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Show CITY COUNCIL HAS LENGTHY SESSION The slot machine question again came in for heavy and heated discussion at the City Council meeting Thursday nite. with councilmcn being about evenly divided on the subject. Letters were read from the mayors may-ors of Richfield and Vernal regarding re-garding operation of the coin-devices coin-devices in those places. Both officials stated pin-ball machines are being operated by private concerns, but no slot machines. However, in Vernal some time ago, slot machines were operated by civic organizations to raise funds for construction of a hospital. hos-pital. It has been unofficially estimated by private individuals in Milford that 12 machines, to be operated in the three billiard parlors .would bring the civic organization sponsoring them an annual return of approximately $15,000, based on a 50-50 split of proceeds. Several local citizens citi-zens favor operation of the machines ma-chines to raise revenues for a youth recreation program. Other business conducted at the meeting, besides the usual routine of paying the bills, etc., follows: Tentative approval of a class B beer license for Bud's Cafe was given, subject to posting of the usual $1000 bond and furnishing fur-nishing properly -signed application. applica-tion. Mrs. Frank Stewart made the request. A flat sum of S500 for water for the airport construction was agreed upon between Mr. Ferguson, Fergu-son, of Ford & Ferguson, and the City Dads.' Max Baxter complained that his son hod been bitten by a vicious vi-cious dog, owned by Roy Bird, and asked that some action be taken to control vicious dogs in the city. Mr. Baxter stated that this was the fourth time a child had been attacked by the dog. After Attorney Sam Cline read the city 'ordinance relating to vicious dogs, Mayor Smith instructor in-structor the city marshal to notify no-tify the owner that the dog must be kept tied up, and that if it was found running loose again it was the marshal's duty to see that the dog was killed, and to issue a complaint against the j owner. Three young boys, representing repre-senting a group of children in the south part of town, asked the board if the vacant lot next to the LaMar Oulzen home could be cleaned and leveled, so the neighborhood children could construct a ball diamond. dia-mond. They stated that Mr. Oulzen and others had volun- I leered to "chip in" and buy the wire for a backstop. After very brief discussion, the boys were told to rake the lot, and the city grader would level it in the next few days. Gordon Murdock and Warren Johnson, representing the race committee, asked the city for financial fi-nancial assistance, in the form of a loan, to get the '48 rare meet under way. They also requested lhat the city attach hinged doers to the stables at the south end of the track. Both requests were approved, with th? financial assistance part being tabled pending submission of a tentative budget by the committee. Six new tires for the city truck will be purchased. The present tires, it was explained, were "original equipment" with the truck, and have been in service serv-ice for 10 years. A suburban carryall will be delivered to the city Saturday, by Bradshaw Chevrolet of Cedar City. This car, ideally suited for police and ambulance work, was originally ordered by the State of Utah, but later cancelled. Leon Williams, night marshal, reported on the FBI course in police tactics, which he is attending at-tending in Cedar City. It is a very complete policing course, Mr. Williams reported, and is designed to help make better police po-lice officers in the smaller communities. com-munities. On the pistol range, shooting the regular FBI. course, Leon shot high score for his group, 83.8 out of a possible 100 points. Mayor Smith announced that the traffic laws of Milford Mil-ford will be enforced religiously. religious-ly. After a very brief warning warn-ing period, all violators of traffic traf-fic ordinances, including jaywalking jay-walking pedestrians, will be brought into Justice Koch's court and fined, with the penalties pen-alties getting heavier with each repeat offense. It was also announced that the curfew law is to be enforced. Marshal Williams requested business men, as well as residents, resi-dents, to refrain from parking cars in the alleys. With the delivery de-livery of the patrol car next Saturday, Sat-urday, Mr. Williams explained, a regular patrol will be made at "staggered hours," of every street and alley in the city. |