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alt inkt Hfilmitf Local News Sports, Comics i Second Section Classified Ads TV Fare, Page 26 Page 19 Fair Property Tax Goal of Utah Study Salt Lake City, Utah Saturday Morning November 11, 1961 -A- V-1 Romney AMG President, uto Ratio Varies In Regions 12.8-32.8 i 7 6th AVE. v.v.v.v.v. v.v.v.v.v. I At ii" C- 'jp f4- lLA I i- By O. N.

Malmqulst Tribune Staff Writer The average property owner in Utah is paying taxes on a basis of assessed valuation representing 16.38 per cent of the property's current market value. THIS CONCLUSION was drawn from a research study of property assessment-sales ratios released Friday by the Utah State Tax Commission. The study involved the checking and verification of 19,000 transactions, 10,000 of which met the test used to determine "sales at fair market value. XCITY LIMITS -i Area of Salt Lake City i 12.86 Kearns 18.47 A White City 18.86 George Romney, president of American Motors expects a very good year for auto sales and a generally high level of economy for the short range. BUT HE THINKS the long-range economic outlook is lems which are not being solved.

Mr. Romney, a former Utah resident, arrived in Salt Lake City Friday afternoon to receive the 1961 "Exemplary Manhood Award of the Brig- (See Story on Page 24.) ham Young University Associated Mens Students and to address a public meeting to be sponsored by the All-American Society Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Assembly Hall, Temple Square. HIS APPREHENSIONS as to the long-range outlook stem from what he termed the "ducking, of basic problems. Among- these said, are: Aivexcessi ve-concentra-tlonef'economicpoweisand the resultant dislocations EXCESSIVE reliance on government particularly the federal government.

Failure to recognize that our political system is incomplete, especially in the area of providing the opportunity for-eitizens-to" be- informed on the real issues and generating motivation for them to "act on the basis of citizenship, rather than on narrow interests, ASKED ABOUT the attention he has been receiving as a possible candidate for the U25. Senate in Michigan or as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, Mr. Romney said his only "political interest at present Is as a citizen worker helping Michigan to face up to some of its basic problems." IN THIS ROLE, he ex- plained, he has been active for some time. He was chairman of the Citizens for Michigan Committee and a coordinating committee which successfully spear headed a campaign for a state constitutional convention and is vice president and a delegate to the upcbming convention; rt Scipio 32.89 THESE .10,000 transactions, representing almost 5 per cent of the. total major structures in.ihe utilized in preparing the report.

The study-showedrhowevefT that. the. ratio of assessed ation. to iair as determined by sales ranged from a low of 12.86 per cent in Salt Lake Citys assessment roll No. 6 to a high of 32.89 per cent In Scipio, Millard County, i THE HIGHEST ratio found! In Salt Lake County was 18.86 per assessment- roll -No.

35 A (the White City area near Sandy.) 7 Almost as high were assessment rolls Nos. 25 A and 25 in the Kearns areas which showed 18.47 per cent. MUCH OF THE older portion of Sait Lake City east of Main Street was in the low ratio bracket of 12 to 14 per cent. Generally this area extends from about 6th Avenue south to the city limits and from Main Street east to 13th East. Mr.

and Mrs. George Romney arrive In Salt Lake City Friday. Mr. Romney, motor company president, will deliver All Up in the Air Study of property assessment-sales ratio shows high vsl-uatlon in Utah at Scipio and low in Salt Lake City. The Kearns and White City areas are higha In Salt Lake County.

Clark Lynn and Betty Lou Evans leave court Friday after appearing before Judge J. Patton Neeley on "trade charges. Three Arrange Bail In Cases of Neglect Police action, city and juvenile court procedure continued Friday for 17 children brought as victims of alleged parent neglect under court custody Wednesday and Thursday. Pause in Uneasy Peace S.L., Nationjoin Today In Tribute to Veterans OFFICER BRUCE Austin filed a complaint before Juvenile Court Judge Regnal W. Garff charging Gloria Patricia Martinez, 21, 614 E.

