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Show r w ny if fy I I Thf S?t Lake TnNme. Monday, November lg, IS 1473 Robert J. Donovan I Its Almost As Though The Los ngeles rimes WASHINGTON It is a strange e that found Richard M Nixon passtrg through a grace crisis of hi, presidency just as the country prepaied to observe the 10th annuor-arof President Kennedys death It has been an in i edible decade com-udenc- c Watching Mr Nixons televised pi ess umlerencv brought to mind that it was 10 ' ears ago this fall that President Kennedy held his next to last press Incredibly, it was a quiet lime in Washington, lacking altogether in omens of the impending torrent Twenty two days later he was assassinated in Dallas The deluge that s still engulfing us was on Indeed to some con ,ide. able extent tie liatiaioc that lids nuiuc splcad tmuugli the country can be traced to that shatter irg tragedy. e I The last yeais have been too much Martin Luther King Robert . Kennedy . . . Vietnam the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968 . . Tet . . . the siege of Cambodia Lyndon B. Johnson Kent State . Carswell and the black revolt . Haynesworth drugs . . . violence pornography W new atergate . . . Cox . . . Agnew war in the Middle East In the streets of 10 r ... a Century Was Telescoped Into Past 10 Years America revolutions have risen and burned out. all in the space of a few vears Century Telescoped In proportion to the pace at which eailier generations lived, a century has been te,ascoped into a decade. Events pass with such a rush people can scarcely remember them, let alone digest them and fit them into a coheient philospony Government by the people is put to a se vere test ui such conditions A Washington editor hearing on a radio while he was out of town that the amud torus of the United States were on a world-widalert called his office and demanded to know what was going on War this morning peace this afternoon, one of his editors mfoi med him e Bombers carrying nuclear weapons are put m a state of readiness before breaktast. and the United Nations adopts a resolution calming things betore dinner The world goes to a brink of some kind, then staggers back, the possible brush with catastrophe passing so swiftly it scarcely registers on the mind The House of Representatives ponders v.hether tm placement proceedings against President Nixon are justified, and President Nixon mi'Ct with the Na tional Security Council at 3 a m to weigh an American response to the possible movement of Soviet forces into Egypt Superhuman Strain Tii.s is a superhuman strain upon men I ncomfortablv, one retails an ad monition by iormer Sou clary of State Dean Rak after the frenzy over the Cuban mobile msis that went on toi some days and nights in 12 Xoithei malice nor folly was so much a threat to nuclear was as exhaustion, Rusk said Remembering his own sleepless hours of trying to avert a fatal clash, he feared that a siuatun night develop some dav when men m a comparable position would ultimately become so exhausted their judgment would be Soviet-America- n impaired It has been a decade of questions that nag for answers that do not exist ietnam was the mam source of he cancer. It President Kennedv had lived, would we have bten draggl'd into the temble dead end ui which we found oui selves Would Temper Reaction Imt-e- d Maybe, given the momentum of then but States policy, again maybe not The Bay of Pigs had been an an guish for Kennedy. Surely, he would have been wary ol massive bombing, the real boomerang for Johnson and Nixon in ietnam Also Kennedv was more willing than Johnson to admit rr siakes One can visualize Kennedv cutting his losses m ietnim One can also visualize him and Bobby and the White House intellectuals tempering the reaction on tne campus, which did so much to fell John son If Kennedy had lived and had cut lus losses in iotnam. would Richard Nixon ever have become 1iesident7 Probably not Even when Kennedy was alive, the Republicans were bent on nominating Goldvvater in Bam Kennedy expected to face him. and Kenntciy would have been the heavy fnvonte to wan Had it not been for Dallas me Democratic Party might have been m Even much stronger shape in 1969 though it was m shamb!es, Nixon onlv won by a whisker 14 gieat solace ol that it produced a mood m w'ach Picsident Johnson with ais superb political skills and volcanic the At time the s death was Kennedy energy could get through Congress the civil rights and social legislation that Congress would not give Picsident Kennedy when he was alive Imier the stress of the decade, however, disillusion has set in as nan. ol these lotmms dul not live up to the hope mvi sYd m ,lu m few resuuicts7 Political skills that once sunicd adequate no longer endure. Against Integration We shall overcome, President John