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Show ; PERIODICAL DIVISION . . i t U?IIVrK3ITY LIBRARY WIVES IIY OF LTAH ' , CITY 12 AC " ' SALT LAKE GTY, UTAH FRIDAY, JANUARY 9 1959 Sen. Moss Appoints Allan T. Howe As Field Secretary Iff ..k 1 ' 13 LJ Xii ALLAN T. HOWE Appointment of Allan T. Howe as field secretary, and opening of a Utah office at 617 Kearns . Building was announced this week by Senator Frank E. Moss. Mr. Howe, formerly a deputy Salt Lake County Attorney un-der Mr. Moss, is President of the Young Democratic Club of Utah. He will direct the Senator's field representation in the state. The office will be opened within the next few days. "The closest contact will be established between this full-tim- e Utah office and my Wash-ington office," said Mr. Moss. "It is my hope that Utah citizens will feel free to come in at any time to discuss legislative and f other problems." Mr. Howe is a native of Mur-ra- y and a graduate of the Uni- - i ; versity of Utah College of Law. He is married to the former Mar-Ien- e Dee and they have three children. Educated in Granite School District schools and graduated from Granite High School in 1945, he received his degree in history and political science at the University in 1954 and an LLB degree from the College of Law, University of Utah. Since that time he has engaged in private law practice and is. associated with a brother, Rich- - 4 ard C. Howe in Murray. He has served the past two years as a deputy Salt Lake County Attor-ney. Mr. Howe is chairman, Western States Conference of Young Democratic Clubs of America, a vice president of the Jackson Democratic League, and member of the State Democratic Central Committee. He has been active in Demo-cratic party affairs for 13 years, having served as a Voting Dis-trict Chairman, delegate to state and county conventions, a mem-ber of the Salt Lake County Cen-tral Committee, Dollars for Democrats chairman, and two terms as president of the Young Democratic Club of Salt Lake County. owe, ibmmie s nEmms bach I mmIE'faAIII&POTMOmil$ME 000 to come from retained earn-ings, additional investment, or additional loans. I might point out that only 1.9 per cent of total industry airline revenues last year came from subsidy, and the twelve trunk lines are virtually subsidy free, so we are not look-ing to the government for direct financial assistance. "There are also those who al-lege that the airlines do not pay enough for the support of air-ports. In airport landing fees and in airport rentals alone, we paid as much as we retained as net profit for the year. It is often forgotten that the airport in today's modern city is a vital economic gateway, and truly a community asset of incalcuable worth. In every sense, the na-tion's airport network is an es-sential element of our national security. The future of a transportation universally, nationally and lo-cally is great indeed. It is almost impossible to express adequately the unbelievable scope of the fu-ture not only of our business, but its impact on our way .of life. Salt Lake City and Utah civic and business leaders this week were coming out in support of the proposed two and one-ha- lf million dollar airport bond issue. Voters will go to the polls Tues-day to decide on the issue. In calling attention to the need for better facilities at Salt Lake Municipal Airport, officials said that approval of the bond issue would not mean additional taxes. It was noted that revenues the city receives from operation of . the airport are more . than suf- -' ficient to cover bond payments. Frank B. Streator, chairman of the Citizens Committee for Airport Improvement, said in ex- -' plaining need for expanded air-port facilities that "Our present , terminal building and facilities ) are woefully inadequate, due to f the tremendous increase in avia- - in all of the directions we fly out of Salt Lake City. This will be accomplished by assigning the finest, piston airplane in the world to these routes the DC-6- B. In addition to this, we are making plans for the introduc-tion of the jet powered Electra into Salt Lake sometime next year. This, will bring you a com-pletely new and significant con-cept of air travel. As Mr. Drink-wate- r, our president commented, "this is the finest aircraft of any type ever built." "The Electra is designed to carry between 72 and 100 pas-sengers in luxury-style- d accom-modations. The airplane will cruise in excess of 405 miles per hour. To give you an example of the scheduled times that we are planning with the advent of this jet aircraft, the flight time from Salt Lake Citv to San tion traffic at tne Franrisrn airport during the past 10 years. The increase has averaged 16 per cent per year. - - "Furthermore, many major airlines plan to begin using jet aircraft by 1960 or shortly after and our present airport terminal area is physically incapable of taking care of them from the standpoint of parking ramp, taxi strips, runway, etc." In an address before the Salt Lake Rotary Club, Arthur F. Kelly, vice president for . sales, Western Airlines, noted that Salt Lake City, because of its location and importance, is the hub of a vast air route network. He said: "The geographical location of Salt Lake City, whether by de-- i sign or accident, makes it the