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Show NATIONAL PRESIDENT HERE Sugar House Cottonwood Club To Join Officially -- ExThe newly-formchange Club of Sugar will receive its charter from The National Exchange Club Friday, April 30, 1965, it was announced today by Dr. Porter L. Fortune, executive secretary at the Toledo, Ohio, national headquaed The charter will be present -ed during an informal dinner meeting at S P M. at the Maxfield Lodge, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah. The ceremonies will be followed by entertainment and a dance Members of other Exchange Clubs in the area and their wives have been Invited to attend Alan E. Miner, member of the board of control, is program chair- National Exchange Club. man. Leon Lister, president of the new Exchange Club, will receive the charter from J. White Herbekt Grimsey, Plains, N.Y., president ofThe William B Smart, Salt Lake City, member of the national board of control, will present club sponsorship awards for sponsorship of the new club.. They will go to the sponsoring Exchange Club, Salt Lake City, and to committeemen Grant Macfarland and Paul R. Droubay. J. Michael Holt, secretary; Arthur V. Cook, treasurer, Gaylen S. Young, Maynard Sorensen, W. Bruce Wood- ruff, Donald H. Jacobs and J. Gary Sheets is the only truly American service organiza-tio- n, its hundreds of community clubs in the United States and Puerto Rico active in programs of Freedom Shrine gifts, National Crime Preven- - 1 J. HERBERT GRIMSEY Exchange tion Week each February, youth activities, citizenship and space age Interest The national organization has issued to all officers instead of depending on them to ac- quaint themselves with these situations. Reedy To Grow side, Chief Nielsen points out that the national average for adequate police protections Is 1 7 officers per 1,000 population and Salt Lake County is operating way below that standard now. The department has 157 officers serving a population area of 260,000 people. He said at least 150 more deputies would be needed to come up to the national average. But right now, he insists, the department is striving effectively to render maximum service within existing manpower and budget limitations. be- gun its second half century of Unity for Service' J. Herbert Grimsey, White Plains, N.Y., is president of The National Exchange Club grew through its many ranks since Joining in 1949. He is president of Eastern Electrical Contracting Corp., chairman of the board of GAG Associates, Ind., and treasurer of Rumarlin, Corp. He was president of the Exchange Club of Mount Ver-o- n, N.Y., his original club, transferring to White Plains He has headed sevin 1953 eral state Exchange committees, was president of the New York State Exchange Clubs and has served as district governor, chairman of . GT ALL-INCLUSI- VE BOAT INSURANCE t COMPLETE COVERAGE AT LOW COST ilAt 7vg MOTOR LOSS JOHN H. CHAM&ERLAIN HAULING a.t DAMAGE sueusassspL, DIST. MGR. 3689 Highland Drive FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP the National Extension Committee, national regional vice president, three terms on the National Board ofControI, and national rice president A native of New Jersey, Mr. Grimsey attended secondary schools in East Orange, and was graduated with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky, Lexington, In 1930. He is a mem- ber of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, International Society of Power Engineers, Elks, Masons, and Shrine THE sudden change? First, Sheriff George W. Beckstead has been a Salt Lake County law enforcement officer for 42 of his 65 years. Hes completing nearly 19 years as sheriff and before that served 16 years as chief deputy under Sheriff Grant Young. Probably no man in the history of local politics has ever enjoyed the consistent devotion on the part of the elec- and he s been widely torate lauded as a law officer. However, needs change with the times. As population mushroomed demands on the department and at the time these grew demands became most critical, the county's popular sheriff was plagued with a serious health problem and personal tradegy. The exact moment for repast. organization slipped Something unique in his career occured when a series of newspaper articles severely the department. criticized Now, he's scrambling to catch up with a phenomlnal population growth which hit the county during a two year period. He says given time and the sheriffs de- partment will become the nest in the western United States. C. w. Brady, Jr , present state safety director but formerly a shenfrs department captain as well as liaison with the department during his term as chairman of the county commission, seconded the Sheriffs claim. I think it will soon be the top department in the west. Mr. Nielsen is very knowledgable and is doing an excellent Job." IF ALL IS COMING up roses in the sheriffs department, the