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Show The Many Moods of ff ill Lucas FIRST REFLECTIONS YEAR Lets Ban et Deadline A Is Happiness fast,-flowin- In response to overwhelming demand from literally hundreds of my listeners oo KALL Radio and to the mass of curious humanity who read the Review, I am forced to answer that Forget All Your Troubles, Go Downtown others. for-thi- by If ill Lucas versus services versus the attraction of new industry and growth. A year ago the deep snow path at Alta ind Brighton allowed fun for many, g trouble to others in the valley. The year was like then it caused that somehow, the events that brought cheer to some faces meant tears for On one of those lusty spring nights we decided to launch a new name paper - and we hoped, with it, a new life. The Review s lot of people would call it thtvJVl'y Mountain News or Journal or the Rocky Mountain Whatsit for a while. We predicted the measure of our own we think they effectiveness by how soon tluv started calling it the Review A have. And in Salt Lake county government bungled, argued, fended ugly rumors and produced a public image of ineptitude. Yet it came closer to grapple with the real problems of this burgeoning valley than anyone had before. are It tackled drainage control, a civic auditorium, a county master plan, recreation and open space. And it made progress. tried to figure how to take a little bit of the big news and a big bit of the little news and spin them into an integral interesting web. in the commission the mainstay was a mink people-shuffmanager who thought slow and talked slower but eventually got going in some profoundly important directions. It was a good year to be in the newspaper business because elections exciting. As it turned out the after math was just as dramatic. And through the We In a way we were lucky because we didn't have to dig chalked up last year They were stubborn and courageous and so was the Governor, and only a political shift could calm the tornado swirling around our classrooms. All over the land, it was the year of the march: stration, the rally. They were there before the they made a difference... of sorts. And if students and clergymen at Selma and parents in New York Utahs teachers. the protest, the demondifference now was that at Berkely and Negroes could rancher-figh- far. History was The teachers made histroy - and not just in Utah. They forced their way into our consciousness with a loud protest and the pendulum swung clear back up the wall. protest so could Then came the elections. Whos Shouting, Whos Whispering The enraged right wing found a new campaign tool - the paperback book. The noisy- - protest from the left and the blistering paperback from the right charged the emotions and because the campaigns were mostly dull the noises from both sides broke the sound barrier of the voting booth. a few people started wondering whether the painfully slow methods of the conference table, and the classroom and the voting booth could stand fast against the glory and publicity of the demonstration as tools of social action. And Utahns would have preferred a middle course, but not having one they reversed 16 years and colored it Democrat. The Democrats were all fired up and well organized. The GOP was never confident of its national or many of its local semi-hero- s. So the Democrats won and charted a new course for Utah's economy and government. The outstretched hand replaced the closed pocketbook as the new symbol. The thirty -- sixth legislature met and bonded and raised taxes and reapportioned - because the Utah of 1965 isnt the Utah of 1945. And they rejected changes in the liquor laws because in many senses the Utah of 1965 is the Utah of 1935. They convened and did what they had to do, and they swung the pendulum. Future legislators will have to grapple with the dichotomy of economy question: "What is Will J.ucas really like?" In order to project Into vivid focus for my adorning public and illustrate exactly where I stand on society 's most pressing problems, I've decided to inaugurate the first annua April Fools achievement so many guns from so many awards. Tbe proud recipients P&Oplr this year are: U S. KEDS" awards goes to "LET'S BOYCOTT the the millions of little, old ladies award House Santa" Sugar who provided so much action goes to the executive secrethe Republican contary of the Sugar House during Chamber of Commerce , S. A. vention LET'S BUILD BIGGER Andersen. My little daughter and Better Bon Fires with to wanted him be recognized to the issued after reading his critical Books LakeIs Youth Protection Salt In last column cf my analysis Committee for sponsoring a week s Review. Incidentally, lecture ty literary critic, Mr. any paper with the affrontery Ketting, and taking the