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Show Universal Microfilming Corp, 14 P.O. Bos 2608 Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 CT73 tmm D IS Nprr .41' JTS 1 STEEL PLANT H ft ft ft f HUB OF UTAH'S FW $ 1 ILLUMINATING THE PROBLEMS, THE I'EOPLE, THE LSSUES OF" OUR TIME Increase Seen In Cases Of Child Abuse And Neglect; Orem City Has Its Share In a community , like Orem where children child-ren are the town's best crop, one would think it would be difficult, if not impossible, impos-sible, to find a case of child abuse or neglect. neg-lect. However, the truth of the matter is, Orem doe's have its share of child abuse and neglect cases. During 1969 a total of 1,264 child abuse or neglect cases were referred to the Juvenile Ju-venile Courts in Utah, according to Richard P. Lindsay, Director of the Division of Family Services. This number does not include many additional cases which are investigated in-vestigated by the Division ofFamilyServices or the much larger number of suspected and unreported cases. CHILD ABUSE, which ranges from death by bludgeoning to providing no basic care for a child, actually appears to be on the increase, according to statistics being tabulated locally. Ed Sollis, protective service worker in the Utah County Division of Family Services, says there were 17 referrals from Orem City during the year of 1969 for child neglect and abuse. Thirteen of these were for neglect and four were for actual abuse. From Orem City so far this year there have already been 12 referrals for child neglect and abuse, according to Mr. Sollis. At the present referrel rate there will be a 50 percent increase in referrals from Orem City, alone, during 1970. What constitutes child neglect or abuse? The answer to that question covers a multitude multi-tude of sins of parents against their children. Denial of adequate and nutritious food, deprivation depri-vation of needed medical care, provision of unsuitable clothing are just some of the factors which constitute child neglect. Physical punishment resulting in injury to the child, as well as emotional deprivation, also come within the definition of child abuse. Another shocking fact is that cases of incest make up a significant number of child abuse incidents. . Third Juvenile Court Judge Merrill L. Hermansen of Orem reports that last year there were 42 cases brought before his court for parental neglect and improper care. These included 17 cases of dependency, 13 children permanently taken from their parents, par-ents, and five cases of child abandonment. During the first five months of 1970, there have been already 34 cases of depen-dancy depen-dancy and neglect brought before the Ju-nenile Ju-nenile Court, Judge Hermansen said. FOR YEARS, NOW, doctors have been trying try-ing to interest the public, legal agencies and officials in what is called 'the battered child syndrome". However, although some parents do not treat their children properly, it is still very difficult legally to separate victimized children from their dangerous parents. One difficulty is in getting the concerned citizen who reports to the authorities a case of child abuse to actually back up his concern by testifying in court. Utah law requires the reporting of suspected sus-pected abuse or neglect to the Division of Family Services, the police or sheriff, and failure to report such incidents, resulting in physical injury, is cause for punishment as a misdemeanor. A citizen reporting in good faith a suspected case of child abuse is given immunity from liability or proceedings resulting from the report. However, often times the concerned citizen will want to leave to others the job of substantiating the facts in a child abuse case. This often results in a dismissal of the case for lack of evidence. WHAT ARE SOME of the common conditions condi-tions that can lead to "dangerous parents and battered children? PSYCHOPATHIC PARENTS: These are people who do not operate with normal conscience". Often they do not know right from wrong. Ordinary judgement is beyond their capacity; their actions are based on "not getting caught" rather than on avoiding feelings of guilt. All psychopaths do not brutalize their children, but cruel, sadistic ones can cause disaster. PSYCHOTIC PARENTS: These severely disturbed people are greatly removed from reality and are just as likely to hurt themselves them-selves as hurt children. They may love children and they can be totally