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Show spvc f UvIVESAL MirRnrTl LE CI- -, ,jrH aM0I REVIEW PHONE NUMBERS, Want 487-227- 8 B- -l 487-181- 9 August II, 1966 The Weekly Newspaper Serving The Salt Lake Community 10 O ID u NEWS BRIEFS County Trio Juggles Week In Review Political Reputation Vehicles Up There! Salt Lake City Commission has reach- -' ed accord with the J. C. Penney Co., making it possible for the merchandising firm to construct a parking facility at 2nd South and Main with ramps to be constructed over the citys sidewalks. A major question settled was liability, which will be undertaken by the Company under its nationwide liability policy. Salt Lake City will be held harmless for claims for Injuries or property damage that might arise as a result of the sidewalk ramp installation. A Still, another food crop in Utah faced cost increase this year as a result of the fortunes of harvest. High quality, one of the marks of high cost was a characteristic of the Utah pea harvest but the size of the crop was smaller. Spring frosts damaged the early crop of peas. A consolation to farmer and consumer Is the simultaneous report that snap beans, tomatos and com crops appear to be good. Although vegetable producers are reported concerned over irrigation water supplies. CreeQ 1 am not convinced the total mill levy increase was necessary. New Court Action Against Ed Hunt In Legal Hopper Olympics? Oui , Maybe! The possibility of Utah evtp achieving site status were sharply in greased last week when the Salt Lake 'bounty Commission called a meeting to iiscuss installation of sewer lines in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons. Last winter a report was prepared hat indicated that a row of backhouses would greet winter sports enthusiasts n the Wasatch Front if county and state tailed to participate in sanitation sewer ievelopment for the ski area. The county will support some $35,000 in engineering costs necessary to get sewer line installation on the drawing wards. While there was a promise of some of the transient room tax money tor promotion of the county's ski resort ireas, there was a hope that the needed sewer lines will be in service before early 1968. Olympic Louis F. Hoffman, plaintiff in an action against the Salt Lake County Commission and the board 4 directors of the Salt Lake County Civic Auditorium is preparing to ask a restraining order against the chairman of the Salt Palace Board, - . -- McCown E. Hunt. Counsel for Mr. Hoffman, Gayle Dean Hunt, said that Mr. Hoffman has interviewed various persons regarding reports that he, Hoffman, sought and was refused a position with the Salt Palace. Mr. Hoffman said he has investigated the various sources because they 'improperly assailed his motives in bringing the action against the defendants. Mr. Hoffman, his counsel reported, now will seek a court order requiring McCown E. Hunt, personally and as borad chairman, to appear and show cause why he should not be restrained from issuing to news media or otherwise publishing misleading, belittling and erroneous statements regarding plaintiffs Salty Tears It leaves a salty taste m your mouth ....the tears that some wil shed if the old Saltair Pavilion, long since obsolete, must be razed. cm Would you believe the Democrats are running for election? On Monday morning the musty old ty halls of the building steamed in the midst of a new chapter in the old vs. Creer. When hassle: Jenson-Larso- n the steam cleared the Salt Lake County Commission had increased the mill levy by close to $1.5 million dollars - had affectively passed a new budget without a budget hearing - and had increased taxes to bring in money this year which wont be needed until next year The Boy Wonder faced the Dynamic Duo and tried to put on the brakes with no success. John Prestem Creer voted against the largest hike in the mill levy - $680,556.20 for the Metropolitan Hall of Justice - but couldnt even get in a word edgewise. The melee turned into a donnybrook when Commission Chairman Marvin G. Jenson turned invectives against Mr. of Mr. Creer charging that Creer would mean two more years of haggling. Mr. Jenson shid Mr. Creer '"hadnt looked at the figures until Monday morning. Mr. Jenson was right - but Mr. Creer had bent his administrative assistant and his secretary in to try to get the figures. city-coun- Time (Continued Pickle Bean? See Womens Page, Vol.ll No. 30 Pod At To A Advertising, News Office 487-740- 1 Action Ads Circulation 000550 page A 2) motives on the suit. Target of the order; ' especially counsel said, is the report stating in effect that the action in which Mr. Hoffman appears as plaintiff is 'retaliatory in that Mr. Hoffman applied for and was refused a Salt Palace job or a concessions contract. Mr. Hoffman reiterated that the action is as a taxpayer; that he is backed by many prominent voters, including those who petitioned for a revote. Counsel observed that, anyway, the assault cm Mr. Hoffmans motive is a red herring, begs the question and refuses to meet the vital issues raised in the suit to halt construction of the Auditorium Complex until the people have been