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Show f , ' jisnwA. rfaJC 10 rSnen$fcr, universal Micro liar 141 Pleipcnt Avenue f .Urtbjr.i.n X. a ill J wicj ci i ' liI irS SCit Laker City, V ; ' f :.. . .v.-- . 01 Utah REVIEW RHONE NUMBERS WASATCH Advertising, News, Office 487-740- 1 Action Ads 487.2271 Circulation 487.1819 No. 4 7 Vol.10 WASATCH The Weekly Newspaper Serving Sugar House. EDITION Eat Mill Creek Cottonwood H0::aiay, & Cottonwood out-pati- Com-mlsslo- THE MORNING Sometimes AFTER I vice-presid- difficult. Hospital costs are constantly increasing, and the two institutions are entirely different in size, service and capability. ly "The University Hospital is more devoted to teaching programs than was the County Hospital, the report -0 com-plete- A 3 ) delegated to a single commissioner, possibly next week and apparently the assignment will NOT gotoCommissionerCreer. Commissioner Creer abstained from ballot for approval of voting in a reassignments which, when they came up for discussion, indicated that Salt Lake County will not have a Traffic Engineer for 1966; the county may have a roads engineer and a road materials engineer. The reassignment list also Indicated that Commissioner Marvin G. Jenson will take over full responsibility for the direction of the countys Master Flood Control program, although Commissioners W. G "Bill Larson and Creer were assigned to study the proposal during the coming week. In a letter to the Board of Commissioners, Mr. Jenson observed that inasmuch as the budgets are being prepared for 1966, and Inasmuch as there is an apparent need for reassigning departments, I recommend the following departmental assignments be made so the commissioners may work on the 1966 budgets of their respective departments: Chtlrtn&n: Commissioner Jenson, Roads and Bridges, sanitation, street and bridlighting, flood control-roa- ds ges, traffic engineer, capital Improvements, license, community services council, youth development and Civic Auditorium. Commissioner Poor find, Larson; charity, health and quarantine, mental health, board of health, walfara board, garage, capital Improvements, community services council, youth development, recreation, golf, planning, toning and building Inspection. Commissioner Creer; (formerly assigned to Mr. Jenson) Agriculture Inspection and farm demonstration; (formerly assigned to Mr. Larson) detention home, youth protection, property tax, mosquito abatement. Sugar House Park nt ALL SET with place mats and flowers, terrace School Students of Mrs. Redenbaugh prepared and served Lynnette Bullough, Toni Woodbury and Pam Dutson complete table decorations the dinner in their kindergarten class for the Thanksgiving dinner at Upland Wednesday, (see story on page Mil-liee- A-- 3) Cbmplaint Dog Brutality . German Shepherd dog of the Salt Lake individual to disperse from the area with 9 Corps has or without the instructions of police. City Police Department been accused of "police dog brutality The report makes no mention of a dog and his handler, Officer A. C. Larsen, bite or of anyone being transported by has been joined with Police Chief Ralph police to a hospital for a dog bite, or of C. Knudson as defendant in a civic action any emergency treatment being given by for $20,600 damages. police for a dog bite Revised police procedures, implementAsst. Chief of Police Marvin J. Buttered after a public scandal several months field told The Review Friday that the report to ago, and failure of police officers give was handled as such reports always are full details of g Fight Assault and handled. In a to and from memorandum Battery cane, resulted meanwhile, in an , by personnel involved addressed to their effective eevena of the incident. , division commanders. The Review first learned of the case Asst. Chief Butterfield explained that In a routine Inspection of civil actions Mr. Isaksson "failed to disperse with a filed in Third Judicial District Court. crowd and he got bit." The complaint filed Nov. 18. IMS, listed LaMar Duncan, counsel for Mr. IsakAllan M. A. Isaksson as plaintiff tn an sson, give a more elaborate description action against A. C. Larsen and Ralph related by his client. Knudson. Mr. Isaksson said he was standing on In the body of the complaint, Mr. Larthe southwest corner of 4th South and sen in Identified an a police K- -9 Corps State. He said he was no part of a small officer and agent of Ralph Knudson an crowd which gathered while police made Chief of PoUce for Salt Lake City. arrest in a family fight in which a wife The complaint alleges that on Nov. IS, was struck by her husband shortly before midnight, Mr. Isaksson was walking west along the sidewalk of a street running east and west from State. A. C. Larsen, the complaint alleged, falsely, maliciously and without provocation ana without any warrant or violation on the part of the plaintiff of any of the ordinances of Salt Lake City, set a Urge The Federal Aid to Education fight which dog, trained for patrolling, on the pUln-tif- f. dragged on for many years finally ended proponents favoring the multi-billiand Utahs 40 school The d i bit into Mr. Isaksson s right dollar bill won districts are now jockeying and competing leg, the