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Show 2 Price, e, Thursday, May 8, 1969 For sjifetfs sake r 4 Utah ; Apparently alarmed by the ing accident and fatality tolls on our highways, operation of motor vehicles on the highways came under scru-7ihby the 1969 legislature. d One of the laws a driver from operating his prohibits vehicle at such a slow speed so as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic. In other words, drivers must travel, when conditions warrant or permit, at least the minimum posted speed limits established by the State Highway rikjl y newly-enacte- Provisions are made in the new that slower driving is permitted when reduced speed is necessary became of congested traffic, adverse weather, or in compliance with an official traffic control signal. Other instances when slow speeds are permitted are when driving up a hill or directed to do so by a police officer. The law also contains provision which prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle on a limited-acces- s highway at less than the lawful maximum speed in a left-lanside by and at same the as side, a vespeed hicle operated in the adjacent right lane. law e, Another measure which drivers must adhere to is that of reporting traffic accidents. Under the new law it is required that all accidents re UMWA welfare fund Answers criticisms Thorough job sulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to the apparent extent of $100 or more shall be reported within five days of the occurrence. Reports can be requested of witnesses to traffic mishaps in order that complete and accurate data can be secured. Another measure is one which could lessen the number of stolen motor vehicles in Utah. It shall be unlawful to leave a motor vehicle unattended with the motor running. Too, the car owner is required to lock the ignition, remove the key and either set the emergency brake or to place the vehicles gears into park. When parking on any perceptible grade, they are required to turn the front wheels toward the curb or side of the highway. These and others pertaining to highway traffic will go into effect May 13 and all are intended to make highway travel safer for everyone. Only the drivers themselves can make them workable. Those who fail to observe them are opening the hospital doors not only for themselves but also for others who invariably but innocently become involved. A resume of the traffic safety laws which go into effect May 13 may be secured from the Utah Safety Council, 307 State Office Building, Salt Lake City. . V F11' 1 STATEHOUSE REPORT The Problem The American Medical Association has called mental illness the nations most pressing health problem. Here are the startling facts to bear this out: Metail illness strikes one person in every ten a total 20,000,000 Americans children, teenagers, young adults, elderly people. At least 500,000 children, many as young as two or three, are suffering from the most serious forms of mental illness. There are more people in hospitals with mental illness, at any one time, than with all other diseases combined, including cancer, heart disease, tuberculosis and every other lulling and crippfihg disease. I The National Association for Rental Health, a national voluntary citizens organization, is fighting mental- illness and helping the millions of victims and their families. rhe Carbon County- Mental Health Association is fighting mental illness through science, service and social action. - t Through its social action program, the Mental Health Association works to improve conditions in the state mental hospitals so that all patients can get the latest psychiatric treatment It aIo works to bring mental health services into the community so the patient can be treated near home and family, and without isolation and stigma. Your Mental Health Association is doing the job of three organizations in one. It is & voluntary organi' zation, made up of volunteers. It needs the participation and support of every citizen. All citizens are invited and urged to join and support the Mental Health Association this month Mental Health Month. The address is Carbon County Mental Health Association, Postoffice Box 387, Price, Utah. Through its research support, jAiir Mental Health Association helps conduct a scientific attack to find the cures for mental illness. I I Its service programs include information and referral services to efirect the patient to necessary treat-naeni- :, volunteer services for mental O Dobsons Parolees hear different story In state and federal courts hospital patients and rehabilitation services for the patient on his recovery. 4 Residents locally have the opportunity twice a month to attend a state hospital mental health clinic, or Berretts mental health clinic once monthly. Those feeling the need for mental health care may be referred by family, health services, or by themselves or others. With help so near, no one should hesitate to look into it if he feels the need. L . About tax exempt bonds WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., which is a reflection of coupon rate and the length of time the recently Iay 8, 1969 Having accountannual bond their has to run to maturity. completed ing with state and federal tax This also translates into a dollar agencies, investors are most price for the bonds. (Dollar conscious of taxes and their efprice runs counter to yield as fect on income. . The higher-brackprice declines, yield rises.) A is bond priced below par will have particularly taxpayer a yield to maturity higher than aware of the tax bite and conits coupon. Also, if held to masequently should seek out ophim will allow that turity, a portion of the proceeds portunities to retain more of his investment could represent a capital gain. income. Some will look at. oil Recently the average corporate bond yield, as expressed by ventures and cattle ranches, which, while providing high exMoodys averages, was 7.21. pense deductions, could prove On the same date the .average to be too risky for most investyield on municipal bonds was ors. It is at this point that con5.28. This latter rate would, sideration should be given to in itself, seem highly favorable t tax exempt! But the.advant-- . municipal bonds. age is even greater for the Issued by cities, towns, and taxpayer. An inother local