| OCR Text |
Show DtSCRtT NEWS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER Time of change for national parks n By Curtis J. SiuHner Christian Science Monitor News Service parks natural beauties In the past few years the stress has been on increasing services And master plan proposals now under consideration include suggestions to lure hundreds of thousands of visitors to parks with plush new accommodations, posh entertainment and recreational attractions, and easier access to previously untouched areas But according to National Park Service (NPS1 director Gary Everhardt, from now on, preserva tion will be the first priority g, We don't understand The mountain called 1 and disadvantaged youth the major use is by the affluent, he admits NPS Director Gary Everhardt says such a program should be m operation by next summer But I think we ought to look beyond the park services involve We should be he adds me"!. looking at a regional context, maybe a system that could be operated statewide, regionwide, and nationwide Perhaps it should have the capacity to include parks, forests, and other agencies with campsite capability inner-cit- y Now g Other ideas were raising park entrance fees, requiring permits for y use, and imposing a fee tor ranger walks and interpretive lectures back-countr- Jack OBrien, WASHINGTON ty By Congressional Quarterly WASHINGTON Votes of area members of Congress on key roll calls for the week ending Sept 12, 1975 'Senate, OIL PRICE CONTROLS The Senate voted to sustain President Fords veto, killing a bill which would have continued fedei al controls which hold the price of most domestic crude oil down to $5 25 per barrel The bill would have extended these controls for six months The effort to override the veto fell six votes short of the necessary 67 votes, a 61-3- 9 two-thir- majority Church, Idaho DES BAN The Senate voted 5 to end the use r of the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) as a m beef cattle unul the government determines that the drug does not pose a health problem to people who eat the beef Proponents contended that sicne DES used in prescription drugs had been linked to cancer, it would be too risky to allow even small traces of it in food Some farm state members argued that DES should continue m use for cattle until it is proved dangerous to humans, because it reduces feed costs and thus keeps consumer prices down For ban: Moss, Against. McClure, R, and Church, D, both Idaho Annoumed against: Garn, R Utah D 54-3- growth-promote- House VETO OVERRIDE With 99 votes House the easily overrode President Fords 0 spare, ?eto of the $7 9 billion education appropriations bill with 36 Republicans and five Phe vote was 379-4Democrats voting to sustain To override: McKay and Howe, both D Utah To sustain: Hansen, Symms, both 4 vote, FOREIGN AID RESTRICTION By he House adopted an amendment to a foreign aid bill hat would deny economic assistance to countries egularly violating human rights The amendment lamed no specific countries, but a congressional lUbcommittee has been investigating the treatment if citizens m South Korea and the Philippines Some have expieised concern about the ongresl-rnentemal policies of Iuda and Chile, among recipients of U S foreign aid To deny aid: Howe, McKay, both D Uah, Hansen, Symms, both EDUCATION 1 238-16- oer Only a mix of ingenuiand luck, confidential documents show, can bail out a project to prevent Buck Rogers weapons from blacking cut all radio contact to and from the Presidential jet The Air Force has been working feverishly on the idea ever since it discovered that a nuclear blast even some distance from a plane could still totally disrupt its communications systems In time of war, this could isolate the Presidents airborne command post The Air Force project, Mark Russell The cost of most new cars will go up about $200 This does not include options would be sue h as a gas tank A suggestion model, leave it m to buy the stripped-dowthe drivew; and use it as a planter ic) 1975 Cm Amiol Timm Manv environmentalists feel that the concession system should be revamped Some groups insist on replacing all private concessionaries with public ones Others would require competition between commercial enterprises operating m or at least establish an a park antimonopolistie policy of Interior A U S Department task force report accuses big business of tcking over concessions from smaller operators It recommends that the NPS make pubuc agreements with concessionaires, make sure public demand is paramount, and place more emphasis on recruiting highly qualified concessionaries Yet concessionaires who protest this attitude have a point, too Jay S Stem, president of Yosemite Park & Curry Company (chief concessioeer at Yosemite) points National parks are for the out( people As preserves for the people, preservation must be balanced with use And Don Hummel, chairman of the conference