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Show t t REVIEW PHONE NUMBERS Advertising. News Office 487-7401 487 2278 Circulotion 487 8 9 Action Ads -- -- Vol 12 1 1 Staffer Reveals Jail Food Thefts WrnXr, a jail staffed by deputies are in their present assign-i- n ES M fe 0 ents as punishment. . . .deputies who may be determined to see the jail operation in turmoil because of bitterness toward the sheriff. Francois told The Review of a jail kitchen administration that purchases on a basis of daily needs, but Jails to maintain a proper inventory. He told of jail deputies who supplement their recently me reased salaries by consuming jail food purchased for inmates. The cook, on the day he left Salt Lake City for new employment in California, related how his supervisory personnel in the kitchen visits the jail only occasionhow the supervisor ap ally each day pears each morning to prepare a menu with the help of the cook, and to take orders for needed purchases. He returns later in the day, the cook said, to taste the soup, but seldom is seen at other times to supervise preparation of the food. Most shocking revelation made by the former jail cook was the apparent ease with which unknown persons -- apparently one or more deputy sheriffs - steal food purchased for jail mmates. On cme occasion during his brief tenure in the jail kitchen Prysbyla said, 45 pounds of butter disappeared from the jail. The trusties have keys to the refrigerator and access to the butter, but they have no place to take it. And beans (green) cooked in salted water are tasteless unless that can be cooked in butter or served with butter," he observed. On another occasion, 48 one-ha- lf gallon cartons of whole milk, purchased for prisoners with ulcers and other internal ailments, vanished from the refrigerator, and jail premises. Prisoners who do not milk. These thefts, the discharged cook related, would necessanlybecommittedby someone who was able to remove them from the premises. Also taken from the prison refrigerator or storeroomof in the overnight forays into the basement jail, he said, are supplies of hot dogs, potatoes and onions. He told how trustys sometimes con- sume as much as 10 pounds of hamburger during the night.... He related how at least three jail deputies frequent the jail kitchen and prepare meals or sandwiches from jail food in direct violation of sheriffs instructions. Prysbyla explained that the jail kitchen is located between living quarters of up to 45 trustys and their bathing facilities. Trustys lounge about in the kitchen, playing electric guitars; playing cards. ...and snatching food right out of the frying pan under the nose of the cook. He said he has reported food thefts from refrigerator and storeroom to the jail, steward. The two units are locked. The cook doesnt have a key, but four or five trusties always have access to the food storage areas. Some among the trustys, he added, raid the ice box and storeroom and sell food to new prisoners who enter the jail and have money to spend. The jail, he said, has no program for keeping an inventory of food on hand, food used in preparing meals. ...so as to enable personnel to accurately determine the quantity of food stolen. Prysbyla observed that if Salt Lake City plans to contract for feeding of city prisoners on a basis of average cost for feeding prisoners, the average, under present procedures, will include the costs of on-sfeeding of at least three and the periodic thefts from the deputies jail storehouse. The cook said that so far as he was aware, the sheriff had no knowledge of the practices he questioned m the jail.... until he reported them after he was fired. He believed his discharge was the result of the efforts of disgruni deputies to keep the jail in turmoil. Chief Deputy Arthur Allen said the . problems were told to the sheriff at the time Prysbyla was discharged, Salt Lake Citys economy -- minded mayor wait looking for a majority Tuesbut he never managed to day morning find one. Jim Barker shocked the mayor and ds as George Catstartled such mull and Lou Holley with propositions that had them rocking the canoe as they tried to keep up with the subject matter. Brack seemed stunned. He certainly was unresponsive while George and Lou clutched out like drowning men at the prospect of federal funds being available to help George build his streets, install curb and guttering and relocate the poor in Salt Lake Citys blight areas. I? 0 much-neede- se one-thir- another major fracas between Salt Lake Commissioners that ended up rocking the countys purchasing agent, James N. Kimball right out of his seat. Last week the Deseret News reported that Commissioner Marvin G. Jensons Highway Department purchased a vibrating chair for the womens rest room at the department on an emergency order. As the story turned out the chair was vibrating but wasitt bought that way - they picked up a good deal. Also the matter of whether there was an emergency order on it or not was unclear -the purchase requisition did not state it was such. Murray Won t Scuttle Club v? v- - JF t V' i '"'.a if fi . 