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Show i1 DESERET yv'"r v'i' , Nn iW' NEWS, Saturday, January 4, 1969 w 'v IMmaios Sshool Cheerless said in, the importance of learning Eng-ARIZ. N.M., Independent WINGATE, There arent any cooks, copyright story after sending lish and the Navajo language is (AP) magazines, coloring books, toys a team of newsmen out to the pushed aside. They find their way of life is or even dolls in the sleeping bureau boarding schools on the not only vaslty different from quarters for some 123 girls at reservations, the Bureau of Indian Affairs "Stay put so the staff can find the schools, but it is poorly them, but thought of by the people who Fort Wingate Elementary them outwhenof they wantuntil then. are now caring for them, the way School boarding dormitory. stay Language is a major problem Bergman said. ,The rooms appear spacious for the youngsters who come at WAITING ROOM only because the girls are so the age of 6 from homes in re- - When not in classes, small. eating or mote areas of the reservation sleeping, the girls spend most of They range in age from 6 to where they speke only Navajo. their time in the living room 10 and spend nine months of the ONLY LANGUAGE 'between two sleeping wir.gs of year away from their families, Children find they are not the while at the school on the Nava-jdormitory to speak the only Reservation of northeast Arizona and northwest New Mexi- guage they know, said Di. There are no toys, dolls, L. Bergman, chief of the'oring books or games in the co. Their only trips home are Service ing room, which has the appear Public Health Christhe Thanksgiving, during mental health division in the tinas ana Easter holidays. Sit and wait. This is what Navajo area. they are taught, the Gallup, The schools stall emphasizes .FORT a , d lan-jin- rt Magazines in plastic covers are lined up along the walls. "An impersonal functional institution, said one outsider. SINGING CAROLS Another recent visitor found 50 young girls in their dormitory, with their coats and mittens placed neatly beside them, singing Christmas carols while waiting an hour for supper. Other girls were chasing up and down the aisles between bunk beds. their double-decSome were just lying in the bunks, staring at the ceiling. k 21,000 CHILDREN liv-U.- Nearly 21,000 Navajo children, from age 6 up to high school seniors, attend the more than 40 boarding schools on the vast VTAH MARCH OF DIMES S.L. Boy Named Poster Child little A chubby, thought boy who doctors wqpld never live, has been light-haire- d reservation. They ., m. m wnW v V a $,'4 are required j W. OBSmmm , re1 to attend school. Those living close enough to paved or gravel roads attend! social public schools unless workers say their home lives are such that they should attend a dormitory school with those who dont live close enough to schools or roads. They find an environment completely alien to them and, "for the most part, the schools have not made any great effort to lessen these problems of cultural conflict, Bergman said. "No one was your friend at the boarding school unless your mother visited you and brougnt some fried bread and mutton one student said in restew, membering the first days. -- FA - ' 'It ; Bountiful vs, Ben Lomond Young Americans Quiz Participants in the weekly Deseret News, KSL-TconBowl wait for the on the air sign today for the weekly test. They are from left, Tom Irving, Jennifer Nelson, Ron Ford and Steve Johnson, all of Bountiful High School; Emcee Kay Richins; and Charles Carrasco, Catherine Lyons, Kyle Mattson and Ann Stauffer, Ben Lomond High. Ben Lomond High won the contest Next weeks competition will feature Bonneville and Vhwmont High. V Citizens Protest Tax Hike inter-scho- 90-4- ol 0. named as the 1969 Poster Child for the Utah March of pitnes. - Steven L. Hathaway, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irate citizens told Salt Lake County legislature Friday night to cut a variety of spending programs and stop raising Dixie, Dell taxes. ..Clifford R. Hathaway, 812 S. 1st West, was chosen to represent all children born with "birth defects. at the Prudential Federal Funds Asked , - The place " The March of Dimes drive -Jrjumed at collecting funds for research to discover caus- es' and cures for the 250,000 babies bom each year with birth defects. Little Steven is typical of many of these. He was bora with a defect which causes water to collect on the brain, with an open spine and s club "foot. . Many operations have cor-- . tected some of the problems