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Show i Universal Kicroflining . Ul ricrpont . . m Volume SO. No. S3 Sugar House, Utah Thursday, August 28 , 1958 Price 10 Cents ' Ideal City Government Mayor-Counc- il Plan; The mayor-counc- il plan, now under consideration by the Utah Legislative Council, is them most popular form of government for cities in the United States, according to a study just released by Utah Foundation. The nonprofit governmental research organization observes that nearly half of all U. S. cities with more than 5,000 population operate under the mayor-counc- il plan. This plan is most popular in the very large cities (94 of cities with over 500 000) and in the small cities (59 of cities with 5,000 to 10,000 population). Included are both "strong mayor" cities where most of the administra-tive are vested in the mayor and ''weak mayor" cities where the city council (often through boards or committees) assumes a more direct control over adm-inistrative affairs. The analysis of municipal government types indicates that the fastest growing form of government in the U. S. is the council-manage- r plan. At the present time 35 of the cities operate under this form of government. In Utah, two second class cities (Ogden and Provo) and eleven third class cities have the council-manag- er plan in operation. Declining in importance is the commission form of govern-ment with only 13 of all U. S. cities over 5,000 pop-ulation still retaining this plan. ' The Foundation report notes that at one time the . commission plan was used in more than a third of the large and medium sized cities of the United States. Currently, there are three Utah cities (Salt Lake City, Logan, and Murray) operating under the commis-sion form. B.P.W. Board Meet Planned The board members of the Sugar House Business and Professional Women's Club will meet Wednesday, Sept. 3rd at the home of Gail Seaman, 1263 East 21st So. They will plan their winter program and activities. Mrs. Seaman is chair-man of the board. Westminster Shows Increase In Registration Current admissions at West-minster College are running about 20 percent ahead of last year at this same time, it was announced by Allan W. Bosch, registrar. Through August 25th, 110 new fresh-men had been accepted, with 46 other applications either awaiting completion or college committee action. Last year's freshman class, exclusive of nurses, who re-ceive academic training in con-nection with the St. Mark's Hospital nursing program, to-taled 109 when the fall semester began, according to Mr. Bosch. Many more applications are anticipated prior to official orientation and registration which begins September 15. Classes begin September 22. Gov. Clyde Talks To Institute Governor George Dewey Clyde will address the first day's luncheon session when more than a thousand chemical engineers will gather in Salt Lake City for the 38th national meeting of the American In-stitute of Chemical Engineers, it was announced by James D. Moore, vice general chairman. It will be the first time in its history that Salt Lake will be host to members of the in-stitute. The meeting will begin Sept. 21st and continue through Sept. 24th The technical program is under the direction of Dr. E. B. Christiansen, head of the depart-ment of chemical engineering at the University of Utah. Field trips to principal chem-ical and metallurgical plants in the Salt Lake Valley are scheduled in connection with the convention. Elledge Family Visit In East Mr. and Mrs. Leon Elledge and daughter are spending two weeks in Memphis, Tenn. where Mr. Elledge is attending the National Finance Adjustors national convention. They also plan to visit relatives in the East. Radio Official Speaker At Kiwanis Club "Radio... it's past and future" was the subject of Thomas M. Ivory, at the Kiwanis ... Club luncheon Tuesday. He related the actual changes and growth in radio since it was first introduced to the world in the form of a crystal set until the present day in its competition with television. Mr. Ivory is the manager of radio station KWIC. Holladay Team Continues To Win In Reno The Junior , league Base Ball team, sponsored by the Holla-da- y American Legion Post 71 is continuing their winning ways in Reno at 'the Junior Base Ball Tournament there. Monday night they defeated Ontario Califonia by a score of 4 to 3. The Holladay team captured all 4 of their runs in the sixth inning and Howard Van Woerkom was the winning pitcher and he went the route for the team. Visits Parks Mr. and Mrs. Ivory Holland, who reside at 1714 Roberta have recently