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Show Civic Dialogue: What Service s? By JOSEPH LUNDSTROM How i . nms iln-- they have do These do the of Utah nocd? ban cm VriTcr local government much aieas .boui i Sutf Xou Depict too muGi already? questions wore asked of a Citizen's Advisoty Committee last summer. After months of study by a specially engaged team of experts in government, the answers and conclusions of the two groups coincided: That we need most of the present sei vices now being furnished by local government. What are those services? list compiled by the Local Government Modernization Study stalf totaled HI exclusive of schools and courts. These services are oflered bv one or more local governments in E'tah's urban aieas. The services tanged fioin atea-wid- e such as flood control to strictly local, such as peipetual upkeep at the cemetery. Other examples of local services include agriculture information and guidand ance, training for homemakers, inspections; animal licensing, shelter and placement; auditing of public expenditures. airport construction, maintenance, and operation; civil defence; economic development promotion; fairs; envii improvement, such as water and air pollution, and mosquito abatement; fne prevention, fighting, and alarms; maintaining healthful environmental conditions through sanitary standards for housing, schools, barber and beauty shops, foods, etc.; providing nursing services, collecting vital statistics; enfor-e-menA t of construction codes, and zoning icquiremenls. Still other local services being furnished residents in Utah include: senior alcoholic rehabilitacitizen programs tion; licensing of businesses, alcoholic beverages, and places of amusement; library services; building and maintaining public paiks, aviarips, zoos, swimming pools; planning: police protection; recre-auorefuse collection and disposal; sewage treatment; streets and highways construction, maintenance, lighting and Sr By GORDON ELIOT WHITE Deseret News Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Members of voted themselves a $12,500 pay iaise ten months ago and Utahs two at least, have been working hard to earn it this year. Both Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, and Sen. Frank E. have Moss. gained new stature and new national imputations in the 9!st Congress. Both men were simply in the right place at the right time, and both have applied new energy to their jobs. Sen. Bennettt has become the chief senatorial spokesman on fiscal matters for the Republicans. As ranking GOP member of the Banking and Currency Committee and heir to that position on the Finance Committee, he is the man the Nixon Administration sees first on financial matters. He played a large pai t in the drafting of the tax reform bill and is important in housing, mass transportation, the coinage, and other areas of finance. - Last Tree - ' Sjtoh - " YOUR HEALTH fJmip needle. AKo when pimples come to a head, should they lie opened? J.I1.E. Blisters: Nn. don't open them. Given little more time, the blisters will mpt-lu- e s)oiitatieously. Then cover with a sterile dressing. a acquaintance trom up stale has uinlecoruted lus Christmas tree without incident. And hat has to lie a vetory of soils. us ' Puncturing blisters, particularly oil the feet, is asking for tumble. Consider yourself lucky that you haven't had one become infected. foot is no fun do .something about actual practice youll find that letting the blister rupture naturally is just as fast and its taster if using a needle il. in sh'Uild start ' 'Vs an infection. . - more effettive tup of present resources, better utilization of munpowet? Would merging the two departments into a single, cohesive, unified police foice be the answer? Or will it take all of these actions together? facilities, flood control, education in public health practices, enlorcement of housing codes, enforcement of zoning requirements, police planning, protection tin ough patroling. the counseling of youth, and the maintenance of streets. V4 x! How In response to the question, Much? citizens voted overwhelmingly for increased air pollution control. They favoied highly, expansion of an pm t Some members of the citizen's committee voted to cut tail the training of homemakeis, the selling of cemeteiy lots, and the providing of peipetual caie; and a large number voted to eliminate the community center of the Community Action Piogram. The purpose of local government is to serve the people. Technical questions arise in implementing that purpose: how many people? where are t hey located? how many local government units are required to serve? (are 41 such agencies or units needed in Salt Lake County, alone)? Government in Salt Lake County is big business. These 41 units have budgets which total $96 million annually. Whcie does this money come from? How Much Local Government? Watch KUED Series Civic Dialogue this ye r will have as its theme How Much Local Government for Utah? and is based on the recently completed Local Government Modernization Study by the University of Utah. The study which took most of 1969, was under the direction of LeRoy Harlow, one of the nation's top government managerial consultants. It was requested by the