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Show Page 2 Ben Lomond Beacon 1 it TrODDBfilknsMp wn Dieting is a never-endin- g Thursday, September 30, 976 Citizens oppose fluoridation of wafer supplies process by Melinda Sowerby involved in one of Americas favorite past-time- s right now and I dont mean baseball. Whats another favorite pasttime? Dieting. Im one of those people who is constantly on a diet or at least thinking I should be on one. It seems like a never ending process and I guess dieting doesnt ever end because to really become a thin person after being overweight for a number of years, you have to eat differently on a permanent basis. You cant really remain thin and go through the yo-y- o syndrome, that being put on 5 pounds and take it off again. Anyway, Im still gaining and losing, almost as citizens committee has formed to oppose No. 2 on the proposition November ballot. That would prohibit proposition the addition of flouridation or other medications to the public water supplies. Charles W. Akerlow of Salt Lake City has been elected chairman of the committee of which is composed representatives of the dental and medical societies, several womens groups and citizens from nany hroughout Utah. Known as Citizens for Tood Health the committee romises a vigorous cam-aig- n to defeat the referendum which Akerlow calls a poorly drafted and A Im all been 10-1- weight. For some reason, I like food but food doesnt like me or maybe I should say food likes me too much. No matter how its put, though, it boils down to the same thing. I have to lose some weight so Im once again going on a diet. What would it be like not to have to worry about a weight problem? Ill never know. Next-to-Ne- & Six millionth telephone installed by Bell System Bell has an- special commemorative ceremony was held Sept. 29 in the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research Laboratory at the University of Utah Medical Center. The six millionth telephone, a dataphone set, will be used into transmit life-savi- formation about the heart from nearby hospitals to th Medical Center over phont lines. This special event is another milestone in the history of Mountain Bell. It is most appropriate that Utah was selected as the location of the installation, explained Vice President and Utah General Manager John E. Lattin. Utah has been the site of many historical happenings, many of which involved the telephone industry. The first telephones were reported in service in Utah only two years after the instrument was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. In 1914, at Wendover, Utah the final splice was made in the nations first tran- scontinental cable. Although it took Mountain Bell over 70 years to reach its one millionth phone in 1948, it required only a three year span to go from five million telephones in 1973 to the six millionth phone in 1976. Everyone is aware of the rapid growth here in Utah, especially the telephone he company employees, said. Utah now has over 800,000 phones in service and will handle over one billion calls in the state this year alone. Lattin also noted that with such tremendous growth the cost of doing business is also to be dealt with. In 1965, when the three millionth phone was installed, our investment for each company telephone was 474. Today that figure is $764, an increase of almost $300 per phone over an eleven-yea- r period. Our construction expenditures in Utah this year alone will amount to more than $71 million that figures out to almost $l'2 million per week, he explained. From its beginning, the telenhone industry has had one compelling goal : to make available, to the entire public, telephone service that is low in cost and high in quality. This is more than just a business goal; it is written into the law of the land in the Communications Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1934. Contained therein is a mandate "... to make available ... to all the people of the United States a rapid, efficient, nationwide, and worldwide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges ... to Lattin, According Mountain Bell has met those obligations over the years. Today the U.S. enjoys the finest telephone service in the world at the most reasonable prices. Over 94 percent of the households in this country have telephone service. In Utah the figure is almost 98 percent. It's true that rates have gone up in recent years but less so than the prices of most other goods and services. Interstate toll charges are lower today than they were 20 years ago. In 1900 a private line residential phone cost Salt Lake customers $5 per month. Today local residents have private line residential service for about $7.72. Thats an increase of less than $3 per month in 76 years. Such consistent good service and reasonable rates are now threatened by unregulated competition which has caused the of existing duplicatiqn facilities ahd services. While specialized...commor carriers are free to choose their service routes, they naturally avoid the less profitable areas. This does not represent complete service to all. If such practices are allowed to continue, one likely result is that rates will rise considerably. At present more than 150 nf Pnnnrocc of 1976. The ,s t0, object of the Act fC?ntTe,d T high telephone availability service at reasonable rates, Lattin said. Meanwhile, pur basic aim at Mountain Bell will be to continue to provide high quality communications service as we move ahead to our seven-milliont- h telenhone. Total approach stressed by hospital department important part of the total approach to quality patient care given at Weber County Hospital today is the Central Supply Department. Since all other departments in this chronic disease and rehabilitation facility function in some way around the An services performed by Central Supply, this department is often referred to as the heart of the hospital. Under the direction of Mrs. Lloyd (Barbara) this departHollingsworth, ment is responsible for processing, maintaining, and dispensing supplies and equipment used in the cart and treatment of not only the patients here, but also those treated in the surgery department. The office used supplies throughout the hospital are also distributed by this department. In addition to these Mrs. duties, Hollingsworth serves as a member of the hospitals Medical Ogden Junior League sponsors rummage