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Show - I 1 Review, KSL, KCPX, Cop State Bar News Awards 4 Rf VIEW PHONE NUMBERS Advertising, News, 1 Office Action Ads 8 9 Circulation 487-740- 487-227- Rocky Mountain Hr im 487-181- SS0 HELr. SCRIPT! ON R CARRIER April 28, 1966 dn)D Park City Melodrama $ 01 Weekly Newspaper Serving The Salt Lake City Community The Vol.llNo.17 LoJc;ottLl iFfo The Bloom, Off The Rose? player seems to beabit miscast,... Park City Mines. As a mining enterprise of long history the firm is having its troubles in the recreation business. In fact to paraphrase a favorite melodrama line one might almost ask "Whats it still City was a great dream the realization might take a bit longer than originally expected. When the dreamers first started dreaming some said it1 could become another Aspen. Jim Ivers, Jr., President of United Park City Mining Company now feels that the comparison might have been Park is, but Cne United a nice company like you doing in a busi- ness like this?" The rebirth of Park City as a recreation area occurred to a few people years back at a time when revenues from the mining of lead and zinc for United Park City Mining Co. were hardly plentiful - and development of thq considerable acreage owned by the company for a major ski area looked good. a bit unfortunate. Aspen didnt get that way pvernight neither will Park City. But a conflict between United Park City Mines Company -the areas original developers am owners of resort facilities in Park City itself has reared a dispute as to how fast the dream should be fulfilled. The taut nerves came to public display Monday night at a town meeting in Park City with participants from the mining company, the chamber of commerce, and the city council. To give the meeting added interest it was conducted on the stage of the Silver Wheel Theater, accustomed to melodramas where the villian is easv to spot because he wears a long moustache and is a bit swarthy. The heros always clean cut and pure. The action Monday night was a melodrama of sorts - but the villian-her- o identification depended on your point of view, and for the onlooker theres probably a bit of hero and a bit of villian on both sides. United Park City is owned by several stockholders, but the largest are mining giants Anaconda and American Smelting and Refining. Mr. Iyers family also owns some as well as Salt Lake sHogle family. The success of the company came from many years of good times for lead and zinc in the Park City Mines. But times didnt stay good - Park City became a living ghost town, the mines kept open but produced little. In 1962 United Park City received a $1,200,000 federal loan under the Area Redevelopment Act. It borrowed $800,-00- 0 from stockholders and went to work putting in a gondola lift, a chair lift and developing slopes. It wasnt as easy as all that. The comdidnt anticipate the great need for promotion that became evident later on, nor did they expect a long period 61 loss before the area really developed. Besides the two million already coughed up it has required an additional million from the companys treasury to keep the resort going. Fortunately the mining business has improved since then allowing the company to put some of its revenues from that source back into the losing recreation operation. Another lesson was learned. United Park City management already knew that mining was a highly technical business, requiring experience and know how They began to learn that recreation takes pany similar savoir-fair- e. During the past season basic costs of operation have run $518,000. Revenues were $380,000. United Park City spent $60,000 mi promotion. Along with other developmental costs they realized a total $250,000 loss for the season. The mining company had its problems -but it wasnt alone. During the three year development period several investors Salt Lakers, Park City residents and people from out of state put money into facilities in the town itself, including hotels, restaurants, condominiums and bars. (Continued on page A2) Poor Center Study Underway 4 City Commissioner James L. Barker and personnel of the Salt Lake unity Action Program this week were probing avenues by which the city might endorse and sponsor social center development in the citys poverty areas. Discussions on possibilities for development of a multiple purpose social center near the heart of the poverty area serviced by Central City Community Action Program was being discussed by Commissioner Barker with John Floret Central City coordinator. Mr. Barker contemplated expansion of the discussions to include development of a the." a second project near the core of tne Rose Park Community Action area. As contemplated by the commissioner and Mr. Florez, federal funds might be the costs sought to