Show April 20 1 970 0 UTAH STATE E tl it 'x- m - s not way the world ends with a bang but with a whimper” wrote T S Eliot in hh "Hollow Men” But an increasing ' individuals nurpber of environment-consciou- s don’tjdntend to lie dow n and die w ith a whimper"' if they go its going to be shouting at the top of their lungs They’ll be shouting what many crackpots of doom” have been shouting for some years now’ And they’ll be joined by an ever increasing number or concerned "crackpots” And if they shout loud enough all will be well and if they don’t T S Eliot may have been right EARTH DAY and WEEK are manifestations of the new shout over the environment A shout which has turned from vague warnings of things that might happen to tragic signs of what already is happening and what could follow that will be Environmental - "teach-instaking place all over the United States this f "so-calle- d w-e- ll ” o week will be a witness to the new concern many Americans are expressing for their environwill only consist of ment But the "teach-ins- ” words and words alone will not help‘theen-vironmen- t Action must follow The environment issue has become politiEvery politician in Washington cally "in” D C is searching for his own private pollution Some are genuinely issue to win reelection concerned But their concern will die quickly if the public clamor for clean air clean water in general a wholesome environment dies down to a whimper Politicians are the people who can supply the means to clean-uthe environment but we are the people who must be willing to pay the price The price seems to have been too high in the past but faced with the nearing tragedy it grows more reasonable everyday Words won’t cure pollution but they may motivate people to pay the price p §f faSTOSf §m AP — 70 Springtime As snowbanks recede workers fan out to reap a bumper crop of the nation’s ugliest harvest: Litter David Government officials meanwhile are proposing new taxes regulations or research on and cans - to cut down the potential source of trash ifliW HifriaU AP Writer by popularization of the environment as a social and part political issue are sup- plementing highway and park crews which have been gathering the trash for years Stone County Ark freed children from school to pick up litter Officials expect 70000 or more persons to turn out for “Green Up Day” Saturday And in Portland in Hi -- I Why do some men after gaining a certain degree of knowledge above and beyond the average layman start to play God and want to exert their t power? Why do they put themselves above others? Why do they try to impose their opinion upon others? Is it because of some huge unsatisfied egotistical desire within them or is it part of human nature? -- i v This phenomena is epitomized by those who look upon themselves as “intellectuals”1 and disdainfully look down "upon all other human beings as being J - r - ignorant and incapable of enough reason or logic absolutely 2 to form an opinion or thought of their own They treat others as education being without--'anknowledge experience or plain act as though horse ' others sense’Tey are not even worthy of being listened to This is one thing y ' Vermont Ore John D-W- for from now Nelson's proposed Packaging Control Act would Pollution that really burns me and I can see where it could bother alot of our generation about our elders and it works the other way too THE ‘YOUR OPINION isn’t even worth listening to' attitude just grabs me the wrong way People you have to listen! If you won’t listen how will you know what others are thinking? If we would we may come to learn a ce Cheney executive director of the Glass Manufacturers Institute notes Pepsi-Col- a raised deposits to five cents in New York recently on a new batch of 600000 bottles The bottles disappeared in six months But some disupute the contentiofrthat consumers want the NRs Dave Levinger president of the New York local of the Soft Drink Workers Union says the rise of larger bottling plants covering a consumer assistant Virginia Knauer have turned their heaviest fire on the can and bottle industry in an attempt to roll rear tires of his whole lot more t No matter I’m convinced that many of what your thing is to kid yourself you probably like that you’re the only one who can do it or at least that no one can do it quite as good as you can Is there “intellectual” who honestly admits that there are a lot of people around more intelligent than himself? Is there one “intellectual” who honestly admits that there are a lot of one these individuals have a basic feeling of inferiority inside of them and in attempting to rise over it they develop a hypersuperiority or egotistical complex Many think they are part of a super race which alone should be allowed to tread the earth freely and everyone else should be subserviant because they do not have their fantastic abilities brains experience or even the to promote throw-awa- y burnable bottle funded scientists at Container bottles Federally Clemson University are experimenting with one which dissolves in water after being broken The US Bureau of Mines has developed a way to separate metal and glass from trash and make the substances reusable LEESKABELUND Audibly he says Mr Jones” or “Madame” He says something nice but he’s “really thinking “You poor salivating slob you don’t know anything about so would you please shut up and bother me as little as possible I’ll do the work it’s my province my celestial sphere pi operation my chosen profession don’t ask In the meantime with interfere don’t questions because you my creative genius I’m when bug me fella but through I’ll expect your admiration and yelps of joy” Human nature like to play God X-ra- X-ra- ys I YOU TELL HIM No you just know that the old Buster Brown shoe machine had been banned and you knew they were run with The reply under his breath is “you poor hopeless thing” Glass campaign in a speech’ ‘jfovT’the campaign will include antilitter messages Pepsi-Col- a is test marketing a amazement on the dentist as he is about to y your teeth and you have asked “How many roentgens an I going to get doc?” Well he’s kind of stand-in- g in mouth You your know what I mean he has his foot in there and a couple of hands with some cotton and a few instruments hanging out So he has to let loose and playing at God is the look on his face as he removes his glasses places them on the tray and says “My dear boy have you been reading another Readers Digest article?” ys Reynolds jjntil MrsKiauet: criticized the Playing G AT God is the look of X-ra- of - ti tu t c - had"— — million a planned $75 campaign right color of skin ' Reynolds The ce More immediately Nelson and other officials like presidential the front to the P Aluminum reports 217000 cans were turned in in one week in Los Angeles after offering the reward "garorfigargy creasingly affluent consumers want the convenience of throw- - More immediately Nelson and other officials like president automobile in ce effects” such intellectual got after refusing a common man’s advise to transfer his tire chains from Coca-Col- a ce ‘packaging charges” on containers “scaled to reflect the level of adverse environment things about which a layman could - teach him? Things like setting a post planting a field building a house tuning an engine or saddling a horse I’ve come to seriously doubt it I wonder how far and how cold one and Washington show a case of 24 deposit bottles is $210 plus 48 cents deposit A case of throw-awa- y bottles costs cans $255 A case of costs $285 Beer bottles used to be good for 38 trips from brewery to consumer and back again Now deposit beer bottles make 19 trips Returnable soft drink bottles make half that many Industry spokesmen cite the is i¥— Pepsi-Col- a en- courage NRs and save the cost of transporting empty bottles The can and bottle industry supports public service cleanup campaigns and works with the government on research on disposal Aluminum firms pay a half a cent apiece for cans and melt them down for more cans David toward NRs The expense of the NRs is plain The wholesale price lists one-wa- rj- j- wide area leads bottlers to back the snowballing trend admit we’re human 'ns- 3 in Piacentini shows off And in Portland Ore John Piacentini shows off a pile of cans and bottles outside the warehouse for the 60 Plaid Pantry supermarkets he owns The pile represents only a few of the 3 million or so cans and bottles turned in Jo his stores after he offered a half a cent apiece The project which lasted 18 days cost hin$I5000 Sen Gaylord Nelson estimates that unless the gradual demise of the deposit bottle is y reversed tflnrt5 billion cans and bottles produced in 1958 will swell tor 58m—billion six years —n - rrrr n—rmw rrrjwtr mvuu "Peace Brother” WHY DON’T WE quit trying to play God and leave that up to the one who is God Let’s admit that we are human and as such imperfect It may not be too but it might lead you to learn something from those you meet each day com-pliment- ry |