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Show Editorial Page Feature' talk Dedicated to the Progress And Growth of Central Utah SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1969 A Self-Sufficie- S. nt Given $.10 billion and 10 years of peace, South Vietnam could be Or so claims made jf. report prepared for President Nixon by Daniel Lilienthal, former chairman of both the Tennessee Vnlley Authority and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and now head of a consulting firm, and Prof. Vu Quoc Thuc, South Vietnamese economist and minister of state. Although the plan envisions much of the money being1 raiped by the Saifron government, by private enterprise and by foreign investors, one's first impulse is to dispatch a telegram to Washington urging that we send them a check in the full amount forthwith. It would be cheap at several timeR the price. It would, in fact, be about of what the United States will have spent in 10 years in prosecuting the war at its past and current rate. That a mere $30 billion could, in the opinion of the experts, render . one-ten- th Vietnam South Vietnam economically underscores how wasteful and counterproductive war really is. The military investment the American taxpayer has made in Vietnam thus far could have made wealthy people of every man, woman and child in that country, by their standards. The essential premise upon which this economic master plan is predicated is, of course, peace. And that depends upon the willingness of North Vietnam to permit her sister nation to develop independently and unmolested. Years of war have not achieved that result. Months of negotiations in Paris may, according to the most realistic outlook, bring only a respite from concentrated harassment from the outside. It could be 10 years and many times $30 billion before South Vietnam attains the internal political stability and tranquillity it must have before it can even begin enjoying economic health. self-sufficie- nt, Mideast Situation: Possible Big Four Move By DOUG ANDERSON L'nitfd J'nss International The United States asked Britain, France and the Soviet Union this week to join in exploratory talks on the prospect of a Big Four effort to break the deadlock between the Arabs and Israel in the seething Middle East. The negotiations at the United Nations would .seek to determine whether there are grounds a for formal Four Big conference. Early approaches were expected to be tentative. "The one thing we don't want is a, Big Four meeting that fails," one diplomat said. No war. Diplomatic 1967 reports that 21 to 25 Jews had been released from the in Iraq where prison execution of 13 "Israeli spies" brought the Mideastcrn cauldron to a boil last week-ser- ved to ease tension somewhat. were released The Jews belipved to be the last of some 80 10 100 arrested at the time of the 1967 war to regain their freedom. international major clashes were reported in the Mideast during the week, but Israeli troops armed with nightsticks battled protestors in Gaa and Nablus cities in Arab Palestine occupied since the 500,-00- ' would be a sad day were So They Say Many who say that ours is a government of laws and not of men fail to realize that no law is but must be enacted, interpreted, applied and enforced by men. Sen. Karl E. Mundt, self-operati- R-S.- The Chopping Block New Lease on Life By FRANK C. ROBERTSON When I received some cards and letters from Provo a short time ago using the reverent words reserved for the dead I was puzzled until the Sunday Herald arrived and I rcac' what Dr. Nightingale had said about me in the Chopping Block. Like Mark Twain, I thought it was somewhat exaggerated, but I was flattered by the attention and it brought me those nice cards and letters from some of those pleasant girls from the Village Inn and a couple of old buddies I usad to meet there. So, instead of feeling prematurely buried, I felt as if I had a new lease on life. I like the custom of writing obituaries while the subject can read them himself. I have used the practice myself. By coincidence, when I got home from the hospital I found a Christmas card from Bowen Call, and along with it the program of his funeral sent me by my lister-in-IaUna, who married Bowen's brother John. I had known Bowen all the sixty-tw- o years of his life, and a couple of years ago I wrote a little tribute to him, which pleased him, and I am glad that I did. The outstanding quality I remembered about Bowen was the universal goodwill he radiated toward all mankind. I think that what people are should count more than what they have done. The past and the present gets mixed up in some unusual ways. As I this was correspondence getting straightened out I looked out and saw the ground being covered with snow a most unusual event for the San Joaquin Valley but it reminded me of blizzards I