Show Jack Anderson Civil for survival WASHINGTON — The Ugly American has returned to the misty green hillsides of northern Thailand He’s Dominick DiCarlo the State Department’s assistant secretary assigned to cope with the international drug trade and street-wis- e could pass as the “good guy” in a television crime show He’s dedicated to curbing the flow of narcotics into the United States But when East meets West mutual misunderstanding can defeat the best intentions of men and governments And when one side shows an insensitivity to the other’s cultural and political problems cooperation and good will can turn to bitterness and despair This is what’s happening to far-of- f Thailand whose government with the financial backing of the United Nations and the United States is trying to persuade the hill tribesmen to give up their opium poppy fields and grow coffee and beans instead The poppy growers are subsistence farmers not profit-greedagribusinessmen getting rich from the insatiable demands of heroin addicts in the Western world To these friendly primitive hill people it’s a simple matter of survival Di-Car- blue-eye- d Sunday Feb er Will retrace steps of slain mother Poppy crops Square-jawe- d Standard-Examin- rights march lo y Not only are poppies one of the few crops that will grow on the steep hillsides but there is no problem marketing the harvest Obliging buyers handle all the transportation details Coffee and beans on the other hand don’t grow well and must be hauled to distant markets over virtually impassable roads The hill people also use opium as a readily available painkiller Unlike the our in “civilized” culture the mountain junkies tribesman don’t abuse their wonder drug Finally there’s a political problem involved Thai n officials fear that if the at resentment isn’t handled program properly the loss of their traditional livelihood may drive the hill people into the arms of communist insurgents Into this delicate situation has stepped who has become a the straight-shoote- r As a US State Department trouble-shoote- r d attorney in New York he was a tough a as he crime fighter Later legislator chaired the committee that gave New York the most Draconian narcotics law in the nation DiCarlo crossed paths with my roving correspondent Peter Grant in Thailand DiCarlo’s impact upon the Thai government Grant reports might better be described as a collision His approach left Thai officials more aghast than amused all-purpo- se poppy-eradicatio- Di-Car- lo single-minde- DETROIT (UPI) — Tony Liuzzo only 10 when his mother Viola was murdered during a civil rights march in Alabama 17 years ago will retrace her steps this week on the historic path from Selma to Montogmery “It will be an honor to walk that path” Liuzzo a Southfield school bus driver said The march is sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in support of extending the Voting Rights Act now- before Congress “Lots of people have given their lives in defense of the constitutional right to vote including my mother” said Liuzzo 26 father of two Liuzzo will lay a wreath in ceremonies marking the spot on the highway between Selma and Montgomery where his mother was shot to death March 25 1965 as she was driving a car with a civil rights - Monday and in Montgomery on Thursday The slaying of Mrs Liuzzo left five children motherless Her husband a Teamsters union official died in 1978 The Liuzzo family is seeking $2 million in damages from the federal government on grounds the fatal shots were fired by Gary Thomas Rowe an FBI informant Rowe has been indicted in another murder in Georgia Alabama sc far has been unable to extradite him to stand trial in Mrs Liuz-zo’- s death S'tantorJi-fcxaminr- (0yi)nt CLASSIFIED FAMILY WANT ADS "h people's for norham Utah" marfcat plae OR TRADE BUY-SEL- L worker “When the Ku Klux Klan marches down that highway now r TRY IT TOOAYI PHONE they spit on the spot” Liuzzo said Liuzzo also will speak at rallies in Selma when the march begins 394-77- 1 1 Daily hours: am till 5 pm Saturdays 8 am till 12 noon 8 Atheist center hit by vandals AUSTIN Texas (UPI) — The Ameri- can Atheist Center fence erected a around its headquarters in hopes of keeping out vandals who recently painted messages such as “God loves you anyway” on ot the side of building “We didn’t do this in a spiteful way’’ said Gerald Tholen the na- tional chapter SUNDAY BRUNCH Featuring: EGGS BENEDICT OUR FAMOUS OMELETTES EGGS FLORENTINE HUEV0S