key inland hub of the western I half of North America, stretch-- l ing from Alaska to Salt Lake I City and from Salt Lake City to ! Mexico City with an arch that ) includes the Pacific Coast and will be 1 hour 50 minues, Salt Lake City to Denver 1 hour 10 minutes, and Salt Lake City to Los Angeles 1 hour 50 minutes. "Every airline improvement, bigger, faster planes, has inspired increased travel. Thus schedule, airline travel in the world has zoomed from 16,000,000 passen-gers in 1946 to 87,000,000. We reason that the biggest, most ex-citing development ever in air-planes should produce the big-gest increase in air travel. We feel jets will induce more peo-ple who had never flown before to fly, and they will lure veteran air travelers to travel farther or go more often. "The U. S. scheduled airline industry plans to invest almost two and one-ha- lf billion dollars in the American economy over the next five years. It is inter-esting to note that this invest-ment compares to a present book value of airline operating equip-- 1 ment of sliehtlv more than one billion dollars. To put it another way, the planed air expenditures for the period of 1958-6- 0 repre-sents a greater increase over '57 investment than any other major industry. "Where is this money to come from? Well, $512,000,000 has already been spent in progress payments to meet those expendi-tures. Additional financing in the amount of $745,000,000 has been arranged. However, this leaves a gap of about $824,000,- - Hawaii. "This ocean of air that we are I discussing has no land locked cities, no tunnels to dig, no roads to engineer, no bridges to build, . that is why we call it an 'air-port' instead of a terminal a station or a depot. If we are to have a true understanding of the air and its requirements both in the sky and on the ground, we must forget about coast lines and imaginary barriers. "The only obstacle in our great world of air and clouds is the horizon and even that is an illusion. The only mirage we see when flying is fear and lack of understanding and these are gradually diminishing as the world gets smaller and as more emphasis is placed on the peace-ful use of this ocean of air. "Now that we have developed an area of partial understanding we turn to the subject at hand "New Horizons in Air Transpor-tation." . "For the past several years, we at Western Airlines, as your re- - !' gional trunk line connecting the major cities of the West, have 1 embarked on a program of air- - craft standardization, offering four-engin- e, pressurized service Legislature Opens January 12 Clyde Names AAcAAullirt, Jenkins mission. Mr. Jenkins is a practicing at-torney and received his law de-gree from the University of Utah. He served as assistant attorney general and as a deputy county attorney. He is active in the Democratic party. He is now chairman of the Fifth Senatorial District and past president of the Salt Lake County Democrats. Hej is married and has three chil-- j dren. I The Utah State Legislature will convene Jan. 12 with Democrats ruling the House and holding almost even weighi in the "Sen-ate. Heading the Democratic or-ganization 'in the House this ses-sion will be Rep. Sheldon K. Brewster of Salt Lake City. Gov. George D. Clyde appoint-ed Bruce S. Jenkins, attorney, and Thomas H. McMullin, edu-cator to vacant seats in the Utah State Seate Thursday. Mr. Jenkins was appointed to the Fifth District seat to replace Mrs. C. L. Jack, who was elected Salt Lake County Recorder. Mr. McMullin will replace W. G. "Bill" Larson, who was elect-ed to the Salt Lake County Com- - Mr. McMullin is a resident of Mid vale, principal of the Jordan High School for the past four years. He was principal of Bing-ham High School for fifteen years and also served as athletic coach of the same school for thirteen years. TODAY'S a EDITORIAL V 4 Let's Approve Airport Bonds Salt Lake City voters Tuesday will have an opportunity to take a real part in the city's progress. They will be asked to approve a two and one-hal- f million dollar bond issue for improvement of facilities at the Salt Lake Municipal Airport. That the improvements are needed is obvious. The only question seems to be whether enough voters realize this. Business and civic leaders through public statements, speeches and newspaper articles have sought to point out the need for approval of the bond issue. It is hoped their message will get to enough voters to secure the measure's approval. Officials have pointed out that approval of the bond issue will not mean higher taxes since airport revenues will be more than enough to meet bond payments. They have pointed out that the improvements are vitally important to prepare the airport for the introduction of jet com-mercial airliners expected in .early I960. " And there is the issue of simple civic pride. Thousands (Continued on Page Four) News Preview ! Cuban rebel sympathizers in j I the U. S. expect to bring vie-- 1 I torious rebel leader Fidel ! I Castro to visit the U. S. by J ! the end of the year . . . State- - j I hood for Hawaii is regarded j as "inevitable" during this! year . The U. S. is ex-- j jpected to step up its rocket i I moon shots to one a month 1 j. . . .. A Latin American! "Common Market" economic !' plan will be completed by i midusmmer. . |