| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION had been Secretary of Agriculture under President Dwight Eisenhower Conventioners also heard another man destined for prominence in Richard Evans who withindecade would be the President of far-flung Rotary International There was of the ways parting for Thursday luncheon The Sperry Hutchinson Company then purveyors of Green Stamps entertained the ladies at Prudential Federalspacious facilities 3300 South and State Streets Film and television star Anita Colby wasnot only attractive but quite charming speaker The men meanwhile remained at Hotel Utah where they were guests of Porte Publishing Company producer of the industrycommercial printing guidebook on costs and prices The ladies were the luckier of the two groups their facility was air-conditioned The cooling system at Hotel Utah failed at the height of the convention and in the midst ofhighly-unusual heat wave Each day from Monday through Friday the mercury topped 100 degrees and Saturdayreading of 99 was the warmest June 24th on record Nevertheless the men endured the heat and laughed at the humor of the Salt Lake Tribunewidely-known columnist Dan Valentine At the outset the genial wordsmith observed Whennoticed was to speak to NEA members today wondered what to say tobunch of teachers Thenrealized it must be another organization named NEA because by this time in the summer all the underpaid teachers are off on their vacation trips to Europe General Motors providedpre-dinner reception and Coketail Party for the younger element Thursday evening after which Newspaper Agency Corporation sponsored the Awards Night festivities Both John Jack Gallivan pub lisher of the Salt Lake Tribune and Dr Preston Robinson general manager of the Deseret News conveyed greetings to the delegates NEAhighest individual accolade the Amos Award was given Hugh Boyd Brunswick New Jersey Home News publisher of the New Delegates paused at Hill Air Force Base Friday morning 380 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
