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Show Someone has said that there is no amount of good a man Q(can do if he doesn't care who gets the credit which reminds -"us of Carl Boyer, when he- re-ceived re-ceived the DS award; how surprised he was and the thing he said after listening intently to a summary of his accom- plishments compiled by his sponsors "Well I didn't think I had done that much." In contrast to some of us who jtf think we never quite get credit .tfor the things we do. ' - In 1955, a Gallup Poll conducted con-ducted in the United States revealed that in the previous year, 61 per cent of the adults in America hadn't read any book except the Bible; that half of this country's adults lived within a mile of a library li-brary and only one fifth of them went inside. And imagine that was in 1954 before most - pf us had TV. t. Contrast that bit of information informa-tion with a statement made by Edward Crankshaw in 1955, and we may have the answer tor some of the things happen-ng happen-ng today. He writes: "There is no appetite in the Soviet Union more insatiable i :han the appetite for reading. l The Russians read everything 1 J md everywhere ... in the U ;rams, in the underground, on teats in the parks, waiting in lueues, at the restaurant tabes. tab-es. Wherever you go, to what-!ver what-!ver office, the girl or the man n duty will have an open book jVithin reach. The young peo-)le peo-)le read, sitting on the steps mtside the theatres as they v vait for their friends. The vaitress will put down a book jjl is you enter a cafe; and there J vill be an open book beside I he taxie driver." I Looks like it might be com-ng com-ng true, that is what the tussians said a few years ffltack that Germany would Jllrtght itself to destruction; England would expand itself o destruction and the U. S. Pyould spend itself to destruc- y' ion. Right on the front page f a newspaper Sunday we law these three headlines: Gas Rate Increase Hearing Called Feb. 14;" "Rate In- reases Approved for Phone lompany," and "Auto Insur-Continued Insur-Continued on Page 2, Col. 5) EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN (Continued from Page One) ance Hearing Called on Proposed Pro-posed Increase." Its a viscious circle, increased prices necessitate neces-sitate increased wages which in turn necessitate increased prices. We liked what the minister said at the funeral services for two of the murder victims of ' Charles Starkweather: "If this young killer's father had taken the boy to church instead in-stead of hunting, his 11 victims vic-tims could be alive today. Instead In-stead of taking him out and making him into a sharpshooter, sharpshoot-er, who could hit the head of his prey without fail he should have taken him to church and taught him respect for the soul of man." Did he or didn't he (the groundhog or is it dog) see his shadow Sunday? It was according to when he came out, because part of the time there was sunshine and part of the time clouds. Either way, we'll be glad for spring even if its just six weeks away. IMrs. Retta Harmer , and daughters enjoyed a visit from their son and brother Vernon Harmer and wife and family of Rock Springs, Wyo., two days of last week. Mr. Harmer came to Utah especially, for a convention con-vention in Salt Lake. |