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Show Peoples Bicentennial Group Planning 200th Anniversary sively for the 200th anniversary of the American Revolution. In the wake of repeated setbacks and failures by the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (ARBC), the commission established by Congress and administered by the President to oversee Americas Bicentennial observances, many organizations have turned to the FEC for program direction, consultation, and other vital services. These groups include major church denominations, fraternal organizations, state and local Bicentennial commissions, labor unions, and school systems as well as individual citizens who are anxious to participate in Americas Bicentennial. At a time when millions of concerned Americans are questioning the institutions and valRotary Mid-engin- e ues of contemporary American For the Corvette life, the American Revolution The automotive scoop of the provides inspiration and guidyear! About 42 months after the ance for us all. search began Motor Trends magazine comes out with the first County Pioneers Use photographs and stories on the exciting new mid engined rotary Of Ombudsman Actually, Y. McClure to represent all the powered Corvette. there are two new Corvettes, a elderly in the county as their 2 rotor and a 4 rotor, one of ombudsman, has had 185 rewhich will ultimately replace the quests in the past three months from senior citizens in Salt Lake Stingray. The 2 rotor was privately County who wanted help. shown to three of Motor Trends Mrs. Hutchings said she has staffers in late August and the also had requests from six other November issue traces its counties requesting aid in setting for the first months of up similar ombudsman program 1971 when General Motors be- and there have been requests gan its campaign to harness the from Virginia, Washington, FlorWankel engine and wanted a car ida, Indiana, Texas, Mississippi, concept ready that could take and Pennsylvania. full advantage of any breakFrom Washington Arthur S. through with the Wankel. Flemming said, It is evident The reader is given an insight that Mrs. Hutchings is pioneeron the complications of design, ing in a new area. She said it is her duty to indetails of interior ducts, engine room ventilation testing in the vestigate complaints of any senwind tunnel with clay models, ior citizen over 55 years of age, right up to the final experimen- to help them in their contacts tal cars! They are splendid look- and dealings with the county ing, sleek and taut and perfectly government, act as spokesman matched to the exciting engines. and advocate for them, cut buThe entire car is totally func- reaucratic red tape and act as a tional, and Corvette lovers, they clearing house for information of are going to happen. programs and services. The Bicentennial of the American Revolution is gearing up in the midst of Watergate, dislocations in the economy and increased cynicism and alienation toward corporate and political institutions in America. People's faith in America must be restored. Whether the present vacuum of despair is filled by a menblind, a or commitment renewed tality to Americas democratic promise, will largely depend on the dynamic that unfolds during the Bicentennial, culminating in the national celebrations and elections of 1976. The Peoples Bicentennial Commission is the largest national organization preparing exclu- stand-up-and-che- THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1973 Poge Two er , . be-gini- ng K PROOF KENTUCKY STRAIGHT C0URB0N WHISKEY. DISTILLED AND BOTTLED BY THE JAMES B. BEAM DISTILLING CO, CLERMONT. BEAM, KENTUCKY. Science Committee Reports on Findings The chairman of a National Academy of Sciences study committee on problems rehabilitating coal mined lands in the west discussed his committees report. Dr. Thadis W. Box, dean of the College of Natural Resources at USU, pointed to a number of recommendations by the group of scientists he has headed during the past months. The methods for reclaiming mined areas in Appalachia, Europe and other humid areas are not directly transferable to the arid and semi arid West, and today, the controversy over surface mining is shifting to the American west, where thick seams of coal occur near the earths surface, beds of coal that will be early targets for development. The committee made eight recommendations according to its chairman. The first expresses the care and responsibility aspects considered paramount in future coal mining operations in the west. We recommend that surface mining for coal should not be permitted on either public or private lands without the prior development of rehabilitation plans. These shoudl be designed to minimize environmental impacts to meet on and off site air and water pollution regulations and to define a timetable for rehabilitation concurrent with the mining operation. The preplanning should be part of an original environmental impact analysis for the region and indicate the basis on which conditions at the proposed mine sites are evaluaetd. It is important that adequate provision for public participation be a part of the review of the preplans, he Our charge from the National Academy of Sciences was to consider whether the land could be rehabilitated on the basis of what is currently known. We were to determine which parts might be mined and rehabilitated and how it could be done. Needless to say we individually held views regarding the wisdom of surface mining coal in the arid west, building