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Show Tuesday, May 8, 1984 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah. The Daily Herald Comments it probably is." let the buyer beware. Without a warranty buyer takes the risk of ity upon himself. In essence, a red flag should go up immediately if a plan or scheme offers a return far in excess of the investment of time or money it takes to get it. The schemes often sound very good, but an auditor or accountant can quickly determine the odds of success. For example, a pyramid the qual- The schemes to which Utahns constantly fall victim offer no warranties. Chances are good that those with dreams of riches will be left with 'get-rich-quic- k' nothing but bills while those who introduce them to the 'sure-fir- e' money-maker- s from whom you then receive a commisson. They, in turn, must enlist other people in the plan to receive comparable returns. The multiplier effect is unbelievable unless you work it out with a calculator. Usually, by the time you reach the fifth or sixth "level" of a multilevel scheme, the numbers have grown into millions of new people who must be induced to invest to pay off those higher in the pyramid. Other red flags: Does your salesman use pictures of authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints or other well known people in his presentation? Beware! Ask for solid proof that these d people have given approval of the program in question. Don't take cars. All too often, the only ones who get rich from k' schemes are those who introduce them to a world of dreamers. Most of the time those schemes are illegal. Eventually those who have taken your money are brought to justice. But, that doesn't pay the bills. You are still left holding the bag. Depending upon the size of your dreams and the size of the loan you might have been induced to secure for the investment, you might be stuck paying for them for the rest of your life. How, then, can you avoid being taken? A variety of governmental agencies, including the U.S. Postal Service, suggest, "if it sounds too good to be true, UPI Pulse Report A Iwo week much-admire- EPCOT POLL i ,neei enntiicls in ;n.nii,i(e lus shown 1li.il suiveyed iiihi Ml .1 husb.init should .11 ccpl piomotion ,ind li.mslci even il his wile's ( .iieei sufleis The WAIT sliiily DISNirY WOHI U sludy mines when mole Hun h.ilf ol Aniom .i households h.ive .1 woikniij hti:.i),ind ,ind wile Should a husband reject '?) transfer and promotion if his wife's career would be hurt by the move? Definitely reject Qj 1 0 1 Probably reject Definitely accept a Ql4 Probably accept 38 28 u 41 27 While Iheie w.is villu.illy no difleiem.e between m.ile .ind tenuile u;spons;s on Ihe question Iheie wete sh.up di1leieni.es iiinonij .ii)e (jioups and ijioups with dilteiinij eduuilional levels The (jiealei tin? education, the ijiealei Ihe rail loi injection Conversely, the oldei the lespoiident the tjiealei Ihe leelinij lot .icceptanee A sieable ;1 .. ol icspondenls had no opinion 18-3- 35-4- 4 9 50-6- 4 65 Definitely reject 10 10 8 9 Probably reject Definitely accept 36 30 19 14 10 12 20 19 Probably accept 25 28 30 30 The EPCOT POLL is concluded daily al tPCOT Cenlei in association with marketing researchers Allen. Shapiro and Keller ASK. Inc. The responses to taled 9.055 U.S. adulls Should Husband Consider Wife's Work Before Move? Editor's note: The following Epcot Poll was conducted at Walt Disney World's Epcot Cen- and transfer even though his wife's career would suffer. Of the 9,055 adults questioned, percent said the husband should accept the job change and 38 percent said they would opt for rejection. An unusually large 21 percent expressed no ter. Visitors to Epcot are polled daily and their responses are tabulated by computer. The results of the poll are analyzed by the New York research and pub- 41 lic opinion polling firm of Allen, Inc. Shapiro and Keller-ASLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. A poll of more than (UPI) 9,000 Americans shows that a slim margin believes a husband should accept a job promotion opinion. The April survey involved participants at EPCOT Center and was conducted at a time when both husband aad wife work in more than half the households in the United States. J '4,2 I ways to improve your finan- cial lot and there are plenty of reputable businesses to help you. A reputable businessman will provide specific names, . ". addresses and telephone numbers of references, par- ticularly attorneys, who can verify the legitimacy of Ue t promotion. Even if everything about a presentation is take time to check it out. A reputable businessman or salesman wants you as a return customer. Don't succumb to high pressure, get everything in 'up-fron- t,' writing and check out everything you are told. The main thing a scam can't endure is an investor who takes his time to think a '. proposal through, get compe-- : tent advice and check out everything claimed for an ; investment. Those kinds of precautions : won't protect you from every scheme someone your salesman's word and don't allow him to make the necessary calls to check you do it. Is this an offer on which you must act immediately? Beware! Reputable nesses are going to be around to answer your questions the next day. are not. Be suspicious of everyone where your money is