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Show crta Utah County Council Of Government fie iVig "POVAU BIRD? TELL Orem-Geneva Times Thursday, May 1, 1969 SWAN... WHICH WflSpDOPTD di ERRLV ROYALTY BECRUS OF ITS 6RBCE flNP B&UTy.' rtUg ttcrft&rt PLflce 'in 1H u.sj.'?l YS1 THERMOMETERS IftRUST" INTO 1HE GROUND. IN MVg&UMMEK THEKE,RgeiS-0Vyi2 THEKE,RgeiS-0Vyi2 DEGREES BELOW BDIUHG POINT! "Letters to the Editor" Last month marked the first anniversary of the Utah County Council of Governments, the organization which in 1968 replaced the old Mayor's Council in Utah County. Sitting on the Utah County Council of Governments is Orem Mayor Winston M. Crawford, mayors of the other Utah County cities, superintendents of school districts, and members of the Utah County Commission. Designed to foster cooperation between the county government and the incorporated communities within the county, the Utah County Council of Governments is structured to provide representation and an effective voice for each unit. CURRENTLY HEADING up the organization are Utah County Commissioner Stanley D. Roberts, chairman; Provo Mayor Verl G. Dixon, vice chairman; and K. Dale Despain, executive secretary. A unique kind of organization, the Council of Governments is probably the only one of its kind in the United States. This is due to the customary difficulty in enlisting cities to cooperate in solving mutual problems. Municipalities often fear loss of local control con-trol through a metropolitan form of government. govern-ment. However, through an organization such ' as the Council of Governments, cities can retain their fiercely-guarded autonomy, while still participating in a cooperative effort to solve problems common to the county as a whole. THIS HAS CERTAINLY been true in Utah County, where representatives of the various var-ious government levels come together each month to study and consider problems which usually extend beyond city boundries. Such matters as flood control, fire control, water pollution and garbage disposal are problems which have area-wide ramification, ramifica-tion, and consequently require area-wide solutions. Trash disposal is one current problem receiving intensive study by a committee of the Council of Governments. The proportions propor-tions of the problem can be readily seen when estimates of the garbage generate each year in Utah County are made. The average family in this area produces about 15 pounds of solid waste a day, or 5,500 pounds a year. On this basis, the people of Utah County produce 75,000 tons of garbage a year. EVAN AFTER compaction, this amount of garbage would cover an Orem City block 112 feet deep, towering far above the Lincoln Junior High School. What is the best way to handle this mountain moun-tain of garbage?. Burning; dumps is not the : best solution, since this results in rat infes tation, ugly landscapes, air pollution, and a variety of other problems. Another major area of concern receiving the attention of the Council of Governments is the problem of flood and fire control along the face of the mountains. The grow- ( ing number of residential developments along' the foothills and sides of the mountains present pre-sent increased hazards from brush fires and flash floods. This is another problem which can be best approached from such cooperative efforts as are being exercised in the Council of Governments. IN THIS SAME area of concern is the necessity of protecting and preserving our canyons for both scenic beauty and recreational recrea-tional use. Pressures are increasing in these choice areas for the .expansion of residential residen-tial and commercial developments whicbmay one day impair their value of recreational use. Long-range planning for county development develop-ment is one area which all members of the Council of Governments agree is an absolute abso-lute necessity. Last year, the organization unanimously approved plans for the Utah County Planning Commission to apply for a $20,000 federal grant from, Housing and Urban Development. The grant would be used for preparation of a new comprehensive county zoning ordinance or-dinance to bring present zoning laws into harmony with the new comprehensive plan for the county. Utah County's present zoning law, only the fifth such ordinance enacted by a county in the United States, was adopted adopt-ed back in 1942, and is seriously