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Show Also in this section: Local Obituaries D2 ArtsEntertainment D5-D- 6 Alpine Air willing to offer daily flights propaganda isn't needed in schools TV A catalog delivered to my address offers videos that can be rented through cable TV service. One of the selections is something called the "Women's Wrestling Championship." The advertisement contains a photo of four er, healthy young women. A few centimeters of strategically-place- d spandex is all that comes between the buxom gladiators and full disclosure. The pitch exhorts, "Watch them compete in events that include The Mud, The Slime " and so on. I realize that this is not a unique insight, but I have serious doubts about the ability of a video culture to govern itself. A news item from a local high school amplified my apprehen- sion. . Mountain View Iligh School has accepted "Channel One," a daily television news program for high school students. The program offers headline news and feature stories and about two minutes of commercials. It is the commercials that have drawn the most criticism from parents. But the entire concept should provoke unease. The average American teenager watches a great deal more TV than his Japanese counterpart; he also reads proportionately less. Watching television, unlike reading, is a passive activity. The printed word rewards exertion and perseverance; the flickering image is far less demanding. It isn't called the "vacuum tube" by chance. A Mountain View teacher as- serts that the commercials on Channel One will provide a great opportunity to dissect the techniques of propaganda used by advertisers. This is a good idea, but in this realm television has earned more expansive skepticism. To dissect propaganda one need look no further than the news. For example: remember the great "Alar Scare" of 1989? Thousands of bushels of apples were disposed of after a Washington-based environmental pressure group released a report describing alar, a ripening agent found on some apples, as a carcinogen. A panic wave swept across the country, beginning with a Washington press conference starring actress Meryl Streep, and ending with a Los Angeles press conference featuring the stars of TV's "L.A. Law" and "thirtysomething." The "story" Service would fly out of Provo airport 3 I By CHRISTI C. EVANS Herald Staff Writer Alpine Air of Provo has announced it is willing and able to provide commercial air service to Provo, providing Utah County businesses will make a commitment to support it. Eugene R. Mallette, president of Alpine Air, and Mayor Joseph A. Jenkins hosted a meeting with business representatives and travel agents from the ProvoOrem area Thursday to discuss Alpine's proposal. Mallette said his company could fly passengers from Provo to Salt Lake International Airport for $30 one way, providing 16 people used the service per day or 4,032 per year. This price is marketable, Mallette said. However, Alpine is also working with Delta Airlines to establish Will w 14 crigg f FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT was broken on "Sixty Minutes" and covered by dozens of talk shows and newscasts. y . 60 percent of By the public considered apples to be a cancer , risk. The panic wave crested when Science mid-Marc- h, magazine reported that alar was about as harmful as regu- lar tap water. Economics com-umni- st Warren Brookes report- ed that the "public interest group" that provided the alar report had close ties to the which profited from the scare. The entire scare had been orchestrated by Fenton Communications, a Washington-base- d publicity firm wise in the ways of the mass media. An examination of the propo-gan- Herald Staff Writer Dean Paul Thornburg, 19, of West Valley City, charged with first degree murder in the Nov. 15 death of an Ogden man in Pleasant Grove, will have a new preliminary hear- da To begin, note the use of actors as "source authority" for the newscasts. Note the invocation canof the dreaded cer. And note the culprit: it's Big Business making a buck at the supposed expense of public health. For some reason, the media is suffused with people who are proudly skeptical about Big Business, but suspend their skepticism entirely when ing. ' Fourth District Judge George E. Ballif granted a defense motion today tc remand Thornburg back to the 4th Circuit Court of American Fork for a new preliminary hearing. Thornburg is charged with the shooting death of Sidney Yamasaki, whose body was found by hikers in Battle Creek Canyon above Pleasant Grove. Thornburg was later arrested near St. George, driving Yamasaki's car. He is charged with capital murder, aggravated robbery and theft of a motor vehicle. Thornburg's attorneys, Kent 0. Willis and Stott Harston, argued that the first preliminary hearing in November had been rushed before they had an opportunity to examine or properly respond to the evidence their client. against ' "He was the man who demanded the early preliminary hearing," prosecutor John Allen of the Utah County Attorney's Office, told the 8-- Mallette's company will also be asking for a commitment from businesses to purchase a certain number of tickets per year. This will assure the company will make its quota of 4,032 tickets per vear and also break even on its costs. "Alpine Air is ready to make a commitment. We hope to make this thing last," Mallette said. Eventually, Alpine believes usage will pick up and profits will start coming in, he said. Mayor Jenkins said he feels there is enough business travel in Utah County to support Alpine Air. Business travelers from Utah County flying from Salt Lake in an average month total 2,383, he said, while 525 people are brought into the valley per month by local businesses. "There's no reason in the world we shouldn't have air service by spring or early summer. All it takes is a commitment," Mallette .7 said. Alpine Air is based at the Provo Municipal Airport and has been in business since 1974. It serves 18 cities in Utah. A single-engin- e PLANE CRASH plane en route from San Jose, Calif., to Provo, crash landed about 100 yards short of the Provo Municipal Airport runway Thursday about 9 p.m. No one was injured. The plane crashed just north of the