returned from a trip to the Southern Utah Parks, the Grand Canyon, and the Mesa Verde National Park in Colo-rado as well as many other sights and side trips through-out the area. Sugar House BPW Schedule Meeting Arietta Elton, chairman of the Public Affairs Committee, will have charge of the Sept. 10th meeting of the Sugar House Business and Profess-ional Women's Club. The group will meet at 7:00 pm. for a dinner at the Y.W.C.A. The speaker of the evening will be secured by the League of Women Voters. Also on the program will be a skit called "Betty Joins the American Youth League" and a humorous reading by Evelyn Updegraff. Under the direction of the membership Committee, Mary Ann Nation, chairman, new members will be inducted into the club. Stevenson Will Make Official Visit To S. H. Utah District Governor of Rotary International, A. Walter Stevenson of Ogden will make his official annual visit to the Sugar House club. He will meet with Sugar House president Dr. Stanley R. Child and Holger Larsen, along with all the standing committees, on September 4, at 10 o'clock A.M. at the Beau Brumrnel. The luncheon meeting will start at 12:15 at which time Mr. Stevenson will address the entire group. Mr. Stevenson is former Assistant to the General Sup-erintend-of the Mutual Improvement of the L. D. S. Church. Stop! Look - But Don't Shoot I 00 Kg ' KiS V s - sa V A This stop sign has had it.(It indicates much damage to property). Ellis L. Armstrong, Director of Utah Highways points to mutilated stop sign which was located on one of the state's roads. Target practice com-pletely obliterated wording on i the marker. Traffic experts of t the State Road (mmisslon l estimate that the losses to i Utah approaches $75,000 annu-- ally from such damage. Shoot-ing at signs is not only a mis- - i demeanor punishable by fine, but makes for many other hazards, Mr. Armstrong has pointed out. It endangers life, erases warning markers, and thus contributes to accident increase. Money spent for re-pairing the results of such care-lessness could otherwise be used for maintenance and con-struction of roads, Mr. Amm-stron- g further added. All's Well That Ends Well Two East Mill Creek teen-agers, Jerry Debenham, son of Mr and Mrs. Shirley Deben-ham,23- 24 Evergreen Ave., and George Van Zyverden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Van Zyverden, 2880 E. 3535 So., are relieved and resting today following the harrowing cave experience in the Wasatch Mtns. on Tuesday. They were trapped in the cave for about four hours. Luckily for them, their com-- panions summoned help and they were rescued quickly. Had this not been the case this adventure could have ended in tragedy. Tax Revenue Report Released Tues. The pennies collected from the sales tax have added up to revenue receipts totaling more than$270 million for the state of Utah during the past twenty-fiv- e years. This fact is revealed by Utah Foundation, , in their latest study of Utah's sales tax. It was observed that the 2 Utah sales tax produced nearly $24,500,000 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1958. If the same sum were to be raised from the property tax, a state wide levy of 19 mills ($19.00 per $1,000 assessed valuation) would be needed. Accordnig to the report, Utah ' is one of 33 states which impose a state sales tax. Washington has a 3 and one third per-- cent state sales tax rate, sixteen . states a Z rate, two states av 2 rate, thirteen states (including Utah) a 2 rate, Indiana a of 1 rate, and fifteen states do not have the tax. These rates do not include local sales tax rates which are permitted in a number of states. California ,for example, allows local units to levy a 1 local sales tax in addition to the Z state sales tax rate, making the total effective sales tax equal to 4 in most Calif, cities and counties. Although the sales tax was originally imposed by most states during the depression years as an emergency measure, it has gained renewed popular-it- y during the postwar era of economic growth and in-flation. The reports points out that ten states and more than 1,400. local units of gov. eminent throughout the United States have adopted the sale tax since tthe close of World War II. Foundation officials surmise that it may well be that much of this post-w- ar popularity in . the sales tax among the states has developed as a counter (Continued on page 5) Speaks At Meet Industrial Head Mr. F. C. Green, General Manager of Kennicott Copper Corporation will be the guest speaker at the Rotary meet-ing today noon at the Beau. President Stanley R. Child will preside. |
