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Show ar'firnt'iliMr' twiiiniiiiiniin ' ;a ty f yrny'l Oif r nni Helium 'iic iiirriaHgiifeOTi-as,- ny rumri mtinjiV jjHIHptti 7s,J'S., vv.y. DESERET NEWS j7TYrvl r'V : Vi-"5- - M- v7:-.p- .A$lf .jprs SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - vs- wm lSf7p:pW' SvV&V P :';. P'.v :.... '':: .p $.. fKr:1' - v '' . 'P'l7 '.P 1X ' 7O ''' Pf,,,:,, '' j ' x k P'r. ,a ,t ! 5r nn ' 77 ' S"' 7 N - ..' .:. 77 ' .Av.. '. x'"7 "V s N ssmsssa astern- fcS' - "7 " - - '! S IK einstates Liquor Statutes '. r '7 7 n v4 7M7: T v , W 1 fc-f'- ti ik k.1 Piffe,,, ti tk1 jl 4 I J 7? ,J y 2 .9 t , W W I 1:i7 ; 77: ' ;i i ;W'Us, ' .. :vfe.7 aSSllii;: ti .'U'sij s' f &&&& WM&& ' : Enforcement of Utahs new liquor laws moved ahead today after three federal judges dismissed a restraining order which had delayed the enforcement for more than a week. U.S. Circuit Judge David T. Lewis, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Willis W. Ritter and Judge A. Sherman Christensen announced the decision v .'..$ c Tuesday afternoon. All Three concurred in the action. They had heard argu- HMrj ments on making the tempo- & i rrrfrrrZTfT ftJSSWte. ? i-- . "' ' ' x . , Billowing smoke attracts spectators to $75,000 fire which roared through Murray ",,; , i . ;, garage and shops this morning. ,i an A drum of MURRAY thinner tipped over and paint exploded in the Hillcrest Service garage at 4966 S. State St. at 8:30 a.m. today, sending two men sprawling across the floor and causing an estimat- ed $75,000 313 E. 6240 South, technician at Cottonwood LDS Hospital, was overcome by smoke while fighting the blaze and taken to the hospital. He was listed in satisfactory condition. (See pic- Ellsworth, damage. The men, Bud Christenson, y ture, Page .) The fire roared through the garage at the rear of the building and into the front portion housing the Sports Den, a sporting goods store, and K'ls Shoe one-stor- y two-stor- y 2819 Sleepy Hollow Rd., and Dick Nieman, 2514 Douglas St., coowners of the busi- nesses housed in the building, were not injured seriously enough to be hospitalized, their hair was although singed. A volunteer fireman, Kent Store. Fire Chief Arthur Caldwell said Christenson and Nieman were moving a drum of paint thinner in the garage when it tipped over and the spigot broke off. It was be sJm ?ialnmsn Hov problem? Kal 6 to 9 pun. Monday through Friday, or writ to Sox 1237, Salt Uko Cly.Utab 84110. ). Questionable Investment In May my wife and I were invited to a dinner at a local motel given by an Arizona land development company. They gave a hard sell program about this land and the opportunities for investment. They assured ns that ii we were not pleased in every way they would refund our money. We pud $100 down and a little later went to see oar land. We were appalled at the lack of anything there and asked for our money back. We were assured it would be but now we cant get it. Can yon help? F.D., Salt Lake City. . referred your problem to our counterpart on the Gazettes Answer Line, and received the folThe Arizona Real Estate Department gives the lowing: company a clean bill of health for current operating procedure and for correcting relatively minor complaints. In 1961, the firm accepted a temporary restraining order Issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission after a questionable situation arose. This was later resolved. The firm was sued in U.S. District Court in July 1965, for $1.6 million by a Pennsylvania real estate broker who claimed breach of and lack of performance. (It was settled out of court for lieved a spark from an electric fan three feet away caused the explosion. The men were blown toward two double-door- s in the garage and ran from the building. At least nine vehicles in the garage were scorched and damaged by the fire and by falling debris when the front part of the garage roof caved in. Police evacuated nine persons from a apartment house next door to the long brick building as a precaution. The chief said most of the damage was to the vehicles in the garage and to sporting goods and shoes stored in six-roo- Granite School District has clamped a shutdown order on new and planned construction of district and remodeling in buildings response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision. The move was made Tuesday night at the regular monthly meeting of the district board, at which Alma S. Edwards, formerly principal of Westlake Junior High School, was appointed principal of Cyprus High School. Immediately affected by the board decision is construction Answer Line suggests, and Do-I- t Man concurs, that you h.ve two courses of action. You can write to Fred Talley, director, Arizona Re-i- l Estate Dept., 1700 W. Washington St., Phoenix, Ariz. 85007 giving all details showing why you tliink deal was misrepresented. For refund of your money you will have to seek legal advice with a view to filing a law suit. Also, heed this bit of advice for yourself and tell your is a