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Show Dixie College, St. George Utah Volume XXVIlI-Numb- February 13. 1987 9 er Over 2,000 rally at NTS to protest nuclear arms Brad Fullmer SUN The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything, save our modes of thinking, and thus we drift towards Albert unparalleled destruction. Einstein It all started in the of 1945, when several top scientists from around the world got together in a desert of New Mexico, and created the first nuclear weapon. Since that time, the development of nuclear arms has escalated to the point w here they now have the capability of destroying not only certain areas of the world, but every living thing on the planet. On February 4th and 5th, the largest nuclear test ban group ever, led by scientistauthor Carl Sagan, and his wife Ann Druyan, gathered together at the Nevada Test Site in Mercury, Nevada to voice their dissaproval over the United States first nuclear test of 1987. The test broke an unilateral testing moratorium with the Soviet Union, and prompted Russia to resume testing of their own. There were some ,500 people pre1 activities on Wednesday, February 4th, and a at the test record crowd of 2,000-plu- s site the following morning. Included among the gathering were members of sent for the pre-rall- y the American Peace Test, Greenpeace, actors Robert Blake, Martin Sheen, and Kris Kristopherson, and six members of Congress as well. The main purpose of the event was to try and stop the test from getting underway, but the government decided to move the test ahead two days, in hopes of defeating the activists. Instead, it simply made the group even more outraged. I think the presidents pushing this test two days forward, when the American people didnt want him to test, the Congress didnt want him to test, and when the world didnt want him to test, was the worst exercise in arrogance of power that I have seen in a long time, stated senior member of the House of Representatives Pat Schroder at the test site Thursday morning. The protest began Wednesday after- noon with a training for peacekeepers, and was followed by a press conference, and a public address by Sagan at the Hacienda Hotel in Las Vegas. Sagan, along with Druyan and several other speakers, brought up several interesting issues concerning nuclear arms. Sagan, who is the author of Cosmos, and a professor at Cornell University, began his speech by talking about how easily a nuclear accident could happen. Last year was the year of Challenger and Chernoyble, spectacular failures of high technology ac- MERCURY, Nev. A record crowd of over 2,000 tivists gathered at the Nevada Test Site on Feb. 5th to protest the first nuclear test of 1987, The test, which was performed on systems of which enormous amounts of national prestige had been inhe stated. vested, A year before the Chernoyble disaster, a Soviet ministry official said, with particular attention to the nuclear power plant, that the average time youd have to wait for a catastrophic continued on page 4 D.C. Theatre presents Oliver AX T 'rt 1 Young Oliver, played by Jeremy Grim- shaw (left) diverts the attention of Mr. Brownlow, played by Brett Bullough (center), as the Artful Dodger, played by Dave Maughn (right), picks Brownlow s pocket. terior of an orphans workhouse. The time setting is the midnineteenth century; the place is Victorian London. Among the hungry looking faces sitting around the dinner table is young Oliver Twist. The boys sing and talk of Food Glorious Food and they know better than to ask for more, except for Oliver, played by continued on page The first annual Dixie Secession, the biggest celebration in the history of Southern Utah, will take place March 13 and 14 in St. George. The two-da- y celebration, a joint effort by the City of St. George, the St. two days of fun for everyone The next performance of the Dixie Theater will be'Oliver. Oliver Twist was written by, Charles Dickens. The story was about abused children and was adapted for the theater by Lionel Bart in the early 1960s. The play opens in the sinister in- 2 unilateral testing moratorium with Southern Utah to secede from Union on March 13th and 14th George area Chamber of Commerce, Dixie College, and the Washington County School District, will feature Denna Humphreys SUN Staff Writer L Feb 3rd, broke an the Soviet Union, statewide. St. George will secede from the state that weekend and invite northerners to join the gala by seceding from the cold, the fog, the phone, the traffic, or as one mother said, the kids. Included in the festivities are a Southern State Fair and barbecue, and auction, a special Dixie Secession golf long tournament with contests, drive, and and a Southern Ball, the likes of which have never been seen in this part of the stale. The Ball will be reminiscent of those in the deep South complete with ice sculptures, a floor show, rides in and music played by Crestmark Orchestra, featuring the Glenn Miller Sound and the best of the big band era. a surrey, Lon Henderson, chairman of the Secession, says the celebration will have something for everyone. Several other major events will coincide with the Dixie Secession. On March 13 at 6:00 p.m.,the new Dixie College president, Dr. Douglas Alder, will be inaugurated. Later that evening Mel Tillis and Dottie West will perform in concert at the Dixie Center. On Saturday March 14 at 3:00 p.m., the beautiful new Dixie Center, the cultural, educational, convention, and recreational center of Southern Utah, will be dedicated. It will be a gala not soon forgotten. IN THIS ISSUE OF THE SUN |