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Show Washington Window Mwcdh Dedicated to the Progress And Growth of Central Utah Wednesday, August 7, 1974, THE HERALD, Provo, By JOHN F. BARTON garden, livestock and in- dustry. Besides that, the fair included entertainment ranging from the thrills of the "demolition derby" to the color of the mammoth parade and the excitement of the rodeo. The cultural arts weren't neglected, with a talent show, western dance, art show, etc. The big parade, witnessed by throngs from Wasatch and Utah-P- age 21 surrounding counties, undoubtedly was one of the best of the fine parades for which the fair is noted. The county fair is a thing of the past in many of the counties of the state. The people of Wasatch County are to be commended for their determination to keep a worthwhile thing going. The county commission consisting, of Russell Wall, Harold Smith, and George Holmes should be mentioned along with Clair Norton, chairman of the fair board and others associated with him. But give credit also to the hundreds of volunteer workers who built floats, served on committees, - The (UPI) administration's request for $235 million in military aid for South WASHINGTON Hats Off to Wasatch! Wasatch County has done it again! The 1974 county fair was one of the best in the long string of fairs held each year. In true county fair style, it 'featured exhibits and skills from farm, orchard, home, Korea Arrests Stir Protests oh U.S. Aid Korea is running into serious congressional opposition because of the ruthless stifling of criticism and arrest of critics by President Park Chung-hee- . The recent massive arrests of students and Christian clergymen demanding a return to democracy, some of whom have been sentenced to death by secret military courts, has sparked a full scale congres sional investigation into human rights and American foreign aid to South Korea. Since Jan. 8, Park has made it a capital offense to advocate revision of the Constitution, for students to miss classes, or for students to belong to the National Federation of Democratic Youth and Students, ' which sharp reduction or elimination of U.S. economic and military aid. In opening the House Foreign Affairs Committee investigation. Rep. Donald M. Fraser, said: "The greatest threat to the stability and security of South Korea arises not from external aggression but from the oppressive nature of the South Korean government itself." the government says is Communist--inspire- d and bent upon violent overthrow of the government. Some critics here believe the Park regime to be so oppressive that they have called for a Supporters of Park argue that he has taken harsh measures to keep himself in power, his rule has brought such while economic growth and security that another Korean War has been avoided. Arthur W. Hummel, acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, told the committee that "in our view, the prevention of war on the Korean peninsula is the first and most important step toward the maintenance of human liberties." "Admittedly, Korea's political institutions are imperfect, but they are in place," Hummel said. Fraser claimed that there are more than 1,000 political prisoners in South Korea. Nine students have been given death sentences and 82 others have received extremely harsh sentences, he said. "The practice of torture has reached alarming proportions," Fraser said. "In short, the government of Korea has created a police state which does not allow for any divergence from the official views of the government." By Utah Solons Roll Call Vote - Here's how Utah members of WASHINGTON Congress were recorded on major roll call votes July 25 through July 31. HOUSE Strip Mining. Passed, 291 for and 81 against, a bill setting tough federal regulations on the operation of strip mines. The bill (H R. 11500) now goes to conference. In part, it land be restored to aprequires that proximate natural contours, forbids strip mining of land too steep to be restored and authorizes federal funds to pay for land reclamation. Supporters argued that government regulation will force strip mine operators to protect the environment. Opponents argued that strict regulation of strip mining will trigger higher coal costs and, thus, cause increased dependence on imported oil. A few members voting against argued that the bill was too weak. voted "yea." ) Rep. Wayne Owens Rep. K. Gunn McKay (D-l- ) voted "nay." Mass Transit. Sent back to committee, 221 for and 181 against, the conference report on a bill to make federal urban mass operating subsidies available to , transit systems. ti The bill (S.386) would have made available $800 million over an eleven - month period. The effect of voting to recommit the bill was to kill it. Those voting to recommit argued that too much of the money would go to large cities, like New