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Show 0 Budget rem SALT LAIC: c ir is America thai raaJly eurw tbout Oram Hearing Set rem (genena Ctmeg Vol. 38, No. 24 PRICE TEN CENTS June 24 1 -TV ft - gy4 STEEL PLAWT fJSl 5? 1 o g HUB OF UTAH'S FBWt Monday OREM STATE STREET had an appearance of the Berlin Wall as the huge conduit pipes were stacked along the parking. The Telephone company is now installing the pipes so as to run the telephone lines underground along StateStreet. Telephone of- Phone Company Seeks Increase In Rates A request by the Mountain States Telephone to. for a review re-view of its earnings in Utah with an explanation of the need for improvement in. revenues was filed today with the Public Ser-vce Ser-vce Commission. . Aaberg said telephone rates were last raised in 1958. Since early 1962, telephone rates in Utah have been reduced by $1,270,000. This included a 25? per month decrease in residential residen-tial rates, lower charges for long distance calls within the state and removal of interzone charges charg-es within metropolitan Salt Lake. In addition there has been a complete elemination of some toll charges by expandir- local calling areas. Since the last general rate increase in-crease ten years ago, Aaberg said the company has improved and expanded telephone service at increasingly in-creasingly higher costs. It has also al-so experienced increased costs in . acquiring new capital for expansion expan-sion of telephone facilities and substantial increases in wage costs and taxes. The application noted: 'The present schedule of rates and charges for intrastate telephone LeGrcinde Richards To Dedicate Three- Ward Unit Elder LeGrande Richards will dedicate the Orem 18th, 25th and 33rd Ward Chapel in services servic-es to be conducted Sunday, June 23 at 2 p.m. The Chapel is located lo-cated at 50 South and 8th East in Orem. ' The first phase of the chapel was completed ii June, 1961, under the direction of Milton Ar-noldsen, Ar-noldsen, former bishop of the 18th Ward. The second phase completed this year makes the building a three-ward unit. Total cost of the completed building is $332,000. Other speakers for the services are Orem Stake President M. Dover Hunt, Bishop McKinley B. Thomas, 18th Ward; Bishop .Zane S. Tayler, 25th Ward; and Bishop Carl D. Anderson, 33rd Ward. rBULflnC - 1 Kin THERMOMETER RISES . . . Orem's Ambulance Fund Drive thermometer at Orem City Park registered $6000 prior to the benefit show sponsored Tuesday night byTimpDrive In Theater. Results of the benefit showing were not in by press time Wednesday Wed-nesday but co-chairman Scott Wilkins estimates at least $400 worth of tickets were sold. Total proceeds was earmarked for the $15,000 ambulance ... and the drive continues. V -A -V-' ' """" -'V" ficials report that Orem is having more telephones installed than the. present lines will handle. To keep up with this growth the phone company is constantly adding to the phone facilities. services now produces earnings which are inadequate to sustain continued service expansion and improvement and to provide a fair and reasonable return." Construction expenditures of the company in the state during the past ten years were $168 million, ranging between $13 million and $21 million per year. Aaberg said the extent of future construction and improvement of facilities depends on the firm's ability to acquire new capital. The" company requested the Commission to schedule a hearing to consider a fair and reasonable return on investment in the present pres-ent economy. Workshop For County Officials Critical financial, election and taxation issues will be discussed Thursday through Friday, June 13, 14, and 15 during the Utah Association As-sociation of Counties summer workshop for county clerk-aud-. itors, treasurers and assessors in Richfield Thursday and Friday and Loa Saturday. Dr. Floyd S. Holm, president. Snow College, Ephraim, will be the principal speaker during the opening general session for all three groups beginning Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Sevier County Courthouse in Richfield. Keith S. Hansen, Fairview, President, Utah Association of Counties (UAC), and C.A. Grant, UAC executive director, art scheduled to respond to a wel-oming wel-oming address by Virge N. Brown, chairman, Sevier County Commission, In announcing the workshop expected ex-pected to draw more than 150 officials from Utah's 29 counties, Mr. Grant said, 'The workshop affords an opportunity for persons per-sons engaged in the day-to-day work of county government to exchange ideas and keep abreast of the legislative changes needed to make their jobs more effective effec-tive CM - " " Children's SCERA Program Schedule The Children's Recreation program pro-gram sponsored