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Show The Ghouls Bye Line by Jensen Some Mail That Dedicated to the Progress And Growth of Central Utah Wasn't Junk /r Sunday, June 27, 1971 HERALD, Provo, Utah—Page 29 istinguished Career as Judge )The retirement of Joseph E. on as Fourth Judicial District e represents, you might say, the ing of an era. >For Judge Nelson has served on e district bench 27 years — ever ce 1944. Before that he had served , years as juverile court judge. us his total judicial career ex@eeded three decades. He had been re-elected to a new erm lastfall but ultimately lost his Gase in contesting district judge age eded recently by George E. Ballif, well-known Provo attorney, on a bernatorial appointment. ; f the Fourth District ges, Mr. Nelson presided on the ench primarily in Utah, Wasatch, Uintah and Duchesne Counties but ore recently in Daggett and i rate eo after the district was ’ inded. including his role as a visiting “Fudge, he has held court in every Lg county in Utah except Kane. Heis a past president of the Utah District Judges Association and twice was president of the Utah State, Integrated Bay Association, the only lawyerto holdthisdistinction. @river, accountable for an annual out 17,000 a year. ailroad crossings remain a ngerous hazard and only about 22 cent havesafety improvements. alking on or across highways, ticularly at night, is extremely ingerous. Pedestrian deaths inased in 1970 although total highy fatalities declined. Pleasure boating, coupled with _ Miexperience and impropercaution, Claims about 1,300 lives a year. "These gruesomestatistics remain lirly constant despite all the ans, driver education training, fety courses and the like. A recent bulation showed 25 deaths in a light-hearted mood head for mountains, beaches, lakes and rivers for fun andrelaxation. No amount of warnings or the foreknowledge of the risks seemsto haveanyeffect on the accidenttolls. Mostpeople apparently feel that the percentage of risk favors their Safety. Butthe grim fact remairs that the toll in human life and suffering from “fun weekends” compares with the agony of war. Here in Central Utah, let’s make a special effort to avoid accidents. Think aboutit. So They Say I'd say if we get out of Vietnam, and the Arabs and Israel embrace, and wardoesn’t break out in any of a half-dozen possible places, we can have a volunteer Army by 1973. —Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, former director of Selective Service. He's runic to be retired, but mostly it’s his salary that’s retired. —Mrs. Charles Richter, wife of the seismologist who devised the Richter scale for measuring earthquake intensities. Sabotage of U.S.Policy Chargedin Secrets Leak % @ ie io tank” has two complete sets of the 47e top-secret Vietnam study. Ellsberg ked for Rand when the report was being ed. Hequit last year to join the staff of enter for International Studies at MIT. e Flsberg allegedly “leaked” the ed documents,he talked with a number lividuals — amongthem federal judge, ‘more members of Congress, prominent itely slated for interrogation are rg, editors and reporters of the New Times, Washington Post and other st in the Boston-Cambridge area. federal judge with whom Ellsberg edly was in contact is located in igton. It is not clear whether they icated directly orindirectly. berg allegedly met with the Trotskyites the turbulent: “spring antiwar of” in Washington. He took part in the nstrating there and in Boston. Also tipating in the latter was his second Patricia, radical er of @ aire toy manufacturer. They married EFFORT — So far, the carefully plot to published the stolen documents at the draft bill and multi-billion dollar ons measurehas gotten nowhere, both the House and Senate, the vital fationis unscathed. Bt week, after torrid aay. over a et of hostile amendments, the House ASCARISf As he was respected in judicial capacities, so Judge Nelson also earned the plaudits of his associates in other activities — particularly as Spanish Fork post commander and Utah executive national committeemanin the American Legion; as a civic and church worker; as a writer and speaker, especially on patriotic and judicial subjects; and as a teacher andlecturer on law in the schools and colleges. Judge Nelson served with dignity and distinction duringhis long legal career. In his retirement the Herald joins his friends in wishing him many pleasant and productive years in whatever pursuits he chooses. de Washington By Robert S.Allen and John A. Goldsmith WASHINGTON — Publication of the stolen secret Pentagon documents was berately timed to defeat congressivnal ptmentoftwo crucial military measures two-year extension of the