3rd South, with contributing to the neglect of minor children. Pollution, Remedy Air pollution, a Utah Legislative Council committee learned Friday, involves a mixture of gas, dirt and money. EFFORTS TO control the first two Involve huge expenditures of the latter. Committee members said they didn't want to hamstring Utahs industrial growth by imposing unreasonable restraints on industrial operations. The problem was examined during and all-day session of Pollution-Advisory Air PURPOSE OF the study, Chairman Orville Gunther of the Tax Commission said, is to "provide information which will enable taxing authorities in the state to commence an equalization program which (will eventually result in the fairest, most equitable property tax possible.

1 He said Utah had been, a leader in applying principles of uniformity in determining valuations for tax purposes and that only a very few states had set up statewide reappraisal programs which utilize engineers, standard manuals and standard procedures. Vanilla Aura To Replace Cocoa Haze HER CHILDREN, Camela, 9 months, and Jewel Patricia, 2, were found Thursday morning, huddled in wet thin clothing in a frost-blanketed automobile at 235 E. 2nd South, where they allegedly had been left for 13 hours. FREE ON $1,500 bail each were Clark Lynn and Betty Lou Evans, 30 and 19 years respectively, who appeared Friday before City Judge J. Patton Neeley for arraignment on charges cf attempt to sell or barter a minor child.

Preliminary hearing was set for Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. A 6-month-old child they are alleged to have offered in trade for a used car, and their two other small children are held in a foster home. Capt. Brinkerhoff reported that the mother of the six abandoned children had explained to him that she had been residing at the 9th West residence with a sister.

The nation will pause Saturday during an uneasy peace to honor the song who fought, and died, to earn it for her. A FULL SCHEDULE OF events will mark Veterans Day in Salt Lake City, highlighted by a memorial ceremony on Main Street In front of The Salt Lake Tribune Building. The United Veterans Council of Utah Is sponsoring the observance. The 96th Infantry Division Band, UB. Army Reserve, will open the program at 10 a.m.

with a selection of patriotic music. A salute to Utah National Guardsmen who have been called to active duty will fol low the formation of colors, opening prayer and introduction of guests. THE LAYTON chapter, Disabled American Veterans, will be honor guard for a minute of silence at 10:43 a.m. in mem-orynf American-war dead All active military arms, the -Utah National Guard, U.S. Special to The Tribune 0 1 E-MOUN-f TAIN Antique gun TO GET A STATE constitutional convention, he said, it was necessary to obtain some 300,000 signatures and win two elections against the "opposition of the hard cores of both political parties, the Legislature and the most powerful vested interests." He regards revision of Michigans constitution as one of the essential steps toward solving that state's basic problems.

STATE constitutions, he fells, fall far short at the state level of the Federal Constitution at the national level. collectors can tell you that old pistols turn up in the oddest places but the place one turned up Friday tops them all See Picture on Page 28. "permit the states to solve state problems or the shifting of responsibilities to Washing-See Page S8, Column 1 a -the Committee at the Geneva Works of the U.S. Steel Corp. MANAGEMENT and council committee members expressed their joint desire for clean air for breathing and a good legislative climate for business.

The committee planned steps in its study. Under a jmany-pronged attack, information is being compiled from and about local governments, Industries, farms and motor vehicles. IT HOPES TO plot the na--tureand-seurce-ofair-TJolhr--tion and its probable cures. Evolving In the committees thinking is a plan for creation of a state regulatory agency. State Rep.

Franklin W. Gunnell (R-Cache), committee chairman, said it would be impossible to write legislation covering the complexities of such industrial operations as seen Friday at Geneva or, at the committees last session, at Kennecotts Magna smelter. A questionnaire, sent to 43 Utah cities, has drawn replies from 25. COUNCIL Director Lewis H. Lloyd reported that of the 25, 7 only seven reported air pollution was a problem.

But all except a few, he said, use an open dump means of disposing of garbage. The committee agreed It -Would meet, next. Salt Like City to tour an oil refinery. HE EMPHASIZED that the assessment-ratio study is designed to supplement the reappraisal program by measuring factors that are not inher ent In the properties themselves factors stemming from area economic and population growth or decline. "Similarly constructed and therefore, similarly assessed improved properties located In different areas, he said, "can have vastly different values on the market "THE ONLY WAY this difference can be measured is to make a survey of actual sales and relate to selling prices to assessed valuation." Pointing out that the state constitution prescribes that assessed valuations be based upon "value in money, and that the statutes fix the level at 30 per cent of current value, he declared that the tax com mission will strive gradually to reach this goal "on all classes of property throughout the state.

