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Show V I Federal Investigators Probe Provo Crash City Okays Record Budget gait inh ffilmiw Special to The Tribune PROVO Federal investigators began sitting through wreckage and interviewing witnesses Thursday as tliev juttempled to determine the cause of a J ght plane crash Wednesday morning killed fie members of a California pat , aimlv mining the cause of the early morning crash FA A spokesman in Salt Lake City said it is not uncommon for similar investigations to take 30 days to complete e The plane did not carry a flight recorder that would have helped TV Todav I investigators Pa"e An ttfin-engin- sixth member of the family, Ginna Gibson, was listed m Critical condition at University Hospital jThursday with bums over 60 percent of A car-ol- The crash occurred about 7am shortly after the plane took off from Provo Airport and was witnessed bv relatives of the v ictims d w bodv The lederal investigators representing The federal Aviation Administration iKAAl and the National Transportation safety Board (N'TSB) on the scene retorted little progress Thursdav m deter- - Killed in the crash were Lee Stanley Gibson, 34, Iron Mountain, Calif , the pilot, his wife Elmore, 33, and three of their children, Gayle, 13. Clinton. 9, and Ernest. 5 D-- Local N eve s Obituaries 4 Friday Morning. June 29. 1S73 'the Bv Craig A Hanson Tribune Stalf Write A record but "mggurdlv" $25 673 7x5 including pav m general fund budget for the com creases for citv emploves mg fiscal vear was adopted Thursdav bv citv commissioners after a public heating where a lone person questioned several portions The fiscal vear begins Sundav The budget is up fiom the $21 463.769 figure agieed upon last year and ua barely finished Thursday from a $1 IS million trimming to make it balance That job began more than three weeks ago as City Auditor Lawrence A Jones and fiscal consultant Fred M Oliver and requests departmental pared readjusted expected revenue figures Asks About $500,000 Iaw 'section B A Olson executive secietarv of rah Taxpavers Assn, said most of Jack One the A increase was fot salaries He then turned toward Streets and Public' Improvements Commissioner Stephen M llaimsen and asked whv his department needed an extra $00 000 plus the salarv hike I've got to pav moie for gasoline" the commissioner explained He expects his price to be raised from 11 cents a gallon to 19 cents and that will account for $50 000 In addition the commissioner said the cost of asphalt has jumped from $2 si a tan to $5 45 and the citv will double the already recoid number of streets to be resurlaced citv ot its size to others " it s mugaftllv compared The budget, in a departmental n includes $1 49 million tor the Public and Finance Department breuk-do- Aftairs S! IS million for Public Safety . with an additional $4 million going to the po lice depaitment winch needed more funds to pick up Public Emplov merit Program emploves whose federal program is to ex pee Fire Department million for the fire depart ment including construction of Fire Station 14 at the Industrial Center and also jinking up PFP emploves 93 07 million for the Streets and Public Department Improvements $3 53 Niggardly Budget We can cut costs," Mavor Jake Garn Salt Lake said 'if we cut services Citv s budget is one of the smallest for a Dan Valentines Noilrimr Serious BOOK PARADE: Young people have the knack of asking older people probing questions Like the other gar-olday, a school high girl who will be a senior next year me on stopped Main Street and asked bluntly If you had the whole summer off with nothing to do but read, what . 17-- y d or This set me thinking. She explained that she had the entire summer free . and she loved to read, and she expected to spend the months of Julv and August curled up with a book in a lawn chair in the back yard. ' If you were in my spot, Mr which books would you read0 I had to think a minute . . Aalen-tm- e . ' 1 would go real heavy on Mark Twain." I finally said I dont think people read Mark Twain enough s some of the at the University of Utah will hake their heads in disdain when I say this, but I think Mark Twain is very close to being the greatest writer who and that includes Bill ever lived Shakespeare and all those Russian novelists I know d -- SO." THE GIRL ASKS, what books ot Mr Twain's would you read mer if you were in my place? this sum- had to think real hard again Well. f said. I'd certainly start off which is the with Huckleberry Finn' greatest novel ever written m any lanTom Then I would go to guage saw v er ' " -But I would be extra sure to read which I still remember Roughing It w ith fondness though I havent read it in more than 40 years 1 - After Twain, what? the girl asked. Robert Louis "I think I would and also Stevenson's Treasure Island a lot of Mr Stevenson's short stones. He well was a great wnter, and d How Peace0 about Tolstoi's she asked 'War and "NEAER COILD get through the damned thing, I admitted. I've tried and tried, but I never get past the