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Show Universal Microfilming l r lal Pierpont n rLJSLvy ' r IXVA in the footprints on the sands of City 1 time, 'some people leave only the marks of a heel. Chas.L. Wheeler. VOLUME 31 NUMBER 31 THURSDAY AUGUST 6 1959 SUGAR HOUSE.UTAH 1 mmmasmm oembm misvm This and similar headlines appeared this week in newspapers through out the Soviet Union. Translated it means "Chiefs of State To Exchange Visits' President Eisenhower and Premier Krushchev will pay visits to each other's lands in the early fall. What this ex-change will mean to a world on edge, only time can tell. Today there are nearly 9,000 tele-phon- es n operation in Logan with an additional 2,500 in Hyrum and Smithfield, all withing the local calling area. Logan Now Dials The World At midnight, August 1, the new 1.6 million dollar Logan dial telephone system was placed in service according to Mr. H.K. Richmond, manager for the Mountain States Telephone Co. For the two weeks previous to that date telephone technicians were busy testing the new equip-ment to assure the very best service when it was placed in operation, Mr. Richmond said. Logan is the first community in Utah to be able to dial long distance calls directly to their destination. When the new system was placed in service at midnight Saturday, Logan customers on one and two party lines could dial directly from their homes to over 45 million telephones. Newly installed equipment will automatically record the number from which the long distance call is placed, the number called and the duration of the conversation. In conjunction with the installa-tion of the new dial system, the Telephone Company has made many improvements in service. Larger feeder cables have been installed which have decreased the number of families per line to not more than two in the urban area. Modern new style telephones have replaced the non-di- al instru-ments, resulting in improved transmission, and new customers are now able to get telephone service when and where they want it, Mr. Richmond said. In February 1883 the Logan telephone exchange began with the inter --connection of 27 telephones. It was 1901 before the exchange had grown to 100. By 1911 there were 1,187 telephones in service. It was in February of that year that the Mountain States Telephone Company purchased the exchange. i i Ik... - i r-'-- - ; I b . . I ; 1 Highland High School I i Vacation Soon to End What seemed so far away last June is now only 24 days away yes-scho- ols will soon be opening their doors for another nine month session of elementary, junior, and senior high school education. The school year has been lengthened in Salt Lake City Schools with the elimination of Spring Vacation. New and improved school build-ings make our school system one of the most modern, and future plans call for an accelerated pace to keep up with our rapidly grow-ing school population. tI: I- , v ., , - ' , -- ,. , ' : : - fEvergreen Junior 'High School j ""!K1:L; -- .. , . ,.. ... . H Dilworth Elementary School I Civil Defense For You Should this nation be attacked by a foreign enemy using nuclear weapons what would be your chances for survival? Civil Defense cannot be pack-aged at the factory and sent to you COD. To be effective, it must be lived. You must work at it. If attack should come, survival in the. immediate post attack per-iod would be a personal a stark-ly intimate matter. For civil defense prepared-ness, you should know these five points: 1- -The warning signals and what they mean. A steady blast of 3 to 5 min-utes means . . .TAKE ACTION AS DIRECTED BY YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICE. You should know this local plan. If . you do not, turn your AM radio to the Conelrad frequency-64- 0 or 1240-f- or official direction. A wailing tone or short blasts for 3 minutes means. . . TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN THE BEST AVAILABLE SHELTER. 2 -Your community plan for emer-gency action. If you are in a tar-get city, you will be asked to either move out or to take the best available shelter. The dec-ision is a local one. If you live outside of . Salt Lake City, you should take cover. 3 -How to protect yourself from radioactive fallout. You should construct - a fallout shelter and stock it with a two-wee- ks sup-ply of food and water, a battery radio, first-ai- d kit, and essential items for survival. Designs and Continued on page 4. Winners Named In City-Wi- de Library Contest The Salt Lake City Public Li-brary completed its first city-wid- e summer reading program. The contest for young children 8 to 12 years of age was started June 11 and concluded July 23, a six week period. Winners of the "Beehive Read-ing Contest" were awarded merit prizes by GailPlummer, president of the Library Board of Directors. In Sugar House at the Sprague Branch Library the ceremony was held on July 30th at 10:00a.m. Sixteen top winners fdr the city were announced byV. Far-re- ll Thomas, Special Service Di-rector. For the South East sec-tion the winners" were: Rhonda Flandro,' 1553 Logan Ave., and Noreen Aiko Okubo, 2321 So. 13th E. 245 "Certificates of Merit" were also presented at the spe-cial programs honoringthe "Lead er Readers." Certificates were earned by reading one book in the five major areas, including: Biographical, fiction, science, fairy tales, and general classified. Over 500 participants entered the city-wi- de summer reading pro-gram. Special prizes consisted of sel-ected editions from the Through Golden Windows" series and se-lected reference books. Each book carried a special inscription honoring the contest-ant readership ability and accom-plishment. Sprague Branch Library, 2131 So. 11th East can be justly proud of its participation in the contest. Mrs. C. K. Naffzigger is the head librarian and Mrs. F. O. Randall, the children's librarian. They gave the youngsters aid in their selec-tion of reading material for the Beehive Contest. Mrs. Naffzigger and Mrs. Ran-dall report that 900 books were read by participants in the contest from the Sprague Branch. Total circulation for the month in the children's room was 9,112 books. Rhonda Flandro won first place by reading 78 books from the required list, and Noreen Aiko Okubo won bv readina 77 books. In third place was Catherine Van Lancker who read 47 books. This feat seems most remarkable as Miss Lancker came to Utah from Belgium only three years ago. Sprague Branch Library Gives Reading Contest ' --r riy i Mm ii 'i i, , .,,, . 1 All photos on this page by Independent Staff Photographers Photo shows winners in library contest. Left to right are Catherine Van Lancker, 8 yrs. old, Noreen Okubo, 8 yrs. old, and Rhonda Flan-dro , 9 yrs. old, and in back left to right are Mrs. Naffziger, Branch Librarian, and Mrs. F. O. Randall-Children- 's Librarian. NEWS CAPSULES OF TIIE WEEK Headline of the week: Ike and Nikita to exchange visits. Mixed reaction by John Q. Public. (See Mr. Riche- - page two). Headlines dominated entire week by Nixon. Political star rises as he holds his own with Krushchev and is welcomed in Poland. London: Queen returns after successful Canadian tour. Imper-turbable Palace guard loses control, boots young heckler. 500 R. R. employees laid off in Utah, result of steel strike. Thermoid plant in Nephi reopens after strike with employees receiving vast benefits. Modern Cinderella story: Rockefeller and Anna-Mari- e. Our ' touring Governor visits Ike, on to Governor's Conference in Puerto Rico. Reception: "Yankees, go home." Seminaries and impact of Nat'l Defense Act to change S. L. schools to 7 periods, longer day. Aug. 31st, opening date. Guerts case in hands of lawyers. Grand Jury goes to Point of Mountain to continue probe. NeW S. E, bench homes have landscaping gullied in torrents Sunday. Up to residents to protect property, official County opinion. OUR THANKS TO SANA HROMYK FOR OUR RUSSIAN HEADLINE. |