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Show Ben Lomond Beacon, Aug. 17, 1978, Page 2 The Mtn. Fuel the Ben Lomond Beacon is published each Thursday. Deadlines for each week's issue is Monday at 5 p.m. We welcome all articles from those who wish to contribute. Business office is 5388 So. 1900 W., Roy, Utah Phone 825-166- dates meet SALT, SILOS AND STRATEGY 6. J. Howard Stahle Mrs. Bonnie Stahle Sue Ellen Sims Publisher the U.S. cant make its missile silos hard enough to stand up against Soviet warheads, the Pentagon is considering a plan to hide Americas Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs). The MAP (Multiple Aim Point) program would build 20 different underground silos for each U.S. ICBM. The challenge for the Soviets would be to figure out in which of the 6,000 holes the 300 missiles are located. The shell game program, as it was described by military analyst Michael Donley, editor of Heritage Foundations new national security newsletter, would cost an estimated $40 billion. Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Lew Allen, Jr. , explained that the new scheme had become necessa because the Soviets had been able to achieve an unexpected level of technical sophistication with their missiles in the past few years. By the mid 1980s, he said, the Soviets are expected to have an awesome force of 6,000 accurate reentry missile-launche- d a Pentagon phrase for nuclear-arme- d vehicles, warheads. And, notes Donley, these missiles are larger in size than U.S. missiles by as much as several hundred percent. For example, the U.S. Minuteman III can carry warheads weighing about 2,300 pounds. By contrast, the Soviets SS-1- 7 can carry about 7,000 pounds and the SS-1- 8 about 15,000 pounds. The superior ICBM throw weight advantage enjoyed by the Soviets allows them to place several powerful warheads on each missile. The difference in size between the U.S. and Soviet arse nals combined with the improved accuracy ot Soviet missiles, has given the Soviets the potential to cripple, if not d destroy, a substantial percentage of the U.S. missile force using only a fraction of the Soviet force. The shell-gam- e plan would force the Soviets to use up their entire arsenal of warheads if they wanted to knock out all U.S. missiles. Donley makes two noteworthy observations: 1) That the Soviets have managed to upgrade the payload and accuracy of their missiles despite the first Strategic Arms Limitation (SALT) agreement, which w'as supposed to limit the development of crippling weapons. 2) The shell-gam- e option is, at best, only a temporthat of the problem ary solution to a long-terSoviets continuing aggressive buildup of offensive' weapons. The MAP idea is an interesting one, but it must be remembered that the Administration had (and rejected) missile system other alternatives an active (ABM) that would knock Soviet missiles out of the air, and mobile missile launchers, that could move from place to place. Thanks to the Soviets, I'm afraid were going to see a with arms control objectives: : policy-makin- g heading in one direction and national security requirements heading in the opposite. This is unfortunate, since it had been hoped the U.S. could meet its defense needs in concert with efforts toi stabilize arms competition. Apparently, it wont be possible. (Feulner is President of The Heritage Foundation, a Washington-base- d public policy research organizations.) Editor Carol Shaw Correspondent Plain City council cont. from page 1 allocated for the purchase of a badly needed police vehicle. This sum has been whittled down to 53,823 to buy a Chevy Nova as the new Police enforcement car. Another 51,000 was set aside to purchase the necessary extra equipment. Budgets usually are drawn up and approved in July and are effective for one year from that time. Because of the loss of the H.U.D. and the Farmers Home Administrative planning Grant Budget approval was unavoidably delayed. Also discussed at the Aug. 10 city council meeting was the still present disregard for the dog ordinance. Those Plain City residents who have complied with the licensing law and are really trying to keep their pets from being someone eles pest are highly congratulated. You know who you are and it is citizens like you, with civic pride and responsibility that make living in any city city an absolute experience of beauty and joy. It requires a united effort to rid any city of any problem. In this particular case, dogs on the loose, what can be a local problem can also be a local pleasure - rewarding to everyone. It may be just a little thing, but big things we can see with one eye shut, while we must keep both eyes open for the little things or well trip over them. The Plain City city council commends all those who have complied with the dog ordinance and asks once again, please abide by this and all actos of common courtesty to make Hiving in Plain City plain fun. DRS. T. LELAND FROST, BRUCE R. DABUNG & JAMES L. FROST OPTOMETRISTS . OPTICIAN Complete Eye Examinations Contact Lenses Childrens Eye Care Program Latest Fashion Eye Wear - All Doctors Optical Prescriptions Filled -- NOW OPEN- -& B Glass Service - 1181 So. 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If you have a visual or OPEN M0NDAY-FRIDA- Dii PLAYBOY hearing problem call Knighton Optical for doctor's referral. 9 AM TO 5:30 PM Y OGDEN 950 25th St. Suite 393-843- N- -l 2-- questions senior citizens may have concerning the Mountain Fuel Supply Company of Utah. The seminar will be presented by Dale Zabriskie, Manager of Communications for Mountain Fuel. He will show a brief slide presentation on the conservation of energy. The concluding time will be spent answering questions concerning rate hikes, safety, etc. This seminar is sponsored by the Weber County Department on Aging and Volunteer Services. It is free for those 50 years of age and older, and there is a charge of $2 for those under 50. VWHAT EXACTLY boasts high ridership s, dated monthly. Even Board member Kenneth Maughn said that as a member of the Building and Grounds Committee, he had prior to the meeting, taken a tour of the facility and was quite impressed with how it was kept up. It is quiet, weU maintained, and has all the desirable qualities that a facility of its kind should have, he said. But, I need to spend some more time in getting better acquainted. The greatest need right now, he reported, was a new washer for laundry and additional parking. Administrator Van Moorlehem said said that they definitely saw a need to provide more parking than is . available in