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Show IV.i verbal Microf Lake -.it iln Corp City, Utah etro" Is Opposed by County Communities Organized opposition to metropolitan government, proposition No. 1, was taken this week by every incorporated city and town in Salt Lake County, p'us the Kearns Community Council. of Unanimity agreement against metropolitan government is voiced in a statement issued by nine communi ty councils and bearing the signatures of the mayor, president, or chairman of each. Voters are urged to cast their bal.ots against Amendment No. 1 in the statement of principles s gned by Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake City, Murray, Sandy, West Jordan, South Jordan, and the unofficial but public'y elected community council of Kearns. The text of the statement folMid-val- Riv-erto- lows : "The undersigned officials and representatives of organizations recommend a "no" vote on Proposition No. 1, the proposed constitutional amendment to provide govern"metropolitan ment," for these reasons: "1. Under the present system communities can choose the type of local government and the type of services which they wish to receive and pay for, to su't their local needs. Cities, towns, special services districts, and improvement districts may be incorporated or disincorporated at the wjll of a majority of the people who have property in the commun- itv and gra HiroMlv offonforl Property owners may choose io annex uieir property io an incorporated city or to disconnect property from a city. The powers and duties of local governments are strctly controlled by the state constitution and by state law. They have limited authority to levy taxes and to contract bonded indebtedness. Differences in tax rates within a county arise simply from the fact that some people choose to I've where they have a higher number of city services at a higher cost and some prefer to live where they have a lower number of government services and lower tax rates. "2. Proposal No. 1 on the ballot would authorize the setvote, ting up by a county-widof a metropolitan government without any limitaton, by the constitution or state law, of taxing, bonding or other powers, and with the power to take over all of the functions, powers, and com-mun't- y e This n That By Jay Overheard on Main St.: "One thing about the speed of it gets here too early light in the morning." ... We have never heard so much talk about taxes as in recent weeks, especially since county tax statements began Whether personal arriving. property, real property, income, w:thholding, social security, or dog taxes, complaints are universal. Some of this fceiing may well be reflected in next Tuesday's vote. We were a little surprised but very happy to see Salt Lake's Mayor J. Bracken Lee come out with a statement in opposition to metropolitan governmentNo. 1 on the referendum ballot. We find ourselves agreeing with the amazing Mayor Lee on many subjects and violently opDosed almost as often. Right now we love 'im like a brother for those kind words. More and more, it appears that metropolitan government is a dream of the legislature, not an idea of present local government officers nor a demand of the people. This week every governmental unit in the country went on record as opposing metro. City mayors, town presidents, community chairmen all s'gned the pithy statement printed on this page in opposition to metropolitan government. The fact that the Salt Lake City commission took the s!dc of the smaller cities and towns just about makes it unanimous 'that metropolitan government is not wanted or needed. The c'oser this proposition is studied the more apparent it becomes that it carries no advantages for the people in its terminology. Although several local governments have taken individual action in adopting resolutions in opposition to metropolitan government, it was due to the efforts of Midvalc's Mayor Henry Peckstcad that a statement was drawn up, oftxial'y approved by all local government, and signed by their executive officers. debts of all cities, counties, and dstricts within the area. There is no privilege on the part of any community to vote to slay in or remain out of the "met-ro.We be.ieve that the residents and property owners in any area should