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Show 1 Spencer Universal .icreflln mw HAPPY YEAR.. DRIVE CAREFULLY, LIVE T 111 Piermont Ave. Lake City, Utah Salt 841Q1 REVIEW WASATCH HON I NUMIEXS Avtrtiilnf, News, Office 417-741 Artlen A4i 4S7-1I- 1 Circulation EDITION 01 447-227- Vol.10 No.52 fts We Could Find That Old Contract Comments On This Week's Headlines Jim Baldwin City police, we note, kicked out the Kickout and adopted the more humane program of the panel of City Judges to grant Christmas amnesty. We felt real good when we saw that traffic and petty larceny cases were to Join those with alcoholic problems for Christ mas Day release, this time AFTER a Christmas dinner "on the city. Weve known for years. It could be done. Up on capital hill. Attorney General Phil L. Hansen has discovered the nuisance value of the troika system; hes thats engaged in the type of become second nature to the troika at the south end of the CityCoisity Building. Mr. l'nsen, of course, had Initial Interest only in troika approval of expenditures biting made by various administrative agencies of the state. It was Gov. Calvin L. Ramptons suggestion that Mr. Hansens approach would result In a three-m- an (troika) chief executive personified tn the body of the Board of Examiners - and Mr. Hansen grabbed the bait. How, were to have a court test to see if the three-head- ed body will make the money spending decisions for all agencies of state government. Things (Continued on page At) Christmas A study of the contract Salt Lake County has with Sheriff George W. Beck-ste- ad has become temporarily Impossible. The County Attorneys office has been unable to find the contract. Meanwhile, in response to a request from Commissioner John PrestonCreer. Deputy Comity Attorney J. Fred Wright reported that the Cotmty Commission may, if it so desires, wield supervisory control oVer the methods and pro-cedures followed by the County Sheriff in the procurement of food for prison- tug-of-- : THE MORHIHB AFTER ers. Mr. Creer had requested an opinion on the power of the Board of Comity to make procedural Commissioners 4 t Absence of prisoner elevator In the new Salt Lake County jail was cited this week as being an 'incredible error having the effect of dropping one vital facility of a 20th century jail back into : the J9th century. P. 0. Bergen, Inspector of Federal Bureau of Prisons, in a letter to Salt Lake County Commissioner John Preston Creer, went on to warn that one successful law suit for damages sustained by employees or prisoners under the existing provisions for prisooer transport from jail to courtroom 'might well exceed the cost of the elevator. Tbi prisons intpectoi ft ported that t review of communications he has had with Salt Lake authorities brought to light a letter written by him 00 June S, 1962 to then --Commissi oner C. W. Brady, Jr. The letter cited failure to provide a prisoners elevator at the new court house end of a tunnel from the jail. The 1962 letter stated: Tbe one major factor which I consider to be a mo6t serious omission, is failure to provide the prisoner's elevator, so oiled, at the courthouse end of the subterranean from the jail. prisoner passage-wa- y 'The use of stairs, at this point, the letter continued, 1or moving prisoners to and from the courts is a dangerous anachronoem which should be avoided at all costs. To accept this discredited and obviously long -- since dangerous use of stairs for this purIncredible pose would be just about The resignation of Ray Leavitt as flood control coordinator comes as no particular surprise. He and Commissioner Marvin Jenson have clashed at almost fTiry turn. The conflict Hasnt really so much one of principle or concept of how flood control should be handled, but of details and personality. Perhaps Mr. Leavitt's most helnious sin was not acquiescing to the Commissioner's desire to put flood control In with roads and bridges. From where we sit it looks like the Commissioner is right on this one - Roads and Bridges does have the equipment and the trained manpower to deal with food problems, most of which are close to road-ty- pe problems anyway. Mr. Leavitt agreed that the eaulpment ami manpower should be used but on a borrowed basis. We cant see how this would have worked. Wholl fill Ray Leavitts shoes? The rumur factory around the lunch stand ty on the second floor of the city-coun- u (Continued on page At) Helper: Apathy to know, is the press responsible for deliberate distortion of fact and figures by physicians and police la their classifications of deaths by suicide? To what extent is the press indirectly