Show Vol 72 No 43 Utah State University Logan Utah Wednesday February 5 1975 Price comparison indicates Macey’s is best hod buy the A price comparison survey taken by members of from USU indicates that overall Macey’s has the lowest prices of the four major food stores in Logan G Steve Montgomery PIRG member who organized the survey said five volunteers took the prices of 77 items from Macey’s Albertprice Jan 31 Of the 77 on price mini-surve- flour detergent produce and cooking oil Macey’s again came out the best buy with the 12 items totaling $1373 Safeway’s total was $1385 Albertson’s was $1405 and Food King’s total into the cost of living Twelve of the items included in the sruvey were totaled up for each store as a “mini marketbasket survey” The said PIRG officials hope to establish their survey as a monthly service For price comparison tally see page 4 eggs items Macey’s had by Richard Brady came to $1436 Monhgomery crime editor sugar hamburger v s v v & " '“IV t "V 1 5 ’ 1 ' vs $$ V V"‘ 1 - fc V y I-- vjT? ' ' lit & Yetis' THtJi V' r S - MUJZ T Dayne Goodwin (I) and J J Platt members of the Logan chapter of the Young Socialist Alliance said at a recent meeting that a revolution looks more possible now than it did a photo by Ken Sink year ago because today there is more interest in socialistic alternatives cites more interest in Socialistic alternatives YSA by Ken Sink Staff Writer to be a revolution needs There said J J Platt at a recent meeting of the Young Socialist Alliance “Society should move from private production for profit to democratically fullfilling human needs” Platt said His speech was entitled “Can Young People Change Society?” A revolution looked a lot less possible a year ago than it does today Platt said “There is more interest today in socialistic alternatives” said Dayne Goodwin who also spoke “Interest for social change has increased” revolt has come because the growing social and economic contradictions Platt said The youth revolution was very instrumental in the declaration of The youth of a ten-da- y general strike in France Platt said The youth were in the forefront of the antiwar and civil rights movements in the United States he said Students should challenge the nature of universities Platt said “What kind of education do we want?” he asked “Education no longer reflects reality” Platt said “The basis for a socialistic society is in place education is still bound with the old capitalistic ways” he said “The situation for revolution has occured manytimes since 1917” Platt sai3“¥he missing element has been a vanguard revolutionary party” A well-organize- d is of murder Frequency homicide armed and negligent 25 in this increased robbery 000-memb- er Northern Utah comlast year but only to one munity case of each from no cases the previous year The statistics also indicate that crime such as aggravated assault burglary felony thefts and sex offenses went down in 1574 But the statistics released by department indicate increases in vandalism petty larceny and auto theft were enough to produce an overall increase in crime In 1973 there were 269 cases of vandalism compared to 393 in 1974 306 cases of petty larceny in 1973 to 482 in 1974 and 7 auto thefts in 1973 compared to 24 in 1974 Aggravated assault fell from six to four last year Burglary dropped from 65 to 50 felony thefts from 128 to 89 and sex offenses from 172 to 154 Petty larceny and vandalism accounted for 85 per cent of all element Half of USU population comprised of Mormons ’ According to a survey compiled from student registration forms the Mormon and populations at USU are almost evenly split LDS Protestant K©memb©r io 4963 569 265 (AP) — Time magazine reported Sunday that former President Richard Nixon in talks with intimates “has fantasized that he would not mind being US ambassador to China NEW some YORK day” Barry Goldwater Sen iz said last week that Nixon had told him he would like to get back into politics not as a candidate but as a spokesman for the'Republican party The suggestion was sloughed off by most Republican leaders Beaver fflfn carpools listed at UC information desk Carpools to Beaver Mountain Resort organized by Val R Christensen assistant dean of students are being posted at the Ski activities desk Interested students should pick up cards at the Information Center The date rides are needed and a phone number need to be filled out Cards should be posted the day a ride is needed on the board outside" the Activities-Cente- r UC Liechty Christensen said that foreign students could account for the large number of students in the “other” and the “no response” categories ore-rsaisie- s” by Nixon Harmon said The move is being considered for easier use of Communication could be moved facilities he said to the Theatre Arts Department The professors of oral interp are to give Harmon their decision said HASS Dean M Judd Harmon by today he said The move would have to be “It is too early for a main article' to be written” Harmon said ' approved by President Glen L “The move is only under conTaggert and the Institutional sideration by the profs of oral Council Harmon said There should be no problems getting the interpretation” he said The oral interpretation classes move approved if it is desired he said are performance oriented students interested in starting this program rtLvnn “Never before has there been Roman Catholic ' fantasized The Oral Interpretation segment of the Department of Two such a mixture of all kinds of kids at USU” said Val Christensen follows: China post Oral interp may go to Theatre Arts dept non-Morm- student services coordinator Of 8821 students registered this quarter the breakdown is as Police Chief Max Jones said his department’s rate of closing cases is about 50 to 60 per cent compared to 16 per cent for the national rate educated an group important of a successful revolution Platt said Students are the “transmission belt” for triggering an upsurge he said The students are the infantry and the labor unions are the artillery in the struggle for a revolution he said youth reported in Logan last year e T" pages Jg Wews Logon's Quietf iny items in the cluded such staples as milk 44 taken but sale items do figure son’s Safeway and Food King on lowest Albertson’s on 27 Safeway on 19 and Food King on nine items On some items the prices at the four stores were the same the comparison shows Montogmery said that some of the items listed were on sale when the comparison was 12 and Alan system had little success He said that things look more encouraging this year Advantages include cutting expenses reducing the number of automobiles traveling up Logan Canyon and providing rides for those who would otherwise have to ‘thumb” a down of ride “In the future I hope general locations will be outlined-f- or riders where they will be picked up by drivers” Christensen said SpendTove made suggestions last quarter of putting up a “ride board” similar to the one for rides home “We need more organized efforts to match up riders and drivers” Christensen said “So far we have had only students sign up per week” Christensen pointed out however that last year this 10-1- 5 thru 0 |