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Show . I THE MbtAlTAIN FLdWER Page Two The Soapiest Opera Around by DWIGHT WM. JENSEN The dismissal of all charges against Daniel Ellsberg in the Pentagon Papers trial a few weeks ago is one more unhappy, but predictable, chapter in die saga of Richard Nixons ignorance of and disrespect for genuine law and order. He came into office in 1969 after spouting the law and order code . words during his 1968 campaign. Near my desk, I have a - pile of the speeches made first by John Mitchell (now under indictment on charges of defrauding the government), and then Richard Kleindienst (now resigned because, he says. drain. Mayor Dick, however, denied it, one way or the other. At the same time, Johns A number of housewives Other Wife, ' Martha, who was around the country have phoned or was not kidnapped, beaten their local television stations to and drugged, has been very protest that their favorite soap quiet lately. This has given rise by to vicious rumors shes suffered operas have been the Watergate hearings. a breakdown. Or a breakup. Or Their trouble is they havent acute laryngitis. In an oversight, been listening. Mayor Dick has not yet denied By ARTHUR HOPPE pre-empt- this. On the other hand, former Police Chief Helms said he refused Mayor Dicks instructions to tell Ephram Zimbalist Jr. not to raid a Mexican laundry. He said he didnt know anything about Mexican laundries. Mayor Dick said he didnt either. He then removed Chief Helms from office and transferred him to the sticks. For suspense, our romantic lead, that handsome young idol, John III, wants to tell all he knows, if anything, about all die guilty things he and everyif Sheriff Sam body else did wont send him to jail because hes really innocent. John III was fired by Mayor Dick after he denied writing a report Mayor Dick said he wrote. That was before Mayor Dick denied the whole thing. Anyway, our scene today opens in a psychiatrists office. Burglars - cme ALCOHOL, doing to preserve and promote law and order. What is its record? Crime of all kinds and serious crimes are both more common now than when Nixon took office, saying he would get a new ridicules the idea that file federal government was tapping the telephones of public officials. Watergate belies that (although, technically speaking, it may have been civilians, not. the government, who were doing the bugging; nevertheless, file hand of government was clearly involved.) That political persecution has gone beyond spying and harattorney general and thus re- assment. Time and again, file Npcon Administration has used verse the upward rise in crime. the power of government to Even more significant, beto punish its private politicause it could have been more try cal enemies, silence the oppoeasily controlled, is the Nixon nents of its policies and discrerecord in political persecution. dit those who attempted to One of the Mitchell speeches serve the genuine American values of law, order and individual freedom and dignity. The Chicago Seven. The Berri-gan- s. Angela Davis. Dr. Spock. So on down the line to Daniel Ellsberg. And each time, file Published monthly during winter and summer by Modia West. courts have tossed the cases Office out or the juries have acquitted Address el correspondence to: The Mountain Flower, Pest the accused. 1 1 Bex 1 1 722, Pioneer Station, Salt Lake Gty, Utah 841 . Letters to So justice has prevailed, but the editor are welcome at the above address. The Mountain at a price: Government has been Flower reserves the right to edit or refuse to publish material we deeply involved not in preserving freedoms and file Bill of consider libelous or otherwise inconsistent with the standards of Rights but in attacking them. this newspaper. Nixon has even tried to load Third dess bulk rate maiDng permit at the Salt Lake Gty Pest the courts in his favor, so they would stop releasing the innoOffice. cent. This has partly come about because of the raw desire for power on the parts of Nixon and his henchmen. Haldeman, and others spoke franktheir dedre to wield about ly What power. they did in the White House was attempt a power grab. It would have not been beyond belief if, in 1976, they like that Ada County torium district in 1972 in THE MOUNTAIN FLOWER decided to cancel the Boi$e next election to stay in power. Subscription Dept They were certainly moving in Post Office Box 11722 that direction. But the situation came about Plonssr Station . not because of thirst for power, nor entirely out of villainy, but Spit Lake City, Utah 84111 partly because Richard Nixon and the mediocre men around Name him simply have not grasped what this country is all about. Address They dont comprehend that in the United States' all men are created equal. And if you told City. State. .Zip. them that, they wouldn't like it and wouldnt believe it (Reprinted from The Intermountain Observor, Boise, Idaho) - , Subscribe ... searching for detailed revelations of a famous patients most intimate sexual life. Mayor Dick, however, has denied any knowledge of such things. But first, this message. ; Do you suffer from dirty money? Are you tired 'of the inconvenience of sending it out to unreliable Mexican laundries? Use Coverup! the miracle cleanser that removes all traces from your $100 bills. Return And, now, back to to Payoff Place and the hidden secrets of just plain folks. Unfortunately, however, our time has expired. So lode in again tomorrow, friends. And meanwhile, Truth stay tuned for or Consequences! (Copyright Chronicle Publish1973) Feiffer me oue jAuef&v. so many of his associates are involved in the Watergate mess) telling what wonderful filings the Nixon Administration was Mountain Flower have rifled the files ing Co. 197$ Men of Law and Order The Innocent Bystander Good morning housewives and other shut-in- s. Its time for another daily chapter of Return to Payoff (cq) Place the reveals that heartwarming story the most intimate secrets of the just plain folks who live in a typical Middle American community called Whitehouse. When we left them yesterday, Jim, the honest burglar who wants to gp straight, was telling kindly old Sheriff Sam all about The Mysterious Phone Call. Burglar Jim, as you remember, told Sheriff Sam that he had a Mysterious Phone Call from his old friend, Mr. Caulfield, who worked for Mayor Dick. Mayor Dick, Jim said, offered to spring him from the pen and give him a bundle of money if he promised not to rat on' his old buddies. Otherwise, hed have him rubbed out. But Im a good American first and a burglar second, said And Honest Jim forthrightly. therefore I decided to rat on my buddies. Sheriff Sam, however, said he couldnt arrest Mayor Dick on spehearsay evidence like that cially when Mayor Dick denied the whole thing. But he promised to go right oh gathering all the hearsay evidence Mayor Dick could deny. Meanwhile, pipe- - puffing old John and Maurice the Bagman denied arranging a love affair between Mayor Dick and a wealthy paramour for $200,000. They said the paramout, who suddenly remembered an appointment in South America, wasnt trying to buy Mayor Dicks favors, but only wanted to contribute to good government. Either way, it looked like $200,000 down the June 15, mi to it r mm- Ehr-lichm- $3JO0tye MK cant - cme &CLUSIOV. i I me ths extcTsjk; AueRw. it mrs CALieV? 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