unaware of what they are doing. MENTALLY DEFECTIVE PARENTS: Most mental defectives are not dangerous, but those with severe intellectual deprivation and emotional disturbances are. Occasionally these people can be damaging to themselves, others and espclally to young, helpless children. child-ren. ALCOHOLIC PARENTS: Alcoholics often suffer from severely repressed rage. This rage sometimes explodes during an alcoholic alco-holic stupor. When the person sobers up, the misplaced rage is always regretted, but by then, it is often too late. IN A SOCIETY where childrenare precious in the sight of God and man, even one case of child abuse or neglect is one too many. However, the hundreds and hundreds of both reported and unreported cases of parental neglect and improper care which are brought to light in Utah each year are a shocking indictment against our society. OREM CITY is not immune to this strange mixture of apathy and violence which wreaks its havoc on the souls and bodies of children. It can, and does, happen here. Good citizens can help by concerning them- -selves-in the safety and well-being of the children in their neighborhoods. They can report to the proper authorities suspected abuse or neglect of children. They can be willing to testify, in court if necessary, regarding re-garding the knowledge they may have concerning concern-ing such cases. OUR CHILDREN deserve nothing less' mm immSaas t. THE HISTORIC Salt Lake City and County Building has been officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places Election Registration Information Primary Elections will beheld Tuesday, September 8, 1970, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. this year, and general elections will be held Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1970, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Registration time is from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the following days: Tuesday-August 4 Saturday-August 8 Tuesday-August 25 Saturday-October 10 Tuesday-October 13 Tuesday -October 27 Wednesday - October 28 Registration agents are: Orem 1 - Ina Ostler, 1683 N. 400 West, 225-1566. Orem 2 - Colleen Anderson, 847 N. 60 East, 225-5293. Orem 3 -Erlene Custer, 240E. NuVi'ew Circle, 225-1160. Orem 4 - Mildred Johnson, 548 N. 800 East, 225-0730 Orem 5 - Marilyn Allen, 570 E. 400 N., 225-1920. Orem 6 - Clara Louise Pyne, 390 N. 100 East, 225-3727. Orem 7 -Sarah Gordon, 475S. 400 East, 225-3648. Orem 8 - Margaret N. Nicol, 435 E. 900 S., 225-5883. Orem 9 - Cleo Webb, 1434 S. 720 E., 225-3297. Orem 10 - Colleen E. Stout, 924 S. 1000 E., 225-0576. Orem 11 - Lynetta B. Wolsey, 147 E. 1700 S., 225-2886. Orem 12 - Farelyn P. Burg-graaf, Burg-graaf, 1554 S. 320 E., 225-3153. Orem 13 - Penny Lynn Anderson, Ander-son, 1576 S; Main St., 225-6463. Orem 14- Margaret Anderson, 976 S. 200 East, 225-0035. Orem 15-LaraineSmithFlood, 990 S. 150 W 225-1899. Orem 16 - Joyce M. Long, 90 N. 705 W., 225-5615. Orem 17 - Joycelyn Demaree, 337 N. 1030 W 225-4026. Orem 18 - Jean R. Bishop, 712 W. 640 N., 225-0996. Orem 19 - Mildred A. Snow, 533 N. 940 W., 225-7130. Orem 20-Thora L.Crawford, 612 W. 1200 N., 225-0959. Orem 21- LuJean McAllister, 296 E. 1864 S., 225-5455. Orem 22 - Loreen H. Bliss, 757 S. 400 E., 225-1281. Orem -23 - Inez White, 167 S. Ellis, 225-5010. Orem 24 - Marilyn T. Brock-bank, Brock-bank, 880 N. 275 E 225-3720. Orem 25 - Rhea Olcott, 285 E. 400 S., 225-7546. Orem 26- Edith Kinghorn, 540 S. 800 W., 225-7407. 3 Utah Sites Named As Nat'l Historic Places Mr. Milton L. Weilenmann, Liaison Officer for the State of Utah, announces that the following follow-ing sites in Utah were officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places. JItah accepts this National recognition proudly. The sites are: Salt Lake City & County Building, Build-ing, 451 Washington Square, Salt Lake City; Fort Douglas, East Bench, Salt Lake City; Issac Chase Mill, Liberty Park, 6th East between 9th and 13th South, Salt Lake City, The restoration and preservation preserva-tion of these National historic places becomes a vital part of Utah's preservation plan. Not only are these sites protected from destruction by federally-financed federally-financed projects, but some federal fed-eral monies may be available to help the State and private groups finance their preservation and restoration. This National Historic Preservation Program provides Utah with a real opportunity op-portunity to preserve