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Utah County property valuation notices will start going out from the treasurer’s office this week – and it appears owners generally had better brace themselves for sizable assessed valuation increases. Increased assessments will translate themselves into higher taxes, the extent depending to some extent upon how well taxing units control tax levies, set annually about… Continue reading Property Valuation Hikes

Proposition No. 1 entitled “Elections and Suffrage Article Revision” obviously is the least controversial of the special propositions to be decided by Utah voters in the Nov. 2 election. Its principal effect would be to amend now-obsolete sections of the Utah Constitution to bring them into conformity with current federal constitutional requirements regarding age minimums,… Continue reading Updating Obsolete Sections

The interstate highways systems marks its 20th anniversary this month. In those two decades, the system has been a good public servant. We’ve enjoyed its benefits here in Utah…as have citizens across the country. A total of 42,500 miles of interstate roads has been projected. But only 37,597 miles of routes are open to traffic.… Continue reading 20-Year Anniversary

The three counties (Utah. Wasatch and Summit) encompassed in the Mountainland Association of Governments face a tremendous challenge in preparing for unprecedented growth in the years ahead. This becomes especially evident in reading the “Planning for the future in Mountainland” supplement distributed as part of last Tuesday’s Herald, . Figures presented by Mountainland showed that… Continue reading Population Upsurge Ahead

An informed public, we’ve always felt, is the best insurance for a good and representative decision at the polls. Provo’si public faces a responsibility right now in becoming informed on the issues for the school leeway tax election scheduled April B. One challenge is the short time remaining before the vote. School officials gave the… Continue reading Time to ‘Crum’ for Vote

There’s an important special election in the Nebo School District Tuesday, with citizens of the area voting on a proposed $6 million bond issue for a building program designed to accommodate expected enrollment increases in the years ahead. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the various voting places detailed elsewhere… Continue reading Nebo School Bond Vote

A Judicial Nominating Committee is accepting applications for a post on the Utah Supreme Court and it is hoped full consideration will be given qualified lawyer – jurists from Central Utah. R.L. (Leroy).Tuckett, who has submitted his resignation from the supreme court effective Aug. 31, was residing in Provo and serving as a judge of… Continue reading Central Utahns Qualified
For Supreme Court Post

They were just small items – but there were three of them grouped fairly-close together, all on the same page of the Herald. Each was about a burglary here in Utah County. An auto stereo-tape deck was stolen in Provo Canyon a silver belt buckle worth $300 from a private home in Highland and tools… Continue reading Cruckdown on Burglurs

In the death of Dr, Stanley M. Clark Sr., Provo has lost one of its best-known long-time medical leaders and practitioners. “Dr. Stan,” who died at age 82, had been a physician and surgeon here for half a century before retiring a few years ago. Even in retirement he maintained an active interest in the… Continue reading Respected Physician-Citizen