| Show SUXirtlVl tMrtWWf Opinion Letters & To our Readers PO Pox n’Vs tv n'Ut IMPS' AklttSS ilhi k frt¥ Vt)iX far UtotHM'iiVI IfffafS m$f f¥ XU'XSf jrnl fW td1td d WndWtd A tasty comeuppance for critics PCTtn VAN DOUCN me hazimlous to your "SUVs health" says Clarence Ditlow ilircc-to- between traffic falalittes and litthi truck use from through iw In their initial analysis they found a positive correla turn I'otwecn Utsht truck resist rat tons and motor vehicle fatalities The great rA er the nutuher of I liuht trucks in a 1 state per licensed Van Doran driver the (treater the fatality rate per licensed driver But when Coate and Vanderlloff examined the data more carefully they noticed that Nnh liuht truck use and motor vehicle fatalities are more common in rural states And sure cnoutth once they accounted for the 11 r of the Center for Auto Safety Fuhllc Citizen lYcsiilont Joan Clay-bm- k advises consumers not to buy SCVs In an ABC News report IVtcr Jennings says the "government is grappling with what to do about the threat that sHrt utility vehicles represent to lesser vehicles In accidents" And CBS' Dan Rather reports that SUVs are considered a "killer on the road" Are SUVs really the highwaymen ace portrayed by activists and tity media? According to the latest research the answer Is no current Issue of Retaliation In the published by the Cato Institute Doug Test H)liec before giving SWAT training shoot inti: If local police are to be trained to deal quickly and possibly Icthnlly with school shooters then l feel the police should have some kind or tcstlnu to he sure the can handle the pressure hooking at the shootlntts which have taken place In Weber County and the reactions of the police officers I feel not alt personnel are suited to handle those kinds of situations Clarice Biddle Ogicrt ui uniform no choices have to smile and even chuckle 1 have just read another letter on the uniform policy presently being debated In the paper lltivlnu completed all my education In Kurope I would like to tell all our readers that our local schools do not have a uniform policy In effect A uniform policy Is one that the schistl decrees It Is not up for vote The parent and child do not have Input they do not choose the style or color From the time 1 started kindergarten 1 wore a uniform In klndet'tiarten through elementary I wore a uniform In junior hltilt through to gradun-tlofrom high school 1 wore a uniform My uniform consisted of a liray pleated skirt white blouse tic with school colors blacr and hat with tassels white socks and black lace-ushoes The summer uniform was gingham-checdress with straw lial white socks and strapped sandals No exceptions no choice no deviation No child choice no parent vole Knch school In Kurope has Its uniform Its colors Its style Our local schools do not have a uniform policy so the arguments for and against being played out In the paper are just that: a play on words 1 n p k llrenda I’erham Ixiyton Sarah Brads whole CHA snfety-enhaneln- simple can't accept the notion that if lyltt truck purV has reduced chases from vehicle fatalities per driver by 5 percent and multiple vehicle fatalities per driver by 2 percent That translates Into aNmt 2000 lives saved 5 percent Increase in 11 sn-tll- mote people drive big sturdy vehl- will die in traffic accidents e des fewer people Kortunatelv Americans me pnyinu ' Kyinninu to prove SCVs make America's roads safer Clay-broo- By the numbers they find that the IVtcr Wmlfarvn (X editor of the Ct-tt- t institute lountiil KVgnliifion mxiil-1 oMe ot u u ivuitootjt birthday sale and celebration it's our off Ladles' 50 Splpct xpang ctrpv’ps and pantsuits in missps and Update pptltps wompn Vouny 9SIO 39 9S 19 ' 'Tl sjy VJ OUI P'PtvtMv V off Ladles' Collections 40 latyp sHpction of impn ftom d famous mdkpr carppr coltpcHon t (lPcHth Ih IihIoh (R kpU IMHh vkltfs oiK !i rlh(rtin?p h(inw Built nil 49 14 98 10 29 98 SI JVS truth t(3 isv 91 mil OVOIV'SIV IHaln City goal: total confiscation of guns James Brady the unfortunate victim of a mis directed assassin's bullet Is probably not the author of the April 4 column "liock and unload: One survivor urges sanity" Anyone who lias heard an unrehearsed personal Interview with Brady even with the coaching of his wife Sarah would doubt his ability to put together a coherent thought tragically handicapped as he Is from a severe brain Injury At the time of the passage of the Infamous Brady Ijiw II was claimed this law had It been In effect would have prevented the assassin John F Hinckley Jr from procuring a gun Op the contrary Hinckley had a valid driver's license listing a valid address and had no recorded police history of mental Illness felony conviction or other reason for denial when he purchased Ills weap- reality an Increment of tyranny leading to ultimate confis- cation of all such weapons citifrom honest zens I believe James Brady Is the tragic example of a designing wile using Brady's greai misfortune as a tool for her own self serving desire for power and Influence As chair of Handgun Control Inc I believe Sarah Brady In spile of her denluls advocates the total ban of firearms possession except for the police and mil ary This Is the clearly slated objective of a previous I Id chairperson the late Nelson "Fete" Shields and Is of course In direct violation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution (inn control does not limit crime It only limits freedom Wes DhMug lirluham City on Ihlltor's Mole The taxline on The Brady article uses l hi same old tiresome adjecllves the commentary In inesllon to describe proposed gun con- ( Icarly staled Hint James Brotrol laws such as "common dy " wrote this commentary with sense" "sensible" "modes!" 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When asked by II luslrntor Frederick Remlnuhm for permission to return from Havana llearst sent this reply "Flense remain You furnish the pictures and i'll furnish the war" I hope the media have advanced beyond that type of but now wonder how for the media will (to to sell a paper or Improve market share I now watch with horror at what has happened to the George family In West Bound ful os a result of some branches of the local media An unfortunate event took place In their home In February That event lias now been (embellished and played out In the press numerous times by the Standard Fxnminer oilier papers and certain radio tetter In other wotxls more SUVs mean fewer traffic deaths i 1 ( characteristics of rural states not only did the positive relationship between light truck use and fatalities disappear it became netiattve las Coate and James Vanderl loff of Rut iters Cniverstty examine the Install JIV m (SOU fv'5 4503 Opinion pages IhM UT 84412 0$dn jl'Kf HKhbt ) Ik the in Coming up $tAnrvl fvtmmtr MAIL W kKtnf fi' MJ fcb-'- Columns fly Satufaav AivUM AVI Kandy llullix has them Slimdiinl I miiulner Spoils Seillon |
