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Show Sun Advocate 4A Wednaaday, May Qf 1834 America loses camera legend Ansel Adams, the photographer-conservationiwho captured the grandeur of Yosemite National st Park in hundreds of breathtaking photos, did much to advance photography as an art and tiie cause of conservation during his 82 years. Adamss singular success in envisioning the drama of western landscapes, capturing them on film, and transferring those images to paper was achieved through his total commitment to photographic excellence. He elevated the process of photographic printing to a fine art, sometimes spending days making a single print. And what stunning prints they black-and-whi- te were! They set new standards for photography and gave millions of Americans images of Yosemites Half Dome, Northern Californias redwoods and, in what most critics consider his finest work, a full moon rising over the town of Hernandez, N.M. Even to the casual observer, these remarkable photographs show more than just the natural beauty of the American West and Adams skills as photographer and printmaker. Technical masterpieces, they still are like a doting fathers snapshots of his children with the photographers love for his subject an unseen but integral part of the photo itself. That love for his native California, particularly its wilderness areas, was an important element of Adamss life and work. He worked unceasingly, and quite successfully, as an individual and as a director of the Sierra Club, to make certain that future generations can see both natures handiwork and his splendid photographic interpretaions of it. black-and-whi- te never-to-be-forgott- en ' We may have to be here for a while... Were waiting for 6(984 opi.r New. evolve to the point where Seme Old Unde Sam Accept war-childre- n Finally this nation is taking meaningful steps to assume its responsibility for the estimated 25,000 to 40,000 Amerasian children born to American men and Vietnamese women during the Vietnam War. In October 1982, Congress properly amended immigration law to recognize Amerasian children as the sons and daughters of American citizens. By acknowledging paternity, the United States opened its door to these children of the dust, so named because many of them were orphans, roaming the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, buffeted in the shifting political winds. So far, about 1,000 of the children have been resettled in the United States and about 100 more are entering each month. In our view, all Amerasian children deserve the opportunity to live in their fathers land. For too long, many of these children have been outcasts, rejected not only because they are biracial, but also because they are unpleasant reminders of a bitter war. This country has an opportunity to give these children something they have never known: acceptance. (Reprinted by permission of The Milwaukee Journal) A feat of arms Recently, the Soviets have been boasting about , their destruction last September of the Korean Airlines jetliner and the loss of all 269 persons aboard. Soviet deputy defense minister Aleksandr I. Koldunov has called it a feat of arms comparable to the 1960 downings of theU--2 spy plane andlan American RB-4-7 reconnaissance plane. The Soviets have also announced that a pilot named I. Zhukov has been awarded a heroism medal. Western journalists speculate that he may have been the pilot who shot down the unarmed, airplane. Funny how pilot Zhukovs medal hasnt aroused as much criticism among UJS liberals as the ire which greeted President Reagan when he rewarded participants of the liberation of Grenada. (Reprinted by permission of The Sacramento Union) off-cour- se ' t . , Lot Angeles Timet Syndicate Issue is prayer in public gets more credit . ready for civilization. paul harvey 1984, Credit cards will be issued to 350,000 federal employees so they can charge their meal, hotel and airline tickets News item. Would you honor the credit card of this bearded old uncle across the counter, the one with the top hat and the suit of stars and stripes? Hes the .black sheep of the family. His relatives , have been trying for years to get him to straighten up, but he persists in living beyond his means, gadding around the country, acting important, meddling in this and that, spending money like it was going out of style. The old boy is so far in debt that he spends one dollar out of every six just for interest, and his nieces and nephews have to keep bailing him out. Even their grandchildren will be paying for his spendthrift ways. And he wants more credit? Heres an idea. Send him to one of those counselors who help people get their financial affairs organized so they can work their way out of debt. First thing to do is hand him a pair of scissors, give him his credit cards and tell him to start cutting. its the Libyan government to The prayer in schools issue is not the issue. Over the past 20 years there have been 200 proposed constitutional amendments prayer in schools. designed to Weve always had prayer in schools. Historically, recently