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Show ' tag Twelve New Book Makes Math Interesting For Youngsters Ogden Field Office Opened by Bennett What is the largest number you can think of? Can you make a map of the spherical world on a flat surface? How can building flexagons, breaking codes : TYSIOZBYJOXS and blowing bubbles reveal how mathematics .works? In a new book, Math Menagerie written for children 12 years and older, such math prob-lem- s are solved using BBs, yardsticks, screws, globes and seesaws. Math Menagerie was written by Dr. Robert R. Kadesch, professor of physics at the University of Utah, as a sequal to his book The Crazy Cantilever and Other Science Experiments. It is published by Harper & Row Junior Books. The book outlines 25 experiments which can be performed with simple, inexpensive mate- -, rials found in the home. Each experiment teaches a basic principle in mathematics, including probability, binary numerals; mappings and transformations, and codes. . ( Sen. Wallace F. Bennett announced the opening, of a field office in the Ogden Federal Building. Sen. Bennett reported .that Mrs. Tess Anderson, Brigham City, formerly field assistant to Rep. Laurence J. Burton in Ogden, will run the office and will continue her service to the people of the First District. I am very pleased that Mrs. Anderson is available for this position, Sen. Bennett said. In the past much of our Ogden business has been ably handled by Rep. Burton; however, since he will not be in' Congress now I feel that we must have the Nixon Administration represented in the First District to preserve continuity and provide service and ready access to the many citizens of the Weber and adjacent counties. Sen. Bennett said, With case ever-growi- ng work on the rise at Hill Air Force Base, the Western Regional headquarters of the Forest Service and the many other federal agencies now located in Ogden the new office can provide considerable assistance not only abund- to our Federal Dr. Kadeschs employees in antly illustrated book also in- -' these areas, but also to the citieludes instructions for making a zens who may have dealings probability pinball machine, a with them. flexagon, a Tower of Hanoi puzSen. Bennett said that the in112-pag- e, mathematics mobiles and seesaw struments, other graphic models used by mathematicians and physicists. Mathematics often involves concrete experimentation where children can literally see how mathematics works, says Dr. Kadesch. Such experimenting is useful and exciting to young people who may discover that the old familiar ideas are sudclearer." denly ' Dr. Kadesch received his B.A. degree from Iowa State Teachers College, his M.S. from the University of Rochester, and his Ph. D. degree from the University of Wisconsin. He has ben a member of the U of U staff since zle, soap-fil- m . , I 1956. if its printing... dial 364-846- 4 rneral Services Administration has assigned him room 1010 on ue first floor of the Ogden Federal Iuilding. H Congressional Action Dangerous Precedent Rep. Sherman P. Lloyd, said he believes Congress set a dangerous precedent by tacking wage increases onto legislation passed recently temporarily prohibiting strikes or lockouts in the current railway dispute. It is not the responsibility of Congress to negotiate labor contracts, the Utah Republican said. It is our responsibility to require the parties to negotiate contract which should be in the interests not only of labor and management, but of the public as well. Rep. Lloyd said that while he supported government intervention in the dispute to extend the R-Uta- h, THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1970 To Approve Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, has joined an elite group of award winners as he was presented with the 1970 Public Service Award given annually by the Tax Foundation, Inc. The award, in the form of a silver bowl, was presented to Sen.. Bennett at the Foundation's 33rd annual dinner meeting at the Plaza Hotel. The Senator was featured speaker at the meeting. Former recipients of the award have included President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Rep. Wilbur Mills Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee; Federal Reserve Board leaders William McChesney Martin and Arthur F. Burns, and the late Sen. Everett M. Dirksen h, (D-Ark- .), (R-111- .). The award bowl, which is about 12 inches in diameter, is a Rescind-replica of the ers Bowl whose history antedates the Revolutionary War. It was so named and commissioned in commemoration of a historic vote in the Massachusetts House of Delegates in 1768, which placed the delegates on record against unfair taxation, in defiance of an order handed down by King George. The inscription on the award reads: To Wallace F. Bennett, United States Senator, Utah, in recognition of his eminent record of public service to his State and Nation and his enduring faith in individual liberty and enterprise. Sen. Bennett is now in his fourth consecutive term in the Senate. He is ranking Republican on the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, second-rankin- g Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, and serves as Vice Chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee. Among other committee assignments, he was recently named by the Republican Conference to be Chairman of the Committee on Committees. blue-ribbo- ed J. Geothermal Bill R-Uta- so-call- Kennecott Official Airs Retirement Lloyd Urges Nixon Bennett Receives Tax Foundations Service Award ? Signing of a bill by the President to permit leasing of federal lands for the development of geothermal steam as a possible new source of electrical energy was urged by Rep. Sherman P. Lloyd, The Utahn said legislation setting up a federal leasing program for geothermal areas scattered on public lands primarily in the western states has been approved by both House and Senate and is on its way to the White House for the Presidents signature. Approvel of this legislation could lead the way to develop-- ' ment of a clean, new energy source with a long-terpotential equal to 5 to 10 percent of the fossil fuel resources in the west era U.S., Rep. Lloyd said. He noted that the U.S. Geo logical Survey has classified approximately 1.3 million acres of land as having potential for geothermal energy development. Although electrical energy produced from this source could not fully meet the nations growing power needs, it could bolster local supplies of energy, thus re lieving other forms of fuel for use in other areas, he said. He said Administration experts have recommended federal expenditure of $10 million over the next five years for further research and development oh geothermal lands and the establishment of a federal leasing program. Rep. Lloyd said geothermal areas are a natural phenomenon, existing deep in under the earths surface in the form of geysers, hot springs or hot, dry rock. R-Ut- ah. m C. Van De Water, assistant to the general manager of Utah Copper Division of Kennecott Copper Corporation, was honored at a retirement party this week. He will retire from Kennecott Dec. 31. Mr. Van De Water joined Kennecott in 1952 at Ray Mines Division in Arizona when that division was converting from underground to open pit mining. He directed completion of the :hange in mining methods and remained as Rays general of mines until June 1967, when he was named general superitendent of mining and concentrating at Utah Copper. During his tenure in Utah, Mr. Van De Water was also acting general superintendent of smelting and refining, mining manager and assistant to the general manager. ent He said the American Oil Shale Corp. of Salt Lake City das contracted with public utili-ie- s, private organizations and federal agencies to conduct a feasibility study of energy production from a dry geothermal area. soothing antiseptic relief for CHAPPED LIPS WIND OR SUNBURNED LIPS FEVER- - BUSTERS, COLD SORES. n negotiation period and keep the trains running, he did not vote moratofor the rium bill on final passage because it got into the field of negotiation, which should be left to the two parties involved. strike-locko- ut THE PICTURE OF LIVING ROOM PERFECTION Heres a new idea to welcome a new addition to the family. Series H Bonds. Series I I i Modern, impressionistic painting of New York provides the framework for this lively living room furniture. 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