The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 13

Sg-w ff-z i trM fiSMt ri A iii si i 'fill vHfA B- -Section OGDEN UTAH TUESDAY EVENING MAY 7 1974 IB a a fi A tA 'J- i S-s sA kK -1 ft( 4 fell The administrator of the Weber County Hospital will proceed to implement the county merit system within the next few days County Com they are county and are willing to go into the program the chairman stated County Attorney Robert mission Chairman Keith Jensen announced today Following a meeting Monday between commissioners and officials of the hospital workers ilill I i 4V i I iil it1 Continued warm temperatures and variable high cloudiness with little promise for rain will prevail in the weather picture for Ogden and vicinity through Wednesday Temperatures probably will be about the same "as those on Monday 78 at Pioneer Station in Ogden 73 at Pine View Reservoir Nighttime lows should be in the middle 40s slightly cooler than last 55 in the city and 40 at the dam Probability of rain over the next 24 hours will be near zero the National Weather Service said as the above normal warmth continues Light winds should keep the outdoor air stirred through Wednesday Weathermen said the 10-day warm weather cycle should end later this week as low pressure zones move inland from the West Coast bringing chances for showers and temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s The warm temperatures apparently extended into the mountains as snowmelt continued to push the level of Pine View near its 110100 acre-foot capacity in the reservoir stood at 99115 acre-feet today a gain of 1111 since Monday and just 10985 acre-feet" short of filling Hill Kg i a rtr-S stil 'U 'ffims-w I fA MmMMmm 4 a-a sa i U-J vs 1 S' jJT ff A ip 4 4 A 5Sy 4 S' JV yf 4itK i li -V 3 1 i A Li Vrf Vi a 'V '-A i rf? 1 Newey said he feels everyone has the common goal of able to operate within the law at the lowest dollar cost to the Through a scries of discussions the employes have become assured of their position the attorney stated course the commission has been sure of Its position for about three he added County Purchasing Agent Bruce McFarland said the hospital takes care of its own purchasing working directly with his office in buying bulk items- such as milk Officials of the county merit council offered their support of the County Commission In implementing the system at the hospital ALTERNATIVE" In a letter sent in April to George Goodell hospital administrator Chairman Jensen stated is no alternative to bringing the Weber County Hospital employes under: the merit Several meetings with Mr Goodell and members of the hospital board resulted climaxing Monday with the concession to join the system In another letter dated May 2 Jack Judkins chairman of the merit council said the commissioners had in accordance with the He also stated the hospital board had again expressed its intention to go back to the Utah Attorney General establish if the hospital employes are Weber County employes and if the hospital can have a separate merit system will be the third time the board has gone to the attorney general with the attorney general answering already that hospital employes are Weber County Mr Judkins -said NO REASON this time the Weber County Merit Council can see no value of going back to the at- PLANS TO IMPROVE local mail service are explained to Ogden businessmen Lynn Foley and Charles Ward by Postmaster Gilbert Hicks (left to right) Mr Foley is chairman and Mr Ward amember of the Advisory Council fcN Si 1 ir v- Jb-lrf RICHARD A FRYE Seeks Office A plan to provide next day held May 28 at 7:30 am in the delivery of mail from Ogden to Greater Ogden Chamber of most of Utah and a large part Commerce office of Idaho was disclosed today by Postmaster Gilbert Hicks Mr Hicks also told the Advisory Council he is considering two contract sta- Mr Hicks said a report that the 3:30 pm mail dispatch out of Ogden is to be discontinued is not accurate He said the let- Opposition to the site for the new Weber State College Dee Events Center was expressed by a handful of people attending a public hearing at the College Monday Spokesmen for the group demanded a new site be selected for the multimillion dollar facility which they contend should be either on the campus or west of Harrison including downtown Ogden They also demanded an environmental and economic feasibility study be completed for the present site before college officials proceed with the center which has been scheduled for a construction start later this year Among the dozen or so pro- testers were two Weber State (College faculty members including one who said he the college but not the special events Complete stabilization of deep fills placed at points the 20th-21st access route will cross the Weber River and railroad tracks will be required before structures and paving can be installed Howard Richardson engineer for the Utah Department of District One said the contractor on the first phase of the project had to shut down for the winter last year before completing the fills EXTRA FILL Another layer of extra fill on top is yet to be put down he added those fills fully stabilize we build on the engineer stated Scttkng of the fills may take a few months or as much as two years depending on the movements of the ground Highway engineers constantly monitor the ground beneath the dirt fills attempting to determine if still settling or if stabilized The cessation of underground movement govern when we can start on Mr Richardson noted The fill contract cost the state about $900000 and the balance of the project is expected to cost close to $2 million Mr Richardson said the state is hoping to have the four-lane access route which links downtown Ogden with Interstate 15 via the Wilson Lane Interchange completed before work begins on reconstruction of the 24th Street Viaduct Questioned about using the new route as a detour in case jthe viaduct project gets under 1 way sooner than anticipated money Plans for similar financing for the second and final phase had to be abandoned however when Congress enacted the new federal highway bill That bill provided that certain urban service such as would be paid for under an urban system funding Part of the route however is outside the Ogden Urban District and federal-aid funds will be used mostly to connect the route with 1-15 The complication of using money from two