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Show J"i' IH"iy ')ll lwyiH) gim - '"fy ill V Activity Keys B Douglas L Parker Tnbune Political Editor Utah's third political party still in the background and aeekmg an election gives ever appearance, as its Saturday state convention approaches of being involved in the most active organizational work its five during ' ears of existence vie-to- The American Independent Partv. for the first time is importing a Partys Tom Andersen Tennessee newspaper columnist who was the AIP's vice presidential candidate last year, is scheduled to address the convention and a nighttime fund raising rally He is the national party chairman this year The convention will be at 10 am in the Prudential Plaza, 107 E 33rd South An 8 p m rally will bo held at the same place A proposal will be made to change the party s name to American Party. said the acting A1P state chairman, Kob-ir- t Trt panic r, a old accounting student at I tah State Imversity n Mr Anderson in tmn year in an attempt ... attract support and money. And the convention has on is agenda a proposal to change its name for maore national uni- Many Party Names speaker an off-ele- c formity Mr Trepamer, originally from New Haven Conn, who Caine into the party through campaign work for Alabama Gov George Wallace, said slightly more than half the states now have an lx P Pre-Conventi- on Party label while other state affiliates go under widely scattered party American names The A1P has already gone through a of major couple of purges, or drop-outcandidates, since the party was originally formed as a vehicle for Alabama Gov George C Wallaces first bid for the s presidency The governor opted for the Democratlast year, and in his place nomination ic was nominated John Schmitz, former California congressman, as the AIP pies This summer, Mr idential candidate Schmitz announced he was going back into the Republican fold, a defection drawing a strong denunciation from party chairman Anderson He called it unmitigated arrogance, adding that Schnv7 is the only Bircher with a mustache who ever got a million votes in an American presidential elec tion . . (and) wdl run on any party in any state to get hts job back nr any hi ;h political job " Pf rcentage s of Totals haven't Last year in Utah, Mr Schmitz garnered the AIP six percent of the presidential vote (about the same as Gov Wallace in 18), which represented the third highest percentage of state votes behind Idaho's 9 percent and Alaskas 7 percent In Utah that percentage was the equivalent of almost 29,000 votes now organized despite soni relative success in I tah, in percentage terms of AIP presidential cmddates candidates to lesser But offices haven t fared as well In 1970, the congressional candidates couldn't get the legally required 2 percent of the vote to leep the party goirg and a petition drive had to be carried out again to get the party back on the ballot candidates State legislative a li e gulf sil won Last year one congressional candidate got less than two percent, while another gained slightly more But Mr Trepamer said the AIP has in 13 counties going into the state convention compared with organization in only five at the end of last year err Bruce Bangerter of Murray the AIP s District candidate last year, has kept up a drumfire of speeches opposed to loosening of abortion control laws, m appearances at most of the countv more conventions making speeches in this off year than he did dur- 2nd Congressional ing last campaign year He concluded his speaking tour tins weekend with a statement appalling" recommendations to ban handguns and ease laws against sex enmes mentioned last week by the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Local Ncms TV ToJja Pa:e Feature-- . H-- 6 Monday Morning, August 13, 1973 Page One Section B Geologist Foresees eatli for Track At Utah Salt Flats sS,r- HU: By Robert S Halbduy Tnbune Env ironmentui Specialist Contrary to Ltah geologists opinions canals at a potash plant adjacent to Bonneville Salt Flats are depleting the salt surface and destroying Utah's renowned racetrack according to nations racing fraternity will the 25th time at the track Aug for gather 10 23 for Bonneville Nationals annual Speed Week, to be addressed by Gov Calvin L Rampton on Aug 24, Gover- the only geologist who has made a mal strata study of the area the December, bnne-colleciio- n I.. A for- The nor's Day . The Bonneville Outrage, printed in 1972, issue of a magazine for automotive and racing enthusiasts, quoted M W Lallman, manager of Ka- The southwest portion of the race track already has been denuded of salt isers and the rest will be stripped unless reDoing graduate work in 1967 at Unimedial steps are taken now, said James versity of Utah, Mr. Hoagland did the A. Hoagland, Tucson, Anz, geologist Salt Flats research at the