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Show SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH September Sight Saving Month Declared by Governor Rampton FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1972 Utahs Own National Democratic Chairman Airs McGovern Visit Utahs newest national political figure, Mrs. Jean Westwood, National Democratic Chairman and coordinator for Senator George McGovern, said that the presidential candidate will bring his campaign to Utah some time in mid-Octob- Standing behind Governor Rampton (I to r) Kim Y. Taylor, M.P, USPB Chairman Medical Advisory Committee; Jackie Nokes, Sight Saving chairman and hostess on KSL-TV- s Midday program; A. Orville Helgeson, executive director of the Utah Society for the Prevention of Blindness. Governor Calvin L. Rampton has declared September as "Sight Saving Month - 1972. Jackie Nokes, hostess on TV 5s midday program has been named the 1972 Sight Saving Chairman by A. Orville Helgeson, executive director of the Utah Society for the Prevention of Blindness. She will give interesting and helpful sight saving information on her daily 11 a.m. show during the month. The primary goal of the Sight Saving Month campaign is to alert all Utahns to the many causes of blindness before they strike, and to demonstrate with year round community action programs for children and adults that half of all blindness is preventable. Sight Saving Month also prvides an added stimulus for interested friends to make an annual contribution to the Society. The Utah Society is an affiliate of the National Society in it New York and as a is sustained by gifts corporation from interested friends. Free sight saving literature or film rentals, as well as information on free amblyopia detection screenings for children and glaucoma screening for adults, may be had by writing to Prevent Blindness, Bldg. No.l, 2033 So. State, Salt Lake City 84115, or phoning their office at A free glaucoma screening clinic will be held at the Gran non-prof- 484-056- 5. ger high school Wednesday night Sept. 20 from 7:30 to 9:30. All adults over 35 are urged to attend. Early indications are that it will be one of the largest of the societys clinics in history. A core of 50 volunteers, including 9 medical doctors, will be on hand to give quick and efficient service. Cooperating sponsors of the clinic and the Lions Clubs of Granger, Hunter, Kearns, and are Ray L. Magna. Overton and Tom Creek. Co-chairm- en Time for Exhibits at Utah State Fair, 72 Hugh C. Bringhurst, director, Division of Expositions, has announced that entries will be received no later than tomorrow, Sept. 9, for the Home Arts Department. Exhibits will be received to 4:30 at the Home Arts Bldg., State Fair Grounds. The fee is $1.50 up to ten exhibits. No fee for special groups. The Youth Division is new with the fair this year and includes 18 and under who do not desire to enter the regular classes; limit of 4 entries. Entries for the Floriculture Department will be accepted between 7:00 and 10 a.m. on the mornig of each show, Sept. 14, 16, 19 and 22. Fee, $1 each show or $3 for all 4 shows. No entry fee fer juniors. Judging will be at 10:30 a.m. - er. Tuesday, September 12, Primary Election; Do Your Part Vote Tuesday, September 12, is the day slated for the primary election in the State of Utah. Candidates will be seeking the voters to vote for them. The final day of campaigning is on the horizon. The day of testing for the candidates is near. Vote in the primary election. Many are as do not have primary runoffs for legislative or state representative, but in Salt Lake County there is a primary runoff in the commision races for both parties in the two and four year commission posts. In many legislative districts and State Senate districts there are primary runoff elections. Voting in the primary election is the first in the steps of electing officials to govern the people at the local, county and state levels. There will be a primary runoff for State Auditor between Lynn Baker and Joseph Elder in the Democratic Party and beand tween Sid Lambourne Sherm Preece in the Republican ranks. Sherman P. Lloyd, one of Utahs Congressmen, has a primary runoff with Mark Ander son, who is seeking the Repub- lican nomination for the general election in November, which sees Democratic candidate Wayne Owens unopposed in his party. Other primary races include the Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Senators, State Representatives, State Board of Education and local school boards. The primary race for the Secretary of State and State Treasurer is in the Republican Party. Tuesday, the 12th day of September, is the day to do your part and support the candidate of your choice by going to the polls and casting your vote. The support you give to the candidates, whether they win or lose, is the key to finding better and more qualified persons to seek public office and becoming active in public affairs. The support you give the candidates is the reward they receive for the many hours spent. The candidates are not seeking the jobs because of the monetary rewards for the positions, but for the betterment of government, for you, the community, state and nation. Either Senator McGovern or vice presidential candidate Sargent Schriver will make the visit and give a major speech in the State Capitol of Salt Lake. Mrs. Westwood said of the campaign for the presidency that McGovern was not depressed by the most recent polls which show him as a 2 to 1 underdog. Last January the polls showed McGovern was the preference of only five per cent of the people. Recent polls show him now a 35 per cent choice of the people. The national committee chairman went on to say the McGovern decision to abandon the September marks the 23rd annual Sight-Savin- g idea of $1,000 grant to every Preperson was not a change in his Month campaign of the National Society for the position on poverty, but a shift vention of Blindness. The organization has a single goal : in alternatives. to prevent that half of all blindness which is, in fact, needMcGoverns position now on the poverty and welfare program less and preventable. is that the best plan for welfare Although activities continue year around, during reform is a combination of more Sight Saving Month the Society and its state affiliates jobs, more social security for the drive to promote vision persons over 65 and a good pub- mount an especially intensive lic works program and a nega- conservation among the nations citizens. tive income tax plan. Of the thousands of men, women and children who r TODAYS EDITORIAL Sight Saving Month Democratic Women it is estimated will become blind in the next 12 months, Slate Membership Tea half will lose their vision needlesly. Accidents will be The Womens Democratic Club responsible for loss of sight for many, accidents which will hold its annual membership themselves need not result in tea Saturday from 2 until 4 p.m. though often unavoidable at the Governors mansion. Both serious injury or blindness if the proper safety measures the Governor and Mrs. Rampton are taken. For others, blindness will be caused by diseases will participate in the event. which can frequently be controlled if only detected and Many other officials will be at the reception, including Mrs. treated early enough, and ignorance and neglect will bet Frank Moss, Mrs. Jean West-woo- d, Mrs. Valoy Boothe, and ' Mrs. Beverly Saathoff. County officials participating include Vcc Carlisle and Louise Jorgensen. Mrs. John Klas and many others. directly contributing factor in thousands of cases. This publication endorses the work of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness in its continuing efforts to fight needless vision loss and encourage good (Continued on page 4) a |