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Show ERf.lA DOA1BECK And Now Back To News Of the World - DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- - We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired ; ' ttA TUESDAY, AUGUST EDITORIAL PAGE would show ud in the same dress w i t bout clawing each otlier's eyes out. My mother says I am naive to believe that you could get so many relatives together at one time unless its a funeral. Mrs. Botnbrek My kids music f teacher says, There is one bluebird born every three seconds. So why didn't they get their quota? My husband says its really Lawrence Welks family wearing blond wigs. I dont know what to think. Golly Ned. Not to believe in the King Family is not to believe in people eating cereal and milk at bedtime. Its not to believe in Ozzie and Harriet, and Fat Wally at the malt shop, June Allyson in puffed sleeves, Roy Rogers kissing his horse, Kate Smith saluling the flag or Julia preferring her son Corey to a Saturday night date. It's not believing in Ilee Haw, Dr. Spock, Flipper, J. Edgar Hoover, the Lennon Sisters or Shirley Temple. Is there really a King family? . In this day and age where its embarrassing to see people fully clothed, where you can judge a book by its cover and where evil triumphs over good, is it possible for a family unit to be for real? the King Family the other . Watching night I blinked my eyes and said, (I lost my head) as I saw a son dancing with his mother with his arms around her. Why Utah Must Get Better Air Service non-sto- p Cool It At The Jail r ' According to one school of thought, jail inmates should expect some physical discomfort as part of their punishment. Just try selling that idea to anyone down at the Salt La Ice Jail, where jailers are suffering along with the of the heat. bccaftse jailed During July, temperatures inside the jail rose as high as 107 degrees. As Sheriff Delmar Larson has observed: This is a very unsatisfactory condition because it tends to stir unrest among the inmates and is not good for thier health. Also, it is very uncomfortable for employees working in the ' "hough employees can move about and avoid extrr rature areas. i...a, too, the jail holds inmates awaiting preliminary hearings on trials who have not been convicted of a crime. . When the jail was built it was intended to have air conditioning, and air ducts for this purpose were installed. But cooling equipment has not been purchased because, of the squeeze on city and county budgets. This is false economy, since the lack of air conditioning increases tension among inmates and thus increases problems for jail officers. A price tag of $21,000 has been placed on air conditioning for the jail, but at least one electrical engineer ing worker says the job could be done for much less. A close look should be taken at the costs involved. With temperatures moderating somewhat during August, and considering the time it takes to find funds and get equipment installed, it may be too late to get air conditioning installed this season. But certainly the Salt Lake Jail should be air conditioned by next summer. City-Coun- ty -- City-Count- y Is Erma For Real? Yes, Erma, there is a King Family. Your little friends are wrong, Mrs. Bornbeck. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they want to believe. Not believe in the King Family? You might as well not believe in Nielsen Ratings or in show biz or in that fine, old American institution, Hollywood. Thats what the New York Sun would have told you, Erma. In fact, with a few variations, that's just about what it told another little girl named Virginia when she wondered if there was really a Santa Claus. But this brings up a question that has been puzzling us. Is there really an Erma Bornbeck? Arent you really Art Buchwald moonlighting under an assumed name? Or maybe our own man Harry Jones disguised in a wig and lipstick? (We wouldn't have gotten suspicious, Harry, if you hadnt started carrying that purse.) Our own little friends say we are bananas to believe any housewife could have a family funny enough to provide grist lor a regular humor column. Either that, or you need more help than even Dear Abby can provide. We await your reply. Is there really an Erma Bornbeck? Afterthought . . . ' ,Cab drivers should be graded Fast, Medium or Slow on the sides of their cabs, so that a passenger won't (as I invariably do pick up myopic slowpoke when trying to make a n when there is plane, or fall into the clutches of a. plenty of time for an appointment I ; speed-demo- h they're on camera. I believed there is still a lot of love in a family and that maybe the d r tone-dea- im Hps. . 1 ,1 thought that went out .with wedgies and 78 rpm recurds. Later in the show they all gathered around the piano and sang a love song with words I could understand. For a lew. minutes, I believed. I believed that women can wear skirts tn the floor and be beautiful and feminine. That boys can play a piano and not look like a sissy. That toddlers are a part of , a family and not hidden just because Dear Editor: Is there really a King Family? My little friends say I am bananas to believe that so many gWs in one farmlv 5, 1969 The future of Salt Lake City rests on the outcome of the hearings that open today to determine whether Utah gets new air service to San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and JSTcw York. Although its the hub of an area embracing 11 states with a population of more than 30 million, Salt Lake City is served by only two major trunk airlines plus a few local airlines. That means Salt Lfke City lacks as much air service as other comparable communities enjoy. For example, Columbus, Ohio has five major trunklines and two local service carriers even though its growing slower than the Utah capital. ' As a result, many air passengers traveling between Salt Lake City and the East must take flights that are indirect and inconvenient, often