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Show Universal Microfilming Box 2608 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 SI $0 7 1 J4 w A - V-V ?m First Offset Newspaper in Utah County THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1970 NUMBER 31 LT. COL. BILLY V. DIXON Col. Billy V. Dixcn Returns From Vietnam Duty Lt. Col. Billy V. Dixon of American Fork, has recently returned re-turned from a tour of combat duty in Vietnam. Col. Dixon commanded com-manded 25 o-l aircraft and 37 pilots in the Tactical Air Control Con-trol System in the Mekong Delta. His mission was to seek out the enemy ana destroy him by directing di-recting tactical air strikes flown by Free World fighUr aircraft. In this action he personally flew 273 combat missions for a total of 583 combat hours. In recognition of his achievement achieve-ment he has been recommended for the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star Medal and eight Air Medals. He also received the Air Force Commendation Com-mendation Medai while serving in Vietnam. TheRepublic of Vietnam Viet-nam awarded him the Armed Forces For-ces Medal of Honor First Class, and the Cross of Gallantry. In addition. Col. Dixon has been previously awarded the Dis-tinquished Dis-tinquished Flying Cross, the Purple Pur-ple Heart and three Air Medals for action in the Korean War. Colonel Dixon and his wife, the former Evelyn Smith of Idaho Ida-ho have four children; Michael, 16, Billy 14, Cathy, nine, and Jimmy seven. Col. Dixon departs de-parts soon for training in the Strategic Air Command B-52 at Castle Air Force Base, Calif. Following graduation in March the Dixon's will reside atMather Air Force Base at Sacramento, Calif. m Richard Richards To Visit Am. Fork Tcday Richard Richards, Republican candidate for Congress, will visit vis-it American Fork today, Thursday, Thurs-day, Sept. 24. The candidate will arrive in the city at 12 noon, where he will first visit in the business district and get acquainted ac-quainted with residents of the community. Mr. Richards will visit residential resi-dential areas of the community during the afternoon hours, with everyone extended a cordial invitation in-vitation to meet the candidate personally at an open house to be held in the Senior Citizens Center at 6 p.m. tonight. Those interested in meeting Mr. Richards are invited to take this opportunity to get acquainted with his philosophy and meet him in an informal reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Mr. Richards is making a bid for election to Congress on the following philosophy: "During the past several years, I have traveled travel-ed in every county in the first congressional distr ict many times. As a result, I believe I understand the problems of the people of this state. If C ' NOTINGTHE AMERICAN FORK HIGH SCHOOL CAVEMEN temperature cn giant "thermometer" are vivacious cheerleaders, from left, standing, Glenda Greenwood, Arlene Smith, Jan Holm-stead, Holm-stead, Mary Jo Barratt; Kneeling, Vickie Beighley, Lorl Holr.stead. The enthusiastic misses direct the studentbody in cheering the team on to victory. They attended the Intermountain Specialty Spec-ialty workshop at Logan this past summer where they received two excellent, one superior and one outstanding award. ...... ."" ' t v -1 rfv'M NEW PAINT JOB completes remodeling project at American Foik City Police Department office. of-fice. Painting was recently completed as old jail section was razed and new wall finished at the police department headquarters. Public nvited to eremenles Monday, A colorful saga in the history of American Fork Canyon will be noted Monday, Sept. 28, when the U.S. ForestServicewillofficially install a sign identifying Grave-yard Grave-yard Flat in American Fork Canyon. At least 16 persons are buried in the Graveyard Flat area, with a section 60 by 100 feet fenced by the Forest Service to protect pro-tect the graves of those buried in the canyon cemetery. Ceremonies will be conducted at the cameery site at 11 a.m. Monday, with the public cordially invited to attend. Local and state public officials have been invited to attend, according to Ralph McDonald, of the Pleasant Grove Ranger District. Those planning to attend are urged to use caution in traveling up North Fork, since the road from Tibbie Fork is a pickup truck road, rather than a sedan road. Of the 16 known graves, 11 are those of children who died in a Diptheria epidemic which swept through Forest