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Show Page Four THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1967 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Cumbintd with Ibe Salt Lake Mining & Legal News Published Every Friday as Salt Lake City, Utah Entered at the postoffice at Salt Lake City as second class matter August 23, 1923 under the act of March 8, Bach Beethoven or Broadway Regular Fare For Symphony At home playing Bach, Bee- crestra and chorus can also be thoven or Broadway, the swing- quite groovy. 711 South West Temple Telephone Skitch Hendersons unique arGLENN BJORNN, Publisher ing Utah Symphony, to the downbeat of one of Americas rangements, together with the not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction favorite pops conductors, magnitude and excellence of the or corporation Skitch Henderson, plays its sec- orchestra and chorus, promises Number 30 ond and final concert of the musical interpretations which season in the Salt Lake Taber- will surpass even those in the nacle on Friday, January 5, original Broadway productions 1968, and in Ogden on January in which they were featured. 4. The program will consist of Add to the orche- 14 popular numbers representstra the 80 member University ing The American Sound. One (Continued from Page One) of Utah A Capella ' Choir sing- portion is built around Skitch ing such popular hits as Theres at the Piano, with orchestra mism. He discounts any immediate threat from Red No Business Like Show Busi- and chorus. China and says that the nations prestige is tumbling, ness, Blue Skies, Some EnchantTickets are on sale at the ed on 10th Utah Symphony box office, 55 Evening, Slaughter and will probably continue to fade unless we commit Avenue, West First South, telephone and among others, you the folly of abandoning the field in Vietnam to commu- have all the and at ZCMI Downingredients for a nist subversion. memorable popular music feast. town and Cottonwood. With Skitch at the helm, it Tickets should be reserved The main tlireat to Asia, he says, comes from subwill to further prove early to avoid disappointments, all go version, which he calls the chief weapon of the commu- (along with the recent Henry as was the case for hundreds nists. He says that one way to combat that threat is to Mancini concert) that in addi- who were turned away from the long-hai- r music, the or- - Henry Mancini popular concert. ecourage genuine nationalism, which he sees as prob- tion to I the-- LEASED 1879 364-84-64 Reasons for Optimism in Asia er -- 328-562- ably the most powerful of all forces in Asia today. Asian nationalism works mightily for the type of world we believe in. Asians today yearn passionately for complete independence. They want their countries to be strong, prosperous and self respecting. If they subscribe to democracy, or to socialism or to communism, it is primarily as a means to build such strong and independent nations. They want no domination from without, either from the Russians, the Chinese or their old colonial masters. The Wonders of Gasoline What common liquid costs the price of milk d the price of distilled water ? or root beer, and Give up? The answer is gasoline, if you exclude the one-fift- h one-thir- taxes on it. Whether you call it petrol, lessence ,or just plain gas, this fuel that powers the worlds autos is a curious and remarkable substance. The current issue of Petroleum Today reveals some n facts about gasoline. It points out, for example, that gasolines efficiency has been improved 50 per cent during the past 40 years. Yet in the U. S. at least, the retail price of the fuel, before taxes, has actually decreased. The combined state and federal levies on gasoline now average 10 cents a gallon. Gasoline is. really no longer gasoline, at least as the word was understood half a century ago. In those days, the fuel was obtained by a simple formula: heat crude oil in a still, capture the gases that form at the top and wait for them to condense. ' By contrast, todays gasoline is extremely complex. The molecules in the gases are pulled apart and reorganized beyond recognition. About 80 per cent of the modern high grade gasoline is composed of custom made molecules, and that figure does not include chemical additives, none of which occur naturally in crude oil, the article says. The magazine article also points out that octane rating is one key to gasoline quality. The octane number is an indication of the gasolines antiknock capacity: the more powerful an auto engine, the higher the octane rating must go. Which explains why the octane numbers of premium fuels have climbed from 72 to more than 100 since 1930. Todays regular grade gasoline has a higher octane rating than premium fuel had a decade it little-know- ago. For all its excellence and Traffic Judge Warns Winter Driving Is Vastly Diferent Selective Service Answers Questions II-- S Q.: I am now deferred in Class as a college student. If I A prominent traffic court jur- enlist in the National Guard ist for 30 years, Judge Harry H. what, if anything, will happen Porter declares that too many drivers still fail to prepare for what he calls the insidious differences between summer and winter driving. Of course, everyone puts anti freeze in his radiator. In northern states thats an absolute necessity. But too many motorists seem to think thats enough preparation for winter and it is not. In fact, its only the beginning, he continued. Sleet, snow, icy pavements, fog and longer periods of darkness make a different ball game out of winter time driving. They call for different rules. First and foremost, traction and visibility call for additional said Judge Porter, provisions, who has long been a member of the National Safety Councils Committee on Winter Driving to my student deferment? Ans.: When your local board receives