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Show Page Four FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1971 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Combined with The Salt Lake Mining 6 Legal News Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah Second Class Postage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah 711 South West Temple Telephone Sale Lake Gty, Utah 84101 364-846- 4 GLKNN BJORNN, Publisher This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation. Number 27 Volume 51 With the Flick of a Switch (Continued from page 1) of the worlds population, consumes more than one third of die worlds energy. This is not merely a coincidence: a high standard of High energy consumption means aheaaT living. But there may be trouble Throughoutthe 60s we experienced a generation gap, a communications gap, and a credibility gap. Now in die 70s we running headlong into a new one the Energy gap. The gap between the available supply of energy producing fuels and the increasing demands of American society for more energy. Energy for 100 million cars, trucks ana busses; for factories and generating plants; for heating and cooling our homes and offices; and for anything that involves mechanical motion. This situation did not develop overnight. Except in times when all resources were mobilized for war, consumers have always been able to take adequate fuel supplies for granted. The United States had for years been entirely self sufficient in energy production, but now is becoming increasingly dependent upon foreign oil. In the case of foreign oil, dependability of supply is just as important as availability. We cant afford to reach a level of dependency enabling a foreign country to turn out our lights by cutting off our supply. Rapidly increasing demand explains only one side of the developing energy gap. There are plenty of problems on the supply side, too. Nuclear power plants to generate electricity have not been built as fast as expected. Coal supply lias been hampered by a number of problems including stringent antipollution laws. There is a shortage of natural gas. More pipelines, railroad cars, and tankers will have to be built to move vital fuel supplies to the places where they are most needed. The preservation of the environment is also adding to the supply problem. Much of the oil yet to be found in this country is located in such places as the fragile wilderness of Alaska or under the seas suround-in- g Education of Exceptional Child Has Developed in Last 20 Years A national authority on the D r. Hebeler commented on the education of exceptional children training teachers are now rebelieves the U.S. school system ceiving. She indicated that genhas generally done a good job erally teachers are well prepared in developing special services for these youngsters. Dr. Jean Hebeler, president of the National Council for Exceptional Children and a member of President Nixons Committee on Handicapped Children, said in Salt Lake City that the progress weve made in the last 20 years is highly positive, but the job is not finished yet. In a news conference Dr. Hebeler, who is also head of special education for the University of Maryland, spoke of studies which indicate that one child in five may have something which can interfere with his learning processes. She also noted that only recently a large group of handicapped youngsters have been identified; those being children with mild learning handicaps. We at first thought many oi these children were slow learn ers. Actually they exist in a nomans land between what we classically consider normality or exceptionality. Dr. Hebeler also noted that little has been done for the exceptional child at the other end )f the educational spectrum. Its not nice to be gifted in our society. Society tends to push our bright children to a norm, adding that deviations from the norm are not rewarded. This stifles creativity and tends to retard a bright childs learning. She also added that little re- search has been done in the area of our gifted children in comparison to those considered emotionally handicapped. Dr. Hebeler cited other areas where childrens rights have been overlooked. Child advocacy or the defense of childrens rights in the courtroom was mentioned as one of the prime issues for concern. Dr. Hebeler noted that the National Council for Exceptional Children is highly involved in child advocacy cases at this time. The need for child advocacy was first generally recognized by the White House Conference on Children and Youth held earlier this year. to assume their duty in the class room. However, in one area we have made a terrible mistake in teacher education. Universities and colleges have placed the emphasis on teaching the total child rather than giving any particular emotional or mental problem special attention. Kindergarten teachers - are able to spot red flags which indicate a child has a need for a particular type of help, but the teachers are reluctant to identify that child. As a result of this reluctance to separate and treat problems early many youngsters grow up with educational handicaps which could have been prevented in their early years. In theory she supports the concept of teaching to. the total child. But in practice she feels the individual components of a childs personality should be treated if any component is deficient. Director Urges Good Hunting Manners Bud L. Phelps, Wildlife sources Director for Utah, Reap- peals to outdoorsmen to observe the highest standard of conduct and ethics when they go afield this fall. Director Phelps notes that one third of all Utahns will go in pursuit of some type of wildlife during fall hunting seasons. He said no one can be unsportsmanlike in their outdoor conduct if we are to continue to enjoy the hunting privileges all of us now share. Hunting privileges on private land are becoming more restrictive which means every case of misconduct by any hunter is providing further evidence for additional restrictions. In regard to vandalism, Mr. Phelps requested the cooperation of all outdoorsmen to report or stop any such acts as a necessary step to improving the landowner and sportsman relationship. our coasts. