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Show Review Editorials wrehew Anti Lucas: Who Will Write The Letter 4 6. 1963 Ma IETTEIS IB IKE EDITOR Licensing Taverns , Backbone , Please JOHN H. WILSON 2939 White Circle Director, This is a "privilege" intended to be granted at the discretion of the county commission and presumably administered in the best interests of all citizens. but the namby-pam- pre-jud- ge Let us refresh their memories. Licensing of taverns is not intended as a revenue producing measure rather as an extra means of guaranteeing the privilege wont be abused. Recognizing that it is possible for a place to be "undesirable" without breaking any specific law, the ordinance requires that a report from the police or Sherrif s Department accompany each application and specifically provides for the commission to exercise its Judgement in denying, suspending or revoking a s. license to sell beer or serve set-up- If the police report is unfavorable, we dont believe the license should be law enforcement officers, we dont think the On the advice of issued. commission should hesitate to suspend or deny a license. In a case where charges have been filed, suspension shopld be almost automatic until charges are proven or disproven. Of Arbitrary? licenses powers were intended course to provide arbitrary The argument against sterner enforcement is that the tavern or restaurant owner stands to lose a huge investment if a license is revoked. But it must be remembered that the rules were established before he entered the business. His investment should only be considered safe as long as the operator is able to scrupulously comply with the law. Anyway,. its the marginal operators with minimal investment who cause most of the problems. taverns and grocery stores licensed to sell beer Salt Lake County has and permit bottles on and 73 establishments with permits to serve set-uthe tables. 210 ps but the outlaws Only a small percentage of these present any problem the also constant are These attention. almost places which provide require most of the ammunition against more liberal liquor regulations in Utah. few of the license holders regularly commit homicide by selling beer to or allowing minors to drink on their premises. If you dont believe minors it, read the auto accident reports. A license to sell bottled beer, such as in a grocery store, costs $100 per The tariff to sell and serve draft and bottled beer in a tavern is year . and permit drinking on the premises A liquor permit to sell set-u$200. costs $50. A ps might consider upping license fees with the for additional enforcement of regulations. When an individual commissioner personally vouches for the integrity of an establishment, it might be a good idea to require him to offer written recommendation to override a poor police report. He would thus have a stake in the future good conduct cf the place. THE COUNTY extra revenue COMMISSION ear-mark- Let Us Keep Our Creeks (Continued from page ed In the meantime, we hope the commission generates a little backbone and handles its licensing powers as they were intended. Q there la no real alternative, no comparative cost studies have been made as part of this report. Planners: "The proposals made by the storm drainage study are of such magnitude that an economic analysis Is essential if alternative demands for public revenues are to be fairly weighed. Consultants: It la possible that the saving In right-of-wachieved by lining the channels, will offset the cost of the much wider right-of-wwidth required to convey the anticipated flood flows in a natural earth channel. Planners: Broad open space along the natural channels provides an alternative to channel lining and dyking which has several advantages . . . Investment in wider channels provides a better basis for future design changes than Investment In realimment and living of narrow channels . . open space along streams provides Hood control and also provides land especially well suited for parks. ay If the were not Yet we believe for concern as office is hardly government. CONSULTANTS THE STUDYsays about Mill Creek: The flows will vary from 250 cfs at the mouth of the canyon to 1800 ds below In- terstate 15 (ds -- cubic feet per second). This will reauire width of apa right-d-wproximately 30 feet at Wasatch Boulevard, Increasing to a possible width at State STt d 100 feet. The planning commission study points out that more attention to storage projects, as methods of flood control. Is worthwhile: The reservoirs proposed for Little Dell Creek, Big Cottonwood Creek, LtttleCot-tonwoo- d Creek and City Creek could apparently provide nearly complete control d floods resulting from snow melting in the mountains east of Salt Lake Valley. The master storm drainage study Is as yet a preliminary plan and little actual construction will begin imBut the consulmediately. tants did recommend thi right-d-wpurchases be made within the next five ay We can see little excuse for the delay on the part of the county office in announcing a legal opinion on this matter. attorney's SchoolPlan (Continued from page I) would be the effect on the child? Bit wouldt detrimental that would be of prime Importance . . I don't know If they could take a strenu-ou- e cummer prof run The plan in dudes operating the school bade and on a full-ye- ar the cchool year Into four quarter. Three --fourth of . four-cuart- er the students would be in school at any given time and would be on vacation Teachera would be employone-fou- rth a year-roun- d basis Students would be given a first and second choice for vacations and selection would be accomplished by computer to provide families with vacaed an tions at the same time The main reason fir the plan, as preserved in tie Pe- - view editorial and by Eldon R Cox, a consultant who first proposed the plan for Utah schools, would a considerable cost savings In the April 29 Issue the Peview estimated that a savings of $21 5 million dollars might be possible for Granite School District alone over the nert five years, including the cost of air conditioning all schools SW Fupov, WANNA A 05 eo ceremonies. The presentations are made each year for public service, accuracy and excellent interpretation of news concerning legal problems. Tbe Odgen Standard-Examin- er won top recognition for stories and editorials dealing with the child abuse problem which resulted In legislation this yea to correct the situ atloo. The Review was presented Merit Award with the 1964-6- 5 for a series dealing with juvenile problems in Salt Lake f tfiw HOSPitAL? 