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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1967 Page Eight Machines to Assist Collection At State Parks This Summer The Utah State Park and Recreation Commission has adopted modern machines to assist in the fee collection sysetm at State Parks designated for fee collection, according to Director F. C. Koziol. The well tested parking ticket vending machine, which produces a validated ticket if four quarters are inserted, will now give the park visitor a per- vemit for his hicle and its occupants. These bright red machines are placed at the entrances to the 11 state parks which have been selected for fee collectoin in 1967 because of the quality of the improvements and facilities at that particular park. The fee system was initiated in the State Park System in 1965 on the basis that the user of State Park Facilities should pay for part of the cost of operation and maintenance, rather than relying entirely on legislative appropriation from tax sources. The fee is considered a use fee, although at historic sites and buildings and at parks essentially scenic in character, the fee is for entrance to the park. At historic sites and buildings an entrance fee of 10c for children 12 to 15 years of age and 25c for persons over 16 is required. A smaller fee is available for organized groups. Anyone who uses other State Park facilities, such as parking areas, toilets, boat ramps, picnicking or camping facilities is considered a user and must purchase a $7 per year per car or $1 per day per car permit. When travelling by bus or other commercial vehicle or a motorcycle the fee is 50c per person 16 years and over. There is also a group fee for reservations for camping and picnicking which approximates 10c per person 12 years and over. Using the same checking system for the Federal Golden Eagle the state annual and daily permit must be displayed on the inside of the windshield or window ledge where it can be seen from the outside. It is suggested non-commerc- ial that the state annual permit be kept on the sun visor of the car and that it be turned down to be visible and the car locked when the user leaves the car inside a State Park. In this manner the permit can be seen by the Ranger checking for compliance with the fee equipment and it is unnecessary to disturb or to find the car occupants. The daily permit is to be shown inside the car in the same maner. Three more parks are being added in 1967 at East Canyon and Huntington where the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has completed recreation improvements in connection with the Reclamation projects and at Provo Bay on Utah Lake where Provo City is donating land and facilities, on July 1, for a Utah State Park. This will made 36 State Park areas of which eight are yet in the development stage. Fourteen of the developed parks are designated for fee collection Did Capital, Dead Horse Point, Dixie, Green River, Hyrum, the Stagecoach Inn, Minersville, Wasatch Mountain, Rockport, Willard Bay, Bear Lake, Scofield, Huntington and East Canyon. No charge will be made at any of the other state parks in 1967. The $7 annual, $1 daily per car State permits are not to be confused with the Federal Golden Eagle permits of the same denomination. The federal permits will not be honored in the State Parks and vice versa, even though the procedure for checking inside the areas for purchase of tickets is also the same. Mr. Koziol suggests that people who travel considerably in Utah purchase both federal and state annual permits to be fully outfitted for the season. - (4-2- 1 D-Uta- h, d 5-1- 9) Tourist Information To Be Distributed 295-345- 1 East of Valley Music Hall Programs established by three cooperating state agencies this year will eliminate the guessing games that tourists have played in the past when crossing Utah borders. Milt Jolley, associate director of the Utah Travel Council, said literature racks, constructed by inmates at the Utah State Prison, have been placed in three Utah Highway Patrol stations as a first step. Highway patrolmen manning weigh stations at Echo Junction, Wendover and Monticello are distributing literature to tourists from racks containing maps and brochures on Utahs 10 major regions, state and national parks and recreation areas, UHP Lt. Joseph Arnold reported. Meanwhile, tourist information signs at the stations were constructed and erected by the Utah Department of Highways, Mr. Jolley said. Still under consideration are large maps of the state, showing all major highways in Utah, which would be erected at the state line, and detailed regional maps, showing all roads, trails and scenic attractions, which would be placed in highway rest areas, Mr. Jolley noted. The maps would also be constructed by the state highway depart ment. port-of-entr- y "Darn nice people to do business with" C. W. Buck Brady Sales Representative Home Phone HU 4-78- 13 Prepared to serve your motoring needs MERCURY INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS RANCHO CAMPERS , COMET QUALITY USED CARS COUGAR Sen. Frank E. Moss, submitted his own prepared statement and that of Governor Calvin L. Rampton to the House Committee during a hearing WpHnpedsv The additional $400,000 for the Weber Basin Project, bringing the total appropriation to 6. $ LINCOLN The House Appropriations Committee has been asked for $400,00 more than the Presidents budget request for construction work on the Weber Basin Project. The Committee was also told that Utah officials unanimously support the Presidents request for $11,145,000 for construction on the Bonneville Utah of the Central Utah Project during the fiscal year which begins July 1, 1967. $2.5 million, would enable the Bureau of Reclamation to finish the project about a year earlier, Sen. Moss said. The Weber Basin Conservancy District is most anxious that all of the clean up work be completed in fiscal year 1969, since it would make it possible to close the Project Office a year earlier, and would save considerable money on overhead, and it would cut down the total cost of the project. We could save up to an estimated $100,000 by increasing the present budget figures. I also very emphatically support the Presidents request for $188,500 in advance planning funds for the Jensen Unit of Central Utah Project, and the request for $126,000 for the Upalco Unit. Both of these units are badly needed and have the whole-heartesupport of the local people to be served by these reclamation projects in Utah. I also support, with vigor, the fiscal year 1968 construction program for the Lyman Unit, which is set at $2,800,000; the drainage and minor construction program for the Vernal Unit, $112,000; and for the Emery County Project, $148,000; recNOTICE OF SALE reation construction funds totalBeautiful Knabe Piano available in your locality at $15.00 ling $91,000 and the funds reor more per month. Simple in- quested for the general investiSen. Moss terest on unpaid balance at gations in Utah, Write Box 15053, South Salt testified. Lake Branch 84115. 