complaint continues, tearing flesh, with each other for their fair share of the sinews and muscles. The plaintiff was Federal trough. hospitalized and the wound required 22 Granite School District isbiddingforits stitches to close. slice by finalizing plans for "Title I" and The action asks $10,000 In general for "Title CT in the damages and $500 special damages for laying ground-wo- rk five point, Federal program. continued medical treatment. The complaint alleges that Officer LarTitle I provides money for the 'educasen acted wilfully, deliberately and malicthe Title m tionally" deprived child request is a cooperative effort in which iously, and asks an additional $10,000 Salt Lake County's four school districts, punitive damages. An examination of reports made availSalt Lake, Granite, Murray and Jordan have pooled their efforts into one program. able to the press reveal that on Nov. 14 a report wis filed relating to a family They will share $195,000, while the entire state will get $553,474 under Title in. fight on the southwest corner of 4th South and State. The report makes no Utah is entitled to $2,853,000 for Title mention of, or reference to an unruly I Granite's share Is $276,616. crowd, or any crowd at all, for that As mentioned before. Title I deals matter. It makes no reference to the with what the Government describes as gathering of a group or the failure of any "The educationally deonved child. Stud A K-- u As he watched the police arrest action from some distance away, Mr. Isaksson told his counsel, a Police Kvehicle parked at the crosswalk behind him. The 9 officer ordered the plaintiff to move on He started to move on," said Mr. Duncan H" -- "1(4 n rl move tnwa rd the police -9 K-- on pare 4iyy traffic prevented him from crossing the street to"6ne direction and the K- -9 vehicle jrred him from crossing the streej in another direction " Mr Isaksson began walking west on 4th South and had taken about three steps, Mr. Duncan said, when the dog slashed his leg. The victim told the officer what had happened "and the officer told him to get moving or the dog would bite his other leg." Mr. Isaksson then walked to police headquarters, from where he was trans ported to a hospital Veteran observers of police reporting arrest (Continued (Continued on page A 4 ) ( Continued on page A Creer Statement J How long are we going to play tames at the public expense? They took sway my home and gave me a tent. There are a few major departments under the Commission and many minor The major are roads and bridges, flood control, Civic Auditorium Board.1 recreation, planning and zoning, buildings in spection and the poor fund. All of these are tn the hands of Commissioners Jenson and Larson. To some, to head these major departments means power and Influence, but tc the taxpayer it can only mean that they are paying three Commissioners with the hope that each pulls his fair share of the load. I am sorry to sav that after this last change, of which I had no part nor was I even consulted, Salt Lake County still has one Commissioner with tittle or no responsibility simply because be voices his opinion and aAs question where supposedly none should be given nor asked. Of the departments I received today, the retention Home and Library are fortunately self operating and wall staffed with competent, professional people These departments need little attention by a commissioner. Farm demonstration and agriculture inspection are almost run totally Independent of the County and are (The Sugar-He- wa federally controlled. Park Authority is not a County response bility, other than v share the administration with the city and the state. Itepeat that I am still ready aaffwaunj to fully discharge my duty as I County Commissioner u given an opportunity If I did not feel the public was vary concerned about the things that ape going on tn County Government, there roiud b little reason for me to stay and Ike this continual harassment. . Signed ; John P. Cree 4) Granite Cashes In On Federal Dough Case The Joint For A Week Or So on He was a teacher.. ..not exactly a prime example the UEA might want to have in its ranks. ...but at least he was teaching. He sat slouched, preening arrogantly from behind the instructor's table in the classroom of the Salt Lake County sheriff's annex last week.. His pupils: members of the sheriffs plainclothes division, Lt. Paul LaBounty commanding. Every time Im goin to rob a place, I case lt a week in advance. I drive by, I stop. I drive on. I do this several times and I use a stolen car each time. He looked around a little to make sure the class was impressed. This guy sees himself as Salt Lakes own DilUnger or (Continued on pace Almost on the eve of Thanksgiving Day, the Salt Lake County Commission met In regular session Tuesday and voted to carve the assignment bird. Flood control, it was indicated will be Bank is chairman. Other members are Frank Delvie, Dr. Kenneth B. Castleton, Dean of the College of Medicine; David Freed; Vernon L. Harris, administrator of the University Hospital; Commissioner Larson and Gordon Miller, Deputy of the University. The committee pointed out, in an official statement Monday, that any comparison between costs at the two facilities is (Continued on page 24. 