first I get all the characters all 100 pages mixed up and I cant tell the heroes from the villains, in fact I cant even tell the men from the women. I wouldnt try to tackle Tolstoi if I but I had the summer to read books sure would like to take a second crack at Charles Dickens ... I WOILD like to go over once again Old . . and the the Pickwick Papers Curiosity Shop This is quite an interesting question the books you would d again if you had the time. I know I would like to read through but I doubt if Ring Lardner again Damon Runyon, one of my favorite humorists of my youth, would hold up I ALSO WOlLD like to go back and lead the earlv short stones of Ernest Hemingway Not his later giant novels, but his short works like The Killers And I would also like to renew my acquaintance with O'Henrys great short stones I wonder if they still hold0 They were great 40 years ago Silhouetted against the sky are the Salt Lake Scots, dancers, drummers and bagpipe Scots W The Fourth of July has always meant drum and brassy bands, trombones, Stars and Stripes bugle corps and Forever. Theyve been handed down for generations At The Salt Lake Tribunes Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration at Lagoon, the observance will have all that tradition, but it also will be spiced by muMC going back beyond Americas that music being nearly 200 years by authentic Scottish bagpipes whose history goes back many centuries Adding Scottish Flavor pro-vide- d Providing the international flavor to the holiday will be the Salt Lake Scots dancers and drum and bagpipe troupe suppose if I had the entire summer oft. I wouldn't read at all sAM, THE SAD I A NIC, SAA s: Go on a picnic and you'll find out that Watergate isnt the only place that's een hugged . add international flavor to celebration. Mom, dad and ail the kids are invited. July. Doug Stephen leads group, which to Scottish authentic bagpipes uses the north stage and march through the parks games area. The Salt Lake Scots will be one of several specialty items on the agenda for this years Old Fashioned Fourth For example, Malikova, an internationally known aenalist, will perform four times on a wire above the Lagoon midway nding a bicycle, walking blindfolded and walking with boxes on her fept Square Dance Planned Another special attraction promises tn be an hours performance by the Happy wyy- ws?-- Squares, a Salt Lake square-dancintroupe to perform at 8 p m And speaking of music, dont forget the band concerts which will be provided free by 18 area bands, starting at noon and running through 7pm e Two other special items of the g observ-Complet- Schedule, Page 0 ance will be fireworks shows both Tuesday, July 3, and Wednesday, July 4, at Davis Stadium, adjacent to Lagoon The first show will usher in the holiday and the second will cap it off. Both are free and will begin at 10 pm Of course, there will be numerous other attractions such as 5,000 U S. Flag stickers to be given away, $5,000 in Lagoon nde tickets (if you arrive before i pm) given away, free pie and watermelon eating contests and free bicycle, races which the sports car and public may enter Also providing the old fashioned touch to the old fashioned celebration will be some 30 vintage autos which roamed the roads of the country at the turn of the go-ca- rt century From bagpqies to family picnics they will all be at The Tribune's Old Fashioned Fourth celebration at Lagoon 11 Working on recommendations from one person who said firemen werent getting enough to a woman who complained about city officials making more in one month than a retired person gets in a year trom 2 39 percent for poThe raises lice and firemen to 8 6 percent for operawere suggested last tions personnel year The pay increases for officals were suggested June 19 by board members, who said their pay scales should be set by the state. The increases sailed employes through the commission as 25 city workers watched However, the officials raise found a dissenting vote No, Mayor Jake Gam said '! want t make it dear Im not opposed to the amount of the raises. They are justified for the responsibilities of this board. My no vote is a long standing policy . that I would not vote a raise for myself while I was an incumbent large urban areas. While total reported major enmes decreased dunng the first quarter of 1973, violent enmes continued to climb Violence Down The report showed violent enmes, including assault, rape, murder and robbery, increased six percent while nonviolent (property) enmes decreased two Public Safety Commissioner James L Barker voted yes Im embarrassed that this board has to set its own wages, but I want to say a couple of things, Mi . Barker said In 1967, this commission voted itself a $200 a month raise I voted against the raise. Then when it became effective Jan. 1, 1968, I refused to take it and it percent Only one of the nations five largest cities Chicago reported an increase in major enme, while Los Angeles and Detroit both reported decreases of more th in ten percent Raise the Citizens