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Show p) Sun Advocate D In) 0 1QA Wednesday, May IB, 1305 Trade embargo on Nicaragua President Reagans move to impose a trade embargo against Nicaragua will have wide support in tiie Congress and in the country. The Sandinistas promptly charged that the embargo is absolutely illegal and said Nicaragua' would fight it in the World Court. That charge is entirely unjustified. There is no international law banning boycotts or embargoes. The United States now maintains trade embargoes against Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam and Cambodia. We have limited export restrictions on trade with all Communist-blo- c countries, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, South Yemen and South Africa. In fact, the legality of the embargo is one of the strongest arguments in favor of the step. Unlike the mining of the Nicaraguan harbors or the aid to the guerrillas trying to overthrow the Sandinista government, the embargo can be defended in an international forum as a legitimate expression of national policy. There has been some criticism, in addition to the outcry in Managua. On May 1, the Organization of American States, which joined in the embargo against Cuba from 1964 until 1975, voted mild disapproval, in general terms, of any interference against the economic elements of any state. Sen. Mark Hatfield, said the embargo would only drive the Sandinistas closer to Moscow. Sen. Alan said the embargo moves the Cranston, United States closer to U.S. military action against the Sandinistas. It is true that our embargo of Cuba for more than 20 years has not forced Castro to change his policies or drop his Soviet connection. But it is also true that Castro has been notably unsuccessful in his attempt to export his revolution on the mainland of the Americas. And the embargo of Cuba may be partly responsible for the failure of Castroism, in Cuba and in the hemisphere. By cutting off all trade with Nicaragua, this country will be refusing to support the Sandinista revolution. It will be sending a message to other countries in this hemisphere that we do not approve of American governments which turn themselves into Soviet satellites. And it will make clear that there is an economic penalty for Marxist-Lenini- st policies that far outweighs any subsidies which may be received from Moscow. -- The most, unfortunate ef will be, feet of . "do not support the Sandinistas. All Nicaraguans wftl suffer and the peasants will probably suffer more than the Sandinista leaders, who have commandeered the villas and the Mercedes cars of their predecessors, theSomocistas. The opposition to the Sandinistas remains strong in Nicaragua, buttressed by the Roman Catholic Church and the religious devotion of the people. If the embargo strengthens the opposition and slows the ruthless Sandinista march to total control of Nicaragua, it will have accomplished a good purpose. If it does not, further appropriate steps should be considered, such as recalling our ambassador and closing our embassy in Managua. R-Or- e., chucks waggin5 D-Cal- the-embar- Questions needing answers Ive sure been having a hard time lately in trying to find information on some of the old ghost towns along the D&RG between here , policy. Bankers fear the new policies will result in runs on troubled banks. But frankness can help calm fear and show that bank regulators are doing their job. Bankers should expect to give customers the same frank answers they expect from customers. Senior citizenry Which age group in the United States has the highest per capita income and the lowest rate of poverty? No, it isnt the young urban professionals. It isnt either. the middle-age- d The correct answer is those 65 and older. Senior citizens as a group average $6,229 in income per capita, $335 more than the national average, according to Reason magazine. j The elderlys poverty rate, after allowance for d of the rate benefits, is only 3.3 percent, of rest the population. for the Further, since 1970 Social Security benefits have risen by 46 percent in real terms while the average workers real income declined by 7 percent. This is not to say that there arent poor people among the elderly. There are. But attempts of some politicians to picture Americas senior citizens as a poverty-stricke- n mass deserve hard examination. The facts show just the opposite. in-ki- nd one-thir- (Reprinted by permission of The Indianapolis Star) j - graves. One really fascinated me at old Tucker. It was where Mass Bunnell was buried. Anybody know who he was? Was he related to our senator and our district andSpringville. judge? to Some of you have expressed a desire 1 had been told that some of the read more about those old towns around this people who area and I sure love researching them and lived in Kiz out here in Clark Valley lived writing about them. But most of those little and died and were buried at Mill Fork, but railroad towns lasted a short time and not there werent any common names I found there. Maybe someone has more inmuch has been recorded about them. formation on either of these towns. I went, thro ugh some of the files the Then there : is . Giluljy ; between Soldier Soeiety haa andfoand practically-Summit and Tucker. 1 wish I would have of of old those any1 nothing; The only photos towns they had, Ive already got, so didnt taken some pictures years ago when there were still some buildings standing there. I get much help there. I did find a neat old story on the original know Doc Demman used to treat patients in line the railroad began up Cottonwood that town because he told me about it before he died. Canyon southeast of Cedar Mountain and Is there a cemetery for Colton? That town across the front of the mountain to Buckhorn but stood from the 1880s to the Johnson Lamont Flat. It was written by from Emery County many, many years ago. Ive never seen a cemetery. Where did the You may remember lamont as the man people bury their dead from Colton? who wrote the poem about Butch Cassidy What is that old stone building standing and the Wild Bunch we ran a few months ago along the opposite river bank just below the entitled Heavy Holstered Men. Colton Bridge up on top of the mountain? State-Thsterie- &l 4 mid-1950- s, ' Anybody know? I think there might have been an old town up there that had a . womans name. I saw a very brief reference : to something in that location when I was at the Utah Historical Society a couple of : weeks ago. Then