1985 Creer: They Put Me In A Tent Hospital Costs Termed In Line The indent Biblical admonition to care (or the sick has become a highly institutionalized. ...and expensive operation in modern day Utah. But it's not quite as expensive as recent speculation held that it might be. Esti mates released by a joint committee con cerned with relations between the county and the University Hospital indicate that costs (or caring (or the indigent sick might not run more than $100,000 peryearinthe new (acilities on the campus than at the old General Hospital. It's still expensive. During 1964 Salt Lake County coughed up a little over three million dollars at the old hospital. Hal( o( this was returned, (rom private (ees and state welfare payments, leaving a net cost at $1,531,500. Initial invoices (rom the hospital to the county caused some alarm when running as high as But $81,000 (or a two week period since that time a closer analyses o(eligi bilit), costs and charges, and proper distribution of charges has pared the cost down to a (igure closer to that at past experience. load at University Of the total Hospital, close to 60 percent consists at indigent (or which state welfare accepts responsibility (or the first eight days at treatment.. ..or twelve days If approved by the doctor in charge. Then the county has to pick up the tab. Charges treatment go to the county (or la some oeses as well. Salt Lake Cpunty will only pay (or welfare patients who have established resiA. rash at dence here. people seeking treatment wtthe elegant new (acilities (row outside Salt Lake County caused somewhat at an upsurge in costs. But closer scrutiny of applications. ...plus the recent implementation of an affidavit form by William G. Larson requiring that applicants swear to their county residency has reduced this headache. Allason committee was established to maintain good working relations between the county and the hospital administration before the University Hospital opened its doors. Orson Brown, of First Security November IOC Heights A 41 ies made by Federal, state, and education officials show that there is a high correlation between families and educationally insufficient children. The Granite School District contains approximately 1,154 children who came from homes where the father, or wage earner of the home, is bring in less than $2,000 a year. According to Dr. William L. Hutchinson, assistant supt. of the Granite School District, about 1,328 Granite students will be directly involved In the Title I program. Schools which will participate are: Central Junior High and its feeder schools; Brock-ban- k Junior High; and Kearns Junior High with two of its feeder schools. Granites program utilizing money under Title III Is not yet finalized district officials decline comment until their program becomes approved. Noted educator Millard H. Black wrote an article titled Characteristics of the Culturally Disadvantaged Child, which low-inco- the Granite School District Included In their introduction to their application under Title 1. 'He Is no stranger to failure and to the fear that continued failure engenders he knows the fear of being overpowered by teachers who are Ignorant of the he culture and mores of his society fears lack of recognition and understanding from teachers whose backgrounds are totally dissimilar and who either misinterpret of fail to recognize many of his efforts to achieve and to accommodate himself to demands which are basically alien, Mr Black wrote. The purpose of the Granite School District's Culturally Disadvantaged Project ts to modify the school program In order to improve the childs language facility, learning patterns, readiness for instruction, and school behavior. Under the 'School Behavior" part of the project, Granite hopes to build within each child success with and In the reading habit and development at skill Sufficient to prevent discouragement. Als a, teadP ers will strive to determine mom accw ately the childs potential and achievement through techniques which do not petals him with rleldlv defined time limitations. Another objective at the project 'Lanseeks to expend the Factors, vocabulary a child uses, particularly tn the early elementary school years. guage The 'Learning Pattern objectives include: To improve the child's intuitive sense at perceiving each new situation and trust in his sense at judgement ss he .. reacts to lt. To improve the child's ability to learn from, and draw conclusions from verbal discussions. To help the child understand, that we live in a world of symbolic representation t LEGAL DEFENDERS: PROSPECTS DIM WITHOUT HELP Is the legal defender house that Ford Foundation jack built going to collapse for lack of local support? It's beginning to look that way. Ford Foundation funds, distributed through the National Legal Aid add Defender Association, have been disbursed in chilly solitude since the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association was activated on March 1, 1965. Local support, apart from $500 cash from me private account of the state's attorney general; contributions of vehicle, furnishings and services from private business, and