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Show NEWS DESERET The Bug Boys Now Are Influencing Elections Here, for instance, are some histories: A United States attorney in a south ern state wanted to be elevated to a judgeship, but the political leader of his party refused to endorse his nomination. The federal attorney bugged the hotel room where the party leader often stayed, recorded conversations which showed he was carrying on an illicit love affair, and reportedly brought the tape to the leaders attention. He got the nomination and the judgeship soon after- We should outlaw all wiietapping, public and private, wherever and whenever it occurs except, when the security of and then this nation itself is at stake only with the strictest governmental safeguards. exercise the full powers to electronic bugging and .snooping." Though for the most part federal operatives have been impaled in the snooping spotlight, district attorneys and state police in many parts of the country have also been accused of misusing listening devices. ' The Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner was obliged to resign from office after a state House investigating committee heard testimony that state police had been wiretapping in violation of Pennsylvania law. And in New York Democratic Congressman Joseph Resnick charged that Governor Rockefeller had been using the state police to wiretap for political purposes. Resnicks charge came after it was learned that the Superintendent of State Police had tapped conversations of John Donohue, a decorated state trooper who was discharged after a dispute with the superintendent about promotional poli"And reach During last falls election campaign, an aide to a man running for Congress in the Midwest showed up at the New York offices of Continental Telephone Supply Company, the countrys largest devices and repurveyor of bugging cording equipment. He bought several of the Arms most ingenious listening devices and remarked cryptically that they would be used for election purposes. During the campaign, the Congressional candidate showed a phenomenal talent for anticipating his opponents strategy and beating him to the punch on every issue. Result: Hes now in Washington and his defeated opponent is still trying to figure out what happened to him. . Ben Jamil, head of world's largest supplier of tronic monitoring and candidates. s, The use of bugs in election campaigns is not merely a sometime thing. Private detectives, along with snooping experts like Harvey Llpsett of San Francisco, Jack Harwood of Florida and Bernard Spindel get frequent calls to look for bugs and tape in Democratic elec- equipment. anti-buggi- Often, they find them, too. Publicity In these cases is rare, and prosecutions are rarer because it is difficult to track down an individual offender and also because the party being bugged Is usually doing some bugging of his own. Revenue Service, and the Narcotics Bureau, among others, have used this equipment in cases in dear violation of the law. Even the Food and Drug Administration was denounced by a Senate subcommittee investigating Invasion of privacy for its harassment of private citizens. One case that broke into public notice involved the purported tapping of the phones of Eugene Nickerson, Democratic County Executive In Nassau, New York. Democratic leaders implied that District Attorney William Cahn, a Republican and a bitter political enemy of Nickerson, was behind the tapping, but they never made a direct accusation and Cahn denied the implication. One of the FDAs greatest escapades in Kansas City was in the best tradition of the Keystone Cops, the subcommittee reported. Because some milk substitute allegedly did not contain sufficient protein content, FDA sent seven Inspectors, SPEAKING OF POLITICS Deseret News Political Editor Many law enforcement a female undercover operator, and an array of electronic anooping equipment that would shame James Bond to a suburban supermarket to check on two school teachers selling the product. The subcommittee has pointed out that directives by various federal agencies, and even by the President himself, against illegal and .unethical snooping have been repeatedly flouted by the agencies field men. Usually this was because they were led to believe that the heads of their departments wanted them flouted. ney organization, the Utah group will have considerable power. Futtxigbt of Arkansas as vice president Thb group plans recruiting drives among both the Young Democrats and the regular Democratic organizations, as well as among Utah independents to gain backing for their candidates. Its party base b both widespread and impressive, judging from the group which went back to Michigan to talk to Gov. Romney. And it has the backing of al the GOP members of Utahs Congressional delegation as well as the unofficial blessing of top organizational leaders hi Utah. partys presidential nomination. If it were not for the Utah ties of Michigan Gov. George Romney, there might be even more such ht In fact, tiie only reason national committeeman Ken Garff decided not to go to Michigan to lend his support to his friend and former schoolmate was because GOP national chairman Ray Bliss has specifically asked members of the national committee to remain neutral In the, presidential nominee arena until the convention. o rganizations forming in the state. For some time there