busi The sincerity of your salesman may not mean anything. Many of them, like you, are naive and believe in the honesty of their fellow men. There are a number of thinks up. All investments carry some risk. The riskier they are, the better the return they offer, but no one should ignore the lessons of recent history and fail to be very cautious of any invest offering an astronomical return. Marcos Ready to Rig Elections dm l)y .i slim m.uijin. the .1 uj scheme involves enlisting other people in the plan, leave town in expensive ; nn i e? Buyer i3 wwe, sspesmiiy Caveat Emptor: 23 SrWJ&Z The Herald, its readers. syndicated columnists and cartoonists discuss vital issues Opinions Page WASHINGTON - While the Reagan administration has derided the "free elections" scheduled by the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua, it has been strangely silent about a similar charade being staged next Monday by President Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. It was only after presistent prodding by the U.S. Embassy that Marcos agreed to hold national assembly elections. He evidently was persuaded that a display of democracy in action might erase at least some of the stain on his dictatorial regime that resulted from the murder of opposition leader Benigno Aquino last year. But Marcos has a problem. Truly free elections might well return an anti-Marc- legisla- ture. To avoid this embarrassment, Marcos has taken steps to rig the vote in favor of candidates loyal to him. First, he sought to dignify the elections with the appearance of legitimacy. The non-partis- process would be overseen, he announced, by a special election commission, called COMELEC. It was supposed to have nine independent members. But until recently there were only five commission members all certifiable Marcos cronies. After more pressure from the embassy, Marcos added two one independmore members ent and another Marcos minion. "The commission is a joke," a State Department source told my associate Lucette Lagnado. But it s a bad joke, and the Filipinos aren't laughing. The commission's farcical show of concern over honest elections was illustrated by the way it dealt with the voter registration lists. . From bitter experience, opposition leaders charged that the voter rolls were padded. So with much fanfare, the commis- ; more interested in tne moral question" than in the $2,500 or so he has been seeking in lieu of the POW bonus. :m (dir. VT1VSC- ill 111 C i.u IrUlU UUl ...L.i. MC n ir nnMAnv fliof ilia nnlir m rvi cci uiat wit viiijr iiiui ai taij thing to do was to make every TV sion announced a massive voter campaign. Election boards were to compile new, supposedly honest, lists of eligible voters. But Marcos would not permit the opposition to participate in tne drive in the majority of electoral districts. As added insurance, Marcos will be allowed to name 17 members of the assembly himself. This means the elections are stacked in Marcos' favor. The solidly legislature, apparently seeking an international stamp of approval on the charade, invited foreign Jack Anderson observers to monitor next week's election process. Nine countries, including the United States and Japan, were asked to send poll watchers. Seven countries (the United Kingdom, France West Germany, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Belgium) quickly declined to lend credibility to the Marcos brand of democracy. The United States and Japan stalled. Opposition leaders hold out little hope of truly free, untainted balloting next week. Some have called for a boycott which would probably be OK with Marcos. He could explain to his nagging critics at the American embassy that at least he tried. What more can they ask? CITIZENS WATCH: For more than 30 years, retired Air Force Master Sgt. Leon Beck has been waging a lonely battle with Pen- - produce written orders autnonz-- , ine nun to escaDe. Uni TTII1 I DnTDniTDBI. In rvfl i r. h T? an rran.Rii eh RA ra. funded $54,273 to contributors who had eiven more than the law allows. Among the over- generous were former Rep. Mil- nceni renwicK, Tj. i$i,uw, I T T1 Tr cuiu ivcjj. maiiuci nujdii, to Ambassador Austria ($250). Helene Von Damm got her en- tire $500 contribution back, be- cause political appointees aren't allowed to kick in to a cam- paign. . . A n-a.- m pro-Marc- ; - i rtanfnrc " ha ovnln raA Vot Ana Ppntatrnn flpsk inrkpv artiiallv rp ppipn hppi s cinirri on fhaf - - innlHn't - ha nerrmtnrie 10 ; ' ; . 1 ri. tagon bureaucrats. He is trying to win belated recognition for a valiant band of World War II those who were servicemen taken prisoner by the Japanese in the Philippines but escaped to fight again as guerrillas. Incredible as it seems, these unsung heroes have been denied the modest bonus Congress awarded the men who languished in prisoner-of-war camps till the end of the war. Beck was taken prisoner at the fail of Bataan in early 1942, and survived the infamous death march to the Cabanatuan prison camp. He managed to escape after 12 days and joined a group of GIs under the command of Col. Gyles M. Merrill. The guerrillas operated a radio, helped coordinate the rescue of downed Navy pilots and engaged in other resistance activities until liberation three years later. But when Congress authorized bonuses for POWs who had survived their