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Show The Public Forum The Sail lake Tribune. Thursday, Deeenibtr 26, 1985 A2 ) Tribune Readers' Opinions Too Much Kidding Robert B. Tanner, (Forum, Dec. 11), thanks County Attorney Ted Cannon for shutting down the Studio Theater, thus saving him from inadvertently walking in and being subjected to pornography. An amu .ing letter and I was enjoying it in my mind when I stumbled on another Tribune article, same issue, headlined. Historical Lectures Focus on Prostitution, Women In Professions," page B5, announcing doings at the Historical Society involving Itah women in Utah history. Will someone straighten me out? Who's kidding whom? back and criticize when he doesn't have any idea how an investigation is conducted The bomb investigation Mr Cranfill refers to is being conducted in unison by several agencies and each individual investigator involved in the case has free access to all information, regardless of which agency develops it. The sharing of investigative information between agencies is conducted several times a day, every day of the year, and is encouraged by all administrators. Mr. Cranfill should be sure of his facts and speculations before he casts his stones. VEL DEAN KIRK Kearns EDWARD D. HANKS Murray Forum Rules Public Forum letters must be submitted exclusively to The Tribune and bear Cost the Game In response to Marlin Green's comments defense of the Bro,.cos (Forum, Dec. 19), I must say that regardless of what action the Broncos' management takes, it does not m change the fact th..t the snowball incident cost the 49eis the game. True, mere has been fan interference in the past, but none I can recall has affected the outcome of the game (no fan action cost the Bears any points, downs or plays the I am a Bears Bears loss was fan, too) like that in the Broncos-49er- s game. The decision the referees made not to replay the down exemplifies the lack of gutsy calls that should be, but are not, called e situaagainst the home team in a tion. However, the Broncos receive more breaks than any other team I have witnessed I have lived in Indianapolis (Colts, Bears, Bengals, Browns and Lions every week) and Atlanta (Falcons and Cowboys). I enjoy football enough that I don't mind silting through an occasional Broncos game. Besides, I wouldn't want to miss the time the opposing teams linebacker breaks prima donna Elway's leg. Caution: Watching the "exhilarating" Broncos might cause premature admittance to your local rest home. JEFF GREEN Riverton win-los- writer's full name, signature and address. Names must be printed on political letters but may be withheld for good reason on others. Writers are limited to one letter every 10 days. Preference will be given to short, typewritten (double spaced) letters permitting use of the writers true name. All letters are subject to condensation. Mail to the Public Forum, The Salt Lake Tribune, P.O. Box 867, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110. Puzzling Deal I applaud Sohio for investing $400 million to modernize its Utah Kennecott Copper Division. U.S. Steel could have modernized the steel plant at Geneva for $80 million, but for some reason it preferred to modernize the plant in Pittsburg, Calif., at a cost of $800 million. This type of deal puzzles many Utahns. NICK PETRIC Murray . Untrue Statements R.E. Cranfill (Forum, Dec. 14) made several statements that are not true. If Mr. Cranfill knew of an unwritten rule that the sheriff, then Capt. Hayward, had for the detectives not to give patrol any information on their cases, then he was the only one who possessed that knowledge. Certain investigative information would serve no useful purpose passed on to anyone and would only harm the investigation. Sheriff Hayward does have complete control of his office and personnel, for which he should be commended. He has great pride in his profession and expects his deputies to have the same. The sheriffs rapport is and always has been excellent with all police agencies in and out of Utah. He is known and respected for his knowledge of law enforcement and in many instances they have asked for help from our detective division. As far as administrators withholding information so they can be king of the mountain" as Mr. Cranfill put it, is too ridiculous to even comment on, and in my opinion, is probably one reason why he is an It's too bad people like Mr. Cranfill sit One Bad Apple As I read the letter from Raymond II. Ring of Tucson (Forum, Dec. 18) describing his attempt to get his injured wife to a medical facility, I also felt the Utah Highway Patrol officers handling of the situation was callous and irresponsible. It was unfortunate, however, Mr. Ring chose to let his experience with one individual drag down his opinion of an entire state. ( I guess it is human nature to apply a' negative label to whole groups of people whether it be along state lines, the boundary of a country, religious U lief (or skin color, etc, Maybe some day this undesirable part of our nature will disappear In defense of the Utah Highway Patrol. I'm sure positive