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LOCAL NEWS RADIO LOG PAGE 14 UTAH TUESDAY MORNING APRIL 20 1948 Road Fund Adequate Needs Maw Avers Tough Sea Lions Think 6 Fatty9 Kind of a Sissy sea lion at Tracy aviary had two new playmates Monday but it appeared it might take the three some time to get acquainted Parks Supt Joseph Sloan said he was considering naming the newcomers and as they are very rugged animals indeed James Collins Tracy aviary commission chairman bought the amphibians and gave them to the aviary Properly they are called California sea lions and flip up and down the coast from Oregon to Mexico Right now stays at one end of the cage and the nev additions at the other Mr Sloan says the newcomers ought to calm down and get sociable in about a month Grand Jurors Indict Lack in Liquor Case State Drops Embezzlement Case In Favor of Grand Jury Count The Salt Lake county grand jury Tuesday will resume its nquiry into the state liquor situation indicating the indictment eturned Monday charging Cyrus Lack liquor agency oper-itor with embezzlement was only a starter The true bill filed against Lack just 30 minutes before he vas to have faced preliminary hearing in City Judge Frank court on a complaint signed March 18 is expected to nsure an early Third district court trial for the alleged embezzle-nent of whisky valued at more than $50 Vf f- LA'S 'I Jku: 3 Technician James Baldwin explains the function of the television camera to Gov Herbert Maw as they prepare for first regularly scheduled telecast in Salt Lake City Gov Maw spoke briefly PICTURES ON THE AIR Bara City Hearing Dist Atty Brigham Roberts special Prosecutor Clifford Ashton and the grand jurors anticipating that numerous legal maneuvers would delay preliminary hearing and even trial pushed through the true bill which eliminates the city court hearing and places the case in the district court for immediate determination The prosecutors hope to try the ease before Dist Judge Ray Van Cott Jr early in May even though the grand jury still may be in session The indictment charges the same offense as specified in the complaint filed March 18 by the county office and signed by George H- Lunt member of the Utah liquor control commission Lack is accused of appropriating to his own use and secreting with fraudulent intent whisky valued in excess of Complaint Dismissed Judge Moss dismissed the March IS complaint immediately after the return of the Monday indictment the filing of this indictment the grand jury has eliminated necessity for a preliminary hearing into the case filed by County Atty Edward Morrissey on March said Mr Roberts will avoid delays The case now is in district court and are ready for immediate The district attorney said the grand investigation into the liquor matters would continue The return of this indictment is no Indication the grand jury has completed its study of that situation Mr Roberta explained Ashton Files Information Special Prosecutor Ashton filed the information against Lack at 9:30 am and at 10 am just as the preliminary hearing was about i to get under way Deputy Sheriff I Elmer Savage served the bench i warrant upon Lack The defendant accompanied by Verne McCullough his counsel and William Cayias bondsman went before Third District Judge Roald A Hogenson who set bond at $1000 and ordered Lack to appear Monday at 10 am before Dist Judge Joseph Jeppson for arraignment Back in -city court Arthur A Allen Jr deputy county attorney then moved for dismissal of the first embezzlement complaint He explained that to press this charge would be duplication in view of the grand jury accusation The court then dropped the case Attacks Indictment 'Defense counsel charged the indictment sought to prevent Judge Moss from hearing the case and the was to put the matter before a competent legal mind to decide whether the evidence warranted holding the defendant for trial in the district court He contended the indictment was old of legal procedure Auto-Bus Crash Inj ures Three An automobile-bus collision early Monday morning injured three persons at 21st South and 21st East according to police traffic reports All three passengers in an automobile driven by Coleman 3Q41-20th East were hurt John Kohnhorst 59 2796-20th East was reported in condition at Salt Lake General hospital where he is being treated for a fractured pelvis and fractured ribs hospital attendants said Gee 50 2S06-20th East who received possible internal injuries and LaVon Lindley 20 1937 2995 South scalp lacerations were treated at the hospital and released to private physicians PAGE THIRTEEN Governor Blasts Board on jMoney Request By ART TIIOLEN If Salt Lake county spent all its available road money on its highways in 1948 there would be enough without the Hene-fer-Salt Lake Memorial highway funds to build the best county road system in the state Gov Herbert Maw declared Monday Vigorously defending his position on allotment of secondary road funds to the memorial project Gov Maw made this assertion In a letter to Roy YV Grant chairman of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce highway committee Maw Defends Position The letter was in reply to one sent the governor Thursday by Mr Grant In his letter Mr Grant urged Gov Maw to "recede from the arbitrary position you have taken to ordering