and Steven now can walk and has survived in spite of the iong odds against him. John Price and John Billi-nifor the 1968 - . John Billinis, left, and John Price entertain Steven L. Hathaway, Poster Child for the 1969 Utah March of Dimse birth defect drive. Utah March of Dimes, noted door-to-do- solicitation. Other special events will in- - the appearance of Bobby Gentry at the Terrace Ballroom Jan. 22, the March dude tunda and a special telecast Feb. featuring members of the King Family. of Dimes Annual Ball at the Terrace Jan. 31, a Mod Ball Feb. 1 at the Capitol Ro 2 Health Merge Won't Save Money Now Kaiparowitz City-Coun- ty Early Okay Not Likely county health board, enlarged from the board, present A 0 By GORDON ELIOT WHITE Deseret News Washington Correspondent would include Salt four Lake City members. . One of them would be the Salt Lake public safety com- - Interior Desources this week tlvfew cold water on Utahs Jicjpes of getting the proposed big Kaiparowitz power project under way this winter. ' ' A spokesman close to Secretary Stewart L. Udall said there vere still many things to be worked out before the depart--jnen- t could sign contracts for use of the necessary federal Hands and water from the Colorado River. He did not shut the door on ,tlie project, but offered little 'encouragement to Gov. Calvin L, Rampton of Utah, who said a$ t fal 1 thatc y erSr etldUaal last, fall that Secretary Uddl would initial the contracts before leaving office Jan. 20. - There was no sense of urgency among lower echelon Interior experts on the project. Acceding to Interior negotiators, the west group of power companies, who want to build WASHINGTON partment thp big plant missioner. Continued from Page Some 10,000 bleacher seats will be set up on the windswept hilltop where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific (now South- ern Pacific) track crews COST HOME LOANS com- pleted their work a century ago. Special trains from East and West will bi ing hundres of railroad buffs and public officials to Utah for the observance. The U.P. plans to run a steam - A request WASHINGTON for inclusion of funds in the fiscal 1970 budgej for advanced design of the Little Dell flood control project in Salt Lake County and the Dixie reclamation project in southwestern Utah was made Friday by Wep. Sherman P. Lloyd, The Utahn made the plea In to Lt. Gen. William F. Cassidy, chief engineers, and E. Dominy, commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Both the Little Dell project and the Dixie project were authorized by the 90th Congress. lt URGES ACTION Since construction of both will take some years to complete, it is vitally important to the order-wor- k ly water development of Utah to and advanced get design construction phases under way soon as possible, Rep. Lloyd our present fiscal and the Vietnam war require curtailment of domestic "Although j Sp. 4 Perry enlsited in the Army last April while a senior at Union High. He trained at Ft. Lewis, Wash, and Fort Rucker, Ala before going to Vietnam in SOUGHT WRIT Alires petitioned for a writ to free him from prison. He charged that Mr. Young had nH mised . rump September. Legis-Lapoin- g I,Thf!LmSS! -- ni nii : . - 11ZJ h.HW Martin said that state and local jde for several .b government agencies will assist ;awaiting committee action on in 'bills, then work the federal government long hours later seeing that packagers or manu- - in the session, facturere meet the proper The g action will help requirements. fill the gap, Rep. Pace said. pre-filin- If a manufacturer dues not While it probably wont lx label his products according to, possible for standing com-th- e law, the merchandise can be mittees to complete reports on confiscated. have complex measures, the legist Companies conforming to the label 'tors and others concerned cun law voluntarily, the inspector 'become familiar with them, lie said. pointed out. "This is the most extensive The law was fart presented to fU of bllh anc " because of the babl ,5 Q 2Q rcpresens int0 effect Wednesday requiring not affected by the law. Many an pnd ,0 decePUve labels on 'packages have been on the gro- Ynonirnn many of the i,ems sold in suPer- - eery shelves since July with the rtiH n !marke,s proper labels so consumers 8' " should not expect a dramatic a? thaMime of law the Part requires parkohangewhenthey do their shop- es of the net Chief Justice J. Allan CifxkHt quantity that wry "alarming 11115 Pin concontent will which give the opinion, He wrote in ,he occurred in labeling, he said. MEET