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Show Page Four THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1973 is located at Primary Childrens Hospital Annex under the direction of Dennis F. Gehring, serv- Workshop To Aid Parents in Training Young Handicapped "This publication it not owned or controlled by nay party, cion, clique, faction or corperwiom." Number 50 Volume 52 Methadone Treatment fran Page 1) ties, together With medical and rehabilitative services, and 80. per cent of the addicts who begin methadone remain in! treatment for a year and even fewer numbers t (Continued drop out in succeeding years. Other treatment facilities such as therapeutic communities, which are live-i- n facilities where the basic psychological defect that leads to addiction is attacked, have proved far less effective in solving the problem. The magazine states that not only were such communities expensive, they offered limited results. Methadone lias also made its appearance as a major black market commodity. Because of an increased federal effort against middle level pushers, the heroin supply has dried up, causing addicts to turn to methadone. For less than $10 a day an addict can support a habit using methadone that used to cost over $30 a day for heroin. Although methadone treatment is readily available, the black market exists because facilities havent matched the demand, and some persons prefer to avoid the red tape and inconvenience of a clinic. Critics charge that methadone is merely a form of legalized addition, which allows the government to cover up the real problem. Their major criticism, however, the author says, is that patients often turn to other drugs once they are relieved of heroin. Robert Newman, head of the New York City methadone program, admits these are problems for some of his patients, who are barbiturate and alcohol abusers. His goal, however, is to help individuals gain control over their own lives and methadone enables many to do so. Most officials agree with Newmans point of view, and have been convinced that methadone is worth a large expenditure of funds. It is likely, he concludes, that methadone will remain a major form of treatment for Americas heroin addicts until a new breakthrough is made. Profitable Cleanup You can compel people to work, but they wont chance to make a profit, its ai whole new ball game. The produce very much or do a good job, but if theres a ecologists are finding out that this fact applies to cleaning up the environment just as well as anything else. A news story has reported that the profit motive, often reviled as the despoiler of the earth in the United States, may yet turn out to be the ecologists best friend. For example, companies engaged in surface mining, which in the past often left a lacerated wasteland behind them, are now finding new vays to put the land back in order after they leave. Surface-mine- d lands, instead of being left as worthless eyesores, are being turned into assets sites for new housing, productive profit-makin- g golf courses and lakefront recreation properties. There are now companies specializing in the commercial development of worthless property which corporations in the old days would have written off as beyond redemption. Strip-mine- d areas, abandoned plant sites, slum areas and blocks of vacant buildings are being transformed into valuable property and community assets. The consumer should be interested in this. Costs of environmental cleanup have to be paid by someone. If that cleanup is done at a loss, it becomes a cost of production the consumer pays the bill in higher prices. If its done at a profit, (hiss ame cleanup can help hold the line against inflation that continues to put a higher price tag on everything we buy. Training parents to work early and effectively with their handicapped infants and preschoolers was the focus of a three-da- y workshop in Salt Lake City March 21, 22 and 23 at Ramada Inn. Education and health specialists from the six states in HEW Region VIII exchanged information, skills and curricula which have been developed in thirteen different programs. Participants then explored how the techniques could best be passed on to parents of high risk children. Mrs. Earladeen D. Badger, early childhood specialist from Cincinnati, . Ohio, was the workshop consultant and featured speaker at the conference dinner held Wednesday, March 21, in the Ramada Inn. Mrs. Badger is a national authority on parent training designed to provide early educational experiences in the lives of handicapped infants and young children. According to Mrs. Badger, evidence has shown that early intervention markedly reduces the severity of handicap in later, life. The conference was an outgrowth of thirteen programs in six western states, similar to a Utah project sponsored jointly by the State Board of Education and the State Division of Health. A federal grant awarded by the Utah Advisory Council for Handicapped and Developmentally Disabled Children has provided major financial support for the project during the past three years. Last year the program, which ed 86 developmentally disabled preschool