cover up to Park City Today...Where From Here? nscT a? two-thir- ds facof construction of multiple-purpo- se ilities in the areas of 3rd East and 7th South, and 8th West near 2nd North. The facilities would be developed to meet the needs of teen and adult groups., giving them an opportunity to meet within the boundaries of their own environment. Mr. Florez observed that youths in Central City now must go either to the youth center behind Derks Field, or to the inadequate facilities at 1st South and 2nd Objectives What are your objectives in seeking the State School Board post? LeGrand P. Backman, 1361 Princeton Avenue, wants to stand (Hi his experience. tain programs and I would like to do what I can to further these programs. I am deeply interested in education. I was on the city board for 20 years and on the State Board for eight years. Lynn S. Richards, 1403 East South Temple seeks the post "to perform a public service for the schools of the state at a time when their needs are greater than theyve ever been." William B. Martin, 3311 Rulon Street, Magna, wants to encourage a sound and basic curricula, promoting patriotism and building character and teaching students to qualify for further education or gainful employment. "My main objective," said Mark E. Anderson, 1429-- 1 5th East, "is to see that we do a better job of promoting the American ideals and principles of our constitutional government.... .Too often the students dont understand the real principles of a constitutional government." ' He explained that it is a limited form of government guaranteeing God given rights and freedoms such as our freedom of free enterprise. Mrs. Lois E. Bench, 1987 Wilson Avenue, believes that she understands the school problems from the point of (Continued on page A15) A simple matter of law enforcement was discovered Wednesday to be standing in the way of sanitation along the Mr. Florez told Commissioner Barker that teens will not go so far as Derks Field.. .instead they roam streets and nurture a delinquency environment closer to their homes. Two thirds of the youths in the Central In August, 1965 Salt Lake County AsCity area, he said, have no place withsessor Clifford S. Cockayne took a large in their environment to play.. .except in stack of papers up to the county attorthe streets... where they have no adult , neys office. They were requests for supervision over youth activities. tax abatement or exemption on several se social centers coo- The properties owned by the Church of Jesus templated by Mr. Florez and Mr. Barker Saints. Christ of Latter-da- y would provide meeting rooms for teens Now, eight months later, the stack has and adults. There could be dancing space. Federal Vista personnel could be obgone back and forth between attorney and assessor and arrived before the tained to supervise such projects and the County Commission Wednesday with reccity portion of costs of such estabommendations to tax several properties could be obtained largely lishments and exempt several others. The Comthrough voluntary service or voluntary mission put off action on the recommencontribution. dations until Thursday when it could With funds from Housing Urban Dediscuss them with Mr. Cockayne. velopment (HUD), Mr. Florez said, the The taxes in question were for the city portion could be furnished largely years 1962, 1963 and 1964. Several "in kind." individual parcels of property are inCity personnel and equipment could be volved, but come under a few general used to do much of the construction categories. work, including digging of foundation... The assessor proposed assessment and this work would be credited at fair of the following properties which the machine and personnel payment rate toChurch had requested for exemption or ward the citys portion of the cost. abatement: Five homes for welfare reThe multiple purpose center, he emcipients, several homes used for inphasized, could include a child developterns, residents, doctors and nurses at ment center, a day care center for the LDS Hospital, property for storage working mothers...all in a center sitof hospital equipment and hospital labor-itoriuated in the low cost housing area. and property on which the DeSuch centers, Mr. Florez continued, seret Industries had stood in Sugar House. could include a federally provided Street Recommended for exemption were the Gang Worker... a crime delinquency Geneological Library Mission Home, the specialist.. .to work with young people in Church Building Department offices, the poverty arqa, Residents in the area could be helped parking for the Building Department, the in such a project if the city would emSugar House Region Bishops storehouse, the Deseret Welfare Coal Yard, a little ploy qualified construction workers from the unemployed rolls in the area to asleague