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Show 2 Vernal Express Wednesday, January 4, 1984 WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THOSE CHRISTMAS JOY DEAD BATTERIES. By Jock Wallis Hurry sickness and January blues In the December issue of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Utah Official Grapevine there appeared two items concerning "Hurry Sickness and Blues Battle" that should have wide interest. Now that the holidays are over we can look back and see why thjs so-called so-called "hurry sickness" applies to so many people like ourselves. "Hurry sickness" is described as a nervous anxiety that has been affecting affec-ting a growing number of Americans. C'ne symptom is the "feeling of never being able to catch up and of always being behind schedule." Doctors treating patients under the stress of "hurry sickness" often try to help them put obligations in long range perspective. They teach them how to delegate responsibilities in their occupations oc-cupations and in their home life. Patients Pa-tients are helped to realize that no one can work at full capacity on the. job and at home without doing emotional and physical damage to the body. The healing formula is based on the three R's: relax, refuel and rewind, according accor-ding to the Blue Cross health note. This condition is exactly how many find themselves during the Christmas season. Too much to do in too short a time. Well, the next condition takes place in January when all the Christmas bills come due and it is cold winter weather and nothing much to do. This could be called the reverse of "hurry sickness," it's called January blues or just plain depression. Blue Cross says that millions of men and women suffer from a disorder that can range from a mild case of the blues to dangerous depression when a marriage or romance goes on the rocks. Therapists recommend not giving giv-ing in to the blues. They advise against Western Tar Sands, Inc. buys notes Western Tar Sands Inc., Denver, Colo., has purchased $650,000 of certain cer-tain notes payable from MacDonald Gateway Engineeirng (Canada) Ltd., and has received a $150,000 line of credit guaranteed by MGE in exchange ex-change for 365,854 shares of WTS common com-mon stock. WTS continues to negotiate with interested in-terested companies concerning the erection and operation of its projected mini-plant near Vernal. WTS announced announc-ed plans over a year ago to develop tar sands at Raven Ridge, northeast of. Bonanza. The notes payable were in favor of MGE and bear interest at the rate of 12 percnet per annum payable to WTS on March 1 of each year and are due to WTS on March 1, 1989. In addition WTS announced that Stephen P. Rochereau, who has been acting as a consultant to the company since Sept. 1, 1982, became director on Sept. 14, 1983; and has been elected by the board of directors to become vice president of finance upon finalization of a management contract. , Vernal Express (USPS 6580-8000) Published every Wednesday and Friday for $14.00 per year in area ond $20.00 per year out of area by the Vernal Express Publishing Company, 54 North Vernal Avenue, Vernal, Utah 84078. Second class postage paid at Vernal, Ver-nal, Utah 84078. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to VERNAL VER-NAL EXPRESS, P.O. Box 1010, Vernal, Utah 84078. Jack R. Wallis Editor and Publisher Steven R. Wallis News Editor Traci Menke Asst. News Editor Aldon Rachele Sports Editor Janeen Cook Women's News Joyce Williams Advertising Phone 789-3511 Member of Utah Press Association and National Newspaper Association Area correspondents: Jensen Vera Snow, 789-0628 Manila Clara Robinson, 784-3463 Naples Ada Openshaw, 789-3145 Tridell Lorna McKee, 247-2350 lapoint Paula Huber, 247-2425 Maeser Eloise Allen Parker, 789-2178 Ballard Tracy Phillips, 722-4925 Whiterocks . . .Virginia Ferguson, 353-4584 Glines Norma Damon, 789-1302 Ouray, Leota, Randlett...Sheila Bbxhom, 545-2327 Deadlines Wednesday Edition News..'.. Monday 5:00 p.m. Advertising .Tuwdoy 11:00 a.m. Friday Edition - News Thursday 10:00 a.m. Advertising Thursday 2:00 p.m. the belief that you have to get what you want to survive. Depression comes to people who believe they cannot do without something and thus are helpless without it. Thinking and acting ac-ting on what is possible gives a new perspective for the future, says the Blue Cross news article. January is one of the worst months for winter blues. It follows a hyper month when we hve been extra busy and when we finally slow down and realize that the holidays are over and it's back to the grindstone; it really makes a down month. Then there are the thoughts of getting get-ting tax reports out. The monthly utility utili-ty bills are at their highest and those Christmas bills come to more than we figured. There is no more candy and cake and all those good things to eat. Now wonder we fall into the January blues doldrums if we don't watch our step. Have you ever wondered why the white sales are in January? Also those large sweepstake give-aways getting one to believe he can win thousands of dollars just by dropping a form in the mail. Well, January is here and you'd better bet-ter beware, depression will get you if you are not aware. The resolutions we make may help us to overcome some of our weaknesses, but if we are not careful it's back to those old habits of procrastination and gloom. We have plenty of snow and it's been a long time since the sun has had enough strength to melt our sidewalks and streets. There ought to be some way we could just skip January and start the new year with February, a