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Show Sen. Wat kins Continues Efforts To Improve Provo Postal Facilities (Special to the Herald) WASHINGTON, D. C Senator said Arthur V. Watkins a House of action that Saturday Public Works Subcommittee in nullifying the Federal building program may to have no adverse effect prove as regards Provo's postal situ(R-Uta- h) lease-purcha- se ation. The subcommittee (headed by Hep. Robert E. Jones) ignored a Senate approved bill to extend the through program lease-purcha-se Next week the full House Public Works Committee Is expected to review the. subcommittee's action. "Following the subcommittee action I held a special meeting with Assistant Postmaster General Ormonde A. Kieb (Bureau of Facilities) on postal affairs," Senator Watkins said. "I believe that some of the suggestions he is making offer bright hopes for postal progress in Provo and for that matter, in all of Utah as well." 6enator Watkins said, "are go-Provo Growing: Provo's "growing pains" will test Post Office Department ingenuity, not only now but for years ahead. "More care and planning now," Senator Watkin ssaid, "are going to pay real dividends for the in Provo. Ours future postal-wis- e a complex situation, not eased is fact that the demands on the by the department nationwide are almost infinitem." Here are some highlights of the senator's latest meeting with 1960. building constructed tually is one of our newest and such a building program was fended in 1941. These federally- built buildings are our most dif ficult problem to correct. It's typical of others, all of them congested. "Lease-purchaat the minute is a dead duck; authorization of such a program expires at the end of this month. Most advantageously, the department can use privately owned buildings, leased or rented. as a tool or technique, must be used selectively. That is, it should be used only under certain circumstances. Thus, in some cases, we favor straight-leas- e arover a in 1938, "as ac- a package" is opened to pri- vate bidders through public announcement. general "We get," Mr. Kieb told Senator Watkins, "from six to 26 bidders on each such proposal, with the offer going to the low- est approved bid." Commenting on the federal- -' building type of post office, Mr. Kieb noted it proved hazardous due to community growth and complexity., "We need flexibility It is not prudent to tie ud for more than 20 to 30 years. can lease for one to 30 years. We try to fit changing situations. We may need a new location, a larger building. Also, such a program costs taxpayers less, helps the community rangement." Mr. Kieb pointed out that con- through lessor taxes, and federal long-tersiderable research buildings are exempt. It aids calculation is required to determine building and service programs that best fit a growing community such as Provo. se Lease-purchas- e, lease-purcha- se m Complaints Fourth District Court has ordered Sheriff Theron Hall to release Douglas T. Nelson, following hearing on "writ of habeas corpus. The court found the defend- dms science oy American t one Justice of the Peace Thomas R. Parker to have been "indefinite and uncertain and therefore ille- - Allen Lee Graham, 40, Salt Lake City, charged with burglary of a car belonging to J. Morris Thomas, Goshen, has waived preliminary hearing, and was bound over to Fourth District Court from Provo City Court. Bulk-handlin- are aided if done near rail station or airport facililocations. Patron-servic- e ties must be fitted to shopping and business-are- a requirements. Thus, more than one building SUNDAY HERAliO SUNDAY, JULY 14. 19S?7 .Utah County, Utah . 16 Court Lists Provo City Traffic Complaint Actions j Provo City traffic action has in- eluded: Viola Stock Jarvis, improper change rtf lanp' rvladpd Piiil.lv. fined $15 Elmer Earl Martm no certificate of inspection; pleaded guilty fined $2.50. j Alfhard Geffchen. 25, Vancouver, B. C, charged with tresThe justice of peace ordered passing upon property of West- the motorist to be jailed for five! ern Motor, pleaded guilty in under an earlier sentence! Provo City Court, and was fined days for speeding, which carried pro- $25. viso that in event he received Harvey Stupelli. 38, 1324 W. another ticket within six months 13th S., Salt Lake City, pleaded hp wrvuiH wD fo CSrv. . Aw to in Court Provo City guilty in the county jail. charges of destroying public property, and was fined $50. suspended upon repair of police and "was fined $100 and sentenced property. He pleaded guilty to to 30 days in jail, the jail to be charges of resisting an officer, cuspended upon payment of fine, Moil Fined F0T Prpwnr,c v "Ul co woe j Hugh Forrest Jr , cfi a rged with unlawful use and Possession of fireworks, forfeited Provo $5 in City Court. First "railroad tracks' in Eng- - land, laid on wooden planks over rough earth ruts and powered by horses, date from 1602. $2o W New Planning: He noted that new department planning puts a premium on log cation to lessen handling. facilities It costs us private industry. eight to 11 cents each time we handle a bag of mail. That' a reason we need flexibility." Details Promised Senator Watkins has been promised a complete detailing of all emergency and future pro- gram plans for the Provo Post Office area. He added: "Next week I am meeting again with the postal authorities to check further developments. I deeply appreciate the mail from home, bearing on our pos-W- e tal needs. In 1938 