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Show J lay l y Weas mHP n mi ngiiwuyiiiyg yQ nipi Study Hints Tourism Datas Off inkt Salt cp mi - Bv Dae Jonsson Tribune Staff Writer TV Today Local News Page 16 Utahs tourist industry may not be the million annual industry that some 5200 Sports think. It may be more like $144 million or lower, J. David Rose, Utah Travel Council director, said Monday. Although the Utah Travel Council is attempting to find accurate yardsticks of tourist travel, no one really knows for sure just how big it is, he said. Tuesdaj, November 5, 1968 Second Section Page 15 "There seems to be little correlation between our various sources of figures. Dan "Previous research studies from the Bureau of Economic and Business Research (at the University of Utah) inoicated that tourists coming to Utah in 1959 spent about $22 per person per trip for a total spending estimate of $90 million that year. Valentine's Nothing Serious Revise Data Upward bureau revised that figure dramatically upward, to a total of $33 per person per trip or a A 1965 study by the ALMOST OVER: Ill be glad when the last vote is counted . . . and the winner Jias smiled his last sm g smile . . . and the loser has shed fiis last sad tear. - He cautioned however, that U. of U. and Utah State University researchers have now placed spending, based on preliminary surveys, at from $11 per person per trip to a high of $24 per person. Frankly, I've got politics and elections and votes and speeches and and rallies and cam- "Thus, instead of a $200 million industry, tourism in Utah may be only a $66 or perhaps a $144 milmillion industry lion industry, he said. promises bumper right up Stickers to the tip of my ears . I'm ; . Overly Optimistic . . "I think the past research studies have either been overly optimistic, or they had a flaw in the manner in which data was collected. I think we had better be ready to revise our estimate of daily spending per tourist downward. This doesnt mean that we are getting less income from tourists now than in 1959 or 1965, he added. "It only means that we were overestimating our revenue then. out. Never lias a political campaign Seemed so intense. I suppose it is because of the television media that brings the candidates right into your living room . . . hour after hour, day after day. Like everything else, Americans have 4 tendency to go too far with politics. We overplay it. We run it to the ground. I In fact, weve done with politics almost the same thing weve done with politicked Actual tourist spending In the cash registers around our state is growing, that we know. The question is how much is being spent? In tourist volume, other problems arise. For instance, Mr. Rose said, the Utah Traveler Index, compiled by the University of Utah, shows 1968 tourism to be up just one - hundredth of one percent (.01 percent) over the comparable period Christmas. We start Christmas too soon . . . ue i ping it too hard . . . The Christmas season begins at Thanksgiving, and for four tjolid weeks we beat it to death ... As a result: By the time Christmas ! pay actually arrives, the vast majority of the citizenry is in a mood to sock Santa Claus on his big red nose. The same with politics . . . ! From July on, it's been frenzy and feudin . . . and riots . . . and charges and counter-charge- s. . Im glad its over . . . tllLL BE DOWNRIGHT relaxing to sep a deodorant commercial on television instead of some guy running. for the I.. Senate sticking his finger in my fcee . . . i After politics, it will be refreshing to pick up the morning newspaper and read about some nice clean news stories liahk robbers and embezzlements and a 4iee clean society divorce or two . . . Im I to the day after looking forward election. It will be nice to go to a social gathering again without all the guests dividing into three political camps. I was at a party the other night and a guest who said he was going to Vote for Wallace was pushed into the d Republican punch bowl by a who said he was going to vote for Humdie-har- phrey. This constant political pounding has nerves of otherwise stable residents. fl ayed the I KNOW ONE otherwise devoted Salt Lake housewife who hasnt prepared a decent meal for her husband in five weeks simply because hes going to vote for Rampton, and she wants to see Carl Buehner get the job. Ive had it . . . I can hardly wait for Wednesday . . . when Ive heard my last corny joke made by a nervous Hubert Humphrey . . . when Ive seen ior the last time Richard Nixon holding both hands over his head like a punch-drunprizefighter . . . when Ive heard George Wallace heckle his last heckler . . . . last year. ' Yet Utahs national parks, monuments and similar areas had 14.1 percent more visitors, according to federal reports, than the same period in 1967, and resident fishing license sales are up 23.5 percent, 11 percent and 33.1 percent for June, July and August of this year. Room taxes collected (in Salt Lake County only) were up 27 percent for the second quarter of 1968 over the same period in 1967. Chill Zeroes In On At ea for Winter Tipoff There was a chill in the air Monday that gave a slight portent of winter. And in the northern reaches of the Intermountain Region, as well as in the higher mountains elsewhere, new snow left little doubt that the cold season is here. Rain amounts in northern Utah and Nevada valleys were comparatively light and snow was kept above the 6,000 foot level, but the lowering clouds, frosty breezes and high humidity seemed to chill through clothing. The only damage from the rainy weather was minor flooding due to heavy runoff near the Old Mill in Big Cottonwood Canyon. It caused a minor mud and rock slide. The slide