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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1967 Page Nine Medical Examiner Appointed by State Health Board Youth Corps Gives Summer Jobs to American Teenagers James T. Weston, M.D. will Nearly a quarter of a million be the first full-tim- e forensic young people from disadvantagpathologist to fill the position ed circumstances will have of medical examiner in Utah summer jobs this year through effective July 1, 1967. Youth Corps Announcement was made to- Neighborhood of (NYC) programs, Secretary day at the State Board of Labor W. Willard Wirtz anHealth meeting by G. D. Carlyle nounced today. Thompson, M.D., Director of In the Denver region, NYC Public as a Not all teenage drivers scorch out from a stoplight to see how much rubber they can lay in a peeling, screeching race to prove who has the hot go machine. Some, as a matter of fact, cruise the highways rather deliberately and slowly in search for safety, and in an effort to rescue stranded motorists. The Gearlords, for example, a teen age car club in California, could more aptly be named the Knights of the Good Turn, because its young members prowl the roads doing good deeds. In one such instance, a husband braved the night to get medicine for his sick wife. On the way his car broke down and he could not repair it. Members of the Gearlords came to his recue and, while they could not fix the car they did push it nine blocks to the garage. Then they helped the man find an all night drugstore. The relieved husband, medicine in hand, offered the youths some money which they refused. Instead, they gave him a card and said: If you want to show your appreciation tell your local police chief we helped you, and tell your friends not all teenagers are bad. The card, bearing a picture of an armored knight, said, You have been assisted by the Gear-lord- s Car Club, Altadena. According to the California police, there are about 250 such clubs in the southern part of the state with a total membership of about 4,000 teen age boys. Each one is interested in improving the image of the teen age driver, and constructively achieving that goal. Police say these young men are a wonderful bunch of kids who promote the idea of safe driving, assist other motorists in trouble and organize such social activities as dances and rallies. To which Drivers Seat can only add: Let there be more clubs of this kind, stocked with the same kind of young men, bringing chivalry and standards of Kinf Arthurs court to the hazards of todays roads. You may need such assistance Coif Instruction Set At Public Courses Railroad Official To Speak at Spike Everybodys doing it . . . playing golf that is. So come on girls 8 years of age and join the golfing world. How to get started?? Just join up with the rest of the gals in the Salt Lake County Recreation Departments Jr. Girls Golf Program. This annual and ald ways activity is geared up and ready to go on May 15, 22, and 29th. Paul S. Rose of the recreation department said that instruction k will be given at the East Ever2230 Gymnasium, green Avenue. Instruction will get under way at 6:00 P.M. On hand to teach golfing fundamentals will be Jim Healy, Jack North, Sean Riley and Norm Rackley of the County Golf Staff. Following the evenings of indoor instruction the girls will then be divided into (1) City Gals those who live within Salt Lake City limits, and (2) those living County Gals within Salt Lake County but not within the boundaries of Salt Lake City. The second phase of the program will find the gals taking to the greens at Meadow Brook Golf Course for their instruction. County girls will go to Meadow Brook on June 5, 6 and 7. City participants will take over the course on June 12, 13 and 12-1- well-attende- Mill-cree- on-cour- se 14. Best of all its practically free! The only fee is $1.00 which buys each girl a membership in the State Junior Girls Association. This fee will be paid on the opening night at East Millcreek. one day. John W. Godfrey, assistant to the president-industrirelations and chief executive of the land division of the Union Pacific Railroad, will keynote the 98th anniversary celebration of the Golden Spike Ceremony May 10 at 10:30 a.m. Godfrey began his Union Pacific career in 1934, working as al an machinist in Cheyenne, Wyo. He later became an instrumentman and draftsman, was made an engineering inspector in 1945, and was promoted to assistant engineer at Cheyenne in 1948. In 1949, Godfrey was named Utah division engineer, and later served in the same capacity on the Union Pacifics Wyoming division. He was appointed district engineer, South-Centrdistrict, with headquarters in Salt Lake City, in 1957. Godfrey was appointed assistant to the president-industrirelations in 1965, and was given the additional title of chief executive officer of the land division the following year. The ceremony will include a of the driving of the Golden Spike and the completion of the Pacific Railroad in 1869 by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads. apprentice al al Health, preparatory step for the implementation of the recently enacted reorganization bill making the medical examiners office a part of the State Health Department beginning July 1. At that time the Medical Examiners present Commission will become an advisory body to the State Board of Health. Dr. William H. Carnes, Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, University of Utah College of Medicine also an- nounced today that Dr. James T. Weston will join the faculty of the College of Medicine as Assistant Professor of Pathology. The Medical Examiners Act passed by the 1965 Utah Legis- lature established the Commis- The 1967 Legislature, in addition to providing funds for the medical examiners program, also transferred it to the Department and the Board for administrative and policy pur- sion. poses. The Act authorizes the medical examiner, on request of