Salt Lake City and County Commissions. The staffs final report with recommendations was issued at the end of the year. KUED, in sponsorship with the Deseret News, and the Division of Continuing Education, University of Utah, will feature discussions on various aspects of the final report. The programs will be seen on Channel 7 each Thursday from 8 to 9 p m. Specialists in the study woik, involved Readers are invited to watch the pur-jiose- Salt Lake County is a metropolitan It has, under one definition, metropolitan government fragmented and devis-ive- , but nevertheless, metropolitan. Does it need consolidation? Merging? Will the services, both limited and areawide, be improved by merging, by con- area. dis- cussions on Channel 7. and telephone their questions to the KUED studios during the program. Questions will be answered by participants as time permits. The KUED number next year. And Sen. Moss has hammered away at cigarette advertising with considerable success. Through his efforts, broadcast ads for cigarettes will end next year. Whether the loss of advertising via radio and television will do much . to cut smoking is problematical, but it is likely to reduce llie exposure of the young to glamorous enticements to smoke. Sen. Bennett moved up the seniority ladder by dint of long service, but he has worked harder, and with more apparent relish, since Jan. 20 than at any time in recent years. Now enmeshed in contact with the White House, which often asks favors, Sen. Bennett is enjoying a friendly Republican administration something he lias not had since day-to-da- y 19C1. Sen. Moss jumped trom tiie Public Works Committee last year and won a scat on the Commerce panel in time to be given the chairmanship of the consumer subcommittee at just the point that consumerism became big news. He lias worked very hard on his campaign, on toy safety, nursing homes, and other causes whose time came in 1969. With a dozen differ ent subcommittees shullled last winter, luck played a large part in Sen. Moss reassignment, but in addition to excellent good fortune, lie has clearly exerted himself in championing the consumer. The fact that cigarettes have been a laign issue has been icing on the cake lor a Utahn up fot reflection For Sen. Moss, too, the Nixon Administration has made life more interesting. The Johnson White House was long oil photographs with the President, but short on real assistance. At the end, the closer one was to the President, the more trouble a senator might be in at home. A hawk on Vietnam after the 1968 TET offensive. Sen. Moss was able to advocate immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from the south this fall without embar-assina Democratic administration. On consumer matters he has gotten actual support from Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary Robert Finch. His only enemy in the Nixon camp appears to lie Interior Secretary Waltei Hickel. g who has not forgotten Moss long and MUSICAL WHIRL The Brigham Young Universitys new ami advanced orchestra, which also lias a new name to go with it (the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra), opened an eight-daconcert tour Tuesday evening in Phoenix. y The tour will continue with concerts nightly in Tucson, El Paso, Amarillo, and Albuquerque. And the tour will climax with, a spot ial "Utah m Dehut Conceit the Harris Fine at Aits Center in Provo BYU 15. Dr. Ralph I.ay-mmusic dn re-tand conductor of the orchestra composed of only hussy "Nocturnes," and Shostakovich's "Symphony No. 5. of the the highlight Undoubtedly, program for most concertgoers will be a performance of Beethoven's Concerto lor Piano and Orchestra No. 5 (Emperor), with Dr. Reid Nibley as the guest soloist. Dr. Nihlev lias returned to the BYU campus and taeulty as from tiie University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where he was a faculty member for the past four years. Tickets for the Provo concert are available at the Harris Pine Arts Ticket Office. Those who will be unable to attend the debut performance, can enjoy part of the fun by listening to the live pianist-in-residen- broadcast over KBYU-FJanuary 15 at 8:15 p in. (SS.9 - mhz.) Rebvn LidAPPOGGIATURAS dell, a student at Tooele High School, will be highly honored Thursday muniui! when she will appear with the Utah Sym as the guest soloist m a phony t'lchc-stir- Involves Former Nixon Partner - By JACK ANDERSON - WASHINGTON The Securities and Exchange Commission has been strangely reluctant to' take action against a Swiss questionable bank deal that deeply involves one of President Nixon's former law partners, Randolph Guthrie. advanced students, selected as tiie tor the tour ami the Hiovo concert two De- - Weboi's Overtme to "Olioioii, performance of Griegs "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor," at the student concert. The concert had originally been scheduled as a part of the dedication of the new Tooele High but it isnt quite finished yet, and so the concert will be in the gym. An evening concert by the Utah Symphony has been postponed until a definite date Audi-to-iu- is set . . . The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra lias received $650,000 from the Lilly Endow ment, completing