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Show 7 t DESERET NEWS, Wednesday, g FAMILY CIRCUS August 13, IMP by Bit Keane U.S.D.A. Choice Tabb Rite Round Bono e e e Table-Rif- i IBe Boneless e jfn , e e e Braize 'em for real Flavor ionr AUTO SAFETY I 'MSG Ml , iftfle Atfion' (UPI) -The governments auto safety program is short on funds, leadership and prospects for both, according to critics. ' WASHINGTON ' al iJt , S si' V.l, A t The president of the Safety Council, Nation- Howard Pyle, said: There is a real crisis of confidence as to whether the Congress is really serious about traffic safety in this country. Dr. William Haddon Jr., the first head of the National Highway Safety Bureau, was more bluni. Ke told Congress the highway safety program is fast becoming a victim of bur eaucratic encirclement and resource starvation. MANY SIDED Kbe lean Tender MM Table-Rif- e "Cewsl Can we stop and toft to those cows?" V;. fo ccmrc mm t. Corn King Table-H- it Lunch f.Teats The bureau now has a staff of 500. It hoped to have a total of 2,000 by 1969. It also hoped to have an independent test center built to determine i if1 it. Corn KlhJ) . BACON c FRANKS crusader Ralph says the blame is many sided: The White House has grown indifferent; Congress is more concerned about the moon and missiles; the transportation department the has never, considered program anything more than 's lb. . Vs 5V- y,.,. mmmm whether automakers were with safety standards it issued. It still is complying a awaiting congressional appropriation for the center. Worse, and most obvious the critics claim, is the lact that since Haddon resigned in February, the Safety Bureau has been without a director. Trans porta tion Secretary John A. Volpe said recently he expected to name a successor to Haddon shortly. I i tit 154-- harshest critics since he resigned. He told $ Q) a. Fresco Haddon has been among the Azatei agencys Safety Nader ' -' Congress recently;There are many other pub- lic safety issues of great urgency that I could have raised for your consideration. But all become negligible in contrast to crucial national importance of reversing the already advanced bureaucratic dea stepchild.' Why the rising criticism? struction fo the national highOne obvious reason is the gap way safety programs which you and others have worked between what safety advocates would like to see dene, so hard to create. and the amount of money Congress has put up to do the . S job. Auto accidents killed 55,000 Americans last year and injured 4,500,000. by the Carload HIGH PRIORITY from our Plywood 5!; Presidents Lyndon B. John$ Super Mart equals son and Nixon both assigned for Big Savings a auto safety high priority. But the record differs from I You. the announced intention, crit- .? those Drab ics claim. with GEORGIA For example, Congress is PACIFIC VINYL not backing up its support SHIELD PANELS with funds. For fiscal 1969, the Highway Safety Bureau KKUDKN'S asked for $30 million for auto safety. It got $26 million. In fiscal 1970, it asked for 5th f n. & First W. $35 million and so far has gotPh. 359-205-1 ten nothing even though the fiscal year started in July. 0 Yqstdlo . 303 Luck Cet Green Si Cess PANELING -- 7 i "ft . .t . ; t fes. finer G!aKe -- nzrz: korkzr I)- Peskess 3--cz. 303 Study's FfSlt eeeeeeee CC3 1 0 Tcble-Ri- te .X x A-Gr- cds JU Gchbn Qrtsrs ...lb. ' b , M A ? A '4. i J il ij W - -- - -- y v " n, I ' - 4 L t leell- - $! I' Sweat SCanmST Coolers a) Crenshaw King of Melons ... to. n( e ! ... Smooth Green largo She ...... oo. The Youth Section Friday, August 15th for large Size Salmon Confer SCHOOL DIRECTORY Nabisco Clip out and save these directory guides to your choice n f schools for future use. Lesen Jcdrles Si'ser Ris CesenntEers tsaS' Meadow Gold Fruit Vi Drik .l 53c 'thtlwiW MILK |