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Show N ' J'SjHinecp - Winter Olympics In SaltLake! WhyKou i thing," says LakeCham-be- r of Comnerce executive and chairman of the OUC, but the hardest people to convince are the people right here in MixE One of the things the winds of March blew into Salt Lake City was a professional ski instructor from Wyoming who dropped by to talk shop with Dev Jennings, publicity director for Ski Utah As- J enmngs Olympics," replied Pro: You're nuts " Stick around Jennings: So the visitor stayed, looked at the city, the mountains, the snow and the future Next day. as he stood in the baggage check line at the airport, he turned to Jennings and said, You know, you got a pretty good crack at this thing That is the problem and the pattern faced by the seven man Olympics for Utah Committee Utah can handle the Winter Olympics, but, without a who would guided tour, r 'V Games? The answer, not0" the Governor In February announced his comTiit'ee Max Rich as chairman pub Why Gene Donovan, president of Prudential Federal Savings A L oan Association; Salt Lake Tribune Publisher John W Galhvan and veteran W asatch Forest Supervisor ( now Dev Jennings well known and well traveled in the ski world, investment ex- ecutive M Walker Wallace; Ogden attorney Glenn Adams: retired) F C Koziol The coimi'ttee is not devoid of Olympic experience Donovan and Wallacehelped put together a pilot bid bv Salt Lake City for the 1968 Games Jennings was an Olympic skier in 1948 and a course official at the Squaw the Governor apSince pointed me chairman of the Olympic committee I guess I've had "40 or 50 people give me their sympathy They think it's impossible for this little old state to have those great big Olympics don't oppose the They Olympics; they just don t think Utah can do it Well, we can, if we want to What's up' asked thepro Were going after the 72 inter could Utah the Winter Utah sociates W' Rich. Salt licist Olympic Kxperience Helena, Montana The question, get and stage It s a funny by PICK SPRATLING . -- believe it? Valley Calif Gams in 1960 Since its foi nation the OUC has notified the US Olympic C omiH'ttee of Utah's intention to bid, and has gone to work on a structure to plan and stage the Olympics Each com nttee is now a research body, assigned to learn what it must do before and during the Winter Olympics, and how much the job w ill cost Governor Calvin Rampton did not appoint the Olympics for Utah Committee as a whimsical exercise in executive ability Before he made the announcement the Governor ordered a survey of U S ski chieftans, among them Stan Mullin .of Los Angeles (the Dean Acheson of American skiing!, and Amos Little of ' x ;'s X Minor VI s 45, I 7Zgz?& thec ill this Lip citv with big mountains pet the prettiest snow show on earth? s 'v ore Point has been Money minor a 1 veau9 01 sore i mt One sports writer has attacked th Utah bid, proclaiming with piercing insight that Olympics don t com free " This is no revelation to the Utah committee, nor to the International Olympic Committee. which carefully points i & out the are not Gams intended to be a money miking There has m enterprise fact been little or no profit j I from past Games " But with the admssion the the Utahns point to one happy reality: Salt 1 ake City won't have to spend lavishly creating an Olympic complex; must of it is already here, or will be by 1972 cost money, Olympics 4 Lake is big as go Projected 1972 population for the metroItem: Salt host cities politan area is something over 600,000 Squaw Valley and (Continued to Page 2 s - - I f CIRCULATION 278 2860 r NEWS, ADVERTISING . 278 2866 ACTION ADS 278 4142 i Vol.x N. 22 Southeast Sail Lakes Coimminit) 2265 Kat 1800 South Wekh If jroii fail to recent f Ike your copy Renew by Tkuriday aiykt, pleate call and a paper will be take fa year borne by 10 A.M. Friday momma June 3. 1965 Ntwwpapt . i I Op Vii Cofnntittftioners EACH A PUZZLER More VI THE BOOK explains in a general way where to put things m the valley for the next 20 years Four years in the making, the plan is the result of groundwork by 117 members of the Salt Lake Valley Citizens Council followed by the technicals detailing by the planning commission The sheer monotony of complaints about the city -- county Hall of Justice minimized the latest difficulties They counted the courtrooms in the design and have apparently com up short There s seven district judges now and the samnum'ier of courtrooms Judges say, however, the number is sure to increase soon They estimate they'll need 10 to 12 courtrooms at least Commissioner John Preston Creei submitted a letter Wednesday morning figuratively throwing up his hands Instead of docs, heeuggests toring the present starting all over again by asking the architect to redesign the separate justice build-- with enough courtrooms this tim? ing At the same tim-- , the attempt to economize by consolidating city county services is backfiring a little Consolidation studies, it was reported, are blue-print- -- delaying completion of the building causing severe monetary damages to the contractor and that proSomebody will have to pay mises to be a dandy fight The okay for an addition to provide necessary space for the Sheriffs Department has been stymed since January 1 The architect was therefore authorized to finalize drawings for the addition Only 3,000 square feet of some 24,000 is involved in the consolidation study Finally, there s a morgue m'ssing somewhere -- - a service normally not classed as outpatient care They looked in the new hospital at the University of Utah and there's no morgue there None is provided in the Hall of Justice when the county's general hospital closes soon Salt Lake will have no morgue Commissioner William G. Larson has been handed that knotty problem. FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, the valley is divided into seven Salt Lake City, Magna, Valley, Jordan, Draper. Little Cottonwood and Big Cottonwood The Big Cottonwood areas extends from the city limits south to the new belt route about 6300 South, and from the Wasatch Mountains along the