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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, Utah Handicapped to Be Aided By More Than $170,000 in 76 Utahs handicapped will be aided by more than $170,000 coming to the state in 1976 from federal Developmental Disabilities funds. According to Dr. Leon R. associate commission of education and chairman higher of the Utah Developmental Disabilities advisory council, grants will be made from this allocation to Utah agencies and organizations which provide services to individuals described as developmentally disabled. Since 1971, funds from the Developmental Disabilities Act have been used in Utah to fill gaps in services to the handiDr. McCarrey said. capped, These grants must be matched 0 on a basis with state or other money, he explained. Notice of the grant availability has been mailed to more than 200 agencies and groups in the state and letters of intent may be filed with the Council until March 5, 1975. Eligible proposals will then be invited to submit formal grant applications which will be due April 15. Fourteen projects are currently being funded by grants from the Developmental Disabilities Council. Four programs serve handicapped children Utah County, Davis in residing School District, Jordan School District, and the State Training School at American Fork Utah. Education and assistance to epilepsy patients and their families is being provided through a grant to the Epilepsy Association of Utah. Two citizen advocacy projects are underway Mc-Carre- y, 70-3- non-feder- al pre-scho- ol through Salt Lake County Association for Retarded Citizens and the Mental Retardation Association of Utah. Other grants have funded special training in infant stimulation techniques for public health nurses; community orientation and mobility training for handicapped young adults in the -Weber area; summer recreation for the developmentally disabled in Wasatch and Summit Counties; and community-base- d recreation for children and adults conducted by United Cerebral Palsy of Utah. Developmentally disabled persons are those whose handicaps Ogden- are attributable to mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or to other neurological handicapping conditions closely related to mental retardation or requiring similar treatment. The disability must have been acquired before age 18 must be substantially handicapping, and must be expected to continue Dr. McCarrey indefinitely, stated. The Developmental Disabilities advisory council was created by executive order cf Governor Rampton in May, 1971, and serves in an advisory capacity to the governor, the legislature, and state agencies. Iits 20 members are chosen from various "ublic and private groups who deal with disabled persons. Additional information concerning developmental disabilities grants may be obtained by writing Dr. Leon R. McCarrey, chairman, Utah Advisory Council, P. O. Box 11356 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. Gun Registration, Confiscation Says National Rifle Assn. Official The National Rifle Association has been on record for many years contending that firearms registration was just the first step in the process leading to total confiscation, said NRA Executive Vice President Maxwell E. Rich, and we are seeing this happen in the most graphic fashion here in the Nations Capital. General Rich, the head of the million-memb- sportsmens er or- ganization was speaking of a re- cent move by a District of Colto amend umbia council-membthe Washington Metropolitan Police regulations in an attempt er to seize 51,645 privately-owne- d and legally registered firearms. The proposal would allow private citizens to own rifles only and ownership would come after police approval and the issuing of a license. Law abiding members of the Washington community have complied with local law, they have registered their privately-owne- d firearms, they have appeared at the police station with their firearms and they have been duped, Rich said of the proposed amendment. Once again it is the law abiding firearms owner who has come under attack. As the National Rifle Association has been pointing out for many years, its the criminal who misuses the rights and neglects the responsibilities of private firearms ownership. But the honest citizen pays the price, the NRA executive vice president said today. Of the 51,645' firearms that have been registered in the District cf Columbia only 16 or of one per cent roughly one-hawere used during 1974 to commit a crime. These statistics were provided by the Metropolitan Police Repartment. We have asked for laws aimed at the criminal, we have asked for mandatory penalties for the use of firearms in the commission of a crime, we have asked for enforcement of the thousands cf laws on the books, we have asked for an end to plea bargaining in crimes of violence, we have asked that firearms be kept out of the hands of convicted felons, drug addicts, habitual drunkards, fugitives from justice mental incompetents and juvenile delinquents Rich said of the NRAs continuing efforts for crime control. But what do we get? Repeated attempts to regulate the honest law adiding citizen. The issue here is crime control and I would like to see some oositive action by our lawmakers to get the criminal off the street. I think the American public is sick and tired of hearing time after time that another criminal is out on bond without serving any time for committing Rich a crime with a firearm, added. There is a national trend by some lawmakers to pass additional legislation aimed at the law abiding, firearms-ownin- g public, rather than facing the misdeeds of the criminals who use firearms in the commission of a crime. Lets enforce laws we now have on the books and lets get the criminals off the streets and behind bars where they belong," Rich lf FEBRUARY 28, 1975 Page Five Intermountain Regional Medical