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Show 1 By STEVE HALE Deseret News Medical Wider For instance, the cost for use of an operating room at Cottonwood for the first naif hour will increase from 135 to The cost of care in many I'tali hospitals will increase on New Years Day. Patients or their insurance will be paying companies ihree or four dollars more each day for daily service fees" in some cases. fees cover Those the patient's room, nursing care, food and other general services. Some institutions, such as Cotonvood Hospital at Murray and Dee Memorial Hospital at Ogden, will hold the line on daily service fees, but raise rates in other areas. It means a pneumonr patient would be less likely to pay part ot the costs for somebody elscs appendectomy, he said. The "daily service lees cover services all that patients receive, and the cost for those services has long $40. John R. Walker, executive of the Utah State Hospital Association, said this is in line with a more sophisticated form of cost accounting that hospi'als are adopting. It wiil permit the hospitals to make more accurate charges for the specific treatment each patient receives. This philosophy is being adopted to prevent some hospital departments from subsidizing others, Mr. Walker said. director been heading mouimard. The big item in tins category is salaries. is the day tot annual ,l,.n. sal.ny increases. Nurses and oilier employes will be getting raises ranging irom 5 to Th per cent in many hospitals. But that isn't the onlv booster engine' on the tal's expense skv rocket. hospi- Uienet.il inflation is bumping the cost of complex hospital equipment upward aciordmg harried administi atoi "ener-mously,- to one . Then, too, hospitals have come under tederal minimum f , f v . ; Saturday, December , AUDITORIUM I GYMNASIUM TOT A I ENERGY PLANT r,v.,-- and ART ' ' J? Si - r- .y-r- f 34 r . jk v lockers .. i- - f ; - jir L.&- s'' $s iv; Jf ''13 v ffl: Vs I don't know ol one single could attribute to any case pi ivate hospital rate increase last year." The Veterans Administration Hospital accepts for treatment any veteran who needs hospitalization and cannot afford treatment in a private hospital. The spokesman said these veterans are accepted if beds ire available at the hospital. wiil put 1 piivate room daily set vice lees in the range. Ward rates are in the $51 32 aiea, Is the spiraling cost of pri- vale hospital care diverting manv patients to public Imspi-tabs? $10-4- Crashes d By DEXTER C. ELLIS crashes arc becoming a main cause of traffic casualties aut fh cr ii ..waft t.iM tr dailly service lee" being driven upward in those by hospitals many lorees. These tales ml lei Irom hospital to hospital, but the new is Deseret News Staff Writer - v rt M vi ; He said his hospital expel in patient use, icmed a rise but added: Increasing, Auto Probe Shows ' pool tion. shortage. 1 X, i eok. ''V CAFETERIA H vv I So the increases 1968 28, ours in a A spokesman at the Salt ,wp Veterans Administration Hospital was asked that ques- III are coiiti anted Hospitals with many overtime situations because of toe nagging mis-in- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH music r l DESERET NEWS Off-Roa- -- vents, but iiuvv must do alter an employe works wage requirements in lccenl veal s. 1; means they must ini ease the pay ol many non each pi ot'essionul employes v car by 15 cents an houi have nut been Ilospit.ds rrni.iiod to xiy time ami a half for overtime until recent xlv in Utah. But the traditional twins, speeding and drinking, continue to reign as main contributing causes in death and injury accident. And, most motorists continue to sit on their scat belts. TECHNOLOGY CENTER Jj study of A special traffic accidents yielded the in-formation above. But the study failed to achieve its main pur- 1 to shew why highway pose deaths have spurted ahead of last year after lagging signiffor the first seven icantly months. At the end of August, the total was 21 lielovv last year, but it is now seven ahead of the total for all of last year. ELUSIVE FACTOR This aerial view, looking eastward from 1 3th East, shows construction progress at Granite District's Cottonwood High School. Cottonwood High Is Taking Shape Granite District's .eventh sen- electricity from natural gas-- ; Cottonwood fueled engines, heat from which ior high school is beginning to also will heat the structure and High School lake shape in fields just east of jair condition a portion of it. 3th East and south of 5700 Originally scheduled to go South. into service on a phased comThe SG.3 million complex now pletion basis during the 1963-7Is more than 30 per cent com- school term, the high school plete, according to Ralph Ed- now is being programmed for a wards of the firm of Edwards & September 1970 opening. 