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Show Stale Gets l)f Opinion Of Auditor Salt Calif Sfibunr With a prospective legislative auditor to be appointed, the elected state auditor Wednesday suggested that, perhaps, his post should be eliminated Local News Comics TV Today, D-- 7 Page By Douglas L. parker Tribune Political Editor Thursday Morning, April 12, 1973 Section B State Auditor David S Monson said such a move might avoid duplication and added expense In a letter to state legislators and the State Constitutional Revision Commission, he posed five alternatives for study in implementing duties for a legislative auditor The Utah Legislature failed to act during its recent session to create the legislative auditor post separate from that of the state auditor as authorized by a constitutional amendment adopted m the 1972 election SV One Page Dan Valentines y 'Wj ' L i Indirectly Affects Office "Since the implementation of the legislative auditor indirectly affects the office of the elected state auditor, I would like to suggest other alternatives which I believe should receive consideration, Mr Monson said i ' s r Nothing Serious' w OF AGE: Some get better wine, ' A His ideas MAGIC some years . V. how 4. f (P m point is Pablo Picasso, who died the other day at the age of 91 still the great-- if est artist in the modern world and still producing right up to the time of his departure A case like Pablo Picasso refute the constant adoration of youth which has been quite in vogue around the world the past several decades. THE UNITED STATES, being a young nation, has always worshipped at the fountain of youth. in doing so, it has tended to neglect the oldsters. being done by the old folks . . . It has always been so. Take a run through the past, and note all the great work accomplished by men who could be considered over the hill Like the late Harry Truman. Mr Truman didnt even start taking a part in and he ended politics until he was 51 up President HOW ABOUT Stradivari? He was the and most "famous of all violin makers he didnt make his first fiddle until he 60 Robert Peary reached the North Pole at the age of 53 . on his eighth try Don Quixote Cervantes completed when he was 70. George Bernard Shaw wrote a hit St. Joan when he was 67 play Gladstone was prime minister of . and Ben Franklin England at 83 . helped frame the Constitution of the United States when he was 80 . . . . . . VERDI WROTE his great opera, Othello, when he was 74 . . . and composed Ave Maria when he was 85 . . . amazing the amount of the world's fine work that has been done by men years after the age of normal retirement. Douglas MacArthur came out of at the age of 61 to lead the Allies to victory m the Pacific in World Its Warll . . Pablo Casals is still considered the at the age greatest cellist in the world of 90 . Bertrand Russell, famed British philosopher, wrote 20 books after the age of By Dave Jonsson Tribune Staff W nter tailings at the former Vitro Chemical Co. mill at 8th West and 33rd South may not pose as high a radiation hazard as recently feared, it developed Wednesday in a meeting at the State Capitol Gov. Calvin L Rampton had called property owners and government experts together to attempt to get a unified policy" as to what to do with roughly 100 acres of property covered with tailings from uranium ore milling of the 1950s Several Agencies g Representatives of the Atomic Energy-Commissio- Environmental Protection Agency, Utah Nuclear Energy CommisHealth Desion. Salt Lake partment, State Health Division, Salt Lake City Suburban Sanitary District No 1, Zions Securities Corp. and David K Richards and D E Moench, property ow ners y attending were spokesmen for Silvex Corp, a California concern seeking to develop a racetrack on part of the land now under lease from Zions Securities Also Dr Robert Pendleton. University of Utah radiological health director, told the group radiation received by a person spending many hours at the site say if he attended every race during a season at five hours per race would be no greater than the additional radiation encountered at higher elevations such as Alta or Brighton as compared to the Salt Lake Valley floor. Needs Soil Cover A consultant retained by Silvex. Dr Keith Schiager, Colorado State University radiologist, said calculations he's made show placing two feet of soil over the tailings would reduce gamma radiation to normal background" radiation 80 . Thomas Edison was still busy experimenting with new inventions at the age of 84 . . . Henry Ford took over management of the Ford Motor Car Co. for the second at the death time when he was past 80 of his son Jack Benny and Jimmy Durante are still headlining on both in their 70s - thtTfamed Las Vegas Strip . . . JACK JOHNSON, weight champion of the world, was still fighting exhibition bouts with opponents at the age of 67. half Ins age one-tim- e heavy- George Bancroft completed his famous history of the United States on his 80th birthday . . . Katherine Ann Porter won the Pulitzer Prize and for a novel when she was 76 Mary Baker Eddy started the Christian one of the worlds Science Monitor when she was great newspapers 87 . GRANDMA MOSES was still knocking and expensive out her famous and