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Spreading nails across highways, as reported in several cases in Utah during the past week – and leaving them to flatten tires of unsuspecting travelers – is a thoughtless and lawless action that should arouse public indignation. t isn’t hard to envision tragedies that could result from such a senseless tactic: An ambulance stalled with… Continue reading Nails-on-Road Incidents

Preceding a major hunt – big game, waterfowl, pheasant, or whatnot – it’s customary to warn would-be nimrods of the hazards and urge they exercise every safety precaution. Certainly the warning. is appropriate. Everybody w 0 takes gun in hand and goes hunting isn’t a hunter insofar as experience and skills are concerned. Many of… Continue reading Respect Property Rights

Wotrldn’t it be interesting rt, by some sort of magic, we could transport ourselves back mtu a bygone era for a look at tts people and hlestyles’! Ot course a really old newspaper can provide some intimate glnnpses and right now l’m looking at a copy cl the Sept. 15. 1874, issue of the Salt… Continue reading iY; ‘;iY7Z?H0rses Had Mishmps;

Orem mayor, state senator, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club president, educator, church worker – these were some hallmarks in the community service which distinguished the life of Bryant Manning “B. M.” Jolley. Mr. Jolley, 84, whose funeral services will be Monday, retired in 1959 after 43 years of service in the public… Continue reading B.M. Jolley, Orem Leudeii

With the hlu span ntelnng upward. a 75lh htrthdzn anntveisart isnt the milestone it used to he But hutr olten du uc lap u senior citizen ut his St:VEtIl1t:s lt! bear lllu awcstrllte respunsilultltes of l ntted States pt estdent? The answer. ul course. is that until llunahl llilson llvaguns twtrterni prestdoney. no uiuc! exerntttu… Continue reading Hupky Birthdc1yL Presidmaz?

Apparently the business communities in Utah.and especially in Utah County haven’t heeded the national prophets of economic doom. Two weeks ago it was noted in these columns that Utah ranked first nationally for the third quarter of the current fiscal year in all three of the U.S. Labor Department’s key job placement indicators. Now Utah… Continue reading Growth of Manufacturing

Something is drastically wrong wha a toderal agency has the pmver tothreatentheveryexisterrceolan industry which produces a vltal product and provides thousands oi jobs – particularly whusi the irnlustry is doing its best to comply with regnhtiouus. Our own Geneva Works of U.S. Steel Corp. happens to be the industry; the Duvirorummtal Pmtecr tion Agency is… Continue reading Geneva Air Plan Deserves Approval;
Let’s End Economic Apprehension

We believe in keeplng a strong mllltary posture, and have underscored this repeatedly. But in defense as well as in any other fleld of govemment, waste and duplication should be ferreted out and eliminated. Thus we command Rep. Gunn McKay (D-Utah), chalrrnan of the House Mllltary Construction Approprlatlons Committee, for movng to review defense-related planning… Continue reading Cut Wusteful Spending