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Show J gHyn DtitKti News, Once in a while, take the car for a spin By Frank Macomber Copley News Service So youre the energy or biking to riding in a helping to ease crisis by walking work and back, or car pool, or on a bus? Fine, but remember to use your own auto once in awhile, even if its a heavv gasoline drinker. y If you don't, says Frank S. Roop Jr., associate professor of mechanical engineering at Michigan State University, you may wind up with a hefty repair bill later on. Any auto should be operated at least once a week, and for at least five miles each time, We Lansing, Mich., to his family home at Blackburg. Va.. at an average speed of 50 miles per hour. The car averaged 18.2 miles to the gallon compared lo its usual is miles at 70 to 75 miles per hour over the journey each way, Roop says. like Henry aren't Model T workers who walked lo work with their hi neb pads and walked back home he after work, emphasizes. The accessibility of the aoto has permitted the suburbowte to be dependent on private transportation. Cars aren't a luxury anymore. he points out. but a necessity, because of the wav we have fashioned our lives with surburban living. Mass transit is not ready at this time to meet the needs of people living in the suburbs. Now he may be trapped if he deesal keep bis own car in good rowing order. Roop gees along with the auto mdsstry in the controversy ever whether die government is going overheard on antiaseg devices for cars. e While there e smog hazards in crowded metropolitan areas with narrow streets, high buildings and little breeze and in some coastal areas with atmospheric inversons, conditions elsewhere in the nation dont require the wide array of antismog gadgets, according to Roop. Another Michigan State instructor, Dr. Albert I. Rabin, believes the shortages of energy and. fuels, if they persist. could change American by their impact on industrial production and business. And it might be a blessing. adds the professor of Its paradoxical, he says, that the antipeitution devices hamper auto eperatons and cut down gas mileage and safety devices add weight and therefore fuel consumption m Part of our affluence has been our great mobility, and it has been destructive.' It has alRabin contends. lowed us to move about a eat deal and to spend cumparitave'v little time with a-- Fords a time of gasoline shortage life-styl- DO-I- T our families, our neighbors, our communities. "If our mobility is to be reduced. we may renew our attachments to people and the objects around us. If the energy crisis sends the nation into a recession. Americans who lived through the depression of the early 1930s would require the least adjustment to an end of the "affluent society, according to Rabin. They already know abou' he points different out says Roop. if the engine and the rest of its parts are to function properly, especially in cold w eather. Drives of only two or three miles to work and home again the late afternoon, combined with parking, speed auto deterioration, according Roop. The average car will last it's well cared for. Roop estimates, with the 200.000-milof most taxis and trucks. The latter two last longer, he because of the explains, relatively short runs of most private passenger cars produce heavier wear and tear on moving parts. ' 100,000 miles if com-pare- ; w t .t ! V J tr d e life-spa- n M-' y tTU'A ji 5V.V&v ' 3 ' c:&. V v ?,:-- ;r w; CnrtsiiOri science Monitor News Service pnotos rises from its perch in on Everglades tree, and darts into the sky. A study in harmony common egret glided from his perch and disappeared into the tall saw grass below. THE EVERGLADES, Fla -Somehow. I had miscalculated the time rf sunrise and had arrived at the entrance to the Everglades an hour before the epublicans and Democrats have joined together in a common effort to find scandal-fre- e ways to finance national first hint of dawn. 1 stepped out of inv car into the velvety black humidity of the night and stared into the darkness that hid from me the birds in their nocturnal perches. political conventions. An egret with family of American coots. For some time, ! stood there looking into the void, enjoying the peaceful silence of the night interrupted by an occasional rustle of a bush or a croak from the nearby alternatives. It costs about $2 million for each party to hold a national nominating convention each four years. The money is raised through cash contributions from the host city and through the sale of advertising, mostly to corporations, in convention program books. canal. Gradually, twilight filtered through an overcast sky. For a few moments, the discordant shrieks and shrills that precede any classical performance fill the air then the visual symphony of the Everglades began its overture. Exotic feathered creatures rose to the air as if in tune with seme ascending melody. With effortless elegance, looking more regal than No mention A great blue heron stalks its prey. mm Bush, however, said now is the time to take a hard look. common, the black-legge- d No common against the backdrop of the Everglades. Even the ordinary crow, which I had seen thousands of times scavenging the Ohio cornfields, looked elusive, the dark, overcast sky. Soon the heavy clouds of early morning dispersed, and high atop a tree an anhinga dried his wings in the warm rays of the sun. Sometimes called a snake bird, the anhinga is one of the few birds of the world that swims underwater in search for food, it lacks, however, adequate oil to waterproof its wings, so it can be seen basking in the sun frequently. Spotting me, he frantically shook what1 moisture he could from his wings and darted