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Show Alcholism Confab Will Deal With Local Problems Problems affecting the lives of some 13,500 chronic alcoholics in Utah will be discussed at the Southern Utah Alcoholism Con-feence Con-feence at the College of Southern South-ern Utah, on Friday, Dec. 8. Prof. Eugene Hardy, staff member at CSU and chairman of the Alcoholism Al-coholism Council announced the conference plans, s Prof. Hardy stated that the problem of alcoholism is a vital and a growing one, largely unsolved. un-solved. "It is resulting In a heavy hea-vy toll of life, health and financial finan-cial burdens to the community," he said. "Pol'ce personnel, social agencies and many others are daily dai-ly faced with the question of how to assist the alcoholic and his family," he continued. He stated that every family In Utah was affected directly or indirectly indirect-ly with this II. r.c". All interested persons are invited in-vited to attend the conference which begins at 1 p. m. in the college auditorium, Dec. 8. Participating Parti-cipating will be Col. Lyle Hyatt, superintendent of the Utah Highway Patrol; Dr. William Mason, Ma-son, chairman of Utah Alcoholism Alcohol-ism Foundation; Clyde Gooder-ham, Gooder-ham, executive director of the Utah State Board on Alcoholism; Wally F., a member of Alcoholics Anonymous,, and Dr. Royden C. Bralthwalte, director of CSU. |