suggestion of who in 19b7 drilled 11 wells to determine Dr Wilham P Hewitt, state geologist Column 1 See Page the hydrologic structure of the Salt Flats He urged construction of a sealing trench to isolate the track from Kaiser Chemical Companys bnne canals and a three-yea- r program to restore the salt surface on the "damaged portion of track at an estimated cost of B-- Roughing It bipic-pumpin- g Suits This $190,000 Sent to Californian ' fp Jt "i1 im'-'j- - - a . Mr. Hoaglands comments were contained in an April 11, 1973, letter, a copy of which was sent to Mark L. Dees, Inglewood, Cabf, attorney, president of the 200 MPH Club and spokesman for racers concerned about deterioration of GaVs Style By JoAnn Jacobsen Tnbune Staff Water trades Mary Jacquehne-of-al- l the track surface .JrJ Deaf and nearly blind, Mrs. Aslaug Haviland, left, is not shut off from communication as evidenced here as she talks in sign language with a neighbor, Mrs. Beth Miller. The sdbssbi women also chat code, using dial & Tribune stuff photo by Tim Kelly daily on the telephone in to click out message. Telephone Helps, Too Lifes Bright for Blind, Deaf Utah Woman By Clark Lobb Tribune Staff Writer Mrs Aslaug Haviland lives in a world of almost sightless silence She is totally deaf, nearly blind dark world, you surmise Nonsense! Its as bright as a Christmas tree' Its full of music and gardening and canning (you should see her apriA cots) and cooking and knitting and walking and taking care of a modest home at 222 3rd Ave Its being a good wife and good neighbor Chat Via Code Ask Mrs Beth Miller. She just lives a few doors down the street at 253 3rd Ave, and she has become a dear and valuable friend to Mrs Haviland chat daily on the teleThey A dash is phone, using Morse Code. O once is yes, 4," a dot is 1 Mrs Miller dials O twice is no Mrs Haviland and the nng turns on a big, bright bght Mrs Haviland hears the message through vibrations on a special electronic device conThey both continue dialing after connection the tact without breaking These two have become much more than just neighbors They are Mrs Haviland taught fast friends Mrs Miller how to talk with sign language and, by feeling Mrs Millers hands and seeing a bare outline, she converses and her husband, Fred, whom she met about six years ago while totally blind at the Center for the Blind, 309 E. 1st South He is handicapped with partial vision, but holds down a maintenance job at LDS Hospital, walking to and from work every day It would be simpler, perhaps, to list what Mrs. Haviland cannot do She plays the piano and guitar, types and listens watches adequately, to television through fingertia vibrations, and is completely absoroed with each accomplishment. Right now she is enthusiastic primarily about a plan to get together Utahns, or those from other states, who are both deaf and blind to some degree. She attempted to do so once before and found volunteers to help her too busy, but she's trying again and this time she has her mind set on success. If you were to visit with her in her cheerful home for only a few moments, you would realize that when this woman sets her mind on something, its virtually a cinch. One evening, about four years ago, accidentally bumped her head against her husbands shoulder and a saw She cataract slipped loo-Fred for the first time and has had highly limited vision since So far, Mrs Haviland has found only eight persons m Ltah with the double handicap She hopes to find many, many more, particularly those or from wherevliving in the West er they may live. She calls her group "Contact. Mrs. need some sponsors, Haviland wrote ,We need fnends and volunteers to help us reach out and contact these people The degree of the handicapped makes no difference. Anyone with impairment of hearing or sight is wanted , to seven a week, 7 a m. to 2.30 p m., Five thority stop kaisers depredations on public land. The letter was sent to Harold J. director, Utah Division of Tippetts, Parks and Recreation, which administers the Salt Flats area. days the Westminster v-- 3, Recently in Salt Lake City, Mr. Dees gave Thomas R. Brown, pubbcity director, Utah Travel Council, data concerning Mr. Hoaglands predictions. Mr. Brown forwarded a summary of the material to Mr. Tippetts. vifii lee tha previously as a stock store gets around Mountain View Golf Course, 175 West Jordan, rak-- J mg sand traps, fill- & gO I washers, mov- tee markers - in? and mowing the roughs Wlth atrac i tor. Halt for Money acreages Mr Tippetts said the geologic survey would evaluate the suggestion of a sealing trench to protect the track Col- - girl, clerk, messenger and bookkeeper in a local department Last December, Mr. Tippetts reported his department had programmed a geoof the Flats, a logical investigation years study and a monitoring program to last several years Contacted on the