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Show t Letters to Editor 3 r Of Brotherly Love' Dedicated to the Progress And Growth of Central Utah i Monday, August 9, : 1976, THE HERALD, Provo, Editor Herald: a recent automobile accident in Gillette. Wyo. two of our dear friends lost their lives and two others were one very seriously. injured We would like to express our sincere appreciation to two very kind men who were such a great help at this time. Bishop Marion Dalcne of Wyoming made arrangements to transfer the bodies of Mrs. Hwang and her infant son to Utah to be buried. He took the other two children into his home to care for them and is helping Mr. Hwang in his recovery while he is still hospitalized. To Bishop Howard H Fran In 15 Utah-P- age ft! Cheap Energy Stili Impossible Dream7 If wishes were gas wells, there would be no such thing as an energy crisis. But wishes aren't gas wells, or oil wells or any other sources of fuel this ; nation consumes. Thus that of consumer and , coalition labor and other groups that is opposing the Federal . Power Commission's : '' decision to raise the ceiling on the price of interstate natural gas is living in a dream world if it believes it can do anything other than delay the inevitable. The cost of energy even we that are going assuming to be able to keep finding it is not going to go anywhere but up, not in our time. natural gas in the interstate market, an increase it estimates will cost the. average homeowner about $15.60 more a year. In response to a petition from the aforementioned coalition, however, the U.S. very good. Such a far -- Editor Herald: Please think ahead with me about the future life style of Prove, Utah. reaching and sudden decision by the FPC sudden because we haven't wanted to think about it, not because we haven't been warned new encouraging exploration and production, the FPC has announced it will allow producers to nearly triple their prices for can see a big and bustling resort on the mountains east of Provo. I can also see the charming city of Provo but it's not how I remember it. There are all kinds of people here, mostly transient people that the ski resort lured in. I ski should be examined by a wider forum than that of the commission's four members (one of whom opposed the Picker-Upp- er Miniature foam rubber sponges, similar to those housewives have used for years to wipe up spills in the kitchen, may hold the answer to soaking up large ocean oil spills. California company, Ocean Design Engineering, has developed a system using polyurethane foam chips to absorb oil floating on water, reports Modern Plastics magazine. The A reportedly can collect 50,000 gallons of oil an hour using millions of tiny foam chips distributed over just a spill area. Next step is to borrow It is an article of faith among a lot of Americans that the profits of the energy phony. These people deserve a chance to present their arguments. By the same token, the energy industry should be given the opportunity to prove it case. It may well be that a smaller increase, or one extended over a long period, could accomplish the thing that everybody wants a of natural continuing supply gas. But it could also be that the longer the increase is postponed, the higher it will have to be in the end and the greater the dislocation in the economy and the hardship to people it wil! cause. If anyone dreams there is tha; any other possibility the prices of natural gas 01 any other sources of energy can kitchen indefinitely to retrieve all that valuable oil from the chips. be held he is down setting himself up for a rude awakening. Off the Beat Something to Ponder In School Planning By JOSEPHINE ZIMMLnMAN Sometimes airplane travel can be uneasy if the traveler in the next seal is withdrawn and unwilling to carry on a conversation.. It makes you feel as if you unwittingly invaded that an undefined boundary we learned at a recent conference is known as the "ouch zone." territory, Conversely, a pleasant conversationalist can make an other wise long journey short. Such a conversationalist I found on recent flight from Denver to Philadelphia. He was a "facilities planner" from Greeley, Colo., enroute to Philadelphia to speak at a gathering of school board officials on the subject of planning efficient and a economical school buildings. For too long, he told me, school planners have built schools with little regard for the operating and maintenance costs. He plans schools with a minimum of maintenance. For example, the halls ire constructed of brick or block, painted with cpoxy paint, and decorated with bright graphics which the students like. The halls are carpeted with bright carpet, which cuts down on noise and is easy to maintain. "Kids love the bright colors and vandalism is cut to a minimum." he reported. Restrooms also have brick of block dividers painted with epoxy paint, and floors are brick or ceramic tile for easy maintenance. The classrooms have more subdued carpeting for a quieter atmosphere, although the desks and chairs are brightly colored. When a school is planned, he recommends that the school board determine exactly how much square footage is needed in the classrooms, gymnasium, shop, auditorium, etc. The school board then calls for designs to meet these specifications. The board pays a relatively low retainer to each team submitting plans and bids. Each team must be composed of an architect, engineer, fa tiv-- y MX-'M-t and contractor. "If the architect starts designing a monument, the contractor reaches over and raps his knuckles," he reported. Ana in the same manner, if the engineer wants to build something which may be utilitarian but ugly, the architect can object. And if the contractor wants to cut costs at the expense of utilitarianism, the engineer can object. In the last project, 11 teams submitted bids, he said. The team is allowed to design and bid on everything except the kitchen' and