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Show Page Four THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1973 THE SALT LAKE TIMES UTAHS Combined with The Salt Lake Mining & Legal News Published Every Friday at Sait Lake City, Utah FEARLESS Second Class Postage paid at Salt Lake City, INDEPENDENT 711 South West Temple Utah - Telephone 364-84NEWSPAPER Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 GLENN BJORNN, Publisher controlled owned or by any party, clan, clique, faction This publication is not or corporation. Volume 53 64 Number 19 . 10 Astronomical Photograph (Continued from page one) for astronomical applications by baking in a controlled nitrogen atmosphere. It reports important gains were achieved in speed and fog suppression relative to the usual procedure in baking in air. The discovery jms application in world wide projects such as mapping the' skies of the Southern Hemisphere. Because of the new process j a projected photographic map of the southern sky Will reach fainter stars than the best northern sky maps. The southern skies previously were unmapped to the extent of those in the north because of a limiting magnitude. Dr. Smith considers the results particularly satisfying in demonstrating the continuing importance of basic research and its relevance, to the problems of society. Pesticide Breakdown Widely used parathion, a nonpersistent pesticide, changes in sunlight to form a substance that may magnify the toxic effects of the remaining parathion and of succeeding parathion applications, it was reported to the American Chemical Society recently. Small amounts of a substance 10 times as toxic as parathion are also formed. The first report of a pesticide that may form its own synergist was made by Dr. John Grunwell of Miami University. Compounds called synergists are commonly added to pesticides because they enhance and prolong pesticide potency. . The unexpected formation of a synergist during the breakdown of parathion could explain the unusual toxic properties of this organophosphorus pesticide, Dr. Grunwell proposed. Simulated sunlight was used in the experiments. Suggested as a substitute of DDT, parathion is considered more hazardous to apply but less persistent in the environment than DDT. Poisoning of some farm workers at relatively long intervals after spraying, when the para-tliio- n level had reached safe levels, has been reported. Moreover, a higher incidence of po isoning among people who worked in fields repeatedly sprayed with parathion has been reported, Dr. Gunwell pointed out in a summary of his report. Previous studies had shown that parathion decomposes in sunlight to give paroxon, a compound ten times as toxic as parathion. Indeed, paraxon lias been found in the leaves of orchards, suggesting that paraxon caused the poisoning of farm workers. The present author found, however, that the major substances formed from parathion in sunlight is a compound similar to one known to magnify the action of another organophosphorus insecticide, malathion. Thus, it is probable, he said that the unusual toxic properties of parathion are caused by the synergistic or potentiating effects of its own breakdown product. Although paraoxon is formed in small quantities in sunlight, it decomposes further to other compounds, at least under conditions of the experiments. While the amount of paraoxon produced by the photolysis of parathion does not seem significant enough to be responsible for the anomalous poisoning of orchard workers, a recent report of the synergistic toxicity of triethyl-thiophosphat- e, Exam Anxiety Reduced by Utah Psychologist's Program Those well prepared but high strung students who blank out Just before an important test can learn to keep calm, according to a psychologist who has implemented an anxiety reduction program at the University of Utah. Its normal for students to feel a little keyed up before a test, but too much anxiety interferes with memory and other thought processes including reasoning, organizational ability, and effective use of time, explains Dr. Ronald Spinelli, staff psychologist for the U Counseling and Psychological Services. Dr. Spinelli says nationwide surveys indicate some 20 percent of all college students stricken at one time or another with debilitating academic test anxiety which simply means they can not think of the right answers, although they knew them before they started to take the test. Even one experience like this can be traumatic enough to carry over into future test situations. If this happens, the student's general self esteem goes down and he may then develop other psychological problems, so our program is in that sense preventative, he said. The key, according to Dr. Spinelli, is in helping the student unlearn anxiety through the process called systematic Psychologists have been long treating severe neurotic disorders on the assumption that all fears are .learned, but the U specialist says that the schools Counseling and Psychological Services is among the first to apply this basic clinical essentially norapproach to an ' mal group of people. Students can overcome their mental block is they can simply replace their tension with relaxation. Once the student has mastered the procedure, relaxation is achieved quickly, and completely, but beginners benefit from