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Mormon church, Alta Club swap land. Result: Historic South Temple will gain a parking structure.

For years, former Utah Gov. Calvin Rampton had a favorite table at Salt Lake City’s venerable Alta Club that overlooked the downtown intersection of State Street and South Temple. Then, in 1997, the Utah Republican Party moved its headquarters into the Eagle Gate Tower across the street because, the story goes, party chairman and fellow Alta Club member Frank Suitter wanted to force the former Democratic governor to look at the GOP banner every day. Rampton promptly moved from his regular chair ... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>

 

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