0 Sait Lake County citizens were urged today to attend the annual county budget hearing Monday at 10 a.m. and express themselves on the tentative $27,859,476 budget largest in history. The budget would require a two-miproperty tax increase, Jack A. Olsen, executive secretary of the Utah Taxpayers Association, said. He urged taxpayers to protest tlie increases and fight for deep spending cuts or submit to 11 per cent higher property taxes next year. The hearing will be held in the Metropolitan Hall of Justice auditorium. of 2,600. It will have one of the largest auditoriums in the state, with a seating capacity of 3.000. General contractor for the nikolas school is Cannon-PapConstruction Co. The accompanying aerial phoDaniels & Associates, designers We're not going to crowd it, tograph shows stages of conof the structure. with students and teachers hav-- struction of the various compoThe new school carries one ol ing to contend with the incon-- i nents of the complex. the area's oldest and most tra- .venience and confusion of con-- i For the benefit of readers wiio ditional names. It also will be struction, Supt. Elmer J. Hart-- may not lie familiar with cur-- j the state's first total energy ,vigsensaid. rent school definitions, here's a We'll have the school com-- ; glossary of nmv terms used ini high school and will provide facilities for the most modern plete, with all furnishings and the photograph : Instructional technology. equipment in place when stu--R- ESOURCE CENTER -"Total energy" means that dents move in. Used to be called the library the school will generate its own The school is designed for an and dealt almost exclusively! with books. Now includes both! audio and visual tapes, films,! leaching machines, projectors. etc. and includes study spaces, where students can study on an independent basis. i Ilart-vigse- HEARING ON BUDGET SCHEDULED MONDAY optimum capacity of 2,200 students and a maximum capacity a Utah 1 Goals-- 69 1 for logged 50.000 air miles traveling father about the emm-ilon the first flight to the try. moon that takes tourists along., "I know the government let anvbodv go until it Bennie L. Williams, 9,,.. r. !was si.To. imL after ,ho D205 South, sales manager for a astronauts ianded safely, I'm radio station, said he thought ready to go " 1m said, a trip would he a great adventure and I want my kids Lake man asked A Salt reservations Friday for his Jo lie able fam- - with her to go." lie called tlie Whitney Travel St., and IServirp, was told they didn't knew where' he would get any seats yet, Iml; promised to cheek with Pan American World Aiiways. (Pan Am reported today that a lions h had accepted 169 So far on its moon waiting list.) S. Main "I don't know how long I'm; going to have to wait and I'm a little concerned about the fare ami w hether or not meals are Included." Mr. Williams said. want my kids to lie able to may not bo possible in my liletime, lint certainly it will lie in theirs. They are talking about It already ," lie said. 1 go. It 2 DAUGHTERS Mr. Williams has two daugli-teis- , aged five and two, and both are "veteran travelers,", lie said. The eldest lias aheadv - injury accidents, e s j subjects. -T- ECHNOLOGY CENTER -Formerly industrial arts simps such as woodworking, rli'iiron-ies- . metalworking, etc. -T- OTAL ENERGY PLANT Formerly heating plant. In! tiiis school natural engines will generate electricity ami heat the building. gas-fuele- d j Do YOU help sell Utah? Do YOU know what to say about the Beehive State that tells others what a fine place this is to raise a family, establish a business, visit as a tourist ? Should all Utahns be promoters of Utah ? How else can we increase our tourism? Or do we really want to increase it? Should increased tourism be a goal for Utahns to vv oi k tow ard during the coming year? Or are there other areas of activity that are more impotant a bom which all of us ought to lie concerned? Fill in the lines beovv, or send us a letter, outlining what YOU feel are attainable goals for citizens to work toward, in OUR own ncighborhonods, in OUR towns, cities, and eoumies, and rven in the whole state. Join the Deseret News Goals For Utah send the completed form, or letter to: Goals for Utah 69, Deseret News, Box Lake City, Utah. $4110. 69 and 1257, Salt 1 Pres. McKay Accepts Medal e B-- 7 Promon-President- 5 Veteran Labor Leader To Retire ( IIECK AIRLINE 135 ' -H- UMANITIES Academic area ineluding histo.v. social civics and related studies, Eighty-thre- most of them on tlie interstate system, were dissected. Tlie majority occurred on dry roads when visibility and weather were good. In most cases, tlie crack-upoccurred near drivers homes,1 Sen. Moss presents medal to President McKay. with presumably familiar roads and traffic devices. Mr. Hartvigsen, who is dean! Of the College of Physical Edu-- ! cation, Brigham Young Univer-- I isity, said the council will meet soon after Jan. 1 to discuss sur-Ivey results and to review pro-posed traffic safety legislation.1 He said it is apparent that ;more must be done in the way of publicity, defensive driving 'courses court and traffic that he was delighted' to reschools to make drivers