trouble to print a letter like that should to count the total number of he banned four-lettwords in a number LUNCHHOUSE "WHITE on sale hereabouts. books of and EON for the Undeveloped HAPPY APRIL FIRST! It a coveted Underprivileged It? memento, goes to Mayor J. is April first, isnt Bracken Lee for his courageous stand against tuna fish salad sandwiches. "THE MOST REVOLUTIONARY trophy goes to the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) for admitting Jane Mansfield Into their organization after she had posed nude for UNESCO (Continued from Page 6) Christmas cards. ' JOBS DAUGHTERS RALLY -"SPEEDY GONZALES" goes to county commis8PM, Masonic Temple, 650 sioners Marvin Jenson and East South Temple; 18 statewide Bethels William Larson for the 1 P.M MY FAIR LADY" , manner In which they Prudential auditorium; sponnew a selected county sor, Murray Jay cettes commissioner. RUMMAGE SALE 8 A. M to "DRINK MORE LIQUOR By The Quart", sponsored by the 4:30 PM, 456 South Mam Street Kentucky, distillers, is HOME BUILDERS AUXILunanimously to state senator Oscar McConkie for IARY FASHION SHOW or is it his forthright stand for larger 12:30 P M . CanltrJ Pl FILI fifth right CANCER PREVENTION bottles. -- 12:30 to 5 P.M., CotWALLACE The legislature shyly and for the first time recognized the existance of urban communities and passed a watered down but historic urban renewal bill, and briefly said something about metropolitan governmenj. le t At Long Last, The PR Man Perhaps the years Or Was It? er biggest sin from a slew of public officials was the failure to present a decent public image. Few were hep to the new talents. In a desparate move to restore public image the county made a grandstand play and started to investigate itself with the help of higher officials - also Democrats. The public is understandably skeptical. Weekly Salt Lake City's central focus was downtown and the face of it blossomed a bit. If there was little of architectural importance, there was at least a new vitality and the tangible signs of hope. Calendar In city government the public image of the police tarnished a bit around the edges. If those in charge felt that performace must be their first concern they were right, but perhaps by the summer they might learn that public support is important too, and that a mutual understanding between the translators and the enforcers is cozier. In city government the social snub was tried as a tool of political protest. Twice it made for color and good copy and if it didnt work at least it was there for all to see and hear. Ill Winds And Big Dreams Good public relations constitute no shining virute. But at least one man, the states new Governor seems to realize that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. his proposal of inviting the winter Olympics here for 1972 is off in dreamland at least it stirs the imagination. And if Anyway the snow pack is superb.... but as last year it has a wet foretoding. Theres a difference... somebody thought of prevention. Maybe we learned something this year as a fledgling weekly newspaper. The big issues and the big stories are never as black and white as the type in which they finally appear. Theyre like a half tone print with lots of different greys. So maybe the The is "GOVERNOR an award winner, too. He receives the annual "Garden of Eden" prise for tbe dignity and compassion he has shown to humanity. He joins past Governor. -- Faubug, winners Lincoln Rockwell, the George Grand Dragon cf the KKK and Robert Welch. WHEN IT "MORTON'S award goes to the RAINS" civic auditorium committee for naming thg structure the Salt Palace auditorium earn- " MICKEY SPILLANE" goes to Dewey Fillis of the Salt Lake City Police Department for wrestling away big problerrf for politicians this year, will be public It., age. newspapers problem is digging beneath it. Dear Sir, 1 4m hoping you will take the time and read the following letter In reference to request- ing your help and Ideas on that has a problem quite come up In the Holladay-Cottonwo- od area. Seven years ago, several land developers In the area of 4925 South and 14th East contacted roe with the thought In mind of donating a parcel of ground in which to build a ball park for boys 9 through 12 tn which our area did not have Being Vice President of Westers Boys Baseball Association, I Immediately acOur program had a cepted. league franchised and known ae the Holladay Cottonwood Boys Baseball League Said league was bounded by 45th South on the North, 64th South oo the South, 9th East on the West and Holladay Blvd on the East. During the past seven years, hundreds of adults have donated many, many hours and la the neighborhood of $9,000 for backstop dugouts, sprinkling system, lawn seed, concession stand and many other During this