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Show Huge Field Waits Oct. 19 Primary Commission Hopefuls Face Busy Week By Douglas L Parker Tribune Political Editor Candidates seeking a spot on the Salt Lake City general election ballot will find at least two opportunities to gain personal exposure before the electorate at maior community affairs next week the final week before the primary runoff. One will be on the West Side at the Northwest Community Center, 1300 W. 2nd North, Meet - Your - Candidate night Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The other will be on the East Side at a similar event Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Bryant Junior High School, 745 E. 1st South. Primary Oct. 19 The will mark the virtual a bulky field of candidates for mayor and city commissioner jockeying to gain exposure among potential voters. The primary Is Oct. 19. At weeks end about 100 ballots already had been cast by absentee voters. wrap-u- week of p Tuesday will be the last day new voters can register with neighborhood agents. The long ballot (16 names) for nominations to fill two City Commission seats takes on the aspect of a lottery in the eyes of many election partisans. It pits a few candidates more familiar due to past political associations against a large segment of newcomers. . Last weeks initial reporting of campaign expenditures startled some observers, with the biggest spender in the commissioner race shown as Stephen Holas community brook, 29, activist in protest causes. He and another commissioner candidate, Charles (Charlie Brown) Artman, 32, who has designated himself as a hipChurch, pie priest in the appear to be using the University of Utah campus as a major base of operations. Mr. Artman launched an effort Saturday from the campus for volunteers to deliver campaign literature. Mr. Hol brook appeared to have a virtual monopoly on campaign literature being distributed, including registration instructions printed in Spanish, presumably to reach Chicano voters. Jennings Campaign City Treasurer Jennings Phillips, 65, with an endorsement from lame-duc- k Mayor J. Bracken Lee for his commission candidacy, has stepped up an advertising campaign. More familiar political figures, Charles W. Akerlow, 31, former Model Cities director, and Christian P. Beck, 34, a state aide, who was nominated as a commissioner candidate two years ago but was defeated in the general election, made campus speaking forays last week. Iola Brewer, 56, a secretary, the only woman seeking a commissioner nomination, has been conducting a grass roots neighborhood campaign. Candidates for commissioner who have busied themselves with distributing conliterature, campaign include tacts and some organizing Meredith M. Poulson, 39, a businessman ; I.arry D. Schieving, 27, a county zoning aide; Farrell E. Sorensen, 69, a deputy city auditor; K. K. Sheehan, 52, a retired railroader; William Gregory Albiston, 22, a state youth committee coordinator; Stephen M. Harmsen, 29, a city prosecutor ; Clair G. Turner, 47, a schoolteacher. Limited campaigning has been done by commissioner candidates Robert Madsen, 43, a general contractor, and Robert L. Sherwood, 45, a railroad machinist. door-to-do- Emphasizes Mailings Richard C. Andrew, 63, a real estate and stock broker, with substantial campaign contributions indicated, has placed work and emphasis on organizational campaign mailings. Election interest is centering more on e the city commissioner nomination Column 5 Page Put Your Vote on Line , Signup Days Tuesday Remember, if you want to vote in the Salt Lake City and Murray primary elections Oct. 19, you must be a registered voter. And the last and only day you do that is Tuesday. There will be neighborhood registration agents at their homes in 250 voting districts in the two cities. They will be available from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. In addition, for the first time, neighborhood agents w'll be ojten in South Salt Lake, Midvale, Sandy, West Jordan, South Jordan, Riverton, Bingham and Alta. If you have just come of age to vote or have not voted before, or have aoved into the state or county since last voting, you must register. If youve moved from one voting district to another since last voting, You dont really want to die , no one does, OGDEN To the gray-face- d men sleeping in the doorways along Ogdens skid row, life is measured by a shot glass. You dont really want to die, no one does. But whats there to live for? says Scotty, his face unshaven, his eyes bloodI've been shot, his clothes rumpled. through two wars. Now I'm just a bum. I didnt start out this way, he says. In his Scotty comes from a prominent Huntsville family. He never touched a drink until he was 28, then he was an alcoholic over night. Hes quit twice, once for 25 months, once for four mid-fiftie- years. Home Now in the Street Home for Scotty is now the street, Street skid row. Four blocks of pawnshops, flophouses and broken men. He spends most of his time either drunk, in jail or in the hospital. Between an angel in a greasy-spoo- n cafe, poolroom coffeepots and a group of reformed alcoholics, Weber Countys Comprehensive Mental Health Center is trying to carve a place in society for out of place people. Scotty is an example of the people the n center and the Problems Anonymous Group (PAAG, pronounced page), a and group of 25th Act-tio- to reach. Ogdens 25th Street is skid row for lonely men. Drunks account for 35 to 50 percent of court, jail and arrest time in Ogden. Dan Valentines Nothing Serious THE NEW BREED: Young people all over this land of ours are getting ready to vote for the first time in the upcoming elections. They are not only going to vote, many of the young activists are running for office. It will serve them