baseball field, the Cottonwood Hospital, nine ward chapels, five seminsist in construction of social centerfac-ilitie- s, it was suggested. aries, and the Jordan Valley Regional Mr. Florez said that labor unions and Bishops storehouse. Some properties were forwarded to the civic groups might be solicited to parcommission without recommendation. tially finance certain phases of the proThese included 12 stake welfare farms ject. or projects, the new Church administraThe Community Action coordinator obthe tion building site, and Senior Citizens served that Paul Rose, County RecreaRetirement Center. tion Department, encourages programs The law in Utah states that property which entice the poverty stricken youth used exclusively for welfare, religious to leave his neighborhood to find reor charitable purposes shall be exempt creation in more affluent surroundings. from property taxes. Mr. Cockayne has "But kids wont go out of their envir- stated his belief that the law in this onment," Mr. Florez insisted. Federal assistance can be obtained, respect is too vague, and that difficult decisions on specific cases are often Mr, Florez said, with no more than left to county assessors, when, he besignature from the executive of the gov lieves, he law should more specificially erning body. ..from Mayor J. Bracken provide guidelines. L&g Officials in the assessors office exCommissioner Barker said that Police plained the basis for some of the- recoChief Dewey J. Fillis has expressed an mmendations (hi assessment. They maineagerness to involve policemen in retain that any idle property - even though creation and social activity programs owned by a church - if not actually used within the atmosphere of the citys two for one of the stated purposes should be major poverty centers. taxed. multi-purpo- streets and back alleys of the Federal Heights area of Salt Lake City. And, when a hearing before the Salt Lake City Commission brought about a understanding of the garbage-pickproblem the Commission could do nothing about it Lou Holley had dashed out to drive his wife to the airport and had left the Commission without a legal quorum. At least James L. Barker and J. Bracken Lee listened from beginning to end as the Salt Lake City Board of Health and George Catmull s garbage collection department were raked over the coals by residents of the Federal clear City Commission Orders Formal Street Probe The Salt Lake City Commission Tuesday ordered a formal investigation into allegations of private road repair and records padding in the Salt Lake City Streets Department. The probe was ordered on motion of Mayor J. Bracken Lee with a second by Commissioner Louis E. Holley. Commissioner James L. Barker was named to head a committee to probe the allegations, first made public last week in The Review. He wiU be assisted by the City Attorney, the City Auditor and the City Police Plainclothes Division. Commissioner Barker urged the in- vestigation to clear the air or otherwise determine whether the reports, as given to the Review by a former Streets Department foreman, can be borne out in fact. It was noted in Commission meeting that Commissioner Catmull has admitted that he padded the mulch-u- se records of the Streets Department to simplify bookkeeping. Apparently, the commissioner intended to imply that it would be too costly and unreasonable to make detailed records on every minor ehockhole repaired JIMS HAPPY, S250 RICHER es, The Rocky Mountain Review Wednesday received the Utah State Bar Association's fifth annual media award for newspapers. The prize was based on an 11 part series by Review reporter Jim Baldwin - "The Citizen and the Law." Two awards were given for television - .one for a single program to KSL and one for a series to KCPX. The radio award was presented to KSL and Wes Bowen for "Public Pulse," a nighttime show. A merit award for radio was presented to Bruce Miller of KALL. In sponsoring the awards program the Utah State Bar aims to better the ad- ministration of justice in Utah by en- couraging writers, editors, commenta- tors, newscasters, and program manag- ers to show the people of Utah how our system of justice works and how it may be made to work better," according to Robert Gordon awards program chair- man. For his series Mr. Baldwin woo a $250 cash presentation. The Review Wednes- day became the first weekly to win the prize - past awards going to The Salt Lake Tribune, The Deseret News and twice to the Ogden Standard Examiner, guest-intervi- , s - i stated that eighth grade American history books "(fid not even mention patriots" such as Patrick Hairy. Mr. Hall indicated that he would spend school money for good teachers and eliminate the "cream" such as conferences and free periods for students. The other candidates stand on the answers to the