services translated into cash value from Individual lawyers, has been in the form of resolutions. This week, several members of the legal profession, many with regret, a few enthusiastically, viewed the possibility that the life of SLLDA will be only as long as the three-ye- ar progrim of diminishing support from F ord. Galen Ross, a member of the board of directors of the local public defender agency, observed that he could find no record tn which a single project, inituted with foundation finds with the Intent that g, it would become self- - or has ever survived the period of foundation support in the state of Utah. H. p, locally-sustainin- . aeiender concept in Salt Lake County, is fearful that the same fate awaits SLLDA. The prospect of a demise for SLLDA has brought a demand for modification of the harm" the program may have done in the development of young lawyers. Roy G. Has lam, who resisted the pro- gram at the outset, complained last week mat the legal defender program haa deprived young lawyera of a critical area of exposure to experience In trial procedures and techniques. Sumner J. (Bud) Hatch and Robert McRae, leading defense counsel in Utah, responded with the hasards of using indigent defendants as guinea pigs so that Inexperienced lawyers can gain experience in court contest against a dis'rict attorney with 15 years constant experience In criminal law prosecution. The legal defender agency, meanwhile, now less than nine months old and threat- ened with expiration from congenital causes, has a skeleton staff that is so busy lt lacks time even to explain the significance of its statistical record. That record, as of last week, showed that one director, two trial lawyers and a or (wbb is so busy in trials that be lacks time to Investigate), have defended in 325 criminal felory lawyer-investipt- Court request for defense counsel in 12 Juvenile matters, and represented in more than 50 misdemeanor cases. Untabulated are the scores of cases in each category In which SLLDA staff have been asked by courts to give interim assistance until counsel can be obtained or until indigency status of a defendant can be determined. Carl J. N'emelka, the lawyer investigator, collared In a hallway enroute between courts ("We have nine preliminary hearings set for today' ) reported that tlie SLLDA staff avenges eight court appearance on each felony case and six appearances oo other cases. Defendants requre from two to five visits each if they are so poor as to be held in Jail, unable to post bail; those who are able to post bail or are released without bail, have so little understanding of their predicament that they involve excessive time of the legal defenders who try to find them to discuss a defense Several other areas in the country having foundation-initiat- ed programs, local lavyers observed, have large staffs of help from a local law school In frequent visits to the offices of the SLLDA and the local courtrooms, law students On the 29th of September, 1964, over the signature of Mayor J. Bracken Lee and the city recorder, a resolution was passed in which the City Commission endorsed the local legal defender project "and that Salt Lake City will render such assistance as it can towards said project. A day earlier, the Salt Lake County Commission made similar endorsement and gave resolution support to state legislation which would enable the county to make contributions to the project. The county resolution added that the commission do hereby pledge to do everything possible to provide adequate defense for indigent defendants in criminal actions. 7he City Commission has contributed nothing in terms of cash to the project. The County Commission has contributed its usual 43 percent of the city's contribution There are numerous private industries which regularly allot funds to charity or (for tax reduction purposes) organizations, but none of these has been non-gro- fit solicited for contributions, lavyers com- plained. Local lawyers said that there is some plan to seek contributions exclusively from the legal profession, but such funds have not vet been solicited in assigning senior class law students to perform investigative and interview functions for the skeleton staff. Some states have gone so far as to permit qualified senior law students to represent indigent defendents in limited areas of court procedure, including arraignments and other less technical over-work- ed . ; SLLDA was incorporated Dec. 11, 1964 as a non-prof- it, private corporation. It began to function March 1, 1965 under a matching fund total budget erf $54,460, at which 75 percent was to be in Ford F NLADA funds. The 1966 proposed bhdget is for $59,310 of which foundation funds will account for 7 In its third year, the . only 50 per cent foundation will contribute only 25 per cent. of the $60,310 budget. In the August, 1365 issue of the American Bar Association Journal, A. Sherman Christensen, U. S District J udge for Utah, wrote a requiem for an abandoned comto unpaid counsel by appoint- - . mitment. ment. Several Dwyers tn the Salt Lake area last week expressed fear that the commitment might be resurrected and the SLLDA succumb to economic strange- - ; lation. oun-dati- on i -- |