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Show A EFFICIEK1 IEIP - ftIKI ct 111 ML! IDT KIT?- - Grand Projects Must Not Destroy Beauty Salt Lake will be an efficient, well planned dream world.... ....supposedly. Traffic will move at safe, efficient speeds, floods will be controlled, urban blight will be removed. They valley might be a bit crowded, but efficient. 1960 By You will be able to get from where you are to where you want to go in no time. be worth seeing or the place you're going But will the place you are or smelling or listening to? Highway' planners - including SLATS (Salt Lake Area Transportation Study) are piecing together an excellent transportation plan. Flood planners are figuring out ingenious ways to control drainage. And they both feel that the appearance of their products are generally somebody else's problems - usually "planners". Unless unusually close costudy -operation develops , the "planners" are presented with a than which more we can is several afford pages thick, expensive usually we If a so become afford values aesthetic can't were luxury anyway, going to get the Job done. In a June, 1964, newsletter the SLATS gkoup stated: "Ten basic elements are integral parts of the Salt Lake Transportation study. One of these elements is social and community -- value factors such as preservation of open space", parks and recreational facilities; preservatvon of historical sites and buildings; environmental amenities; and aesthetics. de-fa- I Buy a ftfucit. SHARPesiO!'? You MEAN! LEASt Wt tANT IT? Senator Moss Pushes Regional Authority To Stimulate Four Corners Area Economy cto WASHINGTON D C -S- enator Frank Moss plan for a $1 million Intermountain States Development Region in the Four Corners area follows current thinking here away from separate development projects toward regional economic development The Democratic Senator s plan would create a development authority for the states (Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona) to study the economic needs of the area and formulate overall plans for the economic development of the region inter-mounta- It looks to us like the aesthetic values which are the elements that should keep our community a livable one - are secondary, left to "the planners". Yet by the time the project gets to the planners - which is usually last, there's no room for them to maneuver. We believe theres Just one solution. de stries and r buckle 870 Harrison Street If Aldous 4030 South 3075 East Retired Retired H A "There's lots to get taxes celebre". funds of other ways I don t like "It's enourh ' bad . Presidents ARA What do you think of Utah raising the income tax? (asked at Sugarhouse shoppers) , JjCtiCTt To TIlC EdltOT Good Reporting noticed with some interest your recent awards for good journalism I also noticed your eminently fair reporting concerning the history of liquor control in the state and the hassle in the Salt Lake Commission It is your omission of a timely area news subject that I noticed most A month or so ago in the Salt Lake Tribune there appeared an article concerning a meetng erf the Granite School Board id which these great squanderers of our tax dollars decided (with little opposition, it was noted) to bu,ld a new school at approximately 2S00 tumor high I have 6200 South As a parent, I certainly recogmae the need for met classrooms intheGranite School District and all other districts as well I am also quick to recogruie the need for aesthetically pleasant that will make our schools more conducive to learning The things I question regarding the segs lected site are these; 1 ) Is the Granite School Board ified in spend,ng almost one-ha- lf I just- a ' . . 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The bill outlines three basic areas for the Intermountain States Development Authority to Investigate in the Four Corners area: Natural resource development, water resource development and recreational development, inB Lloyd 2654 Hartford Street School crossing guard "The income tax is preUy high as is They should provide a way to raise wages in Utah without raising taxes " cluding highway planning Mrs Max Cantor 112 2 Sherman Street Housewife "I don't like it one bit I think they re trying to drive people out of Utah " Whether the bill approaches passage in exactly the form set up by Senator Moss is q moot point right now It could be incorporated into a more comprehensive measure proposed by Senator Pat McNamara cf Michigan This bill calls for the establishment erf of a number regional economic development commissions (set up on the application erf governors of at least two contiguous states) under the guidance of the Commerce Department These commissions would not differ greatly from the Intermountain States Development Authority proposed by Moss The Senator