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Show FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1967 Page Four THE SALT LAKE TIMES Cruising Houseboats Combine Home Comfort and Water Lure Seagoing Americans are Plan in Advance and Enjoy Trip More (Continued from Page One) time. Out of way places can add unprecedented adventure and pleasure to a trip. Your wandering neednt be haphazard, however. The second part of good planning is knowing where you can get accurate local information. The emergency information local sources have where to find a good doctor, lawyer, for instance, can mighty helpful, if you suddenly need it. So you dont miss the unplanned fun, determine the main things you want to see and do and exactly how long it takes to get from one to another. Then add a few days of uncommitted time to your vacation to enjoy some memorable side pleasures. Young Drivers' Traffic Records The record of young drivers worsened in 1966, according to the insurance companies. Drivers under 25 were involved in almost 32 percent of the fatal accidents compared with 30.3 per cent in 1965. This commentary is contained in Travelers annual highway safety booklet, 'which reports 52,500 deaths and more than 4,400,000 injuries on America's highways last year. Statistics in the booklet were compiled from reports by stat emotor vehicle departments. The Bureau of Public Roads has reported that the drivers under 25 constitute almost 19 per cent of all the licensed drivers but in 1966 they were involved in almost 70 percent more accidents than their numbers warrant. Older drivers, those 65 and over, showed a slight improvement in their driving records as did the largest group of drivers those 25 to 64. However, drivers over 65 continue to be involved in proportionally accidents. more fatal accidents than non-fatPerhaps it can be accounted for by saying that the young are quick and impatient and the old are stub- on the rear. A conventional cruiser with its curves may look more beautiful and be capable of taking heavier seas, but those curves require elaborate, expensive building techniques, and careful fitting of interiors. Thus a typical 4 foot houseboat may most $18,000, against a cost of $50,000 for a conventional fiber glass cruiser of the same size. Houseboats range in size from 18 footers that sleep four, to 60 foot giants. Most families can be comfortable in a 30 to 40 footer. More than a score of manufacturers now make cruising house boats and several states have houseboat rental services. These provide boats for periods from box car with picture windows a week end to a month or more. but they are roomy, maneu- Prices range from $175 to $450 verable and fast. Speeds of 25 a week. Several oil companies miles an hour, enough to water furnish free cruising guides to ski by, are common and the new thousands of miles of navigable boats are hardy enough to be at water ways. Popular with pleasure boaters, home in open seas as well as in houseboats also enjoy growing inland waterways. demand from the second home Moreover, their unprepossess- market. Some couples find them ing appearance helps to make ideal as retirement homes. houseboats bargains. The cruisNotes one happy owner, This ing houseboat is little more home makes the world my own than a trailer body fastened on water front property. Another a specially designed marine hull advantage, houseboats have no with one or two engines fitted lawn to cut. dis- covering that modern houseboats offer a way to enjoy the comfort of home with the charms of life on the water, reports a recent Readers Digest article, Look at the Latest in Houseboats. While not yet rivaling the popularity of their older sisters the sailboats and speedboats, crusing houseboats have been enjoying a genuine boom. Five years ago there were fewer than 1000 of them in the U.S. Since then more than 4000 have been added at an average price of $10,000. The sales last year alone approached the $10 million mark. Houseboats may not have the sleek look of a cabin cruiser one owner described his as a Club Awarded Community Beautification Grant S. L. County 4-- H the-- LEASED GRAPEVINE A motion for dismissal has been taken under advisement in a Third District Suit by a state senator to force a legal opinion from Attorney Gen. Phil L. Hansen. Mr. Hansen moved for dismissal in an appeal to Judge Marcellus K. Snow. He said the senator, Robert F. Clyde of He-be- r, had bypassed the Legislthe attorney general by hiring a private lawyer. Sen. Clyde claims an inordinate delay in receiving an opinion from Mr. Hansen on whether the governor can legally withhold funds appropriated for atures sold legal counsel Roosevelt Junior College. The Utah State Roads Commission has recommended settling a long standing dispute with the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads for $61,487. This is in addition to sums already deducted by the Bureau of Allotments to Utah, making the total settlement amount about $1,293,848. This involves federal questions of $35 million worth of right of way purchases made by the state between 1956 and 1962. Top priority on Jordan River channel improvements below 21st South have been recomThe Salt Lake County and ident of the West Jordan Town mended by the Salt Lake Area Youth Development organization Board; Phli Rickman, chairman Chamber of Commerce Flood has been awarded a $250 Proj- of the West Jordan Beautifica- Control Committee. ect Assistance grant by the Coca tion committee and Utah State A keynote address by Gov. Cola Company for financial as- University Extension agent MelL. Rampton and a disCalvin sistance to carry out the groups vin Burningham and Wayne L. on youih and crime