accounts of their actions far outweigh those such as Linda and Raymond Ring experienced ALAN D. CROFT Smithfield Expansion Not Needed Why should Foothill Village be allowed to expand when they refuse to upgrade the present village, clean up the garbage, reroute dangerous traffic and, in short, protect the neighborhood? There has been a lot of premature publicity geared to sway the public, to make them think their cause is lost. We, according to the staff study from planning and zoning, already are fully developed on the east side. If we need to buy something they don't have at Foothill, everything is within 10 to 15 minutes. We 1,842 residents do not want to trade our good area for a few more shops (twice as many). Our neighbors already are receiving reports that people will shop elsewhere entirely if the expansion goes through. Some already have quit shopping there. Neighborhood residents have supported the Village, some spending $1,000 a month for cleaning, groceries, drugs items, clothes, etc. Whether the Village thinks so or not it is the standby shoppers who go to the center for everything that makes it a success. J.P. CHRISTENSEN Lost a Friend This past week Utah wildlife supporters lost a great friend at the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. After 30 years of service, Doug Day has left the division. The reason for his departure obviously is a political one, since he has always taken pride in his work. He started out driving a truck and worked up to be director of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Even as director, he found time for law enforcement in the field, making arrests of wildlife abusers. Utah sportsmen have always looked up to Doug because of his strong commitment to our wildlife. He always has supported wildlife, even at the peril of his career. I say thanks to Doug Day. We look forward to Doug's continued work for our states wildlife. WILLIAM E. CHRISTENSEN The Way It Was Here are briefs from The Salt Lake une of 100, 50 and 25 years ago. Trib- December 26, 1885 Tickets are selling rapidly for the sacred concert to be given in the Walker Opera House Sunday evening, commencing at 8:30 oclock. December 26, 1935 We've got a new football player up at our house." With these words did Mickey Os Declining Presidency Race Good for Kennedy, Demos Universal Press Syndicate M. Kennedy decided the other day the press and the Republicans would not have him to kick around in 1988. By taking his name off the list of presidential contenders, Kennedy gave his party a gift and a problem. The gift is in the form of a favor. It is highly doubtful Kennedy could have carried the country for his party. His candidacy Sen. Edward would have divided the party and increased the likelihood of another defeat for the Dem- ocrats. wald greet The Tribune Sports department early Thursday afternoon. The Leopard mentor vouchsafed the opinion that the new arrival was just a little small for intensive activity right now, having appeared the first time bright and early Thursday morning. December 26, 1960 A traveling squad will represent Utah State University against New Mexico State University in the 26th annual Sun Bowl football game Dec. 31 at El Paso, Texas. The reason Kennedy could not have carried the country is simple. His political base is rooted in a narrow strip of America bounded on the north by the Charles River and on the south by the Potomac. It is also bordered on the west by Georgetown and on the east by the Atlantic. From such a limited base, no serious presidential candidacy can be launched. Wisely recognizing that fact, Kennedy chose to spare himself and his party the agony of proving the obvious. In so doing, Kennedy also laid bare the Tears From a Tough Old Football Star Cold Miami Opens Its Heart to Paralysis Victim, 19 By Howard Kleinberg Cox News Service MIAMI Miami opened its The moment was frozen in time. Nick Buoniconti was at the line for a Monday night football halftime ceremony on behalf of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. He finished with an obviously impromptu statement of appreciation and now was walking to the exit ramp leading under the stadium. ' He paused for a moment on the misty, dreary night. Then, using the heel of his hand, he wiped away the tears from the corner of each eye. cold, ruthless Miami has heart to the Buoniconti family. Miami Dolphin football fans rowdy and unsportsmanlike dug in and reached out for Marc Buoniconti, Nick and Terry's son who lies paralyzed in Jack-so- n Memorial Hospital from an injury suffered in October while playing football for The Citadel. For days prior to the game, Miamis media you know, the ones that bring you only the bad news opened their pages and airwaves to announcements that the game would be dedicated to Marc. Showing an American Express card, travelers check or travel brochure upon en Tallest Building Just rope, in a few hours. And the average living room is becoming an electronic wonderland. So what is the big deal about putting up a tall building, even if it's the worlds tallest building? We all know it can be done if