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Show June 20. 1979, Poge 2 CUAKHtLD COURIER. Courier McKay says no waste The Clearfield Court! U published weekly at Roy. Utah. 5388 South 1900 Wost. MaHng oddrets is P. O. Box 207 . Roy, Utah, 84087. Tolophono 6 or Salt Lako 825-166- 359-261- 2. FOR THE PRESS: nows and photographs for tho Courior must bo In tho nows offlco boforo 8 AM. Monday. Plcturos may bo includod without chatgo olthor takon In our offlco or su bmitted by our readers. All A HATCHET - WASHINGTON "We cannot tolerate waste in the JOB name of defense," said Chairman Gunn McKay, as his Military (D-Uta- h) By Edwin Feulner J. Howard Stable Owner-Publish- er Glen Adams M. Mrs. Assistant Publisher Ad Manager 7 Editor Staff Stall Staff Bonnie Stable Keith Duncan LaVora Wayment 625-619- Peggy Jo Adams Trade Adams 4 Denise Hammon Sunset News and Church correspondent 825-947- Thanks given to newspaper One brochure the newspaper Dear Editor: philosophical viewpoint may assume that a business is like an in- dividual citizen, and is responsible to the com- munity in which he may live. When that citizen, however, happens to be a newspaper business then we have some other factors that must be considered as: "the power of the strength of the press the printed word" and the scope of its contact. When a newspaper publisher used that power and influence in a - "ITS YOUR LIBRARY COME ANF GET IT. A mutual effort of the library staff wrote the copy and decided upon the pictures to be used, at which time we brought this information to Stahle Publications and they took over and made the librarys mini newspaer a reality. Libraries have - traditionallv assumed . the role of shhs or quiet please, and its about time we started making some noise. The Weber County positive action. ..that business needs to be commended. This letter is to inform our community that Stahle Publications should be applauded for the interest and concern which they deomonstrated when they put together and distributed had System someting to say and you helped us say it. STAHLE WE PUBLICATIONS THANK YOU!!!!!!!! Library Sincerely Your Weber County Library System My colleagues in the media are incredibly naive to believe that the public is going to support diem in the current controversy involving the rights of reporters versus the rights of a person claiming to have been libeled. The case already has traveled to the Supreme Court. On that April 18 the Court decided by a margin of lawyers for the allegedly injured party in a libel suit do have the right to probe the "state of mind" of reporters in trying to establish the facts. The U.S. media establishment immediately raised its usual loud cry, claiming that subjecting the editorial process to such review would have a "chilling effect" on die Fourth Estate. Be that as it may, for those journalists who have never heard the term before, I would like to put the libel issue in perspective by discussing a very venerable journalistic tradition: The Hatchet Job. The Hatchet Job, as its name implies, is the journalistic equivalent of a scalping. And any journalist who claims not to have participated in, . or at least had prior knowledge of one, is either a saint or a ' liar. Usually, the victim of a hatchet job is a public figure" a candidate for some office mother, a well known personsomeone whose position or ality, a public office-holde- r, activities makes him or her newsworthy. As in any human endeavor, there will be those who will disapprove of the activities or beliefs of such public figures, including critics within the news media. When this disapproval becomes laced with hate, or some other perverse but very natural instinct, the hatchet is wielded. And with grand old journalistic flair, the public is told more than they ever wanted to know. Now I dont want you to think for even one minute that the hatchet is never deserved. Most of the time it is. That is where the journalist's defense comes in; if a journalist can show that the article or broadcast is factual, the journalist is in the clear. In fact, when this is the case when allegations against a it is no longer a hatchet job; it is, as in the person are troe case of the small California weekly newspaper that recently won the Pulitzer Prize for exposing certain shenanigans at the Synanon drug rehabilitation complex, darn good journalism. The trouble begins when the journalist can not prove the report was factual. In the absence of fact, the odds increase that the injured party was, indeed, the victim of a hatchet job. Either that, or the victim of very sloppy reporting. That is why I support the courts decision. While still clouded by certain legal complexities involving the pre-tri"discovery" process, I am one of those individuals who believes a persons reputation is perhaps his most important possession next to his health. If the media publish or broadcast falsehoods about a person it is absolutely necessary for die courts to be able to establish whether or not the reporters 1) knew that the material was false, and 2) having established that, whether or not they