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Show Politically Speaking By JOHN COItLETT Idaho Statesman Political Editor The Congrssional Quarterly, a service utilized by newspapers and governmental officials reported last week that some prominent politicians and some political scientists see the withering of the two major political parties. It was nearly 10 years ago that I began writing about the demise of the political It was my thesis parties. that (be rise of personalities in the election system would ultimately eliminate the political party organizations. I see no reason to change my mind. I said years ago that the political would remain as symbols, but that the organizations of the personalities would supplant the organization of the par-- , ties. I never did predict when the changeover finally would be complete and I am not about to do so now. There has been no change in conditions in the lapse of the 10 years in Idaho. The discipline in both parties has grown weaker. The state chairmen of the two parties are without power and function in name only in conducting of general election campaigns, which is their major job in the party process. The Republican party ora ganization is a heirarchy closed structure. The Democratic party organization simply is weak from a period of not having a man in the governors chair. But it is not yet closed. But both parties attract only a few to their organiza tion and have difficulty appealing to the rank and file. The polls show that the young people of the nation distrust the party structure; that the great majority of them prefer to work for candidates the personalities rather than the party. Walter DeVries, a political the science, professor-a- t versity of Michigan and former administrative assistant to George Romney when he was governor of Michigan, is by Congressional quoted Quarterly as saying: I believe we are experiencing the continued disintey sysgration of the tem as we have known it. Some argue that if the trend continues, the Republican and Democratic parties may be completely removed as major variables that shape American voting behavior." DeVries puts It better than I have, and he notes the trend toward ticket splitting and calls fills the new third force in American politics." third (Use of file term force in this instance is confusing. I always thought the third force was represented by the power or lack of power of the governors in the political system). A political consulting firm in Washington, D. C., Lynn Associates, said in an interview in the Washington Post, as quoted by CQ, that major elections today are won on images. Images are all important because the parties have declined in influence and it has become fashionable to parties 24-ye- ar two-part- WHAT NO-RIS- K I INVESTMENT? Yes, new plan offers matching fund security. Logan Distributing Company, a national automatic merchandising firm in the $5 billion convenience products field, uses fresh approach to d products. market Offers: Vend-A-Ventu- re pre-sol- Vend-A-Ventu- re Guaranteed investment purchase. 2. Investor participation amounts from $500 to 1. $5,000. 1 No overhead encumbrance. 4. Advantage of your own cash business. Real profits based on nation-wid- e cooperative program. For details write: 5. LOGAN DISTRIBUTING CO. East Second South Salt Lake City, Utah r!i vote for a man instead of a party. VOL. IX When I wrote my initial piece on the demise of the political parties I did not even mention the impact of television. But television and imagery go hand in hand. Then there is Lawrence F. OBrien, new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, moaning that the Republicans can spend nearly $50 million in the 1972 presidential campaign and the Democrats will be lucky to have $10 million. Is that a system, said OBrien in the New York Times. It is just impossible. But OBrien is yelling before he is hurt The 1970 could change the And events could outlook. turn everything around. But you can be sure that the images and the perwiil be what sonalities counts in the 1972 presidential election and not the Republican and Democratic parties, "hoiHh tW wHl be the medium through which funds will be funneled to the candidates. NO. By PAUL HARVEY Anything man can imagine he can invent Historically science fiction has bjcome fact science in 10 years. If we can prove statement, we this can know what life will 10 be like sacrament Speakers meeting Sunday evening were Dennis Martin and Howard and Alan Taylor. Bishop dexplained the Indian Placement Program. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher McDermott and family went to Logan Monday shopping . Mrs. Roy Perkins brought her husband home from the hospital in Salt Lake City where he had spent the past two weeks after surgery. William-Winwar- for file 11th Annual Idaho Businessman of the Planning Year banquet are members of the Idaho State University Delta Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi national professional business fraternity which chose Ralph J. Comstock, Jr., Boise, for the honor of Bus nessman of the Year 1969. Hie banquet will begin at 8 pm. Maq 2, in file Bannock Hotel in Pocatello with George Stoddard Eccles, Salt Lake City, president, general manager and director of the First Security Corporation, as the featured speaker. From left in the photo are Dr. James M. BANQUET PLANS of the ISU College of Business; LeGrande N. McGregor, Thatcher, banKefiy, De-fquet chairman; and Leon Wright, Murtauifh, who win be master of ceremonies at the banquet. n i Ward MIA Reorganized Sunday CLIFTON In sacrament meeting Sunday night, Mrs. Carl Jackson was releaesed from the MIA. Sustained were Mrs. Dennis Ralphs as president with Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Don Westover, counselors, and Mrs. Wanda Cox, Soeakers were organist. Linda Cox, Mrs. Dean Lewis, Mrs. Henry Hatch, Carl Jack-so- n and Jesse Wheiler, high councilor from Preston. The choir sang a special number. Mr. and Mrs. Joel Peterson of Twin Falls were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Povey. Pres. Carl Martensen attended general conference in Salt Lake City over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bailey drove to Salt Lake City Friday morning to visit their son, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bailey and family, and to meet her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Terry and family of Las Vegas, who were in Salt Lake for conference. They also visitetd a niece, Mr. and Mrs. Kay Petersen. They vis ited until Sunday and enroute home visited in Layton with their son Steven and Betty and in Taylor with their son Eldon and wife and girls. