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Show Page 8 Wednesday, March 31 , 1 976 Environmental MiM MWB Quality Takes a Dip by Henry Louis Was a great week, last week. More than a week that was, outrageous, unbelievable, amazing, fantasmagoric, and outrageous again. You might say it was the Peanuttiest. Maybe you had to've been there, you know the old half of what you see and a quarter of what you hear the skeptic geezers warn you about. And then you've got those ridiculous monkeys who won't see, hear or speak not only no evil, but nothing; and it kinda makes you sick and makes me wonder if maybe you didn't have to be there after all. I don't really know. Fact is I'm a little foggy about whether even this boy was there or not. So who're you gonna believe? Take it from me all you Rodney Dangerfield's out there. Get a typewriter, the oldest, most beat up you can find; replace the ribbon and you're cooking. Hunt and peck it matters about as much as Hubert Humphrey's platform how many fingers you use. Get a shelf and on it put all the old English books you didn't for some odd reason burn, all kinds of thesauri and a copy of Halberstam's The Best and The Brightest (you might even want to carry it everywhere with you). Off to the side have the heaviest Random House atop a walnut lectern. Got that? OK, now buy every color BIC you can find, ball point, felt tip or hard head, and note pads, from large yellow Law ruling to mini spirals even get a loose leaf if you can find one. Start smoking heavily so you've got a yellow-brown stain on your index and next finger and the all-important cigarette breath toss the Binaca or better, give it away. By all means drink Johnny Walker. Straight from the bottle. Wear a dirty white shirt with a thin tie, preferably black, and sunglasses ; and never take off your sunglases. Emulae Columbo. You're a reporter, et a little respect. , Why do you want to be a Woodward or Bern-4 , s,te.in? I hapntoldyou yet about last week. A$? a matter OMa.'m leaning toward maybe yom didn't have to. :-v; Be there, I mean. I'll tell you about it. . It all started out at the Ritz Cafe where I sipped sip-ped a Superb and Scrumptious onion soup, devoured a Delectable crepe and drank the Dreamiest coffee, all on the house. Now that I've paid Otto back see how easy it is I'll go on. Have you got your typewriter yet? After dinner it was over to the Rusty Nail where I was quickly corraled by a few lovely ladies, you know, picture in the paper and all that. We sat down and the beer came and they cat fought for the bill and a chance to dance. Later we all went home for a bit of the old hanky-panky (a reporter need not be original) and still I am trying to evict them before you know who gets back. I can see half of you, at least, madly ripping out the old ribbon. The whole week was like that. Only thing I had to buy was a Kit Kat candy bar because I gave up trying to finagle things from vending machines a long time ago. But that's not the whole truth; the other things they won't let me mention. There was the complimentary pass to ski Snowbird, the greatest mountain in the West; and the complimentary com-plimentary pass to ski Baldy, the greatest mountain moun-tain in the West; not to mention the complimentary com-plimentary pass to ski Ajax, the greatest mountain moun-tain in the West. The Innocent Claudine Longet treated me in Aspen, the Talented Margot Hemingway in Ketchum, the aforementioned Lovely ladies at Snowbird. What did you say ? You've started smoking? Good. And I've only scratched the surface! Now, most important, let me tell you that last night I ate (also free) a Deluxe Tostada and that I just removed it a moment ago in your toilet which is now overflowing like the hot springs near Heber, you old April fool. The "quality of life" in the United States, measured by seven environmental yardsticks, yard-sticks, continued on a downward trend in 1975 for the sixth consecutive year, according to the National Wildlife Federation. The environment suffered setbacks in five of the seven "vital resource areas" surveyed in the federation's seventh annual Environmental Environ-mental Quality (EQ) Index Report. The full report is available in the February-March February-March issue of NATIONAL WILDLIFE. The report indicates only "air quality" moved ahead of last year's standard; that timber resources held their own; and that water quality, soil, wildlife, minerals and living space fell behind. The first survey reported: "America is in trouble ... Apathy , is our biggest problem." This year the report said, "It would be nice to report in this year of the American Bicentennial that the quality of life in the United States is quickly pn the mend ... (but) unfortunately, un-fortunately, such is not the case." The polls did show, however, "... undiminished public .support for environmental en-vironmental goals." Wildlife ? In the portion of the report dealing with wildlife, it was revealed that six animals were added to the Endangered Species List, bringing the total to 126. An additional 65 mammals, 44 birds, 28 reptiles, ( 26 mollusks, 6 amphibians,. 