felt any malice towards the injured party. For all its legal complexities this is what the court's decision was all about: fairness. It is too easy to excuse the wrong-doing- s of reporters in the name of press freedom. I dont think the public is going to buy it any more. I do not know and do not care who is right or wrong in the controversial case ruled on by the court. But I do know yrtiy the public is not nearly as concerned as the media; its because they know we are not above using our baser instincts, on occasion, against those with whom we disagree. (Feulner is president of The Heritage Foundation, a Washington-base- d public policy research institute. ee . al A BRAND NEW 1979 CUTLASS per hio. Lease based on 48 month open end, 60,000 miles, first payment in advance, commercial lease. 2885 Washington Bird. Ogdon . 3S4-1IS- The Ship's Belle announces their Sail Oeaurann Vz o JEANS o TOPS ! i ! a o J2 DRESSES o SWIMSUITS CLOUSES PANTS o o COORDINATES SXI3TS aaamoaaamam; SELECT GROUP OF JUNIOR SHORTS & TOPS domestic and overseas spending. "The MB I present represents a balanced and proper allocation of military construction spending, he told the committee. The McKay subcommittee reviewed 841 construction projects, of which funding for 757 was recommended. McKay said the major cuts were made through insisting that Americas NATO allies pay more of the coets of maintaining U.S. troops in Europe, as well as Japan and Korea paying more of the same coets in their countries. Other cuts were made in the area of military dependents support, with the subcommittee determing that too many dependents are stationed abroad. Another significant cut was recommended in the area of planning and design because of substantial waste in a comidentified prehensive investigation ordered earlier by McKay. The report of the McKay subcommittee listed serious reservation about the procedures used in (he Department of Defense review of bases recommended for closure. The report said, approved "Congress generaUy supports the Departments (Defense) efforts to reduce cost and streamline the military base structure. But Committee. ..has this repeatedly cautioned the Department against false economy of permitting one set of facilities to lie idle while requesting funds for replacement facilite for the same mission relocated to another installation. Defense Depot Ogden is one such base recommended for cloture, with its functions to be shifted to Defense near Tracy Depot Sacramento, California. On the subject of base closures, the report suggests the Department of Defense may not have foUowed a generaUy accepted set of practices understood by and electricity except by Congress and the Executive reducing national consumpDepartment in determining tion. Thats the principle of the recommended closings. and demand supply And the report continues, when there'a more, it costa The Department may less. But cloaer to home, we have failed in other respects con act to control our own to comply with the existing laws and regulations afbudget and get immediate action. First, by practicing fecting these decisions that the many ' conservation would cast additional doubt method urged by utility on the validity, accuracy and companiea . . . like lowering comprehensiveness of 5 thermostat at night, study realignment making cure refrigerator The McKay door seals are tight, keeping procedures. directs the committee stove-toburners and reflectors dean, washing and Department of Defense to rinsing laundry in warm or provide additional and more cold water, and by rememdetailed information conclosure base bering, instead of the dryer, cerning the clothes line when possible! 8econd, by insulating for summer as well as winter to eliminate all air leaks, into and out of the houie. Third, energy $99 ) top-doll- i savings i j XvXs !$! X;X:X Sale Starts June 22nd X'XX; 'XX'X XX'X; XvXv ftXftX a VISA a MASTf RCHARCF a All SAIFS FINAL a NO IAYAWAV LAKESIDE SQUARE IADM AffPAtil McKay said be guided his subcommittee toward the significant budget reduction in considering the fiscal condition of the country, the needs of the military forces, and the need to balance p All Summer Stock i from President Carters estimate, and represents a 10.3 percent reduction. Costs are high Energy coets are high now, and expert warn that the end of increases is not in sight. As individuals, we can't do very much to control rising prices for gas, oil S Construction Appropriations Subcommittee request was approved by the House Appropriations Committee. McKay pointed out that his $3.9 billion request is a reduction of $390 million Clearfield Utah !,X!!!'X!!!!X!'