OCR Text |
Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1962 Page Three Sen. Bennett Sets Hearings on Wages Hearings to determine whether or not Mexican labor will have an adverse effect on agricultural wages in Utah, Colorado, and other Western states will be held March 7 in Denver, it was dis-closed by the Office of Senator Wallace F. Bennett. The hearing will be at the Hilton Hotel at 9:30 a.m., and will be conducted by the De-partment of Labor. The hearing will be held under authorization of the Agricultural Act of 1949, which prohibits the Secretary of Labor from making Mexican workers available for employment in any area unless he has determined that sufficient American workers are not avail-able and that employment of the Mexican workers will not ad-versely affect the wages and working conditions of American workers similarly employed. C. Homer Durham To Speak at U. Founders Day Dr. G. Homer Durham, former Academic Vice-Preside- nt of the University of Utah and presently President of Arizona State Uni-versity, will be speaker at the annual Founders Day banquet March 15 at the U. He will speak at 7 p.m. in the Union ballroom, according to Brigadier General Maurice L. Watts, president of the Univer-sity of Utah Alumni Association. A reception honoring recipi-ents of Distinguished Alumni Awards will being at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Durham served on the fac ulty of the university for 16 years, seven of them in the capa-city of Academic Vice-Preside- nt. He joined the faculty in 1944 as a visiting lecturer in history and political science and was raised to the rank of professor in 1947. He was named director of the Institute of Government in 1946 and became head of the ment of Political Science in 1948. He assumed his present post at Tempe, Arizona, in September, 1960. Dr. Durham is himself an alumnus of the University having earned his B.A. degree in 1932. He went on to take the first Ph.D. degree in political science to be awarded by the University of California at Los Angeles. Active in affairs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, Dr. Durham is the author of several church publications. He contributes a monthly article to "The Improvement Era," offi-cial magazine of the LDS church. A native of Parowan, Iron County, he is married to the for-mer Eudora Widtsoe. They are the parents of three children. "Few men have brought more honor to their alma mater than has Homer Durham," General Watts said. "The Alumni Associ-ation is pleased that he could return 'home' for this occasion that always had his support and interest." Alumni, faculty, students and the public are invited to the ban quet. Reservations can be made through the Alumni Office, 217 Park Building, DAvis 11 Ex-tension 2233. Preston G. Adams is chairman of banquet arrangements. If It's Printing ... Call EM 4-84- 64 v5f ' e kney kee has been hailed by scientists as 70E3 Sf one of the wonders of nature. In one day a bee carriesplO times her own weight of nectar from flowers to the 'Ihive. raBildleiF0tnJFllDIiil w Astounding as these figures are, they are dwarfed by the 1 B mm Sfol Ifi) if enormous task of producing copper from low grade ore. At 2Jv5fV5(t) VbUliU U Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Mine, 325,000 tons of material 11 n 19 jpi fl B are kemS moved daily 235,000 tons of overburden and 90,000 liHilfnlir lit) 111 (o m v tns of ore. This is the equivalent of each mine employee UliU VJ U VJ UU v llUIIII moving 1600 times his own weight! P Handling huge amounts of material to produce copper is a Gl2)f2)U lBllllDuQ constantly growing problem for Kennecott. Since 1950, re- - u m moving overburden has increased 107 while the copper con tent of the ore has decreased 18. As a result, 60 more material must be handled to produce the same amount of copper. Kennecott strives constantly to meet the cost problem of handling more material. Achieving this goal is the only means keeping Utah's copper "beehive" a successful business that to produce economic benefits for all of Utah. ?of Copper Corporation PROUD TO BE PART OF A CROWING UTAH i j i |