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Show n LjQjtj J By DOUGLAS PALMER Deseret News Staff Writer n A dollar recreational development, including a modern high-ris- e structure for dining and dancing out over Great Salt Lake, was for the today proposed southeast shore of the historic lake. multi-millio- The proposal and drawings were to be presented this afternoon at a meeting of the Salt Lake County Development and Promotion Board at the Salt Palace. Jack L. DeMass of Jack L. DeMass sulting and Associates, conengineers, Murray, and Dan A. Weggeland, a Salt Lake architect, were invited to present their proposal, about a years research and work to make the drawings. DeMass and Weggeland propose that an expansive resort, which would include facilities for beach bathing, a fresh water swimming pool, a trail- er park, motel, a park, picnicking areas and an array of other facilities be built on about 50 to 60 acres of county-lease- d land between Sunset Beach and the existing Salt Lake County Boat Harbor. If it materializes, the complex would be centered between the two sites and on a total of about 240 acres of property. county-lease- d Other proposals have been made by private developers through the years for the lake shore but have failed to materialize, including one made by Mobile Parks of America, Inc. The latter firm secured a county option for a feasibility study on the lake and its shoreline. The firm, whose representatives visited Salt Lake, lost the option last August and forfeited $1,000 which it put down for the use of the land to complete the study. Were suggesting the proposal as a project for private enterprise. Wed like to see something like this done, because Utahs biggest business is tourists, and if were going to keep them an extra day, weve got to have something for them to do and see, DeMass said. The focal point of the entire development, as proposed by the two businessmen, would Deseret Head Start Tots Really Dig Beach 1 By PAUL SWENSON at 1240 Matheson Scnool, American Beauty Dr., listed and digging wading as the most exciting activities. Were making quicksand, explained Elaine Vigil, 4, as she and her playmates fetched lake water in a bucket brigade, soaked a small sec- -' tion of Silver Sands beach and used it for their diggings. Kids have a great imagination, a volunteer mused, paying little attention to the operation. Five minutes later, Elaines teacher, Mrs. Winston (Robin) Otterson, 1638 Harrison Ave., walked to the edge of the lake in her brand-neyellow tennis shoes and sank into the sand up to her knees. The Head Start children took the outing, as one of the last activities of the school year. The program for children from families will close out the year next Wednesday with a party at Lagoon, said Mrs. By HAL KNIGHT Deseret News Science Editor Americas famed 2 bomber fleet is growing old and unless it is replaced by the expensive B-- l aircraft, the U.S. will no longer have a serious bomber capability against the Soviet Union. This point was made today by an Air Force general who drew a dismal picture of growing Russian strength compared with shrinking American military B-5- power. Maj. Gen. Douglas T. Nelson was keynote speaker at an Aerospace Symposium sponsored by the Utah Air at the Force Association Ramada Inn. n He called the Donald Duncan died the other day down in California at the age of 71. Mr. Duncan, if you dont remember, was the guy to America back when I was who introduced the yo-y- o small fry. It was an old jungle weapon used by the Filipinos. They zonked the victim with it. No one knows for sure who the inventor was who put the first yo-y- o together. Its one of the few things the Russians havent claimed they invented. It is reported that inscriptions in an ancient tomb-showa young Egyptian playing with a very primitive , ed yo-y- o. POPULAR TOY But it was Mr. Duncan who made it one of the as popular toys. He discovered such fancy tricks the and world loop around the the dog, walking all-ti- loop. Every kid in my day dreamed of owning a Dui.can with its glass jewels that sparkled when you spun the top. The fad almost replaced baseball. Duncan became sort of a hero to youngsters by Then he blew it! promoting the yo-ybusiness gave He turned his back on the yo-y- o over all again in a new started he sons. Then it to his business. In fact he pioneered it. Duncan may have died, but his name lives on. There are monuments of gray to his memory In practichundreds in our ally every city in the nation. There are them. on his name have all alone. They valley We call them Only we dont call them monuments. meters! parking yo-y- o o. from the Vietnam war, but said it would be courting disaster to relax our defenses. He said that in the early 1960s the U.S. enjoyed clear nuclear superiority over the Russians, but now the two nations are about equal. In some respects the U.S. has fallen behind. The U.S. in a sad defenses are state and the much better. air Soviets are We simply havent invested in air defense the past few years compared with the Russian approach, the