given opportunity to vote again on the (Hoffmans) project. Mr. Hoffman and his motives really do not matter, anyway, The Review was told; there are read and vital issues that must be met. Beetle Bites Leathery Hide Of Utah Highwqy Unit, And It Stings! The Utah Highway Department responded vigorously and violently over the past week, shying from efforts of a old slip of a cub reporter - a girl with two months reporting experience, and began burrowing like a colony with something valuable to of pack-ra- ts hide. A muzzle was placed over the mouths of all employes of the Highway Department as the rafters of that department shuddered from a series of simple questions from the curious young reporter of The Rocky Mountain Review. The young lady was given a body She was barred from posing guard. oral questions. She was berated for an insertion of a direct quotation into her ed story made by her managing editor. Press Secretary John David Rose told the reporter: 'The Governor was livid last night when he saw the article, but I urged him to read on. He is calmed 22-y- ear by-lin- down now. Mr. Rose told the Review that the Governor was most upset about the "headlines Right of Way Amateurs Put State In a Tizzy. Governor Rampton later explained that he learned of the Highway department situation shortly after his inauguration on April 27, 1965; called a press conference outlining the problem and told of his intentions to remedy the situation. The Governor said that he did away with the incompetent people in the right-of-w- ay department and replaced them with qualified appraisers. It was in simple efforts to ascertain the professional qualifications of the staff of 21 appraisers (the Review has been told that at least 20 of the 21 are NOT qualified), that the Review reporter met the onslaught of resistance. Four letter words and five letter words impinging her character began to disseminate throughout the capitol building because she did the job she was assigned 4 to do to the extent that she was able to penetrate the elephantine hide of Highway Department secrecy. Until Governor Rampton did away with the incompetent appraisers, he explained, there were appraisers known as 'windshield appraisers, who did little more than glance through the windshield as they drove by properties to be appraised and documented at headquart- ers. The federal government requires that property be fully studied and thoroughly documented and it may be of Uttle ornosipif- icance that the brochure the Highway distributes among its Department appraisers carries as part of its printed policy: 'Appraisal reports erf individual parcels of small value may be very brief with little supporting data. (There seems to be considerable disagreement between state and federal authorities as to what kind of a pared is 'very small.) as thp reporter, Ann Beetle Bailey carried out her assignment, word circulated that 'That sneaky girl from the scandal sheet is in the Meanwhile, building again. Five letter words also began to circulate describing her kinship with canines. On erne occasion she waited to talk with Robert Malecker, reimbursement director. She was approached by Chris Metos, publicity director, and from that moment on she acquired a body guard.... guarding the body of the entire Highway Department against her apparently overwhelming curiosity about how the state of Utah invests ts and the nations tax dollars. Mr. Metos marched her to the office of Henry C. Helland, director. Miss Bailey henceforth must see Mr. Helland before she sees anyone else in the department. on that art 'Isnt that your by-li- ne $22-milli- Hearing? For What Although a budget hearing must be held sometime before the end of the year to en the budget determined in December it will be a useless gesture, since the commission voted on the revenue Monday. Although Mr. Jenson advised that the commissions votes on budget appropriations were subject to later approval he finished off the meeting by saying 'This budget has been approved. Largest source of contention: the Metropolitan Hall of Justice. Salt Lake County voters originally approved a $5.5 million bond issue for the project. It now appears that the total cost might run closer to $6.1 million. So far the county has spent about $4.8 million cm the hall. The balance of the cost will be for the court building planned for the site until recently occupied by the old jail. But that building will not be completed until December 1967. Part of the re-op- money will be required for progress payments during construction - but the county now has almost $700,000 to take care of a good share of those progress payments. . Short On Rations Part of the road system of every county in Utah is financed by the state under a system called Class B Road Funds. These funds are ratiqned out on a formula which considers road mileage, population and area. Over the years Salt Lake County has received amounts varyingfrom$155,361 on this account in 1958 to a high of $362,182 in 1964. Last years figure was $330,864. At the beginning of this year the County applied for $561,039 in class B Road Funds - and based its December budget figure on that amount. Why? ''In order to meet our program we has to have this amount of money. said Woolas Macey, Highway Department superintendent. in fact in March They didn't get it the state aUowed Salt Lake County $415,533 - some 15 percent higher than ever before, but this didnt meet the anticipated cctets - therefore the $145,-000 increase An Monday. Mr. Macey explained that this money was needed for projects in process including road work at 5400 South from 4800 West to the Bacchus Highway and at 3200 West from 7200 to 6200 South. 