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Show - I III. Letters to the editor tation. The tragedy is that we often allow ourselves to become blatantly1 rude in claiming our righrs. Sue Jones then he's the man for the job." If the voting public had read the fine print just above the fifty names, and most voters didn't, they could have seen j through Jthe, underhanded, way , of get- , i The last sentence, in fine print just before the list read: "These people have not been contacted nor have they I been asked to endorse Jim's candidacy." can-didacy." Most voters did not read this sentence. Many of these people listed expressed their displeasure personally to Robinson and called to . give their support to Frehner, others didn't even know their names were listed until after the election but the voters did not know this. Ila G. Corry. Campaign : issuer " Editor: We now have a two-year county commissioner who stooped to a new low in campaign tactics. When the voting public read the fliers and the ad in the Iron County Record with 50 well known names listed, among whom were Cedar City manager, Cedar City councilman, a past mayor for Cedar City, a county commissioner, two bishops and well known lawyer they would naturally think, "if they are all supporting him Bad manners Editor: A study in bad manners occurred in ;, Cedar City-last Thursday evening. The setting war Room 204 of the Old Administration Ad-ministration Building on the campus of Southern Utah State College. Mrs. D'Ann Jones, state legislative representative for the Utah Association of Women, was giving a lecture on the need for regulations on the material that may be broadcast over cable TV. Mrs. Jones is a highly intelligent, well-informed well-informed woman who traveled to Cedar City from Kaysville to present her views on this subject, She came as a guest to our community, invited by the president of the local UAW Chapter. Seated in the audience was an attorney at-torney representing the interests of the Cable TV people. Keep in mind, if you will, this was not a public debate or an open forum. It was a seminar. This man, the attorney, had not shared in the expenses of the evening. He came of his own choosing, free of charge. He repeatedly made attempts to force the people assembled to hear his opposing point of view. This I see as a distinct breach of ethiquette. Thank God we live in a society where the opposing point of view does have a right to be heard. This man is free to hire a hall and make his own presen- i, ... . . 1 , |