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Show "Hi an di tin ait d to the public interest, to fairnew mill in i tinny, in innovation and growth, and to the vc ii uiuii I'uliler '! M l K OPEN ONS of excellence." l)llil() mission statement 0 SiO SUNDAY. AUGUST 3. 1997 THE DAILY HLRALD 44 JM4 Victimless' crime or not, adultery today sure seems to pay well i!! V. the Seventh 'nrhiuMiidmenl i)reaking going on 'ih'i' !; -. v- newspapers are having to ntcrs just to cover the ii p V lte;;t. All i rman. columnist for "The .it) n." can't understand all the fuss. ii !t i v is as old as the Bible, he H' s. ami not nearly as bad as the k in i if would have us believe. 'Sonie spouses are better off when paitncrs decide to commit adul- ' he writes, adding that infidelity in i,-- ii i ctivelv end or improve a bad iiatna!!''. Kilher way, both spouses win "In uosi call's," he says, "adultery - i Mini, ulied by im)erfect people in ''Ii"' nit situations who are trying to do v. bat they understand to be the i"! t thin:,.' .V'd .ill this tune we thought i u idi'iit i Initon was a cad. In it l t lung about adultery, in ' It. i according to Alterman. is that it is a victimless crime. That statement, no doubt, will come as welcome news to Kathie Lee ard husband Frank Gifford, who obviously has too much free time durAccording to ing the N'FL's tabloid tryst transcripts, Gifford's hotel-roopartner a few months back was quite perky, but her name wasn't Kathie Lee. Former Air Force 1st Lt. Kelly Flinn can rest easy too. Flinn, you recall, was charged with adultery, lying and disobedience following an affair with a married civilian and with fraternizationfornication with an unmarried enlisted man. The Air Force's first female pilot said her affairs and her resulting career crash left her unable to trust anyone anymore. Poor Kelly. Wounded in the battle of indulge, she got a Scarlet Letter 2 ROLL CALL be the product of his victimless crime with her mother. Jackson, who was obviously just vying for Cosby's affection and attention, faces up to 12 years in prison. g In his book "Fatherhood," Cosby wrote that a father's duty is to "be there" for his kids which means the comedian will likely visit Autumn in prison should blood tests prove he is her father. son Michael Kennedy, of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, best-sellin- ld Michael Morris instead of a Purple Heart. Reflecting on her inability to trust, she lamented, "I've lost my innocence." At least she finally noticed. Funny man Bill Cosby hasn't been laughing too much lately. An affair he had 22 years ago resulted in a $40 million extortion attempt by Autumn Jackson, who claims to might disagree with Alterman's victimless assessment. He lost his wife and children, and soiled his family name if that's possible after being overcome by the womanly charms of a baby sitter, who is now 16. Prosecutors dropped charges of statutory rape against Kennedy because the girl, whom authorities mistakenly called a "victim," refused to testify. Here in Utah, Tom Welch claims that allegations of an extra-marit- al affair and a garage wrestling match J with his wife are "unfounded." Welch, who resigned Tuesday as president and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, says he did- n't touch his girlfriend. And he says he didn't touch his wife at least for the past three years that they've been apart. Regardless, Welch will still be going for Olympic gold because the SLOC has retained him as a consultant. He gets $10,000 a month through February 2002, $1 million in severance pay and as much as $500,000 in retirement benefits. Apparently, victimless crime paya fairly well. ; : , . . . Michael Morris welcomes at Mongoutah.uswest.com. paper iistapfooeng rvnt. events at Utah Valley St;He College are disturbing, specially in a community that professes to love the Constitution and the freedoms it guarantees. Sometime over the Pioneer Pay holiday, someone stole almost the entire press run of The ii 'ollege Times, UVSC's the newspaper. Ironically, 'I'i happened at a time when ' laie paused to remember group of people who were driven from their homes by those who would not respect its First ! ( stu-(!"t- i Amendment rights. Similar tactics have been used around the country to sih nee student publications thai printed something that an afoul of some group. In the case of the College 'l inns, the issue in question stories that were not flatlet ing to the Associated Students i con-ta'ix- -d State College. 'ampus police are investigating the matter. 