have this right of choice. Under present law, the people .:n adjoining areas may consolidate their local governments if they wish to per month sewer assessments and water cnarges averaging about $20 per month. If all obligations of all ex sting communities are assumed the tax levy on a home valued at $4,000 would be about $560. "4. We stand for that type of government entity which, because of its smaJer size, permits closer survei.lance by the taxpayer, a better opportunity for him to be seen and heard which in turn tends to restrict or eliminate the opportunities for abuses in public office, intentional or otherwise. "It comes down to tiiis: Does each community choose what t wants and what it will pay for, or are we to be brought together under a central authority controlling the important services and functions of local government and the cost of such government." The statement bears the following signatures: Glen E. Kraft, chairman, Kearns Community Council. Henry Beckstead, mayor, and city couna'l, Midvale. Win. E. Dunn, mayor, and city commission, Murray. Geo. J. Usher, president, and town board, Riverton. J. Bracken Lee, mayor, Salt Lake City Corporation. D. Ravell Beckstead, mayor, and city council, Sandy. Oliver P. Davis, mayor, and city council, city of South Salt Lake. Dr. Bruce G. Egbert, president, and town board, town of West Jordan. Joseph F. Petersen, president, and town board, town of South Jordan. $3.50 " do so. "3. The chief arguments by the proponents of "metro" are that by forming a metropolitan government taxes can be equal ized and we can avoid a duplication of services. If taxes are equalized, then services must be equalized. Either taxes must be equalized at the highest level paid by the highest tax paying units in th district or the services must be reduced in the whole area. If Salt Lake County were a single metro area the services of the Salt Lake City police department, for example, would be spread out to cover the area and the cost of supporting the Sa!t Lake City police department paid by taxes on the whole area. Everyone in Salt Lake County would pay at least Juveniles Cited for Curfew Violation Three juveniles, arrested for violation of the curfew ordinance Saturday night, were taken to the county detention home by Midvale police. The juveniles were 15, 16, and 17 years old. City Annexes Property, Seeks Noise Abatement E:ght acres of property were annexed to Midvale city by vote of the city council at Tuesday's meeting. A portion of the Winberg property lying between Jackson and Adams Sts., recently purchased by Harvey W. Eckman, was annexed to the city. This property was surrounded on all sides except the south by Midvale o:ty. Mayor Henry Beckstead said annexation will permit Princeton St. to be completed so that it will extend from Adams St. to State St., and will permit completion of the sewer to serve an area to the east. ' Taking up a matter pre:ous-ldiscussed, the council voted to instruct Ben G. Bagley, city attorney, to write a letter to Benton Boyd asking U. S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co. to extend its building so that ore cars can be enclosed while the car shaker is operating and that the shaker not be operated after 11 p.m. The letter will also invite officials of the company to attend the next council meeting and confer with council members if they desire. It was pointed out that the greater length of modern ore cars makes it impossible to close doors while the shaker operates. After the council had acted, a delegation of 13 persons, led by Willis Harper, called on the council to ask similar action. Previously a petition had asked re'ief from the noise and vibration of the shaker. After being advised of the councTs action the delegation reported; it was entirely to their satisfaction, thanked the council, and departed. Councilman Lynn Welch reported that city employes "have been doing a real job" since the last meeting when s several councilmen had of "lost motion" in the work force. Joe Mazuran added that the matter of providing work suits should be clarified. He noted that the original council action was to provide protective clothing for garbage men, mechan y cr:ti-cism- ics, and men working in wet ditches, and to provide foul weather