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Show MW Afo0TJMt Hit? WneWTTDdDfilMl Do you think the state should be forced to reveal the names of the officers who were present when John Singer was shot? Janette Duehring No, I think its perpetuating a tragedy and it can do nothing except make it more difficult for the people still living. Page 2 Thursday, September 4, 1980 Put Up Or Shut Up J EMatoDiriial Tv It's time to put your vote where your mouth is. As we have discovered in recent months, just about everybody seems to have an opinion about the schools and the school board. Tempers have cooled somewhat since the debate over rights for untenured teachers flared this spring, but the issue remains. Did the board act appropriately in refusing to give the two middle school teachers a reason for their dismissal? If you have children in the Park City School District, are you satisfied with the education they are getting? Are they getting a good background in the "basics?" Are they being prepared adequately for the day when they will graduate? Are they being challenged and stimulated by their classes? What about the teachers? Does the district pay enough to attract and keep top-quality professionals? Can a teacher afford to live in Park City on a teacher's salary? The Chamber Says Thanks Dear Editor: Sept. 1, 1980, marked a most successful suc-cessful Miner's DayLabor Day celebration for the Park City Community. Com-munity. Many hours of planning were spent by several individuals and organizations anxious to make the celebration successful. The Park City Labor Day committee should be congratulated on a job well done. Special thanks to the Elders of the Park City L.D.S. Ward for their chuck-wagon chuck-wagon breakfast, the Park City Men's Coalition for their concessions throughout the day, the Ladies Atheneum for their flower show at the Memorial Building, the Park City by Stanley Karnou What's This? An Institution That Treats People as Humans? New York, N.Y. In recent decades, with the country's economic and social problems becoming increasingly complex, com-plex, big government has been inevitable. inevit-able. But despite its computers and its experts, the huge faceless bureaucracy cannot begin to cope with individuals on a personal basis. So it is extraordinary to discover, in a neighborhood of this sprawling metropolis, metro-polis, an institution that deals directly with people as human beings-interfering as little as possible in their daily lives, yet responding effectively to their needs. The institution is the old Democratic Party organization that still flourishes over the pool hall in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, where I spent my childhood and where my mother lived until her death not long ago. The Republicans probably have a similar organization somewhere in the city, but our district has been solidly Democratic Democra-tic since the days of Al Smith. Modern political scientists probably would view the organization dimly as an anachronism, recalling as it does the Tammany Hall machine. As I observed it in action recently, however, it functions with unusual efficiency. The key figure in the operation is the local party precinct captain. Max Sultan, a retired grocer in his early 70s, who has been dabbling in neighborhood politics for half a century. A wiry man of boundless energy, Sultan is responsible for mobilizing voters to support the approved party candidate-'-usually during the primary elections, since the Democrats are Do you think the district has its priorities in the right places? Is too much or too little money going into salaries? Into new buildings? Into athletics? Into other programs? You may be surprised to know that more of your property tax money goes to the schools than to the city and the county coun-ty combined, whether you have children in the district or not. During the past several weeks, both Park City newspapers have run interviews with the school district candidates. If you are interested enough to vote, try to get copies of those interviews. Many of the candidates have been quite candid about where they stand. But if you really don't know where they stand, please don't bother to vote. Your vote would only act to cancel out one made by someone who took the time to make an informed in-formed judgement. -DH Recreation Department for games in the park, Dick Sorenson and the Noran-da Noran-da Mine for their traditional mucking and drilling contests, and Wayne Putnam Put-nam for the Park City sunrise salute, sponsored by the Noranda Mine. The Park City Rotary Club and a few other individuals were instrumental in organizing a highly successful Miner's Day Parade. Thanks to Jim Kennicott, parade chairman, Jan Wilking, Rotary volunteer coordinator, Norm Nelson, accounts, Max Vierig, police Iiason, Dane Robinson, prizes, Ted Warr, parade starter, and Pete Park, communications. com-munications. Thanks also to Peggy Richardson, Steve Korogi, John Maloney, John Korogi, Ed Sail, Liz Hurley, Herb Johnson, Rocky Smith, Cheri Maw and Jannette Deuhring for their extra manpower efforts. rarely challenged here. In