s objectives But! million dollars just for property (32 acres) to build this school0 (The price guess is mine ) 2 ) Is the Granite School Board justified in building a Jimior high school in an area which for tne most part is lots or more and toned for one-acwhich then necessarily has a smaller percentage of school -- goers than others' 3 ) And last. I wonder how much longer the people of this s?ae will go along with the absurd practice of building one story rambling schools (such as Skyline High for instance) on huge area tracts erf land in this land-sho- rt when the functions of schooling can be accomplished just as nicely in Two three or more story buildings at much less cost? Just how aesthetically pleasing is a doubled or tripled property tax notice going to be to our children when thpy start paying for our exravaganres0 Wrien m the spirit of better lae than never " Pr PEPT H EARLCW 2432 East 6200 South re -- could be met within the tram-wor- k of the nationwide bill -- Tussenbroek 219 Ramona Street Retired MaJ carrier ' Wg re get'ing to be one at the highest taxed sta'es in the union They should curtail exinsfead cf raising penses taxes ' G Van Mrs Joseph Sartori 125 W est 5th Sou'h Apartment PeaJtor "Most people don enoigh money new t have Separate legislation on the Great Salt Lake land controversy has been Introduced as promised by Senator Wallace Bennett The Bennett bill ups the ante somewhat. It follows the line of statehood instead of later meander (survey) lines and according to the Republican Senator would provide 600,000 acres for the state instead of the 400,000 acres contemplated in a bill submitted by Senator Moss This j It may mean that Senator Bennett would attempt to prevent passage of a comprosuch a bill mise reach the Senate floor. And the veteran Senator Is not entirely without Influence In conservative circles of the Democratically - controlled Senate bill-shou- ld dis- Laurence Congressmen Burton and David King visited the White House last week, invited on separate occasions (with other legislators) to dine with the President and his advisers These dinners held with increasing freserve as a way for quency the President to communicate his views on foreign affairs to the Congress And what gets said is not reported in the pute Is over title to lands which been have opened up by the shrinkage of the Great Salt Lake These poten- lands are tially mineral-ric- h claimed by both the state and the federal government Bennett said he had changed his mind last year he agreed to go along with the meander the of lines because "unyielding opposition of the Justice Department to the state s position, opposition press 'f The Many Maotl W ill Luca programs were spread perience has brought home be lesson that economic planning and development must be rational and intensive The Moss plan Is the necessary preliminary step to development. It would provide the research necessary to plan programs appropriate to the territory, set up the mechanism for planning on an Inter - state, inter - governmental scale, and establish the machinery for future cooperation Ira "shared to some extent by the Interior Department " This new mood of Intransigence on the part of the Republican Senator is also another outgrowth of his pique with Senator Moss What effect it will have Is hard to say. Utah counties as similarly depressed: Wasatch, Summit Duchesne and Utah. too thinly into too many towns, counties and states Although it wasn t set up that way, ARA became something of a grab bag: a project here, a project there, in the good old pork barrel traditioa The ex- t v thinking on met- ropolitan areas, too -- - grew from the special needs of the depressed Appalachian area, and also from some disappointing experiences with the nationwide Area Redevelopment Administration over the past three years taxes are high OPINION, PLEASE? Recreation: Bouquets Due Southeast Leaders - organiza- The new emphasis on reit shows up in the gionalism C We hope somebody pays attention to it...but even more, planners in all fields of community service should make livability their own personal "cause It takes more to build a recreation program than a ball, a bat and a diamond. Few are as aware of the challenges and complexities of providing wholesome pastimes for our citizens as Paul S. Rose, superintendent of county recreation, and Pete Haun, director of athletics. Congratulations are in order to these men and Commissioner Marvin Jenson for their leadership in providing a balanced complete program for healthy physical training and competition. The thanks of all county residents must go out to all the parents, boosters and sponsors who have helped build the programs. In our area these include Reed Walker, area director, Doug Greer, Tracey Macro and Wayne Baer at Skyline; Jack Key, Wayne