children and trained parents .to work with these youngsters in stimulating their language, social, sensory and motor development at an early stage in life. Children involved resided in the five school districts in the metropolitan Salt Lake area Jordan, Granite, Murray, Salt Lake and Davis. Mrs. Athleen B. Godfrey, nurse specialist in child development from the State Division of Health, coordinated the workshop, which was funded by a grant from Social and Rehabilitation Services, HEW. Assisting as group leaders were Dr. Donna Carr of the State Board of Education and Dr. Gary Gregor of the State Division of Health. Patrol Decals for Finding Stolen Cars According to Captain JohnD. Rogers, field division commander of the Utah Highway Patrol, 11 Lightning Bolt decals have been awarded to Patrol officers for apprehending stolen cars and thieves since the program went into effect on Feb. 1, 1973. To date, Trooper Charles E. Weber of Green River, Utah and Troper Paul Mangelson of Ne-phave each gained two. Other officers receiving one each to date are Trooper Ken Clements, Panguitch; Sergeant George D. Jimerson, Salt Lake City; and Troper Lynn Mclnelly, Beaver; Trooper Dennis Wendel, Salt Lake City; Trooper Jim Reynolds, Salina, Trooper Jim Turner and Trooper Norman Steen fo Salt Lake City. hi An Appalling Idea The proposal has been made in all seriousness that newspaper, radio and TV newsmen should be licensed just like barbers, electricians, doctors and lawyers. The idea is just a thought thats occurred to a state legislator not Utah. It is unlikely that the idea will become a national threat, but nevertheless, the potential for mischief which it holds is worth contemplating. Licensing of newsmen is advocated on the theory that since standards of knowledge and performance are set for other professions, why shouldnt they be formalized by statute with respect to newsmen. Under such a proposal, if it became law, a news writer would have to take an examination to meet the requirements of a licensing law administered by state authorities. Conceivably, the owners of newspapers, magazine and radio and TV stations would be subject to licensing if they supervised the content of the news that their outlets offered. Licensing and state surveillance of those who write the news and present it in the nations press and over radio and TV would reduce freedom of expression to an incalculable degree. Licensing means control and when the state controls newsmen the news wont be worth reading because the press will merely be the sounding board of the state. dial P the LEASED GRAPEVINE A vote was deferred until next week on adoption of a restructuring of a citizen participation component for Model Cities for the next 14 months. Three of four plans have been submitted for the selection of the organization and the board members wanted time to study the proposals before choosing the method of the selection for the group. Names 'are coming up already for the possible Senate race next year if incumbent Senator Wallace Bennett decides not to run On the Republifor can side of the ledger the names which repeatedly keep coming re-electi- on. up are Vernon Romney, present Attorney General, and Richard Richards, who worked closely with the the President Re-ele- ct movement. On the Democratic side of the card, Donald Holbrook, a Salt Lake City attorney, Former National Committeeman Jean Westwood and another prominent attorney, Daniel Berman. In a vote the Salt Lake County Commission voted to turn down a conditional use permit applied for by a Maryland man for the construction of 200 condominiums near Little Cottonwood canyon. The vote of 0 to void the application came on two reasons by the commission. 1. The units are not necessary or desirable to the general public and well being of the neighborhood and 2. The developers did not show that the project would not be detrimental to the health, safety or general welfare of the persons and property in the area. 3-- 0 3-- Workmens compensation rates established by the State Insurance Fund for. the states 13,000 policyholders will remain unchanged in 1973 for the fifth straight year. A net increase to the fund assets of $653,631 as surplus and authorized amounts to be paid as dividend to the employees. Benefits have 44 per cent and additional average benefits increase for accidental injury have increased 14 per cent. in-eras- ed A Community Youth Worker program is being started by the Northwest Multi-purpoCenter to match jobs with young people who need work. Jobs for the youth will coincide with the clean-u- p and fix-u- p projects in rogress and which will get into full swing in the spring. se A Salt Lake City man who Where thousands of listeners enjoy concert music and net 's ever day! pleaded not guilty to 18 parking tickets won his case in the traffic court. Judge Melvin Morris dismissed the offenses after the man argued that Salt Lake Citys parking meter ordinance is illegal. The basis for the argument was a case held in Ogden which the court ruled that a city cannot legally pass an ordinance which presumes that the registered owner of an overparked car actually parked it. |