by Scera is now underway. Those attending are encouraged to take advantage of the bus service which is provided. Children Child-ren may ride to the Lincoln Jr. High and return home after the classes for 5?. The program is for elementary age children and includes the following fol-lowing activities: Boys sports, handicraft for boys and girls and swimming. The program begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 12:30 p.m. Area assignments are as fol lows: Mondays Orem 16th, Orem 11th, Orem 17th, Orem 23rd, Orem 30th, Orem 31st and those areas within walking distance of the Lincoln Jr. High. TUESDAYS Orem 1st, Orem 2nd, Orem 7th, Orem 10th, and Orem 18th ward areas. WEDNESDAYS: Orem 3rd, Orem 8th, Orem 9th, Orem 21st, 24th, 26th, and 28th. THURSDAYS Edgemont, Orem 5th, 16th, 20th 22nd and 33rd. FRIDAYS Orem 4th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15tli 19th, 25th, 27th, 29, 32nd, Lake-view, Lake-view, Vineyard, Provo 17th, 20th, and 21st ward areas. The bus will start picking up students at 8:10 and finish about 8:45. For further information, call Haus Baum 225-4339 or Scera 225-2560. City Employs New Patrolman Jay Schoonover, formerly of the Pleasant Grove Police Department, De-partment, began duties in Orem this week as a patrolman with the Orem PoliceDepartment, according ac-cording to Police Chief James A. Simmons. Mr. Schoonover was on the Pleasant Grove force for a year. He also is a graduate of Camp Williams Police Acadamy. In addition to his police work he had operated a service station sta-tion in Pleasant Grove for about nine years. Mr. Schoonover plans to move to Orem in the near future with his wife Karma, and two sons and two daughters. His children range in ages from two to eight. Mr. Schoonover is a native of American Fork. Services For Corporal Goss Announced Funeral services for Lance Corporal Jeffery Alan Goss, 19, 410 W. 2000 N., Orem, were announced an-nounced today by Olpin Family Mortuary of Pleasant Grove. Services will be conducted Friday Fri-day at 11 a.m. intheLindonWard Chapel. Viewing will be Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. In the Olpin Family Mortuary at Pleasant Grove. Lance Corporal Goss was killed in action in Vietnam on May 24. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Gerald M. Goss. A complete obituary was published pub-lished in last week's Orem-Ge-neva Times. A public "hearing on the 1968-69 1968-69 operating budget for Orem City will be held at 8 p.m. June 24 in the Orem City Council chambers. cham-bers. That was the decision made by the Council Monday night after 'reviewing the tentative budget presented by City Manager Earl W..Wengreen. Shown in the General Funds Tentative Budget were expenditures expendi-tures of $2,088,490 and anticipated anticipat-ed revenues of $2,094,542, resulting result-ing in a surplus of $6,052. Mr. Wengreen explained that the anticipated property tax revenues rev-enues of $541,000 exceeded last year's property tax take by $81,-209, $81,-209, largely as a result of the annexation an-nexation of the Utah Power & Light properties at the mouth of Provo Canyon. No increase in the present mill levy is contemplated, the city manager, said. SALARY INCREASE Reflected in the Orem City budget is a five percent salary increase for city employees to which normal step increases will entitle most employees. Not included in-cluded are any salary adjustments adjust-ments which might be made as a result of a report to be made by the Wage Study Committee, headed head-ed by Councilman Donald Shaw. An increased budget request in the city manager's office reflect-- reflect-- ed the addition of a fulltime assistant as-sistant to the city manager at a salary of $6,600 per year to replace re-place the one-half time student intern at $2,500. CAPITAL OUTLAYS Under Capital Outlay the tentative tenta-tive budget showed the following expenditures for the new Orem City Center and Library: city center architectural fees, $15,-500; $15,-500; library architectrual fees, $20,500; city center building, $482,280; library building, $316, 780; library carpeting, $17,000; city center carpeting, $10,000; city center landscaping, $16,000; and library landscaping, $8,"000. . In the Fire Department an increase in-crease of $8,118 was shown for salaries, bringing the total to $47,262. This is due to the addition addi-tion of four full-time firefighters I oo Sgt. Lewis Kenneth Thurnau Sgt. Thurnau Killed In Cycle Crash At Misawa Base Sgt. Lewis KennethTurnau,21, 776 W. 640 N., Orem, was accidentally acci-dentally killed in a motorcycle accident at Misawa Air Force Base in Japan, June 6, 1968. He was born Dec. 19, 1946, in Payson, a son of Kenneth A. and Myrle Shephard Thurnau. Sgt. Thurnau received his early education in