2773 South Main Old Highway 91 Appropriations Croup Asked for Utah Funds port-of-entr- y Three New Safety Features May Have Saved Four Lives Three new safety design fea- lapsibility so that it would fold tures being incorporated by the after impact and travel over the Utah State Department of High- top of the vehicle rather than in ways may have saved four lives the windshield. in a recent accident in the Ogden vicinity. An auto traveling north on failed to turn at the temporary end of the new Interstate until too late. The driver who was cited for an improper lookout, tried to negotiate the exit, crashed over two guard rails and tore out a sign mounted in concrete before coming to rest on a soft, dirt embankment 142 feet beyond the point of initial collision. The four occupants of the vehicle walked away uninjured. Fortunately for the occupants the guardrails were turned down at the ends to avoid impaling the vehicle and possibly the passengers. The second safety feature was the sign which was designed to break away form its concrete mounts when struck by a vehicle. Thirdly, the sign post was designed with a built in col- - State Highway engineers, investigating the scene of the accident, agreed that had the guard rails and the sign been of older design it was very improbable that the occupants of the vehicle would have escaped without injuries or even fatalities. Director of Highways Henry C. Helland commented on the accident saying, It is always unfortunate when our safety features are given the acid test. However, it is gratifying, in instances such as this, to see tangible proof that lives can be saved through our efforts in research and improved designing standards. These safety features are being incorporated into all future state highway construction and as money as available, the older signs and guardrails will be reconstructed or replaced with the newer, more merciful models. City Will Annex 750 Acres 1-- 15 In . Move to Expand Airport Annexation of some 600 to 750 acres of land owned by Jelco, Inc., west of the Salt Lake Municipal Airport was approved this week by the City Commis-soi- n to help prepare the master plan for airport improvement. Commissioners adopted master plan boundaries for an improved and enlarged airport in long range planning. According to Alton H. Sorensen, City engineer, annexation of approximately 200 acres of the Jelco property was approved to allow the firm to proceed with a plan to construct a free port industrial area there with assurance of city services such as water supply. The commission also instructed the city attorney to prepare condemnation proceedings to acquire or purchase some 35 to 45 acres of land in the vicinity of 7th North and 40th West east of the Surplus Canal. The land is said to be needed for a future rapid interchange system into the airport and for possible future installation of a new runway west of the present airport administration building. To clear the way for all the actions, the city engineer, Mr. Sorensen, was directed to furnish a new plat of the areas. At a hearing prior to these moves, the commission was addressed by Ramon M. Child, counsel for owners of Freeport Park, industrial development west of the airport. We will develop the industrial freeport park according to our plans and also include the property between the airport and the canal unless the city starts court action immediately to condemn it, Mr. Child said. Pointing out that Freeport Park owners favor any airport development, because it makes their property more valuable, he told the commissioners, We are not fighting the expansion. All we are asking it a city decision on the acreage so we will know what to plan on. Businesses, industries and airlines are crying for industrial development around airports, he added. In addition to the land acquisition approved Wednesday the city will need to purchase more than a million dollars worth of of unimproved property west of the airport, according to Parks Commissioner Holley. B. E. Brazier, architect with Ashton, Brfazier, Montmorency and Associates, designers of the present airport terminal building, presented the new master plan for airport development. Noting the present rapid expansion of airports to keep stride in faster, bigger planes and burgeoning air travel, Mr. Brazier said the city airport is already outmoded and inadequate to handle present needs. Governor Offers To Mediate CAP Disagreement (Continued from page 1) a locally developed project that local people are requesting the funds for. He said if others make the undertaking too difficult, the OEO money could go elsewhere. Lorraine L. Cook, Salt Lake Area CAP director, said it was felt the dentists proposed one workable plan, but that a comprehensive medical program requires a professional staff working centrally as a team. Mrs. Jerry Landa, Salt Lake Area CAP board vice president, added, You do not hear any criticism of the Mayo Clinic or the Salt Lake Clinic because they have many specialists in a single facility. She said this is what the CAP project would provide, but for those ecnomically underprivileged. News Preview The FCC is probing charges on Talk Shows is being used to circumvent restrictions on campaign contributions . . . Career Militarists are replacing many of the Pentagons controversial Whiz Kiks . . . New NATO troop cuts are planned. that sponsorship of politicians Radio-TV |