had gone through with Bowen's father, Israel Call, as we worked in the timber or when we fed aheep together a couple of winters. I recalled times when the wind was hard enough to blow hay out of the rack faster than Israel and I could pitch it Is. The little storm I wai now watching ; w seemed puny indeed as compared to those, but the next day I read where the damage to the citrus crop alone in Tulare County was estimated at twelve million dollars. It is fantastic how things will relate to another if you wait long enough and let your mind wander a little. Eventually, everything, now or in the past, will relate to people. For a while I wasn't caring much whether they pulled me through or not; then I got those cards and letters, and read my friend's article and I thought: "Hell, I'm too good a man yet to waste." I have had quite a few requests for odd writing jobs, but none that seemed more unappropriate than tnat I contribute to a cookbook, which fortunately had nothing to do with my culinary ability. The National Cowbelles are printing a cookbook and adding a bit of local history from various parts of the range. Hatasu H. Oleson, the historian of the Paradise Cowbelles, who still lives in the part of the country where I used to work, has asked me to contribute something about the people who lived thee before our time. So, if I could have done it, I might have found to a Cowbelle myself a contributor Cookbook. It might just happen anyway for I know a lot more about the old pioneers of that country than I ever knew about cookery. Mrs. Oleson told me a fasci"Ghost Rider" story about nating Roughy Howell, an old cowpoke we both knew. If we could just get through to him we would have all the information we needed. But that poses another question: which trail did the ghost riders take at the pass? Instead of trying to find Roughy I think I had better wait somewhere for him to find me. Mrs. Oleson reminded me that I had written some cheering letters to Roughy when he was spending his last days at her ranch. 1 hope I did. demonstrations at - Nixon announctd Thurday he will confer with Pope Paul VI in and chiefs of government Britain, West Germany. France, Belgium during a Western of nine-datour Europe starting Feb. 23 He told a news conference he will begin to planning for a possible visit Moscow when he returns from the European tour. and Italy y Jensen 4" Have No Conscience IT J 'V I've often wondered just how much movies really influtnce people. It looks like I may find out-so- on! In Steve McQueen's latest movie "Bullitt" he portrays a San Francisco detective. In one scene he wants to buy a newsvending marhine hut discovers all he has is paper from folding money. In the next minute he is seen opening the machine with a karate chop and extracting a copy of the Chronicle. Inasmuch as we have a few of those machines around I sure hope nobody gets the idea to throw H a karate chop instead of a dime. So if you know anyone who's considering it please let me know so I can give them a paper and save the machine. Speaking of vending machines, we have quite a few newsstands not of the vending type. We call them "honor" stands because they are open and just have a metal tube to deposit coins in. In other words, people can take a Herald out of these racks and let their conscience be their guide. Boy, I never realized there were so many people without a conscience. We estimate about 200 papers per day are lost to people who feel free to pinch a Herald off an open rack. And it wouldn't surprise me bit if it were these same people that we get all our complaints from. i A big letdown: Paris designer Andre Coorreges, a pioneer in raising hemlines, is liking the lead in letting them down again. And indeed it is a letdown for those of ui who count our No. 1 outdoor recreation. So far, only evening dresses are involved. But you know how it is in fashion a trend is a trend is a trend. I guess men can only resign themselves to the inevitable with a thigh or is that a sigh of regret It would be fitting I guess, to say that Andre the miniskirt. women's ft the lamp lifted high beside "the golden door" ever to flicker out and escapees from tyranny no longer be able to look to the United States for asylum. Yet it is uncomfortable to realize that for many of those who come from abroad, the opportunities are more abundant and the road to full citizenship in America is easier than it is for millions already among us who, for want of education and skills, are victims of another kind of oppression that we have barely begun to combat. Protest various Iraqi diplomatic missions m the West, notably the Arab nation's U.N. embassy in New York, were reported early in the week. AROUND THE ttUWKM): President WASHINGTON People Who Pinch There are also many highly skilled workers, and several American companies have come to the