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Show Thursday, November 5, 1959 THE VALLEY VIEW NEWS Page 2 Valleij Viet ANYTHING GOES d, luij w. A while ago the news broke that the popular T. V. Quiz shows of a few years ago were fixed. It seem that the contestants were given the answers to the questions beforehand and the the whole thing smelled a little like a compost pile in the back yard. This made interesting reading for a few days but I dont understand why its being dragged out for so long and why its coming under the scrutiny of Congressional investigations. After all, the only thing that happened was that smart boys made a sucker out of you and I again. This was not the first time this has happened and I assure you that it wont be the last. The American public as a whole are a gullible lot The hucksters tell us what they want and we are as impressed as the country yokel who gets taken with the old shell game as the country fair by the city slicker. ' Evidentally we enjoy being made to look like a fool because we keep coming back for more. Youd think that we learn by experience, but I dont think we do. If anything should come under investigation it should be the commercials on T.V., not the programs themselves. Im talking of the advertisements that at best insult the intelligence of an eighth grader. Do you actually believe the commercial where the admen pour a beaker of stomach acid on a hankerchief and the acid eats a hole in it? Or when they use a microscope to show you how one dentrifice kills all the bacteria in your mouth where the other tooth pastes fail to do the job? Or when they tell you that one type of gasoline will send your car into orbit and if you use any other gasoline youre lucky if your car even starts? Do you really want to know why people keep buying a certain brand of gasoline? Its because they have found out that the gas station that sells X brand of gasoline has the cleanest rest rooms and besides, that they give green stamps. After all how far can you deviate from the norm when it comes to gasoline, soap dentrifices or headache powders. The ingredients are basically the same and one does as good, or as bad, a job as the other. The reason you buy one item rather than the other is because of the way its packaged, or priced, or because its placed in the handiest spot on the shelf. I think there is some loyalty to brand names but the reason you buy them are far removed from the lies they tell you about them on T.V. or radio. But getting back to the fixed T.V. Quiz shows. We can all yell shame and terrible because we werent involved. But lets suppose that you were approached by these programs and given the opportunity to win a few hundred thousand bucks by answering questions to which you were supplied the answers? Would you turn it down? I doubt it. After all you can always rationalize and say that youre entertaining people and you should get paid for it. Getting the answers, you might say to your- KkuA B. MILLER, Publisher HARRY Entered as 2nd Class matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah under the Act of March 3, 1879 t 1954 ESTABLISHED Published weekly by Valley View News Publishing Company at Salt Lake County, Utah Phone EMpire 2608 - Salt Lake City, Utah Box Post Office JAREN K. McCORMICK, Editor & Business Manager BILL BRICKLEY, Advertising Mgr., EM , 49 For Classified Advertising Call CY REPORTERS: Kearns 4290 W. 5540 South' CY Elizabeth Yowell Kearns So. 4911 4980 West CY Jessie Olsen Bennion Rd. 5842 So. Redwood AM Arleen Morrill self, makes the program no different from a well Kearns CY Phone: Olsen Jack Staff Photographer rehearsed T.V. play. And I dont see what punishment can be meted out to people responsible for this hoax. After all, DEBT PROBLEMS? I dont think any of them have ever made the formal announcement that the shows were completely We have prevented Bankruptcy, Garnishments, Repossessions and as intimated much unrehearsed. They may have other financial difficulties. Our Counselors can assist you out and thats about all. The worst you could say is of debt The efficient way. Call or Come in Today that the producers used poor judgment in their atUTAH CREDIT COUNSELORS tempt to entertain the public. Phone 58 East 4th South Actually I dont see who was hurt by these unA a made buck few fast ethical presentations. guys by being good entertainers, the sponsors paid out a lot of money which was certainly their privilege. And the American T.V. viewers acting their part of gullible sheep rushed to the corner grocery store in droves to buy the products they were told to buy by the nice talking gentlemen on the television set. Everyone acted out their part perfectly and the only people that were hurt were the ones that spent their hard earned money on items they didnt really need and didnt measure up to what the announcer said. Of course the fact that they made a fool of you didnt help a bit. This comes under the general classification of adding insult to injury. It seems to me that our Congress has more important things to do than spend their time and our money in investigating T. V. programs. If fixed Phone AMherst television programs were the only evil existing in America today, Id say that we were in good shape. 4760 South Redwood Road 55 6-44- Local School News Valley Junior High Dads and Moms will be treated to a special school lunch Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m., at the Valley Jr. High School. The regular school lunch will be served at 25 cents per person. At 7:30 p.m. all partents are invited to attend a PTA meeting. The guest speaker for the evening Everyone enjoyed the senior, junior and sophomore assemblies, will be Sheriff Clarence Brady, Jr., but the Grazy Mixed Up Dance who will speak about Youth and put the crowning touch to all other Its Problems. activities. Dianna Salazar, who South Kearns sings on the televised show, at the Last Terrace every Saturday, sang at Friday the first graders of the dance. Many amusing activities Mrs. McGee, Mrs. Peck and Mrs. took place during the dance to the Morriss went to Liberty Park and enjoyment of all attending. Re- the Tracy Aviary. Despite the cold freshments consisted of hot spiced weather they found the birds and animals eager to greet them. The cider and donuts. Granger High School During the past weeks several assemblies, as well as the Jubilee Sings and the Grazy Mixed Up Dance, sponsored by the publications staffs were featured at Granger High. day was completed with a sack lunch picnic. Transportation was furnished by the parents of the participating children. BUILDING SPECIALTIES FULLER PAINT Captain Occie Evans of the County Sheriffs office gave the oath of office to 26 patrolmen of the South Kearns School at an assembly last Thursday. The newly swom-i- n patrol members include: Steven Williams, LieutenCaptain ant Patricia Rushton, Sharon Potts, Shirley Simmons, Suzan Baker, Michael Lloyd, Lou Nielsen, Michael Brimhall, Marilyn Lay, Dorothy Prunkard, Nadine Holton, Michael Empey, Myron Payne, Sharlene Keesler, Sherrie Gates, Gary Stanley, Billie Forakis, Van Durfee, Darrel Fender, Billie Mansell, Denny Bauer, Jack Martinez, Wayne Nielsen, Barbara Huffman, Bonnie Casper, and Robert Steed. GARDEN TOOLS HARDWARE ELECTRICAL PLUMBING If Hearing is Your or mail them with your Place your wants ads by calling CY remittance to 4290 West 5540 South, Kearns. 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