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Show deseret news Bingham Rides Th' Gravy T rain Residents Hang On Dy ARNOLD IRVINE , fhj Deseret News Stafr Writer (Aft; &M I WJ T4& This is the best town in the world. Juan Eteheberria declared flatly as he ate his breakfast roll in Tony Xanthos Bingham Museum and Tourist Center. BINGHAM CANYON ear Juan speaks at least in part from personal observation. He grew up in the Basque country of Spain, He has traveled the U.S. from coast to coast. or Arizona or even in Vafor him. Bingham Canyon is his choice to enjoy retire- No Sunset Acres in California lencia ment. Not all of Bingham's citizens are as devoted as Juan. i tnuctiora On THEYD SELL town squeezed between the steep They like the rock and rubble walls, but sure, they'd sell for the right price. No one will say just what the right price is, but one gathers that it is much higher than Kennecott Copper Corp. has offered. The yawning open pit copper mine has swallowed up most of what was the booming city of Bingham Canyon. one-stre- 'e r:2AJk4 Ok jst .Councilman James Xanthos sells souvenirs at tourist center. By DOUG CHRISTENSEN Deseret News Business Writer Once the place was big enough to qualify for third class status which means it had a population of 800 to 30,000 persons. But in the last 20 years, all but 16 property owners have sold out to Kennecott and moved away. Bingham now has 61 in- Mayor-groce- Peter to business at C. Dimas his store. r This is a potentially good year for the construction industry in Utah, according to the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah. Unimpressive as the first quarters performance has been, 1968 turn out to be a pretty good year if even a few of the numerous may tends habitants. GOLIATH S TRIBUTE large projects already an- hiouneed materialize, a report released Friday afternoon said. The first quarter of 1968 The mine looms over the forlorn remnant like Goliath over but dont let looks David. The match looks horribly fool you. Goliath actually is paying tribute to David, a thorn in the giants side. one-side- Bingham city office is manned by recorder Mae Stillman. - saw the value of permit-- ! authorized construction totaling $27.8 million, a decrease of from the first nearly quarter of 1967. However, this is explained by three large proj-- ! ects which swelled the 1967 total. These projects were the $11.7 million Salt Lake Civic Auditori- urn, and the additions to Salt: Lake Citys Latter-daSaints Hospital and the J. C. Penney store, each of which totaled $2.4 million. Among the proposed projects for this year are a new $10 million St. Benedicts Hospital ini' Ogden, Granite School Districts $4.5 million Cottonwood High School, the $3.2 million Fine Arls Center and the $3 million medical center housing at the University of Utah. Also Weber County School District has announced a $5 million program of school building construction and remodeling ; Utah State University is planning a $2.1 million special events center and a $1.7 million bacteriological ana veterinary Third District Judge D. Frankjpermits cities of counties to science building. ruled Friday that build The Church of Jesus Christ ofMMis plants and lease them Latter-daSaints plans to begin jLtahs new Industrial Facilities private firms, with the facilities , soon on 'construction two, Development Act is during the period of and valid lawful. one in Ogden and onejtional, in Provo, and a $500,000 Church The act was passed by the repayment. building also Is planned for 1967 Legislature to encourage Mr. Allen's suit alleged it Is Cedar City. industrial development. unconstitutional for a county or It was contested in a tax-(City to lend 'Is credit to aid pripayer suit filed by a Tooele vate enterprise; that it gives citizen challenging the right of to particular 7 3 Tooele County commissioners to special privileges that it gives tax exempfirms; bond the county for a $52 miltion to privileged concerns; delion magnesium extraction plant of property withon the shores of Great Salt; prives plaintiff out due process of law and Lake. RICHFIELD A car con.allows firms and individuals to taining five persons who Judge Wilkins made his ruling escape taxation, were returning to California after a hearing on the civil suitj after attending Brigham e. ac ,s Patterned filed by Clyde J. Allen. It posed; ln manY oter states- 15 of has of to Young University graduation which the Legischallenges $61,100,000 made constitutionality iose Utahs economy, With four persons already in the act. Judge Wilkins upheld exercises went into a canal been ... i feeling out of sorts due to lature in 1967, dead on Utah highways during here at 5:30 a.m. killing one the validity of all points under is the the Memorial regaining Had it not been for the strike, copper strike, Day holidays, B and injuring the other, two challenge. Gov. Calvin L. Rampton voiced strength at a rate which bids sales taxes would have been The suit named as defendants! seriously. plea today for extreme prefair to make fiscal 1969 the way over the governors estiDead is Vivian Liufau cautions during the remainder most robust year in history, mated 6'2 per cent increase he Los Beddoe, 28, Angeles, a of the weekend. Calvin L. Rampton saidjstated. Gov. former resident of American State Safety Council figures The governor noted that price today. Samoa. show that 81 persons have been inflation of about two per cent for been not the it Had of control lost The driver killed by traffic accidents this strike, the current during the year had helped inthe vehicle on a turn in U.S. year, compared with 100 a year fiscal year, which ends June 30, crease sales taxes. Highway 89 at 7th East and ago at this time. have been a record-breakwould 3rd North where the road Memorial Day weekend Is in an economic sense, enters town, according to said. crowding our highways with adgovernor jthe officers. ditional thousands of cars, The chief executive said all Gov. Rampton said. .the reports he has received, Four people have been killed s&! jfrom retailers, tax officials and on our highways and two the welfare department, bear :.'xj 4 days remain in the holiday. out his conviction on the state's ' Those of you who will be economic