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Show by Starting The New Year Right Dedicated to the Progress And Growth ef Central Utah THE HERALD, f.~vo, Tivo, Utah— Page 3 Sunday,tumaryWa ‘Tostart the new yearright,I'm goingto follow Double N's advice (a direct order) anduse a new picturein this column.I keep telling —and there ain't a camerain the world that'll show the real me. A sweet, easy-going, mild husband. New Hopefor for UnitedNations will be a good Secretary General Ailing U Thant of Burma has terms as Secretary General of the Urited Nations and has been succeeded by Kurt Waidheim of Austria, who may prove to be the ablest man to hold that tough and importantoffice Waldheim, a career diplomat ambassador, former foreign minister and presidentia! candidate, has been prominent on the U.N. scene over 16 years. He knows precisely what must be accomplished if the U.N. is to function as an effective instrumentfor peace. “If it is not used,” he said, “we should not blame the United Nations. It is the fault of the members.” After his election, Waldheim said he had “very firm ideas’ concerning the discharge of his duties and a clear recognition that the Secretary General‘thas to act within the framework of his mandate.” “Tf one uses the framework in the right way,” he added,“‘there is quite a ig chance to do something.” Waldheim asked for the close cooperation of the members and Soviet Ambassador Jacob Malik commented “if every memberof the United Nations helps Waldheim, he Waldheim’s experience T tried to explain to Double N that the picture wasn’t important because there were only four of us that read this dang column anyway. Me, her, Esther Murie and Bryant Gates. And the oaly reason they like my picture is because the photographlets them and stature and his success in overcoming two vetoes indicate he will havelittle difficulty proving more effective than U Thant. Waldheim himself said his first task is to resolve the U.N.’s budgetarycrisis, which he described as morepolitical thaa financial. The United States, which has been paying nearly one-third of the budget, has made plain a new and fairer schedule is essential. But high on the agenda, if the U.N. is to function effectively as an agency for peace, must be revision of the charter and abolition of the absolute veto power which each of the five permanent members of the knowit isn’t the comic page they're reading. As this is the second day of the new year, I wonder how many New Year's resolutions. Personally, I never make any — censequently, I never have to break any. Althoughthis year did makea resolution to Double N.I promised her I wouldn't watch a footbal! game during the months of Feoruary, March,April, Mayor June. ‘And Tintendto keep it. people have made their annual If you're inclined to make sonve resoiytions for the coming year, Security Council now has. Soviet Russia used its veto three times to prevent any action to bring about an India-Pakistan ceasefire until India had wonin Bengali. According to Time Magazine, President Nixon said later, ‘the Soviets deserve credit after East Pakistan went down to get the ceasefire that stopped what would inevitably have been the conquest of West Pakistan as well.” Thereis still some hope for the U.N. despite its weaknesses. ©1972 by United Feature Syodicate, tne retired after two undistinguished her “what you see is what you got,” Paul Harvey SomeSolons Talk One Way, Vietnam Commentary Act Another on BusIssue Counter-Action Was a ‘Must’ ueSTEWART HENSLEY UPI Diplomatic Reporter WASHINGTON (UPI) —President Nixon’s dedision to resume heavy air attacks against North Vietnamese military targets came as no surprise to those familiar with intelligence reports flowing into Washington from Southeast Asia in recent months. Top Presidential advisers concluded some days ago that Hanoi was embarked on a course jeopardizing the success of Nixon’s effort to remove virtually all American ground forces from Vietnam by mid-1972 They contended someU.S. counteraction was clearly required. ‘The White House received in late October what it considered conclusive evidence that Hanoi was preparing a supremeeffort to make the United States pay a far heavier price than heretofore for its continued air support of ~_ Vietnamese, Laotian and forces. Intelligence sources reported thatthe North Velaro wt a considerahle number of new ied antiaircraft missile batteries cotePeers Zoue as well as in Laos,all of them in a position to coma against American aircraft flying and attack missions along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Intelligence sources also reported in late October that the North Vietnamese appeared to have brought back to their own airfields. virtually all of their Russian-made MIG . They had been sent to China several years ago for safekeeping when the United States was carrying out continuous attacks against airfields