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Show t iv WOT! NON-CIRCULATIN- G MM SOUTH SALT LAKE Sem70 Volume or Lais U J of . "alt n Dept, Library Lake IN The Center Of Industry FEB South Salt Lake Thursday, February 20, 1969 1' VS Yl Utah City, 04112 21 egjlS-ORDEEi?- M Lions Club Honors Charter Members The South Salt Lake Lions Club held its annual Charter Night Banquet at Harmon's Cafe on South State Street Thursday night. Victor Bess, Duane Fuller, and Carl Olson all charter members were present. Two new members, Harry Okubo and Arthur Lippman, were initiated into the club and received a warm welcome. Senator Wilmer Barnett and his wife were guests of honor and Sen. Barnett was guest speaker. He reviewed legislation being studied in the Senate and told how important it was for members of the Lions Club and all service clubs to involve themselves in the pro- cess of government if we are to preserve liberty and freedom in America. Sen. Barnett also said that public apathy was greatly responsible for crime and that the use of narcotics and dangerous drugs would continue until the citizens were aroused and did something about it. Legislation can only give us beto work with, Sen. Barnett told the Lions. The people must take an active part and help keep our schools and homes and communities free from violence and crime. tter tools Utah Press Opposes SOUTH SALT LAKE LIONS Club welcomed two new members Harry Okubo and Arthur Lippman, above, in special ceremony. Honored guests at Charter Night Banquet were Carl L. Olsen, Duane Fuller and Victor Bess, below, charter members of the Club Sen. Wilmer Barnett was keynote speaker at meeting. Vi"-- Official Notices vj p the bill, terms this ambiguity" Following is the text of a telegram sent to Utah, legislators by the Utah of requirements the most repreBroadcasters Association: hensible part of S.B. 4. It is amazing that in this era of The requirements for printing efficient and rapid communication, legal notices in newspapers are there are those who would deny the rigidly fixed and carefully adhered to even to the size type which must rights of people to be better informed. be used," Mr. Owens said. This S. B. 4, Official Notices, opens bill leaves everything up to the disthe way for public officials to use cretion of the public official, and broadcasting to tell the people about the 'important official notices' menimportant notices but only if the tioned by the UBA could be aired in official wants to. S.B. 4 does not the early morning hours when almost require that broadcasting be used. no one was listening and still conIt does not specify how mahy times form to the law. an alert should be broadcast. Newspapers have provided an The bill was written specifically efficient and effective bulletin board to allow the public official to have for the posting of public notices, and full opticm not only to decide whether have in addition devoted thousands to use broadcast, but how much. of inches of editorial space to exCan it be that some newspapers plain and elaborate on these notices. would like to prevent the fhll expoThe broadcast industry has neisure of important official notices ther the facilities, nor the air time simply because they might lose a to do the job of Utahs community little money?" newspapers in providing 'full exposure of Important official notices."' Gordon P. Owens, Jr., Executive Secretary of the Utah State Press Association, which opposes Legislative By Senator C. Earl Alsop The controversial Senate Bill 102 on fluoridation went down to defeat. Monday by a vote of 20-- 7. No doubt the opponents of this bill will be pleased with the action of the Senate. However, the people should now attempt to study the va- lues that might accrue from the use of fluoridation, and reali; e that the propaganda distributed against the use of fluorides might be only partly correct. It is a known fact that too little information on either side is available for people to make a perfect decision as to its value. Senator Richard Call made an exceptionally good presentation. His precise statement that the people have not used fluoridation long enough to know of its beneficial qualities and that some day it will be used more extensively throughout the United States, was impressive to many legislators. We congratulate him for presenting such a forthright argument. Before adjournment Monday the Senate placed all bills on second reading calendar! This action places many good bills in jeopardy for handling this session. It is. hoped that needed legislation will come out of sifting and given preference over mediocre bills chi the calendar. This week the Appropriation committee will endeavor to put together the final draft of the bill to meet the financial needs of the state for the next fiscal year. Subcommittee reports will be studied, then this Herculean task will commence in earnest under the of Senator Wallace Gardner. It is certain that the projected budget of the various units of government cannot be met without greatly increasing the tax load. The Legislature is hopeful that the pertinent needs of the state can be met with a limited increase in the tax structure. Some new taxes are inevitable, regardless of opposition to the contrary. di-rect- ion Senate Bill 116 on abortion and 117 sterilization remain on the table as of this date. It is doubtful they will receive further consideration at this session. on Bill EDITORIAL Help Our Police America is facing its gratest challenge. Peace, liberty and freedom under the Constitution is being tested to the breaking point. Only eternal vigilance and an aroused citizenry will avert disaster. The peace officer is our greatest source of safety from violence, personal and public property losses. Experts in crime analysis state that crime in the United States costs over one billion dollars each year. At no time in our history has respect for law and order and consideration for our police officers been at such a low ebb. They are accused of brutality, false arrests and called by thier enemies. Yet every minute of every day they are in imminent danger of life and limb, and subjected to abuse and riducule by some Most of these officers have received exsupposedly good citizens. in tensive training criminology procedures and good law enforcement to help them to do a better job. Utah has a greater share of the best men for this kind of work. . cry-babi- es Sometime soon, somehow, we must raise the standard of respect and consideration due these men, and assist whereever and whenever possible to lighten their load and adequately compensate them for their services. Otherwise we will continue to lose good men to cities willing to pay the price for good policemen. The innocent victim always gets the worst of it. We have no positive restitution law. The murderer cannot replace a life; the rapist cannot replace virtue; the bank bandit doesn't replace all the money; the thief seldom returns the stolen goods. These and other situations in our society are all the more reason why we must rely on our peace officers for protection and security. All the more reason we must honor them in their office and responsibility. A program initiated in Chicago April 13, 1964 called Crime-Ste- p has resulted in better law enforcement and reduced crime in many areas. There are 900,000 persons now involved in this program. More than 8,000 arrests and convictions have been made because the people lend their eyes and ears to the program of halting crime, writing or calling police when the observe things which might lead to crime. The three police chiefs of Topeka, Kansas; Springfield, Illinois; and Chicago, Illinois say churches have stepped aside in the face of this new morality." They urge that churches renew their efforts and encourage their membership and public generally to obey the law and increase their spirituality. Otherwise, we will continue to lose ground in the fight against crime. are APPEARING IN SUPPORT OF H.B. 141 before the Utah Senate, Bea PTA Mrs. Wasatch 1. to r., Mrs. Nola Libbert, Granite, Council, Malarf, and Mrs. Lila Bjorklund, of Utah Congress of PTA. Study Group Sponsors Lecture The Community Study Group will present a most interesting and informative lecture entitled You, Your Church and the Constitution' by Herbert Ludwig, Friday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Granite Park Stake Center. Mr. Ludwig warns that today, is the day, not tomorrow, but today, that our inspired Constitution hangs by a thread." Of the Constitution and the theat to' it, President David O. McKay has said: In this connection, we are continually being asked to give our opinion concerning various patriotic groups whcr are ffghtmg Communism and speaking up for freedom. Our immediate concern, however, is not with parties, groups, or persons, but with principles. We therefore commend and encourage every person and every group who is sincerely seeking to study Constitutional principles, and awaken a sleeping and apathetic people to the alarming conditions that are rapidly advancing about us. We wish all of our citizens throughout the land were participating in some type of organized in order that they could better appreciate what is happening and know what they can do about it." self-educati- on |