through Denver. If Salt Lake City doesnt get better air service, Utah can easily lose out to the competition in efforts to attract industry and visitors. That's why the Utah Agencies is beseeching the Civil Aeronautics Board, which is conducting the hearings this week in Salt Lake City, to authorize new carriers and more transcontinental air service for Utah. Two years ago a study made by United Research Inc. showed that Salt Lake City travelers were paying $1.6 million more in fares than they would have in 14 comparable cities. Why? Well, it hardly seems a coincidence that the same study also- found little competition between the airlines serving Salt Lake City. In 1967 the population of the Salt Lake City Sendee Area was 792.900. Davis, Salt Lake, Utah, and Weber counties Next year it is expected to reach 853,600. By 1980 the figure is expected to go beyond 1 million. "Utahs recreational attractions, national parks, and skiing areas generate air travel from all 50 states as well as foreign countries. The LDS Church, with headquarters in Salt Lake City, generates substantial transcontinental and intercontinental air traffic, as the Utah Agencies points out. Moreover, Salt Lake City is a gateway for air traffic to Yellowstone, Teton, Mesa Verde, and Grand Canyon national parks. On the basis of this and other evidence, Utah Agencies . concludes that the public convenience and necessity justify and require transcontinental competitive air service tp the East and West coasts. Utahns cannot afford to relax their efforts to get it. I Are Kings For r . (99 4 ifZEiUcrt- - squares are the happiest people In the world because theyve got the most to be v happy about. . I desperately wanted that family to be ! And then someone in the room said, You cluck! Those are all winners of. e the King Family contest held in ' Peoria, 111. in 1967. My Daddy says if I read it in the New York Sun that there is a King Family, it is true. (He amended his statement to read The Deseret News after I told him the Sun folded some 20 years ago.) I await your reply. Is there really a y . King Family? " , . ' look-alik- ; Erma (Editors note: Yes, Erma, there is family but we wonder about YOU.? See editorial, this page.) liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini What Humphrey Tola Kosygin letters to the editor i THE DRUMMONDS Bv ROSCOE AND GEOFFREY DRUMMOND WASHINGTON - What Soviet maintains diplomatic with anti-Russi- President interesting and equally important. Here are the principal points he made: U. Drummond G. Drummond know Huberts sense of responsibility And his dedication to the foreign policy goqls which he feels the President is genuineiy ' seeking to achieve. He strongly urged Kosygin to recognize that now is the time to reach signifibeneficial cant, mutually agreements with the United States. Humphrey . . agreement. Lyndon Johnson once said that he hoped to be of as much help to President Nixon as Dwight Eisenhower had been to him. Apparently, Humphrey feels the n same, and he is finding that he is in to do- so. v Humphreys own judgment Is that Moscow intends to negotiate responsively, especially on the crucial issue of nuclear arms control. It would not be surprising if the transcendent American feat of putting men on the moon ahead of Russia is an added incentive to nuclear weapons competition by agreement. For nearly a decade, beginning with Sputnik in 1957, the Soviets were far ahead of the United States in every first to major aspect of the space race land a rocket on the moon, first to orbit a man around the earth, first to enable a man to walk in space and Lrst to put three cosmonauts together. So confident were the Soviets that the United States could never catch up that in October, 1964, Pravda printed an article with pretended tears headlined and proclaiming that Sorry, Apollo Voskhod has left the god of light (Apol- three years behind. , a.po-sitio- Humphrey told Kosygin he need have no doubt that President Nixon very much wants to cut back the nuclear arms race, is eager to dissolve the Cold War and is dcieimined to bring an end to the war in Vietnam. He made it clear to Kosygin that most Democrats, are behind the President on the main issues and that it would be fruitless for any foreign power to think it could profit from partisan differences within tlie United States. Humphrey left no dQubt in the minds of his listeners and he talked with other leaders besides the premier that, whatever the differences over an ABM system, the United States would remain militarily strong and that the only way for both nations to cut the heavy burden of arms was by mutual Deplores Gun Control He emphasized that there is relatively little fervid feeling in the United States today and that this is an additional reason why now is the moment, to act together. Pre- mier Alexei Kosygin said to Hubert Humphrey about wanting to have better relations with the United Slates is interesting and important. But what Humphrey said to Kosygin about not throwing away his opportunity to deal responsively Nixon is even more contact with nations. made some other com- ments to the Soviet leaders, all of which and Mr. Nixons rest on his conviction that the peace of the world will be determined mostly by whether the United States and Russia get on together. He argued that the Soviets ought to help end the war in Vietnam, and he which Cannot made a specific proposal as to what they could now be disclosed best do. He said he was certain the United States would remain totally neutral in the hazardous conflict. Sino-Sovi- He stressed that in seeking to improve political and trade relations with Red With this evidence of what American China and Romania the United States is not acting in any spirit and science, technology and management can that President Nixon has no other pur- achieve, perhaps Kosygin is reaching the pose than to maintain diplomatic contact, same conclusion as President