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Show -- 2 Price, ISSUED 76 t utfni n nu jv urn trr-rv- 4. , Thursday, March 30, 1967 Utah Sun-Advoca- WEST MAIN rr Mountains Still to Climb te EVERY THURSDAY RY Ry Intemational THE INC. SUN ADVOCATE PUBLISHERS. PRICE. UTAH . 84501 PHONE 637 0732 ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER AT THE POST OFFICE IN PRICE. UTAH SUBSCRIPTION RATE 4.50 YEARLY IN UTAH 6.00 YEARLY OUTSTIDE STATE ROMRT FINNEY, PuLlhhcr JESSIE ALEX BENE. JR., Editor south and east, One of the latest trips 1 took in England was to London Southampton, south seeing taking a train through It was hard seeing places Id not seen before (Wimbledon). of the speed, seme cf the things along the roadside, net because we were being You see, of the steam. because but ncr the dark, and it was neat! towed by a "puffer-bellin the morning. (Berry-landWe left the station (Waterloo) at 8:30 HOLDAWAY, Sourtf NATIONAL NEWSPAPER HUH STATE MVs pnjAScgTIN ASSOCIATION s, I New Malden, Surbiton, Esher, A First steam class was. engine. it how ever couldnt get quaint seats, and the beautiful English countryside (Weybridge 9:05). for a ship that My final week end was a busy one, waiting in the channel hurricane of a because had been delayed a day to Cambridge, with good of London, north up (Woking). Visiting friends, and at Harlow (Fleet). pillboxes out in It was interesting to see the old grown-ove- r the country. The war really did (Hock) affect the country. Not too long ago there was the 900th anniversary of the Westminister Abbey, and special stamps were published for this occasion. Last fall thoughts turned to the Battle of Hastings, fought in 1066. One evening we went to the embankment near the House of Parliament and saw the fireworks which commemorated the whole town turned out It great fire of London, 1666. I think the in the midst cf a traffic we were time of the Most was great! Couldnt be helped, with 13 millions! Walthen-cn-Thames- airl O Uislate DDaliils What changes have Carbon Counmade in their smoking residents ty habits since the government ordered cigarette manufacturers to put warning labels on each package? Practically none, according to the latest statistics on cigarette smoking in this area. The warning, which reads: Caution: Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health, has been al- -. most completely ignored. Many people, in fact, have never noticed there is such a statement on their cigarette packages. Figures released by the Federal Trade Commission, the Tobacco Tax Council and others indicates how ineffective it has been. They show that cigarette sales in the United States rose 2.9 per cent in the past year despite all efforts to induce people to stop smoking. In Carbon County, most people are smoking more than they did five or ten years ago, the reports show. Estimates place "the total amount of .cigarettes consumed. in the local area in 1966 at 1,294,000 packs. This was at the rate of 105 packs per capita for the local population over age, 18. By way of comparison, smoking was at the rate 6f215 packs per person nationally, based on the over-1- 8 - population, and 185 per person in the Mountain States. And people are going to smoke more and more, despite all the health warnings, until we take a new approach to the problem, says a University of Michigan professor, Ross J. Wilhelm. It is time, he declares, that the government stop wasting your money and personnel on ineffective measures designed to reduce smoking. When To Buy A Buoiiie The purchase of a home is usually the largest investment a family ever should be done with 'makes,-i- t painstaking care and consideration. t One of important conin siderations buying a home is timI ing. Should byy now, the prospective purchaser may ..ask .'himself, or should "I wait until prices come -- the-Hoos- , -- down? Or: "Is'there enough mort- gage' loan money available now. for me to get the1 house 1 want? Such questions are being discussed widely" these days. An article in a national magazine, for instance, surveys the situation and concludes that interest rates probably will remain . comparatively high, but that more money will be available for home loans during 1967 than was the case in late 1966. The article says that trying to wait out a return of inter- est to much lower levels can cost the even Aential buyer more money if the decrease comes. Why? Every year, the total costs of new housing go up at least 3 Y per cent, the article says. A Wall Street Journal survey shows that well over half the builders contacted plan at least a five per cent increase this year. Thats inflation, and its costly. But economists note that some of this inflationary sting can be soothed by he purchase of a home. This is because the value of a home, if it is well cared for, tends to go up with prices. So the.purcha.se of a home is good protection against inflation. So now just may be a good time to buy a home. I Dollar Vole A very significant point which many of us tend to overlook was brought out recently by Mrs. Rhea H. Gardner, Utah State University Extension Services home management and furnishings specialist, when she stated that every time you make a purchase or pay for a service, you actually cast a dollar vote for one business against another. Based on this premise, consumers have a potential power of life and death over all business. As she pointed out: The duties of consumer citizenship should rank with those of political citizenship. Every purchase of goods or services constitutes a vote. Thus you support, knowingly or unknowingly, inefficient and efficient producers and distributors, merchandise with good or poor standards expensive or inexpensive credit, and a host of other factors that make for efficient or inefficient production and distribution of goods and services. Unintelligent buying permits poorly managed businessess to survive; therefore, consumer ignorance is equivalent to a vote or a subsidy to inefficient production and much capital and labor operate in plants where they are less efficient than they would be in a market of intelligent consumers. Consumers have serious problems. Some of these can