more a Golden Spike Centen ceive the medal and to hear aware of their responsibility to j j medal from President Johnson. commemorative use care at all times. The medal, made of silver, Some highlights of the study: today just like the one pres-Se- was struck by the U.S. Mint m entpd li,st 'reek to President PROBE on Page Philadelphia. It is in commemoLvndon B. Johnson. ration of the Wedding of the The occasion, in The Church Rails May 10, 1869, at in Box Elder Hotel Utah apart- - tory Summit ment, provided an opportunity County. "" for an exchange of greetings be- - Tlie senator told Piesident 7 Citv. Regional tween the two men who became McKay that plans lor tlie ceil'd TV Highlights friends several years ago. lennial celebration are pioceed-- 3 Women's Page The presentations were madp ing on schedule. These include a 5 by Sen. Frank E. Moss. Theater parade in Ogden, a Golden 6 wiio brought Comics "personal greet- - Spike Centennial Ball in Salt to Pmsi- - Lake and a variety of other Obituaries 7, 8 lings ami best wishes 8 dent McKav from the President events. Weather Map Action Ads of the United States. Sen. Moss is vice chairman of 16 The Church leader replied the centennial commission. Financial 1 j 1 Salt Laker Wants 'In' On Moon Trip We haven't been able to identity any definite factor in the increase in highway deaths except for a rise in tlie volume of traffic, said Milton F. Provo, president of Utah JSafety Council. But vve do know that there is too much careless driving, lie added. The special accident survey, covering September, October and November, was ordered by jtlie council a month ago, after it became alarmed at the upturn in traffic deaths. 83 INVESTIGATED By ARNOLD Deseret IRVINE News Labor Writer lie hasn't carried an "unfair sign for a long time, but Fullmer li. Latter still remembers bring spat upon while walking the picket tine. Mr. Latter will retire Tuesday as Mountain Stales representaj tive for tlie Western Conference. of International Brotherhood Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers after 37 years in the labor union movement. He joined the Teamsters in while driving a dump I ruck for a road contractor and later became the union's first full time local olticer. Mr. Latter battled through the rough and tumble vear.s when the unions 1931 weie struggling for leeognitiun. But lie never has been a advocate cf tlie strike now and think later philosophy . I've been one of lliose who felt you ought to use your brains settle disputes. Progress is arrived at by a meeting of the minds and compromise, to he said. Good labor built on mutual past 27 years. From a group of members in 1931, Local 222 lias grown to between 3,500 anil 4,000. It lias its own modern office building at are confidence and trust. This lias been one ol my main objectives since I became a union officer and much of tlie 443-lit- in a Salt Lake dairy plant, lie helped negotiate the first contract in tlie local dairy industry. Tlie only provision in the contract was recognition of the union as tlie He is g progress of our organization in Ibis area lias been through tlie esi,,l)lislinienl of mutual tribt and respect. I lecl vve have good relations with the emplovers we Mr. Latter v Med. deal w it! agent for the employes, lie recalled. 125 Now, Local 222 handles He has svn sigmlicaul progin his organization An the Federation of Labor Irom 1917 to 195$. lie was the voungost ress Also active in civic atlaiis, Mr. Latter was a member of the Regional War Labor Board (luring World War II and the Korean War. the Area War tlie Commission. Manpower University of Utah Board of Regents, the committee that Hoiatcd the Utah State Prison, and treasurer of the Family Service Society. East. Mr. Litter lias seen bis local sponsor a second Utah unit. Local 976 in Ogden and northern Utah. As a woikman relations in. in ever to hold that oince and served longer than any other state piesident to date. 22 serving as chairman of the State Coordinating Council of Development Services and will continue for another year in serve as secretary tieasurer of Teamsters Joint Council of and southern Idaho. contracts. Mr. Latter solved lor 11 years as president of the Utah Siam Mr. t Latter helped mgauLe iLt' Utah Hr. ut Association, has assisted in March ot Dimes and Easter Seal drives and is proud of his part in helping secure slate financial support for tlie Alcoholics Anonymous program and tlie Utah Symphony. Born 62 years ago in Gie.it Falls, Mont., lie came to Salt l.ake City in 1913. He graduated fiom Granite High School vv tieie lie was student body president, cheerleader and a participant in drama and debate. He had Ins sights set on law school, but marriage and family ended that responsibilities iheam. As soun ;k lie joined the Teamsters Union, he became active as a member ot corn imltees and as a nroselyter for the oi gaiiiatiiui. The passage of See LABOR o nlage B-- Fullmer H. Latter will retire aftr 37 with labor union. jsars 's |