by cussion suggested plan for community Rose. William C. Sullivan, assistant conservation and beautification. director of the FBI, will mark Alan Schmidt, 15, a member opening day activities of the or RFD Riverton, has Senate Will Consider Utah of Municipal League convenapplied for the grant on behalf tion Aug. 24 at the Newhouse of the youth group. His proposed Reclamation Bills Hotel. The Senate will consider in project was to beautify the ground of historic Pioneer Hall, the next few days a bill amendAudit work by the Utah State a 100 year old LDS chapel at ing the Small Reclamation Pro- Tax Commission has show that 1250 West on Bingham Highway. jects Act to provide broader use Vz million in taxes were owed $2 al The landscaping project in- of Federal loan funds in water but not paid during last fiscal cludes leveling the grounds and resource construction projects. year. State Tax Commission planting lawn, shrubs and trees. At least one Utah project, that Chairman Ransom Quinn said Some 200 and Scouts will of the Roy Water Conservancy the commisson auditing division a born, says is being held up discovered some $2,581,164 in spokesman. take part in the program. Interior issued has Traffic National awaiting The Department deficiencies. The Salt Lake County Safety Agency on action bill. the as was one of selected some vehicle safety standards. Some of the new features project Sen. Frank E. Moss, J. Holman Waters, owner of for judgare included in or can be added to present cars. All the best plans entered350 of the the sponsor amendment, Newhouse Hotel, was named ing by approximately youths of them are an important part of the nations intensified groups said that his bill provides that president of Salt Lake Valley in the United States. efforts to reduce the traffic accident toll. The Project Assistance Grants the Department of the Interior Convention and Visitors Bureau. can approve projects which will Research is also essential. At a traffic safety con- Program is administered by the provide Thiokol Chemical Corp. reagricultural water as National Youth Conference on ference early this year there was wide agreement between Natural as well and for water municipal ported earnings of 68c per share Beauty and Conservaauto insurance industry leaders and traffic safety re- tion. It makes available a total industrial uses, even though at for the first six months of 1967. some date more of the Sales for the period total search scientists that we need to learn more about how of $25,000 in assistance grants water future to municipal and go This compares with may the Coca Cola Company, industrial the various elements in the auto transportation system from uses than to agricul- earnings of 65c per share and one of the original commercial ture. sales of $89,217,453 for the like the road, car, driver, laws, etc., contribute to accident sponsors of the Conference. Under present Departmental period of 1966. It was stated In presenting the award to prevention. Mr. Schmidt, W. C. MceKan of interpretations, many Small that the major portion of the inParents of newly licensed drivers should insist that the bottling company pointed Reclamation Projects Act appli- crease in the sales and earnings tilt youngster should be driving a car thats mechanically out that the program was set cations are not approved because resulted from production of the at the should be solo driving, or driving with his up to help people initiate or at some point in the future, be- flares and related devices sound. Division at cause of changing conditions, company Longhorn complete creative action projects drivwith not a should chums. carful of be He parents, and youth leadership training in the project may not be primari- Marshall, Texas, and from the on be in little traveled roads and he should conservation and community im- ly for agricultural water pur- operation of the Job Corps Cening driving This project sub- poses, Sen. Moss said. Under ter at Clearfield, Utah. provement. daylight, only in fair weather at first. mitted by Allan Schmdit for the this interpretation, the local as feel to a car natural A full color mural depicting Gradually, handling begins Club is a splendid instance water district can not get a to him he should, under supervision, begin driivng under of the initiative and ingenuity Federal loan, unless the project Utahs vast resources is in a for before prominent position on the cona variety of situations until all concerned have confidence of our American youth who are would be fully paid water uses be- struction fence surrounding the to prethat the young driver knows what he is doing, and why dedicatingthe themselves destruction and the came the primary project ac- John F. Kennedy Center for the venting he is doing it. waste of our natural beauty and tivity. Sen Moss said his bill Performing Arts in Washington, makes the present Act workable. D.C. reasurces. oOo Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah club The Moss bill was approved Cooperating with the When a motorist who had crashed into a telephone members and providing techni- by the Senate Committee on In- said the mural, painted by two Salt Lake City youngsters, is in in the landscap- terior and Insular of pole and brough down the wires recovered consciousness, cal superviison Affairs, t, a prominent location that such Bring-hurswill be Hugh his hands were clutching the wires. Thank heavens, ing project a is Democrat Utah which the I see it every morning on my County Weed Control to he exclaimed fervently, its a harp! the capitol. Bruce member. way Egbert, pres Supervisor; 4-- H 4-- H, rs Sub-Distric- t, 4-- H D-Ut- ah, $122,-522,38- lie 4-- H non-agricultur- 4-- 5. |