Show John D Lofton Jr ODgiten 4A OGDEN UTAH Remm-Bdw- MONDAY APRIL 7 1980 WASHINGTON — Just as he did four years ago Ronald Reagan is saying that he will choose a vice presidential running mate who is compatible with his own philosophical views But if Reagan picks Tennessee Sen Howard Baker for the second spot on his ticket — as an increasing number of congressional Republicans are urging him to do — he will be violating this promise Ironically this point has been made unwittingly by a strong Baker booster Assistant GOP Senate Leader Ted Stevens In a press conference Stevens said that Reagan’s choice of Baker as candidate for veep would assure people that Reagan “would listen to people whose views are not his EDITORIAL A Born-Agai- Currency n Things aren’t as bad on the American inflation front as they could be — although if we just wait long enough they probably will be But at the moment they are not as bad as for example in Israel where a new unit of the national currency has been in- troduced times a shekel was defined for purposes of value as the equivalent of eight grams of silver It was not until the first century of the Christian era that it made its appearance as a coin The introduction of the contemporary shekel superficially recalls the French currency The shekel is replacing and reform pushed through by will be worth 10 of the former Charles de Gaulle in the late Israeli pound a victim of inf- 50s He lopped two decimal lation compared to which the places off the badly inflated dollar appears almost disgust- franc to produce the “new franc” But this was accomingly robust The pound has been de- panied by comprehensive fisvalued 400 percent in the last cal reforms that have suctwo years alone and with the ceeded in keeping the reIsraeli inflation rate hitting a vitalized franc relatively feverish 111 percent last year stable for the past two demore of the same has been in cades prospect The government The Israeli authorities are however hopes to avoid going nothing of the this route again by introduc- contemplating same And since this means gf new name and the ing nothing is being done about Diitributsd by LA Times Syndicttt eliminating a decimal place in the country’s underlying ina restructuring that is as pressures there much psychological as techn- flationary are doubts even in Israel as to ical in purpose can be ex- -' Since the old pound is going what realistically new name and out at a rate of 39 to the US pected of a dollar the new shekel will be pride No Refund worth about a quarter A Under these Israeli cirmuch more respectable value cumstances even the 18 perBrigham City for an international currency cent projected annual inflaI’d like to share an unpleasant about on par with the French tion rate that the United experience in order to help others franc States hit recently in January avoid getting hurt On May 21 1979 The new name is a con- tends to look good Which may I ordered some merchandise from scious invoking of national be cause for some relief since a mail order catalog and sent a check for $6090 I never received pride reaching deep into the reaching back into the past for the merchandise biblical past to what was ori- a new unit of currency might After almost a year a lot of — of a measure so not out work weight ginally conveniently expensive telephone calls and a shekel comes from Hebrew for Americans registered letter I finally received a form letter dated Mar 26 stating “to weigh” In Old Testament Wampum anyone? that they cannot make any adjust- own” Indeed Reagan and Baker are at odds on a wide variety of significant issues Just to name a few: — The Ogden Middle Schools By MURRAY M MOLER Associate Editor The Standard-Examine- r I had a delightful preview the other day of a fun show that should be of keen interest to every mother child in father and school-ag- e Ogden It tells through colored slides voice and music and an up-be- at the story of the middle tape schools that will replace Ogden’s junior highs starting in the Fall of ’81 My own children are long out of g But as a — as l watchgrandpa I could see ed the show at an Ogden School District principals’ meeting — why would want to view it parentsslide-sound show runs only The 12 picture-fille- d minutes It is now school card-carryin- the turn of the century and have become particularly popular during the last 15 to 20 years Eight other Utah districts have already adopted the plan Out of 99 Utah high schools 63 are already four-yeschools When classes open for the 1981-8- 2 year the elementary schools will house students from kindergarten through the fifth grade The middle schools will educate the sixth seventh and eighth graders — instead of the seventh eighth and ninth of the present junior ar highs High schools will be expanded to four grades — ninth tenth eleventh and twelfth This means about 900 ninth graders will go directly to the high schools — and about the same numcivic at for available ber of sixth graders will enroll in showing — — PTA or units clubs the middle schools meetings and can be booked by calling EiOne factor motivating the leen Rencher district public rela- change in systems is the recogni6 tions coordinator at tion that the children of today are Its production was requested by maturing — physically and mentalDr Gerald Raat assistant superin- ly — much more rapidly than those tendent for the district as the best of years gone by So educational requirements practical means of giving Ogde-nite- s the middle school story must change too The script was written — and However the Ogden School Di— taken of the strict isn’t rushing things at a photographs many to Williams secretary by