York. They also argued that the subsidies would encourage transit companies to operate at a loss, in order to qualify for the said the bill money. Rep, Bill Frenzel "resembles a plan to drain the ocean to save a drowning man" and removes ""incentive for. local transit authorities to hold costs down." Those voting against argued that transit companies need immediate relief. They said that boosting mass transit ridership will ease energy shortages. McKay voted "yea." Owens voted "nay." Nuclear Agreements. Passed, 194 for and 191 against, an amendment to increase Congress' control over international nuclear agreements, such as those recently negotiated with Egypt and Israel. The amendment strengthened language in H.R. 15582 dealing with Congress' role in overseeing the sale of reactors or nuclear fuel to foreign powers. The original language permitted Congress to disapprove nuclear agreements. The amendment changed that to require approval in the form of an act of Congress. The overall bill was later passed and sent to conference. In supporting the amendment, Rep. Bob Eckhardt said, "The only way to control the power to export nuclear potential ... is simply to'say that before it is done Congress must act affirmatively." Opponents argued that the amendment infringes on the Executive's constitutional powers and hinders the U.S. role in pro promoting peaceful uses of atomic power. McKay voted "yea." Owens did not vote. ' SENATE Consumer Agency. Rejected, 56 for and 42 against, a move to close debate and force a vote on the bill (S. 707) to establish the Agency for Consumer Advocacy, formerly called the Consumer Protection Agency. The agency would have broad powers to intercede on consumers' behalf with businesses and federal agencies. In rejecting the cloture petition, the Senate voted to delay a vote on final passage. The cloture move fell ten votes short of the majority needed under Senate rules to close debate. Senators voting to close debate argued that co consumers need "a strong voice" in government. Sen. Harrison Williams said, "For five years we have discussed, debated and analyzed every section of the bill .... The longer we delay final action, the longer we deny consumers the right to have an advocate." Most of those voting against oppose the bill because they fear it would create an unnecessary bureaucracy bent on harassing businesses and government agencies. Sen. Carl Curtis said, "It will be one more agency to throw roadblocks." A few senators voting against, however, said they support the agency, but were not yet prepared to close debate. One of them, Sen. Lawton Chiles said, "I will vote for cloture when it becomes apparent ... that a filibuster is in progress." Sen. Frank Moss (D) voted "yea." Sen. Wallace Bennett (R) voted "nay." Employee Protection. Passed, 66 for and 24 against, an amendment guaranteeing federal assistance to juvenile correction workers whose jobs are affected by changes in federal juvenile delinquency programs. The amendment was attached to a bill (S. 821) calling strip-mine- prepared exhibits, provided talent, or helped in any way to make the big show a success. Hats off to Wasatch County! d (D-2- Ray Cromley debt-plague- d WASHINGTON Arabs Could Cure America's Inflation - (NEA) - We may yet be saved from runaway inflation not by our wisdom but because the Arabs have more dollars than they know what to do with and because the Saudi Arabians and Iranians do not completely trust each other. If the lands pour their billions in petrodollars into this country at a sufficiently rapid rate, they can depress interest costs, providing industry and oil-ric- h the consumer the low-comoney necessary to spur industrial expansion, home building and car buying. The same action would rescue the stock and bond markets from their doldrums. These megabucks can thus save the country from the disastrous economic game plans of Dr. Herbert Stein, retiring chairman of President Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers and Arthur Burns, boss of the Federal Reserve. (In fairness,. it should be said s the counterparts in previous administrations did no better.) Signs pointing to Arab action are now showing clearly though in spotty form. The Krupp interests of West Germany have signed a preliminary contract to sell a quarter of their steel Stein-Burn- business to Iran. Other Arab' lands have been shopping in the U.S. and Western Europe for safe, profitable homes for -their dollars. ventures The first Arab have been more disruptive than helpful, flooding the markets of West Europe with loans withdrawable at a moment's notice. This has caused widespread financial uneasiness. For sudden withdrawals by a few independent sheikhs could "domino" into a multi-countr- y . .. . , economic collapse. Clearly the problem to date is that for the most part, the Arabs have been leery of