| Show T Standard-Examin- Friday er Jan 12 1990 13A ‘Just Cause ’ conjures images of women going off to war BOSTON — These are the images of women and war that flow north from Panama City A woman the wife of a soldier is threatened by Noriega's troops President Bush his voice quivering with emotion lists her experience the fear of her sexual assault among the reasons for the invasion called “Just Cause" A nameless woman is found dead in the city streets She got in harm’s way and is added to the civilian body count of Panamanians that may total "just” a few hundred or perhaps a few thousand Both of these are familiar female figurines from any battle zone The defenseless woman who is a pretext for war The innocent woman who is the v ictim of war Now comes a third image not nearly as common She is a soldier not a nurse not an ambulance driver but a fighter in a helmet and fatigues Need it be said that this is the one that rouses and holds our attention The issue of women in combat is back in the news In Panama Capt Linda Bray is lauded as a war heroine one day the first woman to lead American troops into battle The next day the battle is rescripted and the leading female role diminished It is a story too hot to hold still Ellen Goodman In Washington Rep Pat Schroeder writes a bill to adopt a Pentagon group's suggestion that the Ar- my test women in combat roles Across the coun- try people argue about whether women are up to the job and more dramatically whether the country is “ready” to see them coming home in body bags But what about those of us who believe in fighting for women's equality but are queasy at this bat- tleground? What about those who believe women CAN do it but wonder if they should? Are we supfor the equal right to fight and posed to be gung-h- o die? Is there a chance to get at some deeper set of values? In the past decade women looking for adventure and opportunity have joined the volunteer Army structure has kept them Just like men The two-tifrom promotion but it is harder to draw a line between combat and noncombat roles these days In word and deed the military women in Panama have dispelled the favorite notions of sexists and many feminists alike that women are either intring sically w'eaker or more er peace-lovin- So a strong argument can be made to let individuals prove themselves “Y'ou don't just work to help women advance in the jobs that you yourself would want to hold” says Schroeder Yet as she adds “This issue is hard because it's not my number one goal in life to get women into combat If I could redesign the world I'd redesign it so no one would be in combat” But if women go into combat do we get closer or further away from that larger goal? Do we simply double the cannon fodder without increasing the advocates for peace? And do we end up with the equal right to fight wars before women have the equal right to decide whether that war should be fought? I don't ask these questions lightly It seems to me that even when women didn't fight they have always had a role in war Women were there to wave men goodbye and kiss them hello to cheer them on care for and mourn them They provided the home front the mythology and the next generation for war Somehow or other we believed war was civilized because the fairer sex didn't fight War was moral because men did it to protect their mothers and wives and daughters War was glorified as a way to prove manhood In the searing movie “Born on the Fourth ol July” young Ron Kovic’s mythology was nurtured by around and in reaction to women He saw himself as a hero reflected in the eyes of the women who twirled the batons at parades and urged him on at home It became part of his character until his spine was shattered by a bullet Such deep gaps between men and women's lives allowed many leaders to be cavalier about men's lives The world has been after all profoundly wasteful of its young men So I come a long way around and not without qualms to believing that women should be allowed to try out for combat and if fit allowed to fight Not only in the name of equal opportunity but out of the hope that we can learn to value men equally Are Americans ready to see women come home in body bags? I hope not But new risks and roles may force us to ask a deeper question: Why are we ready to see men come home in body bags? And more profoundly it must lead us to insist that “Just Cause" is more than a perverse name In the end this must be said: Any war that isn't worth a woman's life isn't worth a man's life Boston Globe Letters Mayor urged to learn from Mayor Frost you have gone about this all wrong There is a 4 lesson from those who have gone before you To axe an existing police chief first you have a buddy on the city council who has a buddy on the same council With their help you form a “good of boys” club You also have your next police chief already on the force providing you with information This person must be one who doesn’t mind stepping on people to get to the top Sound familiar? And no problem with the council either Mayor you had your work cut out for you from election night The votes were counted and the “good of boys” saw their leader defeated Their actions since have certainly indicated that Citizens of South Ogden you voted for Mayor Frost for some Officials must be elected not appointed predecessor reason Was it to be this council’s rubber stamp or did you want some new leadership? If you wanted leadership you better voice your support now for it appears that this council will handcuff the new mayor at every opportunity I for one support the mayor in firing the existing chief I have lived in South Ogden for 26 years and have witnessed the chiefs climb to the top Before the council votes they should privately talk to other law enforcement officers in the county They might be surprised Last Friday’s editorial dealing with “the recommendation that : We have some fine officers on the South Ogden Police Department Why not give them a fine leader? Ken Thomson Ogden Lynn Heinz is not author of letter I Heinz who submitted a letter to the editor concerning wood burning stoves is not related to me Lynn Heinz of Pleasant I Heinz who wrote the letter which has prompted