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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1970 Postmaster Urges Early Yule Mail Postmaster D. R. Trevithick urged immediate mailing of all Christmas cards, parcels and other holiday mail as a safeguard in event of a national railroad strike. Mr. Trevithick said, The early mailing of Christmas mail this year will give customers added assurance of delivery in time for the holidays. The announcement was made by the Postal Service in view of the pending nation-wid- e rail strike tentatively scheduled to begin shortly after midnight, Wednesday, December 10 during the period that holiday mail customarily begins climbing to its peak. We continue to be hopeful that there will be no strike, Postmaster General Blount said. If a strike does occur, we will utilize every alternative mode of transportation available to move as much mail as possible. However he said, I would be re miss if I did not strongly urge mailers to deposit Christmas cards and packages immediately to insure that the rail strike if one occurs does not prevent delivery by Christmas day. out-of-to- wn Stamps Pre-cancell- ed Offered Mailers Some 2,500,000 Christmas stamps are now avail able for sale at Salt Lake City Post Office station branches, Postmaster Trevithick said The Postmaster, said that. Salt Lake City is one of 69 major cities in the nation selected to participate in a test of the use and benefits .of,.. Christinas stamps during the 1970 holiday period. Success of the plan hinges on the cooperation of postal customers in bundling and labeling out of town mail that carries the stamps, said the Postmaster. This, separated the regular stamp mail. and is promachines cancelling cessed earlier, since it is not backlogged to await cancellation. , Letter - carriers . will deliver bundle labels during the week to 'all postal customers. These labels can also .be obtained, with out cost, at the local postal stations and branches at the time stamps purchases pre-cancell- ed pre-cancell- ed pre-cancell- ed es by-pass- . prie-cancell- are made. Uncancelled Christmas stamps will be available only at the Main Post' Office, 350 So. Main Street. Postal officials expect use of . stamps to produce a significant savings, in time and money in delivery of the Yule mail. the, ' pre-cancell- ed i . . Committee Adopts Bennett Amendments Commit- The Senate Finance tee has adopted two amendments to the Trade Act of 1970 introduced by Sen.1 Wallace Bennett, which affect imports of mink skins and metal parts used in the manufacture of ski bindings. Both of these amendments are important to industries in Utah, Sen! Bennett said. I am pleased that the committee has agreed with 'me that some adjustment was necessary' in these areas in order to provide these industries with - needed relief. The Bennett mink amendment is designed, he said, to save the exdying American trade from House-passed tinction. It reduces a import quota of 4,600,000 an- pelts annually td' 3,600,000' R-Ut- ah, Papa Rue Air Society Plan To Free POWs Cains Momentum With nearly 10,000 letters already in, the Brigham Young University Arnold Air Societys statewide letter writing campaign to free American prisoners of war in Vietnam is gaining considerable momentum. High schools in the state have now been invited to participate in the letter writing campaign. A trophy will be awarded to the school with the highest percentage of participation, reports Cap tain James A. Moss of the Aerospace Studies Department. Speakers from the Arnold Air Society and wives of some of the Utah men missing in action or prisoners have been giving talks in the state in both junior and senior high schools. Some youngsters have even brought in crayon and water-coldrawings depicting these prisoners of war, accompanied by letters in typical youth fashion asking the North Vietnamese Peace Delegation in Paris to treat American prisoners hu manely and release them, Capt. Moss said Families of the men missing in action and the prisoners are extremely happy that the government this week attempted a rescue mission, he said. The letter writing campaign was given a boost last weekend when the LDS Church First Presidency supported the campaign and encouraged the church members everywhere to cooperate with their letters and with their faith and prayers. A Department of Defense official from the Pentagon working on freeing prisoners said the BYU... letter, writing campaign was the best student, conducted and ambitious program of this type in the United States. or Utah to Receive $4 Million for Education Programs Development Services Offers New Utah Facts Booklet Utah business and community leaders involved in industrial development are being offered a UTAH FACTS book which is a basic tool- in furnishing them much of the basic information needed by an industry contemplating locating in the state, according to Milton L. Weilenmann, executive director of Utah Department of Development Services. UTAH FACTS contains gen- Utah will receive $4,073,445 in federal funds during the current fiscal year for special education programs for children of low income families, delinquent and handicapped children, Rep. Sherman P. Lloyd announced Wednesday. He said the funds included in basic grants to local school districts. Additionally, the state will receive $283,778 for handicapped children, $95,507 for education programs for juveile delinquents in state institutions, $172,529 for programs for children of migratory workers and $150,000 for administration. 6 Rep. Lloyd said a total of were state children in the eligible for benefits of the special programs. He gave the following breakdown for counties of basic grant under the prigram: Beaver $5,414; Box Elder $63,-02Cache $96,263; Carbon $88,-59Daggett $3,158; Davis $172,-52Duchesne $61,819, Emery $46,326; Garfield $12,936; Grand $3,-371,2- 62 22,-41- 2; 2; 2; ; $20,756; Iron $27,224; Juab $64,-37Jane $10,077; Millard Morgan $7,520; Piute $11,-13Rich $9,175; Salt Lake SanJuan $248,329; Sanpete $61,668; Sevier $37,078; Summit $13,386; Tooele $54,599; Uintah $69,790; Utah $337,523; Wasatch $9,475; Washington $50,087; Wayne $20,756; Weber $419,949. $16,-224- 6; 0; $1,-322,4- - Milton L. Weilenmann, left, executive director of the Utah Department of Development Services; Governor Calvin L. Hampton, center; and Jack Alston, right, director of the Utah Industrial Development Division, discuss Utah Fact Book. 18; 0 A lonely chick looked around the incubator of unhatched eggs. Well, it looks like Im an only child. Mothers blown a fuse. ested parties the first of next year, Mr. Alston added. UTAH FACTS is part of an Industrial Development Information System: In 1969, the Utah Legislature appropriated an initial $50,000 for the information system and another. $50,000 was appropriated later to continue work on the information system. Initially, only 50 books were published to be marked for sug gested corections by key Utahns who received them. Now the corrections and changes have been made.; Updated information will be. continually fed to the business and community leaders who obtain the fact book The fact book was prepared under the direction of R. Thayne Robson, executive director of the University of Utahs, Division of Economic and Business Research and Services; in cooperation with Howard C. Nielson, Brigham Young University professor of statistics; and Dr. Selworth Gardner, Utah State University, professor of economics. . eral information concerning the states education, natural resources, land ownership, industrial buildings and warehousing, transportation, utilities, communications, recreational facilities, industry support, financial institutions, taxes, business, laws and government. Distribution of the fact book, n loose-lea- f form, will take place this week. These copies are assigned to state and regional industrial developers, and will be according periodically to Jack H. Alston, director of Utah Industrial Promotion Divi- V up-date- sion. A d, nd Farm Bureau Aide Speaks of Muscle Farmers and ranchers are de- termined to get muscle in the market place, Roger Fleming, of American secretary-treasurfarm Bureau Federation, said n his report to the 52nd annual meeting of the nations largest general far m organization in Houston. In terms of far reaching to the net incomes of 'armers and ranchers, the most significant Farm Bureau programs have been and are n the field of building greater market power for farmers and ranchers. This we are doing through .he American Agricultural Mar-cetiAssociation and the affiliated State Marketing Associations, he said. , i . ' book containing will be information same the inter- to sale for available and soft-bou- . er im-ortan- ce ng nor m ii an nua am |