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Show Paul Harvey “We're on Next!” Were It Not For Watergate Dedicated to the Progress And Growth of Central Utah By PAUL HARVEY Our nation is not at war. For the first time in as long as most of us can remember, our nation isnot at war. The fighting in Vietnam and ee goes on —- but without Friday, February 8, 1974, THE HERALD,Provo, Utah—Page 11 United Way’s Final Push United Way of Utah County still hasn't made it “over the top” in the annualfund drive — and now’s the timefor those not finished with their share to wind up the effort. At last count, 94 per cent of the $290,000 goal had been raised. In the contribution of $272,500 to date have been someinspiring stories of hard work and generosity in behalf of United Way and the 17 agenciesit assists. The Pacesetter Division comprising companies represented on the United Way board of directors, long since has achieved its quota. The Company Gifts Division is getting close to its goal and the Special District comprising school districts, construction companies, real estate and insurance,is within $1000. The community division is concentrating in the Spanish Fork and Lehi areas, but the Professional Division (doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants, architects) has the longest route to go in achieving its goal. Now is the timefor action to conciude the drive. United Way of Utah County has just presented more than 20 employee awards to companies in the area which had 86 per cent or better employee participation. Eleven companies had 100 per cent, some of these many years in a row. The Herald congratulates these firms and all other companies, agencies and individuals who have demonstrated generosity and conern in helping make possible the important service United Way gives in this county. Car Production Cutbacks General Motors began layoffs as early as late November in response to the impactof the fuel shortage on the demand for automobiles. Now thousands of additional workers are temporarily off the job, and additional layoffs So They Say I know the war will go on and I will walk toward horizons lit with a million flames. Onthis road therewill be no moretravelers, and at this ferry no one will wait to cross the river. —Lieut. Col. Van Nguyen Duong,a 19-year career army officer in South Vietnam, who considers himself essentially a poet. in late February and March are anticipated. This is naturally linked with a decline in production which, though GM seeks to minimize it, buiks very large in the economicpicture. This is the giant corporation's third major cutback within a couple of months, with production of 1974 models sharply down from comparable ot a year ago. General Motorsis not alone in suffering production declines: Chrysler, Ford and American Motors also have laid off workers. But a larger share of GM’s output is devoted to big cars, and that is a significant factor in the exceptional size of its layoffs. As awareness of the energy crisis deepens, Americans are opting more and more for smaller cars that promise better gas mileage. Inside Washington Ws Mikulski Power Grab: ToLittle, Too Late By ROBERTS, ALLEN WASHINGTON — The seething backstage hassling over control of the strategic Democratic Compliance Review Commissionis getting hotter by the day. A bald power grab by Miss Barbara Mikulski, McGovernite head of the now- defunct Delegate Selection Commission, to make herself chairman of the Compliance Commission has been slapped down hard. Fiveleft-wingers she proposed naming to the Compliance Commission, has a base for her power grab, were rejected 52 to 21 by the Delegate Selection Commission. Undeterred by this emphatic rebuff, she is making anothertry. This timesheis resorting to guile. The two mostmilitantof the original choices have been dropped — replaced with Robert Vance, Alabama Democratic chairman, and Edward Donahue, vice president of the Graphic Arts Union. The three retained are a New York Puerto Rican woman, a crusading member of the Women’s National Political Caucus, and a Colorado black activist. But this obvious ploy to woo votes is apparently a case oftoo little, too late. The inside word is that it isn't going over, and the short, stout, flamboyant, 37-year-old Baltimore city counciiwoman who ainbitiously envisions herself as running mate on the party's 1976 presidential ticket, is headed for another rude brush-off. In fact, two of them. Not only does her revised list appear to be getting nowhere, but a move is underway in the Democratic National Committee to slam the door firmly against any prospect of her becoming chairman of the potent Compliance Review Commission. In the reform set-up, this still-to-benamed 17-member panel will largely determine the delegate make-up of the 1976 national convention. To make certain that Miss Mikulski, with the connovanceofherleftistallies, doesn’t somehow finagle the chairmanship and