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Show i COMPLETE TV SCHEDULES FOR WEEK See Page H-- 3 IF YOU FAIL TO RECEIVE YOUR COPY OF THE REVIEW BY THURSDAY NIGHT, CALL THE REVIEW OFFICE AND ONE WILL B E DELIVERED TO YOU CIRCULATION 278-286- 0 NEWS. ADVERTISING 278-286- 4 ACTION ADS 278-414- Vol. 2 No. WASATCH The Weekly Newspaper Serving Sugar House. EDITION East Mill Creek, Holladay, Cottonwood & Cottonwood Heights October 7, 1965 IOC 1 Job Seekers 50 . Not Smiling THE MORNING AFTER Politics And Patronage Utah, Part II The reaction to last week's column on the merit system mured .us that there are few subjects quite so controversial within the world of Utah politics The article claimed that Governor Calvin L Rampton expanded patronage far beyond any cl the Republican's dreams The Governors office cried foul", and with wome justification David Rose the governors press secretary pointed out that no more than three percent of em- state government have K?es withinsince the new administration took office He claims that J Bracken Lee changed 30 percent on assuming the reins 16 years ago Republicans say the numbers arent important, they claim Governor Rampton has used patronage in a many positions where policy making is not at Issue In fact Richard Richards, state Republican chairman sayt We are distrubed, this is a ruthless Implementation of the spoils system Governor Rampton set up the state's first legislative merit system this year, but he did expand the posslbll- - petrous ed Better hold on to that Job - more than 16,000 Utahn's don't Lave one Figures released Monday by the Utah State Employment Service, show that September's unemployment rate is high, 5 8 per cent versus 5 5 for August However, the immediate outlook for Utah appears better Increased federal defense employment and contracts awarded to defense contractors increased enough to improve other sectors of the economy and employment is up 8,100 between August and September shooting the total upwards to a record of 210,000 Jobe Utah is almost 'holding 1 her own, and the months ahead dont seem to hold any bleak surprises However, Richard B Weed, public relations director for the Utah State Employment Service, Monday released figures which should cause future concern but In his opinion, not worry He noted that, between 1965-7- 5, Utah will need 115,000 new jobs, or a total of 415,000 Jobs by 1975 Industrial expansion figured on the present rate will provide for 68 per cent of the new Jobs, new Industry must generate the remaining 38,000 Mr, Weed notes, All Utah needs to do during the next 10 years is attract a few companies like Sperry and Utah s employment problems will be pretty much solved Curtis P Harding, administrator of the Utah Department of EmploymentSecurtty believes that Utah will be able to get the extra 115,000 Jobs by 1975 He explains how by first delving Into the present situation He notes that for the past 17 months the net increase In Jobe has not been (Continued on pagt 4) (Continued on Pare 4) Attack Case Cleared Up Post-Gam- e There are usually two side to a story . add to It the elements of today's racial tension, irony, plus the unusual, and a routine juvenile assault case can take on the complexity of a gang-lan- d spree About three weeks ago Randy Barker, 14, a sophomore at Olympus, ran out to the parking lot after the game and found himself an hour later In the Cottonwood hospital sporting a torn lip, and other bruises As Randy was being escorted to the hospital, his friends rowled up a policeman who was engaged in directing traffic near Derkg Field where the game was He couldn't leave his post that played minute, but told the boys to call the main South-Olymp- us police station, who would then dispatch enough officers to handle the situation The Salt Lake City dispatch sergeant did get a call , .almost 24 hours later and then from a source A branch office of thesecondary county sheriffs department located In Murray, phoned in the Complaint After the county sheriffs department informed the police of what hapfened a juvenile officer was sent immediately to investigate the case The only clue the investigator had was that a Negro youth did the assaulUr and that Randy saw a large group which (Continued on Pare Scrap The Addition? Jutt What We're Altcayt Wanted County Commissioner John Preston Creer met hastily Wed- k City Mayor J Bracken Lee moLning, The two, tossing verbal brickbats, decided to agree to A bevy of experts gathered in room 435 at the state capitol building Wednesday before lunch to hear a colonel from the Army Corps of Engineers suggest that Salt Lake County get off its dime, in effect, regarding flood control "the Corps has the desire, willingness and authority to go ahead said Col Robert E Mathe," but only If Salt Lake County can agree on a system for flood control on the tributaries to the Jordan The colonel was speaking before a group assembled by Utah Water and Power Board Director Jay R Bingham, which included experts from departmeits within Salt Lake County The Bureau of Reclamation, and County Commissioners Mar-viG Jenson and John Preston Creer Col Mathe explained that the Corps was "funded out on its work in the county so far which included the LJorda River, but that it could help on the tributaries if a plan was ready by next summer, and agreed upon Requests would have to go to congress, which would mean work could start in 1968 or 1969 The Corps, as representated by the views of Col Mathe appears to be in favor of channels along the stream beds Tke a 10 gallon crock Add to it 10 pounds of sugar, two can of malt syrup-wbie- h can be purchased in ary god sued food store Stir In a pinch of yeast, and fill the crock with water, stirring until contents are d.ssolved To keep the yeast warm so it will report! ice - place a light about a foot away Let the stuff sit for three days bot1 it and you will have made enough homemade beer to keep a fraternity bouse full of college students drunk for one week Shakespeare touched the tni tragedy of alcoholism when he wroe In Orhello: "o god, that men should put an enemy Into their mouths to s'eal away their brains Isaiah is quoted. "Woe unto th up early in the mcming, th may follow strong drink A 