recovery. rapid driving in the next two days W-noted that cannot afford to relax your Bids for a $300,000 job build-- ! Gov. Rampton A of a loss sales was here heavy steel beam' a guard You must exercise every S' traffic taxes during the first six technique of defensive driving, structure to carry of fiscal 1908, but that, months 15 near over Interstate Highway "Despite the pleas and urging 2 Hot Springs, Box Elder Cuuntv, $1 million of this had been the last six1 today. been drinking, others who will! The State Highway Depart- - mcmtlis. It now appears, he said, that be careless, and still others whoment will open the bids June 24. tax receipts will be about will make bad judgment contract will call for cisions. pletion within 120 working days. $l'2 million below his estimate - Maybe Bingham does look like Appalachia, Utah style. All but a couple of the dozen frame houses in town need a coat of paint; the schoolhouse is boarded up; the aging city hall is quiet and untended most of the time; the post office is aband doned: the only store is dosed most of the day and the forest. playground looks as stark as a burned-ou- t Still, Bingham is better off financially than most if not all tax levy this year, Utah cities. Its citizens, even with a Fire chief and councilman Walter are riding a gravy train that might well be the envy of the E. Swenson shines bell. states taxpayers a train hitched to the ore cars that shuttle along the terraces above the town. The big copper mine is the reason for the citys felicitous fiscal status. A comfortable $50,000 surplus in the municipal bank account is merely a residue of a much larger amount that was amassed when the city had a healthy chunk of the mine pit within its limits and an assessed valuation of $2,785,000. COMPANY PAYS Two years ago, Kennecott succeeded in withdrawing the mine area from the incorporated limits, but it still owns 90 per cent of the city. Thus the company pays most of the taxes on the present $252,350 assessed valuation. With Kennecott footing most of the bill, the 61 citizens of Bingham are able to enjoy e the protection of two fire TOWN on Page B--4 Leaving patrol car in front of City Mall is Constable Jessie Lopez. one-thir- d j high-fence- ll A"-'5- " v :i I A- j y y eonstitu-temples- sta-Se- Robert King sweeps rockfall. 1 LAGOON PARTY Road Toll, 4; In Car Rollover Help Us Celebrate Rampton Issues Plea Our 118th Year 118 Color Monday, June 10, a bright red and top it off with the Deseret News is celebrating its birthday candles birthday. Robust Year Seen For Utah Economy Hurt Dies, aer SECTION j The traditional bwthday party at Lagoon will be observed on that date and everyone is invited to join the fun. To assure that partygoers will have plenty of fun, coupons are offered as money one dollar plus one coupon is worth two dollars in ride tickets. The whole family is invited. Come as early as 10 a.m. to er.joy swimming, 1 p.m. for Mother Goose rides or at 2 p.m. when all major rides will open. Dad can come out later to enjoy a picnic with the family if he cant make it that early. This bargain event is something to which everyone looks forward. Persons may use as many coupons as they wish to buy the tickets, because they are valid at any time during the Lagoon season. once-a-ye- A' lUVBL'ffCOllRON - DESERET ig NEWS cA5lu BIRTHDAY PARTY . four-spa- ... r 4 lU S7Z . n re-m- te com-'sal- e vV.V' iy-Pm- Option) Poses Pitfalls k Utah residents should realize that if the proposed law is enacted, local option would not go into effect immediately, an opponent said today. James E. Faust, Salt Lake attorney and vice chairman of Citizens for a Better Utah Opposing charged that the local option section could turn each county into a checkerof areas with varying board liquor sale regulations. that Mr. Faust explained local option means voters of communities or counties could theoretically reject provisions of the proposed law. The liquor by the drink law, if enacted, could be extremely difficult to erase on Through -- -- -- the community Mr. level, Faust said. time a majority of the voters could discard or retain in their communityHe questioned whether 60 days is a long enough period for a city, town or county governing body to recognize fully the problems or pitfalls the law might contain. Then, too, what if the people of a community didnt want and its governing body did want it? Mr. Faust asked. In that case, the governing body could refuse to act and the citizens wouldn't get to decide the issue for at least two years. In explaining the possible effect of the local rheckboard option section, Mr. Faust said that each county could be divided into areas where sale of k If the measure got on the ballot and Utahns voted for its passage Nov. 5, sales of by licensees would become legal throughout the state a few days afterward, Mr. Faust stated. That means in every city, he stressed. town and country, The proposed law states that bodies of cities, governing towns or counties could adopt ordinances rejecting liquor-bthe drink withih 60 days after the law became effective. "However, that action, itself, would not nullify in a community, Mr. Faust said. He explained that a referendum on the issue would then be held within 60 days, and at that y -- k k k is legal liquor-b- and areas where citizens have rejected it. "A majority of voters in a countys unincorporated areas might kill k in Mr. Faust said. But those voters would have in the cities and no say-stowns." This means the unincorporated areas of a county might vote and against liquor-bseveral towns or cities accept it, Mr. Faust said. This could result in people driving long distances to get then killing themselves or others on the drive back home," he said. "The alternative would be to remove the local option feature of the bill, but it is too late to See BY DRINK on Iage their areas, o M TO JtiUf That Letter Yo Akomj;i i Were Expecting . . . postman on strike. Its just that when Dennis Dranev started his rounds he wasn't feeling well, so he sat down to rest for a few minutes in the most convenient spot the mail storage box and who should happen by but sneaky J M. Heslop, Deseret News chief photographer. P.S. The mail went through and only a few minutes late. No, it is-i- " a |