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Show li ! By Judith Vanier What I want to know is: To which country does everyone vant to move when they get 'ough ruining this one with uve thoughts? After long political campaign the Democratic t fthes, party Republican hi s remarkable cablet gives aspirin relief, against stomach upset. EcoftKinr COATET) ASPIRIN arthritis calling and noble reach an pitch which leaves every viewers heart boob-tube- wonder ) Why that Southern screwball of a peanut farmer makes my blood boil when I think of what he has done to this country and that simpleton Reagan couldnt find his way out of a paper bag without a movie director, let alone handle Brezhnev and inAnd ternational polities. certainly we could expect Christ to join in all of the fun of throwing darts at those real cute Khomeini targets decorating yet protects DUENTRIC conventions, and nearly nine months of the Iranian crisis, the negative rhetoric alone should have brought the wrath of more than one St. Helens down upon us and more than one Hurricane Alan to our coast. Of course, one would expect to hear Christ say (while blindly staring at the red-nec- k bars and suburban Hallmark card shops these days. Everybody knows that Christianity just wasnt meant for politics. That the time tested addage We reap what we sow, or the law of cause and effect simply represent sweet stories that we tell our children so that they can grow up as neat as we parents at political conventions. Conventions are where enlightened name- - about these days. Ever why theyre not about these days? Well, thats another question-l- ets forget it for now. came across an interesting story told about the Mahatma Ghandi, politician, while in India. A mother came to Ghandi to see if he would tell her son to stop eating sugar, for she knew that he was consuming far too much for his health. Ghandi said, Bring your son back tomorrow and I will speak to him. The next day, I the concerned mother brought her boy to Ghandi. Ghandi made one simple statement: Stop eating sugar. The mother became perplexed by the brevity of the statement that Ghandi made and so she inquired. If that was all that you had to say to my son, why didnt you say it yesterday while here we were both together? JUDITH VANIER By Steven Maaranen Ghandis answer to the mother fascinates me. He said, Yesterday, I too was eating sugar. Mahatma strength, strength a the Laboratory. The opinions expressed in this article are his, and are not intended to represent those of his employer. (c) Public Research, 1980 Syndicated, The time has arrived when the United States must consider protecting itself from a Soviet missile attack. For several years official U.S. policy has been to leave our nation open to Soviet attack, as long as the Soviets do the same. As long as both sides retained the capability to launch a devastating retaliatory strike against the vulnerable society of the other, an offensive attack to was be thought Kennedy, Reagan, and Carter might look less deceitful is Scientific Alamos the incredible that literally brought the British empire, as we know it, to its humble knees, sprang from his exemplary life. He asked no one to do what he himself would not do or what he himself had literally already done. Yes, yes, for want of an exemplary politician . . . where, in all of Washington, do we find a politician who has taken a vow of poverty, given away all that he possessed to the needy, and kept only a pair . of eyeglasses and a loin cloth to cover his nakedness? Ghandis example remains a challenge for all world politicians. Dr. Maaranen of member Professional staff at Los Ghandis in loin deterred. cloths as they step from their Cadillac limousines to tell us but to tighten our belts then maybe thats too This mutual deterrence theory was confirmed, ac- -' cording to a popular view, by the SALT I agreements between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in 1972. However; in the subsequent eight years, the Soviet Union has upgraded its offensive missile force so much that it soon will be able to destroy a very large part of the U.S. retaliatory capability. The Hollywood. Statisticians say one out of every thousand babies born in 1975 can be expected to reach the age of one hundred. nc EUSMIT WATCH FOR IT! A MICRO-WAV- WATCH FOR IT! ursday, August 28th on your doorstep! tercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) force. These missiles, because of their extreme accuracy and powerful warheads, are the only weapons in the U.S. inventory capable of destroying, promptly and with high reliability, heavily protected Soviet targets such as ICBM silos and command posts. Should the Soviets launch a counterforce attack against strategic forces, only our ICBMs could swiftly respond in kind. But these U.S. ICBMs are increasingly becoming vulnerable due to recent additions to the number of Soviet land-base-d missiles, improvements in their accuracy, and growth in their size. Within the next few years, and certainly by 1985, the Soviets will have high confidence in their ability to destroy a large percentage from 80 percent to 95 percent of Americas ICBMs, while holding back a very large residual force of land and - sea based missiles, bomber aircraft. by Judging and official confidence remains high that a portion of the U.S. ballistic missile submarines at sea, and of the strategic bombers on alert, will survive, posing a severe threat of retaliation to the Soviet Union. However, those residual forces would have important limitations, such as slow reaction time, limited target coverage, or inadequate accuracy. Our current submarine missiles, for example, are not powerful enough or accurate enough to destroy hardened Soviet missile silos. As a result of the character of the forces that might remain after a Soviet coun- strike, the United States could be limited to a type of retaliatory attack it would not prefer to initiate, such as an attack on Soviet targets. It certainly is not clear that such a termilitary urban-industri- al step would be advantageous to the U.S., if the Soviets after their counterforce strike retained a much greater capacity than ours to destroy such targets. Moreover, the survival of even a part of our submarines and bombers is by no means guaranteed indefinitely. A percentage of both would now be destroyed in any