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bailey drove to Logan Friday evening to attend the wedding and reception of a nephew. They met other members of the Andersen family and visited with them. The nephew was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Andersen of Smithfield. Mr. and Mrs. Joe McGrath of Pocatello visited from Saturday until Monday morning with her folks, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Povey. Visiting Sunday were his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Povey of Sunset Mr. and Mrs. Zed Griffiths of liberty spent Saturday with their folks, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Povey. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Viehweg went to Salt Lake City over the weekend to attend the from We can LETS TOD F0HGET AIL prove it The evolution of man learning to fly has spanned only 66 years from Kitty Hawk to the moon! Its been just 42 years since Lindberghs first solo transatlantic flight. Today a jetliner carries an at average 100 passengers 30,000 feet above the weather, at 600 miles an hour. And such flights now cross the ocean once every eight minutes. With each new development in the Age. sciencefiction had writers raced on ahead to anticipate whats next by about one decade. As early as 1925 the biplane no longer made sense. It was heavier and slower than single-win- g aircraft. The cantilevered, internally braced monoplane wing on a steel tube fuselage was more efficient but you could see the single-win- g plane only in e-fiction, while aircraft builders and buyers stubbornly resisted the inevitable improvement. Then Charles Lindbergh, with his Spirit of St. Louis and Henry Ford with his tin ers goose broke the followed and by 1945 there was hardly a biplane in the air, either civilian or miliAir-Spa- Mrs. Robert Halverson of Roy and Colleen and her fiance, Reed Gunderson, of Logan. Mrs. Fisher McDermott went to Preston Saturday afternoon to attend a clothing party at her daughters, Mrs. Brent Wheeler. Refreshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. Merwin Martin enjoyed a visit from their son Eugene Saturday and Sunday. He is working in Pocatello. Mrs. Belva Evolution, at its most accelerated pace, is agonizingly gradual for the visionary. For example, it made no sense at all far industry to waste money and time developing and marketing an intermediate prop-je- t. Aviation writers were ready for the era of jet flight 10 years before the manufacturers and the public were. As early as 1937, science-fictio- n illustrators were sketrocket planes.' ching It was 10 years later Ocbefore Chuck tober, 1947 Yeager strapped one of these flying blowtorches onto his britches and flew through the sound barrier into the era of supersonic flight. Now, what next? Aviation pioneer Grover Loening says again, inevitably, aviation is lagging behind where it could be by 10 years. We are proceeding with the development of bigger airports with longer runways farther from town. But just as the dreamers rushed on ahead of the doers to accept each earlier inno O AUTOMATIC vation, the pages of science-fictio- n publications today, at the dawn of 1970, are showing you a graphic picture of your future in 1980: Airplanes are taking off and landing straight up and down, minimizing air traffic congestion, reducing most hazards to nil, bringing air transport back downtown where it belongs. This is the inevitable future. equally inevitably, we will spend most of the next decade sitting on a nest of stale eggs. But For Your Information' Dear Friends, I ( scienc- Porter enjoyed a visit over the weekend with her grandson, Mr. and Mrs. Creg Keller, and Saturday with her son, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn' Porter of Layton. Mr. and Mrs. John Porter had their daughter Louise at home for the weekend. She is going to school at Ricks. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gall- tary. Meanwhile, the dreamers ey had their son John home for the weekend from Ricks had again rushed on ahead to College. anticipate flying boats. funeral of a brother-in-laBy the time amphibious airThe West Side children enSaturday. joyed a couple of days of va- craft were a reality, mans Mr. and Mrs. Lew McDer- cation from school. They imagination bad reached into mott enjoyed a visit from two were out Thursday night and the future of helicopters and daughters Sunday, Mr. and went back Tuesday morning. jet engines. The Automatic O years Mr. Harvey today. CLUBS in Lewiston, Utah litfj Science Fiction Becomes Fact ns CLIFTON BRIEFS 16, Panl Harvey two-par- ty The Social Belles held their club April 2 with Sharon Hendricks as hostess. After a short business meeting everyone went to Pop n Pins Lanes for an evening of fun. Members present were Sharon Hendricks, Angela Phillips, Lazetta E c k, Helen Greene, Diane Greene, Bonnie Burbank, Chris Phillips, Donna Turnbow and Louise Roberts. 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