a county attorney or a county physician, to conduct pathological examinations and to perform autopsies of unusual deaths. Unusual deaths are described in the Act as all violent deaths, deaths not caused by readily recognizable disease, death under suspicious circumstances and deaths from causes which might constitute a threat to public health. Dr. Weston is a native of New Jersey, received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and his special training in pathology at the U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, and the Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York City. His subsequent thirteen years experience in pathology included seven years as Chief of the Medical Divi- sion, Coroners Office, San Diego and six years as Assistant Medical Examiner, Department of Health, Philadelphia. He is also lecturer in legal medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Dr. Weston has published numerous scientific papers in his special field, most recent of which is one now being published by the University of The Chicago Press entitled Child Abuse. Pathology of Other publications include CarAirdiac Arrest in Surgery, in Fatalities way Foreign Body Pathand Forensic Children, ology Slide Seminar. Dr. Weston is married and has two children. He and his family are expected to move to Salt Lake City in late June. Army Pvt. Roy M. Johnston III, whose parents live at 1549 So. Fourth East, completely advanced training as a combat enPrivate Donald A. Willis, son gineer recently at Fort Leonard of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Willis, Wood, Mo. 3694 So. Granger Drive, comDuring his eight weeks traincommunica12 a week ing, he received instruction in pleted tions center specialist course at combat squad tactics, use of inthe Army Southeastern Signal fantry weapons and engineer reSchool in Fort Gordan, Ga., re- connaissance. He also was trained in the cently. He was trained to operate tele- techniques of road and bridge type sets and other communca-tion- s building, camouflage and equipment. job opportunities planned by the Bureau of Work Programs for the summer of 1967 are expected to total as follows: Colorado 1,869 486 Montana 880 Utah 418 Wyoming The youth are expected to receive and pump back into the countrys economy more than $92 million. Approximately 175,000 of the jobs will go to the nations high school students who received their first experience with the Neighborhood Youth Corps as enrollees. More than 66,000 jobs are for dropouts who will to continue receive experience and are being encouraged to return to school. The summer Neighborhood Youth Corps job program will give a big push to the Presidents 1967 Youth Opportunity Compaign, which is aimed at finding work this summer for a large throng of 16 to 21 year in-scho- ol high-scho- ol work-trainin- g olds. When school turns out this summer, about 13 million young people in this age group are expected to look for jobs and about 2 million have little hope of finding one unless ema make effort to special ployers them. help Secretary Wirtz noted that this summer represents the third anniversary of summer and training the Bureau of provided by Work Programs Neighborhood Youth Corps and will swell the ranks of those youths aided by. NYC since its inception to well over a million. g The summer program, unlike those operated the year round for youths and approximately nine months for those attending school, is a distinct program of limited duration providing enrollees with experience in the world of work, preferably outside of a school environment. The average workweek during the period is about 26 hours, thus providing time for many of the youths who are generally between 16 and 21 to engage in additional activities normally associated with teens, summer and school vacation. The Secretary emphasized that this year, much greater stress will be placed on and providing supportive services which normally accompany efforts of NYC personnel to aid enrollees in its programs. Experience of past summers has shown that more intensive remedial education, vocational guidance and counseling, additional medical and dental advice and assistance is needed if the programs are to achieve their maximum benefit to the enrollees. Mr. Wirtz said he looks for expansion of work sites for enrollees, as a result of the 89th Congress permitting private industry to participate as sponsor of Neighborhood Youth Corps programs. Approximately 90 percent of the cost of employing youths though the Neighborhood Youth Corps is borne by the Federal The Secretary Government. work-experien- ce work-trainin- out-of-scho- 12-we- ol ek up-gradi- ng said that in addition to giving a chance to youths who might never have had it, the program has provided new purchasing sower which has found its way nto hundreds of local communities. Since studies have already shown that most earnings of the poor are spent for basic needs such as food, shelter and clothing, local economics as well as the young people have been helped by summer earnings of NYC enrollees. The Labor Secretary said another major product of NYC programs was the actual physical improvements made to parks, recreational areas, streets, schools, and their public building and utilities by enrollees. As an example, he noted that in many cities and towns enrollees actually made or repaired items essential to the life of the community. In all cases, it was work which needed to be done, but might not have been done, either be- cause it was not allotted for in city budgets or because of a shortage of manpower. Neighborhood Youth Corps summer programs, continued the Secretary, will take place in all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American. Samoa and Guam. The District NYC office for the Denver region is located in. Room 350 of the Equitable 1, Building in Denver, phone: 303. area code: District Director is Charles A. Graham, 297-347- |