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Show Sunday, March 26, BYU Exaert to China at Sneak on Foreian - Service i j Utah County Junior High Students Favor Capital Punishment, Poll Shows Should the death penalty be abolished in the United States? No, according to Utah County junior high school students who took part in the new nationwide VEC Student Opinion Poll. Results of the survey showed junior high students polled in the county more strongly in favor of the death penalty than students nationwide. Of the 150 students in this area who took part in the poll, 62 percent felt that capital punish merit should be retained; 27J percent felt it should be abolished; "fee rest were undecided. Tuis was typical of students polled in the western states. In contrast, the national sample showed students about equally divided on the question of capital punishment. Participating students across the country ranged from fourth grade to senior high school. The poll was timed to coincide with the United States Supreme of the consideration of capital constitutionality punishment. The Court is now considering whether the death Court's penalty violates the Constitution's prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishment." Students were questioned on the issue as part of their weekly VEC News Program, a current events service for schools sponsored in junior high schools of Utah County by The Daily Herald. to - g classroom discussion of current events and issues. It is a regular part of the curriculum in many Mowed by a panel discussion. Witt Dr. Gary 3. Williams of the BYU Asian Studies Department as moderator, the pane! will include Mr Piatt and Dr. Spencer J. Palmer, chairman of Asian Studies; Dr. Ray C. Hillam, chairman of the Political Science Department; Clifford Edmunds, an instructor in history; and Ted Telford, a graduate studsnt in political Nicholas Piatt, who traveled to the People's Republic of China with President Nixon, will speak event at a on this history-makinspecial symposium at Bngham The program uses visual aids stimulate THE HERALD, Provo, 1972 area schools. The total cost of the program for junior high schools in Utah County is paid for as a public service by this newspaper. t In their weekly VEC News Blmstrip and related discussion Young University April S. The symposium will be a highlight of Parents' Weekend 72, April 4 and 5, sponsored by the BYU Alumni Association. BYU parents and friends have been invited to the two-da-y open horse on campus to participate in various student activities and meet with University President Dallin H. Oaks. Mr. Piatt's speech, at 1 p jn. in materials, students received an treatment of the pros and cons of the capital punishment issue. They discussed such aspects as the morality of the death penalty, its effectiveness in deterring crime, the fairness of its application, and possible alternatives. Then they were asksd the single question: "Should capital punishment be abolished in the United States?" Nationwide, more than 93,000 students took part in the survey. The national sampling of nearly 100,000 young people revealed a remarkably even split in opinion. Nationwide, 44.9 percent of the students favored abolition of the death penalty; 44.3 voted to retain it; 10.8 percent expressed no opinion. The nationwide re Jts of the VEC Student Opinion Poll contrasted sharply with recent surveys of college students, who were reported to be more strongly in favor of abolishing the death penalty. officer VS. in the Consulate General in Hong Kong, and three at the Department of State as officer in charge of Mainland China affairs in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He was later made chief of the Asian Areas Communist Division in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. science. At age 36, Mr. Piatt has spent 10 of his 11 years of government service with the Foreign Service working on Chinese affair?. He joined me office of the Secretary of & ejn March 1971 as deputy the Pardoe Drama Theater, iforris Fine Arts Center, will be Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and German, he received his B.A. from Harvard in 1957 and his MA from the School of Advanced International ladies. He is married and has three sons. the panel Following discussion, Use visitor will speak to a political science class on international relations theory in 161 Jesse Knight Building. The public also is invited to attend this class period. While on the campus, Mr. Piatt will tape a program to be and on the aired over KB YU-Tevening of April 5 he rill be the guest of KSL's Public Pulse. director of the Secretariat Staff, and traveled to Mainland China last February as Secretary Rogers' assistant. He has speat two years as a language student at the State Department's Foreign Service Institute in Washington and Taiwan, five years as a political ( S Utah-P- age ' "v'; v ( NICHOLAS PLATT th e Modern vl.il 9 n . Standard Sleeper $199 StS! mill' About People mjr i TTlfl Sofa b dav . full si.e iimersprini! tied at llciculon night. Covered with durahlc with contrasting welts. 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