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Show - TXWP s. y .'i V TJNtVa w'- - cn? i - DESERET NEWS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1977 City-region- Schools can't do it ail, 2 say Newsline; the West By Lavor K. Chaffin Deseret News education editor Monday a holiday for some If the schools were not asked to help solve so many of societys multiplying problems they could do a better job ci educating . children, Utah Education Association leaders said today. Addressing the UEA conventions first general session in the Salt Palace Arena, both Kaye C. Chatterton, UEA president, and Dr. Daryl J. McCarty, executive secretary, hit on similar themes. When the public feels the social problems most, one of the first answers is to have education address the problem by teaching the hopefully from a preventive angle kids, Mrs. Chatterton said. Get it into the curriculum, they say. As a result, she said, the education system gets not by design, but by default, the major share of the responsibility to affect kids lives." At the same time the public is calling for additions to the curriculum to solve social problems, it is asking teachers to trim the curriculum and concentrate on the traditional basic skills . . . and so the dilemma, Mrs. Chatterton said. She urged teachers to mobilize to give leadership in instructional fields, to fight for adequate funding . . . and time to teach. She also asked them to not overlook the great natural resource for Improving each childs education involving parents. Both Mrs. Chatterton and Dr. McCarty cited statistics showing sharp increases in and working mother divorce, in homes, teen-ag- e pregnancies, deteriorating discipline and alcoholic parents. If schools will be permitted to do those things for which they were designed and not be called upon to replace the home, the church and solve all social ills of society, we can succeed more fully, Dr. McCarty said. Citing a newspaper article critical of Utah teachers, Dr. McCarty said schools were succeeding despite growing social ills and that Columbus Day Monday will be a holiday for most city, county, state and federal workers, but it will be business as usual for most other Utahns. The only city office to remain open will be the Salt Lake City Recorder's Office, which will accept absentee votes Monday for the primary election Tuesday. The Veterans Administration Hospital also will be open, as it is every day in the year. Banks will be closed, but most downtown Salt Lake stores will be open, and parking meters will be operating. Schools will be open, with some planning special observance of the holiday in classrooms. Garbage collections in both Salt Lake City and county will be on regular schedule. Postal service will be on a holiday schedule Monday, with no regular residential or business mail deliveries. In some areas, lockbox service and special delivery may be available. Mail will be collected from U S. mail boxes with one or two white stars. Rain , leaves to fall one-pare- nt teachers will continue Also addressing the session was Dr. Anthony C. Riccio, Ohio State University, who talked on maintaining teachers mental health to work for better education. d We do plan to be improving, helping, loving and caring, said. ever-involve- in he of the most psychologically demanding job in the world. in the face Won't usurp water rights President Carter told western senators today that his administration has no intention of usurping western water rights. He pledged to consult with Congress and the states before proposing a new federal water policy. WASHINGTON approaches to teaching reading. See UEA on Following the meeting. Sen. Jake Gam, said he is pleased at the tone of the President and will take him at his word. The group, including Utahs other senator, Republican Orrin Hatch, was told by the President that his water policy proposals are still several months away from presentation to Congress. President Carter said he will fly to Denver in November to discuss western issues with officials. Western concerns were raised last le It was suggested that water might be taken through condemnation procedures, according to a While social policy. For instance, it was suggested that water should be withheld from arid areas where population growth might be encouraged, thus contributing to air and water House-determin- pollution. . Li kJ&i Improvised hallway lunchroom will be among facilities replaced if million federal contribution to Utah counties in tax cuts, officials of the Utah Association of Counties said Wednesday. The federal government delivered the $7 million to counties earlier this week as an in lieu of taxes payment for federal lands, which are not levied property taxes. Jack A. Olson, executive vice president of the Utah Taxpayers Association earlier had suggested that the counties use the extra money to cut property taxes. However, the county officials, during a news conference, said counties have critical needs, such as road improvements and more law enforcement, with higher priority than tax