will be Paul Hodgson and Kenneth Ebe of the University of Utah. The subject for consideration will be the problems and effectiveness of our institutions of higher learning. The public is cordially invit-ed to attend. The Nation's Tax Puzzle (Continued from Page One) The national tax system has been subjected to much study and criticism during recent years. The Foundation report observes that the House Ways and Means Com-mittee alone has gathered over 16,000 pages of testimony m relation to the federal tax question from scores of expert witnesses. Among the chief complaints that have been leveled at th epresent U. S. tax system are that it (1) restricts the freedom and initiative of the individual, (2) weakens incentives, (2) cuts rown on potential earning power, (4) forces savings and spending into artificial or un-natural channels, (5) discourages extra efforts and risk, and "(6) unduly limits private saving, investment and spending. "Taxpayers feel helpless, frustrated and resentful. Tax considerations become too important a factor in personal and family decisions. In some cases it is more important to save taxes than to earn income or to spend income as the taxpayer would choose. Personal saving and investment are discouraged, as compared with spend-ing for consumption. Under these conditions taxpayer morale drops and a cynical attitude toward government develops. Severe strain is put on voluntary compliance, the basis of the whole system of income taxation in this country and not a few taxpayers give way to the pressure to evade and conceal." We're Sure This Will Spread a Lot of Joy "I'M SURE THIS WILL SPREAD A LOT OF JOY" ing; Pop could hose down the car any day of the week; and the kids could turn on the lawn sprinkler without caring about the time of day. City officials would be pleased at new industries surveying their town for a possible new plant site; tax recorders would gleefully announce added income of an expanding population. All this health and prosperity can be ours can be that of any community but it's something Santa can only provide with our cooperation. , An adequate water supply is something we must provide for ourselves. No one will do it for us. We must determine whether our town has a safe, plentiful supply of water now; whether we are planning for the future of our town by developing needed facilities to provide the water for a projected increased population and industrial growth. According to the National Water Institute, an ade-quate water system must be able to meet all current de-mands as that may be expected five years from now or 20 years from now. Let's wish our community a real happy Christmas by providing Santa Claus with the equipment to provide a safe plentful water supply for the many Christmases to come! . No doubt about it! , If Santa could provide water short communities with a yuletide gift of storage, transmission, pumping and treatment facilities he'd certainly spread a lot of joy. Mom would have an abundance of water for cook-- U. S. Coast Guard Seeking Fliers Direct commissions in grade of Ensign and Lieutenant, Jr. Grade, in the Coast Guard Re-serve for active duty in a flying status are being offered to quali-fied aviators. Applicants" must be under 30 years of age, be graduates of U. S. Naval or U. S. Air Force flight training programs; and have served on active duty as commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or reserve compo-nents thereof in the capacity of an aviator-pilo- t for a minimum of two years. For further information re-garding this opportunity, con-tact Commandant, Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington 25, or contact your local Coast Guard recruiter. ALL PURPOSE 'mn-one'qi- l- Oils Everything Prevents Rust REGULAR -- OIL SPRAY -E- LECTRIC MOTOR |