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They don’t come any more diligent and dependable than Luke Cle8E, former Provo City commissioner and state senator whose funeral service will be held Friday. A native of Heber, Mr. Clegg was the ninth child in a family of 17 children. You could say he was a self-made man – and he racked up commendable… Continue reading Diligent Public Official

President Wilson W. Sorensen of the Utah Technical College here in Utah Valley made an interesting statement Thursday at the 197’9 spring graduation ceremonies. He explained that less than half of the graduates were in attendance because so many of them were alreadg working at jobs made possi le through skills developed in UTC classes.… Continue reading Salute to UTC Graduates

On several occasions during a performance this week of the Utah Pageant of the Arts in American Fork a patron near the front became so impressed with an art portrayal that he shouted, “Bravo, bravol” The man was more vocal than most, but the rounds of applause with each portrayal demonstrated solid, enthusiastic appreciation for… Continue reading Pageant Earns Salute, Again

Administration of justice in our judicial system sometimes is impeded or made more costly by challenge through ”technicality.” Conviction or acquittal too often hinges on one technicality or another – the police officer erred, the suspect wasn’t properly advised of his rights, court procedure didn’t go according to Hoyle. Sometimes, it almost seems, technicalities are… Continue reading Techniculities cmd Justice

Productivity, one of the factors vital to the nation’s economic health, once again figures in the news, with: 1. A Labor Department report that output per hour worked at the nation’s businesses (excluding famis) fell at a seasonallyadjusted 8.9 percent annual rate for the second quarter. 2. Release of the Joint Congressional Economic Committee’s midyear… Continue reading We Must Strive to Reverse Productivity Slump

There is cause for deep community concem i11 the u coming U.S. Steel-EPA negotiagons on environmental issues, Indeed, the very future of Geneva Works could be at stake. Dale L. Armstrong, who until July 1 headed U.S. Steel’s western division, laid it on the line in an interview with the Herald a few darlyls ag;).… Continue reading PubIic’s Vital Stake

Productivity is one of the measures of Americas economic well-being – and Labor Department figures for 1980 indicate that output still needs major national focus. For the third consecutive year, productivity among U.S. businesses declined. Economists usually interpret a decline in productivity (the nation’s output of goods and services per hour of work) as contributing… Continue reading Time to Reverse Decline in Business Productivity

Repeal of a single law, which reportedly adds an estimated $2.9 billion a year to construction costs in the United States, would lower consumer prices, federal taxes, and the price of new homes for thousands of residents in Utah, new economic study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce claims. The Chamber’s chief economist, former Utahn… Continue reading Report Merits Close Look

George Washington, as commander – in – chief of American forces in the Revolutionary War, wrought miracles in achieving victory over the powerful British to secure the liberty proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence. But as events proved, Washington was more a “man of peace” than of war. More as statesman than the – ‘… Continue reading Washington Excelled us Stutesindn