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Show I THURSDAY. 2B - THE CITIZEN OCT. 19. 1972 PASSING This Must The Shoe s On The Other Foot Not Happen Again The drive-i- n theater in Preston has been sold. The movie fare for this weekend is a John Wayne in three triple header different roles. All three movies are rated GP. This is a welcomed relief for the people who live around the theater, who drive at least a welcomed past the theater relief for those who still have some modesty and who are concerned about what their children are seeing. WIIAT WENT ON before should never have been tolerated, and to subject the g public to such an outrage is well beyond the realm of decency. And contrary to what the general public believes, and contrary to the governor of the great state of Idaho, the power to change what went on lies more in his hands than that of the city council. The state law covers all this, leaving the communities powerless. The former owners of the outdoor theater had found that it was quite lucrative to show movies. This in and of itself is bad, but sometimes it is impossible to legislate morals." There are those who conteiui that if that is what a person wants to see, then others have no right to infringe on his rights to see it. But, in the case of the drive-in- , we have a completely different situation. One woman reported that she couldn't allow her children to sleep out in their own back yard because of what was being shown on the screen Another said she had to keep her shades at home drawn to block the view from her house. One man said that he pulled up to a stop sign near the theater with his two teen-ag- e children and was most embarrassed at what was seen on the 60 foot billboard right in front of him. . NO COMMUNITY should have to endure this. If a public billboard were displayed in the city of Preston with what is shown on that 60 fool billboard of a movie screen, it would be torn down by an outraged citizenry. Should the paper display a picture from one of the films in question, we would be nailed to the wall. Yet, this situation, which goes beyond preying upon the baser feelings of individuals and exposes itself to the general public, has been allowed to exist. One woman said that she drove out past the theater and in just one short were most objectionable. As has been reported, the theater has been sold, and the community may not have this problem again, except for the strange situation that the only movies that appear to be making money for the theater owners are the X and R rated ones. However, this should serve as a warning to the new owners that this community will not tolerate what has gone on in the past. Much of this, however, cannot be blamed on the owners of the movie houses. There is one thing that I have sympathy for and that is people who make a mistake in spelling. It is amazing how you can set a word in type, print it and it isn't until the paper comes out that all of a sudden it shows up like a neon light. That Is something like the person who painted the name of the school district on one of the new Eastaide buses. There It was in THE RESPONSIBILITY lies first of all with the governor who was shocked to see two movies being shown in a "community like Preston." The state bright yellow Perston, Idaho. legislature took away the communities' power to control pornographic subjects. With the governor being the administrative officer of the state it would appear to us that he has a greater responsibility than lip service or suggesting that the city take action and then settle the state law in the courts. Secondly, it would seem to us that the citizens of the community themselves could file public nuisance complaints or even indecent exposure complaints. And thirdly, law enforcement officers and especially the county attorney, who is the legal representative of the state, could have done something. It hasn't been too long ago that a man exposed himself out in public and action was taken quickly. There was never any question about who had authority to act in that case. And finally, the responsibility lies with each person who supports such movies. real growth and development. While there hasn't been any industrial development in the Franklin county area, it is coming all around and the area of Cache, Franklin and Caribou is making changes. Much of this is due to industry that has come to the Cache county and to Caribou county. Pepper idge Farms plant, which is under construction, is the latest in Cache. THE IMPACT OF this probably wont be as great as one would surmise in terms ofa tremendously large number of persons moving into the valley, but the new families who will come in and the employment that will come to the many families who are already here will be tremendous. This is one reason why the parent company of Campbell Soup decided to locate in Cache Valley was because of the labor force that was already available. With the construction crews, the supervisory personnel looki ng for places to live, the housing shortage in the entire valley is being felt. It is almost impossible to find a suitable three bedroom home for CANDIDATE FOR Representative District 32 Support Amendment 9 SJR 32 To Reduce 1 Government In Idaho. gone IT to the Democrats of Franklin county. They pulled a beautiful political success this week when they hosted the senior citizens to a banquet and had Sen. Church as Winder Briefs PAUL HARVEY NEWS The Price Of Peace By PAUL HARVEY Sen. George McGovern and his running mate, Sargent Shriver, accuse President Nixon of trying for a peace in Vietnam on terms which he could have had four years and 27,000 lives ago. What is the present, right-noasking price for peace in Vietnam? The Communists at the peace table have not given an inch. pre-electi- -- When President Nixon took office nearly four ago, the Communists in first years Paris advanced a "new peace proposal." In essence they demanded total American withdrawal, the ouster of President Thieu and the setting up of a provisional coalition government is Saigon to arrange "free elections." At the most recent formal session of the Paris peace