has been a strong nucleus of Utah GOP backing for favorite son Gov. Romney and this week the various interested groups coalesced into a Utahns For Romney organization designed to drum up support in this and other Western states for the Michigan chief executive. The other presidential booster organib the expanding Utah Citizens for Kemedy-Ful- b right, set up in March by a group of University of Utah students. Thb group wants to see Democrats nominate Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of New York for president, with Sen. J. William zation With Utahn 'Thomas G. Judd coordinating the western states for the unofficial but highly active national Rom- - BOOKS Nationally, the Citizens for Kennedy-Fulbrigsent out questionnaires to former national convention delegates and received back a 55 per cent favorable response fbr their ticket. Locally, the reaction would probably not be that good. So far there have been no organized reelect LBJ groups formed in Utah unless one assumes that the state Democratic central committee b working in thb direction. But the executive committee of the Western States Democratic Conference, headed by Utah national committee woman Lucy Redd, are already on record as urging President Johnson's reelection and not many Utah Democratic leaders are openly advocating any other course. If, for any reason, LBJ decides not to be a candidate for reelection, Utah on By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Flip Fun musical instruments permanently, almost as if it were an exchange day. --MILES A. SMITH b unfortunate, because no country in the world develops as many young musicians as we do in the United States. Statistics indicate that more than half of all school children take music lessons, and it b expected to reach 80 per cent in less than a decade. Communities need to see to it that they dont let these musical talents, asseb, and benefits wither away. Thb These graduwill have been members of ates Good ole Charlie starts out in a predisillusioned way to learn what a bunch of or he thinks thieves and con men the brokers are. To Charlies jaundiced eye the whole trainee program b about as pointless as college was. pleasantly graduates. their This Charlie Freeman b a Harvard boy. His Old Man gets him into a job with which he isnt exactly, enthralled. He b a trainee with one of those big, very big, Wall Street concerns., ba groups. Federal funds are now available to help support adult music programs. .Too many communities have in the past Ignored the great pool of musical talent among their high school will, unfortunately, automatically, lay down., Comedy in the brokerage business? Well, thats as good a place as any other for image shattering nonsense. This novel, not being burdened with - When they arrive at the center of the stage and pick up their diplomas these next couple of weeks, thousands of high s c h ool gradua-ate- s LINED VEST OF THE PHEASANT CHARLIE FREEMAN. By John D. Spooner. Little, Brown $5.95.. One reason that Charlies eye b jaundiced a good bit of the time is that he has hangovers. Finally Charlie spends a football weekend back at the old campus, mostly among his friends and classmates who had stayed on in graduate school, and takes a snub from a Skidmore girl he really was Interested tor Pobr Charlie. OUR MUSICAL WHIRL Deseret News Music Editor the 64,000 high school bands and orchestras around the country; collectively they have devoted thousands of hours in practicing, and collectively their parents have spent thousands of dollars for music lessons. , SWEET THUNDER. It isnt likely that William Shakespeare had all the spring recitals in mind when he wrote those words, but they seem appropriate to the season. Henry Manclni, the popular composer, conductor, pianist, and friend of young recitalists, knows something himself of the problems in facing e recital. Each year be spends eight weeks on tour, leading high school and college orchestras, and he will attend the University of Utah Jazz, Festival during the last week of August for a concert and workshop for high school and college jazz musicians. SUCH TOMORROW: This b not to infer that everything has been lost There were the musical and discipline lessons that were learned; there were many fun occasions In performances; and they will always retain an interest in musical affairs because of their own Involvement, . . But it b still a great loss that many of them will never play an instrument again. One way toe them to continue their Mr. Manclni has had thb to say about music after high school b to find to play.ln community music . getting ready for your redtal; oppor-tunitl- es . RtPrtrorrti mooptai and law. YOUR HEALTH Weird Notions About Cataracts could be badly split. past performance Vice President Hubert Humphrey has d always had strong backing from a group of Utah Democrats. And the nucleus of the John F. Kennedy organization from 1960 still remains, which might form another power base from which Bobby Kennedy could seek support. Meanwhile, on the Republican side, there have been no discernable efforts to start support fox another slate which is drawing conservative interest in other parts of the nation. Thb is the 1976 Committee move to drum up support for Ezra Taft Benson and Sen. Strom Thurmond as 1968 preside- By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, M.D. Dear Dr. Molner: I wonder if you would print about how