son told Congress in one of the high mo nnnts (if the last veils But we did not Even the aspu atoms have bin n laid aside The blacks have turned tin ir I icis aga iM iiitei ation With leasim thev ho mgit trust the white commitment Worse Tragedy Lviuliui 111 of all kinds nas betri the worst casualty of th frennd dicade Secie taiy id State Henry Kissing r put his fin ger on the truth in conin.entirg on a T rust question whether President Nixon might have alerted Amen .an fences aiouml the wot hi to divert attention from his drastic Ii is a symptom of Roubles at home what is happening to our country, Kissinger sad, that it could even be that the United States would alert The its forces for domestic reasons phrase credibility gap was unknown 10 vears ago d Mine than any other period that come, to mind the last decade has revived the age-olquestion of whether man an govern himself Are the tensions and conflicts too great to resolve7 Are ttiere jUbt too many people and too d New York Times Service of this v ci y insurance, but it was all right This time, we are really putting the blocks to you, said the insurance company, but its all nght, because the purpose is to serve you better. It is always om.nous when a large corporation announces that something it has in mind is designed to serve you better The only thing more ominous is an announcement that something is being done for your convenience. pine just phoned the insurance pany. It is as I thought They will not pay any part of the $8a0 it will cost to stop the second-floo- r I have com- bathroom from leaking into r the living room. first-floo- Our policy does not cover slow seepage. I was almost certain it And it wouldnt was It doesn't. Russell Baker the there in right footnote to clause XXVII (A) (3) It was right there all the time W The girl on the telephone at the msur ance company told me it was there Get a magnifying glass, she said, and turn to page 15 of your policy, and look very closely nght down there at the bottom, and you will see that it is there all right. I saw it. It said the insurance company would not pay for slow seepage Fast seepage seemed to be covered, and cloudburst. So was a break in the shower pipe if caused by a regularly scheduled commercial airliner colliding with the chimney of the house 1 wept into the telephone The girl offered consolation. under the If this had she said old policy, last happened before you renewed spring, you would have been covered, We didn't get around to she said excluding slow seepage until this spring Huge Boost in Price noW I am remembering last And vas a huge boost in the There spring. Slow seepage was covered People who lay 10 lane (leeways across your front yard always say it is Insurance tor your convenience companies boosting their pines always say it is to sive you better With insurance companies, the bettei service consists ui giving the customer closer attention, so that the company can better predict what disaster is most likeexly to befall him under the new, more and exclude he is buying, policy pensive that disaster from coverage. Please No Dont give in to self-pitnice insurance company Several recent outbreaks of measles, diphtheria, and poliomyelitis have been traced to the widespread lack of immunization of our chil-..- . r , dren Some parents A have been lax. The 4 medical profession i also is to blame be-- 1 s cause it fails to f stress the need for -- I ' fi these simple procedures There has been no shortage of the Dr. Van Dellen vaccines and cost does not enter the picture because thev are available to the poor as well as to the rich Tests Flood Monday Morning Environmentalist Self-Pit- y girl phone Why not' Why not self-pity- Ans'wer ! Utah an Ohio, or W orse? Think About It said the on the me that, insurance companies of AmeriRemember that time all my bedclothes were stolen from the crates on the pier at Hoboken, and the insurance company wouldnt pay? But the policy you bought covered only theft, said the insurance girl, and illegal removal from crates on the pier is not theft, but pilferage. Pilferage was specifically excluded m your pokey. It was nght there in the footnote, sir. Right there all the time ca Yes, I remember that (Copyright) Answers to Weekly Bridge Quiz By Ernest H. Linford Wasatch Front residents would do well to paste on their bathroom mirrors the statement made bv Sen. Robert W Packwood, the other mght The bulk of people in Utah arent going to be bettc off if you double jour pop- ulation, NeiUn.? vulnerable, Q. I as South you hold: 482 293 OAQ94 AQ982 The bidding has proceeded: What action do you take? Pass You can hardly for game. Obviously, Is partner simply competing for Dart score, and he Is already bidding on values he expects to find in your hand If he were strong enough to want to tor he a would game, probe