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Show ROLLO-glyphics day (oecassionally). The same is true with these holidays. The celebration Is not July 4 and July 24, but rather the events that happened on those dates. Still I would estimate that 80 percent of the material that crosses my desk concerning these events simply identify them as July 4th or July 24th celebrations. Hopefully some results will come from the more than $1.04 million in federal money that has been established in a grant to help solve the intermountain region's doctor shortage. The award has been made to the University of Utah College of Medicine and the money comes from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare With the Independence Day celebration just behind us and the Pioneer Day celebration just ahead, July 24, many articles arti-cles come across my desk with these celebrations. My father drove something home rather strong to me at one time concerning these events ev-ents and their identification that I felt should be passed on to those of you who are Involved in these events. He explained to me at one time that we don't celebrate July 4th and July 24th. We celebrate cele-brate Independence Day and Pioneer Day. It just happens that they fall on those dates. It'g kind of like your birthday. birth-day. Now my birthday falls on October 8, but I don't celebrate October 8, 1 celebrate my birth- will still be maintained to re-tall re-tall the additional 25 students in classes that already have admitted. We are forced to seek additional private or state support sup-port to avoid seriously jeopardizing jeopard-izing our educational mission, Dr. Dixon indicated. Regardless of the hardships brought about by the reduction in the program there is evidenced evi-denced a strong need for additional addi-tional doctors particularly in the rural areas. Cedar City has been fortunate to have as many physicians as they have, but the result has been that they are carrying a load far greater than Cedar City itself demands. Their heavy load could be relaxed re-laxed with the placement of doctors in other communities in the southern Utah area. Hopefully this program will result in the elevation of the doctor shortage but I'm person-nally person-nally inclined to believe that once the students have completed com-pleted their education, they will still be induced to remain in the heavier populated urban areas. Although funds are used in a program designed to encourage medical students to enter fam-iliy fam-iliy practice in areas needing physicians, the control is not mandatory. However, the program does deserve support of rural Utah, for it is impossible to attract physicians if too few are train-ed. train-ed. Hopefully the program at he U of U will be continued and that we in the rural areas of the state will benefit from these expenditures of federal funds. in three seperate grants. The largest grant totals $916,646 and is the third year award for a five-year project increasing the college's entering classes by 25 students. In addition. $99,8S5 has been earmarked for a physician shortage program, and $35,140 will fund a project allowing medical students to work with physician preceptors throughout the year. Reductions have apparently been made In the original appropriations ap-propriations owing to the cutbacks cut-backs in health education, according ac-cording to Dr. John A. Dixon, dean of the college, but efforts |