from the tree. bird looks A photographic glimpse of the birds in the Everglades is a study in gracefulness and The downward harmony. curves of the ibiss beak, the gentle S curve of the herons neck, and the soft flowing motion of an egret in flight these are the peaceful melody of the Everglades. Jack Anderson WASHINGTON It has been reported on the front pages that President Nixon's Keythe plumbers. stone Kops, otherwise known 1971 to plug our White House late in sought Iea,-s- was supposed to pick up some documents from the Indians. have endured innumerable indignities, its true, from the grim men charged with safeguarding Nixons secrets. As earlv as 1970. his chief Prussian guard. ordered White House H. R. Haldeman, to investigate us. Caulfield Jack gumshoe the FBI and Pentagons securThereafter, the for our sources. search in the force joined ity who was They grabbed the wrong man, exonerated by a grand jury in early 1971. Later that year, the plumbers were unleashed upon us. They used lie detectors, out suspected tapped telephones and staked sources. They learned little about our operaChiefs were tion, but they discovered the Joint We spying on Henry Kissinger. Still the intrepid plunders never let up. mv njm , according to the tint-New York Times, on a wallboard in their 1 basemen; sanctum. This inspired the two most celebrated to set forth on a plumbers, presumably, 1972 to fount eract in early Impossible nuni-Missio- our ITT stories to sworn Wa-r- i trap was laid and eight FBI men waited to pounce upon me. But instead, my associate Les Whitten mto the trap. walked Unimpressed, a grand jury refused to indict A . G. Gordon hWly, according i In June of 1972 i ordered some golf shoes from Dvnaflyte Corp,, in New Hyde Park, N.Y. I am enclosing all tny correspondence with them tn an attempt to get my order completed. 1 got one pair six weeks after the order was placed. To date I have not been able to get any more D.P.D.Salt action. Can you help get me a response? Lake City. . who one of several but Utahns are have, in Sir, you one respect or another, experienced disappointment and frustration with this firm and their method of handling orders. Since our involvement we have telephoned, written and conferred with many different people in their organization. Each time the reception was different but mostly lukewarm and nonproductive, until recently. We were again reviewing our unsolved problem file with this firm when we received a note from you that after a wait of almost two years you had received the shoes. In the meantime we also learned from other complainants that thpy, too. had received their orders. -- ; ; I am a University of Utah student and I have purchased a parking sticker for my car for the school year at a cost of $7.50. However, 1 have to drive another car one day each week and have been transferring the sticker to the extra car so I can park without getting a ticket. Well, the other day I got a ticket for not having the sticker atWhy isn't there some way that a student can use sticker for more than one car? D.F., t The sticker, say the U. of U. parking services, is like a license plate. It is assigned to a particular car and is Jlot transferrable. Tickets are issued, we understand, accord- ing to the number on the parking sticker. A loose sticker, too easily stolen or transferred to another car, causes con- fusion when a ticket is issued. The owner of the slicker may not be the party responsible for getting the ticket. But you can purchase as many stickers as you like depending on how many cars you drive to school, at $7.50 a piece, however. The supervisor of parking says he wauld be glad to talk to you personally if you have some sugges- tions. Although there may be problems we are not aware of, you might explore the possibilities of initiating atemporary day permit. Good luck. . J ! 1 ' ! J , Editor's Note: We're sorry the volume of colls ond mail mo if faWf iJ Oossible to answer every Question. Please, no medical or legal ouestion$.i JI-Answers con only be given in this column. Give your name, address oiyJf I f . 1? telephone number (not for publication) to help OolfMon help you. OUR MAN JOflES By Harry Jones Deseret News staff writer semi Robbing people at the banks to be high on the list of hobbies agalrr.y! Why? The police Ive talked to seem to know. We could blame the movies orlehUj vision for shows that make heroes of it and robbers bilking the banks sort of romantic. You can rob the guy who puts gasoline in your car and: you may wind up with a stiff sentence or a slap on .Zltek Now people at the oil companies that is another story. are robbing us, but ' As I stated before, you might gel your wrist slapped if you knock over a service station or a grocery store. It's when you mess around with a b3nk that you get involved-witthe federal boys. ' h ' a federal rap to rob a bank and not a store, I ' tell you. Money talks, but not that much. The robber walks into the corner bank, makes his way through the customer gifts for adding to their savings ' accounts, up to the teller. v First thing you know, the guy is on television, or at; least the banks home movies. The FBI has a screening,-anfirst thing the robber knows, they are pounding on his door. They ask about the withdrawal he made and their give him his gilt a pair of bracelets. Why it is cant It's the Keystone Kops vs. Clark Kent? ' Man, P O Bo 1257 SaltLaKeCity, Utan ; one parking Bountiful. Everglades symphony -R- convention. t Utahn gets shoes after almost 2 years tached. By Barth 5. Falkenbcrg Christian Science Monitor News Service was made in Thursdays joint announcement of the charges that International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. (ITT) obtained