and other targets all over North Vietnam. Toward the end of October, for the first time, MIGs rose against U.S. B52 bombers, oe previously had operated unchallenged ide-ranging attacks over Southeast Asia. le, taking advantage of the early onset of teary season, North Vietnam for two months has been sendingrelatively large numbers of men ana substantial material southward along the Ho Chi Minh Trail to a staging area in southern Laos. From there it can deploy forces to attack Royal Lao troops, move into Cambodia or try to regain the Hanoi’s forces once held in t U.S. air support now constitutes virtually the only American combat action in the area, administration officials say that failure to reply to Hanoi’s intensified efforts would make it unwise and unsafe to proceed with further American withdrawals after January. For that reason, teoo new “limited” U.S. attacks described by the Pentagonas being of limited duration are likely to be repeated vation sees evidence that willing to pull in its horns and settle for a de fucto,if not a negotiated, ceasefire. By PAULHARVEY Now we're going to sce whether a more moderate Court can heal the hurts driving from school busing. This is the court of last resort — since many members of Congress continue to talk one way and act ancther. Ask Sen. Ted Kennedy where his son goes to school, he will tell you “that’s a private matter.” parallel his public position. His son attends a private school.It costs him $2,400 a year to send his son there. He can afiord it. Andit’sinteresting to note how many of the 100 percent ADA liberals who are persistently tellingyout bee os yoogeet town to achieve a blackwhite balance send their own children to private schools there are no blacks or Letters to Editor Would Delay Bond Until People BetterInformed Inside Washington What's Wrong With Washington—Part| Editor Herald: Thave a small circular on a ec ar ch where f spen $2.39 to control crime.It may be I have missed previous information that may have been circulated, that would clarify (First ofTwo Articles) ‘previous annual murder record was 287 in By ROBERT S. ALLEN 1969; in 1970 there were 221 homicides. —Several weeks ago, Capitol pilice WASHINGTON — Thenation’s capital is that in an 11-moi in winding up the year making some astounding , news of its own a3 a municipality — with a immediacyoftheCapt nd he US. 43 armed series of appalling new records in violent soaring welfare rolls and costs, and Se ee,Airis 9 assaults, 3 rapes,3 stolen automobiles,12 arenes, 19 lavish government sul hh and as a whole, it’s an un- pocketboo! believable picture, as tat and revolting as acts, —111 bank robberies,setting a new annual it is tervifying Whatital comes downto is that the seatof record. The last high was in 1969, with 102 government of the mightiest nation in the free bank holdups. Last week, there were four in world is literally a jungle of ferocious and ‘one day. —418 rapes, almost double the 236 oflast vicious lawlessness, gross squandering and extravagance, and arrant boodling on the year. In 1971, the incidence of rape in public till. To the world at large, Washington Washington increased faster than anywhere is a stately and impressive center on the else in the country. There were several rapes banks of a great river. In reality, it is as in Congressional office buildings; one less maid as the forbiddingly polluted Potomac than 50 yards from theoffice of Sen. John McClellan, D.-Ark., leading rackets inis so bad thatthe stream, vestigator. in ee £ 4 reeking open sewer. —Morethan one-third of the serious crime All this is no secret. The three local papers fully report the grim and dire facts. But in the district is committed by juveniles. remarkably, the country at largeis generally Latest police statistics report youths under 18 not aware of this fantastic situation — responsible for 37 per centofall perhaps because most other cities and states rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, are also wallowing in seemingly insoluble burglaries and auto thefts. Police also report abuse agonies andtribulations, in zooming numbers an “overwhelming” increase in of murders, rapes and other violent crimes, by pe. Says Capt. Frances McCail, head youth division, “The juvenille drag skyrocketing welfare aes and all the rest, oteis really frightening. Six years ago whichis not particularly news. It’s a universal affliction, part of these we had no problem with kids and drugs. Since then,it has been doubling and tripling every maniacaltimes. Perhaps so! But the story in Washington is ee Now, kids a*2 peddling drugs to other ids.” a sickening and despairing cne,all the more Raiding the Treasury so because itis relatively recent. It has all This beserk lawlessness and ravaging happened in thepast eightor ten years during criminality is taking place in a community which the capital has been transformed from a