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Show Behind The Day's News SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1961 United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD A' miliof whose name friend mine tary was in headlines during World War II was thinking out1 loud the other evening. This is ,what he Chance At a Miracle have no really effective alternative to the austere general. They were not prepared to rebuff him. They appreciate, too, that they cannot stand still on the Algerian issue. They may not like the direction in which De Gaulle proposes to move toward a strong measure ' of Algerian but they,- know they cannot live forever with the terrible economic and military drain Algeria now President Charles de Gaulle unquestionably is now embarking upon what must inevitably be the most critical days of his entire career as leader of France. Algeria, everyone understands, Is France's toughest problem. The referendum De Gaulle has won on it in any the issue does degree. It is simply a mandate to him to continue trying to solve it. De Gaulle won the mandate partly because he made it a clear test of his leadership. Most Frenchmen grasped the fact that they self-determinati- not-solv- e Gemini By Numerous groups have claimed credit for electing John F. Kennedy as president. Because of the closeness of the election, it's hard to dispute any, of theml Latest to join the list is astrologer A. H. Walker of St. Augustine, Fla., who credit's his "Astrologers for Kennedy "Clubs" with doing the trick. . Walker estimates there are 10 million astrologers; in the country ("not counting! the newspaper readers ), j . - following possibilities: "Science and technology now have readied a state which makes it possible to place in space weapons which can control the people of the earth. Such weapons can be developed for an expenditure of a few billions of dollars . represents., and be available by 1970 to 1973. "The Russians undoubtedly are aware of .this possibility. "They, or we may soon propose that space be reserved for peace-- . fu-purposes, and that no weapons "be placed If such an. agreement were made, we would keep it and no funds would be appropriated for space weapons. The Russians can be expected to ' go full out, despite any treaty or agreement, to develop such weapin-or- , ; ons'. Forced to Surrender "Thus, in 1970 or thereabouts people of the United States would be defenseless against; Russian . m By j . I y r' "WW-WW - w -- . wv?' f p w j i j; to a year. . ! The Chopping Editor Herald: Mark ' Anderson Power Plant, as opponents call Provo Power, is the: largest consumer of public power in the Inter?, moucitjain West and is, therefore, the target against which private power and their monopolies "stooges" concentrated their "heavy-artillerrfire for many years. Proo Power already has the building available in which to . unit install a generator ' similar to large the last and tins larger unit should be submittedi tola bond-vot- e and preser ted immediately to the people of Provo for approval. With Provo Power selling all their electricity within a short radius of the plant, the larger unit cbuld run practically at full capacity and 'make a profitable investment, Since the .bower rates were raised to the larger consumers in Provo,! these consumers have becomle antagonistic toward Provo Power. This condition should be. partially corrected in order to :encourage more good will frtom disgruntled customers. Ane incoming Democratic administration isj causing the oi the Mark Anderson Plant to become panicky. But Provo Power has played the wind and it may reap the whirlwind- More ind bigger municipal nower plants is what? big power interests don't want! f Gerald Henrie y" 'T are fast approaching the end of the Eisenhower Era, which has been characterized by one religious writer as, "The era of Piety on the Potomac." People of religious bent will think that it has helped, and others of us will think the 'prayers emanating from the White House have been largely wasted so far as - r'ln ! v .. f : j practical results are concerned. Certainly; no president has ever used Mr. Robertson the word of God so many times as Mr. Eisenhower, but the peace and prosperity he thought to attain seems as remote as ever. It is possible that God thinks we haven't done all we could to help ourselves. Socially, we have more snobbery than ever before, and our economic habit is still founded on greed. The chief hope of the world, it seems to me, is that there are signs that we- - are becoming a little more and the Com-yeaa little munists are beginning to! more toward more freedom of the indi- vidual. There are only vague indications of either as yet, but we may hope that moderation in both camps may enable us to arrive at a livable solution without resorting to devastating warf The