'm. ' - v t - I J irli : tf t A??' c it Vv-- J K k, V & I11 Summer camp is over,... when he and Loti Holley asked the City Commission to endorse a change of site for the proposed combined parks -water department garage and shops. The land being vacated at 6th South, Con Harrison proposed, would be an ideal se location for the proposed center. The land has high appraisal value and it can be used as a part of or all of the citys portion of the matching funds costs. This windfall from the City Water Departments chief led at once to realization that Salt Lake City can, with little with little or no actual or no cash cost enable burden on the 1966-6- 7 budget Salt Lake City to apply at once for funds centers in to construct multi-purpo- se both Central City and Northwest Com- - project multi-purpo- Up Lonely Brack was absolutely alone with his vote in favor of a motion that would have made the city s proposedbudget "honest." Brack proposed that the city borrow -if thats the term for transferral of funds from one account to another - borrow $545,000 from Con Harrisons waterde-partme- nt collections and leave the Capital Improvements Fund intact for capital improvements. The way the budget sits now, the city will borrow $300,000 from capital improvements. Part of the $300,000 wUlbe used to pay back $135,000 previously borrowed from capital improvements. The remainder will be used to run the urs N in Jim Barkers office in an discussion with a Review stall member. Mr. Barker lay awake most of that night thinking of the potential involved and the next morning he began activating the gears that would bring the program to realization. It is expected that in time, through attrition, the Cadets will replace several present employes, including Records Division and Meter Reading personnel. The Cadets will work in assignments while attending the University of Utah, where they may strive for a major of their choice so long as they take minor credits in a prescribed police science course being developed by University authorities. Once the Cadets have obtained degrees, they will be eligible for immediate assignment as probationary policemen on a department whose objective is educated, highly qualified law enforcement personnel. , g) M County for comment see page Cadet Idea Passes multi-pur- Gil What started out as a minor matter of a $69 vibrating chair shook last week into Street city.' Bracks proposal was so enormous and so lonely, that it left the impression that it was not quite sincere. Brack was upset, too, about proposals for changes in city license fees to help make up the threatened deficit in the proposed city budget. The mayor observed that for some reason, everyone who came in to complain about the license fees got named to the Chamber of Commercecommittee reactivated Tuesday to study equity of the fees. Jim Barker got unanimous support for his bombshell proposal by which graduate students at the University of Utah School of Business will come off campus next fall and conduct the job efficiency study of all city departments. George Catmull resisted to the last gasping breath, but it was no use. The study wouldnt cost anything, and no one would be compelled to accept the recommendations made. Lee didnt object, although he emphasized once more for his public that its not the nature of men to save dollars they have to spend. The Mayor prefers to lob the $130,000 deficit from the budget and make the commissioners lob either costs or services to meet the balance. It was Jim Barker, too, who brought up the subject of federal funds available to eliminate Salt Lake Citys slum housing. Seems Jim and the City Attorneys office have been studying the possibility with the help of a representative of Housing and Urban Development. Shock set in when Mr. Parker told the commission that the federal government would pay 23 of total costs, including street, curb and gutter and sidewalk renewal in blight areas. The citys third can be contributed in kind or services. Lecm Halgren, deputy city attorney, researching the fund availability for Mr. Barker, reported that Uncle Sam will (Continued on page A 2) long-need- ed The Salt Lake City Police Cadet Program, originally proposedby The Review and adopted as a project of Commissioner James L. Barker Jr., became a reality Wednesday morning. The Salt Lake City ordinances cm police classifications providing for a Cadet classification was unanimously approved by the City Commission. Jim Barker has cited the Police Cadet Program and theCommunityAction centers as the two objectives he would most like to be remembered for after his service to Salt Lake City as a Commissioner of Public Safety. The ordinance revision adopted Wednesday provides for payment of $1.75 per hour for cadets to be permitted to work a maximum of per week. Mr. Barker said that advertising for competitive examinations will be pub- -, lished at once with expectation of placing up to half a dozen cadets on the police roster by July 1. The Police Cadet program was born PS I (g M 16, 1966 (a! GO Fracas Disrupts County , ite made a convert of Commissioner Catmull. Immediate effect of the new realization was approval Wednesday by the City Commission of a resolution that will set the ball rolling for construction of the d Central City Neighborhood multi-purpo- se facility. The Resolution is permissive only, permitting Commissioner Barker to begin negotiations with federal Housing and Urban Development authorities for application for federal funds for the multi-purpoproject. The project, to be financed with matching federal funds, is expected to cost $300,000, of which the City must, eventd. ually guarantee Con Harrison broke the ice on the die-har- 64101 , TUESDAY MONEY HARRANGUE Bracks H June A-- 0 Salt Lake Hope. .. Federal Money The possibility that Salt Lake City government might be opened to the greater use of avilable millions in federal funds appeared