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Show GyotinyJomen Classic Memes Live Forever Dedicated to the Progress And Growth of Central Utah You'll be happy to know that today is the dist day of the new year and you have 324 daysleft to do it in. Also, you'll be happy to know that the World Championship Crab Races arebeing held today in CrescentCity, California. (Gee, I haven't seen a race of crabs since I left Italy during World WarII.) Page 46—THE HERALD,Provo, Utah, Sunday, February 10, 1974 Arms and Roadto Peace 100 MIG-21 jet fighters, and 30 SAM-3 and SAM-6 missile batteries, among other military goodies. Syria received 800 tanks (making her stronger in that category than France), 100 jets, 15 SAM missile batteries and other weapons. Tiere is also a tremendous secondary arms market within the Arab world, thanks to the unlimited funds commanded by the oil-rich members. According to the London Times, Libya has given nearly $100 million worth of arms, training and cash to various Palestinian terrorist groups. Saudi Arabia, which has subsidized Egypt’s wars with Israel to the tune ofa billion or so, has concluded a deal with France: 5.6 billion barrels of crude tor Miragejet fighters, tanks, missile launchers, mine-sweepers, you nameit. Arabia Felix, the Romans called the peninsula. Happy Arabia. Noslugabed in this business, the United Stateswill deliver a consignment of F5E Freedom Fighters to Saudi Arabia this spring, making things even happier. Iran, a non-Arab state and long-time recipient of U.S. military aid, will receive 30 F14 Tomeat fighters beginning in 1976. Why Iran needs one of the most advanced planes in the world ai a cost of $14 miliion per copy is a good question. Perhaps the Persians still remember the devastation wrought against them by the hordes of Genghis an, Iran will also buy some Leopardtanks from West Germany. HappyIron. This is only the sketchiest outline of the armssituation in tue Middle East — situation, unhappily, which has received a great dealof fostering from the Soviet Union, the United States, and the democraciesof Europe. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger has added an oak leaf cluster to his Nobel Peace Prize but it will be a strong peace indeed that holds up under the tremendous concentration of weaponry thatexists in the Middle Kast. The Arab nations, and presumably Israel as well, are better armed and better equipped than they were before the October war, despite the fantastic expenditure of military wherewithal in that conflict. This ‘s because, as some observers have pointed out, much of the equipmentlost in the war was obsolescent or second line and the replacement material is spanking new andof thelatest type. . In the Massive air and sealift carried out by Russia in the course oi the war, Egypt received 600 late-model tanks, Britain’s Hope Fair-to-Muddling if Britain can muddle through its present economic things going for it over the long-term future, Some of them were mentioned by a leading international banker, Thomas Stonor, managing director of the Rothschild Intercontinental Bank of London, in this country on a visit. For on thing, Britain is sitting on the largest coal reserves in Europe. Coal is going to be a vital resource for decades to come, not only as a fuel but as a storehouse of al! kinds of chemical goodies. First, the modern ‘‘Battle of Britain’? has to be won, a struggle being waged not against a foreign enemy but against herself in the form of labor strife and strikes, rising consumer expectations, disappointed hopes and seriousinflation. Richard Wilson As WageStructure Rises, So Prices Climb Aiso... By RICHARD WILSON WASHINGTON, D. C. — Among the hollow sounds emerging from the White House, as heard nationwide, was President Nixon's State - of - the Union assertion that ‘'people are earning more; what they earn Luys more, more than ever before in history.” Butit is true, howeverhollow it sounds in the Ee where so many Americans they are pedali faster to stay in the same ee“3 In short, wages have been rising faster than prices for at least !5 years. And, in general, the faster wages rise the faster prices rise. According to a Wall Street Journal compilation for the years 1962 1973, consumerprices are up 53 per cent, while weekly earnings of production and non - supervisory workers in manufacturing industries increased 80 per cent. ‘The conclusion can be drawn that wage rises rapidly emerge as price rises of manufactured goods, althoughthis is an over - simplification of the very complex process’ including other importantfactors But it surely is not far off the mark that if we wish a high wage economy we must accept a high price economy, and that is what we do have and undoubtedly will have for many years to come. Not even Wageand price controls have proved reliable; they are in the process oe yi ie only that will work is to go through the wringer. That is what the Nixon administration has decided to let the country do for at least the next six months. We are to have a “little” growth, a breathing spell. The Nixon administra- tion will sit still and takethe heat as long as it can. No wonder this makes the leaders of the organized labor furious. It comes at a time when they are entering tions for a new round of wage industries which will set § a + ' of times to negotiate for a raise. The democratic G wayj — and labor's way — would be emergency action to fight off a recession with increased public spending, lower taxes and higher wages along with price and profit controls, trust - busting and public exposure. But thi: is not Nixon's way. The meaning of his budget and economic ‘messages to Congress is to let a “little” Trecessivn come, if it must, with its corrective effect on wages and prices, and accept all the other juences. Hehas tried this before,only to have te reverse himself, and it is apparent that he is ready to do so again. We'veall heard about government bureaucracy and how ridiculousit can be at times. The best examples of it have been recently compiled in a newly published book by the Washington Monthly Magazine titled, “Memo of the nth. ‘These published memos somehow