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Show University of Utah Library City 9alt Sake Collectivist Burton Fears the Creeping Shadow of Diversion s s FIRST, the Individual VoL 24, No. 21 SALT LAKE CITY, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1961 Ten Cents Per Copy VIPs Tour Dusty Haul Roads to See Gigantic Interstate System Three buses loaded with members of the chambers of commerce of Granger, Kearns, Midvale, Murray, South Salt Lake and West Jorddn inspected the new freeway number 15 now under construction. The tour started at 10 a.m. last Wednesday and was concluded with a luncheon at the Anderton Does Prudential Building. Federal Savings The buses took the roads Dutch-Dik- e Job On Local Trouble At 3 a.m. Wednesday morn- ing the South Salt Lake marshals office awakened water .supervisor William W. Anderton to alert him of an excess of water in the region of Whitlock Avenue (2501 So.) to 27th South. There was water from cub to curb all along this route. " Due to the fast action of the water supervisor in locating the trouble the cost of repairs was held down to an approximate $75. It appears that a hammer on the water pump had broken. A large excavation was made and a search was started for 20 inch pipe and fittings to replace the damaged material. Full service to the area was restored at about 1 p.m. the same day. What might have become a severe problem which might have cost heavy damage to nearby homes was averted by the alertness of the police patrol in spotting the leak and the fast action of Mr. Anderton. Just ten minutes previous to the reported break the area had been patrolled and there was nothing apparently wrong. A tired and sleepy Mr. An- derton appeared at the highway luncheon that same day. that the contractors are using while building the roads. As they traveled along huge earth moving equipment would go rumbling by. A stop was made at the interchange at about 8th West and 24th South where the interchange will take ten city blocks (seven to a mile) to handle the problem of exchanging traffic from and to the two freeways. There will be no local access or feed off roads. Only traffic moving from the East-We- st Freeway to the North-Sout- h Freeway Freeand from North-Sout- h East-West Freeway to the will be handled at this way interchange. At one point in the interchange there will be three levels of traffic, all above ground on structures. This interchange will use 2.5 million yards of 4 dif- ferent kinds of fill dirt. This will be walled along the ten blocks. On top of all this fill dirt will go a surcharge which will remain for from six months to one year to help pack down the fill dirt. When it comes time to cover the fill dirt the surcharge (192 thousand yards of it) will be removed and placed along the sides of the embankment This helps flatten the slopes of highway wall. On 21st South the viaduct over the railroad tracks will (Cont on Page 2, Col. 5) the proposed super is finished you system highway will own, individually, 84 feet of it This 84 feet can be covered in one second at 50 miles per hour. When 1 Our man in Chloride says he refuses to feed his enemies any longer. They have eaten his left arm up to about here. No more, says he. Let the Laotians, Titoists, and Russians pay .their own bills. Bust our buttons dpeartment: There is a used Rose Wilder Lane Book in the South Salt Lake library. It is titled Free Land. Well I see that the Granite School District got its bond and we have double sessions also. What about their threat of no bond and there will probably be double sessions? I am an enlisted man myself guess thats why I prefer private schools. . . . The highway department pointed out that they paid the Salt Lake Board of Education money to sound proof the school at 17th South and Seventh East . . . and that they seem to get along without the sound proofing he wondered what happened to the ... money? Boy, oh boy With the figure of 9.8 cents per mile to operate your tar, said Mr. Taylor Burton, director of highways for the State of Utah. One penny of this is coast-t- o Divide the 74 million motorists into the number of highway miles and you reach the figure of 84 feet per motorist. (Editor: This is a prime example of collectivists thinking. The road belongs to the gov- ernment) Mr. Burton is most concern- Sugar & Spice Three buses loaded with approximatley 120 men who were inspecting the new highway system now under construction had a bright sparkle added to the tour. Four attractive ladies smiled and swished about making the men nervous and disrupting many a private conference as they flounced by. The quartette included Mrs. Martha J. Toombs, Miss Helen Frazier and Mrs. Ruth Wells, aU of South Salt Lake From the Murray Chamber of Commerce r. came pert Miss Bonnie Seeg-mille- Needless to say, this reporter sat with the ladies at all times. We