Show r Logan Utah Sunday May 3 By h a principle is really worth the fort We think it is Lois Moser Logan increase at this time It has been stated that one reason for the election is to determine if Logan will fully support their schools and whether the district must budget for one austere year or for austerity on a more permanent basis No special election is needed to obtain this information The board already has its answers If the board really feels it needs 200 additional mills — over and above all other anticipated increases — I believe it should schedule the tax election ef- Housing To the Editor: The Associated Press reported Tuesday that Cache County Commissioner Charles Shelton said he’s not sure a need exists for a housing authority in this county That’s OK I’m not sure how many paint chips the baby ate Stephen Sheehan Logan in conjunction with the Amnesty group November municipal election when it will be able to obtain a more representative and unbiased decision from the voters To the Logan A principle Editor: Prize International organization To the Editor: of Amnesty International (AI) This year's race was a special event tribute to the 20th year anniversary of AI On May 28 1961 an article by a London lawyer Peter Benenson appeared in the For all the people in our valley wondering about what is happening with the Moser versus Logan City case let me clarify a few things First Mayor Walter Nickel did not inherit this law suit only the allegation that there would be one if the city did not take action to bring the Mickelson apartment complex into compliance There was a 13 month waiting period before we received the Writ of Mandamus against the city The city then appealed the court's decision which took another 8 months The appeal was denied During this period the city changed the Land Use Ordinance on open space requirements to try to fit this building Mr Mickelson then applied for a variance City Planner Mark Brenchley put up quite an British newspaper the Observer Benenson’s appeal began: “Open your newspaper any day of the week and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government There are several million such people in prison — by no means all of them behind the Iron or Bamboo Curtains — and their numbers are growing” Benenson’s article appeared in translation in many other countries It produced a dramatic heartening response Since 1961 AI has continued to grow There are now more than 2500 AI groups in 40 countries argument in favor of the variance The variance was denied Four more months passed before we went back to court The Judge ruled to use parts of the 1976 ordinance and the new revised 1980 ordinance Still they could not come up with enough open space unless the bed of the canal was used on the condition that Mr Mickelson could obtain a perpetual easement reimburse us $300000 for partial payment of attorney fees and pay for 44 feet of retaining wall in the canal (Because of his retaining wall our side of the bank was washing away) A perpetual easement has not been granted After all this the city has not taken any action to uphold the court's order We had no choice but to file a contempt charge against the city and place a lien on the apartment building Is this a just handling of a mistake made by the city? Should we (any of us) have to put out four years of our time and thousands of dollars to compel the Mayor to enforce city or- working year round for prisoners of conscience whom they have “adopted” An Urgent Action Network organized to act swiftly for prisoners threatened with imminent torture or death also operates worldwide Last year alone the network launched appeals on behalf of 248 prisoners in 56 countries sending ' telegrams and letters to government and prison officials The Logan Campus Network Group of Amnesty Interna-tionalUS- A meets regularly mice a month at the Newman Center to write letters on behalf of Urgent Action prisoners of conscience On March 24 the anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador the Logan AI group helped Saint Jerome's Parish organize a commerative Latin American dinner in memory of Archbishop Romero who was shot at mass in San Salvador last year Urgent Action letters were signed by over 40 people at the dinner Anyone interested in the work of Amnesty International may call dinances? This is not an isolated case But the time money and the trauma it creates in our lives makes one wonder if believing in 753-17- Becky Templin Logan Washington WASHINGTON — A House committee has been seeking information — and headlines — by investigating drug use by Hollywood celebrities The congressmen might better spend their efforts looking into the huge influx of heroin that the Mafia is pouring into the East Coast Until recently the Mob had kept a low profile after the disruption caused by the notorious “French Connection” and the competition from Asia But now the situation has changed — back to the old Sicilian route for importation of hard drugs into the United States The dope is funneled from Southwest Asia into this country by way of Sicily “In the early 1970s we didn't see the broad-base- d involvement of all the (Mafia) families” the FBI’s organized-crim- e boss Sean McWeeney told my associate Tony Capaccio “Now they're into it up to their non-Maf- merry-go-roun- d pertise for the Southwest Asian opium their crime brothers in this country take care of the distribution As the secret DEA report notes “Several organized crime members trafficking in heroin between Sicily and the US are some of the same individuals who were involved in the heroin traffic of the ia 1960s and early 1970s” More than 