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It’s disheartening, after the successful 1977 fight to save Central Utah Project funding, to find that the Carter Administration has cut the fiscal 1979 CUP budget. And of even more concern, according to Rep. Gurm McKay, is the administratioifs “no new starts” policy. it is understood that under the policy any spearate part of a… Continue reading A CUP Challenge – Again

It seems to the Herald that the dignity of the office of President of the United States has “taken a beating” in recent years. Do you agree? Will presidents of the future command the respect and reverence attached to the presidency in years gone by? Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln. History has painted an aura of greatness,… Continue reading On Presidential Dignity

There was quite a fuss at the University Mall recently when a baby – left asleep in the car while its mother went shopping awakened and set-up a howl. Mall officials were pressed into action, along with other volunteers. Some comforted the child while others looked for the parents. It was quite a while before… Continue reading Don’? Leave Youngsters

The thing Elmer Stuetzer misses most during the St. Louis newspaper strikes is the editorial page, he told United Press International. ”That’s where the letters columns are,” added the 67-yearold St. Louis resident, who pointed out he has been writing letters to the editor since 1962. “I really miss them,” he said. Of course, all… Continue reading Renders Have Their Say

With the filing deadline less than 3’/: weeks away, not a single person has announced candidacy for either of the Provo City offices to be filled in the municipal election Nov. 6. What’s more, there seems to be very little talk as to who might be planning to run for city commissioner or cit auditor.… Continue reading Filing Time in Provo

Utah, and particularly Utah County, can be quite proud of its growth and statistics in the employment-unemploymentlabor market category. The low unemployment rates in both the county and the state may not lead the nation, but they certainly remain up among the leaders. Month after month, for the past couple years, these statistics continue to… Continue reading Favorable Job Picture

Would you believe that about 10,500 persons have been killed on Utah highways since 1934′? In an analysis of fatal accidents, the Utah Highway Safety Dlvlslon discloses that annual fatality counts have average 235 since that year. There has been an annual increase of between 4 and 5 fatalltles per year in the period. In… Continue reading Message for Motorists

There’s good economic news in Utah County. The unemployment rate for April was at 3.4 percent for an alltime record. The number of unemployed workers stood at 2700 for the month, down from the 3320 in March, according to the Utah Department of Employment Security (Provo Job Service Center). Seasonally-adjusted, the jobless rate at 3.9… Continue reading Good Economic News

Time flies, memory fades. it is a full 10 years since man first walked on the moon, yet it does not seem like yesterday, So much has happened down here on Earth in this eventful decade, space exploration itself has gone beyond the moon in other and unmanned directions, that this supreme achievement of human… Continue reading A Mun on the Moon