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Show ' Human 'Warehouse Gone At State Hospital By STEVE HALE Deseret News Staff Writer A man who PROVO helped turn a human warehouse into a hospital now thinks the place could become enA ouut. pcut He is Dr. Gordon Johnson, superintendent of the Utah State Hospital, and he recalls the days when patients were crammed 40 to the dormitory in the place. Workmen have these dormitories chopped e into neat, rooms, and the place is no longer an a n. ilnet semi-privat- road dumping place from where few patients reenter society. Instead of vegetating, parents now spend their hours in therapy groups and school classes. Because theyre so busy, theyre no longer free to farm the 300 acres of rich Utah County soil that stretches away from the big white Central Building at the foot of Y Mountain in Provo. And because its no longer economical to cultivate the land, Johnson says the hospi end-of-th- e r. "we owe it to patients" tal would do well to use it for other purposes. Ive thought it might make a beautiful state park, Johnson said. But that is one of his minor problems. Even though the hospital is a picture of progress, it still has its woes. Only last week, a girl patient hanged herself in a stark seclusion cell. The hospiuds hopes for full accreditaton have suffer-e- d a setback. Hospital attendants often the mainstay personnel in providing therapy-st- art work at only $307 a hospital. Eut an institution that treats maladies of the mind is bound to have stress. For the gir' it came about an hour aftoi - le was placed in seclusion. She tore n a hodsheet, tied it to the metal screen window and took her life. Earlier, she had broken an ankle in a jump from u second story level ramp. On several occasions she had tried to flee the place. Several clubs and individuals In the Provo area paid for her burial. A tragedy, said Johnson, shaking his head in the grieved fashion of a healer who has met frustration. He said he knows of two other suicides in the past five years. Commenting on the hospitals seclusion policy, Johnson said he doesnt like to use the word punishment In describing it. When a patient is secluded, he or she is placed in a month. As Johnson showed report- ers around the hospital this week, a muscular patient put an arm around his neck and chirped: Havent seen you in a while. Doc. How ya doin? Fine, fcowre YOU doing? Been getting in any more fights lately? Johnson asked. A few, grinned the patient, slapping Dr. Johnson on the back and bidding him locked room furnished only with a bed and chair. We only seclude a patient goodbye. That Is typical of the relaxed environment at the Patient's-ey- e view of the world from seclusion. when he is destructive, or a danger to himself or to other patients, Johnson said. We also use seclusion as a therawhen a peutic device patient is acting out and we cant get to them. They go into seclusion so they can think about their situations. It's a form of therapy, like prescription for a drug. Money is the kind of therapy the hospital needs to raise attendants' salaries, and Johnson said hes well aware of the state financial pinch and praises the employes union for beirg understanding. One u'ay the hospital can get money is through the Medicare program. It means about $300,000 to the hospital each year. But there's a catch. The hospital cant get Medicare payments for long if it doesnt win accreditation. Were ready for an accreditation inspection, Dr. Johnson said. However, an inspector wont be available until sometime next year. The hospital never has been fully accredited, but Johnson thinks it should be. We owe it to the pi dents," Accreditation means well have to do a lot of things to insure that our patients get the best of care, and it means well have to be on our toes all the time. he said. If Gordon Johnson, M.D., has problems, he also lias his proud moments. He praises his staff as the best in the world. He looks at patient areas that once resembled dungeons and murmurs that maybe we're getting somewhere. He recites figures that show walked out the front door in the past year and headed down the long, cedar-line- d drive that leads away from the hospital. He says the hospital now has fewer patients than ever 1,000 patients 450. Glancing over the 3C0 acres of alfalfa fields that might make a splendid state park, Johnson said: I have a lot of problems in my work here, but I love it wsft HevBsioim DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Thursday, ), Hove a problem? Dial p.m. Monday through Friday, or write to Box 1257, Salt lake City, Utah 84110. 6 to 9 Expensive Intrigue October 2, 1969 Man Pinned, Do you know where we could buy or obtain one of those , electric animals kids can ride at the grocery stores? We one to want a cheap one that doesnt work, or a second-han- d Mrs. B.G., put in our backyard to intrigue the children. Sait Lake City. 2 intrigue for your children. The electric machines and animals kids pay a dime to ride would cost one would run you $800 to $1,000 new. Even a second-hananywhere from $100 to $300. Cost is not your only problem, because they are hard to obtain. We called two companies who handle such amusement machines for stores, and both had nothing available. You have their names and numbers to contact periodically, since they do have the items now and then. Deseret News Staff Writer An expensive d Firm Can't Do It 4,'1 A company from Los Angeles called us two weeks ago to us we owe them $16-3- 5 and if we didnt pay immediately they would take us to small claims court in California. We sent a registered letter asking for an itemized statement .which in onr records was $24.35, not $16.35. We sent them a check for the $24.35 since we got no itemized statement. Now, we get a call front them saying unless we send the money pronto they will