'We were hopeful of getting this increase," Mr. Macey said, 'Because we gathered that we could obtain money other counties hadnt used - besides we had more mileage than before. Mr. Macey explained that the County Highway Department had laid more miles of road this year than in any previous year. Lets Sue Someone an attempt to ease the financial pressure Commissioner Creer Wednesday morning proposed that the County file suit on Salt Lake City over disputed costs on the Metropolitan Hall of Justice. The County Attorney had suggested such (Continued on page A6) . In A 3? ,w J Jenson: There of order here. never a time when theres a semblance Liquor By The Drink Need Cited Again All Guess Money Exact determination of the cost of the Hall of Justice is complex - and required most of a days computation by David P, Jones, county auditor, Mr. Jones gave cost totals to the Review on Tuesday -the day following the "budget hearing. While Commissioner Jenson blasted Commissioner Creer for not investigating the figures more closely, neither Mr. Jenson, nor Mr. Creer, nor Mr. Jones, nor the Review had a very clear picture of the timing of the need for money until Tuesday - after the mill levy was fixed. The objections made by Mr. Creer were on the basis of earlier information supplied by the auditors office on the Hall costs - which indicated they were less than Mr. Jones Monday estimate. Mr. Jones admitted Tuesday that these earlier figures were not clear. Not discussed at the Monday hearing was the fact that the additional money wouldnt be needed until 1967 - so that in fact the county commission gave itself a nice little surplus for this year at Mondays hearing. The balance of the increased taxes comes from any sources. Included are $100,000 for patient care payments to the new University Hospital, (m the basis that the county didnt anticipate the higher costs of this facility. But cm Monday the commissiMi didnt anticipate the lower costs that are certain due to the start of Medicare. Largest increase apart from the Hall of Justice was for the County Highway Department. icle? Mr. Helland wanted to know the answer was yes. 'Well, what about that statement I made about the That I wouldnt hazard a guess until I got the figures to read them to you. Did I tell you that? Mr. Helland asked. No, he had not. He had told that to the Reviews managing editor. 'WelL your by-li- ne was cm the article and I oidnt tell you that personally, said Mr. Helland. He was furious.. ..obviously so. Theres going to be a new system from now on, he declared. 'Anything you want to know about the highway department, you will write down and we will give you the answers on paper.... (and take an awful long time about it. Miss Bailey learned.) 'You wont talk to anybody up here, understand? said Mr. Helland. This last order left Miss Bailey in a quandry. It was Explained to her by her superiors on The Review, that Mr. Helland may be able to squelch freedom of speech in a publicly supported unit of goyemment, but he is in no position to tell a reporter that she will or will not talk to anyone anywhere at anytime. Meanwhile, Miss Bailey goes about with her bodyguard, who also is her If Mr. Metos is unable to obtain the information needed by Miss Bailey over the telephone, or by personal conversation. Miss Bailey is permitted (so far) to accompany him to the office of the particular person who might have the needed information. Trouble with the new system, Miss Bailey complains, is that Mr. Metos cant possibly be an authority on all phases of the highway department and he leaves too many questions unanswered. Incidentally, Miss Bailey was advised, by the Governor and the Secretary of State that if she was having any trouble, let us know." 'Help! Help!" , . by Jeanie Kempe With more money than ever to spend on promoting, William D, packman Jr., assistant secretary. Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, sees no end of possibilities for Utah. What should be promoted? Everything! Who should do it? Everybody! Biggest boon to.the promotion business in Utah is the new transient room tax. Mr. Backman expects funds for the first year to total $140,000. Mr. Backman reports that until now the largest sum Salt Lake has ever had for promotion was $25,000. 'We are in a much better position to sell conventions. Wecouldnthandlethat before. Mr. Backman explained that what needs to be done now is a good solid selling job. He was talking about actual solicitation.. ..sending individuals out to cities throughout the country and really selling Salt Lake, He feels that Utah needs the greatest possible exposure and that this can be accomplished through the convention business. He said that a conventioneer spends more money than the tourist and that it is easier to see the results of promotion with conventions. But Utah still has problems and one of the problems is that of liquor. We need the full sale, of liquor by the drink over the bar, he said. 