following questions: Residents Irate Over... Garbage East. LBS Tax Issue Hearing Today - Political leanings and election to the do they have Utah State School Board anything to do with each other? Possibly not, but the Review heard rumblings from several sources this week that four nominees to State School Board election were either members of the John Birth Society or were inclined strongly in that direction. Checking out the rumor is difficult because the John Birch Society membership is secret. Nevertheless, in the belief that the political views of a be candidate for the school board toftoTttol to hiTpertoraaTe the Review asked some questions to the seven candidates this week. Two of the candidates, Mrs. Bennie H. Darley, 3695 Lois Lane, and Albert R. Hall, Jr., refused to answer any Mrs. Darley said that it questions. was too early yet to begin her campaign and Mr. Hall informed the Review that he will release his platform later to all news media at the same time. All one can judge these two candidates on at the present time are their statements made earlier at the nominating convention. At that time Mrs. Darley 9 Jr. V- by Jeanie Kempe ICS", j ew so, the muicn used on minor jobs miswas combined for a single 50-t- on cellaneous entry into the records. Reports as received by the Review indicated that each of four foremen was ordered to pad the totals used by 50 tons per day, for a daily total of 200 tons. The commissioner's explanation would seem logical if a portion of the tonnage actually used was being recorded to cover the multitude of minor jobs. It would seem, however, to fail to explain how 200 tons per day not used at all could serve to include minor Jobs done with mulch that was actually used. In calling for the investigation, Mr. Barker emphasized that it would be unwise for Salt Lake City to permit rumors to go unquestioned. Such failure to check out rumors, he said, led to the Bobby Baker type problems faced in Salt Lake County, including grand jury action. It is entirely possible, Commissioner Barker emphasized, that there is a logical explanation for the questioned Streets Department procedure. It appears at the outset, in fact, he added, that nothing unlawful has been done. Nevertheless, if the reports are true, they should be investigated and explained. If they are untrue, "we should run it down and find out about it." We have an obligation to investigate when allegations have been made lots of people will think they if we are so." , The commissioner also emphasized is discovered, action that if wrong-doishould be taken. The Review originally was informed p that Class C Road Funds from the state were paid on a basis of the total amount 1 of mulch used. 1 Mayor Lee said he was informed by the State Highway Department that Class C funds are paid on a basis of population, mileage and area. There remained, however, some confusion as to the relationship of mulch 1 usage which is reported to the state. i i I I I ng up area. First Wilbur Parkinson, Chief Sanitarian for the Health Department, told the three man commission (Conrad B. Heights Harrison was in Rome and Mr. Catmull was in a hospital) that garbage must be picked up in front of homes throughout the area. Failure to do so in the past, Mr. Parkinson alleged has contributed to rats in the yards and alleys in the area, in damage to the big city garbage trucks, and in general unsanitary conditions in the back alleys. Early in the hearing, it began to look very much like the Board of Health was fighting a losing battle for a Streets Department that wanted to use big trucks and the big instead of little trucks trucks wouldn't fit in the Federal Heights alleys. An impressive array of protesting residents had no difficulty demonstrating to the satisfaction of Mr. Barker and Mr. Lee that the entire situation could be solved by enforcing the law. There were a few violators depositing refuse in the alleys. There were some who left their garbage cans lying about in the alleys. But there fere only a very few violators and they were in a very small area within Federal Heights. and why couldnt the board of health cite the violators without picking on the rest of the area? .. l00ks 1Uce toat s the way its going to be Mr. Catmull, it appears, will have to enforce sanitation laws against the very few persistent violators. And, Jim Barkers Police will have to lower the boom on University of Utah students who consistently violate parking regulations on such streets as Wolcott, Butler Avenue and Virginia Street. It would be unsafe for residents to try to carry garbage down steep stairs to streets already so narrow and so steep as to have no facilities for holding garbage cans for city trucks that couldnt get between the parked vehicles on the narrow streets, the disgruntled residents declared. |