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Show Page Four THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1970 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Coubhrd mtb TA Salt take Mining dr lagd Newt PnUisM Entry Friday at Salt taka City , Utah Entered. t the postoffice at Salt Lake City as second class matter Aufust 23, 1923 under the act of Much , UTAHS HAKIC3 1NMFINMMT 179 NIWSFAFtt 711 South West Temple Telephone 3644464 GLENN BJOSNN, Publisher "This publication is nat named or controlled by my party, Ham, clique, faction or corporatiom," Number 35 Volume 50 the Good Old Days? (Continued from Page One) seldom seen, and tKe mule deer that could be seen at one time all over the Territory of Utah like cattle upon a thousand hills in unlimited numbers, are fast going the way of the other three species. Commissioner Sharp s recommendation for a fishing and hunting license was finally accepted in 1907. Since that time sportsmen s license fees have furnished most of the funds for wildlife conservation in Utah. Utah sportsmen should take pride in the fact that they pay their own way and that elk, antelope, mountain sheep and deer have not become a memory of the past. Ideal Family Size Three? James V. Neel, one of the nations leading geneticists, told the First National Biological Congress that the public will never accept the two to a family proposal to control population growth. Nor would it be a good thing if they did, he believes, for evolutionary change is more necessary now . in a rapidly changing world than ever before. Human biological evolution will virtually come to a standstill if every woman has only two children, he said. Dr. Nel agrees that, there is a population crisis, and is not arguing for more children. I would suggest an ideal family of three with a provision for voluntary sterilization immediately after the third child, he said. Because of earth death, sterility or choice not all women will hear children, he pointed out, thus the maximum of three concept would produce an average of two. Another leading geneticist, the University of Californias I. Michael Lemer, debunked the belief that we could breed smarter people in much the same way that we produce larger cattle or better com. The way with cattle is you produce thusands, spin off a few of the best for future breeding, sterilize and eat the rest. Im not sure a human society would be willing to accept that. Dr. Neel denounced those who believe that fertility and low intelligence go hand in hand. He cited studies in the Amazon Basin, Japan and elsewhere which demonstrate that intelligence standards depend more on social standards, and that there is almost no connection genetically between fertility and intelligence. Dr. Neel is not concerned about selling the family limitation idea to the public. In another five years, as we feel the full predicament of population numbers, it will sell itself, he concluded. - oOo Americans, who boast of being the healthiest people in the world, are only so because they are the best medicated. This year, alone, more than 37 billion doses of medicine are scheduled to be swallowed by some 29 million Americans requiring medication. Whether theyll be taken or not and taken on time, is another matter. For despite all of the advances of medical science, doctors haven't found a way to cure the one disease thats common to every diagnosis: forgetfulness. So many of us overlook our medication so frequently that American Medical Association hs termed patient reliability a primary consideration in improving the results of medical care. , oOo The University of Utah Educational Media Center has 6,113 films, .1,276 fidm strips and 200 records now available for use by other colleges, public schools, adult education groups, business, religious and fraternal organizations and government agencies. . ! Micro Earthquakes Tell Story Of Major Slippages in Area Seismologists from the University of Utah and Columbia University, New York, working cooperatively with portable and highly sensitive new detection equipment, have discovered the swarm of regularly occurring in a long belt of seismicity which stretches from the Utah-Arizoborder to northwestern Montana. These miniature quakes give us a good idea where the next large earth movements may occur says Dr. Robert B. Smith, assistant professor of geophysics and the principal investigator in the research. to Dr. According Smith, the Wasatch Fault zone along the east side of Salt Lake City and the Snake River Plains in east-en- n Idaho were found to be a seismic or relative inactive. Salt Lake Citys aseismic activity could mean one of three things, he added: That the under ground rock is storing up elastic energy which one day may be released in a large earthquake; that a large earthquake has occurred in recent history and the stresses have already been released; or that the stored energy is being released by slippage on the fault zone. is a new field of science. We have known for a long time that the release of low level energy equivalent to breaking a rock was occurring beneath the surface of the earth. But to record and locate them required portable equipment capable of greatly magnifying, the shock wages, he said. Solid state circuitry has made it possible to develop such equipment for the first time. He explained that the micro quakes occur within 15 to 20 miles of the earths surface and affect mostly the brittle surface rock. Major quakes occur much