subject again, Mr Tippetts said, We do intend to proceed with that investigation and analysis when the money is made available He explained that money for this purpose, included m a $1 million bill to create Bonneville Salt Flats Sate Reserve and Danger Cave State Historical Monument, was not granted by the Utah Legislature this year He said his department bud ;et request next January will include $10,900 for a geological Mudy of the Salt Flats and $126,457 to buy leased areas of Hie race track (30,741 acres at $2 50 per acre from U S Bureau of Land Management and 2,40 acres at $20 per acre from Division of State Lands) The Division of Parks and Recreation now owns onlv 640 acres of the track and leases the above n - (The roughs, she explains, are those j0ng, shaggy, gras- Miss Lawson sy areas that no one is supposed up in, but everyone seems to ) to end Some days it gets to me, going around in circles all alone, Miss Law-su- n said Its those days that thoughts of old boy fnends pop into my head After complete isolation except for an occasional ball ncochettmg off the wire cage covering the tractor Miss Law son heads for the Salt Lake City International Airport where she is into everything, including luggage, purses, sacks, boxes and bnefcases From 4 to 9 p m , Miss Lawson is a baggage checker Column 1 See Page secunty agent, a B-- We Revealing Poem Want a bttle more insight into this truly remarkable woman? Read two of her poems' If nobody cheered and nobody smiled and nobody helped us along, If each had to look after himself and all the good went to the strong, If nobody cired just a bttle for you, and nobody cared for me, "And we all stood alone m this battle of bfe, what a dreary old world it would be. g y She has been totally deaf since 1?, the result, she said, of scarlet fever. About 20 years ago, a pop bottle exploded in her face, destroying one eye. Glaucoma took the toll of the she Mrs. Haviland is a lithe, athletic-lookinwoman, about 60 years old (she will say only that, "like Jack She learned to speak English phonetically and is conscious about her somewhat difficult delivery, but this does not stop her from her convocations with Mrs Miller, the peoSaint) ple at her church (Latter-da- To make our interview easier, she typed up three pages of mformation, telling how sne wanted to find the lonely people with the double handicap who might be just wasting time She told, too, how the LDS Church programs for the bbnd and deaf are a open to persons of all religions point about which she is particularly ' proud. Deaf Since Age 12 other eye. They talk about all sorts of neightheir items womanly borly, homes, their husbands, their children, them household chores, their gardens "I don't have to complete a full Mrs Miller word or a full sentence, She knows what I mean right said away. Lithe, Athletic Benny, Im 39). You can equate raw courage on the battlefield or the athlehc field, but youll have a tough time matching the plain old guts" of this Norwegian housewife in a letter Nov. that parties in positions of autake immediate legal action toi Mr Dees demanded 9, 1972, Law-so- gets around. On a tractor. ; V t It i- Just Glimpse of Freedom A courtroom gavel, a symbol of the judges authonty, became a pnsoners weapon for escape late Saturday when he used it as a club against Sheriffs Deputy Bill Thompson and Justice of the Peace Lynn Bernard The incident occurred at Judge Ber- nards residence-offic- If you have, eyes and ears and can use them, Then help others to hear and to see. You will be working with God m His purpose, nearly blind, plays both piano and guitar, among other pursuits. Making life what He meant it to be." e, 4081 W. 5500 South, as Deputy Thompson bent over a table to sign complaints charging a 22 year-olKearns man with reckless dnving and public intoxication d And - Though she cant hear the notes, Mr Aslaug Haviland, deaf and Gavel Gives This Prisoner Grabs Gavel The man grabbed the gavel from the table and struck the buck of Deputy Thompsons head, knocking him unconscious, then took a wild swing at Judge Bernard and ran for the door. Two youths accompany mg Deputy Thompson were not about to let the man get aw.jy, however, and tackled him, with help from Judge Bernard They were all over the guy, Judge Bernard said They didnt waste any time and they werent about to let the guy away." Handcuff Suspect The two youths, Ron Thompson, 3053 S. 2855 West, Deputy Thompsons son, and Joey Deuel, 3260 Meadow Lark Dr. (2600 West), held the man and handcuffed him, then waited until help amved. Deputy Thompson, who required three stitches to close the cut on his head, said he was thankful for the youths help I juat dont know what would have happened if they hadnt been there, he said Dan's on Vacation Dan Valentine is on vacation. His column, Nothing Senous, will resume upon his return |
