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Show pageFour FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1962 , THE SALT LAKE TIMES World Famous Choreographer Will Stage Ballet at U. of U. ' Scene from the ritual ballet "Totem," unique modern dance presen-tation being given its only Utah performance Oct. 5, at University of Utah. An exciting new experience awaits Utah theatre-goer- s Octo-ber 5, on the University of Utah campus. Alwin Nikolais, world famous choreographer and director of the Henry Street Playhouse in New York, will restage "Totem," a thrilling ballet in 12 scenes, using a U. of U. student and alumni cast. Mr. Nikolais was invited to Salt Lake City as choreographer for a Rockefeller Foundation Grant Modern Dance concert. The grant is the only one of its kind in existence. It was given to the University of Utah through the efforts of Virginia Tanner and enables the Univer-sity to bring three famous chore-ographers to restage and established dance works in the area. "Totem," an unusual concert of motion, shape, light and sound is the most famous of Alwin Nikolais' works to date. Since there is nothing to "understand," the impact of "Totem" is re-ceived by artist and layman alike. Walter Terry of the New York Herald Tribune says, "I think you will find 'Totem' distin-guished and absorbing. The work as a whole represents superb craftsmanship, vivid imagination and a splendid fu-sion of the promised ingredients, motion, shape, light, sound." All costumes and props from "Totem" were flown to Salt Lake City from Spoleto, Italy, where Mr. Nikolais' New York Com-pany recently completed success-ful performances for the Festi-val of Two Worlds. Mr. Nikolais and his assistant, Murray Louis, have been con-ducting strenuous rehearsals on the U. of U. campus since the beginning of September. "Totem" will be performed one night only, Friday, October 5, at 8:15 p.m. in Kingsbury Hall. A special matinee performance will be held for students Thurs-day, October 4, at 5:00 p.m. The box office is now open at the University of Utah Extension Division, 107 Annex Building. After October 1, tickets may be purchased at Glen Brothers Music, 246 South Main Street. - " ; j THE SALT LAKE TIMES Utili I Combined with The Salt Lake Mining & Legal Neits Flirl ItS Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah . . . , Entered at the postoffke at Salt Lake City as second IfldepeBOtll class matter August 23, 1923 under the act of March 8, IciSpiptr 7n Wejt Temple Telephone EM GLENN BJORNN, PubUsher "Tbis publication is no owned or controlled by amy party, clan, clique, faction or corporation!' Volume 42 Number 16 A Word for Amendment Two (Continued from Page One) ing whatsoever to do with roads. You can spank little Johnny when he disobeys, but what can you do to the state government? Fortunately for the people of Utah, they will have an opportunity, in the coming General Election, Novem-ber 6, to do something to stop such tax diversion. They can vote for Amendment Two the Better Roads Amendment. When passed, this amendment to the State Consti-tution will assure that all revenue from Utah's road-use- r taxes goes where it belongs for roads. No tax increase is involved. The amendment simply provides that taxes already being collected must be used only to build roads or improve those already in existence. All readers of this newspaper are well aware that Utah needs more and better roads. Our lawmakers also know this, which is the reason both houses of the State Legislature have endorsed the proposed amendment. It provides a way to get those roads without raising an additional dime of revenue. Under such circumstances, it becomes the privilege and duty of every Utahn who favors logical dedication of road funds and efficient state fiscal policy to go to the polls on November 6 and vote for Amendment Two. th-e-' LEASED GRAPEVINE The official canvass of last Tuesday's election was an-nounced this week by County Clerk Alvin Keddington. The official tally was almost identi-cal to that announced earlier and unofficially by the Utah Election Service. Salt Lake City taxpayers will pay a total of $23,198,437 in property taxes in 1962, a three per cent increase from last year, according to a report from the Utah Taxpayers Association. A down payment of $42,577 on eight pieces of, property costing a total of $225,385 for use as parks and public playgrounds was approved this week by the Salt Lake County Commission. Recommendation that a 1963 down payment on the property adjacent to schools in the city and county with the land being paid for over a period of at least five years was made by County Commission Chairman W. G. Larson. The money will come out" the county's capital improve-ment fund. Construction will begin next summer on Salt Lake City's 21st South Freeway and a start is ex-pected to be made this fall on interchanges and overpasses on the north-sout- h freeway, the State Highway Department re-ported this