escaped the shredding machines and ended up in book form. When the American bureaucracy trailed along with President Nixon during his visit to China, for example, healtu problems prompted the following memo from the White House staf’ “We have also noted the first cases of ‘Baboon Syndrome,’ the rash on the buttocks, similar to a poison ivy response. This too is due to unnecessary exposure to the lacquered toilet seats. SIT ON THE PROCELAIN BOWL NOT ON THE LACQUERED TOILET SEAT.” For those hapless China travlers who received the memo too late, there was an additional note: “Chief Hospital Corpsman Robert Dunn, USN, is available in Room 606 for any medical problem. I’m sure that some of the memos were written to be helpful, but moreoften thannot, they don’t comeout that Paul Harvey Are Our Schools Failing? Educating everyone to the limit of his capacity to learn sounds like a worthy objective — but isit? Or do we inevitably pay for increased qualtity in education with decreased quality? Did you know that teachers in Birmingham, Ala., public schools now cai ?. Birmingham's. pea school teachers have been beaten, knifed and shot at — until they had to arm in self-defense. Teachers sought and got permits to carry guns, and they carry them to class. One teacher, in self-defense, had to draw on a student last week ! b pproaching close to the precipice without plunging over. This risk - taking was more supportabie in Nixon's earlier years when he inspired more confidence, but it maystill work. Consequently, public spending is to be held to a more orless normal gain, the tax line is to b2 held, wage and price controls are to he out — and inflation is to be endured because it may be slowing gown, choice, Nixon risks serious recession. can be said for this. It is conventional economics. Nixon can stand still and take the heat now berause he is inurod from criticismand engulfed by so much of it that more won't hurt much. if Nixon really wished to hang tough, he would balance the budget now, demand drastic cuts in spending, encourage a real deflation, and take the ‘consequences of unemployment. But he 4s still too rauch of a politician for anything like that, especially in a year like this. Anyway, Congress would not let tim do it. It: last year. One board member says, “How can a teacher teach effectively if he must spend most of his time ondiscipline?” Americans are taking a second look at the performance record Couple Expresses Thanks To Nurse, Chiefof Poiice Editor Herald: Maywe as the parents of Mike Hoglund take this opportunity to Orem Police Chief James A. Simmons for his department's recognition and award of appreciation to Miss Susanne Allen for involvement “Above and Beyond the Call of Duty”at the scene of an accident in which our son Mike was involved. Tt would seem that when tragedy is avoided due to the quick actions of an individual, an vel s from those benefiting would seem so inadequate and such a small reward for such a creatservice. Itistherefore, refreshing to see a person of Miss Allen's modest, unassuming nature recognized publicly in such a worthwhile manner. ¥ We too would like to publicly thank Nurse Allen for her unselfish, and courageous actions at the scene of the accident and her thoughtful care rendered during the travel and Subsequent care at the emergency room, for even as parents we were not fully aware of the risk to her personalsafety in order to render the necessary aid to our son, thus relieving considerable suffering and preventing a possible tragic loss of hislife. It would seem most appropriate at this time to also recognize the emergency room staff of the Utah Valley Hospital for their efficient and prompt treatment rendered the injured Today In History By United Press International Today is Sunday, Feb.10, the 4lst day of 1974 with 324to follow. Toon is approaching its last quarter. in the year. ; Here we have a kind of economic School Superintendent Wilmer Cody says the schools dare not disarm. It’s grading timefor the public school system — is it failing? In Chicago, where hundreds of teachers go to class each morning fearing for their personal safety, many “Johnnys and Marys”can’t read and some can't even write their names! In Chicago schools there were 1,000 assaults or threatened Letters to Editor He promises there will be ‘‘no recession,” Which is a Wayof saying that the standstill of the ecoMgmy won't be permitted to be a bad ones because he holds in reserve public spendiyg an‘ tax way. For example,take this one dated July 24, 1973, from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to Tracer F. Tunley, who had applied for a job. “As you know,you recently applied for consideration for the above vacancy under the Merit Promotion. A review of your application indicates that you are not qualified because: (Written in longhand) you were not selected.” Even sex becomes topical in government memos. The Population Council of New York,for example,issued this to, ‘Females in Population Council: ‘We'd like to collect antecdotes relating to contraception, and I can’t imagine a better source than our own office, Sendin tidbits signed or anonymous,as you will, about getting or using contraceptives. Have you ever found their use embarrassing? Annoying? Amusing? Conib your memory fora ‘bit’ for ourfiles, won't you?” ‘The morning staris Venus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars,Jupiter andSaturn. born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. American journalist William Allen White was born Feb. 10, 1868. On this dayin history: In 1942, the U.S. auto industry shut down its civilian car assembly lines for the duration of World WarII and converted to military production. In 1962, U2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was returned to the United States in exchange for Soviet spy Rudoif Abel. In 1964, an Australian aircraft carrier and a U.S, destroyer collided in the Tasman Sea, killing 100 American naval men. In 1972, 29 Iranian villagers were dead and 4,000 were A thought for the day; British writer Samuel Johnson said, “The first years of a man must make provision for the last."” — in the above case to