| Show UTAH SIX SURVIVING DAILIES professional news and editorial staff to perpetuate the team work tradition of excellence which won The Tribune staffPulitzer Prize in 1956 The unusual team award was made for coverage of the collision of TWA and United airliners over the Grand Canyon in which 128 persons died commercial aviationthen-worst disaster The Tribune also has continued the Fitzpatrick policy to lead or support every progressive step for the state of Utah social educational economic governmental and environmen tal Notable was The Tribunecampaign that launched Utah into what is now its largest industry tourism It began in 1961 with organization of the effort to unite the community in support of construction of the Salt Palace Convention Center Simultaneously The Tribune playedprincipal role in support of the conversion of Park City fromnear ghost mining town toworld class ski resort World-wide publicity attendant to Salt Lake CityWinter Olympic bids has beenmajor factor in promotion of the growth of Utah winter sports intomajor tourism revenue generator The Tribune wasprime mover of the Olympic bid effort commencing in 1966 In the interest of economy in government The Tribune has repeatedly campaigned for merger of Salt Lake County and its cities Every effort has been defeated Such merger remainsgoal of the tenacious Tribune Excerpted and edited from The First 100 Years history of The Salt Lake Tribune by Malmquist The Standard-Examiner Asprimary newspaper in the region of Weber North Davis Box Elder and Morgan counties the StandardExaminer today has achievedpresence that might shock the men who founded and nurtured the daily newspaper more thancentury ago in the graveyard of Western journalism 157 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