Improvements time we have supervised more than a thousand beys The character of an activity such as Western Boys Baseball must bold to the highest standards attainable There never can be commercial taint attached to them Its principal objective is for the good of the boys between 9 to 12 who pit. baseball on the teams By providing a vehicle for healthful recreationn during the summer vacation months, wherein the boys may compete with each other beneficially under capable leadership, Western Bov's Baseball contributes to the well being of the boys and their parents The Holladay --Cottocvood League (Crown Colony) is a program cf contagious enthu- In Western Beys Baseball each boy learns some of the lessons of fair play, of He cf team work finds that the other boys, re-- W d.s-ctpti- gardless i of race, cre cr color, strive for the same common goals, and this kind of thinking spreads from the boys to their families and thus to the communities Western Boy's Baseball must not be used for personal profit or advancement. Any attempt of a sponsor or anyone else to capitalise on Western Boy's Baseball by exploitation or using it as a drawing card for some other profitable attraction, should be rejected Immediately This does not mean that a sponsor may not have his name on the uniforms However, his sponsorhsip motives should be limited to better public acceptance, to the fact that he is a good citixen because be backed the boys and helped to make local Boy's Baseball possible The League Board of Directors often times has the thankless job of maintaining and enforcing disciplines that must be observed In a program engaging the time and Interest of upward to a thousand boys in their formative year From the ranks of these thousands of boys who stand now on the morning side cf the hill undoubtedly will come all of the great ball players For the proof the future gram is the basic platform Howunder all of baseball ever, this is no part of the main goal Properly operated on the local level. Western Boy's Baseball will spealfor itself as a great democratic youth movement which builds character tn American Boys Western Boy s Baseball Is Big league Baseball adapted to the mental and physical capacities of boys 12 years cf It 1$ reguage and under lation baseball with several tn exceptions . necessary order that the srength cf young players will not be oversuch as taxed --exceptions equipment, number of innings, sue of field, distance cf pitcher's plate from home plate and distance between Holladay-Cottonwo- le bases The red benefits lie tanrts eh rh torne in in- - pv - dent as the program establishes Itself In the community. We find old -- fashion, grass-ro- ot Americanism becomings dynamic force In the community and this applies to adults as well as boys So far as the boy is concerned, the application of the principles cf Americanism Is apparent from the first call for candidates for the team As teams are formed, i . accordance with the prescribed auction system, the manager has but one through, and that is can a boy pitch, field, run or bet Depending upon the site of the league's bounded area, the pool of candidates will Include from 150 to 200 boys each year of Boy's The formation Baseball teams as prescribed In our regulations, help to eliminate boyish gangs and traits, cliques such as thinking that a young- such "as thinking that a fellow who attends another church Is "different are greatly elim- inated Ideas that a youngster who comes from a different race is not a person with whom to associate wUJ be corrected. What more can a town want that the instilling of find principles cf sportsmanship, tolerance and understanding In its youth7 These essential qualities are brought to the community as one of the Intangibles cf Boy's Baseball Boy's Baseball makes no pretense of being a ' cure-all- " for Juvenile delinquency We do find that in communities where the program Is established. the boys behave and help make their towns better plates in which to live All Western Boy's Baseball teams must be uniformed Tbe players take pride tn the wear inf cf this uniform; they know that should they engage In malicious they mischief, would lose this privilege The players, being in tbe formative years of their lives are particularly susceptible to at'ention from adults Tbe managers and coaches of the teams, as well as the umpires and others In direct con m&mw workers. Baseball with the beys on the field, Hoping to meet with you in Boy's the near future to discuss this These art tbe dividends they should set examples in conwith you I think this Is worth receive duct, sportsmanship and beAfter seven years one cf while reading for your newshavior which the boys will paper. copy Tbe character of the tbe principles of tbe subdividers, my main contact and tbe adults