and presently prayer is allowed in church schools ... Not in public schools. So the issue is not prayer in schools. The issue is prayer in public. Lookout! Our nations founders came over here not mostly to escape church domination to escape God. Indeed, they made certain that their Declaration of Independence affirmed the guidance of God. The provided in their Constitution was never intended to be anti-GoNor was that the intent of the Supreme Court when it removed re-allo- w ; church-constrai- nt d. prescribed prayers from schools; yet that was the effect. Meanwhile, many schools nationwide are or ignoring the Supreme Courts decree ' circumventing it. In 18 percent of North Carolinas public schools prayers are offered daily in classrooms or on public address systems. The Tennessee legislature last year approved a moment of silence at the start of the school day. Thats not the issue, either. Silent prayer is universally permissible, even behind the Iron Curtain. In communist countries religion is allowable if its out of sight, out of earshot, out of the way. Our Constitution does not specifically separate Church and State; what is says is Congress shall not legislate ... And the High Courts effort to legislate is encountering the same disrespect which prohibition begat. Dean Jesse Choper of the law schpol, University of California, Berkeley, says, There is more resistance to this than to , most constitutional decisions. Indeed, the most recent Gallup Poll on the subject (last summer) showed Americans to be 81 percent in favor of a constitutional amendment specifically permitting school prayer. But again, both that question and that answer are missing the point. Americans never have been prohibited from praying in public. Americans never hate been prohibited from praying in church schools. The issue is not prayer in schools. ' The issue is prayer in any public . place. ANY public place. That includes the sidewalk in front of your house ! Unless we reclarify this basic freedom, our nation may soon allow less religious liberty than some communist countries. But won't boycott Soviets worked up over The Soviet Union, never known for its subtlety, is working itself into a state of high dudgeon over the Summer Olympics Scheduled to begin in Los Angeles on July 28. Games in Moscow following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Not likely. The reality is that Moscow is maneuvering for more concessions for its athletes, as well as making churlishness, the Soviets have presented a laundry list of charges to prove that Los Angeles is unsuitable for the 1984 Games. Some of their specific criticisms include: fortunately, the Soviets are succeeding on both counts. Washington has already lifted, for the games duration, the ban on Soviet airliners carrying passengers into this country. Moreover, U.S. officials have granted permission for a Soviet cruise ship to be docked off Long Beacli, Calif., to serve as a floating hotel for Russian characteristic With substandard facilities, inadequate security provisions, exorbitant- - costs, excessive uncontrollable comsmog, mercialization of the games, provocations, and propaganda hay. Un- LA games spectators. Still, the Soviets arent satisfied. They carp about having to provide a list of prospective team participants, even though they agreed to that same requirement during the 1980 Winter Games at Lake a special meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, recently to discuss Placid, N.Y. Too, Moscow He shouldnt bother. The Soviet Union has not poured billions of rubles into its athletic cuses the Reagan ac- ad- ministration of aiding the Coalition, a band of - California activists who plan to demonstrate during the games and encourage communist athletes to defect. Soviet threats and complaints stampeded the International Ban-the-Sovi- Olympic Committee (IOC) into what more should be done. And L.A. Olympics President Peter Ueberroth may even go to Moscow to placate the Soviets. programs to. showcase the communist system only to pull out at the last moment. Nor is Soviet Chairman Konstantin Chernenko about to provoke an uproar among East anti-Sovi- a general unwillingness of American Olympic officials and the U.S. government to abide by the Olympic charter. Not surprisingly, the Soviet attacks intensified in March shortly after the U.S. State Department refused a visa to Moscows designated Olympic attache, Oleg Yermishkin, because of his affiliation with the KGB spy network. Since diatribes then, have gushed from the Soviet press. And recently, Soviet Olympic Committee chairman Marat Gramov told a press conference that, although the Soviets would never boycott the 1984 (lames, they might not attend them either. Even though such doublespeak is commonplace in communist circles, it is causing some consternation among UJS. Olympic officials. They fear the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies may indeed stay home in retaliation for Americas boycott of the 1980 anti-Olymp- bloc by picking up his marbles and staying home. countries ic 1904 Copley Newt Service i i |