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Show ', "It is indeed difficult to define just u ho the 'modern man ' is. Josi-p- h tind what views he has to hold in order to be modern. " American ( Royce, philosopher 1855-1916- A ) ). The Daily Herald Hitaday, April 9, 1838 'eatings evidteine 'destructive attitudes ' From THE AKRON (OHIO) BEACON JOURNAL The Los Angeles area finds itself in the ; throes of another controversy involving police brutality against minorities. Five vears ago. a citizen videotaped L.A. police officers brutally beating Rodney King. On April I. a television news crew shot footage of two Riverside County sheriff's deputies clubbing a man and woman suspected of being illegal immigrants. The beatings followed "an chase that ended along a in Los Angeles County. During the chase, the 2 passengers crammed into the bed and cabin of the racing pickup truck ;threw beer cans and other items at the pur- 'suing officers. From the outset, the deputies had good reason to stop the truck. Where they erred, obviously, was in resorting to violence. When the truck stopped, all but two of those on board fled. The man behind the wheel and a woman Sitting in the cabin remained. According to the videotape, they didn't appear to resist arrest. The deputies, nonetheless, hit them ;with nightsticks, sw inging the batons as if hev were baseball bats. Both the man and the woman suffered 3ruises. The man also suffered a fractured 80-mil- e, high-spee- free-Ava- d y 1 "elbow. Various -- civil-righ- ts apd civil-liberti- 18-ye- ar mountain tant mathematics at the -University of California at Berkeley, and a graduate of Harvard" and the of University Michigan. Kacyns-k- i appeared to fit the the of profile Z Unabomber. w ho had tracked his targets and eluded law enforcement In an affidavit, one of the arresting FBI agents. Donald J. Sachtleben. wrote that officers found 10 three-rin- g notebooks Obcoruationc I filled with "page after page of meticulous niiuiiji uiiu .Tyiw.nv n iiiu iiVv'Lllitk Kl be diagrams of explosive devices." Along w un agenis 01 me Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco and Firearms, the FBI was sifting through numerous boxes in Kacynski's cabin and a nearby shed. If. as now appears, the man in custody is indeed the I'nabomber. what led such a highly educated math professor to a campaign of terbloodshed ror, and death will be an intriguing topic for those who study behavior. errant That, fact that this murderous terrorist, who mowed down his unsuspecting targets bv sending them disguised bombs, has been stopped and brought to justice. Patience, persistence and good investigative work, helped along by a key tip from Kaczyns-ki'- s relatives, produced the arrest that should end this warped and deadly campaign of terror. School guidelines sound From THE (GARY, IND.) The sea has shifted in the national POST-TRIBUN- E debate over education of students through their high school years. Where once the governors and the White House agreed on the concept of national education standards, they've now veered off in another direction. At least the governors have. They emerged from a summit outside New York City w ith an agreement among themselves to establish within two years tests that can measure whether students are meeting higher standards. two-da- y As long as the standards get set. and as long as they are reasonable and schinls strive to meet them, it shouldn't matter where they get set. National education guidelines that could provide some direction to states are still a good idea if they're not accompanied by penalties or sanctions. But because states control within their borders, it makes sense to assign them the responsibility for setting standards. The governors, then, are headed in the right direction with an assist from a public-educatio- ' n coalition of leaders who made pledges of their own after the summit, which they also attended. They pledged to examine the high school transcripts of prospective hires, push parents to get involved and work to get technology in schools. That's all well and good. but they'd be shortchanging the process if they didn't take an active role in setting the standards at the state and local OSDZRS EGOS SEVERELY BSATEN?" level. Schools are owned including businesses. by Two communities, But the business community must do more than write property tax checks. Its members must chase after their investment and contribute to ensure that high school gradu- - Gommonlasy ates have the skills to pursue jobs or higher education. It is not enough to sit on the sidelines and complain without doing anything. Some complain that the federal government should not have a role in education, but they forget that Washington's role in education was created by the vacuum of slates not doing every thing they could. And w hy should the states reject federal initiatives in education as long as they are constructive. Money can't solve everything that needs to be reformed in