genera! said. It is estimated that Rus See BOMBER on Fage Nice person award should go to LeRae Britain of the Church College of Hawaii. The other day she came home from Church to find the screen door cut. When she entered her home papers had been disarranged. Two tape reeorders, camera stolen. equipment, a watch and food had been She called the KmVuku Police. I always thought . Anyway, the police soon they called Hawaii Five-Ofound the burglars camping out on the beach. The hard core thugs were 8, 10, and 15. Vfter recovering all the articles, Miss Britain fed the young suspects a good hot meal. Then she offered them a warm bed and good home grown hospitality. A meal and a warm bed was available anytime any of them needed them, she told them. The unloved, hungry kids might just grow up to become law abiding citizens with Miss Britains help! John Talmage of Utah Foundation said he knew al! along that our boys would win the ABA championship. Its the old Army game. Five stars will always out rank any number of colonels! WITS END v Im at that awkward age. Too tired to wofk and ioo ooor to quit. Hill Jet Crashes, t 2 Crewmen Die Bodies of two crew mem- bers were found today in the wreckage of a Hill Air Force Base B57 bomber which crashed Wednesday night in eastern Canada while taking part in a training exercise. Names of the two men were withheld pending notiThe fication of plane was attached to the 4677th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron at Hill AFB. next-of-ki- crash occurred at 8:30 p.m. (MDT) about 10 minutes after the plane took off from North Bay Canadian Air Base, some 200 miles north of Buffalo, N.Y. It went down In a wooded area which delayed rescue teams from reaching the site. The B-1- 5 :yes $ NICEST PERSON By DEXTER C. ELLIS Deseret News Political Editor Due to tax factors, Gov. Calvin L. Rampton said today he would prefer that the pending special session of the Legislature be held during the first week in August. The governor said state tax revenues, particularly the state sales tax, are running ahead of expectations. He raised the possibility that it might be possible to transfer enough from the general fund to the uniform school fund to eliminate or at least minimize a projected increase in the state property tax. The Aug. 1 date is significant, he said, because hyphen he will have a good reading Many of the children had never seen a large body of water before Wednesdays picnic at the beach. What would happen if you one girl wanted to know. The fish will bite our toes, one boy worried. Most, however, soon lost their fear and waded ankle-deeinto the cold water. After a boat ride on the Sil drank it? ver Sands Sea Monster, It occurred to one girl that beach life was the ideal life style. Could we move out here and live at the beach? she asked her teacher, Mrs. Joan- na Ketcher. . , After box lunches on the sand, several children in Mrs. Ottersons room confessed the only drawbacks of the trip were sandwiches mushy and a dead fish one of the t kids discovered on the beach,; -- DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Thursday, May 20, 1971 low-inco- dollar B1 bomber essential to the nations defense. Foes of the project in Congress have objected to its enormous Fun On A String Head Start Abraham, director. pre-scho- multi-billio- cost. If we lose part of our deterrent capability and back down, it is going to encourage other Soviet moves worldwide. They always deal from a position of strength and when . they think they have some advantage, they try to capitalize on it, he said. Nelson sympathized with hopes to end the arms race and the reaction against military spending tnat has come the beach. In the first excursion of their young lives to Great Salt Lake Wednesday, 164 Head Start children from 12 classes B-- 2 2 . dig Four-year-ol- Bomber Fleet Not A Red Deterrent' 'B-5- Nancy Deseret News Staff Writer high-ris- e be a facility for dining and dancing and See MULTI on Page chief photographer 1ST LAKESIDE OUTING t, Proposed recreational development on southeast shore of Great Salt Lake would jut out over water. News Photos by Don Grayston, Head Start children from Matheson School wade into Gr eat Salt Lake during kids' first lakeside outing Wednesday, tax revenues and. also, the State Tax Commission must set the statewide property tax levy during the first week in on August. He indicated he will ask the Legislature to make a fund transfer from the general fund to uniform school fund. Rampton indicated he would call the special session, primarily for legi s 1 a t i v e even if reapportionment, there are still differences among the special reapportionment committee. Were going to get to the he said, where we point, have to say, Come in and do your best. Gov. Rampton said he has selected June 15 as the date to call the State Senate into a Barlow Attorney Agrees To Draft Supports Legislation To Help Cities Sharing By ROBERT MULLINS Deseret News Staff Writer By CLARENCE S. BARKER Deseret News Staff Writer 4 Salt Lake attorney has Senate President Haven J. double taxation R-a y