lunchroom, he told me, citing several examples where lack of ' service knowledge of the food business had escalated costs of manning and operating school lunchrooms. This part of the operation is designed solely by experts in the food service field. One of the man's proudest accomplishments was the complete remodeling and modernization of a high school building while school was in session at less than half the cost of constructing a new facility of tl,c same size. During the summer months, the A. Timii Synd.colt rVJ Jimmy Carter's economic speeches sound like Candidate Upton Sinclair. The great state of California once nearly elected him as Sinclair with his governor rocking-chai- paper-mone- r, Townsend Plan to "end poverty in Califor- debt-defyin- g nia." Sinclair could talk the ears off a cornfield. He shouted throughout California in his basso profundo voice: "More money means you can work less and have more of the good things of life. More money means more prosperity and a future. rocking-chai- r Distribute more money and you will have more purchasing power, more assets, more everything. Isn't that common sense? That is the Townsend Plan. It will end poverty in California." Well, it is now generally agreed that the Townsend Plan would have ended California, but not poverty. To whatever extent Carter confuses the money pumped out by our government as being purchasing power. Carter trap. falls into the same In Central Asia found Buddhists who believe they can improve their lot in life by standing on one foot, closing one nostril and pronouncing " the mystic word They are mistaken. So is candidate Carter if he believes the United States can improve itself by distributing more and more money. That's inflation. And who knows better than our public that it relentlessly, stealthily increases our cost of living 24 hours a day. We all "OM-PAH.- poorer; helpless, struggling men and women futilely facing the inflation surf by joining hands in a chain to keep from being carried away. Thoughts To Inspire There are all kinds of swindlers, but the worst swindler of all is inflation with its artificial pay. It spreads like a cancer. It's as though a surgeon expected to perform a simple operation and then, having begun, discovers that the whole body is diseased. Cancer is taking its terrible toll. And we'll get inflation again with Jimmy Carter's programs. That's as sure as God made little apples. Arthur Okun was the chairman of President Johnson's Council of Economic Advisers. On the day of his retirement he conceded that "the government itself has been the major cause of inflation because it has been Today In History - Okun pioneered. His first time any government official made such an admission openly. As this column has repeatedly stated, money will admission is the buy only what is produced. When we distribute more money we create no more goods for anyone to purchase not a single additional plow, or hairpin, or pair of pantyhose, or bag of peanuts. If Congress passed a law tomorrow arbitrarily making every $1 bill a $20 bill, could we buy 20 times as much with it? Prosperity and money are related, but they are not the same thing. The difference is easy to prove, but the misunderstanding is harder to down than Georgia moonshine. Moreover, Jimmy Carter makes the difference hardei to understand all the time. Today is Monday, Aug. 9. the 222nd day of 1976 with 144 to follow. The moon is full. The morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and Venus. Those born on this day are under the sign of Leo. English author Izaak Walton was born Aug. 9, 1593. On this In 1831, day in history: the first train in the United States to be drawn by a steam locomotive made a run between Albany and Schenectady. NY. In 1945, more than half of the Japanese city of Nagasaki was destroyed when the United States dropped its second atomic bomb. In 1970, 54 American citizens were among 99 persons killed on an airliner that crashed in Peru. In 1974. President Nixon's resignation became effective at noon and Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as the nation's 38th chief ex- ecutive. "If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not James A. Gargrow old." field. 20th US. President. so much deficit money into the economy." providing thought for the day: A line in Izaak Walton's "the t Angler" says, "I have laid aside business, and gone afishing " A Corn-plea- During World War II I flew into China over "The Hump." The plane flew from the Dum Dum airport near Calcutta. I sat beside immense bales of paper on their way. to Chungking. The bales contained several billions of Chinese dollars, printed by The American Bank Note Company in Philadelphia. But was I sitting beside Chinese purchasing power? I was not. They were only bundles of American paper with which the Chinese could purchase little or nothing. In fact, you will notice that in a weak economy anyplace in the world there is a scarcity of everything but money. Governments do not go broke. They simply print more anJ more paper money. Our total wealth remains precisely what it was before, except that certain rolls of paper have been stamped and cut into bills or entries have been made on bank ledgers, Politics is like dancing, it's better to be nimble on your feet. Jimmy Carter can smile from ear to ear, and smile from year to year, but his programs are lethal for the United States. Copyright. 