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Show U3IVSESAL MICECrilKIKO CORP. BOX 2603 CITY SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Rampton' Harrison Discuss Road Problem in Capital County Clerk Announces Plan To Seek a Second Term Byron Mock Views Fate of Land Commission, Report H. Byron Mock, a Salt Lake said this would include cost of attorney and vice chairman of land purchases, runway exten- the Public Land Law Commissions and access roads. sion, this week discussed the fate of the commission and its renort However, if the Bureau of Public Hoads will permit use of at a meeting in Salt Lake City, federal funds to realign North Speaking at the luncheon con-1 state would meeting of the Intermountain Temple, the struct the roads and the cost Of Association of Geologists, at the the 'entire project would run ap-- 1 Towne House Athletic Club, Salt Lake International Airport. proximately $8 million, he said. Mock said one of the problems commission is wrestling with The governor is In WashingHampton and Harrison were .T orSaniza- hovf can ton to attend the winter meet- joined at the Volpe meeting by '?n p . ing of the National Governors Maxwell E. Rich, executive vice J?08 Conference, but he and other president, Salt Lake Area Cham- - llc lands what Congress has giv them the right to do . XJtah officials are also using the her of Commeerce, who Is seek- ooted that with so many of I trip to confer with federal agen- ing ' to Hptprmiwp the statns for.! fiovemment agencies regulating an application for $880000 cy heads. of e use public land, an nre and Harrison Lake the proposed Salt Hampton aVlley; a or often is vidual company seeking approval of federal road System. 3unds to bend" North Temple lch said there is a Sept. St. at 21st West to link up with deadline for getting the system Ior legmm!!le purposes- We need a check on the inInterstate SO, about two and one-ha- lf under way, and that $400,000 in of the person who carblocks to She south. local funds will be used to match fallibility a ries title, be said. This would permit expansion federal grant if it Is approved, He took note of the fact that of present airport facilities to the federal grant if it is the suggestion had been made the south at a savings 'ofTfB mil approved. the commission extend its that lion. a decision he He said expects Harrison told Vdlpe and Tur- will be made on the fund appli- study to the problem of pollution, but said he did not favor ner that it would cost the city mext to the three cation within extension. This would unthe about $16 million if 'the airport duly prolong and complicate the must expand to the :north. He four weeks. task of the commission which is to recommend revisions in the. public land laws aimed at making them more worable. The commission report is due July L The study was authorized by Congress in 1964. indi-Tcan- sit 1 -- . -- State Spending To Increase $17.9 Million During Year two-thir- ds sPPrh I Sen-Mos- s T Cease-Fir- e ed surplus of $1.7 million. Foundation analysts warn, however, that if Inflaffion rates diminish and revenue 'growth falls short of expectations or if a recession should develop 'during the com-- 1 ing year, the projected surplus could vanish :and be .replaced by a deficit. The Foundation .report points out that, for the:most part, the final budget approved by the (Continued on page 8) said he will D- - a co-spon- sor Utah, reso- lution calling for the U. S. government to propose a mutual cease-fir- e at the Vietnam peace talks in Paris The resolution was introduced by Sen. Walter Mondale, Senator Moss told the Senate an editorial in a Salt Lake City newspaper (Deseret News) pointed out the merit in the proposal. Most Americans will be sur- prised to learn that the United States has never made such a common-sens- e proposal for a mutual cease-firSenator Moss said. The North Vietnamese may reject it, but at least we should make the sincere offer. The proposal should contain detailed provisions for interna-- I tional peacekeeping machinery to oversee the cease-firthe withdrawal of outside military forces, and prompt free elec-- I tions. Surely a negotiated cease fire is much preferable to the endless agony of Vietnamization As the editorial says, Certainly a cease-fir- e could bring all U. S. not forces, just combat troops home much faster than Vietnam ization of the conflict alone. The editorial also points ou that Vietnamization alone may simply perpetuate the slaughter, D-Mi- nn. Resigns Tost With S. L. County e, C. Clark Honnow, director of Salt Lake County 'Department of Social Services, resigned this week. Mr. Ronnow had been under fire for the past several days for financial irregularities in his department. In a letter addressed to county commissioners, Ronnow said his resignation was effective immediately, but that he would