separate sources plus having to wait for the fills to settle is causing the problems TOP PRIORITY The 20th-21st route is listed as having top priority for construction along the Wasatch Front as other cities that might use the money ready Design of the paving and structures on the road has already been completed and all the state is waiting for now is to get that part of the work under way plained hold out my hands possibly at Weber sorting machine crew will State to replace the Gorder Station which is to be! discontinued Committee members initiated a study to determine the feasibility of locating the new' down- mail from firms guaranteeing jtown facility in the present 3000 to 4000 pieces of mail be-I postal building at 24th and -fore 1:30 pm each day Grant I The postmaster also repeated Mr Hicks outlined plans for assurances that the present the improved mail service at downtown office and Gorder Sta-the third meeting of the 15-: bon will continue current op gin sorting the 1:30 pm pickup if the volume justifies it Mr Hicks also said the postal service will negotiate to pick up iTr Richardson said it ijg possible Existing streets nearby however will be available for use most of the time he added INITIAL PHASE Tne initial phase of the project was paid for with state The LDS officials said they are about the ef- feet of the center near our and urged it be built as far to the southwest as possible Speaking in support of the center and its present location Mr Foley said he has lived adjacent to the college stadiui for years no Mr Foley said the Greater Ogden Chamber of Commerce explored a number of locations including downtown Ogden much discussion and Mr Foley said the chamber agreed with the college administration that the proposed site the best and most logical STUDENT VIEWS Mr Moyes said living adjacent to the college and its athletic facilities not only caused us any problems it increased the value of our prop- response to comments that the center downtown give more people an opportunity to use it he said you put the library or the cafeteria downtown so more people could use At this point Mr' Schallau who had been one of the more vocal opponents got up to leave for Mr Moyes said put up with three hours of your Mr Moyes said the college has been this center for years four months before it is to start a couple of guys decided they want he concluded urging the college and state to proceed with Mr Swenson made this comment in response to charges that the center is too big in the wrong location and not needed Most of the early part of the hearing was devoted to charges by the protestors that two previous public hearings were either improper or inadequate TEST LEGALITY? Building board officials said the hearings had been adver-' tised and conducted in accordance with law Dr Bodily said some residents of the area are testing the of procedures leading to selection of the site In a written statement presented at the hearing Dr Bod- Uy said: -The site is i larly shaped and some of it is too steep for parking of the center I on this site would split the cam- If the center is to be built on the proposed site he said the building should be closer to Harrison its height reduced and lights in the parking lot be in curbs instead of cn poles In conclusion Dr Bodily argued that a site would better serve students center patrons and Weber The letter from the LDS Weber Heights Stake presidency contended construction of the center on the present site would encroachment on our parking pus and its athletic facilities ASKS ALTERNATIVES Dr Bodily argued the center jerty Dr Richard Alston of should be placed on the present North Ogden who said he wasjcarnpUS and that a written en-an instructor in land use plan- i vironmental assessment of the rung but was speaking as a pri-jsjte be prepared vate citizen charged students been given any alterna CURB LIGHTS In putting would erations until the new main station on Pacific is operating nuua aMuuaicu mui csujumr He said the new downtown rnvfowi hj ye of the new main postal center facility will offer the com ilcd today as a candidate i 36th and Pacific cama nmu hoincr nm for the Ogden City Board of Education in School District! EARLY MAILING No 2 He told the council the plan The boundaries are depends on most large firms dewest of Wall between the north livering their mail to the postal service by 1:30 pm and south city limits want to represent all the people in the district give new light on curriculum needs and create a better understanding among all citizens as to administrative and teaching Mr Frye said torney general and asking the same he continued we hope you will continue to press forward in the implementation of the system as stated in your recent Mr Judkins said Chairman Jensen expressed appreciation to hospital employes the administrator and the board for their willingness to enter the program without extended delay He said he expects Mr Goodell will meet with County Personnel Director Douglas Dieu a day or two and proceed to implement the Implementation of the system touchy as I thought it w'ould he added In his order to Mr Goodell Chairman Jensen recognized that some hospital employes are governed by federal rules and regulations COUNCIL TO ACT In such cases the merit council take whatever action is necessary to eliminate the the chairman added The first step in implementing the program will be to establish registers to facilitate the placement process without delay Included in this process is the publication in public media of all positions as they become available The hospital will be required to submit personnel action forms to the County Commission before action is taken Each employe must have a personnel folder to be maintained in the personnel office containing copies of all actions and reviews on each worker i This mail can be placed In air mail and the one and two star collection boxes placed along Washington Wall and in a number of other specific locations at the next meeting on the (possible use of tne 24th and jran ferity as sl-e or nGVV uowntown station He said the meeting will be' The other 1:30 pm pickup I believe the pubhc wants wffl in MuScipfi ere dninSratrs" Buildin FederaI students on matters requiring sel Buildin' Eccles MIdinS' fair treatment and equal concern for all regardless of their race or Mr Frye said BASIC SUBJECTS He supports a return to teaching