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior, said recently Ecology is the most important thing in the world until the lights go out. Development of our utilities. Now the public power complex, despite its tax natural resources and production of the environment are breaks, finds it to buy power wholesale from an expedient compatible. We must have both. investor owned utility which was able, after paying dividends and taxes amounting to nearly 25 cents of every reveniue dollar received, to build sufficient generating No capacity for its own needs and those of surrounding Iniiation has revealed with a vengeance that there utilities including TVA. No, there is no miracle in government operation of is no miracle of efficiency in a government electric power is just a question of gettings the tax project. The largest of such projects is the Tennessee any business. It Valley Authority which, inspite of numerous tax exemp- breaks and having help from private enterprise when it tions not enjoyed by private power companies, has been is needed. forced to impose drastic rate increases to keep up with rising costs. Not long ago, public ownership enthusiasts sought to paint TVA as a rescuer of private utilities when it furnished power to some of the investor owned power concerns. Under modern pooling arrangements, this is the normal procedure and TVA benefits from it the same as any other utility. The Oklahoma City, Okla., Times, m commenting on the present position of TVA, says, For those with long memories theres a touch of irony Where thousands in the local power companys latest financial statement.' he big Oklahoma utility notes that power sales for resale of listeners enjoy to continue be a large revenue producer as surrounding concert music and utilities including TVA have been taking economy and news every day ! emergency power from (it) regularly. TVA was established m the 30 s to serve as a yardstick for the private Miracle Involved 860 r THE SALT LAKE TIMES the It AS! D GRAPEVINE V The University of Utah will loan Salt Lake City $34,000 as the two government . agencies continue their cooperation in providing utilities for the universitys Research Park. The funds will be used as part of an estimated $484,000 project to replace an 8 inch sewer pipe line with a 21 inch trunk line. The line will service the new research park in addition to surrounding areas. The University of Utah loan to the city will be repaid from in lieu of taxes payments the city will receive from the Research Parks Heart Test Center. Governor Calvin L. Rampton and Mrs. Rampton left Salt Lake on a 17 day vacation trip to Europe. They will stop over in Paris and then move on to Germany, where Governor Rampton will give the commencement address for University of Utah Continuing Education Division for graduates of Masters of Business Administration courses for Servicemen Stationed in Germany Among their other stops of the 17 day tour are Athens, Creet, and where they drive to Jerusalem and then on to Rome and then back to Salt Lake Tel-Avi- v, City. The executive vice president of Travel Utah, Inc., charges that federal agencies are blocking and hampering private enterprise to build Utah tourism. Ronald L. McMillan said that the United States Forest Service was obstructing plans for tourist facilities in the Flaming Gorge area. The Forest Service officials responded that it was an untrue charge and stated that they were acting on public concern voiced earlier that most natural setting and attractons of the region be left as nature made them. They emphasized that much private land exists around the Gorge and that private development can be accomplished there as well as on the national recreation area. Those candidates running, in the elections in Salt Lake City have the advantage of the University students active in government affairs. For those seeking position of mayor or the city commission seat3 who cant afford postage and - even those who can are invited to take advantage of the free campaign literature delivery service Saturday at the University of Utah. up-comi- ng A growing problem for the enforcement agencies in the Salt Lake area dealing with the use of the highways and streets is the load limit of a truck. Salt Lake City has no adequate ordinance to control the overloaded trucks. When violations of overload occur the officer is compelled to ues a substitute ordinance which results in a $10 fine or a dismissal of the case. If there were an enforceable ordinance Salt Lake City streets would suffer less damage and would result in less costly upkeep for the streets department. March of Dimes experts say that fully half of the deaths of preschool Americans arc caused directly or indirectly by birth defects. |