conirol of the key Compliance eaten ine undercover plan is to enlarge it members — with the appointmentof the additional three securely out of her hands. This is to be put over at the next meeting of the National Committee at the endof this month. Also to be acted on is a demand by black politicos that at least four members of the Compliance Commission be blacks. Spearheading this insitance is Richard Hatcher, mayorof Gary, Ind., and vice chairman of the Delegate Selection Commission that expired last year. Actually, blacks already are assured of. at least three Compliance commissioners. It will be interesting to see what the National Committee does about this tough ultimatum. Addendum: Hatcher also wants the National Committee to “take a strong position on the fact that black Africans are starving in central and northern Africa.” Declaims the aggressive Gary mayor, “The Democratic party should not only listen to the Galbraiths and Schiesingers, but also to black economists...We have made some progress in the Democratic party over the past few years, but thereisstill a long, long way to go. Blacks contributed 25.7 per cent of the Democratic vote in 1972, and they've got to be given more recognitioniin the party structure where the poweris.’ There is an old saying about presidential aspirants — once bitten, always smitten! A graphic exainple is former Sen. Eugene McCarthy, D.-Minr., the suave, poetry-spouting, anti-war torch bearer who vainly stormed the presidential barricades in 1966 as champion of the hippies and yippies and cther loudly vocal dissident youths on that era To hear McCarthy talk, he is still yearnin. ©" 4 running. Now on the lecture circuit as a professional poetizer, the one-time Minnesota politico, adorned with long sidebvrns and collar-length gray locks, told a youthful audience at.the Textile Museum, “I haven't any means eliminated the possibility of making another try for the presidency in 1976. That's very much in the realm of possibilities.”” There are too many American troops still stationed in South Korea, but they are not waging warthere. Even the chronic Semitic confrontationin the Middle East Although Page One remains preoccupied with what's wrong, T'm very thankful that it's no r smeared with the innocent blood of drafted boys. If it were not for the gigantic NEA "Ye Henry J. Taylor Sadat a ‘True Statesman’ justice in many of the Arab By HENRY J. TAYLOR with a true statesman.” CAIRO, Egypt — "Ss It is evident that President claims that are likewise White House ands in Fem? Sadat's Arab world leadership supported by the United Nations park in the Giza district on the along the roccy route to but defied by Israel. He sees the matter of the Nile. Presicent Anwar el-Sadat moderation is not easy. In fact, received me there.His office is in his leacership automatically Palestinian evictees as an the immense palace fezmerly creates jealousies and especially knotty problem, not occupied by King Farouk, but countermeasures among other alone because ofIsrael's actions President Sadatis in a bout with Arab leaders to a degree thatis but because the leadershipof the bronchitis and we were’ in his har to fathom in our Western evictee groups is fractured to the home; sunlit, majestic and ideal point that no voice can really inits view across throbbing, busy at‘Egypt’'s president remains speakfor the eviciees as a whole. further complicates all Cairo. undaunted. His appeal is fi. negotiations,” President Sadat MadameSadatwasthere with time,time,time. their daughter Jehan, 16. All Documenting his statements states, “as Dr. Kissinger three speak excellent English one by one and based on the immediately discovered.” However, even this “nearly and no interpreter was needed intimacy of his knowledge and whenthe Presideit tock me into contacts throughout the Arab impossible” issue does not daunt his study for our discussion world, President Sadat is President Sadat’s optimism on convinced that — given time — the basis ofhis knowledge behind ‘alone. Egypt's president, like most one goad ster --7ill lead to ancther thescenes. 5 of Secretary Egyptians, is instinctively since th Egypt's president said the United States is “blessed” by the courteous. But I found him also Kissinger. President Sadat believes quality of the Americans in utterly forthright and candid even on subjects usually completely that the Genevatalks onstee of Mideastaffairs. He began with considered most touchy. He has will ultimately succeed. He his say, saysit directly, and then spelled out in detail the activities Ambassador-designate Hermann behind the scenes in the Arab F,Eilts, who wasfor years our invites you tohave yours. President Sadat las visited the capitals that encourage his ambassadorto Saudi Arabia and United States repeatedly and conviction. “I am more knows the Arab world knows both President Nixon and optimistic than I even dare to completely. President Sadat expressed unbounded