Betty dangerous pace Sixth graders will still although Norman Skanchy director of in middle school be primarily in a elementary education long-tim- e one classroom situation although It is narrated by my friend Sam Stephens (his mother they will have additional resources used to bake the world’s best apple available that can’t be offered in an pies!) and appropriate music was elementary school furnished by Allan Miles of Salt They will make the transition to Lake City special classes and teachers as son Jon Williams’ propBetty they progress into the seventh and ProFilm Mountain of rietor Top eighth grades 399-345- ductions Co was unofficial adviser on the project and added a deft professional touch I’ve written several scripts for and movie shows and was pleased to note that the Ogden school team had avoided most of the pitfalls of such an enterprise The pictures stress people — mostly students — and they were taken at close range to show faces and expressions And they moved across the screen in rapid order none remaining for more than 20 seconds — one of the basic “pro” rules that should be followed to maintain interest Dr William Garner district superintendent Dr Raat and Mrs Rencher opened the principals’ for meeting by explaining plans acschool middle the story getting ross to parents and students d In addition to the effective pamshow simple but disfor been have prepared phlets tribution by mail and students to all patrons’ homes There’ll be an advertisement in our newspaper soon giving the highlights of the change in Ogden slide-soun- d slide-soun- A district statement of philosophy emphasizes that the “middle school should provide a between gradual transition school and school high elementary but it should be a unique experience apart from both” There’ll be no evening dances in the middle schools recognizing that the grades covered involve age groups not quite ready for this Asked if ninth grade girls would be ready for the heavier social pressures of high school Mrs Rencher said no serious problems had been encountered in other districts that have already made the change — and none is anticipated here Intramural athletics will be stressed in the middle schools rather than competitive sports At the same time talented ninth graders will have an opportunity — as freshmen — to make the high school teams — Those are the broad outlines of the change All of the details of the carefully-plannetransition from to schools will middle junior highs be spelled out in the months to d come I’m convinced especially after schools viewing the show that Betty Williams and associates prepared As the authorities said at the that the change is good for the meeting middle schools are not community Especially the new They’ve been around since students from junior highs to middle Republican Party: for DOE Baker himself expressed his fear that the new department could become “another unwieldy bureaucracy and goodness knows there are enough of those without creating a new one” Yes goodness knows — Energy: Reagan says the solution to the energy crisis is to deregulate the oil industry and let free enterprise work Baker says the same thing noting that he believes in the private sector ‘from the top of my head to the tip of my toes” The senator says that taxes are so 4 burdensome that they among other things “deter capital inves- tment” But if Baker really believes this why has he bragged that he was for a windfall proEits tax on the oil industry “even before President Carter suggested it”? Everyone agrees that this punitive tax will reduce the amount of domestically produced oil and make the US d even more dependent on oil foreign If Baker really believes in the free market then why is he for “a lot of federal money” for a synthetic fuel program which promises to be one of the e federal boondoggles? The senator he supports this idea even says he has “grave misgivings” though about it and worries that the focus and emphasis of the program is “inadequate” Incredible Baker has said that it is not the government’s role to allocate fuel “according to bureaucratic formulas or political pressures which ignore the marketplace” Oh really? Then why did the senator in May of last year vote for President Carter’s vague and poorly thought-ou- t standby gas rationing plan? And speaking of taxes if he’s really concerned about this burden which he says is a disincentive to invest why did he vote for one of Reagan has said repeatedly that the GOP ought to be decisive that it has to “erect a banner of bold colors with no pale pastels” Baker disagrees He has said that the GOP should be “ideologically sterile” that it “ought not to have a separate identifiable philosophy It shouldn’t stand for a principle” — The Panama Canal: Reagan led the fight against the giveaway of the canal Baker led the fight to give the canal away Adam Clymer of The New York Times has written that without Baker “both as a leader and a lightning rod at least five of the 16 Republican senators who voted ‘aye’ would almost surely have been in opposition” to the canal giveaway Baker even went so far as to vote against an amend-- 1 ment to prevent any US payments to Panama if the Congress or the president determined that Panama interfered in the internal affairs of another nation as it did by allowof arms to the largest peacetime tax ining the n Marxists who creases in history — a $227 BILLthose overthrew the government of ION increase in Social Security taxes? Nicaragua — Big Government: Baker talks — Abortion: Baker says he’s a lot about “letting the market- “personally” opposed but he has place work” and how the federal voted on the federal funding of