HE FURTHER pointed out that courts have held that equalization by degree is acceptable and indeed desirable; that courts have also held that sudden adjustments could place an undue stress upon the economy of local governments See Page 38, Column 4 The chocolate. haze that hung over northern Utah Friday is not expected to develop again Saturday, forecasters at the U25. Weather Bureau said. THE CHOCOLATE fog will be replaced by marshmallow snow, if all goes according to prediction. If it doesnt follow the prediction, weathermen said, we can count on rain, which will begin Saturday afternoon.

And if it doesnt rain and doesnt snow, it be partly cloudy. TEMPERATURES Friday, evidently disregarding the smog that deflected the suns rays, reached a comfortable 59 during the afternoon in Salt Lake City. The low. temperature was 26. In St George the maximum Friday wa 72, and the sun didnt have to contend with smoke and haze.

Most of the state saw sunny skies during the afternoon. THE SISTER, said Capt "We hA Anntin.ia-BrinkerhofL was-ordered -to vacate the one-family residence by the Board of Health. The mother of the six had come to Salt Lake City from Idaho, with her childrens clothing limited to what they wore. When the sister moved last Saturday, she was without extra clothing and without utensils from which to prepare and serve food to the children. THE WOMAN related, said Capt Brinkerhoff, that the children were left unattended Wednesday night from 6 p.m.

to shortly before noon Thursday, because she "just had to go to work at 6 p.m., and after she got off at 1 a.m., she spent the rest of the night and next morning looking for a place to live. Six other children from two families Friday were being held while Juvenile Court authorities considered the steps necessary to restore satisfactory home relationships between parents and children. Army Reserve and numerous Utah veterans organizations will be represented. A rifle squad from American Legion Post 133 will fire a salute at 10:45 a.m. and the ceremony will close with Taps -and Echoes at 11 a.m.

STORES WILL remain open during the day, but will broadcast notice of the minute of silence over public address sys-terns. Sen. Frank E. Moss (D-Utah) will speak at a two-hour ceremony at Memory Grove beginning at 9:30 a.m. under sponsorship of Atomic Post 4355, Veterans of Foreign Wars.

SEN. MORS WILL a peak again at 1:30 p.m. to a meeting of the Department of Veterans of World War in the Prudential Federal Auditorium, 3261 S. State. Youngsters Get Blame in Fire Special to The Tribuna MURRAY A $2,000 fire which ripped through the bedroom and hallway at the home of John R.

Lindsey, 491 Space-rama Dr. (5662 South), Friday about 2:30 p.m., was. on children with matches. MURRAY FIRE Chief D. H.

Townsend said the fire began in a closet in a bedroom at the home and quickly spread to an adjacent hallway before firemen were able to contain it Chief Townsend said damage would reach "at least $2,000. A CHEW OF inmate workers at the Utah State Prison was leveling ground inside the prison compound on the south end of cell block when the first piece of the pistol was uncovered. "This pistol has been around here lot longer. than the prison, said Deputy Warden G. M.

Fitzgerald as he looked over the rusted remnants of the gun. THE ONLY portions which remained were the brass trigger guard and plate and the corroded remains of the frame. The barrel, cylinder and handle were nowhere to be found. Gloria Patricia Martlne Free under $500 bail. TEMPERATURES are expected to drop Saturday as clouds move into the state from the north.

Heres Assessment-Sales Ratio Car Rolls in Tooele, Kills S.L. Driver, 32 (Northwest divi- High sion) Low (Logan) Carbon County High (Dragerton Colum bia) Low (Price) DAGGETT COUNTY Davis County High (South rural) Low (Nephi) Kane County High (Glendale) Low (Kanab) MILLARD COUNTY High tScipio) -Low (Hinckley) Morgan County High (Morgan City) Low (rural) Piute County High-(Junction) Low (Kingston) Neglect Cases Stir Offers-Society Helps Individual concern for the welfare of 17 children taken into Juvenile Court custody Thursday and Friday had resulted in establishment of col- lection centers for offered clothing and food. CAPT. PHILtIP E. Brinkerhoff, police youth bureau com mander, reported that he had received numerous telephone calls in which individuals offered clothing and items of food.

