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Show II Henry J. Taylor Television Our St. Vitus Dance? Is Dedicated to the Progreti And Growth of Central Utah Friday, August 6, 1976, THE HERALD, Provo, Utah-P- 21 age The Ipeson of Democratic National Assembly Line Toasts h 5 Some time in July, the U.S. automobile industry produced its 275 millionth car. passenger vehicles. It was in Detroit, however, By unplanned coincidence, the which the symbolizes of the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Associa- g eight our of every 102 car. automobile assembly th country's motor vehicles are now produced in Detroit. time or another during the past eight than 1,500 once were worried that the North American bison, otherwise known as the buffalo, was becoming extinct. Great numbers of the beasts were killed during the nineteenth century for skins, food and sport. Although now largely contained on government-protecte- d lands, the bison has recovered to the point where its herds are thinned deliberately by hunters. If the good fortune of the bison is an indication of the power of aroused public demands for conservation, other wildlife is in need of publicity. Conservationists estimate more than of wildlife species TV Its unprecedented power is enormous that nationwide prime nightime commercials go up to around $90,000 a o 10 minute. have made an investigation of the ghastly superabundance of commercials and the Federal Communications Commission tells me that, on the average, there's a commercial about 10 families own at least one If Detroit cannot credit for the claim 50 which sub-jecte- founding an industry that is a major contributor to the g lifestyle and economic of every American." So congratulations, auto well-bein- Dlilrlbgltd y '1 1 1 wi Detroit. in plentiful numbers are now dangerously annihilation. close to Many species of animals and birds have been irretrievably lost to this generation and all future peoples. History does not record all the creatures which once inhabited the very spots now supporting large cities, lakes or farms. Nothing can be done to bring back these denizens. ranks of other The inhabitants of the earth seem destined to diminish as the human population grows unless a concerted effort is made to provide sanctuaries. WASHINGTON While - U.S. tax-fre- Examples: - World Bank president $114,060, nearly double the pay of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, plus $16,000 in "housing and represen- Senior vice president $98,280; vice president $78,870. executive directors $77,400; alternative executive directors tational allowance. $56,730. Bank - president Development $56,475. plus $16,000 "expense allowance", executive vice president $90,300. executive directors $74,750, alternative executive directors $54,850. Development Bank -president $51,500, vice president $45,000; executive directors $38,500; alternative executive directors Asian $38,000. Aroused by this arrant boon- doggling, thcr Senate Appropriations Committee, after a study, rebukingly declared: "Our investigations have led us to the distressing conclusion that, rather than the rewards ol a career service, there is found in these banks a broad pattern of personal enrichment The personnel management banks are practices ofof these an institutionalized suggestive granting of lifetime sinecures where extraordinarily high salaries are commonplace and the pursuit to fringe benefits has been raised to a form of art." While the critical Senate report does not name the high - salaried bank officials, president ot of the World Bank is the same Robert McNamara who as Secretary of Defense under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson made a great ado about exercising tight fisted control over military spending was the constantly and loudly proclaimed policy of the one time automobile executive. He pndcfully gloried in the nickname "whiz kid." As World Bank president since "Systems analysis" 1 1 rv vircMvvvijf Own Executives taxpayers pour billions into the World Bank' and others lesser known giveaway institutions, their officials are briskly lining th"ir pockets with e housing, bulging salaries and allowances. and other traveling Sfndltelt e about $3 - AlWASHINGTON. (LTD though Jimmy Carter is an election and an inauguration away from occupying the if he makes it White House at all he is already acting very much like the president in his relations with Congress. On at least three issues now before Congress, Carter his either taken a direct role on legislation or made his views so pronounced that they are being taken into consideration. The three are the postcard voter registration bill, the Bl bomber and the full emHumphrey-Hawkin- s ployment bill. The only evidence of direct interference the by Democratic presidential candidate is a telephone call he made to Speaker Carl Albert expressing hope that Congress would act on the voter registration measure. As a result of that phone call, the House may act as earbill which would allow voters to register by mail. Faced with substantial