Show p'--i w v Si m A2 k Thursday May 2 1974 Rainbow Brit 30 m yo uve been Program How in Progress SiiW nr: " ®lfc CsmmnHf QJimes-Sniieptttiie- nt fcrJ'4 Cmmts ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER : there is Ordinarily At THE POST OFFICE AT MOAB UTAH enough politics to mess UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH 3 i897 with locally not to have Second Class Postage Paid at Moab Utah 84532 to delve into the strange Official City and County Newspaper happenings in Washington in this space Published Each Thursday at 29 E Center The extraordinary hapMoab Utah penings in Washington Samuel J Taylor Editor and Publisher this week however beg Adrien F Taylor Ernest B Milner Kathy Kemper Michelle Cook Feature & News Editor Foreman Sports News Circulation Director News and Features important (leadlines Candidates for political office in Grand County are beginning to swell the rolls and that is as it should be if voters are going to make more than a token trip to the polls In November Those who might be interested are reminded that May 10 is the deadline for filing for office Information relative for filing can be obtained at the County Clerk’s office (tee other very important election faces voters of Grand County in November Three members of the Grand County School Board are sitting in terms that will expire at the end of (his year They are Robert Dalton Melvin Gray and Mrs Dalton Deadline for still some time away but giving their thought to die matter Information relative to the specific districts where Board members live and responsibilities of the office can be obtained either from the Grand County Clerk or from Elmer E Dravage Clerk of the Board of Education at the District Office r cheer up press which obviously convicted the two men long before their trial The second alternative is almost as serious to my way of thinking as the How would you feel if current news stories first told of casualties running into the tens of thousands It was interesting a resulting from battles fought between opposing day later to read an inAmerican armies on the rolling hills above the Mis- -' terview with the foreman sis sippi river outside a little town called Vicksburg? of the Jury which decidThis was the kind of thing that the people of ed on acquittal She told American had to face during the 1860’s and all the interviewer that at through the long years of tills nation’s bitter Civil War At the end of that conflict Abraham Lincoln was at the center of controversy His assassination added to the flames of hatred As fkr as hardships go untold thousands of families gave husbands sons and brothers tothe Confederate or Union cause and never heard from them again nor knew their fate' ' Alienation of different groups of people cyn- icism secrecy i distrust violence and all of the - other' bad elements Included i in' today's list o( ’ problems :paleTlnto Insignificance compared to difficulties faced and overcome in past days of our common sense nation’s history A little good-wi- ll and hard work over a reasonable period of time have always done a lot to make things better They still can do the Job & 7 i- - £& an obvious answer r M &£ a? of nuclear power for easing die energy crunch at home and abroad if tremen dous Yet there is a danger that public opinion uninformed and misinformed will delay and ac ceptance of this form of energy until’’ as Professor G Hoyt Whipple of the University of Michigan notes “we have wasted our reserves of fossil ftiels and fouled our world in fear of the imagined dangers of radiation’’ Commercial nuclear reactors here and abroad have never experienced an accident harming a single person among the public is nearly two decades of operation Few industries can claim such a record proving once again that nuclear energy is both clean and safe However it should be emphasized that some 10 years must pass from the time a nuclear plant emerges on the drawing board until it goes into service This is why time cannot be wasted now if nuclear power’s potential to ease energy supply problems in the foreseeable foture is to be realized The head of the Edison Electric Institute has said foil use of nuclear power a crucial ingredient in assuring that our nation has reliable and adequate domestic sources of energy” The EEI spokesman expressed his belief in the need for stronger programs to inform people about nuclear power Only public knowledge can remove the bottlenecks whicl hinder timely siting licensing construction and operation of nuclear power plants At the same time vital research programs to improve existing reactor types