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Show risjftdep fcwr Rehabilitation Office Asks Big Hike to Match Grants fht iait fake ffibuuf By John Cummins Tribune Education Writer Utahs State Board of Education Friday gave its Office of Rehabilitation Services the green light to ask the Legislature for an 86.9 percent increase in state appropriations in the fiscal year beginning in 1969. The increase, geared to gain Utah an additional $1,465,488 in federal rehabilitation fmuls, would peimit ORS fo increase its caseload from 7.000 to 15.000 persons. Specuicaily, the lequest will seek to increase state appropriations from the $270,976 allocated this year after the four percent cutback to $506,515 for the coming year. Draw Federal Money Today, Local News $gge 21 Sports TV Saturday, November 16, 1968 Page 19 Second Section Li Snow Heaps On Hills, High Roads Dr. Vaughn L. Hall, ORS executive allocation, of other coupled with appropriations state rehabilitation agencies such as the Industrial School and the American Fork Training Center, could be used as matching funds to attract $4,131,832 in federal retuin on money for an Utah's investment. Federal funds allocated ORS for director, said the proposed eight-to-on- 19G8-6- Rash of Accidents the Salt Lake Valley rain-slic- k streets were blamed partially for a rash of accidents, including a crash at 21st South and early-evenin- g Main Street. William George Emmett Jr., 17, 4177 Bennion Rd. (1905 West), suffered severe cuts, and broken facial bones when the cycle he was riding collided with the westbound auto driven by Mrs. Mauae Stillman, 65, Copperton. The youth was in fair condition at Piimary Childrens Hospital Friday night. Storm Mines Eastward The storm crept slowly eastward day, leaving a light band of snow across southern Utah (Milford logged two inches), scattered patches in Nevada (Winne-mucc- a reported three inches) and about an inch sprinkled intermittently across southern Idaho. But while valley areas were only grazed by the storm, heavier amounts of snow were reported at many mountain stations. Both Alta and Brighton ski reports reported from six iqpbss. t a foot ol new snow at the lodges after light i snow fell most of the day. Estimates feet on . the to four two from ranged Fri- - . peaks. Afternoon averaged temperatures from seven to 10 degrees below seasonal normals Friday. However, brisk gusts up to 28 miles per hour in some areas made the day seem much colder. Temperatures are expected to continue cold Saturday with a litlle more snow, jilqng the mountains during the morning hours. Awards to Honor Top Efforts in Getting Out Vote Outstanding efforts to encourage voter turnout during the general election will be rewarded Saturday noon by The Salt Lake Tribune. Awards will be made during the board meeting of the Utah Jaycees at the Prudential Auditorium. 3261 S. State. The Tribune will present trophies to the county organization whose county had the highest percentage of voter participation and to the group whose campaign wras judged most effective. The Utah Voter Turnout Committee was prior to the elections and encouraged Utahns to go to the polls election (lay. This committee consisted of union leaders, community leaders, the Utah groups and the state Republican Assn 4h Utah Jaycees, University of Utah grbups and the state Reupablican and Democratic Party chairmen. $2,686,341. If we are honest, Utah has made a Expected locally heavy snowfall failed fo strike the Salt Lake area Friday but were highways at higher elevations snowpacked by midnight. Utah Highway Patrol reported U.S. 40 tliropgjj Parleys Canyon hazardous from Lambs Canyon to Kimball Junction and U.S. 189 and 30S dangerous to the Wyoming border. In totaled e Sets of dice, a card table, poker chips, slot machines were seized by Sheriffs Capt. Paul LaBounty, right, Sgt. Merl Coon, in a raid. Gambling Devices Seized In Coiintv House Raid j Two slot macines, 22 pairs of dice, a Charged with illegal possession of card table cover and poker chips were gambling paraphernalia in a complaint seized by Salt Lake County sheriff depu- signed by Sgt. Merl Coon before Justice ties during a raid of a county home of the Peace Ralph Childs was Raymond Bud Grant, 68. He is out of the Salt Lake Thursday about midnight. Jail on $1,000 bail. narcotCapt. Paul LaBounty, rice and Capt. LaBounty said deputies entered ics division commander, said the raid at a door located on the north side of the 3031 E. 7000 South was ordered after a building after making observations at obtained warrant was search several windows. based on information from the Federal The premises were searched. No other Bureau of Narcotics. arrests were made. City-Coun- LDS Church Announces Plans For Washington D.C. Temple Washington, D.C., will be the site of a Rock Creek Park and is the largest undenew