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Show In Central Utah Special Edition Reflects Pride Dedicated to h Progress And Growth of Central Utah Page 42-- THE HERALD. Provo, Utah, Sunday, February 29. This is a proud day for The Herald as we present our annual Progress Edition for 1976. In a very real sense the edition is a cooperative venture. Hundreds of individuals and organizations and business firms have helped make it possible. Skilled folks in putting from The Herald staff provided the know-hobut the cooperation of those the newspaper together who provided information, sponsored ads, or helped in other ways makes them partners in the project. We hope that all concerned are pleased with the result The Progress Edition is our biggest single effort of the y the area year to boost Central Utah (Utah, Juab and Wasatch) here in the state's heartland, served by The Herald. Through pictures, features, special articles, and advertisements we have attempted to tell of our area's people and organizations, our industries, our schools, the natural resources with which Central Utah has been endowed. Probably more than In any previous Herald edition we have employed the use of full color, made possible through new photo composition and offset printing facilities installed at the time our new plant was built. While it is impossible, in a single issue, to cover "everything" of interest in the area, we have tried to touch as many bases as possible. Hopefully subjects . missed can be featured in future such editions. We have therned the 1976 Edition to America's 200th anniversary, with special treatment of "a bicentennial of our own" the explorations in Utah by the Dominguez Escalante party in 1776, the same year the Declaration of Independence was signed. We believe the pages of the issue bespeak the pride that Central Utahns have in this choice area in which we live. Many subscribers have arranged to mail copies to friends and relatives residing elsewhere. We hope the recipients will enjoy the experience of a "visit" to Central Utah in this manner. Naturally readers can't peruse the entire edition in one sitting. We suggest therefore that you file your copy ... and refer to it again and again. 1976 ' ped in Provo De Hydrogen Bus: A First About 19 persons took a ride on a bus in Provo this Friday. What had to make the ride so special wms not merely that the bus was powered by hydrogen instead of gasoline, but that the system used to store the hydrogen was developed in Provo. The corporation behind the development of hydrogen power is Billings Energy Research Corporation. It was founded in 1973. But telling a story of the program beginning at that date would be incomplete. The story begins in 1965 when a Provo High School junior converted a Model A so that it was powered by hydrogen. That student was Roger E. Billings and he was later awarded two grants by the Ford Motor Company to continue research into hydrogen power when he was attending Brigham Young University. In 1972 Roger Billings entered the Clean-Ai- r Race with his hydrogen system. Early in 1974 Mr. Billings unveiled a passenger car with a significant method of storing hydrogen. Using what he has come to call the hydride storage system he proved at that time there was a way to deal with the gas in a practical way. The system involves an iron - titanium alloy which somehow absorbs hydrogen and will not release it until it is heated. That's the system that is used in the bus now moving about Provo and Orem as any other bus might do. What makes this an important development for the nation is the fact that the exhaust which one may see coming from the end of the bus contains relatively few pollutants. Its greatest emission is water vapor. What makes this an important occasion for the Central Utah area is that this program is being developed here and Mr. Billings has, since the beginning, committed to keeping his home base here in Utah County. The developer three-count- -- indicated recently that first he is a Provoan and second, he has come to rely on the expertise and enthusiasm of scientists who work at BYU and consult with him from time to time. What may develop from this energetic young man and his associates remains to be seen. Opportunities and challenges for this program in this energy -- conscious nation and world appear endless. That the corporation has acquired 388 acres of industrial land south of Provo should indicate there will be more heard from the group in the future. The program Mr. Billings is involved with extends into many areas of research now including development of a fusion reactor. It is hoped this will be the key to developing relatively inexpensive electricity. The official launching of the first hydrogen powered public bus is a splendid opportunity to acknowledge efforts to date and to extend 3 anywhere. The closest thing to a natural Everyone needs information to vote intelligently. We need facts, not propaganda. Then we must make our individual minds stop, look, absorb and