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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1967 Labor Dept Opens Office in Denver A motorist who is lost or con- would not show up under dayfused has many things on his light scrutiny. mind besides his driving, and is an accident looking for a place to happen." Dangerous, at best, during daylight, this situation becomes doubly lethal after dark. For this reason, many state, county and local highway departments are switching their traffic sign inspection teams workdays to worknights. If Their reason is logical: we can find our way at night, its likely that we can find our way during the day, says one inspector working for the Connecticut State Highway Department. Beginning last month, two-mainspection teams take to the roads in that state for four hours of one night of each week. Each team is given a specific set of directions to follow, much like those you give your relatives when they come to visit you (East on Route 32 to 53, south on 53 to Main n out-of-tow- n St., etc.) The teams then take notes on all signs that confuse or do not fully inform the driver of his location andor upcoming intersections. The teams then report these sign deficiencies to the Highway Department. The teams also check all signs they encounter for reflectivity, location, visibility, proper wording, etc. From these reports, the Highway Department prepares a list of locations where signs are inadequate, in need of repair or missing altogether. Maintenance schedules can then be accurately prepared from this list, and the most dangerous sign deficiencies can be given top priority. Traffic sign inspections are much more valuable if made at night, because certain defects Iowa Governor Harold Hughes has vetoed a bill to provide color photographs on drivers licenses. Hughes said the legislature did not provide the esti- mated $1,100,000 the measure would cost in the first two years. Heart Patients May Need Flu Vaccine The U.S. Public Health Serrecommends vaccination against influenza, especially in the high risk groups. Vaccination should begin as soon as practicable after September 1, and be completed by Since there is normally a delay in antibody development, it is important that immunization be carried out before influenza occurs in the immediate area. The Utah Heart Association advises people with heart disease to consult their doctor regarding influenza vaccination. There can be local flu outbreaks in Utah, even though there may not be an epidemic. Health authorities can not forecast epidemics, but once started they usually run a full course, dealing death and disability over wide areas. Travel volume to and from the Far East may contribute to the entrance of Asian flu strains into the United States, according to the Health Service. Groups experiencing high mortality from epidemic flu include patients with rheumatic heart disease, arteriosclerotic heart disease and hypertension, especially those with cardiac vice mid-Decembe- two-wee- k 233-361- 1, post-gradua- te Office of Occuptional Safety in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Foster, the form- er Josephine Hamlin of Colum- bus, Ohio, have moved to Denver with their two sons. The LSB office is being opened to help improve Rocky Mountain States industrial safety program. It is one of twenty offices Occupational Safety the country. throughout Bortz said that the Rocky Mountain region is becoming more industrialized, and, with the new chemicals on the market, requires more stringent safety regulations. LSB will work closely with State officials insufficiency. For advice about your heart and Federal Bureau of Mines in always ask your doctor; for in- an attempt to improve safety codes and establish better legisformation ask your Heart lation for regulations. of springs and mud pots are features National Yellowstone volcanic regions. offers many strange thermal sights to sitor. Park rangers estimate that Yel 5 r. Nelson M. Bortz, Director of the Bureau of Labor Standards (LSB) of the U. S. Department of Labor, announced the opening of a new Occupational Safety office of LSB for the Denver region. Mr. Bortz made, the official announcement while he was in Denver for the International Association of Governmental Labor Officials when the organization held its 50th Anniversary Convention at the Denver Hilton. Bortz announced that the office would be manned by Curtis A. Foster who will be District Supervisor, with regional headquarters in Kansas City. Foster will be responsible for administration of the Labor Departments safety and health regulations which apply to employers performing work or service for the Federal Government. The new LSB office will be located in Room 21 S, Building 53, at the Denver Federal Center 80225. The telephone numextension 6187 ber is or 6278. Foster was in the Air Force from 1942 to 1946, where he served for 33 months in Africa and Italy. He attended the West Virginia Institute of Technology and majored in mining engineerand ing. He did Unithe at professional study versity of Houston, studying safety engineering. In 1959, Foster joined the U. S. Department of Labor where he was Deputy Director of LSB for the Gulf States region. In April, 1966, he became District Safety Officer of LSBs lowstone has more than 10,000 individual geysers, hot springs, mud pots and other volcanic phenonema. Safe boardwalks lead the viewer close to many of these unusual sights. Page Nine Girl Scouts Dedicate TB Association Hedquarters Saturday Will Conduct Dedication ceremonies will Performance Study the new Utah Girl Scout open A performance study meant