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Show tave Off Police Crisis, Steely Shows By Brian Naming Tnbune Staff Writer Federal were just rurmng an answering chrrent Chief J Earl then, Ve seme Jis fuse'll 1970 to $1 From 2 16 officers in 1970, Salt Lake City police force has grown to 331. Incidence of major crime kas decreased. Growth of the department and other changes hare been possible because of an influx of federal money, says Chief J. Earl Jones. said amounting to more than $2 6 million in the last three Lscal Since then these federal funds have years, have been vital in avertn? a Tutted us to move back toward the major crisis in the police department ac""pie, because the money has permitted cording to a study just completed bv the to use the Tactical Squad, the team Salt Lake City Police Department Korcept and others, and has let us put The study, authored by Mrs Bette f mere officers out in the field Stanton, planning specialist for the Salt Budget Must Grow Lake City Public Safety Department, u a. The study emphasizes that Salt I ake stimulated by the need to have a clear Citys budget support for the police decut picture of what federal funds ar, partment must continue to increase to doing for the police department in ord ensure that eventual loss of federal funds to plan future efforts doesn t enpple the department Much Improvement This increased local effort must conThe study indicates the police dep., tinue, according to Mrs Stanton, alment, using those federal funds, is though crime has begun a downward come a long way since 1970 when tip trend and federal programs have proved Chief Calvin C Whitehead, in askindor highly successful. help from the legislature, said, Wefire Almost 20 percent of the police denot able to do our job at the pnf'nt partment budget comes from the federal fund1', 10 695 m fiscal 1979, has encouraced Salt Lake City to inirease its own contributions to the polue depart- ment j government, n the form of several dozen individual grants from at least seven and the money government agencies has been used for everything from the purchase of filing cabinets to the hiring of police officers Programs Benefited Enforcement project the Polue Cadet program, an education incentive pay program, an improved records system and much more From 246 officers in 1970, the force has grown to 331 Anri thp riivrpqcr n rnnip in Salt Lake City m 1972 and 1973 can be directly traced to these changes made possible by thp influx of federal money, according to Chief Jones Mrs 'Stanton reports the deluge of federal money, growing from $2 235 m Federal money has funded the Tactical Squad, 86 new cars, hundreds of pieces of communications equipment, office equipment, 85 new oificers the new police gun range, the Alcohol Safety Action Program, the Fatal Accident Reduction time Vs a result, the Salt laxt Citv Police Department which just two vears ago was in dire straits just barelv able to perform minimum police duties and losing dozens of officers to other jobs has improved to the point that it is among the national ltaders in innovative police techniques The reason for this turnaround although attributable to many things can be traced back to mono, according to Chief Jones Breathing Room The increase in the police department budget from $2 5 million in fiscal 1970 to a budgeted $51 million for fiscal 1974, has given the police department enough breathing room to enable d to begin Dan Valentin ej ti Sfilmne kfe The least happy live in people Uganda. tat J 2 aI r 'b-- Second Section . S v $ j t (, $ A s' $$ A.. nrmrrnfiiim ffrrfinTi Tied down on the Right line of the 1550th Aircrew Training and Test Wing at Hill AFB I if 4 4 4 and Jolly Green Giant Hercules tankers. The Wing, and helicopters are Super Jolly I a tenant because at the base, trains out of Hill of the good surrounding terrain. Sought In Schools By John Cummins Tnbune Education Editor V v "WIW. A 4y 8 A : mi ,yK'y" IS s j Years ago, Dr. Skinner was Rieard Nixons personal dentist when Mr. Nixon was a practicing lawyer in i'hit-tie- r, Men who boast they like to get at on the golf course and get a little exrcise I are just kidding themselv es. A doctor recently made a studyof the physical demands of the game 4 golf, and he discovered its actually j lazy mans game the average golfer.pends 54 5 percent of his time just Ending and 20 4 percent of H; time around hunched over on the putting gnen. Of course, theres usually a lot of pysical action ui the clubhouse during he 19th hole1 ... ON MY RECENT trip to Etope -my goodness, wont Valentine cer stop I hH lunch taking about England7 with an old newspaper fnend of mine on Fleet Street. The fnend is aNeteran journalist, and is an expert (i Adolf Hitler He told me that Hitler Aever not once in his Lfe every haj his picture taken in a bathing suit I cm understand why. Adolf just didnt havi the figure for a bathing suit A tourist to our state postcaiis to say tha. while Utah may have the trewiect liquor laws in the entire.Umted Btates Utah also has the best watermelons. ... Hes right. Without any doubt, the Green River watermelons around Utahs grown waEmery County are the termelons in the entire world' best-tastin- g WOMEN DRINKERS in Salt Lake County are getting older, that u, the women in the county who do drink, which are very few thank goodness. senes of tests conducted by the Salt Lake Sheriffs department County reveals that the average age of the male dnver arrested for drunken dnving is 37.6 years of age . . . but the average age of a woman arrested for dnving while intoxicated is 50 years old. There must be a reason for this