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Show FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1973 Page Eight THE SALT LAKE TIMES Utahns Meet Big Man in Interior Department Government Study Commission Tuesday, July 3 at Brockbank Jr. from Dace P encouraged to attend and contribute ideas for the modernization of Salt Lake County Government. The Salt Lake County Government Study Commission, established by law under Senate Bill No. 184, General Session of the State Legislature, 1973, and by a Resolution of the County Commission is engaged in a full study of the nature and effective-ne-s of Salt Lake County Government. As a result of its findings, the Study Commission can draft a plan for a new form of county government and submit the plan to county voters for a ratification. Any plan drafted by the Study Commission would have to be in compliance with the Optional form Constitution Amendment adopted by state voters last ( Continued v fall and Senate Bill No. 184, which outlines the options available to all of the States counties. Merger of Salt Lake City with the County and the use of a council and elected county executive, rather than a commission, are two of the options under consideration. Feeling that it is vitally important to obtain citizen input in the decision making process, the Study Commission has now scheduled weekly meetings in schools in Salt Lake County. The Government Study Commission will complete its recommendations in February, 1974. Preliminary plans will be adopted in August, 1973. Following this hearing at the Brockbank JR. High, the next will be at Hillcrest High school, 7350 South 900 East, July 10 at three-memb- er 7:30 p.m. Skylab Visible in Salt Lake Area From June 30 Through July 11 Utah Senator Frank E. (Ted) Moss arranged a fruitful meeting in Washington last week for three other Utah leaders and himself with Interior Secretary Rogers C. B. Morton. From left are Morton, Rep. Wayne Owens, Governor Calvin L. Hampton, Senator Moss and Rep. Gunn McKay. The Utahns expressed their dismay over the Interior Department rejection of construction permits for the Kaiparowits power plant in Southern Utah. Morton agreed to reconsider the rejection in light of an environmental impact statement just filed by the utilitiesi nvolved. Moss said the Interior Department apparently rejected the plant on the basis of much misinformation, including the wrong site, wrong megawatt output, wrong particulant emission figures and wrong sulphur emission figures. A task force of Interior Department and utility experts has been formed now, and I sincerely hope that with the correct information the department will change its decision and allow the Kaiparowits plant to be built, said Moss. Some Skylab watchers have noticed that Skylab is often accompanied by one or two additional fainter satellites, travel- ing the same path at the same apparent speed. These satellites are the empty second stage of the Saturn V rocket that took Skylab in orbit on May 14 and shrouds and a generator shield that were shed when the space station was deployed, according to the Hansen Planetarium. The bright Saturn V second Utah Safety Council Will Start Family Therapy Often Reduces Defensive Driving Course July 2 Delinquent Juvenile Behavior What can you do when you are forced to make a quick decision with too little information or time? In a moment of crisis not much. How much of your best thinking can you do in, say, three seconds? This is the spot many drivers get themselves into. Time and again they must make sudden decisions to try to avoid an accident because they have not anticipated possible trouble far enough in advance. Most accident situations are once you realize repetitious whta can happen and have been taught or self trained to make ' bi-wee- Juvenile delinquency does This theory was corroborated not occur because of bad seed by a recent comparative study Utah Stars Sponsor 2. Size up the whole scene says a University of 20 troubled Salt Lake fami- Summer Team in L.A. 3. Signal your intention early tendencies, of Utah psychologist, but is the lies with runaway or ungovernInstead of conducting a rookie 4. Have an escape path e able children and 20 of broken down, result average camp this summer, the Utah 5. Take decisive action families. The U researchers had Stars have placed six prospects systems, family The Utah Safety Council will Dr. James F. Alexander, as- wanted to know if there was any on a team in the summer proconduct DDC classes to be held correlation between family in- fessional league in Los Angeles, in the state office building audi- sociate professor of psychology, teraction and individual beha- says general maanger Arnie Fer-ritorium Monday, July 2 from 6 heads a research team which has vior. to 9:30 p.m., July 9 from 6:30 developed a unique therapy proSignificantly, says Dr. AlexPresently competing in LA unto 9:30 p.m. and July 16 from gram, Short Term Behavorial families were troubled which he ander, der the Stars banner are three Family Intervention, 7 to 9 p.m. de- characterized destructive, reduces by draft choices signed to contracts says significantly Additional classes will be comdefensive self based It behavior. defeating, is fifth round selection Pete L. linquent taught on the consecutive Wed- on maniwere munications which the dont that Harris, a 7 