questionable friends, too, that buying land in is Arizona, Illinois, Utah investment whether the property or elsewhere. sight-unsee- n Hope They'll Eventually Act I just year 1 wrote to you about some county property near our home. You were able to get Oils cleaned up. Now more Dash and other rubbish has been dumped there. I called the county about three months ago and was told they would get around to it when they had time. They havent lieen around. Just the other day someone left an old tire and R.D.S., Salt Lake broken waste basket. Can yon help us? City. Your complaint is in the hands of the County Finance Dept., which says the S.L. County Health Dept., has assumed the job of cleaning up all County properties. Do What Inspector Advises A year ago we sent a check for $7 to Curtis Publishing Co., to renew a subscription to Ladies Home Journal for 25 months. We didnt get the magazine so we wrote them and said we wanted it or our money back. No word. Weve w u again and no answer. Finally we asked the post office if they could do something. So we got a letter (enclosed) from MAN on 3 See DO-Irit-te- T B-I- department. Twenty regular and volunteer fire fighters battled the blaze for an hour and a half before bringing it under control. They poured water through the double doors and windows of the garage and eventually had to cut holes in the roof of the front portion to spray water down onto the stored merchandise. One leg of Christensons coveralls caught fire when he was blown back by the explosion, but he got it out without being burned. Assist Jury, Aides Urge DISMISS SUIT Utah Atty. Gen. Vernon B. Romney filed a motion to dismiss the entire suit Tuesday and action on the motion is expected in a few days. Lewis is in Denver hearing cases for the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Public Safety Commissioner Raymond A. Jackson said now the air has been cleared his liquor law enforcement agency will move ahead. BEGIN INTERVIEW S He is rescheduling interviews with 40 persons who See LIQUOR on Page 4 of Dwight D. Eisenhower Ele0 mentary School at 4401-155- East. Plans and specifications for the project are already being drawn up, but architects were requested to cease work for the time being. Elmer J. Hartvigsen, Granite District superintendent, told the board that high interest rates and a recent Supreme Court ruling that probably invalidates Utah bond election laws have combined to put the district into a financial squeeze. The board then voted to shut down all present and construction and planned remodeling. Projects where construction is already under way will not be affected. The decision was made to limit administratively expenses as much as is reasonable and logical, Hartvigsen said. General expenditures will be made for capital outlay purposes, he added. After several hours of to attempting and failing find an alternative to termi nating construction, Members of the County Commission today went on record to approve the grand jury call and to request all officials and employes to fully cooperate. A resolution to this effect will be drawn up and given to the commission for formal action Thursday. ed court calendars and vacation schedules. LOTTERY CHOICE K. Commissioner Royal Hunt said that if there are government problems on any level in the county we want A lottery-typ- e drawing will choose the jury from a group of 25 names placed in a cylinder in the office of Salt Lake County Clerk W. Sterling Evans. These 25 names will be to see them clarified and propriate action taken. ap- ASKS COOPERATION He asked that the commission direct all elected officials and employes of Salt Lake County to cooperate fully and completely with any investigation into irregulari- board members voted to support the move just before adjourning at 1 a.m. ties. We encourage and instruct them to make known to the grand jury any irregularities of which they may be The appointment of Edwards to the Cyprus post filled a vacancy that has existed since Don Speriy was transferred as principal of Olympus Junior apprised. The grand jury will be the first for Salt Lake County since 1965 when a jury met for about six months and returned a number of indict- two-mont- h High School. Edwards, who resides at 554 Wilmington Ave., had been principal at Westlake Junior ments. The six judges who signed the order calling for a grand jury set Aug. 18 as the effective date because of crowd since 1964. Mrs. Virginia Rideout was See NEW on Page 5. The formation, organization and work of the grand jury shall be under the supervision of Judge Bryant H. Croft, presiding judge of the Third Judicial District Court, the order stated. seven-memb- taken from several thousand names already in the county clerks jury box. These are names of county residents who are citizens, over age 21 and are taxpayers and registered voters. The drawing must be super-Se- e JURY on Page B-1- SECTION B City, Regional Comics Theater Financial Obituaries 5, 8, 9, 14, 15, 24 4 6. 