somebody wants to invest the money. What made the Empire State Building so spectacular was not only that it was the tallest building in the world, but that it was so much taller than other buildings, including those near it in Manhattan. It towered above them. In effect, it stood alone. as tall as the early skyscrapers into outer space. If we can send skyscrapers toward But does anybody really care? Especially in an age when we shoot rockets that are of money for Trump, but since hes already got a lot of money, thats not important. My reaction to Trump's plan is short and simple: Who cares? If Trump had been around 75 years ago and said he was going to put up a 1,670-foo- t building, I guarantee that the world would have been in a tizzy. But today? If you have seen a 1.200 foot building, or a 1,400 foot building, what is so exciting about seeing a 1,600 foot building? It's like basketball centers. There was a time, a few decades ago, when a player who was a sensation. Now, they're all 7 was or feet tall. So whats the difference if it's It's just some gawky, gangly guy sucis ceeding in the only sport where being an advantage. If Trumps goal is anything more than profit, then he's wasting his time. The world isn't going to be impressed. The folks from Kansas are not going to come to see his 0 7-- 1 And it was an engineering marvel in an age when most people depended on a block of ice to keep their food cool, when cars had running boards and starter cranks, only a tiny percentage of Americans had ever been They just dont come to Chicago and gasp at the sight of the Sears Tower the way they did at the Empire State. Sure, its tall and impressive, I guess, If youre impressed by great height. But is it that much more imothpressive than the Hancock or any of the er L uildings that are almost as tall? And now, people dont wait for the iceman to cool their food. Their refrigerators burp out cubes without the freezer door being opened. Cars have computers that talk to us. People cross the country, or get to Eu Project Miami needs $1 million to fund basic research by the University of Miami-Jackso- n Memorial Medical Center for treatment of spinal cord injuries, and Miami was being asked to get the project rolling. Miami responded. By the thousands, Miamians flashed Isnt a Big Deal Chicago Tribune Service There was a time when the world's tallest building was a big deal. Tourists used to go to New York just to see the Empire State Building. They'd stand on the sidewalk and gawk, or ride up to the observation deck and look around and say, "Wow, Erma, you can almost see Kansas from here." aboard an airplane, and listening to the radio on Sunday night was a lively evening. There was a mystique to the Empire State that has been lacking in the the buildings that have since surpassed it. tering the stadium would result in American Express donating $1 to a project inspired by Terry Buoniconti and Dr. Barth Green of the University of Miami School of Medicine. were being sold in the stands Special with $4 of each shirt sale being donated to the project by U. S. Tobacco, of which Nick himself is president. the moon, what's the novelty of putting one on a street corner? I mention this because some people, most of them in New York, are getting excited about the plan of a tycoon named Donald Trump to build what will be the on some newest vacant land on the west side of Manhattan. real-estat- e Trump's building will be 1,670 feet high, which will make it 200 feet taller than the Sears Tower. Or a little more than 10 percent taller. This will accomplish two things: It will once again make Manhattan the home of the world's tallest building; and it will gratify Trump's ego. I assume it will also make a lot 1 building. For one thing, theyre afraid of being mugged. For another, Disney's amusement parks are a lot more fun. And my guess is that those w ho will come to sec Trump's building will react something like a hardheaded old friend of mine did the first time he saw the Eiffel Tower, which is the most overrated sight in the otherwise beautiful city of Paris. He stood at a distance staring at it for a long, silent minute. His companion finally said: "Well, what do you think?" He shrugged and said: "Well, I'd sure hate to have to paint the damn thing." ) American Express cards and such at the entrance gate. (I whirled around and went past the counting lady twice.) By the thousands, Miamians bought the many using them to protect their heads from the rain. American Express and U.S. Tobacco went beyond their announced agreement when, at halftime, they presented checks for more than $75,000 each $1 for every seat in to Dr. Green, a neurosurgeon. the stadium Meanwhile, other Miamians were phoning in $26,000 worth of pledges to numbers flashed by TV stations. Another $94,000 in pledges was received Monday. And that says nothing about sales and other contributions. The result: Almost one third of the money raised in the first week. $300,000 That's why Nick Buoniconti was brushing away the tears. The ceremony had ended and Nick was walking away when suddenly he turned and grabbed