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Show N The DESERET SAMPLER, Fri., April 9, 1971 Tony Vieira Its one, two, three. . . THE 9? S HAVE IT divisions, that is! MODERN VOLUNTEER ARMY ? ? DIDN'T ALL YOU GUYS VOLUNTEER 3 and Baltimore Orioles in the American League and Pittsburgh and Cincinnati in the National League came dose to being a sellout. The American League games barely surpassed half of capacity. And in Baltimore, the World Series game with the Reds played to some empty seats, to baseballs shame. OMalley, OMalley The leader of the movement to n bring alxnit the new Walter O'Malley, owner of the plan is and called the most often Dodgers, baseball. owner in It is an powerful article of faith that in major league affairs, what OMalley wants, OMalley Well troops, take a good, lingering look at the major league pennant race format. If rumors are true, it wont be the same a year hence, in 1972. Those divisions should be out next campaign with new groupings of divisions in both three four-teathe National and American Leasix-tea- m 98,6000 TECOM Commanders Conference Huachiica, Ariz.; Colonel Roliert T. Blake, commanding officer. I'.S. Army Field Artillery Board, Ft. Sill, Okla.; Colonel Albert H. llislop, commanding officer, I'.S. Army Armor and Engineering Board, Ft. Knox, Ky.; Colonel John O. Mayhall, commanding officer, Jefferson Proving Ground, Madison, Iud., second row; and Colonel Peter E. Kcllev. commanding officer, U.S. Army Airborne Communications and Electronics Board, Ft. Bragg. N.C.; Colonel David J. Schumacher, commanding officer, U.S. Army General Equipment Test Activity, Ft. Lee, Yu.; Colonel Edward J. Daley, commanding officer, U.S. Army Air I'.S. Army Test and CONFEREES Evaluation Command (TECOM) commanders attending the TKCOM Commanders Conference held at Alierdcen Proving Ground (APG) Md. pose for an official photo. Left to right, they are Colonel Warren 1). Hodges, commanding officer, (APG); 'Major General Edward H. dcSaussure Jr., commanding general. White Sands Missile r, Range, N.M.; Major General Frank H. commanding general, TECOM, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.; Brigadier General Edwin L. Powell Jr.', deputy commanding general and chief of staff, TECOM; Brigadier General Max Etkin, commanding general, Deseret Test ('enter. Ft. Douglas, Utah, front row; Colonel Norman L. Robinson, commanding officer, Yuma Proving Cround, Colonel Ilynun Dallinga, Yuma, Ariz.; commanding officer, U.S. Army Tropic Test Center, Ft. Clayton, C.Z.; Colonel Wallace O. Enderle, commanding officer, U. S. Electronics Proving Ground, Ft. Army 7- -7 Ize-nou- a thing that caused her terand she brought forth a ror bigger, stronger donkey, the mule. But the inule is sterile and we are lwck where we Jim Bishop, syndicated column. HORSES The horse was extinct in North America 10,000 years ago. He left for Bering Strait and Asia. Spanish explorers brought him back; now we are trying to make the horse extinct again. The donkey was a good beast of A four leaf clover can lie liad burden for thousands of years, on a man devised a way of mating luck if you slow down Wertheim Millie free wav. the male with the female horse n. DEBT CRITICS - Defense Board, Ft. Bliss. Tex.; Colonel Daniel G. Gust, commanding officer, U.S. Army Aviation Test Board. Ft. Rucker, Ala.; Colonel Charles B. Thomas, commanding officer, U.S. Army Infantry Board, Ft. Bcnning, Ga.; and Colonel Edwin Nl. Rhoades, commanding officer, U.S. Army Arctic Test Center, Ft. Creely, Alaska, third row. THE POOR If we go back to the laws of Historically, civilization has the Twelve Tables (450 BC), met its downfall liecause ' of we find that if a man was in- the amassing of the poor in debted to several creditors and cities and the failure to intecouldn't pay his debts, his cre- grate them into the common life ditors could actually cut up his of the community. American Ixxlv and divide it among themcities are now at the testing selves. If there was a single point on this issue. A miloion creditor, that single creditor more people' live in city slums could put his debtor to death or than on all the farms, with an slavery. Civilization's entire at- estimated million more to come. titude has changed radically With each urvan disturiiunce, we since then; we now treat desquirt on a little more welfare serving debtors sympathetically. to try to keep the poor Dan W. Dodson, Our const itution, for example, ASCD Congress New York University, specifically provides with the power to establish 1970 Year Book (Association for uniform laws on the subject of Supervision and Curriculum Deliankruptcy throughout the US. velopment, NEA) tran-quilize- d. it-- W- - ,'j ' EMPLOYMENT Today's worker doesn't follow in his hither's footsteps. The time has gone w'hen employees pointed with pride to the fact that they were their families third or fourth generation to join the company, and staved with the company until retirement. In a recent study iny company discovered that the average age of the employee who had more than three years with it was approximately 46. These figures inay mean that we still face a gap in the middle-age- d employees who can handle work in the middle and upper skills levels, and that we face high turnover in entry level jobs. r s'. THE VERY BEST IN & ' vhr; :: ,63 . C&i t;v'- r;, W y; :n i !