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Show UNIVSKSAL BOX Central City Community Center To Go Out of Existence 2 Yrs. Old Officials of the Central City Community Center are fighting harder than any politician to keep the existence of the Center open. They have called a mass rally to raise $63,000. Willie Price, director of the Center, appealed to his friends throughout Utah to solicit support through public donations. The Centers operational budget was chopped this week by Salt Lake City Commissioners, who axed services in all ments. Mr. Price said that the $63,-00- 0 could keep the Center open through December of 1973 after which he hopes another agency could pick up the tab. Appearing before the Salt Lake County Commission to ap peal for their support, which has been reported in the offering, County Commissioner Ralph McClure told Mr. Price that there were two avenues of help available. First, solicit funds from fund raisers or two, if the city was going to pull out their $42,-00- 0 which was budgeted for the operation of the center, all the center had to do was contact the United States Attorney General and bring suit against Salt Lake City. The suit would be in the nature of repaying the federal government approximately $40,000. which was granted to the city for help in financing of the Center. Thus the city to pull out of helping Centeral City would have to repay in amount costing over $469,000. Training and Jobs to be Given To 660 Residents of Utah Firs! Mayor Candidate Com. E. J. (Jake) Garn Commissioner E. J. (Jake) Garn is the first to announce his candidacy of the top position in Salt Lake City, that of mayor. The Commissioner has been ;alking openly about seeking the Mayors job and made it official at a press conference at the Hotel Utah. Mr. Garn is completing his first term as City Commissioner. He is a graduate of East High School and the University of Jtah and served as a Navy pilot from 1956 to 1960. Mr. Garn is expected to be opposed by another City Commissioner, Conrad B. Harrison, and possibly the incumbent, Mayor J. Bracken Lee. Others have been mentioned as possible candidates, including Richard C. Andrew and George B. Catmull. The filing deadline for the municipal election is September 27. The primary election is Oct. 19 and the final election Nov. 2. Employment Act of 1971 Means $4 Million to Utah Careers-Employme- nt Du-cesn- i e, Advocates Appointed Positions In rebuttal to the story of of those officials, asked for equal Golden Allan of whether to appoint or elect the attorney general, auditor and treasurer, the other side of the story must be expressed, as all persons have different views of the subject. Joseph Rosenblatt, Chairman of the 1966 Little Hoover Commission, said that he feels more strongly than ever that the state attorney general, treasurer and auditor should be appointed, not elected and that the State Board of Examiners should be abol- time to rebut. Rosenblatt said he viewed the attorney general, auditor, and treasurer positions as highly technical mechanical management functions which cannot be entrusted to the happenstance of the election booth. But whereas the attorney general must be an attorney there are absolutely no mandatory qualifications for the other two ished. Mr. Rosenblatt said the present method sometimes permits men to fill the sensitive position taxpayers positions. Its impossible to protect the without -- Priorities Listed Total 37 New Projects for Utah a skilled treasurer or an auditor who is not even a CPA. He suggested that the auditor position be of treasurer and auditor whose filled by the governor. A proposal will be on the balprime qualification is their iglot in the 1972 election to set norance. up the office of legislative audiMillof State Clyde Secretary tor with the authority to follow to opis known who strongly er, every dollar to where it is pose the view of appointment spent. TODAYS core unemployed. Major cities and counties in Utah, who under the authority of the act could make direct application to the Department of Labor, agreed jointly to allow the state to submit for them a joint application for funds under the Emergency Employment Act. Of the $3,990,000 which is available statewide. $2,951,000 would be made available to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Davis County, Utah County and Weber County, based on the Department of Labor computation, they are communities of over 75,000 population. The remaining $1,038,400 constitutes the balance of Utah monies available to cities and counties whose population is under 75,000. This money is available to the governor for distribution to the cities and counties based on a multi county distribution. "V EDITORIAL V The Age of Maturity Environmental adolescents are still running around taking pictures of garbage dumps and calling for the abolition of many of lifes necessities including electric energy. However, on the more practical side, a massive technological revolution, having to do with the recycling of wastes and air and water pollution control, is gaining momentum. At the heart of the revolution is the energy supplied by the electric industry. The chief executive of one large eastern utility released figures contained in the construction budgets of his company and its subsidiary for 1971. They total about $138 million up 29 per cent from 1970. He reports that his company has sold about twice as many kilowatt hours of electric energy in 1970 as in 1960 and we expect the trend to continue through the 70s, among new loads we expect to be serving in coming years are facilities related to environmental improvements for example, improved and expanding sewerage systems, cleaner industrial pro- cesses, electric powered vehicles and possibly transportation systems. Referrnig to our own environmental efGovernor Calvin L. Rampton forts, we re in the final months of a six year $28 million has approved a list of proirities clean air program involving several of our plants. More for 37 land and water conserva- than $6.6 million of our 1971 spending will go toward tion projects for the State of Utah for fiscal year 1972, totaling $2,581,250 in Bureau of Outdoor recreation funds. The 37 projects are located throughout the entire state and the funding included either acquisition or acquisition and development of the projects. 72 71 81101 Little Hoover Commission Head total of grams recently funded completion of training, tended by the U.S. Department which varies from 19 to 41 weeks. of Labor. The Department has allocated a total of $804,121 to operate the programs in the state. The City Fiscal Plight programs are: the Work Incen- Stressed on Mass tive Program (WIN), the Public Service Careers Program (PSC), Employment Cuts ServUnless Salt Lake City gets New ices (NCES), Operation Main- some additional revenues, the stream (OM), and the Job Op- Public Safety Department claims portunities in the Business Sec- it will have to discharge 39 police officers, 30 firemen and 24 tor (JOBS). The WIN program run by the hourly employees, even to parUtah Department of Employ- tially meet its budget cuts. This is the word from Safety ment Security in Salt Lake City received an additional $400,000 Commissioner James L. Barker. to increase its enrollee level by Jr., as he told his story like he 513 to a new enrollee level of saw it. These moves would be neces5,438. WIN is a Manpower Administration effort aimed at pro- sary even if his department does viding incentives, training op- gain relief from some source beportunities, necessary services, cause of the large amount cut and work experience to eligible from his budget. The total budwelfare recipients to help them get cut for public safety is become self supporting citizens $906,000, and that if they could of the community. get $400,000 from the capital Nineteen contracts involving improvement it still leaves $506,-t- o be lopped off. the industry government JOBS asked of those persons the When by program National Alliance of Business- he would fire because of his budmen will provide jobs and train- get cut he replied that No eming for 73 disadvantaged jobless ploye with family obligations should be discharged while men in Utah. One of the contractors, the of retiremen age remain on the Uteh Indian Tribe in Ft. payroll. will hire 37 trainees with Labor Department funding of Hawaii has imported about involved $114,4244. Occupations everything including such familare sight seeing guide, electrical iar symbols as the pineapple repairman, pipe fitter, furnace from the Caribbean, the ukelele installer and repairman, carpen- from Portugual and the grass ter, bricklayer, sewing machine skirt from Samoa. CCRP. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1971 The Emergency Employment 600 Utah residents operator, cushion maker, furni-taur- e of 1971 recently passed by Act are or will be receiving classupholsterer and gas engine the Congress will make available room training, work experience repairman. Wages will range to the state and jobs under five separate pro- from $2.50 an hour on entry to nearly $4 million of the Utah for hiring of hardor ex- S3.86 on A MING 2608 CITY SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH aicaopi! completing that program. In this statement of one company's plans, we may all glimpse the shape of enivronmentalism as it gradually reaches maturity and gains the capacity for effective action. (Continued on page four) |