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Show II f J , " (i fERXOMCAL DIVISION f LlBftADy .,' I 1". "UJJIVBRSIiy LIBRARY ': Diversity umvEsm of itah i of UTAH cm 12 A0 .' tti3i959 ' i f )7 (i 1 1 n I I MAI j I Q I 1 f i f h fv :' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH-FRID- AY, DECEMBER 18, 1959 ; Weber County Commissioner Enters 1st Dist. Congress Race Lomond Hotel, Ogden. Assistant Weber County Attorney Darrell Robinson was in charge of the luncheon. Present were some 30 promi-nent Democrats of the District. Maurice L. Richards, Weber County attorney, noted at the luncheon that it was imperative that Weber County Democrats get behind one candidate and that he felt Mr. Frost was the logical candidate for the office at this time. Mr. Frost, in making the an-nouncement, said he believed he is qualified for the position from his background as a farmer in Wyoming in his early life and from his background in labor. He said that as a railroad em-ploye he was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Train-men, Lodge 68, and "any man is a fool or a liar who says I am anti-labo- r. At the same time I am not the tool of any man or group of men." Continuing, he said: "All my life I have been actively identi-fied with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, in bishoprics, as a member of a stake presidency, as a high coun-cilman and in other positions." Mr. Frost was the first mayor of Ogden under the council-manag- er form of city government. He also has served in the Utah House of Representatives. GEORGE T. FROST Utah's First Congressional dis-trict this week had its first can-didate for the Congressional I seat being vacated by Rep. Henry Aldous Dixon, Republican. He is Democrat George T. Frost, Weber County four-yea- r J commissioner. ; Announcement of Mr. Frost's i candidacy was made during a f luncheon Monday in the Ben FROM THE STAFF OF THE SALT LAKE TIMES m&Wmk m K&WWihmk SmS$Mhmit Burning Yule Tree A Thrilling Sight, If It's Done Outdoors The traditional burning of the Christmas tree outdoors is a thrilling sight, but when acci-dentally ignited indoors it can be a flaming funeral pyre, the National Safety Council said. "Filled with natural pitch and resin, the Christmas tree is one of the most combustible objects known virtually impossible to extinguish by ordinary methods. "When the needles fall it must not be burned branch by branch in the fireplace, because a roar-ing fire is difficult to control. It should be burned outdoors, in a fire-saf- e area. "The months of December and January' are the leading months for fire burns, and last year 93 fire deaths occurred during the Christmas holiday alone. The Christmas tree tradition is a wonderful part of the season the Council said, so keep it won-derful by obeserving these few precautions: 1. Buy a tree no bigger than you need. The larger the tree, the larger the fire hazard. 2. Wait to put it up until just before Christmas. Keep it in a cold place until then. 3. Saw off, diagonally, at least an inch of the trunk and place in a stand filled with water. 4. Place tree away from any source of heat such as TV sets, radiators, powerful lights, which speed up the drying process. 5. Use nonflammable decora-tions. Keep metallic - icicles or tinsel away from light sockets. Dangling into the socket, they can cause short circuits or flash fires. Do not overload circuits, or replace fuses with oversized ones. 6. Use electric lights only. Be sure they bear the Underwriter's Laboratories label. Check for frayed cords, faulty sockets, or loose connections. Provide the switch some distance from the tree to turn it on and off. Do not unplug lights underneath the tree. 7. Never use candles on the tree or around any cumbustible decorations. 8. Turn off tree lights before leaving the room or the house. 9. Don't operate electric toys, such as trains, beneath the tree. Arcs can ignite decorations or wrappings. 10. Use stool or ladder while trimming the tree. Let children decorate only lower branches. Do not smoke while trimming or dismantling. 11. Burn the tree in a fire-saf- e area outdoors. Some communi-ties have tree burning bonfires under supervision of the fire department. If your community does not, contact your fire de-partment and seek its coopera-tion. Youth organizations may collect the trees. Commission Votes Pay Hikes From Dec. 1 For City Employes Individual members of the Salt Lake City Commission this week were determining how to distribute planned pay raises for employes in their departments. The commission, in adopting J planner, city attorney and city traffic engineer and others, were not included in the citizens com-'mitt- ee report on salary adjust-ments. Any adjustments for them will have to be made by the A a 1960 city budget of $12,832,743 some $818,501 more than the 1959 budget, allowed some $800,-00- 0 for salary increases to city employes retroactive to Dec. 1. City Auditor Louis E. Holley said every effort will be made to have the pay raises on checks before Christmas. It did not ap-pear on Dec. 15 checks, however, because the various amounts of increases had not been worked out. Commissioners agreed that the money would be distributed on a percentage basis as nearly as possible to conform with the schedule submitted by the Citi-zens Committee on Employment Administration. In explaining distribution of the money Adiel F. Stewart said: "The professional people, such as the city engineer, the city enure commission. "There will be so much money available for each department and it will be up to each com-missioner to make salary adjust-ments for his employes." It was pointed out that only by each commissioner taking a percentage cut of a total of $200,000 in their operating bud-gets could the $800,000 be accu-mulated for the pay raises. The salary fund also was helped by revising water revenues to boost them $100,000 while another " $100,000 came from sale of city owned land. This $400,000 added to another $400,000 surplus left over from estimated 1960 revenues after meeting department budget re-quests ended in accumulating the $800,000, it was pointed out. Utah Democrats Scanning Field Of Likely President Candidates Adali E. Stevenson can also be found among Utah party mem-bers. At this point, however, no effort is being made to organize on their behalf. Mr. Stevenson, who twice has won the nomination and twice lost the presidential contest to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Continued on Page 8) Utah Democrats are being Wooed by most of the major can-didates for the party's presiden-tial nomination but this far the statewide organizations have not been set up for any of the office seekers. Political observers report that backers of Sen. John F. Kennedy are perhaps most active in this field. During the past week meetings have been held in both Salt Lake City and Ogden with the purpose of setting up an or-ganization on Sen. Kennedy's behalf. The organization would work for the election of pro-Kenne- dy delegates to the 1960 Democratic national convention in Los Angeles in 1960. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, who has visited the state several times in recent weeks, is known to have support from Beehive State Democrats but thus far a Humphrey for President organi-zation has not taken shape. And Sen. Stuart Symington has some avid backers who are reported ready to go to work as son as the senator from Missouri gives the sign. Evidence of support for Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas and i ! TODAY'S EDITORIAL Rep. King Addresses University Croup Rep. David S. King of Utah discussed the history and the politics of water resource de-velopment Thursday in an ad-dress to the American University chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, a national political science honor society. Mr. King, who is the sponsor of a bill to clarify the rights of the states to administer their water resources, will be the principal speaker at the semi-annual luncheon. The event honored the new members and new officers of the organization and was held in the Diplomat Room of the Occidental Restaurant in Washington. The Straggling Pedestrian A Double Menace Most busy Salt Lake.Gty intersections now are marked with easy to read pedestrian traffic signals. But a lot of pedestrians who are either near-sighte- d, illiterate, hard-heade- d or just plain stupid don't seem to care. (Continued on Page Four) |