| Show ©gitett 4A OGDEN Robert J Waqman tanbarii-lEKamttt- tr Campaign's 'Big Four' FRIDAY OCTOBER 10 1980 UTAH EDITORIAL t t WASHINGTON — Strategists for Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter share the belief that the 1980 presidential election will be “typical” in that the victory margin will be only a few percentage points as opposed to the “atypical” landslides of Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Richard Nixon in 1972 What’s more the rival campaigns cite the same few states as keys to the election Both sides concede that if either candidate carries New York California Illinois and Texas he will undoubtedly win the election They also agree that the outcome will be virtually decided if one candidate wins New York California and either Illinois or Texas All are populous states of course Their electoral votes total 138 more than half the 270 needed for victory Furthermore recent polls in all four states have found the candidates within a couple of percentage points of one another with substantial numbers of voters still undecided If all four swing one way the loser will probably be unable to score a major breakthrough any- where else With a month to go in campaign ‘80 here is how the “big four” stack up: US Needs Stable Sugar Prices To Protect Producers and Users f Speculators have taken ad- the world market vantage of the turbulent Sugar a illustrate point that the US cloudy situation — as they f re- Skyrocketing prices of on domestic sugar industry has quently do — to drive been trying to make to Con- - wholesale prices up up and gress for years up! What the nation needs is a Arthur Benning board stable price for sugar It chairman and chief executive should be high enough to pay officer of the Ogden-base- d reproduction costs plus a Amalgamated Sugar Co has reasonable profit But not so ports that the Congress high that the cost of sugar a refused to listen to pleas of basic commodity becomes sugarmen for years since laws placing a floor under unreasonable There have been five in- domestic sugar prices were creases in refiners’ sugar allowed to lapse Utah’s other sugar firm U prices in the last two weeks — including two increases within & I Co removed itself entire-2- 4 hours ly from sugar production to As a result the retail cost of turn to other products The sugar to housewives and other company’s Garland plant if consumers has gone up 65 present plans work out will be cents for a five pound bag converted to production of alThat’s only part of the story cohol from farm products Fifteen months ago the This will be blended with world market price for sugar gasoline and marketed as was eight cents a pound Cur- - gasohol rently it is 40 cents — and Amalgamated has paid sparse dividends to stockholclimbing steadily ders during recent lean years What’s happened? Utah sugar industry execu- and been unable to afford tives explain that many fac- more than essential maintenance at its Idaho and Oregon tors are at work' The drought and storms in factories So a reasonable increase in our own southern states and in the Caribbean — plus a new the price of sugar will be weldisease that has stunted cane comed by those owning stock growth — have greatly de- — and by management which will be able to afford needed pleted crops in those areas Bad weather in the Soviet plant improvements However an unreasonable Union the world’s largest sugar beet grower has cut raise in the cost of sugar will e be yields drastically The ongoing Persian Gulf Congress should listen to the War has caused Brazil a ma- men who know sugar best and — for our na- jor cane sugar producer to enact legislation put an embargo on exports tion’s good — that will return Brazil gets much of its pet- a sensible floor and ceiling to roleum from the belligerent sugar prices Chairman Benning is cornations — Iran and Iraq In addition Brazil is in- rect when he says that such a creasingly depending upon system of “moderate” prices d alcohol as a would be welcome because fuel more so than any other they would provide the essen- country Sugar is a prime in- - tial ingredient of stability that gredient in alcohol manufacture counter-productiv- New York (41 electoral votes): California analyst C Everett Steichen Palo Alto A that employment of experts s helps tremendously in smoo-ha- been retained to make a thing the path of urban market survey of the Roy velopment de- Virginia Payette Vote Show Biz Fails the best way to reach them Only an idiot (and maybe a few idealistic politicians — if there are on those issues according to the is through direct mailing any left) would deny that presiden- surveya massive tele- and of mix a are tial campaigns heady one-on-o- hokum and razzle-dazzl- e show biz And that as in show biz you “gotta have a gimmmick” to bring out the Trouble is this time around no- body’s found the right gimmick that means is that almost the eligible voters in this coun- — roughly 50 million people — will probably stay home on election day Put it another way and it’s even more shocking In a nation dedicated to majority rule no president has ever — in 204 years of democracy — been elected by a majority of the voters “None of the above” isn’t a joke any more it’s the win- nirig category in every presidential contest That’s because according to a recent survey conducted for theCongress Committee (a conservative political action group de- dicated