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Show The Daily Utah 68 VOLUME 104 NUMBER iroracie THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH'S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1890 King pays tribute S3 THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1995 to her father's life still Non-violen- ce noble cause. Rev. Bernice King says if" itC T BY HEATHER MAY Chronicle Staff Writer Today Viewpoint: Honor civil 5 rights on Monday. Ethnic clubs Twitch: : on campus .Tl Sports: Hockey ...6 resolves lockout btrstrn I sis "What can an boy like me do?" The poignant question asked by an audience member following i r Rev. Bernice King's speech seemed to reflect the hope inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s youngest daughter. celebration As part of a three-dafor Human Rights Day, King spoke to the community about the need for and her father's legacy of "Nonviolence in a Violent World." Despite being only 5 years old at the time of her father's death, King said, "He breathed a very part of himself into me." King emphasized that although her father's body is gone, the spirit Rev. Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. was on campus of his dreams still lingers. nity about the need of the nation may "Although they Popularity was not a considerahave slain the dreamer, the vision- -' glimpse into why the world pauses his dream. tion for King. "Ultimately, a real ary, the leader ... they will not slay to pay tribute to the spirit of what he. represented, "Always remember that Martin leader is not a searcher of consen: because truth crushed to the- earth King was more than a civil rights sus, but a molder of consensus" . he was . really ja ( human King said. ..leader rises again. , . T''" I The most important aspect of his According to King, keeping her rights leader" she said. besides his visionary and human for' -, selfcan. If. character, fight father's dream alive requires people that the "can passionate attributes, was his sacrireflection and commitment. truly say rights, they ficial nature and his "vision of God Luther of Martin dream Jr. man the King "Martin Luther King, in the human." of their of out flows You veins, out have were one. the and legends is lost, she said, when peoshe their of life," their out Hope service loins, than do more to pay lip said. ple cannot see beyond themselves you have to pay hie service." and their needs. Martin Luther King was couraHer brief but intimate relation"As Martin King said, a person ship with her father offers a geous, she said. y self-reflecti- TffeNation UUUJIU Utah gang bust . SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -More than two dozen suspected gang members and drug dealers have been busted in a massive sting operation. Nearly 100 officers scattered throughout the Salt Lake f Valley and : simultaneously7 raided several homes before . dawn Wednesday, rousing 26 persons suspected of crimes. : . Altogether, 30 suspects were charged with felonies ranging from burglary to drug trafficking. Four suspects were not immediately found. ' "We got a lot of bang for our buck," said Salt Lake Metro Gang Unit Lt Scott , Atkinson. "We've identified new gang members and taken some of the major players off see "gang" on page 2 , ; v Look - OTTAWA (AP) Top offi-dais at the Canadian Foreign Affairs Department are each getting a new window on the world. view Trouble is, the . n. - r:. " -- t- . - ';Jir-- y Jt r'fct f gold-tinte- d amount because matching glass was not available for the old windows, says a document obtained by the newspaper. Slapdash replacement would ' have caused "a visual checkcr-se- e 20-yea- r- m 1 """ N .?r:Z.y t CHRONICLE rHOTO The Daily Utah Chronicle 240 Union Building University of Utah . Salt Lake City. Utah 84112 Shirley Weathers, Research director and lead welfare reform expert at Utah Issues, spoke at the Hinckley Institute about approaches to reform government services to the poor. Utah Issues is a private, "advocacy organization" that tries to affect policies "to improve the indiquality of life for viduals," Weathers said. After stating that "many myths surround this debate" and that a person's response "all depends," Weathers gave the history of welfare. Begun during the Depression Era to help widows and orphans until the mother married again, and redirected in the 1960's to serve as more of a "safety net" to temporarily help the poor, the program now centers around Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). low-incom- , g I "Canada" on page 4 Have you seen news happen? Call The Daily Utah Chronicle and tell us about it: 581-704- 1 BY STEPHEN SPENCER Chronicle Staff Writer non-prof- it the Ottawa River for a handful of senior bureaucrats at' the department They could have been replaced for about $30,000, the Ottawa Citizen newspaper ' murdered. "Anytime a country invests more money in military defense, in greed and in exploitation, and not see "King" on page 4 should not neglect those relying on it, speaker says will cost taxpayers $2.5 million. i ; A few foggy windows were obscuring a panoramic view of said. Instead, the department decided to spend 100 rimes that not willing to die for something is not fit to live. Until you do that find something to die for your life will not really begin." King admonished the leaders of today for their lack of devotion to their causes. She noted that every 14 hours in the United States, a child under 5 is Move to reform welfare at Canada's waste ftmCru Lak yesterday sharing to the commuCkrtntcU JaMthM BarW Felton Spencer attempts to play defense with shoe in hand. After losing his shoe Spencer tried to call a timeout, but the refs didn't see him. So he ran down the court, blocked the shot, then called timeout. The crowd went crazy. To read more about the game, see page 6. e Single parents who meet certain criteria, including the requirement that they must be unemployed, receive a cash payment and a corresponding amount in food stamps. a mother For the average family the monthly with two children payment in Utah is $426 a month, plus $280 in food stamps. More than 92 percent of all families on welfare are headed by a woman. One of the major problems with welfare, Weathers said, is that it fails to address recent changes in families and in the economy. "We don't have a welfare system that is set up to facilitate, or to respond to, a goal of - - "The safety net is tattered," she said, and emphasized that rebuilding this "net" is a goal of Utah Issues. But deciding what's wrong depends on what you personally believe, Weathers said. While no one disputes that "poverty is really the enemy ... for some welfare's see "welfare" on page 4 CORRECTION misYesterday's story, "Mansion willed to U. Fine Arts," inadvertently her referred to husband, George S. spelled Dolores Dor Eccles and Chronicle apologizes for the error. Eccles, as Gordon Eccles. The it Org. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT Non-Pr- of U.S. |