deeper in the semi plastic rocks of the upper mantle. The U scientist said the new equipment enables us to obtain more data on small earthquakes in a week than we could in one year with our standard seismographs. In cooperation with the Geological Observatory at Columbia University, where Dr. Smith hsa been a visiting research scientist, field teams have set up small portable microquake recorders in key areas in Utah along the Wasatch, Sevier, Hurricane and Cache fault zones as well as covering other areas from Kalispell, Montana to St. George, Utah. The micro earth quake seismographs can be carried in backpacks to remote, undisturbed areas where earth movement impulses are detected and fed into high gain amplifiers which record through a stylus on smoked paper. micro-earthquak- es na micro-earthqua- Micro-earthquak- ke es La-mo- nt The equipment is capable of detecting quakes with magnitudes of minus three on a Richter scale, tremors which could not be felt by. people living in that particular zone. In nearly three weeks of recording around Salt Lake City, not one single micro earthquake was located. This was a surprise to us. We expected to find at least several a day, he said. He said the last big quake here probably occurred before the pioneers arrived, possibly within the last 200 or 300 years. Now we have to be prepared to cope with the possibility that earth stresses are once more building up, he said. Society Recognizes Sportsmens Aid The Wildlife Society has declared its opposition to legislation that impedes or prohibits the legitimate use or acquisition of sporting firearms and ammunition. The Society, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., is for professionals in biological or related fields of wildlife conservation. Their statement outling their position said that, restrictive measures which discourage the American hunters pursuit of his sport will not only curtail wildlife conservation and game management programs but will also reduce present opportunities for outdoor recreation. Sportsmens license, fees', and excise taxes paid on guns and ammunition provide most of the funds for wildlife conservation and game management in Utah. Critics of hunters and hunting seasons should be willing to put their money where their mouth is and instead of criticizing the sportsmen, join with them in wildlife conservation and protection of the environment. y the LEASED GRAPEVINE V-f Faced with disquieting traffic accident statistics, the Utah Safety Council legislative committee has voetd to endorse legislation tightening Utahs motor cycle helmet law and establishing minimum safety standards for tires. Raymond A. Jackson, state public safety commissioner, said Utahs current helmet law which requires a motorcylist to wear protective headgear on roads posted at 35 miles per hour is inadequate. Utahs population has increased by almost 19 percent since 1960, the official U.S. Census has disclosed. State Auditor Sherman Preece has asked fwo a work load increase of $19,942 to employ two new auditors in his budget hearing before Gov. Calvin L. Ramp-to- n. He said the current budget of $265,208 lacks $20,000 of providing wage increases under the Arthur Young plan and 2 per cent merit increases. . Gov. Rampton directed Mr. Preece to proceed on the assumption that either a special appropriation to complete the current years operation will be made by the 1971 Legislature or the governor will provide the $20,000 from his emergency fund. . . A standard $3.50 an hour will be paid moonlighting Salt Lake City police officers working' as crowd security at Salt Palace events, the Salt Lake County Commission has decided. Policy has been to pay superNature Takes Toll visors $3.50 an hour while other officers received $3 an hour. The On Pheasants raise was recommended by the Pheasants have an average 70 Salt Palace board to set standper cent population loss each ard pay for all off duty officers year whether they are hunted or working at the complex. not, according to Darrell Nish, biologist for the Utah Division Radio-activfallout from an of Fish and Game. The same test in Nenuclear fact holds true for other upland underground game species with high repro- vada which escaped from an apparently collapsed shaft preductive rates. no health hazards to Utah Contrary to the opinion of sented or the surrounding area, Unisome persons, these species can not be stockpiled to multiply in- versity of Utah radiologists said definitely. If the surplus birds this week. However, this sort of thing are not harvested by hunters, is the takes her and in very problem we have nature steps debeen warning about, Dr. Robert toll. Game bird populations dePendleton, university radiologist cline because the habitat It is a clear indication of not because hunting said. clines, in that spite of the precautions pressure. taken by the Atomic Energy Commission, r they are not quite enough. e dial 860 Where thousands of listeners enjoy concert music and news every day! The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that 18 year olds may vote in federal elections for presidential and congressional candidates but held that state voting age laws will continue to govern state and local elections. Utah will be represented at a national meeting of the women safety leaders next month in Michigan. Mrs. Grant T. Callister, will attend the General Federation of Womens Clubs National Safety Conference tobe held at Detroit Jam. Tre-monto- n, - 5-- 7. |