northern dike at the airport. The Piper Cherokee was flown by a citizen of Denmark, Svenn Jacobsen, 24, said Capt. Duane Fraser of the Provo Police Department. As the plane approached the runway, it lost power so Jacobsen tried to switch gas tanks but couldn't restore power in time. He crashed into the runway approach lights and came to rest about 100 yards short of the runway, said Fraser. The plane was destroyed but Jacobsen escaped injury, he added. A Salem man was ACCIDENT injured Friday morning when a weld on a stationary crane apparently failed and the crane fell, hitting the man with a piece of machinery. Orion Black, 34, was stabilizing the machinery as it was being moved by the crane when the 15-tcrane fell in, according to Salem police officer James Bailey. The crane is used by Ideal Machine, located in a small industrial park in Salem, to move machinery around the lot. Black was apparently hit by the machinery and not the crane, Bailey said, noting that Black suffered head injuries and possible shoulder injuries in the accident. The Salem Ambulance transported Black to Mountain View Hospital in Payson where he was being treated in the emergency room at press time. An KIDNAP ATTEMPTED er they're dealing with liberal "public interest" groups. We should brace ourselves for similar panic waves dealing with environmental issues. The Environmental Media Association (EMA) is persuading television writers and producers to devote episodes of television program to themes such as global warming (they should try Star Trek: global warming is pure Science Fiction). The EMA has the scant virtue of candor in its approach. If television stars constitute source authority, why not skip the news entirely and go right to the source? ProvoOrem has been unkindly described as "30 square miles surrounded by reality." There are more reliable guides to reality than television. cout. "The state has the burden Dui Delia is the only one Alpine is working with at this time. Alpine currently plans two round trips to Salt Lake per day. At $202 per round trip plus taxes and agent commissions, daily Alpine expenditures would be $480, he said. Each plane will hold 9 passengers. A list of Delta departures and arrivals was passed out at the meeting and Mallette asked those in attendance to choose the cities their businesses fly to most. Alpine Air will contact the businesses next week to compile a list of the 50 cities in highest demand. The list will then be submitted to Delta, he said. major airiines, 600-pou- of proof in this case." "You are seeking the death penalty, aren't you?" Judge Ballif asked. "Yes, we are," Allen responded. "I don't think you want to go forward, knowing there is a strong possibility that at some stage there could be error," Ballif said. He then ordered Thornburg remanded to the circuit court, and asked Thornburg if he were willing to waive his right to a speedy trial. Thornburg nodded in the affirmative and murmured "yes." "This will afford you a better opportunity to know what the charges are against you and to have the evidence presented to you," Ballif told him. Attorney Harston said the preliminary hearing was conducted "so quickly there was no time to look at the evidence. There was no opportunity to look at police reports and medical reports, and the state still doesn't have the medical examin- er's report." He noted, also, that only Willis was at the preliminary hearing to represent Thornburg. Attorneys estimated the new preliminary hearing will be delayed from two weeks to a month. Herald PhotoBrian Tregaskis Pilot Svenn Jacobsen of Denmark, left, and Spanish Fork Airport owner Tom Woodhouse look over the wreckage of Jacobsen's plane. Orem girl was approached by an unknown man and told that her school bus wasn't coming and that she was supposed to get a ride home with him. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon at Vineyard Elementary, 1000 W. 800 South. The girl leaves school early every day in order to catch a special bus which takes her home, said Detective Sgt. Ned Jackson of the Orem Police Department. She was on her way to the bus stop when she was approached by a dark passenger car with an unknown driver. He allegedly said that the regular bus driver had told him he wasn't coming and that she should get a ride home with him. The girl said the bus driver did not CUWCD nines By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Herald Staff Writer Directors of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District Thursday rejected a request by Manager Don Christiansen to hire a lobbyist for $7,500 plus expenses to lobby against state bills concerning special service districts. Christiansen first asked the Legal and Legislative Committee to reco-men- d hiring the lobbyist, former state Sen. Paul Rogers. Christiansen said Rogers had served as a lobbyist for the district last year, was well known on capital hill and was well acquainted with the issues concerning special service districts. Last year's Legislature passed a bill calling for a complete review of all special service districts to determine if laws governing them should be amended and if some should be tell her he wasn't coming that day, building. As they drove around they so she didn't go with the stranger, found three juveniles and one adult said Jackson. in the area. When the officers The bus came 10 minutes later. approached, the suspects reportedly She told her mother what happened dropped some cigarettes, said Sgt. and they spent all day Wednesday Doug Edwards of the Orem Police with school officials trying to find Department. ; out who the man was. The case is The juveniles were arrested for still under investigation, he added. curfew violation and Michael South, An 18, was arrested for illegal possesATTEMPTED BURGLARY Orem business was broken into sion of tobacco. At the police staearly today and two juveniles were tion two of the juveniles reportedly admitted to trying to break into arrested. An alarm went off at Trafalga, Trafalga, said Edwards. 