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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1974 Page Twelve Utah Resident Hearings Set on Community Progress Vitro Plant Bill Offers Guide for Develops Invention Utah Senator Frank E. Robert S. Shelton of 1375 West Many Organizations of- 400 North, Orem, has developed has announced that the Utah Community Progress fers each Utah community the means to better itself. The new program, directed by the Department of Community Affairs in the State Capitol Building brings together a multitude of agencies and organizations geared to provide guidance for any communities seeking improvement. During recent months, a steering committee made up of concerned Utahns from a variety of organizations met and attempted to review possible programs which cities, towns, and rural areas might wish to carry through. Utah State University Extension Community Service Center and the Department of Community Affairs personnel, prepared a workbook for distribution to community leaders. This workbook provides a guide to organizing local communities to meet the various tasks of community improvement. It provides sample surveys for evaluating local attitudes on possible projects. A series of checklists is included in the workbook. These lists cover various requirements for community planning, cultural enrichment, economic development, air quality management, community beautification, solid waste management, and other improvement programs. Additionally, the workbook offers a section to provide local government leaders and Community Progress committees with services available to the communities. It lists state agencies dealing with such topics as accounting, acoustics, auctions, civil defense, dairy inspection fine arts, foreign workers, fungicides, lands, libraries, real estate, retirement, schools, and the state family size, business use or other Moss Sub- reasons. YOU AND YOUR CAR a new invention which is now committee on Raw Materials cf in the process of bsing intro- the Joint Committee on Atomic By the duced to manufacturers. Energy will hold hearings on Auromorive Information Council The invention consists of a doll Mach 12 on his bill to render formed to resemble a creature harmless the radioactive tailings Fuel economy is one subject of folk lore and legend familiar at the Vitro plant in Salt Lake on everyones mind these thats to the west coast of the U.S. and City. The Moss bill was introduced days including the car manuCanada and known as Big Foot in early October and since then facturers. or Sasquatch. Mr. Shelton now is negotiating the Senator has been urging sevOur current vehicle emission for the sale or licensing to inter-?ste- d eral agencies to submit required controls, safety devices and manufacturers with the as- guidance of Ray- sistance and mond Lee Organization. The Lee organization is a company which specializes in the development and introduction of nventions of industry. According to the founder, no dea is too small to be consid-'re- d for development. Although ve are located on Park Avenue, our facilities spread across the U.S. and Canada to assist inven-or- s in areas of creativity. Our company is dedicated to the discovery of these ideas and their commercial development. : fair. Chamber of Commerce Candidates Nominated Eight prominent business leaders have been nominated to on the April Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors ballot. The slate of candidates to fill he 1974-7- 6 vacancies on the board now inclule L. II. Curtis g KSL, Inc., Richard L. McGil-li- s, UDISCO, John Langeland, Zions First National Bank; Lan-do- n Persons, Dixon Paper Co.; John Price, John Price Associates, Inc.; B. B. Smith, Kenne-co- tt Copper Corp.; and Richard W. Wells, Wells Distributing Co. Additional names of candidates for the board can be nominated before March 29, by petition and with the signatures of at least ap-oe- ar - other subject. entire regions, and eventually the country, with relative ease. The Interstate System was badly needed, but as it was being built, unfortunately, other primary and secondary roads yielded to its greater priority and were neglected. Ground transportation today faces a similar crossroads. More As some oilmen and economists have pointed out, the present energy situation is more accurately considered a serious problem than a crisis, and should be treated as such. Unlike the crisis of World War II, for example, the present energy shortage doesn't require halting roadbuilding and auto manufacturing altogether. But it does require conservation and greater efficiency. During World War IT, was virtually stopped understandably. Consequently, by 1945, the roads were a wreck. And Americans, held immobile during the war, rushed out in unprecedented numbers to drive on those roads. In 1940 there were 302 billion vehicle miles of travel recorded. In 1945, there were 250 billion; but by 1950 the figure had skyrocketed past the previous peak to 458 billion. One outgrowth of the frustration of trying to drive many more miles on deteriorated roads was the establishment of the 42,500-mil- e Interstate System. It was a small addition to the total 3.7 million miles of Americas roads, but it promised citizens the opportunity to cross road-buildi- ng money-w- ith good rea-son-- is being poured into mass transit systems. Individual project expenses are and will be enormous. For example, the rail transit system being considered for Denver would cost more than all the highway expenditures in the entire state of Colorado since 1918. And transit systems, particularly rail, v. ill serve only a small portion of the transportation need. Washington, D.C.s Metro costing