Show The Herald Journal Covering Bridgerland - Northern Utah And Southern Idaho Vol 72 No 107 Logan Utah Tuesday May 5 1981 report: Labor protest WASHINGTON - For the (UPI) se- cond time in as many weeks organized labor has demonstrated against the Reagan administration Last week it was about jobs This week it was about health About 200 former textile workers stricken with brown lung disease held a rally Monday outside the Labor Department to protest administration efforts to ease cotton dust standards Police blocked the building’s outside steps but about 15 protesters slipped through and held a sit-i- n in the office of Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan who was in Chicago at the time te The sit-i- n as well as the demonstration ended peacefully — without any arrests and without any federal assurances that textile workers will not soon face an increased danger from brown lung Mother of Year - NEW YORK (UPI) The “Mother of the Year” is an active woman with eight children who was widowed twice before her 25th PauLCarterHerald Journal Where's the fire? Brad Baird 10 and Jason Wallin 11 both learned the hard way that even bicyclists must obey traffic laws The pill wasn't too hard to swallow though as Logan police officer Wes Land only issued the boys a warning citation for failure to remain stopped at a red light at birthday The American Mothers Committee gave Henrietta Jean Crouch the honor Monday at its annual Day banquet Mrs Crouch of Topeka Kan was one of 47 state nominees 0 Her eight children ages crowded around the winner at the pink candlelit podium in the Waldorf-Astori- a hotel after her name was announced the intersection of 10th North and Main streets With spring here local police would like to remind bicyclists that obeying traffic laws is a matter of safety And disobeying the laws could mean a citation pre-Mothe- rs 23-4- Sands dies Belfast bums BELFAST Northern Ireland (UPI) — IRA prisoner Bobby Sands died today on the 66th day of an uncompromising hunger strike a gold crucifix in his hands and thousands of Catholics reacted by burning buildings and showering police with gasoline bombs Community leaders fought to prevent worse rioting as casualties mounted in the violent backlash Sands 27 died in the Maze prison hospital bed where he had been in a coma for 44 hours His mother father sister and brother-in-latogether with a Roman Catholic priest were at his side Catholic ghettos of west Belfast instantly exploded battles gasoline in scores of small scale bombs by the hundred were hurled barricades were fryiit and buildings set ablaze Reports of casualties increased as the rioting w hit-and-r-un spluttered throughout the day Catholic and Protestant leaders made unprecedented efforts to prevent worse trouble There were appeals for calm from all quarters Street fighting immediately after his death although bitter was a widely scattered series of small clashes between Catholics and security forces There was no sign of conflict between religious communities To keep it that way Lewis Scott of the Ulster Defense Association a paramilitary Protestant group telephoned Frank Cullin a leader of the Short Corruption trials - WARSAW Poland (UPI) Polish Communist Party investigators are drawing up charges against ousted party leader Edward Gierek and trials of former party officials accused of corruption will be held within two months a ranking party official said Jozef Klasa a senior official who Strand Catholic Community His message: We’ll control our hotheads if you curb yours Protestant groups set up a "joint command center” to monitor events around the clock Leaflets circulated in Protestant areas urging people to leave their safety to the security forces rather than taking to the streets Vigilantes patroled Protestant flashpoints to keep wilder elements in line heads the central committtee’s press and information section said Monday the corruption trials of former party officials wiU begin before the July 8 full party congress — “to clear the atmosphere” Klasa did not name the officials to be tried for corruption but said charges were being formulated against Gierek by members of a special commission conducting a probe into the causes of the economic and political crisis in Poland Catholic groups maintained the same careful neutrality toward Protestants Their fury was reserved for British security forces In fighting between these two elements many people were burned 'by gasoline bombs or hit by 14-1- missiles including a girl hospitalized with head injuries A Catholic youth was shot in the thigh by army troops who feared they were being engulfed by gasoline bomb flames Most seriously injured were a man and his son whose milk delivery truck overturned while under attack by rocks and gasoline bombs A police vehicle and ambulance going to their aid were also attacked Marcella Sands Bobby’s sister