outmoded. ALSO APPROVED by the Council of Governments Gov-ernments was Provo City's plans to apply for a HUD grant for a study of a comprehensive compre-hensive storm sewer system and other capital cap-ital improvements. And just recently, the Orem City Council Coun-cil requested the Council of Governments to include with Provo City's request, a request for federal funds to provide a storm sewer study for Orem City on a matching funds basis. After being in operation for just one year, the Council of Governments is a shining example of responsible people working harmoniously har-moniously together in a common cause to identify problems, propose solutions, and then carry them out. MAY 1969 be another year of progress and harmony for the Utah County Council of . Governments! '"' " ' " Crw HORSe StEBP sfRwoms UP? Vk! HOCSK PREFER SLEEPING fHRT WHY J 'sThNuING 5T1U- fM RtLAXcP, THc LEG jDNT5 LOCK TO SUPPORT TH& RNIMHL- COMFOKThBLY: what is meant by -WILL-O-THgYiSp"? I "fi i SfcfcN UVfcK MRK5Hc5 RT NleHTf OECfWlNg HNiMWuOK rLRWT LIFE GIVE QFP SB66S fURT BECOME UlMlNOU3.tf.T&M0 'MINISTRY OF CHEER' Dear Editor, I would appreciate it if you would place this in your 'Letters to the Editor" column. My wife and I have a concern for people who are lonely, whether wheth-er because they are elderly, shut-in, shut-in, widowed, or any other reason. So we are developing a ministry minis-try of cheer and encouragement through personal correspondence. correspond-ence. If any readers of your paper would like to get acquainted with us, they are invited to write us at Route 1, Box 1124,Stoughton, Wis. 53589. Thank you. Sincerely, David L. Handt THE VIEWS expressed in this column or any previous column are those of the author, Mr. Williams, and not necessarily those of the Orem-Geneva Times management. NASW WIVES PLAN VISIT TO TRAINING SCHOOL NASW Social Worker Wives will visit the American Fork Training School tonight, May 1, and will meet at 7 p.m. in the main building of the school. Special Spec-ial speaker will be Mr. Paul Sagers. Persons needing rides are to meet at 6:30 p.m. at the residence resi-dence of Mrs. Phil Thorpe, 560 Stadium Ave., Provo, or Mrs. Richard Jensen, 73 E. 1000 S., Orem. CAMPUS VIET CONG HAVE v DEFINITE A TARGETS U.S. military men fighting in Vietnam have a counterpart at home: the ROTC military science students. Granted, the men in the shooting shoot-ing war have definite front-line battles against the North, Vietnamese Viet-namese and the Viet Cong. And more than 3 5,000 Americans have lost their lives there. Making rather bold steps on the home front lately are the campus Viet Congthe Students for a Democratic Society and several black militant groups. WITHOUT A UNIFORM although al-though shaggy long hair and a particular stench seems to emin-ate emin-ate from most of them the SDSers seem to have one thing in common across the nation from Harvard to Stanford: Do anything to destroy the training of students , formilitary.seryice as well as 1 eliminate campus research grants from the Department "of Defense. The communist-oriented SDS, using guerrilla warfare tactics, seems to be having great success, suc-cess, much to the consternation of patriotic Americans. The Viet Cong in America could have selected chemistry departments to destroy academ- MORE CONTROL.MORE COMFORT... MORE MILEA Ira rem More rubber on the road gives you up to 20 better skid resistance ... for better steering, quicker stops. More rubber contact prevents road vibration, minimizes road noise. You get a softer, smoother ride. New tread design and new rubber compounds give the New Atlas Plycron Tire 25 more mileage. Reasonably Priced MOTT'S CHEVRON 406 North State OREM ically, or art, or music, or history, his-tory, or psychology. BUT THEY HAVE attacked openly, even with guns as seen this week at Cornell University, the training of officers for the defense of the United States. Clever, aren't they? No matter what excuses sociologists, soci-ologists, psychologists, or spineless spine-less college administrators give to the nationwide confrontation against the military both against the war in Vietnam and the training train-ing of ROTC students-it all focuses on one point: Destroy the military establishment abroad and athome so that America Amer-ica is left virtually defenseless against an ever-growing communist com-munist military buildup. . HOPEFULLY, good Americans will start some action of their own. Hopefully, they will be sickened sick-ened by the sight of the campus takeovers across the nation and what they read in the newspapers and magazines about these events. Hopefully, they will encourage action that prohibits destruction of public property and the intimidation intim-idation (a typical communist tactic) tac-tic) of school officials. JUST WHAT HAS happened across the nation recently? 