opposition, the bill has been in a Rules Committee limbo. The Carter telephone call prompted chairman of , the House Republican Conference, to complain 1968, McNamara has completely reversed course. the - more than doublelending $16 loan plan. the World Bank's 39 Throughout year existence, the U.S. has been by far the largest contributor, putting up more than $10 billion of its funds. Under McNamara's grandiose $36 billion program, the U.S. is tagged for another $4 billion. While zealously shoveling out these huge sums to "needy developing nations," at negligible interest rates. McNamara and other World Bank officials have found time to handsomely take care of themselves with sabnes and equally lush expense accounts. Indignantly reports the committee, headed bv Sen. John McClellan. D. Ark.: "It was astounding to find that even a division chief in the World Bank receives more than our Treasury Secretary. Even more astounding, the committee learned that a former billion 1970-7- sky-hig- assistant Treasury secretary who became an executive director of the World Bank was startled to discover that his salary had zoomed overnight from $38,000 as a top U.S. official to $74,060. "What the committee questions is the perpetuation of a system providing unapralleled pay and allowances to officials whose primary purpose is to assist the poor and needy peoples of the world. In our opinion, this system denigrates the spirit of international cooperation and concern which underlines our country's huge contributions to these banks.' Obviously shocked, the committee points out u.at the World Bank and the other giveaway banks were established to provide financial assistance to the less developed nations of the world. dential nominee to be sending legislative messages to the Hill." Anderson said. Carter's role on the Bl and distinct. are less just be s Humphrey-Hawkin- In fact, it may case of a Democratic Congress responding to the known positions of the new presidential candidate. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 15 to 14 last week to delay until next when Carter February a decihopes to be in office sion on the production of the controversial bomber. Carter has on numerous occasions expressed hope that Congress would delay the decision until he becomes president. But there is no evidence that Carter took a hand in the committee's decision. In fact, some believe that if the Georgian had personally taken seme action, the vote to delay would have been even greater. a Similiarily. changes in the proposed Humphrey-Hawkin- s bill may only be a response to Carter's objections of the original measure, rather than the result of any specific action by the Soviet World Bank program that picked." "I think it's rather presump-liou- s of the Democratic resi- Georgian. House sponsors of the bill have revised the measure which not only makes the bill acceptable to Carter but also conlorms more closely to the Democratic platform which, for the most part. Carter strategists virtually dictated. The revised Humphrey-Hawkin- s bill would set a goal of reducing the national unemployment rate among persons 20 years or older to 3 per cent within four years. This is in contrast with a floor in the House bill and an bottom in the Senate bill. By increasing the age factor, sponsors claim, there will be a need for fewer jobs although the unemployment goal for all over 16 would be 4 per cent. Carter's willingness to take an active role in congressional affairs - such as on the postand the apcard voter bill - parent willingness of con- gressional Democrats to take the candidate's position into account before he is elected underscores the confidence on both sides that he will be elected And it demonstrates, once again, that Carter is already looking beyond the "lection to the - WASHINGTON At the recent summit conference of the European Communist parties, the Soviet Union formation an of reluctantly accepted that each the Com- proposition munist country would be free to practice communism in its own fashion and that each Communist Party would be This has become increasing- to the even downright intolerable, and it is now beginning to do something about it. Kremlin, One would reasonably assume that the first thing the Kretnlin would do would be to independent from Moscow. The unanswered question is: how is it going to work out in send in a Committee of Industrial Commissars to find out how the East Germany Comunists do it, and then that part of Europe reality where Moscow has the militarv means to enforce its apply to the Soviet Union what enables their little satellite to do so much better than the Soviets. But we'd be wrong because we haven't learned how to think the way the Kremlin thinks. The Soviets aren't meeting the challenge of embarrassing 1:: dictation in will? The evidence is emerging more quickly than expected Since Soviet forces are in no position to intervene anywhere in Western Europe, as they did in Czechoslovakia, it seems clear that the Western European Com- munists have won significant independence Not