to the survival of a free Congress) none of the candidates has pinpointed the issues non-vo- ters really care about at least not often enough and hard enough to break through their ' cares?” apathy The poll seems to show that at least 15 percent of those 50 million snake-oi- l non-vote- rs “ho-hum-wh- o- Americans could be to persuaded get off their duffs and go to the polls IF they are given non-votin- g sufficient reason to do so That adds up to around 75 million people which may not sound like much But in a close election it would easily put one of the candidates over the top Surprisingly the issues most feel most strongly about aren’t the same ones that worry the voting faithful The economic mess isn’t a big thing with the What gets them zinged up non-vote- rs ne (since 21 percent of all non-vote- rs ” are Christians) a from their local political nudge minister “born-again- And the other 43 million voters? WeU you can write 60 per-ha- lf cent of them off as hopeless “hard-tr- y non-Wh- at core” cases They’re like the little old lady who refused to go to the polls because she distrusted all politicians and “voting only en- courages them” The remaining 25 percent can be described as “a pretty apathetic bunch” who can be aroused to political duty only by a national calamity similar to the Great De pression in the ‘30s or a global war One reason voters stay home on election day they say is that they feel their vote won’t change any-Fre- e percent don’t thing Forty-seve- n think they have any say about what 63 percent the government does feel government is so complicated “a person like me can’t understand and 52 percent what’s going on” think public officials “don’t care what I think” 64 percent admitted And yet that politics is important to them y lives that it affects their and the happiness of their families And 78 percent said they were ‘in- - terested” in politics So why don’t they participate? Why did 22 percent bother to register and then refuse to vote? Why did 24 percent never register at all? And why are so many of them (215 percent) under the age of 35 half of whom have a college degree? day-to-da- If Jimmy Carter or Ronald could Reagan or John Anderson figure out the answers to those questions they could tap a hidden political source that would change are abortion defense and the the shape of American politics forever Equal Rights Amendment stay-at-hom- Reagan remains ahead of Carter but by a dwindling amount The polls also show that Californians have high negative feelings about nominees maboth major-part- y neither is up to that jorities believe the job so The political climate isconvoters may volatile that many tinue to change their minds up until Nov 4 The election may thus turn on how many Californians go to the polls Crucial to Carter is his ability to mobilize the state’s many Hispanic voters who gave him 75 percent or more of their ballots in 1976 Kennedy’s help in this regard is As a Carter strategist he “If it (Kennedy) will work in put California we may well be able to all-import- ant do it” Illinois (26 electoral votes): With Cook County’s Democratic organi- - zation in disarray Illinois looked safe for Reagan until a few weeks ago While he is still ahead the election is showing signs of becoming a toss-u- p Early Carter has been helped in Chicago by a flurry of federal largess that has ratic state But as Democrats grants and otherJane Byrne backMayor reunited following their conven- brought by the administtion the state seemed to move into his camp and ration’s recent decision to “postback into the Carter column pone” forcing a busing plan on Then Jacob Javits the state’s Cook County liberal Republican senator lost his It now seems that Reagan like primary race and was forced to his Republican predecessors wUl under the banner have to seek in a lead large pile up of the Liberal Party which has offto Illinois southern and central given its presidential nomination to set Democratic Chicago But Carindependent John Anderson ter is throwing a lot of money into is expected that many liberal the campaign outside the city The race is further complicated by na- Democrats will vote for Javits behind in this traditionally Democ- Diitnbutad by LA Tumi Syndicate Voice Of The People -- re-electi- on Dislikes Won paper condemning the county com- North Ogden I’m a fifth grader from North Ogden Elementary Our class is a special one it is a fifth and sixth grade split We go to the Weber selves the unjustified $7000 salary County Library for reports We so take the Ogden Standard-Examine- r al- - I’m writing about the Sept 24 article about the new mall sculpture Our class got interested and decided we would take a survey This was the results for my survey — like 10 dislike 18 undecided 6 haven’t seen 10 As you can see the dislike won I don’t like the idea of a fountain But I think it would go better with the town Dihann Meyers uei0 anJ cheer North Ogden On Memorial Day we were involved in an accident at the Ogden City Cemetery in which my mother Lavon Bradshaw and I The City of Roy is on the and Associates will provide seeking federal right track in hiring profes- -sionals to advise the municip- grants for prospective projects ality on urban development essenIn both of these fields the this to and how finance work has become so complex tial form of growth a statewide vote polls showed Carter running well locally-produce- Growth