of National Parks The parks Concessionaires, adds belong to all the people To deny use is to make a sham of the whole concept To restrict use to an elitist tew goes counter to our democratic precepts C TSs Ci5tian Science Publishing Society 1975 rP AflDERSOn used Costly wooden bolts were finally chosen Meanwhile, the worthwhile, if risky, concept was becoming unstuck m other ways You have failed to complete major milestones, the Air Force wrote McDonnell Douglas Data submittal was found to be inadequate Other work was lacking in content, of poor quality and The Air Force threatened to terminate the contract. For almost a year, the Trestle project creaked on, its price spiraling up toward $30 million Along the way, the Air Fou-- d sopped pLus ful One of h giant trestles On Sept 12, 1974, the Air Force complained that the Wood Platform Design still has not been completed, and begged McDonnell Douglas to complete it as rapidly as possible Today, the Air Force is still hoping that the important project can be finished But new delays are certain, our sources say, and costs have soared again Footnote. Both the Air Force and e McDonnell comment UNESCO yielded to pressures to exclude Israel from a UNESCO regional group. In a private letter to his Yale colleague who was pushing Brewster said UNESCO appeared increasingly vulnerable to political takeover Yale, therefore, would decline the marriage Several other colleges have done likewise A year ago, we REVERSE BIAS told how John Brosnahan, a much commended civil rights official at the General Services Administration, who happens to be white, was fired after he charged his black boss, Edward Mitchell, with racial discrimination Brosnahan, now a year without pay and five children to support, has finally won a reversal from the Civil Service Commission But the GSA has refused to reinstate him and is now forcing him to fight still another costly appeal. His leason JACK Douglas declined official IVY LEAK President Kmgman Brewster of Yale has quietly rejected a bid from UNESCO to cosponsor a conference By Louis Harris 200 years ago Sept 22 The British denounce New England rum as the principle cause of extensive sickness among the ships crews and recommend drinking of West Indian rum. The only way to describe the present state of the Democratic race for the presidential nomination in 1976 is that it is wide open and formless, and it has no real frontrunner in sight All of tnese conclusions, u course, assume that Sen Edward Kennedy is to be taken at his word that he is permanently out of the 1976 contest for the WI.de Recently, the Hams Survey polled a national cross section of 973 Democrats and independents who are likely voters in 1976 preferences for ISjS Democratic nominees are Gov. George Wallace, 14 percent, Sen Hubert Humphrey, First-choic- e e Sen Edmund Muskie, 10, and Sen George McGovern, 8 Others, and their rank in the latest survey, are Sen John Glenn, Sen. Birch Bayh, Gov Jerry Brown, Cov, Reubin Askew and Sen William Prox-mirall 3 points, and Sen Frank Church and Sargent r, both 2 Although Gov Wallace receives the most first choice voles, he also leads the list of Democrats and independents say they could not vote for even if he were nominated (39 percent in all) Two ther relatively high ranking Democrats who have been their party's standard-bearers m the past. Sen. Humphrey and Sen McGovern also siiuw up with far more opposition men support. Sen Jackson and Sen Muskie both have some solid backing and the advantage that there are fewer voters who are implacably set against them Close to half of the Democrats and independents likely to vote ir 1976 either reject all of the active candidates or simply cannot choose between them While Gov Wallace holds a dear lead, it would be dilficuH for him to go much beyond the 20 percent mark One would and A local TV repair place fixed our set for the third time. We promptly paid ail the bills involved. But I have noticed in checking their statements that they replaced the same tubes two previous times. I complained and was told they would refund the money. I have never heard from them. D.G.E., Salt Lake City. Well never understand why some outfits will do one thing, but not another For example, you said they have sent you money for the duplicated tubes as a result of our contact with them. But, they've never bothered to tell us Thats poor public relations and no way to improve their ''age with a consumer advocate SOUND OFF Your Sylvia Porter column recently indicated that an average worker had nothing to do 17 percent of a work day and that he wasted another 2 percent his time with ineffective work methods. A few ago some statistics in Dunns Review Magazine indicated that an average worker loafed 45 percent of his eight hour working dav. If he actually was a bard worker he should loaf only about 30 percent of the day. The hardest working person probably thinks