responsible for failure of community to respond intelligently and with action? Note: In this last of three 00 suicide in Utah Review writer Jim Baldwin explores general aspects of the problem. Editors articles "Mrs. Jane Doe, 59, XYZ St., died Thursday at 1 p m. in a local hospital of what hospital authorities said was drowning." That statement here paraphrased, is the notice of an actual suicide death as published In a local daily newspaper. Why," as editor was asked byth must the press impose this reporter, final indignity upon a suicide and her self-inflict- ed survivor?" Because." said the editor, "the public haa a right to know." And, that, apparently, is all the public has a right to know. If the public really has a right to know, why was the public not told that Mrc. Jance Doe had for some time suffered from severe depression beyond her physical or mental control; a depression that manifest itself, in part, in an uncontrollable urge to That she was under maximum hospital restraint when she managed, very simply, to breathe water and drown herself? These facts, were related by the hospital authorities. These facts, too, the public had 1 right not told. but they to know Why Is it that, even today, editors of local newspapers will, at the request of survivors, delete "cancer or "Hod-kias cause of death: why Disease will they really substitute such terms as "comptica lions following surgery," or "after a long illness, but they can find no compliance and no substitute for the public's right to know about suicide? ns it be that editors ar not all To what extent, the public has 1 right To what extent does the press withhold from the piiiic the only which people can review intelligently and realistically the extent to which and attempted requires broader social response? Is it possible that newspapers, like people, have protected areas of Ignorance such as the significance of suicide as a community problem; an Ignorance actually imposed upon the community. The newspaper attitude, It would appear, Is a religious one; t moral one an historical one. It la, however, tn attitude well behind the times of modem medical and social thought. Peering over the shoulders of those who would expand our understanding of the suicide art Images of tear, superstition, religion and law - each stepped in a brew of historical ignorance. Out of history, suicide survives as s public disgrace, both to deceased and survivors. Instead of elimination at shame by providing mderctandlng, the physician is bound by public pressure to classify suicide as as accidental death resource-knowledge-thro- Rather than be caught between prethe socially dominant press and the socially embarassed family, the police officer and the sheriffs deputy will refuse to make a determination at all where suicide is clearly indicated. This combination of frustrated and frustration social forces serves to emphasise our nearness to that period of our past when mental illness was a subverted social problem. ssures of (Continued on page B4) It Is possible to Inject into an otherwise commendable, functional plan. 1 understand that an elevator was originally proposed for this area, and that It was later 'scratched over your (Mr. Bradys) serious and strenuous objections. Believe me, sir .additional THIS ELEobjections are In order. VATOR IS NEEDED, and It should he restored, regardless of die seeming excessiveness of the cost. If I were the jail operator, I would rather sacrifice a cellblock or two. as badly as they are needed, than to si&ject my ope rati on to this neediest hazard. In effect, oiii it droppthf one ritt! Jams of 1 20th Century jail, beck into the 19th. In his letter to Mr. Creer, Mr. Bergen that he sees the need tor emphasised -what may well be the last assault on this matter of the 'missing prisoner error as Wayne Yonder steen: Maybe you ought to hare a few housewife 1 come up and show you how to cut those costs Mrs. their I wonder. Mr. Bergen asked, lf anyone other man the people who have the responsibility of escorting prisoners to and from the courts and within the confines of our Jails, has any ml understanding of the extreme haxard Involved, particularly when the use of one or more flights of stairs is Involved. Quite obviously, he continued, 'the seed for elevators within the jail was was the need for elevarecognised, tors to carry visitors to the Jail visiting-rooon the several jail levels. (Continued on page At) Under discussion was the parallel inInstallation of stallation and cross-lin- e sewer line along the path of the storm drain project beginning at 48th South and the Cottonwood