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Show "If . Page 4 SOUTH SALT LAKE NEWS i Thursday, December 26, 1968 apdropout? If you thought itfami-ie- -' died only to youre wrong. If you push your child into college when he may not be cut out for a college career, you may be making the mistake of his life. According to L. Allen Morris, Miami, Fla., chairman of the low-inco- j s, Realtors' ambitious Make under this title it being tponaored in this area and nationwide by the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Its broad purpose to help all A program of of i solve the major problems our cities and towns. Is College Best For Your Child? Ever hear the term school America Better Program, too often there is overemphasis on influencing all youngsters to go to college. Some children are not equipped to pursue a college career, and the end result is that we have many thousands of dropouts at the grade school as well as the high school level. The subsequent rejection feeling ex perienced by many of these students often turns their energies into vandalism and criminal activities," Morris says. Whats the solution? In many cases, these students may have a strong mechanical instinct to work with their ,M available exploratory courses in occupational training at early ages. Such courses would determine if the youngster might be served better in vocational training than by a college prep hands or to learn some THOMASTjEFFERSON rW k' other saleable skill that is in hold these truths to be that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalien- able rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The D eelsrst ion ot Inde-- great demand The today. Make America Better Program suggests to teachers and parents alike that they make more careful- assessment of their children and students interests and aptitudes and channel their energies productively. One way to do this is to make oenden oe Utah Copper Division employees will enter the new year mining five times more material to obtain one ton of copper than they did 40 years ago. At that time, it was necessary to mine 120 tons of rock to get one ton of copper. In 1969, the ratio will be nearly 600 tons to one. Forty years ago, that 600 to one ratio would have shut down the property despite the fact there was nearly 20 pounds of copper in every ton of ore. Today, there is only 14 pounds per ton. Twenty years ago, when the ratio was 260 to one and the copper content was steadily dropping management knew that vast changes had to be made if operations were to continue. The problem of handling more material, more efficiently and at less cost has been solved for the time being, but the challenge for doing so in the future always will exist. Times have changed, but Kennecott employees have more than kept pace. They and the Division will continue as they have in the past to have a profound effect on the economy of Utah. Kennecott Copper Corporation Utah Copper Division "An equal opportunity employer I |