REQUIREMENTS two fellow defendants. part, on the basis of this rec - !iunHTS exac nieanngs to the Besides the quantity to be After conferring briefly with ord we think the only reason- - term5 "giant size' or "king T1 quantity must be stated in ounces or pounds, Mr. Yeung in the court cham - able conclusion to be drawn sisen die tower third of the whichever the case may be, a bers, all three entered pleas of therefrom is that if pediiuner staled label. However, label cannot state that the con- riiain . d,'P'ay had was interhad and the counsel referred case , . guilty actively camera are cfrtain provisions for tainer holds a specific number ownccj . p . to the Adult Probation and Pa- - ested in protecting his rights, pentneton gioux role Department for investiga-.th- e servings without saying how City, Iowa, while it was parked result may have been more,slH'cia 1,cnisare. the LABELS servings CHANGE large tion. favorable to him. at 50 N. West Temple, accord About a month later, after the' Three other justices concurred1 Wilson St. Martin, resident inThe Food and Drug Adminis- - Ing to Salt Lake City police off!Salt Lake City, of the tralion has the responsibility J. L. Johnson. The Items! report was made, Mr. Young and Justice A. H. Ellctt ,waa present in court and was seated from the pinion ,1'ood and Drug Administration, enforcing the law. But Mr. St.iwei valued at $240. Sin l J weeK-wioi- e Congress situations Car Ransacked - le,e - $11 KtILLIR & VIELE 1 f Ixheitg 1i eioc -- -.i corn-sai- Continued Lav In have answered, "I dont recall, y0ur honor, I guess I do. Rep. Lloyd said advanced planning for the $58 million Dixie project in Washington County would take about a year to complete. He said the design was estimated to cost A $500,000. revised definite plan for the project is being prepared by the Bureau of vec-a- s lamation, and it should be pleted by June. The Dixie project would ist of a dam on the Virgin River and a 256,000 acre-foo- t Prefiled Bills Wheelchair from Page Handed To me use enter Legislators said industry is and has been changing labels on their prod- ucts to meet stipulations of the No longer should the label on law. The effect of the law actu-- ( a bottle of liquid detergent state 'ally hit manufacturers and one pint six ounces. It should 'packagers In July 1968. They read 22 ounces... that's the were given a "reasonable time to change labels, law. . of the new, Stan Brewer of Associated - aJQr I revisions com-Floy- d In A pre-file- d Deseret News Staff Writer which will consist of a dam and acre foot reservoir to be constructed by the Corps ot Engineers near tne present Mountain Dell Reservoir in Par- leys Canyon. The advanced sign phase is expected to take from two to four years to plete, depending on available funds, Rep. Lloyd said. NEED APPROPRIATION 50,000 Teaching He had been living with an aunt, Mr. Lee Nelson, in Roosevelt while attending high school. He was bom July 23, 1950, ni A ceremony Friday afternoon train, the only one it has in to Stanley E. and Dot in the Utah Legislative Council Murray commission, between Salt Lake Wenona Mathews Perry. He offices represented the earliest City and Ogden during the attended schools in Midvale and meshing of legislative gears in height of the centenial celebra- Riverton. Utah history. tion. Some 100 bills were Along with the Golden Spike Funeral arrangements are turned over to Senate present be will Utah celebration, pending return of the body to Haven J. Barlow and Speaker of observing another noteworthy the U.S. the House Lorin N. Pace by event. Legislative Council staffers after the Survivors include his parents. Thirteen days START TRIP Boise, Idaho; one sister, Mrs. completion of the transcontinenThe bills, including the bulk of Butterfield, Stuart (Suzanne) tal railroad, John Wesley Powell and his party launched their Riverton; brothers, Scott, Zid. major legislation, will be start- through Legislative commit-Boisboats at Green River, Wyo., to Brett, Bart, Mike and Bill, all of, Mrs. machinery well in advance unchartgrandmothers, the last explore major the opening of the 38th t, ed area in America, the canyon McCoy (Beulad M.) Nyberg, Mrs. Coloand the of and Green Margaret country Pre-linof bills has been rado rivers. Perry, Midvale. legally possible for six years, but little has been done in this direction until his year, President Barlow si.d. He and Speaker Pace noted that some of them can be referred to committees and it is possible a few will be ready for floor action during the first week