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Show A6 NcvVi, rfciuAr, APRIL 20, 1973 Entrance of tomb was closed by a heavy stone The true and a. ri FIRT ! story fTlfifl OUR READERS' ACTION LINE Dial Part 7 By Paul L. Maier It was Joseph of Arimathea who asked Pilates permission to remove the body of Jesus from the cros and bury it. Joseph was a wealthy member of the Sanhedrin who had not voted to condemn Jesus and was doubtless a disciple in secret. Jewish law required buri..l of a criminal same day as his execution. Bowing to local custom in the matter, Pilate readily Joseph to inter the body of Jesus, wondering only teat He had died so soon. where the corpse was laid. Outside, the doorway into the vestibule was closed by a very heavy circular stone that rolled down a slightly inclined runway or channel until it shutting the slulcher. Nicodemus, another Sanhedrist who was a. disciple in secret, helped his colleague Joseph in the burial process. He brought a myrrh and aloes great bundle of spices and placed these between the folds of the eight-foo- t shourd that he and Joseph wouna around the body of Jesus, the standard Jewish customaty, Some of the loyal women from Galilee watched the pair at work, intending to improve the necessarily hasty job as soon as the Sabbath was past. Finally the wedge holding the Joseph kicked door stone in its upper channel, and the great circle of rock grumbled down its track, aw-a- shutting the spulcher. The next morning the chief priests and WASHINGTON Congressmen in which Jesus was believed buried. in the resurrection narratives tend to support. rather than undermine, their authenticity. They demonstrate that there were several independent traditions stemming from some event which must indeed have happened to give raise to them. And the fact that they were not harmonized by some ancient church editor shows that there was nc and therefore partially fabriagreed upon cated version. ure-me- Women play a more enviable men in the events of Holy Week. The resurrection accounts in the New Testament magnificent, joyful, triumpant do present some narratives that they are startling variations on a common theme. role than Women were the first witness to the events of Easter morning. Just before dawn that Sunday, Mary Magdalene, Mary (Mother of James), Salome, and Joanna brought aromatic oils to anoint the body of Jesus. First of all, it is no service either or to honesty to gloss over these discrepancies, or, as is incredibly done in some circles, to deny that they exist. On the other hand, some critical scholars are equally mistaken in seeking to use these inconsistencies as some kind or proof that the resurrection did not take place, for this Evidently the women were unaware that the stone had been sealed, and that the whole area was under military guard. Had nothing else happened that Sunday morning, the soldiers would simply have refused them admission to the sepulcher and the women would have returned, spices heavy in hand. is an illogical use of evidence. All four Gospels contain similar variations in relating previous episodes in the life of Jesus, so the accounts of the first Easter are simply more of the same. This leads to a point that has not been sufficiently stressed: actually, the variations But the Gospels claim that a momentous phenomenon occurred. The earth shook, the gravestone was dislodged and rolled open, the guards trembled department Just last, Postmas-- 1 month, ter General Elmer asKlassen T. sured Congress that ' ' a supervisor walked through a local Utah post office asking mail carriers whether any had voted for Owens in the last election. Those who admitted voting for Owens allegedly were as- - . signed extra deliveries that day. It was probably no coincidence, Owens wrote Klausen, that the prior day I had made a statement critical of the quality of service which the Postal Service is now performing. this. Another postmaster replied simply: I wouldnt dare to put in print what 1 think of the service and dont even quote me saying that. x Footnote: Representative Ken HeckVa., has also complained about poor treatment from the Post Office poobahs. Heckler has tried for weeks to discover the names of postmasters of five new counties added to his district. Heckler assured Klassen he did not intend to use the names for political purposes. Rather, Heckler said, the new postmasters would be helpful in locating rural constituents during emergencies. Klassen's men, however, refused to cooperate. ler, gag Rep. Owens had been imposed prohibiting complaints have triggered an angry response from Rep. James chairman of the House. Hanley, Post Office subcommittee. In a Dear Ted letter, sent to Klassen last week, Hanley said he found the complaints because they especially annoying no Owens rule postal employes from speaking out. On the contrary, Slassen said he had per-- ; sonally urged his employes to be candid with Congress. The news, however, has failed to reach many postmasters. . tight-jawe- d ... to do apparently contradicted Klassens Rep. Wayne Owens, D Utah, for example, recently sent letters to some Utah. 240 postmasters throughout Owens, who pledged to keep the names of the postmasters confidential, simply wanted ideas on how mail deliveries testi- I would be mony. Hanley added: pleased if you would transmit a directive to postmasters in accord with your testimony. (c). 