but I cant think of one except, perhaps, it just might have something to do with all this sex equality business . . . And while we are on the subject of A sex equality, all you ladies will like to know that there is a national campaign under way in London to tram more women butchers. It seems there is a shortage of butchers in Great Britain, and many of the food outlets are conducting school? to train the ladies to carve the steaks and grind the hamburger . . . Which brings up the obvious question-Homany lady butchers in Utah these days? SAM, THE SAD CYNIC, SAYS: reader wants to know if Utah has ever had a U.S. Senator who not In public, smoked. I don t think so A curious anyway! j r. r, 4, A . s Dr. M. Donald Thomas, new city school superintendent, will be putting his philosophy on display and keeping a promise made at the time of his appointment when he meets with the ralt Lake City Board of Education Tuesday night. Dr. Thomas, who issued a call for greater community involvement in the schools at the time his appointment was announced in early July, will propose that the board appoint a citizens advisory council to study and make recommendations on what has been one of the district's most controversial issues its future school building needs. Steady Decline For the past several years the city Tribune staff photo bv Steve Wavda Phantom F4 fighters line North Americas busiest Air Force runway at nill AFB while serviced and repaired. Hill is the major contractor for maintenance work for being the jet fighters, which are tLe backbone of the United States tactical fighter force. Budget Cuts Pose Some Concern HAFB Future Remains Secure, Says General By Steve Wayda Tnbune Staff Wnter HILL 1IR FORCE BASE Despite the end of the war in Southeast Asia and talk in the Pentagon of further military base closugs, the future for Utahs largest employer appears bnght. In 33 jbars Hill AFB has grown from a small sipply depot to a worldwide logistical bast, employing more than 20,000 civilian aid military personnel with an annual p JtoII of $240 million. Despite some uncertainty, Maj Gen. Bryce Pe II says some weapon systems repaired ordered and shipped from the base art m the Air Force arsenal for some une. Hill would presumably remain i factor in suth systems as the Mmuterrjin and Titan II ICBMs and the F4 Phcitom jet fightrr, says Gen Poe, commanler of the Cgden Air Matenel Area ((DAMA), HilTs major orgamza- tion. Durable Weapons K backbone of the nations tactical filter force, is expected to be around Jor some lime, and the Minute-ma- n irpsile is the mainstay of the countrys trategic mclear deterrent, sajs Gen. Hie. Gen Poe als says he would expect some jew missiins at the base to supB1 bomber, port tit F15 fighter and the both nov in developmental stages. The base, with 172,000 landing and takeoff last year, is the busiest Air Force tase a North Amenca Comtrucion is booming a new control tover,$10 million hospital, mechane housing are ized warehwse and either plamed or under constructor Budget Concern j dark Tie oily spot in this bnght picture admits the general, is concern over and the still undecided defense which if cut further could affect Hf s billion dollar budget Gen. Poe says tare have been some budget cuts at the l$e in the past few years and the trend Sion I A 13 iTtirifi tfht- iectfes-al- l ... Page Involvement 40 if j? v Well, the survey says that about 50 percent of the people in the United States consider themselves happy. (Of course, I hasten to point out, the happiness survey was made before the Watergate mess started). j DID YOU KNOW that a famous cif zen, born and raised in Idaho, used to t before tp President Nixons dentist President was President? Its the truth He fs Dr C N. Skinner. He grewip around the Bear River area in Idaho id California Monday Morning, August 27, 1973 t 4 mosjfa-mou- Sports - themselves very happy . . . On the other Dan Valentme hand, only 19 out of every 100 (oiks In Uganda admit they are happy. For some odd reason, Greek people the survey arent too happy, either reveals that only 25 percent of the people in Greece consider themselves truly happy. How about Americans7 Local News TV Today Page 18 W I A According to the study, 79 percent of all the people who I lme m Holland con went on to become one of the dentists in the world He ov er the world on dentistry Warns of Complacency But the public should not become See Page 14, Column I mrii'MlKC MONDAY WASH LINE: The hippiest people in the world live in Hollaid, according to a recent international survey of contentment. sider According to At. Chief J L Smith, the department is far down the road to adopting many national goals of law enforcement performance Where a few years ago we were m the position of jusi being able to perform minimum services, now weve achieved about three fourths of the goals proposed (in a national conference on law enforcement standards last January in Washington, D C ) Many of these goals (tactical squad, community relations, team patrols and others) have been possible only through federal funds We eouldnt have reached these at this time without federal money," Chief Smith concluded 3bf Nothin"; Serious f thmking about other than just the basic law enforcement duties e. - - ' AA has been toward fewer personnel. The general, who came to Hill as commander last February after spending most of his military career in the field as a jet fighter pilot, believes in a strong military and negotiation from strength He says he is concerned with the unpopularity of the military today and the resulting effects on the military budget. Funds Pared At the height