Show -- ftaAwS04ALk6AI '1 f - I The Salt Lake Tribune 1 to t r Newhouse News Service WASHINGTON — It is well that Bush is hosting is being held in his adopted hometown of Houston What would impress the leaders of the other six nations Bush decided was pitching horseshoes eating barbecue watching armadillo races and g and seeing young humans pull young calves around by the tail This was the entertainment provided along with the !test in cowTexas fashion ostrich-leathe- r boy boots Such foreign leaders as were present for these spectaculars appeared mildly interested in the bucking horses and mildly embarrassed by g the I t - :' 1 bronc-bustin- r -- the economic summit President 4-:s- 1 I ci4$ r r - t '' Otis 1 Pike ?1 it would take to really impress them was lacking They talked about trying to help the Soviet Union in its current ecoGernomic difficulties many wants to send cash the Canadand the ians want to offer credit United States is offering experts What Semi-unite- d The other p3rtners were not impressed by this They know it isn't because we are broke that we refrain from sending cash or offering credits we spend cash we don't have all the time They just don't think our economic experts are all that expert Look at this week's developments in the economic life of the United States: — On Monday our Treasury borrowed $18 billion offering short-ternotes of three and six months in m return — On Tuesday the Resolution Funding Company borrowed $5 billion to make another payment on bailing out the savings and loans ofbonds fering — On Wednesday the Treasury 30-ye- was to borrow a record $8 billion in seven-yea- r notes We are experts on borrowing hut this isn't the sort of expertise that impresses our trading partners The record for borrowing by the United States in any three-montperiod is $63 billion set back in 1985 We are about to break the record In the exciting armadillo races there was one armadillo for each of the seven nations The Japanese armadillo kept winning leading cynics to suspect we were trying to soften Japan up to keep buying our bills notes and bonds The Japanese aren't that easily softened One thing for which we might send experts to the Soviet Union would be to teach them how to cook the books when they don't like the numbers middle-ter- Tribune Readers' Opinions We Pay Twice Resent Preaching The summer of 1956 I worked for the El Paso Natural Gas Company in Farmington NM in the engineering department I was able to see photographs and read reports about a recent pipeline failure outside Farmington The pipeline was a h pipeline carrying natural gas from the wells to the refinery under 800 pounds of pressure The pipeline was constructed to the best of industry standards and was buried at least eight feet underground The pipeline failure was catastrophic due to hydrogen embrittlemeat of the steel wall of the pipe The internal pressure in the pipeline blew out over 12 mile of trench and scattered pieces of pipe and trench backfill for hundreds of feet on each y Forside of the trench tunately the pipeline failure occurred in a remote area and there was no source of ignition to ignite the gas The fault for the present mess we are in with regard to the proposed pipeline through Utah between Wyoming and California rests with Congress First to avoid making these difficult decisions that assuredly will enrage the voting public it created the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and empowered this comg mission with powers The more important issue is that the natural gas is going to be used in California to enhance crude oil recovery from a marginal oil field The only reason this process is even considered is because of the enormous tax advantages provided by our code for secondary recovery of crude oil This means that we get to pay twice for the privilege of sitting on an armed bomb First by subsidizing construction of the pipeline through our yards and forests in exchange for a few transitory jobs and a paltry amount of tax revenue and second by our providing tax benefits to the California company so that it can waste one valuable energy resource (natural gas) to recover a different energy resource (low grade crude 111 1 right-of-wa- 1 : - ' 1 - oil) J WINSLOW YOUNG Centerville Library's Evolving Far from being a repository for "popular movies" the county library is growing rapidly under Eileen Longworth's able direction to serve us in ways not comprehended even 10 years ago The technological revolution we today experience has changed the very concept of libraries The old outmoded view of a library as a warehouse for books has been replaced with that of the library as a major information center a dynamic stock exchange of knowledge The libraries we use today are equipped with computers videos cassettes compact discs as well as books to take advantage of every form of media to instruct and enrich Videos are an excellent example They are available in the library on every conceivable subject from how to cope with divorce or suicide to how to install wallboard build a deck or finish a basement There are videos on travel to foreign countries Shakespeare plays science sociology and sailing not to mention educational tapes for children This form of the media is very popular with library patrons The library has stocked some movies — old classics some newer ones and cartoons — but the emphasis has been overwhelmingly toward instructional material and not a drive to compete with the video chains or to neglect the main purpose which is to instruct and inform The library is not supposed to take the place of schools which all have volumes of reference materials on hand The purpose of the library is to and serve the community-at-larg- e not just school students : t 4 4 if v i t 1 t i I TOM DIAL West Valley City Let Idealist Do It r Wonderful! Deen K Chatterjee tells us immoral folk that "the practice of capital punishment is less a judgment on criminals than a reflection on our own lack of humanity The death penalty should be abolished" We all want to be on the side of humanity and motherhood but there are practical considerations Maximum security prisons are very difficult expensive institutions to maintain offering dangerous working situations to supportive and professional personnel Is there some way society