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Show :; lAL f?" PERIODICAL DIVISION !' ll---' i I UNIVERSITY LI ERARY .1 " . UNIVESIIY OF LTAH ! J; , CITY 12 AC . , f jui A iJMJs 1-1- . Iii.il I SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1959 Fire Chief J. K. Piercey To Seek Commission Post "My experience qualifies me to fill such a need and to provide effective and efficient adminis-tration of city government. Chief Piercey has long been active in civic affairs. In 1947 he won the Civic Service Award of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and in 1956 he won a Heims Ath-letic Foundation award for out-standing contributions to youth welfare. Also in 1956 he won the Hot Stove League award for "Meritorious Service to Base-ball." His activities in the field of fire protection include Presi-dency of the Pacific Coast Inter-mounta- in Association of Fire Chiefs in 1955 and directorship of the same association in 1952 and 1956. He is president of the Utah State Fireman's Associa-tion. Chief Piercey has been a member of the board of trustees of the state association for the past 25 years. Two other candidates have an-nounced their intentions of seek-i- n 2 office in the forthcoming mu-- 0 nicipal elections. They are Ray S.r Deighton, Salt Lake realtor, who has announced he will run for mayor, and Wallace A. Peter-son, Salt Lake businessman and member of the Utah House of Representatives, who is seeking a commission post. The three members of the com-mission whose terms expire are expected to seek reelection. They are Mayor Adiel F. Stewart and Commissioners L. C. Romney and Grant M. Burbidge. CHIEF J. K. PIERCEY Veteran Salt Lake City Fire Chief J. K. Piercey this week announced his candidacy for the Salt Lake City Commission. Chief Piercey, who has served in his present post for 16 years, said he was prompted to become a candidate by a belief that there "is a definite need for more posi-tive action in administrative af-fairs of the city." Continuing, Chief Piercey said, Democrat Presidential Hopefuls Look To Oregon Primary As "True Test" Although the Democratic Party ' at present has only one publicly announced candidate for the presidential nomination there arem ore than one who have all but made the fateful announce-ment. About the most "announced unannounced" is Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. The only actually announced candi-date is Sen Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota. Attention has been drawn to i; Sen. Kennedy this week by his - actions during a recent short visit to Oregon, the only state where presidential primary laws have been written so as to obtain a real idea of how people feel about a presidential candidate. Sen. Kennedy was in Oregon a few days ago. While there he layed the foundation for his state r organization and, according to f the Christian Science Monitor, ! he also fired the first oratorical t salvos in his bid to win support in the state's primary. The Monitor reports that "dur-ing his three days in Oregon Sen. Kennedy furnished the follow-ing evidence of his active can-didacy: He confirmed the selection of Mrs. Sylvia Nemer of Portland as the coordinator of his Oregon campaign, for which a statewide organzation will be formed. He told Oregon newspapermen at a press conference that he con-sidered the Oregon primary to be "extremely significant," and that he expected all serious can-didates for the nomination to make an active campaign in Ore-gon. He delivered campaign style addresses before a Democratic Party fund-raisin- g banquet in Portland and before the Oregon State AFL-CI- O convention in Seaside. "Senator Kennedy probably will face the challenge of a num-ber of other Democrats on the Oregon ballot. Sen. Humphrey already is well along in his Ore-gon plans. He visited the state a few weeks ago and will go back in October. Oregon's law required that the Secretary of State place on the ballot the names of "all those recognized nationally as candi-dates." Adlai Stevenson has publicly announced that he does not want to participate in the Oregon cam-paign but has not taken the nec-essary steps filing of a signed statement with the Secretary of State to make sure his name dose not appear. Oregon's senior Democratic Senator Wayne L. Morse also has been considered as a favorite son candidate. Sen. Stuart Symington of Mis-souri has read the Oregon law and believes it will require that his name be placed on the bal-lot. And the name of Sen. Lyn-don Johnson of Texas also is expected to appear. Utah Supreme Court Meets Today on Judge Faux9 Ruling Utah Supreme Court is sched-uled to meet today for a hearing on a petition to bar Third Dis-trict Judge Merrill C. Faux from making a Salt Lake County Grand Jury transcript available to counsel for Salt Lake City Commissioner Theodore Geurts. Mr. Geurts has been indicted by the grand