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Show Page 2 Friday. November 30. 1956 THE UTAH STATESMAN THE UTAH STATESMAN I "A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Good Government" Edwin W. Kain, Advertising Manager 421 Church Street Navy Seeking Bombing Range in Utah The U. S. Navy was wrestling with the problems surrounding the acquisition of Sevier Lake in Millard County Thursday as an alternate site for a proposed jet bombing range. The Sevier Lake area looks very attractive for our type of operations, Comdr. Martin D. Carmody said Wednesday after rer aerial turning from a survey of the dry lake area. low-lev- Phone EM 4-3- Entered as 2nd Class matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City. Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. el two-hou- Subscription rate $1.00 per year Published weekly at 421 Church Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION, Tol. 10, Ho. 47 1956 30. November, 1956 If Utah School Districts Financial Deport Made Utah spent nearly $70 million tical booklet. School attendance throughout the state last year was from that of the previup 3 ous year and 37 above that of 1947-4Murrays figures reflect enrollthis gain with a 1947-4ment of 1,778 and one today of to operate and build public schools during the 1955-5- 6 school year. Murray district, in itself, spent $1,010,249 during that period of time. These facts were revealed last week in a booklet of school statistics published by the Utah Foundation, a private tax research organization. According to Utah Foundation, the states forty school districts expended $45.6 million for current operations and $23.9 million for capital outlay. Murray districts current operation costs were $676, 054 and capital outlay non-profi- t, $334,195. Utah Foundation analysts point out that state and local revenues for the support of public schools amounted to 4.34 of the total personal income of all individuals in Utah last year. While no national comparisons are yet available for the 1955-5-6 School year, Utah in 1954-5- 5 had 4.2 of its to income channelled personal more is which than public schools, 50 greater than the average for the nation as a whole. The high birth rate of World War II and the post war period is now a major in the financing of public schools, according to the Foundations statis factor 8 8 3,122. The Foundations booklet reflects that the average property tax levy, combined state and local, for school operations was actually .68 mills lower in 1956 than in 1947. This decline in operating levies, however, was more than offset by higher levies for capital outlay and debt service purposes. The average school levy for all purposes increased 5.91 mills in the nine-yea- r span. Mura total levy in had 194748, ray, of 28.40 mills on an assessed valuation of $5,438,000 while it today has 39.50 mills on a $9,327,000 value., Utah school districts have expended $94.5 millions in building r span with during the of million total the $71 spent durfive years. ing the past Because of this accelerated building program, there has been a substantial increase in the bonded indebtedness of most local districts, the Foundation points out. term, At the end of the 1955-5nine-yea- 6 Comdr. Carmody said that immediate efforts would be set in motion toward acquiring the area as a possible restricted area. Navy plans to establish the restricted range on the northwest side of Great Salt Lake were tem- Detailes On Employment Of Hungarians Explained Procedures to be followed by Utah employers desiring to accept one or more Hungarian refugees fleeing from Red terrorists who have invaded their homeland, were explained Monday by Utah Employment Security Dept. No Utah employers have thus D&RG Releases Its Finincial Report porarily halted by the federal Air Coordinating Committee after Denver and Rio Grande Weststrong protests by the Salt Lake ern Railroad gross revenue for Chamber of Commerce and other local groups associated with avia- October, 1956, totaled $7,910,294, an increase of $170,097 over the tion. reported for October a year Capt. F. B. Riser, commander, figureCarlton T. Sills, D&RGW adago, Clearfield Naval Supply Depot, said the Navy has got to have a vertising and publicity manager, announced. bombing range. Net income of $1,386,821 was an It is an urgent military necesincrease of $67,629 over the Ocsity, he said. total. Operating ex1955, tober, Harlan W. Bement, director, for penses October, 1956, were Utah Aeronatulcs Commission, an increase of $272,-)4- 4 $4,575,028, flew the Navy party of Cmdr. over the previous Octobers Carmbdy, Cmdr. Eugene A. Valsaid. he encia, Alameda, Calif., and C. D. total, Carloadings for this October s Coener of the 12th Naval real estate division, over were down to 52,719 from 53,071 in October, 1955, a decrease of 352 the area. Cmdr. Carmody said there had cars, while loadings were up 757 seen some misunderstandings in cars and receipts from connec;he past in acquiring the range tions decreased 1,109 cars. The sut they have been ironed out. zoomed from $2,855,841 in He said that the problems on payroll ;he Sevier Lake site would be October, 1955, to $3,026,210 in the resolved with the state aeronau-;ic- s same month of 1956, Mr. Sills Dis-rlct- commission. The commander explained that a restricted area about 45 miles long and 10 to 15 miles wide would be needed at the alternate site. He said the features of the Sevier Lake site were attractive but they are a step down from the Salt Lake area. ;he combined debt of Utahs 40 districts was $32.1 million, as compared with a debt of $9.1 million at the end of 194748. Murrays figure climbed offrom $97,500 $557,000 in in 194748 to a high last 1954-5- 5 of a $469,500 total and far volunteered to accept any of the refugees, it was reported at the office of Curtis P. Harding, administrator of the state agency, which is one of the focal points for initiating applications. The other focal point for starting applications to provide employment for the refugees, several thousand of whom have already landed in America, is the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization office, it was explained. Individual sponsors are required to give certain evidence of ability to provide the refugee with employment. Endorsement by an organization recognized by the administrator of the Refugee Relief' Act, which has been extended by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to meet the Hungarian situation, is also required. Forms furnished by the Department of Employment Security, 55 W. Broadway, are also available at 15 branch offices throughout Utah, said Miss Clare Sundwall, state clearance office for the state agency. Forms provided by the federal agency are available at immigration service office, Federal Building, Salt Lake City. Completed forms are forwarded to the Visa Office, Department of State, Washington, D. C., where security and health checks are being completed on the refugees, it was reported. Enjoy T Y you io m stay wrn year. Salt Lake County a- BOURBON KENTUCKY STRAIGHT GLENM0RE DISTILLERIES 86 PROOF Where Perfection WHISKEY COMPANY of Product is Tradition", Louisville, Kentucky Invites You To Attend The Victory Celebration To Be Held December 5 1956 At 8:00 p.m. At The Blind Center 3rd East and 1st South . GOOD GOVERNMENT IS EVERYBODY JOB! ' Subscribe bow to THE UTAH STATESMAN "A weekly newspapei devoted to good government" and keep pace with local state and national government news. 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