'Bars provide a means for entertainment." Mr. Backman felt, though, that the number of cocktails should be restricted and that a stringent bond should be required to discourage fly by night He said that at least two major hotel chains are not here because of the liquor situation in Utah. 'Most people are convinced of the need for liquor over the bar, he said. It is just a matter of procedure getting it on the ballots. Referring to a statement by the Salt Lake Civic Auditorium Board indicating1 that it was nice that Salt Lake did not allow liquor over the bar because Salt Lake would attract conventioneers who were seriously concerned about attending the meetings, Mr. Backman said.... whoever said that is nuts. He then explained that some people go to conventions to participate and , others go to meet people and get information and whether or not there is abar available makes little difference. He said that one convention leader said that the best attendence his conven-.tio- n ever had was in Las Vegas. He also feels that Salt Lake needs more entertainment. We like entertainment, he said, pointing $ut that it is entertainment that attracts people to an area. But then you get the question of what comes first. Should you bring in a lot of entertainment in hopes of attracting more people or should you get in the people and then bring in the entertainment? He said that New York City started It took the promoting entertainment. slogan New York is a Summer Festival, and started adding things to get visitors. "Its going excellent, he said pointing out that New York is now flocked with summer visitors whereas very few people ever visited New York in the summer before the promotion! And people still want to see Great Salt Lake, he said. Were trying to talk them out of seeing it and they tell us theyve driveni 2,000 miles to see . the Great Salt Lake and theyre ping to see it. ....by bus or by car, And then ttyey jre disappointed, Mr, Backman He commends the KCC tailings proHe feels that this ject at the lake. control over the lake will encourage private enterprise to develop & resort area by taking away the fear of becoming stranded, like Saltair. 'We are fortunate in having as many scenic attractions as we do, he said. 'But people arent as shrewd as they should be in promoting. 'We lack imagination and ability, he said., 'The people dont push. 'We should capitalize ms our natural resources, Mr. Backman declared. He pointed to the natural world fame of the Bonneville Salt Flats. He said there had been talk of having competitive trial runs, of having a quarter mile timing device and letting people drive on the flats and of promoting 'The Fastest Week in the World, show; of inviting Utah drivers to compete in motor races and holding a car show in Liberty Part. Objections from many sides stopped tliGSQ ideas 'If- - this Salt flat was in California somebody would get into it, said Mr. Backman. 'How many people have been out to Kennecott? he asked. 'How can they talk about it if theyve never been out there? Word of mouth is just as good as advertising, he stated. He felt that everything in Salt Lake County could be promoted....he didnt object even to promoting the Mormon Church.... although he did feel that Salt Lake has enough monuments of the past and enough museums without building more. Were building monuments to monuments, he said. His other criticism concerned the role of the Salt Lake Civic Auditorium Board and the Salt Lake County Promotion Board. The same body fills Both positions. The two are not compatible, he stated. , His fear is that the promotion board will concern itself with attracting large conventions because of its interest in the civic auditorium and wont give a dam about the smaHer conventions. 'This is what I cant get through to them. Successful cities dont operate this way, he said. You have to have a separate organization for the different purposes. Mr Backman has other questions on the Civic Auditorim. One concern is the Utah Symphony Orchestra. He explained that it will cost the symphony much more to perform in the Salt Palace than to perform in the Tabernacle. He said that he didnt think the symphony really wanted a new concert hall. He also pointed out that there would have to be some sort of a sliding scale for local and out of town events. Whoever said the Civic Auditorium would pay for itself is nuts, he said. As much as Mr. Backman is in favor of the convention center, he doesn't see how it wiU pay for itself. Another concern is Salt Lakes problem of scattered hotels and motels. Youve got soihe as tar out as 21st South and 21st East, he noted. There are many problems involved in promotion and Mr. Backman said that with as many intelligent people as there are on the board, youd think theyd be able to come up with some answers. |