ignored former U. S. Congressman, Bill Dawson, Commissioner of Streets, Joe Christensen and even our own Mayor J. Vern Bolinder. ... we gottem fightin each other now. What with the Highway fighting the , School Board and the Publicity Anyone knowing anything department . . . they will start a new government within their about the whereabouts of the own government and maybe following people please contact the Herald office. . . . even . . . they will start taxing each other. WHOOPEE! The people listed below were We sorta felt like one of the in the Wasatch school 7th 1931. A class reunion freedom rider buses the way Grade in we were swinging along with is planned for the 24th of July at Lagoon. our escorts. I asked one man if he felt Geneal Patten that way and he said, H No, Frances Slater I paid for my seat and lunch- WANTED Tom Williams eon. If Mr. Burton says 84 feet of the super highway belongs to me I think I will test it by taking it home, then well see if it is mine or not. . (Cont. on Page 2, Col. 4) used to pay for the new coast freeways. Elaine Holdaway Eleanor De Marais ed with what happens to the highway dollar in Utah and urges Utahns to vote in favor of Senate joint bill number 9 which will stop the creeping shadow of diversion of highway funds. Mr. Burton complained that some of the highway money was being diverted in Utah and thus Utah was missing out on Federal Aid (Editor: We could not be happier) and its match-fund- s. There are 27 states with amendments in their constitutions. In the thirteen western states only Utah and New Mexico (Editor: Hooray) do not have such laws. Of every highway dollar 60 cents is used to build new highways; 23 cents is used for repair and maintenance; 17 cents is used for administration. anti-diversi- on When $50,000 dollars of highway funds are used by the state then a million dollars is lost in Federal Aid matching funds. We must give first priority to getting money for matching funds; 2nd priority to maintenance funds; 3rd priority on state construction of roads. Admittedly, some of the outlying areas must suffer by not having road construction done in their areas which is sorely needed. We must not divert matching highway funds. We must have assurance that the funds will be available when we need them. For instance the Utah State Department of publicity gets $200,000 of diverted highway funds. Of course tourist trade is important. But we need the matching funds. Marguerite Culp Marion De Vries (Cont. on Page 3, Col. 5) Salt Lake Trade Tech School Offers Free Summer Classes for 250 Teenagers of State A valuable opportunity for high school students is now available at Trade Tech a free glimmer school that offers training in any of 13 skilled trades. This important new program is open to all students in any high school of the state who will Be a junior or a senior, student in high school next September. Be graduating from high school this Spring. Trade Tech will launch these special training programs in trade and technical occupations . on June 15. The student will learn manual skills and an excellent background of technical information related to the trade he has chosen. Both boys and girls will find an interest in at least one of these courses slated for the summer school. Auto Body Repair and Fainting Automotive Mechanics Business Practice Commercial Carpentry Diesel Mechanics Art Architectural Drafting ElecMechanical Drafting Ma- - ' Electronics tricity chine Shop Printing . Welding. Obviously, no one will become a skilled technician in just nine weeks of summer schooL : But the program will be an invaluable aid in helping the student evaluate aptitudes and in selecting high school courses that will build solid groundwork for future training. For the graduate who plans to continue his training, the bonus summer school experience will be a great advantage when he begins regular shop and dasswork. Students wishing to enroll . Trade Tech's summer school program must apply through their school counse; lor. in Due to limited facilities, only 250 students can be accepted for this years classes so it d. e, will be Sumer school will begin June 15 and end Aug. 18, with classes conducted Monday through first-com- first-serve- Friday from 8:30 am. to 3:15 p.m. for a total of 270 hours. Students will be graded on their work either Outstanding . Above Average, Average, low Average or Not Be- tory. Copies of the grades will be sent to the high school and the district offices. Credit may be granted at the option of the district or the high school principaL Tuition for the summer school is free paid by the students school district. However, a $10 rental fee for tools charged in all classes except Business, Commercial Art and Drafting must be paid by the student and is not refundable. Students also will be required to purchase a text book, costing approximately $5. |