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Show na A, Che Daily* PRAerald Sunday April | HE HI iis brary Week Adventures in Reading lake time t¢ week 1 reflect on the role books Why’ Beeause April an be checked out ot What are the st DoOpL National Library Week heckout items at the Proy ibrary? The latest fiction books paperbacks. historical nove to rec BNE the worth of read as a route pleasure. wisdot and intel lectual growth on prenatal care child rearing, cookbooks. cult and) to doit” books top the list how ts Books Can books Mr. Mortin The library director de friends. savs Larry L Hortur Provo City library direc thr tor stressed that there is a growing de fur books and nun-book items Interestingly his comment and the national observance follow the first downturn the Provo Public Library has encountered in book despite the February downtrend in circulation. The children s andnon-book circulation in years ular Mr. department Hortin disclosed that Is exceedingly and gets a lot of pop usage Programs in this category include a preschool story hour. puppet February 1979 circulation dropped to 46.126 from the 48.517 for the same month in 1978 for books shows. and the family movie hour Library Week can have real meaning in our lives if we use it to audio visual materials, and other check-out items His diagnosis of the downturn Expecting the November 1978 bond issue for a new library to pass, the library board cut the al location for new books for 1979 (The proposed bond defeated by a slim margin, had madeprovision for extensive expansion of the book inventory.) Circulation has dropped this vear “because we simply don't have the new books the people are asking.” the library director explained He said the need contin to exist for new public library facilities for Provo and said many new libraries have been provided by neighboring cities in recent cultivate appreciation for we're watching Congress on television Gambling For Fish, ‘Gold,’ improvement through reading So They Say vears Phe Provo library, like some ot the other libraries of the area, is planning some activities in con- nection with National Library Week. We recommend that you attend the open house scheduled Friday. April 6 between 1 and 5 p.m. when guided tours will be held; also that you take note of the family movie slated Monday April 2 at 5 and 7 p.m While books are the heart of a library, the institutions of today have broadened their services For example, visual aids. paintings, items of sculpture. cassettes. records. projectors. etc “If, God forbid, our foreign (enemies) have their way, we would be pushed back to square one.” — Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, urging his followersin post-shah Iran to vote for the creation of an Islamic republic “T think we should consider seriously the need for government intervention to protect the very young from unfair commercial exploitation.” — Julius Richmond, U.S. surgeon general, suggesting tooth decay — “the No.1 chronic dis ease of childhood’ — is linked to advertisementstelling kids to eat sugared foods. “Yeah, I think so. I like to drink. And I like women, and I've probably beena lot softer than I should be on occasion with them And a lot tougher on some men — mainly myself.” — John Wayne, saying (on ABCTV) that his tough guy Holiywood image accurately reflects his own personality. he growing p tronger US trade higher taritt And ‘Security’ restrict products in trom Japan, West Vand other countries polls contirn tash is not mr ch talked a Suceinctly p eco! nati sm pivots America First econor 2 he'd support President Carter if the Presi dent decides tu lift prite Controls ob gas ¢ oll Yes.” said King without hesitation. rather pay oi! companies “Td a little r 0 develop our own sources of oil than to main: tam our depende: mM unstable foreign SOUTCES This respon the head of one of the nation’s me ates would have bee branded pure her das su doubt still be brani stubbornly re! has been (eaching embargo learn the lessons OPEL ever since the Arab 0: {975-74 we've allowed OPEC to lead us into until we re willing to pay our own producers what we're nor forced to pay toreignproducersfor the black gold Within das us. writing, President Carter is scheduled to give a major televised address on energy. pros and cons of He has been weighing the phased decontrol of gas and oil, and sources say he appears to be leaning toward de One [actor no do} influencing Carter in is the growing acknowle ig ment, albeit grudging. that the UnitedStates that dire really has no choice. This isn't to. say decontrol program won't run into substantic resistance from political demagogues who have talked thems: to a corner or from consumers whose are more {hook concerns legitimate Yet most of the American people themselves seen to have finally come down where some of us have been for years on the side of inercased domestic production via decontrol, even given the somewhat higher casts that will accompany it Evidence of public acceptance of this path comes from the Lou Harris polling firm In April 1975. one year alter the Arab embargo when foreign skyrocket national surye ot! prices had begun to sked the following in a Would you favor or oppose Jeregulation of the price of all oil produced in the United States it this would encourage development of more oil produced here a home In 1975, 46 per cent of respondents said they would favor if, 31 per cent oppose it The sme question was asked in May 1977. time a majority This er cent, were in favor of n Policy Economic Interest The Gallup taken February (and deser of onsiderable public and me ittention: suggests that \mericans now put top priority on foreign polic goals reflecting economic US self t ieguarding the dollar. insur ng energy supplies protecting Mltruistic American. jobs goals rate much lower | Par 978 statewide Indiana poll conducted tor the Wall Street Journal tound a nt S Roper organic jority for late 1977 polling much. these learly suggest a grow Ing erican public asser advocating that the concentrate gover protecting economic basic iterests. But there is another. larger context in Editor Bete First, the good news. Cor porate pr atts a up!” Now the bad news. ‘Corporate It depends on 4s 10 whether 20 announce that business profits decanted with 23 per cent opposed and (1) What would g In stitute, told The Daily Herald's Washington used 20 ) ystem.” laments Ross. “we'd now have those extra million barrels a day. and the impact of the Iraman situation would he evenif they don {catch any fish, that itis still fun to try their luck and take the gamble. At various times. we. as ners in crime, have even dis i ing the take Since the mid-1970s, there has been a strong upward move ment in the number of Americans