St. Marks Lutheran School in Provo. He attended Lincoln Lin-coln Jr. High and graduated from Orem High in 1965. After graduation grad-uation he joined the UnitedStates Air Force and received his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Lackland, Tex. He attended at-tended an electronics school at Keesler Air Force Base in Bi-loxi, Bi-loxi, Miss. After completing his training he was transferred to Misawa Air Force Base in Japan where he was stationed at the time of his death. He was working in communications communi-cations at the base in Japan. Sgt. Thurnau was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church of Provo and taught in Vacation Bible School. His hobbies were skiing, skating, skat-ing, hiking, fishing and bowling. Survivors include his parents of Orem; one brother and one sister, Clayton James Thurnau, Orem, and Mrs. Peter (Kathrine) Kirtz, Toronto, Canada and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lew-is Shephard, Springville, and Mr. G. Thurnau, Green Acres, Wash. Funeral services are pending and will be announced by Berg Mortuary of Orem. to the department during the past year, one of whom is the new fire prevention officer. FIRE STATION SITES Also included in the Fire Department De-partment budget is$ll,250 for the purchase of two sites for new fire stations recently authorized by the Council. In the Building Inspection Department De-partment $1,500 was budgeted for the hire of a man to work on weed control during the summer months. Under Civil Defense $3,000 was budgeted for additional warning warn-ing system equipment to complete com-plete the city's city-wide warning warn-ing system. Federal matching funds will enable the purchase of two more sirens to be installed at strategic locations in the city. In the budget for streets and "sidewalks the sum of $30,000 was allowed under capital outlay for the construction of a storm drainage system to take care of water running off of the new Z.C.M.L shopping center at 1200 South. In the Sanitation Department $29,500 was allowed for Uie purchase pur-chase of a new garbage packer and truck to serve as needed stand-by equipment when the present truck is out of service for repairs. Also budgeted was $5,490 for additional garbage containers, $2,500 for a new pickup truck, and $1,300 for an additional garbage train. EXTENSIONS DUE The Water and Sewer Funds Tentative Budget shows anticipated antici-pated revenues for the coming year of $749,700 and expenditures of $495,866, with an anticipated cash balance of $253,834. City Manager Wengreen said that water and sewer extensions have not yet been programmed fori 1968-69 and that decisions on away from home. She doesn't these must be made before the realize it now but she's a mighty budget can be firmed up. lucky girl thanks to her smart Prior to the public hearing on mm June 24 the Council wiU make Saturday about 12:30 p.m.BiUy some decisions directed at pre- Kean and his brother Ronald spot-sentine spot-sentine a final version of the ted Laurie's red shoe sticking out budget. ii OREM water water-now water-now that we have the weather regulated, and it appears we are due for some good warm weather, a nice fresh cold drink of water is always welcome. 1fo noticed some tourists stop at one of our fountains for a drink. It reminded re-minded me of cattle at a dryed up water hole as the fountain was also without water. CALL ON FRIENDS- We are happy to report that our friend Ollie Johnson is now home recuperating from a broken back. The same day we visited Earl Jones at the hospital whc is also suffering with back trouble. trou-ble. Earl will be confined for several weeks. Frank Woffinden another old friend and long time resident of Orem was looking, perk at the hospital as he is recovering from his recent ill ness. MOST ALL RETURN- The old saying is they all come back, is very true when you look back at different individuals who have left the area for greener pastures. Often times it takes a lifetime away but in many many cases individuals are looking forward for-ward when they can return to this area to make a permanent home. Often times you see families move East or West, then when their children reach college age they are anxious to return. When we look around and ana- lize our home town of Orem and vicinity, it is a mighty fine place iu live, i ms mi we nave uui oeen plagued by racial disturbances, floods, tornadoes, etc. We have some of the finest schools and churches constructed anywhere on the earth. Our four seasons offer just enough variations to make living conditions pleasant. Our recreation and privilages are unlimited. If a man desires to hunt fish, go boating or bathing all types of recreation are at our fingertips. You name it and we have it in the Orem area. If