government is “too big” and “too abortions and he hasn’t sponsored powerful” and how “the time has any human life amendment to procome to stop the growth of govern- tect the life of the unborn Reagan ment to move away from the tradi- is against federal funding of abortional policy of creating a new tions and favors such an amendment to the Constitubureaucracy for every new government initiative” But the senator tion he — Homosexual Rights: Baker has not practiced what Devoted for the He has has told A1 Hunt of The Wall Street preaches billof $11 Journal that he doesn’t “have the partment Energy (cost ion 20000 bureaucrats) and the emotional outrage that I see some latest federal monstrosity a new people exhibit at the thought of a Department of Education (cost homosexual in the Defense Depart$142 billion another 22000 ment or whatnot” — Equal Rights Amendment: bureaucrats) Baker has also voted for Ralph Nader’s brainchild a Reagan’s against Baker’s for it Advo— Minimum Wage: Baker has Consumer for Agency to increase it Reagan wants voted cacy In a letter to me Baker now it abolished — Welfare: Reagan wants to reconfesses that the Energy Department has become “so seriously de- duce the number of people on welficient in its organization that it fare and transfer most of the federshould be dismantled’’ The al program back to the states Baksenator says that when the DOE er has fought for a massive “rewas set up in 1977 he had “no idea form” package estimated to init would grow and expand” But crease federal welfare costs by $9 three years ago prior to his voting billion annually high-price- all-tim- Voice Of The People MONDAY NOTEBOOK Team? r meeting who have also called and given the mayor their verbal support Vicky Yeates trans-shipme- pork-barr- el nt pro-Cuba- More Efficient Riverdale Rep Jim Patterson expresses concern in his letter of March 25 of “a tremendous burden and expense to the taxpayer” in changing to paper towels in the Ogden School District There are several errors of fact in his letter apd his concern seems wise and pound foolish ments or refunds and that they penny The school district is converting have court protection from all to paper towels in two schools not creditors the 15 claimed in his letter Mr So before you mail that check for Patterson should be aware of this whatever you want to buy remem- fact According to Bob Curran a ber that they can cash your check school official gave Mr Patterson keep the money and send you no- the correct information thing in return And there is noUse of paper towels doesn’t thing that you can do about it The create litter “all over the school law is on their side As for me I’ll grounds” He should visit schools never pay in advance for anything classrooms and restrooms This again If I can’t buy it locally I’ll would calm his fears about litter do without The feared by Mr PatRichard A Crawford terson expense is interesting With a little checking he will find thatlOO foot Limit Spending cloth rolls cost $150 and 500 foot paper towel rolls cost $125 If he is concerned about the cost Ogden This letter is in reference to taxhe should try some basic math with es The National Tax Limitation those figures Committee has gotten introduced Mr Patterson attempts to give into the Congress a National Tax the impression that the Ogden disLimitation Bill called the Federal trict is the only one going to use Spending Limit Amendment I paper towels Many Utah districts urge every taxpayer to write in to have used paper towels for years Senator Gam Senator Hatch and Some purchase them by the rail Congressman McKay and support carload making a greater saving to its passage the district They are bills HJR 395 and SJR Paper towels are faster to use by 56 Urge passage of these bills large numbers of students in a hurThey will require our government ry and they are cleaner A student to control spending State that this doesn’t wipe his hands with a used must be passed and that resolu- paper towel but it often happens tions or anything else be thrown with cloth towels The most important thing of all is away Resolutions are not laws and can be put aside state that this is the safety of our children If conthe only thing that will require Con- verting to paper towels prevents gress to curb spending and federal another tragedy hen ob and I say growth go to it administrators of the Ogden We have to do something If we schools We are with you! do not our paychecks will continue Rod Pollard to get smaller Next payday take a look at your paycheck and see the SSS: Sick! Ogden federal taxes taken out GovernBill Webb probably subscribes to ment is the main cause of inflation Security System and unless we demand action out of both the Social a and retirement (SSS) company the Congress it will just continue if is he American the average plan Another item when writing to the SSS He realizes that worker your elected representatives de- benefits alone are not adequate to mand complete tax reform live on Senator Hatch has introduced into It was never meant to do any the Senate the indexing of federal more than supplement retirement income taxes but his bill was debut Congress has been rying feated by Sen Russell Long His plans to increase benefits to retirement-plan-level- s reason was that it would cost the with little additional government too much in lost in- cost to the subscribers therefore come taxes is it bankrupt nearly Right now everytime you and I Congress wants to merge the get a pay raise it pushes us into a Federal Employee Retirehigher tax bracket so we lose the healthy ment Plan (FERP) with the sick benefit of a raise Unless we do it SSS The thought is: Health