of the Vietnam war in 1S38 Hill employed 21,000 and had a budget of $18 billion The budget has been cut about $806,000, he says, and at the same time the dollar is worth much less than in 1968. he says he thinks its the general points out the taxgreat, payer doesnt realize the biggest portion of the defense dollar, about 57 percent, goes to pay people. In 19b8, he says, the average blue collar worker earned $3 64 an hour, now $5 71 The average government service employe today is making about $11,800 a year compared to $7,500 m 1968, he adds. Six new fighters have been developed by the Soviet Umon in the last six years as compared to one by the United States. The Soviet Uraon spends only about 20 percent of it defense budget for personnel, he says To those who argue that the military budget should be cut because the Viet Although nam war is over, Gen. Poe answers that the budget, in constant dollars, is already down. The percentage of the Gross National Product spent on defense is down from 9 percent in 1968 to 6 percent in 1974, he says. Although he admits the defense budget is vulnerable because of the militarys unpopularity, he says the present defense, budget is already 30 percent below what is was at the height of Vietnam and in terms of constant dollars has reached a point of no return. To meet the budget cuts Hill and the military has and will face, Gen. Poe says Hill has been providing fewer services See Page 14, Column 3 Seek Nixon Support mum wage law. At a Liberty Park picmc 40 members of the Utah Chapter of the National Organization for Women and the Utah Womens Political Caucus signed postcards urging economic equality for all people. The proposal would raise the minimum wage proposal from $1 60 to $2 20 an hour. Support the Proposal Carolyn Young, president of NOW, said the womens groups favor the proposal smee women, especially domestic help, are mainly affected by the minimum standard There hasnt been an increase m the minimum wage law since 1966, sue said "The pnee of bacon went up 40 cents last week. This is a tine for bitter patron protests. Dr. Thomas proposal that a citizen council be formed to study the problem is representative of his 'belief in what he calls shared "psponsibilities between the schools and tne community. All the research indicates that unless the home and school are in mutual support, children tend to learn less effectiveWhen ly, Dr. Thomas said, explaining, there is conflict between the school and the home and commumty, the child is not motivated to learn. Mutual Support his belief Emphasizing in Dr. partnerships, Thomas said, The only way we can get mutual support between the schools and the home is by frequent interaction between the school and the commumty. We must have parental support. There is no other way we can succeed In a statement prepared for the 7 30 pm. Tuesday board meeting, Dr. Thom- as notes, School distnets with declining enrollments have umque problems They are faced with school closures, the need to reduce staff and decreasing revenue from state and federal sources. It is ime plan be develportant that a oped to adjust to these sensitive problems. Study Trends Under the superintendents proposal, the advisory group would: Study enrollment trends and accumulate data dealing with population trends, birth rates, student population and the mobility (the rate students move from one school area to another) in the long-rang- Women Backing Minimum Pay Hike Utah women gathered on the 53rd anniversary of the Suffrage Amendment Sunday to ure President Nixon to support the increase in the mini- school district has undergone a steady decline in student population. As enrollments have dropped, schools have been closed 12 since 1970 sometimes amidst catching up session. Ms. Young explained that womens action was part of a nationwide movement by NOW to commemorate the womens suffrage anniversary. It is not a day to celebrate, sne said It is a time to make others aware of the needs of women now and in the future. Because it is a budget session, ERA cannot be introduced, But we dont want Young said legislators to forget us. There seven more years to ratify Besides the postcard campaign, the women planned to discuss future plans, 'ocusing on the Equal Rights Amendment, Strategy Meeting Sept. 11 strategy meeting of eight womens groups will be held to on future ERA avoid duplication action A During the October special session of the legislature, the women plan to keep a daily silent vigil at the Capitol. The ERA failed in the last legislative the Ms. the are the amendment. The vigil is a more sophisticated than the vocal ones used by NOW m previous years. Ms. Young said that all movements go through various stages and that the womens movement is entering a more mature era. demonstration It has progressed enough for women to work legitimately in the system, she added But she denies different tactics indicate a waning interest in the movement. I Utah, dont even think its started in Ms Young said city school district. Study long range housing (school building) needs, and gather information on school plant space availability, con- studies and identify the duct resources available to the district. student housDevelop a ing plan for the district and make recommendations to the school board. The proposal calls for the council to make its recommendations no later than cost-benef- it long-rang- e Feb. 1, 1974. Dr. Thomas pointed out that the proposed council would be advisory in nature, no.ing that the board of education, as the legal governing body of the district, can not delegate its legal decisionmaking to others. 4 |