did not halt traffic. Salt Lake City recorded only .07 inch of rain in the period ended at 5 p.m. Monday. But the temperature never climbed above 51, compared with normal for the date of 53 degrees. However, low reading during the night was a mild 43, compared with a normal low of 30 degrees. In southern Idaho, valley rainfall was heavier, with several stations reporting more than a third of an inch. In northern and Montana, precipitation amounts were up to and more than a half inch, with many stations reporting one to two inches of new snow on the ground. Idaho Two Seriously Hurt Mine Workers Saved From Carbon County Trap UATTIS, Carbon County Two coal miners were rescued Monday at 9:30 p.m. after being trapped more than an deep in the Plateau Mining Co. mine at Wattis, a small community two miles north of Hiawatha, Carbon County. Both men were injured seriously. Pete Arohain, foreman, reported the two trapped in the mine shortly after 8 p.m. and rescue efforts were begun immediately under direction of Wayne Bak-- er, Hiawatha, part owner and operator of the mine. A spokesman for the firm said a "bounce, or slippage of rock, dropped a huge boulder on the two men, trapping one by the right leg and breaking the other mans right arm. Junior Christensen, Elmo, Emery County, one of the injured men, was listed poor condition in Carbon Hospital, Price, with a badly injured right leg. The other miner, Elvin Byrge, 42, Spring Glen. Carbon County, was listed in fair condition with a fractured arm. in Dont get me wrong, Democracy It's the best. I'm for it. Is . . ANOTHER BECAUSE candidate, whom Ive never really cared for, has come out of the campaign smelling like a rose. Now I like him. So you win a few . . . and you lose a few. That's the name of the ..olitical be glad when its all over and can start hiding from relaand the losers can tives who want jobs gfi back to w ork . . . Still, J Probably never before in the history of Utah has a measure been more hotly and widely debated by the public than Liquor Initiative Petition No. A. And this is as it should be. It is an imone with portant step implications in the lives of all Utah's citizens and the economic future of the state. Emotion generated by the issue has obscured, rather than clarified, the centhe important tral ideas of both sides points being all but lost in the scuffle on inconsequential side elements. For those who may have blinked during the performance and missed the main story line, here it is again. Progressive Group was initiated by a responsible group of Utah business leaders in recognition of several inescapable facts. Utah's present bottle-onlliquor law is widely disregarded, leads to overindulgence and tarnishes the moral image and integrity of the state. And similar experience in the seven other states with similar laws proves such regulations, or any more restrictive, are unenforceable. Utah has bpen treading water or, at best, just inching ahead economically since World War II. The only major spurt upward came from the missile industry, now dwindling away again. The petition Ill - e, y Instant Prosperity State after state has made this simple in method of control and distribufrom bottle - only to adliquor sale by the ounce and experthe closest thing to Instant Prosperity existing in modern America. Oregon, Washington, Georgia, Iowa and other states all report a burgeoning growth of facilities and tourist income. Surveys of law enforcement officers, bankers, restaurateurs, hotel executives and government officials in these and the lest of the 42 states with sale - by - drink laws have found practically unanimous praise of their present system and they change tion of ditional ienced reject any thought of going back to more restrictive laws. No state has gone back adequate proof that 85 percent of the nation's population residing in these states supports the same views. No Increases j : ! . f . And they report that the benefits of distribution by the ounce are not accom- panied by attributive increases in high- way accidents, divorce, crime, welfare costs, mental illness and so on. All of the things that opponents claim will happen in Utah have not happened in the 42 states w ith sale by drink. Utah may be unique, but its not that unique. Statistics were launched like a swarm See Page 17, Column 8 j j j 1 S j ' ' 4 LeMay Scores Supreme Court In Uneventful BYIJ Address Special to The Tribune The administration of PROVO George C. Wallace would appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court people who are "more interested in reading the Constitution than in rewriting it, Gen. Curtis E. LeMay said here Monday afternoon. The general, vice presidential candidate on the American Independent Party ticket, addressed about 7.000 in George Albert Smith Fieldhouse on the Brigham The individual tax burden on Uahns is nearing an unbearable point, yet tax needs for growing educational state and municipal services still soar upward with no foreseeable leveling off. At the same time, ironically, a river of gold flows annually through Utah or largely untapped. laps its borders Tourist and conventioneer dollars. All Utah needs to divert this stream of wealth into state income are the modern to hold and entertain accommodations visitors. Successful investment in such facilities today, either by Utah or outside interests, depends on the profit factor in dispensing liquor by the drnk. Without it they won't be built. This has been made abundantly clear by every authority in the industry. SAM, THE SAD CYNIC, SAYS: Datis Muic Workshop J You might as well vote today, there anything else to do the liquor stores a$d the stock market are closed Isnt Special to The Tribune 1 Farty ior E.vPo&linen Retired letter carriers will hold their annual party Saturday from p.m. in 13th South. 