mellow andlivable community into a terror- unmatched in the nation’s general affluence, liberal social and racial cor ridden horror and mess. ded munici nding. Evil Details Without question, Washington is This syoe tragedy is starkly economically, socially and politically far in spotlighted : the van among the major cities of the country. —More ea in 1971 than in any Its per-capita incomeis higher than anystate previous year — 296. On one day, several in the union. It has a atid unemployment weeks ago, there were eight homicides, Said rate than the national level, it is the most Lt. Joseph O’Brien, head of the police desegregated community in ‘the nation, department's homicide squad, “We've never (Tobe concluded Monday) \, bad eight homizides in 24 hours before.” The where theratio is eleven to one white. And arch-liberal Birch Bayn of Indiana also has a son attending # idles school. Sen. Ed Muskie calis busing “a necessary tool.” He says. “from time to time we must use uncomfortable means” to achieve a proper objective. He also sends one of his daughtersto a private school. Of 245 students there only three are Kk. Two other Muski- children go to anviher Catholic schoo! nearby where none of 446 students are black. And Sen. George McGovern has blasted the President for opposing compulsory busing saying, “the Pre; ‘ ns ee contempt for the Ww...” McGovern, when he lived in the suburbs,sent his daughter to a private Catholic school. Now living in the District, the daughter is sent daily to a this, but all I have from this circular is It almost seems to me they are talking ofto different things, or at least I cannot make preper relationship between the two. ‘The bond issue for the erection of a new largefacility for county use,and this crimecontrol idea? Innote further, they propose to havethis bondelection in the middle of January. I submit that it is rather rushing things to ask our people to assume a four million obligation with no more explanation, or detailed information, for us to study. (Isn’t this possibly prematurity?) ° Any andall facilities that will give our county the impetus to grow, I feel we should all work cooperatively to see put into operation. However, I am not pursuaded yet from the limited information ale ie we are ed to Pond respect, auge that we postpone this food te z= until the citizenry can be informed on just what they are voting on. Karl R. Lyman 540 8. 500 E. Orem Bethesda high schwe!, tuition for nonresidents,$1,450. Percentage of blacks, about, three percent. T've got little quiz that mightinterest you.It’s kind of a selfexamination thing you might wantto incorporate in someof those resolutions. It goes like this: —How manyletters requiring a reply haven't you answered yet? —How manypeople's birthdays have you overlooked? —How manypromised visits to friends, relatives or others have you not made? ~-How manytimes have you meant to put some money by for some purpose or other but have not done so? —How many sees for one thing or anothe: oughtyou to aave made but have not —How many remarks have you made? —How many invitations pAyou turned down when you should have accepted? —How many chanceshave you hadof offering invitations to other people that you never bothered to make? —How manycharities or good causes have you intended giving a little help to but inve so far done nothing about? aoe projects have you begun but not seen through to comp! —How manytimes haveyou given advice that has turned outto be bad or impractical? —How manychancesof inaking a new friend have you missed or done nothing about? —Howoften haveyoufelt like being loving to someone butdid not do so? —Howfrequently have you missed out when there was a chance of being especially kind and helpful to the very young or the very old? —How manytimes haveyou simplyfailed to take a clear morai stand when you know you should have? —How often haveyou,quite simply,let another person down? —Howfrequently do you shy away from self-examinations like this? If you like, you can add up your score and see how you compare with others. For instance,if you scored Jess than 20, you should take In District public scl the the quiz again when you're not in such a smug mood.If you scored percentage is 95 percent black. Then there’s Sen. Walter Mondalle, the dedicated reformer of other people, who recently removed his son from a Washington, D.C. public schoo! and enrolled him at a Georgetewn day school. ‘There his classmates include children of Sen. Philip Hart. Interestingly, the first black appointed to the Supreme Couri, Justice Thurgood Marchall,sent more than 20 but less than 45 you’re about average. More than 45 butless than 75 means there'sstill hope for you but you'll have to organize yourself so you have more timefor things that matter. If you scored more than 75 you're beyond hope. Me? I’m hopeless! Have a nice day. Lamb Dr. Anemia Has Many Causes his two