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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1976 Page Four The Junk Man Cometh Mobile Clinic To Benefit Children It took over 2,000 hours to build. needed It 5,000 screws to hold it And it required three together. volunteer Western Electric engineers working for two and a half months on evenings and weekends to complete. No it wasnt one of the Bell Systems sophisticated switching systems, but rather a mobile clinic that will extend the reach of the Oklahoma Society for Crippled Children as it travels across that states highways. Built into a van, the clinic has the latest equipment for vision, speech and hearing testing and is staffed by professionals and specialists in the field. Because of it, children almost anywhere in Oklahoma can now receive any hearing test thats performed in hospitals or clinics as well as most eye tests and The van was designed by volunteer engineers who work for Western Electric. One of the first things they had to do," was to meet with the professionals from the Easter Seal Society and find out exactly what they planned for the inside of the van. They designed the electrical SUPER SCIENCE SHOW ? The fandnating world of recent sicentific system, the van's interior, planned will come alive for local students when General Motors research what materials to use and made of Progress" appears at area schools. The Previews sure the finished vehicle would science-in-actio- n program combines nine experimental demonstrations to meet OSHA standards as well as be a pleasant and congenial atmos- preview the future. Among them are a model Moon Rover that runs on sunlight (foreground); a chemical demonstration of water pollution phere for the kids." Western Electric, along with control and an impact sled to show the benefits of set belts (center on air and a bicycle wheel that other companies and the National table); triangular platform that floats admission-free show is staged by The becomes a (rear). simple gyroscope Easter Seal Society contributed of scientific who use of lecturers a 1,000 equipment pounds portable pair materials and funds for the project. the program before miles a over and travel 20,000 presenting year of its first year operation During it is expected that over 1,000 students and adults across the country. The show stresses the ever Oklahoma school children statewide increasing vocational and technical career opportunities developed as a will benefit from the testing van as result of science and engineering research. part of a whole program to identify and treat children with handicaps. . 26-fo- THE JUNK MAN COMETH And he's Western Electrics Dick Schellhorn whos responsibility ITis to collect Bell System scrap junk Here Dick takes stock of his latest pile of for either recycling or much as 40,000 pounds of scrap iron and to as amount which may junk steel. re-sal- e. It may seem strange that there are (mostly iron and steel) sold locally people in Western Electric who are to dealers for use outside the delighted with all the scrap junk system. That's where Western generated each year throughout steps in. Dick and his counterparts' sole the Bell System. is to act as scrap cofunction But there is a good reason for it. ordinators and to obtain the maxi- As Western Electric junkmen, Dick Schellhorn, one of seven regional scrap coordinators pointed out, Last year Western Electric was able to collect 445 million pounds of recyclable junk, to the tune of $58 million. Dick works closely with Western's subsidiary, the Nassau Recy-cl- y Corporation, which coordinates the national program. Nassau recycles all higher grade materials and precious metals) e for within the Bell System, but it is also responsible for disposing of the lower grade metals (non-ferro- us re-us- mum dolla recovery for discarded material. When he has about 30 or 40 thousand pounds, hell survey and accept bids from local scrap dealers who are interested in buying the material. "part of the job is teaching," added Dick, teaching operating company people the plus factors of recycling scrap, and encouraging them to be ecology minded, especially now when theyre junking a lot of old telephone equipment that has outlived its usefulness, trying to understand all of the reusable metals in old equipment. Moss Backs Food Stamp Reform Work Initiative Senator Frank E. Moss has introduced an amendment to the Food Stamp Reform Act designed to keep recipients working and off welfare. The amendment, submitted by Moss and Senator Jacob Javits, would provide an extra deduction of $25 per month tor households that earn $100 a month or more from gainful employment, or which have a memer of the household age 60 or over. Moss said the National Food Stamp Reform Act of 1976, as passed by the Senate Agriculture Committee, could eliminate most low income working people from the the food stamp program is to intended it help. very people He said the extra $25 deduction would allow working families to cover some basic work expenses, such as child care, medical and transportation costs, providing an incentive for them to remain employed rather than go on welfare. He said an earned income deduction is badly needed in the proposed Food Stamp legislation. Without this deduction, he said, a work disincentive will be built into the bill and the government will be expected to make up the difference in other public assistance programs to aid those who could not afford to work. He added that it is estimated by Utah Issues Information that if such an amendment in which the R-N.