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Show iipyMr At By HAL KNIGHT Deseret News Staff Writer Some 3.1 million tourists visited Utah by car last summer and spent more than $37.6 million in the state, the Utah Travel Council reported today. These figures, prepared by Utah State University, repret) sent the first really accurate summer tourist head count, travel council spokesmen said, v Comparable figures are not available for the previous year, but other estimates indicate a 10 per cent increase in vehicles last summer. te According to the USU survey, there was an average of 3.4 persons in each car and they spent an average of $11.82 each durf ing a day and stay in one-hal- Utah. In previous years the travel council used a figure of $33 per in spending. Council person spokesmen said today this fig ure was overly generous. The report noted that half of the summer tourists spend one night in the state, 15 per cent stayed two nights and another 15 per cent spend three or more ing to the report. It noted that 57 per cent of the summer tourist spending took place in rural areas where Qulv 17 per cent of Utahns live. About $6.3 million worth of construction in motels or resort facilities provided an additional 502 rooms and jobs for 96 more employ es during 1968. For 1969, another 2,317 rooms are being planned at a total construction cost of $23.6 million. cent is for entertainment and 12 per cent for other retail purchases. Other figures cited by the council included a 12 per cent increase in visits to Utah national parks and monuments, a 20 per cent boost in fishing licenses and a 29 per cent rise in hunting licenses. Tourism apparently is a in the less popumoney-make- r lated areas of the sjate, accord nights. Only 20 per cent of the visitors did not spend at least one night in Utah. These summer tourists use 2 per cent of their money for food and lodging and 31 per cent for transportation. About three per i' nrwui i wpi'uf i'i y Visit Utah Moiio!iD Sminnimeir TTogjirns'fes 1 (June-Augus- W vyur M was even greater, accounting for an extra $1.2 million, the report said. John David Rose, director of the Travel Council, said it is impossible at this time to say exactly how much revenue comes into Utah through tourism. We just havent delved into the situtation deeply enough, The travel council said Utah is getting a good return on its tourist investment. Some 62 per cent of all summer tourists had seen or heard advertising or promotion material about the state. These people spent more while in Utah than those who hadnt seen such material an extra $2 million worth. Another eight per cent had written for Utah information and their spending per group but travelers and visitors must spend somewhere around $200 million in the state in an entire vear, he said. DESERET NEWS ; SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - Tuesday, January 21, 1969 B 1 Corrections Panel Proposed To Set Jail Standards By CLARENCE S. BARKER Deseret News Staff Writer The State Council on Criminal Justice recommended Monday that the Division of Corrections supervise jails throughout the state and establish regional jails. This is one of many recommendations in a report by icials state. the council to criminal justice off throughout the 96-pa- Specific ge recom- mendations concerning jails are: Establishing minimum standards for all jails and lockups consistent with those of tiie American Correctional As- sociation. INSPECTION DUTY Giving the Corrections Division authority and responsibility to develop a jail inspection service. including establishment of a system of reciuitment orientation and training for jail em- ployes. Giving the division power to develop regional jails through out the state for detention of accused persons and correctional treatment of sentenced of- fenders. Closing certain local jails which would become unnecessary-. Two cranes lift 100-to- n 37-to- n WORK, TRAINING Expanding w'ork and train- tension ring onto scaffolding at Salt Palace arena. Note men on scaffolding and size of .ring being lifted. ing programs for prisoners. Salt Palace Tries By DOUGLAS PALMER ; Deseret News Staff Writer ' The Salt Palace tried on a hat for size today and it fit very well. The cranes lifted a 37-to- n 100-to- n steel 37-to- iension ring and placed it atop intricate steel scaffolding 95 feet above the arena floor. The dramatic operation, which began at 9:20 a.m. and renuired an hour to complete, was witnessed by dozens of persons who watched workmen from Bigge Construction Co., Oakland, Calif. It had been postponed several times due to various problems, one official said. Before further work on the arenas cable roof suspension system can continue, another tension ring must also be lifted to the top of the scaffolding. It weighs 63 tons and will probably be raised later this week. The two rings, one on top of the other, will be fabricated to form the tension ring, heart of the Palace's double-cabl- e sus- pension roof system. This ring will sit on top of the scaffolding until heavy steel cables can be strung between it and two concrete compression rings which are part of ihe arena wall superstructure. A total of 108 sets of cables, similar to those used on suswill be bridges, pension 