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Show Storehouse Report Slnnivlconf Frew ess Reported -m Utah Public f chool Prenrent By C. Sharp Utah's public school program pro-gram has made significant Progress during the past sk years, Dr. T. H. Bell, superintendent super-intendent of public instruction, instruc-tion, reported to Gov. Calvin L- Rampton Sept. 26. "Salaries for teachers now are competitive and we don't have to apologize for these salary levels," Bell told the governor. The shortage of teachers has been overcome with very few exceptions, he said Sr.mP cKl-rtorrric r.t:il in locating teachers cf music miViematics and English, he reported. No schools now have double sessions, which was a temporary tem-porary measure in some crowded school districts, he said. During the period, 45 marginal rural schools have been consolidated by bus movements to other schools. Negotiation Law Bell said a major need now is a teacher negotation law to prevent hitches in school openings . which as yet have not assumed major proportions propor-tions in Utah. "We hope that the State School Boards Association and fhe Utah Education Association Asso-ciation will be able to agree soon upon a suitable bill which can be enacted," he said. Bell said problems do exist iin training minority groups. At present, 80 per cent of pupiis of northern European ancestry who enroll in Utah i high schools are graduated, he said. Only 33 per cent of the Spanish-Americans and 2j per cent of th" Indian students graduate from hi.tn school, h-e disclosed. Technical College CcTttroI He said a real prob'em appears to be shaping as to whether the new State Board of Higher Education or the Board cf Education shall control technical colleges. State law, he said, ves s management and control of these colleges in the- Board of Education. A program asking for $2 lo $3 million more a year for extra pay for teachers who will assume added duties probably will be proposed to the Legislature, he said. Possibility of getting court injunctions to restrain private pri-vate liquor locker clubs operating op-erating outside the law was suggested by Rampton at a conference with Salt Lake County and state enforce-' . ment officers Sept. 25. Nov. 14 Deadline Private clubs can continue to operate under the old state charter until Nov. 14 or they can be closed earlier by denial cf their applications for new licenses. No l:censes may be proved by the State Liquor Control Commission without consent by lecal officials. Rampton orde:ed the attorney attor-ney general to write to all county clrrKS and advise them to notifv the Liqurr Control Commission whenever when-ever local consent is denied to a liquor club. The Liquor Commission also is to notify local authorities of its denials. The meeting was called after S;ilt Lake City Commissioner Com-missioner James L. Barker, Jr., eh:ir!"d tha the state was permitting clubs to operate op-erate a ft r ti.e city had denied them licenses. Communicaticns Hitch Grove L. Cook, Liquor Commission chairman, said h's commission had not been r.Oiificd cf the city's denial. B.tnr attributed part of "r -;ioie:ns cf liquor law enforcement to "A Mickiy Mouse court setup" which slows down court trials. Prosecutions are started in city or justice of peace courts under the county attorney. at-torney. They next are carried in'o the district court where a district attorney or assirj1:-ar.t assirj1:-ar.t prosecutes the case and' imay then bo appealed to the State Supr-me Court where the state attorney grnerr.l handles the case for ihe stale. "We'll continue to make arrests," Rampton said. "even ir it's every night in the same place." Effective Dec. 1, Col. Jack H. Alston. 52. new comm-i.i-dcr cf Hill Air Force Base near Cgdn, will become director of the State's Industrial In-dustrial Promotion Division. Milton Li. Weilenmann, executive ex-ecutive director of the Development De-velopment Services Department Depart-ment said the appointment is a step toward obtaining career leadership in this division which is so important import-ant in lu- ing new industry to the state. Alston, who will retire from th- Air Force, is a ra'ive f S".li Lr.ke City and a graduate of University of Utah. He succeeds Ronaid Swenson who has been interim in-terim director following the resign." !'on several months ago of Walter G. Smith -vh ) r.c.v is in nri.a e business. .-s The State Highway Department De-partment wi'l eprn bids Oe'. 21 fo:- r. building 4 7 miles of U-47 sou h frcm near Mon'i-cello Mon'i-cello to Devil's Canyon, San Juan County. The J83l.ro: job means s nish'en'ng curves, addir.; truck pnssin" lanes at intervals, inter-vals, atd rebuilding the present pres-ent iwo-lano surfaced highway. |