sale 10-1- Mountain American Association and the U.S. Government, which rarely all agree on any one thing, concur that flourides do not endanger health or cause cancer. If Utahs water supply was flouridated it is estimated that the average annual savings to a Utah ANNETTE MCCULLOCH and Nedra Peterson display a poster announcing the Junior potentially dangerous family on dentist bills would League of Ogden rummage sale to be held Oct. 2. be $100. The annual cost to proposition. We plan to campaign that same family is about $2 against this issue on two to flouridate the water fronts. The first is that the supply, Akerlow said. Subcommittee chairmen wording of the referendum clearly intends not only to also elected are Howard prohibit flouride but also to Jorgensen, publicity; Orson remove chlorine and other Wright, D.D.S., speakers purifiers presently used from bureau; Allan J. Moll, legal; our drinking water. Only the Jean Osborne, organizations; The Junior League oi Lays are Here Again with sale are The Country Store most backward countries of joan Wilson, auxiliaries, and do world not the treat their several county chairmen. Ogden is holding its Annual sale hours from 9 a.m. to 3 (all new items plus hand- water since untreated water Representing the various Rummage Sale, Saturday, made and homebaked) and results in p.m. typhoid, cholera, supporting agencies are Oct. 2, at the Browning (oldies but Exciting door prizes indysentarv and other major Dr. Robert K. Maddock of South clude a Browning gun, a four-fo- goodies). 5300 Armory, health problems, the public Medical Utah CB a Washington Blvd. in South teddybear, lamps, Akerlow said. Door Association; Dr. Newell Warr Ogden. Food will be available to radio, and other items. We also plan to present of Dental Utah The Old Fashioned Bargain prize tickets at $1 each are shoppers at the snack stand. the facts on the need to Association; Mike Murdock from Jr. available League Proceeds from this sale will flouridate our water system. of The Utah Cancer Society; members or at the door. be returned to the community More than half the population Joan Wilson of The Dental departRegular bargain through Jr. League projects, of the U.S. live in comback-to- Auxiliary and Gail Wix of The ments include: such as Child Advocacy, munities which flouridate Dental Hygienists. school clothes, mens and Drug Historical Film, ladies wear, jewelry, Preservation, Juvenile Court, housewares, furniture, toys, Puppetry, Voluntary Action books, babies and bedding. Center, Court Docents, and Special features of this years Drug Referral Center. regularly as the seasons change. Ive tried a number of diets and have discovered that I have to eat to lose weight. I cant stand those starvation type diets, where you skip meals or eat such a little amount at each meal that you get up from the table as hungry or hungrier than before. Ive known people who take it off easily that way and dont seem to suffer but it sure bothers me. One thing many diets teach now is that you should eat slow to give your jaws and stomach the full impact of the food.' I find thats very hard to do because Ive always been a fast eater and I was raised in a fast 5 eating family. It never took us more than minutes to eat dinner and thats when we ate slow. Another thing some diets now teach is that certain foods make you want more of the fattening ingredient. Foods such as starches are notorious for this, at least to me. It seems like the more I eat, the more I want and of course starches really make me put on the nounced the installation of its six millionth telephone. A their water. flouridation Nationally has reduced cavities on an average of 60 to 65 percent. An eight-yea- r study in Brigham City has shown a 63 percent reduction in cavities since the flouridation of that citys water supply. Flouridation is completely safe. The American Dental Association, The Because of their constant efforts to fulfill this objective, the Central Supply is . being Department needed. Offroad vehicle rules discussed in ... meeting . , : to ORVs on Federal lands. This public meeting discuss proposed revisions to process has been completed regulations governing the use for areas of the California Desert and will proceed of offroad vehicles (ORVs) the when on Federal lands ad- bureau-wid- e ministered by the Bureau of regulations go into effect. Land Management in Utah Designations will be made will be held September 8 in continuously until all BLM . . , administered areas will be 0dU ljdKe UlJ. or closed, L. open, to Paul According regulated with regard to Howard, BLM state diTector in Utah, the public meeting ORV use. J Evaluation and designation will be held in the University CLUB Building, Room 1408, 7 criteria have been changed to ki win be reflect the executive order. tQ 9 Free available in the building to Endangered species will the public attending this receive special consideration following the intent of the meeting. Mr. Howard said that under Endangered Species Act of proposed regulations 1973. The proposed revisions all BLM ad- also reflect the enforcement revisions, ministered lands, with the authority conveyed in several of existing recently enacted laws. exception The proposed regulations and natural areas, primitive are undesignated with regard appeared in the Federal to ORV use until they have Register July 28. Interested and parties have until October 7, been evaluated .designated in accordance 1976, to submit written with procedures and criteria comments, suggestions, or specified in executive order objections to the Director No. 11644 of February 8, 1972, (201), BLM, Washington, concerning management of D.C. 20240. A Paper changes to subscription Dont forget that beginning on Nov. 1, the Ben Lomond Beacon will become a su- bscription delivered newspaper. The Beacon will oe delivered by mail to the home of subscribers. Cost of a subscription is $5.50 per year of $9 for two years. If ordered with the subscription blank found on this page and a check mailed . in with the order blank, the price of a years subscription is further reduced to $4.50 per year. Thats a real savings in anybodys book. Checks mailed in at this time will not be cashed until the Nov. 1 deadline. In the event there is not enough subscribers, the checks will be returned. . The Ben Lomond Beacon is published each Thursday. 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