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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Three Thursday, January 16, 1992 U.S. senatorial candidate presents videos on Kennedy assassination C ampins? Tmiiii!"TRr!'r II I I J Kennedy assassination. It will also include a computerized enhancement of the famous Mary Moorman photograph. Kopitke contends that By Jim Rice Chronicle Staff Writer Although John Fitzgerald Kennedy was laid to rest more than 28 years ago, renewed interest in the Kennedy murder has people once again speculating on whether he was shot by a lone vigilante gunman or was the victim of a conspiracy. A video presentation documenting the Kennedy assassination will be shown Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Union Building. The presentation is being conducted by Kyle Kopitke, a Utah Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate. Kopitke is stressing the need to the Kennedy assassination and open secret Justice Department files as an aspect of his ne platform. "Why are we bothering with this thing 28 years ago? The question is if they killed John Kennedy, did they also kill Bobby Kennedy? And, the question is raised, did they change tne fundamental direction of America? If they killed Kennedy, the answer is yes," Kopitke said. The video presentation will include actual film footage of the the photograph proves a second assassin was involved. "You can see his eyes, his ears and the muzzle blast from this guy's gun.. ..Mary Moorman was standing behind Kennedy. She had a Polaroid camera and took the picture about a sixth of a second after the fatal shot was fired. As that picture is blown up, you can definitely see the gunman on the grassy knoll," Kopitke explained. In 1964, the Warren Commission, a committee charged with the investigation of the assassination, released its findings that stated a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, fired three shots from the Texas School Book Depository Building behind Kennedy, killing him. The commission stated that no conspiracy existed. The committee's files have been sealed until the year 2029, Kopitke said. Although disappointed that the Warren Commission files are sealed and aware that there are "painfully unanswered questions" regarding the assassination, U. political science professor J.D. Williams does not discount the commission's findings. "I'm deeply opposed to the fact that those records should be locked up from our view," Williams said. "I had, and have, substantial confidence in the members of the Warren Clornmission," he added. Kennedy was the victim of a conspiracy arranged by big oil company elements interests and rogue from the Central Intelligence Agency, Kopitke said. Oil companies were threatened because of Kennedy's "New Frontier" policy looking into new forms of energy and elimination of nuclear power, Kopitke explained. Kopitke said he believes the CIA was responsible for the assassination because Kennedy was soft on communism an example of which was his refusal to invade Cuba. Also, Kennedy had plans to restructure the CIA, he said. Utah legislator Kelly Atkinson, Lake, said he shares a concern for the many unanswered questions D-S- surrounding the Kennedy assassination. Atkinson said he is proposing to draft a resolution for the current Utah legislative session, asking the Justice Department to open the Warren Commission files. Briefs II I I IV L Trade imbalance caused by U.S., economist says President Bush should have visited Capitol Hill instead of Japan if he really wanted to create jobs and balance America's trade with the rest of the world, a University of Utah economist said. Stephen Reynolds, associate professor of economics and a specialist in international trade, said it is domestic economic policies, not Japanese protectionism, that creates trade imbalances. "In the first place, there is no reason to think American trade should be in balance with any particular country," Reynolds said. "The only meaningful question to ask is whether we import more than we export, in total." It's especially absurd, he said, to expect the Japanese to buy as many automobiles or any particular product from America as we buy from them. "My students, in effect, pay me to educate them in economics, but they do not expect me to pay them for economics lectures in return. Instead, they earn money to pay tuition by doing what they do best. We are not better off paying to do each other's laundry." A simplified illustration of Reynolds' theory might be that Americans buy Toyotas from the Japanese who use the money to buy Leica cameras, so that Germans can buy oil, so that Arabs can buy Cadillacs. It's a multinational economy, Reynold explained. Prosperity results from trade only because each country sells what it produces better and more cheaply than others and buys from those who can produce goods more cheaply than they can. "Then we are all better off," Reynolds said. "Look at our trade with Japan in the transportation industry generally, instead of just automolbiles. Americans buy Japanese