Graybill, Clint Holmes and Reed Gordon at Olympus r A bouquet is in order for each along with program supervisors Jim Woodwho Hill Ken so and Jim Farrell ward, many hours with the youth of spend Salt Lake County. There will be more recreation challenges ahead for parents. We feel they will meet each - head on. non-pro- fit tions Since the Appalachia bill was originated by President Kennedy, the regional way of thinking has been gaining ground. It was given added Impetus when the $1 3 billion measure was passed Into law two weeks ago Every public official, every consultant, every group, about to change the physical community should first ask, "Will the Job Im about to do make the valley a less livable place?" And then 'Whats the best way to get the job done?" after-thoug- in Bills designed along tL. same lines have been introduced for the Upper Great Plains area, the Upper Great Lakes, area and others All of these bills focus on economic planning by region: bringing together in a rationdevelal plan for area-wiopment the combined resources of federal, state and local governments, private Indu- An excellent example of "first get the job done" thinking is the current flood control study. The Job done by the consulting engineers is thorough and exhaustive and expensive. The difference between such an approach and the current philosophy is that the first guy sticking his thumb in the pie considers "community value ht to be tacked not an factors" as his personal responsibility on by sc ..ie other expert when the "important stuff" is completed. We eagerly await the county master plan. We assume its going to help accomplish some of these objectives. v : Incidentally, six of the 15 counties cf southeastern Utah which would be included in the area defined in the Moss bill are counties listed by the Labor Department as those of and persistent "substantial unemployment " They are: Beaver Sanpete Juab, Garfield Carbon and Emery The Department lists four other 4 Rock n Roll Red Inspired? by If you think the voting populous of Utah was stirred up during the last session of our legislature over the liquor bill and you found yourself being indoctrinated by those for the bill and those against the bill with shouts of moral evil here and shouts of separation of church there don t feel bad I picked up an item from the CWA News' that quoted an exerpt from a telephone booklet written for employees of the Cumberland T and T Company published in 1911 It states that rule number 54 of the company for all employees, and I quote . No employee of the company Will be permitted to patronize saloons or public drinking places and any found dolngthls or drinking anywhere else intemper -ately, will at once be suspended from the company s service Profanity is likewise enjoined and local managers are especially charged with enforcement of these two important rules " Wow" How J about a little separation of company and state ATTENTION, PARENTS' Reverend David Noebel. a member of the Anti --Communist Christian Crusade iseom- -, ing to town to explain Beatle music He claims that Beatle music, rock and roll folk music and any innocuous sounding rhythm is actually part of a systematic plan geared to making our generation at American youth mentally ill and emotionally unstable " Cross my heart, that swhat he says' He g ?es on to say that the Communists set up the plan over 20 years ago ard that Comm mist - con- -i several trolled record companies were established in thiscoun- try in 1946 with the sole aim at distributing the hyphotir H ill Imcu music homes and schools before our youth He says that Beatle mislc and rock n roll can demoralize high school students to a point of complete abandonment and often leads to riot and What destruction better qualifications could a type at music possess to be ready made for the communist into-Ameri- I knew there was something wrong with rock and roll music and the good Reverend has solved this prickly perplexing problem isnt he wonderful? We can all relax now 'Course, the good reverend hasn t mentioned anything those Russian composers and their hypnotic music I mean I get pretty emotional about Shostakovich, Prokofief and Rimsky Korsakov Is that all part of the communist I can conspiracy too0'0' hardly wait for the man to tell me if 1 m contributing to the cause by listening to them -- Rocky Mountain REmi PubUsHad fcy Crust Weeteru News, Inc , 22J Essl 400 south, p o Bo Like City, UUh MU7, phnau Mu'u'wr of ctsh Stete Frrss AssorlsUc rm, su 27I-244- 4 MANAGING EDITO JOHN B LI VST 00 Entered ss uerond cltsi Bitter it thu pout ode ut Skit DI City, Ctsh, under the set of Msrth I, ir?l pub. Ushed eery TVwradsy IVBSCPJPTION PATE E C A PP IE P DELTVEPT APIA - - - IJ 00 per ywsr VWC Pi PT1 ON paTE WTTP- OCT-SID- -- m cappiep Dcuvtrr APIA- - - - II 00 per peer -- |