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Show TJniv. of Utah Counity Republicans Slate Annual Spring Party The Salt Lake County Republi-can Club will hold its annual Spring party in the Murray Arm-irlocated on State St. in Murray. The party is scheduled for Friday, April 25, at 7:30 pjn. Both food and the program are free to dub members. Membership cards may be purchased at the door. The club has 1,000 members enrolled for the year 1957-5and full turnout is expected. The smorgasbord dinner will be served from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. The program is to begin at 8:15. No speeches are on the program. All GOP elected officials present will be introduced including Governor George D. Clyde. Commissioner LaMont B. Gunderson will introduce each GOP candidate for county office. The program will commence at 8:15 p.m. and will be presented by the University of Utah Male Chorus under the direction of Prof. John Marlowe Nielson. This chorus has been nationally acclaimed and has had numerous tours and local recitals in recent months. The chorus will also present outstanding solo and quartett numbers. y 8 April marks the first anniver- of projects tentatively planned to Road Com- be advertised by the end of June. sary of the mission. The last legislature The proposed schedule includes changed the group from a fullfive-ma- n time, three-memb- administra- er five-mative body to a part-timpolicy making organization. With C. Taylor Burton as chairman, other members are: Weston E. Hamilton, Salt Lake City; Ernest H. Balch, Ogden; Francis Feltch, Vernal; and William J. Smirl, e, n Ka-na- b. meetIn their of Director ings with Highways Ellis L. Armstrong, the Commissemi-monthl- y sion establishes general policy and also does the programming for all state road systems. The year 1957 marked a 125 per cent increase in construction over the previous year. Looking ahead, the Commission has planned $40 million of construction to be let in bids for 1958, which will be Utahs biggest road building year. Design of the Salt Lake freeway is well underway. Work is rapidly moving forward on the Davis freeway, which is also a part of the Interstate System. The northern Utah County section of this route has been approved and is already on the drawing boards as final designs are being completed. Contractors Notified of Construction Plans Contractors have been notified . GOP Central Group To Meet Thursday At Newhouse Hotel First meeting of the Salt Lake County Republican Central Committee will be held Thursday, April 24, at 8:00 p.m. in the Bonneville and Florentine Rooms of the Newhouse Hotel, Salt Lake City. "This is one of the most important meetings of the Repulican Central Committee, stated Sherman B. Lowe, Salt Lake County Republican chairman. The Central Committee is the policy making group of the party. It is here that the over all procedure and policies for the next two years are established. The Central Committee authorizes the newly elected county officers to proceed with the conducting of a political campaign, and gives them authority to spend whatever money is necessary to conduct an effective campaign so long as they stay within the limits set by law. 29 projects with an estimated cost of nearly $10 million. The work will include 128 miles of roadway and 23 major structures on the Inaterstate, Primary, Sec- ondary, Urban and State system of roads. Steps Up Program With final approval by the Road oCmmission, the Right of Way Department made plans to acquire a Salt Lake radio station tower. Such is one of the problems confronting the stepped-uprogram for Utah. As part of the Salt Lake County freeway, the tower was in the direct route for the Interstate System. The station must maintain constant operation when it is authorized to be broadcasting. A new tower must be constructed and the switchover made so continuous broadcasting can be acRight-of-Wa- y -- p Right-of-Wa- y complished. In all these negotiations, the has as its objective to be fair to all concerned. This means not overpaying for the property because this would be unfair to the many citizens of the state. On the other hand, the owner must not be underpaid, but must receive fair market value at the time the property is acquired. In comparison to national standard, the Utah Road Commission Department is well below national averages in cases requiring condemnation Right-of-Wa- y Right-of-Wa- Master of Ceremonies for the evening will be Charles E. (Chuck) Peterson of Provo, Utah. Mr. Peterson has served as Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives and is currently Utah County Republican Chairman. He also lists as his claim to fame his kinship to Rolfe Peterson of KSL a brother. The arrangements have been under the direction of the clubs vice president, Adam Mickey Duncan. The party is being presented by the clubs executive committee, Dean' A. Bateman, president. -- Jones, Clyde Speak Out on Government, Eisenhower Attitude Four Intermountain Republican leaders, including two Utahns, were quoted last were in a Wall Street Journal survey reflecting what the writer described as disillusionment with President Dwight D. Eisenhower as a political leader. Jaren L. Jones, Utah GOP national committeeman, the article states, summed up what many Republicans are saying and thinking with the comment: Mr. Eisenhower has maintained Will an aloofness to anything political a fine attitude in Utopia, but not very effective elsewhere. President Eisenhower, WednesGov. George D. Clyde concluded that Republicans, to reverse the day, signed into law the bill. construction Democratic trend, must establish highway The president, however, had se- and hold national leadership in rious reservation about the legis- fact as well as in name. lation and urged Congress to reNevada State Chairman Emery turn to sound principals of W. Graunke declared that Repubhighway construction. licans must contribute more monThe new highway bill will pour and effort in the election of additional money into Utah which ey congressional and state candidates can be used to great advantage. Ellis L. Armstrong, state high- to offset the forces of labor and way director, stated that the add added: We have many things to be itional money will help offset costs which proud of as Republicans and yet higher construction have developed since estimates we fail to sell this; instead, in were made in 1954 and the higher seandards of road construction my opinion, the Democratic Party has completely outmaneuvered us now being required. Part of the added money will in political strategy. Gov. Milward Simpson of Wybe used to great advantage buildonto the or roads feeder stub ing oming said the New Dealers and interstate system, he said. Socialists have take nover the govUnder the new bill Utah will ernment, thanks to the apathy of receive about $3.8 million in all the people, mainly those in emergency ABC money for primary, secondary and urban proj- high places in industry and the ects. This must be under contract like, who refuse to lower themby Dec. 1, 1958 and be completed selves to participate in politics. The Republicans 'must strike by Dec. 1, 1959. u Mr. Armstrong also pointed out back instead of assuming a to and state that the necessary money pointing position needed to match the federal the record of administrative money is available. out-of-sta- te Ike Signature Improve Utah Highway $5,500-000,00- 0 holier-than-tho- New Power Station Rust Engineering Co. Awarded Kennecott Expasion Contract A contract for expansion of the new boiler, cooling towers, a cir- Central Power Station of the culating water system and electric Utah Copper Division, Kennecott switch equipment. The additional capacity will Copper Corp., has been awarded to The Rust Engineering Co., it boost the plants output to 175,000 was announced today. Amount of kilowatts, the present facilities the bid was not disclosed. being one 50,000 and two 25,000 The plant addition will increase kilowatt generators. Mr. Pett said its generating capacity to 75,000 the additional power will satisfy kilowatts, said L. F. Pett, divi- the growing demands for electric sion general manager. energy at the mine, mills and refinery. The power plant is loThe contractor will erect a concrete and brick extension cated near the Magna Ore Conto the present building and will centrating Mill. install equipment Major equipAccording to the companys anment items include a 75,000 kilo- nual report, the plant expansion watt steam turbine generator, a will cost $16,000,000. 20-fo- right, talks with Bernard Baruch prior to a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, at which Sen. Ben Sen. Wallace F, Bennett (R-Uta-h) n nett interrogated the elder statesman on his ideas for combatting the recession. well-know- ot |