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Show Fifteen Cents Volume Four Council Approves Mayor's Raise Following local comments ranging from staunch support to critical calls for rejection, the City Council Thursday night approved a monthly salary increase of $500 for Park City Mayor Jack Green. The thirty-minute public hearing drew about fifteen residents to discuss increasing the mayor's present monthly compensation from $150 to $650, with the monthly expense allotment remaining unchanged at $100. Councilman Eleanor Bennett opened the hearing by noting that a voice vote on the issue was taken at the October 16 Senior Citizens meeting. "And the loud majority opposed the raise," Bennett said, adding that she did not participate in the voting. Resident Otto Carpenter commented that the raise proposal stemmed from two citizen recommendations, "but I can get you 200 signatures today that say you shouldn't get it. You knew the salary (when running for office). ..and I can't see why you should take a big raise when you volunteered your service. If the City Council approves the raise, I suggest the mayor veto it." Councilman Steve Dering said that the raise recommendation was "in no way the mayor's decision and in no way relates to his campaign. And the mayor has no veto power." Councilman Bob Wells pointed to the mayor's increasing workload due to the growing population and the resignation of Park City Recorder Bruce Decker last June. "The situation in Park City has changed a lot," Wells said. "And your request, Otto (to veto) is, at least, disrespectful. I can't imagine people in Park City begruding the mayor an increase that hardly covers his expenses." Mayor Jack Green Although Councilman Richard Martinez Mar-tinez agreed that the workload for the mayor had increased, he noted that it also had for the councilmen. "We ran for the job, and not the money," Martinez said. "And I feel we're compensated enough. I feel an increase is wrong at this time.. .it should be put on the ballot at the next election and not in the middle of the administration." . Dering commented that there was no comparison in the number of hours worked by the mayor and the councilmen. "And you can't expect the same number of hours from him if the raise doesn't go through. This is not a personal situation, but what it's worth to us to get the job done. If we don't pay now, we'll pay a helluva lot more later." Continued On Pa ge 8 ' ti ill weaher 1 (imtlH anil By Tina Moench The setting sun on the last day of October marks the night set apart for a universal walking abroad of spirits, both visible and invisible, mythical and real. It is a night when old and young delight in astonishing themselves them-selves with apprehensions of witches, goblins and ghosts. When dusty pages are brushed off by a fire's glow, eyes grow wide with images of Poe's black cat and Irving's headless horseman lurking in the gathering darkness. The celebration of October 31st is a combination of ancient pagan practice, prac-tice, classic beliefs and religious superstition. As early as the 7th century, cen-tury, it was a time of the autumn festival of the Druids, a Celtic priesthood of Gaul, Britain and Ireland appearing in legends as magicians and wizards. It marked the waning power of the sun and the beginning of winter. The word Samhain appears many times in Celtic history and its meaning varies from "end of summer" sum-mer" to the name of their saviour god. This festival marked the opening of winter stores put up during the summer, sum-mer, as well as a fire ceremony to Samhain, "Lord of Death," judge of souls and dispenser of rewards and Digging There is afoot a return to the days of yesteryear: a 50s rock n' roll, Betty Boop, Roots revival that confirms the nostalgic feeling that those were, after af-ter all, the Good Old Days. Lingering in the background of this fanciful craze is a trend toward permanent per-manent retrieval of the physical evidence of America's growth. That . trend is historic preservation, and for Park City, it is Phil Notarianni who has dug through dusty files and chewed the fat to uncover what this town is made of . Notarianni is a bright and dedicated historian working in the preservation office of the Utah State Historical Society. His area of expertise is labor, immigration and mining history and he applied his talents to the documentation documen-tation of the Tintic mining district. Continued dry with little change in temperature. Highs will be in the 50s with lows in the upper 20s. lllllllIIIIIHimiHMIIHIIIIIIIIMimillHIMIHIimHMIHIIimHlnmi Wednesday, UifetfBH punishment to the world. November ushers in darkness and imaginations soared as the Lord of Death summoned together the souls of the wicked who had' died during the year. In Roman history the last day of October Oc-tober was celebrated in a festival honoring Pomona, goddess of the harvest. har-vest. Worshippers brought fruits, grains and nuts as offerings, a tradition that appears today in trick or treat bags. This same night north of England was known as Nutcracker Night, also a harvest celebration. In the 8th century there was an increasing in-creasing spread of Christianity, and the church arbitrarily designated November 1 as a day to honor saints, or All Saints Day. The evening before, then, became known as All Hallows Eve, or Halloween. It is purely by coincidence that the pagan rites that spawned the first thoughts of bubbling cauldrons and broom-riding witches fell on the evening vigil of the Christian holy day. Stepping out into the blackness on Halloween is the same as any other night, or is it? Black cats seem purposeful pur-poseful in crossing your path and hazy images linger in abandoned doorways. door-ways. A low whistle eases from your Through That district, 70 miles south of Salt Lake City, has been nominated as a multiple resource district to the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Although preservationist attitudes appeared in Utah as early as the 1960s, it's been in the last three or