comprehensive Soviet counterforce attack. More could be endangered in the future should the Soviets make unanticipated ad- vances in technologies such as detection of submerged submarines, or should they design a precursor attack that could effectively blind or degrade the early warning network, attack assessment, communications or capabilities necessary to utilize our surviving forces effectively. To counteract the most the immediate problem growing vulnerability of its ICBMs the Air Force has initiated construction of a new, mobile, land-base- d missile called the MX. Each of these multiple warhead when fully operational in 1989, would be rotated periodically among a number of protective shelters. To ensure the destruction of any one missile, the enemy would have to attack all twenty-thre- e of the shelters in which it might be hidden. This system was designed to increase greatly the cost to the attacker. Under the constraints of the SALT II agreement, some i analysts think the MX in multiple shelters would ensure the survival of an adequate U.S. missiles, . force. retaliatory land-base- d Without SALT II constraints (or perhaps even with them), the Soviets can easily build enough missiles and warheads to saturate the planned MX system. More worrying still is the concern of some defense analysts that the MX shell game may not work that is, that a determined enemy might very well find ways to discover the location of the pea amongst the twenty-thre- e shelters. Because of the growth of the Soviet threat, and the uncertainties of the MX interest has system, in reawakened active defense as a means for protecting U.S. retaliatory ballistic forces. Some missile defense proponents go farther. They argue that, since the Soviet Union has demonstrated its unwillingness to accept a nuclear stalemate, and has instead pressed for a war- we should consider setting up an area defense of U.S. population centers and industry as well as strategic forces. capability, winning E New p Bank Can Help Ease The Energy Pinch Co-O- WATCH FOR IT! WATCH FOR IT! implied weakening of the U.S. deterrent has increased the political leverage the Soviet Union may exercise through its military might, and contributed to Soviet assertiveness worldwide. The most urgent concern being expressed currently by U.S. defense spokesmen is for the survival of our in- statements, h WATCH FOR IT! secoairiifty ? enough fto proved mud-slingi- uplifted and proud to be an American. We just know that teachers such as Christ, Buddha, Confucius, and Saint Francis would be there joining in if only they were is 5ft MBosftcc mmissoDe nee Upon a Noble Rainbarrel .id August 20, 1980 Clearfield Courier Page 2 By Bob White STEREO We off er 90 day Knowlodgoablo Salespeople No Deposit Nocouary w Free Maintenance e Free Delivery exchange Author zed Dealers Best Selection e Beet Price NEW 19 Inch Color Quaiar (NOW FOR RENT) Just as consumers have organized themselves to form cooperatively owned food stores, health clinics, and housing developments, so they have begun to establish to combat energy high prices and shortages of ' co-op- s fuel. Early this spring, the movement will get a big push by establishment of a new federal bank in Washington, D.C. to make loans to local groups that want to establish s in any of a number of fields. In addition, special guidance and assistance in s to deal with forming energy problems is being of co-o- jw'cryJ A We lead the wav 2671 Washington Blvd., Ogden 621-890- 0 or 621-890- 1 co-op- co-op- fered by the Conference on manufacturing, selling, and Alternative State and Local installing solar energy equip Policies a Washington-basement, greenhouses that help heat homes, stills for the association. of alcohol fuels An energy co-ocould production and other renew save money for its members windmills, able energy sources. by offering such services as 'bulk purchasing of fuel, nonIn the sense that sucl profit maintenance and repair s would be managed b of furnaces and boilers, and installation of insulation and consumers, they would hi following in the footsteps o storm windows. the Rural Electric Coop eratives that have brought The bank will offer loans to new or electric service to about 3( with em- million persons who weri existing phasis given to those that beyond the reach of private serve families. utilities. With Federal loam and operation, the s new could do a s energy also might help ease the energy problem by lot to speed up the introduction of renewable energy sources. d p co-op- co-op- e non-prof- co-op- Co-op- already getting organized range from bulk fuel s in New purchasing York and Philadelphia to Co-op- s co-op- and purin Maine and a in Ann weatherization co-oArbor, Mich. wood-productio- n chasing co-op- s p Hate Blacks! Hate Whites! Hate Jews! Hate Gentiles! What sane person needs any of that noise? So how do you turn it off? With love. And all the caring, kindness and consideration that love means. Start today, lover. One example that is already providing energy assistance is a housing cooperative at 519 E. 11th Street on New Yorks lower East Side. Here, groups of tenants have installed solar energy units for domestic hot water heating and a wind generator for electricity. e Assistance from the new bank should speed up the creation of additional We expect to be open for business sometime in early spring" says John Comeford, acting president of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank. In line with our goal of becoming a creative and understanding lender, we hope to respond enthusiastically to any energy proposal that comes to our attention, as well as to proposals for other types co-op- co-o- p of The National Consumer Bank's initial role is to provide backed federally loans to help the new s Co-o- p get started. Eventually, the federal involvement will be phased out and the Bank will wholly owned and s operated by the that it has helped establish. 1 co-op- Groups interested in establishing an energy should write for assistance to Michael Freedherg, Energy Project, Conference on Alternative State and Local Policies, 2000 Florida Ave., N.W., D.C. Washington, 20009, telephone 202387-6030- . Those interested in forming other types of s should write directly to the National Cosumer Cooperative Bank, Washington, D.C. 20220. co-o- p Break the hate habit: love your neighbor. co-op- |