automobiles, while Japan buys American passenger airliners." America has become a borrower nation because of its own economic policies, Reynold says. News media accounts often look only at merchandise, not the total flow of goods and services. But Reynolds acknowledged that America is importing about $60 billion more per year than it exports (about a third the rate of prerecession 1987). "It is a principle of economics that a country's net import of goods ana services must be balanced by increased net foreign demand for its assets. These demands take the form of land and factory ownership, stocks issued by U.S. corporations and government securities. "This is not necessarily bad. In the early 19th century, we imported more than we exported, facilitating the inflow of capital from foreign investors, notably the British, which was used to build railroads and industrialize America. "Then as American production increased, we 'paid back' the loans and accumulated claims against assets through a period of trade surplus that lasted nearly 100 years," he said. dean to appear monthly on 'KTALK' radio program U. " JS 'f To establish a stronger link between the University of Utah and the people it serves, a university administrator will appear monthly on a talk show and then remain in her office to take f , J l ,..m """ ,..m. CHKOHICU PHOrOJudd H HiBmon which allegedly Kyle Kopitke will discuss the Mary Moorman photograph of Kennedy's assassination, proves a second assassin was involved. HAVE YOU MADE "A LASTING IMPRESSION" THIS YEAR? The Bennion Center provides students, staff, faculty and alumni with service opportunities. In addition to nearly fifty ongoing service projects, the Dennion Center has the following volunteer needs. care to a man with Multiple Sclerosis. The One Volunteer is needed to provide volunteer is needed on Tuesdays and Thursdays for approximately five hours. If interested, contact Lois Yeats at University Home Care at 5814663. in-ho- Edison Elementary School needs help running a "just say no!" club for elementary school students. Volunteers would help with leadership of the group and would work directly with small groups of children. Volunteers are needed on Fridays from 2 p.m. Contact Carol 0 to volunteer. Mann at 12-2- 974-830- needs volunteers to tutor and mentor students at Bryant Intermediate School who are of these subjects and having problems with their math and science courses. Understanding students is all that is required. Those a desire to work with intermediate school-age- d 8 to volunteer. interested should contact Fanay Turner at MESA 538-764- Two volunteers are needed as soon as possible to help place microwave ovens in the homes of selected elderly people and to show them how to use the ovens. This is a wonderful Irene opportunity to interact with the elderly while providing a valuable service. Contact Fisher at the Bennion Center for more information. i$? MAKE A LASTING IMPRESSION - VOLUNTEER! 9 further telephone calls. Reba Keele, dean of undergraduate studies, will appear the second Tuesday of each month at 3 p.m. on KTKK ("KTALK"), 630 AM. She'll be a guest of Danny Kramer. The program will focus on the quality of educational service the U. provides to students, Keele said. Topics are expected to include the difficulty students have getting into desired classes, convenience of class scheduling, teaching quality and quality of library collections and service. The U. has often been the target of criticism from talk-radi- o callers. But when Keele appeared recently, several people called with important questions and even recommendations of the school. The station offers a worthwhile format for information exchange and the U. deserves to be represented there, Keele said. Program dates will be Jan. 14, Feb. 11, March 10, April 14, May 12 and June 9. Annual art exhibition open to all Utah undergraduates The University of Utah will host the 12th annual Intercollegiate Student Art Show Feb. Undergraduates at Utah colleges are invited to participate in this juried exhibition that will be held in the Alvin Gittens Gallery in the Art and Architecture Center on campus. Entries will be accepted at the gallery from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24 and Saturday, Jan. 25. Categories are: drawing, painting, printmaking, life drawing, graphic design, illustration, metals and photography, ceramics, sculpture, fibers, small exhibit an at awarded will Prizes be opening computer graphics. reception at noon, Thursday, Feb. 6. Dave Hickey, a critic of contemporary art and visiting professor at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, will judge the exhibition. He will also lecture at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the Art and Architecture Center. Students are limited to two entries per category and all entries must be framed and ready to hang. No glass will be accepted in clip frames larger than 16 inches by 20 inches. There is an entry 6-2- 6. fee of $3 per item. The show is sponsored by the student advisory committee of the art department. |