governmental bodies, higher-brack50 in tax bracket a vestor funds municipals provide the holding a municipal bond bearto carry out major municipal coupon receives the ing a 4 projects. (One may also include of an 8 return on in this group municipal indusequivalent a taxable bond. trial developmet bonds, issued to finance commercial ventures Selection within a community). Income-froWith the great number of such bonds has been exsubdivisions state and municipal empt from federal icome taxes in existence, there is obviously and also, in some instances, a wide choice of municipal from income taxes of the issuing bonds available. However, in state. Hence they bear a coupon selecting an issue we must look rate lower than corporate isbeyond the purpose of the issue, sues. . or even the yield. While most' Coupon Rate vs. Yield bodies probably will Prices municipal J A word about yield. not on their default bonds, this for bonds a re usually quoted in A of the measure Untis of yield to maturity, has happened. et 4. By C. SHARP Court is radically from the U. S. District Court on rights of paroled felons to legal counsel at hearing to recommit them quality of a bond may be found in its rating usually Moodys from highest AAA to the seldom seen C. These ratings are essentially an evaluation of the issuing body, based on a variety of factors, roughly comparable to an individuals credit rating. be expected, the issues will command higher prices (and produce lower yields) than those of leaser quality. This is also true n of the bonds of a large, community, as compared with those of a small community; the bonds of the lesser-know- n issuer will be less marketable, especially in small or odd lots. In this situation it is possible for an investor to find himself forced to hold bonds to maturity because there, is no ready market at realistic prices. bond investments, perhaps more than other types of investment, must be personalized. But we offer, as suggestions, a few issues which look attractive to the Babsons Reports staff. First is the Illinois Toll of 1998, yielding 5.05 to maturity. Second is the Fairfax County, Va. Water of 2007, yielding Authority 5s 5.22. Also, we like the Austin, Texas School District 4.90 of As better-rate- might d well-know- to prison. The two Utah federal judges have been releasing prisoners from the State Prison after receiving proof that the prisoners had no lawyer at recommital hearings before the State Board of Pardons. After the Board of Pardons started to reschedule recommittal hearmgsqyjding lawyers. for the prisoners. Federal Judge Willis W. Ritter issued an order barring the state hearings. Judge Ritter will- - hear the pleas of 46 inmates May 9. These are before him oh writs of habeas corpus, claiming their rights were violated because they had no lawyers at recommital hearings. 1991, yielding 5.25, Two other cases involving the state now are in district court. Challenges Appointments State Treasurer, Golden--L- , Allen has asked for a restraining order against provisions of the Money Management Act. n This law creates a state investment council with three members to be appointed by the governor. Mr. Allen contends that he is the custodian of public funds and the law infringes upon his constitutional ' Mentally III have A chance tirement benefits for employees of the fund are entirely competitive with those provided for employees with similar skills and "Particular areas of criticism appear to be (1) Trust Fund fails to make full report on its operations; (2) the poor investment record of the Fund; (3) large bank deposits drawing no interest; (4) Trust Fund salaries and retirement benefits for its em(5) the ployees are excessive; Trust Fund has excessive reserves; (6) benefit structure and (5) As of June 30, 1968, the unexpended balance of the Trust Fund was approximately $189 million. At this figure tl. balance represents only slightly in excess of one years expenditures. strait-jackete- n. lt ole and violate this parole. State law, he said, states, Full power to retake and reimprison any convict upon parole is conferred upon the Board of Pardons whose written order certified by its secretary shall be sufficient warrant for all officers authorized to make arto return to actual rests custody any such prisoner. The prisoner, Floyd Dwayne Beal, claimed also that his rights to counsel is guaranteed by the Fifth and. 14th Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. He relied on a federal court decision as authority, Justice Ellett wrote. This Court does not accept the rulings of federal district courts as authority for the laws of this state, Justice Ellett continued. Case Cited The case upon which Beal apparently relied is that of Mem-p- a vs Rhay. Justice Ellett said that the defendant, Mempa, was placed on probation and not sent to prison. - Until sentence was imposed, the case was still pending in district court, and it wou'd seem that- counsel for a defendant ought to be present when the to appoint. Today we know much more about how to treat mental illness how to help many mental patients to improve tnd return home again. And yet, there is still much to learn before the mentally ill can be assured of a real chance for lasting recovery. One thing we know is that the mentally ill recover more rapidly and fully when they are treated in or close to their own community, within reach of family and friends. Mental The Carbon County Health Association is working to One of the hot items added to the agenda of the special session of the Legislature which convened Monday was providing rules of procedure for negotiations between school boards and school teachers associations. Gov. Rampton said he was working for agreement between the State School Boards Association and the Utah Education Association to support this mea- sure. all fields provide' mental health services based in the community. VolunThe State Tax Commission-collectioteers ask one thing . . . contribute report May 1 indicates generously to strengthen these, that income tax collections for efforts. the present fiscal year will exceed Gov. Ramptons estimates Regimental graduate by $1.5 million. GREEN RIVER Marine PriCorporate franchise (income vate First Class Richard L. Ryan, tax for corporations) tax will be son of Mrs. Roger Fluckey, Green right on the nose of the gover- River, was graduated from Reginors estimates, while sales tax mental School, Headquarters collections will be close to his Regiment, at the Marine Corps figures, the report shows. Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif. While attending the five weeks Atfy. GPU. Vernon B. Romney course, he improved his skill in asked May 2 that makers and his job specialty. (6) Pensions and hospital and medical pare benefits had always been the primary objectives of the miners in their long struggle a benefit program. After the for in eligibility requirechanges establishment, however, funds, ments over the years have negpension payments were delayed lected the old and disabled minthe court actions and the pitiby er, according to Josephine ful shortage of physiciaisn and Roche, fund director. medical facilities slowed developIn an attempt to set the record ment of a medical care program. straight, fund officials have issued To begin paying benefits of any a lengthy statement answering substantial nature, therefore, the each of the criticisms. trustees only alternative was to set up temporary cash disability According to this statement, (1) benefits until the basic programs annual reports, issued since the could begin functioning. Within establishment of the Fund, as a the short space of two years, matter of policy, without compulmote than 100 million dollars was sion of law or regulatory agency, paid to disabled miners. have provided full details of its A s further look at the record operations. Each report has included in its entirety the report (since the fund was created): of the independent certified pubBenefit expenditures have tolic accountants. Wide disseminataled $2,585,896,073.65. tion has been given to each anRoyalty income has amounted nual report and each year the 18 representing Trust Fund files with the U. S. to $2,802,567,836. 8 billion tons of of over production of Labor detailed a Department and voluminous report of its ac- bituminous coal. tivities, financial and otherwise. More than 14,382,000 individual (2) Any appraisal of our investbenefits have been provided. ment results must necessarily More than 4,500,000 beneficiartake into account that we are a ies have received hospital and Trust Fund and have fiduciary medical care. responsibilities. The objectives of 133,043 miners have received the investment program of the Trust Fund pensions. trustees must be understood. Such and orphans 129,937 widows objectives include safety of prinhave received benefits. cipal, production of reasonable' Total administrative costs have income on a steady basis and a been less than 3.1. high degree of liquidity. Our comThe fund and its trustees have mon stock investments admirably over the years on such operated meet all these objectives. a basis as they sincerely believe, (3) At most times during our and which the fund now submits, existence, our bank balances were should merit the approval off innot nearly as high as we would terested parties. A 1956 report to like to have them in relation to the United States Senate from a our monthly expenditures. Our Labor Subcommittee which had cash balance on June 30, 1969, made a long and detailed investiwas actually no greater in relagation and held hearing pertaintion to our monthly and annual ing to this trust fund said the expenditures than it had been at fund was honestly and well adtimes in the past when expendiministered and its outstanding tures were at a lower level. programs provided incalculable (4) The salary scales and re benefits.' , f HORIZONTAL 1 Cereal used Sn bread 6 Wheat-lik- e cereal 11 Accuse Supplies food Bigger Bloodlessncss Weapons 17 Lease 19 Males 20 First woman 21 Cereals used in breakfast foods 22 Judicious 23 City in Missouri 25 Tilts 26 Oriental coin 27 Fail to remember 28 Pacific isle 31 Sea eagle 32 Ancient Troy 12 14 15 16 33 Double-pitch- Heres the Answer 37 Mouth 33 Specks 39 Legal VERTICAL 1 Flywheel 2 Injured 3 Units of energy 4 Era 5 Battlegrounds 6 Glances over 7 Gasp 8 French summer 9 Arctic rodent 10 Adriatic seaport 11 Clothes (Scot.) 13 Soundest mentally 18 Greek letter 21 Oil 22 Cautions 24 Lichen spore case 25 Cereals hogs 33 Witty remark 34 Stayer 35 Speeders 36 Attire 33 Horned like 27 Plumes 28 Cereal used for forage 29 Property 4 1 Lost blood 42 Split 44 Follower 30 Return thrust 46 Sheltered side ruminants transferrer (suffix) ed roof parts profession 40 Sign of zodiac 41 One of the the Little Women 42 Popular Chinese cereal 43 Store for fodder 45 Omits 47 Walk unsteadily 48 Lapels 49 Marsh trasses 80 Predictors m i X- j? . 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The governor claims that of the mind, a sickness that can the Legislature is trying to ascome to rich, poor, weak, strong, sume his constitutional power old, young. Gov. in responsibilities Weekly crossword puzzle Less than a hundred years ago, the mentally ill were treated like powers. justice A. H. Ellett of the State Supreme Court wrote an opinion released May 1 holding that felons once committed to prison are not entitled to legal counsel if they are released on par- molders of public opinion give the new liquor laws a fair trial run before determining whether they will or will not work. The degree of success to be achieved in their implementation and enforcement will be borne out only by experience and now is not the time either to overpraise or to vilify these he continued. laws, He said he anticipates court challenges and tests of the new laws. He said he would defend the new liquor laws just as he would any other laws of the state. . five-ma- No Lawyers. Tax-exem- 4's sentence is imposed, the state justice continued. When a defendant has been tried and convicted and sentenced, and no oppeal or other proceedings are pending to test the propriety of the guilty verdict, then the critical stages of the proceedings are over and the defendant has no constitutional rights to be placed on probation or parole, the opinion says. Utahs Supreme ... Point of View: t spate of articles, editorials and speeches critical of the United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund has suddenly been aimed at the Fund from many directions. A 2 East fervlng the Nation from the Heart o f the Wert 2nd South Street Dept. Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 N |