month with a better outlook for a few holidays and prospects for warmer weather. Sunscreening, suspension laws to be UHP enforced Sunscreening on vehicle windows and altered vehicle suspensions will be the target of a stepped-up enforcement effort by the Utah Highway Patrol beginning the new year. Utah law has long made it illegal to use sunscreening devices on the windshields wind-shields or side windows to the left and right of the driver. Approved sunscreening can be used on the side windows behind the driver and on the rear windows, but the vehicle must also have left and right outside mirrors. The patrol will be enforcing recently passed legislation specifying maximum max-imum bumper height on cars and trucks up to 4,500 pounds gross vehicle vehi-cle weight cannot exceed 26 inches, and trucks up to 10,000 lbs. GVW cannot can-not exceed 30 inches. Exceptions will be made for any additional height resulting from oversized tires, but only for the amount added by the tires themselves. According to Lieutenant Bob Hayward, administrator of the U.H.P. Safety Inspection Section, troopers have previously enforced the sunscreening law, but enforcement has been somewhat inconsistent. "The increased public interest in sunscreening sunscreen-ing has stimulated development of enforcement en-forcement policies," said Hayward. "We've not been rejecting sunscreening sunscreen-ing at our safety inspection stations in the past, but come January 1, that will change." Hayward says safety was the consideration con-sideration in the decision to get tough on sunscreening and bumper heights. Bumpers are designed to absorb energy from a crash. Illegally high bumpers defeat that purpose when they crash over the top of the bumper of another vehicle. Occupants in a car with a legal and lower bumper are denied the benefit of their own bumper's shock absorption system. Sunscreening reduces visibility at night, particularly on unlit or wet roads. "It's like trying to driving at night with dark sunglasses on," said Hayward. Vehicles that are legally registered outside of Utah will not be required to comply with the sunscreening or the altered vehicle regulation while traveling through the state. There are federal regulations specifying speci-fying the degree of light transfer and reflectivity that any legally used sunscreening device must have. Approved Ap-proved devices will include a small sticker denoting compliance with "VESC - 20." If you have a News Item call the Vernal Express 789-3511 CUSTOMIZED AND SPECIALTY SEMICONDUCTORS NEW GROWTH AREA Small specialized semiconductor producers have opened up a new market area which already promises to be one of the fastest growing sectors of the semiconductor industry. Many of their customers have a need for custom and semi-custom integrated circuits with certain features designated or built into the electronic circuitry of their products. Because a large portion of the design work has been one productive time is shortened shorten-ed and the new product can be introduced in-troduced to the market significantly earlier. Custom and semi-custom semiconductors semicon-ductors are expected to be in great demand de-mand before 1990, especially by producers pro-ducers of computer memories and microcomputers (home and personal). per-sonal). In the opinion of the staff of Babson's Reports, the small semiconductor semicon-ductor manufacturer is in a unique position to benefit from this special niche as the large, less flexible high-volume high-volume standard design producers of computer memories compete head-on with their fierce Japanese competitors who control about two-thirds of the world market for the fastest selling 64X random access memory circuit. Moreover, an even faster, and multifunction, multi-function, memory device will engender additional battle for dominance in the marketplace. Thus, customized and semi-customized semi-customized semiconductors should allow American producers to maintain their leading position in the remaining sectors of this dynamic industry. The boom in personal computers is expected ex-pected to boost the growth forecast for 1984 in semiconductors. RENEWED MARKET GROWTH Most of the semiconductor industry growth will be derived from the integrated in-tegrated circuit market, especially in the microprocessor and memory areas. However, even nonintegrated or discrete devices (individual electronic elec-tronic components) are expected to capture over 25 percent of the total market. Semi-custom semiconductors especially will be the fastest-growing sector, and the experts are predicting that they will account for 50 percent of all semiconductor sales by 1990. Over the near term sales of these specially designed electronic components are forecast to advance from the $150 million recorded in 1982 to $600 million by 1985. EARLY ADVANTAGES OVER THE JAPANESE The contingent of small semiconductor semiconduc-tor manufacturers of semi-customized semiconductors offer complete service and more flexibility than- their Japanese counterparts. Besides commanding com-manding an early lead in innovation, U.S. producers also are more proficient profi-cient in designing the special circuits and their so-called gate arrays and standard cell units permit them to fabricate these devices from an already established "library" of designs and to vary them from customer to customer. Finally, the Japanese do not include redundant or extra integrated circuit cells in their products. These allow for continuous functioning regardless of breakdowns in certain chips. Considering Consider-ing the cost and production savings to