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Show City, regional Business DESERET NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1973 Calendar TV Today Not good enough Today in the West By Lavor Chaffin Education Editor Scattered around Utah, like scrags in a young forest, are scores of deteriorating school buildings time-scarre- d slowly yielding to the ments and student traffic. ele- Some stand stately and impressive in what one observer describes as fruitcake sandstone architecture. But their open-stai- predominantly r, wood construction threatens the life safety of thousands of students and teachers. A recent survey by the State Board of Education ide- ntifies nearly 70 such strucintolerable and says they should be immediately replaced. The survey estimates the cost at more than $60 million at todays prices. The same survey lists 90 ad ditional multi-storbuildings more than 20 years old which need substantial renovation or to provide miniremodeling mum life safety requirements. To do this work would require an additional $7 million. tures as y Utah County has more than its share of what the survey classifies as intolerable or obsolete with buildings, Nebo District alone accounting for more than the state total, in terms of replacement cost. The survey lists these replacement costs: Alpine District, $7.8 million; Nebo District, $10.3 million, and Provo City, $1.3 million. Together they add up to $19.5 mdlion, nearly half the state total. Utahs rapid public school enrollment rush has leveled off. But that does not mean school building problems are solved. The state has many, many new schools. But it also has many pupils who never have knowm, and may never know, what it is like to attend classes in really good Utah urged to back U.N. with foreign affairs Despite the disenchantment brought on the American people by the Vietnam war, the United States should pursue an internationalist policy. Two former United Nations Ambassadors urged Utahns to work for increased United States support of the United Nations during visits to the 19th annual Utah model high school United Nations, held Thursday through Saturday at the U. of U. Charles W. Yost. United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1969 through 1971. delivered the keynote address at the General Assembly Thursday night. He said global partnership, is necessary if the problems of the world are not to result in catastrophe. The old system of independent nations pursuing their separate interests w ill no longer w ork. Yost, who served as secretary to the chairman of the San Francisco conference which creafed the United Nations, noted that for the first 20 years of that the UN's existence, the United States played a leadership role and strongly supported the international organization. Moro? Lord Caradon, former permanent Ambassador to the United Nations from the United Kingdom, also urged the U.S. to place greater emphasis on the U.N. in conducting its foreign policy. Of particular concern to Lord Caradon is the decision by the Congress to flout the U.N. imposed economic sanctions against the white supremocist government in Rhodesia. Both he and Yost noted that members of the U.N. undertake treaty obligations to abide by decisions of the Security Council. one-sixt- h s C Coat-clutter- Salute to helpful By Budd Burnett Deseret News staff writer Two Ogden who had to move out of town after working four months as undercover agents for Ogden City's special Police Task Group, were awarded Certificates of Esteem by the City Council Thursday night. In presenting the certificates Mayor Bart Wolthuis noted that Doug Spiers, 18, and Scott Uumham, 16, Had to lay their lives an the line while working as undercover and helping the Police ! agents Department clean up the drug traffic in the citys juvenile sector. OGDEN teen-ager- i Look alert, consumers! Conference will fell how Tips on getting your dollars worth in clothing, food, insurance and credit purchases will be presented at the Consumer Alert conference Saturday in the Salt Palace. teen-age- rs I Classes meet in halls would slow evacuation. ed 80 persons Approximately gave Spiers and Burnham a standing ovation. It was the first standing ovation that this reporter has witnessed in nearly 14 years of covering the city council meetings, Efforts of the two former Ogden High School students resulted in the Task Group issuing 86 felony warrants and making 48 arrests which represents the citys largest single narcotic bust. The mayor said that the lives of these two men were in danger the four months two men, Wolthuis have less drug traffic now because H of the outstanding efforts of these two fine men, and we Certif-licate- s I want to present these of Esteem to express four appreciation and grati- ft said. We hope we will iirIp " continued the mayor. a fc J.m Its still Jordan River water thats being diverted into the lake and its hard as ever to get the river water fit for swimming, Jensen said. Although the Jordan River water is improving at its lower limits, there are still problems with pollution su'ept out of corrals and feed lots by rainstorms, he said. And sewage treatment plants along the river are becoming so overloaded that they cant handle the job they once did, he said. Despite this gloomy view,' other reports to the Board of Health indicated that progress w as being made at least at the lower end of the river. By Joe Bauman Deseret News staff water .... The five young men were grouped along the flat east bank of the Jordan River, their white hard hats bobbing, in the drizzly luminescent, spring morning as they slowly the now waning Model Cities: the Jordan River Clean Up Project. Because of federal cutbacks, there is no money earmarked for the Jordan project after Jliiese In addition, Decker Lake is still not consid- ered fit for swimming, despite an improvement in the water. Funds used well by youths on cleanup Detective Sergeant Bill Stet-tie- r stated that the drug situation could not have been cloaned up without the help of Spiers and Burnham. It is a real mark of pride owes that the community However, north of 28th South, the purity of the water is still a major problem with storm drains emptying into the river being the major polluters, he said. He said the paperwork involves environmental protection laws and trying to qualify for EPA funds to finance cleanup projects. Among the needs on the Jordan River are the construction of third-stag- e sewage treatment plants to clean water being dumped into the stream, he said. The $1 fee, which may be paid at the door, will cover lunch and printed materials. Conducting the interest areas will be Mel Bowc-ut- t, consumer counselor; Grace Burbidge hnd Bar-ba- r Floisand, Salt Lake City aud adult education; Theta Johnson, clothing specialist, Utah State University; Flora Bardwell, USU nutrition specialist; Dr. Bruce Walters, Utah Division of Health; Phyllis Allen and Ted Dansie, Brigham Young University. trimmed saplings and raked up piles of debris. Some referred bv school counselors, some juv. emle court referrais, some there on their own, the were working in a novel project funded by . 