- ot t WICHE Offers Tuition Assist (continued from page 1) accepted by a state university, they tuition the pay only the same rate paid by residents of that state. At private institutions, the students receive a substantial reduction in tuition fees. The state of Utah then sends the school a support fee that approximates the schools cost of educating the stuin-sta- te dents. The WICHE Student Exchange Program is now in its 22nd yer of operation and it has grown tremendously. In the first year, 1953, 41 students from five states participated in the program. They studied three fields medicine, denistry, and veterinary medicine at five schools with state support fees totaling $70,000. This year, 1,133 students from 12 states are studying 14 professional fields and the state support fees, for costs of working are acknowledged in the Food Stamp program is not enacted there will be a 25 percent increase in public financial assistance expenditures in Utah. This amendment will not actuala reward for working," Moss be ly said, But it will have the effect of a reward for the person who wants to work but can only find a g job. Its benefit will come in keeping people off welfare 1975-7total $4,331,000. and helping them toward the time The student only pays they can make it on their own. tuition," he said. The states without certain professional schools are ble to provide training for future doctors, dentists, veterinarians, and other professionals. And the schools get direct payments, which help cover the actual cost of student." educating an low-payin- 6, in-sta- out-of-sta- te te Monson Bids For State Office (continued from page 1) position he feels he can provide . . . soak much as news as you want up for now, save the rest for later. It'll keep. So will your newspaper . . . ready for reading at your leisure. Subscribe now, to good, regular reading. SATURATION POINT 40-minu- te . meaningful additional service to the people of Utah. Monson said, Having served as State Auditor for the past four years I believe I have the insight into the overall operations of State government required to assume the uuties of Governor, should the need arise." He added My record as State Auditor demonstrates my ability to make strong, tough decisions and improve the efficiency and economy of State Government. School Programs Under Scrutiny To Control Costs must be evaluated against the bencarefully if Utah is to control efits received educational costs and finance public school operating expenditures from present tax sources in the decade ahead. This warning was sounded by Utah Foundation, the private research organization, in their latest analysis of school expenditure trends in. Utah. The report indicates that school operating costs in Utah will approach $1 billion a year if the present by the trend continues. In addition to this outlook for substantially higher school operating expenditures, added 'amounts will be needed for capital outlay, debt service, and All school programs mid-1980- 's school lunch. According to the Foundation, much of the expected increase over the next ten years will be the result of enrollment growth and rising prices which are not controllable by state and local officials. A large part of the projected increase, however, is based on past trends and therefore is subject to future discretionary decisions. It is this portion of the projected increase, that Foundation analysts say should be subject to closer legislative and administrative scrutiny. During the past ten years, school operting expenditures in Utah rose by $167 million. Approximately $77 of the increase, million, or 46 was accounted for by inflation (i.e. the reduced purchase power of the of dollar) and $9.7 million, or 6 of was result the the increase, school enrollment. increased The Foundation study shows that of the school $80.8 million, or 48 1964-6- 5 rise between expenditure is attributable to a and 1974-7of factors, such as (1) variety increased retirement and fringe benefits for school employees, (2) reductions in the average class size, (3) increased employment of non . 5, teaching instructional personnel, (4) introduction of new programs, and (5) salary increases in excess of changes. If spending for these other factors should increase in the next decade at the same rate as it has during the past ten years, another $300 million would be added to school operating costs in Utah by the 1985-8- 6 school cost-of-livi- year. A large part of the financing problem for Utah schools in the next decade will be caused by ap expected rise in school enrollments, according to the Foundation. Between the 1964-6- 5 and the 1974-7- 5 school years, average daily membership in the Utah schools rose by . During the next ten only 9 school enrollments in Utah years are expected to climb by 28 . This resumption of rapid growth in the Utah schools will add about $89 million to annual school operating costs over the next decade based on the present level of school finance. In addition to the increase in school operating costs resulting from enrollment growth, expenditures will tend to rise with changes in the price level. Over the past ten years the consumers price index rose at an average rate of about 5.2 per year. During the past few years, the inflation rate has averbeen well above this ten-yebeen it has declining although age, somewhat in recent months. If the annual inflation rate in the next decade should average 5 , an additional $256 million per year would be needed by 1985-8- 6 to fund the present level of school services in Utah. Utah presently is spending about $315 million per year for school estimate). The operations (1975-7- 6 Foundation study indicates that this expenditure would more than if the spending treble by 1985-8- 6 of the past ten years are trend continued through the next decade. ar |