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Show F ' ' " f 5 Lynx Langford, who retired last month after working for the Park Record for nearly 60 years, celebrated his 75th birthday Saturday in Salt Lake. Shown above, Lynx in the company of his two sisters, formally of Park City. Conference Focuses on Mature Women The Governor's Commission on the Status of Women will sponsor a conference, "The Mature Woman: Economic and Social Status," on Nov. 13, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Senior Citizens Center, 237 South 1000 East, in Salt Lake City. The conference will focus on the needs of women over fifty years of age, including employment employ-ment and income, crime prevention, preven-tion, health and housing. Panelists will include representatives represen-tatives from state and county social service agencies, labor and employment, citizens groups on aging and elected officials. Senators Jake Garn and Frank Moss are among the scheduled speakers. Action task forces will be developed to implement specific recommendations made at the Governor's May 1976 Conference on Aging. Commission members Chiz Ishimatsu, Zelma Brundage and Elma Klitgaard served on the planning committee for the conference. According to Ms. Ishimasu, "There is a special need to focus on the mature woman. Our life span has increased from 48 years to 75 years since 1900. Women over 65 are six times as likely to be victims of crime as the rest of the population. Older women may face both age and sex discrimination in the labor market. mar-ket. Our health and housing needs are often overlooked. Specific action-oriented programs are needed to overcome these problems." |
