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Show fc. DESERET NEV(S, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, U773 Jack Anderson 1 776s A3 noble ikm experiment 3 O it works! ai OUR READERS' ACTION LINE !n4 Rii?tirwi,n lotio PO if M.in fio I .5 7 SutLaxpOfy (if.n Second fetter gets resuits ori fot " SH1GT0 Sooner or later. Sen Sam Enin, jowls wobbling and brows popping, will loose upon the country another Biblical admonition. Woe unto the world because of offenses' For it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offence corneth That one seems a natural for the wise old senator because it proclaims the inevitability that man will transgress and the requirement that he be deterred Trts is forgotten today by many who. sickened by scandal piled upon scandal, fear the American system has gone sour and no longer works But beiore we give up on it, let's recall just what our system is and what it is not It has been over a month since you (old os that (Be Board of Health woo Id take a problem IfiVttlviBg garbage, wmb . health hazards, eyesores and more. There have been two fires In one of the buildings. Von safd In get hack to you if nothing was done in IS days. We are still F.K.D , Salt Lake City . depending on you. ore - Our first referral to the board m April elicited a reply that the owner had been notified and ordered to i lean the property up within l, days. Thats what we told you. Based on your second letter we prodded the health board and they telephoned the owner He told them he would take care of tins immediately and requested names of persons who do cleaning of properties He was given a list of fonr people and indicated h would contact one of them The reason this has taken so long is because the original owner passed away and his sons have been trying to probale their father s esl ate If the noble experiment of 1776 had been based on the hope that American officials would be naturally honest and decent, that presk ents and generals would never lie that bureaucrats would uphold the law, that judges would always be just and that congressmen wouldnt cheat, we would have to concede that their scheme had turned out a sorry fiasco But the government was founded upon the opposite that rulers may be conditioned and conassumption strained to do right but. m their narural state, they must ever be suspect of the worst follies and sins So it was that the fathers inscribed on our founding documents an indictment of homo politicus. per se. and a litany of the iniquities of George 111, along with a prediction that his American successors would turn out no better if left to their own resorts Check details discovered plaining about A foe's frustrating The Christian Service The fathers set about restricting the mischief of officialdom by limiting its powers and by dividing up such powers as were permitted among different branches, so that each might act as a check on the others. A large portion was left to the people and the press, along with the obligation to act as watchdog But we forget our constitu'ional obligation to be exacting taskmasters toward the temporary stewards who use our money and authority We backslide and begin to equate citizenship with mere obedience, and patriotism with symbols, songs and reverence toward office holders And we get a secret war m Cambodia, an ITT case, a SURVEY - 73-2- 1 percent negative rating Just before his Phase 4 program was Nixons rating on keeping the economy healthy was an even lower 0 percent negative, the lowest recorded since he entered the White annmmcpdl. 75-2- 11 By Dexter C. Ellis deep trouble in the two years ago, when the e of nsuig pnees and rising began to hit the American He responded in August of that freeze, which its tus wage-gne- e Vy the JIU vltC- - ILC jtF i was m sum-187- un-ne- by getting into photochemistry Dr Haagen-Smi- t had discovwas the intricate photochemical What ered The citizen disinterest surprising currently stirring Things pimple up - like Watergate have nothand food pnees ing to do with municipal gov- arena This is particularly true in Salt Lake City where the approaching city commissioner and city auditor elections are evoking yawns not only from the general citizenry, but among potential candidates trouble After the 1971 freeze was abandoned and Phase 2 was instituted in 1972. he once more slipped to percent negative Bat as the election year continued and Phase 2 appeared to be working belter, he recovered to levels achieved during the initial period of controls 70-2- 5 However when Phase 2 was replaced by Phase 3 earlier this year, public confidence quickly shot downward and by April had again hit 5 percent negative. The bottom was reached in June, before Phase 4 was announced 71-2- As reported last Monday, Phase 4, of pnees on food and