the payments on a pledge of $2 million made to the Indiana State in Symphony Society September, 1967, and olficially matching the Ford Foundation Grant of $2 million. Income from endowments given locally and lrom the Ford Foundation Grant can be expected to total about $200,000 a year, the Indianapolis Symphony office has announced . . . opeia to be d stereo cassette format lias been placed on the market by Ampox Stereo in Tapes. It is the London tec circling of Vetch's 'La Traviata." The perfoi malice is appioxmuttely two horns long. by Brickman the small society 1 it. AT THE (?ATE Pimples: Answer is slightly differen' If the pimple comes to a distinct wlrte head and there is no redne-- s (vv'io'i would indicate inllammation), it is a, to open the white head with a seii1 needle. Apply alcohol (or other ant' tin both belote and niter. TAXES AMP Al?e INFLATioM WHOM? os, -- I mlu UP &Q.G&10&- 1- -7 v lC - The Federal Reserve, which advised the SEC on the Guthrie case, is also handling it with asbestos gloves. Only U.S. Attorney Robert Morgcn-tlia- u of New York City has shown any interest in investigating Guthries activities. But Attorney General John Mitchell, another former partner in the old Nixon law firm, has now fired Morgentliau. Both the SEC and Federal Reserve have done everything possible to protect Guthrie by withholding vital facts from the public. This columns investigation of tiie Guthrie deal has also been hampered by the refusal of his law firm to discuss wav! The bus went right past his house, but the driver wouldnt stop . . . not even when Peepers pulled the cord. The driver , took him into the center of town . . . the bus depot. The driver said a guy so beat up must be wanted by the police. When Peepers cleared everything up, he was treated for his wounds and taken, fearful when he found out that the new lv constructed home were his to keys on the car key ring . . . the car wtth the Thats caravan. So he built himself a lean-t- o with the lumber the carpenters hadnt cleaned up. but authorita- tive government sources have iovealed the essential elements of Outline's io!e in the manipulations. Like most matters of high finance, the deal is complex. It began with an attempt by Liquidonics Industries, a firm with considerable debts already, to take over control of an older and wealthier firm, UMC Industries. To finance the takeover, Liquidonics negotiated with another company, whose -- home. it. . It did keep the snow off him, but didht' cut down the cold much. tie was almost ftozen to deatli by the time the caravan returned after a futile. . seuich. It is cold at 3:31) in the morning! Wit's End i We have a mittee at home ... a advisory comeen-ag- e daughter. lllllllllllllllllllllllllllinilllllllllllllllllltilllllllllllllllllinilllllllHlIlllli. BIG TALK $47,300-a-yea- r board chairman is Randolph Outline. The Nixon law firm, incidentally, collect. ed $181,839 in 1968 fees fiom Studebakei-Wortlnngton- When the financing couldn't be arranged, Liquidonics turned to a Swiss Bank, the Banque de Pans et des s (Suisse) of Geneva. Gut line has s been counsel for the Swiss bank's foi veal's a tact that both iiie SEC u.nd Fedeial Reseive tried to bush up. intei-Cst- Under Guthrie's guidance, the Swiss bank pulled ott a deal with Liquidonics that it dune willfully by an American bunk would have been a violation of U.S. criminal laws. The Suns bank soaked Liquidonics more linn million in placement and other tees legal, even in the U.S., but high, in cxihunge, Liquidonics got a $10 million loan from the bank, secured bv UMC slock that Liquidonics I'm was bn; im: Tais ii'C of UMC stoik .is collate! al m nvro o! is ,tiii:iI purchase meant Swiss h) per cent bark liranc :.g or close to it, was on a creu.t niaig.n. If a U.S bank willlully bad given Lquidoniis more than 20 jior vent nuugiii credit on such a deal, the bank would have been subject o irimi-n- . prosecution. h. (SolOG To WLJp Deal Hush-Hus- h t. ' MERRY-GO-ROUN- D vocal opposition to the secretarys nomination last winter. Sen. Bennett has benefitted by the early announcement of his forthcoming retirement by Sen. John Williams, who said last spring he would leave the Senate in 1971. This would allow' Bennett to become senior on the Finance Committee. If by some chance the GOP can take control of the Senate, Sen. Bennett could have his-- choice of the chairmanships of Finance or Banking and Cun ency. While Sen. Bennett has enjoyed the benefits of being a survivor of Republican debacles of 1958 and 1964 by moving up rapidly in seniority. Sen. Moss lias been submerged in the flood of Democrats who came in with him in 1958, and tiie large number who preceded him who have generally done well at the polls, with only a minimum number of voluntary or involuntary retirees to open up senior Democratic positions for him. But both men have had their opportunities, particularly this year, and have used them well. Depending on ones political leanings, you would have to say the state lias gotten its moneys worth from one or the other of them this year. Both have worked harder to earn their 40 per cent salaiy increase. The fust eight-coun- solidation? Aie ail of these services needed? is . almost Where does most of this money