our son. Too many times ascitizens we take for granted the services rendered, but we feel the hospital staff should be commended for providing the residents of Utah County with such an excellent emergency facility. Perhaps of colleges and universities, also. The Carnegie Commission on Higher Education has concluded that there should be alternatives for those who have no business there, estimating that 5 per percent to 12 percent of the students enrolled are “reluctant Macon, Georgia, recently had his $14,500 car totally dismantled. The purpose of this extensive and costly undertaking was to determine the whereabouts of a particular rattle tha: had been baffling Bird and his mechanics ever since he purchased the car. Finally, the source of the trouble was found.It turned outto he a ball bearingin a doorpanel. The bearing was wrapped in a note which read: ‘Well, youfinally foundit, didn’t you, you rich so - and - so.” attenders.”” The alternative concept of education at homebytelevision is being accused of “sensory overkill” and blamed for behavior Our generation, excited by technology, imagined that to educate everybody would afford a solution for everything. With every decade the duration of mandatory schooling was increased. ‘The now generation is aboutto that notion. The President's Science Advisoty Committee says there maybe better ways of increasing elightenment: easier child labor laws, lower minimum wage for , using big kids t6 teach little kids, more VISTA-type service corpsto give th the dropout something to drop into, The New York Times was quick te attack this recommendation with horror stories about “‘child labor.” But there are a lot of reasons why educators have begun to re-evaluate the ‘‘educate- everybody” concept. As is, high schools are designed to prepare students for college — though most young people don’t go to college and 80 percent who do don't stay to graduate. Thus, says the SAC report, we continue to try to herd our young people into an environment they don’t want — perpetuating babyish dependence — at an age when previous generations of Americans were learning responsibility and self-reliance inthe real world of work. the classic government memo, however, remained this one, dated January 2, 1973, and written on White House paper: “TO: John Dean: “FROM: Charles Colson. “Now whatthe hell do I do?” eee The following is a true story that was released by the Associated Press last April: “Frank E. Bird, Jr.. of Have a nice day and keep smilin’. Don Oakley Can Success Spoil Working Feminists? When Mrs. Dorothy Hoffman recently becamethefirst woman president of the American Vacuum Society, she said that one of her biggest problemsis that people always ask herif her work has anythingto do with the familiar household appliance. It doesn’t — notprofessionally, anyway. The 20 - year - old society is a nationwide organization of scientists and engineers involved in vacuum technology. Mrs. Hoffman is a chemicalengineer. But the questionillustrates, in a small way, the obstacles that still face women moving up in their chosen careerfields, even as Mrs. Hoffman's example shows they candoit. More and more women are entering lower and middle management positions, the pipeline to the top, in business, science and tiie prefessions — and discoveringthatis onlyhalf the battle. “I was promoted to BEARY'S WORLD office friend won't talk to me.” “Someof the menI work with still treat me as a steno-typist. ‘Theyrefuse to accept the fact that I am on the same manageriallevel with them.” “Tneverliked having a woman as a boss. Now here I am the ‘boss lady.’ "” ‘These are a few of the more frequent complaints voiced by newly appointed women executives, according to Mary Frances Shaughnessy, president of The Distaff Group, which provides career training, education and counseling for * womenin business. Forlady executives, the battle isn't always against men or female co-workers. Someiimesit takes place within themselves. Womca who succeed in the “man's world” of work often become “Queen Bees’ whotry to keep other women from entering the game, claims a team of University of Michigan researchers writing in Psychology Today magazine. Whether or not Queen Bees succeed bec: needs “tok: men at higher levels, they say, many successful women relish the fact that they . are “special.” “The Queen Bee has typically worked very hard to get where she is; having gone through a difficult initiation, she doesn't Mr.and Mrs.Bill Hogiund Special Thanks To Ambulance want younger womento haveit anyeasier than she did.” ‘ Another factor is that the woman who is successful in a male - dominated field feels little animosity toward the system that permitted her to reach the top and may therefore be suspicious of the’ women's movement, “which wants to change some of the rulesof the , game tolet in more players.” Fortunately, the researchers see signs that the Queen Bee syndrome is fading. As more jobs open to women,it will be less unusualto see bright females in top positions. And as the women’s movement gains acceptance, women will be less afraid to associate themselves withit. Drivers, Police Editor Herald: This letter is written in appreciation for the award I received from the Orem Police Departmentfor service rendered at the scene of an accident in November. Police Chief James A. Simmons and his department should be complimented for the continuously charitable and capable service available to the community of Orem. _A special thanks should be given to Orem and Provo Police x for the kind help Service theygive at various times in the E "y Center at the Utah Valley Hospital. I feel the communities of Orem and Provo, are very fortunate, for having such highly trained ambulance drivers and dedicated police officers, I wish to thank them for being “involved.” Susanne M: Allen, R.N. the executive level, now myclosest © 1974 by NEA, Inc Br.BD “I'msorry, son! | just can't help wishing you had decided you wanted to be a wood carver in Vermont BEFOREwesent you through medical school!” ’ The word “electricity’ comes < from the Greek word for amber, elektron. 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