City and nearby mining camps in 1872. Three children of Frank and Sarah Birk arc buried in the Graveyard Flat Cemetery, James Frank, Albert and June. Mining accidents or violent weather claimed the lives of others, with one man a victim of an accident at the Silver Dipper, Dip-per, another died at the Bat State Mine and a third was killed .in a snow slide, always a danger as winter snowsreached extreme ex-treme depths. Other graves are thought to be in the area. The U.S. Forest Service is seeking documented information concerning early mining activi- 'TAM1J) GHEES ties in American Fork Canyon. Persons having information on Forest City, early mining events or photographs are asked to contact con-tact the Forest Service Ranger Station, Ralph McDonald, American Amer-ican Fork, or Fred Keetch, PI. Grove, who has been assigned Overall Property Tax Rate In Am. Fork Increased 4 Mills The overall property tax rate in American Fork increased by 4.00 mills this year, according to an analysis prepared by Utah Foundation, the private tax research re-search organization. American Fork's total property proper-ty tax levy in 1970 was 85.85 mills ($85.85 per $1,000 assessed assess-ed valuation). This compares with a total levy of 81.85 mills in 1969 and 82.14 mills in 1965. According to the Foundation's study, the property tax rate in American Fork has risen 15.6 percent since 1960, 62.4 percent since 1950, and 82.2 percent since 1940. The following tabulation shows the total tax rate in American Fork during a number of selected select-ed years: 1940, 47.11; 1950, 52.85; 1960, 74.24; 1965, 82.14; 1369, 81.85; 1970, 85.85. Approximately 63.7 percent of the property taxes charged in American Fork this year will go for school purposes. The Foundation's Foun-dation's report shows that 22.1 percent of the property tax will be for municipal purposes, 11.3 .-J Graveyard Flat Sei this particular phase of the history his-tory of American Fork Canyon. Tape recordings will be made of information received and photo graphs will be copied and re turned to those cooperating in the preservation of the history of these early days. percent for county purposes, and 2.9 percent for special district purposes. A breakdown of the 1969 property tax levy in American Ameri-can Fork is shown by the following follow-ing schedule: Municipal, 19.00; School, 54.65; County, 9.70; Special Districts, Dis-tricts, 2.50; Total, 88.85. Includes state school levy of 7. 2 mills. The Foundation report points out that the overall property tax levy in the 67 Utah cities included in-cluded in the survey averaged 88.00 mills ($88.00 per $1,000 assessed valuation) this year. This compares with 87.39 mills in 1969, 85.97 mills in 1965, and 74.67 mills in 1960. Among the 67 municipalities included in the Foundation survey, total property tax levies lev-ies rose in 3d cities, declined in 17 cities, and remained unchanged un-changed in 15 cities during 1970. The average rise in the cities reporting an increase was 1.82 mills, with the average reduction reduc-tion in cities with declines being be-ing 1.35 mills. Foundation analysts emphasize that in addition to mill levy changes, chan-ges, some taxpayers also may experience ex-perience higher taxes this year because of upward adjustments in their property assessments. Preliminary figures indicate that total valuations in Utah this year rose by $108 mil!i)r. o. 6.2 percent. Most of the increase is the result of higher assessments on mining property and new properties prop-erties added to the tax rolls. Part of the rise, however, is a reflection of higher valuations placed on existing properties under un-der the property revaluation program. pro-gram. The report points out that Park City again retained the dubious honor of having the highest overall ov-erall property tax rate in the state with a total levy of 110.45 mills ($110.45 per$l,000 assessed assess-ed valuation). It was followed closely by Ogden with an overall over-all levy of 107.52 mills. Actually, Ac-tually, a small party of Ogden which was annexed to the city several years ago carries a total levy of 117.52 mills, highest in the State. Blanding, on the other hand, has the lowest levy among the major cities surveyed with an overall levy of 70.30 mills. Several smaller communities and unin corporated areas, however, have lower property tax rates this year. The absolute lowest property tax found in Utah this year is 52.80 mills, which ap plied in an unincorporated area of San Juan County. it 28 Junior High Band Asks Aid For Hew Equipment The American Fork Jr. High School Bands are off to a good start this year, reports Rodney E. Harris, Band Director. There are four bands; Concert Intermediate Inter-mediate and two Beginning Bands. 