west to the Jordan River The Little Cottonwood district runs from the belt route south to Little Cottonwood Dry Wash and from the Wisatch Mountains west to the Jordan River The plan is not mandatory It's hoped in its own words, It will influence development most fundamentally and directly through its basic logic and persuasion Citizens, developers and investors are expected to turn to the mister plan for answers to their questions about die county s future The professional planners recommend implementation of the plan by governmental bodies as follows1 Revise the zoning ordinance to met proposals of the ) districts: so No Harm In so the county harm in asking There commission is considering asking Neuman Pet'y for the bit paver dne of his firms has leased to the county until recently They d te willing to pay a little but it wouldn t be midi considering the $44 000 already shelled out for the $18 000 piece of equipment staff Its authors tried to estimate how many peopile would be in the valley by 1985 -- - about 800,000, they figure Then residential, industrial, agricultural and commercial areas were charted and a few specific recommendations were thrown in as well tllaJI ne Pressing local issues are now in the hands of Inruns MCartly as newlv eke'ed Other officers tachairmin king office are Mrs Charles C Hall, vice chairman, Mrs John M mtenren secretary, Graham Camptell treasurer 26-9- za-ti- on ltants' grasp The county com there has been no way to run-o- ff water accomodate from streets and gutters At the same time, there 1 -- Commissioner John PresCreer complained, The essence of the problem is that we have two county employees with two different programs There's no organization in flood control and no place to take problems " chairman Commission Marvin G Jenson replied, That's why we're having this mission is now considering an alternate program for immediate relief from high-watdamage As a result, contractors may soon see the county planning department's ban on permits in certain areas removed ton er to allow large-scal- e subdivision construction to resume Home builders in many sec- tions have been denied permission to develop because was a move to reduce the committees Involved and simplify planning procedure. A member of the citizens advisory committee on water control said, Wie've been Involved in some decisions but I don't know that we've helpI can't ed with planning think of any good reason for having two committees m ?eting, to find the weakness- John . M. wanUan-we- Uallaee, Jr.. r es and ways to overcome (Continued on Page 2) f 3 ) Set up a capital improvements program for recreation and sirmlar major developthe efforts of private and governmental ments, to bodies 4 ) Renovate blighted parts of highly develojied urban areas. (Continued on Page 2) THIS WEEK'S REVIEW NEW story THINKING and in the old pictures 1 nneer Craft Housebuilding, Page . VOI INTERS EffRAONrNAI-Broun with pictures . $690,000 Olympus build.ng age WHAT BAD investment now constructs " . . ACTiOS ADS, the , nt Stake .... CPESTVIE STUDENTS and pict ires . We ve petitioned the Granite board several tims on this matter," Mr Wallace combut as far as we mented. know they still plan to go ahead Officers ofCottonwood, Inc also plan to look into the nagging complaints on enf ne-meof excavation and spillage ordinances and fl xd How does it feel to be told your lifetime lease has expired? That's what nearly happened to the county's consulting engineer on flood control problems at a public hearing last Tuesday afternoon Absolute authority for planning water control projects began to slip from the consu- facilities, streets, the civic renter growth potential and sew- with the school i standards Cottonwood Officers Mobilize For Action Jr, New Flood Plan May Lift Building Ban 2) Control subdivision devel pment, including revisions in the Salt Lake County ordinance to set subdivision design In a letter to the commission, Commissioner Creer suggested asking Mr Petty to hand over the bit paver for som? $7,000 which was recently spent to recondition and repair the machine The county purchasing agent has been authorized to do the negotiating area organlzatim of flood rontml program. plan King outJohn M Wallace going chairman and treasurer, said the Cottonwood Inr , b'iard agreed Tuesday tore heck into the possibility of obtaining an mjmction to stop Granite School District from building a junior high school at LaM 6290 South He revealed the organ. is taking a f.rm nay' sand against the propc sed site f j r numern is reasons including lack of tl rough streets. or high-fashi- Individually, each of the several items before the Salt Lake County Commission morning could have assumed crisis stature As a potpourri, they simply served to accent the condition of county affairs Comm mity prolkms ranging from gravel pits to an iinwtjriirn. school in the area were d imped into the laps of new off.cers of Cot,on,'od Inc , Tuesday June 1 how tic Potpourri Of Trouble Accents Sad Situation s no matter glamorously attired or lavish the advance notices, when the star of the show misses curtain call after curtain call the final presentation Is always Promised many months ago, the county's new master plan limpled on stage Wednesday morning elegantly decked in a cover and sporting several tmilti-colmaps charting the eventual growth of this area Albion C Mulcock, chairman of the county planning commission, handed over copies to county commissioners with appropriate pomp and ceremony. They responded as required b; promptly setting July 8 for a public hearing on the master plan in South Salt Lake auditorium No diwgrte on how to plot a plan. Jennon and Creer debate TEEN-AG- ... .... 1 avina Pace pare sjv on the aeathermm. 1 is .... a reaping neighbors d market E of 6 Cen'er invites all to see ne .. HrLLADY portrait A 8 11 story age 16 golden harvest Page 18 and 21 place I ages tennis star wins 20 a big Page one 22 (tjKeiing point of view .. Hay I ravitt. flood coordinator, tand behind enpneer plan while county flood control engineer iWiid (.ardnrr prepare to argue for canal nan pans npl. |