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Show The Salt Thurmond erful Armed Services Says He Is Not Too Old to Serve nor took over But the South Carolina Repub can Party executive director Trey Walker, said it was not local ng for Thur- I've been uptherealongtime and I've seen some get in the ‘That's selfish. Thurmondsaid the decision has nothing to do with his advancing age. But clearly his age does, at times, affect h: bilities. He al- most always walks with theassistance of an aide, whom hegrips by aedon’t cotton to ing us what we should or she ut tdo This week, Thurmondsaid the resignation talk did not ister. I don't let things like that wor. ry me.” he said While Thurmond may not care what people think, he is irked whenpeople don’t think ofhimat all In August, he found out about U.S. bombingsin Afghanistan and Sudan just minutes before the public did, despitehis headingth Senate committee overseeing itary affairs. Thurmond made sure his anger was known. Thesenator may besensitiveaf. years of whispers that he isn’t up to the task ofleading the pow- Lake Tribune UTAH/NATION Saturday, December5, 1998 FamilySize Upto Couple, LDS Book Says served, then I am willing to leave the question of numbers to the @ Continued from A-1 man and the woman Lord,” hesaid. and purpose of life, the joy of raising children and and see them taught and ob- convenience and professional advantages are nothing compared to a righteous pos- terity The birth-control entry in the three-sentence admonition to husbands to “be considerate of their This week, during an interview. Thurmond had facts corrected When Thurmond said his father fought in three wars, John De- Crosta, the spokesman, pointed out it was his grandfather who marched into battle in the Mexican, Indian and Civil wars Despite an occasional gaffe Thurmond has beeome almost ageless. His sense of humor is intact, his handshake canstill crush ind hestill likes to see an ‘active woman. At a birthday celebration Friday at the Pentagon, Thurmondwasintroduced as the “secret weapon” that would help Army beat Navy in the up- comingfootball game An Army band and cheerleaders surprised birthday wishes. Thurmond with wives, who havea great responsibility not only for bearing chil- through childhood Insurers Surprised I-15 Work Hasn’t Inflated Crashes @ Continued from A-1 gone through the roof. 2 Johnson, state claims snenaees for Utah Farm Bureau Insurance Co. in Sandy, said accidents reported by policyholders in the month followingthe start of 1-15 work jumped by nearly 20 percent Sincethen, claims have settled year, the increases arerelatively modest Farmers Insurance, for example, said anincreasein claim costs last year led them to raise rates on auto policies by an average of 5 percent, effective May 1 Wehave seen afairly significant number of claims being reported this year,” said Brian Braddock, Utah state executive director for Farmers. But the se- down to normal levels. This year, there hasbeena slightincrease in the number of claims in Utah. but many have been fender- benders, so the value of claims hasn't been that much,” Johnson said. As a result, the bureau had a good year and is planning norate said Mormon at- titudes about sex have changed “Husbands should help dramatically since he first began eticing in the Salt Lake Valley their wives conserve their health y are a lot healthier,” andstrength,” it said, and couples should seek divineinspiration “in said, meeting their marital challenges and rearingtheir children accord. HealthRide Elliptical ception (77 percent to 54 per. cent); to breastfeed(67 to 47 per- With unusual candor, the new handbook makesclear that sex is ing to the teachings of the gosel.” Church leaders declined to be interviewed about the new hand- within marriage are divinely approved not only for the purpose tained by The Associated Press. Butthe newentry onbirth control appears to bear the stamp of cur means of expressing love and ley, who hasfive children strengthening emotional and spir- itual bonds between husband and wife. Karrie Galloway, executive di- counselor to an enfeebled President Spencer W. Kimball, Hinck- rector of the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah, called the new handbook statement “sensi tive and caring for married couples leyspoke to an audience at chureh-owned Brigham Young University about contraception. Kimball, in his writings, had railed against birth control as a 50 % ON ALL o SHOWROOM oe MODELS “I only wish that my own reli- gion, the Catholic Church, could write somethinglikeit,” she said The Mormon Church’s position meansof limiting family size I like to think of the positive side of the equation,” Hinckley said, such as the meaning, sanctity Solariums & Spas 2392 S. 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HealthRider Strength Trainer fertility longperiod of time understand that sexual relations nt, people got used to save $120 above-averaj marriages: Married couples also should book, a copy of which was ob- as the road work went on,” Johnson said. “But like after difficult $479- From 1990 through 1997, the national birth rate has declined an important ingredient of happy RIDER Holiday Specials Crosstrainer he “and not a heckuva lot dif- ferent from the general world increase We were expectingdifficulties verityof claims, he noted. hasnot Ellsworth, a retired you want,” he said dren, birth control or sexual rela- Moreover, asked to rate aspects of their pregnancies, Mormon women were happier to tell their friends they were expecting and to buy things for the newborn. Though modern Mormons are having fewerchildren than their parents, they remain far more prolific than the nation as a whole. tional Center for Health Statisties. cause youcan interpret it any way That entry said nothingdirectly about familysize, spacing of chil cent); and were less likely to deliver babies with low birth weight(3.7 to 7.8 percent) steadily from 16.7 births per 1,000 population to 14.6 births. In Utah, where more than 70 perOf 20,378 pregnancies charted cent ofthe population is Mormon nationally, 80.5 percent of the the 21.0 birth rate last year was mothers had used birth control 44 percent higherthanthe nationsometime before conception al average That percentage was exactlythe Thestate’s 1997 birth rate was samefor the 520 pregnancies of exactly whatit was in 1990, with Mormon mothers in the survey. only minor fluctuations intheinsaid BYU sociologist Tim Hea- tervening years. ton. ‘At the time a Mormon childis In other areas, he said, there born, they areentering a culture were telling differences. The andsocial structurethat is proMormon women werefar likelier family,” Heaton said. “And that to be married at the time of constructure is what will sustain with Salt Lake obstetrician who wrote the encyclopedia entry, applauded the new handbook’s treatment ofbirth control as a private decision. “That's excellent advice be- dren but also for caring for them In 1983, when Hinckley was ef- : et the prevailing attitude of its American membership as portrayed in a 1995 national survey of family growth conducted by a branch of the government's prayer for the Lord's inspirati Homer S. fectively running the church as a i band and wife together 1989, was a far more general tions. HomerS. Ellsworth LDSChurchhistorian =a the sanctioned Encyclopedia of Mor. monism included an entry on birth control that said “decisions based on the numberand spacing of children are to be made by hus- so-called previous handbook, published in several times by a spokesman: it any way you want.” Nine years later, the church the elbow in his famous viselike sations. and excellent advice because you can interpret WhenI think of these values reasons. Materialpossessions, social That's “the bless- ings that comeof goodposterity sometimes misses part of conver- clench. He is hard of hearing and ealous inside-thes,'’ Walker said ter After four years,he is voluntarily stepping down as chairman this month, although he will remain on the committee. position of chairman andserve as long asthey can,” Thurmondsaid @ Continued from A-1 i0P members mondto step dc linians believe Walk. 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