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Show THE SALULAKE TIMES FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1976 State Fair Radiation Hazards Explored Utah is a Horizon In Medical Center Lab of Progress Home Builders Prepare for Fall Meeting Government over-regulatio- . no-grow-th er About 1,200 builders from across the nation ae expected to attend 1 the Sept. meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Salt Lake Hilton will be the headquarters hotel and some meetings will be held at the hotel Utah and Salt Palace. Despite housings gradual move toward recovery in the past year, the fundamental problems which led to the 1974-7- 5 housing depression the worst in 30 years are still as real as ever, NAHB President John C. Hart warned. Two years ago it was impossible to deal with these issues except on a stop-ga- p or emergency basis, Hart said. But with todays economy on a much sounder footing, now is an opportune time for this nation to change directions beginning of government with a involvement, strengthening of the housing finance system and implementation of sensible growth policies throughout the nation. Unless the free enterprise system is put back to work again in one of the few industries where stiff competition still exists between small businessmen, we will witness a decline in the quality and quantity of housing that this naton needs with even middle income families finding themselves priced out of the market and denied the American dream of owning a 16-2- long-rang- . National Parks Proposal Total housing starts in June were at a seasonally adjusted rate of 1,492,000 units, up 4.3 per cent, from May and 38 percent over the rate a year ago. However, the weak sector continues to be multi-famil- y production which in June declined 5.8 per cent from Mays annually admusted rate of 363,000 units. NAHB economists says that the strength of housing's recovery in the second half of 1976 will depend primarily on the apartment industry. The 1,200 member NAHB Boad of Directors, which meets three times annually, is the policy making body of the Washington based .trade association. The Fall Board meeting will be preceded by meetings of standing and special committees where policy recommendations are usually initiated. Utah Savings Bonds SalesReach 18.8 Million Volunteer U.S. Savings Bonds Chairman Gordon Miller for Salt Lake County reported $930,081 in Bonds for July sales of Series E-sales which brings the to $7,073,116. Utahns invested $2,556,205 in United States Savings Bonds during the month of July, which brings e sales to $18,810,-65the which represents 58 percent of the states 1976 assigned goal of $32,500,000, according to Department of the Treasury figures released by Volunteer State Chairman, W. E. Gile and Utah Take Stock in America Chairman, John E. Lattin. 'Nationally, total cash sales of E and H Bonds for the first seven months of 1976 amounted to $4,544 million, 7 percent above the same period last year. H year-to-dat- ERDA-sponsore- Moss Pleased With Fords home. . There have been many cases of human exposure to radium over the years and people have died from resulting cancers, Dr. Taylor said. Luminous dials on watches were hand painted years ago with radi-- . um. The dial painters were of course exposed to radium over time and many died as a result of this exposure. Using these data from human experience, and finding out what radium and plutonium do to animals, scientists can mathematically determine at what level plutonium might cause injury in people. The goal of this work, sponsored largely by the Environmental Research and Development Agency (ERDA), is to determine what levels of plutonium might be toxic so safeguards for industry and the environment can be established. The radiation studies here and d at other projects are among the most exhaustive ever conducted on potential environmental dangers," Dr. Taylor noted. Ultimately, we'll know how to safeguard the population from potential hazards as' plutonium use increses. He said if this kind of advance research had been conducted in various industries year? ago, many injurious and environmentally undesirable situations could have been avoided. Exposure to radiation, either through industrial accident or nuclear holocaust, is one of the most feared environmental dangers. Because of this, nuclear energy development has been slowed, and scientists have spent yers understanding and measureing radiation's beneficial and detrimental effects. One such project has been under way at the University of Utah's radiobiology laboratory since the early 1950s. There, scientists are e studying the impact of radiation on animals. The primary radioactive element being investigated is plutonium, the major substance involved in nuclear reactors. According to Dr. Glenn Taylor, research professor of anatomy at the U medical center, plutonium exposure would be the greatest concern to physicians if an industrial accident occurred involving a reactor malfunction. The U scientists use animals to predict the toxicity of plutonium in humans because there has never been a case of human illness related to the element, Dr. Taylor said. Although the studies are conducted