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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1974 Solutions To Energy Problems Might Come Within Ten Years Indians To Build Twenty-Fiv- e Homes A leading petroleum economist Take Venezuela, for examsays the U.S. might solve "some ple, he said. Venezuela unilaof its energy supply problems terally sets the price every within ten years, provided "we month. If U.S. oil companies are use our intelligence and allow going to get the supplies, they the market forces to work. Writing in Petroleum Today, Dr. Richard J. Gonzales of Houston, Texas, says much depends on whether government discourages or encourages the development of our own energy resources. "If we insist on not using coal, if we insist on keeping the petroleum industry from obtaining oil from the Santa Barbara Channel, if we insist on handicapping the construction of refineries, we could have a shortage forever, Gonzales declared. He added: "But if we have any intelligence, we will move quite differently from the past. We will encourage the energy industries to expand capacity rapidly, and to increase the output from existing wells by spending more on new recovery techniques. Gonzales emphasized that prices for additional energy supplies must be high enough to pay for increased costs. "Otherwise, he warned, "they will not be developed. He also pointed out that if U.S. consumers want foreign oil. they will also have to pay higher prices. "The increase in cost, he explained, "is due to taxes imposed by foreign governments. When they reduced output, they raised and the taxes the price unilaterally, without any opportunity on the part of the major companies to negotiate. He noted that this happened not only in Middle Eastern countries, but in other oil exporting countries as well. Bruce Parry, Director of the Utah State Division of Indian Affairs of the Department of Social Services announced that 25 single-famil- y homes will be built for family members of five Paiute Indian Bands in Southwestern Utah by the Paiute Tribal Housing Authority. A years hard work by Lois Linford, Housing Specialist for the Housing Development Division of the Department of Community Affairs, has paid off in the receipt of 25 units of Mutual-Hel- p housfrom the ing Department of Housing and Urban Development. For years the Indians have received vague promises and have endured the studies of various state and federal bureaucrats as to the plight of their housing situation. About a year ago, however, Senator Dixie Leavitt approached the Housing Development Division and requested assistance in solving some of the housing problems for Indians in Southwestern Utah. Ms. Linford was assigned to work on the project and it was largely through her efforts that the units were obtained. She. coordinated the efforts of the Division Affairs, the Housing Development Division, HUD, and the Paiute Tribal Corporation to organize a Paiute Tribal Housing Authority, obtain a donation of land from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and make application for the funds to HUD. must pay the price. If theyre not willing to pay it, somebody in Europe or Japan is perfectly willing. If we want foreign crude oil for the American consumer, we have to pay to price that the foreign governments demand. Gonzales urged that everything be done to develop domestic sources of energy "so that other countries cannot control our destiny. As consumers, he said, we dont mind paying a reasonable price for the resources imported from abroad. But we object very strenuously to the concept of other nations having an extraordinary power over our economic life, and trying to exert power over the foreign policy of our government. Gonzales outlined what can be done to make the U.S. more in energy: We can use energy differently. We can use it more economically. We can drive smaller cars which will get twice as many miles per gallon as the one we drive now. We are talking about converting coal into oil and gas synthetically. Were talking about mining oil shale. These are difficult and expensive projects. The alternative fuels are going to be a great deal more expensive per barrel and per thousand U. Placement Center cubic feet of gas than our crude Increases Interviews oil and natural gas have been. Yet were talking about pouring By 83 Percent billions of dollars into this kind Over 280 and agof research. Any crude oil and encies came corporations to the University of natural gas that we can get be- Utah campus during the past low the cost of the alternatives academic to conduct year job inwill benefit consumers. terviews, an increase of 83 percent over 1972-7according to the U Placement Center. The figure is nearly double the number of organizations that came to campus two years ago. Beth Summerhays, director of placement, said there has been some overall rise in campus recruiting around the nation. "But TAKING SUPER ZOO SNAPSHOTS the biggest single factor in the Smile Saver kit that includes increase is that we have been a Kodak pocket Instamatic actively informing employers of 10 camera, a handy pouch what this University offers, frame a case, plastic carrying she said. This year, we confor two prints and some tacted 600 corporate heads by more self-sufficie- nt 3, goodies. If your plans include a family trip to the zoo, here are a few hints to help make it picture-perfecHold the camera steady and gently squeeze the shutter release. - If you are separated from an animal by bars, move in as dose as possible and aim through the bars. If theres no way to avoid them, aim so the bars dont cover the animals face. Find out when feeding Now is a super tune to time is. Hie animals will be take zoo snapshots. And today its easy. First most alert when they know of all, zoos abound every- dinner is on the way. Photographs of them eating also In middling-siz- e where. t: towns, there are some superfine ones-al- so along busy highways, at circuses where wide-eye- d children come to pay their first respects to Mr. Zebra and in the big supercharged cities where young sidewalk superintendents can have their pictures taken with real ponies and piglets. Then there is the fact that todays cameras are so easy to use and so small too. There's even a new offering that lots of folks think is j?jperior...the Kodak pocket can be very unusual and packed with action.. .a dolphin leaping for a fish, for instance. Be patient. Waiting for the animal to do something picturesque may take a while. Try to shoot when the background is unduttered and in contrast to