tacking a gasoline, has hardly been greeted with popular enthusiasm The public did apprice freeze, but prove Nixon s because it was announced as a highly y temporary measure, he never received any sustained credits on it from public taij, fAgcmoai)iV&iiie ernment There is no visceral urge Soon after making this discovery, however, he was persuaded by friends and colleagues to take a leave of absence from Caltech and work solely on smog The result, at feast early on. was best described by Dr James Bonner, a fellow faculty member AAhen One little story. Haagy showed that it was hydrocarbons that made smog, the oil companies got together to prov e that this was not true at a low ebb People simply have more important things to worry about about six weeks t filing left untii the Oct deadline, only two definite candidate announcements for city commissioner have been made, but two others have made up their minds to run AVith only Announced candidates are Public Safety Commissioner James L. Barker Jr., who is seeking a third four-yea- r term, and John O Williams, an unsuccessful mayoralty candidate two years ago Parks Commissioner Conrad to Harrison intends 8 announce for redecUoo next month, as dues Clea N. Greener, an admims-tra&v- e assistant to Salt Lake County Ccmnnsaoircr Ealpti MINI DO ITS J.M., Salt Lake City will be receiving a replacement order for an item he ordered m April and never received from Greenland Studios, Miami The American Consumer has reshipped some knives that OOP., Farmington ordered in May and didnt receive R.N., A Ron, W ya, is ; receiving a refund for kitchen curtains that were never de- bveredfrom Spiegel, Chicago Los' Angeles Basin Smog got worse Western Oil flunked Haagen-Smi- t 8. Gas Association received an A OUR MmN JOflES Other studies, also aimed at disproving or at least testing his ideas, finally confirmed his work, and this was a Dr very important point for me, Haagen-Smi- t says I was vindicated ) By Harry Jones Deseret News staff writer The Tooele High School Band isn't as big this year. It is down by 212 pounds The big reason is because they have lost their leader. Wei), not really. They have lost half of him H's name is Roy Fernn, who also leads the bands at the junior high and the elementry levels Hes been thinking thin Die Trentman. the Weight Watcher man. told me about Roy. He weighed 420 pounds mostly because he ate breakfast at home, at his grandmothers home and at an aunt's on the way to school For years. I thought it was the Goodyear blimp up m front of the band, but it was Roy Now, with a tot of encouragement. Roy is down to lighting trim 220 pounds Is Roy happy? You had better believe it. Even the tunes are livelier No more dirges. 193, The Christian Science Publishing Society top on the ballot vote-gett- Harrison was sharply defeated two years ago by the current mayor. K.J Gam. when Harhid to rison made a step up to the top office mid-ter- This may hurt Harrison in his reeleition bid this year, al'hree in though. winning terms, he has been a popular candidate A former newsHarrison first paperman. gained city office through city-offic- hamburger Hence, interest in the Salt Lake City election is currently AVe did better than just givp you the correct address after we found out they are in Lexington, N C. AVe contacted them and ihey say they will check on your order, and if collect and you dont get it in a week, tn r ail them theyll ship a duplicate order. We've relayed their telephone number to you. was wrong They tned to hang smog on sulfur dioxide It was abolished from the Politics vote the rascals out of just because the federal has allegedly government twitched up the fight against inflation But no one can blame them for eggs and City. in the form of the Western They Oil & Gas Association hired the Stanford Research Institute to prove that he to are commissioners City properly held accountable for such vital .services as watei et and sewage collection, and fire and propolice repair tection keep a record of their address. Now I have my canceled check back from a Charlotte. N.C. bank. I wrote to the company fn Charlotte, but n word. Can you give me their correct address so f can try again? IMG, Salt Lake Ho-hu- m isnt Nowhere are the summer doldrums more pronounced than in ihe municipal election marks for keeping the economy healhv went up sharply, although at no time did he overcome a negative majority disappointed with his economic efforts opinion. field guess-e- Deseret News Political Editor roll-bac- k House. had right. It was a very even though I didnt satisfying thing, particularly want to publish it 1 didnt want to be drawn into this (smog) thing It wasnt my field, and I have a strong sense of who's competent and who isn't I d already marched a little out of my 1 City elections? et