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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1975 Road Commission non-partis- an shot-in-the-ar- m full-scal- e, te on-si- te under-employme- nt days after its receipt. Failing such a decision, the project would be considered approved automatically. At least -o- f-one percent but not mere than 10 percent of all funds appropriated under this legislation will be granted for projects within any one state. When the national unemployment rate is 6 Vt percent or higher, 70 percent of the approused in priated funds must areas where joblessness has been higher than the national average for the three most recent consecutive months. The remaining 30 percent must be used first in areas where unemployment is 6V2 percent or more, but less than the national average, and then in areas with less than 6 V percent unemployment. When requested by an applicant, the Secretary, in determining the unemployment rate for a project area, must take into account unemployment in adjoining areas from which labor may be drawn for the project. Wage provisions of the Davis-Baco- n Act apply to all grants made under this legislation. Temporary Recreation Facilities Soldier Creek Dam To Be Installed contract to develop temporary recreation facilities on the shore of the smal lake behind Soldier Creek Dam has been A awarded to Highland Construction Company of Salt Lake City, Regional Director David L. Crandall of the Bureau of Reclamation announced today. Included in the work to be done are access roads, parking areas, and sanitary facilities for two recreation sites Soldier Creek Bay north and Stinking on the south. Springs Soldier Creek Dam, an im- on the portant feature of the Bonne- ville Unit of the Central Utah Project, was completed in 1973. Located seven miles downstream from the old Strawberry Dam, Soldier Creek Dam was built to enlarge Strawberry Reservoir. Since it can now store only that water that enters Strawberry River between the two dams, the lake behind Soldier Creek Dam enlarges slowly. Eventually, this new lake will inundate Strawberry Dam and will enlarge the surface area of Strawberry Reservoir to about twice its present size. Until the new facilities are complete, public use is not encouraged, Mr. Crandall said. There are not boat launching facilities and overnight camping wil be prohibited. Sanitary facilities, drinking water, and a few picnic tables will be provided on the north side. Work on the new contract wil get under way as soon as weather conditions permit. The Salt Lake City County Health Department is studying whether a moratorium should be imposed on all new bjpildings within a half mile of the former Vitro Tailings plant. The moratorium would be designed to protect humans from an unknown amount of danger from exposure to the radioactive tailings. The State Road Commission of Utah meeting in Salt Lake City, recently, gave final approval to a resolution establishing 55 mph as the permanent maximum speed limit in Utah. The new resolution replaces a resolution passed last January that established a 55 mph limit until the President declares there is no fuel shortage, or on June 30th, 1975, whichever date first occurs. Under the resolution, the 55 mph limit will remain in effect until changed n either by the State Road or the Utah Leg:slaturc. Assistant Attorney General Mark Madsen told the Commission that the real issue is not whether the state wants to adopt 55 mph as the speed limit, but whether the state wants to participate in the Federal Aid Highway Program. Secretary of T. ColeWiliam Transportation man, Jr., has informed the stales that they must have a certified 55 mph maximum speed limit that is vigorously enforced, or lose their federal highway funds. The Commission approved the e resolution by a vote, Clem with only Commissioner Church of Panguitch objecting. Commissioner Church said h could not, in good conscience, vote for a 55 mph limit when the Commission is approving the construction of highways designed for 80 mph. In other action, the Commission also increased the vehicle weight limits in Utah to meet the new federal guidelines and make the states regulations conform with surrounding states. The regulations increase the maximum gros vehicle weight from 79,000 to 80,000 pounds. Single axle weights were increased from 18,000 to 20,000 pounds, and tandem axle weights were increased from 33,000 to 34,000 pounds. Under special conditions, overweight permits can be issued for vehicles up to 88,000 pounds, but axle weights cannot exceed the prescribed limits. Both the 55 mph speed limit resolution and the resolution increasing vehicle weight limits were filed with the State Archivist for public review and comment. However, the Commission releived no negative comments on the speed limit, only two negative comments on the weight limit increase and no requests for a public hearing. The two negative comments were duly noted and considered by the Commission prior to todays action. Com-misio- four-to-on- July 1 Seen As Deadline For Federal Flood Insurance is the deadline of U Alumni Association Installs Seven New Officials To Board U Makes 55 MPH Limit Permanent The House today passed an bill employment emergency sponsored by Congressman Allan T. Howe authorizing up to S5 billion in Federal grants to create jobs on local public facilities projects throughout the nation. The final vote for passage was 312 to 86. The Senate began hearings today on similar legislation, and is expected to complete action early in June. Rep. Howe, a member of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee which approved his bill on May 8th after seven days of public hearings, during which Utah Governor Calvin Rampton testified in support of the bill, expressed gratification at the speed and decisiveness of the House action. This overwhelming, vote of approval should be a clear signal to the Administration of Congressional determination to 'break the rising spiral of unemployment that is spreading hardship and distress Rep. America, throughout said. Howe I hope the message gets through, Rep. Howe said, because we need the that this bill will provide, and we need it now, not at some distant future date when recession may have turned into a 1930s style depression. 