equipment. He said that fluorescent vests should be furnished for men while they are working in the street, and a motion to this effect was carried. Further study is being made of the suggestion that the city purchase, rather than rent, flasher barricades for oity projects. The council again went over the proposed ordinance regulating fences and shrubbery, agreed on details of the regulations, and asked Atty. Bagley to have a finai draft for action at the next meeting; Agreement with the State Highway Department was also reached on the medi ans being installed on 7200 South in Midvale city. A detailed map of the entire project on the street was studied by the council. The state has agreed to install an opening in the median at the intersection of Cottonwood St., with ho'ding lanes for left turns both north and south off Sugar St. The state had accepted the council's suggestion that the opening at this intersection be Increased by 10 feet. The city had asked for a second opening farther west, near the intersection of the frontage road, but state highway engineers pointed out that this was impractical because it would shorten the holding lanes to a po'nt where a traffic hazard would result. Pace Slow . . . Ballot on Nov. litkal affiliations nor Voters will receive five Ixillots when they go to the polls next Tuesday, Nov. 8. for the general election. Polls will he open from 7 a.iti. il il 8 p.m., and polling places will be the siin is lor the primary election. Voters will not he required to state their po Thursday, November 3, 1966 call lor a parly lot at the general election. This applies only to the elections. primary 1'inal davs for registration were Nov. nil to officials. hihI for stale senator and representatives in their district; a ballot containing the eight constitutional amendments; a ballot for state board of education: a ballot for justices ol the state Supreme Court and Judge of Third .hid w ial District; a ballot for member of Jordan school board, in three of the five precincts. hal-la- 1 Nov. 2. Voters will receive a hallol containing the names of candidates for congress, for all county Judicial Legislative, Referendum Stale Board Jordan School Ballot County Ballot Of Education District The judicial ballot will contain the names of two nominees for Justice of the Utah State Supreme Court, to fill the unexpired term of Justice Lester Candidates for federal, state, and county positions are listed on the ballot as follows: For Congressman-Da- vid S. King, Dem. Sherman P. Lloyd, Rep. For County Commissioner Eight propositions, seven to amend the state constitution and one to call a convention to write a new constitution, will be voted on Tuesday. Voters will mark their ballots either "for" or "against" each proposition. No. 1 wou.d permit counties of 75,000 or more population to establish metropoitan government. No. 2 would call a convention to revise or amend the consti-t:oof the state of Utah. No. 3 wou.d permit the state auditor and state treasurer to serve two successive terms, rather than one. No. 4 would permit legislative committees to serve between legislative sessions. No. 5 wou.d provide for annual sessions of the legislature, adding a budget session in even years. No. 6 would authorize the legislature to call itself into special session. No. 7 would ra.:se the salary of legislators to $1000 per year and permit legislators to set their own salary. No. 8 would aboWsh the board of examiners, whose duty is to examine all claims against the state. Proposition No. 2 requires a majority of all votes to carry, the others require only a simple majority. Two members of the State Board of Education will be elected from Regional District Three. On this ballot, voters will vote for two candidates from the following nominees: Mark Anderson. LeGrand P. Backman. Mrs. Peter W. Billings Lynn S. Richards. Three members of the Jordan Schooi District board of education will be elected this year for four year terms. Voters in the S:rst, second, and third school precincts will receive ballots and will vote only for candidates in their own precinct. Candidates arc as follows: First School Precinct Bernarr S. Furse. Second School Precinct-Mar- lon S. Bateman. D. Clayton Fairbourn L. (Bert) Jansen. Third School Precinct Rulon