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Show i Through The Door Or Out The Window? r The Many Moods Of Will Lucas Council of PTAsmeetingnextweek, it seems h to us a most useful subject for discussion would be staggered-quarte- r, 12 month school plan. Its the only solid, feasible program offered yet to solve the education crisis. Even though the last state PTA convention shunned a motion to study the proposal, dont discount the ability of PTA leaders to change their minds once all the facts are on the table. Lagging state tax revenues further impede our ability to pour more cash into the educational system. How then to pay for necessary improvements? Another coin of the realm could be a bit of flexibility on the part of parents. The only question really is whether we are willing to suffer sme inconvenience to improve our schools. Weve spoken to many educators Im for it, they say, but Im afraid whose only objection is fear. run into too many objections from parents. youd ' Parents must remember that elected leaders must be guided. The PTAs in their local unit meetings and at council sessions could lead the way, provided the plan is properly understood. Most bugaboos simply dont exist. Compare the fiction to the facts: It would not mean spliting vacations. Computers could match up vacation periods in even the largest families with children in several At the ; Granite-Wasatc- by Will Lucas spent a wonderful him absolutely and human compassion. Now, let me set It basis I I found It would mean more pay for teachers. It might mean air conditioning some schools. It would eliminate $3.5 million necessary . this year. It would mean teenagers would manner Young man, Im flattered that think Im Interesting you enough to want to present me to your radio audience. I told him I had heard that he had a background In theater. The mention of theater struck a responsive chord. He reminisced about hlsyouth and the years he spent on the boards In New York. Forty or 45 years ago, Judge Beck was an actor on Broadway. He told Intimate stories of the long runs at the Palace" and the Galtys of the actors and actresses who were headliners one year and And he told of the next. great human suffering and .... have a good chance of obtaining ... worthwhile employment during staggered vacations, itself a substantial learning experience. It would mean saving $15 to $20 million per year in our school system. It could mean the solution of our school crisis. As one mother said recently, You have a door in your house, you usually use it to enter and leave . . . but when theres a fire, you might use the window. down-and-o- Astonishing Solution To State Fair Tempest Utahs State Fair, is over for another year. On October 23 the state fair board will meet to review their season and consider future plans. Theres been of prodding and poking into the situation, so the next are tender session doesnt promise to be easy. One faction wishes to move the annual showcase to an amusement park . . . thereby denying it of much revenue and removing it from its rightful place in the state capital. Others perhaps visualizing a New York Worlds Fair type attraction -- - say $10 million will be needed to rebuild the fair grounds before it will be worthy of Utah. Not much imagination is needed to predict taxpayer reaction to that suggestion. .Governor George D. Clyde has tossed an idea into the hopper. He wants the board to authorize a e, independent study into the future of the fair. Since the field seems wide open wed like to submit a mildly specan approach tacular proposition in the annals of perhaps unique state government. Wliy doesnt the board just do nothing? Staggering as this may be exactly the right it could seem, a lot ... full-scal- ... move. Heres 1.- ) why: First of all, is there really problem? Certainly the situation nowhere approaches the crisis proportions seen by gloom merchants. Theres a nagging suspicion the a present impression of a crumbling enterprise has been artifically induced. Another study -- piled atop the staggering total of groups already mulling facets of the Utah seems ludicrous. Another riddle man will be Governor soon. If a Democrat gets elected the composition of the board will change 2.- ) ment has made physical improvements in the plant and has found extra sources of revenue. Abuses of the past have been coroff-seas- rected. on fairs portion of the budget has been microscopic. Fair ofa ficials say few legislative adjustments could put the operation on a The paying basis. We years believe by any gauge this fair could be considered a success. Attendance dropped . . . but fair officials say they can trace this directly to Kennecott and allied workers who couldnt afford the The fair is not the entertainment. state agency to suffer from the only labor dispute. prolonged At the same time, were not sure attendance figures alone tell the whole story of a state fair. For many of us, its simply a day on the midway or a chance to view some spectacular entertainment. We might not bother to visit the buildings where hundreds of prizes and ribbons are passed out every year in individual competitions. Uhtil we become acquainted with these activities, we dont know what a fair is all about. For the thousands who participate in these contests ranging from agricultural accomplishments to homemaking arts to hobbies -- - the fair represents the one time annually when their abilities can be displayed and publicly recognized. Theres an economic factor in the case of farm events . . . but lots of city people participate in other fields of interest. The fair for them climaxes months of preparation. Entertainments aspects are incidental to the real purpose of a fair. The hoopla was added only to help pay the bill for educational activities. - Forget the people who didnt or couldnt attend this year. Remember instead the thousands drastically. 