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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand rkBnn by Melvin Munn Municipalities are directed by Reprinted from LIFE LINES, Vo, their local residents to increase 15 No. 84 July 25, 1973 their treatment of sewer waste. water to streams is unpopular Extremism unless a liberal pursue it. 0g? ex,rem.ls,s demand 100 percent .. pure water, an: wen IO?i percent purity can be anf antinnnkhmpnt obtained now, Amencans are often zealots. economically with tota, p'rity in ten years They oppose what is so fiercely so. Today the cost of 100 percent that they seldom consider what of wate purity liquids is will be. exorbitant. Im with the cleanup people in Science and technology need their stated desires. Nothing is more research time, not political more important to me than to pressures to "do it now without preserve the atmosphere, the regard to cost. Experts insist that. environment, and the in most localities, 85 percent-pur- e countryside in a condition fit for sewer treatment is perfectly I habitation. human want safe. But ecology buffs will have animals to survive too, but nothing but perfection now nature gives only at the cost of It takes energy to operate the taking. plants that purify polluted water. We can have our cake and eat Right now that mostly means it too, but only if we mind electrical energy. That, in turn, 1 1 Free Market gasoline, butane, propane, and gas shortage has developed; and the price of all such products is rising. A Trinity River barge canal had been in the planning stage in Texas for over 30 years. The U.S. Corps of Engineers conducted natural endless studies. feasibility and industry leaders invested years of and considerable private money. But ecologists mounted a massive scare campaign that persuaded citizens living in the strip from Fort Worth to the Gulf of Mexico to vote down local Business man-hou- rs ' bonds August 9, 1973 The UTAH Independent Page ,13 people are proud to live. But let's Has put first things first ... Building a domed stadium in Minneapolis Religious Base at this time, is like spending our Continued from page 12 inadequate food budget on each of us must be subject to the strawberry shortcake and not collective opinion of others in having enough left over for meat selling our own services in the and potatoes." The Minnesota T. marketplace, others must also be Party declares it is a "a political subject to our opinion when party of free' Americans who aim selling their services to us in the to stay that way." Before the election, a trick same market. Its a two-wa- y street that works to the benefit of played on the citizens two years all concerned as long as one rule earlier was repeated. A that would spokesman adhered to: is Dont use any form or force or Neighbors of America, another amendment coercion on another. Every exchange must take place, if it is to be moral, on a voluntary basis between free and self have under canal supporter, remembered, "On our previous petition drive in 1971, the Housing Authority with our tax money issued a Restrainer to deny Minneapolis citizens the right to have an election to amend the Charter so we could vote on Urban Renewal, taxes. produced federal funds to get the barge United for construction. The ecology folk PEOPLE CLAMP wiped out years of hard work; left the Trinity stagnant, filthy, anc dangerous to human health; by Jo Hindman and shut off a tax source that would have come from barge ' operators. Politicians in Minneapolis, Ecology extremists have dome on ,r?n wanted to put a mounted local campaigns Prposed dream stadium, against plants and used new laws Bu ,axPaV'nS to force companies out of .u6 .business. Jobs have been lost and WL.aren i s or wat 8o on some owners have been election be held as orgininally y eay zealous bankrupted by people pannod The judge reversed his aJnPa enaCt6d '""Doom lifted the restraining the Dome became a decision, order. pressure. nr tko cfinm horampa Considerable private funds went into the printing hundreds of thousands of piecesof literature., housandsof 1 Pla'.u"i1!aWS Energy from petroleum ' what out. ' is happening? Many produced electrical energy and modern supported experiments serious things. The giant Alaska with solar and nuclear energies; however, plants, refineries, combustion engines', and waste flares put poisonous particles into the air. Discharge from plants is dumped into rivers, gulfs, lakes, and oceans. Governments began taking notice, and some acceptable controls were enacted into law. But zealots in and out of the elected and appointed offices of government lost their heads, They demanded too much too soon. Here is how the "ecology overkill" is working, oil discovery has been effectively blocked by environmentalists in The most economical method of transporting Alaskan oil to ports for shipment to our domestic markets, according to experts, is by way of a land pipe line. But ecologists went to court to prohibit building it. They found a regulation that restricted the width of land strips for pipe lines to less space than is needed fo? the giant pipes desired. Thus, Alaskan citizens are denied their right to market their oil; the mainland is cut off from huge petroleum supplies; a bP ed, and even interference in the construction of Drivate buildines all have been forced upon pubic without regard to commonsense economics. If environmentalists are as opposed o extremism as they often say, suggest theyexamme their own demands. Some are extreme to the extremel 1 amhnd newi mand,ate ,of atter addded by the votes "nv . 3 isnt all bad. he doesnt go around gossiping about other people. Splinters At least the hpftal improvement projea to be 5ale 0 $15. f.nnced b a amendment, described the pre- mjj0n0r more; the vote to take election enthusiasm, Wevegot p!ace before ,he city fathers put the citizens in debt by borrowing or by other means. Reportedly home the Minneapolis a rule charter, misnomer, does not provide for referenda. According to a publication of ,he Minnesota! Party, oneof the organizations supporting the Yes vote, it all boiled down to "We all want a priorities, beautiful city ... a place where business thrives and where so-call- An egoist Bjves ed Vice-Preside- signers.' This time (March 1973) it K m sjgnatures incuding Honey TV REPAIRS delicious, nutritipus ground whole wheat bread. Whole grain to hot bread in 80 minutes for only a few cents per loaf. $15-millio- MILL & MIX DISTRIBUTOR BOTH FOR UNDER $300 for Salt Lake City 2842 South 2475 East Phone 466-35- nt 35 n. 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