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Show i ( Brigham City, Utah Thursday, January 8, 1976 BOX RDER JOURNAL, 2 Editorially Speaking effort gets push - you can help Anti-pornograp- hy which will be staffed primarily by volunteers. We plan to give support to organizations, public officials, and law enforcement officers who will take a stand against obscenity in Utah, Weyher is quoted as saying. Already we have had a number of citizens volunteer to serve with our organization. We believe that the vast majority of citizens of our state are opposed to the influx of pornography which has come into our state in the form of motion pictures and literature. It is time now for Utahns to speak out and let it be known that we do not want this kind of filth contaminating our communities, he further stated this week. organization has been formed Salt Lake City to fight por- -. in nography in Utah with emphasis on Salt Lake county. Chairman of this group is con-- j tractor, Robert F. Weyher, Sr., with a number of other prominent Utahns the executive committee making An i ! i ; j ! I ! : ) ! : i j ; ; and various sub-committe- Known as Utahns Against Por-- ; nography, it is impressive by the nature of those who make up its founding body. They include Emery F. Carter, Salt Lake' City, executive vice president of Gibbons and Reed company, and William N. Jones, Alpine, chairman of the board, Intermountain Health Care, Inc., as vice chairmen, . THESE ARE GOOD words aimed at accomplishing a worthy goal. But permit us to augment them with this OTHER MEMBERS of UTAPs executive panel include Mrs. Aub-- ; rey C. Norwood, B. Z. Hastier, Jr., David L. Wilkinson, and Wendell J. Ashton, with Richard B. Carter as secretary. All reside in the greater Salt Lake City area. Roy W. Simmons, Kaysville, president of Zions First National bank, is chairman of the finance committee, and Albert R. Bowen and Rex J. Hanson, attorneys, are of the sub-committ- on legal matters. observation : The most effective way to combat pornography is to make it unprofitable. And that means to refrain from putting money in the cash boxes of participating theatres, or to traffic in the printed kind. Weve all heard the story about theatres barely surviving or failing to make it by showing family movies, yet realizing an income upturn by showing R and flicks. Whos to blame? Utahns who patronize movie houses and purchase magazines which deal in pornography share the guilt with those who produce and distribute it. Just remember that. Pick a Box Elder table, any son of the year. Anybody for a hotdog? campground near Mantua is a popular picnicking spot in the summer so is hard to find. But thats not the case at this sea- popular at times that an open table table! X-rat- Citizens of the Beehive state who oppose pornography can take heart in the calibre of persons making up this taskforce against filth pollution. . THE UTAP will soon open an office in downtown Salt Lake City An Educomment Three R's: Now more than ever . . ijrj o;: by Ray M. Hall Northern Utah UniServ What better time is there than the Bicentennial year to assess our educational legacy? The educational curriculum in the schools of America began with the 3Rs reading, writing and arithmetic. Educational innovations and curricular expansions have pushed these basic foundations from the front stage into the shadows. Literacy of Americans, it would seem, has suffered as a consequence. r Legalize marijuana to eliminate double standard? , A couple of native Utahns who have gained considerable fame in the glittering world of entertainment ' Donny and Marie Osmond sounded a message of maturity and insight the other day. The two who will be featured in an ABC television variety series, indicated they were not impressed liberalized with Californias laws. marijuana Donny, 18, is quoted as saying: Ive never tried the stuff and I never intend to. Ive seen too many kids ruin their minds that way. Sister Marie, 16, declared That scenes not for me. There are too many things in life to get natural highs from. Amen, kids. THIS IS REFRESHING, like a breath of fresh air when contrasted with the continuing crusade on the part of many to make marijuana readily available, albeit on a controlled basis. One piece we read the other day said the movement is intended to do away with the double standard which now exists with regard to pot and liquor. If booze is legal then so should be marijuana. So youre on Have you ever noticed how, about this time of the year, so many folks are on diets? The reason is obvious. The Christmas holiday season has become a time for eating. We place an emphasis on the accumulation and consumption of candy, nuts, breads, cookies and assorted other sweets, not to mention turkey, ham and the various trimmings which normally are served in company with them. It all begins at Thanksgiving and continues through New Years. And then it. seems so many of us ' We agree with eliminating double standards. But because weve fallen into one pit is no reason to dig another pit. Consider these statistics from the Utah Division of Alcoholism and Drugs. Not considering human suffering, its estimated that alcohol abuse costs t assessment done by the education division, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, supports this position. Dr. T. H. Bell, U. S. commissioner of education, 58 perreporting on the assessment says, cent of the population could not read a simple paragraph explaining the law and telling why it would be illegal to be held in jail for two weeks without being charged with a crime. A Utahs industrial million a year. economy National figures compiled by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare places alcoholism costs to business at $9.35 billion. THE ECONOMIC loss comes from ' on-the-j- ob to keep. We also fail to see how liberalizing the use of marijuana will improve the situation. a diet, too! resolve to renew that battle of the bulge, to enter a period of self denial when carrot sticks and