the full amount of Salt Lake allotted secondary road funds to purposes other than improvement of county roads" Gov Maw pointed out that with the addition of $7194463 in and money from the state Salt Lake county will have $1464474 63 available for road buildmg this year This he said is nearly three times as much as the county spent on its roads during 1947 and $41672183 more than it expended during the two-year period from Jan 1 1946 to Jan 1 1948 Controversy Origin The controversy over future of the memorial highway project was heightened by Ray Leavitt state road commission chairman April 3 when he recommended a temporary halt to new construction The dispute involves disposition of $212000 in federal secondary road funds whfch ordinarily would be allocated to Salt Lake county Gov Maw who was in Calif or-nia when Mr recommendation was announced declared on his return the project would continue under agreement between the county and the state In his letter to Mr Grant Gov Maw denied that his position was and asserted it was taken "after very careful consideration and was based on pertinent Cites Inequalities He pointed out that of the nearly 800 miles of roads in Salt Lake county 587 miles are maintained by the county and the balance by the state "To have $1464474 to spend on 587 miles of road during one year means there is available to the county the sum of about $2495 per mile for a road he said is enough to build the whole Salt Lake county road system up to a very high level and is far more money per mile than is enjoyed by any other county In the state It is a particularly large sum of money per mile because previous administrations already had oiled and surfaced substantially all of the county road system If othpr counties of the state had that amount of money per mile each year to spend on their highways many of which do not even have a gravel base there would be state-wide Road Funds Adequate Quoting from the 1946 report of the county auditor Gov Maw observed that at the beginning of 1946 Salt Lake county had $1016-51067 for roads and bridges $5319098 for highway improver ments and $1092676 for class roads a total of $10806284L During the year the fund was increased by $55272683 from taxes and other sources making $163335524 available for road purposes Of this total he continued only 44205714 was spent on roads while $550000 was transferred into a reserve The governor said only $90443 04 of this reserve fund has been spent on roads since then while more than $316000 of it has gone for other purposes Expenditures for "other he said included $18269143 for the county hospital and infirmary will be the governor wrote "to learn whether the county commissioners will spend nearly $1500000 they now have in their road fund on county highways duringvthe present year or whether they will spend a few hundred thousand dollars of it for other purposes as they did in Property Valuation Up The valuation of taxable property in Sanpete county this year is $8824100 an increase of $605-000 over 1947 according to a county report filed Monday with the state tax commission The report submitted by Clive Hansen --Sanpete countv assessor was the first county report to be filed with the commission this year SALT LAKE CITY County For All sjfg' J- -sgV- A IjL 1 7 4 4r -Vc 4 Neighbor Aids Woman In Fire Escape Fire caused by defective flue threatened the life of an invalid in her upstairs apartment Monday evening but was balked by speedy action of a neighbor Mrs Dorcas Larsen 1326-10th East partially paralyzed was alone in her second-floor apartment when the fire was discovered at 6:45 pm Her son George Larsen and wife who occupy the first floor were away from home Smoke pouring from under the eaves of the two-story structure attracted attention of Richard Gerber 13334-10th East who ran to the Larsen residence and carried Mrs Larsen down the single stairway from her apartment He was met at the door by other neighbors who assisted in taking the woman next door Fire fighters directed by Asst Chief YV Jolley encountered difficulty when firemen discovered the hydrant at 1341-lOth East was out of order The blaze was confined to the roof and walls of the building causing greatest damage on the south side where the fire apparently originated Walls and woodwork of the apartment were blistered and charred The roof was covered with composition shingles over wood shingles which kept the fire inside the outer shell of the building Loss was estimated at $1700 Motorcycle Auto Crash Hurls Two Violent head-on collision of a motorcycle and automobile at Cleverly crossing on highway 91 in Davis county hospitalized two Salt Lakerfc Monday at 11:15 pm Injured were George Ruebelman 26 858 1st South driver and Virginia Hoggan 24 145 5th West passenger on the motorcycle Suffering from shock and taken home by a state highway patrol trooper was Mrs Ivay Strasburg Woods Cross driver of the auto Highway patrolmen reported the southbound motorcycle was turning across the highway in Woods Cross when it collided with the northbound automobile Mr Ruebelmann was taken to Holy Cross hospital suffering compound leg fracture probable broken wrist and possible internal injuries Miss Hoggan Was taken to hospital for examination and treatment Police Quiz Youths In SL Burglary Recovery of five rifles a pocket