said Sunday 70 other prisoners in the Maze had volunteered for hunger strikes Sinn Fein the IRA’s political voice has mentioned 60 No funeral plans for Sands has been announced "There are hundreds and hundreds of them here and we cannot contain them” a police car in Catholic West Belfast radioed within hours of the announcement that Sands had died Explorer secrets Bobby Sands LDS leaders oppose MX in Utah SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — Mormon Church President Spencer Kimball said today he opposes construction of the MX missile system in the desert basins of Utah and Nevada — and he urged President Reagan to find an alternative way to protect the nation from enemy nuctear attack Kimball and his counselors N Eldon Tanner and statement Marion G Romney released a criticizing the Air Force's proposal to deploy 200 MX missiles in a system of 4600 shelters to be spread across the two western states The statement was telegraphed to President Reagan who has a blue ribbon committee studying whether to go ahead with the Air Force plan or find an alternative basing method The church leaders said they opposed multiple shelter basing system because it would make Utah a prime target in case of nuclear attack They also said construction of the vast complex would disrupt the local economy and life style and harm the desert 2V&-pa- ecology “We plead with our national leaders to marshal ' £ ' : J- V I - 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' - s - Full text appears on page 2— “It is ironic and a denial of the very essence of that gospel that in this same general area there should be constructed a mammoth weapons system potentially capable of destroying much of civilization” he said “We are advised that there is already enough such weaponry to destroy in large measure our civilization with consequent suffering and misery of the genius of the nation to find viable alternatives which will secure at an earlier date and with fewer hazards the protection from possible enemy aggression which is our common concern” he said About one million residents of Utah are Mormons — 70 percent of the state’s population Nevada has approximaetly 65000 Mormons The Mormon Church rarely makes comments on political issues But when the church president does offer advice Mormons believe his teachings are inspired by God The church leader and his counselors joined Gov Scott Matheson and members of the state's congressional delegation in opposing the basing of the missiles in the two states Kimball noted that the Great Basin was settled by Mormon pioneers “who came to this western area to establish a base from which to carry the gospel of peace to the peoples of the earth” - WASHINGTON (UPI) The mysterious Glomar Explorer project — an attempt to raise a sunken Soviet submarine from the Pacific Ocean floor — may remain a partial secret for a long time to come Ruling in a lengthy battle over the project’s national security value a federal appeals court Monday handed the CIA an important victory in its effort to keep some details of the 8350 million adventure shrouded in secrecy The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously affirmed a federal judge’s acceptance of CIA arguments that disclosure of documents concerning the project would pose a serious threat to national security Queenly protests - Britain’ Norway (UPI) Queen Elizabeth II arrived aboard the royal yacht Britannia today to face two demonstrations over the death of Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands Ten people were arrested at the harborside and a spectator was struck by an unidentified blue object thrown at the Queen as she stepped OSLO incalculable extent” Kimball said The church leader said the multiple shelter basing mode was designed on the assumption that the Salt II Treaty would be ratified which would mean that only 4600 shelters would have to be built to deter a Soviet attack “Absent such a treaty the proposed installation could be expanded indefinitely" Kimball said “Its planners state that the system is strictly defensive in concept and that the chances are extremely remote that it will ever be actually employed” he added “However history indicates that men have seldom created armaments that eventually were not put to use” ashore A small demonstration by Irish Republican Army supporters at a nearby railway station ended without arrests and both protests were welcome for drowned out by a the royal party 21-g- I J 'Vs ' ' V- ' ( ' a Yes there are things women can do to protect themselves against rape Safety begins with 13 awareness Belfast Atout Cache Almanac:Jack Anderson prime - W-- Births ai i Classified ads Comics t 22 Theaters 20 1 j People : i Utah-Idah- o v' - vi- J - i i roundup a ‘13 Horoscope V 21 Ann 3 v: Landers i VVV Letters to the Editor V ‘J ¥"!' 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