we already were too big for our new buildThis time with Provo's ing. educational, industrial, residential growth in mind we just sim- ply cannot afford to make any mistakes. Postal service is im- portant to everybody." Court Acts On Criminal Prisoner Is Released on Habeas Corpus Forieitures Clifford Anderson, speeding; $20. Evan LeR6y BoW, speeding; $15 R. Porter, running a red light; $15. Rulon S. Ellett, speeding ; $15. Lawrence F. Ford, unlawful It urn; $15 Hugh R. Hettinger, failure to keep car under control; $1$. liDouglas Hoggs, no driver's David L. Jeppson, cense; $15. C. Jones, speedLee $15 speeding; L. Lorna $15. Loveridge, iming; ; $15. proper backing Lyle J'. Maynard. speeding; $15. Oris J. Newell, speeding; $20. Ray D. Newell, running a red light; $15. Anna R. Peterson, speeding ; $15. John L. Levey Jr., unlawful turn; $15. Wilijam L. Sneii, speeding; $15. David O. Sumsion, speeding; $20. ; d V : Vv often is a better solution. "We can give Provo better service in the present building, reduce congestion, provide more lock boxes," Mr, Kieb said, not- ing that provision of a satellite station may assure better facili-Mr- : ties for both patrons and car- riers. "That probably is the next step in Provo," Mr. Kieb told Senator Watkins. The Post Office Department, he indicated, will follow Provo's new air - service arrangements with interest. Nationally, speed between main centers and is the department's major service problem. Procedure Outlined When a local survey situation is well advanced, Mr. Kieb explained, a straight-leas- e program is tentatively outlined. Sites are considered, options to buy secured. A building plan is designed, either to fit the site or a standard department plan. Then the construction program j Kieb: Probably, other than for emergency provisions in the present Provo Post Office Building, a new "classified station" is the next step for the area. 2. Although the temporarily House action makes a "dead duck" of the federal program after July 31, the department still may engage in straight leasing operations to provide new structures. 3. Present studies of the post office situation in Provo contemplate not only temporary alternatives for improvement but also a long-terprojection. Assistant Posmaster General Kieb told Senator Watkins: Typical Building; "Provo's post office, a federal 1. lease-purcha- se YOU D n I iru OME FOR AS LITTLE AS 20.00 DOWN sub-cente- rs m I l M WE WILL DELIVER A DELUXE R.C.A. FREEZER TO YOUR HOME! -- ' JjR jsgaffi- - ilk 1 ft rtL 1 . h 'Tourama' Studies Ills Of American Fork Watershed below the 110,000 acre American By JOAN GEYER On July 30, 1953, a juggernaut of Fork watershed that their moun- I water, mud, and trees ripped out of the bottom of Mary Ellen and headwatMajor Evans gulches ers of American Fork River obliterated a quarter mile of road, and deposited a fan of boulders weighing several hundred pounds each. A similar flood emerged from Deer Creek. It sharply reminded residents &it& V"""''"'1" isssrt Sill J I I 1 Conservation, America, Intermountain Chapter, some 90 Utahns were conducted on a "tourama" of the watershed, now under study as a small watershed project. To be approved each project must show a credit balance in benefits greater than cost of Lrzi Director D. VERNAL (UPl Utah Tourof the James Cannon ThursCouncil ist and Publicity day outlined a four point program for building the state's tourist -- trade. Speaking to a session of from motels, hotels, repre-gentativ- es retail chambers of commerce, stores and others concerned with the tourist business, Cannon pinpointed his program thfs way: Provide better toibrist facilities. Build "local color" which would have tourist appeal. Promote a "Utahns should see Utah first" program in which residents would be urged to visit attractions in their own state. Build a bigger and better advertising program. - Cannon also outlined tou.rist dollar distribution in the state and discussed its impact on Utah's economy. The breakdown: food. 28 cents: lodging, 22 cents: retail stores, 20 cents; gas and oil, 19 cents; en- tertainment and 8 cents; and tires, auto parts and repairs, 3 cents. recreation Iowa Epidemic Diagnosed as Asiatic Influenza CITY, Iowa (UP) -- An epidemic that felled 200 youths at a religious conference at Grinneli College has been diagnosed as the same disease that swept the Far East taking hundreds of lives. 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Unit costs for flood and sedi ment capacity in Granite Flat in Deer Creek drainage, are now under study as to cost and bene fit. Unit costs for flood and sediment capacity in Granite Flat likely would be higher than in Tibbie Fork. Some concept of magnitude of the project can be gained by list- ing of improvements planned on lands within the National Forest included 97 control Boundary, head cut gullies; 2807 acres to be reseeded with grasses and legumes; 45 miles of gully plugs; 879 acres of special purpose terraces; 160 acres of pits; 28 miles of trail erosion control; 30 miles of road erosion control: 14 miles of fenc ing: 45 acres of tree and woody shrub planting and 6.25 miles of channel planting. On private lands within the forest service, another 195 acres of terraces have special purpose been planned; along with 943 acres of reseeding; 16 miles of gully plugging; 12 control head cuts; 18 acres of shrub planting and five miles of road erosion control. 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