be available, if necessary, to ef ct n orderly transition when you have selected a new direc-0- - ices (health, welfare, corrections. Institutions, 'etc!) account for $3.7 million of the new spending for next year, with all other state activities being responsible for the remaining $2.6 million of the increase. Revenues in the general fund and the uniform school fund are expected to total $220.7 million Ronnows suspension as a during the 1970-7- 1 fiscal year, according to the Governors county employe was demanded budget estimates. "Legislative ap- Tuesday by the Salt Lake City propriations and commitments Commission. That commission from tthese two ffunds, on the (Continued on page 8) Proposal Sen. Trank E. Moss, C. Clark Ronnow e, ; i 81101 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1970 Governor Calvin L. Rampton and Salt Lake City Commission-e- r Conrad B. Harrison this week met with Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe and with Francis Turner, director of the Bureau of "Public Roads, to discuss the problem of alignment of North Temple SL south of State "expenditures "for current operations in Utah will increase by $17.9 million next year 'with the spending programs approved by the recently adjourned '1970 Legislature. This fact was pointed oUt in a fiscal 'analysis of the 1970 budget session prepared by UtahToundation, the private research organization. According to the study,' the expected expenditure increase for 1970-7- 1 will be somewhat less than the $25.D million in new spending for 1969-7- 0 which was authorized by the 1969 "Legislature. All of the difference is reflected in the more modest increase in schodl aid approved this year. Altogether, '$11.6 million, or of the added nearly funds that willbe expended next year will go for education (higher education, 'local sthool aid, and other education). The report indicates that social serv- 3-- 69 Salt Lake County Clerk, W. Sterling Evans, today announced he will seek a second term. In my first term the Clerks office has taken on additional responsibilities, met the increased load from a greater population, and weve done it at a lower cost; Im running for election on this performance and this record, Mr. Evans said. Under his direction the Clerks office now issues passports, provides service to two additional district courts, and has met an increased workload from these new duties, his announcement stated. Weve been able to meet the new demands with innovations. Our efficiency is up, and I am proud of the work force the peo pie of Salt Lake County have in the Clerks office, Mr. Evans County Clerk W. Sterling Evans continued. Operating figures for the conserve space and reduce costs. Clerks office cited by Mr. Evans I am seeking to continue in the show a net savings for the office Clerks office to bring about the in the 1970 budget over 1967. further savings I know can be We are pleased to have elim- made, Mr. Evans said. He was appointed County inated the backlog in transcribing court proceedings through Clerk April 29, 1968. Prior to organizational changes and some this he served as Salt Lake COun- new equipment. Our micro-filty Purchasing Agent from JaftU-- ' been accelerated program has ary 1, 1967. For many years h inand out method of retrieving was controller for the Slat Lake . m formation improved, Mr. Evans declared. The office also has the responsibility for processing all activity of the courts, including involuntary hospitalization, probate of wills, scheduling court matters, calling juries, processing all documents and handling of evidence. Funds for child support and alimony are received and dispersed through the office. Over 5300 couples applied for marriage licenses through the office last year. The Clerks office also supervises all voter registration and elections in Salt Lake County, involving over 500 voting districts. Division of Safeway Stores, holding responsibility for a several state area. He is married and the father of three children. A former member of the Utah House of Representatives serving three terms, he has served on the Utah Safety Council and has filled various Republican party positions. He is a member of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Ambassador Club, Sons of Utah Pioneers, Bonneville Kiwanis Club, Footprinters and Public Administrators Association. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University and an active church member. Mr. Evans took office upon the Were planning further com- death of Richard Allen, who was puterization to speed service. elected to the position in 1966. r TODAYS EDITORIAL V Population Control, Sterilization and Ignorance And what, if any, are the prospects for improved sex education when ignorance about the reproductive system is widespread even among those who should (Continued on Page Four) |