relief. George Buzianis, Tooele County commissioner and head of the National Association of Counties public lands steering committee, said the money can be used for much needed work. The in lieu of taxes program was approved by Congress for two years, and Commissioner Buzianis said continuation of the program depends largely on the way counties have spent the money in the past. Tooele County did trim its taxes, but it also used funds to buy road machinery and pay for more deputies, he said. A $7 wont necessarily result Malpractice fees ease for Utah medics &--- Salt Lake District bond iissue passes. By Mary Lubben The board has determined, Dr. Thomas said, that bonding provides the best alternative for continuing the the boards effort to equalize facilities across the district. Bonding, he said, will accelerate the replacement and modernization of facilities and will save money. Borrow to save? Harmer, district Yes, clerk-treasure- r. said W. Gary Any homeowner can tell you that. Homeowners, Harmer said, are finding their houses are worth more than they paid for them, including interest and other finance charges. With a high bond rating and no outstanding indebtedness, the Salt Lake School District can borrow money at four to five percent interest, Harmer said, while building costs are advancing from six to 12 percent per year. The district actually can save $5 to $14 million hy borrowing money and constructing buddings as quickly as possible to avoid the cost increases, he said. bond vote Tuesday The $30 million bond can be amortized over 10 years with no increase in the current 11.13-mi- ll capital outlay tax levy, Harmer said. The levy will produce $6 to $8 million revenue per year, with about $4 million needed to pay bond interest and principal. The remaining $2 to $4 million could be used for projects, such as replacing the Douglas and Webster schools with a single building, if the board should decide to do that, Harmer said. The school board has outlined the following projects for construction with bond money (they are not listed in priority): e The addition of rooms a (auditorium-cafetericombinations) at $285,000 each for Beacon Heights, Bonneville, Dilworth, Edison, Franklin, Glendale Park, Lowell, Nibley Park, Parkview, Riley, Rose Park, and Rosslyn Heights elementary schools. These schools were built before the district had an elementary school lunch program, Dr. Thomas said. Replacement, on the present sites, of Emerson Elementary School, 1337 McClelland St., at $2 4,000, and Jackson Elementary School, 750 W. 2nd North, at $2,625,000. Replacement, on the present but enlarged site, of Bryant Intermediate School, 745 E. 1st South, at $8,867,000. Addition of industrial arts rooms and other improvements at Clayton Intermediate School, 1471 So. 1800 East, $268,000. Industrial arts addition to nipndrdo multi-purpos- Intermediate School, 1430 Andrew Ave., $154,000. Industrial arts addition, remodel gym and physical education classrooms, Hill2375 Garfield Ave , side Intermediate, $518,000. Industrial arts addition, Northwest Intermediate, 1400 Goodwin Ave., $154,000. New gymnasium at East High, East, $3,990,000. (A new $3.1 million gym for West High will be under construction within 30 days but is not part of the bond program.) Machine and auto shop improveh ments, Highland High, East, 840-13t- h 2166-17t- $638,000. Industrial arts addition, South High, State St., $930,000. Remodel stage, enlarge site at West High. 241 No. 3rd West, $465,500. Special education unit for severely handicapped persons, to be constructed adjacent to some elementary school, 1575 S. $256,500. Purchase new sites, such as in Northpoint Subdivision at 56th West between North Temple and 7th South, and other land acquisition and development, $3,500,000. on Dot President Jimmy Carter, in a telegram to Gov. Scott M. Matheson Wednesday, urged continued efforts to enforce the 55 mph speed limit. Current information reported by Utah indicates that more than 60 percent of the monitored vehicles in your state were going faster than 55 mph, the telegram said. "In contrast, 12 states have at least 50 percent of their vehicles traveling at speeds of 55 mph or below. This shows that compliance can be improved. The president again pledged support for the 55 mph limit in order to save fuel and lives and said that the services of Transportation Secy. Brock Adams are available to assist in state programs aimed at speed limit enforcement. State calls U. expert Dr. Reed C. Richardson, director of the University of Utah Institute of Industrial Relations, has been named grievance hearing officer for state employes. Dr. Richardson will hear grievances in place of a three-ma- n central grievance review board which was dissolved by the last Legislature. Gov. Scott M. Matheson, in announcing the appointment, said grievances are defined as issues which are not properly heard by the State Merit System Council. Dr. Richardson, cochairman of the Human Resource Management Program and professor of management and economics at the U. of U., has served on panels of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association. Guard phasing out KC-9- 7 News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON The Air National Guard will phase out its last remaining KC-9- 7 propeller-drive- n tanker aircraft this year, replacing them with the jet tankers handed down from the active KC-13- 5 forces. At Salt Lake City, the shift will mean 233 new manpower positions at Salt Lake International s have been based. Airport, where The KC-9- 7 is a version of the Boeing Strato-line- r, a design which grew out of the World War II 5 is the military forerunner Superfortress. The of the Boeing 707 air liner. 