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Show f ijirii jimjiiwii IttiliiWUHpiuiuwi DESERET NEWS- - Mondcy. October 23, 1972 $ S. L. County Candidates Offer Different Views (Ed. Note: This is another of a series on the backgrounds and philosophies of major candidates). Two men ot vastly different backgrounds are seeking elecr tion as Salt Lake four-yea- County commissionr. Democrat Ralph V. McClure has spent most of his time since college in county government, first as a planner and then as a commissioner. He is 41 years old and studied at the University of Utah, LDS and Henager business colleges and receiv ed a certificate of graduation in local planning from the International City Managers Association. Warde M. Cameron, Republican, recently completed a career with the federal government, climaxed by a stint as U.S. consul general in Amsterdam where he supervised commercial activities. A native of Salt Lake City, he attended business school, the University of Utah and obtained a law degree from UnivGeorge Washington ersity. He is 62. The two men were invited 10 reply to the questions listed below: 1 Would jou far or consolidating police and; or fire protection services in Salt Lake City and County? Would vou this? Please go beyond explain. 2 Salt Lake County . is expected to receive $5.6 million in revenue sharing funds for 1972. Would youuse this for (a) capital improvements, such as parks; (b) better fire and police protection; (c) salary increases for employes; (d) sanitation and health;' (e) mass transit; (f) a combination of the above or other purposes; Please explain. 3 Would you support a bill to divert some highway trust funds to mass transit purposes if such legislation comes up in the next Legislature? Please comment. 4 lu regard to, zoning of Wasatch Front canyons, do you favor complete state control, partial state control or no state control? To what extent do you believe commercial and residential development should be prohibited in these canyons? 5 In the event the state constitution is appropriately amended, it has been suggested that a new type of government be instituted, combining Salt Lake City and the unincorporated part of Salt Lake with a County, strong mayor and area-wid- e representation on the council or Do you faovr commission. this? If not, what type of county government do you favor? Ralph Y. McClure 1. I favor consolidating fire services, but not police. I feel that it is very important that as many law enforcement agencies as possible should retain their local flavor. Policemen must deal day to dav Lake City and other incorporated areas. The best n plan would be to have a Commission, with four elected from population proportioned districts and the chairman elected at large. ML commissioners should ' have e Warde M. Cameron . . . favors tax rut with numan relations as well as law enforcement, so they should be kept as localized as Firemen, on the possible. other hand, respond only to emergencies, so fue services could be consolidated w.lh no detriment to smaller rated areas. incorpo- I would also like to consoli- date planning, zoning, and building inspection services. There is too much contusion and lack of coordination and uniformity in these aieas. We must plan wisely for growth while preserving the environment of the Salt Lake Valley. The best wav to do this is to cut right now. I propose that 50 percent of all revenue-sharin- g funds go back into the taxpayers pocket through a mill levy cut. Since the Ivey and the budget are already established for 1972 I would suggest that a portion of the money be rolled over until next year and reduce the 1973 levy even more. Gevond the funding of a ax cut. I would suggest mas transit, parks and police and fire protection as top priority items. 3. I propose that a Utah Department of Tmnsportation be created to concern itself with au facets of transportation. State taxes paid by highway users should, in some ' part, go to solve problems S.dt basis plan on a county-widwith uniform zoning laws and pudding inspection policies. 2 T want to use revenue sharing funds to upgrade services for the citizens. This would include, from your question, parks, police, fire, and health. I would also include social services and recreational programs. Fire protection is one of the most critical areas. Fire insurance rates are high because we are falling behind In our capacity to respond quickly to fires. Rapid growth in the county requires some extra expenditure for fire protection. I would not use reve- nue sharing for mass transit purposes. I think we could do that with other monies. 3. Yes, 1 would support diverting highway funds for mass transity. We have had too much emphasis on individual vehicular transportation and so our increasing demand for more roads, parking lots, etc. It is reasonable to use highway funds to work on something which will reduce the necessity for further paving over , the county. 