Show rr cnrw www r i i TVqN conclusions an non Kcefy to Be gathered out of e multitude of tongues than through any kind of auK4Mlve9ecdonr ) )wM(1I7X-1M1- Tuesday March 28 2000 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Page 12 Our view Spring Creek-teachedeserve day-caTX rs center re room An oh-siday care could alleviate that problem by attract- - here appears to be te parents who may have limited optima otherwise back to die classroom Par- -' feedback on a proposal by Spring Creek Middle School educators to convert ing empty classrooms into a ents feel better when they know their children are nearby day- care center But before the idea (ties on the vine may we say this: Why not try it? It’s logical It’s tangible And teachers who double as parents deserve it In an age when even some fast food workers receive incentives for showing up teachers should stay-at-ho- But that brings up another question Will teachers be distracted from teaching if their own kid is in the building? It’s doubtful If an educator must contact their child there are times they could do it without infringing on work time — durrecess lunch or music or have this benefit It wouldn’t ing classes with specialists cost the district much — propo- EE Proponents are proceeding nents of the plan say they will and seem to realize pay nearly all of the costs The cautiously the work it would take to meet only thing the district would - Census stats may not be secret Rtf InMnh Paddni internment camps And the Census Bureau helped to make this possible Six decades later the current Census Bureau director Kenneth Prewitt reflects that the Japanese internment from 1942 to 1947 was “a sad thamefiil moment n Amwieim pnliri- cal history’ And he assures those who fear some future misuse of the information they provide the cover would be costs already in stringent state requirements day care facilities place for heat lights and water If A common criticism of our they are willing to put in the education system is the lack of work district administrators qualified teachers in the class- - should give them a shot reg-ulati- ng CrUM1 Cwnrihi VK infnrfni1 i 'legal obligations and ethical policies irould never allow a repeat of 1941” Well hardly any of die 120 million Investigation of Russian money stretches to BNY American households that have received or will shortly receive die 2000 Census questionnaire expect that try completing the form they will wind up in an Internment camp However a recent Gallup poll that half of Americans believe that die Census Bureau will share die personal information it collects about diem with other agencies and with- nighty confidential information they out their knowledge and consent Bureau insists tip thisr in Census Via nof so-“law” its- - Web site jqyqqmenj agon indi-cat- es By Jack Anderson and Douglas Cohn United Features Syndicate w e recently reported that die Russian mafia is under investigation by the FBI for manipulating and laundering money through iHeUS stock markets The problem is to separate criminal activity from legitimate business Capital flight from Russia is quite common Since the fall of the Soviet Union $350 billion has left the country Much of this comes from legitimate the fall of theSoviet Union $35&billion has s Jeft the cotiritiyll Accord- The other BNY employee under investigation is Natasha Gurkinfel unpre- dictability of the Russian economy According to estimates from Russia’s national police agency about $9 billion of the $350 billion was “dirty money” — and this is a very conservative estimate The most spectacular case to date concerned the alleged link between the Russian mafia and the Bank of New York: The FBI claims that the Russian mafia has used accounts with BNY to launder billions of dollars from Russia In the summer of 1998 British officials notified US officials about the link between YBM Mag-ne- x which is a front company for the Russian mafia and Benex a company owned by Peter Berlin whose wife Lucy Edwards is a vice president of BNY Almost $10 billion has passed through the Benex accounts Edwards who worked in the London branch was actually fired due to “alleged gross misconduct violations of the bank’s internal policies falsification of bank records and failure to cooperate” She and Beilin are both under investigation Appearing before a Manhattan court Edwards stated that she was approached by Russian bankers in 1995 who asked her to open accounts at BNY under Beilin’s company’s name in order to obtain software that would allow them to bank 1 share individual census records with any other government agencies including welfare agencies the Immigration and Naturalizations Service die Internal Revenue Service the FBL courts police and the military” This declaration would be a comfort except that Americans are well aware that the government often collects information for one specific puipose only to eventually allow die use of that information for other pur- poses And die citizenry cannot do a thing about it Indeed when Social Security came million Kagalovsky who is senior vice president of the New York branch and who supervises dealings with Eastern Europe Her husband Konstantin is also under investigation He was the Russian representative to die International Monetary Fund from 1992 to 1995 Latei he was die senior executive of Menetap a Russian bank He is currendy vice president at Yiikos the Russian oil giant Now it is the brokerage community’s turn to shudder This column was written with assis- tance from political correspondent Eleanor CUt This column and other personal columns In the Herald Journal may that do not align exactly with your own If you disagree please respond with a letter to the editor or contact editor Cherles McCofean about a poesMe guest com1 ExL 3020 ' mentary (Phone: cmccoUumOhjnewsxom) See information box at bottom of page for 752-212- at By WUTC into being every American was given a number that was to be used exclusively for purposes of maintain- -' ing a Social Security file Today the five purposes it is not WWif imagine feat the day will cone when die Solons in Washington deckle that under certain circumstances certain government agencies may have access to individual census records: And if the Census Bureau could database six use its decades ago to help the federal government round up Japanese-America- ns to betray their privacy to trample upon their constitutional rights one can only imagine the abuses of which the government is capable today Joaeph Perkina San Diego la a columnist for The Union-Tribu- ne Your view usen they would work to pass Drilling will not help gas prices In response to rising oil prices Alaskan Seni Frank Murkowski introduced a bill to the United States Senate that will open the pristine coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling Although designating the raastal plain of ANWR as wilderness has been supported by a majority of citizens in polls 37 senators including Utah Sen Orrin Hatch and Sol Robert Bennett have chosen to ignore die desires of their constituents and cosponsor Sen Muikowski’s proposal Drilling the coastal plain WILL NOT alleviate die increased prices at the gas pump Geologists predict that there is less than a supply of oil in ANWR and even if so it will take months for this oil to reach the market Allowing the removal of oil from the Refuge will cause irrevocable damage to the wild untouched lands of ANWR It is a poorly two-mon- designed short-ter- m th answer to a problem If Sen Hatch and Sen Bennett really wanted to help oil legis-lati- oo promoting higher fuel To the editor long-ter- m Mallard Flllmoro byWjlJiam Seltzer o£ Foidham University and illegally In return she and Berlin would receive a percentage of the preserve their assets against the only too happy to oblige according to a paper agency about $9 billion of the $350 billion was "dirty money" companies to with high concentrations of Japanese- Americans Census officials were ing to estimates from Russia’s national police money totalling nlore than looking ' Capital flight from Russia is quite common Since Brie-An- McKeroan ne Logan ' Don’t sign gun restriction petitions Totheeditor I assume from Friday's editorial cartoon (showing the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre with a “closed for repairs” sign over his mouth ) that die news media would dearly love to foment outrage Concerning LaPierre's comment that the Clinton administration needs a certain level of violence in n society in order to promote it’s the for agenda Unfortunately media this attempt to stampede the masses is being met with a rather anti-gu- vociferous yawn When LaPierre made dial statement on ABCs “This Week” program he was merely say- ing what many of us were already thinking The outrage is misdirected Why isn’t the media going after Clinton for not prosecuting the gun laws as 1 Tht Opinion ptpf li frttanriodtD aapiolnf Foiionalooumit cartoons and Mm tan fiadM rafloQi 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