its great heritage. It is important that all archeological, architectural, and historic sites in Utah be identified. identi-fied. Utahns everywhere are asked to suggest any and all "sites" in their areas they think are significant. (Please contact Melvin T. Smith, UtahPreserva-tion UtahPreserva-tion Officer, or GaryD. Forbush, Acting Director, Utah Heritage Foundation, at 603 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102, Telephone 328-5755.) Story Time Sat. 11:15 At Library The highly successful story-time story-time will be held again this Saturday, at 11:15 a.m. in theorem City Library. All children 4 years and older are invited to attend. Dorie Nichols will be the storyteller this Saturday. VOL. 40 NO. 30v Thursday, July 30, 1970 PRICE TEN CENTS iling Deadline f fl O C"3 n Employers have an important tax deadline on July 31, according accord-ing to Roland V. Wise, District Director of Internal Revenue in Utah. This is the last day for reporting re-porting and paying both Social Security and withheld income taxes for the quarter ending June 30, 1970. Employers should report these taxes on the pre-addressed Form 941 mailed them by IRS. They have until August 10, to file their returns if the entire quarterly tax liability has been deposited on time in a Federal Reserve or authorized commercial bank. If the balance due with the return re-turn is more than $100, it should be deposited in an authorized commercial bank or a Federal Reserve bank, using FederalTax Deposit Form 501. Lesser amounts can be sent to IRS with the return. Further information canbe obtained ob-tained by writing to District Director, Di-rector, Internal Revenue Service, 350 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101, for "Circular E Employer's Tax Guide," Publication 15. The Alpine School District has completed its contract negotiations negotia-tions with its teachers and other employees. In a joint statement issued by Norman C. Barton, Alpine , Education Association President, and District Superintendent Super-intendent Dan W. Peterson, the terms of the negotiations were announced. Most of the employees of the district received a salary increase in-crease of 4.08 percent; those teachers who have earned at least thirty hours of college credit beyond be-yond the bachelor's degree and Workshops For Library People p H Uttered A special workshop session for the Library Board Trustees of Utah, Wasatch, and Juab Counties, Coun-ties, will be held tonight at 7:30 in the Orem City Council Room at the Orem City Center. . ' The meeting is sponsored by the Utah Library Association Trustees Section and the Utah State Library Commission, according ac-cording to Russell Davis, State Library Director. OTHER WORKSHOPS ' 5; Publich Librarians of Utah,' Wasatch, and Juab Counties will attend a workshop from 9 am to 12 hooil" today at 'the Spanisi Fork Library. Tomorrow, July 31, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, there wiU be a workshop at the American Fork Public Library. 1 M till I v PRESIDENT NIXON AND Congressman -Lawrence ' Burton smile at the friendly Utah crowds which ereeted the Pres ident when bration. he visited Utah, Friday, for the July 24th cele- New Shopping Center Zone Waits Approval As Site Preparation Nears For Mall Final revisions were made by the Orem City Council Tuesday night to a proposed ordinance which will create a new SC-2 (Shopping Center) Zone at the site of the projected University Mall regional shopping center in Orem. A continuation of the original public hearing on the ordinance was held Tuesday night at which Keith Sorenson, attorney for the A l l. t University Mall, discussed sug- AS Oft alt DUIllS with the Council. Basically, the ordinance outlines out-lines requirements for developers develop-ers of shopping centers and provides pro-vides guidelines for the orderly construction and completion of such developments. Following the public hearing, the Council instructed City Attorney At-torney Frank Butterfield to prepare pre-pare a final draft of the document Two-Year-Old Receives Bound Over By Orem Court Mike Hart, 21, 1578 S. 630 EL, Orem, has been oredered bound over to the Fourth District Court for trial on a charge of selling hallucinogenic drugs. A preliminary hearing was held before Orem City Judge Hugh Vern Wentz on the charge. Two year-old Brett Lindquist, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Lindquist, Lind-quist, 485 N. Emery, Orem, suffered