respond. The effort begins close to home. So does the effort of being a good parent. It's important that the young be trained to parental discipline, but we have watched that essential eroded until almost any youth can defy authority and not only be patted on the head but applauded by a large part of an older generation which should have known better. Next, find out what is really going on in your community. Keep posted Join a local civic association the Rotary, Kiwanis or Elks, to name only a few and charity organizations like the Salvation Army rolls, community chest groups, etc. If they're weak, help to make them stronger and more worthwhile. Take part in them If you're in business, join a business group; your local chamber of commerce or others. Vote in these meetings. Make yourself heard. If vuu're a union person, attend your union meetings. Stay as long as the meetings last In theory a strike is supposed to serve the workers' interest, putting pressure on the employer to agree to the sort of the International Fund and World Bank delegates met in Jamaica this year. It was an eye opening experience for the newsmen who converged there. Jude Wanniski covered the conference for the Wall Street Monetary -- Roberf and best wishes for the future. encouragement S, Journal. He was incredulous: "Imagine a country of more than two million, blessed by perhaps the most perfect weather on earth, rich soil on broad agricultural plains, a gentle, healty population that wants to do desperately and natural productive work resources in the land and in the sea around them that have barely been scratched. "Yet because of economic policies which might have been designed by Jane Fonda, that potential paradise has a 25 percent inflation rate, 28 That is Jamaica. It wasn't always like this. My own visits to Jamaica in the Sixties were idyllic. It was didn't , contract they want. But again and again union leaders decide they "need" a strike. Cast your vote. If you have a son or daughter in school, join the parent-teache- r association. Make sure your children are getting the kind of education that equips them to think for themselves. What we should remember about in education and its institutions general is the primary meaning of the word "education." It means to "draw out." Teaching is a hard, exacting and often frustrating profession But into the hands of teachers come the millions of young minds that, with proper teaching, are capable of unlimited development. If you are an alumnus of a college or university, become active in the alumni association. Go to the meetings. Much can be done to improve your institution of higher learning. For example, ignorance is in the saddle regarding American history. Write the deans and ask if American history is a required course, and if not why not. In the fight against inflation we must do our part as consumers It requires a national frame of mind based on the individual attitudes of we, the people. We cannot leave everything to President Ford and the Congress. As individuals, we can also keep out of debt. Only by living within our means can we help our country and ourselves. This is hard to do but it must be done. Debts are a first mortgage on the future of every family Remember that the Latin origin of the word "debt" itself, loosely translated, means "death." Don't feel so helpless because you cannot change things for the better all alone or all at once that you fail to help at all No matter who you are, or what you do, you can help America. As individuals we are the essential element. Our nation will be precisely what we are arid what we make it. The answer to "What can I do?" contains no lack of specifics. Good people do not always lift the grain of sand that they should lift but that's the challenge. (Copyright, 1976, United Feature t Syndicate, Inc. , - ) Former Pennsylvania Gov. William Scranton is definitely not getting a free ride on Senate confirmation as Ambassador to the United Nations. Tip-of-f on that is the warning comment of Sen. Hubert Party. ranking Humphrey, member of the Foreign Relations Committee: "There are a number of things we want to question him about. We are taking nothing for granted " Definitely due to be scrutinized is Scranton's views regarding the Middle East. In the first year of the Nixon . administration the Pennsylvania went there as special envoy to recommend an overall policy. Scranton's report advising an "even handed" course was, in effect, The by Nixon. repudiated White House went out of its way to stress that this was Scranton's view and not the administration's That was the last heard of him was while Nixon President. The 95th Congress doesn't convene until next January, but already scramble a hot backstage is underway for chairmanship prestigious International of the House Relations The Service Editor Herald: seems that people in government positions have a disposition to forget that their wages are paid by Mr. Average America." They become a little haughty and proud and unapproachable at times. I would say