cabbage, eggs and dry toast become the in- struments of dietary torture. We understand exercise devices also were very big this year. And we wonder how many will end up in the closet, relatively unused to become the objects of curiosity of children in years to come. To everyone who now is resolved to take off those extra pounds may we extend a wish that your determination will remain firm. And that your tummy will get that way, too. two-prong- ed ... $52.9 reduced productivity, absenteeism, excessive use of sick leave, accidents, turnover rates and other incalculable costs. Utahs estimated work force for 1975 was 479,000. Of those workers about five percent or 23,950 persons, have problems with alcohol. Interesting figures. Then how about the involvement of alcohol in traffic accidents, welfare loads, broken homes, crime and the erosion of human potential? We agree its not a good standard , BOX ELDER THEN IN AN EFFORT to drive his point . . 20 percent of Americans home, he says, not because they cannot cannot really cope read but because they cannot understand what they read. Commenting on the third R, Bell says, . . . 28 percent could not figure out the amount of change due them by subtracting the cost of a JOURNAL A wkly nawipaptr usUblishtd In IfW, publishtd avtry Thursday by Wit 55 l, South lot Eldar First Wait, Iriqhtm City, Utah, MM2 Class ot Sacond tha postaqa paid post olflea, IE South First Wait Iriqham. City, Utah. 84302. Charlas "Tuff" Claybauqh Fubllshar Ganaral Manaqtr Iraca T. Kayas, Mtntqinq Editor Mika harry, Sports Editor Sarah Yatas, Sociaty Editor Arland Tinqay, Nawspapar Supr. Photo-Frai- s Van Claybauqh, Supr. H. E. Andarson, Commarcial Printing Supr. Mam bar Audit luraau of Circulationt. Utah Stata Prass Association, National Association Nawspapar and Unitad Prass Intarnational. Advertising Utah Stata Association, Salt Laka City, Utah. rata St .00 par yaar payable In advanca in connaction with Eldar tha loi Journal (published Thursdays) S4J0 for i months in lot Subscription Eldar County. Subscription rata $11.00 par yaar payable in advanca in connaction with tha loi Eldar Journal (publishad months: outside Thursdays) SS.S0 for lo Eldar County. t NATIONAL NEWSPAPER HUtmk R :g PsaaOrt SUSTAINING MEMBER MEMBER OF THE - 1972 purchase from a $20 bill. A companion study to Bells report was conducted by the National Assessment of Education Progress, a research organization directed by Roy H. Forbes. Forbes, speaking along some of the same lines as Bell, observes, . . . Writing is a skill most people find essential throughout their life time. Commercial, industrial, and all professional dealings depend on the written word for communication; written records have become part of our life. Im concerned that we may be creating another gap between the haves and the have-nots. FORBES GROUP found in 1974 that students to 17 years old used a simpler vocabulary and wrote more incoherently than their counterparts of a few years earlier. ' Other observations of the group show that students showed an increase of awkwardness in writing and had a greater tendency to write as they would speak. Essays written by were shorter, less sophisticated in included more misspelling. (Phi and expression Delta Kappan, January, 1976, p. 355) Are we, in our frenzy for progress, d subjecting our youth to a educational program. Reading, writing and arithmetic, if anything, are more essential now than ever before. 13 so-call- short-circuite- H Letters to the Editor... . Haven't trained employees Editor: further comment on the letter sent in to your paper, Sunday, Jan. 4, 1976, edition concerning Its what you make about businesses and services in our town, I would like to state the following opinion as a resident of Brigham C5ty and as a lifelong resident of Utah: To it, ar Miss their dog Editor: Our family became residents of Brigham City during the holidays. Unfortunately our move has been marred by the loss of our dog. He was being kept by friends in Brigham City while we were in a motel pending availability of our house. The dog, apparently confused and frightened by the change in surroundings, escaped from our friends house and became lost. Our dog is a red and while male collie answering to the name Linus. He is wearing a collar bearing a Cecil county, Maryland dog license and an identity tag giving his name, my name and a Delaware address. He has been missing since Dec. 30 and was last seen in northeast Brigham City in the vicinity of First North and Tenth East. He is a large active dog and could easily have wandered several miles. You will Anyone seeing the dog is asked to call have the sincere thanks of the five new residents who really miss their dog. 723-698- 5. Sincerely yours, John W. Edwards 811 East First North Brigham City My family and a great many friends have been happy with many of the merchants and their service to us. We have found most of them friendly and cooperative and ready to provide products and services on a par with surrounding communities. It is easy to see why they cannot provide huge inventories as well as discount prices, which do not always provide service such as an individual small business can. However, we have also found that there we a continuing number of businesses, mostly the older, established firms, who havent taken the time and effort to properly train their employes on courtesy and service to their customers. There has been a lackadaisical accept what you can get or go elsewhere attitude on the part of some businesses and this results in many citizens doing their shopping in other com- munities, although this entails travel, time and expense. If the merchants of Brigham City would encourage the establishment of a small department store with goods to sell the middle income people, which includes most of us, better inventories or a willingness to order what they cannot keep in stock, I feel that there would be more shopping in Brigham City with benefits for everyone involved. Sincerely, Kathleen B. Biggs |