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Show almost sacred. We must be careful of invoking irrevocable damage to it. Before anything is done we must have the full story on Page 7 Watergate," insisted the Congressman. "If the President was aware of it or perpetuated it in any other way he should be removed," he told those present. Sickle Cell Owens. Owens Holds Another "Town Meeting" done." Answering woman's lament over what she thought was the held in the Northwest Multi-purpos- Center. e Once a month the Congressman holds an open meeting in his district where he can meet his constituency and hear their views. After a day which included an inspection of the Bingham mine and a tour of the Rose Park Canyon Copper bell-ringin- g area, the Congressman presented himself before more than one hundred people for their comments, complaints and even a few compliments. consumer's group A asked for the representative Congressman's support in increasing the role of "consumer participation" on the Federal Trade Commission. commission seat is A open to appointment this year, she said, and the position should be filled by a "consumer's advocate." Owens said he agreed with the concept "but the President appoints the commissioners. If he consults me, though. I'll be sure and tell him what think." Taking the consumer issue further the Congrssman said the I change from the mandatory economic controls of Phase II to the more voluntary controls of Phase "was one of the biggest 1 1 economic errors of the (Nixon) administration." He cited the "upshot of food prices as evidence. He said he had voted for a freeze and a return to the former control guidelines but the Congressional majority instead left further economic controls up to the discretion of the President. 60-da- y unfair raising of rents by landlords, Owens said he had tried to no avail to include a price control on rents in the latest economic controls. One man protested the high amount he paid for Social Security. He said he wouldn't get back a fair share of what he paid into the fund. Owens agreed and said he would by Bertha Daniels "Oh, you're really a good baby. There, see. It's almost a Congressman Wayne Owens let the people "have at 'em" Friday night, May 18 at a town meeting for Rose Park residents Youngsters Plant Gardens by Tim Funk Little Teresa, by Tim Funk 4-- H Screening Underway Willard Hicks, active resident, left talks with Rep. like to see a proposal in half-hidde- n her mother's lap, cried as a volunteer coaxed her through her sickle cell blood test. Teresa, her brothers and sisters and some 200 other people were tested May 11 and 12 at sickle cell screening tested were youngsters, predeominantly Blacks and welfare arrangements, the circulation of blood and can cause terrible pain and sometimes Rainbow Bridge controversy and more came up for discussion. During one exchange a man asked pointedly, "What can you do?" Rep. Owens explained one third of the government, the House is half of that, and he is one of 435 men in the House. "Watch me," he said, "and if you don't like what do, don't vote for me next time." Congress is presently the weakest of the three branches of government, said Owens, later in the evening. It becomes more obvious when the President can Congress is I use his veto power so frequently and make it work, he said. The Watergate matter may cause the Congress "to reassert itself," stated the Congressman. Yet he calls Watergate, "a sorry occurrence" and said "it would This impedes the normal death. Sickle cell is found most often in Blacks. It varies in severity according to the particular strain a person might carry. Since the condition is inherited, passed on from the parents to child, it is important for those having children to be aware of the possibility of rearing baby with sickle cell. It is also essential people who have sickle cell know about it so they may take proper care of themselves. a The sickle cell clinics were a joint effort between the Jackson Center, the Utah Sickle Cell Foundation, the Utah State Division of Health and the local Planned Parenthood chapter. As a pilot project, the Jackson clinics are the first phase of a state wide program of testing and Congress. being set up by the Sickle Cell Foundation. Public health nurses. Planned "Should the President be removed?" was the next Parenthood members and Jackson school personnel question. administered the blood tests. The tests are simple. After be a disgusting way of equalizing power" between the President "The Presidency itself is Hensleys is a family project. They would like to interest everyone with any size yard to grow something eatable. sponsored by the Jackson School Community Service Center. According to Mary Jo Christie, coordinator of the Jackson clinics, most of those Chicanos and a few Anglos. Sickle cell is an abnormal blood condition which occurs when the red blood cells lacking oxygen take on a sickle shape. I Court. Gardening for the 4-- clinics exempting incomes up to the $8 10 thousand level from Social Security payments and the charging of more to those with higher incomes. schools, Medicare, Title -- "You don't heed a large farm to be able to eat vegetables from your own garden," says Chester Hensley who lives at 644 Conway The Hensley children received tomatoe plants from Salt Lake County Extension Program and will care for them and exhibit them as well as some of the other vegetables they are raising, at the Salt Lake County Fair in August. Other children in Central City also received a tomatoe plant and other garden seeds for their 4-project. pricking the subject's finger, a sample of blood is gathered in a plastic vile. Later at the state laboratory the blood is put into a solution and run through a process called electrophoresis. This process can detect all different strains of sickle cell and with certain strains being more serious than others, this testing procedure is more efficient than simpler sickle cell screening tests which detect only one strain of permission slip the test could not be given. A follow up clinic is planned for the Matheson School, 1240 American Beauty Drive. Those who missed the first testing can have it done at that time. Call Mrs. Christie at 355-777for information. Remember the tests are free. There is no charge! 6 sickle cell. Jackson's Community Service Center planned for the clinics for several months. After FloorCraft Jackson gained enthusiastic support from the state foundation, workshops were set to train school personnel and volunteers about sickle cell. A community education push was made to acquaint every resident in the Jackson school area about the project. The entire area was canvassed by parents and Close-Ou- Vinyl Asbestos Tile 1 teenage student volunteers. Children in Jackson School were given information sheets and permission slips to take home to their parents. Mary Jo Christie thinks the clinics were successful especially considering Jackson students were out of school for a half day on Friday the first clinic was held. Many parents called the school and asked for the test to be given their children, says Mrs. Christie, but without a signed t 2''xl 2" 1 8?per Linoleum tile - 2.98 sq. ,d. FloorCraft Co. 56 E. 8th So. Across from Sears |