1973, by United Feature Svndicate. Inc.) has learned that Owens, meanwhile, visits to ing the planned Washington of two high Polish officials. Stale Department officials explained the postponement was intended to the United protest- what States considers to be Polands obstructive attitude in the International Commission on Control and Supervision in violainvestigating cease-firtions. By Nicholas Daniloff e Bray-sough- allies. whether the Indochina agreements were on the verge of collapse, the spokesman said: That is entirely a Asked r function of the actions of the other side. The actions we have taken in recent days, have placed considerable em- ) neuj cinalyi phasis on that point. In the last 48 hours there were these significant developments: e Defense Department spokesman Jerry VV. Fried-heiannounced that the United States was suspending minesweeping operations in North Vietnamese waters. Bray announced that the United States was calling home Maurice J. Williams, the U.S. negotiator in Paris who has been discussing Vietaid with nam reconstruction the North Vietnamese. Secretary of State William P. Rogers warned Hanoi that there would be no reconstruction aid unless the Vietnam peace agreements were fully observed. State The Department disclosed that it was postpon- - V The Eleven greeted their reports with Idle tales! "Hysteriunanimous disbelief. cal women! Two oi the men, however, had reason to give some credence to the womens reports. Peter and John, after hearing Mary Magdalene tell of the missing body, raced to the tomb John got there first and they both went inside the sepulcher. Peter and John, thus, knew for a fact that Jesus body was missing, even if they did not yet believe in its revivification. Their doubt, however, lasted no lorger than twelve hours, because on Easter evening came the first general appearance of Jesus to His disciples. Later there were additional appearances to the disciples. Communist diplomats here expressed concern that the United States in undertaking air combat support missions in Laos and Cambodia was setting itself on a course of reinvolvement in the lingering Indochina conflict. t 1 (From the book FIRST FASTER: THE TRUE AND UNFAMILIAR STORY, published by Harper & Row, 1973 by Paul L. Maier) These diplomats expressed the opinion that, the major part of the Vietnam accords had been executed with the return of all U.S. prisoners of war March 29 and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Vietnam. next The administrations move appeared uncertain. There has been much spec work is found for 8 percent Federal officials say the program has not been more successful because of high unemand lack of ployment, federal budget-cuttinskills or ineligibility of those registered. Of the 82,075 persons placed in these jobs between July 1, 1972, and March 31, 1973, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare estimates that 60 per cent eventually will be removed from welfare rolls and that many of the others will have benefits reduced. The Senate sponsor of the workfare law,, the only major portion of President Nixons welfare reform program to be passed by Congress Iasi year, has said sliffer enforcement could dean up more of what he called the welfare mess." My amendment provides that those who are capable of work must register for work or job training and. if they fail to do either, then their welfare benefits are cut off, Sen. Herman Talmadge, recently told con stituents. that National Park on Mount Zion JERUSALEM four-acr- e -after A (AP) park named Zurich, Switzerland, will be on the slopes of located Mount Zion in Jerusalem as part of a national park encircling the Old City. 1. No way, it seems, unless the facts are untrue, and maybe not even then. If your current record is goodt.a credit bureau will usually report your present sfatfts rather than whats happened in the past. Even if your credit was above reproach and always had been, none! of the laws on credit, grant you the automatic right to credit. A potential lender has every right to refuse you' for whatever reason. This may be based on your former credit or on other factors such as your age, length of time on a job, insufficient income, lack of credit history, or whatever have you. You have a right to challenge' the correctness of your credit