in Roy q3 he lost the 1976 primary to Gov Brown the 1976 general elecjerry to tion President Ford and the 1980 primary to Sen Edward Kennedy In contrast Reagan has never lost were injured I would like to ex- press our thanks and appreciation to all those who were so kind and assisted us at the time There were so many whose names we never knew and I would like to thank them publicly Also a special thanks to the en- tire staff at St Benedicts Hospital The nurses went that extra mile to make my long stay there bearable We can truly be proud of the dedicated service available in our area hospitals We would also like to thank the many friends and neighbors who have continued to help and cheer us during our long period of confine- ment Their spirit of helpfulness has proved just how kind and car-An- d uig people can be in time of need At the time of the accident a sweater belonging to my mother and a quilted vest of my husbands were lost or mislaid Both were personal gifts with sentimental value and we would surely aphope preciate their return We someone picked them up and were just writing to find out our name in order to return them They can call 3 us at Mary and Roger Sorensen 782-965- Need Change missioners for granting themincrease In all 'my contacts since that black day when they raised their own salaries I have not heard one favorable comment but rather an expressed a feeling of frustration and anger We were lead like lambs to the slaughter and were just as helpless as lambs to do anything In my opinion it was the act of two disgruntled political that took this opportunity to strike back at us taxpayers because we turned them down at the polls because of their questionable conduct in office Yet to make it worse Storey went along with them We of course can see that Storey is never reelected but the damage is done We and our children will continue to pay the price of this bad action Their reasons are so spurious It is an age-ol- d procedure for demagogues to say they need to get their salaries in line with someone else but that someone is always intangible and not substantiated I doubt if any private business in Ogden can afford to give $7000 increases and then follow up with cost of living increases Any raises a good business would give would be to efficient intelligent hard working employees that really produced At least two of the commissioners would have been fired long ago if they held jobs in private industry The reasoning that high salaries are necessary to attract good men is not valid Not the Abscam scandals in Congress the visible alcoholism and the sexual escapades of some Senators and Congressmen who are all paid exorbitant salaries and have about unlimited expense accounts Clean efficient government will attract good men We need a law that incumbent county politicians cannot raise their own salaries without the express consent of the voters through the ballot box We need a recall law so we can quickly get rid of officials who use their offices for their has-bee- ns tive son Anderson who hails from the northwest part of the state This election may well be decided in the suburbs Texas (26 electoral votes): This is another state that just a few weeks ago seemed safely in the Reagan column But recent polls show both do” candidates within a point or two of In the final weeks of the cam- one another As in California the paign look for Carter to run a election may hinge on Carter’s to get his Hispanic suppormajor media campaign along the ability to a the ters is vote Anderson of for lines polls “a Look for both candidates to vote for Reagan” California (45 electoral votes): This spend large amounts of money and state should be safe for favorite son time in these four states during the Reagan Carter’s record there is final weeks of the campaign while in the Liberal column they "“‘““J' lever forTnderson as well This could cause enough drain on Carter’s support to give the state to Reagan As one Reagan planner noted: “We wouldn’t have a chance in New York without the Anderson-Javit- s ticket Now we John D Lofton Exotic Christmas Gifts WASHINGTON — Well thank goodness I’m a holder of an American Express card Now I know stop this vicious cycle of inflation when our leaders are the worst offenders in Washington DC and now in our own Weber County? Our county commissioners are really brave men to give themselves a 28 percent increase retroactive to Sept 1 I am not surprised at Bowen’s and Hunt’s actions but I am disappointed and shocked at Commissioner Storey Maybe he should go back to the farm These men should be put in the “World Book of Records” They are an endangered species Maybe they should be protected This is proof beyond a shadow of a doubt ne®4 5 °fm of government in Weber County by joining Ogden City and having a professional at the head and men or women from different districts We would save thousands of dollars for the tax payers Jim Coletti high-performan- 19-in- Ogden I want to express my appreciation for your editorial in the Oct 4 ce te ot “M-A-S-- H” black-and-whi- al-scre- ens te it 200-fo- ot 24-kar- at gold-plate- anti-skat- ic 24-kar- at er er front-loadin- ut Sond-catalyt- ic five-spee- two-spee- ch el gull-win- cry-ogenica- lly or D 12-in- ch 4-in-ch mid-rang- er i Standard-Examin- es 100 ch black-and-whi- ch it Lead like Lambs maximum input power of watts The price: $3015 Still not exactly what you had in