4. In regard to the canyons, and land use control in general, we need state land use These guidelines. planning guidelines would serve to persuade all counties in the state to adopt uniform canyon zoning ordinances and hopefully very restrictive ones. I would favor leaving actual zoning power with the counties. Zon five-ma- four-yea- r terms, staggered at first. One other great problem we have is inequitable taxation. The property tax is r, unfair to the small those whe want to improve their property, and people in fixed incomes (especial-- y ' senior citizens). home-owne- Warde M. Cameron 1. I have said oi'en that the only reason for consolidation is EFFICIENCY. T support every effort for closer coordintaion, including . present mutual assistance ing is traditionally a local mat- agreements, between all city and county departments. I beter, and should remain so. lieve this is nowhere I feel we must be very rethan in police and fire strictive in allowing new developments in the canyons. I .services. For instance, the nearest county fire station for have worked on a canyon zonID years as a Emigration Canyon residents over for ing 'mty planner and now as a is on 39th South above Was- -' atch Drive. It omy makes commissioner and my intention all along has been to good sense to arrange for the use of city resoul ces in such a strongly restrict development. The county is now undertaking situation. 2. a program of impact studies Bureaucrats love to for the canyons w Inch w ill tell spend tax money and there us what they can stand, but no are a few county bureaucrats matter what these studies say, just itching to get their hands on every penny of revenueI shall favor restriction. 5. I favor a county governsharing money. ment remaning separate from I would like to see a tax Ralph Y. McClure . property tax "unfair" . more-critica- l balloting. Deseret News asked candidates to each of state the major reason he is seeking a position on the board. Their replies follow, according to Precinct and candiThe date. PRECINCT J. DALE AHLBERG, 45, St., principal of Hanauer Jordan Districts Peruvian Park Elementary School and 4677 v 1 bishop of the Murray Eighth Ward. LDS Church. Having children presently the Murray schools I have high interest m serving as a hoard member. Being an educator I have some understanding of and feeling for current in school needs. I am particularly interested in the areas of curriculum, accountability, class load and public standing. under- In the curriculum area I am very interested in a greater variety of offerings organ- - mini-cours- e teachers should have considerable freedom in their I feel teaching, but should be accountable for what they teach and have a plan for the individual Boards child. and school administrators should provide proper guidelines for this accountability. Class loads should be kept in- cumbent. In seeking reelection to the Murray City Board of Education I want to continue to improve education for boys and girls and to help spend our tax dollars wisely. We must have programs for vocational and career education to meet the needs of 80 percent of the n Grant M. Bennion will deliver the annual Milton the with connection in held to be Lecture Memorial noon. Rotary Cub Luncheon Tuesday who Mr. Bennion is a son of the late Milton Bennion of Eduserved as dean of the University of Utah College Ben-nio- for many years. at 8 He will also deliver ,. formal lecture Tuesday Lecture of U. Business U. Hall, Greene Mark p.m. in the Hall. said the formal An earlier report, which was in error, of Tuesday. leoture would be delivered Monday instead cation S.L Craft Missing With 4 Texans CAP. Holdaway said the direct, route from Cortez to Salt Lake was searched Saturday. On Sunday the search was widened because of the many possibilities of where the plane might have gone. Nothing was heard from the plahe after it left Cortez. A flight plan indicating the plane would stop at Salt Lake en route to Canada was filed. Good weather assisted the CAP flyerc Sunday. Holdaway said. Eight planes flew from the Price airport Five were CAP planes and three were private. They came from Salt St. Lake, Ogden, George, Provo and Price. In addition seven volunteers flew from Cortez and 10 CAP planes from Grand Junction. said the grpon and while plane would be hard to spot because of snow in the mountains. Seartheis The four aboard the plane Harold McCollum, the pilot; J C. jatkson, Mart Boce anJ C.C. Hanes. They are all from Texas and were on a business trip. are Ray Cordon!, 40, Mountain View, Calif., killed when his t jeep rolled down a embankment 15 miles southeast about 8 p.m. Sunday. Linda Gay Schmutz, 22. 484 S. 590 East, Orem, passenger in an auto that struck an elk on U.S. 91, five miles south of Nephi. Millard County deputy sheriffs said Cordoni lost control of the jeep on 70 percent grade is; f program meet the dont want gram. a nearly inaccessible area near Second Creek, where he and his deer hunting party had established a camp. His son in We Robert C. Cordoni, 15, was not in the vehicle and is safe, deputies said. 5 Miss Schmutz was pinned in the wreckage after the fatal crash, near Nephi. She was pronounced dead at the scene. DR. VERE A. MclIENRY, 44, of 44 E. 5900 South, division administrator, State Board of Education, incumbent. I am seeking reeleetion to of Educa- the Murray Board tion to continue my support of programs aimed at achieving greater relevancy in the curriculum, individualizing instruction, and better meeting the needs of todays student. I am committed to the conof career education cept including the notion that each individual should have the opportunity to prepare for purposeful and productive work. I also support the movement to inject more humaneness into education in an effort to help us to learn to live together better in our democratic soci- ety. I am ing and interested in expandimproving our pro- to better serve the and disadvanhandicapped taged students. I pledge my support to the adult education and community school efforts, to expanded opportunities m education for teachers, and to continuation and improvement of programs to prevent dropouts and to assist those students who have already dropped out of school. grams Faces Pot Charge Dan Edwin CLEARFIELD Thompson. 