3ecause of the size of the program, pro-gram, there is a great need for more instruments, equipment and nr; ic. According to Mr. Harris it is necessary for several students stu-dents to share school instruments instru-ments this situation could be helped. The percussion section also is in need of "accessory" instruments; wood block, suspended sus-pended cymbal, etc. Another problem area is music. The Music Library has a large number of pieces that at one time belonged to the High School. This music is too difficult dif-ficult for junior high students. Mr. Harris said that good music mus-ic is also lacking on the beginning beg-inning level. He feels that it is essential to have good, solid music in the formulative or beginning be-ginning years. Mr. Harris said that "generally, "gen-erally, the music budget can take care of our needs, but sometimes it is necessary to supplement it with additional funds. The students want to have the best program possible, so they are embarking on a fund raising project. This is to start Thursday, October 1." The students will be selling magazine subscriptions. Since so many people read magazines, it was felt that this would be a more worthwhile item to community com-munity members than candy or related items. We hope that business bus-iness off ices, doctors, lawyers and dentists offices will take advantage of this opportunity to subscribe to or renew their subscriptions. sub-scriptions. If cnyone has a subscription that should be renewed within the next four or five months, why not do it now? See a band mem ber. With Christmas approaching magazines make excellent gifts Some of the major magazines are: "The Readers Digest," "Look," "McCalls," "Better Homes and Gardens," "Par ents." and "Teen." However. there are many, many more. If" you are not contacted by Oct 6, phone the Jr. High and leave your name and address. "The support of the community commun-ity at our last years programs was most excellent," said Mr. Harris. "It is our desire to share better programs with bigger big-ger audiences." Parents Invited to Back to School flight at AFHS Back to school night at the American Fork High School will be held tonight, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. All parents of high school students are invited to be in attendance. Faculty members and P.T.A. officers will be introduced during dur-ing the general session. P.T.A. goals for t)ie year will also be exp.ained. Following the short opening session, parents are urged to visit their children's classrooms class-rooms to become acquainted with his or her teachers and to learn if X 1 ' " t f w AMERICAN FORK VOLUNTEER FIREMEN- fight blaze on garage on East Main Street. This fire was one of two fire calls answered by the department last woek. The second fire was a shed in Highland last Saturday evening. CITY CREWS AND EQUIPMENT are busy in preparation for winter as a number of projects are in progress. Street Department supervisor Bert Bennett m; :.s grader as Gilbert Baxter uses loader to clear city owned property of accumulation of weeks, debris. Area . : graded and cleared south of Storr's M.-ket, on site now owned by American Fork City. Up im,GQQ for Oem Bosd Special to the Citizen From the standpoint of car owners in Utah County, how costly cost-ly an undertaking has the 42,500 mile Interstate Highway System become? How much are they contributing at the present time to this construction con-struction costs through gcsoline taxes and other auto-use taxes? During the past year, based upon the latest figures, they forked up no less than $1,497, 000. That is the amount that went to the Federal government. It is exclusive of the auto taxes collected by the state. The revenue went into the Highway High-way Trust , which taxes care of 90 percent of the cost of construction. con-struction. The states pay the other 10 percent. The heightened interest in the ,vtY. , " , )' f a f ialu icltl liCJ. ; : - ROBERT WINTERS- patient at the American Fork Hospital, selects a book from the new magazine maga-zine cart as Candy Stripers Pam Christensen and Anita Steiner, from left, assist. of material to be taken up during dur-ing the school year. Class sessions will last 10 minutes