3.- ) The Governor appointed the who did view Utahs accomplishpresent board. We should think ments at the state fair. he could comfortably trust them to Thats why we say no action at A with all any problems. study might be exactly the right move. tangle se would super-impoTheres only nothing wrong with the group semi-offici- al medstatus of another layer quo if a program is headed in the right direction. Somebody dling. Maybe critics havent caught up said change is not necessary unless it is absolutely necessary." with recent reforms. New manage ut warm compassion. He compared the old theater he knew on Broadway to the theater and television of today. Its too loud . . too fast they dont know how to out and touch the hearts of every person In the audience like they used to do. Campaign Smears Flood Book Racks 1 straight only. . . . I wanted I saw Judge Beck on aL; to Interview him forrb .... for school construction Weve heard it said the charges is not a factor unless malice can contained in None Dare Call It be proven. The veracity of the printed word A Texan Looks At Treason, An A Choice Not hard for some to question. Just is and Lyndon, must be true. After all, because its printed in a book, Echo theyre published books . . . freely credulity shouldnt necessarily follow. distributed. In the case of the statement you recent . . . Not necessarily so of have just read, malice is intended. changes in the interpretation We hold great malipe toward libel and slander laws go pretty easy on the printed word. You can smear campaigns, election trickery, teay almost anything about anybody elaborate published con games to who places himself in the public mislead the public. So sue! eye and get away with it. Truth afternoon with Judge Horace Beck. charming and a man of great dignity Cracker Barrel Interview session on KALL Radio.; my So I lugged the tape machine Into his Inner chamber and set It up. Judge Beck started talking In his quiet, casual schools. , 0) From The Boards To The Bench . . reach Letters To The Editor Oops! Barker Backs Up On Liquor Issue Dear Sin Tuesday, September 29, 1964, you Invited me to participate In a Town Meeting sponsored by you In the Cottonwood Mall Auditorium. Other candidates present were Oscar W. McConkie, Jr., my opponent In the race for the State Senate (Senator at Large from Salt Lake At City), Arden Engebretsen and Charles Welch, Jr. that meeting the subject of liquor by the drink In Utah was discussed. On The Rocky the Conservancy District would have fenced the property. Prior to the fencing of the property we were continually cleaning up lawn clippings, various types of household garbage and other miscellaneous debris from our property which was placed there by some of the neighbors. Since our fencing the miscellaneous debris is now being placed on other property In the area. this, Mountain Review for October 1, 1964, has of my remarks concerning this correctly reported some Issue. At that time my opponent (Mr, McConkie, stated that he was opposed to liquor by the drink and that hls opposition part, at least -- - was based upon statistics In hls possession which Indicated that where states had changed from the present system to liquor by the drink there had been a corresponding Increase In liquor consumption together with an increase In alcoholism and youth problems. --- In disputed Mr. McConkles statistics. Since that time, however, I have taken the trouble to get some facts and figures from the Utah Foundation for Alcoholism , 170 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. The figures which I obtained Indicate that Mr. McConkie correctly stated the situation and that 1 was wrong. I In 1940 Utah ranked twenty nineth among the states In gallons per capita of alcoholic beverages consumed. In 1960 Utah ranked 41st in gallons of alcoholic beverages consumed per capita. Surveys of states which have recently changed from the present Utah system of liquor control to liquor by the drink Indicate a 20 percent Increase In the per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages and a corresponding Increase In the problems created by the consumption of alcohol. It appears that the present Utah law has been reasonably effective. In view of the Information I have received, I would be unable to support any legislative act which embodied As I had previously permitting liquor by the drink. Indicated to the contrary, I thought It appropriate to advise you of my change of position. However, I am still of the belief that the present law can be made better. I think the next legislature should covering private clubs. study particularly regulations Present regulations do not seem to me to be realistic and I am advised that in many cases they are not being enforced. wish your photographer would go back to the place he took the picture and look either east or west or move north or south on the road and he will find the same problem existing almost everywhere In this area. Except for a few homes south of our property the entire area Is weeds. The property adjacent to ours on three sides Is Mr. Packard claims he cannot keep nothing but weeds. weeds out of hls yard because of our weeds. 