26, 319 Park Street. Layton, was arrested Sunday in Clearfield and night charged with possession of marijuana. He posted $300 bail and was released from the Dav is County jail. Hill stopped Sgt. Steve Thompson after he noticed his driving pattern. Pronounced Dead David Michael Wefer, 19, 140 Apncot, was pronounced dead on arrivai at University Hospital Saturday. Reed assistant Harmon, state medical exmaminer, said the cause of death is undetermined, pending an autopsy 5 Utahns Robert To Win 1.000-foo- needs of those who to continue their high school education. PRECINCT ' The death was the 304th on Utah highways this year, compared with 285 on this date, a year ago. DEAD: to E. YARIAN MORTENSON, 69, 260 Mountain View Dr., re- ECTURE TUESDAY PRICE A search light plane missing since Wednesday en route from Cortez. Colo., to Salt Lake is conuing, but searchers have absolutely no leads to follow. Dean W. Holdaway, Price, senior Civil Air Patrol member w ho took over direction of the search Monday from Col. Athol M. (Ott) Webb, Salt Lake City, appealed to deer hunters to keep a lookout for anv clues that might assist the them to compete in todays work world. I am vitally interested in methods that will eliminate failures and dropouts. The ca- must consider proof grams that meet the needs each child with regard to individual differences, capabilities and educational needs. tired school administrator, I am concerned that our canyons get better protection than the of the past. W e hav e seen an incredible spurt in such development since my opponent look office and I fear for those canyons future since he has described the present zoning as only interim restriction. 5. After extended study by citizens groups, the legislature proposed some alternative forms of government in years record pace. enable We must expand our adult education to meet an adult high school completion pro- BENNION MEMORIAL HEADED FOR doesnt graduate from college. We must help all our students attain an education that will at optimum levels, but all concerned should know and understand reasons why it is not always possible to meet a desired standard. Two more persons were killed on Utah highways late Sunday and early today, pushing Utahs traffic death toll to 30520 deaths beyon last schools population that reer development must be expanded I 2 Traffic Deaths Hike Toll To 305 Murray Voters 2 School Board Posts ized ..round a This or concept. quest shoulu be possible on nearly all instructional levels. : 1971. I urge voters to study them. I would be wary of the politician who is urging onlv his special plan. One usually finds more power for him hidden somewhere in his personal, scheme. The people, not the politicians, must have the first create. they For instance, the problems and last word. The voter has two areas to' ef crowded, daneerous traflie conditions, inadequate parking examine before he votes; space and the constant befoul-- , First, the record; Has the caning of the air with exhaust poi- -' didate a solid record of What abilisons should be attacked with accomplishment? funds from the people creating ties dos he o; .ng to his office? Second, w ho can the voter the problems, the motorists. One of many avenues of trust? What pressures does-eacman have on him? Who attack on these problems is the inci eased availability and are his friends and support- ers? use of mass transit. As general manager and 4. I would move twoard treasurer of the State Depart-- , state control because development outside county lines can ment Credit Union. I have' adversely affect the environ- .been entrusted with the life ment of adjacent Salt Lake savings of thousands of people, County canyons. Further, the and have made decisions concounty has little control over cerning millions of dollars. I incorporated areas while the intend to treat public monies state may closely oversee as the life savings of each citizen entrusted to me. . them. To Fill Murray voters will elect two members to the city board of education in general election 1 L. Richmond shows Mrs. Kate B. Carter antique table settings. To Memories of dinner on a wdl be kept alive through a gift from Union Pacific Railroad to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers museum. , diner Robert L. Richmond, general manager of Union Pacific district, presene ted a setting of silver, china and crystal to Mrs. Kate B. Carter, national ?resi- dhnt of DUP, Thursday. south-centr- four-plac- The setting pieces include silver finger bowls, silver soup Setting DUP Museum tureens and a siver sugar and creamer. Many of the setting pieces, made especially for Union were used on famous streamliners and domehners