several calls Lynn Hein: Pleasant View Photo distasteful appalling Choir pidity could allow this to be printed! Your portrait selection was in very bad taste very offensive tactless and discourteous to women in general Perhaps I am alone in my feelings but I feel an apology should be rendered to your readers specifically to females Renae IVorsley Layton shares Christmas with dying girl that we have an to bring some joy opportunity into the few remaining days of someone's life Bonneville High School Choir readily accepted our invitation to share the true spirit of Christmas with our Hospice Margarita patient Chavez by going to her home to sing Christmas carols for her The Chavez family was deeply touched by their outpouring of It is not often (CV2) Club will hold its 37th reunion in Sparks Nev from May 9 to May 12 The reunion will be taking place at John Ascuaga’s Nugget with many daily social functions a business meeting and on the final night a banquet and dance This meeting of old shipmates commemorates the ship’s sinking on May 8 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea The aircraft carrier and other ships of its task force was largely responsible in preventing the Japanese invasion happen to tune in to professional wrestling I chuckle to myself on how gullible peo(WWF) is ple are I the biggest joke to legitimate sports ever put before the public Anyone believing this is all legitimate and these (wresters ?) arc actually hurting each other probably has a bill of sale for the Mormon Temple I would like to have someone tell me how someone can be in- - the electoral process tampered with by bureaucratic appointed officials Constitutional authority J Rueben Clark spoke to the point on this subject “The largest possible measure of local in the state county city village is not alone our safety but our salvation” The flag in front of the Municipal Building represents a free people who elect their own representatives not appointed as they do in some totalitarian country’s Tom Hadley Ogden “Gee couldn’t you wait until halftime so we can TALK about this?” of Australia Anyone who has ever served in the Lexington is welcome to become a member of the club Contact Walt Kastner secretary-treasurUSS Lexington (CV2) Club 466 Ivy Glen Drive Mira Loma Calif 91752 Phone (714) Today in history er 681-110- Today is Friday Jan 12 the 12th day of 1990 There are 353 days left in the year 1 Robert L Dabv Public Relations Director USS Lexington (CV2) Club 10101 Toltec Rd NE Albuquerque NM 87111 Letter unjustly compared teacher salaries In response to Ben Lehrmann’s Jan 3 letter on teacher salaries: I wonder where you acquired your information I read your letter after spending 10 12 hours in my classroom With 5 years of college and 15 years teaching experience my contract is for $24532 I must be ers collected $100 which they in my classroom 185 days a year donated toward Margarita's not 80 A federal worker with 5 medical expenses years gets 26 days paid annual 10 paid holidays and 13 days sick Mary Ann Atencio leave Teachers have two days Debbie Michaelson personal leave but if used must Hospice volunteers pay $38 a day for a substitute Ogden Teachers do work 49 days a year less than federal workers but legitimate sports none of those days are paid Most federal workers with a college deand same the at stupid telligent time gree make $35000 or more I Well they dangled the speed spent two weeks last summer in a class to help me teach Utah’s rink before the voters of skating Weber County and now their true children My time and the cost of intentions are emerging But the class were not paid for Federal workers get Utah won’t get the 1998 Olymclasses I and are paid for attending with would pics anyway wager I have spent 175 overtime anyone that it will be held somehours in my classroom with no where other than the USA overtime pay Federal workers Allan M Adams work overtime at 12 times Ogden their wage I couldn't begin to 1 1 embarrasses Pro-wrestli- ng Every time love and concern during their daughter’s last few days of life As if this act of kindness was not enough these concerned teenag- want Lexington club holds reunion The USS Lexington to my residence is living with relatives with another name and doesn’t have a listed telephone number View This letter is addressing the article in the horizons section (D) of the Jan 4 issue of your paper titled “Don’t overdo it on 1990 resolutions" The article itself had some good ideas it you could read it after viewing the appalling image of an idle obese “woman" portrayed as being in a state of bewilderment I don't know whose primal stu- - the functions of the clerk and recorder be combined and the treasurer and auditor’s offices be merged” As the editorial stated it has met with strong resistance mostly from Weber County elective officers whose jobs would be eliminated in the changeover Having attended hearings on this issue in ’80 and ’89 I believe the consensus of those present would have to say the majority of those who spoke on the subject of consolidation were opposed to it Why? Because they thought it was a great infringement on their right to elect their local government officials Generally those who favored the consolidation had a vested in terest in the changeover The average citizen pleaded to not have mergers and appointed officials put into office They did not 1 add up hours I’ve spent at home correcting papers How many federal workers do work at home? My deductions including Social Security Federal Income Tax Utah Income Tax and Health and Accident Insurance leave me with $17553 take home pay not $23640 as Mr Lehrmann stated He was right about teachers at least in Weber County having a very good medical plan Yes I do have a 401 account the district contributes to but I also put money in monthly I don’t cry about what I make rather about conditions for children My high school daughter has not had a grammar or science book she could bring home to study from for three years There are not enough to go around Classes are too crowded Franklin and the R first in space Dr n Chang-Dia- z Today’s highlight in history: On Jan 12 1945 during World War II German forces in Belgium retreated