the two present lots as the degree of activity taking place at the hospital has increased 60 to 100 per cent in the last few months. He attributed this fact to the work of the staff bringing in people, and getting the patients involved in various programs. Van Moorlehem said that they will look at where to have additional parking installed, and perhaps using the county road crews to do the work, saving some money with this method. Dr. Jay McEntire, reporting on the Joint Conference and Accreditation committee, said that a favorable report has been given the hospital by the accreditation team, with much effort seen by this team to upgrade the care given, and especially the upgrading of medical record keeping. Chairman Boyd Storey mentioned to the Board letter addressed to County Commissioner Keith Jensen about the June survey of the hospital, which recommended that the hospital be recertified based on substantial compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation. Written by Bruce Walter, deputy director of Health at the State level, I was noted that a he said, reasonable plan of correction was submitted for cited deficiencies and that both the number of such items and the degree was significantly reduced from previous surveys. In conclusion, Walter said, we were especially impressed by the spirit of enthusiasm and team effort to measure up to expectations and attain better and safer patients care. 2179 N. 1700 W. West of Davis No. Hospital terrl brogan QPTYL Gas Barbeques Evap. Coolers RoncMs Woodburning Fireplace Specialist 3891 W. 4000 So. Kanesville, Utah 8431 5 Ph. 731 2235 -- 9 825-162- 4 main- efficiency has improved substantially over the last couple of years. In 1977 the 1.54 buses carried passengers per mile and the projected figure for 1978 is 1.85. This increase is due to improved service and the desire to give the public the most for their money. Our fares are the lowest in the country and during peak hours we are carrying 80 percent capacity, stated Mr. Preston. Few riders are aware that the Utah Transit Authority was named by the federal arm of the Transit Industry as the fastest growing transit company of its size in the country in 1977. Musical slated at WSC The Pioneer Memorial Theater production of Man of La Mancha, featuring three performers well known in the Ogden area in the lead roles, will come to Ogden for appearances Aug. 23-2- It is being sponsored in Ogden by the Weber State College Alumni Association. The presentations will be at 8 p.m. nightly in the main auditorium of the WSC Browning Center and will include a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. The highly popular musical is based on the classic Cervantes novel, Don Quixote, and translates beautifully into music and drama the tale of the slightly fuddled old knight who set out to put everything right in the world. Cast in the lead role is Robert Peterson, former Fireplaces Stoves SATURDAY 9 AM 'TIL NOON LAYTON with the tenance problems plaguing the UTA, passenger per mile County hospital reports Three committee reports to the Weber County Hospital Board Tuesday indicated that the hospital is working to improve its health care and collect payments for services rendered. Chairman Boyd Storey said that the settlement with Medicare for the last half of 1976 with the payment of acwas a $66,000 great Collections for the complishment. past two months of June and July, Administrator David Van Moorlehem said, have been excellent, at 109 and 117 per cent respectively. Van Moorlehem said that Medicare payments are now up to date with the check for $66,000 and hopes for Medicaid settlement for the last half of 1976 are high. This settlement would be for $71,243.31. Then, within 60 days, he said, they hope to conclude negotiations for 1977 reimbursement. PROBLEM?' YOUR UTA d, , 15 continued stubbornness of our unemployment levels among disadvantaged youth. Something innivative and ingenious must be developed to give energetic, capable, young adults and youths meaningful, productive work to do. If we dont do this we will create an antagonistic and hopeless generation that will force the changes we were unable to make legislatively, Hatch concluded. Senator Orrin G. Hatch Washington, D.C. today introduced a private sector alternative to the Humphrey-Hawkin- s full employment bill. The measure, entitled Job Opportunity Bonus Act (J.O.B.) or JOB bill is designed to reduce structural unemployment both rural and urban. It will do this through incentives for private and independent sector sponsors to establish additional employment opportunities for eligible citizens. The federal government, according to Sen. Hatch, will offer bonus cash incentives to private and independent sector businessmen and community leaders, making it worth their while to institute and operate job training programs." In his economic analysis of the Humphrey-Hawkin- s bill, Sen. Hatch has determined, It is not the artificially-stimulatepublic sector, as outlines in Humphrey-Hawkinthat is responsible for our gross national product; it is the private sector." The JOB bill will unleash the forces of this private sector through a systematic, sustained incentives program and develop a full employment program in concert with the economy, the Utahn said. The amount of each social bonus payment shall not be less that 52,500 nor more than 54,000 each year of employment of any eligible applicant, with eligibility to be determined by the Secretary of Labor. In return for the social bonus payments, the employer will be required to train the workers in meaningful work, at the minimum wage or more, for not less than one year nor more than three. Good job skills, proper work habits, and employement etiquette are additional skills expected to come from the social bonus JOB system. I am as deeply concerned as anyone in the Senate with the (R-Uta- land-base- tug-of-w- MR. LEWIS MAY The main purpose of a seminar to be presented at the Hopkin Senior Citizens Center on Aug 17, from 3 p.m., will be to answer Feulner Having concluded that Bv Edwin Manager Advertising 731-331- 1 Broadway and opera singer who has played the part of Don Quixote more than 250 times. As resident star at the Pioneer Memorial Theater in Salt Lake City, Mr. Peterson has come to Ogden many times in recent years to play lead roles in a variety of productions. Playing opposite him in the lead feminine role of Dulcinea will be Kirstin Hurst Hyde, active in many campus productions at WSC and elsewhere. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean W. Hurst of Ogden. |