have acted immediately, over the one heart opening bid, when it would have been a simple matter to overcoll one spade A. hope Q. 2 As South, vulnerable, you hold: Think about it The bidding has proceeded. North East Souh West Pass 2 4 Pass What do you bid now? m simple rebid of two A. spades is recommended This s superior to an immediate raise to three clubs, tor it partner were then to bid three no trump ot his next turn, you wauid not be sure whether that is the correct spot or wnether the hand should be played in a black suit vulnerable, as South you hold. 4AJ65 2QI09S 03 AAKQJ The bidding has proceeded: Q. 3 EPA Holds the Line Neither vulnerable, q. 4 as South you hold: 4K76 28652 01092 4KQJ The bidding has proceeded: South West North East Pass I NT 1 4 Pass ? Pass 2 4 What do you bid now? Three must thing compensate for ing nature of A. not sponse. spodes Some to be done the discouragre first your have that you learned that your values 1 exreedinnlv well with partner s hand Since he has shown o distritjtional holding, vour 4 3 3 3 shape is no great vour game pros drawback pects ore bright and partner should be oierted A mere two spades would be qrosslv made auate hiqh-car- d 1 70 6 5 03 4AK8 4A107652 4965 2J109652 062 4J2 Your partner opens two hearts. What is your wth response? A Four hearts The dou ble raise of a demand bid is o which response specialized promises good trump support high-card O but special strength It denies possession of an ace, o king, o singleton or a void Both vulnerable, South you hold. Q. 6 as 4A3 2QJ9S4 OA652 4A7 The bidding has proceeded South North East West I What do you bid now? The key to S x spades A the hand is the singleton dm If mond portnr has six spades to the kirg and the are 12 tucks can be of hearts, counted It he has o five card spade suit, he orotablv has stifv his both heart honors 'o lump and cue bid try fort slon It have Even partner dorse the king of spades it is a near certainty that a finesst d i I who through Cast b dding w II succeed coe-e- the JO 7 4 Pas 7 What do you bid7 You A Two d'amords should make it dear, here and now, that your side belonas in the dome The process ot do termminn the final contract con fouow thereafter A bid ot two taro a hearts wiud not b oid o lump to three heart would be pnenq oo great on emphasis on lhe heart suit wh n oh rnui n have you h engih ! I the controversial By endorsing catalytic converter for internal combustion engines, Russell E. Tram, Environmental Protection Agency administrator, puts in jeopardy the general reputation of the EPA. Trains decision, told at a Senate hearing, also could increase costs unnec- essarily Some respected engineers and scientists look askance at the catalytic converter required by tne EPA which uses platinum and paladium as catalysts to lessen carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon pollution from automobile engines $5 Platinum compounds can be expected to aggravate asthma and diseases, a.--, could increased levels of suspended sulfate and acid aerosols . . . g cardio-respirator- y Platinum and palladium compounds or also act as cancer promoters . . We cannot assure that currently projected respiratory exposures to low levels of platinum acby particulate polycyclic companied organic matter will not increase the risk for respiratory cancer. may catalytic converters, it is premature to mandate them now Ford Motor Co. safety engineers reported to EPA their findings that sulfuric acid particulates resulted from the use 01 catalysts early this year and urged further study The magazine Science of the National Academy of Scence reports that tests made by industry and EPA beginning about a year ago . . . showed that relatively large amounts of sulfuric acid . . were coming from the tailpipes of catalyst-equippe- d Other adverse health consequences are possible. Senator Tunney has warned that the catalysts may be a Frankensteins monster (which) may pollute our air with more dangerous poisons than they were supposed to eliminate . . . At the behest of Tunney and others, Senate committee hearings were hurriedly called to consider the possible hazards and also to extend by two years the pressing government deadlines for meeting EPA emission standards More Data Needed a , seemed to Scott, sum up the situation when he declared rongress needs more adequate scientific data with icgard to the sulphate question in relation to catalytic converters There are differences of opinion within industry, government and the scientific on the potential health community Sen. William effects In view of the uncertainty about cars Monstrous Blunder? There followed an internal feud about the matter in EPAs bureaucracy, according to Science, which declared The prospect of a catalyst snafu that would weaken the governments credibility; and