- - . ARE AVAILABLE ' X, " NOW! ! s . ; , e. j. a v AT THE t'1 i. ffIIILE " The breakdown into four-tea- ct game. Shorter seasons, playoffs competition, more night games, etc., are all things major league liaseliall should be looking into. But let's hope in their quest for the almighty dollar they dont forget the fan! .The clamor for a new deal liegan to lie heard last fall after only two years of the division experiment in the majors. Not a single playoff game in 1970 between the Minnesota Twins six-tea- m WASHIXGTOX(AFPS) Veterans benefits are usually exempt from taxation and need not lie reported as income on income tax returns, according to the Veterans Administration. The VA said the only reportable item is the interest earned on GI insurance dividends left on deposit or credit with the VA. The interest Is considered earned income. GI insurance dividends themselves arc not taxable, nor are proceeds from GI insurance policies. Other major tax exempt licnefits are compensation and pension, GI Bill and other educational assistance, sulislstence payments to vocational rehabilitation trainees, and grants for homes or autos to disabled veterans. Dugway movie schedule Sunday Matinee HOW TO FRAME A FIGG starring Don Knotts, Elaine Joyce and Joe Flynn Sun. & Mon. April 11 & 12 GP 1 hr. 40 tnin. THE DESERETER Bekim Richard Fehmiit, starring Grenna, Chuck Connors, Woody Stroda, and John Huston For a FUSEE Estimate! ! whatevcr-vnu-call-- it April 13 GP 1 hr. 49 min. THE BEGUILED Glint and Eastwood starring Friday April 16 R Geraldine Page Saturday CIIISUM hr. 51 min. Forest John Wayne, starring Tucker, Ren Johnson and Chris George 1 April 17 G REISSUE Sunday Matinee 2:30 April 18 G REISSUE GP ! CIIISUM hr. R 51 min. starring John Wayne. Ben Johnson, Forrest Tucker, and Chris George A NEW LEAF 1 starring Walter Matthau Elaine May and Jack Weston 3 IN THE CELLAR starring Wes Stern, Joan Collins, lairry Ifaginan and Judy Pace Tuesday April 20 1 hr. 42 min. hr. 32 min. Also G TRICK OR RETREAT Roland and Rattfiuk Friday ONE MORE TRAIN 1 hr. 48 min TO ROB starring George Pepjwrd, Diana Muldarti, and France April 23 GP 7 min. Nuyen THE COCKEYED COWBOYS OF CALICO COUNTY 1 hr. 40 min. starring Dan Blocker, Jim Backus, Mickey Rooney, Wally Cox and Nanette Faliray Saturday April 24 G REISSUE form is! Well, Fin sorry." the agenl But youll have to responds. pay a full fare like everyone else." If you don't want to get cuught like Private Smith, you need a DD Form 1550, which is an authorization for commercial air travel, for EACH carrier you intend to use at reduced fare militarv truvel rales. 1 1 hr. 43 min. ACT OF THE HEART starring Donald Sutherland, and Genevieve Rujold Tuesday Sun. & Mon. April 18 & 19 - hr. 43 min. Sunday Matinee ' April 11 G air-jxi- rt Your Exclusive UARCO Representative 0 six-tea- m divi- m ol-je- Pfc. WASHINGTON (AXF) John Smith arrives at the and walks to an airline ticket counter. I would like a standby seat at half price for the next plane going to New Yoik, please," says Private Smith to the ticket agent. "May 1 have a copy of your DD Form 15S0?" the agent asks the private. Private Smith makes a I face and replies, don't have one; what's more, I don't even know what a DD Emm 882-005- Three years ago, when it was reported that OMalley had a plan for the National League to split its 12 teams divisions. League into two President Warren Giles called it preNot long after, OMalleys posterous. plan was adopted. Under the playoff plans, the three division winners would figure in the playoff for the league pennant, along team having the with the second-plac- e best record. The playoff would be decided on a basis, with team A playing team B, and team C playing team D. The winners of those series would meet in two out of three games for the pennant and a spot in the World Series. Fan most important Before someone starts reasoning that this is another sign that baseball is lieing replaced by football as the national pastime, though, just remember the following. Football plays to a lot of sellout crowds these days, but they also black out their home territory on television. Baseball on the other hand, almost encourages people to stay away during the playoffs by staggering the games and telling the viewer that at the end of the playoff lietween Baltimore and Minnesota they can switch the dial to get the Cincinnati-Pittsburg- h sions is a barefaced steal from pro footlrall, and readily admitted. The is to sustain pennant race interest in more cities toward the end of the season. It is viewed as a safeguard against future runaway races like those of last year, when the two division winners Baltimore and Minnesota, emptied the American League race of fan interest, and also against the empty seats at the pennant playoffs. The makeup has already been charted by proponents of the new plan who are confident of its approval. The teams will lie grouped along these geographical lines. to fly Call gets. teams. board by almost all major-leagu- e More than half of the 24 cIuIk lost money last season. You need a DD 1580 p- i i $ t. r. According to the Boston Globe the new plan is ready for adoption. It steins from desperation, a money crisis being felt across the tax exempt . three-divisio- gue. VA benefits 'fK 'V. m DOODLING While dotxlliug during a long phone call, do you draw a series of small Ikixcs? That may mean you in and need in your life. icated Column - feel fenced more excitement Hal Boyle, Synd- CHAMPIONS TENNIS I try to hit a tennis hall hard as I can; if 1 have Iraini myself close to a masculine il gree of efficiency in this resX'i it dix-not mean that I hu forsaken any of my feminity Margaret Court, ufter wirmii the US open, AP s |