Advisory Board on Wages and Salanes, Salt Lake City commission- ers voted to raise city employes wages, then voted themselves 11 percent hikes after a public heanng Thursday. The heanng fell on the heels of one which set a record $25 7 million general fund budget for the coming fiscal year Opposition to the raises cam" from tively The report made no attempt to explain the reason for the better show mg by large cities but federal studies have shown a large percentage of federal money spent on law enforcement is m While Salt Lake Citv was slightly ahead of the national average, it showed about the same decline as all western cities studied House burglaries are likely to be a touchy subject with detectives m the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office these and especially with Capt N days D Hayward The top detective in the sheriffs office found out about burglaries firsthand last weekend While the captain was attending a law enforcement convention in Logan from Thursday to Sunday, burglars pushed a screen aside, entered an open bedroom window and took several items including a Salt Lake County Sheriffs captains badge City Fathers Give Selves Figures for Salt Lake City show total major crime for the first three months of 1973 was 3 322. down from 3 457 for the same penod m 1972 The. FBI report showed total major crime m 153 cities of more than 100,000 population decreased four percent during the first three months of 1973 compared to a similar penod in 1972 Reported enme for all areas in the study decreased one percent, while suburban and rural enme figures revealed increases of five and six percent respec- Ahead of Average Detective Loser With Thieves f Salt Lake City did a little better than the national average and showed decreases m four of seven statistical areas, the report showed 1 and Id be a tv pical American waste all nn time looking at telev lsion of Large cities, including Salt Lake City, are doing much better in the battle against crime than suburbs and rural areas, statistics released by the FBI indicate. burglary, larceny Property enmes which make up the and auto theft bulk of all major enmes, dropped four percent in Salt Lake City, while violent enmes showed a similar decline Still I d Ground On Crime ES. IT WOILD be nice to spend the ntire summer just reading lavonte books of other days I might even read again Tom Swift and some Horatio Alger and a few old Rover Bovs books V fun-fille- decked in traditional costume. The troupe is scheduled to appear on the days busy schedule at 9 p m. and will perform on S.L. Gains Salt Lake Citys figures indicated the continuation of a downward trend which began last year when enme figures dropped for the first time in recent memory I artists, as they prepare for The Salt Lake Fourth Old Fashioned Tribunes ill Add Flair to Old Fashioned Fourth wouldn't mind going back and the old Raymond Chandler detective stones, and it would be nice to tead again F Scott Fitzgerald's This side of Paradise And J The welcoming balloon barely left the ground.i swung but the 22nd Annual Square Dance Convention dance into action anyway, with at least one called from the basket of the balloon. 15,000 Square Dancers Open S.L. Meet A gigantic balloon, held down to a flight of six or seven feet above the ground by hot weather, helped welcome 15,000 square deicers to Salt Lake Citv Thursday as the 22nd National Square Dance convention opened at the Salt Palace The balloon: about three stones high, was suppos'd to drift considerably higher and support i square dance caller in its basket The caller, and the balloonist went up a few feet, the caller called one dance and Hie promotion was ovt Steve Ward. Ogden, owns the device it for the occasion The caller was James R Fusaro IP loaned The convention officially stepped off breakfast and with a other activities including seminars on dance aalling, improving dance organizations. found dance techniques and "contra dancing, a form of American folk dancing Opcnf.ig ceremonies for the convention included a match from the Brigham A oting Mi sin ment west along South Tem 4 m r . A 4m jm. JK ple to West Temple and the Salt Palace There, Salt Lake City Mayor Jake Garn presented Jim Iivine, Salt Lake City, convention chairman, with the original art work of a poster used for the convention Dancing convention, publications 10 a m for tors, party izens '1 will be the mam thrust of the but there is also a display of and a seminar Saturdav at educators, recreational direcprogrammers and senior cit- was given to the Public Safety Athletic League for a penod of two years However. Mr Barker said he was for the raise this time because he would have to be tins November and it takes effect Jan 1. and Im going to have to feel comfortable about the employes wages at that time With the salary hikes, the mayor will be paid $1,620 monthly, commissioners $1,489 and the auditor $1 388 In addition thev either use a ear or get 950-month automobile allowance city-owne- d he event runs thiough Saturdav J Jm tm j a 4 y |