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Show HHodw Albapniiit Hit? VnewinxDnnntl; Deer hunting generally evokes strong positive and negative emotions. What is your opinion of the sport? Oct rid Vslcirik I'd much rather see them jumping around than shot. I'll bet deer doctors this time of year are bucks up with a lot of doe. Page 2 Thursday, October 23, 1980 Lawsuit Might Set Things The City Council last wek voted to file a breach of contract con-tract suit against the Prospector Park developers for improvements im-provements promised but never made in the three-phase subdivision. To some, the move was deemed hasty and unnecessary. un-necessary. But lor residents of the area, it's the first real evidence that something might be done to make the surrounding property less of an eyesore. It's unfortunate that a project that has the potential for being an attractive addition to the city's residential and commercial space has become an abysmal mess. The buffer buf-fer strip fronting Highway 248 is a tangle of dead weeds and unconnected sprinkler pipes; the stream to the south of the project is bone dry. and looks as if an earthquake ripped through it; street lights are standing but don't work; and some residents complain they have defective sewer hookups. hook-ups. The final phase of the project received subdivision approval ap-proval in 1978. Can waiting for two years before taking action ac-tion be called hasty? Last January, city engineers from Bush and Gudgell inspected the project, and gave a list of deficiences to the developers. Now, nine months later, the improvements still are not made, and another construction season has passed. The lawsuit is not hasty; it's long overdue. over-due. Opponents to the suit argue that a deal could be struck simply by sitting down with the developers and explaining the problem. It should be more than obvious by now that the developeis have little interest in the improvement of the project. The lawsuit hopefully will serve not only to bring about the completion of the improvements, but to show other developers that the city is prepared to enforce its ordinances. or-dinances. The city now is painfully aware of how unprepared it was mm- wrg m m who m m a WW WRK HAIR, STR0N6 NQSQ AND MP by Stanley Karnow Israel On Crash Course Says Zionist Pioneer Washington, D.C. Israel is "in a state of dissolution." Its government is "without authority," mainly because Prime Minister Menachem Begin's "fanatical orthodoxy is incompatible with a modern nation." Morale is "disintegrating" as "organized crime, corruption and tax evasion become the order of the day," and peace is "more remote than ever before." That diatribe sounds like shrill Arab propaganda, But it is, on the contrary, a recent commentary on the current condition of Israel by one of the world's most prominent Zionist pioneers, Nahum Goldmann, former president of the World Jewish Congress. The commentary, which appeared in the West German weekly Die Zeit, dramatizes the extent to which Israel has lost credibility, even among those, like Goldmann, who have devoted their lives to its survival. Now in his mid-80s, Goldmann has been a Jewish activist for decades. He labored for the Zionist cause at the League of Nations in the 1930s and at the United Nations after World War II. As a Washington lobbyist during the Truman administration, he played a key role in winning U.S. support for Israel's creation. He has known nearly every political celebrity everywhere Franklin Roosevelt, Roose-velt, Acheson, Adenauer, Tito, Gromy-ko, Gromy-ko, Kissinger. Jimmy Carter honored him at a dinner here last year, and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt attended his birthday party last summer. Goldmann might have been prime minister of Israel, but he chose instead to live in Europe and act as a diplomatic broker, frequently infuriating infuriat-ing Israeli officials with his initiatives. Years ago, for example, he tried to arrange talks between Israeli :,nd Egyptian leaders, but his effort was blocked by Golda Meir. He l.iier was vindicated, of course, by Anwar Sadat's historic trip to Jerusalem. He imw favors contacts between Israel und the to deal with a project the size of the Prospector Square area development. When the first parcel of land received subdivision sub-division approval in 1973, the city had no established inspection inspec-tion process. The inspections were performed by the developer's engineers, who approved the portions of the project they were responsible for designing. They were not employed by the city, and were not responsible to it for inspecting in-specting city-required improvements. Despite the lack of inspection by city employees, mortgage and bond agreements were released, along with the city's hold on the developers. Some of the problems in Prospector Park can be attributed at-tributed to the Planning Commision and City Council continuing con-tinuing to grant subdivision approval, despite the fact that their own rules required that improvements be made in one phase before the next be considered. But the biggest problem resulted from the city not making regular inspections inspec-tions to insure that the improvements w ere being made. The building boom in Park City continues, and bigger and more complex projects are planned. It's lucky that most developers and contractors to this point have been relatively trustworthy. But the city can't rely on luck any longer. City Manager Arlene Loble commented that she currently current-ly is working on a method of separating the value