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Show ( ' From Clhoiisr Keftyirims By HAROLD LUNDSTROM mixuwiuism jo tern, Deseret News Music Editor 3-Com- Hast Toair iceirt WIMJUU1 it .i ij Tabernacle Choir resumed to Salt Lake City Wednesday night after ending Its August concert tour with a performance before the annual convention of the American Hospital Association (AHA) in te audience, Elder Richard Evans traditionally asks, Chicago. Will all Choir for example, members who were born or who have ever lived in Canada, please stand." Wednesday afternoon he brought the house down when he asked, Will all those choir niembeis who have ever waited or ever expect to wait in a doctor's office, please stand." AHA officials said the audience was twice as large as at any other session of the tention held being in con- the International Amphitheater, the scene for several national presidential conventions. Monday and Tuesday the Choir sang at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Ont. Never underestimate the attracting power of the Tabernacle Choir. When a high government official spoke to the session preceding the Choirs r concert, nearly 7,000 delegates came into the hall, The V ' v. n.. i tthe job, Hy Saunders, sales promotion manager, Ajax Tresses, told the conference. Noting that Utah employ-jnehas grown more in the government sector Rian in the private sector, Robert E. executive vice president, Utah Manufacturers Association, stressed the nt Hal-lada- y, need for more growth in pri--va- te enterprise investment. He pointed to marked progress that has been made in Tthe states industrial climate since 1957. There are fewer wildcat strikes, better vocational education, - improved between e o m m u n ication -- oV'o 1 1 Douglas Super V f I" In Chicago, the Tabernacle Choir attracted the largest audience of of nearly 10,000 AHA dele- gates. Being just an hour long, the Choirs program was not as long, of course, as the Choir sings for a full concert. But th-- ? the performance was reward- ed with as enthusiastic a reception as ever, including a employers and employes, a right to work law, and an industrial promotion program. He said there is need for better member attendance at labor union meetings, better relationships and more promotion of Utah products at home and abroad. Industry-scho- ol Dil worth S. Woolley, president of Redman-Bekin- s Co., moderated the panel. At the opening of the daylong conference, Gov. Calvin L. Rampton announced that he was ready to establish a centralized information agency to provide data to all organizations in the state engaged in industrial promotion. Loren C. Dunn, n vice presi h and member dent of of the First Council of Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, was named by the governor as chairman of an advisory board for the new organization. The complete board will be appointed the first week in September, Gov. Rampton said. Pro-Uta- American Hospital Association sustained standing ovation. Though the 320 singers and their conductor, Richard Con- - delayed leaving Chicago for nearly an hour when, somehow, a stowaway was found .on board. He had passed the entry gate by saying that he was a convert of one of the Choir staff executives whom he had to see imThe mediately. stowaway had the executives name written on a package of a Convention. and accompanist. Dr. Alexander Schreiner, had to contend not with the noise of die, cigarettes. When the man was finally escorted off. a search was made to see if he had planted" anything on the plane. The entire trip and arrangements were under the direction of Isaac M. Stewart, president of the Tabernacle Choir, and his general secretary, Stanford P. Darger. 3 UTAH DISTRICTS STILL NEGOTIATING Continued from Page Bthe board and GEA which -l B-- A -- 4 UtahTakes Hard Look AtEconomy Continued from Page 196-se- 747 was one-hou- which prompted one AHA executive to say, This is the largest audience at an AHA convention hell ever speak to, but I just hope he doesnt think they all came to hear him. They are just coming early to get a good seat to hear the Mormon Choir. 10,000 LISTENERS Whether or not this fan was being facetious, the Tabernacle Gioir drew an audience 'r they had in Toronto the previous two nights, they did have a noisy and annoying air cooling system to distort their unique sound. LOTS OF WAITERS the When introducing Tabernacle Choir to an The covers conditions of work. Nyle Buxton, GEA president, says the administrators concerned "have been sent ballots on which they can state their own preference. The ballots will be opened and tabulated by a certified' public accountant, he said. If the administrators vote to be represented by the GEA we could be at an impasse, Buxton said. The Granite Board of Education has taken the position the administrators must not be represented by the GEA. (There is no controversy over whether they may be members of the association.) All the teachers will vote Friday on the salary offer and extenthe proposed sion of the written agreement between the board and the GEA which expired June 30. The extension would have some changes. If teachers turn down the offer an lm- -' passe could result. y No progress was reported 69 NEWS Thursday, August 21, 1969 the Midway roller coasters as iHiimwyw DESERET today from Uintah District. The Uintah Education Association and the Board of Education met Wednesday night, but no agreement resulted. Another bargaining session is scheduled tonight in Carbon District where the board and teachers are several hundred dollars apart on foe size of teacher salary Increases. ' fc Enrollment High At Ricks A REXBURG, IDAHO enrollment to burgeoning match its expanding physical plant was predicted for Rick? College here today after th first of registration day Wednesday. "I wouldnt want to estimate our final enrollment figures, but it will go above 4,000," said Eldred Stephen son, director of admissions, Im sure of that." That would top last year's enrollment high of 3.794. ,t , histoRicks, with an ry of operation by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints, has had a 330 per cent increase in student body in the past 10 years, Stephenson noted. In the past five years there has been an average increase of 485 students every year, L. said President John Clarke. Last year, Ricks had the largest freshman class of any college or university an Idaho. New construction on campus has provided a new physical education plant, scheduled for completion this month, and an industrial aciepce building. The latter wiH house technical education, ' automotive technology, electronics, welding, drafting, farm mechanics and building trades. Two womens dor (Tories that will house 472 ar also under construction. Although work was delayed earlier-i-n foe summer because ' of a strike, completion is being rushed to insure housing for the girls at the earliest posy sible date, Clarke said. . ' ti 1 bra in. i i I . i tr 'Vou already know tESls the time of year youre going to savei (money. save, and on what card You just want to know how much youll Plenty. On a Chevrolet. Take Impala. Even without year-en-d savings, youd save. Many fcnodels cost less than last years, comparably equipped. you save again on your Chevrolet dealer special year-en-d pricQ And you save still a third time. The day you decide to trade Impala in. (Traditionally higher resale value, you know.) Name another car that, promises as much (besides Chevelle, Camaro and Nova). You cant. 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