1'ointing the finger of blame is something we're going to leave to the authorities. What concerns us is the fact that el I Hah Valley ( someone decided that UVSC students shouldn't be reading the student newspaper. ne of the great principles America was built on is that nobody can muzzle the press, regardless of whether it is The New York Times, The Daily leraUl or The College Times. The U.S. Supreme Court, in its Pentagon Papers case, said govet iiment attempts to block the press from getting the word ( 1 EDITORIAL out are of dubious constitutionality. If the government can't block the press from detailing its bungled Vietnam policy, then special interest groups have no right whatsoever to steal newspapers to keep people from reacting what they deem as objectionable. It is also galling that such antics are happening at a college, a place traditionally associated with the pursuit of truth and the encouragement of open, vigorous debate. Censorship, in any form, runs counter to that mission. Aside from being a question of censorship, it is also theft, even though the paper is given to students freely. It has value in the time spent putting it together, the advertisements printed in it and the information it contains. We implore UVSC to pursue this case aggressively and to punish those responsible to the fullest extent allowed. Otherwise, the college administration will be teaching students that censorship and larceny are acceptable responses to opinions they dislike. This editorial reflects the opinions of The Daily Herald editorial board. Members of the editorial board are Publisher Kirk Parkinson, Managing Editor Mike Patrick, Opinions Page Editor Mark Edaington, and Copy Wilkinson. Editor Mitch Middle East peace process must go on lust when it appeared that the Middle Fast peace process might finally be slipping back into a forward gear, a ghastK suicide? bomb attack in a crowded Jerusalem market has left a planned new round of negotiations in limlx). Pi hue Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, giving vent to a fury that peace loving people everywhere can oil" a condolence call shaiv. In from Vis.ier Arafat and accused the Palestinian leader of fueling violence by freeing fanatical terrorists. Meanwhile, one of Netanyahu's top aides warned that the deadly double bomb blasts in Jerusalem's main fruit and vegetable market had further stiffened the Israeli government's resolve not proceed with the faltering peace process until the threat of further terrorism bad been brought under control. The world will have to realize and the Palestinian Authority will have to realize that it is either violence and terrorism or a peace process," David Bar-Illa- n asserted. They cannot have it Ixith ways." There's no arguing with that stark assessment, especially at a time when Israel is mourning 1 1 people slaughtered in I he explosions and struggling to save and heal more than 150 others who were wounded. Two Arabs dressed like businessmen strolled into the busy Mahane Yehuda marketplace and set (fT bombs concealed in their briefcases. d anti-Israe- 1 li Arafat must cease winking at Palestinian street riots and crack down on those bloodthirsty extremists determined to block peace at any cost. He could start by rearresting those leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad who, as Netanyahu said Wednesday, "were set free like savage animals, set free to prowl in our cities and our streets to commit these barbarous acts." Indeed, Hamas quickly claimed responsibility for the marketplace massacre. After this latest outrage, anything less on Arafat's part would make even the most moderate Israeli question his commitment to a secure, lasting peace. At the same time, in the throes of its anger and grief, the Israeli government must examine its own conscience. Its provocative and irresponsible positions on such volatile problems as housing construction in East Jerusalem and the handover of land in the West Eank have been misguided and They have made it that much more difficult for Arafat to behave the way Netanyahu wants him to. Despite his revulsion at the bombings, Netanyahu must be wise enough to do all in his power to revive the peace process and make it succeed. For ultimately, security for Israel and Israelis lies in a just peace with the Palestinians and all their neighbors. This editorial apiwared in the Chicago Tribune on July 31. aim tfymMM.v Distinguished family tree The picture on the front page of last Sunday's paper (July 20) taken by the Daily Herald staff photographer, Fred McGuire, prompted me to write and give more information. He selected the headstone of a unique ' 10 ' pioneer for the LDS Church's Worldwide Pioneer Heritage Service Day. My grandfather, Henry Aldous Dixon, was not only a pioDeer who traveled across the plains to settle in the Salt Lake Valley, but was also the son of a pioneer who settled in South Africa. His father, John Henry Dixon, was the leader of a party of settlers from the London, England, area that settled in the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. They cut trees, built houses and planted crops. They had a crop failure the first year and the second year a large herd of elephants ate all of the vegetation in their area. They moved from their house on the Kowie River and built a new home near Grahamstown. John