the ill wishers must begin to vonder at (his marvel of liberty, as they see the leader of the foremost nation of the world, who commands great armies and treasuries, a free people as to waiting glumly upon the verdict of what was the truth about a burglary For me, it is a spectacle to set the spine tingling with that boyhood pride of country. (c) 197" United Feature Syndicate, Inc the econoon. my which he receives a showed him my work. Dr Haagen-Smi- t said Then we put some experimental rubber out in the sunlight and his rubber went to pot I was on a scientific committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of ComWe discussed he said. the merce. Men are prone to look first at outward appearances To many of our people and to querulous populations around the globe. America must appear in torment and turmoil, the President on the run. the FBI and CIA compromised. the government paralyzed the market jittery, T serials imerrupted. all started by a little break in ndling of However, an experiment prompted by a colleague. Dr. E C Bradley, refor tired chemical research of the Union Rubber Co , clinched it The Netheriaods-bochemist was the first to correctly point out the true nature and source for the Los Angeles areas notorious photochemical smog His discovery took place immediately World AVar high-ozon- e I that sunny days I also found content At first. 1 didn't want to believe this, since the books say ozone is absent from cities 1937. On June 18 t ordered some nylons from American Nylons. I got a note I shorted them $1.32. 1 sent a check but so far I havent heard about my order Foolishly I did not takes place to build Los Angeles peculiarly unpleasant type' of smog Its a reaction senes that works best in what southern California is best known for bright, air His background m research in quest of plant substances called essential (odorous) oils led him, fortuitously, into the struggle against smog. after Firm promises merchandise reaction among pollutants honest-to-goodne- t, Arieiort Haagen-Sm- it What I got was condensed smog It turned out to be an abundant amount of hydrocarbon materials that could only have come from gasoline. So I drew the conclusion that this came from gasoline by oxidation m professor emeritus of has been chemistry. Dr. Haagcn-Cnu- t associated with California Institute of since Dr. if it A dorsement as having been cashed VVe then called you for clarification, and you said youd do a little more checking. You now say you found your son cashed the check; some time ago without telling you. of months - do The response? Some reporters did their job of investigation The opposition party went to court and. thougn tempted to settle for money, refused to do so A slow trickle of truth began inexorably to command events Public indignation built up, slowly but surely Congres,--, led by a venerable gentleman from North Carolina, who for many years has carried a copy of the Constitution around m his pocket, rose to the occasion The courts were redeemed m the person of Judge John Sirica, who would not accept a coverup, however well packaged. And around the country, juries, polls and legisclaims lative majorities have repudiated the to power. The antidotes of the fathers, like a physic of delayed but wondrous potency, are working their will HARRIS Dr discussion, Haagen-Smi- t says, 1 finally wrote a little letter askingwe want to know whats in the air, why dont we measure it Since nobody die it, and since I d just finished a project on pineapple odor and had all tins equipment stored. I did "I never was lobbying for the job I had. So now I can go to the Governor (Ronald Reagan) and sav the job needs a different kind of genera) someone with different qualifications Now we need a statesman, someone who can get all the important forces to do something they dont really want to But even the trespassers were restrained by our tradi- tions. 11 may be said for the President and the men around him that they attempted no frontal coup. Their illegalities were attempted on the sly, their aggrandizements were pressed only as far as the traffic would bear. By Louis Harris Somewhat otcured tn the boding controversy over Watergate is the fact that President Nixon continues to be in trou ! Ie the with public over hahis After DEXTER tlliS Greener a political science graduate of the University of Utah, has been various areas involved of public m ser- vice since leaving school Several others have heen mentioned as city commission possibles, including (ax rebel Kart J. Bray, KJK. Sheehan, retired railroader and restaurateur, and Mrs. Audrey Lynne Athay, an employe m tne city nursing office who is studying for a doctorate at the University of Utah As yet. however, there is no indication of a candidate explosion of the dimensions of 1971 