long-terinvestments. It is now believed this trend may be changing. Influential banks in West Europe have now told the Arabs they can accept no more short-termoney except at rates unacceptable to the Arabs (4 per cent is one figure mentioned). These financial men have explained to the Middle Easterners there is no way they can safely use funds. additional short-terThe Krupp-Irania- n deal is one sifnificant sign of a change in Arab thinking. The most recent nibbles by other Arab countries here also involve long-terand of such loans magnitude they could put a magnificent dent in the shortage of capital which now plagues this country and much of the Western world. , Analysts who work closely with Presently, there are at least 150 Distributed by themselves. Treasury Secretary William Simon hopes that this will mean a considerable Saudi investment in U.S. government securities. American bankers are hopeful for long-terloans for use in private markets. or fad, and holds major questions for the whole Christian family: First, is the church prepared to absorb the essentials of women's liberation? Here is a primary interest of many women seeking ordination. They see the advance being made in the secular world of business and education and are not about to permit the church to coast by. They see the church as having women clergy as well as cleaning ladies. Second, is the church able to face the theological questions related to women leading in worship? If the answer is yes, will congregations adopt the major revisions in prayers,, hymns and scripture proposed by many of those seeking ordination? For an excellent discussion of this question, read "Women and Worship" (Word) by Sharon Neufer .Emswiler and Thomas Neufer Emswiler. Third, will the hundreds of women completing seminary become employed? This whole issue is heading for a financial decision, for too many recent women divinity school graduates who have not found employment or received a call to a congregation where 60 to 70 per cent of the members are women! Alas, the ultimate rejection of those persons is not really coming from nervous old Episcopal bishops but from the women in the pew! Survey, poll and studies have shown that today most women in the Christian church prefer their pastor to be a man. - Quotes In The News If our country wants to get into Weimar Republic troubles, let us continue to ignore the dangers of inflation." Rep. Henry S. Reuss, (D. Wisconsin) in a recent speech. -- Syndicate NASA'S Language Barrier what Saudi rulers see as Iranian expansionism. The Saudi Arabians, therefore, must counter this pressure and build ties in the United States and other Western countries to gain similar advantages for L.A. Timet Paul Harvey Iran-Sau- influence probing for political-militar- y by both. It is known there that there is a growing concern in Saudi Arabia over Women Clergy Rejected By Women in the Pew women preparing for ordination at Yale, Union and Princeton. Some Christian educators have stated that in five years, half of the enrollment in the major seminaries will be women. This movement is for real, not a temporary issue hard-presse- d European and mideastern money markets and investments, point to the Arabia arms rivalry and the David Poling, P.P. By DAVID POLING The Christian community, through its several branches and denominations, is reaching a flash point on the present and future role of women. In the last 100 years, the Protestant expression has permitted, and at times encouraged, the ordination of women to the gospel ministry. The more liturgical communions, particularly the Episcopal Church, have resisted pressures to allow the ordination of women to "priestly office and parish leadership. In other denominations, women have gained ordination and certification as pastor, only to be blocked in gaining meaningful employment. Right now the Episcopal Church is in the trenches over the ordination of women to pastoral office. Three bishops have announced that they would soon in a ordain 11 women since their parent "rebel" service body has stalled so long in making the necessary policy changes in the church constitution. This move has alarmed those who favor the ordination of women but argue It must be done in compliance with church procedures. Others are more angered than alarmed. As noted, for more than a century the mood of the Christian church in North America has been for the ordination of but not in a a convincing women manner where it really has taken hold. Mary Ellen White, Amy Semple McPherson and Mary Baker Eddy started major religious sects but found that they were still on the edge, not the center of Christian enterprise. (My own grandmother was ordained in the Evangelical Church in Oregon but never held a parish aside from grandfather's clerical duties.) .) By PAUL HARVEY Next year, July 15, two Russian cosmonauts will