landscapes at the age of 101 Sarah Bernhardt was still a star of the London stage when she was 75 . wrote 16 novels Booth Tarkmgton after he reached the age of 60 . . And Field Marshal von Moltke was chief of staff of the Prussian army at the . Pge of 88 . . . . PLATO, THE Greek philosopher, was ll teaching and writing in downtown Vns at the age of 80 . . . V all you young folks of 60 or over tet out of the armchair . . and get gn'A . A s work to be done THE A - V 4 1 ly Wednesday as crews flushed it out fore it can be hooked into the city water be-- system. Water rushed dovwi gully into an old gravel pit where it formed a temporary lake. Vitro Plant Tailings May Not Pose High Threat, Capital Meeting Told Its a shame . . because much of the worlds best work has been done and is . v' Vs?' s. V Have the legislative auditor carry audits of state agencies, but permit the state auditor to continue to perform the fiscal audits. 2 Salt Lake City Water Department well in southeast Salt Lake County flowed strong A new Men wasyast Give all post auditing functions on appropnations are spent to the legislative auditor, thereby eliminating the need for an elected state auditor 1 A . . SAD CYNIC, SAYS: Salt Lake girl was asked to Join th vv cott. She refused. I Uke boss. s Tilained. Rampton Notes Safetys First . rv Akl T lit? A X i tlTlCy Local law and building code enforcement agencies need to be responsive to the needs of public building safety, specifically schools and nursing homes, Gov Calvin L Rampton told participants at the 7th Annual Utah Fire Investigation Seminar Wednesday Gov Rampton's remarks served to open the first session of the seminar, which was keynoted by David M Kenne-dv- , former Utahn arid US Ambassador to NATO The three-dadime at the Rodeway Inn is annually sponsored by State Fire Marshal Robert A Tanner, Utah Technical College at Provo and the Utah state fire chief's and firemen's associations Ambassador Kennedy, a native of. Randolph, Rich County, spoke of the United States' role m world politics and geopolitics The afternoon sessions included presentations by Fosei F. Dunaway, arson and polygraph specialist of the Dallas. Tex , fire department and Russell Calame, former special agent in charge of the Salt Lake City office of the FBI Essentials of in criminal arson circumstantial evidence cases was discussed by Mr Dunaway, while Mr Calame spoke about basics of interrogation in arson cases The second day of seminar sessions will begin Thursday at 8 15 a m The uses of photography and polygraphs in arson cases will be among the topics discussed and forth between alternatives as to what to do with the land the most extreme being to lock it up and not use it for anything for virtually hundreds of years and instructed toe experts to determine what additional data might be needed before a conclusion can be jointly reached on the property's fate levels while nine inches of solid concrete would be needed to reduce radiation from escaping radon gas to minimal levels Further, he said 250 hours of exposure per year would represent only 10 percent of a person's allowable yearly exposure to radiation from natural sources The sanitary district's mterest m the problem is whether we can use it if the racetrack developers and others cant The district is right next door to the properties. Zions Owns 53 Commission Stavs County Meeting Acres Zions Securities owns 53 acres of land containing tailings, part of which is involved m the agreement with Silvex, and Mr. Moench and Mr. Richards own 40 acres to the east with tailings on them and another 38 acres, the site of the now demolished Vitro plant, without tailings The sanitary district facility is to the north Lack of a quorum Wednesday forced postponement of Salt Lake County's regularly scheduled commission meeting A makeup session is scheduled Frida L at 9 30 a m Y McClure Commissioner Ralph called the regular session to order and explained that Pete Kutulas was too sick to attend the session and William E Dunn is lepresentmg the Utah Association of Counties at St George. Then he set a time for the makeup meeting Gov. Rampton said he was concerned that various government agencies might the property owners back whipsaw- Create a 'Lake' New City Well Spews Into Old Gravel Pit It was just a test of a new well for the Salt Lake City Water System not a flood that dumped gallons of water mto a gravel pit near 6500 South and 2b00 East, the water department reported, Wednesday Charles W. Wilson, water department general superintendent, said the flow w ill flush sand from the replacement or what he called the old Sims Well ate this award more because it is a joint award. of our life, were jointly honored Wednesday night with the presentation of the National Conference of Christians and Jews annual Brotherhood (NCCJ) Award Mrs. Rampton too, attempted to place the reason for her receipt of the award on the efforts of her spouse. This honor is really his, she said, and I am privileged to share it as I have been privileged to share a little in the challenges and opportunities of his office. Dr O C Tanner, himself an award winner in 1971. made the presentation at the Utah Chapter of NCCJ (coincidentally an award presented by Gov RampDinner by