exchange for ballots, Sultan renders service. A woman telephones him, for example, exam-ple, to complain that her repeated requests to the borough authorities to fix her sidewalk have been unheeded. Sultan dials the right number and a repair crew shows up a couple of days later. A shopkeeper calls him to report that the garbage is not being collected, or a widow stops him on the street to say that her Social Security check is overdue. Sultan solves their problems. Once, when I asked my mother how she intended to vote in a forthcoming election, she replied without hesitation: "I'll vote the way Max tells me to vote. After all he's done for me, it's the least I can do for him." In other words, she was voting for Sultan rather than for the candidates, who were a lot of obscure politicians anyway. And with good reason. Among other things, he had leaned on her landlord to give her a new refrigerator. When she went to the hospital, Sultan delivered her mail and paid her bills His help was indispensable to me when, suddenly, she died. As soon as I arrived, he took me to a nearby funeral parlor to make the necessary arrangements. He and his wife Ida even prepared the buffet that traditionally awaits mourners returning return-ing from the cemetery. A few weeks ago, when my wife and I came back here to clean out my mother's apartment, the Sultans again pitched in. They helped us pack up the clothing to be donated to charity, and Congratulations to judges Pat Korogi, Dr. Dane Robinson, Dr. Craig Bergquist, Don Gomes and Hal Taylor. Your decisions were well received. This Miner's Day celebration was a good example of how separate entities and individuals of the Park City community com-munity can work together to host a community event. It is our hope that within the next year the Park City Historical Society will agree to take on the sponsorship of this event as an annual an-nual project. The visibility for the society, itself, and the continuity of the celebration from year to year would be terrific. Again, thanks to all of those who assisted in the 1980 celebration. It was a job well done. Sincerely, Bonnie Bedford, Park City Chamber of Commerce they haggled with the dealer who arrived to buy the furniture. Meanwhile, Mean-while, Sultan steered me over the legal obstacle curse that must be hurdled after a death. He is an expert at navigating through the bureaucracy. Entering the tax office, for instance, he heads straight for an official he knows, whispers a few words in his ear, and the paperwork is completed in record speed. He rewards the official with a membership card in the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, Associa-tion, which supposedly guarantees immunity against parking tickets. As we go through these maneuvers, Sultan keeps up a monologue on the intricacies of Brooklyn politics, which make jockeying for power in the Balkans seem simple by comparison. Reflecting on his conversation reminds me, however, that he is heir to the old patronage system, a throwback to the period when the party bosses padded the municipal payroll with cousins and traded Thanksgiving turkeys for votes. But then, it seems, the taxpayers got his money's worth in the form of personal attention. Today, in contrast, taxes are higher and the voice at the other end of the telephone at the department of sewers is a recorded message. Thus the Sultans are a vanishing breed, reminiscent of a time when politics were primitive and a vote was redeemable in tangible terms. Perhaps that time ought to be revived. (Released by the Register and Triubune Syndicate, 1980) Richard L. Pulsipher No, the names should not be revealed because I feel there are people who would very much like the names to avenge the killing of John Singer and what the officers did, they did in the line of duty. Yes, if the staite fair mWTlHr Senate Hearing Under Way On JusticeVesco Case Washington Investigators for a Senate judiciary subcommittee heard some startling testimony in secret session a few days ago. It concerned the Justice Department's mishandling of an investigation into the Robert Vesco case. He is the international swindler who offered millions to White House aides and cronies if they would help with his legal problems. For two days, the subcommittee heard testimony from the foreman of a federal grand jury which spent two years trying to get to the bottom of the Vesco case. The grand jury did not return any indictments. But the foreman, Ralph Ulmer, told the senators that he and his fellow jurors had repeatedly been thwarted in their attempts to get at the truth. Under oath, Ulmer testified that the federal prosecutors continually discouraged the jurors from asking questions. The prosecutors even told the jurors not to hand down indictments, indict-ments, Ulmer said. According to the grand jury foreman, some important witnesses were never called. President Jimmy Carter was permitted to answer questions on videotape, with no one from the grand jury present at the taping. The tapes later were shown to the jurors. Ulmer also charged that the testimony of grand jury witnesses was subjected to