9 Although Utahs malpractice insurance situation has moderated to the extent that physicians will receive a return of some 1975 premiums, four hospitals in the state are still going without insurance, according to state officials. State Insurance Commissioner Roger Day said the four hospitals have been unable to purchase insurance at a rate they can afford and still stay in business. They are Wasatch County Hospital, lleber City; Duchesne County Hospital, Roosevelt; I.W. Allen Memorial Hospital, Moab, and San Juan County Hospital, Monticello. Day said the Insurance Department is in contact with another company, not presently writing hospital malpractice coverage, which is considering offering the Utah hospitals coverage on a group basis. We arc cncourag ing them to do so, he said. He said the Utah Hospital Association is interested in such a program. The hospitals have been without insurance for more than a year, Day said, the time when Utah experienced large increases in malpractice premiums. In 1975, physicians paid 70 percent more in malpractice premiums, Mel Summerhays, operations manager and insurance specialist, said. In 1976 premiums leveled off. Now, he said, Aetna Casualty and Surely companies which insure about 87 percent of the states doctors, have announced they will return $742,502, or 18.2 percent of the premiums collected in 1975, to the physicians. Equipment purchases, $1,250,000. Polls open at 7 a m. and close at 8 p.m. 1 s. KC-97- Deseret News medical writer The Salt Lake City Board of Education wants to borrow $30 million to accelerate school modernization and save money. City residents will vote on the loan in a bond election. Dr. M. Donald Thomas, school district superintendent, said the board is obligated by statute for the orderly replacement of school building facilities. -- $7 million Carter urges 55 mph effort but no tax cut? summer when the Interior Department suggested that water laws be changed so as to distribute water on a more socialiy-acceptabbasis. if? 7 S.L. school B-- 2 mid-40- 23 His announcement was greeted with considerable relief by western legislators who have been concerned that the federal government may attempt to determine water use according to its social impact. Earlier, reading consultant Jerome D. there is a tremendous difference and synthetic between the analytical Lebo said Autumn leaves will tumble tonight and Friday as scattered showers and thundershowers occur over most of Utah. The probability of measurable precipitation was expected to increase to 60 percent tonight and Friday along the Wasatch Flout, and cooler weaiher will accompany the storm system. The snow level will also lower to near 6,000 feet by Friday morning in some areas, according to the forecast. The first precipitation of the water year, which began Oct. 1, was reported Wednesday at scattered locations throughout the state. At the Salt Lake International Airport, .01 inch of rain fell, with .04 inch at Ogden, .03 at Hanksville, .02 at Roosevelt and traces elsewhere. With the showers, temperature highs should be in the low 70s today and in the low 60s Friday in the Salt n Provo area, with lows tonight in the Lake-Ogde- Carter assures the West Deseret News Washington Bureau Business al See MALPRACTICE 1 t ON B-- 4 KC-13- BYU gets Nauvoo papers Mrs. Ida Blum, the author of two friend of guide books to Nauvoo, 111., and a long-tim- e Mormons, has given her papers to the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. She will be honored at a reception and colloquium at 3 p.m. Friday in the Reynolds Room of the library. Dr. T. Edgar Lyon, historian of Nauvoo Restoration, Inc., will discuss Rediscovering Old Nauvoo. PROVO Mrs. Blums gift of 46 boxes of papers and books contains historical material and her own newspaper articles on Nauvoo. Nauvoo was established by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints in 1839, but it was abandoned in 1844! when the Mormons began their trek to Utah. A United Press International story in the Deseret News Monday said the Millard County School District had advertised bids to construct a new school on 7.6 acres of land. Actually, bids have been advertised for the sale of the old Hinckley School, an adjacent lunchroom and 7.6 acres of land, The Deseret News carried the bid notice correctly in its classified ads. The error was brought to the attention of the ombudsman Dosprot |