anything irks a newspaper man, it is to attend meetings and be sworn to secrecy not to print, and who in all fairness to everyone every-one tries to comply with the wishes wish-es of individuals, then picks up the daily paper next morning and sees a full account of the top secret information. Our latest rumor is that J.C. Penney will occupy a store covering over 100,000 square feet in Orem's new proposed mall and that the Mall should be open for business in the summer of 1970. -.9 .... ... i i i y i i j if L i t ti: A BEAMING SMILE from her daughter, Laurie, is reward enough for Mrs. Louise Harmon who endured 11 weeks of medical self-help training then saved her own child's I other Drowning In Orem' Ditch . Training Pays Off Little Laurie Harmon was re leased from Utah Valley Hospital yesterday after suffering a slight case of pneumonia and four days of the water just as Laurie passed under a culvert in a swift running ditch in front of her home at 538 E. 600 N. Ronald alert the parents and the tot was pulled from the waters already blue and lifeless by her father, Mr. Larry Harmon. While he phoned the ambulance, his wife, Louise, quickly applied mouth-to-mouth resuscitation just as she'd been trained to do in classroom ex- -'r t i THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN OREM-Yesbig things are taking place as construction equipment equip-ment starts to work on the sprawling Sig-netics Sig-netics works to be constructed in south Newell B. Weight To Head Music Department The promotion of Newell B. Weight of Orem to head of the University of Utah Music Department De-partment was announced reentry re-entry by U of U president James Fletcher. Mr. Weight will assume as-sume the post for a three-year term. The appointment culminates six years of teaching in the choral music department at the university uni-versity for Mr. Weight. In addition addi-tion to his duties as department head he will continue as director direc-tor of the University Civic Chorale. Mr. Weight received his bachelor bache-lor of arts and masters degrees from the Br igham Young University Univer-sity and his doctorate of music A- life with the skills she learned. Laurie appears ap-pears fully recovered at Utah Valley Hospital Hos-pital Tuesday from the near-drowning which hospitalized her Saturday. Saves Child From penence tnree months earlier. "I eyen remembered to remove the gum from her mouth the way it showed in the film," stated the grateful mother. The ambulance called to the scene was cancelled when the driver found the child in good hands. Two-and-a-half year old Laurie was taken instead by police po-lice car to Utah Valley Hospital she was examined and reported ok". Doctors ordered the tot, however, to remain in the hospital to fully recover from a slight case of pneumonia caused by the near drowning. Mrs. Harmon graduated from a Medical Self-Help Class Feb. 29, 1968. She trained under the direction dir-ection of George McKinney, chair v if r Newell B. Weight from the University of Southern California at Los Angeles. Mr. Weight has lived in Orem for 12 years with his wife, Dorothy, Dor-othy, and six children. They reside at 1615 S. 800 E. v man of the Orem Civil Defense. She also has had student nurse training and as 2nd Ward Camp Director gives instruction in first aid to girl campers. Mr. Mc-Kinney Mc-Kinney this week received a letter let-ter of commedation from Myron J. Fulrath, chairman of the Central Cen-tral Utah Water Safety Council, for his part in organizing training train-ing classes which resulted in the dramatic life-saving experience for Mrs. Harmon and Laurie. Mr. McKinney credits Bob Far-rer Far-rer of the Provo Fire Department Depart-ment for his expert help in training train-ing the class members in the simple sim-ple art of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Orem. The integrated circuit plant will hire in the neighborhood of 800 workers when completed. Recreation Offered For Handicapped Parents of handicapped children child-ren are invited to register them for a summer recreation program pro-gram designed espacially for them. Orem children will register reg-ister at noon on Thursday, June 20, at the Scera Swimming Pool, according to Wanda McGINNIS, Orem representative. Lloyd Erickson, county director direc-tor of Recreation for Handicapped Children and a staff of trained professionals and volunteers will conduct swimming courses, arts and crafts, story hours, recreational recrea-tional games and an overnight mountain campout for the handicapped handi-capped children of Utah County. The recreation program is sponsored by the Utah Committee for Recreation for Handicapped Children in cooperation with the County Commission. This year's president is Norma Castleton of Sprinvgille. |