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Show : s v !; It ?v 5 IX, NumberrI7 KVolume ( Formerly The Neighbor TheaWeekly Newspaper Serving 20,500 Homes In Suburban Salt Lake County , Thursday, April 30, 1964 Citizens Was Civic Center Architect Selection Called Hasty And Arbitrary Action9 By 1200 6 Although easily outnumbered, the Salt Lake County Commissioners could not be out- -t a Iked Wednesday morning when they came eyeball-to-eyebwith a group of dissident citizens on the question of an architect for the all countys civic center. - Flrekon the agenda was the sale of $17 million in bonds for constructing the civic complex. That was delayed, (See story starting on this page.) Next came fireworks in the form of a group led by Mrs. Peter Freed, 642 Aloha Road. They were armed with a petition carrying the signatures of 1,200 registered voters protesting what, they termed hasty and arbitrary action in the selection of an architect for the civic center. EYEBALL TO EYEBALL-Mr- s. Peter Freed, far left, ganged up on the county commissioners yesterday, demanding answers concerning the selection of the architect tor the countys civic center complex. Commissioner c, W. Brady asks, why dont you trust your elected officials? Commissioners Say Go! Weekly Calendar i The activities of Ordinance Selling $17 Million Building Bonds your !ub, civic organization or jcial group can be Included at no charge in this of coming weekly round-u- p events. Simply Center , Oil On Civic mail details time, date and " place -- - to the Rocky Moun- tain Review, P. O. Box 17377, Salt Lake City, Utah. Piease direct the. notice to Weekly Calendar. items must be. received " ' by Noon on Monday to be included in that weeks . The sale of $17 million in bonds for the county civic complex wavered weakly at one point yesterday morning. But it gained strength shortly afterwards and the sale eventually went off as planned. Proceedings were delayed for a short period Wednesday because, when the commissioners peeked into the big envelopes containing the bids, they found none to their liking. Interest rates were too high, above what they had anticipated. They huddled privately to reconsider , however , and' came back at 2 P.M. to grab the' best offer and pass the long awaited ordinance authorizing the bond sale and es tablishing a formal civic cen- ter organization. The bond offers ranged from percent net Interest presented by First Security Bank of Utah with Harris Trust of Chicago, Chase Manhattan Bank cf New York and others participating. Higher bids came from Phelps, Fenn and Company with C. J. Devine 3.0244 A Issue. Thursday, April 30 Where Do We ' Go From Here? -- - 8.P.M.,' Assembly Hall, Temple Square; a talk by Hanson Baldwin, author and newspaperman, sponsored by BYU Forgm Assemblies. of New York carrying Mrs. Freed exchanged several volleys with the commissioners. The task of answering her bounced between Commissioners C. W, Brady and Marvin G. Jenson . Commissioner Edwin W. Cannon peacefully rode out the storm. Earlier he had warned his fellow board members that he would try to amend the ordinance to give the civic center board of directors power to.review or possibly change the selection of the architect. Mrs. Freed wanted to know: 1- .) What competent authorities were consulted in picking an architect to handle the huge undertaking? 2 . ) Why commissioners were unwilling to trust their appointed board of 12 jmem-be- rs to have a hand in the decision? 3.) Why the decision of an architect was originally, she said, announced as a tentative appointment and why she had received no reply to a letter on the matter sent to the commission? defense The Brady-Jensbetween Indignation and explanation. Brady stood on his legal W didnt rights faying, break any law by appointing the architect. We were advised that we had thi authority. At another point, he evoked his responsibility as an elected official, "isaying 1 wont ask other people to make my decisions. That would be government by committee which threatens to endanger our form of government. A temporary deadlocked developed when Brady returned on ed f grs. Freeds challenge Why you loath to place faith in the board you picked?" Brady countered, And why (Continued on page 2) are Utah Mental Health Month Chairman Set Lawrence K. Goldsmith, Vice President of Arthur Frank has been named Chairman of Mental Health Month, Howard L. Mr. Blood, President of the Utah AssociaMental for Health tion announced today. During the month of May which has been proclaimed National Mental Health Month, special events, programs and rallies will be held in local communities of Utah. Highlighting the activities in Salt Lake City will be a ' Public Report Back? luncheon on May 22nd at the Pm. dential Auditorium, A report on what has been aecomplished by the Community Mental Health Services Act since its passage In 1961 will be presented by the Division of Mental Health, Utah State Department of Health under the of Dr. Paul supervision Ens(gn. Representatives of over 100 agencies who supported the legislation, State, County and local officials, Legislators and candidates, school personnel and other interested persons will be invited. Chapters and Committees of the Utah Association from 23 counties will the evfnt. 3.0881 percent rate, and a Bankers Trust of New York offer of 3.1758 percent. All offers were higher than an anticipated 2.75 percent in- terest rate. County fiscal wizards attributed the higher Interest rate to a qualification in the bonding ordinance allowing refund- - (Coptinued on page 3) V Theres A Buyer For Everything , Use A Review Ad Theresa buyer for al- I m os anything and the fas - s t- est way to find that buyer 1 is in the classified columns ofthe Rocky Mountain Re- view. Take the' case of Mrs. Fern Robinson, 2990 South I 3435 East. She operated a nursery school and wanted to sell some of the equip- raenL She had a lot of stuff- some of it difficult to Tennis, Tefras Western vs. U. of U. -- - 1P.M., U. ofU. tennis courts. , A Decade retrospect . of Desegratlon: and Prospect M. , MootCourtroom, lege of Law, u. of U.; a discussion by Walter Gellhorn, Betts Proffessor of Law at Columbia and University recognized authority on administrative law. she decided to hold a rummage sale, elements were The against her but her low- cost want ad in the Rocky classify Baseball, SL L. Bees, vs. Portland 7:30 P.M., Derks Field. --- so jj I j j j Alladln 7:30P.M., Pino-fMemorial Theatre, U. of U. ; theatrical production of a - new script by Grace McGrath, University Young Peoples Theater series. er Friday, May 1 Alladln 4:15 and 7:30 Pioneer Memorial P.M., Theatre, U. of U. Baseball, S. L. Bees vs. Portland 7:30 P.M., Derks Field. ;l Continued on page 2) si V-- i SHAKESPEARE IN THE SUN - - Wasatch Junior High ninth grade English students stage day of Shakespeare last Tuesday on the lawn In front of the school. More than 200 students participated. For a full pictorial round-u- p of the unique event, see Page Five. full Just call'278-286- 6 charge itf . and NEMOI Heres a horse that will tranythlng once. Hes a champion and to prove took first place in his class at lasf Saturday's Silver Spurs Riding Club horse show. White his owner, Mrs. Mary Sayers, watches the cameraman, Nemo eyes the trophy. Maybe chocolate, he wonders as he tries to chomp off a chunk, like those Easter its bunnies. foil-cover- ed . (Photo By Dave Burnett) 4 i t I |