large energy conversion facilities, and modifying the natural flow of water. Almost 18 per cent of Utahs land surface is underlain with coal. Much of it deep in the ground, but only about 150 million tons can be removed by surface mining, less than 4 per cent of our actual reserve. Of the nearly 128 million acres in the west underlain by coal, about a million and a half acres could be surface mined. Utah will have over 4600 acres disturbed by 1990 and nearly double that by the year 2000, he stated . Federal Research Committee Condemns Indian School Closing The Utah Federal Research Committee released a preliminary report in Salt Lake City that condemns the recent Bureau of Indian Affairs decision to phase-othe Intermountain Boarding' School in Brigham City, Utah. The report states that the phase-ou- t decision is based on unsubstantiated grounds and that a closer examination of the Intermountain School situation is called for before any further action is taken in the matter. Raymond L. Hixson, chairman of the Utah Federal Research Committee, commented on the report by. saying that the school is an efficient and necessary part of the Indian educational system, and that the decision to close the facility appears to be completely unfounded.. Citing the report, Hixson noted that the demand for secondary education facilities among the American Indian is continually increasing, and that closure of the Intermountain school in the face of this demand is unjustifiable. Hixson went on to state that the cost of keeping the facility open to meet this demand is quite low when compared to the cost of duplicating the schools programs elsewhere. The Committees report fur- ut ther noted that efforts to obtain accurate and up to date information from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Area Office were hindered by a lack of Bureau cooperation and that this noncooperation casts further doubt on the validity of the decision to close the facility. The report asks that the important facts in the matter be revealed and openly discussed before any final determination is made. Helps Shrink Swelling Of Hemorrhoidal Tissues -- caused by inflammation Doctors have found a medica- tion that in many cases gives prompt, temporary relief from pain and burning itch in hemorrhoidal tissues. Then it actually helps shrink swelling of these tissues caused by inflammation. The answer is Preparation H. No prescription is needed for Preparation H. Ointment or suppositories. Doctor in the Kitchen r ' by Laurence M. Hureh, M.D. Consultant, National Dairy Council YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT You Are What You Eat is the whether they offer specific foods official slogan for National School as the sources of these nutrients. Lunch Week again this year. Stu- That is well and good. Particulardents, educators and many par ly, as it will allow regional and ents are involved in the nationwide celebration this week. And this is as it should be, for the school lunch program is highly important to each of these groups. Certainly, a major purpose of our educational system is to produce functioning individuals. And certainly, an important part of functioning effectively as an individual is knowing how and what to eat to be healthy. An Educational Force Well, school lunch is a major force for educating students on just that It is fine to learn about nutrition in the classroom. But to actually experience meals in which food selections are sound as well as tasty this has to reinforce the classroom message. And that is what school lunch programs are all about. Even if some kids dont eat it and this happens all it is still a tangible demonstration of good nutrition. And school lunch rooms can and do modify menus to try and meet the desires of students. If there is some waste it probably represents a resistance to some foods just as we encounter in the home. But as a nutrition-minde- d physician I am concerned about something this year. Since last summer, for the first time, a new Federal law allows Federally-assiste- d school lunch programs to have more discretion in the foods they serve. The theory is that meals are to be judged on whether the nutrients in them are sound nutritionally, rather than ethnic differences that may be preferred in making the meals interesting. However, in conjunction with this change, it is now left to the individual states and schools to decide whether, in addition, the vending of certain beverages and snack-typ- e foods should be allowed in schools. The concern of nutritionists is that school boards, for example, may eagerly decide that a good way to make money for, say, band uniforms or some other school interest, is to start selling carbonated beverages through vending machines in the schools. You may be sure they will be encouraged to consider this, via a share of the profits, by beverage companies. The Important Question The question is this, is school lunch simply a commercial operation that a school uses to make money for other purposes? Those of us who for years have encouraged and supported the school lunch program have done so, not just to feed kids, as admirable as that may be, but because of an equal interest that is educational in nature. Parents certainly would not endorse books of less than high educational value being used in the classroom to finance the football team. Well, school lunch is part of the educational curriculum and parents should make their views known to school boards when and if this matter comes up in their community. |