knife and two watches stolen early Wednesday morning in a burglary of Hymas Food store and arrest of three youths for questioning were announced Monday by Dets Ed Gallagher and Ed Jackson Booked for investigation of burglary were Marvin Tauffer 20 341 Elizabeth st: Larry Merrill Jones 18 Huntington Emery county and Samuel Edison Burns 18 1044 5th South -i SECOND SECTION Board Lets Bid On School For $647405 Bennion Cites Need For Early Action On Other Building Salt Lake Citys expanded school population has resulted in bid awards for one school and request for immediate action another Dr Lynn Bennion superintendent of Salt Lake City schools announced Monday after a board of education meeting Construction of the Dilworth school a 26-classroom structure will go forward immediately relieve one of the major transportation problems in the he said The board awarded contracts totaling $647405 for the new school building to be located at 21st East and 20th South Johnson Sons local contractors won the general construction contract with a low bid of $501994 in competition with seven other firms Palmer Christiansen Plumbing and Heating Co received the heating and plumbing contract with a bid of $128424 and Apex Electric Co the electrical contract at a figure of $17087 Immediate Construction Supt Bennion said he would recommend that construction be started immediately on Bonneville school to be located on 19th East between Harvard and Princeton aves Plans for the Bonneville school a 13-classroom buildmg to include an auditorium practically are completed so bids can be let soon if the board approves he explained Estimated cost is $450-000 Supt Bennion said the Dilworth school would be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible since the school district faces a tremendous housing problem resulting from population growth particularly in outlying areas Will Accommodate 800 Dilworth school will accommodate 800 pupils and eliminate need for bus transportation in that area At the present time this is one of the major problems of transportation in the city schools with students in the area being placed five different schools of the Dilworth and Bonneville schools will shift the most crowded school population to the extreme southeast section of the city in Highland park area to Onequa district served by Onequa school 513 10th West and along the western or southwestern border we will have to provide increased facilities in there areas either by additions or new he said The Dilworth school will include an auditorium library rooms and administration offices in addition to 26 classrooms It will be of bfick construction with terra cotta trim Youthful Pair Robs Motel Two youthful bandits armed with pistols and with an unhurried manner held up Mrs Jerry Simes and her son Barry Simes Monday at 11:50 pm and escaped with between $50 and $80 and a portable typewriter Mrs Simes and her son were in the office of Se Rancho motel 640 North Temple when the two men each about 5 feet 5 inches tall walked in with drawn weapons One was described as thin dark and quite handsome wearing a yellow sports jacket look like the kind of boy to be doing this" Mrs Simes told him he answered got to make a His companion was of stout build with pock-marked face Mrs Simes told police she believed the men entered the motel court on foot as she had heard no automobile The search continued early Tuesday Maw Aid Selection Now Permanent The post of secretary to Gov Herbert Maw assigned three weeks ago to Maryon 777 9th South was placed on a permanent basis Monday by Gov Maw Mr Maryon former state road commission employe was assigned to the job temporarily after Milton Taylor former secretary to the governor was appointed to the state finance commission Traffic Bills $4 Million Residents of Utah suffered losses totaling $4010660 as the result of the state's 8885 traffic accidents in 1948 the Utah Safety council estimated Monday The estimate is based on a formula which considers wage losses medical hospital and burial expenses insurance charges and actual property damage Utah Notables Praise First Scheduled Telecast Show Television long heralded as one of the 20th major scientific strides came to Salt Lake City Monday night Still not perfect but a barometer of what is to come station W6XIS operated by KDYL went cm the air with the first scheduled telecast in the intermountain area -'r i I 1 j- own time receiving pay from private firms or individuals who have hired them The ordinance in question states that members of the police department shall receive any fee or any compensation whatever directly or indirectly from a city county or state for any service rendered or act done bv such member of the police department other than the salary provided by oi finance except withness fees in superior courts shall any member of the police department receive any money or compensation whatever directly or indirectly from any person for any service rendered or act done other than the salary provided by ordinance however that a gift or reward may be accepted by a member of tha police department only upon a written recommendation of the chief of police and approved by the commission of public safety violation of this section will subject the offender to immediate Public Safety Commissioner Romney said he had no