Show Older Americans' Americans Plan Forum to Discuss Problems and Needs Older Americans throughout Uintah County are invited to participate in an on Older American White House Forum on the problems and needs of the aging Thursday of oC next week at pm according to Leonard M N. Joines coordinator co co- The forums are a part of a nationwide nationwide nationwide nation nation- wide effort to obtain opinions and suggestions suggestions suggestions sug sug- from the nations nation's most mature citizens They ore are a first step toward evaluating and developing goals for the White House Conference on en Aging called called call call- ed by President Nixon to take place In Washington in November 1971 SENIOR CENTERS golden age clubs churches and other organizations concerned with older Americans are par in the community forums State agencies on aging are coordinating ing local and statewide participation More Store than a half million questionnaires will be distributed to older Americans at the forums to get information on their life styles housing health income and and other aspects of interest to those over 55 The opinions expressed In the forums and the tabulation of oC the questionnaires will serve as the basis for developing develop develop- ing guidelines for the 1971 White House Conference THE PRESIDENT called the conference confer conference confer confer- ence once and Congress authorized it to help set national policy for older Americans President Nixon said Members of the older generation have given much to their country Through the White House Conference on aging a grateful nation can recognize the contributions More than that the conference can move this nation toward the goal of making old age a time of contribution and satisfaction satin satis faction THE FIRST White House Conference on Aging was called by President Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisen Eisen- hower in 1961 Now there are some 20 million Americans who are age 65 or over and another 18 million who will willbe Je be je 65 by the end of the decade One in every ten Americans Americans' Is age 65 or older OFFICIALS FEEL that everyone deserves deserves de de- serves the right to speak therefore plans have been made to give every senior citizen this opportunity The mass meetIng meetIng meeting meet meet- ing is called for 30 p pm p.m. m at the Senior Citizens Center West 1st lot South At this meeting persons will have the opportunity to speak speak up up on en their needs as they see them OPINIONS WILL help next years year's White House Conference on Aging draft drafta a national policy on older people for forthe forthe forthe the |