1976, United Feature Syndicate, Inc. rfj Editor Herald: As an educator I question the wise use of funds in our school districts especially in construction and the maintenance of buildings. Accordingly to a certain district there was absolutely no money for teacher salary increases beyond the cost of living increases this year. We teachers said little, did little, and therefore got little. Is it fair to have the teacher salaries decrease in order to electric high support total schools when a from love these men Shin Ja Mower HFD 1, Pavson can also see many bars and other amusement places that were built to attract and serve this type of people that are now passing through Provo. Provo as a i remember quiet, peaceful place, a place where children could grow up without being exposed to the low value standards of the world. I hope that this future of Provo is just a bad dream. I hope this dream will never come true. Miss JoAnne Myers Provo about the new additions to our one and two year old schools? Is it cheaper to make them in the initial construction or to remodel and tear apart? As an educator, being cheated more each year in salary I feel teachers should have the right to counsel with bigger the Board of Education and the Administration in school building construction and maintenance and get a fair share of those funds which are rightfully ours. When will teachers realize that in order to be professionals we must be in control of our own situations? When will those in control decide that they need the professional teacher and work wild them? Shauna Braunberger Sandy, Utah Editor Herald: I certainly hope that Provo residents aren't sitting back thinking this proposed 345 KV transmission line isn't going to affect them. Even though this monstrosity isn't going to be sitting in their backyard, it is going to be sitting in the backyard of other unfortunate, westside residents. This structure will be as tall as the new flagpole at Ream's market. If the powerline goes along the proposed freeway route, it and the city dump will greet motorists as they come into Provo. It is about time the city quits using the west side for their junkyard. We've got the freeway, the railroad, and all indications show we will have a jet airport to accommodate the Four Seasons project People have already lost their homes and acreage to the state freeway, and many more could loose their homes and acreage to Utah Power and Light Those of us that won't Ik condemned, will wish we had been We will have to live by this powerline and will have to look at it everyday Many of our children wiil wait for their school buses near this line Many residents will have this ( powerline sitting across the street from them. Others, like myself will have it obstructing their beautiful view of the mountains, and polluting our area, not to mention the devaluation of our property. When transmission lines like this are constructed on BLM and forest service land, environmental studies are done to see what effect it will have on soil, vegetation, and birds What about the human beings'' presume we don't count. Everyone agrees that power is needed When it comes to 1 the line down residential and densely populated areas, that's where the controversy starts. There are other areas better suited for "proper utility practices." If you are a concerned running citizen, tell the city commission you disagree! Who knows what project could condemn your neighborhood? And the city might just sit back and let them do it. Mrs. Joel Murphy lYovo Sex Scandals Degrading to United States Editor Her3ld: On the subject of the "Sex Scandals'' involving some of our congressmen in offices in Washington DC. recently. I am very much dismayed and misinformed as to why some of our nigh responsible officials and responsive persons toward us people who have reasoned and voted them into these offices will take these opportunities and use our tax monies unwisely to take advantages of his high status position to fulfill his own "personal needs" and downgratle our government. ! believe that it is high time we all reason with just cause with only those responsible for their actions. We need to school opened in the fall, establish improvements, towards new understandings and propose a better communications system between us. the governed and our men in the government of these "great United States of mJL? . 2020 N. 80 E. Power Proposal Seen Liability to Westside students were housed in classrooms which were stripped down but usable on a temporary basis. Crews then took over four classrooms at a time, completely finishing and carpeting them, installing new doors, blackboards, etc. In a concentrated it? more economical energy system could be installed? Is it fair that the teachers have nothing to say about the poorly insulated buildings which are springing up every year? This poor construction allows much heat energy to escape. What essential installations were made, such as new heating and cooling equipment, completely remodeled resirooms, etc. effort which took exactly two weeks. Students were then moved into the completed classrooms, and the crews took over another four rooms. Before the school year was over, the entire building had been completed, and this was done while school was still in operation and at a substantial savings to the taxpayers. It's something to think about, isn't brotherly Curb Teacher Salaries building was stripped and the When valuable lesson about Feels Costly Schools Carter and Inflation I person's hi I Henry J. Taylor producers are excessive, that their political influence is inordinate and that the another idea from the a giant squeezer These people are mostly the worldly type, the type of people that accept the common standards of the world. I rate hike). energy crisis is largely funeral, and for inviting us to gather at his home after. Even though he had never met the Hwang family, he showed such love and concern for their friends at their time of need. These men are truly an example of brotherhood. It did not matter to them about our color or our country only that we were their brothers and sisters. We can all learn a A Washington has temporarily blocked the increase. All cis we would also like to express our deep feelings of appreciation for all the arrangements he made for the Dream She Hopes Will Not Come True Court of Appeals in Oiitribulfd In a move aimed at system an Example xTru!y Ji&Ji . tiitoaJ America." Kory Johnson |