be launched from somewhere in Russia into an orbit 130 miles above earth. Three American astronauts will lift off in their Apollo command ship 7 ''2 hours later from Cape Canaveral. Fifty hours later the two spacecraft will link up. For two days the crews will work together on scientific experiments, moving back and forth between their craft and ours, sharing meals. So what? Why do we spend so much airlines are helping to make air travel even safer; that a NASA system for analyzing the alloys in metals does in 30 minutes what used to take days? You're still impressed that your Teflon frying pan was a fringe benefit of space research, but infinitely more important accomplishments are beyond our intellectual grasp: - A its flow thermoplastic patch material used for pothold patching in your street was first a binder for solid fuel rocket propellants. Biomedical breakthroughs: the rechargeable Several materials now saving lives. Tomorrow's electric cars may be powered by batteries' developed for the Moonrover. Your car may soon have better .. Echnocardioscope, Stress Transducer. scores more portable Pericardial These being ' for upgrading various federal programs for. BARBS" By PHIL PASTORET One can't think of everything, but it's fun trying to t the hours 'til quitting time. The boss grumps that his new secretary types 70 minutes per word. - rehabilitating juvenile offenders. The bill was later passed and sent to the House. Under the bill, some juvenile facilities and programs may be phased out. In part, the amendment called for retraining of displaced employees. In passing the amendment, the Senate voted to change language that would have made states responsible for enacting employee protection programs. Supporters argued that displaced employees deserve federal guarantees. Opponents argued against unnecessarily interjecting the federal government into correctional administration, and area of traditional state and local control. Moss voted "yea" and Bennett voted "nay." Crime Device Exports. Rejected, 21 for and 73 against, an attempt to table an amendment that prevents the export of U.S. - manufactured police equipment to the Soviet Union and other totalitarian countries. After rejecting the tabling motion, the Senate voted to attach the export ban on crime devices to S. 3792, a bill dealing with the Secretary of Commerce's export control authority. The overall bill was later passed and sent to the House. The ban follows recent disclosures that sophisticated U.S. crime equipment had been scheduled for display at a Soviet trade exhibition. In supporting the tabling motion which would have killed the export ban Sen. Robert Packwood cited difficulties in determining which nations are totalitarian, and said that some U.S. allies might be denied U.S. crime equipment under the ban's provisions. In opposing the tabling motion, Sen. Henry Jackson argued that American technology should not assist "any nation that engages in repressive police - pad-ou- It's not winning the game .) , d it's what your that counts Eoint spread is at the , Economizing, we can better afford to cut almost any other corner. materials now in commercial used .) new breakthrough. d NASA-develope- g by- products of space research, may add years to your life. And if I were to talk this fast about nothing else starting right now, this list would grow faster than I could recite details of each Compilation"? Neither of us would understand much because, the text is as technical as the title. The book includes to thousands of references devices, techniques, systems and substances developed through space research and applicable to industrial or medical use things we've learned in space from which earthmen benefit. Unless you are an engineer, how much does it mean to hear that research has led to the adaption of fuel cells for ground powere uses; that .) and medical-engineerin- tools, Utilization "Technology two-thir- cardiac cardiac diagnostic computer, meter eliminating sewage backups. Separation techniques for nonferrous metals recycling from junked cars profitably. The new less costly flat wiring in your home adapted from aerospace research. own accomplishments into language that Congress and you and I can understand. It's hard to say, but today you and I are going to try. How would you like for me to read to you from the latest sewage space applications. The newest pacemaker, equipment. money on space research? What's it good for? It's hard to say. Space exploration has been one of our best investments, yet when asked for an ..NASA, accounting, finds it difficult to translate detection antipollution brake linings because materials had to be developed for 1974 by NEA, Inc. "Tell me, what's it like to be middle aged, examine what you've done in your life and be dissatisfied?" .) practices." Bennett voted yea and Moss voted nay 5 " ' |