120 W. Hall, Carpenters Activities are sponsored by Salt Lake City Branch 111 of the National Association of Letter Carriers, no other. The eyes of Loralie Wilson nearly popped out Monday when she opened a letter at the Utah Heart Assn, office, 250 E. 1st South, where she works as secretary to Jack W. Major, executive director. The letter contained a piece of paper in which were folded three dollar hills all genuine. At the top of the paper in typewriting were these words: Utah Heart Assn. Please use this for heart research." "Would you just look at this." she said, handing the letter to Mr. Major. Both Mr. Major and Richard Y. Ben-niotreasurer of tne association, expressed gratitude to the unknown donor, and gave assurance that the money would indeed be used for heart research. There was no signatura or name on the letter, and no return address which the donor wants to showed plainly remain anonymous. Mr. Major said the association has received large contributions by check, but as far as he knows this is the biggest one that has come in cold cash. best. A good, dirty political campaign has a cleansing quality. You get to dislike new' people. One candidate, whom I've rather admired over the years, has made a fool of hpnself . . . flip winners That's the golden key. There is By Robert S. Ilalliday Tribune Staff Writer t Young University campus. He arrived early on a flight from Texas and left immediately afterward g for a dinner in Orange Coun-- ; J ty, Calif. "Most people will agree the Supreme Court has swung the pendulum too far ' in protecting the rights of criminals more than the lights of honest, upstand- -' ing citizens, the candidate said. fund-raisin- ... . Mild Heckling The former Air Force chief of staff made the statement in response to aT w'ritten question from the audience. ' His address was to have been broad- cast via telephone hookup to the Univer- sity of Utah, but mechanical difficulties forced cancellation. There was some mild heckling from' about 15 persons gathered in a section of the fieldhouse balcony. But, for the most part, the audience dents predominantly stu- honored an admonition from Dr. Ernest L. Wilkinson. BYU president, that heckling or the showing of banners and placards would not be allowed. The 13 hecklers turned their backs on LeMay'', when he was introduced and walked out before the general finished speaking. ' Yiet Peace Pessimism In response to another written ques- tion, he repeated earlier statements tliatj he was pessimistic about prospects forj the bombing halt in Vietnam leading to. peace. "We have had many other bombing, he said. "In every case, it has; baits. ended in increased casualties on our, side. Whats so different about this one? "I would be tickled to death if I could believe we are making advances toward peace, but I believe it's just another case of stalling tactics by the Communists. Gen. LeMay said he feels the election will be decided in the Electoral College and will not go to the House of Represen- . But I get the feeling it was all done more efficiently back in the old days. When the citizens didnt like the way the they took the country was being run king out and chopped off his head. Still, perhaps it has all been for the game. In Summary: The Liquor Issue Facts Heart Research , . lniplicalious Broutl for Utah (3) Grand Way to Aid wonderful. But it all evens up Officer Greg Phillips, writing citation, said of the sports car was distracted. that the driver Its a k ( East found out at 7th South Monday, when both braked ears, one slower than the other. Life has its little ups and downs, as two Salt Lake City drivers, northbound on 13th Tax Needs Mount Special to The Tribune staff photo by Ross Welscr Sitting Pretty? A Matter of Opinion total of $183 million for 1965. ! paign Tribunt 6-- 9 Three $1,000 bills anonymously sent to Utah Heart Assu. Monday for research, declared Jack Major and Richard Rennion. will be used A woikshop sponBOUNTIFUL sored by the Davis County Chapter of Utah Music Teachers Assn, is scheduled Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the residence Mrs. Clyde Nelson, 710 E. 200 North. Instructor for the tiaining session is Faul Pollei, a member of the music department (acuity at Brigham Young University, Prcvo. ", Gen. Curtis E. LeMay Pessimist on Bomb Halt Effect tatives. LB Debate Liquor Bill and the Law Against j "I definitely feel that Liquor Initiative Petition No. A would not solve the problems of the present law and would create more difficulties for local law enforcement agencies than presently exist." Salt Lake City Commissioner E. J. Gain before city commission. For Attorneys general and state and city police chiefs throughout the 42 states reported by a 3 to 1 majority that sale by drink either had "no effect or reduced law enforcement prob-- ; lems. Survey complied by The Salt Lake Tribune and reported Nov. 4. salc-by-dri- Change State s Character? . . . theres something pretty special about Utah the way it is. It is a state with a distinct personality. Theres a certain magic about this state. And it isnt just the splendor of her peaks and valleys and streams and color and climate that casts the spell. It has something to do with the sod el atmosphere (under Citizens for a piesent liquor law). Better Utah Through Opposing L.iquor by the Drink. "The moral wholesome character of atmospheie and Portland (Ore.) hasn't changed a bit (since switching to liquor by the drink). These are attributes of Portland's citizens. A change in law. doesn't change personal character. . George Henderson, senior vice president, First National Bank, Portland, k , |