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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1972 Foundation Reports on Vice President to Collector Allcations Address News Media To Salt Lake City Vice President Spiro T. Agnew State allocations to Salt Lake City for collector road maintenance and construction in 1970-7- 1 totaled $1,155,445.00. This was pointed out by the Utah Foundation, the private research organization in an analysis of collector road programs in Utah. The collector road system was established by the 1969 Utah Legislature in order to provide for a system of local feeder roads to service major state highways and arterial roads. Construction and maintenance of these roads is administered by the counties and by cities with a population of 2,500 or more under the over all supervision and control of the State Highway Department. At the present time 29 counties and 44 cities in Utah participate in the program. It is financed by a one cent per gallon tax on motor fuel and special fuel. In general, the Foundation concludes that the collector road program appears to be working well and is achieving its main purpose of creating a system of feeder roads. During the first two years of operation, allocations made by the state to local units for this program totaled $8,994,490. As of March 31, 1972, nearly 71 per cent of these funds have been programmed by the cities and counties for specific projects. The amount formally obligated under project agreements was equal to 53 per cent of the total allocated and actual expenditures amounted to 37 per cent of the allocations. In Salt Lake City a total of $675,188 had been programmed for maintenance and construction on the collector road systems by March 31, 1972, leaving an unprogrammed balance of $480,257 from the amount allocated by the state. Foundation analysts note that several of the smaller cities appear to have encountered some confusion and difficulty in embarking on the program. As of March 31 eight of the 17 cities with a population between 2500 and 4,999 had not programmed any funds for collector road construction. The Foundation suggests that either some special assistance should be provided to these units of responsibility for their portion of the program be transferred to larger units such as the county to which they are located. At the present time, Utah law requires that any local construction project exceeding $25,000 must be performed under a contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The report observes that some local officials would prefer to build roads with local work forces. Experienced highway builders, on the other hand, insist it is generally more economical to have major construction projects performed by reliable private contractors who have the equipment, the engineering background and trained work force to handle large jobs and who bid competitively for each project awarded. Sani-Flus- h out germs. wi h Toilet Bowl Cleaner wipes out com mon. household germs ir Sani-Flus- 15 seconds. Disinfects, cleans, deodorizes. will address members during the concluding banquet of the National Newspaper Association, Saturday, July 22. The group will meet for its annual conven-toi- n in Portland, Oregon, July 2 with its affiliated Oregon Newspaper Publishers Assn. Ed K. Livermore, Sapulpa, Okla., president of NNA, has extended an invitation to the Democratic National Convention to have the Democratic Presidential candidate or his spokesman participate in this convention. Vice President Agnew, an outspoken critic of the press, in his comments about the American press created ripples in the profession. His candid remarks brought sharp reaction from neswpapers. His criticism of the press may be credited with some of the current emphasis on of the medias approach to news 18-2- jou-nalis- m ion coverage and on the role of a free press in todays society. Recently the Vice President criticized the Pulitzer Prize jurors for honoring the New York Times for the theft of government documents. He was referring to the Times community service award for publication of th Pentagon papers. Nobody, Agnew told students at the Baptist College, Charleston, S. C., elects the Times or the Washington Post to make decisions that deal with the national security. He said newspapers are only responsible to their corporate owners. Airman John L. Bleizeffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bleizeffer of 730 Three Fountains, has completed his Air Force basic training at the Air Training Commands Lackland AFB, Texas. He has been assigned to Chanute AFB, 111., for training in aircraft maintenance. He is a 1971 graduate of Murray High School. Page Five Senator Wants Fire Protection In Children's Sleepwear Senator Frank E. Moss, chairman of the Senate Consumer announced his and Senate passage of an amendment to the Flammable Fabrics Act which would extend the flammability standards to include childrens sleepwear, sizes 7 to 14. The Department of Commerce has promulgated a standard which regulates sleepwear, sizes 1 to 6X, but the large sizes were not covered by this standard although many injuries and deaths occur in this older age group, until Senate adoption of the Moss amendment. Moss said, While we must preserve an orderly progression in the establishment of standards we can no longer afford to continue to jeopardize lives with procedural inadequacies. The Sub-committ- ee, amendment will serve to. cut through much of the technical requirements for a finding of a need for a standard and would free the Secretary of Commerce to proceed immediateyl to the promulgation of a standard. This has been a long time in coming, but we must act now to protect our children from the continuing threat of disfiguring injuries and the painful deaths brought on by flammable sleep wear. The amendment provides a Congressional finding of flammability standards for children's sleep wear through sizes 14 and directs the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate a flammability standard effective no later than July 1, 1973. . Mike Archuleta and his gang took a million dollars and shortened the U.R by 19100 of a mile. Bailroad people hate curves, because a curve can slow you down, and slow isnt good on a railroad. curve in Wyoming, So when we found this three-degre- e other 60 railroad about Archuleta and Mike people relocated 1.65 miles of double U.P. mainline track, straightened the curve, and shortened the line by .19 of a mile. It cost over a million dollars, but we think its worth a million not to slow down. We hope to get the money back by hauling more freight for other people who dont like to slow down, either. So if someone throws you a transportation curve, and you need it straightened, we can handle it. the Union Mie railroad people 1 |