in the Battle of the Bulge On this date: In 1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite arrived in Lebanon on his latest mission to win the release of hostages a journey that would result in his own disappearance In 1773 the first public museum in America was established Ten years ago: In his first public statement on the Afghanistan crisis Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev accused President Jimmy Carter of telling “mountains of lies” about the Soviet invasion Charleston SC the US House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to in In 1915 vote Mrs Hattie W Carabecame the first woman way elected to the US Senate In 1944 British Prime MinisIn 1932 ter Winston Churchill and French Gen Charles De Gaulle y wartime conferbegan a ence in Marrakesh Morocco In 1945 aircraft from US Task Force 38 sank about 40 Japanese ships off Indochina In 1966 President Lyndon B Johnson said in his State of the Union address that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there ended two-da- I challenge Mr Lehrmann and anyone else to spend even one hour per week helping educate Utah students If you find it so great become a teacher for the “easy life” Fonda Cray nor Riverdale Fla Hispanic-America- the innovative situation comedy “All in the Family” premiered on CBS television In 1986 the shuttle Columbia blasted off with a crew that inIn 1971 cluded US Rep Bill Nelson D- - Five years ago: The government of France announced it was sending additional troops to the Pacific island territory of New Caledonia the scene of an increasingly violent ethnic conflict One year ago: President-elec- t Bush completed the selection of his Cabinet naming retired Admiral James D Watkins secretary of energy and former education secretary William J Bennett drug czar Today’s birthdays: Journalist Martin Agronsky is 75 Singer Ray Price is 64 The “Amazing Kreskin” is 55 Actress Kirstie Alley is 35 Thought for today: “Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable" — Mohandas K Gandhi ) (1869-1948- — Associated Press Remember when 20 YEARS AGO January 12 1970 Weber State College received a $195000 Carnegie Corp grant to initiate an individualized teacher education program It was one of five grants totaling $524900 announced by the New d educational foundation to support experimental projects in several fields It was the only grant going to a Utah institution Blaine P Parkinson project director for Weber State said 12 members of the WSC School of Education faculty would be involved in the program Two former Ogden men were named associate commissioners for higher education Dr Leon McCarrey was appointed associate commissioner for academic affairs with the Utah Board of Higher Education S Bertcll Bunker was named associate commissioner for business affairs by the old board Appointment of the two former Ogden-ite- s board on the was ratified by the recommendation of Commissioner G Homer York-base- th Durham In commemoration of the birthday of Martin Luther King and in an effort to acquaint students nrfiTf' with the lives and deeds of great Negro leaders the studies Lewis School had launched a two-wee- k program primarily for fifth and sixth graders Shown in a staff photo were students Wendy Welch and Michael Martin fifth graders along with first grade teacher Mrs Janice Cox Mrs Wanda Gaz school librarian said students were showing a great deal of interest in the program Mayor Gail Sanders of Riverdale had been elected to a term as chairman of the He Weber Area Council of Governments succeeded North Ogden Mayor Wilbur H Berrctt Mr Sanders was serving his second term as River-dal- e mayor Previously he was a city councilman for five scars A South Ogden man had been named commander of Patrol Squadron 24 of the US Atlantic Fleet’s Naval Air Force Cnidr Richard A Martini 37 son of Mrs Andrew Martini assumed command following ceremonies at Patuxent Naval Base Md He was the youngest patrol squadron commander in the combined Atlantic Fleet which extended operations to Iceland Spain Puerto Rico and the one-ye- ar Bermudas V 50 YEARS AGO January 12 1940 g A thick snowstorm didn’t keep ceremonies for the first air depot building at Hill Field from going through on schedule The first shovelful of soil was turned by Frank M Browning chairman of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce’s military affairs committee an individual who had done much toward obtaining the site and keeping the project moving The local air depot was named Hill Field after the late Capt Ploycr P Hill who was killed in a crash at Wright Field Ohio in 1935 The Box Elder Junior Chamber of Commerce’s membership meeting was held in the War Memorial home at Brigham City Five new members were inducted into the club They were: Marriner M Morrison Charles Warnick Quentin Nelson Newell Tingey and Sheldon Holmes Roy T Shaw Jr recently returned missionary was guest speaker The meeting was conducted by President C Henry Nielsen Ogden Valley certified potato seed growers held their heads high after winning all four prize positions in the Bliss certified seed contest at the ground-breakin- semi-annu- al - - rA — i t- -1 Utah Intermountain Seed Show The valley growers placed in the prize money in competition with a total of 28 entrants in this division The four winners were Jed McKay first Roy Pass second Dale Ncwey third and J Burt Nelson fourth All were from Huntsville At Ogden High School Wanda Garner was awarded first place in the poster contest held in the girls’ gym classes Honors were also given to Anne Whitmeycr and Jane Rockwell The posters were made on the theme of the annual Classicalia which was “The Girl of Yesterday the Girl of Today and the Girl of Tomorrow" Dick Kapple's Ogden High hoopsters moved into undisputed possession of first place in the northern division scholastic race by trouncing YVebcr Warriors 39 to 20 on the mammoth Tiger court The largest crowd in Ogden High basketball history watched the event Scoring honors for Ogden were hogged by Hancey Lefty Pierson and Glen Sandlund Eugene Green and Howard Keeler also played well for Ogden For Weber Wahlquist tanked two field goals for Weber's best offensive in effort 1 |