and to develop advanced reactors must also press forward Nuclear power is a logical alternative to the energy crises of the foture It is an alternative we must grasp before that last grain of sand slips through the hourglass and the opportunity to decide our own destiny is lost forever The potential “is the beginning of the case the Jury appeared to be in favor of conviction by a two to one majority After hearing die testimony of witnesses however the final decision was unanimous Uness therein a whole lo more tht doesn’t meet top eycTa lot of iid in America have become terribly biased over tiie months against the Watergate defendants That bias could have only come from the reports of chronological events riven us by mem -berS of the press corps covering the incidents I know from experience that it’s tomb to be objective when covering the news I also know that it’s easy to build in slants to stories about current If the Stans Jury was an honest one however and I can only assume that it M MTTtttG Usekfm Backward 10 Years Ago Members of the Southeastern Utah Search and Rescue unit were to stage a and rescue competitive event in the Headquarters am of the Arches national monument on Mother’s Day Ten members of the rescue group were to compete for first honors in the event believed to be the first of its kind perhaps in the nation Representatives from the Green River Missile Base were to accompany the county road foreman and County Commissioners on a tour over the Sand Flat road to the missile tracking site on rock-climbi- - North Wilson Mesa with a view to checking feas- 4 45W WrWS! 40 Years Ago Plans tentative as yet for an aerial excursion in which 18 or 20 civi- lian aviators of Utah were to make a three-da- y tour of commemorate comple -tion of 14 new airports built in the state were ores being drafted The V R Bush LumSam J Taylor a student at Westminister Col- ber company was installege in Salt Lake City ling an &electric glass polishing mawas named by the student grinding chine The company was body of that school to to install windboprepared lead them as student door and winshields and the dy president during dow glasses in automocoming year The Blue Mountain biles L A Woodruff was to icking Co was to open the construction complete Monticello in for business of a host whiqhJie inten- week the coming during -- vW'rded-to use hr transport BRING LESS MONEY AlsD YOUR NEXT ’ a PRESCRIPTION 8 TO: hh— 'Your Friendly Walgreen Agency" ger f ears eavesdropping me m "Have might bring you put your hummingbird feeder out yet?” said barrister Snow “I’m afraid it’s still too dam cold” replied Mr TIMES-INDEPENDE- NT Valley Shopping Center ADDRESS erica Good people ZIP Grand County— 500 Cut of Grqnd County — 600 per year Plus Many Other Gift Items for Mom at Discount Prices B y 1000 S Amwill- ing to take on Jobs that need doing and being' friendly through it all Who wants to leave the boonies and move to the city? Not this guy o MYIAMTA P TORE 66983-M- ON THRU FRIDAY SAT 12 oz LIQUID j -S- WALGREENS ASPim Such is the way of politics in rural STATE the Grand Valley Times Conchas” Benge CITY And to the butane tank to close the valve According to the news release Galigher and Co of Salt Lake had signed papers with AEC to add to the capabilities of the Monticello mill to allow it to handle refractory ibility of the route as a winter access to the tracking station Veteran actor Edmond O’Brien who was admit- -' ted to the Allen Memorial Hospital in Moab suffering from an eye disturbance was flown to Hollywood where he was to enter a hospital for observation He was in Moab for the filming of the motion picture “Rio Bill Benge were really into it Clreeping stealthily up behind the two contenders I anx- iously awaited what my NAME m ng A6JUN THE ROAD Coty it Chanel ir Prince Matchibelli ! Lanvin Revlon Subscribe Now to THE nD grant-structur- The annual Junior Prom was to be held in the coming week at the high schqol “A Night in was the theme — it's not a comfort- - Vienna” and the for the prom able feeling to know that band was RomMike the I along with millions Combo Salt of Lake ney of others was taken in City news slanted reportby ing and commentary 20 Years Ago — sjt — and Mrs Charles Mr I took my family SatSteen Mr and Mrs and urday to a most enjoyflew able political rally It Mitchell Melich whoKento out the recently was a rally made parDerby reported a ticularly enjoyable by the tucky beautiful setting in the wonderfol time Charles new - old city park and claimed “I’ve got the the fine roast beef din- - only sure system I put ner catered by Miller’s a bet on