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Show . Page 2 SALT FLAT NEWS, JUNE, 1975 Ruffians say this car will set an outlandish speed record of one thousand miles per hour. For this and many' more outlandish facts, see Midwest Correspondent Charles Gellerman's story, page 11. The . by RichardN. Goldberger ; WEST WENDOVER: Sixteen thousanddollars will be made available for this year's Speed Week, which is held in the latter partof August, 15-2; This announcement was the result of a special meeting of concerned parties hosted by Tooele County Commissioner George Buzianis on a mild but windy Friday, the . 16th of May.-Theplace for this speedy convention of old salts was the Saltcellar room of the StateUne Casino and Hotel. Twenty-seve.While the West begins in' contribute the sum of ten thoupersons attend-- . arrivWendover, the wind begins in sand dollars for support of eltfa convocation, some . 1. . -- n . far away a Racers, politicians, highway ing from Tooele, quipped Marvin Jensen, assistant director of Parks, and were Recreation for the State of personnel, and: Journalists in'attendance. A boring group Utah. Mr. Jensen also mentioned of bedfellows, commented a that tiie State of Utah, under the waitress who preferred to remain auspices of the Department of asCalifor-nia- nameless. Development Services, ' would Speed Week. Mr. Milton Weilen-rnair- n Is the director of this . Roppe&vp Hudson Hornet takes a turn on die salt Thanks to Utah, California rides again. . agency. Sixteen thousand dollars is usually allocated each year by the Utah Highway Department to prepare the salt flats for the annual time trials. This year, due to a tight budget, no appropriation was' forthcoming. The appropriation has never been a line item, according to an informed source within' the highway, department, hilt was duly fended in previous years. In the future, . a specific appropriation will be considered by the legislature as a line item. . - Commissioner Buzianis told those in attendance that rather than bother the governor with a request, to get this matter an the agenda of the special session of the Utah Legislature in June, other s ources of revenue would be found. The budget for-thiyear's event is as follows: . FOR s AMOUNT SOURCE $10,-00-0 Office of Development . Services (State of Utah) Grading the flats Bureau of Land Management Grading the flats 2,000 zjm Bureau of Land Management . Tooele County General Fund 1,000 ; Night Patrol . . Portable Toilets ibr- - TOTAL (16,000 Emil .Grisotti, representing Bonneville Nationals, Inc., favored an advancement of. Speed Week to Che middle of September in reply to a question asked by this reporter. Mr. Grisotti . added that thirty-fiv- e percent of the participants would refuse to come if such a move was made, however:' . ' $ ON THE COVER: When Alexander Joseph wed Paulette in a televised cere-- . mony last' month, "a lot of questions were raised in land.5 First, because the bride was Alexs Junior by twenty-thre- e years; second, because she was his thirteenth' wife. Where it Will all end is anyone's guess, since Joseph plans to live happily ever after with as many wives as he pleases, even though polygamy is against the law in the. United State! In an effort to answer some of the questions surrounding the controversial Mr. Joseph, we visited with him and his family ait. their Glen Canyon City home, where he elaborated some of his .views on marriage and love, ' v style: (Seepage 4) Glen Palmer of Wendover . answered the call for additional statements or comment by de ; ? ' . . :.,Mr. Grisotti: livering an eloquent appeal for an expansion of tourist facilities related to Speed Week. A racing museum and a visitors complex was the crux of Mr. Palmer's proposal "Between 18,000 and 38,000 persons a day pass through Wensaid Mr. Palmer dover, is the minimum and maximum tourist traffic on an average summer day. An impre sive applause followed Mr September Speed Week would mean 35 fewer., participants. PalmerVspeech, and the meeting took . a general - adjournment. Officials of the Bonneville Na- . This-figur- tionals and some of the racers in attendance then gathered to discuss technical rules and schedul- e ; ing. Outride in the West, the wind still Mew up from Tooele, as Mr. Jensen had observed. an " SM,Tf (MUX? MRS NEWS is published twelve .times a year by the Salt Flats Publishing Corporation, Jim Smith, President THE. SALT-FLA- Editor: Richard Menzies ' Reporter-At-LargRichard Goldberger. Richard Artist: . Holdaway . ! e: i? . 1 P.O.BOX 11717 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84111 : bw ... pnoto by N. Manmi Cecil Woodman of Gold Hill stands proudly beside his 1950 Mercury, still running fine after 200,000 miles. Mr. Woodman, whose family helped found Gold Hill, attributes his ear's health to periodic maintenance and his own to the clean, quiet west desert climate. "But if someone comes, to town with a germ, we all get remarked the hard rock miner. . it" ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE . . 72-yearo- ld - .if ; ..f s., ' . , 1 W I '.v ' |