possible Wednesday in responses from members of the Salt Lake City Commission. For the first time, with information guidance from Commissioners Jim Barker and Con Harrison, Commissioners George Catmull and Lou Holley became aware that Uncle Sam might have money available to supplement their operating budgets. The new realization that federal money, once collected from the people of Salt Lake City in the form of F ederal taxes, is available for the renovation of streets, curb and gutter, and for sidewalks under certain circumstances SUBSCRIPTION .PS YOUR CARRIER UR 4 U lj s GO 00055( ' require special diet receive powdered Problems of administering a county jail with antiquated techniques in antiquated facilities were related to the Review during the past week by a young man recently fired from the jail staff. Francois Prysbyla said he wanted to perform a public service cm the day he left this state. He told of a jail kitchen, the keys to which are in the hands of prisoners, but are not accessible to the t M'c,onL The Weekly Newspaper Serving The Salt lake Community No 24 jail cook. He told of who feel they 10c Rocky Mountain J 1 munity Action Centers. Jim Barker revealed that the Mexican Civic Center has volunteered a piece of land valued at $40,000 as a start toward the citys matching funds for a west side se center that would serve both west Community Action Areas. In many and the respects the Mexican-AmericNorthwest poverty area are one. The land exchange possibilities, Jim Barker said, indicate that the projects could very well be totally financed with federal funds, city or private land and with the value credits from the use of city equipment and personnel in demolition and clearing of premises. Community Action personnel reported that the local of the Carpenters Union already has endorsed the projects and promised the moral support of 9,000 members. Mr. Barker suggested that the union and other local groups may be asked to contribute more than moral support ....possibly material support such as already has been promised by the Salt Lake Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Barker also made provisions for having the city auditor establish a trust fund for economic contributions that may be made toward the citys share of the matching funds. Residents of the Central City area already have begun coUecting money to contribute toward the neighborhood center they hope soon to enjoy. Local persons knowledgeable about availability of federal funds, report, meanwhile, that they are assisting members of the commission in finding areas in which federal funds might be obtainable. Members of the Commission are being encouraged to study carefully the catalog of federal programs for individual and community improvement. Jim Barker, who has spearheaded the se center projects, observed Wednesday that he once was opposed to "but that was because such programs I didnt fully understand them." multi-purpo- theMexiean-AmericanandtheNo- rth an multi-purpo- Days Deed Stanley Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Millard Hall, 7050 South 3050 East, called the Review Tuesday to report a good deed of the neighbor cub scouts pack 388, den 3. It appears the neighborhood has a hard time getting street sweepers into the area, so the scouts, led by den mothers Mrs. Gloria Christiansen and Mrs. Elizabeth Lether, instigated a street sweeping campaign. Others joined in, but according to Stanley, "the cub scouts were out in their darjc uniforms sweating it out while the grown ups were "supervising because they said it was too hot." Murray City Commission Monday appointed architect Ben Anderson to design a building near the power plant to provide shops and garages for Murray City. To Murrayites this squelches fears that Murrays Boys and Girls Club would be discontinued indefinitely. The club was allowed to operate in the old city police building, 4725 South State Street, until the building was needed for city use. Previous plans indicated that the Girls and Boys Club would have to vacate the building this summer. Commissioner L. Clark Cushing hoped to use the National Guard Armory for the club's activities, but last week General Watts reported that the armorys sched-.u- le was full. Mr. Cushing still thinks the armory with its proximity to Murray Park and baseball diamonds is an ideal spot. We havent given up hope," the Commissioner said. Commissioner Cushing is also pursuing the possibility of a cooperative program with the County Recreation Department. A new facility would then be built in Murray Park for boys and girls in Murray and throughout the county. "I am hesitant about closing the boys club until we have something else," Mayor Willisjm E. Dunn stated last week. So with the prospect of new city shop facilities, the Commission agreed that the boys club could continue to meet in the State Street building for another year. As a result in a dramatic statement last Thursday Commissdiner Jenson cancelled two subscriptions to the "evening daily and levelled a general blast first at the News then-a- t the R$cky Mountain Review. The Salt Lake Tribune, which had also printed the substance of the chair story that morning did not come under the Commissioners fire. On Tuesday the entire incident was rekindled. Mr. Kimball arrived at his office and told his associates in the If we make purchasing department, it through today were OK." He didnt. To further add to the drama the Commission as a whole introduced action to put effective muz.les