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Show jxlals U of j vlt . ' .7 Dept Ubnury lake CttjOtBb SOUTH SALT LAKE NfcJKS 1 A Serving The Center Of Industry FOUNDER ii J Thursday, June Volume II, No. 21 :J 11, 1970 SOUTH SALT LAKE TRAGEDY Damage Sunday morning, June 7, a fire destroyed twro firms in South Salt Lake, causing an estimated $150,000 damage. The fire, of yet unknown cause, destroyed two businesses who luckily were covered with fire insurance, according to early reports. The fire was brought under control after almost two hours. But two hours of a fire leaves little to salvage. The South Salt Lake News returned to the scene of the fire Wednesday, June 10, to take a second look. It seems no one else cares after the fire engines have Creative Work Shop Begins June 15 gone. When the fire was at its climax many people were on hand voicing their horror and shock but three days later it seems only a busy fire marshal, one clean-u- p man, a single passerby, and one reporter returned. The building, completely gutted, brings to mind bombed - out buildings of World War II in Europe. But a fire needs but a start in most cases to do equal damage to that of a bomb. For a fire is like a bomb in one sense it does destroy when started carelessly or Some Facts rwm An innovative approach for developing the talents of children will be explored at the eighth annual Creativity Workshop at the University of Utah June 15-19. Workshop participants will discuss how teachers can encourage creativity, planning, communicating and decision-makin- g, according to Workshop Director Calvin W. Taylor, professor or psychology and one of the leading figures in creativity research. Our emphasis is on talents, not academic knowledge, he said. Local and national educators will demonstrate the Multiple Talent Teaching Approach based on the theory that all students are talented in some particular area and, if developed, the talent will lead to overall success in the classroom. of the Multiple Individuality is an important Talent Approach, Dr. Taylor believes, because the student becomes the producer of creativity, r&ther than a reproducer of a professors or textbooks knowledge. by-prod- uct The creative student is challenging all levels of education, Dr. Taylor said. As a result we need new schools planned for the creatively talented to counterbalance the thousands of schools for the academically talented, he added. The Creativity Workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day in the College of Nursing Building. Two hours of college credit are available. About Litter The cost and quantity are staggering. Litter cleanup of public areas costs an estimated $500,000,000 annually. If you add the cost of litter removal from private property, the annual nation al litter bill approaches $1 billion. Each year, motorists drop 16,000 pieces of trash on each mile of primary highway, according to a study by the Highway Research Board, National Academy of Sciences. Litter is a health and safety menace. An estimated 130 persons annually lose their lives in litter-fe-d Insomnia and Sleeping Pills California psychiatrist from the says withdrawal habit often results sleeping pill in insomnia which makes the patient once again turn to pills. A Dr. Anthony Kales of the University of California at Los Angeles discussed the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders today at a University of Utah Grand Rounds session sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry. When people go off sleeping pills, there is a marked increase in anxiety and violent dreams which result in insomnia, said Dr. Kales. People feel they are falling apart psychologically because of this excessive amount of dreaming. However, it is a natural physiological reaction that the patient should be warned of, he said. Dr. Kales defined an insomniac as one who takes an hour to fall asleep at least four nights a week, or one who can not stay asleep. He also reported that depression is a major factor in insomnia in people over 45. They find it difficult to stay asleep, while younger people find it difficult to fall asleep in the first place, he said. To alleviate insomnia, Dr. Kales recommends exercise, regular sleeping hours and avoidance of complex mental activity such as studying prior to deep. fires ; every 12 minutes a home is destroyed or damaged by a fire starting in trash. In one state, foreign matter on the roadway contributed to 21 fatal and 1,068 nonfatal accidents in one year. Littered waters endanger swimmers, fishermen, boaters and plant life. During one year, 200 vessels were involved in accidents caused by striking floating objects. Litter provides a breeding ground for disease-carryin- g insects and rodents. WHO LITTERS? According to a Gallup Survey, all segments of the population do . . . but Adults between the ages of 21 and 35 litter three times as much as people Diana Gottschlk and Jackie Shocky Summer Is Here! Where do you find young girls on a lazy summer afternoon? or do you. At school? Of course not school With but a memory two weeks old, young girls and boys everywhere have turned their thoughts to things other than books and homework. This reporter noticed a very vacant lot or so it seemed at the Whittier School on June 10 but not completely vacant. Two girls, Diana Gottschlk and Jackie Shocky, who next fall will entfr yet another school, returned to their old school to reminisce of days gone by. And to call thoughts of tomorrow to mind. What are their plans for the future? To relax, and take it easy are the most important items to be concerned with at the moment. And what of tomorrow, a lazy guitar playing, cookie a new school to conquer. eating summer. And next fall over fifty and nearly twice as much as those in the 9 35-4- age bracket. Men litter nearly twice as much as women. Households with two. per sons litter significantly less than those of five or more. WHY DO PEOPLE UTTER? Carelessness, laziness, indif- ference sutd insufficient litter receptacles. of the people Only 21 live in communities where there are enough litter con- tainers. Less than 50 of the nations cars have litterbags and only 6 of the boats. People do not connect the litter problem with their own litter habits. More leisure time, increased travel, greater outdoor recreational facilities all combine to provide more opportunities for thoughtless littering. |