confidence our country well. No one could ,” he told me. have shown stronger support for President recognized the in him andcalled him “fair and Mr. Nixon's policies or importance to Israel of certairl knowingandtotally reliable.” Hecited Elsworth Bunker, who admiration for the conceptions strategic areasin Israel's own Mr. Nixon has laid down for defense although, obviously. is in chargefor the United States Secretary of State Henry A. these do not include Israel-seized at the Geneva talks. Mr. Bunker Kissinger to follow. Jerusalem, and he showeda full went to Aswan with Dr. Thad dinnerwith Dr. Kissinger understanding of Israel's Kissinger for the discussions on his recent visit to Egypt and internal military and political with President Sadat andclearly gained the President's respect. he,in turn, told me he “had not problems. He cited veteran JosephSisco, been with President Sadata full At the same time, President 10 minutes before I realized I was Sadat pointed out the sheer whom Dr. Kissinger persuaded to remain in the State Departmentinstead of accepting the ‘presidency of Hamilton College, as ‘‘a man of immense Mideast knowledge and understanding.”’ Hisfinal praise was for Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Rush. “America has fine men working on the Mideast under President Nixon and Secretary Editor Herald: great wide expanse of parking Kissinger,” President Sadat Dear old Provo, my home lots forstores that are no longer stated, “‘and their reliability is town, is thinking of doing it there. b even more important than their again. That is, they are For years I have wondered in considering taking up something print why the vacant upper talent.” that is there, and putting down stories of downtown business something that isn’t, and this places were not made into before we have recovered from apartments with windows taking up of qur flower plots overlooking the streets where downtown so the corner cutters there is something going onail canrun over the sidewalks. the time and people who have This timethe thing to be moved come to the timeoflife where is the ball park in the rear of they must devote most of their North-Sowiett Park to make time to sitting and looking, would room for a condominium for us have something to look at. It old folks. This, it is said, so we would beat being set down in the can be close to the stores. What far reaches of North Park with stores? The only way the onlya birds-eye view of people’s inhabitants of condominiums(a backyards. sacred word these days) can be Then there is the question of close to stores is to put the stores whatto do with the ball park. The inthe condominiums. planners would love this. Just ‘This is frowned on becauseit think what they could do with a would -almost be like ball park to move something out neighborhood stores and for! Oh happy day! Myfeelingis ...ghberhood stores, as you must that dear old Provo, my home know, are not popular with the town would be without a ball so-called city planners became park. What is your feeling, neighborhood stores are just too Dearie? convenient. This mustn't be T havefurtherfeelings: one of because it would take away from them being that something must the patronage of the business be done to curb these district. Nowthat “downtown”is oe-baggers who cumein here ceasing to exist (as I see it), the codge up thingsfor us to do argument no longer holds, but then move on with their wages. the feling against neighborhood There are people in this town stores still persists with the with more common sense and pl lanners. is knowledge of civic possibilities Now,certain facts of life just than Provo could ever use, must be faced. Prove business without going out and dragging district will never again be asit in strangers and they'd share was before the mall movement their expertise with whoever for se@ in. ress. has at last nothing. This of course doesn't arrived and we are stuck withit. suffice. If the advice is local and Not only here, but nationwide. costs nothing, it just isn’t for What the malls near Salt Lake Provo. City have done to that state There is more to be said, and capitol is apparent to everyone.I no doubt it will be, but for now, can only hope that up there they Selah. will refrain from making one Ruth Louise Partridge Letter to Editor About Timp Ball Park, Housing for the Elderly would be doing obeisance at Nixon'sknee. But in his preoccupation with inter-nation relations he left intra-nation administration in lesser hands; for that his enemies will humble him and will, if they can,destroy him. Were it not for Watergate and related nit-picking, President Nixon would be leadinghis party toward a November victory which might well capture both the House andthe Senate. But his detractors got their teeth in his trousers a year ago, and theywill hang on if they can, at least until after November. Democrats who want to cash in on his embarrassment and Republicans