suf-fered asphalt burns when he was dragged beneath a rolling vehicle ve-hicle in the Orem Post Office parking lot Monday afternoon. The accident occurred when the child apparently pushed the gear out of "park" position, and the truck began to roll. Police said he apparently jumped out of the Police Catch venicie ana was araggea beneath it. Brett was treated at the Utah Valley Hospital and later released. which can be acted upon at next week's Council meeting. Meanwhile, preliminary work is expected to get underway on the University Mall next month. Site preparation will commence in mid-August, including the leveling of land and moving of utility poles. The construction timetable calls for footings of the buildings themselves, to commence in March, 1971. The multi-million dollar regional re-gional shopping center, to be built between 100 South and 1300South, east of State Street, will include two giant department stores; Z.C.M.I. and J. C. Penney Co. A well-rounded selection of other service and specialty stores will also be constructed in the unit. Burglar In Act Library Board Re-Elects Officers The Library Board met Monday Mon-day and re-elected Allen W.Nielsen W.Niel-sen as chairman of the Library Board. K. Paul Jordan was reelected re-elected vice chairman for the coming year. Mr. Nielsen is chairman of the counseling department at the Orem High School, and is also chairman of the Utah Educational Association. Mr. Jordan is assistant director direc-tor of the ordering departmental the Brigham Young University Library. Matters Processed By City Court The following matters have been processed by the Orem City Court during the month of May, 1970, according to Hugh Vern Wentz, Orem City Judge. Moving traffic violations -166; 156 non-moving traffic violations, 43 highway patrol citations; 20 city citations; 23 county citations; 30 juveniles; 5 drunken driving; 1 reckless driving; 3 public intoxication; in-toxication; 1 shoplifting; 2 illegal possession of alcohol; 1 vagrancy; 1 litterbug; 1 Utah State Fish and Game; 1 Utah State Parks and Recreation; 5 animal control; 5 hearings; 1 trial by jury; 1 preliminary pre-liminary hearing; 68 small claims; 21 civil actions. There was a total of 433 matters mat-ters handled, with a total of $4,692.30 in fines and fees. The Orem police apprehended an Orem man as he was in the act of attempting to make forcible for-cible entry into one of theWheel-wright theWheel-wright Trailor Mobile homes. Orem police officers Studdert and Barker, caught John Edgar Thompson, 1446 S. State 199, trying to enter trailer 212, Saturday, Sat-urday, July 25. Thompson was holding large pruning shears and lightbulbs which he bad taken from the trailer. Further investigation disclosed dis-closed pry marks on the office rear door, on the coke machine, and on the padlock on the large gas tank, according to police reports. WINDOW CRACKED BY VANDALS J.H. Hilton, 733 S. 1000 E. reported to police that someone shot a hole in a large window at his home. According to reports, re-ports, the window was cracked the full length, and loss was estimated at $75. who have taught a minimum of five years in the district received re-ceived an additional one percent, or a 5.08 percent increase. All employees received an improvement im-provement in their major medical insurance program. The new policy pol-icy covers the charges for medical assistants in surgical procedures. Counselors and coaches who have received a flat amount for their services were also granted the 4.08 increase on these ad-dendas. ad-dendas. The salary and benefit agreement agree-ment amounts to an average increase in-crease of about 4.6 percent in addition to the regular salary schedule increases. The starting salary of teachers with a bachelor's bach-elor's degree was increased from $5510 to $5735. After eleven years in the district a teacher with a bachelor's degree will receive $9635. The new schedule sched-ule for teachers with a master's degree starts at $6035 and ends' at $10,495 starting with the twelfth year. The Alpine School District covers the Wasatch Front cities of Orem, Pleasant Grove, American Amer-ican Fork, Lehi, and the surrounding sur-rounding areas. (SoubucIS Approves (Sompre&nemsove The Orem City Council Tuesday Tues-day night, after concluding the longest series of public hearings hear-ings on a single subject in history, his-tory, enacted a new zoning ordinance ordi-nance which will change the character