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Show r. Snenccr, Kicrlln Avextue ClttfV 02 Utah CIRCULATION 278-286- If you foil to receive your copy of Renew by Thursday Ike 0 NEWS. ADVERTISING 278-286- mght, please call aod will be takeo to you- - home by 10 A.V, Friday morning 6 a paper ACTION ADS 278-414- 2 6' Vol. 10 No. 25 Southeast Salt Lakes Communitv iWeeklv Newspaper 2265 East 4800 South -T- HE H. July 1065 10 MORNING AFTER Demo Gum Drop: Central Flood Board Okayed , Halt Confusion r Zap! Bang! Ping! BANG The great man steps from his plane in Salt Lake City, BONG! Officials feverishly phone for a dozen more cops as grateful publicists for the Utah tourist industry, Democratic stalwarts and hordes of adoring common-l- k swarm over his presence A woman cried, He ain't so cute'" ZAP! Bashful smile turns on and with humble grace Senator Robert F. Kennedy his way to the terminal and whatever little festivities might have been makes arranged Thus the of liberal Democrats everywhere arrived in Salt Lake City for a secret, unscheduled stop enroute to a boat ride with his family. WOW! A lovely lady in steaming ski garb steps forward to present a huge, shiny trophy welcoming him to the Ancient Lay Order of Toe Strappers. The Senator admires the plague and hands it back. A tourist bureau grateful publicist takes the assorted Kennedy children in two, seats them in a row upstairs for a movie of thrilling Utah scenes. He switches on the projector, steps into the hall for a smoke. YIP! He peeks back a moment later. The projector spins out the exciting TINK! Waitress Jodie William landscape but the room is empty! Still grateful, he phones for a doien more recovera SLi-l'ta- h pin in lieu of cops. the customary 15 percent W'HEE! Lemonade for all upstairs at the airport. The exclusive little group consists of Kennedy and his party, grateful but no adoring publicists. Democratic stalwarts, representatives of news media The Salt Lake County have been introduced to untangle critical situations. Tuesday, July 6, commissionand Larson announced a plan to mass community brain power in a large, formal study of ers Jenson The Senator answers a question or two, "Yes, I may get involved in the New York Ciiy mayorality campaign. No, I have no political aspirations in Utah . . er, probably. WKING! Another grateful tourist publicist presents the Senator with his very own Ski -- Utah pin normally a $2 50 value -YUM YUM! Properly refreshed with lemonade, Senator Kennedy et a head down stairs for milk shakes and hamburgers. one of the most humble The Senator grins humbly around the room CLINK! rrlns to be iounlanywhere, even more humble than his walk Ethel tousles his up straight and stop chewing gum". hair. He murmers to one of the boys, Democratic stalwarts stand at one side with lady in steaming ski garb. One-ha- lf GLUG-GLUhour stop has Milk shakes and hamburgers vanish. expanded to two hours Airline pilot revs up the engines. TINK! Ski -- Utah pin drops on the table. No rattle on the tip tray for waitress Judy Williams. It TOTAL SILENCE! wasn't a total loss, she kept the $2 50 Ski -- Utah pin. Could probably convert into at if it werent for die sentimental value. least $1 50 cash CUP-CLOKennedy entourage, grateful publicists, stalwart Democrats and three doien cops make for the plane. PING! The great man flies away. The waitress Inspects her Ski -- Utah pin, Democratic stalwarts smile more humbly now, grateful publicists pack up the projector and the lovely lady steaming in ski garb clutches her huge, shiny plaque functions governmental at all levels. Comprised of several committees, the probe will investigate possibilities for consolidation, metropolitan government will be explored and it is expected to produce recommendations tor efficiencies in existing practices. (See separate story this program took a toddering step toward .simplification. will lev lew piograms, make recommendations and repart directly to Mr. Jenson. Ibis is ihe most mix, d up mess Ive ever seen, 11 he told the Review weuiesday mornThe way were operating ing. now is ostly and contusing. GRANT MACFARLANF, JR. was rei ommended as chairman of the newly treated executive tl od Commission chairman Mnrm Jenson proposi d and won ap proval for establishing a single flood coitrol executive comboard mittee. The seven-ma- n G. page.) Wednesday, J uly 7, the county's badly scrambled flood .ontrol (Continued on Page 4) Skyline New Lid No Sale? Larson Has Another Idea GONG! common-fol- k. Com- mission got busy this week polishing its image. The word now is restore confidence in county government,1' and two proposals in as many day's It's the juiciest, choicest real estate only nobody wants to buy plum around What's more Commissioner William G. Larson has decided he doesn't want to sell the countys general hospital If commercial developers see site. no profit In the location, the commissioner recognizes a golden opportunity when he finds it. He's using the 17 acre liability assigned when political and otherwise he stepped back into office last January, to prove theres no substitute for facts and common-sen- se in managing public affairs Massing a variety of complications, Mr. Larson, is sorting all factors and. UNHAPPY? Bids Up if he can sell the proposition to his fellow commission members, may have the solution for several expensive county Theres a The Granite School Board plans to all records Friday mghC July 9. Agendas for the meetings usually run several pages anf the sessions almost always run into the early morning hours. in the offing, however, if the site isnt sold to provide $1.3 million already included in this years county budget. This might be softened if several other projects can be cancelled. Friday, if no other items manage to sneak onto the agenda, the board will adjourn almost as soon as the meeting is called to order - thereby conducting the briefest session in recent history. problems. Dilemma Number One: If the county hospital is sold, $125,000 in break semi-month- Hill-Burt- on funds used to build an addition government. Dilemma Number Two: will tax hike Citizens Delemma Number Three: must now hike from office to office Only one item of the board uled award the contract leaky roof at Skyline MacFarlane . . . nrw flood head, maybe. (Continued on