take ns to court in a week. Can they take us to a small claims court without notifying us? Mrs. G.H., Salt Lake City. You didnt tell us companys name so we can only tell you that they cant take you to small claims court in California because action must be filed in the county where you live. It would be difficult for them to act unless thev have a 'representative here to act for them. Also, the amount of the money Hess than $25) seems hardly worth the expense. They cant take you to court here without notification because the court would have papers served on you approximately two weeks before any court date. Do-- Mans advice is to check with your lawyer for best course to iollow. It seems youve demonstrated good faith by your current actions. It Broken Leg Safe? 1$ Is it illegal to drive with a broken leg in the state of Utah? K.O., Salt Lake City. - This is a case where there is no actual law on the books, but one of common sense and consideration for hindering driving hazards. Each case must be judged individually, but Drivers License Office says if the incapacity affects the drivers ability to control and operate his car safely, then a person should refrain from driving or use a specifically equipped car to compensate for slow motor response due to the incapacity. Go to Drivers License Office and request a test to determine whether you are able to operate the vehicle safely. Mini Do-l- ts We bought a vacuum four months ago and were prom-- , ised a set of pots and pans if we sent in the names of 10 people within two weeks who could be contacted. We did this and MAN on Page B-- 4 See DO-IT g COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS A small housewife and a mechanic lifted a pickup truck off a pinned man here Wednesday and dont even remember straining. It happened when Richard Timothy, 29, 2826 E. 7375 South, was working under the d truck. A jack slipped, ping the truck on him. drop- Mrs. Howard O. Lawrence, Banbury Rd., was working in her yard when she heard his calls for help. David B. Brown, 7380 Banbury Cir., also heard and sprinted to Timothys house. Mr. Brown and I took hold 2809 Urged EFr Utelh Autumn Storm Crosses State Lift Truck By RAY GRASS 'J of the front of the truck and started to lift. It didnt even feel as though we were lifiting the truck, but we got it high enough for Mr. Timothy to slide himself out, Mrs. Law- rence said afterward. Brown said he couldnt remember the truck being heavy. All I can remember is thinking weve gotta get him out of there, he said. I hope hes all right. Holy Cross Hospital, where Timothy is being treated for chest injuries, reported him in satisfactory condition this morning. Brown said he weighs about that Mrs. Lawrence is right small. 180 pounds and The fust fall storm of the season brought rain, colder temperatures and snew at higher elevations into northern Utah this morning. Gusty winds and showers were expected to spread into southeast Utah this afternoon and tonight, with frost and freezing temperatures extending into northern and western Utah valleys Friday night. A little more than of an inch (.14) of rain had fallen at the Salt Lake Municipal Airport by 10:30 a.m. Showers had also been reported as far east as Vernal and south to the Richfield and Beaver areas by The chairman of Californias Constitutional Revision Committee urged Utah leaders Wednesday to propose changes in your constitution as rapidly as possible. Superior Court Judge Bruce W. Sumner told members of Utahs Constitutional Revision Commission that experience in California indicated public and interest in revision tended to wane rapidly if changes are proposed over a official long period of time. Judge Sumner spoke to the Utah group at a luncheon meeting at the Hotel Utah and answered questions during an open discussion period. SPEED REVISION Utahns will vote in the 1970 election on a proposal which would permit revision of the Constitution on an article by one-ten- th article basis Sumner urged the Utah group to have other proposals ready to present to the 1971 Legislature and the public in 1972 so that revision could proceed in an orderly manner if voters approve the gateway amendment. Write-I- n May Spice Murray Mayor Kace MURRAY Mayor William E. Dunn will have no official opponent in his bid for reelection to a second term as Murray chief executive. But Oliver C. Carlsen whose name has been ruled off die ballot on legal grounds says he is still running and the mayor will know it. He hinted at a possible write-i- n campaign. Murray Recorder Alvin W. Wahlquist was notified today by Deputy Atty. Gen. Robert B. Hansen that Carlsens petition to run as a mayoralty candidate was invalid and his name cannot be placed on the ballot. Carlsen said he had circulated the petition with the intent of running as a candidate for city commission. However, he said, when it became obvious that Mayor Dunn would not be opposed, a decision was made to run instead for the mayors office.' Both Wahlquist and Carlsen agree that the candidate conferred with the recorder over the shift in plans. Carlsen received a new petition, filled which is out the front page a statement of candidacy for and ata particular office tached this to the list of names from the original petition. Carlsen said he had been led to believe there was no legal barrier to his course of action. In his letter to Wahlquist, the deputy attorney general noted that apparently one of the city officials involved with elections informed Mr. Carlsen that the alteration of his petition would be acceptable. Even though such advice a procedure which would greatly speed up the revision process. g. 3 MAJOR AREAS recommended three demajor areas of revision letion of outmoded provisions and ambiguous language; deletion of seme matters with recommendations for reenactment as statutes rather than