Mall, to 23rd East, along 23 rd to 45th South and east to the cairn. Members of the Salt Lake County Commission, the Salt Lake County Attorney's office, the Flood Control project and the Coimty Engineer's office presented resistance of varied Intensity to a request by David B. Brlnton, sewer district spokesman, that the district be inspection with permitted authority to 'flag the flood drain installation as needed to protect sewer lines. Mr. Brlnton and others of the board observed that heavy equipment will be ditch in which to digging a drain pipe immediately install 100-insanitary sewer line adjacent to a cb only eight feet deep. Slight jarring of the smaller pipe, which must be installed first, may alter the grade, the alignment or the stability, Mr. Brlnton declared, setting the underground stage for future damage possibly into the thousands of dollars. Mr. Brlnton observed, too, that there are some areas where the sewer line and storm drain will be mutually exposed with the sewer line on a shelf ia the same ditch, where If proper care is not or taken, critical blockage, out --see page, all serious in relation to the smaller tine, might result. The sanitary sewer district board 14-fo- ot ch 10-in- (Continued on page 4) ' ed ms Efforts of the board of directors. Salt Lake Sewer District No. 1, to have work -- stoppage authority over a large section of the County Flood Control project Installation - to the extent needof sewer lines, ed to assure protect! met with stiff resist! ace Tuesday. But a compromise was fot id. Independence. As of this writing the result of tt all, the meaning behind the over --capacity crowd is imkown but the sheer yetrht .of tbf response ought to convince the politically minded that the closet is , watching. The organization representing taxpayers was there, and, as usual, opened the proceedings. Presented by jack Olsen, the report of the Utah Taxpayers Association compared Salt Lake County costs with other Wasatch Front county costs. Our analysis of the 1964 budget shows that It would Increase spending by $9 million, or 71 percent over what was spent tour years ago in 1962 and $2.2 million or 12 percent over last year. In regards to the consequeoct tn taxes Mr. Olsen continued 'The future Is Indeed grim. Tbe taxpayer, said Mr. Olsen, ttloes n not expect something tor nothing elevator. u The big organisations were there, with allpthelr prestige and carefully prepared statements. Their spokesmen put In two cents for business, labor, manufacturers and miners and they helped make the point But their eloquence was dimmed by the spontaneity of the little guy who came to say just one thing . . . hed had It. The occasion was yesterday's SRO budget hearing the largest and most colorful In anyone's memory. Sait Lake sat In silence County Commissioner and took It - right between the eyeballs. The commissioners had proposed a $21 million budget, with Increases left and right and the reaction of the clustery was well summed up by Mrs. Wayne Vandersteea who asked why three trucks and sis men were required to plant three trees on one occasion and a hole needed filling four time on another. 'It' a the little corners wherj I think maybe you you need to cut need a few housewives to come down scolded and show you how to do it, Mrs. Vandersteen. They were represented by LaMar Rinnan who asked why tt was necenstry to create another post tor property ana recreation development They were represented by Mrs. Klaus Siebert who asked them why they A'4at stick to the Constitution. ' They ears represented by Olsf tt Chrlste&son who summed tt uff tysay. log We have lost our voice la govern ment and who pleaded Pleaee don't take their most precious thing away . . ... t Sewer District Feud Flickers Suicides Prime Could changes in the supply of and procurement of food for prisoners after transfer to the jail in the Metropolitan Bull of Justice. Mr. Wright said that because he has been unable to obtain a copy of the existing contract between county and sheriff, he Is unable to comment on its provisions. The sheriff is, however, allowed a 'reasonable compensation" for food procurement in accordance with state statute which requires that the sheriff provide all prisoners with food, clothing and bedding. The statute makes clear that the compensation shall be reasonable (Edit. (Continued on page 4) The Missing Elevator , Another Hall Blooper Floods: What And Who Next siscert? December 30, 1965 10 Wed Tell You If Snowing! Bjr The Weekly Newspaper Serving Sugar House. East Mill Creek, Holladay, Cottonwood & Cottonwood Heights WASATCH EDITION The Commistioners