week. Salt Lake City Water Depart-ment vehicles are being painted white a symbol of the clean water the city enjoys said Water Commissioner Conrad B. Harrison. Each piece of equip-ment bears the insignia "Water at Your Service." East High School, Class f"Tl 1952 will hold their ten-ye- ar re union on September 21, 1962 at the Prudential Federal Savings auditorium, 33 rd South and State Street, starting at 7:30 p.m. Advanced reservations are necessary. Please phone Mrs. Matheson at Empire 72 or write care of 906-12t- h East. "Rep. David S. King is best qualified by background and ex-perience to be the Democratic party's candidate for the U.S. Senate," Brigham E. Roberts told Democrats this week. Speaking before a group of party workers assembled at a legislative district meeting, the statewide chairman of the King campaign said: "The House of Representatives is the finest training ground for the United State Senate. The in-fluence and experience which Dave King has gained in the House will carry over to help him serve Utah ably in the Sen-ate. His thorough knowledge of the legislative process, and the first-han- d information he has gained in his work on Capitol Hill will enable him to secure choice committee assignments." What You Can Do to Combat Alcoholism Some 10 years ago it was generally accepted that alcoholism was a moral issue. Today, with more understanding of alco-holism, more is being done to help alcoholics medically, psychi-atricall- y, institutionally, spiritually and socially. What you might do is learn all you can about the disease, so you can recognize a problem drinker, so you can counsel him, so you know where to guide him for help. Information unbiased and unexaggerated is available at National Council of Alcoholism, 2 East 103rd Street, New York 29, N. Y. This is a national, voluntary health organization, founded in 1944. It is not prohibitionist. Its concern is with the prevention of alcoholism, a disease. The N.C.A. combats alcoholism through public and pro-fessional education, community services, guidance to the alcoholic and his family, and research. Committees on Alcoholism, set up in communities throughout the country, maintain centers where information and guidance can be obtained. The N.C.A. even supplies information and personal direction on how to go about getting up such a committee. Another organization that will give help is Alcoholics Anon-ymous, which has 4500 units in the United States and Canada. More than 30 states and many individual communities provide information and therapy. Many business firms, working with N.C.A. are helping to establish alcoholism programs and are making use of available facilities. The Salvation Army, too, has had a successful record in helping alcoholics. An alcoholic can recover. He will never be able to drink again, but he can lead a normal, happy and healthy life, without alcohol. You don't help an alcoholic by nagging, scolding, moraliz-ing, or making empty threats, but getting an alcoholic to pro-fessional assistance can be an important step toward his recovery. by the Travelers Insurance Companies lies in the area of pedestrian safety. Last year there were 500 fewer pedestrians killed by automobiles than was the case in 1960, the report says, noting that it was this drop that was more than respon-sible for a one per cent reduction in the total number of 1961 highway deaths from 38,000 to 37,600. The same trend shows in the number of injuries, down 20,100 from the 1960 total of 255,500. In all, dur-ing 1961, injuries from auto mishaps were down nearly one per cent but still added up to 3,057,000. In commenting on the pedestrian figures, a spokes-man for the company which has been issuing this annual highway safety report since 1931, with the exception of the war years, said, "we are encouraged by the drop and hope it is an awareness by pedestrians and drivers alike that death or injury may stand between each of us and the other side of the street." The Travelers spokesman noted that "a great deal of the credit must go to the many safety organizations that have been formed in our cities and towns, to law enforcement officers and to the newspapers who have published millions of words of warning on this subject. oOo Pedestrian Safety Improves One of the few encouraging figures in the 1961 report of highway accidents that has just been released INGROWN NAIL IW HURTING YOU? wI Relief! A few drops of OUTGRO bring hleeaed relief from tormenting pain of ingrown fwIL OUTGRO toughens the skin underneatlvth nail, allows the nail to 1m eat and thus vre recto farthw paiVand4iaeomf oA. OUTGfiQ kmiralUat all drag ooni. A life built on the sands of celebrity can be wrecked by the rains of reverses; a life built on the sands of materialism can be destroyed by the floods of adversity; a life built on the sands of pleasures can be blown down by the winds of disillusionment. Only the life built on the rock of character can withstand the tempests of time. |