selected for these positions Is Infinitely more Imperson who bad promised this Sincerely, N GAYLE NIELSON piece cf ground to be donportant than their knowledge died to me as Trustee, ated cf baseball. (Trustee for the Western Beys Naturally, the beys are also about two months ago. Since InBaseball League) Impressed by the attendance at this time tbe remaining vestors have asked to be paid 45 East 4th South the games of their parents, $5,000 for this piece of ground Telephone neighbors, police officers, school officials and others. To a considerable degree, the players will follow the examUnions Up 100 ples of sportsmanship shown these fans by Therefore, tt is important of AFL-CIand Vic PresiDear Sir; that this group demonstrates to have you dent of the National United would like We those qualities which they want He is also print the following story in Givers Fund. Instilled In the youngsters. It we feel It chairman of Community Seras paper your Is quite possible that tbe local would be cf Interest to the vice Committee of AFL-CIleague will have to educate tbe President Bierne also serves people In your area. fans tn order to achieve tbe "On March 1st, 1965, Local oo various committees for tbe desired results President cf tbe United States 8397 of tbe Communications Of course, one cf the beneAFL-CIof Workers Lyndon B Johnson." America, fits to the area In which your attained a goal of 100 that the fact Is league operates Thank you for printing this membership of tbelr Local. people who ordinarily would was revealed by tbelr news This have a few Interests, meet Yours truly, president, Dooel D Cain cf in the bleachers and become DOWEL D. CAIN 264 West 800 South, Bounticommon a acquainted through One hundred percent ful President, Local 8397 interest In youth Men and union exis membership quite women from the ranks cf both traordinary tn a state that management and labor sit side has the Right to Work Law course in the by side and, in force Local 8397 consists cf the game, their Interest of employees of the Western Praise From Senator in the players creates a muElectric Company, Inc. lotual understanding There Is cated at 1850 West 21st South, an appreciation that the playLake City. Utah Dear Sir. Salt er are Indeed young Local 8397 is the only Local The announcement that you The understanding extends In the seven mountain states and tbe Rocky Mountain Rethe ball field far beyond Boy's which has forty one view were honored with a Baseball helps to unite a area, local unions, that has been bronte plaque for general neighborhood as well as for able to achieve this goal This excellence Tbe Holladay Cottonwood service at tbe local was organised less than community reLeague (Crown Colony) AssociaUtah State Press three years ago quires the support of the whole Convention was noticed tn tion Workers Communications community It Is a jealous of America represents emtbe Utah papers recently. taskmaster. Manpower and You and your colleagues In the field of ployees too essenwomanpower, on tbe Rocky Mountain Recommunications throughout tial tn every phase of operview are doing an excellent job tbe United States and Canada. ations Service to Western It has a total membership of In tbe best journalistic tratantamount Baseball is Bey's men and women. ditions In serving Salt Lake 360,000 to tribute time and money to Three-fiftof all telephone Valley and tbe surrounding the movement But tbe workIn the United States areas ers do see the results of their workers on your and Canada are represented ty Congratulations tn the of efforts form youndouble honor and best wishes which has membera In CWA gster who are developing Into for continued success In all of more communities than real Americana They see the, other union in the world. any your efforts residents of their communTbe national president cf Sincerely, ity being welded together with , is Joseph CWA, a more tolerant understanding BENNETT WALLACE F. A Bierne, who Is presec y of each other's problems Hus US SENATOR one of the Vice F resident! Is the reward which comes to tact v Holladay-Cottonwo- 563-58- O O, -- 1 hs AFL-CIO- od Sunday , April 4 GREAT SOCIETY Meeting TOUR-3- :30 ART CENTER P M Salt Lake Art Center, 54 Finch Lane Monday, April 5 DUP NATIONAL Lafayette Ballroom, Hotel Utah . TRIO-8- :15 BEAUX ARTS P M, Kingsbury Hall, U.ofU. 8 P.M, SpenMARLK cer Hall, U. of U : A Royal Cemetery of 1,000 B C in REM? MANAGING EDITOR JOHN B LUNSFORD Entered as second clast Matter at the post office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the act of March 9, Mil every Thursday Pub-Uah- SUBSCRIPTION RATE OUTSIDE CARRIER DELIVERY -AREA - IS 00 per year SUBSCRIPTION RATE WITH- IN CARRIER AREA- - -- DCUVERY 13 00 per year CONVEN- M , 9 A. 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