there is that old railroad Y just as you top out of Price Canyon. There are no foundations there, but could that be where the old town of Kyune was located? And why the Y? I cant imagine the railroad d at that location. having a I need information and pictures of any of these old towns. I also need photos and jnany of the Emery County towns? I Would reafrfflftSa phofOortwoof, WoodsideMoleri ancTfHe desert towns of Desert Lake and Victor. Any information you can provide will get me going. You want to read about them and I love to write about them lets get together and get some stories out on the old ghost towns of this area. Tell ya what. If you get me a picture of either Molen or Woodside in the next few days, Ill get a story on one of those towns for next weeks Friday paper. Ive got most of the research done on those two, but need the photos. turn-aroun- . mike royko Truth in banking When a customer applies for a loan, bankers want to know all about the customers finances, especially if the applicant has been in difficulty. But when a bank gets into difficulty, the last thing it wants to let customers know is that its being examined by the government. Thats wrong and were glad to see that federal regulatory agencies are moving toward disclosure. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. had decided to provide the public with a list of all banks and bank employees it is investigating. And the comptroller of the currency is considering a more open disclosure I stopped at the old cemeteries at Mill Fork in Spanish Fork Canyon and at Tucker there and got some pictures of some of the By CHUCK ZEHNDER Managing editor Soaking up history A young woman shrieked at me the other day. What makes you an authority on this subject? The subject she referred to was drinking. And what made her angry was my agreement with the raising of the legal drinking age to 21. As you might guess, she was 19. She had come to me for sympathy. Instead, I told her I was happy Id no longer trip d over little boozers in some of my favorite bars. That brought color to her cheeks. And they turned crimson when I said: In fact, I wouldnt mind seeing them raise the drinking age to 25. Which is when she demanded to know what made me an authority. That was her mistake. There are thousands of subjects about which , I know absolutely nothing. There are thousands of others about which I know next to nothing. There are thousands more about which I know only a teeny bit. But when it comes to the subject of people bellying up to a bar and- making their livers quiver, I am a recognized apple-cheeke- - authority. If they gave university degres in this subject, I would be a Ph.D. Harvard University would probably make me a distinguished professor. In all modesty, my credentials are brilliant. Here is a very brief career resume : Bar in San Antonio, Texas; Mr. in Bartender Claggs private moonshine still various Chicago taverns, such in Bobo, Miss.; Suzi Wangs Bar as the Blue Sky Lounge and Bathhouse in Tokyo; and (Milwaukee Avenue); Twilight Kim Dongs Bar and Social Inn (Armitage Avenue); Center in Korea; Hawaiian Paradise (Ashland Experiences include being Avenue )r Twilight Inn II struck on side of head with (Western Avenue); Cullerton bottle in Billy Bobs Bar; on Tap (West Cullerton Street), other side of head in Jebs Bar; and several others. I was able to atop head by Mr. Claggs obtain this employment despite retarded brother, Crazy Clagg; and becoming briefly engaged my youth because I was hardworking, industrious, and my to be married to a young lady I old man owned the joints. met in Kim Dongs Bar and Additional duties: Accepting Social Center, who decided bets on horses; preventing instead to steal my wallet and customers from falling asleep boots. with head in toilet; admitting Outstanding achievement: customers side through Being arrested in two states regular door at 8 a.m. on Sunday so they within one hour. This occurred could get over the shakes and go when a group of us on an to church; answering phone and eastbound train were return from husbands wives our that had telling celebrating not been there all evening; Korea, where we had fought to a appraising wristwatches - for draw. When we refused to leave payment of drinks in lieu of the club car, the attendant d called an MP, who arrested us cash; dispensing eggs, pickled pigs feet, beef while the train was in jerky and other gourmet Washington state. Minutes delights; breaking up fights by later, we crossed into Idaho, unleashing a Doberman named where the MP turned us over to Death and letting him gnaw on local police, who arrested us for brawlers until peace was a second time. And to think that : restored; and finally, giving this country once gave returmonthly envelope ning heroes ticker tape parades. to police bagman for assorted Age 23 to present: favors, such as overlooking a Engaged in field research in bartender. estimated 3,267 bars, cafes, Age 19 to 23: bistros, pubs, taverns, saloons, Served in armed forces with gin mills and joints in Chicago, distinguished duty in such Kansas City, Miami, San theaters of operation as Billy Francisco, Burlington, Bobs Bar in Biloxi, Miss.; Jebs Wisconsin, New York, Age 13 to age 19: Position: , hard-boile- cash-stuff- ed Washington, England, France, Germany, Cicero, and a few hundred other cities and countries. Saw a man dance on a bar in Munich. Got winked at by a woman in Marseilles. Went into Schallers Pump in Mayor Daleys neighborhood on a St. Patricks Day and escaped alive. Saw a man win a bet in Milwaukee that he could drink a quart of vodka in five minutes, and helped put him into the ambulance. Saw a man in Cicero wrestle a jukebox and lose. This is not merely my opinion it is based on scientific research done by many expert one-legg- ed one-ey- ed researchers, such, as bar- tenders, bouncers, traffic cops, ambulance drivers and morgue attendants. They say that as drinkers, people in the younger age group drive wilder, hit each other with pool sticks more frequently and with less reason, stand in the street at 2 a.m. and shout louder, and throw up on the floor more often than any other age group. I dont know at which age the craziness subsides, but it isnt at an age when someone, while t , completely sober, puts rear tires on his car that are twice as big as the front tires. Maybe the answer to when a young person should start drinking was best summed up by an old geezer who said: If they think they are having fun, theyre not old enough. I |