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Show REVIEW PHONE NUMBERS Action Ads 487-227- 8 Circulation 487 -- 1 8 00( 1 IELPS YOURj CARRIER u June 9, 1966 The Weekly Newspaper Serving The Salt Lake Com mumty Vol.ll No. 2 3 Could It Possibly Be Salt Lake County Citizen Ak the Commission what they Intend to do about floods wfcieh ravaged parts of FOUR ANGRY An Election Year the valley Tuesday 'night. Left to right Jerry Hulbert, Rlehasd Simons an, Dwight Hart and Reed Tew. Commission In Quandary An angry group of Salt Lake residents came to county commission meeting Wednesday morning. They had been up much at the night before with shovels and hoes and sandbags and lots of water and now they were mad. There was rain and they were flooded. They blamed their troubles on the County Commission. Before the meeting deputy County Attorney Gerald Nielsen joked with Commissioner Marvin G. .Jenson and said some people were coming in ts blame him for bringing the Tain last night. People from dm Casto Lane area and another group from Olympus pffls didnt seem to think it was much of a joking matter. Their basements had been flooded and BILL LARSON DECURES: There will of their gardens had been ruined. many be no more building permits up there They came to protest, and they wanted imtil the problem is solved action. Part of the action that would .V OUR SUBSCRIPTION sl0j 9 Lf I 10c yrf Advertising. News Office 487-740- 1 ? COMMISSIONERS solution Jenson and Creer reply ? - a permuot is the four --phase engineering development aew in process, a temporary solution might be to divert the water down Wasatch Boulmrd. The commissioner didnt it just Intentionally pose before LBJ'i photo for this one happened toat way. fcrtoer Money Main Topic Granite Votes Budget... Pay help them was going on at the very same time on 4800 South above Highland Drive in the construction of a storm sewer. Another group approached the county commission a few months earlier to protest the building of that line. In mood and tone they sounded very much like the group Wednesday morning..... but nobody mentioned them fids last f Wednesday. The two groups sounded alike,buttoey wanted opposite goals and thara lias ' of the Salt Lake of the Money was the main topic at file Granpart quandary ite School Board meeting Tuesday night Commission. County A 36 million dollar budget was reviewed Many of them blamed the commission because it granted construction permits and tot the second time within a year executive niembers received pay hikes. for homes in subdivisions above Wasatch In reviewing the 1966-- 6 7 budget SuperBoulevard before appropriate flood conintendent Elmer J. Hartlvigsen noted trol measures were u effect. John that the budget was based on an estimated Dahlstrom, a lawyer living In the area and representing the group living below 59,100 student enrollment This 1,865 one subdivision - owned by Bernard P. pupil increase will require an additional 60 classrooms, he sail Brockbank - blamed the lack of water control on that subdivision.. ...andblamed The proposed budget providing for the county for granting that permit In MRS. PAUL Newmeyer asks: WiH you $36,302,167 in receipts and $36,312,665 pvt fiat la writing? in expenditures, will be up for public October 1965. Last night, said Mr. Dahlstrom our fears became real. Mr. Brockbank had put up a bond to hold the county harmless from damage I SALT PALACE RECAP claims. Mr. Dahlstrom reported that his group wait to Mr. Brockbank asking for help, and Mr. Brockbank had referred the group to the County. But the commission on the advice of its deputy attorney, Mr. Neilsen, advised the group to sue. You cant expect the county commission to act as a court in this matter, In order not to be a white elephant such a proposed said Mr. Nielsen. facility must pay its way. There is no justification to build For what value it might have been such a plant for the boiefit of a few business interests lf a Commissioners William G. Larson and financial burden is added to all the people to support it J ohn Preston Creer promised the assemCould that be an expression of file Review? Or one of the bled group that no more permits would expanding number of individuals who question the wisdom be issued in the Olympus Cove area of proceeding with the Salt Palace project? until the flood control problem was setIt could be but its not tled. It is a verbatim statement Issued December 4, 1961 Mrs. Paul Newmeyer asked if they as a 'Report on Prospective Civic Auditorium. It was would put that in writing. issued over the signatures of a three member committee; There was no answer. and heading the list was the name at McCown E. Hunt Commissioner Jenson said, 'This one chairman, Salt Lake County Civic Auditorium Board. got through, I dont know how it happenDoes the project as 11 now stands meet the criteria set ed. in that cold December of 1961. The Review's opinion up Commissioner Larson said If me Ifl ah shown in five previous articles is that it doesnt was In there I didnt know about it. Will the auditorium pay its own way? In April 1965 Roy Both commissioners voted for the subG. Saunders, consultant Tulsa Okla., in a management division permit to Mr. Brockbank last survey predicted operating income of $265,000 and an exOctober 13, 1965. Mr. Creer voted pense budget of $288,820 - and operating loss of $23,820. it. against ' But this was at optimum conditions. It considered using The permanent solution, as proposed the arena 100 days of the year at $750 per day, the concert by Commissioner Joison, was the four-pha- se hall 100 days at $300. toe exhibit hall for 80 days at $750 per flood control program long ago day and toe assembly hall for 100 days at $200 per day. recommended by flood control consulMeeting room rentals, In addition, are expected to gross tants. It consists of storm drain lines $10,000 per year. connecting with the 4800 South line now To summarize the conclusions of previous articles toe under construction. Review believes these optimum conditions might not be met: He assured the residents It would be 1. The convention business is a highly competitive affair. engineered and Installed as money beNew centers go up almost monthly - and Salt Lake has all came available. the drawbacks - inconvenient location. Isolated from large The problems presented Wednesday toe population centers, toe unavailability of liquor-ov- er morning were brought up by two groups - and though similar were different. bar....,and toe attendent entertainment facilities that normally go with it. The first