m the hedyday of the railroad passenger business. The silv er for was designed name trains such as the Challenger uhich operated until shortly after World War II. Pa-citi- rs. Carter said, We appreciate how the Union Pacific has helped the museum by USU Honors LOGAN Five (AP) Utahns will receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Utah State University Alumni Association during homecoming Nov. The honor will go to Phillip Bullen, Salt Lake City; Edith Shaw, Logan; Hugh Colton; Vernal; Gilbert Moesinger, Ogden and Charles Redd, La Sal. Bullen is a businessman who. has been on the schools insti- tutional council and board of trustees. Mrs. Shaw is emritus associate professor of education'.' Robert Gene Todd, 24, 1740 Redd is a rancher who has Village Way, Orem, driver of chaired the Utah Water and' the car, suffered injuries to Power Board and was a the left shoulder, back and leg legislator. and was m good condition Dr. Moesmger is chief of today at Juab County Hospital, general practice at both Nephi. Ogden hospitals and is direcUtah Highway Patrol Trootor of the Utah Board of Ben-erper Gary Taylor said the forPractice. Colton is a eign car was southbound when rancher and attorney who it struck the cow elk. helped establish the Utah Sgt. Rex Hill assisted Taylor Water Research Laboratory at in the investigation. USU. two-ter- HUnion Pacific Diner Donated j m al giving us ;o many beautiful She said a special dis.laVs. display case lias been ordered and that the setting will de displayed m the Union Pacific Room Thieves Get Coins collection or rare, old and a watch, valued together at $320. were taken bv burglars from the home of Clair Larson, 5785 Conway Rd , according to the Salt Lake Countv Sheriffs Office. A coins 2 Missing WYO. GREEN RIVER, I Two Colo., Aurora, (AP) men have apparently drowned in the chilly waters of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in southwest Wyoming. Sweetwater County Sneriff John Zakovich said Lloyd and Dean Bloom, Sanders In Lake ages are unknown, apparently drowned Saturday in water deep when their small boat overturned in whose 160-fe- high winds. Zakovich said the accident happened about from the east shore of the ervoir. 200-yar- res-'- ; - VETERANS DAY OBSERVANCE New Boarding Facility Dedicated The important role of the community in aiding returned was stressed servicemen today as Utahns observed Veterans Dav. Although many veterans organizations deferred observances until the traditional Veterans Dav on Nov. 11, others chose the new date set by Congress, the fourth Monday in October, as the day to pay tribute to veterans for from all wars. Highlight of the day was the dedication of the new veterans boarding home, a project completed entirely from contributions from members of the community. Located at 526 3rd South, the facility wdl house 19 patients of the Veterans Administration Hospital. The days observances cerebegan with cannon-firinmonies at Memory Grove conducted under the auspices of the Gold Star Mothers. which went into the new facili-tv- g Ceremonies at Veterans Hospital at 2 p.m. honored the facilitys patients, as representatives of sever veterans organizations and auxiliaries participated. Music was provided by the East High School Band, under the direction of Ronald S. Archibald, and an avenue of flags gave additional color to the outdoor ceremony. Speaking during dedicate! y services for the new boarding house, Mrs. Clyde W. Simpson, president of Veterans in the Community, Inc. (YISCI), outlined the com; unity effort We had the most wonderful support from various businesses and individuals in the community, she said. According to Mrs. Simpson, the need for the boarding facility was brought to tne attention of YISCI members when that many they discovered patients involved in hospital outpatient programs had no place to live. The group located a home which faced possible demolition by its owner and spent an exhausting eight months completely renovating the house, Mrs. Simpson related. Staff members, volunteers, and patients worked together to refurbisn the structure, wi'h A paint, building materials, electrical work plumbing, and othc neccessitiv-- volunteered by interested citizens. So many people have been involved in the project, Mrs. Simpson commented as she paid tribute to the community effort involved in the new fa Also speaking during the dedicatory services were Tho- mas A, Williams, M.D., chief of the hospitals psychiatric service; City Commissioner B. Harrison; and Conrad Elmer J. Smith, director of the VA regional office. ; 1 Elsewhere, many Utahns en- -. day off by going cility. shopping, or just ; are veterans Nine already While most stores relaxing. housed in the structure, with and businesses remained open; servalso a hospital patient mailmen, bank employes, and I ing as manager. city, county, state and federal ; workers enjoyed a holiday. Purse Public school students in Lake and Davis districts Salt 4239 Mrs. Carol Hatch, Jupia holiday, but Salt ter Dr., told police someone received meter maids, coun-- ; Lake City stole her purse, containing and Utah-- ; about $30 in cash, from a ty garbagemen, buses made. Transit Authority check stand at Grand Central rounds. Monday regular 64 9th South. E. bruis. -- joyed a deer-huntin- Snatched |