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May is Senior Citizens Month and it’s being observed in Central Utah with a variety of activities. For example, in Provo there’s currently an art exhibit in the Eldred Center featuring work of senior citizens. On the lBth, a special program will honor some of the folks who are 90 or over. And there are… Continue reading It’s Senior Citizens Month

Members of Provo High School’s forensics team are the ftoast of the town” after being crowned “co-champions” in the national speech tournament for high schools. The 11-member PHS team tied with Marquette High of Milwaukee, Wis. at the national tourney held in Seattle last weekend under sponsorship of the National Forensic League. Competing were top… Continue reading Forensics Co-Champions

Anyone who has followed the progress of the Pittsburgh – Des Moines Steel Company (PDM) in Utah Valley cannot help being impressed at its growth and widening operations in the West. PDM bought the Hammond Iron Works at Provo in 1959, and has demonstrated its faith in this area by expanding its plant and its… Continue reading A Valley lndustry Expands

Congratulations are due a Utah County steelmaker who has risen to high-echelon ranking in the United States Steel Corporation. Dean G. Wilson. a native of Payson. has been appointed vice president of engineering for U.S. Steel, effective Sept. 1. Since January 1976 he has been general superintendent of the corporation’s Homestead (Pa.) Works. Mr. Wilson,… Continue reading WiIson’s Success Story

This is Boy Scout “Anniversary Month” – a good time for a word of appreciation for the scouting program and commendation to the men and women who make it S0- V Scouting in Central Utah comes under the wing of the Utah National Parks Council. largest in America geographically. coverinlgl all of Utah south from… Continue reading A Scout Anniversary Salute

It was a big day as are all American inaugurals. Jimmy Carter took the helm as our 39th president – and Gerald R. Ford yielded the office he had failed to win for another four years in the November election. There was something reassuring and heatwarming about seeing the pictures of Carter and Ford shaking… Continue reading Our Peaceful Change-Over

Today marks the final observance of Veterans Day on the fourth Monday in October. But it is only a token commemoration. Amost from the time Congress enacted a new alignment of holidays in 1968, veterans protested the switch from the storied “llth hour of the llth day of the 11th month.” Indeed, Nov. 11, date… Continue reading It’s Veterans Dcsy, Buf…

Statistics quoted by the Allstate Motor Club say that superhighways have only half the collision rate of conventional roads. But don’t let that make you over-confident as you drive the freeways in Utah and elsewhere. Accidents can and do happen ; people still get killed on the superroads ; emergencies can loom suddenly when you… Continue reading Safety on the Freewuys