Show spotlighting utah tourist lure S agns gns planned As part of a iong long range program I 1 to increase tourist trade the utah department of publicity and industrial development will place colorful sign boards at six key points in border states it is announced by commissioner rulon S howells the huge signs 42 feet long and Ws feet high each carrying a beautifully painted picture of major scenic attractions will extend an invitation to the motorist to visit in utah the s signs I 1 i agns gns will be placed south of pocatello idaho to face eastbound traffic on highway 30 coming west near cheyenne wyoming east of denver on highways 40 and 36 east of phoenix arizona west of Bars barstow calif V and east of reno nevada on highways 40 and 50 utah 74 per cent mormon the latest survey made by the church committee on statistics indicates that both in salt lake city and utah as a whole the majority of its citizens are members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints of the estimated state population of people the church figures reveal that there are mormon members or per cent of salt lake cites estimated population per cent or are cormons mormons Mor mons s bateman urges vocational training looking to the greater industrialization of utah dr E allen alien bateman state superintendent of public instruction declares that it is the duty of the state to train its citizens in vocational occupations to meet the expanding need for skilled labor As a beginning dr bateman recommended t the h e creation of a vocational training school utilizing two or three of the buildings at the utah ordnance plant and the retention on a permanent basis of the central utah vocational school at I 1 provo on dec 13 dr bateman proposes to ask the state board of education for to finance the salt lake city school and for the provo school 1947 plates soan avail available motorists may obtain 1947 automobile license plates at the state capitol beginning december 16 |