Show -- Vo Ice Shammer Of Th® People these wavy buildings Surely den deserves better built parking facilities than these Og-Ogd- 4A OGDEN WEDNESDAY UTAH AUGUST 13 1980 A EDITORIAL : to the car the grandmother put her coin purse with all of her special credit cards her driver’s license her safety deposit key and about $20 on top of the car while dividing up the goodies After much commotion everyone ate their assorted goodies and they drove down to the store for groceries Upon checking out the grandmother discovered she had left her precious coin purse with all the special cards etc on the top of the car They quickly drove back to the drive-i- n but her little coin purse was not to be found They drove slowly up and down the main street but no coin purse So the grandmother and the grandfather and Kennedy Postures for 1 984 Sen Edward Kennedy his from Wyoming bid for the 1980 Idaho and Democratic other neighboring western presidential nomination states thwarted is already busy ’84 posturing himself for the campaign "Describing himself as a “realist” the Massachusetts senator officially withdrew as a 1980 candidate soon after his “open convention” drive was defeated by more than 500 g One Utahn told the Standard-Examine- r this week that he was worried that reaction against the Carter presidency would be so strong in our state that “voters will simply put an ‘X’ at the top of the Republican column in November and let it go high-rankin- at that” However scores of Former Utah Rep Wayne delegates Owens western coordinator took exception to their idol’s for this year’s Kennedy camvbtes pro-Kenne- dy anti-Cart- er declaration They showed paign told reporters in New their feelings vigorously at York City that several Utah Tuesday night’s session delegates “resented” the exAs a result efforts of Presi- treme pressure put on them dent Carter and his suppor- by Carter lieutenants Mr Owens a former Kenters to unify the Democratic employee in Washingparty were drastically under- nedy mined — although the presi- ton is one of those who exdent is virtually certain of be- pects the senator to come back strong in the 1984 presiing renominated tonight dential sweepstakes The only immediate quesis that the AmeriHis tion so far as Senator Ken- can theory should feel that public nedy is concerned is whether Sen Kennedy has “been pun— despite what he is saying ished enough for his sins” and publicly — he will really supr Will now forget about the port Mr Carter in his uphill senator’s part in the drowning fight for death of a young woman aide If the “last of the at Chappaquiddick sits on the sidelines He could be correct Or it’s he won’t be alone There are quite possible that US voscores of other prominent De- ters by and large simply do mocrats who are reluctant to not want the Massachusetts be associated with the Carter liberal in the White' House campaign for fear of being under any circumstances tagged as “losers” They’ll have an opportunity This includes quite a few we’re confident to vent their Utah Democrats and many feelings in ’84 re-electi- ( The Ogden regional office of ress and has shown good faith the US Forest Service has so the permit was extended Mountain will acted in a consistent manner Heritage suchave to provide more infor- in providing new hope for cess for developers of the mation by Aug 18 and present Heritage Mountain Resort at a written progress report by Provo Sept 9 to keep in the good Wilderness Associates have graces of the Forest Service The developers using a been trying to get going on their project for years but 4500 acre site hope to conhave been delayed by a zoning struct a ski and recreation recontroversy in Provo and in sort in the mountains east of recent months by high inter- Provo The plans include a est rates that made financing cog railroad lifts condominiums restaurants and difficult Under original terms of other services aimed at actheir lease of Uinta National commodating at least eight Forest Land Heritage Moun- thousand skiers a day The Forest Service has felt tain Inc had until Monday to millfrom the start of the Heritage prove it could raise $128 ion needed for the initial Mountain project that the southern end of the Wasatch phase ’However Regional Fores- Front needed more winter ter Jeff Sirmon announced he sports facilities This week’s believes that the organization permit extension is in keeping is making substantial prog with that concept -- Virginia Payette Pollsters Pick Brains Now comes the time of the great invasion and political candidates aren’t the only ones who’ll be ringing our doorbells Like locusts the pollsters are already revving up their computers flapping their giant printout sheets and picking our brains to predict who’ll be our next president The Quadrennial Inquisition has begun For the next three months finding out what “the pee-pul- ” think and feel will haunt politicians 24 hours a day (After Nov 4 of course the successful ones will go to Washington and proceed to igus for the next four years) nore It will also haunt their budgets Next to television commercials political polling is one of their major campaign expenses and this