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Show And A Happy New Year To You! fail to receive your copy of the Review by Thursday evening please call. Well have one to you by 10 A. M. Friday. If you Vol. IX No. 52 Southeast Salt Lake's Community Weekly Newspaper 2265 East 4800 South December 31 1964 Big Projects Stay , Estimates Chopped expenditures; The Salt Lake County Commission began the painful pruning process of its 1965 budget Wednesday afternoon. By the time they were finished, the mill levy had shrunk from a proposed 17.99 mills to 15.95 including 2.5 mills for flood control. each board session. -$10,000 for a job survey to classify county positions, define duties and align Total expenditures for 1965 dropped from requested $18,700,564 to $17,350,464 as commissioners met with department heads to chop out the fat in next years spending plans. The 1964 county expenditures were salaries. a Will You Be With Us New Years Morning? With its safe to assume a record morning. Make sure youre not traffic death tolls mounting in Utah this year, number just wont be around come New Years included in traffic fatality statistics when they close-o- ut extra careful driving on New Years Eve. Watch yourself ... and, above all, watch the other fellow who might have been celebrating a little too strenously. Be Anything can happen New 1964. Years Eve ... and frequently does. County Attorneys Strategy Hits Snag Twice within the past two weeks the MaverickClub, 2104 South Redwood Road, has felt its beer license slip from its foamy grasp. The Salt Lake Cour ty Commission Wednesday morning -- for the second time ordered temporary revokation of the lounges license. And -- - for the third time -- - juggled dates for a hearing to show cause why the revokation should not be made permanent. fantasy into the more confusing aspects of Salt Lake County justice began when Sheriffs deputies charged the The M avericks operator, M. Earl Maltby, with illegal sale of alcohol. Based on this charge, the commission December 21 signed the order temporarily revoking the lounges license to sell beer. Nine days later, Wednesday, December 30, county commissioners reaffirmed their closing order and reset the hear ing date for January 11. They were bristling over information that the Maverick was still The temporary-closinoperating. had been halted by cheif deputy criminal county attorney Richard C. Dibblee. only the county Although commission can countermand attorneys office explained its strategy Wednesday afternoon Prosecutors, it seems, were simply angling for a speedy an permanent conclusion of the case. In exchange for 30 days of grace, Mr. Maltby had pleaded guilty to illegal possession of alcohol. If a 30 day period had passed before the hearing on permanent revokation, the court action would have been permanent and revokation automatic. Since the mix-uhowever, the guilty plea has been withdrawn and If the county attorney is unable to win a conviction in court, the commission would probably be obligated to reinstate the lounges p, license. stances. The Mavericks fate now rests jury lose in the lap of a judge and although it will lush New Years Eve . . . adjustments --- (Continued on Page 4) Sperry Shift Due , Families To Move Mr. They might have to take-baMillion honors shorty after the first of the year and Salt Lake Countys economy is due to recede a tiny bit. Com-- 3 A spokesman for Sperry-Uta- h pany, division of Sperry Rand Corpora-tio- n, yesterday denied rumors that a large lay-o- ff was slated early in January but did confirm that some personnel would leave Utah. What youre hearing," he said, is a - shak-o- ff from some within the company. Were interviewing some of our technical people now for transfer to divisions where they are more critically needed. Some 35 to 40 technical people are being given the option to go if they wish Those who dont want to move will con- the tinue to be employed at Sperry-Uta- h, spokesman said. He declined to estimate how many families would be involved in the shift. ck , h ;: , ;ss : s: ; & '' 4 - Urban Renewal: Controversial But recent announcement by the Federal Housing and Home Agency that federal money could be obtained to help finance clearing land for the center civic complex has sparked a new interest in Utah over urban renewal. A controversial issue, ur- ban renewal has been opposed by those who would reduce federal influence and increase local and individual initiative. It has been utilized in 600 large cities with varying deof success. The federal government in its 1964 act setting up the grees urban renewal program took particular pains to insure lo- - cal support, planning and condeteriorating. Little of this is reseen by the casual observer trol behind every urban enablA state since it exists either in pocknewal project. on the ets such as west of the state books be must act ing' capitol, or in alleys inside the before any federal help can be of one three is Utah big ten acre blocks. obtained. The words urban renewstates that does not hae such al usually conjure up visions an act. Salt Lake City is one of bulldozers demolishing of the largest cities in the and leaving thouareas of whole kind some without country sands uprooted or without urban renewal plan with FHH A homes. Sometimes this haphelp. it? need Lake pens because people develop Does Salt habits over many years and the , along Many, driving wide tree lined streets sav find it difficult to change them. But urban renewal, as outlined Yet the 1960 census no! 200 its sponsoring agency, the almost by within found that FHHA, consists of a wide varblocks near the center of the iety of programs, all which city 20 percent of the housmust be initaited by a local as coud be classed ing increases $171,246 for a mental health program. $13,000 for the general revision and REPORT ON A PARTNERSHIP A and 5 services. ear-mark- Convictions on liquor violations arent easy to get, said a spokesman for the office. A county attorneys he said, recently beat club, a similar case in district court under similar circum- Wage percent are contemplated in most departments and are reflected in individual department budgets. -$25,000 for the creation of a traffic engineer budget. -$292,780 for department of public health up to $15,295,503. Commissioner Marvin Jenson said, It looks good as far as Im concerned and it should please the taxpayers. Something had to be done, there was We were put in no question about it. We fel weve, to protect the taxpayers. done this without diminishing services. The mill levy increase over 1964 is 1.15 mills' including flood control expenditures. Included in the cuts were $200,000 for a recreation administration building, $37,280 from the recreation budget, $103,250 from the hospital budget, $30,000 from mental health budget, $50,000 from roads and bridges department, $20,000 from sherriffs requests, $10,000 off the department assessors budget, $5,000 fromHhe recorders budget. The commission reduced by $200,000 a budget item for a new board of health building when it determined the building would only be 50 percent completed during 1965. The balance will be included In 1966 spending plans. In the same manner, $600,000 was sliced from funds Jpr an extended care hospital unit. Commissioners felt that only $500,000 would be needed for 1965 participation. Because of over-flo- w crowds, Wednesday mornings public hearing on the budget was transferred to city council chambers. Ironically, just a few minutes before county officials took over their chambers, the Salt Lake City Commission hhd set the tone of the proceedings by passing a resolution urging no increase in county taxes for the coming year. The tentative budget as it stood Wednesday morning included the following proposed clerks budget to provide the county commission, attorney and county auditor with a copy of the minutes of in the urban renewal agency, and ct to public hearings. No urban renewal project can go ahead entirely on federal funds, the intent is to eliminate blight and slum areas through a partnership of private business, local government and the FHHA. The projects may include complete clearance and renewal in which the federal government pays part of the cost of clearing the land. In certain areas wher complete renewal is not appropriate, a rehabilitation program could accomplish the revitalization su-je- (Continued on Page 4) homes with beautiful lawns, giving to Salt l.ake City the well deserved title City of Homes (quote from a Chamber of Commerce brochure) Tree lined streets provide a perfect setting for lovely |