1 know there have been statements from some economists recently indicating that the economy is improving, but at the same time reports indicate that unemployment in some areas of the country, including Utah, is still increasing. Rep. Howe said that, Funding of the full $5 billion authorization could create as many as construction jobs 250,000 on-siand perhaps another 250,000 in construction-relate- d industries that produce building materials and supplies. "Furthermore, estimates by the Joint Congressional Economic Committee indicate that it could generate almost $10 billion in additional national production within the next 12 months. In very short order, this Federal investment can earn dividends in the form of reduced unemployment and welfare payments, and increased tax returns at local, state and Federal levels. Rep. Howe explained that the provisions of his bill include: Authority for up to $5 billion in grants for local public works projects, including projects eligible for Federal aid under other provided legislation, labor can begin within 90 days of project approval. The Secretary of Commerce, through the Economic Developis rement Administration, quired to issue rules and regulations for the program within 30 days of enactment of the bill In determining allocation of grants, the Secretary must consider, among other factors: Cl ) The severity and duration of unemployment in the project area. (2) The extent of in the project area. extent to which the The (3) projects will contribute to the reduction of unemployment. A final decision must be made on each application within 60 Page Five Seven new officials were installed Wednesday at the annual board meeting of the University of Utah Alumni Association held in the Olpin Union Building. term as Beginning a two-yeis A. Howard president Jorgensen, Salt Lake advertising executive who graduated in 1954. Mrs. Howard C. Bradshaw, a 1947 alumna, is the new vice president. Named to the three-yea- r Alumni Board positions were Mrs. Boyd A. Blackner, 55, wile of a Salt Lake architect; Kenneth P. Burbidge Jr., 54, vice president, Dean Witter & Co.; Gerald R. Christensen 51, president, First Federal Savings & Loan; W. Brent Maxfield, 66 partner with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., and John R. Poulton 41, CLU with Equitable Life Assurance Society. All are from Salt Lake City. Assuming posts were Ernest H. Dean, director, Utah Technical College at Provo and president of the Utah State Scn-at- t: Douglas F. Bennett, U student body president, and Lewis R. Hansen, senior class president. ar er-offic- io 1 With some 165,000 recorded alumni, the University ranks among the nations top ten institutions in number of graduates, according to the Higher Education Informational Survey, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. There are 92,000 alumni currently on U mailing lists. UCT Convention For MFS Federal Well Flows 576 Barrels Billings, June 4-- 6 The seventy-sevent- h annual Grand Council convention of The Order of United Commercial Travelers of America (UCT) will be held June 6 at the Holiday Inn West, Billings, Montana. Approximately 200 persons are expected to attend the convention to lay groundwork for future activities. Delegates and guests will represent the Councils in Montana, Utah, and Idaho. Grand Counselor Roy Rye, Bilings, will preside at the three day meeting. At the conclusion of the convention, he will pass the gavel to his succesor, Ray M. Heel, of Provo, Utah. The United Commercial Travelers of America is a fraternal benefit society, founded at Ohio in 1888. Its members are organized to provide civic service through programs such as aid to retarded citizens, safety, cancer education and youth enrichment. Aid to Retarded Citizens was selected as the organizations top priority civic project in 1959. Since that time, UCT has helped prepare more than 3,000 teachers in the education of the mentally retarded, by awarding scholarships to students interested in special education. In their own communities, members have contributed more than one million dolars in manhours and cash developing programs for the mentally retarded. They have funded sheltered workshops and purchased materials and equipment to be used in the promotion of educating and training the retarded to be useful and, often, citizens. With a total membership of more than 255,000, UCT has 681 local councils in 47 states, the District of Columbia and all the provinces of Canada. There are 14 local UCT councils in the Montana-Idaho-Uta- h region. Each will be represented at the upcoming convention. 4-- Co-lunVtJ- for communities to enroll for federal flood insurance. Administrators in 26 Utah communities are being strongly urged to enroll their cities in the program. After July 1 property owners in the 26 communities will not bp eligible for any government financial assistance in the event of flooding, said Richard Jacobsen president of the Utah insurance association. He said cities may apply to the Housing and Urban Development agency in Washington. The trouble with politics tocerwith need They only comply day is not politics, but calculattain land use and land control ing men who use politics for measures to qualify. 'their own selfish ends. July University President David P. Gardner and Institutional Council chairman Edward W. Clyde paid tribiute to Harold Hack Woolley and Emma Lou Thayne. outgoing president and vice president. Both had served two consecutive terms in office and had been board members for seven and five years, respectively. Outgoing board members were Glen F. Groo, Ellis R. Ivory, Frank A. Nelson Jr., Richard C. Williams Susan I. Lamb, James L. Lords, Leonard E. McGee and Burtis R Evans The new officers were selected by the nominating committee with board approval They will serve on several standing committees conduct monthly meetings and direct various alumni functions. self-supporti- ng Mountain Fuel Suuply Company reported Thursday that an ofset wel to its Bouma-Zesa- s No. oil and gas discovery well in the Bonnidee area of northeastern Wyoming had encountered both oil and natural gas drill stem during a five-hotest in the Frontier formation at a depth interval between 5 and 12,641 feet. Drilled about three-quarteof a mile south of the Bouma-Zcza- s No. well, the offset well, known as MFS Federal Well No. flowed oil at a calculated rate og 576 barrels per day and natural gas at a calculated rate of 725,000 cubic feet per day, both flows being measured during the last hour of the five-hotest. The flows were through a half-inc- h choke a with final bottom hole flowing pressure of 2,528 pounds per square inch. Mountain Fuel is driling the well jointly with Petroleum Corporation, Denver, Colo., and Chevron Oil Company. Mountain Fuel has a 62.5 percent interest in the well and in about 35,000 acres in the area. 1- -3 ur 12.-62- rs 1- -3 1-- 10, ur Inter-Americ- an has a 12.5 percent interest and Chevron has the remaining 25 percent inInter-Americ- an terest. Welfare Office Battles Reports Of Increase In Administrative Errors (Continued from page 1) amounted to more than 40 percent of the people receiving AF-Dfunds were being overpaid. Another was found to have some 17.5 percent of its cases ineligible. One of the main problems with the so ealed administrative error of the programs stems from the fact that regulations affecting the AFDC change almost daily, making it practically impossible for workers to keep abreast of the extensive changes and to act appropriately when applications arc made for assistance. C |