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Show FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1975 Page Eight Bureau Of Land Management To Consolidate Utah Districts The Bureau of Land Management will consolidate its eight Utah districts into five, according to an announcement made by Paul L. Howard, state director for BLM in Utah. The Department of the Interior and the Bureau have approved a reorganization plan that calls for district offices to be The new district boundaries will coincide with county and multi-count- y planning district Mr. boundaries. Howard also stated that the reorganization will help the Bureau to accomplish the increasing and diverse work facing its field offices by manimproving struca agement and establishing ture to respond better to national, state and regional concerns for energy development, improved land use and environmental protection. The BLM state director added that with the reorganization, BLM wil continue to employ ap- cated at Salt Lake City, Vernal, Richfield, Moab and Cedar City. Resource area offices will be with each of the district ofices and also at Fillmore, Hanksville, Price, Monticello, St. George, Escalante and Kanab. The reorganization will redesignate district offices located at Fillmore, Price, Monticello and Kanab to resource area ofices and make a new district ofice at Moab, said Mr. Howard. Hanksville will become the location of a new area office, added the state director. co-locat- ed proximately 300 permanent personnel in Utah to manage the natural resource programs on 23 million acres, or about 43 of the State acreage. The Bureau plans to have the reorganization completed by said Mr. Howard. mid-197- 6, Exxon Announces Special National Bicentennial Program A national Bicentennial pro- gram recognizing selected Amer- icans of the past and present for their contributions to the nations "spirit was announced here today by Exxon Company, U.S.A. The The program is called Spirit of Achievement Is the Spirit of America." Focal point of the program, according to M. A. Wright, chairman and chief executive of Exxon USA, is a scries of special television vignettes each paying tribute to an individual who exemplifies the spirit of achievement. The series, which will feature the including personalities Jonas Salk, Wright Brothers, Alexander Graham Bell and others, will begin appearing on national television on NBCs Saturday Night News. The subjects of the TV messages, Mr. Wright noted, will be drawn from many different back grounds and represent major fields of endeavor such as sci60-seco- nd ence the arts, literature, tech- nology, education, labor, sports and business. One of Exxons main objectives in its Bicentennial participation, Mr. Wright said, is to help build prire in our nation. Mr. Wright added that the pro-grour country has made over the past 200 years is due in large part to the initiative and perseverance of the American people their desire to accomplish. We believe that it is timely and pertinent during the Bicentennial to pay tribute to that Spirit of Achievement. The Spirit of Achievement is a major segment of Exxons overall Bicentennial program that includes support of the American Issues Forum and The Bicentennial Parade of American Music. The American Issues Forum, developed under the auspices of the National Endowment for the Humanities with the of the American Revolution Administration, Bicentennial centers on a calendar of topics designed to engage broad seg ments of the population in series ous exploration of major issues fundamental ety. to American soci- To help celebrate the music of America, Exxon is financially supporting the Parade of American Music consisting of 52 con certs at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Featured will be musicians from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia playing the music that is uniquely part of their state. The final concert will be a tribute to the nationally revered march music of composer John Philip Sousa. The various Exxon programs, designed to help all Americans celebrate the Nations 200th birthday, will extend throughout the Bicentennial year. Salt Lake City To See Land Rule As Law A site development ordinance designed to protect the topography of local land will soon be seen as law in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City Planner Allen Johnson this week said the ordinance adopted by the city commission is being modified slightly before the final form is published for public record. Once that is done developers will have new rules on how they modify land for construction. The proposed ordinance will require developers to get a site development permit when they want to excavate or fill more than 1,000 cubic yards of material excavate or fill more than five feet or remove more than an acre of vegetation. The new law has been controversial since its inception with some opponents calling it a little land use bill. Salt Lake City commissioner agred the ordinance was necessary to protect city land form and dangerous unauthorized modifications. The ordinance states its purprotect property pose is to against erosion, earth movement and flooding. The modification in the proposed wording followed a public hearing this week which John Price a commercial builder suggested reducing a time limit for site devlopment. The orignal ordinance allotted thee ity 60 days to approve a site but commissioners agreed to change that to 30 days. The final wording will also delegate the administrative process to the planning department rather than the citys planning and engineering departments. HE SALT LAKE TIMES Moss Urges Fuel Cell 200 Years Ago This Week For Rural Communities By Power Development on-the-gro- lo- i Senator Frank E. (Ted) Moss Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, the Committee responsible for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) projects, announced that NASA is researching the adoption by industry of fuel cells used to generate electricity on the Apollo spacecraft. The fuel cell would