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Show IHIffiw AJhxnmint E4? 'paDnnrnt It has been more than seven weeks since NFL football last appeared on television. tele-vision. Do you miss it? new Fish NFL? Page A2 Thursday, November 11, 1982 dlnttdDiPflall ' I ' '' ' f ? N ame dropping If you look at the front page of this week's issue, you will notice a subtle change. Our masthead is not emphasizing "The Newspaper" of Park City. It's "The Park City Newspaper." News-paper." Eventually, we'll drop the "paper." This is supposed sup-posed to be a subtle two-stage process. Yes, at long last, we are taking steps to resolve our long-held long-held identity crisis. Too often have we had to tell callers to give us a ring at The Newspaper. "What's your name?" they will ask. "The Newspaper." "What newspaper?" "The Newspaper." "Yeah, but what's your name?" Usually we can make things clear before the conversation conver-sation turns into an Abbott and Costello routine. But there are too many reasons why The Newspaper is a bad name. The Newspaper is a bad name because it leads to confusion con-fusion with the competing paper. "I work for the Newspaper." "Oh, yeah, The Record." Mind you, they're just a splendid bunch up the street but we'd rather avoid having our movie passes sent to Max Jarman, thank you. The Newspaper has a certain dim-witted quality like a waitress who thought she worked for "the restaurant in ..' m mm. sr r v ..- , . THIS IS ATESThi THIS IS ONLVATHST , IF MS HAD B5A AN ACTUAL PREOTTAl. CfOAI, VOU WOULD HPWBBeENAMNMBteDiii Kevin Mulcahy was ready to testify against Wilson Washington Kevin Mulcahy was found dead under mysterious circumstances circum-stances outside a Virginia motel room on Oct. 26. He was 39 years old and a former CIA officer. More important, however, was the fact that Mulcahy was a former associate of renegade CIA agent Edwin Wilson. It was Mulcahy who first tipped off the FBI to Wilson's operations in Libya. Wilson is unaer arrest on charges of smuggling explosives to Libyan dictator dicta-tor Muammar Kadaffi. He is scheduled for trial on Nov. 15. Mulcahy was to have been the government's star witness against Wilson. Now he is dead. But our associate Dale Van Atta has learned what he was prepared to testify. Mulcahy went to work for Wilson in early 1976. He soon grew alarmed at the sophisticated weapons Wilson was willing to provide to the Libyans. But Mulcahy thought Wilson was running an underground operation for the CIA. After six months, Mulcahy suspected Wilson wasn't working for the CIA at all. So he rifled the files in offices he shared with Wilson's associate, Frank Terpil. Here is how it was described in a secret Justice Department document: docu-ment: On Sunday, Labor Day weekend, 1976, (Mulcahy), went to his office and examined numerous files maintained by the company, and other papers which Terpil kept in his desk. Among those papers and files were documents detailing a proposal to the government of Libya to manufacture explosive devices and to train Libyans in manufacture and use of devices. Also included was training and intelligence gathering, sabotage and terrorist activities... "Mulcahy realized what he had become involved in, and fearing that the documents would not be available tffS s" : HI 1? i u mimi t svw iriin a xw.-, -m maMr r- -m. m,vj,m .h m i tt rrr -r ' i .... at another time, he removed those documents and numerous others... He then contacted officials of the CIA, who referred him to the FBI. He later supplied the documents to the FBI..." There is now some question whether the documents Mulcahy gave the FBI can be used at Wilson's trial this month. There is concern that the government won't be able to prove where the documents came from, now that Mulcahy is dead. Mulcahy was the second important witness against Wilson to die this year. The other was Rafael Vallaverde, who was killed in a boat explosion near Miami, Villaverde claimed that Wilson and Terpil hired him and another Cuban to assassinate a Libyan dissident. Villaverde had worked for Wilson in tne CIA's anti-Castro operations opera-tions of the 1960s. Hard Facts: Shortly before last week's elections Sen. Edward Kennedy, Kenne-dy, D-Mass., charged that the Reagan administration is planning to slash Social Security benefits. President Reagan responded that he would protect those benefits at all costs. The hard facts, meanwhile, are suppressed so that the politicians could promise that the taxpayers would have their cake and eat it, too. Now that the elections are over, you can expect to hear some