recent election was ja hopeful sign. Mr. Nixon ran on a promise to maintain the status quo. Successful Mr. Kennedy asked the American people to make sacrifices in order that we might move forward. It was .meaningful mostly as showing that the psople didn't want j to settle back in comfortable complacency. How far, if at all, we shall advance will 'depend largely on the people's willingness to accept changes. Like Mr Elsenhower, the new president is a man of good will, but their background cannot help but make their attitude different. More than any other man except Herbert Hoover Mr. Eisenhower has in his own person realized The Great American Dream that any boy can "become wealthy and rise to become president. , That took energy and persistence and is deserving of great praise, yet far too often no one has such; contempt for the weak and unsuccessful as those who have succeeded. Mr. Eisenhower .never was on intimate terms with poverty, and he has never shown a profound sympathy for the weak and unfortunate, i Mr. Kennedy, though raised in wealth was brought up in a later time where it is understood that some people have to be" helped. Like Franklin D, Roosevelt he -- eems to have, the ability to put himself in another man's place. It is enough that he can understand their situation even though he may not be a particularly sympathetic person himself. His willingness to help should be more beneficial than Mr. Eisenhower's moral indignation against socialism. Mr Eisenhower had the benefit of free 'medical St A f social-minde- d, rn j " j j ; - one-installe- d, n j They Sure Did v v1 4. ' mM : mza&F i . Here's an item few taxpayers will question: The Federal governr ment took in more money in taxes during the fiscal year that ended last June 30 than any year in That averto out aged slightly over $508 for every; person in the country. Ed Koterba t She Started Dancing Lessons at Age 74 WASHINGTON benefit practically all his life yet few have: been more set against; socialized medicine than he. The new administration will have a more humane approach. j. The general good will extended to Mr. Kennedy at the beginning of his term will last no longer than the first move he makes to better conditions for the poor. He will step on somebody's toes and at jonce become the object of abuse. What will be required is the courage to make' enemies.) The man who tries to make everybody love him will wind up with the devotion of none. Unemployment is ' going to be one of the major issues. To treat an unemployed man as a mere statistic is the easy way to dear with the problem, but to the unemployed man it is a matter pf grim survival, of whether he can feel honor or humility. Nothing is more corthan a willingness to roding to character ' work and the inability to find it. I know, because I have faced the situation myself. Gene Debs used to say, "So long as there is a single child unfed 1 must feel hunger." Mr. Kennedy cannot feed the unfed, but he can arouse the public conscience This will be one of the tests of his stature. There is no. use for us to expect miracles. If the new administration is to succeed it mustLknow its goals and ' drive toward them, Mr. Kennedy may as well as cannonad- -' expect; and the way he stands up under ing, them will measure him as a statesman. He is going to meet many defeats and achieve few victories. The country has drifted for eight years; but the new mood has shown that it is tired of, drif though few Will agree on the definite trend it should take. All Kennedy can do is try to steer some definite course. . Eisenhower depended on" the. rich and successful. He never got away from the philosophy that what is good for' General Motors is good for the country. Kennedy seems to believe that what is good for the people is good for the country. I hope he will show the fortitude to stick . to that premise. , ' , pin-pric- ks ng j . So : X-- i The End of an American Era We They Say j At age 74, Elizabeth Lewis started dancing lessons. This was while she was enrolled as a first time student at New York University. Mrs. Lewis is nearly 83 now, and she showed. u? at t.i White House ; Conference on Aging, a e four-da- y statisstudy of I can as So tics. far determine, Mrs. Lewis was 1 the only statistic to show up. old-ag- f'X She her got as invitation a special guest a through man. Congress standing of their, position. One can be an agreement on arms hopeful that reached. control can be MIT scientist Dr. Jerome B. Weisner, back from scientific conference in Mos ... cow. The opinions Koterba terest in her views. Still, they're the soundest I heard the entire convention. an untimid pink velvet hat when I bumped into her in the hotel lobby. "It's not necessary to grow old," she said. She had determined not to, she said, when she was 69. It was the i that she learned how to accomplish this. It's not done with mirrors, but with attitudes. She was living in Richmond, Va., then her ambitions limp, her purposes in life effete. After all, she had done1 her share on this earth: "reared seven children, six of them on her own after she was widowed so many years ago. Annoyed by this mental fatigue, she made her way to a geronto-logis- t. "He said' she said, "that I was showing definite signs of aging." Subsequent therapy toned her up physically, "But it was my attitude that would determine my couse," she said. Now she was thinking her philosophy out loud: "Your attitude determines what happens to you. 