char-acter of building construction in nine areas of the city. The initial public hearing on the overall zoning proposal was held on February 3, 1970, in the Little Theatre of Orem High School. However, this public hearing has been continued without with-out final action at every official meeting of the Orem City Council Coun-cil held since that date. On August 11 the Council will hold a hearing on changing one area in the Lakeview Manor subdivision sub-division to an R-l-A zone, rather than the R-l Zone originally proposed. pro-posed. Eight of the nine areas to be re-zoned are to be changed to the newly-created R-l-B Zone. This zone will permit construction construc-tion of one and two-family residences, res-idences, churches and child daycare day-care centers handling not more than 15 children. Apartment units in the R-l-B Zones are banned, except for the planned dwelling units which must be constructed on not less than four acres of land and must be approved by the Council. Lot sizes are specific in the Former Orem Police Officer Promoted Wayne D. Shepherd, former sergeant with the Orem Police Department, has been promoted to lieutenant in the University of Utah Security Department. Lt. Shepherd served on the Orem Police Force from 1964-1968, 1964-1968, and in 1966 and 1967 was named outstanding police officer of the vear at the annual awards banquet sponsored by the Orem Lions Club. He joined the University of Utah Security force in 1968 and is currently serving as supervisor super-visor of traffic services in the newly formedDepartment of Public Pub-lic Safety. He inaugurated the first traffic index in the State of Utah and recently established a selective enforcement program under a federal grant through the Highway Safety Act. Lt. Shepherd makes his home in Salt Lake City with his wife and five sons. new zone, as well as other restrictive re-strictive provisions. At the present time there is only one R-l-B Zone in the City. The area from 100 North to 400 North between the State Street Commercial Zone and 400 East was designated as anR-l-BZone last year by the Orem City Council. Coun-cil. One large area of the city seen by the Orem Planning Commission Com-mission and the Council as being ready to make the conversion - from a limited agricultural use to the most restrictive residential residen-tial use is the area extending from" 400 East to the Orem City limits and from Center Street to 400 South Street. This area, presently in the R-l-A Zone covers a portion of the city which is currently unused or is devoted to the raising of fruit, crops, livestock or other openland uses, but into which residential development having characteristics of the R-l Zone are being directed. The R-l-A Zone allows single family dwellings, barns, corrals, fruit-packing sheds and the keeping keep-ing of animals and fowls for family food production and for the convenience and pleasure of persons residing on the premises. With the approval of this zoning zon-ing change, there can be no further expansion of present agricultural ag-ricultural uses in the area, and future development will be characterized char-acterized by spacious lots, un-crowded un-crowded buildings, well-kept lawns, trees and other plantings, a minimum of vehicular and pedestrian pe-destrian traffic, and quiet residential resi-dential conditions favorable for family life and the rearing of children. Under one zone change, a small parcel of land adjacent to the 1300 South Freeway Access Road and 800 East will be changed from R-l-A to R-2 Zone. This will permit construction of four-family dwellings in this area. It? WAYNE SHEPHERD One large area extending north from 1600 South, between Main Street and State Street, which had been originally proposed to be changed to the R-l-B Zone will be reduced to include the area just east of 200 East. The west portion will remain in the R-2 Zone. Passage of the re-zonine or dinance was not unanimous by the CouncU. Councilman Harley M. Gillman declared, "I am opposed to these changes. They will weaken our zoning ordinance. People bought their property as it was zoned, and they are entitled to use it for that purpose." Mayor Winston Win-ston M. Crawford replied that the Orem Planning Commission and City Council have had the proposals pro-posals under study for several months. Mr. Gillman said, "I feel there has been a lot of emotionalism involved in this action, rather than good judgement on the part of the city." |
