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Show Poge Four THE SALT LAKE r TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1973 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Combined with The Salt Lake Mining & Legal Newt Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah Second Class Postage paid at Salt Lake Gtf, Utah 711 South West Temple Telephone 564-84- 64 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 GLENN BJORNN, Publishes 'This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation. Number 38 Volume 53 Ultimate Irony Independent Court System Has Many Drawbacks to Efficiency (Continued from page 1) sions. Judge Wilkins estimated that the states justices of the peace handled 100,000 matters and the city judges 130,000, not including parking tickets, which ran into hundreds of thousands in the same year. To handle the matters, 85-9- 0 percent of the workload the states seven judicial district emwho observed that theU.S. will be switching more and ploys 21 district judges, 21 city and 160 justices of the more to electric energy for its needs in pollution control, judges peace. industrial production, health protecting institutional use, and finally in improving the living standards of our citizens. He added that additional electric energy will be needed to dispose of the nations garbage, sewage and junk cars, as well as to achieve any realistic goals in the reduction of air and water pollution. A clean environment is a worthwhile goal, a nd one we must attempt to achieve. There is a great need for some of the crusaders who attack the problem with preconceived notions, often not based on very much scientific or technological fact, to learn more about what it will take to make their cause a reality. The success of their program depends directly on electricity and will require much more of it rather than less. They can best serve their own purpose, as well as the needs of all of us, by working with those who produce essential supplies of electric energy rather than against them. Travelers Like America Everyone living in the United States, unless he or she happens to be a full blooded American Indian, will find the roots of their family tree imbedded in other nations around the world, with the majority originating in Western European countries as well as Africa and Asia. For 150 years, our forebears streamed to the land of liberty from all corners of the globe. They made English their language and the United States their home and what a home it lias been, stretching from ocean to ocean with virtually every kind of land and climate and resource that man could wish for. We became Americans and had little need for foreign nations. Mostly, they caused us trouble. We did not understand their languages and every so often we had to go to war because of them. The wealthy among us traveled abroad for business or pleasure, but few tourists from other nations penetrated into the hinterlands of the United States. But the world has turned; and in the years since World War II, it has grown smaller and the interests of nations and peoples in both an economic and cultural sense are becoming more closely entwined. One of the manifestations of this smaller world is the dawning of a new age of foreign tourism in the U.S. It is expected that some 3.5 million visitors from Europe will have visited America during 1973 a 22 per cent increase over last year and five times the number that came in 1962. The fact that the Travel Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce has kept figures on the number of such visitors before that time as well as a traditional U.S. indifference to foreign tourism. A recent Wall Street Journal quotes one tourist who summed up both the U.S. and its people in one concise phrase, Good America. Friendly people. By observing, by traveling across the country and talking with the people they meet, most visitors gain an insight concerning the freedoms and standard of living in the U.S. As one traveler put it, Materially, it is in America very good. There is so much choice to cat and drink, and everybody has cars. At the same time, I have seen and heard spiritual interests. People are calling for God. They have the freedom to say it. That is not so bad. Contrary to what they had heard and read, many visitors, as the Journal reports, pleasantly surprised by how little crime they find here. Only a few have had brushes with the thugs and violence which does exist on the streets of the nations major cities. . Money is scarce. Ten years ago the budget for the whole courts ystem was less than four tenths of 1 percent of the total state budget. Now its more than that. Utahs judicial salaries are at the countrys bottom. Judge Wilkins was quick to point out, though, that the picture is not all black in the Court the Utahs judges are rated by Mr. Wilkins as in the upper percent of the nation for efficient handling of cases. A recent court adminnstrators office survey found that civil cases are usually resolved in the Utah courts within six months while the period seldom stretches beyond four months for criminal matters. In other states it may be three years before a case comes to trial. JudgeWi lkins pointed out that the newly created Utah State Court Administrators office will prove an aidful tool for meeting a good many of the courts . tng arm for administra- tive matters of the courts. The chief judge, which is presently Judge Frank Wilkins, is also chairman of the