each with a five min-uate min-uate break between classes. Students Stu-dents should provide their parents par-ents with class schedules, names of teachers and room numbers in advance. No individual conferences will be held at this time. These conferences con-ferences are scheduled for the first part of November. Back to school night benefits both students and parents as it helps parents to gain a better understanding of classroom goals for the year and provides parents par-ents with the opportunity to meet the individual teachers. Mrs. Leland (LaRae) Gray is serving as P.T.A. president at the high school this year and is general chairman of the Back to School night activities. P.T.A. officers said parents may join the P." organization organiza-tion that evening. Magazine subscriptions sub-scriptions to the P.T.A. magazine mag-azine viU also be available. County Cor Qmsn highway program is due to the battle now going on in Washington Washing-ton over moves to divert some of the money to such needs as railroad passenger service, urban ur-ban mass transit and other transport trans-port problems. Some Congressmen feel that the nation's priorities no longer call for the spending of $5 billion bil-lion or so collected each year rolely for the new highways. Under the current Federal tax on gasoline (four cents a gallon) and the special taxes on tires, tubes and accessories, the average aver-age Utah County car owncr is paying about $30 a year inlo the trust fund. That is the amount incurred for a car that travels 10,000 miles a year and gets 14 miles to the gallon. The overall cost for the 49,390 passenger cars in operation lo Hew Magazine, In Use at Am. Candy stripers at the American Ameri-can Fork Hospital received a boost for their mobile library this week with the arrival of a new three tiered book and magazine mag-azine cart. The gold finished cart was purchased by hospital officials and presented to the Candy stripers strip-ers to enable them to provide hospital patients with reading material to whittle away the hours of their convalescence. The Candy Stripers earlier had conducted a book drive in the tri-city area of American Fork, Pleasant Grove and Lehi to obtain paper back books for the library. Candy striper leaders said now that they have a mobile cart on which to display the books and J i 3 T Mrf- cally, cones to $1,497,000 ayear. One of the matters beforeCon-grens beforeCon-grens at this time is the future ot the highway program, which is due to expire in 1972. Or-iginal'y Or-iginal'y begun in 1956 at an estimated es-timated cost of $41 billion, it is now expected to reach $75 billion or more and to require at least six years more to complete. com-plete. Far from agreeing to a slowdown slow-down or limitation of the work, state highway officials and others are urging that an even bigger program be embarked upon. They are asking for more attention to the development oflocal road systems. sys-tems. If Congress extends the life of the program, as presently constituted, con-stituted, for another six years, Utah County car operators will be contributing an additional$8,-980,000. additional$8,-980,000. Book Cart How Fork Hospital to make them more convenient to the patients, they would like to add to the library. Anyone with paperback books in good condi tion is invited to donate them to the hospital. Candidate Count-Down Here Saturday Th Democratic "Candidate Count-Down" will visit American Fork Saturday, Sept. 26, as part of a county wide visit of Governor Calvin L. Rampton, Senator Frank E. Moss and K. Gunn McKay. Mc-Kay. The candidates and supporters will meet in Robinson Park at 9:15 a.m., with Byron L. Mc-Farlane Mc-Farlane to present the welcome and introduction of guests. Candidate Count-Down wiUfce-gin wiUfce-gin at 8:30 a.m. in Lehi City Hall, where Harvard R. Hinton, Utah County Democratic Chairman, Chair-man, will present the official county welcome to dignitaries and guests. The schedule will proceed thru the county during the morning with the count clown to arrive in Provo at 11:30 meeting at Eldred Center where tney will speak to people involved with Community Action Programs. Tht group will meet at County Democratic campaign cam-paign headquarters for a box lunch and continue through the south section of the county, concluding con-cluding with a visit to Spring-ville Spring-ville from 3 to 3:30 p.m. Final event of the day will be a barbecue and social at GRA Park, Provo, which will begin at 4 p.m. |