one official said, gut a hole regu'atory program. has generated some bitter feelings m the EPA The obvious point of contention is why, a year ago, when Ford first brought its disturbing findings to the attention of . . . (the EPA) staff . the agency did not perceive that it might have a major problem on its hands . . . Japanese Breakthrough Meantime a Japanese manufacturer what seems close to accomplishing Detroit said was impossible development of an internal combustion engine stanthat can meet federal clean-ai- r dards, without the catalytic convirter or dev ices other adu-on Lack of immunity is usually detected via questionnaires or by testing the blood for the presence of protective antibodies diseases of against these contagious childhood Antibody titers increase after the vaccine is given or after the child recovers from the disease Low ti'ers indicate lack of mmumty due to not being vaccinated or having received an insufficient dosage of the vaccine. This method of testing is superior to the questionnaire To date, the death rate from polio, diphthena, measles, German measles, and whoopmg cough has been low, espewhen with the cially compared era. Nevertheless, polio cnppled 12 boys attending a church school A measles in Connecticut. epidemic cropped up in Texas and North Dakota. None of the immunized persons in these areas became ill, showing that e the vaccine works Poor Results In Cleveland, the lmfnune status of children 1 to 4 years of age was determined with discouraging results. According to the report :n the Journal of the American Medical 63 Association, percent were susceptible to German measles end 33 percent to regular measles ntitoxin blood levels to diphthena and tetanus were fairly low, but not alarming percent of the children had inadequate antibody levels to one or more types of the Fifty-seve- n polio-viru- s. We m3y not be in trouble as yet, but watch out Polio epidemics m the 50s and 60s left thousands of crippled reminders The latest figures show that only 17 persons were afflicted with the disease in 1971 General Motors reportedly has spent million on the converter which is due to be installed on 1975 models which go into production m California next fall and later in the rest of the country i As South, vulnerable, you hold: Q. 5 East-We- t the senator raid at the Utah Environmental Centers first annual dinner. The road to development could lead Utah to becoming a or worse, an Ohio, he Pennsylvania warned. Bv C. 11. Goren ! apart trom the outiles ti presidents mcwitably get deep into is the pirvasive .suit 11 of corruption It was one thing in lus .'dmiiiistration fm Preside nt Roosevelt to ge't out of the disaster of the Supreme Court packing lull or for President Truman to ride old. the stium over the firing of Gen Douglas Mat Mthur or for President Kennedy to survive the Bay of Pigs It is ano'her thing entirely for a president to e scape a su spec ted swamp of corruption Aftc a decade of tut moil the country sorely m ds a time of tranquility With the Watergate mvestieatiens certain to conti'iue. with inflation untamed and the prospect ot to'd homes, offices and sehooliooms this winter, it takes a good cKil of optimism to mv an early end to it all Wh it sots his situation Parents Lax On Disease Men Cry Over Small Print 4 One mu 'te people were comparing him with Imioln and Roosevelt and the tuxt minute in the fin 1'ght of Tet. he was foued to abandon any thoughts of ruining for another term Rmh ird Nixon is a worse tiagedv still Onlv yesterday he h ul t vi i thing Ur. T. R. Van Dellen Russell Baker 1 Johnson was a tragedy Why the Delay? t i Replying to allegations that the converters might do more harm than good, GM has defended the appliances but acwas knowledged that its evaluation hurried to meet government deadlines and that its conclusions are not final The problem surfaced months ago but been the public has only recently informed that studies show the catalytic converter releases low levels of platinum and sulfunc and mist, both of which may be major health hazards The new menace, espe 'ally to chronic lung disease sufferers, made the headlines last month when Sen. John released an internal Tunney, FPA memorandum written by Dr. Stanley Greenfield, assistant administrator for research and development The memo said in part The use of catalytic converters to control carbon monoxide and will hvdrocarbon involve emissions exposing the general population to low lewis if the new pollutants, platinum and palladium compounds, and to increased levels of more familiar polluter sulfuru acid : nl sii,pmled particut( s late Sl DO YOU NEED pope Fittings, Valves, etc. to Vi-in- A large stole of both Black oH Galvanized Coll on us lor 0 (oat or 0 carlood Our pipe shop will cu ond hreod your p pe Made in U S A BUT & SAYt AT 1 &- |