T. Burton. A. Wade. Candidates are: Justice R. L. Tuckett. Harold N. Wilkinson. A judge of Third Judicial Dstrict will also be elected. The candidates are: Judge Merrill C. Faux. Jim Mitsunaga. (4 year term) John Preston Creer, Dem. Oscar Hanson Jr., Rep. For County Commissioner (2 year term) Joe L. Chi stensen, Dem. Philip R. Blomquist, Rep. Ronald H. Rohner, Taxpayers Party. For County Clerk-Ja- cob Weiler, Dem. Richard G. Alien, Rep. For County Sheriff-Geo- rge Q. Nielsen Jr., Dem. Delmar L. (Swede) Larsen, Shoplifting Arrests Reported by Police Midvale police reported two arrests for shoplifting the past week. Mrs. Eliza Lopez, 1514 Camp Williams Rd., has been ordered to appear in municipal court ana a juvenile girl has been referred to juvenie court. Rep. For County Assessor S. Clifford Cockayne, Dem. Earl - Police Prepare Citations for Night Parking M. Baker, Rep. For County TreasurerRulon A. Ipsen, Dem Sid Lambourne, Rep. For County Recorder-M- ary Lorraine Johnson, Dem. Hazel Taggart Chase, Rep. For County Attorney Grover A. Giles, Dem. Gordon B. Christenson, Rep. For County Audi tor Robert R. Fitts,.Dem. LaMar A. Rawlings, Rep. For County Surveyor-Jos- eph C. (Jack) Frost, Dem. Dale R. HoU, Rep. For State Senator-Eig- hth - I Season for enforcement of the ordinance prohibiting District-Rich- ard street parking is apC. Howe, Dem. of Police Chief proaching, Wilmer L. Bennett, Rep. Louis Smith warned this week. A new ordinance is in effect Ninth District-Wen- dell this year. The chief said that Grover, Dem. Orren J. Greenwood, Rep. warning tickets will be used during November, with enTenth District-Edw- ard forcement by citation after T. Beck, Dem. Dec. 1. ,. Carl Clark, Rep. Ray Parking on city streets for more than one hour between 1 For State Representative Twentieth District-Ro- bert and 6 a.m. is prohibited, exDavid Briggs, Dem. cept for physicians on emerJack R. Bagley, Rep. gency calls. Any car parked for 72 conDistrict Twenty-Firs- t secutive hours is .subject to imC. E. Matthews, Dem. poundment by police. Herbert R. Ludwig, Rep. The ordinance is designed to Twenty-SeconDistrict permit snow remove! crews to M. James Macfarlane, Dem. clean streets during early Kenneth A. Brady, Rep. morning hours without interDi strict Twenty-Thirference by parked vehicles. Glen W. Crump, Dem. James H. Day, Rep. all-nig- Twenty-Fourt- lows: New homes Ray II. Olivrr-so559 Wood St., $17. 2(K); Buddy Charles Conti, 715 Marquette Dr., $34,124: Beehive Building Co., 547 Hayes St., n, $15,000. included: Other permits Floyd Reed, 312 Cypress St., fence, $350; Waller D. King, Wilson St., double garage. $1,250. 201-20- 5 ""- -- . .in District-- h Mrs Rex (Milly) Obcrhan- sley, Dem. LaVar V. Smith, Rep. For Justice of Peace-Si- xth Precinct-War- ren D. Cole, Dem. Seventh Precinct Lyle B. Gundcrson, Dem. Eighth Precinct-El- mer L. Johnson, Dem. Tenth Precinct-Ern- est A. IYederich, Dem. For Constable-Si- xth County Precinct S. L. Smith, Dem. Seventh County Precinct R. E. Weaver, Rep. Eighth County Precinct-Rob- ert H. Wi.liams, Dem. 10-D- Sentence ay n Center St. Lights Now in Operation Installation of the new lighting system on E. Center St. has been completed by Utah Power & Light crews, and the new mercury-vapo- r system has been placed in operation on both the south and north sides of the street. For Panhandling Robert McCabe, 39 N. Main, was arrested by city and county officers while begging from house to house. Judge Lyle Gunderson, Sandy, sentenced him to 10 days in jail on a charge of being a disorderly In another case person. brought before Judge Gunderson by Midvale police, Eliso J. Martinez, 124 S. Allen St., was charged with public intoxication. Juvenile Charged With Intoxication A arrest- ed by Midvale police on Halloween, was taken to the detention home, charged with public intoxication, and referred to juvenile court. Clyde V. Buxton. Willard (Bill) Knibbe. John H. WLson. Little Vandalism Here on Halloween Police had only one case of Ha.loween vandalism reported to them. Mrs Glen Lundgreen, 271 Spruce St., reported that Hal!oween decorations at her home were torn down and de, stroyed. Two Windows Broken; Police Arrest Four City Streets Get New Striping Job Newly sealcoated streets in Midvale have now been stripped for