50 kilograms of heroin have been seized at Kennedy International Airport in New York since December 1977 “This heroin was under the control of United States and Italian organized crime figures” the DEA report states One of those arrested last year in connection Italian-America- ns Emanuele Adamita The Sicilians provide the processing with three heroin-conversio- mid-197- ex- - The first skyscraper is now a pigeon roost standing 400 feet high on the plains of Birs Nimrud Iraq “And they said Go to let us build us a y and a tower whose top may reach unto WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Reagan rejects any suggestion that Americans are living in a “sick society” despite the recent attempt on his life The President has done a heap of living and undoubtedly truly feels that way as he makes a steady recovery from a bullet wound inflicted by a gunman on a Washington figures died at the hands of gunmen and last year in office Unless the deed is done the countless threats kept in the files of the Secret Ser- civil rights leader Martin Luther King vice do not come to light But at times history shows aspirants to the public stage take their lives in their hands President Jimmy Carter had 5300 threats against him during his Presidents pause and first families some cause for worry when they are made aware of the dangers to their security The constant ex -- President John Kennedy his brother Robert Kennedy Jr As they have given the prominence and recogni- posure tion factor make public figures easier prey today for those who would do them harm Each new tragic incident causes more soul searching on ways to protect national leaders and at the same time permit them to 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result quite simply of the enormous profit involved The Mob has been able to recoup after the imprisonment of many Mafiosi for dope trafficking in the The family ties between Sicily and the United States were crucial in the drug trade and regaining control from freelancers SATURDAY NIGHT DEAD: In the after-mat- h of the assassination attempt on President Reagan at least 10 bills have been introduced in Congress to plus the loophole in the 1968 Handgun Control Act that allows unfettered importation of pistol parts for the assembly in this country as Saturday Night Specials The gun used to shoot the president is a classic example of how the loophole has been abused to provide cheap handguns whose on According to a secret Drug Enforcement Administration report all five Mafia crime families in the New York area are involved in the heroin traffic that used to be the almost exclusive province of the Vito Genovese and Thomas Lucchese families “US buyers of heroin are predominantly in the New York City area who in turn supply various distribution networks along the East Coast” states the DEA report Two of four Sicilian groups identified by DEA and Justice Department intelligence operations — the Badalamenti and Scaduto factions — are connected by marriage to several New York crime families The biggest bust involving organized crime was the seizure of 406 kilograms of heroin in Milan Italy on March 31 1980 The shipment which had a street value of $10 million was on its way to the United States Among those arrested on this side of the ocean were two cousins of the late crime boss Carlo Gambino and reputed Mob figure Thoughts Sitting under one’s “vine and fig tree” indicates safety and contentment “But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree and none shall make them afraid” — 33 Jack Anderson ears” he said The Logan Campus Network Group of Amnesty International USA sponsored the second annual Run for Human Rights Saturday Proceeds from the race will go towards the human rights work of the Nobel Peace Phyllis R Snow The Herald Journal Drug probes aimed at wrong people Letters to the editor (Continued from page 32) plant Local businesses and homeowners cannot afford a tax 1981 Major Appliances has other Radaranges at closeout prices too Save up to 150 on select models You can buy Mom microwave accessories for up to 50 off during our Amana sale too ly conceivable function is to kill or maim human beings It was assembled from imported parts of R G Industries of Miami This company along with three other gun makers imported more than half of the $4 million worth of handgun parts imported during the first half of 1979 And the company's own figures make it clear that the bulk of its production revolvers has been cheap Between June 1976 and June 1977 for example RG Industries produced 68000 Saturday Night Specials and only about 5000 other pistols In the first three months of 1979 R G assembled 27143 revolvers The company's total production of revolvers was 37445 during that three-monperiod Traffic in Saturday Night Specials was booming For the first three months of last handyear RG’s production for guns totaled 37333 — almost a 40 percent iner th er crease Incredibly the government encouraged the production of cheap handguns a few years ago when it quietly lowered the tariff on imported gun parts WATCH ON WASTE: Two years ago the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had a bright idea: To cut costs training sessions for regional offices were to be put on tape cassettes instead of being delivered in person by experts from Washington The commission invested $350000 in audio-visuequipment for the boondocks But inspectors discovered recently that much of the expensive equipment was still sitting in its original crates It seems the cassettes have yet to be delivered A commission official said they would arrive soon al United Feature Syndicate |