7 10, 11 15 Weather Map 15 Action Ads 15-2- 3 Events, Rites To 'Christen Sait Palace We $10,000). to Spectators ' gathered watch the blaze as smoke billowed into the air and some of them got wet when the pressure in a hose suddenly flipped Capt. Earl Healy over on his back aqd the hose got away from him. He wasnt firemen hurt and other grabbed the hose and directed it back on the fire. Ray Smith, owner of a near by service station, said he was talking on the telephone when he heard the explosion and saw the back of the building on fire. He called the fire Belaire Dr., and other taxpayers and citizens of the State of Utah, claiming the liquor laws are invalid because they were passed by malapportioned Legislature. Judge Ritter issued the temporary restraining order the same day the suit was filed, July 1. Granite Shuts Down Projects Phoenix con-Tra- boxes on the second floor. He said there were no windows on the second floor and firemen had to shoot water up from the shops below. No one was in either shop. The shoe store had opened for business just a week ago and the sporting goods store was scheduled to open Friday. Three applications presented to the Salt Lake County Commission for approval of liquor locker club operations were referred today to the county attorney's office for recommendations. All three were submitted in accordance with the 1969 Luquor Control Act. Clubs involved are the Holladay Locker Club of American Legion Post No. 71, the Cottonwood Club and the Copper Golf Club in Magna. LAWS INVALID The suit was filed by former Utah Atty. Gen. Phil Hansen on behalf of Kathy Smith, 2219 Blast, Fire Rake Murray Firms Ey JACK MONSON Deseret News Staff Writer LIQUOR APPLICATIONS SENT TO ATTORNEY rary restraining order permanent Monday and at the conclusion invited the state of Utah to file a motion to dismiss the entire suit and took the restraining order matter under advisement. r 3"' B1 .NS,.. "Sir p '.i !Vc s Wednesday, July 9, 1969 .... It will glisten under the sun at noonday, and scintilate under the lights and stars at quet may be made until 3 p.m. Thursday by telephoning night . . . This expansive prose was used to describe the old Salt Gov. Calvin L. Rampton will speak at the banquet. Salt Lake County Commissioner Philip R. Blomquist; Palace during its 1899 dedication in Salt Lake City. In three days of events beginning Friday, the city will dedicate a new palace, expansive enough to match the prose of more titan a half cen- City Commissioner y tury ago. The sprawling Salt Lake County Civic Auditorium complex, named the Salt Palace in a 19C5 Deseret News contest, will be formally christened in a round of grand opening activities ranging from a banquet to musical events. A ceremony near the ill Cflw 40? As- sembly Hall of the palace (on the West Temple-ls- t South side) at noon Friday will raise the American flag over the and initiate the complex three-daschedule of opening events. E. Earl Hawkes, Deseret News publisher, will speak after posting of the colors by the Faiher Domingues Generof al Assembly, Knights Columbus, Salt Lake City. Members of the assembly will present stale and national flags to palace officials. County Commissioner Oscar Hanson Jr. will also speak at the ceremony. The Tooele High School Band, which represented Utah at President Nixons inauguration in January, will play. At 5:30 p.m., the Murray High School Band will strike f i 1 ti I! fi j Cf v. 1 ,v 1 I; All-Cit- y y flag-raisin- g Conrad B. Harrison; Presiding Bishop John H. Vandenberg, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints; Murray Mayor William E. Dunn, and McCown E. Hunt, Palace president and board chairman, will also address the guests. Open house for the Salt Palace arena will be held for the public from Friday noon to 4 p.m., and open house for the overall complex is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., both Friday and Saturday. Music will fill the palace Saturday. Open house guests will be entertained by the Junior High School Band beginning at 10 a.m., followed by the Centerville Junior High School Stage Band at 11 a.m.. the El Kalah Shrine Band at noon, the Salt Lake City Municipal Band at 2 p.m. and the Salt Lake City Post Office Band at 4 p.m. Combos, groups and acts are scheduled for 1 p.m. Siiilftiai High in Salt Palace up outside palace doors to welcome guests to the gala $7.50 a plate prime - rib - of beef banquet, beginning at arena seats, Beverly nuvii itiiiifc ainw Burt A standing-rooonly crowd will hear country-westersinging star Glen Campbell perform Saturday at 8 p.m. in the arena. n A7 j t'V points to tiny figures of workmen (arrow) below. Interfaith 6:30 p.m. The Salt Lake Philharmonic Orchestra will play a pre- banquet concert, sprinkling in a selection of Dixieland pieces such as Alexanders Rag- time Band, and Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey, with more serious music from and Carmen My Fair Lady. Reservations for the ban dedicatory ser- vices Sunday at 3 p.m. will be capped by the dedicatory praver. offered by Pres. N. See DEDICATION on Page 5 i |