to those of you in these positions-inspect- ors, control animal officers, police, city officials, county officials, tax and It utilities employees, department parks and recreation people, etc.: You are paid to be of service. If you don't like your service, find overemployment. A fellow taxpayer. Mary Harries of intention to retire at the end of this Congress. After 30 years' congressional service (16 as committee chairman), the 69 year - old physician wants to go back to his unusual home in Fredericktown, Pa. The house is 105 feet long, has 67 doors and overlooks the Monongahela River. But the left wing of his own People's National Party is no less violent. Wanniski says, "Jamaica is not going Communist; it's going bananas!" of the of Jamiaca's mismanagement economy is its fishing industry. The tropical island's coastal waters abound with snapper and kingfish, delicious and One example -- senior committeemen Two to the chairmanship aspire Clement Zablocki, Dante Fascell. prize Reps. and Wayne Hays, another top member, had his eye on it but changed his mind. He already heads the Administration Committee, and has long aspired to a high post party possibly IX'mocratic floor leader. So Hays has told Zablocki he will back him Nominally Zablwki should be in line as Morgan's successor. The Milwaukecan is second - committeeman, seniority ranking and under the system The government's tax and trade policies discourage local waters. If a Jamaican were to invest in a fishing fishing boat and peddle his fish to the hotel trade he'd immediately become visible to the tax collector. when the 95th Congress convenes. That's where Fascell comes in. While somewhat junior in service to Zablocki, Fascell is chairman of the International Political and Military Affairs Sulxwnmittee and stands in well with militant liberals and the large freshman contingent who importantly influence Democratic affairs in this Congress. If they continue to do that next year, Fascell s prospects could be bright So he and Zablocki are maneuvering He'd face steep business taxes. His boathands would be instantly unionized, thereafter could not be fired. Further, he'd then have to pay the steeply income progressive personal taxes and the substantial Social Security tax. Editor Herald: I have been one who has until now hailed the proposed Four Seasons development. I have felt that the environment could be safeguarded and that adequate controls could be established to maintain the integrity of our unique I have community values. lauded the efforts of our elected officials to broaden the city's tax base and reduce the burden on individual home owners. I have been encouraged that this project could be a new beginning to open up a larger job market so that our children after they have earned their education could find employment at home. I have been lead to believe that this project could do for Provo what the Mall has done for Orem namely a spin - off or ripple effect that could breathe new life into downtown Provo. But, alas, it appears mine has been wishful thinking and that most of the presentations by Wilderness Associates have been smoke - screens obscuring their real intent. I was appalled when I read recently in the Herald that 43 percent of the land is now being planned for housing. I read with interest the questions raised by Alden B. Tueller in the February 23, 1976, letters to the editor. I. too, would like to know the answers to his questions. Is the research park now to be only five acres (one tenth its original size), and the cultural center a token offering to win support for housing, and the ski resort a fleeting fantasy? If this is the case, then is Provo selling its limited land resources for a mess of pottage? If the only economically feasible use of the land is housing, I say keep the land until conditions change or at the very least, sell the land at fair market value and salvage something for the city. -- Objects to Bringing Morals Into Discussion and electioneering for a prize that is nearly a year off during which a lot is bound to happen. Ibc Morgan is the .i.lrd member to rail it quits with this Congress And it's certain there will be others to say nothing about the many who will be forcibly retired 'by voters in November. .' Pxiitor Herald I am this Eric addressing comment directly to Mr. D. Ray, because I am hoping that he is the only "good citizen" in our community who can speak out so clearly the "morals of the average liberal skier." I trust your knowledge of the winter enthusiast is a very personal one, Mr Ray, so I won't embarrass or attempt to humiliate you personally. If you conscientiously object the mentioned 185 acres for a along with propustnl ftki many other family oriented attractions, why don't you just come out and say so, and leave your morals out of it? I am personally a ski enthusiast as well as my' to the family, of friends, business acquaintances, etc., and I hope all who read your article 'skier or not) can read through what I consider your narrow mindedness only to