of additional ad-ditional city improvements from the rest of the project, and requiring a bond to guarantee those improvements. And inspections in-spections now will be done on a regular basis, hopefully nipping in the bud any future disasters like Prospector Park. A lawsuit is not a desirable way for a city to show; its muscle. But in this case, it might' be the best way to handle a bad situation, and put Park City back on the right track. BBM Palestine Liberation Organization. Central to Goldmann's thinking is the belief that Israel cannot afford to remain isolated from its Arab neighbors neigh-bors while leaning primarily on faraway powers like the United States. Thus he consistently has urged an accommodation between Jews and Arabs. As far back as 1917, when Britain issued the famous Balfour Declaration, Goldmann wrote with remarkable foresight:' "What we really need is an Arab version of the Balfour Declaration." Declara-tion." Today, Goldmann warns, Israel is headed toward disaster because it has betrayed its Zionist ideals. Instead of becoming the secular state envisioned by the original Zionists, he says, it has developed a strong religious cast that accounts for its intransigence. Or as he puts it in his recent commentary: "Historically, religion and politics have not mixed well. Politics means compromises with opponents. Religion is absolute in its demands because it speaks in the name of its deity." This trend is reflected in the rise of such religious Israeli movements as the Gush Emunim. which is building settlements in the occupied West Bank. It also is visible in Begin's fundamentalism, fundamen-talism, which evokes the Bible as a basis for policy. The danger. Goldmann asserts, is that an intractable religious approach inevitably will propel Israel into conflicts with Islam, which also is becoming increasingly zealous. Numbers Num-bers work against the Israelis, who are outnumbered by Arabs by a ratio of 300 tol. Meanwhile, he submits, Israel's stubborness is eroding its internal stability, so that the country appears to be sliding into "anarchy," to use his word for it. Goldman observes that apart from the army and the courts, which so far have remained intact, Israel's institution' institu-tion' uro crumbling. Souring inflation, Straight bwous mow star evBS... sparked largely by military spending, is such that a privileged minority is "waxing fat while the majority can scarcely meet its basic needs." At the same time, he claims, the Arabs living in Israel are becoming radicalized as a result of their segregation from ' important government govern-ment and business positions. And, he predicts serious trouble for Israel on the international diplomatic front, especially after the U.S. elections. In his estimation, the outlook for the Camp David accords is "hopeless" unless the United States puts pressure on Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians. Carter might take that step if re-elected, as might a victorious Ronald Reagan despite his pro-Israel campaign rhetoric. Either American pressure or a breakdown of the Camp David pact would damage Israel. Goldmann recalls that he has visited Israel dozens of times since he first went there in 1913, at the age of 18. But after his last trip a few months ago, he confesses, "I was never so shaken, concerned and bewildered." The present Israeli course, he concludes, is "the route to destruction" and that "would be more catastrophic catastro-phic to the Jews, morally and psychologically, than Auschwitz." As Goldmann's many Israeli critics point out, his prescriptions tend to be Utopian. He advocates a "totally neutral" Israel, whose neutrality wouid be guaranteed by the world powers as well as the Arabs. But his scenario for attaining that goal is vague. Nevertheless, his cry of alarm cannot bo ignored, particularly in the light of his experience and stature. Despite his harsh tone, he has Israel's long-range interests at heart as should every reasonable person. Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1980 John Clarkson It's alright to kill for the food and sport. But it must be tough looking at those big brown eyes and then blowing a hole through its head. y V Debbie Foss-Nielson I think it depends upon the manner in which it's approached. People who hunt with respect for the balance of nature, I condone. I am not for the organized slaughter for sport only. j ' Francine Valline I've got very mixed emotions. I'm against killing animals. But after being in Utah for 10 years, I see it is a way of life here. I don't like the idea of killing animals, but if it is going to happen, I hope all of the animal is utilized for food and necessary clothing. Weekly ;Reagan Has Second Thoughts About Religious Connections Washington Ronald Reagan has discovered that religion and politics can be an explosive mixture. He thought it would be good politics to join the Rev. Jerry Falwell for some old-time religion. Falwell heads a fundamentalist Christian crusade called the Moral Majority. But he seems more zealous about politics than morality. For example, some of his disciples have supported one congressman who was caught soliciting sex and another who was photographed accepting a bribe. Apparently, the Moral Majority leadership admired them more for their conservative politics than their Christian morality. Reagan is embarrassed embar-rassed by the Moral Majority's close embrace, sources close to his campaign tell us, and is now trying to back away from it. Meanwhile, Reagan also sent a message to the Voice of Hope, which