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Show 12D The Salt Lake Tribone, Friday, December 1, 1979 0(lySS6y IIoUSC Trek to Raise Drug Reform Funds Eddie is 12 Eddie has shot heroin into his veins regularly for two years. Eddie will not live to be 20. So reads an advertisement for the Odyssey House drug rehabilitation centers in New York Gty, which offer a realistic and unique approach to helping the drug addict. To establish an Odyssey House in Salt Lake City, the first major step in the effort to raise funds will be a Hike for Help within the city Saturday. More than 300 hikers are expected to make the trek, to earn from $1 to $5 per mile from some 50 sponsors. Anyone who wants to be a hiker or a sponsor should contact our headquarters, 159!4 S. Main St. No. 204, Lauren event Dulsky, said. Drugs Are Problem Henry A. Johnson, left, receives his pilots license from his instructor, Mike G. McCauley. Utah Gov. Calvin L. Ramp- ton designated Saturday as The Hike for Help Day declaration which says, Only in acceptance of the fact that drug abuse is a rapidly growing problem in Utah, will we, as a state, be able to work towards a viable solution. The hike will begin at the Salt Palace at 3 a.m. and proceed with loops in and out of the city center, to include the University of Utah, West High 'hool, Pioneer Park, Sugar-hous- e South High Park, School and Liberty Park in the route. The finish line will be at Temple Square. Checkpoints will be established and Eagle Scouts will verify the distance, according to the Hike for Help good faith. ' Other Centers The program success lies in the use of to w'ork in group therapy with those seeking help. The only person an addict will beheve when he is told he can kick the habit is an he just wont believe anyone else, a Hike for Help Committee member said. Miracles Not Promised No one pretends that instant results are offered. In serious cases, in- residence treatment lasting from one year to 15 months is necessary according to a publication of the New Yoik Odyssey House. Odyssey House centers have Gradual been established in Newark, Boston and in New Hampshire. Pointing to the need for such a program in Salt Lake City, the committee declared: The 2,000 addicts in the area must have someone they can turn to without fear of prosecution, or they will remain addicted, ending up on a slab m a morgue, because there was no one they could turn to in into sociefollows, with treatment being accomplished y ty through fronts. scattered store The program is run on a no waiting list basis and the major emphasis is placed on the addicts desire to beThe title come an is stressed as an of and attainment important medical tests are used to confirm this status. dignified headgear for him Second Time Around High time for the hat that sports sleek continental styling plus the kind of warmth that chilly winters demand. The n with ear flaps as Diplomat has the know-howell as the look of Persian lamb in soft rayoncotton. Black, $7. grey, brown in sizes At 73 He Takes to Sky Proving He Can Fly By Roger O. Porter Tribune Staff Writer Henry A. Johnson worked hard the last few months so he could take a check ride with a federal inspector, the final hurdle in obtaining a private pilots license, on his birthday. But bad weather and troubles with his planes radio equipment caused delays. He didnt get his license until Nov. 24, 10 days after his birthday. Ten days late or not, hes accomplished no small feat: 10 Nov. on he turned KCC Employe Henry, who lives with his wife, Louise, at 228 Vine St. (4900 South), Murray, retired in 1965 after working as an electrician for Kennecott Copper Corp. nearly 30 years. And he needed something to fill his spare time. No Newcomer Hes really no newcomer to flying, though. During the early 1930s Mr. Johnson started flying an old Waco biplane. He later got a license and bought a monoplane. But the Depression forced him to sel his plane and give up flying. And after World War n, federal regulations were changed and his license was no longer valid. Take Stereo, Tapes Thieves and three $108, from parked at took a car stereo tapes, total value John H. duffs car his residence, 3305 S. 2660 West, sheriffs reports said Thursday. Reports said entry was made by prying a window open. That was about 25 years ago. Why did he wait so long? Well, explains Henry, now grey haired, tall, slender man, sometimes it takes a long time to convince a wife that flying is afe. Shes been telling me for quite a while Im nuts, he said. But now shes ready to ride with him anytime. Took Physical In February, 1969, Henry got started again, taking and passing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) physical required of all pilots. Doctors acted like it was a joke, he recalled, but they found him in good physical condition. 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