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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1968 Pag e Five t Telephone Company Spends $19 Million in Utah in '67 1967 Mountain States chesne and Clearfield. New cable Telephone spent $19 million in and switching facilities made Utah to improve and expand its the improvements possible in telephone service. Eric Aaberg, these areas. Utah vice president and general Touch-Toncalling became managre, reported the twelve-mont- h available in North Ogden during expenditure this week, the summer, bringing to nine the and announced company plans number of exchanges now offerto spend nearly $20 million on ing this service. growth and service improvement Microwave networks were conin 1968. structed between Salt Lake City We are retaining our empha- and Wendover, Provo and Delta sis on service improvement, as and Vernal and Roosevelt. As a we have in the past few years in result of these installations the an effort to keep Utahns abreast microwave now .represents 77 of the rapid changes in commu- per cent of the total long disnications technology. Since 1963 tance circuits in the state. we have spent approximately $94 During 1967, more than 18,000 million in keeping pace with the new telephones were gained, growth of our state, he said. to 478,000 the number Prominent among the 1967 raising served by Mountain States. projects cited by Aaberg were and paid by major outside cable and central theTaxes collected last company year were additions in office Salt Lake, Ogcame which $19 million, nearly den and Provo. At Roosevelt the to teleeach month for $3.28 per companys last manual switchservice. in board was replaced by an auto- phone Mountain States employment matic dial switching system and number please in conjunction was at a high level with 3,500 with local calling was reduced employees and a total payroll of more than $21 million. to history. Utahns retained their leaderUtahs last magneto telephone exchange, an independent com- ship as the callingest people in pany at Laketown, was bought the world. They made 1000.8 by Mountain States and a new calls per person during the year, dial system was placed in serv- compared with the national avice. erage of 648. Extra switching Facilities were installed to equipment and lines between the provide service to new custo- telephone offices have been inmers and reduce the number of stalled to handle a calling load families per line in the state. that is 54 per cent above the In addition to the metropolitan national average. Mr. Aaberg areas, some of the communities pointed out this additional callinvolved were Milton, Nibley, ing represents an added value New Harmony, Wellington and customers in Utah are receiving Harper Ward, Kaysville, Du- - from their phone service. During e Selective Service Answers Questions On Draft Status Q.: Is it possible for me to obtain the address of a Selective Service registrant from his local board? Ans.: No, unlegs the registrant supplies you with written authorization for access to his file. The records contained in a registrants file, including his address, are confidential. Q.: I have been notified the State Appeal Board has turned down my request for deferment in Class II-- by a vote of 4 to 1. I am going to file an appeal with the Presidential Appeal Board. Do I. have any appeal rights beyond that point if I dont get a II-classification from that board? Ans.: No. .The classification given by the National Selective Service Appeal Board (Presidential Appeal Board) is final unless it is later reviewed because of new evidence which would warrant reopening and classification anew by your local board. A A Q.: Upon completion of my second year in college I entered the Peace Corps and was classified in Class II-When my tour with the Peace Corps ends next month, will I be eligible for a deferment as a student to get my baccalaureate degree before performing my military duty? Ans.: You will, in all prob. ability, be eligible for a A registrant who a college as an undergraduate student, and who has been classified in Class II-- since his last e attendance at such innot be considered shall stitution, to have failed to meet the requirements of Selective Service regulations concerning and satisfactory pursuit of his studies, therefore, this interruption of your academic work ever lived. The 10 foot high would not remove your eligibiliaepyomis vanished centures ago ty for a II-- deferment. probably because of overhunting. The indri, one of the lemus Admiral Appointed most threatened with extinction, To Command resembles a monkey without a tail. Its name in Malagasy means 12th Naval District Rear Admiral Leo B. McCud-din- , Look, which is what tribesmen said when first supposedly USN, will relieve Rear Adthey out animals to the the miral William H. Groverman as pointed Commandant Twelfth Naval DisEuropeans. Even rarer than the indri is trict and Commander naval base a bug eyed lemur San Francisco on Jan. 20. the aye-ayAdmiral Groverman, whose named for the cry it makes. About the size of a house cat, the primary duty is Commander of aye-ay- e has spidery fingers used Western Sea Frontier, has served to reach into tree cracks to hook on an interim basis as District Commandant since August 1967. , grubs. The Great Red Island, as Mad- He will continue serving as Comagascar is known, has another mander Western Sea Frontier. unusual animal in the tenrec, a Adm. McCuddin, holder of the relative of the shrew and hedge- Navys second highest award, Navy Cross, comes from his hog. Covered with spines, the the tenrec rolls up into a tight ball duties with the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington. if attacked. In addition to the Cross, American scientists