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Show DESERET NEWS, 16 A SmBCode ocors or no mental health training is available to the tribes due to a lack of trained personnel. The last man who committed suicide in Blanding came into a hospital for help and By CURT BURNETT Deseret News Staff Writer Utah Indians are facing Uo serious problems a skyrocketing suicide rate and the prospects of sudden wealth the Utah State Board of Indi-- ' an Affairs (BIA) concluded Tuesday. The Indian suicide rate has skyrocketed the laut few years until it is now 20 times that of the nation, Mrs. Lee Nelson, Division of Mental Health, told board members. Most of the suicides are committed by men under 30, Unless Mrs. Nelson said. young people can adjust to the schizophrenic caused by living in two cultures, the rate will climb even higher, she added. She-- said part of the reason for the high rate is that little . . existence was turned away. He eventually shot himself and several other people, she said. TKo hnarri Voted to Study S four-poiwhich proposal calls for employment of a psychiatric nurse to train and work with Indian workers, employment of an interpreter or trained nurse, expansion of clinic activities into the community and coordination of these activities by a mental health specialist. The program will initially be tried in Carbon, Emery, Grant and San Juan regions. it will be If successf-.jl- , expanded to include all of Grads To Hear Elder Richards Y. Elder Franklin PROVO Utahs I GOVERNOR ORDERS lke RETURN OF PAYNE said. Boyden said. Weve got to come up with a plan which meets with the approval of both the Indian peoples and the secretary of interior, he added. Board members were instructed to stud) a series of ments. A total of J7,253,16!5 was appropriated by Congress to the Paiutes in 1965, and this sudden wealth prompted the board to attempt to formulate a plan by which the CARSON which include just turning the money over to the Indians as weil as a plan celling for tight tribal control of the money. proposals, VmmmnQ u ALWAYS - Gov. Paul Laxalt CITY, NEV. (UPI) Tuesday ordered Russell Payne, 25, returned to Wyoming to face a charge he murdered his mother. Paynes parents, Dr. Martin Payne and Emmalyn were found buried in a common grave late last Payne month near their Wilson, Wyo., home. They disappeared six weeks previously. Paynes attorneys are expected to fight the extradition in Nevada courts. Indians can make the best use of their money. Whenever we turn loose a let of money, there are thou-- , sands of people with schemes to take it away from the Indians, and we want to avoid this, Board Director John S. Indian populations, she Southern Utahs Paiute Indians, whose average income is less than $3,000 per year per family, may receive an average of $10,000 each within six months from the federal government for claims judg- ' Further discussion of the matter will take place Sept 5 when the board reconvenes for what Director Boyden said will be a stormy session." . The Salt Lake County Merit Commission passed its new regulations in a hurry Tuesday because all pay increases and new hiring would have been held up until the new rules were accepted. for the explanation in passing the new quickness merit systems final rules was given by William Timmins, Salt Lake County Merit Commission chairman. This Mild opposition toward the in passing the rules was histe voiced in Tuesdays public hearing. Among rules drafted into the new merit system is prohibition of flower funds and participation of employes in of political management part'es, dubs and campaigns-.- ; Timmins said that, aside from a few minor changes, rules and regulations re- -, mained the same. Included in the new regulations is a Sept 1 starting date1 for merit tests of provisional employes of the county. Furniture Fair eaww FIRST QUALITY LAST 3 DAYS 'to D. Richards, Assistant to the Council of the Twelve, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, will deliver the summer commencement address at Brigham Young University BYU President 21, Aug. L. Wilkinson Announced today. t " r - A - , PP ,4 - . Save thru Saturday on Fashion Manor custom upholstered furniture Ernest The services will begin at 9:30 a.m. in George Albert Smith Fieldhouse, and the academic procession, with faculty and graduates in caps and gowns, will begin from the Administration Building quad at 8:45 a.m. (i Presentation of diplomas will be conducted at separate convocations of 12 academic colleges and the graduate school during the afternoon and evening. The presidents reception will be held in the of the presidents 'garden home from 2 to 4 p.m. for the graduates, their parents and YOU PICK THE FABRIC . . . from a fantastic assortment of colors, Elder Franklin D. Richards , . . commencement speaker patterns and blends . . . everything from elegant velvets to homey tweeds) Oct. 8, 1960, while presiding over the Northwestern State Mission. the LL.B. He received degree in 1923 at University of Utah and practiced law in Utah until 1934, when he was friends, faculty and alumni. Elder Richards is former jeommissioner of the Federal YOU PICK THE STYLE When he resigned from that government position in 1952 he had devoted nearly 18 years to public service. He was sustained a General Authority of the Church on ; ... to mix or match any room decor. Sofas, with Early American, modern, traditional, Spanish or Mediterranean styles. Better not waitl chaits, love seats in named first Utah director of the Federal Housing Administration. Later he was zone commissioner for 13 western states. He also has engaged in the mortgage banking business in ; Housing Administration. Merit Commission . Okays Regulations Wednesday, August 13, 1969 easy-to-liv- e Come make your selection today . . . and savel Washington, D.C., New York, and Salt Lake City. Heat Will Follow Cooling Weather Welcome across lowing cooling spread Utah Tuesday fola cold front which brought some fairly heavy rain to parts of southern Utah. M o nticello reported .90 of an inch, Green Cooler .55, JR i v e r Bryce Canon .40, Hanksville .09 and Cedar 1.14, Blanding ,City .03. Salt Lake City had .02 from a refreshing morning shower. ' The cooling held afternoon tempeartures in the 80s over most of the state and Salt Lake Citys 84 broke a y spell of temperatures 90 or above. The low of 51 this morning was one of the coolest in the state, second only to Bryce Canyon Kith a low of 47. Afternoon temperatures remained in the 80 to range in the north today, but a rising trend will send them into the lower 90s Thursday. Readings in the south will be 90 to 100 and lows tonight will range from 55 to 65. Skies will be mostly fair Thursday with some scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers in the south. The shower pattern will continue in the south most afternoons through next Monday. The north may get a few showers over the weekend, but otherwise little rain is expected. 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