excellence in the fields of First Security Building at 24th and Lincoln and at the Postal Annex boxes ASKS REPORT Council Chairman Lynn Foley asked for a preliminary re- tives when they endorsed construction of the center Dr Alston insisted the students should have been asked if they would prefer using the funds for education including pay for their instead of athletics Dr Alston also charged the has been in attempts to oppose the center Others opposing either the site or both the site and the center itself included Con Schallau of 1580 Secluded Circle Dr Norman Bodily of 4421 Taylor James Harper another WSC faculty member and Ivan Hes-lop who read a letter from the LDS Weber Heights Stake presidency opposing the site VOICES SUPPORT Two people appeared to speak in support of the center and its site They were Lynn Foley an Ogden business executive and Mitchell Moyes a Weber State student Both live adjacent to the present Weber State stadium The four-hour hearing was conducted by Utah Building Board Director Glen Swenson INK mm '5 A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES PINE VIEW FLOW HIKED TO CONTROL FLOODING Water users have agreed in the interest of flood control to permit a flow of 900 second feet of water out of Pine View Reservoir by Thursday The decision to increase the water flow from Pine View now at near capacity was made today at a meeting of water users with Weber Basin Water Conservancy District officials Some flooding is being experienced at Gateway and South Weber on the Weber River the Weber River More of the Ogden River is flowing into the reservoir than is being released 3 Stress Mass Meetings who told the group is the to the county chairman and thelfirst Un)e £een accuse of planning too I district chairman and i Two Republican Congressional candidates and the campaign manager for a third urged participation in campaign activities and support of the coming mass meetings in a combined appearance Monday basic subjects particularly at the elementary level often school administra tions weigh heavily in favor of secondary or high school Mr Frye said believe it is at the elementary level the very impressionable where emphasis is needed the early grade level the success of a student in his or her later years will be determine and a potential drop-out he added will leave my campaign onen to the views of all as to objectives of public education in Ogden Mr Frye said CITY PROGRAM He is assistant executive director of the Ogden Redevelopment Agency having served in the renewal program for the past three years He attended Southern Illinois University and is enrolled at Weber State College working for his degree in political science through mostly night courses The 31-year-old candidate served in the Air Force for nearly nine years Prior to coming to Ogden he worked in urban renewal in East Don Holbrook a Democratic candidate for the US Senate has three appointments in Ogden Wednesday He will speak at Weber State College during the morning to history and English students at Weber State College and at noon address a Democratic luncheon in the Mansion House 2350 Adams At 1:30 pm he will exchange views with the elderly at the Target Area Senior Citizens Center 2959 Lincoln (Mrs Clark sought support for the Weber County women explaining believe my philosophy is very close to the mainstream of political philosophy in the In his address Mr Rampton candidate at the mass meeting Mr Rampton also pledged his intentions to make use of the party organizations that have been established in each county He said Mr plan to 1 an organizational structure of between 12000 end 14000 at the voting district level is serving to bypass the party (leadership that has been established believe it should be a I partnership he ex- 1 h-AX ovl Addressing approximately 50 charged those citizens go members of the Weber County to the polls in November and Republican Women were Mrs (vote and think they have done Stanley (Dorothy) Clark who is their civic are 98 per cent wrong START EARLY much of the decision has been made for you before the he said candidate may be eliminated at the convention if his opponent has support from 70 per cent of the He urged the group to their personal influence on the electoral process by becoming invloved with a say go together and meet the people of your Also urging grassroots support in the political process Richard Eyre predicted Utahns will base their support for political candidates on three things issues the personal characteristics and the way he runs his Mr Eyre said a basic honesty may be more important than how he stands on the issues right now elect a man for a six-year term in the he explained one knows hat the issues will be six years from now but if you elect a man whose basic judgment you trust Jie will represent you He said Sen Frank Moss represents the more liberal and the labor interests in Utah explaining we elect another man who falls into the same category we will leave one segment of Utah without is one man running who if we elected him giving Massaehusettes another he charged need a senator: Massaehusettes need seeking the second Congressional District seat currently occupied by Gunn McKay Byron Rampton and Richard Eyre campaign manager for (Jake) Gam Mr Rampton and Mr Gam are seeking the Repbulican nomination for the US Senate seat which will be vacated by Wallace Bennett St Louis III and was a motivation instructor in the Dal- QUITE A TASK las Tex Independent School Admitting the campaign for System employed there in a (the US House of Represen-program administered by Thio- tatives is an undertaking kol Corp (for a Mrs Clark He is a former chairman of (explained is not the first the Ogden Area Community Ac-(time a woman has run tion Committee vice chairman of Gov Calvin the beginning I think have a very chance but the more I go around the state the more I feel people are jumping on the she said Currently serving as vice (chairman of the stated 1 Republican party organization good Black Policy a director of the Utah Housing Coalition member of the state regional and national affiliates of the Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials and an executive committeeman of the Ogden NAACP branch STATE AND COLLEGE OFFICIALS listen jntently as group of Ogden area residents voice opposition to site of Weber State College Dee Events during Monday public hearing i.