draft, and the ‘5 billion weaponsauthorizationbill. New -York Times editors knowingly lent ' fmselves to this covert schemeofleft and Moe activists. T've got to be a “‘born loser.” Just as Double and | finalizea our motor vacation trip to the west coast, (our first motor trip in almost ten years), what du 1 get in the mail but a booklet published by Travelers Insurance Companywith all the statistics on auto accidents for the year 1970. For instance, we had planned to leave on Sunday. So what does the booklet say? Nearly half of all auto accidents and injuries occur on weekends. ‘We thoughtit wouldbe a good ideaif wedrove during the evening and early morning hours so the two youngsters would sleep rather ” bounce aroundthe back seat as is customary during daylight urs. Guess what? Well over 50 percentofall highway deaths occur betwen the hours of 6p.m. and6a.m. 22 = I9h5 About a month ago wetraded in the old ‘Blue Darter’for a nice new shiny ‘Gold Streak’ passenger car. So what de the statistics show? You're right! It’s safer to ride in a truck than a passenger car. About the only comforting statistic shown wasthe fact that fewer people werekilled in traffic accidents during 1970 than in 1969. Someexpertsattribute the decline to safety features now being installed in the newer vehicles. Too, you mightsay thatthis is the first time in mylife that I. happy to be older than twenty five. According to the booklet, youthful drivers, under 25, are involved in more than one-third of all accidents. Yet they accountfor only one-fifti: of the drivers on our highways. Being happyto be older than twenty five will be short lived I’m afraid, After weget back from this trip,I'll go right back to wishing I was twenty-five again. Fun Weekends’ Can Be Deadly _ tol of possibly 25,000 lives. __Underskilled or careless young ‘Mfivers, between 15 and 24, kill emselves andothersat the rate of Fas gu approved the military hardware bill by an overwhelming majority of 332 to 58. The measure now awaits consi by the Senate Armed Services Committee. ‘The two-year draft extension, decisively voted by the House weeks ago, has so far successfully weathered a months-long filibuster-type effort by. doves and antiVietnam foesto scuttle it in various ways. The outlook is for final Senate concurrence — butprobably not before June 30, when the existing Selective Service Actexpires. However, that will not impair the flow of draftees to the Army.A sufficient number are awaiting enrollment to meet military requirementfor thenext months. THE REAL ISSUE — Congressional investigators studying the mounting backstage evidence of the agitational and political nature of the publication of the stolen topsecret Pentagon documents are envincing increasing indignation at the raising of the defensivecry of “freedom of the press.” Lawmakers are bluntly characterizing this clamor as phony, sanct selfserving, and designed to cloud thereal issue. ‘That, they contend, is the security and welfare of the nation during a highly uncertain period. Freedom ci thepress is in no way at stake. Recourse to that historic constitutional right is being resorted to solely to cover up the violation of criminal laws explicitly prohibiting the disclosure of secret documents. ‘This view was forcefully voiced by Rep. Ben Blackburn, R-Ga., an ar member of the Senate Judiciary Commi.ee. Both iegislators scathingly denounced the Times, Washington Post and ~ther newspapers for their “reckless and irresponsible” disclosure of secret informationthat jeopardizes ihe security of the country. A member of the prestigious Joint Economic Committee and the House Banking Committee, Blackburn, se.ving his third term, 3 “The New York Times published documents clearly classified as secret under the Sabotage and Espionage Act of 1954.It is very clear that the of the New York ‘Times was not to pul news. The timing of the publication was obviously well orchestrated to coincide with the debates in both the House and Senate concerning our Vietnam involvement. “Tt should be clear to everyone that the purpose ofthe publicationof the articles was to influence the vote in bo‘h the House and Senate so as to bring American foreigncee in line with the thinking ofthe editorial staff of the New York Times.” 5 This booklet hasn’t necessarily made us wantto postponeor.’ trip — just revamp our plans somewhat. For instance, we may just want to drive on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, because those are the days when the least number of accidents . We mayonty want to drive between the hours of 6 a.m. and 12 noon for the same reason. ‘Wehadn’t planned to exceed any speed limits and nowit’s for sure we won't as it attributes to almost 40 percent of all accidents. (Just call me Lightfoot!) Paul Harvey Who'll Be Elected the Next President of United States? The next President of the United States will be... Rarelyin recenthistory has it been morefun to speculate as to who'll be our next President because so many want to be. I suspect, that a lot of mid- perience only as a member of Congress and as Vice President — defeated as a candidate for governor — sought and got the White House. So now we have Sens, Hughes and Bayh and Muskie an id McGovern and Proxmire and heavyweight championship just Jackson and Kennedy all frum having watched Mr. Nixon hopeful. come from behind four years And, of course, Humphrey. ago. They figure if he could And noneof the others wants anybody can. Of course, not to help Humphreyuntil each has everybody can. tested his own potential. One day last January, during Historically, our country lunch in the House dining room, prefers to move governorsinto Congressman Jim Burkesaid, the Presidency because, “Lookatall those senators with theoretically, they have more of their Madison Avenue images the necessary Administrative trying to soundlike Presidents; why don’t we tout somebody experience. Yet Mr. Nixon, with ex- from the House half of Letters to Editor ‘Gallant Old Ash Trees’ Editor Herald; trees. Half of them have been Just a word in praise and suitably pruned — not by the justification of our gallant old anti-snade tree commission — ash trees, “a forest tree of the and the dead wood removed. They are burgeoning. The other half have not been relieved of their burden of dead branches and so are having to put up the holdover from the days when fight for survival all such trees stockades were put up agi jainst must make when left to the the Indians. Such a row was cut disgard of Provo City. down by “progress” east of the The ash is a tall, stately, sun City Cemetery and we now have dial sort of tree that manages to apink cement fence fronting our survive in this arid region and pioneer graveyard. LI..ap- turns a glorious, rich yellow in propriate,is a feeble wordfor it. thefall. What morecan be asked of it? Getting back to the row of ash Ruth Louise Partridge Congress?” And so theydid. Tongue in cheek, at first, a handful of colleagues began to talk up Congressman Wilbur Mills for President. Each day additional House members endorsed Mills if only because it flattered the powerful chairman of their Ways and Means Committee. Now dozens of the 254 Democrats in the House are supporting for President a man who could walk down most any main street in America unreco} His most ardent supporters concede that Wilbur Mills is the darkest of the horses in the race, but so was Richard Nixon in 1 987. You understand that most incumbentpoliticians like to get themselves mentioned for President if only to enhance their prestige with their homestate voters. Few go so far as to establish organizations and solicit financial support for their candidacies. Yet Democrats, S+@8g'ered by two assassinations, a President scratched and a candidate defeated, are suffering from a dearth of proved leadership.It’s a wide open race for the Democratic nomination iea field of unspectacular contenders. Muskie got awayfrom the post fast, is lagging in the backstretch. With a vear to goit’s much too early to speculate intelligently, but watch the party pros — still lying low — and you know they are hoping fora sprinter to move out front in the stretch — but they’re putting their show money on Hubert Humphrey. So as of this moment, 1972 looks like a replay of 1968. The The only wayto keep freedom several stayingin the race know is to question freedom. People that on a fast track Nixon will should any knowall thefacts. win again. Butif it’s muddy, he tt, 15, won't. ‘ 1911 N. 1500E. Provo Tf he keeps us prosperous and gets us out of Indochina nobody beat him. If he doesn’t, anybody could. MoreSayforthe Public press is really “outasight.” It seems that the government doesn’t give us the scene like it is and I’m really glad we've got news media that Keep us informed on what's For four administrations in a row the people of America have been deceived and lied to, the way I interpret the report. It took who weren't afraid of going to jail to tell us the truth about the Vietnam Wiar. This must be oneof the biggest American scene, to think our vital facts from the public. How can it be that they are allowed to tell kids, wl.o can’t even vote,to fight a war that they knew had a very bad chance of helping the Vietnamese or the American people. Reader'sPlea: Use Steel Madein U.S.A. Editor Herald: Attention steel users who manufacture consumer goods such as bicycles, tin