forward from the nesdays commencing July 11 have theory but people in fested are part of judgmental dogmatism, Stephens Austin College; seventh problems, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., July 18 malad-aputiv- n. 6-- c, ws over-takin- capacity from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and July 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturcan certain key responses, you day classes will be commencing come up with the right decision July 7 and will conclude July nearly every time. This approach 14 from 9 to a.m. to 1 p.m. in termed Defensive Driving the State Office Building Audiis the positive approach to ac- torium. cident free driving. Electronics Course Indecision on the highway, as in your daily activities ,is a hesi- At Utah Tech College Seven new members have been tation that is costly. You make to the advisory council of the most of decision named correct the a skilled the electronics department at the time. However, even driver is making nearly 20 deci- Utah Technical College at Salt sions a mile will occasionally Lake. make a minor or critical error. They are Richard True, IBM; It is estimated that you may Robert L. Kresge, Com. Tel, average one mistake for each 40 Inc.; Rex L. Vance, KALL Radecisions or one error for each dio; Dr. Reed Gardner, Latter-da- y Saints Hospital; Larry Grif-fontwo miles you drive and the UNIVAC; Tom Eckroth of odds are that for every 250 drivone will Tooele Army Depot and Daring errors you make, collision, rell Stoddard, Hill Air Force result in an error will Base. collision actual one and col137 This advisory council will help near each result for the electronics department keep lisions. 3 on up with changes in the electronExpert driving depends ics industry, advise on curricufactors: Knowledge, skill and decision. lum and help promote employment opportunitites for electronDefensive Driving Course a five step pattern, as it ics graduates, according tot Joe Brinherhoff, department teaches: 1. Improve your look ahead fol-follo- stage is in a lower orbit and therefore moves faster than the g it about Skylab, nine every days. The schedule may be obtained from the Planetarium for the Skylab passages over the Salt Lake Valley for the period June 30 through July 11. The information was calculated for Salt Lake City by NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center. Persons wishing to receive a Skylab schedule may a send stamped self addressed envelope on or about the 10th and 25th of each month to: Hansen Planetarium Skylab Watch, 15 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. a system that has problems. Dr. control and strategy, indiffer- Alexander says the program is aimed at rehabilitating the entire family and not just the individual offender. A two year study of 128 juvenile delinquents in Salt Lake City was conducted by Dr. Alexander and two members of his research team, Dr. Bruce Parsons and Roberta Malouf. They found that the recidivism rate of those who underwent the new therapy was only 26 per cent, 5 considerably lower than the rates those cent among per who received traditional offender oriented therapy or no counseling at all. "Although the program was not completely successful in eliminating recidivism, a signifiactn reduction is demonstrated, says Dr. Alexander. The new evidence suggests a person's behavior is dependent upon the type of response he receives within a larger system. If the system is negative and maladaptive, then the behavior it produces is bound to be negative and maladaptive, he says. 50-7- ence and superiority. In contrast. the interactions of healthy families consisted of genuine information seeking and giving, spontaneous problem solving, empathetic understanding, and equality, he points out. There is a higher degree of interdependence found in effective family systems. Even when intercommunication does occur in troubled families, it centers around defensive, negative interactions that create a poor climate for problem solving and an ideal climate for delinquency, he notes. The new crisis intervention program is designed to restructure these negative and maladaptive family systems and implement effective problem solving techniques to cope with the problems that occur with the onset of adolescence. Juvenile delinquency creates a crisis situation in the family that must be dealt with quickly using the short term intervention approach rather than trying to change personalities or needs which requires more time, he said. round pick B. G. Brosterhous, a 9 center from Texas, and tenth round choice Melvin Russell, a 3 guard from Centenary. Also signed by the Stars are two free agents, Dennis Stewart, a 6 swingman from Michigan, who has spent the last three pro years in the Continental League, and Wil Robinson, a 2 guard from West Virginia, who signed with the Houston Rockets of the NBA last year and was the last player cut. The sixth player on the summer league is Mike Jackson, a 7 forward center, w;ho as one rookie with the Stars last year saw limited action in 30 ABA 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- games. CONSOLE SPINET PIANO. Will sacrifice to responsible party in this area. Cash or terms. Also ELEC. ORGAN. Write or phone collect Credit Mgr., Piano-Orga- n Tallman Stores, Inc., Salem, Oregon, 503-363-57- 97308. (6-2- 2 6-2- 9) |