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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1967 Page Sixteen U.S. Forest Service Food Markets Start Budgets $12 Million Education Project graphical sketch of each Presi dent, is offered free with each reviewing stand. As a further educational incentive, Mayfair Markets has sent letters to all public and parochial schools throughout the area announcing an essay contest based on the title The President as a Leader. The contest is open to school children in the 5th to 8th grades, and the essay may be written about any of the 35 U.S. Presidents. As prizes for the best essays submitted, Mayfair will award One of the most unusual edu- For Utah Projects cational projects ever attempted The U.S. Forest Service has by a food chain has been anbudgeted nearly $12 million for nounced by Mayfair Markets use during the present fiscal year throughout its trade area. The in Utah, a year which officially project involves an effort to inends June 30, 1967, according terest school children in the duto Sen. Frank E. Moss ties and cares of the President The Forest Service activities of the United States and in the in Utah have not been seriously workings of the Government. cut back by a reduction of All Mayfair Markets in CaliSen. fornia, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, expenditures, Moss said. Funds for forest land Washington and Arizona are now three-da- y trip management, including water re- offering small plastic figurines ato r D.C. to twenty-fouWashington, Presisource development, forest fire of each of the nations 35 The children will students. fighting, insect and disease con- dents, hand painted to show (D-Utah- ). non-milita- ry trol and forest protection and exactly how each looked and management total well over $7.3 dressed. In order to permit million. mounting them as a set, the comOther allocations will provide pany also provides a lightweight land acquisition in the Wasatch, reviewing stand to which the Cache and Uinta National For- figures may be glued. An eight-pagests; watershed protection, realbum, giving a brief bio search, planning and miscellaneous functions. An important activity, that of building and maintaining Forest Development Roads and Trails, will take an estimated $3.2 million, Sen. Moss said. A breakdown of the funds to be used to provide new road and trail construction shows e tour the Capitol, meet with high-levgovernment leaders and study Congress in action. The trip will be awarded to children who submit the best essays in each of the four eligible grades, from any school in el Women Now Slimmer, Men Are Heavier men are en over a by about 8 getting heavier 45 and by under age pounds 45 and 5 between about pounds Despite the canard that women are becoming more masculine 64. and men more feminine, statistics show that women are becoming slimmer (daintier) while men are becoming heavier (more stalwart?) as time goes on. This is the news from statisticians at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. who report that according to studies of insured men and wom- - the area. Judging will be done by an impartial committee of prominent citizens, to be announced later. Mayfair officials say this is the most ambitious educational project they have ever undertaken and has generated strong interest since its introduction a few days ago. The fair sex, on the other hand, is growing slimmer by about 5 pounds between ages 35 and 54, and by as much as 10 pounds at 55 to 64 years. The shorter men and women are, the fewer pounds they add; the taller they are the more the additional poundage. Why do insured men and women seem to put on less weight than the population in general? The company claims it's because insured persons come from higher groups than does the general population. And the higher the income and education, the greater emphasis upon trimness. socio-econom- ic as follows: Ashley, $924,800; Cache, $128,000; Dixie, $494,400; Fishlake, $424,200; Manti-LaSa$362,150; Sawtooth, $950,000; Uinta, $393,400; Wasatch, $421,-40l, 0. Additionally, Sen. Moss point- ed out, funds appropriated for Forest Highways and for use during the present fiscal year, will total $1,050,000 (this total not included in above total of $12 million). The Utah Democrat said in the Forest Highway funds will provide construction amounting to $500,000 in the Manti-LaSNational Forest to improve the road between Fair-vie(Sanpete Co.) and Hunting-to(Emery County). $300,000 will be applied to the road between Manila and Greendale Forest Highway in the Ashley National Forest. The balance will be spent on various forest highways in other parts of the State. Sen. Moss said that he hoped that future allocations under the Forest Highway budget will be spent on developing the Skyline NaDrive in the Manti-LaSa- l tional Forest. This is a good way to assure that this road will improved, Sen. Moss said. It is unlikely that the Congress will authorize a separate appropriation for this scenic parkway at this time. The Forest Service, however, can begin construction using funds authorized under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1966 for this purpose. al w n i 'The beBt man at a wedding is believed to be a relic of the days when a man simply carried off a girl who seemed desirable. The husband-to-b- e usually brought friend to fight along a strong-arme-d off pursuers. Of course, the bridegroom had to hide out until the girls family tired of searching for them or stopped being angry, and thus began the honeymoon. Souaca: World Boos Encyclopedia If you dont help your school officials open recreation areas nights, weekends and during the summer, nobody else will. For a free button and information to help you, write: Fitness, Washington, D. CL 20203 PRESIDENTS COUNCIL ON PHYSICAL FITNESS. |