so in Eastern Europe The Soviet satellites there are in the grip of the Red Army and what is already happening shows that Moscow intends to keep it that way. It so happens that East Germany has been so tactless and has had the gall to achieve a far higher standard of living than the Soviet Union. It is now the most prosperous nation in the Communist world. How can the Soviet Union persuasively offer itself as the ideal model of communism if it can t even do as well as East Germany on which it imposed Communist rule after World War II and exacted heavy comparison between East Germany and Russia by increasing their own standard of living. Their response is to decrease the East German standard of living They're working at it now. To overcome the economic disparities which the East Germans were inconsiderate enough to bring about, the Kremlin's first step was to tighten its control over the East German economy. The Soviets are doing this in three ways all the affiliates TV stations are of the National Broadcasting Company, Broadcasting Columbia System or American Broadcasting Company networks. These three networks provide the lion's share of evening, choice-tim- e programs. As evidence of the networks' amazing profitability some enjoy about a 70 per cent return on their tangible investment This compares with less whole. TV news is show business, as any serious student of the medium will agree. "All the News We have Film On," seems the motto. But, apparently, television executives have not yet learned thav there's a difference between reporting the news and presenting mance. a dramatic perfor- TV is so powerful that, to :;ay nothing of the impact of the TV managements' picture-choices- , even a newscaster's raised eyebrow, a contrived pause or glance or a sneering touch on a single word, can create a distortion not in the text Usually the TV newscaster has not even written the text, except in extemporaneous broadcasts as in the case of those at Madison Square Garden and as will be those in Kansas City. TV news is ordinarily read by attractive men or women, often selected for their charisma. It is. written by the United Press International or Associated Press It's merely handed to the TV newscaster from these worldwide wire services that service all stations in our country. The TV news distortion combines with a crisis overreact ion. TV habitually deals in an overkill. TV not only overplays any true crisis. If it can't find a crisis, it invents one. Obviously, many TV performers fori that if they haven't a crisis to lean on, they're dead The formula is to hit the viewers over the head with a crisis and salt it with sensationalism. The attempt is to make the "crisis'' as dramatic as possible. The aim is to shock the viewers and, if possible, sham them into thinking that are they somehow the responsible. Milk out of it all ", squeeze possible sensationalism. Then lean on another "crisis." "crisis 'Copyright. 1976 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Letters to Editor Citizen Pays Tribute To Dean Wheadon Editor Herald: I have greatly appreciated the effective leadership that Dean Wheadon has given ver the past several years as the head of our Wa'ter He has implemented a very progressive program that has anticipated the problems that come from future population growth and development. He has shown courage in applying tne policies of the city in a consistent wav to all citizens and Department. contractors. As some influential and selfish individuals expect to receive special privileges, this has not been easy Hats off to well done. It is sad. indeed, to see such a strong and effective leader leave our city government. Perhaps trie city fathers should listen more to the general citizenry instead of the vocal minorities that have vested interests Elmo Roundy I'rovo a job administration xFriend-Makin- g' etnbarrasing paperboard manufacturing industries as a Asks Reconsideration Of Route for Powerline reparations' ly as manufacturing or fruit and vegetable canning But TV's social and political impact is all out of proportion to its si?e It is a highly concentrated industry. About 87 per cent of Roscoe Drummond From a bombastic economizer, he has become what has been described as a "compulsive internationalist" insistently clamoring for more loans and grants to "developing countries" and boasting of the billions he has handed out. year he sponsored a $36 billion five-yea- r John Rep. Anderson, Carter was "pushing his peanuts before they're billion is about the 5 same Acting Like a President formerly roamed this land in um To Its IX Vrnti Washington Window S. Allen Kl by industry, and special ly as next week on the "YlRoberf The jverage American is now to about 10.000 commercials a year. All this confirms at the cash register the power of repetition, repetition, repetition. In fact, the FCC tells me it has received around 100,000 letters demanding fewer ads. TV is just an average-sizindustry. Its annual revenue of should, take pride in congratulations, I ?very six minutes. car, says Roe, "It