the animal. When safely possible, take close-upIf the animal js behind glass, avoid reflections by aiming your camera at an angle to the glass. - letter. The highest demands were in mining and engineering, followed by the business areas, she said. A study of the success of the class of 1974 is expected to be completed by fall job-findi- ng quarter. The gasoline shortage of winter had a double-edge- d effect, to Ms. according Summerhays. "We had about 20 cancellations of recruiters who were scheduled to come, but for every one of those we added several others who were looking for engineers to deal with energy problems Former Congressman Sherman P. Lloyd is said to be the leading candidate for appointment as head of the Commerce Department field office in Salt Lake City. Final clearances and Civil service requirements are likely to take about a month before the successful nominee is announced. The final choice will be up to Senator Wallace R. Bennett. s. " We chill every time we hear of a new tax reform proposal. After the reform is an accomplished fact, we pay more taxes. Page Five Motor Vehicle Registrations In Salt Lake Count Increasing The number of motor vehicles operating on roads and streets in Salt Lake County has been increasing at a rapid rate during recent years, according to a study prepared by Utah Foundation, the private research organization. The Foundation analysis shows that there were 369,864 motor vehicles registered in Salt Lake County during 1973. This represented an increase of 30.0 since 1970, 47.0 since 1965, and 92.1 since 1960. Throughout the state, motor vehicle registrations rose by 29.9 between bet1970 and 1973, by 48.3 ween. 1965 and 1973, and by 89.2 between 1960 and 1973. Passenger cars account for more than 60 of the vehicles operating in the State, according to the Foundation study. Last year there were 532,779 passenger cars registered in Utah, an increase of 41 over the past ten years. During this same period, Utahs population rose by only 19. Thus, the number of passenger cars in Utah has been increasing more than twice as fast as the population growth. Foundation analysts point out, however, that the most dramatic growth in recent years has been vehicles. in the recreation-typ- e Motorcycle registration in Utah, for example have increased nearly sixfold between 1963 and 1973. Small trucks (the type often used for recreation purposes) also more than doubled over the past ten years. Last year there were 49,861 motorcycles and 130,458 small trucks registered throughout the state. Figures for Salt Lake County show that 19,274 motorcycles and 43,977 small trucks were registered in the county last year. The study indicates that the number of multi-ca- r families in Utah is growing. In 1963 there were 141 passenger cars for every 100 households. By 1973 this figure had risen to 157 passenger cars per 100 households. Moreover, these figures do not include the substantial growth in small trucks and other vehicles which may be used by many families as second or third cars. To accomodate this increase in the number of vehicle operating in the State, substantial sums have been expended for highway and street improvements. According to the Foundation, Utah spent $728 million for state highway construction during the ten-yeperiod ending in. 1973. This total does not include amounts expended by cities, counties, and Federal agencies within the state for other road improvements and construction. Despite the substantial gain made in the number of individual vehicle registration over the past ten years, there has been a marked decline in bus registrations. The number of commercial busses operating in the state, for example, dropped by 42, and exempt (government-owned) bus registrations declined by 10 between 1963 and 1973. These figures reflect the shift from mass transit to individual forms of transportation that took place in the ar Emploers Have Two Months To File For Fulltime Student Employers authorized to emstudents under the ploy full-tim- e Fair Labor Standards Act at special student rates have been given an additional two months until August 31st to file applications with the nearest Wage and Hour area office. Employers eligible for this special certification include agricultural, retail, or service establishments and institutions of higher education. Jesse Davis, acting Wage and Hour area director in Salt Lake City for Montana, Utah, and Wyoming, announced today that the grace period permitting employers to hire immediately, without waiting to complete and submit the new forms, has been extended through August 31st. An initial period ending June 30 had been established when the new Fair Labor Standards Act amendments raising the Federal minimum wage to $1.90 or $2.00 (depending on when the occupation first came under coverage) became effective May 1, 1974. Davis said the additional time is necessary because of the large number of applications still to be distributed, completed, and acted on. tud-enEmployment of full-tim- e at the special student rates without certificates, Davis pointed out, continues to be conditioned on: Full-tim- e student employment not exceeding the proportions permitted in the regulations; Payment of not less than 85 percent of the minimum wage applicable under Section 6 of the ts Workers Act; Compliance with the requirements respecting permissible hours of employment during the day or week, oppressive child labor, employment only outside of school hours, abnormal labor conditions, and higher wage standards in other laws or in agreements; and Provision for the payment of back wages to full-tim- e students if a certificate is denied or if employment during the grace period exceeds the finally authorized limit. Employers need not apply for student certificates if they intend to pay their student workers at least the minimum wage. County Sheriff Says Ruling Hampers Reserve Force Use S. L. Salt Lake County Sheriff Del-mL. Larson says a recent ruling which limits his use of reserve deputies has caused a backlog in investigations and may necessitate hiring additional regular deputies. The ruling stems from a Salt Lake County Commission vote last month amending a county ordinance restricting the sheriff to using the reserves in secondary activities, in a backup role to regular deputies. Prior to the ruling the Sheriff used the reserves to assist in crime investigations or other law enforcement problems. The 83 reserves who serve without pay and receive only a uniform allowance also believe that the recent ruling is a severe blow to their ar |