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Show The trouble with ideological fashions: they pass encounter session to consciousness-raisin- g to reading Kate Millet to the divorce court You left behind husband and children to begin a sew iife of your own in which your development as a full human person was all that counted Rev. Andrew Greeley The only trouble with ideological fdbiuons s that some people get caught in them Those poor souls who make critical life choices in the mistaken assumption that todays received wisdom will be tomorrows wisdom of the ages often pet trapped. Thus not so long ago, in some very was the chic circles, husband-sheddinfashionable thing for women ui their late thirties to do. You progressed from g Well, the fashion passed, as anyone with any sense knew it would. It turned out that such now lives Were AoucJy and ur, fulfilling The newer fashion is the loving husband and children. No harm done save to those women who permanently messed up their lives because they sdhered to a short-live- d ideology Too bad for them. n fashion Similarly, the seems to be ebbing. You no longer have to apologize to your contemporaries for having children. But what happens to those young people who, is the full flush of ideological fervor, decided they didnt want any? For some of them it is too late, or a least too late to adjust to the strain of having that loud, messy demanding other person added to the family. You were a good Ideologue; ymi did what you were supposed to do Onlv wr.at you were supposed to do has changed. Too bad. A pathetic example of what it means to be caught In ideological fashions was displayed In a Newsweek article recently by one Anne Taylor Fleming Characteristic of many of her generation, Ms. Fleming is devoid of historical sensitivity and common sense. She tells us that before modem contraceptives, lovemakmi for women was always She baby making, pure and simple also says hat it is men who want babies nowadays; 'as a way of holding cn to SheL adds that she is not put us together right now to cope with dishes and diapers.' a hie raft, hoping that it will keep us afloat in good times and bad . . . Though we might tike to trade . . . fall heads and empty wombs for empty heads and fall wombs, we cannot now. A really intelligent sense o the options, huh Her lack of sense and sensibility, however, does not prevent her from that engaging in the orgy or self-pitd of so typical of her generations. In the first flush of movement enthusiasm she dedicated herself to Career agonizing over whether even to take the risk of she big deal marriage. Finally decided to give it a try. Now she is faced with the temptation of pregnancy. But she resists: We cling to our work as to But the movement is changing, betraying those like Ms. Fleming who The moveopted against children. ment is m its revisionist stage and men and women seem to want to be tender with one another again," So Ms. Fleming admits to being stuck in a holding pattern, dubious about the old goals uf the movement but y most-spoile- unable to buy the revisionist goals. I dont think any baby eugto to be subjee ed to me right now Doubtless Whether people have children or not Tt ts something is rnt.rdy up to them tVi.it should not be dictated to them by the currently fashionable idols. The first commandment is stJI the niot important When a movement takes the place of God m dictating your behavior, you trade in ail the advantages of religion and keep all the disadvantages. And thats really by Brick man small society o, &iXX We et)m M HUB too bad for you VJOfZl-- P ei)?rOfZTP Y THM- - MAYN'T !NMpiT1; a&bk- - Star Aynd'set VMovhtrtgtan Ire Letters from cur readers 22, 1975 SEPTEMBER DESERET NEWS, MONDAY, A4 Kaiparowits 'myths' r the BLM as little better than wasteland To the editor As one who has studied the Bureau Land Managements 2 700 page Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Kiaparowits project, Im appalled at the dogmatic statements which some people make and pass off as truth m their letters to the editor when, m fact, they dont know what they are talking about One writer decried the desolation Kaiparowits would create and the junk-yar- d it would create m the middle of a great scenic spot after it is aOdimcncd m 35 years. This is ridiculous Thirty-fiv- e years is not die iuC of Never has been Tldity-fiv- e theprujtvt yeais is the acuiunt life . . . the length of time it will take for the utilities to pay off the plant's construction costs The coal and water leases negotiated by the participants in the project are long, long term which would certainly indicate a life expectancy far account life of the beyond the plant And as for the plant creating how can you create desolation desolation out of desolation These folks must never have been on top of Four Mile Bench or Nipple Bench, the two sites under consiuerauon The EIS bears out that these two barren, rocky plateaus are m an area having only moderate scenic value and that the Nipple Bench plant site is classified by of ar fearful that who are Those Kaiparowits will be a blight on the landscape should read the EIS It clearly points out that the plant will not be lsible from highway 89. will not be visible from any place