has helped mushroom the industry bonanza into a What a lot of voters don’t realize is" that political polls come in two flavors There’s the “election quespoll” which covers a single do tion: Which candidate you plan to vote for? Then there’s the “issue poll” Which is considerably more complex and which involves questioning on how people feel about controversial national problems like unemployment high prices abortion national health insurance and foreign policy President Carter is still reeling from the latest issue survey that dubious distinction of gve himthethelowest rating ever reyarning corded by a president since polls began Only 22 percent of those questioned think he's doing a good job (And this was taken before Billy hit the headlines again) s J3ut just because he’s unpopular how doesn’t necessarily mean he -- in-dep- th ment (some polls have Carter running third behind him) but pollsters say the gap between the two men is bound to narrow as the race heats up What their surveys really show they keep telling us is how the candidates are doing at different times along the campaign They may pinpoint a trend — who’s gain- ing and who’s losing — but they don’t always predict who’s going to win in November They’re only numbers say the pollsters and ed ' y y a a electorate votes” says George Gallup “every time you poll 100 Wt f '"'“ ’v —"7 v''" ' MichaelD Edward niOT amPe Syracuse Concerning your feature on Planned Parenthood Thursday Aug 7 Ms Wood said “There is certainly a case for chastity It works for some kids but you can’t ignore others” It sounded as if she could be discussing salads — vegetables are preferred by some others find fruits more delicious The truth is “sex changes things between people” It is not as simple as going to the corner grocery It can become love or apathy respon sibility or neglect hope or disillu sionment inspiration or blight strength or decay Are lifetime consequences to be ignored in our eagerness to dispense facts (with contraceptives of the three grandchildren came course?) home and there was much wailing Is morality always just condem- and moaning and gnashing of teeth nation or can it be a compassionate (especially from the grandfather) loving effort to encourage hearten What had started out as a fun understand and redirect a troublevening was a great disaster Then ed child? — Into the backyard rode the Audine Stafford prince on his white charger (actualSlow Mail ly a motorcycle) A wonderful supFruit Heights er young man named (the grand31 I mailed a Thursday July mother was so excited I hope she utility payment to Utah Power and got the name right) Steve Toone Ogden at the Clearfield Post He was driving home from his job Light Office at 4:15 pm Pickup of mail in Roy discovered grandmother’s is at 6 and it is transmitted to coin purse on the main high- - the Saltpm little ! Lake Postal Center at way Gallantly our hero stopped m gQnD m As ofCity hitr'nVP&L the middle of the roaring traffic has not received2 coin the scooped up grandmother’s The Clearfield Postmaster J purse and brought it back to her Wahler has been most helpful and home refusing any sort of a re- has initiated a tracer but the fact ward that consolidation of mail To this wonderful honest man remains services into the Salt Lake City th? grandmother and the grandRegional Postal Center has resultfather and the three grandchildren ed abominable service This is would like to publicly give their not in the fault of the originating post heartfelt thanks for being such a office The fault lies in Salt Lake wonderful person and restoring City their faith in their fellow men Similar experience has happened The end to my friends one of whom is still Marilyn F Keller trying to find wedding invitations mailed 10 days ago Kind People 0gden Why do we have to put up with Saturday Aug 2 while shopping this kind of service? Let us demand at Gibson’s Discount Center 3833 of our congressional delegation the Washington Blvd I became very return of locally controlled mail ill and received first aid from the service by people who care to Paramedics and was subsequently serve the community they live in taken to the McKay-De- e Emergen- - and keep up this demand until we cy Center for further treatment succeed This hopefully is I especially wish to thank the still operating country under government very nice lady clerk who helped me by and for the people and stayed with me until the RV Bennit Paramedics arrived I would also like to thank the security guard Polities? ugaen who took the time to lock my car Dirty Politics are dirty? I’ll say they and make some telephone calls for me It’s nice to know we have such are! More dirt comes out when kind and considerate people work- - people are campaigning but after the campaigning is over the dirt is ing in our shopping centers " Louise Smith swept under the rug and the politicians just resign Out of Taste Speaking about politics being dirLayton ty take President Carter When I have been very disappointed in see he has it made with that they the Ogden Standard-Examiner’- s to be able to run use of several pictures for the sole enough delegates again they go