1978. could be met. The conference is sponsored by the Deseret News, in cooperation with 24 state and local agencies. f river near Jordan Park, 1060 S. 900 West. The tables will be used Saturday in the dan River Day celebrations part of the 'un of fishing ccn- See MODEL on Page B 7 ;.. ,v burned the back of my legs, he added. J v4tA;z He said he likes the shorts and they are cool and comfortable. The Bermuda shorts and knee length stockings are an optional summer uniform for mailmen. Reaction among workers has been postal mixed and Bayles is the first to actually wear the new outfit. Official day for the change from winter to summer uniform is May 14. Mailmen may wear the traditional long pants summer uniform if they wish. Viet war assessed The Vietnam War was more a struggle for control of choice agricultural lands than an ideological conflict. Dr. Albert L. Fisher, University of Utah professor of geography, said Thursday night. Dr. Fisher spoke during a War and Peace lecture series in the Graduate School of Social Work auditorium. Wars are not fought over differences between competdemoing ideologies such as communism and Western-styl- e cracy no matter how sharp the rhetoric, he said. They are fought when the proponents of one ideology encroach upon the territory of another, he added. Dr. Fisher said the history of war is a chronicle of mans struggle for choice areas in terms of agriculture, trade routes and natural resources, which explains why war is commonplace in some areas and rare in others. Speaking of prospects for peace in the next two decades, he pointed to possible threats in areas of Europe and the Middle East where primary function areas of the United States and the Soviet Union overlap. Such areas include a countrys legal territory plus that area beyond the borders which is essential for supplies, markets and national security. Woman returns refund "j It probably was a keypunch operator putting the decimal in the wrong place that caused Joyce Decker, 1218 Concord St., to receive a state tax refund of $133 instead of K $1.33. ' S She mailed the check to Stale Auditor David S. Morison explaining her refund should only have been $1.33 and wanted a check for that amount. Monson turned the check over to the State Tax Commission to issue another check. M ' iPi A r" Nov. 1. Today the young men putin tables they made, picnic arranging them beside the ..V The change in uniform also caused some formerly friendly dogs to bark at him, Bayles reported. I was a little careless the first couple of days and sun- - Decker Lake roughly 144th South to 28th South showed the river water is improving. The water is getting close to the Class C rating the state wants for the whole river bv Bureaucratic red tape from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is tying up state operations, and Thatcher said he doubted if the 1978 goal for clean water on the river at 3:30 p.m. 324-7t- h Larry Jensen, director of environmental sendees for the joint health departments, said water samples taken between Bluffdale and work smaller groups for discussions in such interest areas as warranties and repair problems, borne furnishings, health care, credit, appliances, clothing and food. Adjournment is they were under cover. Following the arrests, he said, their lives were threatened several times. It was for reasons of safety that the two young men moved to other cities he noted. j tap may postpone Jordan plans, aide says y will then divide into Customers havent said too much, but 1 sure get a lot of razzing from the other carsaid mailman Wesley riers Ave., the first Bayles, to wear the new Post Office summer uniform featuring shorts. tSJrf Red Lynn M. Thatcher, state director of environmental services, told the Salt Lake Board of Health that right now were spending 90 percent of our time doing paper- Commission. scheduled basement shop. d Efforts to clean up the Jordan River are being so hampered by federal red tape that it may not be possible to get the job done by the goal of 1978, a Utah health official said Thursday. The conference, presented by the League of Utah Consumers, will begin with registration at 8 a.m., followed by a general session at 8:45 a.m. featuring speeches by Elisha Gray, chairman of the U.S. Council of Better Business Bureaus; Dr. Mildred Kamine, lawyer and consumer advocate, and Lewis Engman, chairman of the Federal Trade Participants stone-walle- 1st postman bares knees , . " 2s Two , . ... w f, &' V ' j -- Krr Sign up Saturday for trip Registration forms will be available at the river Saturentries in the Jordan River Marathon, sponsored by the Deseret News and Viking Explorer Canoe Corp. The marathon is open to any paddled craft. Launching begins 10 a.m. Saturday at 7800 South, continuing until 12:30 p.m. Boats are timed individually. Timers will remain at the finish, Pearsons Park (2300 South), until 4 p.m. Winners in various categories will receive a speciallyd-ecorate- d trophy paddies, and the competition with the overall best time will be rewarded with a large trophy and a $400 Vikin Explorer canoe. There will be a day for last-minu- nine-mil- -- v? a-- r v, a, - .5t. 1 mn c WN- - newly-cleare- ... - " f l youths in Jordan River clean up project grind up underbrush on . . t lf. - 3 ' d istNm-- ' 'A V iltMaw riverbank. ... fc. &&&& registration e Tee: , |