youngsters to this private school where the tuition may be from $1,600 to $2,000. The black mayor of Washington, D.C., sent his By Lawrence Lamb, M.D. daughter there — now sends his granddaughter — in a chauffeur Yesterday I discussed perdriven car bearing the inayor’s nicious anemia as one manifestation of vitamin B-12 deral ficiency. Today I want to D.C., congressman, Walter say a little more about Fauntroy, enrolled his son in a anemias. There are many private school. And Democratic ways an anemia can be Congressman Donald Fraser of caused. The obvious method Minnesota took his daughter out is bleeding. This can be a of a mostly black public school frank hemorrhage, inand put her in a Georgetown day creased menstrual flow, school. seeping from the intestine, Similarly, the big name even wormsin the intestine liberals in the District press or constant small amounts corps, whose publications urge of bleeding from hemorbusing for the rest of us, iaa rhoids or from an unrecognized ulcer. If one is losway out for their children Geyelin and Ben Bradlee ofthe the ing more blood ceils from Washington Post, Tom Wicker of bleeding than he cam prothe New York Ties, liberal duce, then anemia occurs. sone Nicholas von HoffAnother way is destruction of the red blood cells perhaps Von Hoffman Ke within the body. This is the hearts of all these parents sometimes related to an when he told NBC's Mike overactive spleen destroyWallace that he “‘didnot want to ing too many red blood cells. oe his eae pay for his This is called “hemolytic anemia.” Because the red wn social phil te did not wanttoee “his blood cells contain the iron children” pay. pigment, hemoglobin, to BEARY'S. WORLD cantell who's acting? It's all right to blow your horn if you're sure Somepoisons can also destroy red blood cells. Abnormalities in the red blood cells can cause them to be susceptible once did he sayor imply that a Judicial Building caused this phenomenon, Rather, he stressed that the decrease in crime was due solely to an upgrading of ithe law enforcement agencies and a public acceptance of the same. The question thenis, if we are worried about increasing crime in Utah County, wouldn’t our money be better spent de- of oxygen. Anemias can also be caused by deficiencies. Pernicious anemia is one example. Dietary deficiencies, or deficiencies of gland function, like the thyroid gland, can cause anemia. The most popular deficiency, of course, is iron deficiency anemia These peole have plenty of red dlood cells, but the cells don't contain enough iron and hence can’t carry oxyof iron deficiency is ive menstrual blood Finally there are the ane. mias caused by failure of bone marrow is damaged, bytoxins, even medicines or just quits on its own Anemia causes few symp- upgrading our law enforcement toms, depending on how ® it is, Fatigue and is a common ». In advanced aneyrmal brain function dd because of lack much easier and cheaper to advanced anemias a heart has to work harder be cause each unit of blood contains less cause a ) probiems. If the person has corond “He claims he’s looking for an honest man who under stands how ‘Phase 2' is supposed to work!” 324N, 1020 B. Provo sudden to produce the normal amounts of blood cells, This may cccur if the agencies rather than building a bigger and Hed jail to house more criminals’ order for crimeto be stopped, ae mustbe nipped in the bud; not after we have an offender in jail. It is misled and that a “‘no’’ vote on the bond issue of Jan. 18 is in order, E. Daniel Johnson to struction. Oneof these,sickle cell anemia, occurs in people of African descent and an anemia crisis van occur when they are exposed to high altitude, because of lack able to manufacture enough blood cell replacements, but runs out of iron for the nev. cells. concerning crime are somewhat own red blood cells initially. loss without enough iron in the diet. The body may be prevent crime than rehabilitate Thefellow with little prin- 4 I suggest that the priorities of ciple winds up with little inour County Commissioners terest from others. There's such a thing as playing dumb, but who destroy a large number of e: Crime Deterrant Claim BARBS By PHIL PASTORET person who has been very inactive and suddenly becomesphysically active may fen efficiently. A common Oposes Bond; Doubts Editor Herald: The pretense that our County ioners and the so-called “$2.39 committee” are trying to pass off on the pasterely ae Just how le are we the citizens of Utah County? To assume that a new Judicial will deter crime in the county is completely absurd. A National News Columnist recently published an article (which appeared in the Herald) indicating how one city decreased crime; and how rare this occurance really is. Not carry oxygen, such destruetion can cause jaundice. A % can artery disease, it even produce anginal chest pain. which can be relieved if the anemia is corrected |