he works 100 percent of the eight hours. No so. He too, must loaf at ieast 30 percent of the time. A person working at 70 percent capacity can do so onlv for a short period. Otherwise he is subject to mistakes, nervous discord and doesn't have time to plan ahead, if this is true n makes it tough on tiu- - Imss. He must force hard workers to loaf and work hard ta get the loafers to work. T B., Salt Lake City. of years Do-Man attempts to solve problems get answers. Investigate complaints and cut red tape Write or telephone You must sign vour name and give your address. Please Include vour telephone number OUR MAN Democratic race for president is wide open 1 i called Operation Trestle because its testing facility is a giant wooden platform retable has become sembling a ping-pon- g even more urgent recently The Soviets are reportedly developing secret ray weapons which could interfere with communications aooard planes in peacetime, including Air Force One and U S surveillance craft Contingency plans have been prepared to deal with any cut-of- f of communications with the President, we have learned, but valuable minutes could be lost before they can be put into effect began in April, Operation Trestle 1973 when the Air Force rushed through a $19 5 million deal with McDonnell Douglas Astronautics to build two gigantic platforms in New Mexico, each the sire of an athletic field Airlanes could be mounted on the platforms, then bombarded bv electromagnetic pulse simulators to duplicate the nuclear blast rays or other weapons Then, counter measures could be devised Within weeks, confidential Air Force documents show, the scheme literally began to come unglued The Air Force decided that ordinary bolts could not be House n interpretive specialist for the Gran Canyon National Park, suggests more fees to limit park use and supplement NPS operating budgets For example, he would charge hikers $1 for guided walks and also slap fees on lectures and other special ranger services 'Operation Trestle' unglued closely-guarde- d To sustain: Garn, R Utah, McClure, To override veto: Moss, Chn$hsn Science Monitor News Service ohoto looms behind two cyclists touring California's Yosemite Park. Half-Do- William Everhart. NPS assistant director says How you see a park is probably more important than what you see For example nikingm the back countrs is superior to a car ride through the Tetons David Ochsner, chief of professional services in the Grand Canyon National Park, calls for mure programs to teach visitors how to see parks particularly better sessions on back country behavior There should be workshops and publicly sponsored programs to bring the underprivileged to nation-anarks interviewees agree Lester Arneberger, superintendent at Yosemite, says that his national park has a program for high school students that attracts 150 to 200 of them a week during the school year But he stresses the need to find ways to accommodate more Your solon and his vote n Bo 125", Salt Lake City Utah l am constantly Is search of entert iimnent and ways and means to pass the time that dont cost anything I know reading is one of those things, and so is watching TV. But my eyes do not permit a great deal of reading and I get restless watching the bob tube for any length of time. So what do you suggest? J J , Salt Lake City. Go to the public library and peruke all the current magazines m search of interesting contents Entering a contest usually only costs a little effort and a 10 cent stamp. In addition to the possibility of winning something, it offers the bonus of hopefulness itself anticipation Having something to look forward to helps keep you young And how about people w etching After all, piny:., movies TV and even books and magazines are w ays of watching people m action Human nature is one of our fundamental interests How to go about it Watch our newspaper for the time of public meetings, such as city and county commissions, various boards, concerts, etc You couldnt buy anv more drama and human nature with a $50 seat at a Broadway play Best of all, its candid and unrehearsed In the head cf arguments, people say it like it is say what they think You can also watch people m many other settings, like the supermarket, m line at the bank, cn the comer, m a bus People watching doesnt mean you have to stand aloot, like it was on a stage You can be one of the players Try u. Youll have fun The principal question is one of emphasis, whether to expand services available to park visitors or to baek-paekin- teoDitWan PO People watching is fun U.S national parks are in a state of flux and are like to remain so for some years to come river-runnin- OUR READERS' ACTION LINE Dial 364 (Surtor w Recent Monitor interviews with environmentalists, concessionaires, park nepers, and NPS officials revealed many suggestions on future directions for the national parks Parks should as much as possible he left as natural areas. says Roderick Nash, chairman of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Baiba ra Professor Nash is in the midst of an international study of parks and wilderness areas, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation People should get their pleasure from natural pursuits camping and walking," he says Eventually, I would like to see the whole employe intrastructure and hotels and motels outside . 