treatment in an favored antitrust case through an offer to help pay for the 1972 GOP Do-l- Sticker assigned to car - , An anhinga (or snake work on reforms more appropriate write to I mailed a cheek for $47.42 for books and records jo Publishers Centra! Bureau, Long Island City, N.Y., last May. I got partial shipment the last part of June but have not received the rest. 1 should have $16.90 coming back, J.A.G., Provo. according to my records. Can you help? and gracefulness Democratic party Chairman Robert S. Strauss and his GOP Bush, counterpart, George each have named 18 members to a committee to find the - little heat has turned the trick. They are sending refund after checking their warehouse and finding a you nothing in their files about your order. itm 2 parties (UPI) o- 364-862- Heat turns trick V' 10 To test the theory of increased gas mileage at lower speeds. Roop drove from East WASHINGTON Dial A the car. i OUR READERS' ACTION LINE ' Short drives reduce performance, reliability and economy in a number of ways, Roop explains. On a run of less than five miles the engine doesnt get properly warmed up. the automatic choke cant function properly, the crankecase oil will remain stiff, excessive gas in the cylinders will create wear on them. All these negative factors in turn reduce the economy, performane and drivability of man . all-da- y to jainUam lo, tergate testimony, spirited ITIs Dita Beard off to Denver. E. thwrard Hunt, wearing a preposterous reddish wig, paid a subsequent midnight call upon Mrs. Beard in a Denver hospital and gave her instructions what her sworn testimony should be. Robert Mardian. then the assistant ; v general in charge of interna? security, a mo got into the act. He placed my house under surveillance and ordered his gumshoes to tail me until my nine ctnWren located the stake-ou- t spots and chased the agents away with cam. eras. During this period, ITT retained Intertcl, the famed private detective agency, to join the pack of probers on oar trad. The Justice Department quietly cooperated with this private ITT investigation. CatK-cant u'firrt Pinplv the tv ti mu tn the; uvitv iv ttfeifca Justice Department to make a criminal case against us. The boys obligingly cast about for a crime to pin on us. Thzv decided to try to nail as for conspiring with the Indian militants who had stolen government documents. a The FBI learned from an informal that I anyone. If the foregoing seems like comic opera, it has its ominous overtones. The White House went to extreme lengths, however slapstick the results may have been, to obstruct our investigative reporting. These excesses were authorized in the name of national security. Insiders have now listed for us the stories that most upset the White House. Well let you judge whether these stories endangered national security: We reported on March 24. 1971, that the Pentagon had prepared detailed plans for bombing North Vietnam and mining Haiphong harbors. This was at a time when the White House claimed to be winding down the Vietnam War. face of official denials that American ground troops were operating inride Cambodia and Laos, we cited secret messages giving the exact number of Americans who had been killed during the incur-- ? Six days later, in the ns. On Aug. 6. 1971, we revealed that a d $100,000 cash contribution had been delivered by billionaire Howard Hughes aide, Richard Danner, to President Nixons pal, Bebe Rebozo. a number of stories, beginning on February 16. 1972, tying the Presidents nephew. Donald A. Nixon, with the slippery international financier Robert Vesco. We published On Oct. 3, 1972. we broke the first story that public funds had been used to improve President Nixons San Clemente estate, including $13,500 for a new heating system. We revealed on Jan. 15, 1973, that the four Cubans who broke into the Watergate were offered regular payments if they would plead guilty and keep their $l,000-a-mont- h mouths shut. We published the first direct documentation of the-- Watergate chaiges on April 2. 1973. This was Watergate wiretapper James McCords secret memo to the Senate Watergate Committee. We began publishing on April 16, 1973, excerpts from the secret transcripts of the Watergate grand jury We wrote many more columns, most notaand ITT stories, which bly the House White the mightily. But the Presiupset dents real concern, we suggest, was over his political security, not nation security. India-Pakista- n - I know one guy who went wrong. He held up a bank-wit- h ... a simulated weapon, and the teller filled the sack with simulated greenbacks. The judge gave the guy 30 years to which he replied, i, dont think I can do that long. The judge is supposed to have replied, all we ask is. ' that you do the bast you can! The robber in that case wasnt tike Butch Cassidy, a ' favorite of mine, Butch was a modern Robin Hood who took from rich and gave to the poor. Our modern robber only went". half way. He robbed from the rich, and forgot about the poor. There was nothing simulated atout Butchs gun. It was. mighty real. He rode into town with his real gun and rode, ' out again with real money . , Butchs gun was so real that no one really tested it. Butch spoke with such authority, that his gun never had tospeak. Butch was one of the most successful bank robbers, who never had to fire his gun, or kill anyone. The real rtory of Butch has never been told, but it is going to be. His younger sister who lives in Circleville," Lulu Parker Retenson, has just about got her book ready' for the publisher. It's worth waiting for. , . WITS END: Remember when a big car meant the. owner had come a long way. Now it means he isnt going k very far! t J I 5 |