right if they to get happen elected Because the sad truth is: Nothing Dan Valentine can change a young activist into an establishment member faster than a term on the city commission. fir Lets make an example: Say there is a young zealot by the name of Harold Mad Dog Jones running for the city commission in the municipal election. Mad Dog is a typical young activist. His hair is long, his chin is pouty. He has been going to the university for seven years majoring in revolution ai.C minoring in home economics. He is involved. of several hundred protest marches. Hes tried to burn a couple of ROTC buildings, has thrown banana peels at cops . . . and has locked himself to a fireplug in front of Sele live 11E IS A VETERAN Seivice headquarters. In other words, he is just a typical, normal young American youth who better world. he announces his candidacy for the to work for a wants So city commission he's elected. and lo, and behold, Mad Dog" thinks this is the happiest of his life. When victory is assured, Mad Dog" tells his hysteiical supporters that justic e has finally triumphed, that now the world will' ree ov the city should be day run . . . So what happens? is welcomed to his seat "Mad Dog and by the other city commissioners promptly named street commissioner. This means Mad Dog is suddeidy in charge of all the streets in the community, all the chuckholes. In addition, it is his responsiblity to pick up the garbage, trim the trees, and keep the airport in a solvent situation. The first week that newly elected Mad Dog Jones is streets commissioner, some of his old activist pals call him Mad Dog we got a big up and say: antiwar protest march planned for Tuesday morning. We want you to lead the march. Mad Dog looks at his calendar. Then ' he apologizes. MY GOODNESS, I sure would like to lead your antiwar protest march. I consider it an honor to be asked, but I find that I will not be able to make it because we are putting in some new curbing out on 33rd South, and I've got to inspect the job. I also have to check and see if all the tree limbs that fell off during the snow storm in the Federal Heights area have been picked up. Well, about three days later some of the young people who put Mad Dog on call and say; the city commission Mad Dog, we are all going down to the unemployment office and lie down in the street in front of the building to protest the low welfare checks. We want you to come with us and be the first to hit the concrete. Mad The new City Commissioner Jones looks at his engagement Dog book and says: Gee, fellows. Im sorry but I cant make it this afternoon because I am scheduled to cut the ribbon in front of a new hamburger stand on South State Street . . . but I want you to know I will be there with you in spirit . . Thats the way it will go . . . Mad Dog Jones will become so involved in the job of being a city commissioner he will have to go to United Fund luncheons, and to the first nights of Ballet West, and he will have to greet visiting Japanese delegations . . . that he will have no time to be a young activist and change the world. EVENTUALLY, he will cut his hair, start wearing shoes . . . and worry about or whether he should try for the IJ.S. Senate. The best way to cure a young activist is to elect him to office! SAM, THE SAD CYNIC, SAYS: I know a Salt Lake employer who has been planning to give his workers pay now Presraise for the past five years ident Nixon wont let huil alcoholics upkeep, direcexplains Rhett Potter, tor of the center. An alcoholic receives $133 a month from welfare, he says, mosdy federal money. If the alcoholic gets drunk several times a month and lands in jail, it costs the city $15 to $22 each time to book the man and an additional $6 to keep him in jail, he says. Working together, the center and PAAG are trying to alleviate the judicial blockage, provide nutrition not found in a bottle and give incentive to stay dry for at least a minimal period. Fight Court, Jail Jains We are not going to try to get them off welfare, says Mr. Potter, just try to keep them out of jail. Theyre a to the community, but the community is willing to pay the cost. What the community doesnt want to pay for is the jamming up of the jails and courts. e Scotty never will be class, says the directors brother, Kirby, a psychological team We're intervening in their lives ,y leader. enough to make their behavior for double the nui-san- white-middl- For the centers staff, mental health is working in the boarding houses run by PAAG, talking with a Japanese lady named Mary, the 25th Street angel, across her small lunch room counter, or sharing a cup of coffee and shooting eight-bal- l at the Salvation Armys coffeehouse. If you're living on the street, its hard not to drink, says Mr. Potter. Its a learned way to deal with life. If you have a problem you cant or dont want to handle, then you drink. You have people here that will support you. Alcoholics are very successful at being failures. We want to give them a taste of being a success. Theory Behind Center The centers approach is here and now, not what made people the way they are. Its based on the behavior modification theory that people learn abnormal behavior. What can be learned can be unlearned, says Mr. Poiter. The center is not attempting to cure anyone, says Mr. Potter, only change behavior to fit within societys rules. Mr. Potter says the center will open its alcoholic treatment facility next week without any official local sanction or money. He said red tape and bureaucracy has delayed the opening since last May. He says everyone has been enthusiastic about the centers approach to alcoholism. but no one has officially signed See Page Column 1 B-- 8, Murray, Fillmore Take Top Awards Park. The annual awards are given by the Utah Nurserymen's