four years that interest has spread into the private sector. Notarianni has pointed out the importance im-portance of preservation of historic sites and buildings as a direct link with the people and events that characterize an area. He noted that there has been an elitest attitude in documenting areas, with , buildings such as the Keith and Kearns mansions man-sions in Salt Lake receiving much attention. at-tention. "Mining is so important to the shaping of Utah, but little research has been done," Notarianni said. "You look at a miner's cottage and it has what we call a vernacular style-gabled style-gabled roof, front porch. It doesn't look that architecturally significant, but if you look at it in terms of the development of Park City and the state as a whole... without miners there's no mining, so the residence becomes significant." Notarianni spent three months documenting the Main Street commercial com-mercial district. He started on Main Street, he said, because it is the most visible and traveled area in Park City. Continued On Page 12 October 25, 1978 lips as you pass a cemetery, quickening your pace to keep ahead of . the invisible footsteps breaking branches bran-ches and dried leaves behind you. An owl "whooing" in the trees is the descending howl of a fearsome goblin that sends you galloping to the security of a well-lit room where relief warms the chill in your spine. The traditions of Halloween festivities have been passed from century cen-tury to century throughout the world. The building of a great bonfire to keep away the spirits released by the god of evil on that night became a story telling occasion. People huddled close to the glowing embers and related their harrowing talesof queer noises, strange flappings shadows and mystical practice's. Ghost story telling, real or imagined, is much a part of today"s observance of Halloween. Carving eerie faces into pumpkins is an American tradition patterned after af-ter a practice that came to the country coun-try with the Irish immigration in the 1840s. It was an old Irish custom for children to hollow out turnips and put a lighted candle inside as a lantern. In the United States, pumpkins were far more prevalent than turnips, and Continued On Page !) The Historian Phil Dusty Files !rr Qsv I jr i - n. - im t 1 i i l i ? Singer Arrest Attempt Fails State law enforcement agents masquerading mas-querading as news reporters failed in an attempt to arrest John Singer Thursday when the polygamist freed himself from their grips and drew a pistol. Three counts of aggravated assault were added to child neglect charges against Singer, who has refused to send his children to public schools. Singer's family recently expanded when he took a second wife, Shirley Black, whose three children are now residing on the Marion farm. Mrs. Black intends to teach her children at the farm with Vicki Singer and her seven children. Thursday's incident followed a ruling that morning by 3rd District Court Judge Peter F. Leary that the Black children be returned to their natural father, Dean Black. The judge contended that the "polygamous relationship" between Singer and Mrs. Black creates a poor environment environ-ment for the upbringing of the children. Mrs.. Black, 48, filed for a divorce from her 52-year-old husband of 32 years October 6. Summit County Attorney Robert Adkins said legal action will be taken against Singer regarding his cohabitation cohabi-tation with Mrs. Black. Judge Leary's ruling negated Mrs. Black's request that the children remain with her pending finalization of the divorce action. According to Singer, about 6:30 Thursday evening two vehicles arrived at his home and the passengers said they were reporters from the L.A. Time, purposely dropping the "s" to avoid connection with the California newspaper. Vicki Singer, who was watching from inside the house, said a man began to shake her husband's hand, and then grabbed him, putting his arm up behind his back. Another man jumped from the van and also held Singer, attempting to put handcuffs on him. "John still doesn't know how he got loose," said Mrs. Singer, "but he said suddenly his hands were free and he reached .inside his pocket and managed to pull out his gun. By then the rest of the family ran down and descended upon the men, and they said they would go. They drove down the road backwards faster than I've seen anyone come up it." As a result of the incident, Mrs. Singer said the family is on the alert for a repeat sneak attack. "If they have a next move, I'm convinced it will be underhanded again," said Mrs. Singer. "But unless they move in with the National Guard to get that hardened criminal John Singer, he isn't going to give in," she said sarcastically. Notarianni at work. - X:-w?& it x . y -I Number Six Mrs. Singer said that to date all media representatives have been cordial and professional and she said she regretted having to be cautious from now on. She indicated that unless a reporter was known there would be no more strangers invited onto the farm. 'John is a true American citizen and won't bow down to these unconstitutional laws. ' Summit County Sheriff Ron Robinson has the responsibility of arresting Singer, and apparently enlisted the help of the state lawmen, identified as Robert Wadman, Grant Larsen and William Riggs. Despite Thursday's foiled attempt at arresting arrest-ing Singer, Robinson said he still intends to serve the warrant, although no new plans were revealed. He said action would be taken after "things quiet down" and when asked if he feared bloodshed in another attempt, he replied, "sure." When media representatives raised objections to the misuse of credentials, creden-tials, Governor Scott Matheson apologized apolo-gized for the decision, noting that he had directed Public Safety Commissioner Commis-sioner Larry Lunnen to never again allow state officers to pose as newsmen. Lunnen, however, told reporters that he does not regret the decision. , .....:.-, . 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