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Lively Provo Museum

Click to see original imageIf you haven’t visited the Provo Pioneer Museum at North Park (Fifth North and Fifth West) in recent years, we suggest you take time to do it – not only to see the exhibits of pioneer memorabilia but to receive infomation on points of interest in Utah Valley. Since the museum opened June 1, over 5000 persons have signed its register, most of them tourists here to visit the valley. Visiting by area residents reached its high Koint during the Pioneer Day open ouse July 24, and many were surprised at the sim and caliber of the exhibits. Paintings, photographs, relics, and mementoes related to local history are attractively displayed on the walls and in new cases. The museum is operated for tourists and area residents as a service of the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers of Provo, the Citi; of Provo, and Utah County, wi the Provo Chamber of Cormnerce also cooperating. Tourists who stop at the museum get a feel for the valley’s history as they view the displays. They are also furnished brochures and directions that will help make their stay more meaningful. Points of interest are called to their attention. For example, the local canyons, Geneva Works, BYU, art exhibits, outdoor theatres, Sundance, Timp Cave, Cascade Springs, the Provo Airport, etc. They are also told of a new mini-bus tour service ‘ust begun by the Chamber of dommerce, with two-hour runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6’ p.m. and Saturdays at 10 p.m. from Rodeway Inn, 1292 S. University. The tours, with guide information, visit such points as BYU, the Provo Temple, northeast residential areas, Bridal Veil Falls andiits tramway, the Osmond studios, and downtown Provo. Lela De St Jeor is the curator at the museum, assisted by Clara Denham, Elna Laws, and Teton Jackman. The tourist and exhibition service has been provided at the Pioneer Museum for many years. The Herald commends the sponsoring organizations for perpetuation of the project. It is hoped the “local residents” as well as touring visitors will capitalize on the opportunity the museum affords them. J ust in Case The way things are going, the Moscow Olympics may well lose out to worsening East-West relations. But the U.S. network which purchased broadcast rights to the 1980 games is making sure that it does not lose out on its investment as a result. NBC has taken out a $30 million insurance policy with Lloyd’s of London to cover it in case disagreements over human rights and other issues cause the United States and possibly other Western nations to pull out. Even if the games should not be cancelled as a result, the resultant minievents would scarcely be worth the coverage. Not to mention the cost. D0 you suppose the Greeks, who started the whole business back in 776 B.C. in celebration of human achievements transcending such mundane considerations as politics and commerce, had a word for this?