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Show the-LEASED the-LEASED GRAPEVINE A letter prepared by Streets Commissioner Joe L. Christen-sen Christen-sen and City Engineer Roy W. McLeese has been sent to Utah Congressional delegation by Mayor Adiel F. Stewart asking the delegation to come to the aid of Salt Lake City to the tune of some eight million dollars in proposed freeway system financing. financ-ing. It was signed by each city commissioner. C. R. Openshaw Jr. has resigned re-signed as executive secretary of the Utah Department of Business Busi-ness Regulation, Hal S. Bennett, department chairman, said this week. He will accept a position as operations and personnel director di-rector of Edward L. Burton and Co., 160 So. Main. C. Leander Prisk, 2066 Yale Avenue, businessman and civic leader, has been installed master of grand lodge, Free and Accepted Ac-cepted Masons of Utah. Salt Lake City Commission Tuesday formally approved a contract with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the sale of 64 Ms acres of land, including 59.70 acres of the Forest For-est Dale Golf Course. The sale includes four parcels of property for which the church will pay a total of $567,680. A new junior college of the church unified school system will be constructed on the site. A $65,000 program for lengthening length-ening four structures crossing the Surplus Canal as a part of a canal widening project proposed pro-posed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, was approved this week by the Salt Lake City Commission. Defendants in Salt Lake City traffic court paid a record $680,-000 $680,-000 in fines during 1958, Chas. J. Ross, supervisor, traffic division divi-sion of the city court said this week. The amount is $114,709 more than was collected in the previous year. Mr. Ross reported there were 195,995 cases handled by the court during the year, an increase in-crease of 2,651. Ivor Sharp, former vice president presi-dent and long time officer of Radio Service Corp. of Utah (KSL) announced his retirement at the annual stockholders and directors meeting this week. Jay W. Wright, executive vice president, presi-dent, was elected president and David O. McKay, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was elected chairman of the board. The head of the Administrative Department at Thiokol Chemical Corp., Utah Division, J. E. Dieter, Die-ter, has been advanced to the new position of Director of Administration, Ad-ministration, it was announced by John Higginson, general manager. man-ager. Mr. Dieter is also serving as manager of finance which has been made his responsibility, but expects to fill this position in the near future. Mr. Dieter has seen the Utah Division grow from a group of a few people in temporary quarters quar-ters in Brigham City to the still growing multi-million dollar organization or-ganization of Corrine with more than 1250 employees. A preliminary report on the 1958 deer seasons, noted this week by department of fish and game spokesmen, shows an expected ex-pected final harvest tabulation of better than average numbers. Also noted was further increases in-creases in the number of hunters afield last year, a trend which has been in effect since the early 1940's. Final reports are expected ex-pected to show an increase in deer hunters numbering close to 6,000. Hunter success is also expected to show an increase over last year's ratio of 54.6 per cent. |