cataracts are removed from the eyes. I had them on both eyes and had them removed in 1963. It was very successful I can read, sew and see everything, and am very happy about it. I was totally blind in one eye and partially in the other, and both cataracts were removed within two president tandem. Some Utah conservatives have been nt-vice weeks. My neighbor and I were having a discussion. One of her friends was going to have it done and a friend said her doctor told her that they take the eyes out and operate and sew them back in. I was going to tell them how I thought it was done when another neighbor said yes, they did it to her eyes, so I didn't say M.C. anything. Please explain it. ANSWER: Heaven knows bow these ridiculous notions get started. The eyes stay exactly where they always have been. A cataract b the lens portion, in the pupil of the eye, which has become cloudy and thus will corresponding with the 1976 committee leaders to inquire about creation of a Utah group, but so far there b no indication such an organization has been formed. If it were not for the favorite son status of Geo. Romney, it is not improbable that there could have been Nixon for President groups active by now. And . there b also a group advocating backing of Blinob Sen. Charles Percy If there should be a Romney-Nlxo- n deadlock at the 1968 GOP national convention. The cardinal rule k to have your homework done before you 'go out on the platform. But if you dont know your dont practice thoroughly, madly to the last minute. Its better to relax an hour or so before you go on. As a student, be content to do the program best you can. Nobody expects a Jascha Heifetz at the junior or senior high school level. And remember that the big difference between an amateur and a professional is the audience. Your friends and neighbors are golng to be less critical of you. They want you to succeed. is appearance? A How important good appearance is desirable, but it wont mean anything without a good performance. Dress on the conservative g side. detracts from your performance, or cheapens it. Afternoon dresses are good for girb, but rings and bracelets should be omitted. Boys should wear suits. Suppose you want to be more than just a good amateur? Mr. Mandni: The first thing a professional musician needs b the ability to sight read fluently. Next: The tone and the technique must be there. Your teacher can- - judge if you have what it takes when you first start Out Later youll learn if you can cut It when you have to Youll compete with others. Finally have to ask yourself frankly: Do I mea- sure up to what I want to do?? Over-dressin- pri- law-abidi- This situation will certainly change if legislation proposed by Rep. Herbert Tenzer of Lawrence, Long Island, New York, is passed during the current Congressional session. Tenzera bill would not only sharply restrict snooping by fed- - Teenager: Don t Lay That Horn Down No Message-J- ust officials enforcement officials have begun insidiously to poison the patient instead of curing the disease," Stream told me. Unless means are devised by legislative or judicial intervention for the complete control of the use of these devices, the community may well die from electronic improvements in the sense that all constitutional safeguards against unlawful search and seizures and against self - incrimination may be unwittingly, but effectively, eroded. good-size- Utah now boasts two organized groups boosting the 1966 candidacy of men who but are not officially candidates for ane obMously ini rr-s;terested in oui-la- vately defend unethical and illegal snoopping on the grounds that it helps put criminals behind bars. A counter - argument is advanced by Arnold Stream, formerly a federal prosecutor and now a prominent defense attorney. "Like so many current wonder drugs, excessive utilization of electronic devices by reason of nothing more sinister than on the part of pure Ufahns Form To Back Romney , RFK By M. DEMAR TEUSCHER we should of our constitutional cies. testified before Long subcommittee hearing on wiretapping. He's surrounded by tools of trade. Federal agencies, including some which have nothing whatever to do with national security, own rafts of expensive and sophisticated eavesdropping equipment. Agents representing the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal or Republican campaign headquarters, or in the private headquarters erf promi-nen- t Sometimes, people who are with the government dont announce their official position, and they pay for the devices in cash, rather than having them billed to their agency, Ben Jamil, the exuberant young president of Continental, points out. We may learn of their official connection from somebody else or because they let a remark slip out. any particular message, clever bit of flippancy. Off That Tasty Old Block! A Chip j he said: wards. their Moy 25, 1967 OUR MAN JONES y cast Continental, which also has an outlet in Philadelphia and sells via mail order across the country, has enjoyed a boom in sales to government agencies and government representatives, a$ well as, of course, to business firms. The manufacture and sale of electronic eavesdropping devices is legal, and although the uses to which they are put are usually dubious, Continental lodes upon it as the buyer's-businesnot the sellers. . Until now, none of the federal snoopers has been punished. And many Congressmen, including Sen. Ralph Yarborough of Texas and Rep. Emanuel Celler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, believe government agency snoopers have not only used bugging devices against private citizens but against members of the Con-gress itself. President Johnson put himself on record against snooping when, in his recent State of the Union message to Congress, The art of snooping by government officials, government agents, or by people trying to get into government has now reached the point that it can influence legislation, appointments, elections and indeed, in some cases, entire government programs. 