what to buy at Christmastime for mind? Then maybe you’d like to those friends of mine who have consider the ultimate communicaeverything Until the American tions center: the first completelyExpress Christmas catalog arrived integrated satellite system designed for the home This I was really starting to panic disc will allow you to The first item that catches the receive 24 channel eye is a TV set with one satellite TV transmissions color screen and two of this little baby is a The screens This allows you mereprice to say howev$12500 the catalog says to “keep up with er that the Sorry required preparation of three shows at once” Wow! Im- a concrete pad on which your agine — the ability to watch not must is disc included in this sit “Starsky and Hutch” “That’s In- price simulcredible” and You say you’re still not interest- In for all and $1075! just taneously addition if you want to shell out ed in any of these gifts? You say another $258 for a TV camera you you’re just afraid that you might be can use the extra giving someone something they as a simple closed-circuready have if you give them any of surveillance system “to help you these items? Fair enough keep a watchful eye on an entry-wa- y Then you should considor playroom — or even a sleep- er givingperhaps the “gold at the end of the ing child” (just so long as these rainbow” — that is the must lux— a own advantage range) things are within urious car in the world: the exclut DeLo-rea- n d Not interested you say? OK sive A rip-of- f such as this rather You a can car That’s right shakes one’s confidence in our then how about a Pioneer total on American it your put Express political process Where are the sound systema featuring among what a car it is — just quartz fully auto- card And checks and balances that we need? other things: turntable with perfect for the wife to drive back J Wayland Mattsson matic direct-driv- e forth to the grocery store magnetic cartridge analogue pitch and The luxury of the DeLorean is display and a new coaxial suspenas the e sion gimbal arm in an truly “unbelievable” is It says servo-lockcatalog electroplated cabinet a Hatch Praised gold It has a touch tuner offering drift-fre- e per-- with pure Italian glove-leathformance and super FM sensitivi- Connolly English andmulti-speakOgden a interior g Dolby cassette high-outpty a I read with much interest the stereo system a light-allo- y d DC electronically-controllewith news release concerning Sen Orrin cam PRV V6 285 overhead servo motor with a controlled Hatch’s speech before the US Se engine Bosch nate on the Affirmative Action memory stop and play featuring a litre fueled injection Lambda Fluroscan peak level indicator Program d emission control peak hold function and four-ste- p three-speed autoor manual d The article was particularly crittape selector a transmission and countermatic his of cost ical of the open-republishing tape deck with automatic balanced g doors with reverse function and automatic respeech I’ve checked into this matstainless-stee- l pre-se- t four-heathree-motd ter and find the senator is allowed peat and a torsion bars You can go from zero direct-driv- e and memory stop-re- 44000 pages published each year in uncer ei§ ht seconds He won’t even come close to that peat logic This system is natural- to AcPon worry about duplicating figure this year Affirmative ly powered by an 1S 8 No more than 100 DeLo-THtion (the law that says private channel amplifier at 0005 percent not to mention the infinite reans will ever be produced says business must hire a certain pertonal control accompanied by the the catalog The price: a mere centage of minorities) costs $10 billion per year to administer This stereo graphic equalizer and the $85000 But before you put this car on your charge card your credit obviously is a program that should four-wa- y speaker system with will have to be approved Also carbon fiber woofer be analyzed and improved there are no refunds and no deferred-paye not whether you agree with it or privileges at ment Senator Hatch did much research tweeter and super-tweetknow what you’re goSo don’t I on it and any program that costs to do I think I’ll get all of but ing you and me $10 billion should be for the person on my these things looked into carefully who has list everything I’U get gift RULES FOR LETTERS Senator Hatch should be complithe DeLorean car with the satellite mented not criticized for doing ’nor welcomes letters from our disc mounted on top of it and with Th Stondard-Exathree-wa- y and the TV and the Pioneer research delivering speech roador on topics of current interest Letters should the Box sound FO Editor addressed: for in bo the improvements asking system mounted inside of it 951 Ogdon Utah B4402 Letters should not exceed I think I’ll get all of these I program and reduction of cost condensasay to 300 words and all letters are subject bo will month In my opinion the US Senate letter one than more No per My only problem is how to things tion needs more men like Sen Orrin for printed from any individual No poetry please these pay gifts I wonder if I can Letters violating rules of good taste and laws of libel Hatch American for put my Express ' bill on will be rejected All must be signed and include Marvin S Rabe verification writer's address and telephone number my MasterCharge card? anti-acoust- Pleasant View How in the world are we going to Jr er ceUT te I |