168 S. 1200 West, at about 2 a.m. South was released on his own today. Officers Scott Newren and Nick McOmber of the Orem Police and the juveniles were released to their parents. The two teens were, Department responded. They found that someone had however, charged with attempted tried to get in the west side of the burglary, he added. - request to hire lobbyist "sunsetted." when they won't listen to representatives from the organizations involved. The committee finally voted to to the district," Christiansen said. pass the matter on to the full board Rogers' hiring last year resulted without recommendation. in some controversy with the board During the regular beard session, Sefakis and Malcney again presentbecause he was fared by Christiansen without knowledge or approval ed their arguments. of the board. Harley Gillman, Orem, said one Nick Sefakis, Salt Lake City, who the CUWCD was cited for in thing of is on the executive committee recent the legislative audit was the new Association of Special Servwe spend money. I don't "the way ice Districts, as is Christiansen, think it is wise to hire a lobbyist objected to the move, saying the with tax dollars. To have a paid association has staff members monman there just adds fuel to the itoring the Legislature daily. criticism." "About the time the lobbyist inCUWCD also has staff members vited me out for a lobster and steak on the hill continuously, he said Gerald Maloney, West Valley dinner, I'd be angry," he declared. He said, "We (the board memCity, argued in favor of hiring the lobbyist, saying a lobbyist must bers) are the strongest lobbyists up have "impeccable credentials," and there. I don't feel comfortable with legislators will listen to a lobbyist costs of $85 per day plus taking we get our message across, we could well wind up with legislation that is very detrimental "Unless people out to dinner." The Office of Legislative Audit's report noted that auditors had reviewed bills submitted by the state lobbyist "and were unable to determine what services have been performed. To date, the district has paid the lobbyist $7,570. Bills simply list a fee for services and some incidental expenses." Christiansen emphasized that "CUWCD has special, unique needs. We are the only special district representing 12 counties, the only one in the process of building the second largest project the Bureau of Reclamation has going." "We can't ensure with the staff we have up there every day that we won't come out of this with detri- mental effects." The motion passed unanimously. Densley, chamber president, runs for Congress By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN iferuM Staff Writer Steve Densley, president and chief administrative officer of the ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce, is the latest candidate to enter the race for the congressional seat being vacated by Congressman Howard C. Nielson. Densley said he announced his candidacy on the Republican ticket "after much thought and consideration," and did so with the Intention of representing the people of the third district "with distinction, leadership and integrity." He is the fourth Individual to announce officially. Other candi dates are Utah County Commissioner Brent Morris, State Rep. Byron Harward, and attorney Richard Harrington. Densley said he wants to stop the migration of our children out of state, and this can come about only by providing them with equal or better opportunities than we have had. "At this stage of my life I am apprehensive about my children's g future. jobs, unaflorda-bl- e housing, environmental neglect and drug abuse face them squarely. We need to commit to do whatever is necessary to expand, not restrict, the opportunities of the next gener Low-payin- it Danish pilot reports loss of power techniques used here would be profitable. an Interline Traffic Agreement, through which Alpine could fly passengers from the Provo Airport to 50 destinations throughout the country for the same price they would pay to fly from Salt Lake City. Incoming travelers on Delta Airlines could also fly into Provo for the same price as flying into Salt Lake. In return for connecting travelers with its airline, Delta would pay Alpine a percentage of the ticket price to cover flight costs between Provo and Salt Lake, Mallette said. "The cost would be the same as flying out of Salt Lake City. Delta is saying, we want people to fly our airline." An Interline Traffic Agreement currently exists between Alpine Air and Delta Airlines for Moab. Mallette said similar agreements could be worked out with other businesses supported if Plane crashes short of Provo runway organic gardening industry, Thornburg will be given new preliminary hearing By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Friday Mn. 12. 1990 ation. I am making that commitment." As president of the ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce and the Utah State Chamber of Commerce Association and a decade as president of his own business, Densley said he knows the difficulty of government Intervention and regulation. Densley expressed an Interest In: Seeing the capital gain tax lowered even further than President Bush suggests. tax Enacting revenue-neutrreform to increase the personal exemption for children to $6,500. The American family Is overtaxed. al Development and implementation of effective water projects. Densley has been involved in many community and professional activities. He is president elect of the Utah State Council of Retailers would eliminate and Wholesalers, member of U.S. This ngress. election-yea- r politicking and would Small Business Administration Replace Congress under substantial gion Eight Advisory Council, member of Utah Valley Metropolitan political pressure to honor its deficit reduction promises. Development Company, Provo CanEncouraging greater Involveyon Highway Advisory Council, ment of parents, communities and Utah Valley Olympics Advisory local businesses in the education of Council, World Senior Games Advisour children. ory Council, Utah Council for Drug-Fre- e Increasing opportunities for Young, Utah Leadership In e higher education, including Educational Administration Advisocollege savings accounts. ry Board. Voting against all tax increases until he is certain government is as efficient as possible. Enactment of a biennial budgeting system to correct chronic budget tardiness on ths part of Co- tax-fre- Steve Densley |