of the session. SIT IDLE Often, in the past, legislators By DOUGLAS CHRISTENSEN "initial appropriation of from was needed to begin detailea design on the minion Little Deli project, $50,000 to $450,000 spending, 1 feel it would be reservoir, false economy to delay con- struction of these two projects when the need for them has been so clearly justified, he said. Sunner helicopter with the The Utah Republican said an HTH Seventh Air Squadron, First Air Cavalry. Mv Packaging in , M l spike-drivin- - for-U- B-- climax May 10 and 11 when the visitors center, erected by the National Park Service, is dedig cated and the Is have not yet decided which project to start first of several alternatives. Plants at sites in Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and California, in addition to Utah, have been proposed and complex eco- '.itomic analysis of the advan- u 'uu a trees and disadvantages of each!"" Prisoner had hot been are- still being studied. There V a$ no hint here that thejproperly represented by legal Kaiparowitz site was being; counsel when convicted of sec- given any priority by the ccm - jond - degree burglary. Chal Ali? no" ..panies. r?s,uU ; There was a belief here that m the prison, will be al- -' the power companies were ron - iowed to change his plea Dorn tent to let the projects all slide guilty to innocent, with possibiL along until Secretary-designat- e ities that he may have to stand Walter Hickle is sworn in. trial with adequate counsel. Power executives are thought to YOUNG NAMED believe that, as secretary. When arraigned in Third DisHickle might be easier to deal uilh than Mr. Udall has been. trict Court, Judge Bryant H. Croft had appointed Morris D. Young to represent Alires and - Auditorium where voters met with legislators to discuss problems for the upcoming session of the Legislature. More than 100 residents showed up and most of them had a particular grievance related to government spending and taxation, although a few said they wouldnt mind paying for additional services. ost sided with W. C. Gwynn, h East, who said hed gladly triple legislator salaries if youd just go home and leave us alone. He urged legislators to stand in front of a mirror and practice saying no. A labor union representative said his group opposed any program which would increase taxes and would like to see cut in funding for high education. Please for more funds and a greater amount of spending came from State Welfare Department Employes who made up about half of the audience. They asked for increased funds for their department and a higher level of grants for welfare cases, especially a sliding scale to compensate for the rising cost of living. The requests were backed up by the Utah Welfare Rights Or- ganization, a group of welfare recipients. Rep. Lorin N. Pace, Lake, who called the meeting, cautioned that pressure forces made a tax increase almost inan opinion that was evitable sharply attacked by some of the vogers present. Spike Centennial Rite southern Utah, . took 1893-25t- s, that the Mothers March will be held Jan. 23 a heated discussion octr 1 In the y session," said Sen. Barlow. Speaker Pace said he is hi favor of an intensive working session which will allow legislators to handle every single bill introduced on its merits. He said he may suggest that floor action continue until 5 ii.m. each day instead of re- cessing at the traditional time of 4 p.m, , B--l for to to exit from the school. and Being in a wheelchair has its disadvantages for a teacher but there are many advantages. Since student aides must demonstrate the exercises and gymnastics while Miss Richards explains them, the students tend to pay more careful attention. "I also teach a health ciais and I think the students listen to me. They figure I now what I'm talking about. I almost consider myself lucky to be in a wheelchair because it has made me stop and look at the world around me. "People are usually in rush and dont get a chance to know one another. When you are in a hospital bed for six months, you learn a lot about yourself and want to learn more about others, said Miss Richards. Some day, of course, she hopes to leave the wheelchair. But until that day, if it ever comes, Miss Richards will be happy. I dont know how I can be unhappy because of the many wonderful things that hae happened to me and the many wonderful people I have come to know," she said. Drive the "NEW VOLKSWAGEN Today . . . With AUTOMATIC Stick Shift!!.1 VOLKSWAGEN INTERMOUNTAINau(HCis 2033 PH. 486-2111. 1 South Main r |