'You must be forward-lookincheerful, optimistic. You must have a purpose in living a purpose big enough to be worth living for . . V-So excited was she about her new look on old age that she determined to spread her doctrine to others. That, then, would be her purpose in life j She set off for New York to seek the best ways to do it. And ended up, at 79 years of age, with a bachelor of arts degree at NYU. It took her eight years, for life had too many others things to take her time. For one thing, she Joined a small nbn-xNew Horisons, ' teaching older folks how to live successfully. Now she's president. And then thert were those pro She was wearing g, " $ grc-r-p- i , j . Now, as Mrs. Lewis walks, her tall, slim body moves gracefully. No one would guess she was over 60. And I could see from the determination in her radiant face that she had a worthwhile purpose in life enough purpose, .she Thankful for Good Care Received at Utah Valley. Hospital ' For 10 years I have 'been pestered with a condition which has given me much misery and distress. At lasfj I went to a doctor and told jhimjthe story. An exam- ination followed. He said we will see other doctors; and form a united opinion. They asked if h wanted the operation .and I said that's what I cam? for. I was Jin the hospital six days, and was' very! comfortable; everything so clean, desirable and com- Claims for Germ Killers Are Not All-Embrac- ng . arising from unwarranted claims made in behalf of germ killers. , To take the i simplest example, let us assume that you rinsed your 1 1Kb. Dr. Hyman the treated area. Yet, within an hour or so at the very most, examination of the recently, sterlized area would surely reveal a ' bacterial population that differed little, if at aU, from, that which was present before the germicide was applied. If this observation were not correct, doctors and nurses would not ;. have to put on sterile rubber gloves after they'd completed a surgical- scrub of .their hands, Take another example. Let us assume that you've xut your finger and joured a germicide' into the wound. If you used a concentrated ed j solution, you'd be apt to give your- self a chemical burn and thus provide the bacterial invaders with a rich supply of dead tissue on which they could feed, grow. fat and mul--tipl- y. ' j If you used a weaker concentra tion, that would be. further diluted by the blood and tissue fluids that continue to ooze out of the cut surfaces, you might kill some bacteria hut the survivors would soon make up for these losses by reproducing new generations every 20 minutes '. y .r What then, you may ask, is the meaning of tests 'that show complete absence of bacterial growth . in glass test tubes or plates after i . - . j. fections. . I- - s j Q'sandA's In A Millett ' ' ) ! ' - j , A hfatibnjal Complaint Week VVoiildl Clear the Air U. , y mythology what are the names of the "Three Fates who rule the lives of men? A Clotho, spinner of the thread; Lachesis measures iia length; Atropos cuts the thread ' ; u , (of life). Q-- E. Di Jones ' i '!-- . ' ' I Just read a magazine article called "Why Don't We Complain?" which hammers home the point that Americans are so anxious to be unobtrusive that we're getting downright mealy-mouthe-getting Those aren't the authors; words but they're his sentiments. , Come to think of it maybe we don't complain as often as we should. "At T rVu i d. . -- u considered nii pleasant wc uxajruK vin e 10-min- ute - or so. Ruth! . -- j i i . unlikely proposi tion that, by your action, you com- pletely-steriliz- teria and bacteria, just as there are various kinds of animals, j Some of the bacteria that live on our skin surfaces and in our body cavities do us neither harm nor good. They are called commensals which means literally that we dine with them at the same table (mensa: table). With other bacterial species vie have mutual assistance pacts. These allies are called symbions which means that 'the survival of each of us is dependent to a degree, on the survival of the other. The myriads of 'colon bacilli, for example, that live in our intestinal tracts .perform important functions for us. Indeed, we would have difficulty surviving without them. When-wkill them "off as we oc- - , casionally must before an intestinal operation, we're apt to get ourselves into very serious difficulties. They, on the other hand, cannot continue to exist unless we continue to exist. Finally there are the really villainous bacteria or pathogens. Many pathogens are easily destroyed in test tubes which is much like breaking clay pigeons in a shooting gallery. Killing them in the human body is more like stalking wild animals in the jungle and having to shoot them while they're charging. Killing commensals and symbions, whether in test tube or in the body, ia like going hunting and coming home with a string of pussy cats while tigers and lions , continue to roam in the woods back of the house, Scientists must do better than that if we're ging to, wipe out the common cold, epidemics of in flu- - , enia, poliomyelitis and other in- -- I highly recommend the Utah Valley Hospital and teven praise them for their service. After 30 days I feel fine and thankful for everything. A new life full of hope ' for the continuation of happiness. God bless Utah Valley nurses, . If mouth, gargled or sprayed your nose with a germicide. Let tus also accept the fortable, they've been treated with germicide? They have very little meaning, I'm afraid. You see there are bac- By Dr. Harold Thomas Hyman Unhappy consequences may result from a false sense of security, !' aster in the futurei million old folks, society wouldn't. Editor Herald: The action, of our city council in passing the recent dancing in taverns measure bears careful scrutiny. Like sheep they have fol lowed the le?d of other nearby communities hoping to save the lucre which some businessmen feel is slipping from their fingers j To justify what appears to be purely a mercenary maneuver the claim is asserted that the issue was dancing, not drinking, and dancing 'is an innocent pastime! The real issue is making places where alcohol is sold attractive and desirable. What type of dancf . ingjean we expect to see conducted where the room is smoke filled, lights are low, and curtains or window paint .ckxset the drinkers (and now dancers-- ) from public gaze? By confining our taverns to drinking purposes we at least can guarantee the activity involved.' Secondly, it appears that some are intent, to protect with their . position the rights of the minority. This is a noble stand when the issue involved actually is a 'matter of the majority unjustly encroaching upon the rights of the minority. By using the same logic, unguardedly, we should release the prisoners, the addicts, the prostitutes to roam our streets rather than curtail their "freedom.". It as an accepted fact that, alcohol in any form is a cancer to our society. Its effects in terms jof lives ruined, property destroyed, and fortunes dissipated is stagger, ing. Pushed by a solvent advertising system everything is being ' done to legitimatize and glamorize drinking. Dancing in taverns is merely another small-tow-n step in this movement. If, a place where drinks (beer or otherwise) is sold can become also a social center then it doesn't take much' imagi-- f nation to associate drinking also with socializing. This trend is already rffecting the youth of America too much, ii sincerely hope that the city council will place" this matter up to the vote of the citizenry of the community and gather the best available facts on the effects that such an action will have upon the morals of the com muni ty Eldon L. Haag, 344 N. 1st E. j j . V i Editor Herald: Don t neglect your bodies. When help is needed to sustain good health, go to your doctor. Let him tell you what .to do to prevent dis- , The Doctor Says ference showed any official in- -, Di I cles." one at Ed said, to last her for the rest of her years. If there is frustration, it was found in this sigh of lament: "We've got to do something with all this power this wisdom that we old folks have." She paused: "But society just keeps pushing us aside " If there only were enough Elizabeth Lewises among the 25 fessional dance lessons. "Old people," she said, "get unsteady; on their feet from lack of exercise. Dancing strengthens the mus- no However, the con- .. In Moscow, I was heartened by the fact that the Russians got better understanding of our position on arms control; and, I believe, we now have a clearer under- and statements exHerald columnists are by pressed their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of this newspaper. Dancing in Taverns v Issue Should Be Placed Before Voters hive Block! By FRANK C. ROBERTSON - . The ion x The United States jand Russia seldom agree on anything, so it is news when Prayda, the official Communist newspaper, denounces flying saucers as "faritastic fairyr tales." The U.S. Air Force has long held the same view. Now the only task remaining is to convince those little green