37 Oim strung between the center Ton Eilat -- said' Hoffpension system, man C. Hughes, structural engineer for the project. Hughes is president of H. C. Hughes, Page & Associates. This system is used to prevent flutter or uplift due to wind pressure in the roof system, he added. Salt Palace Manager J. Howard Dunn said the roof system is practical because it will require no columns, pil- ten- sion rings and big compression rings to form the roof and ceiling of the arena. When completed, the roof will look like a giant bicycle wheel sitting on a circular wall, said George S. Nicol-atuproject manager for Bonneville Architects. The tension ring will be the hub of the wheel, while the spokes will be steel cables 2 inches on top and 1 inches on. the bottom. The s, lars or posts In the arena to support it. There will be no obstructions to block the vision of patrons seated anywhere in the facility, Dunn said. rims are the compression 7 rings 360 feet in diameter feet by three feet, eight inches on top and five feet by three feet on the bottom. The roof will be stable because of the double cable sus About miles 630 steel of wire, h manu factured by United States Steel, are used in the cables. They are the same as those in some of the worlds great suspension bridges. The main cables are high strength bridge strands, with a minimum tensile strength of 225,000 pounds per square inch and have great resistance to stretching. The tension ring was fabricated by Allen Steel Co., Salt Lake City. Steel for the . ring, comprised of inch steel and plate, was manufactured by of United Works Geneva States Steel at Provo. Hughes said the first proce- - j 100-to- n on Page B-- Withdrawal Sparks Johnson, Udall Feud he could only have been speakWASHINGTON President ing of members of his own for Republicans Indicated Lyndon B. Johnson's last min- party, that they knew notlilng of the ute decision to sign proclamaplan until asked about it by retions added 266,000 acres to two porters. Rep. Wayne N. Aspi-nal- l, Utah national monuments, and chairman of the 94,560 to one in Alaska, but to House Interior Committee, abandon plans to Increase the whose state was not directly national park and monument involved, and Sen. Alan Bible, system hy another 7.2 million chairman of the Senate acres, was the final scene In a Parks and Recreation Subcombitter fight between Interior mittee, told the Deseret News Secretary Stewart L. Udall and last week of course they never the outgoing President. tell us about these things. We I was have to get our information Udall said Monday, that the from you reporters." deeply disappointed President did not go all the way Sen. Frank E. Moss, iith me. The White House siiid during the week that he indicated that Johnson changed )ild jnown a little of the Udall lus nund when congressional blIt added that it was sup- position exploded on Saturday after he had bean assured that By GORDON ELIOT WHITE - representatives of the states - The death OGDEN Monday of an Ogden woman who was Injured Dec. 12 in an auto pedestrian acci- dent raised last years way death toll to 288. Mrs. Ida Hutchinson areas involved did not affect proposals he had made in pending legislation. So heated did the that discussion Udall reportedly threatened to resign on Friday. The secretary said he was surprised when the President mentioned the planned new monuments in his State of the Union message a week ago, and slip probably led to cancel- Udall-Johnso- n gt 1" the withdrawals since it tipped Rep. Aspinall, Sen. Henry M. and reportJackson, ers to the fact that something was up. Without objections from the Capitol, the President apparently would have gone ahead with the proclamation of all the new monumen,s n Monday, when it Involved had no objections, the works, but got no details ii Udall gave such bbsurancec except an assurqjice that the1 See LBJ on Page B--ll 4 Directs PSC To Hear Cases Appearances Sometimes Deceiving Am writing you in hopes that yon can do something about two horses being kept on the northeast corner of 3680 West and 3100 South. The horses are starving. Please look into this R.T.G., Salt Lake City. police service. This strengthened state police should assist local law enforcement. POLICE TRAINING Had Board of Health look. You'll be glad to know that despite appearances, these horses are in good shape. They have 3 to 4 acres of pasture; plenty of water. No evidence of starving. Just goes to show appearances are sometimes deceiving. recruitment Coordinating and training of police personnel throughout the state and providing for minimum standards. Raising police salary scales to a level consistent with private enterprise and other governmental service with comparative qualifications. Raising standards for academic and other police training. 