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Show University of Utah Library Rep. David S. Kings City 12 Editorial Survey-Rea- d Curbs, Gutter, Sidwalks Bids Let by So. Salt Lake Council The extensive construction of sidewalks, curbs and gutters in South Salt Lake is being planned by the city VOL. 24, No. 27 Ten Cents Per Copy Salt Like City, Friday July 7, 1961 Blurbs Draw Ire Columnist Wright Hits Back Paper-Bac- k Columnist Bob Wright of the OCONTO COUNTY (Wis.) REPORTER did a piece back in April on the art of selling that so delighted us that we have waited a chance to pass it along. paper-bac- ks inspiration Mr. Wright's came from reading the paperbacked edition of a truly great comtemporary n o v e 1", and which, by his own account, is about as lurid as a Baptist Sunday School primer. According to a blurb on the back cover, however, this was a lurid tale of animal passions,' the implication being, according to Mr. Wright that it was printed illegally in France and smuggled over on a cattle boat. Wherefor this writer deduces that: Somewhere in the canyons of New York City there must be a flourishing business where hordes of writers produce the promotional paragraphs to put on the back covers of books they have never read on the assumption that the reading public will never read anything that isnt An exciting story of the raw and lurid, etc. (No evil-mind- ed . canyons in Eds Chicago? query.) Mr. Wright admits wistfully, however, that he might be had by some wealthy publisher desiring to spark up old books. Here are some of his suggested back-cov- er UNCLE blurbs: the lovely Eliza fleeing? Was the blonde little Eva really as virtuous as she pretended? out. U.S. INCOME TAX GUIDE from what dark passions was , A daring drama of a man and his deductable wife. REBECCA BROOK FARM ever answered! OF Speaking of traffic lights SUNNY Now, for- The truth about the farmers daughter. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO A gripping drama of . . . pit- ting the wild beasts of the jungle against this lone fighter for racial integration. TIIE NEW YORK PHONE DIRECTORY What drama in the lives of these everyday men and women! The most tremendous cast of characters ever assembled in a single book. HIAWATHA Even the icy waves of The Shining Sea Water came to a boil at the torrid romance of Hiawatha and the shapely Minnehaha! ALICE IN WONDERLAND Alice may have been just a girl when she stepped through the mirror, but the things she learned from the Mad Hatter really made a woman of her. INNOCENTS ABROAD Now it can be told! Read what Mark Twain really did in the passion pits of Paris! LADY CHATTERLYS LOVER Excellent information on modern game manage- ment practices. TOMS CABIN The left turn signal at 21st South coming down 7th East is for the Quick or the Dead. If all are on their toes, three cars can jump through while it is on. The remaining sixteen in the line just sweat it "THE KINSEY REPORT good book. A we know a fellow who used to always run the yellow lights. Now he has mended his ways. he runs the pink ones, (no political meaning intended) On the 4th we went to Mirror Lake for a Picnic. Turned out to be a swimnik. And, boy, oh boy, did we need the rain. We noticed that whenever we run anything about the Telephone Company, including the bombing of the TV Towers, a well-dressman comes into our office, buys three papers. ed Hes from the Telephone Com- pany. We assume he keeps track of all publicity. Now we wonder if he will come in and buy three papers because of this short note? And we were just about ready to run an ad about the furniture company, Master-craf- t, when it burns to the ground. Boy, that Salt Lake Tribune will go a long way to stop its competition from getting an ad. The only true revolution I can think of was the American revolution. All the rest of the so-cal- led revolutions were merely bloody elections. fathers. The City of South Salt Lake will hear any protests or objections to the proposed improvements in the City Hall on July 25th at 8:00 pm. Full particulars of each and Payola Brinks Job The greatest caper of them all. In TV jargon, that might be the description applied to the biggest robbery ever committed. (non-leg- al capers considered only) A cool million was heisted from a Brinks armored car. But for the fact that greed among the theives entered the picture, the biggest cash haul" might never have been solved. every improvement can be read in Legal Notices on page 4 of this paper. Improvements under consideration will occur on the following streets: Truman Avenue . . . State Street to West Temple. Second East Street South from Sunset Avenue to the City limits. Gregson Avenue . . . 2nd East to 3rd East. Fifth East . . . North City limits to South City Limits. South Twenty-Seven- th . Haven Avenue . . . (see legal THE MEN WHO ROBBED BRINKS, as told by Specs OKeefe to Bob Considine; Random House, N.Y.: 279 pp., notice) . Warnock Avenue . . . East City limits west to 4th East $395. Utopia Avenue . . . From Second West Street. Adams Street . . . 2700 South to Welby Avenue. Total estimated cost to be paid by abutting property, exclusive of driveways, With the interest in the film Operation Abolition and the John Birch Society the smear of McCarthism is being tossed about again. Harry Regnery Company, publishers, have MCCARTHY AND HIS ENEMIES in a paper-bac- k edition. The pro McCarthy fans will rush to the magazine shops to pick up this inexpensive issue. But its greatest value will be for the liberals who can, in the light of more recent events, educate themselves with the refutations of the most bitter re-issu- of the anti-McCart- ed propa- hy ganda. McCarthy and His Enemies, by William F. Buckley and Brent Bozell; Harry Regnery Company, 545 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. 17, N. Y.: paper-bac- k: $2.95. (Cont. on Page oa 2, Col. 3) Street $174,206.72. Total estimated cost to be paid by the City of South Salt Lake, Utah, $8,006.00. This resolution was adopted at the council meeting of June 26, 1961. DEPERE, WISC., ri do-good- give-awa- ys o " ESsurgam SjpecSsiB and KIDS (12 NOW ON SALE BONUS TICKETS WITH PURCHASES IN SUGAR HOUSE FORD FALCON CAR AND OTHER VALUABLE PRIZES. Deposit stubs at Derb Reid) Ticket wltti Every Purchase up to $5. I Ticket with Each Additional $5 Purchase Maximum of 10 Per Sale PETTY Sponsored by Sugar House Chamber of Commerce JOURNAL-DEMOCRA- T: In case you havent been looking toward Washington lately, the are closing in with those proposals which they claim are at half the price. Among the programs: Federal Aid to Education. Federal Medical Care for the Aged. Aid for Depressed Areas. Aid for Anybody Who Asks. The list rolls on endlessly. BEES Ys. HAWAII 7:30 P.M. At Derks Field Wednesday, July 19 Refreshments TFTRTFTP Petty Ford Falcon Car fwfrprwrnr IS HulSilSi Pregame Entertainment Events UEISilSi Fabulous Prizes Bees' Home Run Derby Running and Throwing Contests (Winners Must Be Present) I . (see legal notice) CELEBRATE GOOD FOR CHANCE ON . ers |