Page 4) ly business is schedwill open bids and for rebuilding the High School. STUDY WILL FIND OUT WHY - , ' ' ' Giant Brain Probe To Hunt Flaws In County Government P! If Salt Lakers arent happy with the administration of county government, commissioners William G. Larsen and Marvin G. Jensen proposed to find out and what to do about It. why ... While the third commission member, Preston Creer, vacationed last the two veteran officials formulated plans for a giant brain probe of the electorate. The measure could be the first step toward implementing metropolitan government for Salt Lake John week, County Proposed Tuesday, July 6, was the citizens establishment of a valley-wid- e council The governmental council would study all forms of government within the boundaries of the county and recommend ways to eliminate duplication; improve efficiency at all levels. The council would be requested to prepare a plan in two sections recommending Immediate changes as well as future courses of action. Chairman Jensen explained, It would be sort of like the Little Hoover Commission and I feel that its needed. The basic outline prepared by commissioners Larsen and Jensen recommends five committees to tackle specific problem areas. They are: 1 ) Governmental cost committee to study overall and per capita costs at all levels of government within the county compared with specific services rendered and to recommend necessary changes. 2 ) Metropolitan government study to explore the possibility, committee advantages and disadvantages of forming a metropolitan-typ- e government for Salt Lake County 3 ) Governmental consolidation committee -- - to study individual possibilities for consolidation at different levels of government and the feasibility of eliminating many existing governmental units These might include improvement, districts, mospuito abatement districts as well as some towns and cities of all classes 4 ) Legislative study committee -- - stu'v existing state laws affecting governmental functions within the county and propose to the state legislature measures which might be ne essary to effect the final recommmendations of the entire Salt Lake '.alley Citizens Governmer al Council 5 ) Information correlation commitas proposed it wonP consist tee of all committee chairmen, the executive officer and county commissioners to compile recommendations of the various committees and forward to responsible elected or appointed officials Chairman Jensen said he did not ask for a vote Tuesday in order to allow Commissioner Creer the opportunity to study the program before it adopted to Oil Heiresses? Nope, Our Dough With The Horses! We-Mak- e PING! Democratic stalwart Lucy Redd says pood bye to humbly. pum drop .... Under those bouffant hair styles, women have a head for business and organization, start thinking along these lines at a very early age, sometimes even before hair styles enter their minds and some County Gets Bill For Unused Plans For example, three Holladay girls stared a horse show on June 30 's activities just for f in ", They ended up with more than 40 entrants and a The idea for the show first occured to Lisa Volkman. daughter of Mr and Mrs R S Volkman. 3740 Forest Hills Dr, when she attended a horse show presented She thought it was "a lot of fun", and by the Valley Horse -- Lovers Club recently set out to arrange a similar show on a smaller scale for young people With Lana Ross, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond R Ross, 3819 Honeycut Pd, and Jill Haskell, 12, daughter of Dr and Mrs Jack Haskell, 1718 Orchard Dr , Lisa began making plans The Salt Lake County Commission got the bill Tuesday, July 6. for dillydallying on a Hall of Justice addition to accommodate the Sheriff's department The event was set for June 30 in Keith Bowden's arena, 1600 Spring 1 ane where ea h of the girls sables a horse Pules were set down, 1. muting participant' to those under 15 years of age, entry forms were printed, the program was srhed lied, and tnphies and ribbons were purchased when entries dosed June 29, thp girls found their small daw Word spread fast to be a major production But w,th the cooprahon of many the girls mt H horse show challenge and presented a first-cla- ss e "Everyone was just wonderful", Lisa said, expressing the gratit ide of all .1tv tv sh-r a success were the in the received for making They pur'm hdp they girls gra'eful to Vr Bowden for the use of his arena and Fr arranging for j sire- - md to John L Martinson, owner of the Hitcting Rost, who furnished hd dors and dnt Mrs Volkman and I isa's two trohers helped all participators and spectators feed the cf' wd by making "tons erf popcorn" thp night before The girls awarded a total of 13 trophies and 52 r, Minns, and s'iH tiered a generous Awards were given for the best in five haler classes and euht prf rming profit classes The events were j xj.ed ty A L Green and Harvey Sayers Lid this success go to tfeir heads" Vt at all The girls are s',1! rm rp interested horses than anytime else, fichni tt and in Heir In anv event they are w H.n. md c m ' r imden'ly be the secret of 'heir success and j idgT.e J tt is srmw. it s a c.nrh to to a w.nmr to try it again full-day- Chopping ou profit and administrative charges to make the bad news as painless as possible, architect Harold K Beecher presented his bill to the county's governing body for services which were performed but will never be utilized When eyebrows went up last yea4 at news that county lawmen would have even less space in the new building than they presently occupied, the commission considered adding 8, (X0 square feet Taking another look on December 17 1964, it authorixed construction plans for an addition crf 12 (XX) to the Hall erf Justice Then, while architect Beecher was showing a scale modN of his completed plan rushed th rough to avoid scrambling the contractor's building schedule, the commissson was taking still another look r June 2. 1965, it ordered the architect to prepare working drawings for a 24,000 square foot addition thereby junking work already completed - ed Beorher j$ a'king a bargain basement 18 879 for work he said would normally total some $10,125 if it weren t Mr K ft to profc's-ioal-- -. ruM, ventured their fir - t hor.--e -- how ard rival Jtte weil-train- |