the field microphone again. With a cracking voice he told the crowd that he played on the greatest team in the history of the undefeated 1972 professional football and that he also played for the Dolphins greatest people, in the greatest city, before the greatest fans. The Buoniconti tragedy is paralysis one that happens often in this country of automobiles and strenuous sports high-spee- d Howard Kleinberg is the editor of The Miami A c u s. events. But this particular tragedy, involving the son of a well known sports hero, has been a catalyst to raise interest and dollars for research on treatment of paralyzing injuries. in Fans, usually hoopla and beer sales, seemed to be streaming into the stadium Monday night seeking out the credit card checkers and sales persons. It was a Miami quite different from that usually portrayed on national television ami in magazines. Our feeling for the Buonicontis and others who suffer from the same agony should not be considered a part of the "Love Us In Miam," hype; this is personal. The Miami Dolphins won the ball game; Dolphins fans won the day. And people such as Marc Buoniconti, I hope, will win in the long run. pre-gam- e great, weak underbelly of the Democratic Early. as we head into political high gear in 1986. Simply put, it is a party with no program. Worse, it is a party that has managed to make its conscience its greatest liability. This is so because it has lost any clear sense of how to deliver on its promise to be the party of all the people, including the unfortunate. reA few weeks ago, the Democrats vealed the party had just conducted a national survey to determine the political viability of its theme of fairness. You probably thought that survey had been conducted. I did. I thought it was the 1984 presidential election. The 1985 survey results gave the Democrats theme about the same endorsement the voters gave it the year before. The party is now in a state of agonizing reappraisal. Some stalwarts, having heard the news of the survey, declared they would not abandon the poor. Others sounded a little less committed as they contemplate the hastening hooves of November. If any leader of the party has deigned to address the problems of the poor with fresh insight, that fact has so far failed to come to light. Fairness" has become synonymous in the minds of many voters with "giving something to the other guy." So says the survey. Thus far, no one in the Democratic Party leadership has figured out how to talk to the American people about wise social investments to increase citizen productivity. From here to 2000 and beyond, that is the cutting-edg- e social issue facing the American public. Instead of talking in the tired cliche terms of fairness, the Democrats would do far more for the disadvantaged and everyone else by changing the terms of the debate. The most significant social question facing the nation over the next two decades will be how to turn citizens into taxpaying citizens. Our society cannot afford a permanent underclass. That is socially dangerous and economically calamitous. Ronald Reagan is the last American president who will be able to avoid the hard questions posed by the growing phenomenon of impoverished children, mostly born of other children, in the United States. Future presidents, and presidential candidates, will be forced to face the calculus of the underclass. One child in five under age 18 lives in poverty, 15 million children in all. Their ranks have swollen by 33 percent just since 1970. Allowed to swell unabated and unaddressed, that group could be half the nations children by 2000. In small ways, some states have begun to develop effective programs to help their citizens move from the underclass to the mainstream. Interestingly enough, one of the most effective of those programs is in Ted Kennedys state of Massachusetts. ET, as the Massachusetts program is called, helps unskilled women on welfare move into entry-levpositions in the private sector. Program graduates earn an average of $10,000 a year, on which they pay $1,200 a year in taxes each. In two years, the program has saved the state $22 million in welfare payments. The Massachusetts program barely scratches the surface of the challenge and demonstrates the opportunity. From a national standpoint, its principal benefit is in showing something can be done. We need not sit and wring our hands and watch this underclass spiral out of control. Too bad the Democrats have no leaders who want to put together programs that address access to the productive mainstream instead of more lip service to the poor about "fairness." Investments in education and training will yield large citizen productivity benefits. That, I think, the Democrats could sell to the voters. By the time they figure it out, the Republicans might have beaten them to it. Unless somebody in politics and government figures out a real agenda for dealing with this issue, we are headed for big and untrouble. necessary welfare-consumin- g Srnator Soaper The difference between the year's first snowfa'i and the last is that you know which is the first. 1 |