find that you have no real argument Every development has its and B Y U. The great University of Learning, but it too brings those who would be considered by your standards to "unwholscorne." (Not mention the added pollution and traffic problems Geneva Steel is certainly not a good ) . "wholesome" Don't underwrite something that will make a few rich at the expense of many. A Concerned Citizen Sherman L. Cloward 777 N. 500 W. Provo Sundance Crew Earns Thanks Editor Herald: Recently I read a letter to the editor praising the at Sundance and frankly doubted such praise was in order. The praise was given for hours of unselfish effort freeing the stuck car of a visiting female educator. She was apparently ski-patr- at the MIA. participating home near, and not even at Sundance itself. After yesterday's experience however, waist deep in Sundance snow for hours, trying to take pictures and stay off the ski areas, I want to say "amen" to the praise and another voice to commend Brent Beck and his crew at Sundance. I took a student with me to help take pictures of our school group and was thrilled with the kind and gracious treatment which seemed to be just a matter of routine for the lift operators and others who work there. This kind of unselfish human relations is a thrill to experience. Thank you Sundance personnel Richard H. Magleby Youth Center Seminary Tchr. Box 270 Provo, Utah Today In History Ieap ''advantages Take disadvantages"! for example. ons Today is Sunday, Feb 29, the 60th day of 1976 with 306 to follow. This is Year Day, would automatically step up But that was riddled a year ago at the start of this Congress, and it's a toss up what will happen next House nourishing. Yet the fish you find on the hotel menus is "imported." a Rep. January Don't Forget ., chairman, longtime killing, burning, looting. Edith Lederer of AP who went there for the IMF conference describes the west end slums of Kingston as "a mini - Belfast or Beirut " Prime Minister Manley blames "organized political gangs" of the opposition Labor I Morgan, disrupt seriously factions Committee. The tussle was touched off by of Rep. the announcement Thomas had anything. is serious The disruption is torn now. Kingston Allen V I remembered Hawaii of the an Eden populated Forties by happy gardeners. There was a pot - smoking, volatile segment of the population calling themselves bush the "Rastafaria" but they league Communists rate percent unemployment and an epidemic pox of crime and political terror." No Free Ride as much then For Scranton Help Make the U.S.A. Better Place to Live me. our in paradise hemisphere perhaps any is Jamaica. hemisphere It's being torn apart. In one way it's a good thing that Questions In Change of View 4-Seas- Mostly because our problems are not related to "where," we make problems for ourselves island Letters to Editor Problems in 'Paradise' can run but you can't You hide. Henry J. Taylor Millions of good people want to help our country. But they feel as if a firing squad had just finished shooting and was now kicking around the corpse. They feel helpless. "I'm just one person. I feel so powerless. As an individual, what can I do?" they ask. Take heart. What can you do? Plenty! What everyone can do is to lift his own grain of sand. Too little effect? Oh, no. The pooled effort of lifting grain by grain can lift our whole country. Let's be specific about things you can do: Vote in all local, state or national elections. Be sure to vote and vote intelligently That's grain of sand No. 1 Etched on the cornice of the state capitol at Lincoln, Neb., are these important words: "The Safety of the Nation Depends on the Watchfulness of its Citizens." This means you and Paul Harvey element physically, but it keeps our a community employed tremendous advantage I might add. am net particularly for or either way, but if I did object, I would hope I would base my opinion on something that was a very real threat toourcommunity. I against It sounds like to me you have "sacrificed" your good common sense for an obsession that is demoralizing your very own mind! Seeya on the slopes! Debbie Sorensen 289 N. 300 E. Orem which occurs only once in four years. The moon is new The morning stars are Mercury and Venus. The evening stars are Mars, Jupiter and Satum. Those born on this day are under the sign of Pisces. Canadian hockey star Henri Richard was born Feb. 29, 1936. On this day in history: In 1872, Britain's Queen Victoria narrowly missed death at the hands of a young revolutionary, Albert O'Connor. In 1924, the former head of the Veterans' Bureau, Charles Forbes, was indicted in Washington, DC, for defrauding the government of $250 million. In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower put an end to many months of conjecture by announcing that he would run for a second term. In 1964, President Lyndon B Johnson announced that the United States had secretly developed a new military jet called the All, which was capable of flying 2,000 miles per hour at an altitude of 70.000 feet, |