provide cheaper, extremely efficient, and (D-Uta- h), Though there was a skermish betwen colonists and British foragers, outside Boston in Rox-bur- y on July 8, 1775, the real battle for independence was yet to come, and, in fact, the colonists were still building the armed force that would successfully take on the British. On July 10, 1775, Georgia sent out the first patriot vessel for naval warfare. The a was schooner. In contrast, ship Britain had 270 ships deployed in the colonies. In Boston, General George Washington was building an army. At the time, Washington, who turned out to be a better general than a prophet was not optomistic about the outcome of his service as commander of the Continental Army. When he took command on July 3, 1775, Washington expressed his belief that his new job would mean the ruin of his reputation and the end of his career. Before leaving for Boston, hew wrote to his wife Martha, as it has been a kind of destiny that has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking is designed com-mision- environmentally safe electrical power to meet the special needs of rural communities. technolThis NASA spin-of- f ogy appears to be adaptable to the energy needs of rural communities where the cost to provide electricity to such areas tend to be at a premium because of long distance transmission losses, inefficiencies associated with their own smaller power plants, and heavy per capita investment, he said. The fuel cell is a batttery-lik- e device which uses chemical reaction, not combustion, to generate electricity directly. The use of this cell could remove the high costs of producing electricity to rural areas. Unlike all conventional and most experimental systems such as nuclear reactors, coal or oil fired plants, or geothermal designs, the fuel cell need not be huge in order to attain the efficiency required for economical operation. Senator Moss said the fuel cell our can be operated on coal most abundant fossil fuel; natural gas or methane, now being collected from coal mines; gas from the coal gasification process now being developed; methyl alcohol which can be made from coal for about eight cents per gallon; hydrogen, which ran the cell reliably on the Apollo spacecraft; gas resulting from processing waste and garbage; or on a wide range of petroleum distillates. He noted that 60 cells produced in this program have operated for nearly 200,000 hours at 37 sites around the world. At current levels of investment, the fuel cell will probably not come of age until the early 1980s. I believe the fuel cell has generated enough interest among suppliers of power to rural America to justify more intensive research, Senator Moss said. Congressman Allan ed T. Howe to answer some good purpose. Perhaps some of Washingtons pessimism sprang from the fact that when he took command of the Continental Army it was a rather disordered force of only 17,000 men whose enlistments were due to expire at the end of the year. But Washington went to work in Boston to whip his troops into shape. A minister who watched witnessed Washingtons efforts is a great overThere wrote, turning in camp, as to order and regularity. New lords, new laws The strictest government is taking place, and great distinction is made between officers and soldiers. Everyone is made to know his place and keep in it, or be tied up and receive . . . thirty or Thousands are forty lashes at work every day on fortifications from four till eleven oclock in the morning. It is surprising how much work has been done. At the same time the recruitment effort was pressed, and by the end of 1775 the colonial forces numbered 27,500. Revenue Sharing Once Was Extra Income, Now Its A Must i (Continued from page 1) ernment to audit the revenue sharing account. The federal auditors didnt respond to either request. Mr. Hansen said the way in which revnue sharing money is spent is a real issue on the national level, if not locally. The local officials established public safety expenditures as their first priority although Hansen said social programs may need more consideration in the futurp. Hansen said that he felt it wise for local governments to use revenue sharing money for one time expenditures when possible unless the federal government make a long term commitment to the program. Jones said that the city does not use revenue sharing for other than public safety because of vague restrictions. Federal Bill Could Give Utah $8 Million More For Roads The Ford administrations propose new highway bill would give Utah some $62 million in fiscal year 1977. That is about $8 million more for interstate highways that the state would get under the pres- ent law. Governor Calvin L. Rampton said Utah has spent about 80 percent of its interstate highway money so far although less than 80 percent of the planned interstate mileage has been completed in the State. The governor said that Utah has had a policy to do the urban portions which are more expensive before tackling ithe easier rural construction. Utah State Fair Book Mailed To Previous Participants The 1975 edition of the Utah State Fair Premium Catalog has been mailed to all previous fair exhibitors and participants, said Hugh C. Bringhurst, Director, Division of Expositions. The book outlines fair entry rules deadlines, premiums, prizes and contains information about the various departments of the fair. It is mailed free to anyone interested in obtaining a copy or it can be picked up at the Utah State Fairgrounds administration office, 155 North 1000 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116. A total of $55,000 has been earmarked for cash premiums, plus attractive trophies and plaques and thousands of colorful ribbons will be awarded in the competitive categories from squash to sheep. The annual and traditional fair, with the theme 75 Edition of a Great American Tradition has been scheduled for September 4th thru 14th. A will has the power to do marvelous things. Like taking care of your family in your absence. 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