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Show Debaters clash on by - drink issues in KUED TV panel By Karia aernnarat Staff Writer A panel of persons favoring liquor by the drink argued Wednesday that the new provision would improve the state's tourist industry. But opponents of the measure said the "character and nature of the state would be destroyed. " The two three-member panels debated the natter and responded to questions telephoned in by viewers in a program broadcast by KUED-TV. Favoring the bill were Jack Gallivan, publisher of the Salt Lake Tribune; Chis Hague, a social worker; and Jerry R. Anderson, an attorney. B.Z. Kastler, a businessman; Belva Ashton, a housewife; and Rex J. Hanson, an attorney, spoke against the measure. "Prohibition has never been respected and has never been enforceable," Mr. Gallivan consumption. He added however, thai there was a very great correlation between the affluence of the state and the liquor it consumed. "In all instances, brown bag states have a low per capita income and a predominent religion," he said. Mr. Kastler summarized for the opponents by stating that the people should weigh the moral climate in Utah with the moral climate in other states. "We know our state has tremendous advantages and we want to go slow in a proposal that will change the basic character of the state," he said. Mr. Gallivan denied that liquor-by-the-drink would bring change. He added, "The dominant force in Utah is the L. D S. religion. If a person can legally buy liquor-by-the-drink it isn't going to harm his morals. "Let's legalize so that we can have more control," he said. said. "No tourist comes to Utah just to drink liquor, but many come if there are attractive places to stay. "It's not a question of whether you want to drink or not, responded Mrs. Ashton, but of what kind of state you want to live in." On a graph compiled by the Distilled Spirits Institute in Washington D.C., the opponents showed that per capita consumption of liquor in "by-drink" states is substantially higher than in that of package states. They added that Utah's per capita consumption rate was well below that of the other package states. Gallivan replied that no correlation could be positively shown between liquor-by-the-drink and per capita |