Show - - -- t t'l t ti t 11 Li $ The Salt Lake 'Tribune 4 COMIENTARY 9 The Public Forum Drawn and Quartered Tribune Readers' Opinions Symphony Pride :1 : I I 1 - A7 Saturday September 25 1993 I am not a sports fan nevertheless I respect most of those who are I support sports programs and help pay for their facilities All of us walk taller and feel prouder when our athletes do well Noteworthy endeavors of many kinds — academic scientific industrial artistic musical environmental civic — can be sources of pride to all These can merit our support even though any specified one may not be our "cup of tea" This is especially true with reference to the Utah Symphony which over the years has attained world-clas- s status bringing wide to this area The symrecognition phony provides timeless music — music which expresses the scope of human emotion and history adding beauty and pleasure to our lives The symphony helps make this community a fine place in which toli thus doing its part to encourage new residents and enterprises and promote a broad base - Where to Write When submitting letters to the Public Forum please include your full name signature address and daytime telephone numbers Information other than your name will be kept confidential Preference is given to original letters of 300 words or less that are typewritten and permit publication of the writer's true name (Names may be withheld for good reason) All letters are subject to editing Mail to Public Forum The Salt Lake Tribune PO Box 867 Salt Lake City Utah 84110 double-- spaced of goods and services Symphony patrons pay handsomely for tickets yet ticket sales cover only part of the expense In my judgment the Utah Symphony is a valuable — even priceless — community asset which benefits all of us and deserves full Regarding Iderridy Ayer's Common Carrier article Sept 12 1 right on target I The recent tax increase in Salt Lake County is a case in point I know of a piece of property in the county used as an orchard that recently increased in assessed value from $89220 to $197600 for an increase in taxes of $1825 Given the time effort and expense involved in growing produce its just not cost effective ' ' a- -' j Pt At N iie ' -- - - ( " 4 1 - egpe 'c or kCCORIXN6 To Tri - - k t'41'' 1 -- I am writing in response to a that 1 contained harmful and inaccurate information about Prozac (fluoxetine hydrochloride Dista) This type of disinformation concerns us as well as physicians patients mental health organizations and others mulations have been approved in countries throughout the world During the past four years however Prozac has faced a ruthless smear campaign run by the Church of Scientology largely through its disingenuously named front group the Citizens' Commission on Human Rights c hoax (CUM) This unlike anything ever seen in the health care industry has long been discredited by the FDA independent medical authorities the scientific community and various major news media sources including such responsible journalists as those at The Wall Street Journal "60 Minutes" The Louisville Courier-Journa-l and others Beginning in 1989 the Church of Scientology has focused its vendetta against psychiatry and the medical treatment of mental illness on the widely prescribed antidepressant Prozac This cult has repeatedly misrepresented the scientific data and clinical experience with Prozac thereby discouraging people anti-Proza- The experience indicating the effectiveness and safety of Prozac in the treatment of a medical illness clinical depression is extensive Since its discovery in 1972 fluoxetine has become one of the world's most studied medicines It is widely accepted as safe and effective by regulatory agencies and physicians in more than 63 countries More than 32000 patients have participated in fluoxetine clinical trials and it has been used by nearly 10 million people worldwide More than 3000 scientific papers addressing Prozac's safety and usefulness have been published and that safety and usefulness have been restated time and time again as new uses and for DAIT 5 "WE Our VESA long-standin- DEL!liTEAPIT IC 14" Color SVGA 4 HEP414 rktRY I - ' 1 ' rr4z -) 1 I GET To Pg? 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