traffic control, pedestiran lanes have been marked, and parking spaces painted in the downtown area. ... Salt Flats Rollover Former Resident Killed d Two plate glass windows on Midvale's Main St. were broken Oct. 31, but the incidents had nothing to do with Halloween. Police promptly arrested four young men who were arraigned in municipal court Tuesday. Windows were at Tavern, 109 N. Main, and at Bosh's C'eaners, 121 N. Main. Gilbert P. Montoya, 20, 6865 South 90 East, Midvale, was charged with destroying private property and public Judge Warren D. Co.e sentenced him to pay a $30 fine and 10 days in jail on the intoxication charge. Five days were suspended on payment of the fine and 5 days were stayed for one year on good behavior. Sentence will be passed Friday on the damage charge. S'milar sentences were imposed on the other defendants for public intoxication. They were: Joseph D. Lavato, 19, Kearns, Andy Kelley Vasqucz, and Fa'vio Felix 22, Lark, Sanchez, 18, 182 S. Main, Midvale. The arrests were made by Al Officers Ray Patience, Wright, and Ray Hughes. intox-catio- former Midvale woman The driver, it was reported, was ki'led and three other per- lost control when he reached sons injured Sunday when into the back scat for a sweatand the compact car ro.led their car rohed over on U.S. er, over four times as it traveled a dozen m'lcs east of 200 feet down the highway. All Wendover. four occupants were thrown She was Mrs Kathleen Grifout. fin Constant, no, 31, 1372 Maple-wooMrs Constantino was born Dr., (6274 South). Aug. 24, 1935, Salt Lake City, Her brother, Wayne S. Grif- to Stanley Gates and Edna fin, Midvale, driver of the car, Johnson Griffin, Midvale, and was injured, along with his fi- married William Constantino ance, Dixie Lee Chapman, and Dec. 2, 1952. Divorced. Robert A. Kofoed, Salt Lake She is survived by sons and City. daughters, Linda, William Scott, The group was reported. y en Marsha, Mark Allen, parents, route to Elko, where Gi'ffin brother, and a grandmother, and Miss Chapman planned to Mrs E,:zebeth G. Griffin, Salt be married. Lake City. A , 40-5- d School Lunch K W f Menus - ' Monday, Nov. 7 Meat gravy on rice, buttered peas, peach X i..s? ..'...'..OSI i.'v'V t Largest Paid Mailed Weekly in Utah. Candidates, Issues Face Voters Tuesday too-broa- d Letters from soldiers in Viet Nam don't get into print too often, probably because no editor wants to bring recrinna-tion- s upon the head of fighting We have a quotable men. letter loaned to us, no natural'y won't tell you the name of ine . . and heartbreaking. "How is the hunting back there . . . :t isn't very good over here. Wc have been fighting Charlie and having fire fights with him, but this just isn't our kind of war. All you can do is f're into the trees and hope you hit him. (Continued on Page 2) - 8 . . . Building Below Million Three for new permits homes were issued in Midvale during October, but new construction continues to lag behind recent years. H. C. Hart, building inspsc-tor- , reported that the October building permits totaled $67,-92bringing the year's total to $973,621. Permits were issued as fol Circulation Over 6,000 Number 44 Volume 33 j .(".LI If" i A, . I iiMn1-- " r If if i.ak-Ji- Midvale Kiwanis Adds New Member j fire, set off by explosive blasts, ruined considerable equipment in a garage used as a refrigeration workshop at the Char- - A smoky ambrosia, and cheese salad, muffins and butter, milk. Fried chicken, Tuesday mashed potatoes and gravy, molded cranberry salad, applesauce cako, bread and butter, milk. Chicken soup, Wednesday cheese sandwiches, toasted fruit salad, dried fruit squares, milk. Thursday Pizza, green salbutcred corn, banana ad, cr:"am pudding, bread ami butter, milk. Friday Fish sticks, tartar sauw, green beans an statin, fruited slaw, gingerbread, rolls and butter, milk. Fossen home, 121 First Ave., Friday morning. Firemen soon had blaze under les Bill Long, manager of Midvale Safeway store, was inducted into Midvale Kiwanis Club Monday evening. LiV.-fV; V J, 1 W : - f W 1 - ' New outfits and new cheerleaders are announced at Bingham High School. Varsity cheerleaders are, from left, Marlene Mat- - r"J VW i --- f J t - ' 1 f thews, Shannon Dimond, Shawnie Anderson, Sharon Mousley, Kathy Schouten. n. |