purports to be a Christian radio station in Lebanon. Actually, it's a terrorist-supporting terrorist-supporting radio station operated by a renegade Christian army officer named Major Saad Haddad. He has used the Voice of Hope in attempts to extort money from the Lebanese government by threatening to shell civilians. Once he fired a broadside into a Boy Scout jamboree, killing four children and wounding 13. Last month, this same Voice of Hope broadcast Reagan's "congratulations" and "best wishes." The message was sent by a Reagan aide who thought the Voice of Hope was a legitimate Christian missionary radio station. So now Reagan is delicately trying to extricate himself from the religious fanatics. He would appreciate their votes, but not their embrace. Newspaper Subscription Rates. Publisher. Kditor Advertising Sales General Manager Business Manager ('rl,l'hlt's Kl')0l'u'ls Photo Kditor Typesetting Subscription & Classifieds. Filtered a second-class matter May 25. 11177. at the post office in Park C ity. 18117. Published every Thursday at Park City, Utah. Second-class postage paid Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs are welcome and will be considered for publication, however The Newspaper will assume no responsibility for the return of such material. All news, advertising and photos must be received prior to the Tuesday noon deadline at our office 4 111 Main Street in Park City, by mail P.O Box 718 Park City. I t. 84iHi!. or by calling our office (HIM XUll-ltiiH. Publication material must be received by Tuesday noon for Thursday publication. Richard Lanman I fail to see how anyone could view killing as a sport. Deer hunting might be justified solely on the grounds of the need for food, though certainly not as sport. From a cost point of view, I seriously doubt it cou,'d be justified either. There is something definitely strange about someone who would enjoy prowling through the woods after a defenseless animal . Mike Busio I like deer hunting, but there are too many hunters now and I've gotten away from wanting to kill anything. It's been too commercialized, like everything else. SpecM by State of the Navy: Only three of America's 12 aircraft carriers are nuclear-powered. There are confidential confiden-tial plans to deploy a fourth one in 1983, but it won't add another carrier to the fleet. It will merely replace a non-nuclear carrier. A top-secret Pentagon report lays out the deterioration of the naval fleet in, grim language. According to the report, the Navy can execute and support a war in the Atlantic or in the Pacific oceans. The problem is, it can't defend both oceans at once. Several skirmishes would virtually cripple our naval defenses. According to the top-secret report: "The requirement for the continuous presence of at least one carrier group in the Indian Ocean or Persian Gulf strains the capability of the Navy to meet needs in the Mediterranean and Western Pacific." Soft Swirl: Apparently the makers of Fleishman's and Blue Bonnet margarines margar-ines were more worried about a soft swirl than safety. Three years ago, Standard Brands which makes the margarines started using a chemical called acrylontrile in their packaging. The substance, which is a plastic derivative, makes the margarine swirl nicely. Other chemicals tried by the manufacturer just couldn't keep the swirl looking tasty. But acrylontrile not only makes margarine swirl, it also may cause cancer. Last spring the Food and Drug Administration sampled a number of margarines. They found that samples of both Fleishman's and Blue Bonnet margarines had traces of the plastic in the products. $6 a year in Summit County. $12 a year outside Summit County Published by Ink, Inc. USPS 378-730 ; ; David Hampshire. Rick Broutrh k . .. -IK I A, . wr-' N i. fx -rX ft' : : 8 urn. Mi i hi I Jack Anderson 1 ar ,1" Now officials claim that they've stopped using the chemical in their margarine and before long, there will be no tubs of Blue Bonnet or Fleishman's margarine contaminated with acrylontrile available in stores. But Safeway's Lucerne products still use the plastic in packaging chicken salad and jalapeno spread. Campaign Inflation: Running for public office is getting more expensive every year. Over the past four years, the price of a thousand political campaign buttons has jumped from $44 to $60. Bumper stickers, which cost a reasonable 16 cents each in 1976, today cost 20 cents apiece. Congressmen running for re-election this year will spend an average of $200,000 on their campaigns. Partial Warranty: The Chrysler company's advertisements say that its officials are so confident of their new K-Car's quality that they'll offer a 30-day, 1,000-mile money-back guarantee. guaran-tee. But don't count on it. Only participating dealers offer the warranty. warran-ty. And, according to our staff's unofficial, spot survey, the offer is only being made by 30 to 60 percent of the car company's dealerships. Dead Bills: An estimated 20,000 to 22,000 different pieces of legislation are introduced in Congress every year.. Usually, 500 to 600 bills survive to receive final action on the floors of the House or Senate. Two measures that met an early death this year were entitled "National Skylab Is Falling Day" and "The Uncrazying of Federal Regulations." (c),1980 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Jan W'ilking Rpttina Mnpnrh Jan wik, Bi, Djckson Terry Hogan Rick Lanman Beckv WiHpnhniisp o-- Phyllis Rubenstein Kathy Deakin, Dixie Bishop Anne Bennett Utah 840S0, under the Act of March 3 at Park Citv I'tah s |