and dig and really purpose of sensationalism hard to President Carter a dig I feel it is sorely out of taste to bad name give President Carter is print such pictures as Bruce for himself They mourning over his child’s shouldn’t hold him responsible for body It makes me mad Did his brother President Billy I think this type of picture has Carter make him an alcoholic? No been used too often (ie autoIt’s brother that Billy must just mobile victims writhing in pain be At least Presi- very immature dent Carter is trying to mkke his privacy and sympathy not exploi- campaign promises come true But tation can you do when you are not I really feel that someone should what to run the whole show! Conable stop spelling compassion with a gressmen have blocked President double $ Carter in a lot of good decisions he Timothy L Carver has tried to make I think that "t John D Lofton Jr Moscow: Tun City!' WASHINGTON — It is time for Union is to protect the from the activities of atonement country cloak-and-dagg- Over the years in this space I have said a lot of nasty things about the Soviet Union I’ve done a lot of nitpicking about such things as the Soviets invading another e country violating a to and make treaty using drugs out zombies of their politwalking ical dissidents But what must be said must be said: It’s not all gloom and doom in the USSR Not everything is bad — no siree In some ways the Soviet Union is a fun place The Soviet newspaper Red Star reports that the Komitet Gosudar-stvenno- y Bezopasnosti (KGB) is holding a contest in connection with its 65th anniversary in 1982 “in order to raise the artistic and ideological level of literacy cinematographic and television works on Cheltist themes” The Cheka was the original name of the secret police This agency later became known as the GPU and NKVD before becoming the KGB or Committee of State Security in 1953 As Red Star tells it all contest ' germ-warfar- entries presumably manuscripts films and videotapes are to be mailed to KGB headquarters at No Dzershinsky Street Moscow 101000 2 The winner in each categto is receive an unspecified ory amount of money a scroll and a will badge while each runner-u- p a certifiand “valuable get gifts” cate The judges will include KGB officials as well as members of the unions of writers and cinematog- raphers This unprecedented contest was announced the day after Soviet TV s show callcompleted a ed “Profitable Contract” showing the KGB triumphing over a complex network network of assassins speculators and — at the top of this nefarious pyramid — a foreigner from an unidentified Western counfour-serie- try This TV series showed the KGB working out of richly paneled offices in Moscow using a broad spectrum of surveillance techni- ques to ultimately defeat the foreigner’s machinations The methods used by the KGB included clandestine films and photographs' clos surveillance phone taps cooperation with several other and a professor turned provocateur Soviet agencies Now the puzzling thing about this contest is why the KGB thinks its public-relation- s image needs ones at that temporary I would such mean why But in elections numbers are the polishing a splendid public-servic- e outfit name of the game And so the publ- need to engage in such public-rela- ic persists in treating them as reve- tions puffery? rently as Word from Above and Answering a question the other campaign managers pore over night about the KGB on Radio them as intently as according to Moscow’s “Moscow Mailbag” feaone critic “the sages of old pon- ture the show’s host replied: dered animal entrails in search of “I think it’s very simple The guidance” main role of the KGB in the Soviet What scares everybody about the polls — especially the candidates who come up with low scores — is that they have a dangerous “bandwagon” effect on voters Those who hanker to be on the winning side are influenced more by the numbers than the issues and a lot of folks tend to stop giving money to candidates who look like losers Pollsters do on occasion pull some real boners (1948 and Harry Truman come to mind) But most of the time their margin for error is around 4 percent Their toughest problem they say is to weed out in a standard survey of around 1500 people which of those are probably not going to bother to vote at all “When only 37 percent of the people you have to eliminate 63 Finding that 63 is a far greater Ronald problem than finding out how peowon’t be Reagan is riding high at the mo ple feel about the candidates” re-elect- i 1 a s” New Hope for Heritage Mountain - ft ( on Ken-nedy- true and happy fairy tale Once upon a time a grandmother and a grandfather took three little grandchildren to a drive-i- n in Roy They had a big order Coming back en - er organizations abroad “The average Soviet citizen lives through his whole life without ever coming in contact with it And I’m sure the children have never heard about these three letters And cer- tainly mothers don’t tell their little Ivans or Nikolais ‘Now you go to sleep or the KGB will get you! I don’t suppose Ivan even knows what these letters stand for “But seriously speaking I will say this: In the