2 fish and 23,642 plant species are being reviewed for possible listing. .-'-f. ; ; Loss of habitat is still the "chief threat" to wildlife. The report continued to state that pesticides are a major problem and congressional appropriations to acquire and preserve more wildlife habitat is a "critical problem" for the future. ; . by Jay Meehan It wasn't the official Rolling Thunder Revue , in My attention was suddenly diverted as Dylan fact their recent excursion into old Mexico and and Neuwrith were by this time both at the piano one too many "hot chili peppers in the blistering doing what could only be called a Martha and the sun" had therri more closely resembling the Vandellas version of the Hank Williams classic Kaopectate All Stars. But the main personnel "Hey Good Looking." Sitting in the corner, were the same: Bob Dylan, Ramblin' Jack mouth closed and picking softly, exactly as he Elliott, Bobby Neuwirth and Lou Kemp ( boyhood nad. done for two days last year in Waylon Jen-pal Jen-pal and organizational confidant of Dylan's), ning's new bus, was Ron Corbridge, the local Also along was young singersongwriter Steve cameleon who could sneak in un-noticed Fromholz of Austin, Tex., where this famed anywhere. Kemp and Elliott then arrived with outlaw gang had ben holed up about a month ago. the booze. After a few drinks it was decided that Monday night is usually quiet in Park City and since Mick Ronson, the ex-David Bowie guitarist it was no different when Elliott steered his cohor- who had sat in with Dylan in the Village during ts toward his favorite local water hole, the Utah the birth oh Rolling Thunder, was not in at-Coal at-Coal and Lumber Bar. Being on an El Paso to tendance,; there would certainly be no need to Seattle junket, the thought of a few extra miles notify Jay Williams or Pat Meehan as to the iden-up iden-up from Salt Lake hadn't bothered anyone, tity of our illustrious visitors. But obviously, it "Does it have a john?" was Dylan's only worry, was noted, there were others more deserving. "Get ahold' of Don Thomases, someone shouted, "who's got a dime?'' 1 4 'Here, use this ." It was Dylan, but his coin turned tur-ned out to be Mexico's relatively new cinquenta Mem according to Kemp. Phil Thalman and Bffly Ross, barkeeps extraordinaire, ex-traordinaire, seeming relatively unaffected by this rather historic turn of events, auicklv in formed ol' Ramblin' as to where he could pur- centavos piece and was a bit too large for Ma cnase a couple of fifths of "teekeela." Kemp, Bell. Phil produced a dime from the till.' having seen Elliott in action before, went along The fact that Don was Park City's most direct to assure that Jack didn't get "way-laid" by a link to Dylan had been acknowledged in local couple of females or some old wrangler with a cultural corners for some time. His sister "Muf fin," after returning from Ibisa, Katmandu and Bangkok, got a job as sound engineer on Howard Alk's film of the east-coast Rolling Thunder Revue tour. She even did Dylan's make-up ( that's right), before one of the shows. When Don showed up, we were on the second jug of tequila and things were getting a little confusing. con-fusing. Kemp kept requesting "North to Alaska", the subject of which he repeatedly referred to as "the only big state in the Union." Now you can imagine how well this went down with Fromholz,' our token Texan. Steve, who never lost any ancestors at the Alamo but once story to tell. Dylan, relaxed in his mind if not his lower intestines, in-testines, drifted over to the piano with brew in hand and began pounding out what later proved to be an elongated intro to Isis from' his latest album, Desire. Neuwirth joined him and soon was snapping his fingers "hazz style" as he and Dylan had done at a London hotel-room party in the mid sixties film "Don't Look Back." This gave me a chance to question Fromholz as to how he goi together with this crew. "Dylan, Bobby and Lou showed up in Austin in February. Ya'll probly know Willie (Nelson) The Jokers won two, lost two to the Pussy Cats. The Hopefuls won two, lost two to the Drifters. holds things together thereabouts and I was out had an uncle fall off the pier at Port Aransas, Team Standings Jokers Pussy Cats Hopefuls Pife!?. mtdl .r-airtguub 1 High Team - Three Games Jokers .................. Hopefuls . . Drifters... ...V.; . Won 19 18 18 17 Lost 17 t.18 18 j j(il9c at his place one night when these folks showed up. Willie and I sang "I'd Have to be Crazy" for 'em, a tune e'd just recorded, and they liked it. (Steve wrote the song and it appears on Willie's latest LP "The Sound in Your Mind"). Then Willie and Dylan did a duet on Me and Paul. They started out aoin a mucn straignter version man Dylan and Doug Sham did on Doug's albuma f wupleof years backftul mMmSMymfc 1935 1910 .1891 got carried away on the chorus. Damn, 1 wish I'd , a got it on tape. You and a couple million others, Steve. would rather "drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log" than listen to some fish canner put down Texas. ' . , '. But, lo and behold, there came along one of those intervening variables to put a quick stop to the approaching donneybrook. Bob Dylan and Don Thomases were together at the piano lujuiun; uwu v;rd jr viiv ' juuiu m, even ituotjr Prudence, who arrived as out of an R. Crumb cartoon. . With the tequila gone, Lou Kemp shouted that He continued, "I wasn't up to much and these f they only had sixty-eight hours to get him to the boys was a-headin' to Mexico, so I tagged along. nign leamuame ( , , What a scene EVnm Aiicftn f Con AnfAna frt Jokers -... . . . . . . w NUeva, Laredo, Monterrey, Saltillo, Torreon, Drifters ; "' Durango, then north to Chihuahua and El Paso. Hopefuls . s v ...... ow That's where we ran into Jack. The Folklore ; rSociety at the University (UTEP) had him down High Individual -Three Games , v there giving a seminar. Don't that beat all? Lou Norma Cowin u a gaimon processing plant in Alaska that he Georgene Plummer w hag to get back to Were takmg him to catch me Donna Alvey. . . . . 411 ferryboat in Seattle now." . High Individual Game ' ' n s ' i Summit County LuAm,Marceffln 159 : Bond Sales Georgene Plummer bowled a turkey. Doubled ; were bowled by Lu Ann Marcellin, Fawn Workman, Work-man, Beth Marcellin, Donna Alvey and Donna ?! salt lake city - a Approximately one hun-Pnidence. hun-Pnidence. Two doubles were bowled by Brenda Alvey and Linda btreet. ! United States Series E-H sities. state and federal Splits were picked up by: Norma tOWUl 7-9; Savings Bonds showed a governmental agencies Shirley Street 5-6-10; Norma Cowin 5-7; Jessie $291,518 increase over the representing some 120,000 Johnson 5-7; Georgene Phimmer 4-5., same month , a year ago, employees were in at- i according ' to an an- tendance to hear plans tor the nouncement made by State 1976 promotion. ,. Bond Chairman Wendell E. Gile and State TSIA Chair- man John E. Lattin. A Summit' County j volunteer 'Savings Bonds Chairman Koy Page reported t that the - A. f ...... . ;.rCOUniy s January sales iuiai ferryboat in Seattle. Staggering arm in arm, the particpants of this strange get-together emerged -from the back door of the now even more famous Utah Coal and Lumber bar. As the five visitors drove into the sunset someone shouted after them: ., ' 'Is the RollingjThunder Revue ever coming to Utah?" , Out of the right rear window appeared the lionized head of Bob Dylan. In the true spirit of Rimbaud, he responded: "Does it have a john?" y Senior Citizens Organization Adds Legal Component ODff DGADV The Perk City RugMhihfs Annual FurdRciihg-UellRctioii - v n .... v. xwavaqnzv from V ot th Cst toil Loungct ri.VctlAI nrVrflTHEKy inifMWMV --"w 7PiXD.,AKUll4Ttt. TC!C'ECTCCaL0Cf PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED Pharmacist on Duty 2-6 p.m. Daily FREE DELIVERY rfdrlErW -Bonds came to it Two, training and orien-t orien-t tation seminars oh promoting rand conducting Payroll I Savings. Drives for - U.S. Savings Bonds were held for .company management and campaign chairmen on , March 5 and 12 with Mr. lattin as sponsor and host. Nationally during January there were new purchases of E-H Bonds amounting to $693 million, 7.0 percent below January a year ago. Interest earned and added to the value, of outstanding E Bonds was $320 million, compared to $298 million last January. ' State and County Volunteers Volun-teers again remind everyone the "Bicentennial Design" Series E Bond is now' available either to give, as an always welcome gift, or buy ,, and hold- for their secure . future. The Mountain 'Plains Congress of Senior Organizations (MPCSO, a six' state advocacy organization for 'senior citizens, has just ajdded a legal component 'to its program. ' ' According to JiRenee' Brereton, MPCSO director, a full time lawyer and paralegal para-legal will focus their; efforts on the issue of utility rates and the older consumer in the six state region ( COvMT, ND, SD. UT, & WY). " Utilities in the region have not been responsivf to the needs ol " residential consumers, con-sumers, especially jthe low income elderly. Thek present rate structure forces the small consumer to subsidize the large commercjal-industrial commercjal-industrial consumer. 'To many older people, this 'means giving up flife sustaining food and medal care in order to pay their inflated utility' bills' which ends up subsidizing the large consumer. , Ms. Brereton said that through organizing older people and providing them legal clout she expects to alter the present corrupt utility rate structure in favor of the consumer rather thani the corporation. "Utilities are gouging all of us," she explained. WE A1S0 HAVE GREETING CARDS FILM MAGAZINES 649-8300 NEW STORE HOURS 10 a.m. 6 p.m. DAILY Qrvs PHJ O 32 fit |