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The outpouring of generosity by local citizens toward the approximately 20 Vietnamese who have settled in Utah County since leaving their homeland several weeks ago is worthy of comment. Thursday’s Herald carried a feature story of the assistance rendered one of these families by Provoans. As reflected in that story, with very few exceptions, those… Continue reading Local Citizens Involved

Americans who have found little to admire in the Vietnam war discovered heroes in the returning prisoners of war and their sober, proud and dignified expressions of faith in God and their country. Old-fashioned patriotism, apparently out of style in some quarters, should get a rebirth from the quiet eloquence of men like Captain J.… Continue reading We Find Some Heroes . . .4

A century is a long time and yet so fleeting in the overall picture of our civilization. This week the Herald is commemorating a century of newspaperlng by this paper and its predecessors. in “the first hundred years” many men and women have devoted lifetimes of service in the endeavor. Yet, in terms of the… Continue reading ‘The First Hundred Yeurs’

Word from the Utah Education Association is that its 40 member associations across the state are now in nggmtiations with their school trict for 197576 teacher contracts. In ,fact, say UEA spokesmen, prospects for early conltracts appear b’ tatt is stage. rTgl:is is good because the need for speeding un the negotiations is demonstrated almost… Continue reading Teacher COI’Ih’CCI’ Td”(S

Citizens of Utah County have a special responsibility in the November election, This unusual assignment is to decide whether to keep the commission system of county government or switch to a proposed system called the “Separation of Powers Plan.” We hope the people are taking the task seriously and that they will be informed and… Continue reading Special Voter Responsibility:
Choice of Government Plans

Provoans will vote tomorrow on a School District proposal to increase the present voted leeway tax from 2.9 to 6 mills. If approved, the new arrangement will increase leeway tax revenues by about $375,000 based on a 50 per cent boost in assessed valuation under the current property reappraisal. School officials say the money is… Continue reading School Leewuy Election

With all its wealth and natural resources, the United States is on a red ink spending course that can only lead to financial disaster. In only two of the past 17 years has the government taken in more money than it has spent. Among the issues for sober contemplation as you plan your “‘uesday vote… Continue reading Economic Stability: A Major
Issue in Tuesclayls Election

Utah lawmakers, when the legislature meets early next year, should take a hard look at a section in the statutes which consistently results in waste of the taxpayers’ money. The rule in question is 20-7-6 which provides that the clerk responsible for the election print 50 per cent more ballots than the total number of… Continue reading Waste of Tax Dollars

When the Utah Board of Vocational Education meets in Salt Lake City Dec. 16 it plans to consider a modified policy on general education for technical colleges. The proposed policy -. presented by State Superintendent Walter D. Talbot to the state board in September – appears to have some good points. But the Herald joins… Continue reading The General Education Issue

Utah’s State Board of Regents for Higher Education seems to have scored something of coup in hiring Dr. Terrell H. Bell as this state’s commissioner of higher education. Dr. Bell is United States Commissioner of Education, having held the nation’s top school post since June 1974. Before that, from September 1971, was superintendent of the… Continue reading Higher Education Leader