52nd ANNUAL 255 South State 364-65- ANNIVERSARY SALE 01 This is the biggest sale of the year at Axelrads, Salt Lake's largest volume downtown furniture, carpet and appliance store. It's storewide! Save as never before on name-bran- d merchandise Plus, free bonus gifts with your purchases! FREE DELIVERY - SHOP FRIDAY & MONDAY TILL 9 PM County. ST. LAURENT of SCHOOL COOKING HOME 242S H'gHlond Drive Telephone 4&6-666- 1 Nn limit Prun Rtf i itbU ay Backlog Stalls Eviction Trial an elected official the matter would be of no public concern. his conviction on a federal tax indictment poses real cause to his fitness for this key office. His continued tenure in conducive to maintaining the ideal of excellence in comity BMP POWDER and DRY SALT weve avoided Although much formal contact with attorneys. last Thursday afternoon they said they like the Rocky Mountain Review. The Review was one of two newspapers in the state picked for honors at the Utah State Bar Association annual Alto Try JENNIE'S CATERING SERVICE Delicioes fxtr serve . Review Wins State Bars Merit Award produce constructive results. Obviously noone wishes any ill will toward David P. Jones who has the county many years as its auditor. He has been through enough. R. B. ROGERS President, Golden Splice Chapter, Morse Telegraph Club, Inc. ay The planning commission report points out that coordination of flood control and water storage activities can He Should Resign First, let me compliment you on the quality your weekly newspaper. This area has long needed a publication with a different viewpoint. The people of this area who are not under the restrictions of the ruling factions, and there are thousands and the group is getting larger all the time, appreciate your paper very much. cf that aesthetic qualities should be considered, the economics should be better weighed, and suggests tha t perhaps the county should not be concerned with the 100 year maximum. In summary the planning commission report states: "Outstanding engineering designs do not result from routine application of equations but result from a combination d technical competence and imagination. years. No III Will, But Dear Sir: We are happy to announce that an editorial from your paper has been selected as Editorial of the Month by the University of Utah Department of Journalism. This selection was made from all Utah weeklies printed during the month of March. Your winning editorial, $50,000 Might Be Very Cheap, appeared in the Rocky Mountian Review on March 25. The Editorial of the Month competition tures taken! by a license seem to feel they are not entitled to or exercise their own judgement to separate the good from the bad. control. Chairman, Department of Journalism University of Utah EVANS Winning Editorial Dear Sin Just a note to thank you for the excellent article describing our Preschool Center here at Holladay Community Church. Miss Ctachowskis patience with the children and friendliness were evidenced by the warm reception they gave her. They throught it was much fun having their pic- cases the commission has either refused to suspend a license or has authorized a liquor permit in the face of unfavorable evidence. The amiment in both cases was that an operator is "innocent until proven In other words, evidence against the licensee was not strong enough fouilty." win a conviction in court or has not yet been heard by a Judge and jury. In one case, all three commissioners voted to issue a liquor permit despite an unfavorable report from the Sherrif s Department. holder J. MILTON HOLLSTEIN No Slant, Just News Center Says Thanks However, in two recent The commissioners MRS. EARL takes place in cooperation with the Utah State Press Association, and we have notified the Association of our selection Congratulations on your achievement. Holladay Preschool Center There appears to be some confusion between the words "right" and "privilege" on the part of the Salt Lake County Commission. but holding a county license Certain "rights" are guaranteed our citizens to sell beer is not one of them. Nor does every restaurant owner have the "right" to a permit which allows the consumptio n of alcoholic beverages on his premises. The businesses involved are probably perfectly respectable reasoning of the county commission bothers us. All the parents were searching for copies of The Rocky Mountain Review, end we appreciate you cooperation and interest in publicising this particular knd of program, which we feel is so worthwhile to preschoolers. I notice where Brother Lucas Is goona send a letter to J. Edgar Hoover requesting an investigation ol the John Birch Society. I wonder who he will enlist to write it for him? A backlog d cases has porarily knocked the eviction trial d an lntregrated Salt Lake group off tbe district court docket. Previously scheduled for Thursday, April 29, the case, which may turn Into Utah's first test of the Civil Rights Act, has been postponed until after May 17. Dwight L. King, attorney for the tenants, said although the case has been given emergency handling by the court, s lingering cf trials already in progress forced delay. Fm6 Served Ivffet Style $20 $500 per p'ete LIOHT lUNCHtONS tem- REVIEW Published by G- -t Wwttm Newt, Inc . 22S5 400 South. PO Bo mri Salt Laka City. 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