can, and Wildlife Needs Help Cuiiservaticnists the imponderables. And one impondenble is the impact of car. lines scattered in 29 states, and no way of determining which one of them built the car. Less than eight per cent of the more history. Every civilization seems to breed its own nemesis, not :)nly because its original ideas jnd aspirations become dulled jr tarnished, but because of families own at least one eight out of every decades, ' where tion. There are currently some At one tion in New York, as it will be at the forthcoming Republic National Convention in Kansas City, is the nearly incredible power of television. TV is the most powerful medium any civilization ever had. The combination of hearing-seeinsome distant something at the moment it is happening is unique in all of parts and the moving assembly line took root. It required 50 years until 1946, to reach the 75- millionth car mark, and only 30 more years to add the next 200 million. In 1946, only about half of American families owned cars. Today, 275th birthday of the city automobile to the world, Detroit, was also celebrated in July. The irony is that the milestone car may not even have been made in Detroit, notes Stanley Roe, manager of the statistics department w Yf Oil auto makers in virtually every state built motor (hp Conven- : liy forcing the East Germans to pay artifically higher prices for raw materials that they are required to buy from Russia By demanding that the East Germans put larger sums of money into Soviet projects so they will have less to put into their own development And. since the Kremlin has in East ( lermany 22 Red Army divisions whose members often wonder why things are so much better in their defeated satellite than at home, the Soviets require the East German officials lo say "yrs, sir'' to whatever they are told to do This is a charming way for the Soviets to improve their standard of living iVmocratic free enterprise, which flourishes in West Germany, could really show them Editor Herald This letter is written to express opposition to the proposed powerline route along the freeway I live in an area that will be directly affected by the high voltage poles. Even though my home and homes belonging to many others will not be taken, we will be subjected to such negative effects as terference television in- radio and reception and devaluation of property with Another Idea On Power Route Editor Herald Today In History The morning stars Jupiter and Saturn The evening stars are missioners have favored a proposed route for the UPAL powerline which, in addition to taking many homes, seriously devaluates a residential area, making my home and a part of the newest Provo City slum area. Any new candidate who will give many-other- Tdav is Friday, Aug fi. the 2!!t!!i day of 1976 with 147 to follow. The moon approaching full phase com- its are the west side representation will have lots year a better in Provo City of votes next the city Power and Light tell us there are six possible routes The mayor and commissioners favor the freeway route and it is my understanding that Utah Power and Light will go along with the route recommended by the Provo City fathers Since there are so many routes av.nLible. many of which pass through mostly undeveloped farm land. I fail to understand the reason the city fathers favor the route that will negatively affect the largest number of people. Some say it is to save the area westward how to do it The Provo City The Provo mayor, commissioners, and Utah for future If that is corprotest It will be done expense We are here, development rect. I at our now Those who undertake developments later will be able to plan and avoid the undesirable effects of being too near the powerline The people presently living along the freeway route do not want to have the devaluating effects of the powerline thrust upon them I therefore request, as one of hundreds facing this potential threat, that Mayor Grange, and commissioners Wignall and Miner reconsider Herald. July 21, stated that the middle route previously rejected for the powerline went through an I.DS Four-StakWelfare Farm I believe that trees and vegetables would flourish better under the line than would children Are we going to have to fight the church as well as the Provo City Commission and UP4L for our homes? their recommendation of th! freeway route It is their responsibility, as public servants, to see that the route ultimately selected for the powerline will be the one which docs the least damage to the fewest residents of y Karen Troth invaded in British 1962 W. 500 N mmissioner Wignal, Commissioner Miner and K96 Also, the Mer- cury, Mars and Venus Those born on this date are under the sign of I.eo Actor Robert Mi' htum was born on Aug 6. 1917 On this d.iv in history: In 1926. Gertrude Ederle of New York bicanie the first American to swim the English Channel In 1340. the Battle of Africa started in World Wai II as Ita-lSomaliland Pnvo e I'rovo Provo Janeen Nelson West 550 Noith Provo, Utah 84601 Mayor Grange, Co203.1 c - Sound Off. |
