A Merry Christmas indeed. Again this year, a truism has been proved – that the Christmas spirit returns, in spite of everything, to wield its magic on mankind. With so much hate and turmoil in the world, so much sickness and tragedy, so much human misery, it almost seems irrational that we harbor such general… Continue reading Christmas Day, 1977
Year: 1977
Election Turnout – Small Cities Set Example
Hats off to the smaller cities and towns of Central Utah – they really got out the vote Tuesday! While some of the major cities were allowing a minority of the voters to make the decisions at the polls, many of the little towns really showed the election spirit and appreciation for the right to… Continue reading Election Turnout – Small Cities Set Example
On Safety With Canines
A 5-year-old Huntsville boy was mauled to death by a dog the other night – and the tragedy should be cause for dog owners to seriously contemplate on the safety and reliability of their own canines insofar as a possible attack on a human being is concerned. Some specific questions seem appropriate: Is your dog… Continue reading On Safety With Canines
The ‘WiIdcat’ Phone Strike
There ought to be a better way to go, in registering dissatisfaction with at tentative contract settlement than a “wildcat strike.” About 400 employees of Mountain Bell Telephone and Western Electric Co., staged a short wildcat strike Wednesday to protest a three-year tentative labor-management contract accepted by the Communications Workers of America. Picket lines were… Continue reading The ‘WiIdcat’ Phone Strike
Postscript on CUP Fight
With President Carter’s signature on the public works bill, the appropriation for the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project apparently is secure for another year. The news brought relief to a lot of people here in arid Utah who would second this brief statement issued to the press by Rep. Gunn McKay, D-Utah: “I’m… Continue reading Postscript on CUP Fight
Santa Barbara Tragedy – Don’t Let It Happen Here
Recent rains eased fire danger temporarily on the Central Utah ranges and forests – but the potential hazard is still there and extreme care should be used in guarding against fire outbreaks. “While the rains helped, a good hot afternoon can put us right back where we were,” noted Floyd A. Lundell of Benjamin, county… Continue reading Santa Barbara Tragedy – Don’t Let It Happen Here
Review of Postal Salaries
Attention has been drawn to salaries of postmasters as a factor in the postal department deficit. The whole subject of finding ways to economize seems timely, with a proposal afoot to boost the cost of stamps for first class business mail to 16 cents. In Utah it costs the U.S. Postal Service well over $2.5… Continue reading Review of Postal Salaries
Solving the Dog Problem
Dog ordinances may vary to some extent city to city – but generally they aren’t markedly different from Provo’s which requires that dogs be confined to private property unless accompanied by a member of the family. The canines are not permitted to run at large; they must be controlled at all times, which means a… Continue reading Solving the Dog Problem
State Hospital Investigation
The Utah State Hospital has been the center of a smoldering controversy for several months. Now the Utah Legislative Social Services Interim Study Committee has passed a motion asking the attorney general to investigate possible malfeasance and misappropriation of funds at the Provo institution. Dr. Roger S. Kiger, superintendent, quickly welcomed the investigation and said… Continue reading State Hospital Investigation
Utah Valley and Steel Imports
There is cause for both optimism and concern by Utahns in remarks by David M. Roderick, president of U.S. Steel Corporation, during his visit here Wednesday. Mr. Roderick viewed Geneva Works as cost-competitive with other U.S. Steel facilities and said the outlook for growth in the West “is substantially higher than the national average.” indeed… Continue reading Utah Valley and Steel Imports