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By Daniel Schorr vV Christian Science Monitor Nixon to fire him and have his offices padlocked in what became known as the “Saturday Night Massacre” There ensued what White am Dash who was the chief House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig culled a “national firestorm” that counscj to the Senate Watergate committee and Archibald Cox who forced Nixon to name a new special was the original Watergate prosecuprosecutor Leon Jaworski who tor both died last Salurda) during resumed the pursuit of the tapes up ' the Memorial to the Supreme Court and an 0 Day weekend' vote requiring Nixon to release the It was fitting most incriminating of the tapes They in its way that revealed how Nixon had tried to shift they should be blame for the Watergate break-i- n to memorial ied the CIA and how he had ordered during a holi- payoffs to the Watergate burglars for day dedicated silence It was Dash and Cox their to those who together who laid the basis for the defended the Impeachment that Nixon escaped republic only by resigning They pursued their separate inves: ' Dash later wrote'“Nixon believed tigative and prosecutorial mandates he was a sovereign who had the but they effectively worked in tan-- r dem to prevent President Nixon from authority to act above the law a pres- ident who brought us close to dicta-- 1 "subverting the government V:ItwasDashthe onetime Philadel- - torship” Cox who returned to Harvard Law phia district attorney who negotiated - x J 4 ( i ' r ' Vr-- ' ' 8-- ' ' j 'fi "f:r : - : managed the Watergate it was Dean WjlO first And coVcrup expressed isuspicion that Nixon taping System in the Oval Office! hoW Nixon V ’ 'Now V'V'nough A closer examination of grazing ? ‘or i s f Pub- - senior news analyst at National earn a college education maybe I’ll be able to money to pay for my college education1 3 t- government could cleanse itself and 'H nut Stcolf In chono that tho ivinnln could trust rJ— I that I have — l : J s read with interest ypur May 27 editorial bii the proposed Spawn ' Creek watershed improvement V such jgfassroots efforts a number of programs and organizations havey:'r5iV? sprung up to facilitate and support y: ' ' them Examples of successful inte: allocated 6) grazing: Here in North- em Utah we can find riparian areas ' v 'denuded of desirable vegetation widi collapsed streambankSi slug- -' gish heavily sedimented flows and abundant telltale cow pies On the other hand we also find Deserpt - : : : bypurifci icallygracesithe same page editorial Guidance and support for more productive collaborative approaches is available and more success has been demonstrated than ' ' simistic view the worst run ranch is ecoogc"1ypreicrapie to the best run subdivision and current experw enceshowsthai ranchesare general Jy carved into ranchettes when ! lend grazing becomes infeasible Painting this issue in black and white and “““ reflects an I terproductiye view y- -r a sucker' choice grazing in itself is not r' tissue we should be addressing me iquality’of graang'iriaiBtgaifent legislative peiipeCtive - handcart inthree separate shipmentS : eastern brickyards 'and there :!j' wasi little problemwith lowibii' ' Sid wassiire'that ElwinAJlred would claimthebrick matched p y? ya Republican y fectly-had issued the farderi Pol j tics aside jy do wii ab) ’ : VC m when ii though fcleaned4ip enough sqw a pipture of the present read We had thought it said Slim into the cdnal MSf’thelabirf full-col- or flat A stray cat walking by thebuild- - inEtunKdinmedialelytorelgior - the world down on the Main Street Plaza in Salt LakeAiid a Jersey Cow delivered 788 pounds of 1 - : pre-pac- k- family treasures for your mantle lost by your early handcart kin iri Wyoming along the Martin Handcart: route? You told me a few weeks back that you were doing some looking” ‘‘Well ” I said "1 found I was digging in the wrong place I did more check- ing and discovered that the Martin Company my early kin came with Edward Martin-'wasnot the ed T- - 'Tu’T rf'V Even second hand long! : j did : poreeto- - makeprojects like the Spawn Creek improvements possible ': - pe°Ple have Hied drinkinc unknown fluids ' '‘Correct” Sid : hirti trip’ : ‘r ‘True” I said “but at least don't haul brick by handcart I'd have rent- - and e k’ our pub 1C afds??nerr ' cannot ally support enough wild uniulatw to adequately serve thia i - for sure' ' Richard Keeler ' ’Nibley' toretenty reviseo WaMtrhhe - T nxe a granu piano ur a cannun transported by diesel handcart trave- lnB “e wrong year on thewrong U-H- p S': tial ecosystem function However c:nr onH tmiifnn SJU- - ed a these three faCtdrs the ecologicalfunction of grazing its p over-simplifi- ed i yy vaoct ” S : - graz- - ialdUuuspectthey tions These terms and conditions — in fact the exictenre nf meagencies themselves — stem from the recog- - removed fire from our forest ecosys- terns for nearly a century Similar to fire grazing'impacts depend on how well management integrates and reflects the ecological characteristics of the site The observable impacts of grazing run the gamut from severe lasting degradation to significant sustain- ableenhancemcnt of public lands most federal agencies the Forest Service and the BLM are facing steadily increasing workloads and decreasing budgets and staffs As a result collaborative stakeholder-supporte- d efforts of the type exemplified by the Spawn Creek project arc becoming ever more numerous and important Recognizing the critical need for Idaho office: 801 E Sherman Room 193 Pocatello ID 83201 (208) 236-681-7 US aging aspect of ydyr editorial ficiafeulogyfor gwihgv You:y that the ranchers involved oppose the Spawn Creek project'V:)'Vf' because they fear the precedent it If' “esC ranchers did not feel embattledas an industry arid even as would : ners :n tie Giai°g and the hard work necessary tosuccessfully complete and houefullv reolicate — the v Lawmakers US SENATE-UTA- H Sen Robert Bennett Republican US Senate Washington DC — 2051 0 (202) Utah office: 4225 Federal Building 125 S State St Salt Lake City UT 84138 (801) 524-593- 224-544- 4 3 Sen Orrin Hatch Republican — US Senate Washington DC 20510 1 Utah office: 8402 Fed(202) eral Building 125 S State St Salt Lake City UT 84138 (801) 524-43224-525- 80 US SENATE-IDAH- O Larry Craig Republican — 520 Hart Senate Office Building Washing2 ton DC 20510 (202) 224-275- Michael Crapo Republican —111 Russell Senate Office Building Wash2 ington DC 20510 (202) Idaho office: 801 E Sherman Pocatel-1- 0 ID 83201 (208) 5 224-614- 236-677- HOUSE-UTA- H - Rob Bishop Republican — Repre- sents 1st Congressional District which includes Cache County Washington office: 124 Cannon House Office Building US House of Representatives Washington DC 20515 (202) 225-045-3 Utah office: 324 25th St: Ogden UT 84401 (801) 625-010- 7 Non Sequitur vuywr4 ou LLL tRtW-O- TV1C tCT F &LM&TO CTRVNCU? 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