!XXM'W X'XXX:'XXXXXXX !XXXX'XXXX!'X:'XXI X'X'X'X'X'X'X'X'X'XX'X'X' require high-efficien- appliances. When to replace comes the time old appliances or acquire new ones, we should shop for products with the best efficiency ratings. Finally, its important to kaap equipment in condition, and for maximum economy to have tha necessary maintenance hand tools to do the work ourselves. Again for economy, consider only top quality, lifetime products such as those by Cooper The Toolmaker wrenches, screwdrivers, measuring tapes, flies and taws, soldering tools, and metal snips, It'S said that conserving is sometimes a energy game of pennia-b- ut penny more why pay whan you could pay a penny leas? recommendations. "The bottom Une is that this country is getting the maximum benefit from each dollar we spend for defense, McKay said. "The y of our of and government military affairs has demanded the redoubling of our efforts to assume the public is getting its moneys worth for tax dollars. growing-complexit- hard-earne- d Now In his third year as an subcomAppropriations mittee chairman, McKay has cut federal spending more in relative terms than haa any other Subcommittee chairman of the powerful budget-makin- g Houat committee. "If all 0i) Utah ready now for Proposition 13? Think Is is had us in that bracket. He the ground in effect, better evaluate their an- saying, worth just swers carefully. AD those to the west of us is to the the as much as ground to who are fortunate enough we that advises He us. of east own land over S acres which terrific a make and sell can produce $1,000.00 in WeU Mr. Monson did crops are living in the lap of profit. not put in all those years luxury. I would like to join this place into what building them. Taxes for example are do not care to seU, We $50.00 a year on 23 acres of it is. little farm. It is a our love we land. If you want to buy 5 our for grandchildren so place acres of this land that you ' to see a cow, horse, come to subsidized the be topcan by to pick other taxpayer, the price la chickens and etc. They live in a vegetables Ask acre. or 17,000 per 16,500 love to them if you doubt this city in California and sumthe in out here come remark Green Belt land can easily be checked at the mer. courthouse. The penalty to Why are we being vicland owner this Green Belt is timized? Who is Mike a minimum tax rollback of 5 Monson working for? He was years. OH! would that ever on the Weber County ballot hurt to have to pay back last year as working for the taxes of $50.00 per year for 5 Weber County residents. years. ($250.00 back taxes) Instead he is empire would be a drop in Dm bucket building, and preaching against the value of 23 acres Utah state laws. Also, he at $16,500 per acre. The sale recommended that I buy would bring $379,500.00. additional 1V acres ground Please be informed that so that I may qualify for the owner does not have to Green Belt in one statement work this ground. He leases and advises against it in the it out for peanuts to someone next. Anyone that has green who will work it and produce belt ground is waiting that $1000 per year off of around for a big investor to it. That is not $1,000.00 per buy all his ground not a acre; that is either 10 or 1,000 meaaly one acre. They aU want to score big, they really acres at a mer $1,000.00. Now this here 'Green Belt dont give a damn about that low was designed to preserve ground that they have leased the land and keep that nasty realtor from making all that money. What is stopping the Those who say "no speculator? Now let me tell our story. We owned a 4.13 acre track ,in Weber County which was bought in 1962 prior to the zoning ordinances. The land is listed as agricultural and that it is. It has 154 peach trees, 2 apricot trees, hay pasture and a variety of vegetables. We have 13 shares of water to make this the beautiful little farm that it is. A family could be self sufficient here. However, just my husband and I work this and have built it from a pile of weeks and sagebrush to what it is now a beautiful ' miniform. We do not qualify for "Green Belt, and up until this year have not complained about the fact that our land was waxed at 5 times the rate of the neighbors ground. This year Mike Monson, Weber County Assessor, increased our taxes 50 percent with the statement that the "market value of the surrounding ground put Music event planned Advanced piano students Barbara T. Stuck!, Clearfield music instructor, will be heard in concert Monday June 25th, at 7:15 in the Eccles Community Art Center in Ojgden. This begins a series of her summer of Mrs. recitals. o selections will be featured along with solos of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, taxes to support Weber County that we have. They just feU into a pot of gold. We agree that we do not meet low Belt Green the about but how requirements, taxing us at a rate somewhere in between the ground on either side of us? Why categorize us in the commercial market? Mike Monson says to hire a lawyer to fight him . We have tax receipts for 38 years in Weber County and I dont think Mike Monson is that old. Why do we have to hire legal aid to get him off our , back!!!! Editorial by Person wishing not to be Identified. Letters to the Editor Editor, Stahle Publications: I would like to clarify several issues raised in the article in your June 7, 1979 edition regarding efforts in the Utah Department of Social Services to raise funds for the interdenominational chapel to be built at the Utah State Prison. I fail to see how this effort could possibly he construed