comment pending commission action Misses Death by Minutes The Monday evening blaze which kept firemen working more than four hours at 1826-lOth East upper photo threatened Mrs Dorcas Larsen lower with death until her rescue by a neighbor Richard Gerber Mrs Nelson an Invalid was trapped on second floor Let Officer Keep $50 Payment For Extra Job Chief Says And with the phrase on the many notables of the city and state tensed for their first appearance on the new medium The and technicians tensed also as the first sound and pictures were telecast Welcome Station Gov Herbert Maw Mayor Earl Glade Frank Streator Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce president and Dr A Ray Olpin University of Utah president were among those to welcome the station and participate in the program Gov Maw noted that Salt Lake City is the 13th city in the United States to have regularly scheduled television Dr Olpin no newcomer to the field since he specialized in electronics and television pioneering more than 20 years ago spoke briefly All went smoothly on the lmtial broadcast But just in case the cameramen had a sign ready for emergencies It read: Free Demonstrations Besides Salt Lakers with television sets in their homes some free demonstration shows to interested patrons Station employes watched the televised program on sets in adjoining studios Besides the speakers news reels travel films and singers and players were televised Programs will be broadcast regularly each Monday Wednesday and Friday at 8 pm Test telecasts will be conducted Monday through Friday at 3 pm Reports Auto Prowl Theft of a $30 vacuum cleaner from his automobile while it was parked in front of his residence early Monday was reported to police by Louis Guyman 1424 Emerson ave Pollen Count Saturday storm continued to have a repressive effect Monday on tree pollination Pollen content of the atmosphere was lower even than that of Sunday The count showed the following number of grains per cubic yard with comparable figures for April 19 1947 in parentheses: Cottonwood 4 (4) Bo elder 57 (4) Alder 11 (none) Trio Arrested In Vandalism As an aftermath to uprooting of one of the oldest trees from its ahnne on 6th East near 3rd South two 17-year-old youths Monday were released to Juvenile court and an 18-year-old youth admitted guilt in city police court The trio was arrested early Monday after the ancient cedar post had been tom from its cement base and earned about a quarter of a block south of the shrine Eldest of the three arrested listed on police records as James Leonard Cronon 18 2739 Beverly st admitted charges of drunkenness and destroying property' when he appeared before Judge Reva Beck Bosone Judge Bosone set sentence date for Tuesday and the defendant was released under $50 cash bond Meanwhile two men W'ere charged with selling beer to minors involved in the vandalism Det Sg-t Raymond Cahoon said he mvestigated reports the youths had been served beer earlier in the evening the union walked out in sympathy All workers are to be back on the job Tuesday morning Mr Belnap said Union members are engaged in installing central office dial equipment private branch exchanges and similar equipment Western Electric does the work on contract for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Orson John Hyde Utah manager for the telephone company said that a meeting in Denver Monday afternoon Western Electric Co management had pointed out that it would be to the interest of both parties to resume work while discussions to settle the dispute were under way Union representatives agreed to advise their members to get back on the job Employes of Western Electric End Walkout in North Utah Police Chief Crowther said Monday he thinks Lt Clayton Blank should be allowed to keep $50 received for sparetime work unless the city commission is certain the payment was illegal there is any question as to whether it was a reward gift or whatever else the lieutenant should be allowed to keep it that is my the chief said- He said his recommendation was contained in the letter the commission should receive in time for its regular meeting Tuesday at 10 am The chief said it was only right to find a man innocent until proven guilty Asked about application of an ordinance covering the question of acceptance of gifts by police officers he termed it Chief Crowther said earlier that Lt Blank acted within his rights in accepting the money as compensation for his own time spend locating a woman at the request of her husband The chief explained several officers work as theater guards some at drugstores and some have worked as traffic officers on their Western Electric Co employes engaged in installing heavy telephone equipment in northern Utah were back to work Monday night after a walkout by 60 or more workers on the day shift According to AM Belnap Utah steward for the Association of Communication Workers (CIO) the walkout followed a dispute concerning preparation time for mne workers transferred from Salt Lake City to Boise The nine men he said had been notified two weeks ago of their projected transfer to Boise but upon receiving actual orders Monday morning were not granted the customary several time to close up their affairs here before leaving for Boise When the nine men tore up their orders other members of 41 "S4?.