editorial comment from the prosecutors. They downplayed damaging testimony, Ulmer said, trying to persuade the jurors it was unreliable. Ulmer was so dismayed at the way the government attorneys were handling hand-ling the investigation that he tried to quit as foreman. But the judge wouldn't let him. Now Ulmer is telling the story to the Senate subcommittee. It is a The Newspaper Subscription Rates, $6 a year in Summit County, $12 a year outside Summit County Published by Ink, Inc. USPS 378-730 Publisher . Jan Wilking Editor Bettina Moench Advertising Sales Jan Wilking, Bill Dickson General Manager Terrj' Hogan Business Manager Rick Lanman Graphics ' Becky Widenhouse Reporters David Hampshire, Rick Brough Photo Editor Phyllis Rubenstein Typesetting Kathy Deakin, Dixie Bishop Subscription & Classifieds. Anne Bennett Entered a second-class matter May 25, 177. at the post office in Park City, Utah 84060, under the Act of March 3, 1897. Published every Thursday at Park City, Utah. Second-class postage paid at Park City, Utah. Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs are welcome 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 mail P.O. Box 738, Park City. I t. 84060, or by calling our office 81 )4-!Mtl4. Publication material must be received by Tuesday noon for Thursday publication. Randy Thomson . . ' t . , The argument the state has used has been that the officers . lives have been threatened and if it can be proved that in reality the officers' lives are in danger, the information should be withheld and if no such proof exists, the names should be released. John Colter Yes, most definitely. LyrinaeRohr Yes, I think they were wrong. John Singer what he wanted and educate his children as releases the names in murder trials it's only the state release the names in me frmH by fascinating tale of possible scandal and cover-up. Timely Statistics: President Carter may luck out on the economy: Economists tell us the inflation rate should stabilize just in time for the election. elec-tion. At least the economy will appear to be stable. The government's inflation yardstick the Consumer Price In? dex will show that. And Carter will be able to claim a "victory" in the battle against inflation. The reason is this: A built-in distortion distor-tion of the inflation rate will be operating in the president's favor for the next two months. .Critics of the monthly price index have complained for years that housing costs make up too big a portion of the overall inflation rate. And there's some truth to this. Obviously, nobody buys a new house every month. So, when the mortgage rates go up steadily, as they have in recent years, the price index reflects an inflation rate that really doesn't apply to everyone. Carter's anti-inflation czar, Alfred Kahn, has been claiming that the overemphasis of the importance of housing costs in the price index has made the inflation rate seem much worse than it really is. Until recently, the mortgage rates had been skidding down from their record highs. And because there's a three-month time lag involved, the lower housing costs between May and July won't be included in the price index in-dex until September and October just in time for the election. This month, mortgage rates have started climbing back up. But that old time lag comes into play again, and the price index won't show the rising rates until after the election. had the right to do he saw hi.. GaryMears linger case. Anderson . Paying for Poison: An outrageous new law requires that the Environmental Environmen-tal Protection Agency pay for the pesticides it bans from the market. Another way of saying it: If the chemical companies, in their push for profits, poison the environment, the taxpayers will have to pay for the damage. Last spring, for example, the EPA demanded that a pesticide called Silvex be taken off the shelves. Now the Chevron Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Standard Oil of California, is asking the government to buy up $13 million worth of Silvex. Another manufacturer of the pesticide, the Lebanon Chemical Co., similarly is asking for $2.5 million. Watch on Waste: Sen. S.E. Hayakawa, R-Calif., is famous for his ability to sleep through even the most bombastic congressional debates. When he is awake, he is known as a tight-fisted conservative. But apparently Hayakawa isn't quite so cheap when it comes to his staff. According Ac-cording to the latest tabulation by the secretary of the Senate, Hayakawa is the chamber's biggest spender. He paid out more than $600,000 to his staff in a six-month period. He also has the largest staff 86 employees in all. Retirement Trip: The lame ducks are flying again, treating themselves to one last junket on the taxpayers' money. Reps. John Wydler, R-N.Y., and Robert Duncan, D-Ore., won't be returning to Congress next year, but they couldn't resist a final bit of globetrotting. Last month, the two lawmakers flew off on a 10-day "fact-finding" trip to Italy, Egypt and Israel. They were supposedly sup-posedly studying new energy technologies. (Copyright, 1980, United Feature Syndicate, Inc. ) 1' ft" " |