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Show Page Four THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1971 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Combined with The Salt Lake Mining & Legal News ' Published Every Friday at Salt Lute City, Utah Entered at the postoffice at Salt Lake Gty as second class matter August 23, 1923 under the act of March 8, 1879 ' 4 .711 South West Temple Telephone Salt Lake Gty, Utah 84101 364-846- GLENN BJORNN, Publisher " This publication is not owned or controlled by any party , clan, clique, faction or corporation. 1 Volume 50 Number 36 h Few Strong Signs of Growth Noted in Western Economy the LEASED There were few strong signs the slight rise in real GNP conof new growth in the western trasted with the almost 4 per economy this past year, accord- cent rate of decline of the preing to the Monthly Review of ceding quarter. the Federal Reserve Bank of Monetary policy during the San Francisco. In early summer, second quarter of 1970 continue however, home building activi- to move away from the severe ty- began to pick up, providing and protracted restraint of 1969. Next meeting of the State evidence of a housing based At the end of June the Federa business upturn. Reserve Board moved against Road Commission will be Jan. The unemploymen rate con- the liquidity problem by sus- 8 at Moab, Blaine J. Kay, hightinued to climb during the sec- pending ceilings on interest rate way engineer, said this week. Mr. Kay said the commission ond quarter, from 5.0 to 5.7 per payable on large denomination will meet first at 9 a.m. in the cent for California and from 5.0 certificates of deposit with 9 of to 6.3 per cent for the rest of days. Then in county courthouse. Beginning at the Board moved to 10 a.m. the meeting will deal the district. Western aerospace employment continued to de- provide more funds for the econ- with local road problems. Of cline as 43,000 workers were omy by making several adjust- major concern is proposed resouthward to dropped from the industry pay ments in bank reserve require- alignment of roll in summer. Layoffs were ments. The Board reduced to 5 the section between Crescent especially heavy in Washington per cent from 6 percent the re- Junction and Thompson. .with employment dropping by 15 serves that member banks must per cent as compared with a 6 hold against time deposits in exStatewide surveillance of inper cent decline in California.' cess of $5 million, and it also fluenza re5 a cent reserve activity in Utah turned per Western home builders regis- applied no of an epidemic evidence on funds obtained by up tered C5,000 new housing starts quirement trend of the disease, a report in member through the issu(annual rate) during the first ance of banks the newsletter of the commercial monthly paper by luarter. But the industry then their affiliates. Communicable Disease Section, bounced upward around midState Division of Health, has disyear as starts hit a 309,000 anclosed. nual rate in June and a 347,000 The report said physicians are rate in July. Diamond Utahs Jubilee seeing sporatic cases in influAs spring turned to summer enza but the prevalence apthe national business picture beto be stable and reflects from pears (Continued 1) page gan to improve, total read output the expected lower endemic level levelled out and the long per- Day, Sunday, January 10. of the disease this season. sistent price upsurge showed On the final day of the Jubilee of An signs moderating. easing "week Monday, 11, of monetary and fiscal policy Utahs 39th State January Salt Lake City Police Chief Legislature combined to aid this expansion- will be hosted at a Government Calvin C. Whitehead this week ary process. The money supply Day reception in the Gold Room released a booklet on police this spring grew at about a 4 at the Capitol. problems designed to support a per cent annual rate, instead of Members of the Diamond. Ju- request for a cent increase in dose to zero as it did in late bilee committee include Milton the state sales tax to support the 1969. The federal budget over L. executive direc- local services. Weilenmann, ;he same period shifted sharply tor .Department of. Development ..The booklet contends. that city )y a massive $20 billion rate, Services; Dr. Charles S. Peter- police are grossly undermanned ::rom surplus to deficit. son, director Utah State Histori- and unable to do their job propSome dark spots were still cal Many calls Society; Jack H. Alston, di- erly as a result. evident as price inflation con- rector, Division of Industrial have to wait fo two or more tinued and business cash posi- Promotion, Wilburn C. West, di- hours, he said. Even the most tions remained tight. But, second rector, Utah State Institute of devoted officers are resigned to quarter GNP statistics showed a Fine Arts; and C. Lee Jorgensen, accept minimal success, he said. 4 per cent annual rate of gain of Travel Deto $871 billion, which was much director. Division Teacher-schoboard negotiastranger than had been antici- velopment. Other committee members are the The earlier in tions be subject of a legisyear. pated Hugh C. Bringhurst, director Di- lative will rate of price increase was the vision study meeting of leaders of Expositions; Dr. Glen smallest such increase in the M. of Utah the of Parents Leonard, Humanities Project and TeachersCongress last two years. After adjust- Director 6. Jan. The sesfor the Historical Soments for the increasing prices, 1 sions will at p.m. at the ciety; Diana Felt, public service state PTA begin 1037 E. South offices, and