7 Thuriday, eral agents but for the first time would impose a prison sentence for violations. PART 4 By MARTIN ABRAMSON ' . not transmit light The operation to remove these cataracts, or lenses, goes back at least as far as the Persians several thousand years ago. It was then an unpleasant operation because they had only crude instruments and no anesthetics, but at least they succeeded in letting a little more light into the eyes, and afforded some semblance of vision. Today anesthesia prevents pain, and delicate instruments make possible great precision. Technically, operations vary a bit; in some cases they are purely surgical; in others, medical treatment may be used to loosen the lens capsule first, and then it b removed surgically. Afterward special glasses are fitted to compensate for the missing lens. More recently contact lenses have been developed for this purpose and are very successful. The eye b not removed. It doesnt have to be. Dear Dr. Molner: I am 18 and getting hunchbacked. I bought a brace bit my 'shoulders get so sore I cant wear it I know some permanent damage has been done, but what can I do to prevent it from getting worse? I know I can stand a lot stfaighter, but I cant do it very long. Could you recommend anything? It hurts to have people keep telling me-t- o stop J.S. slouching. ANSWER: At 18, thb b probably a matter of habit faulty posture. Calisarm exercises, etc.) thenics (push-upshould help. As the muscles strengthen, and as you keep Increasing the time you stand up straight, good posture will become easier. Bv HARRY JONES sprang right from winter to And men at least weather-wise- . have turned from felt to straw in the hat department. I guess that makes summer official. It doesnt seem too long ago that the official sign of summer was a real sign. We sum-me- i, It appeared in the windows of homes and spelled out ICE in big, bold letters. Let me explain to younger folk that the. sign didnt mean the family had ice cubes galore and wanted to sell them. It was a signal that they needed ice for their ice box when the man in the ice truck went through the street. He was the popsicle man of his day no flavors, just chips of ice for kids to suck. And the price was in keeping with the flavor none. . , , It was free. The icemans truck was filled with huge blocks of ice. He would drive the streets on his appointed route and stop when he saw the sign in the window. The housewife would come to the door end yell: a r About 25 pounds. The iceman would peck at the huge block with an Jetting the chips fall where they may. He was very clever and could pick a cuspiece as square or as oblong as the tomer wanted. He got to know the type the ice box would hold. After he chipped off a hunk, he would pick it up with his ice tongs and flip it over his shoulder. He had a leather apron which protected hb shirt from the dripping Ice. He would carry it to the house, usually to the back porch where the ice box was generally kept. ice-pic- Looks kinda small for 25 pounds. would say. It was just rouhousewife the tine. She said it every day. And every day, the Iceman would say. 29 or 30 "No, it's well over 25 pounds pounds.. When the iceman threw the ice over his shoulder and walked around the back of the house, tt was the signal for the kids on the block to jump info the dark interior of the truck. A signal to pick up tiie small chips of ice splintered off when the iceman chunked off the 25 pound piece from the larger piece. Sane Icemen would shoo the kid away, but they would swarm bade the minute he went to make delivery. Others would chip off pieces for the kids, if there didnt happen to be any on the floor of the truck. icemen There were some scrooge-typ- e who would close the door of the truck so the kids couldnt get in it at all. All that good chipped ice would melt and drip through the floor onto the street while kids just stood and watched. Then came the dark day of days. Some guy invented the electric refrigerator. We have so much government these days, that even if the refrigerator hadnt been invented, some government agency would have fouled up the program. The health department would probably have passed an ordinance outlawing little kids picking up ice. If not the health department, the traffic department would be standing ready to ticket any youngster the minute he stepped off foe curb. At best, the recreation department would sponsor the program. And foe folks would have to fill out a jillion legal forms to allow a kid to parlong-face- d kid-hati- ice-wag- ticipate! tnmmmtmmffiiimmmmmnntuBTimtttmittttitmmHimHimM BIG TALK i 'j t hr 6Vi v. r '' , ($ - x VO .aA i L.V.V. "To fast low I $ 1. liquor locker hear they're taking a CASE to court!" the-ne- w From ptolot takan W OoMrat Nawi' popular Silly V. lib McNJy Sirthlay far Mm ftahn |