took it all tn, silently and intently. (Continued on page ' A 7) THE MANY FACES OF POVERTY An old myth holds that there Is tittle or no poverty in .Salt Laie County. They myth Isnt true. Poverty has many aspects, they go beyond economic deprivation - they Include education, recreation, employment, the law and other. Re- - view editorial staff member Gene Townsend here explores how some beginnings are being made to combat this battle in the war on poverty, and one aspect of It in the narcotics trade tn Salt Lake. Narcotic Combo: Nightly Scene By Gene Townsend Salt Lake City is a piker compared to Las Vegass output of 'nightlaylight, but breeding only six blocks down Salt is a prostiLake busy second-sou- th tution Infested drug 'Mess' which probably would give even the southern Nevada desert city a good case of shivers. Several situations exist within the sectind -- south six ghetto conduslve to the an old hotel drug pushers cause catering 'girls' who make an extra buck selling themselves to support their drug habit some four or five Joints which close at 1 a m. but who keep dens open after hours their back-roo- m for happy --time where the local night -tin ers float around on some cloud, listmusic. ening to the latest 'go-g- o' In most of the clubs, if a guy doesn't get the bustle from some smile --eyed babe, chances are that he will be hit up friend vbo saunters up, by a puts bis hand on your shoulder, and asks, "hey, buddy, bow about giving me a drink of your beer? The more friendly ones get insulted if you wont drink theirs. The best estimate that the Federal Government can make shows that Utah probably has about 100 drug addicts, but the Salt Lake Police Forces intelligence Division believes that there may be 2X users and pushers in the Salt Lake area alone. Heat generated by the Salt Lake City police force has the peddlers and users casting wary eyes, however this police pressure seems to be merely stuffing run-do- so-cal- led the drug traffic from the west side to the area east of State Street between fourth and ninth South. Government social workers are claiming that bopheads and prostitutes are Infiltrating the area. who lives near 4th East A drug-add- ict and 7th South claims that he can't get help from any medical agency in the state. He wants to be helped better yet, be is trying to belp himself. But be says that the County Hospital gives drug addicts the cold shoulder, and Provo makes it uninviting. Mr. X notes that the county hospital will help dry a guy out, a process which takes several months. But he claims that there is no follow-u- p therapeutic treatment available. This addict who hasn't a high school education asks an what good does It important question do to treat the symptons, why not cure the cause of addiction. It may be foolish to generalize about what kind of guy delves into drugs, but we thought it smart to interview an addict. Here is his story. 1 have a pretty poor opinion of myself 1 I almost get sucidal sometimes. guess its due to some kind of I began to drink when I was young, and when 1 got older 1 did a lot of drinking . . . then I discovered drugs. I messed with them for three years off and oo. perigonc was the cheapest I never did tike and easiest to get weed.' (Marihuana) (Continued on page ET) 12 Percent Poor Salt Lake County is peppered with poverty. A census map recently released by the Salt Lake Community Action Committee shows that there are more than 11.000 families residing In the metropolitan area who earn less than $3,000 a year. For the State as a whole, 120.000 30.000 families, comprising people or 12 percent of the population, fall into this category. However, statistics are meaningful 'educated middie-clas- s. who buy hewspapers, read them, and then use the newsprint to line their garbage cans. The economically deprived are often Illiterate and therefore dont read papers. Not only that, many of them dont even own garbage cans. One result which reflects the status of the uneducated poor was the last election Only 60 out of a potential 4.000 voted In the area running from 4th to 9th South and from State Street to 7th East. the Salt Lake Area, tike However, other metropolitan areas, has a relatively higher avenge income than ether portions of the state. This tends to obscure the significant number ci Camilles with inadequate incomes to meet their needs... the poverty groups. It also tends to obscure the many undesirable characteristics which accompany poverty such as poor physical and mental health, alcoholism, drugs and narcotic addiction, unemployment, only to the so-cal- led (Continued on fg A3) . ' |