Irhasbeenarrafigedlhat such contributions may be turned In at the Childrens Service Society, 576 E. South Temple, or the Salt Lake County Boys" and Girls Detention home, 1960-2nd East THE would be distributed tb the extent that Jt is. needed jor permanent possession of those now In custody, Capt Brinkerhoff said. Any surplus would be held for clothing children taken into custody in any future cases of neglect 19.23 21.16 16.76 21.12 32.89 20.83 16.99 17.08 27.38 30.01 23.75 Here are the average ratios of assessed property valuations to market value (as measured by 10,000 sales) in each county of the state and the high to low variation in each county. Salt Lake County average 15.77 Salt Lake City 1 13.63 High (White City area) 18.86 Low (Roll No.

6) 12.86 WEBER COUNTY 15,78 Low (Ogden No. 1) 13.65 High (Ogden No. 6) 16.53 Utah County 15.45 Low (Provo west) 13.71 High (Santaquln, Goshen, Benjamin) 18.91 Beaver County 18.95 High (Beaver City) 20.28 LowJ Milford) 18.03 BOX ELDER COUNTY 17.03 High (Bear River divi- sion) 18.38 Low (Tremonton) 16.56 Cache County 17.02 Special to The Tribune GRANT I LLE. Tooele County Lamar Chatwin Kay, 32, 854 Simons PL (448 South), Salt Lake City, was killed Fri-. day at about 2:45 a.m.

38 miles west of Grantsvllle on U.S. Highway 40-50, when the car he was driving rolled over, aid Utah State Highway Patrol Trooper Neil Bishop. HE SUFFERED a. possible a fractured neck and basal skull fracture, Trooper Bishop said. The victim was alone in the westbound car and apparently fell asleep, Trooper Bishop stated.

The car drifted across the center line and off the left side of the road, he said. AT THIS POINT Mr. Kay may have- awakened and tried to return the car to the road, but the car rolled when It reached the shoulder. The driver was thrown from the car and pinned underneath. The wrecked automobile was found by-westbound Charles A.

Bell of Clearfield. He flagged down two other motorists who helped him roll the ear off the victim, i Mr. Kay was bom July 20, 1929, to Jesse and Marreta Chatwin Kay. He married Ruth Memmott July 20, 1948, in Salt Lake. City.

He wai a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. HE IS SURVIVED by his widow; sons. Marlin, Kevin, Brant, all of Salt Lake City; father, of Herriman; mother, Mrs. Marreta Cook, Salt Lake City; half-brothers 'James B. Cook, Kenneth John Cook, an 'of Salt Lake" City, and Kenneth Cook, of Bountiful; half sisters, Jo Ann Cook, of Salt Lake City, and Fonneta Jessop, Albuquerque, N.M.

22.64 16.54 18.33 29.88 16.01 18.10 16.43 1113 15.16 19.92 30.91 17.31 21.55 27.30 15.96 19.03 22.56 17.72 15.91 25.42 15.11 22.02 32.46 Low (Farmington) Duchesne County--High (Myton) Low (Roosevelt) EMERY COUNTY High (Castie Dale) Low (Green River) Garfield County High (Hatch) Low (Panguitch) Grand County Moab RICH COUNTY -High (Randolph) Low (Garden City) San Juan County High (rural) Low (Blanding) Sanpete County High (rural) Low (Fphraim) SEVIER COUNTY-High (Elsinore, Anna-be 11a, Koosharem) 30.80 Low (Richfield) 16.09 See Page 38, Column 1 19.64 17.37 15.48 18.69 14.91 23.16 28.39 18.25 -18221 COUNTY. High (Paragonah Low (Cedar City) Juab County High (Eureka) Tooele County To Nov. 11, 1961 18 To Nov. 11, 1960 6 AH Of I960 7 Lamar C. Kay Pinned Ills automobile..