21 rise old English headstone reads, "Heri in peace a Hampshier Grenadier caught his death by drinking cold Soldiers take heed from his untim And when you're hot drink strong at all " Some find humor in tie town drunk under a shade tree on a hot day locking straight ahead, mouth twii talking to himself More see litle In drunks and ofen Uke up th "Sweep him off our streets ai he jails " A DISEASE But mary doctors SOUNDING BOARD ng ALCOHOLISM IN UTAH: DOWN IN By Gene Townsend Ju. the proposed addition to the Metrooolltan Hall of and consolidate some services between the countv sherrlf s department and the city police. scrap tice, Corps Offers Flood Aid But Wants A Plan First (Continued on Page 4) 41 Harmony reigns at the city county buildalmost ing Wednesday morning, after a stormy meeting between County Commissioner John Preston Creer andSaltLakea Mayor J. Bracken Lee, the city and county agreed to share the new metropolitan hall of Justice on a 50-basis The move means that the proposed, and designed, sheriffs addition will be if both sides can agree scrapped. on some specific details cf consolidation to make the sharing process possible. Both commissioner and mayor said this is what theyve wanted all along. . .but their agreement hasn't been much in evidence, either In this morning's meetli or in prior discussions In order to effect the use of common facilities coordination of certain functions, particularly record keeping, will be necessary Representatives erf the two governments are getting together to discuss the details this week. Mayor Lee said ''Were back towhere we were when we started Th sheriff claims the city's record keeping is too expensive . he may be fight. 1 v suspected all along that weve got too much overhead for records department. Harold K. Beecher, architect for th Metropolitan Hall of Justice, was contacted by th Review Wednesday prior to having been officially informed of the moves by the City and County Wednesday morning, his comment, 1 don't see bow tt can work He noted that th departments have been assigned to a total of 48,000 square feet tn the building is it. I prteenttj roinr ua 35,000 for the city paic and U.OOO for the sheriff. The proposed arrangement would provide about 17,000 square feet tor each law enforcement agency. Mr. Beecher has Completed the plans for th addition, but would not comment what they might cost ' the county If the addition is cancelled. He had originally proposed that the add! doe be accomplished as a change order to th original build!; to present contractor Christiansen Bros Inc., Commissioner Creer and City Commissioner Georg Catmull disagreed, calling for bids. While no definite price has been mentioned figures ranging from 5400,000 to $800,000 hive beeo rumored. At a normal architect fee of sli per cent this could conceivably mean as much as $48,000 to th county for the plans. Chances are this will be Defoliated by the countv assuming the existing facilities are shared Wednesday's agreement, which was ratified by the City Commission in their regular meeting, cam out erf a disagreement Tuesday on the pert erf the City on paying some bills for the County. The Cl tv refused to cough up their share of the bills for what they claimed was The original agreement county work calls for the county to pay 51 per ceot of the cost of th building and the city (Continued on page 4) and psychologists now Have you ever wondered where to turn to get a traffic light at a bad cornar, the status of a highway construction Job, how to find a square dance club, or where you can cut Christmas trees? Often learning the answer to a simple STATE WATER and power board director Jay R Bingham called a meeting Wednesday of a variety of officials interested in flood control The result: some wise advice from the U S Army Corps of Engineers 64, STILL PROBLEMS have a different concept erf alcoholism .. l.ke if we lock upthedrunk, then we should also lock up the heart patient the cancer stricken, those who ret measles, and for sure -- - all who pics up a social dis" ease Tl American Medical Association In 132 regocmxed alcoholism as a disease Also in 1962 th United States Court ruled that drug addiction Supreme Is a disease - not a crime, and that medical care rather than incarceration is the proper way to deal it They reasoned in the historical case of Robinson versus the State of California: It is unl.kfy that any state at this moment in history would attempt to make it a criminal offense for a person to be mentally 111, or a Itper, or to b afflicted with a venereal disease .. In the lirht of contemporary human knowledge, a law which made a criminal offense of such a disease would doubtless be universally thought to be an infliction of cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments Bernard L Diamond, M D professor erf law and criminology at the University of California at Berkely said In a recent speech, "Our common practice of arresting a drunk, sobering turn up, keeping him in jail a few days, bd then letting him out, does no good wha soever " He note that an individual who happens to be a chronic alcoholic is not going to be deterred by the threat of punishment "Such a person has already hit the bottom of the social level, and the stigma (Continued on page 4) question about growing j;,h Lake valley can be a complicated Job This week th Rocky Mountain Review begins a new column designed to help the bewildered citizen ir name -THE SOUNDING BOARD Ask us about any question youd like to know about your neighborhood, your community, the county or the state... if it can be answered, we ll do our beet to answer it Subject matter isn t limited - the field is wide open, from government services (and complaints) to private organisations, or commercial services Letters should be addressed to the Porky Mountain Renew, P 0 Box 17377 Salt Lake City, Utah 84117, sttentlo While we "Sounding Board5 editor can 1 accept anorymous letter, we 11 withhold your name if you desire ' Sounding Board starts off this week with a leber from a man with a traffic light problem , Dear Sir The traffic situation at 9th East and 8600 (64 X) South is untenable and needs Immediate investigation as to the feasibility (Continued oe Pag A -- 4 |