in animals, we feel that reasonably accurate extrapolations to humans can be made, Dr. Taylor said. This can be done by making intercomparisons with radium toxicity. Both elements deposit in the skeleton and both emit a similar type of radiation. n, high interest rates and persistent policies which have cost of housing beyond the pushed the reach of millions of American families will be the main topics of discussion at the Fall Board of Directors Meeting of the 80,000-membNational Association of Home Builders (NAHB). year-to-da- Page Seyq0;: te Senator Frank E. Moss, said this week he was pleased with the National Parks Proposal unveiled by President Ford. Moss said there are problems in the nations parks and game refuge programs and I'm glad theyre finally getty Presidential attention." The $1.5 billion proposBicentennial Land the as known al, announced by was Heritage Act, the President during a visit to Yellowstone National Park. The full proposal will be sent to the Congress. Moss cautioned, however, that unless the proposal includes a reorganizations! of the refuge system, it will not go far enough and will simply be throwing money at a problem rather than aiddressing it head on. Moss is a vice chairman of the Senate Commerce Committees Environment Subcommittee, the Congressional watchdog which oversees the operation of the National Wildlife Refuge System. hearings which I conducted last fall document the problems faced by the refuge system and they are Moss said. not just monetary, are organizational as well. They Those closely inolved in the program have been aware of this for some time, so I am surprised that the President made no mention of this aspect in his speech. Hopefully, there will be more in his message. Moss said the refuge system is no longer administered by the Interior long-standi- ng 10-ye- ar, 5, BIRTH DCfCCTS RR FOR6V6R. unless you HO.R nrmRCH OF Dimes -- Department as a comprehensive unit, but rather as a variety. of scattered programs. He said there seems to be a total lack of longterm, comprehensive refuge planning. It is obvious that the nations wildlife resources have suffered he said, and will continue to suffer if this seat of the pants' management approach is permitted to continue. moss charged that refuges have been crippled by a critical shortage so I was of money and people of Presilearn to the encouraged increased for dent's support refuge funding and personnel. But Id like to know why he's waited for a year to send us his proposal when these shortages were discussed at last falls hearing. With little more than a month left before Congress adjourns, theye is virtually no chance that we can get to it this year. Moss concluded that he will make every effort to insure that the resotoration of the National Wildlife Refuge System will continue to be one of the Environment Subcommittees priority items during the next Congress. The Utah State Fair Horizons will run Sept. 9th through the 19th at the fairgrounds, 155 No. 1000 West, Salt Lake City. Before last years fair opened, officials predicted that a record-breakin- g crowd of 320,000 would 1975 exposition. Accordthe attend fair records, no less than ing to 340,370 people attended last years fair, an increase of seven per cent over the previous year's attendance. Since attendance increases each year, fair officials claim, history is on our side when we predict that 365,000 persons will attend the 1976 edition of the Utah State Fair. Fiar ' Director Hugh C. Bring-hursaid, The Utah State Fair will showcase the talents, productivity and achievement of Utahs industrious people. From agriculture, fine arts, livestock and crafts to wildlife resources, industry and on and on, Utah is truly on the horizon of a period of great growth The fair, and development." Bringhurst added, will provide a unique opportunity for every Utahn to see and appreciate Utahs pro- of Progress st gress." Fair hours are a.m. to 11 p.m. daily except Monday and Tuesday, when the fair will open t 10 a.m. and also opening day, when the fair begins at 3:30 p.m. and closing day, when the fair ends at 9 p.m. Tickets are $2.00 for dadults and $.50 for children 6 through 12.. Children 5 and under are admitted free! Senior Citizens, 62 and over, will be admitted for $1.00, provided they have a discount coupon. Senior citizen discount coupons are available at community senior citizen centers throughout the state. They will only be available to senior citizens at the fairgrounds on Senior Citizens Day, Dept. 14. Other special days and events when admission discounts will prevail include Kids Days, Sept. 17-1by the Coca will Cola Co.D when children 2 Coke bottle be admitted for eight caps. On Sept. 18, all kids under 14, who bring any kind of a pet on a leash or in a cage for the Pet Contest, will be admitted free until 11 8, 6-1- noon. Holiday on Ice, now in its 31st year, will be presented by the Utah State Fair in the Salt Palace Sept. Performances are nightly at 8 p.m., except Sunday, Sept. 13, when the show starts at 4 p.m. In addition, there are two matinee performances at 2 p.m. on Sept. 11 and 18. Each Holiday on Ice ticket includes a free fair admission good any night of the fair. 9-1- 8. |