is connobody is going to do it for us Sit not sickness tagious down and write a letter It works Bill Webb will derive benefits John H Bullard froma retirement plan and the SSS but he says it is “unwarranted” for some federal employees get the Support Mayor East Layton same benefits when they pay into This letter is in response to the both plans Feds pay less into the reporting of the East Layton City SSS because they are prohibited by Council Meeting wherein Mayor law from paying into both plans at Yeates chose not to reappoint Chief the same time Davis When Bill retires on both beatThe more than 200 people in nefits Feds will just be starting to tendance were not “hostile look for a job in the private sector to earn SSS quarters The chances townspeople wanting the mayor recalled” It was only a few who were of finding employment are slim extremely out of hand and whose due to age and the chances of living long enough to collect SSS language became out of control to benefits are not so great May I take this opportunity thank those who kept our phone Considering this and the fact that meettwo the for after ringing days only one of three Feds try for SSS ing with remarks of support to the benefits they are not responsible mayor and also to those who have for the SSS problems taken time to stop by and give their I would suggest the following We even had calls have support plan: 1 Leave the FERP alone from some people who attended the to 2 Put the SSS on a the meeting and gave applause vocal opposition and since then basis 3 Equalize SSS benefits to equithave changed their mind and said able levels of contributions based they now support the mayor are There many townspeople on time of subscription who were not in attendance at the Kenneth L Ready self-supporti- ng anti-abortio- n so-call-ed Virginia Payette P 0 Comes Through 2 photos for s first “No waiting mail hasn’t had was for delivery since before they $7” Except that that and for grounded stamps but I it turned out there was a think I’ve stumbled across what wait for the film to develop the post office considers “first Color however was right now It class” They don’t call it that though was $10 Old Dad looked at his They call it “express mail” and watch and decided however painit’s expensive Would you believe ful to be a Big Spender He paid the $20 $750 for one letter? However once the clerk regains “Right now” stretched into 10 your attention (mail tariffs on that minutes which we used to fill out level tend to make the eyes glaze our applications over the brain cells spin a bit) he Then across the street to the guarantees that your letter will ab- Courthouse (the less said about the solutely without fail get there the photos the better) where we were treated to that rarest of all public very next day cross his heart etc servants a federal employee who And by golly it did The gentlemen at the Postal Ser- knew her job and who whisked us vice take great umbrage whenever through in a few minutes (One for I sound off in print about the care the books surely) It was a pleaand attention they give my corres- sure to pay her the $20 federal tab pondence They are doing the best plus $8 for the district clerk Then came the $S4 question: How they can they say with the ratty and limited manpower long would it take to get our passequipment to work with have ports? Two or three weeks at the they most she assured us Which would betto were get Things supposed been fine except that in exhave went of ter when the price stamps 15 to cents But all I know is that actly three weeks we were up two letters to California recently scheduled to climb aboard a jet At this point the US disappeared somewhere over the Rockies and a check to a credit Postal Service became a mighty card company never made it to weak reed to lean on That’s when our paragon of effiupstate New York The California messages were ciency came up with the “express relayed by telephone but did you mail” gimmick and off to the post ever try to call up a hungry compu- office we went There we were conter? All it knows is that it’s feeding fronted with two choices: $750 to time and the money isn’t there The get our applications to headquartiming was unfortunate too with ters the next morning or $550 to get charge-car- d computers now put on it as far as the post office where alert to cancel out us deadbeats somebody would have to pick it up So you can see when a situation It was no contest You have a mental picture of your average came up where I needed real first-claservice I paid up fast What civil servant rushing downtown to could possibly be worth $750? collect a couple of passport appliWell in this case it was a couple of cations? Exactly We paid the $750 passports That was a Wednesday noon And Never mind that we’ve known for weeks that (1) our passports had here’s the kicker: The civil servant expired and (2) a trip was coming had fielded our offering like an o and our passports were in our up that required living proof Old mailbox Dad and I were American citizens (brace yourselves now) on We waited as is our wont to the Friday noon So last possible minute my compliments to the So into the bureaucracy we Postal Service And I now know plunged emerging an hour later that while rain snow heat gloom with our pocketbooks plucked of night labor troubles and budget clean (Well nobody had warned us cuts may sometimes “stay these about going to the bank ahead of couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds” money time) The passport photographer came will do it every time First-clas- s first-clas- black-and-whi- black-and-whi- air-ma- il te te 30-min- trans-Atlant- ic ss all-pr- |