distracting back -why ground noises which sometimes, in fact, drowns out the symphony of reform and re- vitalization? Consolation? First, there's fi- - the Impres- sion of reluctance on the part of Sheriff Beckstead and Chief Deputy Nielsen to cooperate In efforts to save tax dollars ty by consolidating certain police functions. In reply, Chief Neilsen pointed out that city -- county lawmen are already sharing the jail, which will be staffed with 40 jailers supplied by the county and which will require an additional 32 depucity-coun- ties hv So Feet? NOW, WHY on the sheriffs de- partment This service will freeing approximately 18 Salt Lake City police officers who are now used to operate the city jail. Other areas to be shared include booking and holding rooms, show-u- p room, firing range, PBX board room, central communication equipment room, press room, gymnasium and gym storage, auditorium, projection rooms, toilet rooms, corridors, stairways, elevators and lobbies, electric vaults, security drive and fallout shelter, boiler room, mechanical rooms and all tunnels. Only two areas are being disputed, he says, and they are the criminal labs which involves a problem of court testimony in that the officer swearing to results of tests should be a county deputy -and the records and dispatch office, which under Neilsen's new set-u- p are inter-depende- ' To maintain efficiency and he stated, effectiveness," "the contact between dispatch and records must be instantaneous and flexible to provide personal communication between records and dispatch. To separate the two functions would necessitate revision of the record procedure at a loss of effectiveness in the field." He explains that the sheriffs department under the new procedure is using 10 clerks in the records division as compared to some 75 in Salt Lake City polices records department. The county handles some 24,000 cases annually against approximately 40,000 by city police but "we could handle 30,000 more with the same people The department's system serves 157 officers and 260,000 people in Salt Lake County The same system in Los Angeles County services 4,000 officers and 11 million people with 135 record personnel More Per Dollar dollars and cents Cold makes him reluctant, the chief deputy said. 'The sheriffs department has operated its records division at a cost of approximately $26,000 a year. The projected cost of the new system four handling times the cases has t.en estimated at $90, 000 annually incomparison with city police costs, right now estimated at over $300,000 per year." He added that administrative, civil, finance, budget and personnel records handled in the same complex as criminal records means a savings in space and clerical requirements which would be dissipated if proposed dation was achieved The other area in dispute is joint use of radio transmitting facilities. Chief Neilsen says this is impossible, because: 1 ) The sheriffs dispatch office is an integral part of the criminal records division. As a complaint originates in the records divisions it is immediately given to the dispatch office for assignment and then returned again for processing. 2 ) Three channels are needed by the sheriffs department. One for emergency traffic, a secood for and overflow traffic and a third for reserve, auxiliary, jeep patrol and civil defense. All channels, Nielsen said, could not be handled on one consol since city police require four channels and room for three dispatchers to effectively handle their radio activity. WITHIN THE department, high feeling is purported to exist between former detective division head Lieutenant N. D. (Pete) Hayward and members of his former squad versus the balance of the department's officers. Lieutenant Hayward, who enjoys a reputation as an excellent investigator with most of the city -- county beat press corps, has been relieved of his command and now fills his tour of duty serving felony warrents and tracking down fugitives. This assignment came after a heated dispute in which he was charged with car-to-c- referring to Chief Deputy Foul. Claimed Haywards band of partisans claim the action was motivated by a desire to cancel his political future. Others within the department say, on. the other hand, that he has been a disruptive influence. Although the officer now refuses to discuss any aspect of the sheriffs department or the future, his cadre still promotes him for political office. Best guesses see him running for Sheriff in 1968. And while segments of the solid Hayward faction have been his strongest asset their unbounded enthusiasm has also jammed two recent moves for high political office in the opinion of most observ- ers. Moving back a few months, they were: 1. ) Pete Hayward was con- sidered the most likely candidate for a vacant Salt Lake City Commission seat until a newspaper story revealed his strength. Partisans say old enemies, once alerted to his strength, were successful in blocking his appointment. The particular old enemy named was former commission chairman and present state safety director C. W. although he has Brady, Jr consistently denied any attempt to dampen Hayward's chances and was, in fact, out of the city at the time Hayward was making his bid for the city commission seat. This enmity, however, has had fantastic repercussions. 