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Show Dr. Merrill Rid d guest speakeron Dixie Series The influences of the Las Vegas Strip, Los Angeles and the retirement promotions of California, Nevada and Arizona on Utah's Dixie will be the subject of the final lecture on Utah's Dixie. The lecture will be given March 9 at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Sun Room at Dixie College. Admission is free. The lecture series has been sponsored by Utah State University in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities, Dixie College and the Utah Historical Society. Guest speakers for the final lecture will be Dr. Merrill Ridd, University of Utah geographer, and Dr. Ben Bennion, California University at Humboldt geographer. Their topic is entitled en-titled "Utah's Dixie: Post-World War II decades." Ridd is chairman of the U of U Geography Department and has currently been working with NASA on studying the earth from space. He is a consultant to the Utah Legislative Council for Natural Resource Goals and is author of numerous technical and educational publications. Bennion is currently researching resear-ching "Mormon Mobility in the Modern Era." He has also been working vith the LDS Church Historical Department in preparing maps for a 16-volume history series. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from Syracuse University and has had several papers published. The two geographers will discuss Jiow Highway 1-15 has affectedsouthern Utah, and the changes it has accelerated -"changes that have been violent in speed, temp, spirit and values." In connection with their lecture, lec-ture, a display on highways and development, then and now changes through photographs and changing life styles, will be on exhibit. The lecture series has been an attempt to make local history the basic building block for understanding un-derstanding the past. Objectives have been to introduce broader interpretations, provide instruction in-struction for improvements and advise local groups concerning the history of their community. |