Assn., (UNA), The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah Associated Garden Clubs and the Extension Service of Utah State University. communities pooled hunTwenty-twdreds of individual efforts to enter the whole town in competition, but the 180 district winners represent only a small pari of the total garden efforts. Announced Saturday was the presentation of a city block's worth of trees to Fillmore for the best town under 20,000 population and to Murray for the best over 20.000. The presentations were made by the Utah Nurserymens Assn. o m alt faku says Scctty. City Beautification Contest The cities of Murray and Fillmore took home the trees Satarday, as the years Civic Beautification awards were presented to winners from throughout the state, in the Garden Center in Jugar-hous- e 328-453- But tvhats there to live for? Ive been through tiro tears. JSoiv Im just a bum. I didnt start out this tvay. hospital inmates, are attempting Its a case of others make it in society. fpropriate, he says. Cost of Alcoholism Noted Runs Boarding House Drunks account for 35 to 50 percent of The centers approach is unique in the court, jail and arrest time in Ogden. Utah, Mr. Potter says. The clinic is the The 200 alcoholics cost from $350,000 to community not the state hospital at $500,000 a year in welfare, hospitalization Provo, a psychiatric ward at St. Benand law enforcement. edicts Hospital or even the center, he In some cases the taxpayer is paying says. ex-sta- te pared with evidence or affidavit showing that they meet age and residency requirements of having lived continuously in the state six months and county two months by the date of the election. Information on the location of registration agents for your voting district in the county can be obtained on registration day from the Sa't Lake County Clerks office, The Tribune's Information or the League Department, of Women Voters, The county clerk's office, while answering telephone inquiries, will be closed for any registration there. B-- Ogden Center Unique: Pays Alcoholics To Stay 4Dry, Charges If They Drink By Steve Wayda Tribune Staff Writer you must transfer your registration with the agent. You will be registered if youve voted in the 1938, 1969 or 1970 elections. New young voters should be pre- ments to their earlier projects. In the community beautification class, Continuous Improvement Awards were presented to Fillmore, Orem, Delta, Ferron, , Huntington and Roosevelt. Designers Show Slides Thb slide show depicted several of the entries, with narration by their designers. A representative of the Holladay High Hopes told the capacity crowd in tlte center, that litter begets litter, but once an area is cleaned up, it tends to inspire others around it to do their own cleaning. Saturday's presentation was followed by an outdoor tea, conducted by Mrs. D. G. Coleman and Mrs. Walter Christenson. The statewide competition was conducted by Fullmer Allred, Extension Service. Utah State University; Ken Hummell and Dave Johnson, UNA, Genevieve Folsom, Tribune Garden Editor, and Mike Korologos, Community Services Director of The Tribune. TV Today, Features Section II Local News Sunday, October 10, 1971 Section B Page One LDS Presidency Asks Opposing Of Rock Opera The First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints Saturday urged Mormons and good men evto oppose the rock opera erywhere Jesus Christ Superstar and other music aimed at destruction of sacred principles. The First Presidency said, We feel H our responsibility to warn our people wave of musical against the present-da- y performances which are aimed at the destruction of sacred principles, which form the very foundation upon which we stand. The statement said of Jesus Christ Superstar, scheduled Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Salt Palace: We consider this musical a profane and sacrilegious attack upon true Christianity. It strips Jesus Christ of His divine attributes. Its prevailing theme presents the falsehood that our Lord is . . , just a man . . . just the same as anyone I know. To the dismay of those who worship Him as the Savior of mankind, as the divine Son of God, He and His apostles are portrayed in earthly roles living below Christian standards. Wo encou'" '? members of the Church and to 1 men everywhere oppose this type of entertainment. A church spokesman said Saturday afternoon the First Presidency had no other comment, just the statement. for Lanseapen association also presented to the lest professionally and maintained landscapes. The best maintained award went to the personal garden of Franklin D. Johnson and Elmer Knowles, landscaper and recognition for the best landscape construction went to the work of Little America Motel landscaped by Wasatch Shadows, Inc., of Salt Lake City. n Formal presentation of the Civic awards to the 28 class winners was made Saturday, following a slide presentation at the garden center. Complete judging result appeared in the Tribunes Oct. 3 Home Magazine. Special emphasis was given to the 50 winners of the Continuous Improvement Award, which is given to previous award winners who achieve significant improve- - riaques The plaques Beau-tificat'o- Panel Approves Zoning Change Pica S.L. The Sait Lake City Commission has approved a request to enlarge the existing Commercial zoning at the southeast corner of 7th East and 5th South, east an additional 33 '2 feet after a hearing. Dr. Reed Larson, who petitioned for the zone extension, said he planned to construct a office building and parking lot in the area. There was no opposition to the change. C-- 3 one-stor- y Mr. and Mrs. Howard Falkner, left, display their garden, a winner in the Civic Beautification I j Award Private Garden Class, to Dave Johnson, Mrs. Harold Eushton, Fullmer Allred. |