evidence that you have completed such enlistment, you will be reclassified from Class II-- S to Class (member of a Reserve component). I-- D v Senator Edward Kennedy and his wife Joan stopped briefly in Salt Lake City this week en route to Sun Valley, Idaho for skiing. They made the stop to transfer to a private plane for the last leg of their trip from Boston to Sun Valley. Receipts at the Salt Lake City Post Office showed a seven and six tenths per cent decrease during the four week accounting period that ended last Friday, Postmaster David R. Trevithick announced this week. The possible transfer of one million dollars from the second year of the State Welfare Divisions budget to the current fiscal year must await a meeting of Gov. Calvin L. Rampton with officials of the Department of Health Education and Welfare scheduled Jan. 9. Request for study of a possible transfer of welfare funds was made in a letter to Gov. Rampton from Ward C. Holbrook, executive director of the Department of Health and Welfare. The divisions over expenditure could, if the copper strike continues, reach $1,200,- 000 by June. Q.: My local board has classiI am a fied me in Class Floyd H. Gowans, city prosewonin was and college junior was approved by the Salt cutor, dering how long I may retain Lake City Commission this week that classification? as judge pro tem to serve durAns.: You may be retained ing the absence of Judge J. Patin Class until the end of ton Neeley who suffered a heart your academic year or until you attack Sunday. cease to satisfactorily pursue Judge Neeley has been in the' of instruction, your course care unit at LDS Hosintensive whichever is the earlier. pital and his condition is listed C) Q.: I am a trade full-tim- e as serious. school student studying mechanical drawing. Can I qualify for a deferment? Hazards. Ans.: Yes, you be conWinter traction depends on sidered for a Class may II-occupayour tires. Make sure of the tional deferment. condition of your treads whether Gov. Calvin L. Rampton this week promised continued support for an extension school at Roosevelt and Vernal through the current academic year and until the Legislature meets again In regular session in 1969. Q.: I have received my Order to Report for Induction. Is it Salt Lake County Commistoo late for me to enlist in the sion this week referred to the Regular Navy? diAns.: If you can present County planning and zoning Inrector a request from Utah prompt and convincing evidence Board for to the State Director of Selective dustrial Promotion on existing and poService of the state in which information sites. industrial tential your local board is located that commission received a The a representative of the Regular B. from letter Hansen, Gary Navy is prepared to enlist you senior representative state of the on or before the date set for who said, We would like your induction, your Order to board, to offer a wider choice of availReport for Induction may be industrial sites to the incanceled to permit your enlist- able creasing number of p inspects ment. that contact us. A you intend to use regular tires, snow tires or studded tires this winter. In any case, for severe snow and ice conditions, be sure to have tire chains in the trunk that fit your tires. For visibility you need to keep the windshield, as well as the side and rear windows, clear of snowr and ice at all times, regardless of the weather. Check all lights inclding the directional signals to be sute they are op erating. Keep the windshield clear with wipers outside and a defroster that will work inside. Pay attention in advance to your battery, brakes, heater and defroster and exhaust system. Put a bucket of sand and shovel in your trunk, also some flares and a tow chain. All this sounds like a lot of bother, but I have presided at many accident cases where the people in trouble may have given anything for another chance to prepare properly for low cost, gasoline might driving under winter conditions. as well be invisible. Unless some spills on the way from pump hose to gas tank, the motorist never sees it. The article says, pound for pound, oil companies produce more gasoline than the combined output of every lumber mill, meat packing house, dairy and wheat farm in the nation, yet this most ubiquitous of products remains a mystery to the millions of motorists so dependent on it. 6, GRAPEVINE non-streakin- g Q.: I will finish high school next January and will enter college a week later. What must I do to get a II-- college student deferment? Ans.: You must file a written deferment request for a II-local with your board. After you have started your college work, you should have your school send a Student Certificate to your. Local Board providing evidence that you are satisfactorily e a course of Major James E. Tidwell, son pursuing at instruction institution. that of Mrs. James L. Tidwell of 1034 Hollywood Ave., has received a second award of the U.S. Air at chief of the publishing diviForce Commendation Medal at sion, directorate of administrahis retirement ceremony at tive services, before retiring. He Maxwell AFB, Ala. was cited for his outstanding Tidwell distinguished knowledge, leadership and job jr birrs f by meritorious service performance. S S full-tim- Purchase of two centrifuges for the Salt Lake Sewage Treatment Plant on a bid of $100,266 from Bird Engineering and Manufacturing Co., Walpole, Mass, was approved this week by the Salt Lake City Commis- sion. George B. Catmull, streets commissioner, said a study had determined that the centrifuges would better fit the plants needs than a vacuum filter which had been proposed as a substitute. Twenty five per cent of the total U.S. retail trade is Auto and the connected products also make up 16 per cent of the wholesale business and 12 per cent of the service trade. auto-moitv- . e. |