'Gentleman' Never Filed Ciaim CADET PROGRAMS Providing flexible regulations recruitment, governing entry and transfer of specialists. ll Developing police cadet programs. Utah Traffic Toll S.L. Climbs To 288 Do-l- t Man talked with the customer relations dept. Thpy promised you would be sent a turntable immediately on receipt of correspondence which you had forwarded to Do-- lt Man. But, before we could send it, we got another letter saying that the turntable would be sent right away. Also we got an apology for mishandling your order. Releasing more defendants on their own recognizance, where this is practical, to avoid unnecessary imprisonment. Strengthening the statewide llj-inc- h See In May 1 bought a stereo from a Chicago firm. I returned two parts to them immediately. The turntable had a dent in it and the other part was bent. They replaced the latter in July. But I still have no turntable. I have written but have not heard a word. Can you help? W.A.M., Salt Labe City. J j high- courts handing Concerning misdemeanor cases, the report recommends: Adopting a unitorm method of keeping court records and reporting to a central agency. Developing a program orientation and training judges. Fed up with haggling at pub- PROBATION, PAROLE lie hearings, Salt Lake City j Authorizing the Bureau of voted! Adult Probation and Parole to commissioners today 83, 1312 Washington their preference for the Utah orovide services to all courts Blvd., died Monday from inPublic Service Commission 'misdemeanors at the juries suffered when she was struck by a car as she was (PSC) to hear ambulance oper-- j disrpction of lhe courts. ator requests. Developing new methods for crossing Washington Boulevote, the commission- By a vard at 13th Street. handling revolving door alco-ers directed City Attorney Jack holies." The driver was listed as to strengthen Recommended Pete Genemaras, 46, 757 E. L. Crellin to prepare model legislation for the change. and parole work are: 675 North. He was cited by probation This would involve, in effect, Increasing the probation police for improper lookout. radius ex staff to provide a reasonable eliminating a emption of PSC authority in oh- B.u JAIL on p taming certificates of conven-- i ience and necessity by ambulance operators. B Thus, Salt Lake City would discontinue granting the certiii-cate- s and operators then would Dr. Henry Eyring. University of Utah professor of chemistry apply to the PSC. City, Regional . .1. 3, 11. 12, 20 2 vote with a Theater and metallurgy, will deliver the In another 4 Winier Quarters Honors Lecture slightly different alignment of Comics the city body Sports tonight at 7 :30 p.m. in the Busi- commissioners, voted for the attorney to pre- Financial ness Lounge. 10 The Utah scientist will discuss pare an ordinance repealing the TV Highlights 12 certificate of convenience and Obituaries the Chemistry of Thought 12 His speech is sponsored by the1 necessity chapter of the city Weather Map 12 19 ambulance ordinances. Action Ads University Honors Program. Hig-ha- j Last year a gentleman from Harlan, Iona, ran into the of my trnrk. He was cited and agreed to settle through his insurance company. I have written them twice but get no answer. Can you help clear this up? L.M.J., Grantsville. rear end That gentleman never notified his insurance company about the accident. They have now called him and hell file a report. You should be hearing from them as soon as the claim is filed. Better get back to Do-l- t Man if you don't hear cause he cant understand why the insurance company didnt answer your letters. SECTION Honors Lecture 3-- 2 5-- Better Unwind I have a small farm in Malad. Not having any use for the irrigation water, I rented it to a Malad man. When fall came I contacted the watermaster and asked how murh money he owed. lie said about $11. I have contacted the renter personally twice and he promised payment. I also wrote a letter but have heard nothing. Hope you ran do something to keep the gentleman on the straight and narrow. HD., Salt Lake City. Sir. you stirred ud a hornet's nest. He took indignant affront. He says hes now sent you a check for $7 which lie says the watermaster told him lie owed. Do-l- t Man wants you to know that he was in a bad auto accident which caused the delay in his paying up. Really, dont you both think you should unwind over the minor matter? And wasnt your last remark unnecessary? Could you tell me the name of the company who installed the seats in the new University of Utah sports arena? L.S., Salt Lake City. 2 Eyring To Give - Minor Affair American Seating, 9th local distributor, Utah-Idah- o & Broadway, Giand Rapids, Mich, School Supply. Either Way You Are A Winner Ilow do we get service on a Westinghousc TV bought six weeks ago and It has already been hark for repairs three times. The dealers will nit give us a new set, and our warranty is up in 30 days. Can we get a lunger guarantee or Mrs. S.T., the set has not hen fixed, a new one. Salt Lake City. se Dealer said bring the set to him; he'd take it home and test it for a few days. Whatever is wrong he'll fix or replace set, If test warrants it. He'll do this even though the manufacturer's policy does not permit declaring a whole sot defective. lEdittrs Notei Wire terry tha number at sails and Ida yaluma at mail it Impossible to answer ovary question. Plena, no mad teal er taaal questions. Don't send stomps or tnvalopas as answtrs con only da aiven In this column. Only questions ol qenerii Interest will aa answeivd and tel volume calls can be accepted only an tie Do-l- t Min ptwna 1 ilia hours Otvo your name, address and tetspbonq number not lor proscribed. but It beta Dp-l- t Maa help you.) publication make |