2 ) At the last minute, Lieutenant Hayward made bid and one a spot as one of the six county Democratic central committee choices for salt Lake County Commission when Mr Brady moved to his state post. Once in the running, overly backers began a anxious pressure play to force a fast decision which resulted in embarrassment to Governor Calvin L. Rampton, earned the disfavor of the formal Democratic organization and thereby voided almost any chance of his winning the appoint- of Hell Sue, Majbe Another reaction could prove expensive for two prominent Hayward backers. Since the beginning, a senes of rumors have been and allegations circulating about eh original enemy, former county commissioner C. W. Brady, Jr. Mr. Brady told the Review Wednesday night that he has collected evidence on some statements which have been circulating, has contacted his He said , I am attorney. definitely contemplating a law suit for slander and defamation of character. Ironically, one of the allegations about Mr. Brady actually refers to anotherC. W. Brady, Jr., who lives in a nearby state. Tdena Circle The circle of dissatisfaction with the administration of Salt Lake County widened with each development. Whether any or all of the charges are justified won't be known for quite some time if ever. But caught in the flurry was the sheriffs deat the same time partment it was suffering pangs of rebirth. notice officers and influence ie ope ratio n of the depar-ment- s. His charge, at least in part, was based on an affidavit which last week came into the hands of the Rocky Mountain Review. Basically, this new tributary to more citizen distress, charged that Mr. Baldwin with the backing of his newspaper used the threat of derogatory material collected during his study of the department to dictate the terms of the sheriffs reorganization. Affidavit Signed THREE MEN CAME to the Review office to verify that they had sworn to the statement which was notarized by Herman G. Hogensen, city recorder, on Alnl 19, 1965. One of the men did not wish to be identified bu the other two express no such shyness. They are: Joseph A. Holman, 3970 Morningside Drive, Democratic chairman of District 289 in the Holladay area and himself a former sheriff in Carbon County, 1951 to 1955; 7420 and Joseph N. Revill Butler Hill Dnve, manager of a mining and oil organization, who says he is a registered Republican. Mr. Holman managed Lieu- tenant Hayward's bid for a county commission seat. The men said the affidavit had also bee n made available to Mayor J. Bracken Lee. It was his outburst about press tactics, tye said, wheih reminded them of a recent conv- (Continued on page 6) AND ALLEGATIONS continued to whip through the county until involvement widened beyond the strictly political of local government. ST. LAURENT do-di- es The talk when Sheriff Beckannounced sweeping stead changes in the department, was that Salt Lake Tribune writer Jim Baldwin's excellent and exhaustive study of area police functions had been instrumental in effecting the administrative revisions. Indeed, deparment officials confirmed that Baldwin's series of articles hastened the change-ov- er as valid comment on a public service. The tenor of remarks changed somewhat as weeks passed, however, until two weeks ago when Mayor J. Bracken Lee engaged in a donny-bro- COOKING HOME 2425 Highland Drive Telephone 486-566- At No 1 Limit Prim Retu ntbU Also Try JENNIE'S SERVu. CATERING fxtre eft Dei. Srvd IvfM with ok the press over revised procedures in the city police department. 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District judges refused to authorise a full scale grand Jury probe but had to meet twice anyway to make their decision stick for the being As a side issue, the two Salt Lake daily newspapers engaged in abrief flurry, whoot-in- g back and forth for a couple of days over the grand jury question. Failure twice in a row resulted in a whole list of public figures earning the wrath That sick looking lawn? Those fertilizer streaks? Those high water bills? Those fertilizers that fade? HU4-43S- Nevsmen picked up the trail and some leads provided evidence of, at least, sloppy management which in turn triggered mass demand for a county grand Jury -- - and inspired County Attorney Grover Giles to institute his own investi- ment. of SUGAR HOUSE ar Nielsen in foul and obscene language. Deaprtment action before the merit commission resulted in a 10 day suspension for being critical of an order. 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