savings ton). Brotherhood The highest attainment of brotherhood is inspiring others to practice brotherhood They both inspire us to achieve more in hte, each m his or her own way. and our community is the richer for it " That the award was presented by made it more significant. Mrs Rampton said. NCCJ An award from an organization whose very reason for existence is to 5 The new well will be topped by a pump house to control the flow, Mr. Wilson said Meanwhile, residents called the pond caused by the flow a lake " Mr Wilson, however, tended to minimize the claim, explaining that residents opposed location of the well from the start It s bigger than the old well The residents claimed it would shake their houses down spread the acceptance of diversity is especially meaningful to me, because my lessons in school and in the past eight years have shown me the importance of diversity Public Sen ant Mrs Ramptons citation read in part, Tireless public servant as well in the noble good works to be done With dignity and grace, an inspirational First Lady, oft foremost among and champion of those who would comfort the oppressed, the unhappy the troubled Earlier m the evening's program. Dr See Page Column 4 in a bill introduced during sion by Sen. Karl N Snow the last ses- and the former legislative analyst The state auditor called it the best bill presented among other versions offered However, Mr. Monson said, some problems could arise because of the lack of cooperation or coordination between the legislative auditor and state auditor, possibly intensified when office holders change Other bills introduced appeared to create an overlapping with the duties of the state auditor unless the ultimate goal of the legislature is to eliminate the state auditor. These bills would appear to promote inefficiency, duplication and competition rather than cooperation, the state auditor said Mr. Monson cited of other alternatives, such as greater efficiency versus the constitutional and political complications in carrying them out. Since the legislature appropriates the money it is necessary for them to get. sufficient information to make wise decisions, he added. There is a strong belief, and apparently well supported that post auditing should be performed in the legislative branch Other states have accomplished this by elim mating the elected state auditor and appointing he (formerly) elected state auditor to be the legislative auditor, if he is qualified Mr Monson said the qualifications should be the same for each auditor position Both should be certified public with a minimum of three years experience, he added ' B-- . We were all created with a spark of brotherhood m our hearts. These two people have practiced brotherhood in different ways, the governor through politics, Lucybeth through culture, and we are grateful to you both, Dr Tanner concluded r Guests The more than COO guests attending the dinner at the Hotel Utahs Lafayette Ballroom agreed with Dr. Tanner as they gave the governor and his wife a standing ovation After view mg the plaque, which said in part, employing, too, the weight of his station m personal commitment to relieve the sufferers of poverty, bigotry, Gov Rampton told the audineglect, ence Mrs Rampton was more deserving of the honor. Gov. and Mrs. Calvin L. Rampton, a couple "who have inspired others to practice brotherhood," '; Some Problems Could Arise He has been able to merge high ideals with reality Mrs Rampton inspires the citizens of our state in one of the highest manners that of enriching our cultural values, Dr. Tanner said Whatever the justification may be for any recognition of our contribution to the people of this state, it is more because of her efforts than of mine She's been my eyes and ears and more than that she is my social conscience This is a team effort and I annrei - -- Jr . Hard Tasks 600 -- 5 Don't appoint a legislative auditor "At present, the state auditor is responsible only to the people and the legislature, and, if properly funded and with qualified people, could give the legislature all the information it needs to make wise decisions, Mr. Monson said Gov Dr. Tanner said, Rampton. has achieved the nearly impossible he has harmonized politics with brotherhood. both hard tasks and for one person to do both at the same time must set a track record . The second alternative was contained The old well was m a path of the Belt Route and had to be abandoned. Mr Wilson noted The state paid damages and provided a spot for the new well at East, he added Ramptons Receive Service Award and Mrs Calvin L. Rampton, a great team which has raised the quality Give all post auditing functions to legislative auditor and make the state auditor the controller handling pre- auditing functions and disbursement of warrants, which would require a transfer of duties from the Department of Finance 4 Establish the elected state auditor as an appointive position in charge of solely internal auditing in the executive branch to be used for management pur poses, thereby giving all post audit functions to the legislative auditor. 3 the Conference of Christians, Jews Gov out performance smile as they jointly receive Brotherhood Award from Dr. 0. C. Tanner at Hotel Itah Wednesdav. |