be resolved by sharpening our individual skills, .information and attitudes. Other consumer problems can be resolved only by group or social action. On the individual level we can improve our economic competence and satisfaction by adopting the practices of Mr. or Mrs. Wise Consumer Buyer who want full value for the time and money they spend shopping. Demands In fficvcpse It .does. not take too long a memrecall Hitlers divide and conto ory quer technique nor the compromises and --concessions that "permitted 'the g of nation after nation prior to World War II. It requires even shorter memory to recall the infiltration of communism since World War II., The time came to call a halt and that was done in Korea and more recently in Viet Nam. Whether these were the times or places to stand firm are beside the point now. The United States is committed. Any sign of weakness will simply prolong the war and cost more -- over-runnin- jam. There is so much to see in England, stately homes, sleepy villages, famous landmarks, such as Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Westminister Abbey, art galleries and museums, famous shopping streets, theaters, restaurants, the fashionable West End. Here is life, color, pageantry, IWindsor Castle, Hampton Court Palace, Cambridge and Oxford. It is time that it use some of the huge amounts of money going into research toward finding out what, if any, are the harmful ingredients in cigarettes and how to remove them effectively, while still retaining the flavor of the cigarettes. It is evident that what has been done is not effective and no amount of legislation is going to help. The the great experiment of the 1920s was an example of Volstead Act an attempt to legislate against the habits of our people. That failed and it took almost 20 years to get it off the federal statute books. To ban smoking entirely, as was attempted with drinking, we feel would end up the same way. So we agree that if money is to be spent, spend it as is suggested by Prof. Wilhelm. lives. When the Secretary of State is compelled to spell out the nonsense involved in the proposition that this country should stop bombing North Viet Nam, one cannot help wondering if the lessons of recent history have already been forgotten by those who suggest such a course. Why not tell the North Vietnamese that we will go to the conference table if they will stop sending troops into South Viet Nam but with no offer on our part to dispense with the in reverse is what bombing. This is being asked of the United States. .) Britain is such a compact country and communications, are so good you can reach nearly every corner in a few hours. If you like the sea, it is good to know that nowhere in Britain is more than 75 miles from the coast. t for their hospitality, greet you British people, with warmth and kindness. If you want to go abroad, plan on England. Ill go along to translate for you! Go in the spring, wheri sunshine lights up the white stone buildings, and parks are gay with flowers, trees . aleaf, and beats making little excursions. long-know- n STATEHOUSE REPORT Ramptons Decision to Withhold Roosevelt College Fund Blasted By C. Sharp Gov. Calvin L. Ramptons decision to withhold for a year $300,000 appropriated by the Legislature to begin operating a new junior college at Roosevelt is being assailed and defended. Sen. Robert F. Clyde majority whip, challenged constitutionality of the governors action withholding the funds for a year, That you have the power to veto is not the question," Sen. Oyde said. The point with which I take issue is that you have evaded the veto responsibility by a course which pleases the executive and the Coordinating Council (of Higher Education) but which destroys the action of the he added. Legislature, Wants Money Now Alva C. Snow, Roosevelt, member of the Utah State University Board of Trustees, urged that the governor release the money at once for employing instructors. The junior college, Mr. Snow urged, could operate in the existing high schood building from 4 to 10 p.m. daily. Gov. Rampton replied that he wants the junior college curriculum area and objectives to be defined by the Coordinating Council which will begin an immediate study. After Sen. Clydes statement, During a marathon work day lasting until 11 p.m. March 21, Gov. Rampton signed more than 70 bills and vetoed eight to complete his duties before the permitted 10 days had elapsed after he received the bills from the Legislature. Major Bills He signed three major governmental reorganization measures, several grand jury bills, a bill to set up a committee to select judges and a bill lowering the bleed alcohol content for presumption of drunken driving. He signed with reluctance a bill consolidating the public employees and public school retirement systems but asked for an actuarial study to point the way to financial soundness of the combined system. Vetoed were: A bill to control use of marihuana on grounds that this is unconstitutional, requiring deto prove innccence fendants rather than the state to prove guilt. the Roosevelt Junior College committee issued a statement saying: have people working with them. We felt that the action of the governor was in order since it allows for a study and we feel that the school can stand on its own merits under the scrutiny of the Coordinating Council. The college has existed in the law books since 1959 but never had been given an appropriation in previous years. We as a committee at no time have circumvented the Coordinating Council and at present Kills Merit Extension measure to extend merit coverage to 700 additional state A employees on grounds that sensitive and supervisory employees concerned with policy making. also unskilled workers should not be frozen into the merit system. He had warned that he would veto this bill unless a bill was enacted setting up a code of ethics for the employees. He signed the General Appropriations Bill but vetoed an item to grant the State Board of Education the same privileges in Summer brings out the tennis players, cricket and soccer enthusiasts. Stand in Piccadilly Circus and watch the world go by bus . , , its gay or walk