men. . . . Joe, "sort of, "Yeah," But orbital H4xmib this maybe. no is . ' fable." Suggests Bond Vote On Large Unit For Provo Power Plant miracle. Area of Agreement . , said 4 In virtually every approach he has made to the Algerian problem, De Gaulle has proved himself preeminently the statesman. But 'to crack this major dilemma seems to require nothing less than the powers of a miracle maker. A large share of in France and Algeria have given De Gaulle the additional opportunity he demanded to attempt the the-populatio- ocles, isn't it." Rolling Out the 'Red' Carpet their numbers warrant. The Navy has made a inal assessment of the damage to ' the carrier Constellation, (which was gutted by fire at Brooklyn Navy Yard. The cost: 47.9 million dollars. The Constellation is expected to be ready for sea by next December- a' seven-mont- h delay. Earlier esti mates had put it at nine months re-ent- ry consider and about which they should inform themselves. Joseph L. Myler is the very competent writeif and reporter who experts fa United Press International the news lof tii atom. . , " . ; "Joe," I said to him, "what's this optimum weapon my" friend is talking about." "Oh, you know," Joe replied, "it's that orbital H4cmb. You put it in abit and under electronic control it spins around the earth 'until you decide where you want it to hit. Then, still under control, you .bring it over tne and let 'target, obtain its itgo. Bocoom!" "This' space weapon," I said, "sort jpof like the sword of Dam- too-ne- ar t Fire ' . 1 Baptism r'. -- ; - . today," he means exactly that So, too, when:; he says that, under certain conditions, the people of the United States would be defenseless and would have to sue render, he means it in absolute terms , and in the future, say about 12 to 15 years hejce. , Expert on Atoms This, ther, is something for the citizens of the United States ' to ! opti-mu- . bit; .'; space weapons. Under such conditions, the United States would be forced to surrender. "The antidote to such catastro-- . phe is to proceed with all speed, energy and effort to develop weapons in space. Equal priority must be given to the earliest development of defense systems against space weapons. "No othoor problem facing the United States today is of equal importance or fraught with such fatef'JLl 'consequences." My military friend is an intel-- i ligent man of sound Judgment J When he uses such words as "the greatest danger our country, faces' -- ... j on self-determinat- , ; 4 ;thought:v' "The greatest danger our country faces today flows from the How it will be ended is still the' The Algerian rebels, ' great .puzzle. Gaulle's De many sincere despite not have overtures, yet come to the bargaining table. The bloodshed goes on. Tens of thousands of less violent Moslems in Algeria declined to take part in the big referendum. ' No one knows to what extent, if any, they will not participate in the various Algerian assemblies which must be formed if is to. become the reality De Gaulle seeks. On the other side, it is thoroughly plain, that the Europeans in Algeria, not to mention strong elements in the French army, are still substantially opposed to any solution which giyes the Algerian Moslems the inevitable ascendancy . eapdn LYLE C. WILSON. By Poieiri'lria ' A t1 . S X . axiAlOUS lO De UCOnspiCUOUS, t tO D6 and easy to please that "we dont out in cry outraged indignation when we really should. ... with all the other Maybe what! we need-alospecial days and weeks we celebrate Is a Complaint Week. During that one week of the year aU of us $ jviiss, jvir, ana Mrs. Milquetoasts could make a spe-- ' I cial effort to overcome our? shyness and reluctance. to stand up for our rights and complain at the top of our lungs whenever we feel we have been put uponi instead of mild grumbling or philosophical shrugs Ruth Millett we could, during Complaint Week, register our com plaints where they might do some good. During C Week we wouldn't say "Why doesn't someone do someWe would do it ourselves. thing about During C Week we would stand right up in meeting and speak-oupiinds, instead of sitting meekly by and voting with the majority even though: we don't think with the majority. C Week could be so successful that one week would be all ' we would need.t After a week of standing up for our rights we ' might! find it is so much more fun and so much more rewarding than goinf around meekly trying not to offend anyone that we would be confirmed" complslners. For so long, everybody has been so intent on winning friends and not irritating anyone that asserting ourselves might prove so exhilarating we wouldn't give it up after a week's trial run. Things might not be so peaceful. But they would be a lot more interesting if more of us would exercise the right to say, "I protest." nr ; , w j , - . such-and-such- ?" r |