on Lake Powell, and only tt.e up of a stack will be visible from Page, Arizona If you should visit Rainbow Point m Bryce Canyon and look across some 40 miles of clean, clear air, and if your eyps are sharp enough, you might be able to see the plant which will be built of materials colored to blend into the surrounding tertam. Or, if vou hack pack into Fifty Mnc Mountain and reach Spencer Point, you wlii De able to look down on the plant some 37 miles away Those who o ,trongly protest all the smoke and haze they say the plant is supposed to create will be sadly disappointed if they read the EIS It plainly states that the plume from the even stacks will be barely visible undnc adverse conditions Studies made at the Navajo Power plant at Page, Arizona, the Four Corners plant, and the Huntington plant all draw the same conclusions it is possible and practical to build a coal-fire- d steam generating devilled! plant ami have (Jean a.i, too A W Baker Bountiful, Utah Parks open year-roun- d To the editor to be made m Hap over closure of facilities m the national parks I will limit my comments to Bryce and Zion, however, because I know them best 1 In the past, the concessionaire (because of his limited season) has given the impression to prospective visitors that the Park season is mid-Ma- y to mid October, when as a matter of fact the parks are open throughout the year WM Ab Jenkins attempts worlds first speed record on Bonneville Salt Flats. And Commercial Security Bank is in its 57th year. KMsOY On a spring day ,n 1932, a 12 cylinder Pierce Arrow convertible shot across the sail beds west of Salt Lake City on a 10 mile course that would make Bonneville Salt Flats the speed capital ot the world Veteran Daytona speedster Ab Jenkins was at the wheel having driven his Pierce Arrow all the way across country just to try out wnat he'd heard was an unusual racetrack m the Utah desert Already holding the record for sustained speed over a 24 houf perod Jenkins felt the only way to better his speed was to run on a larger course the ova! track at Daytona be mg tuo small to sustain the speed he needed through the curves Utah s salt flats were the only answer (A 10 rnle circular course was laid out with 4 foot stakes placed every 100 feet and lighting supplied by 20 small oJ flares ) Jenkins drove all day and all night stopping only 12 t.mes to refuel He never lefi the seat of the car and m h,s words, The machine wasnt equipped with plumbing either!" After the first 12 hours he was stone deaf After the second 12 hours he had a new 24 nour average speed record of 112 935 mph But the American Automobile 1875-197- 5. disavowed Jenkins record say mg there wasn t sufficient time to make ar rangement for equipment to time the run To top it off. they fined him $500 for making tne run wuhout AAA permission It wasn't until the following year, when Jenkins re ran the course under AAA supervision, that his record was allowed to stand Following Jenkins 1933 ru i, a senes of challengers continued to drive the world land speed record upward. Gary Gabltch reaching the present world record speed of 622 407 mph m 1970 The pnee of speed is h.gh, though, and Bonneville's racers have paid the.i share through the years The most spectacular disaster occurred m 1964 when Craig Breedlove drove his Spirit of America oH the end of the 1 1 mile course, snapped off a wooden uhl.ty pole jumped a Six foot dike and landed nose down in 20 feet of salt water He swam away un harmed thanks to the careful attention to safety, as well as speed, that has historically characterized Bonnevil'e s challengers ..A century of Commercial Security for Utah residents. 2. Contrary to the view expressed to the pi 6ao (2cpl. li, Dc,i td Nild) by one of the Utah congressmen, the townz need more facilities, not less" not -- Ihe park the near Bryce, are Zion, and To the editor: Cant something be done about these motorcycle pests? There seems to be at !eat one or two in every neighborhood They are getting unbearable They are mostly high school kids and start m at about 4pm and drive around the neighborhood for hours, making all the noise they can Saturday, one of them drove back and forth making all the racket he could until I finally went out and told him I would report him to ihe police unless he took his motorcycle out someplace the needs of park visitors may be questionable (but the towns should be ready because the National Park Service carefully outlined their plans to eventually close facilities within the and this happened several parks years ago!) 4 Finally, Utah tourism will be much s further ahead if private industry attractive facilities to our visitors. pro-v.de- Compliments to Gary Everhart, and his National Park Service D J Cannon 1283 E. South Temple wheie he would not annoy everyone ui the neighborhood We have often been awakened during the night by motorcycles toar-naround the streets It is getting to be just too much to have to put up with these inconsiderate show-offThey go so fast we cannot get tht ir license numbers to report them. Please do something to help ttvs situation We would surely appreciate s. it Mrs Eleanor Hahl Stewart Murray Priittr At Oftirt? Jd E. 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