who believe that we must spend more on national defense By any serious yardstick, that adds up to a vivid portrait of inten itying US. nationalism Viewed against this background, then, growing public concern over the dol lar, foreign energy supplies US. jobs arguably represents the economicsideof a resurg: ing overall nationalism. If so and I think thestatistical evidence is hard to rebut then its one of the most im portant attitudinal develop ments of the decade was of the same B 0 should win the r the We 6-519. with references to our participation in 4 pyramid scheme I wonder, if | turn myselt in and contess to my life of crime if I might not beable to get. off witha little less jail timeor a smaller fine by turning state's evidence Surelythe state would be interested in knowingof other such crimes that are r rampant” within Utah County such as a certain church organization that urges all members to pay 10° or maybe I could turn my Grandmother ‘for compensation) at her local Senior Citizen meeting, Just thinkof the revenue that could be ge febate over this issue is that more and more as one side speaks to the economic truths andtheother sidetopolitical one side al- tempting to put events into economic perspective and the reacting to political con. impact onpublic confidence in privateindustry and { the above exa gates constitute a { Social Secu ‘ily, nan Let s be honest with by inflat 200 Aiur alte agency that would prosecute members of the Circle of Gold Isn't there a petter way to spend our tax dollars than for the prose ition of ime under a statute that is su vagu nalt. if not ill, of Utah ( a” ncentrate nes that ilegal. ‘\ ater and p pedient to link profits but Unity in Spirit Of Freedom... id preference The real tage Editor Herald Berry's World i ine of the ing it Profits provide incentives o produce. High e wr oduc hat. energy sources as oil rises bey in turn, means e vintlationary ultimately banks. yank! and we a great de i Americans tree Energy and Power Subcommittee and the Department of Energy all say decontrol phased in over the next months would lead so vou think that the Republican parties Der are. the America tree to a one-time increase in the price level of one-tenth of one per cent in the first year. Ad ded to that would be three tenths of ote put cent in the next two years. In other words less than the increase from our addition to OPEC oil Ross of the American Petroleum Institute says the overall impact on the cost ot living flationary and, ad re dead 8 If people the wrong Wet living in this scheming defeat expect business your ate this fact and gover DH MORE DISORGANIZED Iran do the cadership to same Bartlett S. Fleming President Fiseal Poliey Council 1629 K Street NW Washingtos: D.C. 20008 share con h trends you will tail for lack of 4 Americans to wed political You may thar the Ish are not only by big business but middle sized businesses and small. local businesses, as a plea enrich wer they tight back he ERA or et on it that | vad figh are good news Remember. they are achieved In summary te national energy paralysis—and the cuastant threat of another foreign oi cutoff (hal could lead to a chaos that would be both ur reasonablé and unmanageable Mormon ssed in Utah. Those Wor example, the White House Uttice ot Domestic Affairs. the staff of the House But these problems are reasonable and manageable, The alternative ts vontinucued 1 are demagogues sant one. And few have any desire to the oil companies \ 1 ictive jobs and t tificial price at whichit’s now held ow to the issue which most average citizens: the cost of decont Available evidence indicates the cost will well below the kind of figures preached by the tenths to six i reinvested bling business to expand it will lead to faster developmentof altern: would be tive Le. ¥ Request It ma > just opinion Decontrol of oil cent The thought of higher prices tor these days of soaring inflation is not 9 ly 'self, would also. es, Provo City mic uncertainty caused arily i if these elderly folks used their Social Security checks fur bail money been muchless petroleum output in the U.S. of their income to the church, with the idea in mind that they will be compensated in the Hereafter, and also to urge other members to do the same... in a Bingo game the public is being confused perceptions: I refer to us riners in crime” because it apy 45 though we are in direct violation of Utah Code Annot ited. Section 76- in. Word has it that sheregularly participates The American people cur tly are troubled by fits 1 million barrels a day during the tour week ending Mareh 16 87 million of which was imported. y dec price to pay tor the chance of being compensated with a trout dinner. or moreover, a freezer of fish I forewarn these people that ing exercised by therelative slippage in US. world power sequences. disregarding their and US. economist Jack th: K the It the government lifts price contr we could have additional producti barrels a day by 1985 Ross. a } d the Bovernme' nt move‘d | have urged others to participate with me in this game of chance, explaining to them that the cost of the license is such a small involved. At the same lume Americans areclearly becr remark ot the tif domestic oil prices were decontro! 2) What would it cost us bureau. For perspective. the U.S thanthe license itself flict with US. interests was ne fourth desirable or 12 per cent unsure spokesmanfor the American Petro'r more than once [ have been ‘skunked" with nothing more to show for angling expertise about promoting the well being of foreign nations has ebbed, at least when any cor Rising Profits: ‘Good Newsfor Everybody’ the balance undecided) ie inally. in a Harris survey released on Jan of this vear per cent said they favored Two major questions loom More than once over the past few years I have paid for resident fishing license, and Nations Support tor toreign iid has declined Concerr unfair trade and protection ot Even by themselves with er of setting up “this clea pricing Chief among those lessons het simply isn t going to escape the en be 78 but just published 1: I Re Herald Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Massachusetts Gov Edward King emerged from a meeting at the White House the other day and was asked if k irvey. imports Shortly otis deregulation with 23 per cent oppos By LEE RODERICK will ) Council on Foreign or Wanted: Oil From America, Not OPEC M Keditor Herald enchanted with internationa! institutions like the United Washington Report am | letters toEditor KevninP. Phillips good books and to motivate families in exploring deeper into the world ot knowledge. adventure. and self support wort wi have a evil trends you tree American to live in anymore Sincerely hKethryn Comainey Spanish Fork ‘ |