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Show LEA SED GRAPEVINE A charge against the Utah National Guard for "indoctrinating" "indoctri-nating" school children through its "Freedom Academy" was denied de-nied this week by Gov. George D. Clyde, who termed the charge "unfounded." Wendell P. Abbes, a Salt Lake attorney, had leveled the charge. The governor said the academy "strengthened" the American heritage. Price activities of the Utah Pharmaceutical Assn. were adjudged ad-judged in violation of the Sherman Sher-man (anti-trust) Act this week by U S. District Court of Utah. Judge Sherman A. Christensen, in a 16-page decision, enjoined the association "from continuation continua-tion of such activities." A blanket increase in salary in salary of $15 per month for all employees of Salt Lake County Clerk's office was approved this week by the Salt Lake County Commission. The raises for the approximately 26 employees is retroactive to January 1. County Clerk Alvin Kedding-ton, Kedding-ton, who recommended these raises, said the schedule he submitted sub-mitted will result in an average take-home pay hike of $12.50 a month each. Nine employees of the County Planning Commission office were granted increases of from $15 to $50 a month. Rep. David S. King this week said his main interests in the new session of Congress will be legislation to encourage expansion expan-sion of the economy, a balanced budget and enactment of a bill creating the proposal Canyon Land National Park in southeast Utah. Reopening of Saltair on a limited basis early this summer was predicted this week by Dr. Thomas C. Adams, Salt Lake consulting engineer, in a speech before the Sons of Utah Pioneers luncheon club. The Salt Lake City Commission Commis-sion this week approved the use of a police car and travel expenses ex-penses for two police officers to go to Sacramento, Calif., to study at a Criminal Information Center the week of Jan. 8. The officers making the trips will be Sgts. M. R. Hausel and R. J. Johnson. Utah Republicans Saturday will set in motion the organizational organiza-tional machinery for '62 county and Congressional elections. The State Chairman, Vernon Rom-ney, Rom-ney, announced that the State Central Committee would meet Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in Hotel Newhouse to fix the date for the voting district mass meetings and attend to. other party business. busi-ness. Army Staff Sgt. Robert M. ! Bratton, 4361 Locust Lane, recently re-cently arrived in Korea , and is i now serving with the 1st Division's Divi-sion's 9th Cavalry. The 1st is the only U. S. Division Divi-sion presently manning a front line in Korea. Sgt. Bratton, a squad leader m Troop B. entered the Army in 1951 and was last stationed at Fort Lewis. A 1950 graduate of Granite High School, the sergeant attended at-tended the University of Utah. |