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Show 2 BOX ELDER NEWS, Brigham City;' Utah1 Sunday, October 171976 better Each festival The Nuclear Club Editor: Editorially Speaking ; ? ; ; v : anEaXethSfgets ; Citizens should vote for Proposition No. pre-electi- three initiative proposals which will appear on the ballot. These relate to recall, fluoridation and a state budget ceiling. Each has and will continue to receive a great deal of attention as opponents and supporters express themselves through the various news media. As a result, it should not be difficult for citizens to become informed and make up their minds before going to the polls on Nov. 2. The proposals are not so hard to understand that voters should feel overwhelmed and fall back on the negative approach that Ill vote no on everything. Also on the ballot will be Proposition No. 1 which is entitled Elections and Suffrage Article Rev- ision. Adopted by the Utah legislature as a joint resolution proposing to amend the state constitution, it is not WeS 21. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Box Elder High School auditorium. jQn. o the ;; musical. tnenu fqr this occasion are works generally popular with concert-goerincluding the William Tell Overture and Carmen Suite. It promises to be an entertaining program for all who delight in fine musical works. But, we wonder, how many will attend the local concert. Several years ago the Utah Sym . ; s, 1 interesting facts concerning the degree of voter turnout in Utah as opposed to the nation as a whole. The Beehive state always does much better than the national average. There are reasons why, of course, and these are presented in the foundation article. But, briefly permit us to take a negative view of some statistics contained in the foundation study. Beginning in 1960, figures show that the percentage of voting age population in Utah casting ballots for US representative has ranged from 55.8 two years ago to a high of 77.3 percent in 1964. 7 f&v controversial. Purpose of the proposition is to bring the state constitution into conformity with federal government and US Supreme court requirements. To quote the proposition: Shall Article IV of the state constitution be amended to decrease the minimum voting age to 18 years in all elections in conformity with the United States Constitution; to reduce residency requirements for voting to 30 days next preceding any election or such other period as provided by law; to remove property qualifications for voting found in this article; and to replace the term electors by the term voters. Citizens should vote for this proposition. Its defeat, we have to suppose, would change nothing in practice. The states constitution simply would continue to be out of harmony with federal law and court decisions. its in addition to the first place cadi awards offered by the silver award each year to um eallery and the annual the gallery the past best supported have individuals who . &a' ' Sc to $e4U PAklSTAH offer the artists secure special name awards, we to Box Elder County offered six new prizes. A big thank you Museum-Galler- y of the Heritage Art bank for the purchase our of Ira coUecUon; permanent be a will part which award i t ZAF&rM have new awards to year, we were happy and photographers this year. an effort to Packer Heritage Silver Packer family for the Emma J. to the best all around silver presented tray award, engraved for the Powers Powers Arvilla amateur traditional artist; , in lamlconnps Dr. and Mrs. PVlino . . .. msEBsm csrs tor meuiieu. o. "r9"" Henry Thome family Heirloom Photo award award an engraved plaque to the best Harold B. Felt Heirloom Photo award to watercolor-acrylic- ; ?'. .' i- ' ' '"K ' '' r v. , ipv ? , ' r "J C; K' a the best ' v"' '"St ' ' s if . JW " S board in museum-galler- y Weappreciate the service of the the of Utah and Peach on Daughters the Days gallery hosting Pioneers for hosting the museum section, and the support of those who visited our festival. A great thank you to the artists and photographers of offer one of the Brigham City who by sharing their talents, most outstanding shows in northern Utah. v i" ' , amateur photographer. Other patrons and businesses have promised other awards to be traditional for the coming year. These awards are in the categories each awarded be will year and awards r&'i if 4 ' I Yours in Art Delone B. Glover, Chairman Phyllis K. Owen, Director ....... s j.Wv? S'-- . Strange idea of peace Editor: BOX ELDER Letters to NEWS warily newspapar astablishad in published avary Sunday by tha 65 South l. Eldar First Watt, Brigham City, Utah, 84302 Sacond Clan postaga paid at tha post otfica, 16 South First Wait, Brigham City, Utah, 84302. A 1894. Box phony came to Brigham City for a special appearance. There was no charge for admission. Not more than an estimated 150 persons attended. It was a disappointing turnout for the orchestra and Conductor Maurice Abravanel who vowed he would never again come to this northern Utah community. 