past there were violations of the law and many absolutely uncalled for repressions of innocent people This is a thing that is gone and done for a thing of the past There are certain very stringent guarantees that this sort of thing will never be repeated again” Alas! There are those nattering nabobs of negativism who have a slightly different view of the Soviet secret police Writing in this definitive book “KGB” (Reader’s Digest Press) author John Barron says: “Were the KGB to vanish with it would evaporate the basic means of regulating Soviet thought speech and behavior of controlling the arts Gone too would be the most effective means of suppressing ethnic minorities of preventing the flight of Soviet citizens of keeping watch on individuals of compelling the whole populace to subserve the interest of the Soviet rulers The staffs of Soviet embassies would shrink drastically all over the world in some capitals scarcely any Soviet representaUntives would remain The Soviet ion would lose most of its capacity to commit espionage abroad — to subvert public officials to plot sabotage and assassinations to foment strikes demonstrations and riots to nurture terrorism and guerrilla warfare to clandestinely pollute public discourse with misinformation and calumny It would be largely unable to seek surreptitiously what it has been unable to attain overtly Today the KGB the force Leconstitutes primarily nin envisioned: the principal force by which Communist Party chief- tains sustain their dictatorship over the Soviet people and try to project it into other societies” But why mention this? Once again I’m nitpicking and I promised not to do that at least in this column So presumably as you read this manuscripts films and videotapes extolling the virtues of the KGB are pouring into its headquarters And there really are no losers in this contest Because regardless of whether one wins or doesn’t win everyone at no cost whatsoever gets his or her name into the KGB files — for free Wow! Only in a “people’s democracy” could such a thing happen Hos-kinss- on President Carter has done a tremendous Kaysville job When he got in You can’t imagine my shock the USA was already in a I saw the picture on the front moil He just got a hot potato and is of page your paper of Aug 6 (The trying his best to straighten all he grieving father) I didn’t think it can Mrs Mary Tenorio was possible for your paper to sink any lower but you really outdid Two Protests yourselves this time 0gden You plunged to an all time jour- This letter in a manner of low In fact you plunged so ing is a formal protest If you do far through the heap of yellow jour- not have an open mind you can nalism garbage you broke the bot- stop reading right now tom out of the garbage can My protest is of recent governJust what kind of ghoulish anim- ment actions and is in two parts: als do you have working there that One: I protest vehemently “the come up with such humiliating and draft” It is in my opinion a ranAll Tim© Low tur-whe- n dom drawing to pick young people degrading ideas? I believe a person in time of grief against their will to become mur and sorrow has a right to privacy derers I am totally against this It and any decent person would honor is not the government’s place to that respect advocate its own brand of legalized This picture was totally uncalled murder for and added nothing to an already I am not a fanatic or a deeply sad story religious person but it seems to me to a name I change May suggest that one of the Ten Commandgo with the image you seem to be ments says “Thou Shalt Not Kill” striving for “The Ogden Substan- not “Thou Shalt Not Kill unless the dard Exaggerator” government says it’s okay” Val Thompson Two: I lodge protest against people who advocate the “government’s” way of thinking Don’t get Deserves Better Manteca Calif me wrong: If I am drafter I’ll go It’s been 15 years since I moved but with some conditions : 1) I flatly to mutilate a away from Ogden I was born and refuse to shoot at or a raised there and graduated from target resembling human being not be taught to kill with Ogden High before moving to 2) I will California My parents and grand- my bare hands (martial arts as okay) In the event of parents were also raised in and sport are war 3) I refuse to kill even at the around Ogden And soit is that even though I cost of my own life or the lives of haven’t lived in Ogden for some others 4) I refuse to design or build time I still am curious and inter- weapons or otherwise aid another to kill ested in what goes on in Ogden I am ashamed of civilization in On a recent visit I was pleased to notice how well the downtown mall general War is both disgusting and is coming along Should be quite a preventable Quoting Noah “I cry boon for Ogden’s downtown not for what Man has become but beautification With one glaring ex- for what he could have been” If this is civilization I would rather ception I refer to the parking terraces at be an ape the north end of the project Is that Terry Ryan Lambert 17 how they are to look when comRULES FOR LETTERS if look as pleted? 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