Henry Dixon was born in 1786, one year before the signing of the U.S. Constitution and three years before the French Revolution began. My grandfather, Henry Aldous Dixon, was born 49 years later in 1835 in Grahamstown, South Africa. When he was 19 years old he was baptized a member of the LDS Church in March 1856 and set sail in November from South Africa to London, Liverpool, Boston, and then by rail to Iowa City. He then drove an ox team 1500 miles across the plains and arrived in Salt Lake City, September 12, 1857. He moved to Provo in 1871 and died May 4, 1884, at the age of 49; my father, Arnold Dixon, was born 4 weeks later. Some of grandfather Henry Aldous Dixon's descendants have made major contributions or have played important roles in the development of Utah and Provo. His oldest son, John DeGray Dixon, served as the second State Treasurer of Utah in 1900. His grandson, Henry Aldous Dixon, was superintendent of Provo School District, president of Weber State, Utah State University and a representative from Utah in the United States Congress. A son LeRoy Dixon and a grandson, Verl G. Dixon have been mayors of Provo City. Bruce R. Dixon Provo 'dzfotftyfaz. V THE DAILY HERALD C1997 tayUent.com Fanners should quit whining r ' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Wants an evening paper After receiving the "new and improved" "Daily Herald for a couple of weeks, I have decided to write and express my' feelings. I have lived in several large cities where there were both morning and evening papers and have always chose the evening newspaper. I don't take time in the mornings to read the paper and I don't have the type of job that allows me to read the paper at work. I know that you justified the change by stating most news takes place the previous day so that an news. evening paper has day-ol- d Since I don't read the paper until in the evening, that means that the news is at least a without any chance to receive news. (There are news late-breaki- events that happen between midnight and 10 a.m.). I know that it is a very provincial and unsophisticated attitude, but I am a very provincial and unsophisticated person. If I had the choice, I would subscribe to a locally published evening newspaper since I don't, that I will have to keep reading a paper with old news and keep being reminded of how unsophisticated I am. James Watkins This is in response to a letter; in,. 1 your July 30th edition from a Mr. Mercer who lost a few sheep to an .1 "alleged" cougar or coyote. I am sick and tired of the whining and hollering of farmers demanding vengeance for their livestock that has been killed. One would think if live- stock is your livelihood, you would spend the money to invest in some REAL security to protect it guard dogs, sensory alarms, or electric fences. " The fences I've seen Utah farmers confine their livestock with are . pathetic. It would require little effort for anyone to trample over a bunch of barbed wire with sticks attached to it. But, of course, I must remember that ' I'm in Utah, where the tightest and ' ' " cheapest people on the planet are from. Instead spending their own dol- -' lars for high quality security, they prefer to spend millions of everyone else's tax dollars on the imbeciles who call themselves "Animal Control." ' Why do farmers do this? Because it's free! And taxpayers are the ones who end up paying the price for this ; idiocy? More importantly, nature's ": ; ' true predators already persecuted ' and executed to the fullest extent possible in Utah pay with their " "' lives for simply being what they are! If, by some miracle, farmers would ' realize that better security would not ' only solve their problem, but alleviate the need for taxpayers to pay Animal Control, we could actually spare the few precious predators we have left. But that is probably asking too much! :. T " Ashlyn Teed Provo Provo THE DAILY HERALD LETTERS POLICY The Daily Herald welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be signed and include the author's name, address and daytime telephone number for verification. The writer's name and city of residence will be published, but the writer's address and phone number will not. Whenever possible, letters should be typed and double spaced. To allow the expression of as many viewpoints as possible, letters must be no longer than 400 words; 250 words or less is encouraged. The Herald reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. ; ...I. The Herald encourages community, discussion of issues. However, we will not publish letters that are libelous; or in bad taste. Letters written . anonymously will be discarded. Please send your letters to: Editor ,. The Daily Herald r . P.O. Box 717 1555 N. Freedom Blvd. Provo, UT. 84603 Letters may also be faxed. That number is If you have questions, call Opinions Page Editor Mark or Managing Eddington at Editor Mike Patrick at 373-548- 9. 344-254- 4 344-254- POOR . |