cans, automobiles, etc.: Please use steel made in the United States. Be loyal to America. This is your country. Keep America strong. Reject sales offers of foreign-made steel. ‘Thanks a million! Carla Ross Orem All in all, I plan to be the best damn driver on the road. And the good Lord willing, I'll be back in a week or so making another feeble attempt at writing this column, Have a nice day and drive carefully. Dr. Lawrence Lamb Liver Disease? Don’t Drink... Dr. Lawrence Lamb, M.D. Dear Dr. Lamb—Six years ago, I becameill and the doctor told me I had cirrhosis of the liver. He put me ona fat-free diet, no alcohol and light work, nolifting. I am sticking to this advice, but I still don’t have a lot of energy and J wonder if you could advise meif there are any vitamins or diets that could help? Is there any operation that will help? Dear Dr. Lamb—I can't understandall the preaching about cigarettes and cigarette smoke. My husband smoked cigarettes for years until J talked him into smoking a pipe. He smokes constantly and it doesn't seem to affect him but I coughed all last winter. Talk about pollution, I breathe it all day. You would think it was a real healthy habit, smoking a pipe. What do you think? Dear Reader—Lack of eners, or fatigue is common in people with chronic liver disease. I am sure that the vitamin B complex group, taken daily, would certainly not harm you and might be beneficial. Many patients with long-standingliver disease are given supplementary vitamins and the B comDear Reader—Ithinkit is plex groups are the most the lesser of the twoevils in important ones. most instances but certainly Some patients with long- notbeneficial for the health. (NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.) standing liver disease also have anemia, which may Please send your questions and contribute to their sense of fatigue, and, of course, comments to Lawrence £. Lamb, person with liver disease M.D., in care of this poper. While can have anemia because of Dr. Lemb cannot answer individual iron deficiency or any of the letters, he will answer letters of other factors that may cause general interest in future columns, anemia as well. A careful and thorough examination is necessary, if an anemia is present, to unmask any other factors besides the liver disease that might be contributing to the problem. It would be particularly im- By United Press portant to treat the anemia if that were true. Today In History BERRYWORLD In 1893 a major economic depression as prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed. i In 1950 President Harry S. Calls Attention ie thet next time there's a uestion important to the lives and liberties of Americans the public gets more say in what Editor Herald: haippens. An agreement has been 4 It’s sure a greatthing to have reached between the Soviet news media that get the facts Union and Mack Trucks, lhc., andnotjust take everything the under which the big company government says for granted would build or supply $700 like so many ofour “old enough million worth of truck-building to vote” parents do. facilitiesto be located in Russia. If there is corruption in our Each of us should remember highest offices, there is also a that Russia is the chief supplier good chance of corruption in of trucks that carry the rockets state, local and all other areas of and other weapons from North government. Why doesn't the Vietnamese ports to the fighting Herald get with the purpose of fronts. These weapons can the press and try to check out our own servicemen. If you are our officials? Why doesn’t it concerned, inform yourself have more editorials on issues of further and write letters . Public local interest that are con- opinion sometimes prevails. H. L. Hunt troversial or aren't there any 1401 Elm St. problems in Provo and Utah Dallas, Tex. County? From what you have told me,it soundslike you have had some very good advice. Certainly you should avoid alcoholin all forms, particularly if you still have some evidence of active liver disease, which your letter suggests is the case. Truman ordered U.S.naval and To Truck Deal air forces to help repel the North Korean invasion of South Korea. In 1960 mere ea 100 persons were killed when a typhoon struck Luzon in the Prilypince A thought for today: American writer Bret Harte said, “One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.” © 1971 by NEA, a 4 “Think ofit! We're the first menon earth ever to drive a $13-million car!" Good Friday In_the Western tradition, the Friday before Easter is called Good Friday because the faithful Christian is expected, on that day,to live a careful life totally free from sin in remembrance of the crucifixion of Christ. |