cm the public. Last week a group of flooded citizens marched into Commission chambers and complained of the handling of flood control matters. They were understandably vexed. The commission Tuesday made it unanimously clear that they will have no more truck with disgruntled citizens who make headlines at the expense of their flood control program. According to Commissioner Creerthe proposal intended only to allow the commissioners to have time to prepare for the groups and to assure order. Thats not the way it reads. The proposal prescribes that all hearings coming before the County Commission be placed on an agenda prior to commission meetings, to eliminate confusion and assure that the Commissioners and other qualified people be present to answer questions. If a hearing is requested and is not jftaced on the agenda it will not be heard by the Commission. The agenda should be prepared by the Chairman of the Board and all items to be placed on the agenda should be presented to the Chairman with sufficient time before each meeting! Thus it becomes clear that tWs proposal gives the chairman of the commission - now Mr. Jenson - the prerogative as to what disgruntled citizens the commission shall hear and what' citizens it shall not hear. The proposal partly stemmed from another Jenson-Cre- er dispute of last week. Mr. Jenson claims Mr. Creer brought the flooded group in for political reasons. Mr. Creer says he had no idea they were cciing in until just before the meeting. To reinforce his determination to maintain order and silence Commissioner Jenson threatened to call in the sheriff to maintain the policy. Mr. Kimball who has been in office for about one year (and whose healths (Continued on page A 2) Views Differ On Accused Ruling For decades, communities have relied almost entirely upon the courts and the police agency to control crime and the actions of criminals. Police agencies have, to varying degrees, developed their strengths within their own interpretations of laws. Courts, like police, have succumbed to public pressures for greater controls by hitting out with harder blows, legal in the case of courts, sometimes physical on the part of policemen, at those who commit crimes. In recent years, a series of U. S. Supreme Court decisions have sharply modified the approaches available to police and courts in crime control. In the past week, the U. S. Supreme Court has issued another in its series of decisions assuring the defendant in criminal actions that his rights will be safeguarded. Suspects in crimes, even prior to arrests, the federal high court has determined, have the right to counsel and the right to be advised of their right to counsel before giving even a voluntary confession. How does that affect the peace officer in the Salt Lake area? Hardly at all. But it has resulted in warnings from two police agency officials that society soon must replace its emphasis in the areas of crime control. The area of police control of crimes and criminals, Police Chief Dewey J. Fillis and Chief Deputy Sheriff Arthur Allen agreed in statements to The Review, has about reached its maximum. Said Police Chief Fillis; "Society must begin to place its emphasis on correcting those social conditions which lead to crime. Society must find more effective means of reaching those in enme-pote- ntial circumstances before they become involved in criminal activity." The Salt Lake City Police Chief de- dared, meanwhile, that thenewSupreme Court ruling will have no effect "either way on Salt Lake City Police proced- ures. We have been handling crime sus- pects in the manner prescribed by the " Supreme C ourt decision for some years, , Chief Fillis told The Review. Salt Lake City Police have and will continue to conform with the court decision, he said. Chief Deputy Sheriff Allen adopted the same view and cited "the increasing need for halting crime at its source." Because the police role in crime investigation is being crowded to maximum responsibility, those agencies concerned with social problems must find more effective ways of stopping crime at the sources of crime," Chief Deputy AUen . said. i The chief deputy observed that police agencies, to reach their maximum effectiveness in crime investigation, must strive for higher quality in officer qualification through education and train ing programs. At the same time, other social agencies must recognize and act cm the need for much more that can be done in crime control at the source. Chief Deputy Allen observed that the Supreme Court decision will have no effect on sheriffs department proced- ures. About two weeks before the' courts decision was announced, he said, a reminder" order was issued to the sheriffs personnel warning of the necessity to advise even suspects in crimes to their rights to counsel before interrogation is undertaken. Of major concern to officers like Chief Deputy Allen, however, is the investigation of .that crime where there is no physical evidence available those cases where knowledge of the whereabouts of --physical evidence can be obtained only through a confession obtained by the voluntary, unsolicited confession. That Salt Lake area police agencies already conform to the Supreme Court decision was confirmed by counsel at the Salt Lake Legal Defender Agency, John OConnell, SLLDAcounsel, said that a detailed study of the 61 page decision could result in minor procedural changes locally, but generally the decis- ion will have very little local effect on police practices. r i |