talks that offer was essentially unchanged from four years ago. So it's true, as the Democrats say, if President Nixon would settle for peace on these terms, the sacrifices of the last four years would have availed nothfive-poi- ing. tion. It has to do with the makeup of the postwar Saigon government. For the first time they appear not to demand that they be allowed to dictate the "party of the third part" in a tripartite government for South Vietnam. They still want President Thieu out of it. But they are suggesting "The provisional revolutionary government (that's North Vietnam) and the Viet Cong ( those are the Reds in South Vietnam) and the Saigon administration excluding will appoint President Thieu people to participate in a government of national accord . . . pending free elections. Presumably those elections, if truly free, could re-ele- Thatcher Briefs Jensen of Shelley spent several days last week with her sister and brother-in-laMr. and Mrs. MRS. GLADYS Ellis Wright. Effie Hoc pcs, Donna Fors-gre- n and Irene Johnson, school lunch personnel of the Grace district, went to Pocatello a Saturday to a held at the Holiday Inn. President Thieu. This would fact amount to in for the people of South Vietnam which we have consistently contended is what this war is all about. The voice of Hanoi radio is not binding on their horse-traderbut is Hanoi wanted to encourage a resumption of private bargaining this is one way they might go about it. So we continue to pound the peace table harder with bombs. We Occidentals are less patient than Orientals. We quickly grow impatient with the whereases and the nuances and nitpicking involved in collective bargaining. We are accustomed to demanding what we want. But this ball game is in their ball park. Before this grotesque American fumble will be recovered, there are some nits to pick. s, DOUBLE when was chairman, and everyone knew that the Democrats were around. Since then things quieted down, and the party started building. There is no doubt that there is a party around now. Franklin county may be a Republican county, but the Democrats are giving them a run for their money. However, it would seem to me that there could be a tendency for the party to put all their eggs in one basket in this election. They ought to give ail the candidates a chance to be displayed. -- O GOT TO HAND v Stak bL changes. big flurry Slim Whittle -- O- Leaves Of Autumn And Carefree Kids could hold considerable There was a GOT A KICK out of the woman last week who complaining about the paper dropping the Backward Glance column, saying, well, you paid him for it didnt you? Dropping it suddenly became worse when she found out we got it for nothing. rent in the north end of the valley. In addition to what is happening in Cache county, the economy of Caribou county is taking a step into the sun. The great dreams for the area were shattered a few years ago when the large El Paso plant closed, and the government took steps against phosphate in detergents. The future looked somewhat less bright than it had just a few years before when it was said that Soda Springs would one day be as large as Idaho Falls. James Wesley Owsley letters, ti r booth telephone all of the Democrati of Franklin county. Since that time the party has under the person who painted the sign for the Governor's banquet last week. There it was Welcome Govenor Andrus." There have been some far worse than that come out of The Citizen, but then, that is a horse a different color. IF THE PUBLIC would stop buying them, the theater owners would stop selling them. Though many of us feel very strongly that before we would "lower" ourselves to make money in such a manner, we would close up. We are still faced with the fact that in order to pay off a mortgage, you have to have business, and the sad truths are that when the movies are shown, as one person said, the cars are lines up for more than a block wailing to get in. It boils down to pure economics. But regardless of the reasons, this will not be allowed to happen again in our community. Will it? BUT THAT AREA has brightened now that the old El Paso plant has been sold and reopened by the Agricultural Products Corporation. The labor force for this industry comes from more than four or five counties and the effects are felt in many areas. With the industrial development, there is coming new business to help supply the needs of the people who are employed by industry. This creates new jobs, new payroll and the need for additional development. Yessir, things are astirring in the valley. And it feels good. Mike Kunz said at the Governor's banquet that there was a time when a And it is also something like Things Are A stirrin' As we have said before, things seem to be astirring in the valley. There is an air of the featured speaker. And when the senator was tied up in Washington, they arranged for a telephone speech through Mile Adams at the radio station. The senator was able to answer questions si if he had been there. Created quite an impression with those who attended. By BARNEY RICE time there were five scenes that Mrs. Juanita Jamison of Ogden and her daughter, Mrs. Joe Ferdo of New Jersey, spent the weekend of Oct. 7 with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Talbot. MR. AND MRS. Gregory Lund have a daughter, their first. She was born Sept. 20 in the Blackfoot hospital and weighed six pounds 14 ounces. Her name is Michelle. The new mother is the former Marva Maughan of Wellsville. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Maughan of Wellsville and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lund of Winder. The baby is the first grandchild for the Maughans. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Talbot went to American Falls one day last week to see their son Spencer play in the junior high school football game, then went to Paris Wednesday to see him play again. 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But wrath won out, as it does with so many of us, too much of the time. Seems as though someone pressed the panic button, and everyone was getting mad. 3-- K PRESTON |