the help of a therapist who can verbally guide them in the process. In the U program, five practice sessions are administered over a two and a half week period. Comfortably seated in the reclining chair, with eyes closed the client follows directions of the therapist, first focusing on individual muscle groups and alternately tensing and relaxing , desen-sitizatio- early twenties. them. When the entire body has been systematically relaxed, the student is told to visualize the series of anxiety provoking situations, such as taking a test. ' What were doing is substituting one reaction for another. Hopefully, the student will continue to associate test taking with a relaxed state of mind, he said. Of course, the treatment is useless for students who become nervous because they have not studied adequately for the exam he adds. A St D GR IIP EVI All Complete exterior renovation of the old Salt Lake City-Coun- ty Building will cost some $3.1 million, according to Salt Lake City Commissioner Conrad B. Harrison. Mr. Harrison said that the figure is the final restoration cost as determined by Burtch Beall, architect, who was hired Salt Lake City Boy to make a report. The cost to restore the tower, $870,000, and Wins High Summer $500,000 for the restoration of Honors the east entrance. The work will Camp A Salt Lake City boy was re- begin on the east entrance if the Commission gives its approval cently named a semifinalist in the Camp of the Year Balloting Salt Lake County Commission at Camp Holy Cross, Canon City, adopted a 19.1 mill tax levy on Colo. this year, a 1.64 mill Tom Wilson, son of Mr. and property reduction from a year ago. Some Mrs. Gordon Wilson, 5905 Oak-hi- ll of the taxpayers will benefit Dr., was among the top 15 from the reduction, but many campers in the competition, will not. The reason they will will which was won by Henry Mass-ma- not is thatof the county several areas in the IV, of Kansas City, Mo. county including regular resiThey were picked from among dence and mobile homes. the 150 campers on the basis of demonstrated excellence and effort in all phases of camp activConservationists, who were the to from losers lore in the latest bout with the Indian ity camping. The semifinalists and the Camp- courts in their battle to keep er of the Year were announced waters of Lake Powell out of by Father Brendan OBrien, Rainbow National Monument, O.S.B., camp director, following, will ask the U.S. Supreme Court an Indian Pageant which mark- to hear-thcase. A petition for ed the close of the 37th season of certiorari will be filed. . within Camp Holy Cross, operated by 90 days, said the attorney for the Benedictine monks of Holy Friends of the Earth. The U. S. Cross Abbey as a summer camp Court of Appeals overturned a for boys aged eight to 14. decision by Utah Federal Judge Camp Holy Cross traditionally Willis Ritter and ruled that the features its invaluable collection lake waters may flood the monuof Indian lore, costumes and ar- ment. tifacts. Each camper receives an Indian name and learns about Salt Lake City will be paid Indian lore and dances. for providing sewer services at In addition, the camp, located the State Capitol, but it will be within the Rocky Mountains of for one year instead of the three Southern Colorado, gives the that the city has requested on a campers an opportunity to fur- bill that they submitted to the ther skills in archery, fishing, state. The State Board of Exhiking, swimming, horseback aminers authorized payment if riding, ceramics, camping and one years bill and named Secriflery. retary of State Clyde L. Miller to The Camper of the Year is negotiate with the city and chosen for his involvement, in- determine how much the state terest and initiative in all phases would pay. of this activity. n, e ' . r Utahs Governor Calvin L. Rampton joined with other westOO S and melathion suggests that the anomalous poison- ern states governors who are members of the Federation of ing may be caused by an analgous synergistic toxicity Rocky Mountain States in send- between OOS and parathion. Nevertheless, the buildup of OOS on trees from repeated spraying of parathion and potentiation of the toxicity of parathion by OOS would account for the higher incident of po isoning in the orchards repeatedly sprayed with parathion, lie; said. dial oOo The March of Dimes reports that some birth defects dont show up until the victim is of school age or in his n. te--lt i Where thousands of listeners enjoy concert music and news every day! ing President Nixon a telegram the reasking him to tortion of beef price ceilings until Sept. 12. The telegram said, in part, Short term reflection in the cost of living index cannot justify the true effects of your position on this matter. re-exam- ine Salt Lake Citys financial accounts are a little richer this wek, according to County Auditor Gerald R. Hansen. Salt Lake City and County government officials have been having verbal battles as to where some $97,712 might be. County Auditor Hansen presented the check to city Finance Commissioner Jennings Phillips Jr., which represents the citys share of federal funds which somehow never reached the city until now. However, Hansen said that the money was received when federal grant programs had just begun to affect localities and some of it never got to the city. ' |