IRC to offer employment to them. Thus the Czech "brain drain" is actually helping U.S. industry and academic institutions to meet personnel shortages, says the IRC. It of spy possible continuation triaU in Iraq, which they say probably will depend on Iraqi assessment of the intensity of hostile international reaction. Bye Line by "Take Two Every Four Hours!" Helping Hand to the Downtrodden For 36 years, the International Rescue Committee has been aiding the victims of political tyranny, persecution and war. There is, regretfully, no asurances that it will not be engaged in the same admirable work 36 years from now. 0 In 1968, for example, about Cuban refugees entered the United States. The IRC, which helped about a fourth of these, predicts the number will be the game, or higher, this year. Relief work continues in Vietnam, where four million people have been uprooted by the war, Bia-fr- a and in the starvation-ridde- n of area Nigeria. A fresh human exodus was Bparked by the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia, Since last August, some 50,000 Czechs and Slovaks have sought asylum in the West. More than 1,000 have so far been settled in the United States. The flow is expected to continue in view of intensifying Soviet pressures against all liberal elements in Czechoslovakia. t The Czechoalovakian refugees as a group are unique in that there is an extraordinarily high proportion of intellectuals, professionals and cultural leaders among them people who were, and are, the leading targets of Soviet Israeli officials believe the release has no bearing on the In Today kMIIIlHUll III! kU U History llBBIMMMI The Almanac Hoed Desires of Family In Hospital-MedicService By United al follow. moon The Editor Herald: The account In your paper recently reporting babies born at home to two area couples brought to my mind several other couples whom I know or know of who have had home deliveries without a doctor. In a couple of cases, I know a doctor was desired but none would agree to come to the home to assist. The question as to why a couple would prefer to "do it yourself" brings a reply filled with unhappiness with the typical hospital experience in our valley. Because of complications which I've encountered with my two children, I feel I must avail myself of the medi after delivery. I've learned that there is growing unrest among women regarding maternity care in the U.S.A., even to an organization called the League of Liberated Women in the Eastern States. Perhaps the day is forthcoming when doctors, hospital staffs and administrators will be forced to give service hi accordance with the desires of those who pay for that service. Susan Hansen 558 N. Emery Ave. Orem Cabot Lodge, chief of American delegation, summarizing lengthy bargaining session at Vietnam talks: "It was a long day . . . the going was hard. There muit be no false optimism." A in its last The are morning stars Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. Venus The evening stars and Saturn. On this day in history: of House the In 1825, Representatives elected John Quincy Adams President after none of the candidates in the December, 1824 election received an electoral majority. In 1900 construction workers in Chicago voted to strike for an day. In 1943 Guadalcanal Japan evacuated the face of American milita- in overwhelming ry superiority. In 1950 Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy charged that the U.S. State Department was infested with Communists. A thought for the day: American poet Joaquin Miller wrote, "That man who lives for self alone lives for the meanest mortal known." Let Legislators Know Your View Editor Herald: Who is this pressure group that is trying to push through our legislature, fluoridation of all Utah water, which we would of the people don't guess 90 want. Why are they afraid to bring it to a vote of the people? same people Would mese agree to let the state tell them what doctor they could go to and what medicine they had to take? We just do not need this "poison" and that is what it would amount to, to a good who are adverse many people to certain chemicals and medications. Ninety-eigpercent of the water anyway would go down the drain. That is a high price to pay for fluoridating water to water lawns, wash dishes, clothes, cars, etc. We wonder what companies are trying to put this over and how much they are paying to do so. We think the taxpayers have been duped enough into paying for things we do not need. You people who read this and agree write your senators and legislators and let them know how you feel, or you will wake up some morning with a tax on your water to pay for something you do not want or need. is quarter. cal facilities available. But I too am not happy with certain rules which ban my husband from my side in delivery and separate me from my newboru Oppose Fluoridation? Press International Today is Sunday Feb. 9, the 40th day of 1969 with 325 to Eighty per cent of the Cyprus population are Greek Christians, nearly all the rest are Turkish Moslems. few legislators are Wal- lace H. Gardner, Ernest Dean, Haven J. Barlow, Frank R. Nelson, Glen J. Anderson, David C. Harvey, Ralph Benson, How-ar- d C. Nielsen, Verlan Anderson, and Lorin N. Pace. Chlorine you can boil out of your drinking water but once fluorine is in it you cannot take it out. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Snow The opinions and ttate-nen- ts expressed by Herald columnists are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of this news paper. BERRY'S WORLD BY JAMES O. BERRY a J9 IF Uczio at r i m i. a ii Here's a trend I'd like to see more of: "A determined Negro mother who stalked to the Brandels University campus, umbrella in hand, and who marched her rebellious son out of a hall taken over by black students, unwittingly provided the answer to the problem of campus uprisings: Parental discipline! "The determined mother got action, fast. Obviously, she was motivated by the thought that a university is a place to get an education, not engage in rebellious activities. "If more mothers and fathers, too, would learn by Mrs. Carambo's example, quiet would return to the campuses of " America." That item appeared in a Lewiston, Maine, newspaper, and it left me with one thought: Bravo!!! Have you ever considered the danger in sending our tv programs to foreign countries via a satellite? They may retaliate! Have a nice day. Paul Harvey What to Do About Crime In Streets We are losing the war on crime. The legions of lawlessness are everywhere on the attack and almost everywhere advancing. Decent citizens retreat behind bolted doors, shuttered windows and an irKveas-in- g variety of alarms, warning systems, private police patrols. Yet crime contiraes to increase nine times faster than our population is Increasing. Former President Lyndon Johnson prescribed the classic politicians' solution for everything: more money. That didn't work. final President Johnson's answer to epidemic lawlessness in Washington, D.C. was to move his family to Texaa. President Nixon is mobilizing the Department of Justice to an intensified effort to counteract crime to the limit that federal authorities can. Meanwhile, however, a rebellious generation lionizes Bonnie and Clyde and shouts "pigs" at policemen. This is the grass roots of the problem; that the good guys and the bad guys, by default or by design, have switched sides. Naturally the enemies of our Americanism elect to disrupt and destroy by discrediting authority. Thus, youngsters grow up parroting praise for wet-care- d lawbreakers and protests against lawmen. What can be done about it? Regrettably, the reform of a is almost impossicollege-age- r ble. From puberty on, ingrained are reversible preconceptions PARIS-He- nry ' "If you makt the 1MI Vf Htk, revolut'ion'ue America, you'll We to ijrcj o littlt more understandable!" t to only painfully. A momentous religious experience has, indeed, changed lives overnight. More and more, however, government is limiting the imposition of religious instruction. There is one ouiet effort, ad -- iVL mittedly intended to reindoe-trinat- e our youngsters with respect for authority, which you should know about. It's called "Officer Friendly." Public and porochial schools and local police departments, through a program financed by Sears Roebuck Foundation, are cooperating toward face lifting the public image of the policeman. Primary-grad- e children are getting a proper introduction to the policeman through cartoon books which characterize him as "Officer Friendly." The program also includes informal visits with uniformed policemen. Workshop materials provide a background for classroom discussion of the junior citizens' rights and responsibilities and obligations. firsl through Youngsters, third grades, learn the role which "Officer Friendly", fills in the community as a rescuer, a helper, a worker and a friend. Beginning with the 1969-7- 0 school year in New Orleans, for example, this program involves the full time of four police officers. Their working days are devoted to implementing the program in the city's schools. After working hours, they accept invitations to speak, to explain or just to visit with groups of youngsters. - Similar programs are under way in several cities. I have examined the concept the curriculum, the cartoon books, the picture dictionary, the new words to old nursery songs. Admittedly, my knowledge of child psychology is more empirical than scholastic. But this effort appears from here to be on the right track. If "Officer Friendly" can recap, ture enouch hearts, his living counterparts of the next generation will not have to capture to many culpriU. " |