realistic discussion of what must be done to save the system. We have seen the preliminary draft of a Congressional study on Social Security. It discloses that the Social Security system absolutely needs another $18 billion if it is to continue paying benefits through 1985. After that, the outlook should brighten somewhat for all but the Medicare program. There are only two ways to raise the $18 billion that will be needed to keep the Social Security system solvent: Either taxes must be raised or benefits Park City." It makes you sound like a dim seventh-grade intern, who thinks the town only has one of everything. The Newspaper has a certain arrogant sound, like those bishops who identify themselves as belonging to The Church. Even worse, it might give the impression that we are associated with The Church. But if anyone visiting our offices takes time to listen to our language, look at the pinup pin-up posters, and smell the smoke, he would know un-mistakeably un-mistakeably that we are not associated with the ethic of the dominant faith. Ergo, "The Park City News." It's not a great change, because we want to retain some of our old identity to remember the contributions of such stalwarts as Steve Dering, Phyllis Rubenstein, Conrad Elliott, Tina Moench, and Morgan Queal. Despite the fumbled deadlines and missed stories, the Happy Hours when we should have been in Planning Commissionwe Com-missionwe still think (and pray) that we put out one of the best weeklies in the state. Oh, one other thing. We had another favorite title. Very appropriate for Park City. But then someone said that "Monty Python's Flying Circus" was already taken. -RB Anderson must oe cut. The politicians who said they were opposed to raising Social Security taxes really meant they would cut benefits. Those who claimed they wouldn't tamper with the benefits were really saying they would raise Social Security taxes. It's as simple as that. Now that their jobs are safe for another two years, maybe they'll say it in plain English. Dirty Politics: The 1982 elections probably set some sort of a record for mud-slinging. Not since the McCarthy era of the 1950s have so many politicians dumped so much dirt on each other. In New Mexico, for example, Republican Sen. Harrison Schmitt accused his opponent of failing to prosecute rioting prisoners two years ago. The cases weren't even under his opponent's jurisdiction. In California, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown aired television spots that suggested a vote for his opponent would result in nuclear war. In Texas, Democratic Cong. Bill Patman dug up a report which alleged that his opponent had engaged in homosexual activities. Headlines and Footnotes: The Food and Drug Administration is contemplating contem-plating two major moves for next year. Saccharin, the artificial sweetner, will be removed from the market if Congress doesn't extend its moratorium. mora-torium. And manufacturers will be required to list sodium levels on all packaged food by 1985. How great has the damage been in Lebanon after seven years of non-stop fighting? According to one secret State Department cable, even the Lebanese themselves do not "realize the magnitude of the physical and economic eco-nomic damage to property inflicted during the fighting." Some experts estimate it will take $20 billion to repair the mess. 1982 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. h.a t A No. V ' 11 n Yes. MaupiPioit Re-plumbing America You'd need a large billboard to list all the items America is short of these days. Begin with hope, sweet dreams and cash in the pocket. Move on to the cosmic deficits peace on earth, compassion com-passion in the Congress, wisdom in the White House and a workable plan for a better tomorrow. But the most serious shortage is grimly specific: water. We're squandering it at a terrifying rate. Daily it dribbles away, threatening hot only our lifestyle, but life itself. it-self. A prolonged water crisis could change every aspect of our lives. We'd be lining up at city hydrants once a day with our jugs and pails and unwashed hair. Bathroom plumbing would go out of style, except in public buildings. Water would be trucked into cities by night, probably in armored cars. Hijackings would be a routine. For the rich there would be bottled water, costing as much as a nice Mouton-Rothschild ($50 a litre). Green lawns and rolling turf would go the way of fountains and air conditioning. The social amenities would change radically under water rationing. Nobody No-body would give tea parties, and