Word: utah
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...leaders from all parts of the country, went to work to assure involvement of as many students on as many campuses as possible. On the board are representatives from the University of California at Berkeley, Kansas State Teachers College, University of Texas, Fordham University, University of Wisconsin, University of Utah, University of Tennessee, Michigan State, Yale, Georgia Institute of Technology, and University of Oregon. They and Harris, who was named executive director of the program, feel strongly that a large vote will be sure proof of the political responsibility and maturity of students...
...GREAT BRAIN, by John D. Fitzgerald, illustrated by Mercer Mayer (Dial; $3.95). In Mormon Utah in 1896, Tom ("The Great Brain") is the craftiest kid around. Whether figuring a way to make money when his father gets the first flush toilet in town or teaching a one-legged boy how not to be "useless," Tom is very funny; the illustrations are excellent...
Spreading Impact. In Utah, where Governor Calvin L. Rampton has twice intervened in the deadlocked negotiations between Kennecott Copper Corp., the nation's No. 1 producer, and the United Steelworkers union, the impact of the strike is spreading. Some equipment and chemical firms have laid off help, and state welfare officials are paying an estimated $4,000 a day to idled workers, including some strikers. Sales have fallen among railroads and truckers, and banks report a substantial drop in the clearings and debits that reflect the pace of the state's economy...
...Mexico Rancher George Farr, who last week had to fight off not rustlers but the U.S. Air Force. Farr was driving 500 head of cattle from his ranch to a rail head 40 miles away; the Air Force was about to fire an Athena missile from Green River, Utah, to White Sands, N. Mex. Farr figured that the cattle and the second stage of the missile would reach the same piece of trail at the same time, doggedly persuaded the Air Force to reschedule the shoot and give the cattle right...
...stack up undelivered steel. The yearly rate of steel shipments is down by about 1,500,000 tons. Pennsylvania's Governor Raymond P. Shafer last week asked the governors of eight other steel-producing states to join him in negotiating an end to the walkout. And in Utah, where the economy is off by $30 million so far because of a twelve-week strike against the Kennecott Copper Co., Governor Calvin L. Rampton summoned labor, management and TV cameramen to the state capitol for a well-publicized effort to get negotiations moving again...