record and ask for a recheck. After this recheck, the bureau must delete any material found to be faulty, uncheckable or more than seven years old. An exception is bankruptcy info which is kept fdn 14 years. There are a couple of other exceptions not applicable in your case. Even if you cant disprove an fact, you can insert a statement up to 100 words long in your file giving your side of the story. It might also help, if feasible, to reopen accounts with some firms where you once were delinquent. Pay your bills promptly so it will become a part of your record. te OUR MAN jones By Harry Jones Deseret News staff writer J There are some condominiums going up out our way with the lilting name af Quail Hollow. We have the quail, but not the hollow. The site is as flat as most of us after taxes. So you know the owners have a lot of ij imagination. One of the carpenters was telling me that most of the occupants will have something in common with! Christopher Columbus. They are borrowing the money from the Queen; of Spain? I asked. Most of them will have-a- , Nope, he answered. . hammock for leisure hours. ; He said that ranking right alongside of roof, running, water, electricity and gas, the hammock is one of most enjoyable appurtenances of a home. Who told you that? we asked. , , f He is in the hammock bust-- " My brother-in-law- . the carpenter told me. There are more than' ness, three million hammocks in American homes, and that-.- ! 1 doesnt count those in the U.S. Navy. VVViyall I Don't asked. sailors have hammocks? -- old Chris? 11 It seems that the Indians were the first swingers.-Thecame up with the hammock. The American Indian;! that is. I thought some Indian might have gotten the idea--1 while building a birch canoe a la Hiawatha. It woulduH; float so he hung up between a couple of trees. Thats not how it happened. !'! For the moment State Department officials indicated that the United States was not to summon once planning again the international conference on Vietnam which met in February in Paris to endorse the peace agreements and which could be a forum for discussing violations. , - Now if the government will implement that program I think it will do the job, he said. e In the past I have had a rather poor credit rating, and this information is on the records of the local credit bureau. I am now trying to reestablish my good credit and have paid off all the bills I owe. But, I still, get turned down on some credit applications because of the information the credit bureau sends them. How can I get the credit bureau to erase my former debts? RJL, . Town withheld. WASHINGTON (AP) The government has found private jobs for only 8 per cent of the more than one million welfare recipients required by a new law to register for work, according to unpublished figures. ulation here presidential adviser Dr. Henry A. Kissinger may be dispatched again soon to hold new talks with the North Vietnamese on observin Laos, ing the cease-firwhich went into effect Feb. and on promoting a 21, in cease-firCambodia, which so far has never been achieved. e No automatic credit mhc-cura- Next: Doubts and Criticisms D-- Viet peace on verge of unraveling? -WASHINGTON (UPI) Less than a month after the United States withdrew its, forces from South Vietnam and welcomed home its prisoners of war. the efforts of the Nixon administration to promote peace in Indochina unappear on the verge of raveling. Administration spokesmen have declined to accept the suggestion that the cease-firagreements in Vietnam and Laos are in special jeopInstead, State Departardy. t ment officer Charles W. Thursday in a session with newsmen to shift the blame for any cease-firbreakdowns to North Vietnam and its insurgent Communist and became as dead men, and an angel announced to the understandably terrified women. Fear not ye for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where The Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell His disciples tnat He is risen from the dead. Welfare jobs might be speeded up. More than a month has gone by and Owens has received only, a handful of replies. As one postmaster explained to Owens: We have been told not to discuss this very thing with our congressA liaison officer men or senators has been selected by the (Post Office Con-gres- s. agrees -- Shrine constructed over sepulcher Because scientific and scholarly mea of the events on Sunday morning did not take place, but the resurrection itself did so the earliest narratives claim the Easter phenomenon has been vigorously denied, doubted, disregarded, believed, or enthusiastically proclaimed ever since. The central event of history, then, is also its most controversial. in- Man, P.O. Box 1257, Salt Lake City, d What did happen at dawn on Sunday morning? If it were somehow possible to get an authentic replay of an event from the past, probably more people would opt for the first Easter than any other episode in vestigating the nation's slowpoke postal service, are furious over reports that local postmasters have been ordered not to talk about their problems to members of t nothing. Jack Anderson . Do-l- have been treated by a company as if I am. a number and not a person. I spent $2,000.00 with this firm. I went to their credit office and asked if their records agreed with mine that I had made all payments and owed them They agreed. Three months later 1 got a call saying I owed them $500.00. That they had made a mistake. 