recently the Admiral holds Navy two Distindiscovered that tenrecs commuFlying Crosses, Silver nicate by rubbing their quills guished and many air medals for Star together, much as crickets rub heroism in both World War II their hind legs. The signals are and the Korean conflict. to high pitched for the human This will be the second Bay ear to detect, but a mother ten- area tour of the World War II rec makes such sounds, for inace as he commanded the flying stance, to tell her young that USS Ranger prior to being asshe has found a juicy earthsigned to the Bureau of Neval worm. Personnel. Some day Madagascars unusual creatures may prove an economic boon by attracting the Airman Arthur C. Smith, son visitors to the island. Already of Arthur E. Smith of 1020 KenEast Africas game brings in a sington, has completed basic vast number of tourists, whose trainig at Lackland AFB, Texas. spending has proved a major He has been assigned to the Air source of income. The head of Force Technical Training Center Madagascars tourist bureau, M. at' Keeslcr AFB, Miss, for speCharles Rakotoarison, takes spe- cialized schooling as a commucial interest in the wildlife. nications electronics specialist. s, a. Leading the campaign to preserve Madagascars lemus and other unique animal species is the French government office of Overseas Scientific and Technical Research, whose Madagarcar headquarters is directed by Dr. Patrice Roederer. Dr. Roederer recently assisted the Geographic artist in painting a series of the vanishing animals. Earlier the French scientist helped Luis Marden obtain an intact egg of the extinct Aebyronis, the largest bird that Nick P. Sefakis, 8442 W. 3370 South, Magna, has been elected president of the Holy Trinity Grek Orthodox Church, 279 So. Second West. He succeeds Sam W. Souvall as administrative head of the largest Greek Orthodox Church between Chicago and the west coast. Mr. Sefakis is acting field repair general foreman, Arthur Concentrator Plant maintenance department, Utah Copper Division of Kennecott Copper. He is a graduate of West High school and received his bachelor of science degree from the University of Utah. He has been prominent in sports activities and is an officer in the Lions Club in Magna. He married the former Kelly Patsuris of Magna and they have four children. Other officers elected include Jim G. Colovos, Andy Katsane-va- s and Peter N. Gustas. Elected directors were Steven J .Poulos, Jim Kastanis, James G. Cayias, James Funtas, Dr. George Hatsis, Basin Anton, Eli Sasich, Andy Dokos and John Chipian all of Salt Lake City, and Nick Rhodes and George Adondakis. . A full-tim- The parish priest is Rev. Elias Stephanopoulos. Mr. Sefakis indicated that one of the principal efforts of the Greek Orthodox community this year will be the construction of a second church at 5335 South Highland Drive in Salt Lake. Preliminary plans and sketches have already been drawn and construction is expected to begin in the early summer. The edifice will accommodate 400 parishioners in the southeastern Salt Lake County. Spacious class rooms, recreation facilities and parking will also be provided at the site. The structure will be built on 10 acres. Sam Souvall and George Furgis, prominent businessmen and civic leaders and past presidents of the Greek Orthodox Church, are of the construction program for the second church. Pvt. Larry A. Fairclough, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fairclough, 900 Donner Way, com- pleted eight weeks of military police training at Army Training Center, Fort Gordon, Ga., re- cently. He was trained in civil and traffic military law, control, map reading, prisoner of war control and self defense. NOW II-S- re-ente- rs Madagascar Seeks to Preserve Its Rare 'Dog Headed Men' Centuries ago, natural history writers told about the cynoce-phalua dog headed creature that had a dogs snout and fangs but a man's body. The fabled cynocephalus was eventually linked with the real life baboon, but some naturalists now think the description better fits the indri, one of the rare tailless lemurs of Madagascar. Lemurs are primates members of the same order as men, apes, and monkeys, the National Geographic Societay says. Lemurs are shy and gentle; they feed on fruit and insects. Once these animals inhabited Europe, North America, Africa but now they survive only on Madagascar and its neighboring isles. During the hot summers the lemurs often sleep for weeks. Madagascar is making a major effort to preserve its lemur from extinction. Already the lemurs live under a special protection. Reservations have been established in various parts of the island. These reserves are supervised by the division of Natural Reserves headed by Guy Raman-antos- Creek Church Names New President . Hong Distance Kates full-tim- e are LOWER! than ever! S Im Now you can call out of state for $1 or a day Saturday as well as all day Sunday anywhere In the continental U. S. (except Alaska) for three minutes, station-to-statlo- n. e, The $lorless rate now starts at 7 every That's one hour earlierl week-nig- ht And from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, you can call for $1.75 or less. From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, you can call. for just $1.25 or less. And for 75c or less you can call coast-to-coa- st every night between midnight and 7 a.m., when you dial your call direct. (If your community does not have Direct Distance Dialing, you still earn this new low rate on n most the operator.) station-to-statio- calls you place with n Maximum rates for a call, In U. Continental tax, the anywhere S., except Alaska. plus statlon-to-stat!o- Long Distance is a bigger bargain than ever before! hdud!m. Mountain States Telephone i . G |