RANCHER0S 11 am to 2 pm- wood:covers:alliseasonstornlwindowsjcarports Call'Collact SEASONS Patio People - lrTOrem224-685- coor- dinator for the group “We did it in a reassuring way 4871002 lnOgden479-393- 3 Z amaBxggiP ostop byowHiowroow se He plunged into diplomatic negotiations with the finesse of a bulldozer and an insensitivity to the Thais’ problems He was given to political g He publicly faultposturing and ed the Thai government for its failure to crack down as hard as he thought it should on the hill tribes In general DiCarlo was about as discreet and diplomatic as a SWAT team The reluctance of the 300000 hill tribesmen to give up their one reliable crop for the dubious promise of coffee and beans is understandable As a United Nations official put it “It would be easier to persuade the French to convert their vineyards to cornfields” Only a few villages have stopped growing opium poppies “cold turkey” Many have accepted government subsidies to grow replacement crops but have continued to grow poppies anyway None of these problems clouded DiCarlo’s tunnel vision He understood only that the opium harvest might wind up as heroin in the alleys of America After flying over poppy fields in a helicopter he criticized Thai officials for neglecting “such easy targets” He also repeatedly lectured them on their obligation to keep heroin from the mountain poppy fields out of the international drug traffic Imfact almost all of the opium produced in Thailand is consumed domestically arm-twistin- Build a great video entertainment center with Zenith's color TV and Beta Video Recorder Zenith 19” diagonal color TV with remote control on-scre- United Feature Syndicate Remember when 20 Quartz-controlle- d electronic tuning eliminates the need for constant fine tuning adjustments You get a clear sharp picture instantly Other features include channel and time display and Zenith's Computer Space Command remote control with updown channel scan volume and mute control Model SS1925VV 499 00 VCRTV cabinet O'Sullivan's attractive honey-elvinyl laminate cabinet has a large TV shelf retractable VCR shelf and concealed tape storage area Allow 2 weeks for delivery 1 2900 TelevisionVideo 72 104 m YEARS AGO February 14 1962 Southeast Idaho fought its worst floods in 25 years as an earth-fil- l dam broke sending water from the Teton River over half the town of Sugar City which had 700 inhabitants New officers of the Weber County Farm Bureau were Junior Stewart president Arnold I Slater vice president and Mrs Max Loock chairman of the women’s branch Udell Green 32 Kaysville was awarded the Kaysville Junior Chamber of Commerce “Distinguished Service Award” Mrs Florence Hirst Newcomb retired veteran Ogden school teacher died at the Weber County Chronic Disease Hospital in Roy Mrs Newcomb was head of the English department at Ogden High School for over 20 years Robert G Hemingway of Ogden was named Utah chairman for National Library Week to be celebrated April Zenith Beta Video Director More than just another video recorder the Zenith VR8500PT Video Director puts complete control at your fingertips a whole day's recording lets you pre-se- t automatic recording cycle Speed search lets you scan in forward or reverse And the pausestop action gives you total editing control Other features include recording digital tape counter and Beta on one calotte capacity 24-ho- ur 59900 8-- 14 50 YEARS AGO February 14 1932 WH Anderson deputy game warden of Weber County and Warden TM Argyle urged Ogdenites and residents of Weber County to assist in protecting deer that had been forced near the city limits by the heavy fall of snow The entire Ogden High School music department gave a benefit concert at the Madison School for the unemployed Solos were given by Fay Seager cornet Drew Peterson Louis Bavero piccolo Lewis Shaw a road supervisor in Ogden Valley was attempting to reach 25 head of cattle reported snowed in and starving to death in North Fork Canyon Mr Shaw was making the trip in a bobsled loaded with hay The Girls’ Association at Weber High School was making plans for its annual dance A popularity contest was the special feature Girls nominated for the title of “most popular girl” were Matilda Avondet Edna Bingham Susie Jacobs Fern Thompson and Donna sax-apho- Wood ne W( inSTOCK Shop Ogden City Mall today noon till 5 Monday through Friday 10 till 9 Saturday Order by mail or call toll-fre- e 24 hours a day 10 till S 6 626-166- 0 14 1982 5A |