1 wouldnt deny anybody a loo k They can always comem on a bus (if they dont camp or hike) But they should sleep outside in Holiday Inns or Howard Johnsons Larry Moss, spokesman for the Sierra Club, would flatly exclude autos from park interiors And George Gowans, chief of planning for ttie Park Sei vice, says We must move people in innovative ways We really have three objectives to relieve the he a y congestion m the most popular parks, to cut down exhaust fumes and dust, and to eliminate cars where they take away from the histone or scenic aspects of the area Most people surveyed felt that the park eApenence is enhanced by direct involvement with nature hiking, camping, g m the high country Formal ranger lectures, park center museums, exhibits, and programs should be upstaged by individual encounters with the wilderness , 3 mfln fihis last of three articles on U.S parks stresses need to retain natural beauty.) the 1975 DO-I- T national presever 22, file of Democrats and independents would like a broader list to choose from or at least a chance to get to know the declared candidates The five best known candi- dates are bunched so closely in popular preference that a blanket could he thrown over the lot Although the Democratic National Convention is less than a year away, it is evident from these results that there simply is no real frontrunner with Sen Kennedy out of the contest Of course, if Kennedy is added to the list, he immediately wins 30 e prepercent of the ferences, but a substantial 22 percent now say they could not vote for him if nominated, compared to the 17 percent who first-choic- jones By Harry Jones Deseret News staff writer - Monday Meandering- A Merchant of Main ftreet with an aristocratic bent, is up tight about the bus stops being moved to the center of the i block Puts patrons right in front of his store. Instead of shouts of joy, he crys foul Claims bus riders are not his type of clientele. What he doesnt realize is that a lot of the silk stocking gang from up on the hill are nding tjhe bus know a bargain Thats how they got to jom the f silk stocking crowd! Besides if you are cn the bus, no one is going to run into your car on the parking lot ! HELP. One of the first things a person Iearns in the military is noi to volunteer for anything. So how come the Disabled American Veterans volunteered to distribute the brochures on the Bicentennial commemorative medal and stamps? Something called dedication Remember? that s the good news The bad news is mat the Bicentennial people forgot to notify their field people George Carey, DAV field man, received two packages of brochures One had 23,000 and the other 15,000 The DAV gets nothing but glory for the chore George, upon arrival of the brochures, called ihe top man in the state for tne Bicentennial Took four calls m three days to reach him He knew nothing about the medals or the stamps George was referred to the second high He was upset because he thought the DAV was muscling in with a program and medal of their own He did refer George to the third man m command He was in a meetmg, and George went on to number foul The assistant hadnt heard about tne DAVs helping hand, but was happy when George explained it He had about 10,000 broc hures If someone offers you a brochure take a handful Theres plenty If not approached, you can get one by calling the DAV on the fifth floor of the new' Federal Building! a CAN WHAT YOU CAN: Someone broke into a shed out at Mabel Yokoms place, 794 Oakley, and cold packer for putting up fruit stole a Its not only a usuable antique, but Mabel, at 82, has had to put off canning until next year! Theres a reward for information a TEETH. The movie Jaws" has focused a lot of attention on sharks Seems like killer sharks are being seen in every body of water over three inches deep 1 dd my research Sharks arent really that nasty The reason their teeth are so sharp is because they are continually being replaced. They are limited to two sets like people Thats why sharks are bad tempered &11 the time. They are forever cutting teeth SIR YAK YAK: Bob Salter, the radio talk person, accused me of not being able to wait to spit on his grave Thats not true. I swore when I got out of the military, I would never stand in line for anything scaur GUN'S! CBS got so much yak and flak about the program "Gun of Autumn that they are thinking cf naming the sequel The Gums of September. WITS END: A lady out our way delivers kids. rvrsrt rl Vvi'js; I S I |