council which oversees the admininstrators , Darkness Doubles Utah Traffic Problems Says Safety Council fic. The smart motorist compen- sates for these added dangers by making certain that his lights are functioning properly and aimed correctly, by using brush or scraper to clear the windows and windshield before starting out and by maintaining extra care behind the wheel, says the Council. Before starting out on a cold day, its a good idea to start the engine a few minutes ahead of time to give it a chance to get warmed before turning on the heater and defroster. This simple procedure can reduce the likelihood of condensation on the inside of the windshield. The Council reminded drivers to make sure they have an adesoquate amount of anti-freelution in the windshield washers to function during the coldest weather that might be anticipated. Dont use your windshield washers in. the extremely cold weather when driving in heavy traffic unless you are absolutely certain that the windshield is warm enough so that the spray wont freeze on contact. Many drivers have been literally driv ze GRBPEVIfUl v The Utah Highway Patrol would like all motorists to fill up their gas tanks early before this coming Sunday and the upcoming holiday. A Patrol spokesman in Salt Lake City said that the office was flooded with calls on Christmas Day from motorists inquiring as to where there was gas available. Only in extreme needs. emergency will the Highway Judge Wilkins considers the Patrol find gas for a stranded administrators office as the motorist. system. Utah motorists were reminded this week by the Utah Safety Council that darkness doubles traffic troubles. With the advent o fwinter weather, motorists are faced with the added driving driving hazard of poor visibility during the months ahead. Longer hours- - of darkness combined with snow, fog and frost can result in a truly hazardous situation in todays traf- LEASED Salt Lake County dog owners will have to pay a double fee if they miss a deadline for licensing their animals. County Commission has approved an increase of. $5 for late filing after March 1. Fees that once were $3 for all dogs are being raised to $5. In addition a $5 .charge will be added for stray dogs picked up without licenses. . ing blind when the first shot of windshield spray turns to instant ice as soon as it hits the shield. If theres any doubt about it, its better to slow down and pull off onto the shoulders before trying the washers. When visibility to poor, the best advice is to slow down, and maintain a much greater than usual following distance and signal your intentions to turn well in advance. Another practical suggestion is to pump your brakes when slowing or stopping so that the flashing brake lights will provide an added warning to following traffic. . The retail merchants in the Salt Lake Valley say that they had record sales for the Christmas selling season this year. The merchants reported a stepped-u- p pace in sales as stores opened, with many featuring clearance sales. Most of the retailers said that Christmas shopping exceeded previous years despite a slow start. . . Col. Roy Mack Helm, was ap- pointed superintendent of the Utah Highway Patrol this past week. Mr. Helm has been a law enforcement officer for some 22 years. Mr. Helm joined the Highway Patrol in 1951 as a radio in Vernal. He served Navy Pays Tribute to dispatcher as a trooper in Uintah county Battleship USS Utah for 13 years and in 1964 was The Navy added a special promoted to sergeant and transtribute to the battleship USS ferred to Utah County. Utah during December 7th observances commemorating the Utah counties reportedly took 32nd anniversary of the attack in more than they spent for the on Pearl Harbor. Adm. Richard A. Paddock, the 1972 year. The counties took in Commandant of the Fourteenth some $87,329,788 in revenue Naval District, asked 17 wreath from all sources in 1972 and bearers on board the USS Ari- spent only $73,311,650 for a y of projects. This was the zona Memorial to save a flower report from State Auditor David from their wreaths. While to the landing the Navy S. Monson. The report included tour boat went by the USS Utah figures from all counties except Memorial where these flowers Wasatch, which submits its figures every other year. The counwere cast. Citizens of Utah contributed ty listed $56,147 from revenue to this memorial which Senator sharing and other figures were Frank E. Moss dedicated May omitted. . va-rie- returning 27, 1972. A five month paramedic he plans to continue this prece- course starts in January for nine dent at next years Memorial day Salt Lake County firemen. The ceremonies and at future Dec. course will train emergency medical technicians. The chief, 7th ceremonies. Charles Paris, said that screening has begun to select the technicians, who will get the special training while 12 other firemen will be enrolled for week end training with the emergency medical services of the state to become emregency medical technicians. Adm. Paddock announced that dial Where thousands of listeners enjoy concert music and news every day! The rates of default on federally guaranteed student loan in the United States is more than 12 times higher than the rate of default at Brigham Young University. Dr. Robert Spencer, the dean of admissions and records at BYU, said that the percentage of defaulted student loans is only six tenths of 1 per cent while the national rate is approximately 7.4 percent. |