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Show FRIDAY, NOVEMBER THE SALT LAKE TIME! SECTION 2 16, 1973 Page Nine Opens Food Crusade to Continue More Aid to Children CARE checks may be sent to: CARE Food Crusade, 420 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. 94111. Linked with CARE self help and health programs, the Food Crusade helps build future self sufficiency for the people in 34 nations of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Child feedings, ranging from high protein snacks to a full meal, are conducted at preschool and nutrition centers, primary schools and other institutions often in facilities CARE helped build and hospitals where the CARE & MEDICO teams are working. Emergency recipients will include war refugees in Cambodia and survivors of the series of catastrophic droughts and floods which have hit a score of countries. Some food aid will also go to the aged and to impoverished families through adult food for work projects. The food crisis resulted in part from increased foreign sales of U.S. grains and other commodities. Under Public Law 480, since 1954, agencies such as CARE have received commodity grants after domestic requiremaintained.. ments and export sale commitWhile U.S. agricultural dona- ments are met. The agencies are tions are the mainstay of the petitioning Congress to reserve programs, CARE also buys food a small percentage from such to match local needs. Host gov- exports. ernments help, to, by contributing distribution costs according to their abilities. Public contriReturn to Coal as butions cover the remaining delivery and purchase costs. The Energy Source Plays Some 7,000,000 children across the world have had to be dropped from CAHEs child nutrition programs because of reductions in U.S. Food for Peace commodities allocate to private American agencies for humanitarian use overseas. To continue daily supplementary feedings for 20,000,000 persons almost all children during the coming year, and to provide emergency food care for 6,000,000 refugee and disaster victims, the 1973 holiday season CARE Food Crusade seeks to raise $7,300,000, Molly Farmin, regional director, said. Painful decisions have had to be made to drop large groups and school children of in countries where hunger and malnutrition are the biggest killers of the young and cause permanent physical and mental damage in millions who survive, Miss Farmin said. CARE is hopeful Food for Peace cuts may be restored in the months ahead. Meanwhile, we must appeal to the public to respond generously, so that our most crucial programs can be pre-scho- ol Key Role in Program Farm Bureau Meeting Will Feature National Speakers A big week for Utah agriculture is coming up November Not only will three national speakers highlight the Utah Farm Bureau Federations annual convention here, but several hundred farmers and ranchers rep resenting the Utah Farm Bu 0 reau Federations more than decide member families will their stand on farm policy issues. Featured speakers will include William J. Kuhfuss, president of the American Farm Bureau Fed26-3- 0. 10,-10- eration, Congressman Gunn McKay of Utah and Jack Angell, American Farm Bureau Federa tions farm labor specialist. Elmo W. Hamilton, president of the state Farm Bureau, predicted that this will be the biggest and best convention in our history. Membership is an an all-tihigh, reflecting a keen interest by Utahs food products in the issues and problems facing agriculture today. Some of the topics due for discussion at the Hotel Utah during the regular two day meeting on Wednesday and Thursday include land use planning, water pollution control measures, state purchase of private farm and ranch land, the fuel shortages affect on agriculture, and many others. Voting delegates representing the county Farm Bureaus will frame resolutions stating their position on the issues for action by state and federal Farm Bu reau staff members. Other events during the week will include policy research and on drafting committee meetings meetMonday and Tuesday and a ing on Friday of the Utah Farm Bureau board of directors to action. plan follow-u- p convention is the of Theme the Move. on Farm Bureau such outline Several reports will progress as construction plans this winter for a new building. me Utahs vast and largely un- tapped coal reserves may play a key role in President Nixon's long term energy program, Sen. Wallace F. Bennett said recently. The Utah lawmaker made the comment following his attendance of a Congressional leadership meeting at the White House to discuss the energy situation. I think Utahs chief interest in the program will be the new emphasis on the return to coal as a major fuel source in the production of energy, he said. The President has set a goal for the country to be independent in its energy by 1980, and coal, which is our most abundant energy resource, will certainly be a key factor if we are to meet that goal. This makes Utah coal because of its relatively low sulphur content, especially attractive as a fuel in the production of electricity. bi-partis- an Sen. Bennett said the Presi- dent emphasized a two stage energy program involving both short and long term