1 agreed to pay this unexpected debt off at $40.00 per month, but 1 couldn't because of other commitments. There is now a balance of $1121.15 to be paid. They keep adding finance charges. Now, my living room carpet is coming apart after one year. Maybe the can make an adjustment here. Can you help me? j H.K.C., Salt Lake City. We're really curious what happened (the details) when the firm contacted you after receiving our letter in your behalf. All they tell us is they have personally-talketo Mr. C and arranged to have the carpet inspected. If the carpet is found to be defective an adjustment will be made and they have agreed to work out an agreement for the balance of his account from thut point. Since weve had no indication you are unhappy, - . over this, well consider the case solved. i Help. Summoning a detachment of Temple police, they went to Joseph's tomb and secured the area, sealing the stone and stationing a guard. The seal was nothing more than a cord strung across the rock and fastened at each end with clay. Like any seal, its purpose was not to cement the rock but to indicate any tampering with it. Postmasters are writ to youre no number on the Josephs sepulcher must have had two chambers hollowed out of rock, the first serving as a vestibule or entranceway into the tomb proper, which was a small squarish room with a shelf built into the far wall or 364-862- Firm finally Amazed at a fanaticism that could hound a man not only to his grave, but beyond it, Pilate replied, Ye have a watch, go your way, make it as sure as ye can. ERTER K:) 'i Pharisees appeared at Filates palace with the following request, Sir, we remember that deciever said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will raise again. Command therefore that the sepulcher be made sure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead, and the last error shall be worse than the first. m .'VxN D0-1- T The law was designed from welfare rolls some of the 11 million persons, including nearly eight million children, receiving Aid for Families with Dependent Children. conservative-backe- d to remove HEW and Labor Department figures show 1.023,083 persons were registered for work or training during the last nine months. Under provisions of the Talmadge amendment to the Work Incentive WIN program, they must register or lose their relief checks. Roughly one out of four, or 256,678 were and 146,359 were placed job training or orientation positions. HEW employment said. The private jobs, not aubsidized by the government, were found for 82,075.' and no openings in either category were found for more than 18,000. "There simply, is nothing .available for them, a spokesman said. certified in the government-fundeable-bodie- d d Government program managers and organized labor had predicted last year that the Talmadge amendment would have a minimal impact on trimming welfare rolls. 9 My carpenter friend said the name came from 'the of the hamack tree which grows in the tropical par-t-. of the world. Its bark can be peeled like that of a birch. It was a Caribbean Indian that came up with 'the first model, and the hammock was in use when Chris and his crew landed in the West Indians. bark - Chris had been looking for a short route to India,' ' and instead discovered the hammock. He took several of them back to Queen Isabella. (Ferdinand and Isabella live out on about 1370 E. 9th South, but I dont think they are related to the Spanish royalty because their last ; name is Johnson.) Anyway, the hammocks became an immediate hit with anyone who was anyone in European society. It was ; ; the waterbed of its day. It was a far cry from the elegant, colorful and fringed hammocks we see today, the carpenter said. It is no wonder the hammock found its way back'in he said. It even enjoyed a long life serving America, as berths for sailors of the Seven Seas prior to the 20th Century. I thought sailors still used them, but didn't show my-'- " ignorance by mentioning it. 1 did wonder how come the guy w as so smart for a carpenter. That is until I remembered how much carpenters make an hour these days. WIT'S END: Its a sign of the times Some gal tqld police a man snatched her sack of groceries, but didn't touch her purse . yesterday. '!' |