LaMar director, KCPX-TSmith, program director, KUTV. Temple. GRAPEVINE . : . . (Continued from Page One) t Pollution by Organic Chemicals ma-triti- mid-Augu- DDT is a well known and much maligned organic chemical that is fat soluble and very slowly biodegradable and DDT tends to concentrate in tissues of fish, birds, and in man. The unwanted trace contaminant of 2,4,5T-dioxin, produced during manufacture, is an exceptionally poisonous substance that concentrates in living tissues. After 5 years of intensive research, dioxin was identified in 1962 as the culprit that caused millions of dollars of damage and. the death of innumerable chickens. Even today, despite its great toxicity, the behavior of dioxin in the food chain has not been worked out. ' Dr. Abelson poses several crucial questions: How do we cope with the likelihood that other substances, like dioxin, exist? We manufacture thousands of chemicals, and in their preparation, side reactions are producing many thousands more of unwanted and even unidentified substances. To what extent are these substances being dumped into rivers, lakes and the sea? To what extent are these substances finding their way into food plants and animals and into humans? Part of the answer, says chemist Abelson, lies in the employment of modern analytical techniques, but we need more widespread application of these techniques in monitoring food, water and human body constituents. : High Cost Cheap Power Environmentalists of the more extreme variety have been a substantial factor in delaying power plant construction. They have helped to create brownout conditions that have harassed the eastern seaboard. Rather than concentrating their criticsm on the power companies the environmentalists should become allies of the companies against those who have, for so long, preached the dogma of cheap electricity and have promoted largely tax exempt government power plants that have been used as subsidized yard sticks to drive down the rates of investor owned plants. The mania for cheap electricity, at any cost, brought a stinging rejoinder from Stewart L. Udall, former of the Interior. He declared, Deeply implicated in the burgeoning power mess are the federal and state regulatory commissions which have closed their eyes to everything but the goal of cheap electrcity. As long as we and they worshiped at the altar of cheap power, we failed1 to account for the resulting air pollution, water pollution and strip mined hillsides. It takes a fairly long memory to recall the era when cheap power was the banner under which a nationwide political drive was carried forward to nationalize or to socialize the entire electric industry. Of course, power supplied from government owned or financed plants was cheap because the taxpayers footed the bill, but this was never mentioned. No one will ever know how large a part the cheap power advocates played in retarding development of emission control technology in the power industry, but it could have been consideraoble. This is something for environmentalists to think about today when they hear the politicians criticize requests for rate increases made by members of the investor owned electric power industry. As Mr. Udall points out, cheap electricity can be very costly. Sec-reatr- y. oOo Looking for a gift thats unbreakable, noiseless, does not need food or water? Buy U.S. Savings Bonds the gift that keeps on growing. es 30-8- st 1-- 70 . ol V 39th Legislature (Continued from page 1) million in Weber County, $563,-91in Provo, $332,360 in Cache County and $227,664 in Bountiful. Legislative leaders recognize that Salt Lake City and perhaps other cities are in urgent need of new revenue, but are somewhat dubious about the sales tax and particularly about levying as much as one-ha- lf per cent. House Speaker Richard Howe mentioned at a recent news conference that perhaps per cent additional optional tax might be considered. 5 one-four- th Utah Air Force Association The Texas oil man's daughter discuss possibility of the will returned from college and he abandoned Wendover.Air Force was showing her around their new mansion. They stopped at he swimming pool to watch several athletic young men cavort-- : ng on the diving board. Oh, Daddy, she exclaimed, youve stocked it for me. Base being used as a spaceport during a meeting Jan. 8 at p.m. at Hill Air Force Base. 7 One hundred and forty nine bills to be considered by the Legislature when it . convenes Jan. 11 are being worked on by the legal staff of the Legal Service Comittee of the Legislature. Melvin E. Leslie, assistant attorney general assigned to the committee, said five other attorneys are assisting him until the end of the legislative session. . Cadet David D. Felt, son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Felt of 2004 Sheridan Road, received six weeks practical application n military leadership at the Army Reserve Oficers Training Corps advanced summer camp at Indiantown Gap, Pa. . Franklin K. Brough, executive 860 Where thousands of listeners enjoy concert music and news every day! director of the Utah Tuberculosis and Health Association, has seen named to the board of directors of the Professional Examination Service, Inc. He was elected secretary to the board at :.ts first meeting in Chicago last week. Charging that Salt Lake City's Traffic Violations Bureau altered Utah Highway ?atrol tickets, Salt Lake County lied suit Monday for half the money collected from those cita-iosince Jan. 1, 1964. An audit of City Court records puts the county share at $36,556. un-awfu- lly ns . |