to be In any way political. This fundraising campaign Is being spearheaded by Elder Marvin J. Ashton, Council of the Saints, along Twelve, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Dawith clergy and laymen from various religious denominations in the state. The only political figure involved is Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson, who truly believes in the with Elder project, and who volunteered to be y Ashton. I also fail to see how encouraging state employees to participate in this worthwhile project could be considered "harrassment on the job. Your article speaks of the routine solicitations in behalf of U.S. Savings Bonds and the United Way. This silicitation was no different and the entire encouragement to contribute to this fund was included in the documents which you printed. Further, I believe that a close examination of those documents will show that they are not overbearing or harrassing in any way. The lists of contributors and receipts are for obvious reasons: to account for the donations received by agency coordinators. The availablility of payroll deduction for those employees wishing to use it is the same method that is available for participation in the savings bonds and United Way drives. As my memorandum pointed out, the 4,500 employees of the Department of Social Services were challenged to contribute a total of $10,000. Each employee was encouraged to contribute a sum based on the amount of his or her income, much like the "fair share concept used by United Way. It would have been appreciated if Stahle Publications would have followed traditional journalistic practice and provided someone connected with the Prison Chapel Fund Raising and opportunity to respond to your allegations. I appreciate this opportunity to clarify the situation and would personally invite Stahle Publications to make a contribution to the Prison Chapel Fund. Sinderely, Anthony W. Mitchell Executive Director Two-pian- List, Chopin, MacDowell, Debussy, and Khachaturian. Milhauds, a piano evite of will be "Scaramouche performed by LuAnne Welch of Layton and Barbara Stuck!; Kasschaus "Candlelight Concerto will be played by LuAnne Welch and DeAnn Child of Clinton; Liszts "Hungarian Rhop-sodNo. II will see Hilene Elia of Clearfield and LuAnne Welch at the y . poets. Soloists will be Chistle Canfield and Stacy Hansen, East Layton; Jill Blair, Kaysville; Stephanie Nix, Centerville; Eilene Love, Karen Sherman, Layton; Robyn Barneck, Linda and Gayleno Endo, Lynnette Owens, Clearfield; and Mary Griffin, Salt Lake City. The public is invited. sub- committee! had been able to make the same percentage cuts In this years request as we ware able to, wed have a balanced budget this year, McKay laid. out. We love our ground and do nurture it to the intent of the Green Belt. All we ask is that we are given a fair shake. We are agricultured for 27 years on the record. Why are we penalized with a 50 percent increase in taxes when our pension increases are a 5 percental might as a final note state that we bought our ground while the ground to the west of us was passed on to the survivors, so they never really paid the During a period of 12 days . marksman Adolph Topparwain find at 72,600 targats and mitiad only nina. Staff Reply Dear Dr. MitcheU, Thank you for your response to our story on fundraising within the Department of Social Services. We at Stahle Publications wish to take issue with several of the statements in your letter. First, you refer to the solicitation of funds for the Prison Chapel Fund, and the offering of payroll deductions, as being just as routine as fund drives for the United Way or U.S. Savings Bonds. If that is the case, literally hundreds of charities would be soliciting funds from your employees, probably to the point of saturation. The Arthritis Foundation, Boy Scouts of America, the March of Dimes, The Utah Lung Association, the American Cancer Society, the Mental Retardation Association, Easter Seals, the Utah Heart Association, to name only a few, would in our opinion be just as worthy of being allowed the same consideration within your department. We doubt your employees would appreciate the consumption of their time, or being asked every other day for one more contribution. Secondly, your reference to traditional journalistic practice is disturbing to us. From the Teapot Dome Scandnl to Watergate to the present, it would have been an odd practice Indeed to ask the subject of an investigative report to review or to comment on a newspaper story prior to publication. Surely anyone can realize what a threat this possible censorship could pose. We feel that in publishing your response, we have provided an open and fair forum for discussion. Third, the words that you used in your letter, harrassment on the Job, were never used in our story, and we wish to emphasize that no such allegation was made by us. Enclosed please find a donation to the Prison Chapel Fund from employees of Stahle Publications. Names are not enclosed because none were taken. - ... J Sincerely, Editorial Staff Stahle Publications |