Council headquarters Saturday, to take a year and determine August 5th at 10 a.m. the future needs of the Utah The Headquarters located at Tuberculosis and Health Asso2386 East 2760 South, Salt Lake ciation is being conducted by City, will provide the finest of the board of directors, announced facilities for the Councils 8,500 Mason W. Smith, Salt Lake Scouts in Utah and Eastern City, president of the AssociaNevada. tion. Mrs. Calvin L. Rampton will The many radical changes in make the major address follow- the tuberculosis program in ed by the dedicatory prayer by Utah since 1960, plus the inMr. Ames K. Bagley, Vice Presi- creasing importance of other dent of the Great Salt Lake respiratory diseases, has caused Council, Boy Scouts of America. the Association to take a look The program will include an at its structure, stated Mason initial flag raising by Provo and W. Smith, Salt Lake City, presiOrem Girl Scouts, a document dent. box buried with memorabilia of Contributions made by many the new Headquarters construc- individuals in' Utah in support tion, and musical selections by of the work of the voluntary the Ogden area Girl Scouts. The tuberculosis and respiratory diopening prayer will be given by sease association totals thouReverend Robert H. Cochrane, sands of dollars and countless Vice President of the Salt Lake man hours each year. These Mrs. people have a Ministerial ' Association. right to expect John M. Conrow, President of the Association to conduct effecthe Council, will explain the tive programs to meet goals and Headquarters from conception purposes for which it was orto completion. ganized, added Mr. Smith. An open house will follow the The Association is presently program. Group tours and re- undergoing a performance evalfreshments will be handled by uation study in the areas of the Service Opportunity program, administration, and Scouts, a Council group organ- fundraising. Committees have ized to provide community ser- been set up in each of the areas vice. to examine the effectiveness of A seedling tree, given to the the Association and to update Council by Mrs. Lyndon John- the methods used in carrying out son, will be planted at noon by these functions. Senior Girl Scout, Linda TagA steering committee has gart. Miss Taggart accepted the been organized under chairman seedling from Mrs. Johnson last Wilfred K. Wegener, Richfield, year at the Youth Conference to evaluate the results of the on Natural Beauty in Washing- various committees work, and ton, D.C. to set the plan of action for the Plans for a new building Association in the future. came about in 1965 when the Utahs health problems and Council Board of Directors rec- the degree to which they are ognized the need for more office being met, along with the need space, training facilities, storage to expand or improve services areas and committee rooms. for the future is the responsiAfter an intensive search, no bility of the program committee, facilities were found that were chaired by Dr. C. DuWayne adequate in size at a price that Schmidt, Salt Lake City. would fit the budget. ArrangeMrs. J. Arthur Wood, Salt ments were made at the existing Lake City, is chairman of the headquarters to alleviate some administration committee, whose disadvantages while the search function it is to evaluate the for a headquarters continued. effectiveness of the board of With the help of the Council directors, committees, volunseveral teers, finances and personnel. Committee Advisory sites were investigated with the In many respects fundraising hope of obtaining a donated is the key to success or failure piece of property to build a of the Association and its proCouncil-owne- d building. Sites jects, said Mr. Smith. It has that were investigated included been recognized since 1958 that Fort Douglas, Salt Lake County centralization of fundraising is Hospital property or buildings, necessary for high effectiveness Federal land, and land near free- and economy, he added. ways. The property desired was Claude Provo, is not to be had, and so efforts chairman Duerden, of the fundraising were started to buy property committee. The committee is and build a permanent office investigating supplemental ways building. Property overlooking of raising funds, besides the the Salt Lake Country Club was Association Christmas Seal proselected and construction began. gram. Ground Breaking Ceremonies Utahns should realize that took place on December 16, the money they donate to the 1966. The First of June, and 140 Christmas Seal Association is days later, the building was com- spent here in Utah on programs pleted. designed by Utahns to help Part of the funds to build the Utahns, continued Mr. Smith. headquarters were derived from He added that a strong appeal capital reserves, some of which for donations would be launched were earmarked for this pur- this fall to help pay for the pose at the formation of the expanding services of the Council. Donations of materials and contributions were pledged to supplement the reserves. life and health insurance programs for individual family Insurance Agent needs. He is a member of the agency Meet Attending Clark R. Powell, Jr., of managed by Sherell R. Powell Sandy, career agent in Salt with offices at 811 East 33rd Lake City and vicinty for South, Suite G. American United Life Insurance, is attending a school for special John Quincy Adams declined training conducted by the comat this week to the U.S. Supreme nomination pany Indianapolis, Indiana. 1811 Court in before becoming Powell is doing further study the countrys sixth president in in the preparation of personal 1825. |