temple for the Church of Jesus veloped tract of land of its kind in the Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, President metropolitan area. David O. McKay announced Friday. The new temple will overlook the NaPresident McKay said the temple will tional Capitol Beltway, an interstate used serve 238,000 church members east of the by most motorists in the city; and will be Mississippi River. drive from three major aira There are presently 13 Mormon ports. temples, including four in Utah, two in California and one each in Idaho, Hawaii, New Zealand, Switzerland, England, Arizona and Canada. Construction of two new temples in Utah has been approved. The Washington, D.C., structure wilT be the churchs ICth temple. Special to The Tribune e It will be built on a site in COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS State Maryland, adjacent to the capilal. The approval has been given for half of the LDS Church bought the property in 1962 e funds to purchase 2 park sites Plans for the newest temple will be and the request forwarded to federal drawn up by the LDS Church building announced Paul Bywater, agencies, department. It is expected that the area Lake Salt Service Area Countv trustee, will be organized into a new temple disNo. 2. trict, a church spokesman said. The federal funds, through the Utah Pres. McKay expressed his , "great Outdoor Recreation Assistance Agency, pleasure in being able to approve erecwill come from the Land and Water Contion of a house of the Lord to serve an servation Funds Act. if approved. The area in wich a temple is so much half will be raised by the service other needed. area, Mr. Bywater said. There are 38 LDS stakes and missions Options have been taken on land at in the East. East, and 3200 E, 71S0 South, The new temple will be built on a knoll overlooking Washington, D.C.'s, Mr. Bywater said. Fund Action Begins On Two Park Sites - 57.4-acr- relatively small financial efiort toward the program, Dr. Hall said, noting that in past years the lack of state matching money has prevented Utah from obtaining all the federal money available. Dr Hall sqid ORS is serving 7,000 of the 29,000 persons in Utah who need rehabilitation services. He said the increased budget would peimit the agency to serve an additional 8.000. Increased Earnings He said 1,204 persons were "graduated by ORS last year, 225 of whom Conpreviously were on welfare roles. sistently, three out of four who have been rehabilitated have an average annual income of $4,300 while their average earnings before rehabilitation were $604 per year, Dr. Hall said. Also approved Friday was a $2,583,740 budget request for the general administration and operations of the divisions of the State Board of Education. This reflects an increase of $229,655 or 9.8 percent over the 1968-6budget of $2,334.0S3. Dr. T. H. Bell, state superintendent of public instruction, said 56.2 percent of would come the budget $1,453,807 from federal sources with stale appropriations making up the balance. SenateRe-elect- s President, House Names New Chief By Dave Jonsson hallway confeieiiLes prior to the late ternoon caucuses. 9 Eight-Stat- e Project In other business, Wallace G. Bennett, chairman of the state advisory committee on the Designing Education for the Future (DEF) project, piesenteJ a summary report on the projects plans for education for the next 10 to 13 years. eight-stal- e DEF is a federally-financeproject aimed at improving the planning functions of state departments of education. Utahs share of the allocation was $100,000. Other states in the project are Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, d Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming. Mr. Bennett's report summarized the opinions of the advisory committee in relation to goals, curriculum, instruction, teacher preparation, continuing education, pupil personnel services and evaluation. Meeting in S.L. "The goal of education should be to make each child think, study in greater depth, and to use knowledge in solving problems and reacting to situations, he read from the report. The report states, "The aim of education should be to prepare each child to make wise decisions throughout life. These and other opinions expressed in the report will be up for discussion by committees of laymen and educators during eight regional conferences scheduled for Dec. 3 in Logan, Salt Lake City, Vernal and Richfield, and on Dec. 4 in Ogden, Provo, Price and Cedar City. Tribune Staff Writer New Republican leadership of the Utah House of Representatives was named Friday, but top Republican leadership of the State Senate was retained. Named House speaker after a closed Republican caucus was Rep. Loiin N. Pace, Salt Lake, a thiee-terHouse member. He ousted Rep. Franklin W. Gunnell, Logan, who was seeking in a single ballot of the body. But