go? Is it being used effectively? For what citizens and officials, and representatives of the 129 citizen's advisory committee who aided the staff in its woik, will take part in the discussions. OUR MAN IN WASHINGTON . L How much police service is needed in Utah's urba areas? This and other questions on local government services will be discussed on Civic Dialogue Thursday at 8 p.m. on KUED. deputies? Aie vct His faie is also uudecorated. The doctor lemoved the stitches trom a cut that to; a time lengthened his mouth about tin ee inches . especially when lie lauglied. And his black eves which gave him a dun view of the world through the two holidays have laded back to normal. He didn't have too much of a holiday spirit in tiie first place, but be got caught in a neighborhood trap. Some eager neighbor organized a cut- project, and you were considered a Sciooge il you didnt join. That's how tins acquaintance happened to he part of a caravan of cars up Preston Cativun, .it least 100 miles from home. T li e n things li .i p p e n e d fast The hill where the trees were located vv a s straigiit up tor a quarter of a mile. While h e was carrying one of his children up the slope he slipped and gashed his face on a sharp rock. A few minutes later, a saw operators elbow collided with our friends eyes. He took more than the He was in a fanmandatory . rr tasy land all his own. By the time he came around, the trees had been cut. He insisted on help-in- g with the chore of getting the trees down to the cars. In the meanwhile, his w ife had taken the kids to tiie family bus because it was cold. tossed the last tt'ee ' Mr. "Peepers into the back of a camper used for tree T hauling and waved goodby to the driver.!', as the caravan moved out. . ,,, That's when he discovered that his wife had driven off thinking he was going to ride in the camper. He almost got the camper driver's attention, but not quite., That's about the time it started to . . snow. Old Peepers walked down the dirt road to the highway and started to hitch- - . hike. Well, it wasn't really thumbing he:G 9 cause there was no traffic. Three miles down the road, two little old ladies stopped their car. He told them he was trying to get to Preston- to catch a bus home. lie had been walking the wrong dirce-,- , lion, but the kindly ladies took him to the ni Preston bus depot. . He did have one bit of luck. A bus was" leaving in five minutes. Then his luck reverted to the bad side. The bus hud gone about 30 miles when Peepers" noticed the caravan heading back Preston M '.u "t s. Meantime, why not meditate on the tiu.se of blisters? Usually it is because shoes don't fit as well as theyoshould, or a seam, wrinkle or hole in a sock does But don't puncture led pimples 1) iiiu.se the ledness indicates active m'ec linn, which yoiu system is busy battling. Punctm-insuch a pimple just lets genus fpij?ad around. i , 1- the crime fighting and protective services being offered by these two separate and independent agencies giving the hind of services the community requires. Aie more policemen and deputies the answer to the growing trime problem? Or ar- the solutions to reducing and cuibing ciime to be found in better ptoceduies, January - By HARRY JONES Nevertheless, Ml). He'll Cut - . - By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret New? Music Editor Dear Dr. Thosteson: Should water blisters be opened? Occasionally I get them on my feet and they are quite painful, so I open them with a sterilized and you want to hrr- T' a'l BYU Philharmonic On 'Debut' Concert Tour Be Punctured? Granted that a blistered t pio-viue- of . An n Should Blisters C. THOSTESEN, - . as.-- Con-gie- sen-ator- s, GEORGE - if Utah's Senators Gaining National Reputations By That's The - Members of the Citizens Advisoiv Committee were asked winch of thosP services they would like to eliminate, which they wcuid expand, and which they would modify. What is needed, periodically, explains LeRoy Harlow, government consultant management consultant, and director of the Local Government Modernization Study, is a periodic review of these local government services to see if some of them ate still needed if they ate being fulfi'ied as the public desires and to see if some services have requires liecome completely out of date and can he discontinued, and to see if there aie other vices which aie not being that are needed and which government iias not yet met. To bring the problem of local government services home, take police piotei-tioas an example. Of particular concent these days is crime prevention. Does Sait Lake City have enough policemen? Docs the county-hav- sultioent numbeis i OUR MAM JONES cleaning; suiveying and engineering; trafiic stud.es, design, cen'rnl and invps tig.ition: water treatment, distribution and ror.tioi. voting, including registrate ion and conducting of elections, and assist, imp to tiihgents st A 17. January 7, 1970 Wednesday, wel-ui.- base.' ur more.' NEWS DESEELT t of Liquidonics "Tex Ritter's running for the U.S. .v Senate. His tneme song is Qot t'- Not Forsake We, Oh, I My Voters.'" From photos taken for daily Birthday tsaturo tt Deseret News popuipr t!ltllllllli:i!llllllltlillllllllllliiliMllltllllltll'llllllt(ltllimilHIU , |