when there were seven candidates for mayor and 16 for the two city commission pasts In addition to the two city commissioner incumbents. City Auditor Lawrence A Jones also plans to run again He served a year in the office by interim appointment, then won election for a term which has stretched for eight years, be bad m opposition on the baM fa years agjt Biitis HaffisoSKrad Eafiet wan tatncwhal handily ism mlh HarnsBa tas years ani-- e IHIRer We did and we thought you had Ion We got a copy of a letter sent to you saying your refund check was enclosed. So we were supnsed when you said you hadnt heard a thing We called Denver and were told the check had been returned to them through the bank with your en- " dis- Technology fight problem of plant damage, as requested by ihe chambers agriculture who recently anDr. Haagen-Smit- . nounced his retirement as chairman of California's pioneering Air Resources Board, pul it in these words In the light of Watergate, how has the system held up' Transgressions came against our liberties, against decency. against the law. against the electoral process itself, as our forefathers had foreseen in News usual, hes talking smog, cussing the long, challenging, and frustrating battle he has waged against air and the gestures flow with pollution the words threat comes, say from the presidency as m Watergate, the slructure sinks only if all its checks collapse only if the press fails to expose, the opposition party declines to oppose, the public neglects to care, Con-- " gross refuses to resist, the courts demur from the law Nixons still Monitor As When the , Science Just a hint PASADENA, CALIF. of that old Dutch accent creep., in as Ane Jan Haagen-Smi- t exolains, cajoles, reminisces, and predicts. I Does this mean our structure of state is foundering think not Our fathers protected us against our own negligence. The American system was constructed like a battleship. with successive rings of watertight compartments At any given lime, only one or two need hold to keep the ship afloat. , V seat yo a filter comStockman In Denver who owed me T20.85 for the merchandise ordered in December and still havent hear anything from them. never received. Have yoo? Town and1 name withheld. About three months ago At the doctors office for my other dav, I asked old sawbones about diets. semi-annu- It is his contention that fat people aren't really jolly. They want to be thin, but won't work at it. The jolty bit is a cover up Barker has frequently been a stormy petrel by virtue of such actions as his police-deco- y tion Too many people go on diets They lose 28 pounds and then promptly go back up 25 pounds. If new math serves me right, a few diets like that and you weigh a ton and half yo-y- o battle against prostituand more recenl cam- paigns against pornography in magazine shops and movie bouses. There have been rumors that these industries are accumulating a kitty to oppose but, as of now, hes candidacy there seems to be little stance to these sub- He can point to a reduction Sail Lake City crime rs argument for his retention as a city commissioner m The atmosphere is more comfortable for incumbents when city machinery is functioning smoothly and that appears to be the current situation in Salt Lake City This doesnt mean that issues will be entirely lacking in the coming campaign, however Things are never strictly roses in a large city and there Fill always tie things to snpe at. such as fee alleged pha'o-tuemploye in Barkers ns My doctor isn't noted for bus sympathy. Hes the originator of those good news and bad news jokes. (I had to amputate your leg, but 1 sold you bouseslipper jokes 1 Old sawbones has no sympathy at all for fat folks. He calls them gluttons, gives them a 1,008 calorie diet and sends them home They are lighter by 115 the nunate they step into the waiting room The ones hard to help are those patients who think that obesity is a disease like sugar diabetes. You can't cure it, only control it I have a neighbor who is hooked on chocolate covered peanuts and candy. Hes a mamliner when it comes ta sweets. When he gets going, he doesnt even cars ii they are the kino that melt on your fingers and in your hands. It wouldnt surprise me if someday he doesnt tort. , crime and start hitting the big candy stores. You know how people acf when they are hooked and have their hacks to the wall He will take the cure and lose 38 or 4fl pounds. Just when you think he is saved, he will fall off the cart and start popping M and Ms He will go back up the 30 or 40 pounds he has lost A strip of fat, lean, fat, lean. Hes a walking side of bacon? .All I meant hi say when I started out was that eoas is fee tune ta go os a diet when fond prices are so lug HITS END: They are itcytfosg fee pice tag) 03 ffia ICQBffiSf w checkup the |