education, but many of the best solutions come with a price that federal dollars can help meet. As Indiana saw recently with the legislative attempt to exempt the state from a federal education program, there can be harsh resistance to perceived interference, no matter what its purpose. Indiana has wrestled with the idea of standards enough to know how difficult they can be to formulate and to know how important they are. W ilderness Alliance to transplant the condor to this area. Would this give them more clout with their ongoing agenda w ith regards to the Grand Canyon area, and support SUW'A's opposition to the Andelex underground coal mine? sides to story I am hearing a very different story from the "name on file" April 4 Daily Herald letter to the editor. The letter describes a ' Polynesian gang" cruelly beating up two young men in front of Movies 8 theater. The letter fails to mention one of the "victims" initiated the conflict by calling a Poly nesian girl, a popular student at Provo High School, an (expletives) and telling her to get out of the area. Reportedly, a nine-yeold Polynesian girl was hit by one of the victims. ar offi- - cials for many years. Also discovered in the remote, mountain hideaway were two manual typewriters, which FBI and other federal agents were checking against the I'nabomber "s previous writings, including a 35.000-wor- d anarchist manifesto received last year by the New York Times and the Washington Post. RivnnsiDz Law enforcement officers have a most difficult and stressful job. They deal routinely with the least attractive elements in a community. They cannot afford, however, to neglect the rule of law themselves. When they do. they invite wider lawlessness. Thev also give the overwhelming numbers of solid and dutiful officers a bad name. Police officers and sheriff's deputies have many tools at their disposal in fighting crime. The foundation of their effectiveness rests on public confidence. Incidents such as this one along an L.A. freew ay make the task of law enforcement all the tougher. si former assisprofessor of KUO ELSE authorities in L.A. and surrounding communities should have steeled themselves against committing such grotesque acts. That the beatings occurred suggests just how entrenched destructive attitudes may other cabin. ANo discovered were chemicals used to make bombs and diagrams for making pipe bombs. HOVJDtDYOU GonmiOHtGsy Campaign of terror over From THE AKRON (OHIO) BEACON JOURNAL This is a nation of laws, and terrorism cannot be tolerated. That is the long-termessage that flows from the discovery and arrest Thursday of a man presumed to be the I'nabomber. a lone killer whose bombs killed three and maimed 23 others over an period of warfare against American society. Taken into custody in an isolated area of Montana. Theodore John Kacynski. 53. initially was charged with possessing parts of a bomb found in his n groups have protested loudly, as they should. Law enforcement authorities, including the FBI. have launched investigations. The episode should be deeply troubling. In light of the recent past. Hopefully, Unabomber's A 8 James W'estbrvok Prov o The Children's Dance Theater, under the brilliant guidance of Mary Ann Lee and her faculty, is a great gift to our community, a healing presence where the spirit of children revive our memory of unity. "Waking the West." their latest creation, is a broad and sophisticated tribute to L!tah's centennial. As is sat in the audience with my nieces and sister-in-laand watched Utah's children vibrantly dance our history from Lake Bonneville to present. I couldn't help but think it is through the arts we will find our way. We are moved by the emotional landscapes they create. We feel it. Our hearts open. We remember what we love and why. In the first three months of our centennial year, our state has been fractured by emotional divisions over wilderness, the gay straight alliance and politics in general. Some of us are not welcome in the town of Kanab: others are. not welcome in their own high schools. What are we afraid of.' How do we find our way back into conversation, even if we may disagree? What tears us apart is also what binds us together: Land and love. I am indebted to the Children's Dance Theater for reminding us both individually and collectively why we live in Utah, how it is our history to work together in the spirit of cooperation and how much of our character and peace of mind depends on the landscapes we call home. In our centennial year, it is the children who restore our vision of civility and grace. May the CDT continue to show us how to dance into the next century. Tern Tempest Williams Salt Lake City Condors in Utah the U.S. Fish and wildlife Service announced their intentions o transplant the California condor to the Vermilion Cliffs of Arizona, southeast of Kanab. introducing into Utah another transplanted endangered species, given the condor's flying radius and the condor's potential nesting sites. I