group, living above Wasatch 2. The prospects for athlectics are far from the hopes Boulevard was bothered by water coming at toe time of toe bond election. With the new facilities at toe down the mountain.. ..and from a water tank. They blame the difficulty on lack University of Utah only visiting professional athletics provide 1 1 of subdivision flood control. hope for toe 100 days. I 3 How about toe expense side of the ledger. The $288,000 Another group - with homes below the expense budget provides hiring a promotion manager for Boulevard, on Casto Lane, in the Shadow a sum $16,000 per year - one has been hired at $20,000 Mountain area - was troubled by water said by several persons in toe business to be toe highest BouleWasatch and across along coming a higher salary vard. salary paid for that position in toe nation than is paid our governor. As one of the latter, Dwight Hart, told the Certainly tourist and visitor dollars are welcome to our commissioners, sarcastically, community - and they should be encouraged. But is it Youve created a beautiful funnel right not strange to$t one cf toe great natural tourist attractions I down Casto Lane, youre to be congratulated but now lets dosomethlngabout existing in our county - the Great Salt Lake - is virtually I ignored as an attractive place for tourists to go, while we it. concentrate millions on obtaining conventions - an activity A temporary solution was proposed for which our particular valley shows little natural Inclinwhich would take the water on South ation? along the Boulevard and dump it in For every dollar that a tourist spends In Utah only a vacant area. Some doubted that this part of that dollar stays here to directly boiefit the comwould wort. Commissioner J ensoa said munity. Part of it goes out in merchandise costs, part of he would check that solution, and talk to Mr. Brockbank. (Continued on page A2) - The Other Side Of The Ledg er Young Jimmy Deesing and friend survey flood damage on Casto Lane. at home of Alvin B. McKean GOP Requests Probe The Salt Lake County Republican Party chairman, Willis H. Muse, has demanded an Immediate, unbiased mvestigatton into procedures ef the Civil Division of the Salt Lake County Sheriffs department. Mr. Muse demanded the investigation to determine the extent of irregularities revealed last week In the Review. At the same time, the sheriffs department announced that it has called upea the firm of Haynie and Staker, already serving as consultant to the county, to conduct an audit of sheriffs records. Mr. Muse declared that discrepancies in the accounting for fees frans lawyers In civil proceedings In the sheriff s department were revealed kst week by sae of our local newspapers (The Review). At this point it is impossible to determine the extent of the discrepancy, hut It Is evident from the information we have at this point that the procedures used In processing civil papers from lawyers are highly questionable. With elections in a very short while, Mr. Muse continued, the public is entitled to know the full facts In this case. . The Review leaned that Sheriffs Civil Division Records on out--ef --state cases do not reflect accurately the amount of money or size of check received from the out of state lawyer; do not reflect charges for notary fete, some of which apparently are unwarranted; do not always reflect accurately charges for fees or mileage. Telephone calls placed by the Review to lawyers In California , Oregon, Texas, Idaho and Nevada disclosed that In some eases, lawyers had scat checks greater than totals recorded In civil division records. One lawyer could not understand why he was assessed a $1 fee for a notary seal when there was nothing to be notarized. Another reported that his blank check first had been filled out to one sum. then altered to a larger sum. The lesser sum was recorded in the sheriffs civil records. out-of-st- ate out-of-st- ate II XV1 ' 28, 8:30 P.M. at the district office. Object of toe" pay bikes; according to Mrs. BethSummerhaya, board president, is to close gaps. Raises where approved after comparison of Salt Lake City School Board salaries and comparison of recent teacher raises of $300 to $700. Superintendent Hartlvigsen, who received a $2,500 raise in September was again raised to $19,750. Deputy Superintendent Dr. Orvll C. England recelyed a $1,200 raise last fall and was raised Tuesday night to $16,500 per year. Ted T. Peterson, personnel superintendent was raised during toe year to $13,000 to $15,200 to $15,700. Dr. William L. Hutchinson was raised from $13,000 to to $15,200. Dow P. Brian, $15,000, clerk --treasurer; receiving a $750 raise last fall was raised to $13,400 per year. Mrs. Summerhays pointed out that Salt Laa City Superintendent was recently raised to $20,000 per year, and since both superintendents work closely together on many matters, should have similar salaries. She also noted that Granite School District has more students than Salt Lake Dis- bearing June ! trict. In other matters the board agreed to support recommendations for an access road to toe proposed Shadow Mountain School, and awarded Layton Construction Company remodeling work on Olympus Junior High for its low bid of $262,070. The board 'also agreed that $30,000 per year Is too much mcney to spend on typewriter repairs. It was reported that class typewriters cost $20 to repair and office typewriters cost $40. For toe $30,000 toe board agreed to hire two typewriter repair men Instead. $110,000 Dam In Question By Examiner! Members of juie State Boa r$f Ex- aminers Tuesday morning served notice on Jay Bingham, executive director, Utah Water and Power Board, that they are seriously concerned about UWPB Investment of $110,000 In the Mannlhg Meadow Dam and Reservoir. Secretary of State Clyde Miller raised first questions about the project when it came before toe beard of examiners for approval of plans and specifications. The Secretary of State said he is seriously concerned as to what policies toe water and power board has, If any, as to loan ratio and the amount of water conserved. The Manning Meadow project In Piute County would Involve only 1,000 acre feet of water to serve only six families and 30 people while bringing water to only 600 acres of land. Gov. Calvin L. Rampton wondered if toe water and power board had ever before invested so heavily in an Interest free loan where water participation involved so few people. Mr. Bingham could think of a $ or investment In a project in Box Elder Canyon. 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