down or take a double-deckPetticoat Lane. In the fall, copper leaves change everything, as British flags flutter and the new session of Parliment opens. The Queen, with mounted escort, rides to the Palace of Westminister to open the session. A good time to seesome of the pomp and ceremony. Late fall and winter is the season when the famous restaurants are at iheir best. Shopping! You can buy anything you want in London, from an e'ephant to superb .woolen socks! Antiquet silver,-finporcelains, good china, it's all there. ... ... ... Bits of Interesting Philosophy It is just as well to forget your trouble, because there are a let mere cf them coming. spending enjoyed by universities. Another important bill signed gives cities and counties the FEDERAL FORCES DOMINENT right to issue revenue bonds to To Editor: The build facilities for new indusAs Representatives, we came to the Legislature to represent tries. He warned that there is the people, thinking that their overwhelming vote indicated that to as question constitutionality they were dissatisfied with the way the government was going, of this law. and wanted a change. Long Step Forward This was indicated by the landslide vote for the Republicans Gov. Rampton described the the rejection of all of the constitutional amendments placed and three major reorganization bills the on ballot by the previous legislature. It appeared that people forward as in a long step had lost confidence in what the previous legislature had been avoiding duplication of services. doing. The bills fail, however to Also, in a special election in August of 1965, the voters in two establish a clear line of authorcf Utahs most populous cities, Salt Lake City and Provo, decisiveity and responsibility, he chargturned dc a n the Urban Renewal pregram enacted by the 1965 ly ed. Legislature by a vote cf 6 to 1 and 3 to 1. He urged that future LegislaThe 1967 Legislature, unfortunately, failed to heed the mantures consider three items: date of the people by not repealing the Urban Renewal Enabling Eliminate the coordinating legislation when they had such a wonderful opportunity. councils that head each of the This Legislature expressed a desire to hold the line on inthree groupings. creased taxation and, for Ihe time being, has kept that promise. Restrict subsidiary councils However, it has laid the groundwork for a massive program and boards to rule making and cf federal aid along with the controls and directives that go delete their administrative rewith it. sponsibility. Much cf our time in this session of the Legislature was conWants Power to Appoint sumed in enacting the compulsory federal aid directives which Make the directors appointare inherent in federal aid laws which we were simultaneously ive by the governor subject to Hence, there were many accepting. no votes expressed by Senate confirmation. (Boards those cf us who felt that our rights were being placed in jeopardy. now will have power to appoint We jcin with President Barlow of the Senate in his concern their directors subject to apover the future increase in state taxation which these federal proval of the governor and the programs will bring. Hcaever, our great concern is the ease Senate.) with which this Legislature accepted every federal program Gov. Rampton reiterated his offered, fully realizing that our state government must increase previous view that the air in size and expense to conform to the federal directives in order on Page Three) to obtain the federal funds. It is evident that forces favoring federal domination have influenced much of the legislation enacted this session. The Public Forum 0 0 J. REESE HUNTER, Representative RICHARD M. BROUGH, Representative DAVID LINGARD, Representative r HERBERT LUDWIG,. Representative LEON SAVAGE, ' Representative 0 .. TWENTY YEARS THIRTY AGO has been sent by officials of North Carbon stake to the general board of the LDS Church at Salt Lake City to help build a new hospital for crippled children. The drive was sponsored by the stake, all wards being canvassed by primary, workers. in the amount of $1018.53 -2- 0- The Price City Council has approved a change in the parking meters from the present one-hotime limit to two hours. The change was recommended after discussions with merchants who felt that r limit placed a burden upon shoppers who had to keep watch on the time remaining and thus interrupt their shopping tours. ur one-hou- AGO ' Government standard A lunches will continue to be served to school children in Utah through the remainder of the present school year regardless of federal appropriations, Miss Mary Kirkwood, state field supervisor, school lunch program, declared last week. Though federal lunch funds will be exhausted this month, the Utah department of public instruction will continue serving type A lunches even if school districts or children themselves have to raise the difference. -2- 0A check YEARS Marking one of the most important educational advancements in the history cf eastern Utah, the on,-state legislature Sunday completed-actioestablishthe for' measure providing legislative ments of a junior college in Price to serve this section of the state. A $27;009 appropriation for a n the institution, supplementing a $150, CW) ri r j ' 1 f; appro- priation Thursday for construction of the necessary buildings, was approved when the legislature passed the general appropriations bill. . r 30 Because of the curtailment of funds for welfare purposes r in Carbon county, .it .will be necessary for employables to make plans to care for themselves, it was announced this week by the county welfare director. . 30 of the Price Conservation districts indebtedness to the stale was passed by the house of representatives.: Thursday with only a few dissenting votes. The senate approved cancellation of the obligation on March 2. -3- 0Preparations for the annual convention of the Utah department of the American Legion and Auxiliary moved forward Sunday when department officials conferred here with the local committee on arrangements. A bill calling for cancellation River Water , F'r ett,eme"t of claims. 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