10 0 Apparently1 the hurt of that experience has since subsided Maestro Abravanel will conduct the orchestra Thursday. It would be a shame not to receive this renowned musical group with a large audience. Those who attend, were confident, will be amply rewarded in the satisfaction that comes from hearing truly great music. the Editor.,. Charlas "Tuff" Claybaugh General Manager Publithar Bruca T. Keyei, Managing Editor Mika Parry, Sporti Editor Sarah Yates, Society Editor Shirley Richardson, Classifiadi Batty Claybaugh, Circulation Arland Tingey, Newspapar Supr. Photo-PreVan Claybaugh, Supr. H. E. Anderson, Commercial Printing Supr. The editor invites and welcomes letters for publication in these columns. 'However , contributions must be signed and also bear the writer's adress and telephone number. It is suggested that letters not exceed 250 Words in length. rate $10.00 per year payadvance in connection with Elder Journal (published Subscription able the in Box Thursdays) in Box Elder County. Subscription rate $14.00 par year payable in advance in connection with tha Box Elder Journal (published Thursdays) outside Box Euler County. NATIONAL NEWSPAPER piOtUTlbh " (sail, liu ( Editor: . I Since the day of its founding, the United Nations has been hailed as Mankinds last best hope for peace yet there has been no peace. Following its hypocritical double standards, the UN has steadfastly refused to condemn Communist terrorism and aggression, while it continually attacks any person or any country that stands in the Communists way. For example, in November 1974 while the Vietcong were liquidating whole villages in South Vietnam, where was the UNs protest? While the Frelimo terrorists were beheading innocent victims in Angola, what action did the UN take? The Palestine Liberation Organization has slaughtered children in Israel, and was responsible for murder at the Munich Olympic Games. Yet when Yasir Arafat, leader of the PLO, was invited to address the UN General Assembly in 1974, he was enthusiasticaUy welcold-blood- comed.' Get out of UN , Membtr Utah State Press Association, National Newspaper Association and United Press international. Advertis ( ing ..JUprttentativer Utah Stattf PreMne4 Salt Lake City, Utah. Association, -- ) , r, ;) I hope that during this Bicentennial year we will, all seriously think about our great land of America and its destiny. Also, I hope we will think about Americas involvement in the United Nations. One interesting fact about the United Nations is that the Soviet Communists have three votes in the UN General Assembly, while the United States of America has only one. Yet, the US pays the bills of the UN while the Communist bloc is in arrears by over $120 million. years ago, we fought for our independence. Now is the time to stand up and fight again. Lets get out of the United Nations! To the United Nations, peace means the absence of resistance to communism. And for the past 30 years, the UN has worked to promote that peace throughout the world. This is another reason why we urged to join with me in asking Congress to get us out! of the UN. Sincerely, 213 Why no UN Two-hundr- Thisyear ignorance could The low figure means that nearly half the eligible citizens stayed Ignorance about colon or rectum cancer. Because there's an exam called a procto which can detect these cancers early, home. The high percentage is much better. But still not good enough. But consider this. The US average was 36.1 percent two years ago with a high of 58.7 percent in 1960. while theyre most curable. If youre over 40, make sure your doctor gives you a procto as part of your health checkup. For a nation that professes to have representative government, holding its system up for the world to emulate, this is a sorry record indeed. Hopefully, beginning in this Bicentennial year, entering upon the third century of history as the United States, the beacon light of our involvement as citizens in the elec- ( I AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY tive process will burn brighter. Well do our part locally, wont This we? year. space contributed by the publisher. Cuba, na Berlin Wall, or questioned the iTPoln. roos USSR s sovreignty over Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia? And yet, UN General Assembly President Gaston Thome said with a straight face in his . Human Rights Day message last December: The United Nations must help all victims with equal vigor, and condemn aU the with culprits same impartiality... What he should have said is that the United Nations will help all Communists with equal vigor, and condemn all western nations with the same impartiality. With aU the pain, death and slaughter in South Vietnam, Angola, Cambodia, and India, why havent we heard (at least) a protest from the United Nations local Sincerely, Calvin D. Potter 655 Kingston Place, Brigham City H protest? Once again the supporters of the United Nations continue their talk about the humanitarian aspects of the United Nations. They talk about the language of peace, but they never mention that the United Nations has helped to fund the takeover of South Vietnam with a $45.8 million donation to the North Vietnamese Communists with no strings attached. They never mention that since the inception of the UN, we have had more wars than in the entire previous history of the world. Most of the wars of liberation have been won by Communists, and we have never heard the UN complain or remove their support when a Communist