who want to disassociate themselves from it will feed you a daily portien of ae through a willing news The House Judiciary Committee's chief counsel will be quoted generously only if he conjectures publicly about “impeachment.” The public indictment of Richard Nixon alleges that he “increased milk price supports” as some kind of payola for the support of dairyrnen. Does anybody hear that the Presiden: was urged to increase milk price supports by a host of dairy-state members of Congress, including Sens. and McGovern? Howard Hughes’ $100,000 campaign contribution was never used; it was returned because it might have been misunderstood. Yet something is made of that nothing by sheer repetition. And whether Mr. vinae enough taxes Sones iC the mountains scl of money becoeld have made in private law practice. This is not intended to whitewash the smoke-stained White House inside but rather to alert you to the arsonists on the outside. Today In History By United Press International Today is Friday, Feb. 8, the 39th dayof 1974 with 326 to follow. ‘The moon is between its full phase andlast quarter. ‘The morning staris Venus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this day are underthe sign of Aquarius. Union Gen. William Sherman, who put the torch to Atlanta during the Civil War, was born Feb. 8, 1820. On thisday in history: In 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was weheaded after being charged with conspiring to murder Britain's Queen Elizabeth I. In 1940, every 10th person in two villages near Warsaw, Poland, was shet in reprisal for the deaths of two German soldiers. In 1963, Iraq Premier Karim Kassim was overthrown by a military coup. He was executed the following day. Dr. Lawrence Lamb Osteoporosis—What Is It? By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D. DEAR DR. LAMB — Will you write some explanation of osteoporosis? I had considerable back pain, and my doctor ordered Xrays. The report doesn’t help me under: stand what my problem is. I'm 67 years old. My doctor was very busy and squeezed my appointment in. That's why I didn’t get a full explanation. ShouldI do someexercises? Is there any effective medicine besides aspirin? My doctor gave me Formatrix. When the druggist said it would cost $22, I refused to buyit because he had said that it could have unfavorable side effects. Now my backis improved, without medicine! I said to myself, “For $22 I'll makebelieve it's psychosomatic.” I do havearthritis in some parts of my body. Is osteoporosis related to arthritis or just a degeneration of the bones? EAR READER .— Osteoporosis comes from fwo words, osteo meaning bones and porosis meaning porous, or simply porous bones. It BERRY'S WORLD co:nmonly occurs in women after the menopause and causes the bones to lose caleium and literally dissolve, The vertebrae are a favorite location for the changes, and they can lose their height, fracture or be- come deformed. That “buffalo hump” or “dowager hump” in the back of many older womenis the result of softened or degenerated vertebrae. Other bones are also affected. This is one reason manyolder people are prone to fractures, Often the bone changes do not cause pain. When the’ cause the yertebrze to pinc! a spinal nerve from the deformity, then pat back problemsoccur. The pain can fo away even though the nes continue to degener- ate. That is importanit'to you. Thedisease can still progress affecting how well you can uate your ribs afd this way affect your ability to breathe deeply. This in turn limits your ability to exercise. We know that womenon a calcium poor diet are more prone to this problem. Most doctors agree that treatment should include at least a oe of milk a day in your iet, and I recommend fortified skim milk because it contains more calcium, more protein and less fat than whole milk. Oftea hormone replacementis important. The Formatrix contains both male and female hormonesfor the par ‘pose of slowing downthe one degeneration. Osteo; orosis is not the same thing as ordinary arthritis of older years. 1 thinkit is very importantthat you be treated adequately. Your improvement does not meanthatthe problem is not progressing. You may need some medicineto slow or stop the process and prevent future problems. Exercises are useful but need to be planned on anindividual basis, depending on the amount and nature of your problem. Those exercises designed to strengthen the back muscles between the shoulders and help you keep your back straight are par- ticularly important. Don't neglect your problem orit will get worse. Go back and see your doctor when he has time to see you and take the medicine he prescribes for you regularly. Send your questions to Dr. © 1974’ by NEA, Inc. Lamb,in care of this newspaper, P.O.Box 1551, Radio City Station, New York, N.Y. 10019. For a copy of Dr. Lamb's booklet on balanced diet, send 50 cents to the same address and ask for “Balanced Diet" booklet. |