the Senate retained Sen. Haven J. Barlow, Layton, as president in an uncontested ballot. The caucuses came after a Legislative Seminar sponsored at the State Office Building by the Legislative Council. New and holdover legislators heard reports from all legislative standing committees culminating a year and a half of work, while intermittently holding two-ho- day-lon- g of Carpet Could Cause 6Red Faces A piece of "hot carpet discovered stolen Friday from the Utah Senate Chambers at the Capitol may prove embarrassing to the thief. There's no other carpet like it in the state, said James Soderberg, State Building Board. The custom-wovecarpet, valued at $100, has an abstract floral design. It has a rich green background with gold pattern. no questions "WeU take it back asked. Mr. Soderberg said. n af- Senate Majority With Sen. Barlow will be Sen. Warren Pugh, Salt Lake, named majority leader, and Sen. Dixie Leavitt, Cedar City, majority whip. In the House Republican caucus. Rep. Howard C. Nielson, Provo, was elected majority leader and Rep. Ronald T. Hal- Ogden, was ' elected majority whip. The Democrats elected Rep. Larry Regis Jr., Spring Glen, as House minority leader, and Rep. David C. Haivey, Pleasant Grove, as House minority whip. In the Senate, however, Democrats ( there are eight among the 28 senators) deadlocked on leadership and will caucus again Saturday morning to name minority leader and whip. E. Paramount Problem The legislative leaders agreed that finances is the paramount problem facing the 1969 legislature. Sen. Barlow said pressure for increased governmental expenditures "is as great now as I have ever seen it. . . . "There is a fairly good chance for a he said. gasoline tax increase, He said he believed Gov. Calvin L. Rampton "will cooperate and work with us on tire same type of programs as we have tried in the past. Speaker-elec- t Pace said financial problems can be resolved in two ways: "By reducing (tire budget) demands of state agencies or increasing taxes. "We hope to conduct open houses throughout the state to meet tire people, leai n their desires and get direction from them, he said. five-acr- 7380-160- 0 Normal Life With New Glasses Doctor Works Miracle for Utahn, 16 By Clark Lobb Tt ibune Staff Writer "I remember what Bill said the day I put those glasses on him," said Dr. Feinbloom, who arrived Friday for a lecture and clinic Saturday at the school for the About 10 years ago, Mrs. William R. Gibson of OgJen read an article in a national magazine al)out a New York optometrist. Dr. William Feinbloom. She saved the clipping all that time because she and her husband have a son. Bill, now 16, who has been nearly blind since birth. Last August, Mr. and Mrs. Gibson took Bill to Dr. Feinbloom'a office hi New York City "and what seemed like a miracle came to pass." deaf and blind. He was Invited by the Utah Optometrlc Assn. he whispered. "Oh, "Oh, man! God! "People looked like giants for a couple of days, Bill said. "Wed walk around New York and I could read signs on the buildings and see the street lights. Everything seemed so large. It was unbelievable." " New Glasses On Cloud Nine bos The optometrist discovered the f to two percent Mon w as "so low it was unmeasurable," Dr. said. "Everything was real small to me." Bill lecalled. Within a few days Bill a student at the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind was fitted with a pair of at Ogden itlemicroscopic glasses. v one-hal- Iein-bloo- i . "We've been on cloud nine for the last four months. his father added. And his mother nodded her agreement. All of them met at Salt Lake International Airport Friday before Dr. FeinHe will bloom left for the lccture-clinic- . deliver a paper on the lenses later in Los Angeles before the American Academy of Optometry. "The lenses are both a telescope and the doctor explained. a microscope, "The telescope for long distances, the microscope for close-up- . Gets Along Well Bill has two sets of glasses and gets along very well. He can read, watch television, walk virtually without guidance. His vision now is 12 to 15 percent normal for closeness and 90 percent for distances. He can read the finest newsprint. And, Dr. Feinbloom added, he soon will have new long vision lenses which will triple his vision and allow him to attend regular public schools. The optometrist said the lenses are successful, too, with elderly people, those suffering from serrile retinal deterioration and cataracts. "If there is some vision left even as lit4 le as one percent ve can help," he said. "It doesnt matter what caused the blindness, Its how much vision Is left. ) Bill Gibson, left, had been nearly blind front birth he had 6ight improved by special lenses fitted 1 j by Dr. William Feinbloom, New York City optome-whe- n trist. Pair of telemicro scopic glasses gave Bill vision. |