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Show PK tbe-L tbe-L EASED GRAPEVINE Salt Lake City's various departments de-partments which are financed by the general fund, and the water department, now operating operat-ing as a self-sustained utility, finished their first quarterly fiscal allotments with savings. This was reported this week to the Salt Lake City Commission Commis-sion by City Auditor Louis E. Holley in the first quarterly financial report issue under the new municipal fiscal procedures act. Salt Lake City Postmaster David R. Trevithick has presented pre-sented special award certificates to seven postal service workers of the Salt Lake area in recognition recog-nition of suggestions and proce-dues proce-dues of handling and moving the mails. The awards went to Harry L. Allen Jr., Mrs. Nell Vander Werff, George D. Jensen, Leonard Leo-nard Halstenrud, Robert Crossly, Cross-ly, Frank C. Nebeker and IT A. Syversen. J The Utah State Highway Department, De-partment, responding to pressure from the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, is preparing to ask Salt Lake County for help in controlling con-trolling home building in advance ad-vance Of freeway construction. C. Taylor Burton, department director, said this week he has asked his right of way department depart-ment to set up a meeting with county officials. The action came after Grant E. Meyer, U. S. Bureau of Public Roads division engineer, urged the state to curb building of new homes on the southeast quadrant of the Salt Lake belt route. The Salt Lake County Librrr will seek an increase in its levy at the next session of the Legislature, Marlon S. Bateman, library board secretary, said this week. He said the source of library revenue has not kept pace with the demands made on the facility. Utah Board of Examiners was described as a "Second Legislature" Legisla-ture" by members of the Utah Legislative Council who are studying powers and functions of the Examiners. He One-time California governor and Utah State Senator Culbert L. Olson died last week in Los Angeles at 85. A Democrat, he served one term as California governor from 1938 to 1942. He was a native of Fillmore, Utah. A number of towns in Salt Lake County have been unable to qualify for FHA mortgage loans because their water supply is on the "not approved" list of the Utah State Board of Health. Sen. Wallace F. Bennett this week disclosed that arrangements arrange-ments have been made which may permit FHA approval of such loans. Communities in the county which have been placed on the "not approved" list include Bacchus, Bac-chus, Riverton, Bingham Canyon, Can-yon, Camp Williams, Chesterfield, Chester-field, Copperton, Draper, Granite Gran-ite and Garfield. Perhaps pure reason without heart would never have thought of God. Lichtenberg. |