t o n, is the burden of now carried by citizens of e n thusiastically supporting President Nixons revenue Utah cities. sharing proposals, he reported Edward T. Clyde formally this morning after returning accepted a request by Salt from a briefing at the White Lake City Commissioner I ouse Tuesday morning. James L. Barker Jr. to help the city make the legislation Barlow said federal revenue is increasing at about 15 per that would be acceptable and cent a year, and state income constitutional. is increasing at about seven to Clyde has been responsible eight per cent a year. for most of the laws affecting LESSER RATE special improvement districts Income of cities and in Utah, Commissioner Barkcounties is increasing at an er said even lesser rate, he added. Clyde said it would be a As a result, state and local simple matter to relatively is with faced government write the legislation, but the demands for higher and higher local taxes, in order to financial needs would have to maintain services at their be provided by others. FISCAL AGENT present level. President Nixon, Barlow Commissioner Barker said said, now is proposing to give the city would relegate the all states 1.3 per cent of federmoney considerations to its al income tax collections with fiscal agent Fred M. Oliver. the distribution to the states The special improvement to be on a per capita basis. districts involved in the Salt Lake area include Magna, $27.5 MILLION Granger-HunteChesterfield, w'ould mean This that 1 Bennion, Utah would get an equal T a y orsville share per citizen of all income Kearns. Cottonwood, and the Salt Lake City No. 1 and No. 2 taxes paid to the federal govSuburban districts. ernment, or about $27.5 million annually, which is more Suburban District No. I has of than five per cent of the $400 a population possibly 100,000 persons, making it the See UTAH SOLON, Page 4 second largest population center in the state, larger; even than Ogden, Barker said, Barlow, L r, CITY-COUNT- SECTION B n See RAMPTON on Page A agreed' to draft legislation that would relieve much of City, Regional Our Man Jones 1, 2, 14, lb 1 Theater Entertainment Sports Trash Maps Weather Map Obitiaries Action Ads 4 5 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 15 15 15 13-2- 3 Residents in this area and tne other special improvement districts are levied only the cou,.ty tax and special improvement costs. Salt Lake City, residents, however, must pay a city tax for services, as well as county taxes which help provide all services to tire unincorporated areas. Legislation to be proposed by Clyde would relieve this in equitable system of double ation, Barker said. tax- As explained by Barker, the unincorporated areas special improvement district levy would be increased enough to enable the residents of the district to pay entirely for the services they require. PAY COUNTY The services could be provided by the district itself or the district could contract and pay the county for the services. Services rould include fire maintestreet nance, garbage collection, street lighting, police service, or any other service residents desire. protection, Improvement districts may now provide residents water, service, sewage service or storm water runoff service. . FOR 20 YEARS Cities have been looking to a solution to their problem of double taxation for 20 years, said, and now I believe this method might be the solution. The city mill levy, including a special four mills for capital improvement, has been set at: 22.5 for many years. Special; improvement district levies range between four to 12 mills, Barker said. Most of. these districts are very well off and on a sound financial the commissioner basis, said. Citizens Seek Advisory Unit Citizens opposing use of land adjacent to Foothill Boulevard and Sunnyside Avenue versity had would cost gone too far too much to It start over. General was that : tone of the letter the project should r not have been begun in the first place, and that citizens ' were advised the area would be used for a research park, ment. The request came in the not student housing. ; form of a letter sent to the The letter said a citizens ad-governor from six citizens visory committee is imperasurrounding the proposed stu- tive if the research park is dent housing area. Copies of to be properly developed and,,. . ' to the letter were sent to Utahs prevent any furtther ' ; from the deviation original legislative leaders, including Senate President Haven J. purpose. and House It is obvious that neither V ; Barlow, the Institutional Council nor Speaker Richard Howe, the State Board of Higher Citizens earlier persuaded Education with its multifarii Gov. Rampton to place a morous duties, supervising nine until institutions, will have time to atorium on construction it could be studied. But con- give the needed attention to, struction was then continued the research park, the? letter with the explanation the uni- - said. for student today housing asked Governor Calvin L. Rampton for a strong Citizens Advisory Committee to assist in the areas develop- ' 1; |