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Show j ..PERIODICAL DIVISION 1 I. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY I UNIVESITY OF LTAH CITY 12 AC jil ijj i?" iiJL 1 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1961 Officials Disclose Statistics About Inaugural Parade Stand Building Nearly 10 miles of two by four framing lumber is going into the construction of the Presidential reviewing stand now being built in front of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue for the in-augural parade. According to Richard Crutch-fiel- d of the office of design and engineering, the stand is 69 feet long, 44 feet deep and 36 feet high. It will be flanked by two 55-fo- ot high white flagpoles and topped with 18 inch gold eagles. A reproduction of the Great Seal of the United States, 19 feet in diameter and painted in the official colors, will be suspended from the ceiling. The columns of the stand will be painted white, the ceiling a warm light gray and the railings the same shade of gray with gold caps. Demountable panels for the sides and a canvas curtain for the back have been designed and will be installed only in case of intemperate weather. Electric baseboa-- d heat'ng will be pro-vided in the President's box. The stand is unique because of the special framing which supports the roof. This consists of four frames, each composed of one girder and four columns. The girders are the largest ply-wood and timber composit mem-bers ever erected in the Wash-ington metropolitan area and consist of thre quarter inch ply-wood nailed and glued to the structural timber members. Each nail in the girders is accurately spaced some being only one and a quarter inches apart. To drive these nails the contractor purchased a newly developed, compressed air driven, auto-matic feed nailing machine. The columns are similar construc-tion. One girder and its four col-umns weighs four tons. In these girders and columns there are 27,000 sixteen penny nails and 1.280 bolts. If all the nails were placed end to end they would extend one and a quarter miles. Other comparative figures re-leased by Mr. Crutchfield are that the stand will have 3,000 square feet of flooring or enough for a larger than average resi-dence; 30,298 square feet of ply-wood or nearly two thirds of an acre; and 22,208 square feet of surface to be painted or equiva-lent of the outside of 15 average frame ramblers. The stand will have seats for 240 persons in addition to the President's and Vice President's immediate families. A trailer will be installed on the White House grounds for a relaxation area and as a headquarters for a physician. The stand will cost approximately $50,000. Utah Legislature Opens, Hears Address From House Speaker, Governor Clyde Speaker Dean's program called for these things: Reapportionment. "The time is here and it must be faced," he said. All education matters should be considered as a comprehen-sive and exteremely important package including a look at creation of comprehensive high schools and post high school vocational training. Consider making the Coord-inating Council of Higher Educa-tion an arm of the Legislature, thus removing it as an agency of the state's executive branch. The council's recommendation should be accepted "generally." Deficit spending should be avoided as should any increase in property taxes. But the Legis-lature might look to the oil in-dustry to see if it shoulders its proper burden. Tighten the state driver train-ing laws to require such training m high schools, to advance from 16 to 18 years the minimum for those who have not had driver training to apply for a license. The possibility of transferring the Board of Examiners to the Legislative Council the authority to allow deficit appropriations should be considered. The state should embark on a program to assist areas of the state suffering economic decline. In his message to the Legis-lature the next day Gov. Clyde told the Legislature that "the particular problem which we face is that of carefully weigh-ing essential needs and our de-sires for new and meritorious programs against available in-come." REP. ERNEST II. DEAN Utah Legislature this week got off to a fast start after a prece-dent setting opening day in which Democrat House Speaker Ernest H. Dean presented his own legislative program a day before Gov. George D. Clyde, Republican, came forth with his. Rep. Dean said his program was based "on a constructive, co-operative and realistic look at our problems." In its formal organization Mr. Dean was named without dissent but in selection of party leaders seconds to the nominations were made from the other side of the political aisle. Chosen in the rare