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Second-class postage paid at Orem, Utah. ing an end to compulsory military mil-itary training. This is one of few schools where such training is mandatory. AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY in New York City, SDS leaders are giving the acting president one week to accede to demands of abolishing ROTC on campus. In Washington, D.C., a dozen students stormed the administration administra-tion building at American University Uni-versity and evicted the president. But the protesters later were evicted themselves by 30 fraternity frater-nity men in brief scuffling. The protestors were against the school's involvement in a police training program and a classified classi-fied Army project on campus. SDS MEMBERS at Princeton blocked the entrance toaDefense Department building on campus Scuffles ensued and the dean of students was knocked to the ground. Students were protesting the Vietnam war with the sit-in at the Institute for Defense Analyses. Ana-lyses. At Massachusetts Institute of Technology, officials promised to take a close look at MIT's link with defense projects. Defense Department figures show that MIT let all universities in fiscal 1967 with $92 miUion allocated for military work. And at Boston State College, 30 student members of the Afro-American Afro-American Society took over the tnain " administration building, ousting everyone inside. CONTRARY TO HAPPENINGS on other campuses, BY U dedicated dedicat-ed a new ROTC building Tuesday Tues-day which is the headquarters for the Air Force and the Army ROTC programs on campus in which 600 students have enrolled voluntarily. Military service recruiters find it a pleasure to visit BYU and don't hesitate saying so. The radicals across the nation na-tion seeking to weaken the Defense De-fense Department have criticized criticiz-ed military prisons, rifles, tanks, aircraft, napalm manufacturing, and chemical-biological warfare. THEIR FAVORITE target, of course, is Vietnam. And they could really care less about it whether it goes communist or not. The big question on the attack on college campuses and their cooperation with the military is this: Will Americans sit idle and watch the destruction of the military mili-tary which is this nation's protection? JlUuuUn Beacon By JoLin Healy Final elections are over, almost, al-most, it was a tie for S.B. Sec. between Jan Cryer and Brenda Gerber. The following people will take over the student stu-dent council and 8th grade offices, of-fices, starting the next school year. S.B. Pres.-GregMann;S.B. V. Pres.- Shelly Ford; S.B. Sec. ??; Historian - Suzette Squire; Program Chairman -Chris Remington; Rem-ington; Radioreporter -, . Kay Mower; Newspaper - Heidi Paw-loswki; Paw-loswki; Stage Managers - Steve R. Heaps and Steve Heinz. 9th Pres. - Dave Clark; 9th V. Pres. Karen Wengreen; 9th Sec. -Tracy Loy. 8th Pres. - Scott Westover; 8th V. Pres - Sandy Zamora; 8th Sec. -Sandi Sumner. Good luck to all these people next year in their jobs. Club Completes Medical Course Ten members of the Gent's C ar C iub graduated T uesday night from a Medical Self-Help Training Train-ing Class completed under the direction of George McKinney, Orem Civil Defense Director. Certificates were presented following fol-lowing a tour of the Utah County Emergency Operations Center in Provo. Clay Dalton, director, explained ex-plained the operation center. The car club is comprised of youth from the Orem-Provoarea who are interested in car safety and training themselves to give roadside assistance whenever possible. Those completing the course were Clint Campbell, Roger Gil-lispie, Gil-lispie, Roy Odekirk, Paul Snell, all ofOremjMrs.ToniHammond, Clair Pierce, Wayne Preston, Le-Ron Le-Ron Stevens, Randy Taylor, Paul Thompson, all of Provo. Stroke is responsible for more than 200,000 deaths annually an-nually in this country. 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