scotch would be served without ice. Shared showers, more thrifty than sexy, would be the rule. The burdened air of theaters and concert halls would remind the fastidious of old gym lockers. Now, anybody who doubts that a serious water crisis is on the way isn't keeping an eye on the landscape. Newspaper: Subscription Rates, $8 a year in Summit County, $15 a year outside Summit County Published by Ink, Inc. USPS 371-730 Pnblisher JanWilldng mtot Dnvid Hampshire Advertising Sales ju Wilking, Bill Dickson Business Manager inmu GrPhlcs Becky Widenhonsc, Liz Heimos Staff Reporters Rick Brongh Contributing Writers BetUa. Moench, Jay Meehan, Naa Chain, John Kinch TyPeseMln8 Sharon Pain, Dixie Bishop Subscription A Classified Marion Cooney Darkroom & Photography jyj Suydtt Dis,ribu,l0,, "Robert Grim Entered as second-class matter May 25, 1977, at the port of Act In Parte City, Utah 14060, nnder the Act of March 3, 1897. Published every Thursday at Park City, Utah. Second-dau postage paid at Park City, Utah. Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs arewelcoine and will be considered for publication. However, The Newspaper will assume no responsibility for the return of such material. All news, advertising and photos must be received prior to the Tuesday noon deadline at our office, 419 Main Street in Park City, by nail P.O. Boi 731, Park City, Ut 14060, or by calling our office (801) 649-9014. Publication material must be received by Tuesday noon for Thursday pnMicatioa. m A j. 4 i. -i. . j. . Jake But I miss the beer and popcorn. Paul Fearn Yes. They should strike before all. Craig Cochran I especially miss the beer drinking. John Kinch No. I don't have a television. Jan Buckner I really miss all those hunks. Vsiiin Mcidipiiikb Certain ominous signs are set forth in an important new book, "Nor Any Drop to Drink" (Summit), by the noted ecologist William Ashworth. For example: Orlando, Fla., is caving in on itself, with cars and houses suddenly dropping 20 feet. Houston, with a different geology, is slowly sinking into the sea. Both cities have overdrawn their groundwater. Out on the Great Plains, America's breadbasket, the groundwater is running out so fast that it will be exhausted by the year 2000, according to Ashworth. New York City, despite ample rainfall, has a water shortfall of 200 million gallons a day. California is worse off with a shortfall of 2.6 billion gallons a day. Elsewhere, the Colorado River is turning salt, and the main underground under-ground reservoir for Long Island is described as "an industrial sewer." What is the government doing about this calamitous situation? At the moment, not much. A Water Resources Council was created in the 70s to plan conservation projects, but it was dismantled by the Reagan budget hatchet. What can . be done now? Mr. Ashworth recommends water meters in every home. Up to 70 percent of residential water is wasted, he writes. He mentions, with approval, the town of Independence, Calif., which installed in-stalled water meters and saw per capita water usage drop by 75 percent. In Tucson the water-rate structure was - '...-"..a. A.. tv..'-. .fa," the season starts if they strike at 'I i i s I inverted: The more you use, the more you pay per unit. Residents are urged to install toilet dams and low-flow shower heads. Green lawns are giving way to natural desert gardens. Engineers and city planners are now belatedly discussing the re-plumbing re-plumbing of America. They're debating debat-ing the feasibility of pipelines from Oregon down to Arizona, pipelines along the Gulf Coast of Texas, pipelines from the Adirondacks to Long Island. Adding to the anguish of the water shortage is another sorry fact of life. Pollution. Only eight states can claim no groundwater pollution. Everywhere else the water is cloudy with waste-industrial, waste-industrial, radioactive and who knows what else. We also have acid rain destroying the lakes and forests of the East. One community is coping imaginatively imagina-tively with the water shortage. That's Boulder, Colo., where an innovative company called Purecycle recycles water in every home. This used water produces, in turn, water that exceeds federal standards for purity. If Boulder, Colo., can recycle water, why not New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Cleve-land, Los Angeles and other big cities? It's one small remedy in a situation that calls for massive action but it suggests that survival in a dry world may be possible after all. 1982 Harriet Van Home Distributed by Syndication Sales Corp. Special Features |