1 think he is being very narrow minded to claim that only our weeds are causing this problem. Our lot only contains weeds, we do not have old unpalnted bams and out buildings, wrecked cars and other miscellaneous equipment and buildings which are evident In the area. I I am Mr. Packard has the attitude he has. 1 talked to him for sometime about a month ago and explained what the various problems were and what our plans were to improve the property. sorry On the west side of this property we have constructed a building and planted a lawn. I think it looks as well as most lots In the area and we have made an attempt to keep part of the property looking reasonably well. Apparently you contacted our office manager, Mr. Chapman prior to printing the article and he explained part of our planned expansion. It Is defintely the intent of the Conservancy District to landscape this property as well as two other tracts of land in the same area, as soon as the construction now being done Is completed. This work Is now going on and consists of about $100,000 worth of pipe line work. We are presently Installing a new 20 and 18 water line and also building a new chlorlnator building In this area. SOMEONE THERE I had a Robert B. Hilbert General Manager Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District other hap-:-p- en day on I was doing the air. morning show when the ph rang and at the other end the frightened, almost hyster; voice of a woman. She raved about mans inhumanity to man . . . the- futility of life . . the utter hopelessness of going on livI tried to find out who ing. she was . . . but I couldnt ical her nearly InIrrational speech. She leaped from an abstraction to another . . . until I finally was able to convey the fact that 1 wanted to help break through coherent, her. She gave me her address with a flnal statement that she would probably be gone when I got there . . . and she hung up. I knew she wanted help . . that the phone call was an urgent plea for assistance.-- , I phoned Jim Marshall at the SulcldePreventlonCenter. He contacted the Community Mental Health Center and then went out to do what he coul I was awfully relieved he phoned me later to sayt help had reached her. Its nice to know theres someone there when you need aid. COOLIES FOR HIRE The settling of the bus strike blitzed my first business venture. As soon as the buses went out, i collected a few rickshaws and obtained the services of several coolies to pull them . . . and I was in business with the Yankee Go Home Translong-wind- ed Company. portation (We would only operate during the home rush hours between four and six p.m.) So there we were all sel swing Into action Monday and, alas, the strike was settled Sunday night. Problem: What In the Sam Hill am I gonna do with my rockshaws and coolies now? Solution: Contact the fed-t-- a eral government and apply for assistance to a sagging small i business. Do you think Ernie Wllkln-- ; son would approve? FINAL NOTE: It looks like the Democrats setup tne Republicans In their current downtown central headquarters . . . who else would have housed the Republicans right next door to Morrow's Nut House?? Who Owns If you have any questions please contact me. Very truly yours, strange thing to me the I hope that the people In the area will ave a little more patience with us and before next spring they will see a considerable Improvement being made. Very truly yours, James L. Barker, Judge Beck loves theate7 because he loves people anf the dignity with which he han- dies the human drama In hlsli courtroom reflects this qua!- tty. The Future? j The future belongs to those who are virile, to whom it Is a pleasure to live, to create, to whet their Intelligence on that of others. SIR HENRI Jr. Maybe Not Wicked But Ugly As Sin Dear Sin like to make a few comments on an article titled Evil and Ugly, Neighbors Hit City Water Property, which appeared on the first page of your September 23, 1964 Issue. I would First of all, the word Evil seems to be missused. I will admit a field full of weeds, but since when are weeds wicked or morally corrupt. The fencing of the property Is required by the Utah State Department of Health. Any type of spring or water source must be fenced so that all methods of contamination may be kept out Even If the Department of Health did not require Newspaper Experience Worthwhile For Scout Dear Sir. Everything seems to have settled back to normal from the Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge. May I take this opportunity personally to thank you and your staff for the splendid cooperation we received, making ehfslble an outstanding news coverage of the events which took place. Also, It was a very worthwhile experience for the Scout assigned to your newspaper and one which he will long remember. on behalf of the Great Salt Lake Coucll and the Jamboree Scouts, may I say how much your contribution to the Jamboree and to Scouting is appreciated. Again, Sincerely yours. 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