YOU AND Provides Sight Grant Program YOUR CAR Help in sight for all of Utah, accounting for about is By the 16 Utahs 5,000 nursing home resi- dents. Thanks to a $16,000 grant from the Intermountain RegionAre More Government al Medical Program, local ophare giving free Standards Necessary? thalmologists screening tests for glaucoma, In addition to inflation, virtu- cataracts and other eye probally each year brings new gov- lems. ernment mandated emissions and The program the only one safety regulations which add to of its kind in the country is the cost of new automobiles. directed by the Utah Society for While many of these require- the Prevention of Blindness. ments have proved beneficial to More than half of the residents motorists in lives saved and in the states 125 nursing homes cleaner air, mandated regula- have been screened since the tions of questionable value add project was funded last Oct. 1. If it weren't for the program, unnecessary expense to the cost of an automobile. One example many of their eye problems g d is the would have gone undetected. save to Many nursing home residents bumpers designed motorists money by reducing havent seen an eye doctor for body damage in minor collisions. several years, said A. Orville Government and industry stud- Ilelgesc-nexecutive director of bumthe society. ies both indicate that these Frequently where pers do not offer significant an elderly person in a nursing benefits in relation to their cost. home has been handicapped by And the added weight results in poor vision, he experiences almost a new life when given decreased gasoline mileage. The same costbenefit con- medical help. Cataracts represent the greatsiderations hold true in auto controls. The auto manu- est single cause of blindness in facturers are iommitted to reducing the autos contribution to air pollution, and have met the changing and increasingly stringent government exhaust emission standards from 1966 thru 1975. But tougher standards thru 1980, will add more to the cost U. S. Office of Education Bah;. of automobiles and further de- Educational Opportunity Grants crease gasoline mileage, with applications for both Ihe 1975 health benefits still unknown. and 1976 Fiscal years are availThe Environmental Protection able to aid eligible students Agency says that carbon mon- r.eeding money to continue their oxide levels in most urban areas education after high school. Dr. have stabilized or are diminish- Rulon R. Garfield, Regional Diing, and that oxides of nitrogen rector of the U. S. Department are not as prevalent or danger- of Health, Education and Welous as previously thought. A Na- fare, said today. tional Academy of Sciences reHowever, the deadline for apset for states standards that plications for assistance during port all emission levels are three the 1975 fiscal year is March 15 Students wiv. time more stringent than neces- Garfield said. not estimates attended have The any oos Academy sary. a school prior to April 1. that a car equipped with dual catalyst system designed to meet 1973, are eligible to apply. the proposed 1977 emission standard will cot the owner $270 per year for five years, including higher purchase cost, increased maintenance and increased fuel consumption compared with a 1970 engine. A joint study on energy and emissions by Columbia, Harvard and MIT recommends keeping the current emission standards through 1980, adding that if standards remain at the 1975 level, air quality will improve 10 per cent each year as a result of old cars being junked. Automotive Information Council low-spee- impact-absorbin- , rer cent cf all vision lost. Most often cataracts are related to the1 normal aging of the person. But thanks to medical advances cataract surgery, is one of the safest operations done today, with successful recovery of vision in over 95 per cent of the cases. At this moment more than 7,700 persons in Utah are victims of glaucoma and half of them do not even know they have this insidious eye disease. Only if these people are discovered and their glaucoma treated in its early stages can their sight be saved. Mr. Hclgeson said the examining ophthalmologists leave a record of the exam with the nursing home. If a problem is detected, the doctor recommends further attention by the person's own eye doctor. Prevention of blindness educational literature is left at each nursing home and an invitation to use the Societys educational films on a free loan basis. The unique program has the enthusiastic support of the Utah Nursing Home Association. HEW Basic Education Grants Available to Eligible Students Applicants eligible during Fiscal 1975 will be awarded funding on a retroactive basis to cover the full academic year, but any eligibility must be used prior to June 30, he said. BEOGs application forms and instructions for both fiscal years are available through eligible university, college, vocational and technical school financial aid officers, high school counselors hospital schools of nursing, and public libraries, Dr. Lewis R. Crum, Director of Higher Education in the Region-ja- l Office of Education said. (kiPX&sS v "Believe It or Natl Majority of State Senators Favor Yearly General Sessions Twenty of Utahs 29 state senators favor annual general of the Legislature, sessions rather than the present arrangement of alternating annual and budget sessions. Mcst also prefer basing the length of the sessions on calendar, rather than legislative, days. Given a choice of sessions rang-n- g from 50 to 90 days, the preference averaged out at 61 days, ust about the same as the preset annual biennual general session. The opinions were expressed in a poll conducted by Sen. Don. lt Lake, who is Brocke, D-Sa- d monsoring ore of several amendconstitutional ments to change the length of legislative sessions. pro-icse- 80 PROOF KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY. DISTILLED AND BOTTLED BY |