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Show City Okays Games For The City BOUNTIFUL - By a split 4-1 vote of the city council, it was decided last Wednesday night that four electronic amusement games will be installed in-stalled in the Bountiful Recreation Recrea-tion Center complex (bubble) at 150 West 500 North. THE DECISION was reached with Councilman Jay Bingham voting against the establishment of the games and one resident of the city who charged the council with "interferring with private enterprise." en-terprise." Councilman Bingham said he does not favor the amusement amuse-ment devices in any establishment, establish-ment, especially a city-owned facility, because of the large amounts of money some youngsters spend on playing the games. THE QUESTION of amusement amuse-ment devices in various establishments estab-lishments has been a hot issue with the council for some time, and the city ordinance was recently re-cently re-written to allow a maximum of four games per establishment. Councilman Paul Allen said the city recreation complex provides a "wholesome environment en-vironment for youngsters to play these games. If they are not playing them here, they will play them somewhere else, including Grand Central." Cen-tral." MAYOR ELMER W. Barlow Bar-low also expressed disapproval disapprov-al of the games being allowed in the recreation center "because "be-cause of the young age of some kids who will be playing them and the amount of money that is spent on these machines." The mayor, however, does not have a council vote. |