measures to meet energy shortages and establish self sufficiency. Short term actions will include reducing heat in federal buildings, reducing speed limits for cars used by the federal government and encouragement of state and local governments to do the same, some controls on use of non essential electricity, the opening up Naval petroleum reserves, standby controls for gas rationing and a return to daylight savings time. Sen. Bennett said highlights of the long term energy program include renewed emphasis on the use of coal and coal research, reconsideration by Congress of some environental restrictions, consideration of off shore oil drilling off the Atlantic coast, and increased emphasis on nuclear power. If its priding ... dial 364-846- 4 Union space SPACE VIEW Interior features of docking module for joint United States-SoviMoss to Senator Frank are (D. Utah) right foreground, by George Merrick at mission explained senators visit to Rockwell International Corporations Space Division in Downey, Calif. Rockwell is building Apollo spacecraft, docking module and U.S. portion of docking system for flight, historys first international space mission. Scheduled for mid-197flight plans call for docking of the U.S. Apollo and USSR Soyuz spacecraft in earth orbit to perfect space rescue techniques. Photo courtesy Rockwell Int. Space Division et 5, Thierry Dorado Debuts Zions Bank Engages Economic Advisers With Ballet West Thierry Dorado, formerly a soloist with the Ballets de Roland Petit, has joined Ballet West of Salt Lake City as a new principal dancer. He made his debut with the company on the tour and will recent Lake City as a perform in Salt featured soloist in The Nutcracker during its scheduled Roy W. Simmons, president of Zions First National Bank, announced this week that Zions Bank has engaged Argus Research Corporation to provide economic forecasts and keep the mid-we- st bank officers abreast of changing national and international conditions which will affect the business of Zions Bank and its customers. 1973. run of Dec. of student a was Mr. Dorado National and world economNina Tikanova in Paris, attend- ics are so closely tied to comed the school of the Ballets de munity banking that alert banklOpera de Paris for six years, ers in the nation are finding it and performed with that com- more and more important to pany before joining the Stutt-gar- have economic advisers in the Ballet in 1969. financial capital of the nation to He left the Stuttgardt ' Ballet advise, forecast, and provide to enter military service for a rapid answers to questions that year, then joined La Troupe de arise as market conditions are According to Mr. lOpera de Nice as a principal changing. dancer. Simmons, Argus Research will Mr. Dorado was among the provide a one year and a five more than 100 outstanding danc- year economic forecast on iners from all over the world who terest rates and other variables competed at the International that are important to business. Ballet Competition last June in To initiate the service, James Moscow. Meigs, vice president and econoAs a soloist with the Ballets mist for Argus Research Corp., re Roland Petit this last year he came to Utah last week and premiered the modern ballet spoke to senior bank officers. Aragon as accompanied by Pink He stated that an inflation rate of 5 per cent or more per year Floyd (on stage). will persist for at least five years and that the prime rate will deThe family boat, like a family cline slightly in 1974. However, car, should be regarded with though Mr. Meigs predicted that proper respect. Boats; like cars, the prime rate would decline, its have a great potential and the average is expected to be higher youngsters, especially, should be than the average for 1973. In his presentation to bank taught how to act when on boarc to avoid any mishaps on water. officers Mr. Meigs commented 21-3- 1, dt . on the favorable situation in which Utah finds herself with resources. considerable power He suggested that this should attract considerable investment capital as the nation sets about developing alternative sources of energy. I do not see any substantial shut down of business as a result of the .energy problem. I 'eel there will be considerable investment made in developing new energy sources to overcome the current lack. The Argus economist predicted that the present decline in construction would correct itself in 1974, stating that he looks forward to orderly business investment expansion and commercial construction to take care of the obvious lack of capacity for production that exists in many industries currently. Pheasants May Have Mallard Mothers Its not uncommon for a pheasant hen to deposit her eggs in a duck nest for Mrs. Mallard to hatch. Scientists doing a waterfowl study under auspices of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and Utah Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit at Utah State University say this type of parasitic nesting is biologically moral in avian society. Many species of birds do it. But the pheasant chicks do face a challenge for survival bn their own when Mama Mallard and the web footed members of her brood take to the water. ive |