the end user, the demand for custom and semi-custom semiconductors should result in substantial profits for these small producers. BABSON'S RECOMMENDATIONS The Research Department of Babson's Bab-son's Reports has singled out for purchase pur-chase two companies involved in this particular market niche. Monolithic Memories, traded over-the-counter, is one of the leaders and considerable experience ex-perience in this young field. Another specialized firm, Unitrode, traded on the New York Stock Exchange, is solidly entrenched as a top producer of discrete power semiconductors and other electronic components. This company also has a select position in its industry sector. Both Monolithic Memories and Unitrode are recommended for their respective technological expertise, and their stocks have good growth potential. Read it first 1 in the 1 Vernal A Express Vv Subscribe to the T Vinul Express I 789-3511 I i COLLECT AT LEAST A TUB FULL SEW THEM INTO A MATTRESS COVEP- AND SNEAK THEM INTO THE GUEST ROOM THIS WILL INSURE THAT. THE VOICE OF BUSINESS Political power from the ballot By Richard L. Lesher, President Chamber of Commerce of the United States Call the Justice Department. Bring out the National Guard and pass out the bayonets. Hundreds of thousands of men and women have been left behind by two decades of civil rights legislation, ignored by the Voting Rights Act, passed over by federal marshals and federally-funded voter registration drives. The United States Census Bureau recently reported that more than 25 percent of the men and women in this group are not registered to vote. In fact; in the last election, 40 percent of them did not vote. Who are they? They are American businessmen and women. The Census report is shocking and frightening, because the upcoming 1984 elections are critical to our nation, its economic growth and the opportunities oppor-tunities and future that will face our children. Political observers have predicted that the November 1984 elections from the presidency to the Congress to the state houses will be largely determined by voter registration registra-tion and get-out-and-vote drives now under way. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, now an announced an-nounced presidential candidate, has begun a drive to register over five million black voters. Big Labor has been working hard to organize and register voters who will support their hand-picked candidates. Voter registration drives are also being mounted in the Hispanic community St; l i A NEW YEAR, a new term of office, but all old faces. Dixie Hacking swears in city councilmen yo5vV STOp ! N) L00K- AMY AGAIN. I j SCHOOL'S OPEN t . and by activists both supporting and opposing unilateral disarmament. Where does this leave the business community and its political goal of lower taxes, low inflation and economic growth? Well, if nothing is done as has happened in past elections it leaves them out in the cold. The men and women in the business community who build factories, homes and roads may get credit in heaven for creating 3.6 million new jobs this year alone, but it's clear they do not get any credit in Washington. The business community, is, of course, terribly concerned about the overspending, excessive regulation and threatened higher taxes which close down businesses and destroy jobs. But if businessmen and women do not get out and register and vote in larger numbers, congressmen will, quite understandably, listen instead to the voices clamoring for more and more government goodies voices coming from those who understand the tremendous power that comes with voting. It may seem harsh, but it is true nonetheless, that if you do not register and vote, as far as the politicians are concerned, you just don't count. The problem is clear enough: too much federal spending, too much government and too many bureaucrats. This because the "gimme" crowd has decided that it is easier to vote for a living than it is to work for one. j ffi I si-' 2jf fm-if. j 1 I f K . ?j ' ' it V s 11 jf" i in j. M Karl Migliori, ALL THOSE UNWANTED HOLIDAV VISITORS WILL GO HOME EARLY , j j flows box What, then, is to be done? The U. S. Chamber of Commerce has just announced a drive to register hundreds of thousands of men and women committed to the ideals of limited government and economic growth. The goal is to energize the entire en-tire Chamber federation the national chamber, state and local chambers of commerce, trade associations and individual in-dividual businessmen and women to register pro-growth voters and then to make sure they get to the polls on election elec-tion day. The Chamber will work with the entire en-tire business community to educate propsective voters on their state's registration laws, to encourage businesses to set up voter registration tables, to make sure that employees who are transferred from one state to another get registered, and to get absentee ballots to employees who must travel on election day or who are working overseas. It won't be easy. It will, in fact, be a great deal of work. But continued economic growth and the creation of new jobs are more than worth the effort. So I would say to the businessmen and women of America, while you continue con-tinue to invent new products and services, ser-vices, start new businesses and create the jobs that put Americans to work, take the time to register to vote. And because the free enterprise system which made America the greatest nation na-tion on earth is worth preserving for tomorrow and our children's tomorrows, tomor-rows, plan now to vote on Nov. 6, 1984. Greg Hawkins and Jack Seitz. n |