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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES Teacher Shortage Isnt Over Yet Utah still needs teachers. They are needed especially in outlying rural areas, but theyre needed almost everywhere if they have had special training in teaching children with physical and mental handicaps. Thats the report from Dr. Vere A. McHenry, administrator of the Division of Instructional Services for the Utah State Board pf Education. Other areas of shortage he dis FRIDAY, DECEMBER covered in canvassing district offices include instrumental music, art, industrial arts, mathematics, science and various areas of vocational education. The shortage is reaching critical proportions in the case of special education (teachers of handicapped), and qualified personnel in the other shortage areas are very hard to find, he said. Some rural areas also have trouble in filling vacancies not only in these subjects, but in business, English and foreign languages. Page Three H, 1970 At the present time I do not recommend action to curtail the supply of teachers currently in training. Many factors could alter the situation considerably in the future, he concluded. He did suggest that counseling programs for prospective teachers be accelerated so that they would be acquainted with the opportunities available in the shortage areas. He indicated that some universities already have under cess number of available teachers in home economics, mens consideration steps to reduce the physical education and health. surplus in the social sciences. While the supply of elementary teachers is generally adequate along the Wasatch Front, some districts indicate a shortage of male teachers in the upper elementary grades. Again, several rural districts indicate a general lack of qualified elementary personnel, he said. The greatest oversupply exists in the social sciences, a condition that has been true for several years. There is also an ex- Kennecott Sales Kennecott Sales Corporation announced effective Dec. 1, its price for full plate electrolytic copper cathodes produced and sold in the United States is 52 cents per pound. The current schedule of premiums for shape and the allowance for fire re fined copper remains unchanged. Our major cities have become so congested with cars and trucks that there are only two kinds pf parking left illegal and no. The maze of objects you see here is part of Kennecotts new No. 7 Acid Plant at its Utah Smelter. Recently put into operation, the $8 million plant brings us to the ultimate in recovering sulfur dioxide emissions from the smelter converter. While there remains an environmental problem, still, in our reverberatory furnaces, this new acid plant is evidence. that Kennecott people are making headway. Kennecott is people . . concerned about the air we all breathe. JEetmecoK Goppez GospozaS&om Bivision Goppez Opportunity Employer UHah An Equal i 'i |