more than all the streets and highways built in the area since the capital was established in the 1790s will at best serve only 16 percent of area trips. Nevertheless, mass transit is a necessity. Some systems, particularly scheduled bus or diala-bus systems, may prove more in the long run. use can existing highways They and will provide much greater versatility as future population patterns emerge. Along with greater use of mass transit will be the necessity for continued expenditures for roadways not so much for new roads but to make the present ones safer and more efficient. Smoother roads, wider lanes, more gradual curves and slopes, cost-effecti- ve mission torque converters that would increase fuel savings and overdrive is being reconsidered for cars with manual transmissions. Lowering the real axle ratio will also result in fuel savings. This involves changing the number of teeth on the set of gears at the real axle to change the direction of the power coming back from the engine through the driveshaft so that it flows sideways through two axle shafts to the rear wheels. One of the more interesting approaches to fuel economy is a Four by Eight engine. This system employs a conventional V-- 8 engine with a delicate carburetor control that feeds fresh air, instead of the usual fuel-ai- r mixture into four of the cylinders during normal highway driving. When the driver needs additional speed he presses the accelerator beyond the half throttle point, and the fuel-ai- r mixture automatically begins to flow into all eight cylinders. The engine would provide four cylinder economy under normal driving conditions combined with the extra safety of eight cylinders in passing situations. rererts. damageability the heat cn the agencies to get their reports finished. They seem to always make the deadlines when hearings are scheduled. The Moss bill would authorize the Atomic Energy Commits5 on to pay up to 75 per cent of the cost cf disposing cf the health -roblem caused by uranium tailings at the abandoned Vitro site. Construction within half a mile is not allowed. Moss said he will ask several officials to be in Washington to testify for his bill. fuel economy through less efficient engine operation and increased vehicle weight. As a result, auto engineers have been exploring new approaches thta would recover gas mileage loss. One solution is to reduce the weight cf the vehicle without affecting pasenger safety by using materials such as special alloy steels, aluminum and plastics to replace conventional steel and cast iron components now in use. Many of these new materials are still in the development stage, but figure to play an important role in car production in the near future. Strong lightweight materials are essential for fuel economy, especially for the The sloth, one of the slowest standard sized cars with the additional trunk space and passen- of all animals, eats so slowly ger capacity that may be neces- that before he has finished one sary or desirable because of the meal, it is time for the next. while standards, This week, at Moss, request, they reduce man made polhelp Senator Alan Bible cf Nevada, lutants, increase safety and reset the hearing anyway. duce the ccst of minor accidents, This is the best way to put also have caused a reduction of 25 qualified members of the 1800 member Chamber of Commerce. This years Nominating Committee includes E. Allan Hunter, Richard Van Winkle, Arch Madsen, Fred Auerbach, Harold H. Steele and Fred Montmorency. All are or have been Chamber executive officers. Members of the Salt Lake area Chamber of Commerce board serve three year terms of office and act as a policy making body. Polar bears have been known to stalk and kill humans in winter, either because of extreme hunger or total ignorance of For your listening enjoyment man. Letting Ronds Go To Pot Is Pound Foolish WASHINGTON, D.C. The energy shortage, if nothing else, has created a new awareness of the old adage, A stitch in time saves nine.1 A wise move. done now can save time, energy, money and frustration later on-a- nd, says the Highway Users Federation, this is as true of roads as any Transmissions are being investigated too, as engineers evaluate changes in automatic trans- elimination of grade crossings, better signal systems for less o driving, priority bus and carpool lanes, fringe parking lots all these are going to cost money. Representative Jim Wright of Texas, after six years investigation, concluded that, We arc confronted with a fait accompli. There is no way we can quickly redo our network of streets and highways. We must work with what we have, applying our resources as best we can. Over the next 20 years it is estimated that only about 200,000 miles of totally new mileage will be added to our road network. But the amount of rebuilding and upgrading that will be required is almost inestimable, given current traffic projections. It is on these kinds of projects that we must concentrate. stop-and-g- The congressmans figure on new mileage primarily neighborhood streets, as in the past represents about five percent of current roadways. This compares with estimated increases cf about 60 percent in travel and 36 percent in registered drivers over the next 20 years, according to the Highway Users Federation. The argument by some that America must abandon roads' for mass transit is less than persuasive. On the contrary, upgraded roadways will continue to play an important role in serving the needs of both mass transit and personal mobility. Letting roads go to pot to pay for steel rails would be penny wise and pound foolish, another old adage that rings true til. ay. 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