takeover has occured. In fact the UN has supported Communist takeovers. We don t hear the UN complain about the takeovers of Vietnam, Angola, or India. When has the UN ever condemned the Russian or the military presence in Editor: The local apologists for the United Nations are once again decrying the greatness of this organization. Granted, the United Nations has undoubtedly accomplished some good things during its years of existence, but not nearly enough to justify the bad which has been systematically perpetrated upon the world through its support of Communist leaders and peoples. regimes at the expense of freedom-lovin-g And the few positive accomplishments of the UN would have been better done through private organizations than through a wasteful, bureaucratic world government. I personally admire the courage which our mayor and other elected officials showed last year by remaining at least neutral in this controversy by not declaring a United Nations day. This would have offered a degree of prestige to an organization which has done nothing beneficial for the citizens of Brigham City, and has done so much harm to our country. I hope that they will show the same restraint this South Third East Brigham City Editor: Doesnt justify the bad lull you. According to Utah Foundation study or their Sincerely, Arthur L. Romero, 715 Fairview, Brigham City American Viewpoints Some 550,000 Utahns will cast ballots in November The following on anticipated voter turnout in this years general election was derived from a study by Utah Foundation, the private research organization. . Approximately 550,000 Utahns wiU be casting ballots in the November presidential elections if past performance is any guide. At least that is the prediction made in a study just released of Utahs participation in general elections. Next months vote is expected to be about 71,500 or 15 percent greater than the number of votes cast by Utahns in the 1972 ' presidential elections. TraditionaUy, Utah has ranked at or near the top among the 50 states in the proportion of its voting-ag- e population who actually cast ballots in a general election. During the past four presidential elections, Utahs participation has been 23 percent to 27 percent greater than that of the nation as a whole. Utah led the entire nation in the percentage of voting-ag- e population casting ballots for presidental electors in the 1964 and the 1968 elections. Foundation analysts point out that Utahs record of voting in nonpresidential elections also is signifcantly better than that of most other states. Utah led the nation in the percent of its population casting votes for US representatives during the 1960, 1964, 1970, and 1972 general elections. Since 1960, Utahs participation has been anywhere between 28 percent and 55 percent better than the national record of voter participation in congressional elec- -' tions. Among the factors accounting for Utahs superior record of voter participation in the election process are the following: 1. Utah has a long heritage of involve- ment in civic affairs. Political, church, and community leaders over the years have actively encouraged citizen partici- voting-ag- e . , pation in the political process. Also Utah was one of the first states to extend the franchise to women and to all citizens. 2. Utah leads the nation in the educational attainment of its adult citizenry. There is a strong correlation between education and voter participation. 3. Utah has a smaller proportion of resident aliens, who cannot vote, than most other states. It is estimated that 1.1 It is estimated that there will be 783,000 persons of voting-ag- e residing in Utah on Nov. 1, 1976. Of this number, approximately 110,000 are potential new voters who are reaching voting age since the last presidential election in 1972. After allowing for deaths and interstate residence changes, the voting-ag- e population is expected to record a net gain of 84,000 individuals between the 1972 and percent of Utahs voting-ag- e population of aliens, compared with 2.3 percent for the US as a whole. 4. Utah has maintained a strong system, and there usually have been spirited contests in most general elections. 1976 elections. consists Utah voters generally are younger than those for the nation as a whole. In fact, Utah ranks second behind Alaska among the 50 states in the proportion of potential voters In the age category. two-par- ty -- J. Craig Valentine, Shirley Jeanne Crawley, Brigham City but not good enough commentary on this page today Utah foundation brings out some by Journal for -- Utah does better, A better, participation reaches continues. artists and the support News Elder Box to thank the JSSSf 5S11 KBUHta its ola special way ofhelpfaj I:'.,... What kind of reception will orchestra receive? Thanks in large measure to the Brigham City Community concert association, the Utah Symphony orchestra will present a Bicentennial concert here on Thursday, Oct. 1976 .:ni 121 , Much controversy is being generated in these days by has come and gone and our museum- -' Peach Day Art festival was most successful: and 1,395 pleased beautiful paintings and photographs Peach Day : If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none. Thomas Jefferson |