bipartisan election of party officers were: Carl H. Taylor, Democrat of Weber, majority leader; Richard V. Evans, Democrat of Salt Lake, majority whip; Franklin W. Gun-nel- l, Republican of Cache, mi-nority leader; and Ralph A. Sheffield, Republican of Salt Lake, minority whip. Named speaker of the "Third House" was Jack C. Mahoney, Democrat of Beaver. The Senate carried out, its or-ganization procedures as sched-uled with Sen. Thorpe Wadding-ha- m, Democrat of Delta, being named president. He was placed in nomination by Sen. LaVaun Cox, Democrat of Manti, major-ity floor leader. The nomination was seconded by Sen. Sherman Lloyd, retiring Republican pres-ident. Sen. Waddingham named to the rules committee Sen. Wen-dell Grover, Democrat of Salt Lake; Cox and Lloyd. Senator Grover said the committee will study the rules recommended by the Legislative Council and will recommend for adoption those it felt desirable. Democratic Women to Sponsor Gob Inauguration Luncheon An Inauguration Luncheon is being sponsored Thursday, Janu-ary 19, at noon by Democratic Women. The luncheon is scheduled for Prudential Federal Savings Bldg. and will cost $3 per person. High fashion will be presented by Arent's and hair styling by Darrcll's, officials said. A pledge of allegiance will be led by Fawn Poulson. Welcome will be extended by Norma An-derson. After luncheon guests will be introduced by Ethel Spillsbury, Salt Lake County Democratic vice chairman. Re marks will be made by Kathleen Meikle, state Democratic vice chairman. Models for the fashion show will be members of the Demo-cratic Women's organization. Committee members planning the event include Norma Ander-son, general chairman; Fawn Poulson, fashion chairman; Pat King, tickets; Alice Larson, pub-licity; Gladys Hill, decorations, and Ora Roe, arrangements and reservations. There will be cards and sur-prises and every Democrat is invited, said Mrs. Anderson. - TODAY'S EDITORIAL V-- - New County Directory Lists 6003 Businesses for Year 1960 Statistics released this week by D. E. Smith, district manager of the Salt Lake office of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., reflect the trend of the business population in Salt Lake County during the past year. Figures obtained from a physical count of the Dun & Bradstreet reference book for January, 1961, totaled 6003 man-ufacturers, wholeaslers and re-tailers in this area as compared to 5750 two years ago. The Dun & Bradstreet Refer-ence Book lists all manufactur-ers, wholesalers, and retailers who seek or grant commercial credit. It does not include some of the service and professional businesses such as beauty and barber shops, security dealers, and real estate brokers. There-fore, the figures for businesses in Salt Lake County would be higher than the 6003 quoted. The Dun & Bradstreet Refer-ence Book, which is the world's largest regularly published vol-ume, is revised every 60 days to (Continued on page 8) Demos in Contro! of Legislature Utah's Legislature opened this week with Democrats in control of both houses. Indications the first week were that the party will demon-strate the type of leadership and responsibility necessary to pull the state out of a situation brought about during many years of Republican administrations. The Legislature faces a monumental task in making the state's available income cover all the many services the state now offers. It was encouraging to see that Speaker Ernest H. Dean has shown himself to be well aware of the Legislature's and the Democratic Party's responsibilities. Demo Women's Croup Dates Jan. 18 Meet The 12th Legislative Women's Democratic Study Group will meet at the home of Mrs. Joseph Anderson, 607 First Avenue, on Wednesday, January 18, at 7:30 p.m. An interesting program is be-ing arranged by Mrs. J. Allan Crockett, program chairman. News Preview Strong GOPosition is ex-- j J pected to develop in Congress j ! to the Kennedy Administra- - ! j ion nominations of brother j j Robert, Adlai Stevenson, G j I Menne Williams and Chester j ! Bowles .... Moscow will S seek soon to reopen talks with j j the U.S. on its WW II debt to j j pave the way for East-We- st j ! trade . . . President Elect J Kennedy is contemplating an Allied summit parley in June, j Mr. Kennedy's Responsibilities President-elec- t John F. Kennedy soon will inherit the most awesome responsibilities of anyone in the world. Not the least of these is helping to keepa live the flame of Christianity, along with freedom, is threatened by Communism everywhere in the world. Columnist Clinton Davdson has summed up this side of the Kennedy talks in these words: When John F. Kennedy takes the oath of office as President (Continued on Page Four) r |