ordeal, Beck and his buddies didn't qualify. Beck is ; ; Another federal election ruie iea to mis explanatory ecu- - tor's note in First Monday, the Republican National Commit- tee s magazine: You won t see First Monday specifically endorsing the candidacy of Ronald Reagan or any other Republican candidate this year." Such an endorsement might be con- strued as a campaign contribution, a rule the editor said is "pretty silly." The Reagan-Bus- campaign ; h picked up $65,000 in White as cally related expenses. House: bills in March politi- One item was $32.45 in food costs, listed as for "Man-In-Flight- Vice ," President Bush's trip through the South. An official" said this was a typo. It should have read, for the Military Air Wing food served on Bush's plane. "MAW-In-Flight- ," Feedback He Says Herald's Biased on Park Editor, Herald: In regard to the letter appearing in the April 23 Feedback column entitled "Orchard Should Live Ever"; isn't it interesting how the Herald selectively extrcises its own policy on printing letters to the editor depending upon the opinions stated in those letters? The aforementioned letter which attacked the City of Orem's public hearing process occupied two columns of the opinon page and was 629 words in length, despite the Herald's policy stating explicitly on the same page that "Letters should ... not exceed 400 words .. The length limit will be enforced strictly." In contrast, when Ken Duncan, Chairman of CXDO tit Jd to explain wity CEDO the Gillman site for Orem's new research park, the Herald chose to edit his letter because, in the words of Robert McDougall, editor of the Herald, "it was too long," although Mr. Duncan's letter was only 327 words in length. This situation is especially troublesome because Mr. Duncan's letter was penned prior to a public hearing in order to inform the public as to the concept of the research park, so an intelligent decision could be made by the Orem City Council in regard to the public interest. In contrast, the April 23 letter appeared 13 days after the public hearing had determined that the research park is indeed in the public interest and it urged a private party (the Gillmans) to modify an option agreement that had been negotiated in good faith by Orem City. It seems to me that a public bearing is the more appropriate place in which to discuss the merits of the Gillman site for the research park. In the future, if the Herald is serious about maintaining its credibility as an objective reporter of items of public interest, we at CEDO suggest that its editorial staff apply its rules fairly, without bias for the opinions expressed in its Feedback column. James H. Renzas Executive Director CEDO 777 S. State Orem Objects to Orem Park Location Editor, Herald: I recently invested in a home in northeast Orem. It is the third home we've bought in Orem in an attempt to find an area we like. To me it was the fulfillment of a dream that my wife and I have shared since we were married. It is a nice home with a large lot in a nice, rural neighborhood. In Orem, that is becoming an increasingly difficult combination to find. However, having found it, we've been pleased. That is why I have watched in dumbfounded amazement as the planning and zoning commission approved "spot zoning" for the new research park and as the city council unanimously approved the development of the park. To me, the issue is quality of life. One of my main reasons for choosing this neighborhood was that it had a rural feel to it far enough from areas zoned and commercial for multi-un- it use to insure certain qualities, that I wanted in my neighborhood. I'm sure that many of my neighbors feel the same way. g A problem in Orem is the fact that the city has been developed in a manner long-standin- that resembles a patchwork here a house, there a quilt duplex, etc. I've always blamed it on a lack of planning in the early stages of Orem's growth. I suspect it also had something to do with the fact that a few orchard owners owned most of the land and therefore controlled most of the development so as to satisfy their own interests. In recent years, however, I thought that things had changed, and that an effort was being made to protect the integrity of those areas left to be developed. Apparently, the same lack of foresight that plagued earlier city planners still exists today. I repeat that the issue is quality of life, and quality of life suffers where spot zoning is the rule rather than the exception. You could argue that a nonprogressive approach would also hurt quality of life and I would have to agree. However, I propose that a progressive ap-- . proach is possible without defiling good residential neighbor-- , hoods. I am not opposed to the development of a research park in Orem. The business I am involved in could possibly benefit from such a development. I am, however, very concerned when all common sense seems to have been thrown to the wind while choosing the location. I suppose that any location would stir up some opposition, but I hope you can see that some locations would have to make more sense than others. In my mind, what you are doing is akin to putting a toxic chemical plant in the middle of a wildlife refuge. The plant may be justifiable, but the location is idiotic. . M. Daniel Lunt 1571 N. 250 E. Orem i ; : ; |