jury on charges of misconduct in office. Mr. Geurts' attorney, Calvin L. Rampton, last week secured Judge Faux' permission to re-view the grand jury's transcript as edited by District Attorney Jay E. Banks to contain only matters relating to Mr. Geurts. Immediately after Judge Faux' ruling the grand jury suspended operations claiming the order violated the secrecy necessary for the jury to effectively carry out its duties. Mr. Banks appealed Judge Faux' order to the Supreme Court last Saturday and the jus-tices agreed on the Friday hear-- j ing. An alternative writ was served on Judge Faux command-hi- m him to "refrain from enforc-ing the order" and to appear be-fore the court Friday tc show cause why he should not be per-manently restrained from en- - forcing the order. After the hearing the Supreme Court will issue its decision. The court may permanently prohibit the judge from enforcing the or-der or allow the order to be put into effect thus making the transcript available to Mr. Ramp-ton. Or it may require Judge Faux to amend the order. Court observers point out there is no exact precedent in the case. Grand jury records have been made available to defendants in other cases but not before the cases were brought to trial. TODAY'S 4, Count Approves 1959 Levies; EDITORIAL Residents to Pay Higher Tax Salt Lake County Commission this week approved 1959 tax levies as certified to the commis-sion by school districts, cities and towns and various special taxing districts. The new levies will mean that ' virtually every taxpayer will have to shell out more money this year. The 1959 Utah Legislature in- -' creased aid to education, setting of the tax increase. The state ' property tax has risen from 1.0 mills to 6.1 mills and all Salt Lake County School Districts have increased their mill levies; For instance, Salt Lake City School District has raised its levy from 35.1 mills to 36 mills. Mur-- ! ray City Schools has risen from 40.3 to 43.3 mills. In Granite School District the levy rose 11.3 mills to a total levy for 1959 of 55.3 mills. . County Auditor David P. Jones ,said that levies in most Salt Lake County towns and cities had re-- i mained about the same. The County Commission also set the Salt Lake County tax levy this week 10 mills, the same as in 1958. "It is my opinion that this levy will provide sufficient revenue for the 1959 budget requirement and make available $125,000 for appropriation to several general fund departments that, I believe, will need monies to complete the current year at present opera-tions," Mr. Jones said. He said the 1959 Class B road budget is $33,000 and the flood control budget $9,000 in excess of the maximum legal limits can produce. He recommended they be reduced by amounts of the overage. In commenting on the county's decreased valuation this year, Mr. Jones noted decreased metal mining operations, exemption of residential household furnish-ings and a new state formula used in assessing automobiles. He noted that because of esti-mated sales tax revenues, the county's general fund levy has been reduced to .218 mills while other levies have been increased proportionately to provide neces-sary funds. Has Nixon Visit Changed Things? Although smiling Vice President Richard M. Nixon has been making headlines with his recent tour of Russia we wonder if he has realdy accomplished anything. Russia will still be the same after all the publicity dies away. Mr. Nixon's visit hasn't changed the basic beliefs of the communists. These feelings were summed up neatly recently by the Democratic Advisory Council in a pamphlet on our foreign relations program. Said the Council: None of us begrudge the Russians their economic growth. We wish that the Russian people enjoyed more of it; But it isg precisely because they do not that it concerns usHWhen the share which goes to the Russian people is harshly' restricted in-- order to build up the world's greatest military j forces both nuclear aramaments and forces of the older types-w- e ask why; The power of Russia's traditional enemies,Germany and : Japan, was destroyed in the Second World WaxJ The present ; and potential power of China has been added tctjhe communist system. , . (Continued on Page Four) I ifmmmmummommmmmmammmmmm,t News Preview J The U. S. will definitely of-- j Ifer substantial economic aid! Cuba . . . Laos is prepared I take its current Chinese j Ito revolt to the UN j calling on SEATO for . . . Vice President Nix-- 1 is being urged to make a j new goodwill swing through j ! the tense Middle East . . . ! i the Rockefeller for President j I boosters will enter delegate j I slates in GOP Presidential 1 primaries in New Hampshire, j i New Jersey, Connecticut, Ore-- 1 j gon, Wisconsin and Pennsyl-- 1 ! vania . . . New Jersey's Gov. ! Meyner still hopes Adlai L. ! I Stevenson will publicly back j j him as Democratic 1960 nomi-- 1 j nee. j |