constitutional provisions and revisions to modernize and improve the constitution. The California jurist also urged the Utah Commission to submit statutory implementation to the Legislature at the same time as proposed amandments. The statutory changes could be voted upon by legislators subject to enactment upon approval by See CONSTITUTION, Page B-- 8 He was given in good faltS and even and though Mr. Carlsen relied on it in equally good faith, the law cannot be ignored in order to avoid reasonable disappointment to this candi- date, Hansen wrote. The state official noted that a letter had been sent to Carlsen so that he might consult with his own attorney. Today, Carlsen said he had consulted with legal counsel and am still running. He declared that a write-i- n is one of the campaign things being considered. Mayor Dunn, who was also notified of the decision, said that he had not initiated the inquiry to the attorney general. He said this had been done by Wahlquist as a matter of routine. SECTION City, Regional Comics 1 Success Marks Ballet West's Symphony In J3y HAROLD LUNDSTROM peseret News Music Editor From the first moment when in arabesque, one by one, 16 girls in white executing the same design filled the Stage, there was no doubt that Ballet West's annual Fall Gala was soaring to exciting Success. B a 1 1 e t Wests premiere . of the performance La Bayadere al- electrified the Kingsbury Hall audience right from the beginning with what is probably the most spectacular entrance for a corps de ballet that has ever been deviled. To dance the classical ballet In Petipas demanding style is no small achievement, and when the elegant performances of Janice James and Tom Rudd were added, it elicited from the most near-Capaci- first-nighte- the most enthusiastic and vociferous applause eutcries of Bravo that has " m , At-.-'-- .'. A.- - B 1,3, 4, 8 2 Johnson Aide Chides Media By BRYAN GRAY Deseret News Staff Writer Television news media expect too much from a United States president, according to Liz Carpenter, former press secretary to Mrs. Lyn- don B. Johnson. The president is expected to work all day and then perform for the public at night, Mrs. Carpenter said in Salt Lake City Wednesday. We cant always expect the news media to be kind to a president, but we should expect newsmen to be under-- s she continued. anding, News deadlines dont always coincide with the responsibilities of presidents. Mrs. Carpenter, who has completed a soon-to-be-releas- book for Doufcleday Publishers on the warm inside story of the Johnson years, will speak tonight in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square for the opening Brigham Young University Forum Assembly lecture. She also addressed BYU students in Provo earlier today. Historians will look upon Lyndon Johnson as a courageous president whose many accomplishments were temporarily dimmed by the Vietnam conflict, she said. His conscience is clear on Vietnam, however. He felt responsible, not for starting the war, stage seasons. For example, that bewitching entrance is traditionally made by the girls corning down a ramp, but where could .i ramp be put on Kingsburys size stage? postage-stam- p What Miss James and Mr. Rudd were able to accomplish in their pas de deux and what the corps did can only be described as a tiny kind of a miracle. And they deserved every bit of the audiences A. ift. A .IklA. but for bringing the enemy to the peace table. She said the Kennedy Administration would be known Johnsons for inspiration, for delivery and hopefully President Nixons for bringing us together. A long friend of the Johnsons. Mrs. Carpenter said the real president was sometimes not noticed through his television appearances. Lyndon Johnson was a very passionate man who See LADY BIFD on Page 8 B-- fers as a musical). It Is too long, or at least it needs to be tightened up. The visual division between the inside of the castle and the bank of the river that flows ferable, inadequate (for ballet) in a good many Lady of Shalot. The balance of the recipe, which kept it from being even more unsettling, was the dramatic talents of Carolyn An- - Carpenter Bird's secretary C At Fall Gala been heard in venerable Kingsbury Hall with its insuf- clamorous appreciation. Take a smattering of modern dance, a something of classic ballet, and a dash of ethnic dance, and you have most of the recipe of the almost frustrating ballet, The Liz . . . Lady down cisive, to Camelot is indeback and forth, one finally gives up caring where the action is taking place. And why does the Lady of Shallot see herself in the mirror only once, and the primping Red Page not at all? Why is the Village Belle costumed to resemble the village sweet- Ballet West's "Symphony in C" closed the first performance of its annual Fall derson who went intelligently and convincingly from the exhilerating heights of joy to fee moving pathos of deep tragedy. It was, indeed, an impressive performance in creating a complete characterization. There were also many excellent portrayals that included Ben Lokey as the Red Knight, Merribeth as a country bumpkin, Vicki Hutten as the Village Belle, Shelley Noble, page tf Gala to tumultuous applause and "Bravos!" the Red Knight who is administered an unbelievable mauling, and John Nelson as Sir Lancelot. The long list of other performers also deserve sprigs of rosemary. But The Lady of Shallot suffers as being almost more pageantry than ballet (in the manner that Camelot suf heart rather than as a Scarlet Girl (which is a major factor in the story)? Why does Sir wear a lungs lancelot crown? And this list of technical objections could continue almost ad nauseam. But I have no doubt that when Wiliam Christensen, artistic director of Ballet West, now puts his cutting shears to the production, it will become See BALLET on Page B--4 "tf |