the nose of each at the horses in the race Super Market Snooping around after and I’m sure to geta whdinner in the interest of iner” Geologist and Mrs J gaining something newswere pictured in m Ruby worthy I spotted the only two political opponents front of their oil streaked a trailer following present at the event locked in an intense discus“gusher” oil well When the million dollar well sion as their wives anxon looked County blew in Mrs Ruby was iously Snow and reported to have wailed Attorney Harry his Republican challen- - “My nice new house — what a mess it is!” Her husband was frantically putting out all fires to in avoid fire hazard got a real oil bath as he raced Keep Abreast of Activities This Rapidly Growing Visitor Mecca m -- could have bC$$ui meant only one of two ‘ iftfts Mgw 5-f- comment 1 was convinced along with much of the nation that there was Bttlo doubt about the guilt of Maurice Stans and John Mitchell after hearing the ins and outs of Watergate for the past year and a half And again along with millions of others in the nation was surprised and a little shocked at (he news that the men bad been acquitted things was' my first comment Either our system of crimfcial’Jus-tfc- e has broken completely down to the point where men of wealth can do almost anything and go unpunished or the nation has been sold a bill of goods by the national with the cooperation of the National Park Service and the US Geoto-- 1 gical Survey Any changes which migh occur1 no matter what their cause will bo recorded through aerial photography sedimentation surveys collection of water date testing of rock sample fo recording of seismic activity surface photography geby n stern wheel ological- mapping and was 29 feet in length and precise surveys: of me had a Rainbow Bridge am It was to accomodate parMuch of the work will ties of up to 8 or 10 be periodic in nature but Two federal agents raia few instruments which ded the Lone Star cafe provide continuous re- and found a quantity of corffagg will be install- “hone brew beer w“:h inconspicuously near they destroyed The dethe bridge pleaded guilty A As a result of recent was fined a total of 850 litigation which til owed A visiting nurse exthe backing of the waters amined 13 students at of Lake Powell into the Cisco and 24 at Thompson canyon the Tenth Circuit and found many of the Court held that the Unit- children in need of ton- ed States District Court sil and dental care for the District of Utah should retain Jurisdiction 60 Years Age for 10 years so tthat the The civil service ex “ plaintiffs might be al amination for applicants ed relief should for positions as fourth damage occur to class postmasters was to Rainbow Bridge as a rebe held during the coming sult of the presence of week at the court house water in the canyon v An official of the civil Details of theBureau’s service commission was program to monitor any scheduled to arrive to possible changes which conduct the examination might indicate impending A w8 J? damage to the bridge have fonticello for the beenlncluded in a report held of incorporating pregented to the District the'Dry Valley Develop Court Field work to immeat company the object plement the monitoring of which company was to program hasbeun ana drill for artesian water will continue! itely in Dry valley and to provide fee way for the reSURGERY clamation of some land Dewell Lurth underThe population of Rad- went surgery in St Maium City was increased Grand ry’s Hospital by the addition of two new Junction last Thursday residents through the me- He is reported to be condium of a double wedding well and is exvalescing A girl was asked to home in Moab this pected write an essay about an week He is the father of automobile -- 250 words Mrs Duane Bolton She wrote: "My uncle bought an automobile He vsrr PARENTS was riding in the country Mrs William (Grace when he busted it Ann) Thompson of Fort I guess this is Wayne Indiana arrived fifty words The April 22nd for-three? other two hundred are week visit with her pawhat my uncle said when rents Mr and Mrs Ro- -' he was walking back to bert Christie Bittle Lane town but I don’t dare one of the newer res- write them downv ' idents of Moab:rt A program to monitor the possible impact of the backing at the waters of Lake Powell into Bridge Creek Canyon beneath Rainbow Bridge has been initiated fay the Bureau of Reclamation ing tourists to view the wonderfol scenic attractions along the Colorado and Greed rivers The boat which wastobepro-peUe- d fK & 8 am to 9 pm SUN 9 am to 9 pm MON THRU FRIDAY 9 am to 6 pm SAT 9 am to 1 pm Closed Sunday i |