could arrange for Professor Chatterjee and his ilk to take over this humane responsibility 0 i5 he like so many idealists assertive but wants somebody else to do the job EUGENE J FAUX Provo e b f Forum Rules Public Forum letters must be submitted exclusively to The Tribune and bear writer's full name signature address and telephone number Names must be printed on political letters but may be withheld for good reason on others Writers are limited to one letter of 300 words- - or less every 14 days Preference will be given to typewritten (double spaced) letters permitting use of the writer's true name All letters are subject to condensation Mail to the Public Forum The Salt Lake Tribune PO Box 867 Salt Lake city Utah 84110 Inominmo What a Difference! grandson Ryan invited me to visit his Silver Mesa grade school in Sandy I walked into a colorful hallway paper flowers on bright with cut-othe walls and lovely student photographs etc The walls covered with carpeting to deaden the noise Each class was conwhat noise? ducted by a lovely young teacher speaking in gentle tones and the students answering in this same gentle way There was no stress! Each child seemed intent on raising his hand with the answers 'What a difference! I am reminded of my early school days in the old country One school master for the whole six classes! We sat on bleacher-type rows — first grade on the bottom to sixth on the top This cold stony room had no flowers nor picly tures I tried to avoid any attention from anti-religio- our severe schoolmaster so he would not call on me - - which of course he that did and of course I didn't know the answer He came up behind me cupping his hands and landed me a blow on the ears All I can remember is and I didn't learn being afraid much The principal of Silver Mesa grade school Bruce Barnson came to greet me Imagine I'm just an old grandma and he took the time to stop by and give me a ticket for a free lunch! Whereas in my childhood I got a hunk of bread spread with meat drippings for lunch Ryan's teacher Mrs Martinez let me speak for a few minutes I wish I had had an hour to tell those boys Utah finds itself unable to provide for its elderly its sick its poor Should it really be spending money in support of prayers in the schools? MENDEL COHEN Salt Lake City 4 our car dealership was closed down by the Department of Motor Vehicles pending an investigation The reason was a complaint by one of our customers On April 10 we sold a 1988 VW Golf GTI Our customer was very happy with her new car We didn't have the state inspectfon or emission test done the day we delivered the car We called our customer to bring the car in for the tests on many occasions She refused us A complaint by our customer was filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles The DMV came into our establishment and demanded we refund her money or they would close us down We refused the refund They then determined we were guilty before we had our hearing and closed us down We are a small dealership and we estimate we bring in $100000 a year in sales tax for the state We were treated unfairly The DMV has too much power over car dealers We recommend that someone is appointed to protect the dealers from the DMV's abuse in matters such as this Our Constitution states we are innocent until proven guilty Is the DMV above the Constitution? JAY FABOOQ President Car Country Corp Salt Lake City as you watch them run and play in the schoolyard No child tries to hide here! And my grandson has a vocabulary that will amaze you JEAN SPENCE BARBUTO Murray Wilderness Woes In her Forum letter of June 3 Jane Leeson claims wheelchairs have been allowed in wilderness areas for many years It's too bad no one informed Rep James Hansen and his staff of this news as this would have saved them the considerable effort spent trying to amend the 1964 Wilderness Act Ms Leeson goes on to extol the virtues of wilderness and states that one of the main goals of the wilderness designation effort is to ensure that "nature can survive uncontaminated by human tinkering" This statement pretty well sums up the general attitude of many wilderness advocates towards human beings: They are a "contaminant" upon the Earth that must be suppressed and restricted to the greatest possible extent David Brower past president of the Sierra Club said the same thing in a slightly different way: "We can stop putting a boundary around wilderness and put a boundary around We are constantly reminded by the media and educators that not enough or our young people are attaining the knowledge of science and the math skills necessary for our country to maintain its ability to compete in today's world Because of this I was surprised and disappointed when at their senior awards program Jordan High School administrators chose not to award or even mention an Since civilization is what separates humans from the other creatures that inhabit the Earth and is responsible for the fulfilling comfortable and secure lives that most of us are able to enjoy I wonder what kind of ex istence Ms Leeson and Mr Brower envision for us Ms Leeson claims some mechanical transportation is allowed in wilderness areas This statement although not untrue is misleading because such privlleges are available on only a most restricted basis to those who have valid prior claims leases or inholdings in the wilderness areas and does not apply in any way whatsoever to the general pub- award recognizing outstanding achievement in math and science given the two graduating seniors by the Air Force It will remain difficult to interest our young people in academics as long as achievement in these fields does not receive the same recognition and status as outstanding athletic performance We have awards for the scholar athlete but I have never heard of one for the athletic scholar I hcpe Jordan and all other high schools will try to motivate more students to achieve excellence in math and science by giving them the same recognition given to outstanding athletes CAROLINE CHRISTOFFERSON West Valley City lic Similarly her statement that "wilderness is good for people" is true only for the class of backpacking RAIN ER HUCK President Utah Trail Machine Association 1I l't A k Ak:1 OR :—1 l: i 'I - 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