wonder if this was a possible ulterior suggestion promoted by the Grand Canyon Trust and the Southern Utah 200-mil- e des- "non-essentia- l" last before the USFWS makes their anticipated dreaded announcement? We have witnessed the stonewall action of the L'SFWS with the four prairie dogs in Cedar City, when a new post office and furniture manufacturing company were announced. We observed the USFWS defiantly refusing to compromise, reconsider, reason or negotiate, taking their position in favor of the four potentially rabid hantavirus-carryinprairie dogs. More than 400 people would be employed at these sites. We watched with utter contempt their actions at the Toucan Center, letting everyone there know they were the law. and the law was with them and that they had as much power, if not more, than God over the destiny of the people and the that the judiciary however, area. They will react even more radically w ith the transplanted condor. Paul Young St. George Repeat business The letters you printed from the moth- er and daughter on Wednesday concerning the judge's treatment of defendants certainly hit the nail on the head. People all over this state who watch court proceedings witness this behavior every day. Some are astounded that it occurs, but there is a definite reason for the behav ior of the judges. To explain: The Utah Bar selects the persons to be judges and gives those names to the governor for his rubber stamp of approval, the people selected then let numbers of violent criminals go free (on gawnds of technicality or whatever) for very goxl business reasons. Every good businessperson knows that repeat business keep one in business. So judges let the criminals off w ith light or no sentences because they know the criminals w ill be back, this gives the judges and attorneys more business, which will then allow the Bar to extort usurious dues from them. Greed is a motivating force! The judges also treat ordinary citizens w ho question their decisions like dirt in order to make them afraid to challenge their authority or their business practice. We can change this system by doing some very simple things: . Cut this letter out and send copies to your state legislators and the governor. 2. Urge your legislators to amend the slate constitution to place all workers (including attorneys, judges, etc.) under the protection of the Utah Right to Work law, this will stop the union from forcing the attorneys and judges to join it. 3. Amend the state constitution to state that each political party which was listed 1 serve. Benton Good covorago thought the segment of "60 Minutes" showing the interview with President Hinckley. Bill Marriott. Orrin Hatch and Steve Young was for the time allotted superb. It was fair, accurate and done in a kind manner. Mr. Wallace seemed happy and pleased to be doing it. and appeared to be highly impressed with President Hinckley aad the other members he interv iewed. I think the church membership, at those so inclined, should write and thank CBS and Mr. Wallace. I am certain they w ill hear from the Burke Jensen I lel s. Provo Support for Stewart Mayor George Stewart receives my support for his recent decision to close city facilities on Sundays. ! recently moved over 2.000 miles to live in this community because the vast majority of its citizens respect the ten Commandments. It is never possible to please all the people all the time. This taxpayer is delighted that public employees are permitted to observe the Sabbath day, and no public funds are expended (or collected) on the Lord's Day. The benefits of observance are stupendous. You could look it up. Vernon Kirk Provo Lottors Policy : The Daily Herald welcomes letters to the editor. Please address them to: Editor, The Daily Herald. P.O. Box 717. Provo. UT 84603 0717. FAX ISO! edit I itsnei.com. Letters must be signed and include the writer 's full name, address and daytime telephone number for verification, Preference is given to letters that are and shorter than typed, double-space400 words in length. Letters submitted on computer disk are welcome. 373-54S- 9. il: d BY GARRY TRUDEAU rue Til UXK.HIK5, YOU'RSNOT 7H ONLY ONE HURTN6 only HEXS. THESE. KD&Af&fT JUST MY EMPLOYEE ttRENEMJOUKSEU5.WElL 3 OFKJPS,MP7WJ THXSAfGSA J WKVtWf L Petersen Manti Doonesbury WE COMPANY HOSTO is not now independent, but is an employee of the Bar and works to keep the Bar. attorneys and themselves in business without any concern for society or you. Only when the people can be able to select their judges w ill the judges be independent and only then w ill they be concerned with the people they supposed' g Grateful for dance Recently, How long will the ignation on the last presidential ballot to place one candidate on the ballot for the offices of district, circuit and justice of the peace judges. This will allow the people to elect their own judges. The Utah Bar w ill scream that the judiciary needs to be independent, the fact is. 5J30ui. I Va5 I I S!Srj ZJT ' , "I |