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The Target of TOD:No. 1 Depot in WestTooele Ordnance Depot will become “the number one depot in the Western and West Coast states'* for handling U.S. Army maintenance, supply, distribution and storage of ordnance equipment.?THIS WAS THE PREDICTION of Eugene H. Merrill,deputy assistant secretary of the Army, on his arrivalWednesday afternoon for a speaking engagement Thursday.Mr. Merrill, a native of Salt-Lake City and graduate ofthe University of Utah, will speak Thursday noon at a jointmeeting of Utah Federal Executives Assn. and Salt Lake Ki-wanis Clqb at Hotel Utah. The meeting will also feature presentation of the executives association distinguished service award to a career federal employe.TOOELE ORDNANCE DEPOT is slated to take over the work of depots in California and Washington. This, said Mr. Merrill, will make TOD the number one depot in Region 3, including the western andEugene H. Merrill . . , Utah depot to be “number one.*)ed a v,coastal states.There will be one satellite” depot to TOD, Mr. Merrill said. That will be the Sierra Depot, located in California just west of Reno, Nev.THE PHASING out of the two West Coast depots will take three years, and over that period, TOD will have several hundred additional personnel assigned to^ its activities, heMayor Votes 4No’S .L. City, County ChiefsTake Salary IncreasesMaximum salary increases for Salt Lake City and Countyme said.H Mr. Merrill is. assigned to commissioners, effective Tues-o logistics, procurement, dis- pay», were voted by both com-lay tribution, storage and related missions Wednesday through facilities lor the Army, he said, the adoption of proper resolu-WHILE IN' Utah, he plans tions-vote as a member of the City Commission. However, he said, since the majority of the commission voted for the raise there is nothing further he can do to oppose it*auI to Visit Utah General Depot THE UTAH LegislatureIn Ogden, and Dugvvay Prov- a bm authorizi salmg Ground on Friday. On the wkes for elected offici£s.IwppVpnrt h* i« to Call-1Mayor J. Bracken Lee votedweekend, he is “going to Cali-F ^ I fornia to work out some prob-we have in the (San Francisco) Bay area,” Mr. Merrill said.sea-against the salary hikes, butgot an increase from $9,500 a year to $11,500.The city commissioners wereHAFB GainsProject for$2.6 MillionSpecial la The Tribune
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Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Thu, May 11, 1961
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