Nixon that now is the time for negotiation. with Communist nations as Moscow The agitation for gun control legislation continues. It seems that Senator Dodd has learned his lesson; others have not. The danger in this legislation, practically all of it, is the repression of dictatorship. It is not at all strange that Hitler took away Jhe arms of the peo- - f pie; and that the Communist lords and masters do the same thing. To, see Americans advocate this, especially people who should know better both from history and current events, does seem very strange and quite fearful, as though our laws were insufficient and our ability to control our own society would be most inadequate. It seems that some newspapers ought to find men of the intellectual and moral fiber of such greats at John Finley of the New York Times and William Allen White of the Emporia Gazette to direct their editorial and news policies. It also seems so strange that the people who now advoof all were the cate scrapping the Bill of Rights in effect. When Hitler came to power these same people were out there on the firing line firing. What will happen when the storm troopers and the red guard take over here? It seems they will be with the troops, so to speak, while Liberty and Justice languish. Is history to repeat its ugly self In this regard here? -A- LLEN C. LAMBERT, Minister, United Methodist Church Ashton, Idaho anti-fascis- It's An Eyesore anti-Sovi- . The views which Humphrey put to of inestimable help to Mr. Kosygin are not surprising to those who Nixon Nixons Approach To The Poor Tlie President lias taken lots of time lo seek fresh answers to the problems of the poor and the nation will shortly learn whether his search yOv 1 Inklings of program he the will announce on August 8 raise hopes that it may be a constructive adap- tation of the expe- riences past, a of t h e cautious but p r a c tical attempt to bridge the gulf of hostility between the poor and the taxpayer. The aim is to relinp tne Johnson techniques of bold experimentation into an approach with less political vulnerabilities and more assurance of bread public the Nixon aides support. Specifically, hope to find a balance between what needs to be done for the minority which is poor and tlie resentments which cause tlie majority to suspect that the poor are being pampered. Tiie income maintenance plan is a key aspect of this undertaking because it will oiier inducements to work to welfare recipients and income incentives to those who work but make a bare living. The program is being designed to ettiact a wider base of support than welfare payments now command. Ti.e rhcloiic of the War on Poverty will inevitably be softened but tlie anticipations of OEQs demise at the hands of are proving to have tiie Republicans been exaggerated. The agency is being reshaped by its new director, Donald Rumsfeld, but its basic concerns and directions will persist. action, potentially tlie Community most vulnerable Democratic innovation, lias survived the reshaping. Rumsfelds review made it apparent that the concept of maximum feasible participation is CHARLES BARTLETT here to stay, not only because it is popular with the people who participate but because- - it enlarges the perspective and quality of the response to the. problems. Tlie license afforded local CAP agencies is likely to be tightened. The Republicans have found that in too many cities, executive directors of CAP uniis have ruled unchallenged by city hall or by Washington and tlie intention is to create more pressures, local and federal, to keep them on the track. Nevertheless innovation and experimentation will remain, as Sargent Shriv-e- r conceived them, the crucial functions of OEO. Programs which gain established stature will continue to be transferred to tlie big departments. Greater pains will be taken to ensure that OEOs experiments are judged objectively and not by their advocates. Slirivers OEO broke the monopoly of tlie social service workers upon the problems of poverty. Now Rumsfeld is anxious to break the monopoly of the group which arose under Shriver. He wants to bring in fresh concepts and personalities so he has pulled away from the bureaucracy he inherited. But he is not finding it easy to recruit able men with social concern from Republican ranks. One characteristic of the new approach is an unwillingness to be blackmailed into approving grants with arguments that they will appease the threat of riots in the giiettoes. One that was specifically proposed as a sop to unrest in a midwestern city was flatly turned down. Rumsfeld made it clear that he would rather take the calculated risk' than submit to blackmail. Ilis veto of a $720,900 grant to YOU, an association of ghetto gangs which have turned their entigies to useful projects, has stirred fears that his approacii may prove excessively cautious. Many see YOU. which reaches into 60 cities and involves groups like the Conserva-- . live Vice Lords of Chicago, as a hopeful way of diverting the ghetto young from more, militant paths. President Johnson refused twice to fund YOU against the advice of three members of his cabinet. Although YOU is backed by the Urban League, Mr. Johnson did not want to risk the embarrassments which the gangs are capable - of producing. Rumsfelds veto for approximately the same reasons may or may not be a significant clue to the future of the poverty ' program under the Republicans. But it in which does underline the concern with the problems is balanced, and perhaps inhibited, by concern with new-moo- d popular support. anti-fascis- My family and I have just returned from a vacation in Utah. After reading your interesting columns, we thought you might help. Although your extensive influence is probably insufficient to do anything about it, we wanted to apprise you of our views on the unsightly mess west of Salt Lake City. In all our travels across America and around the world, we have seen nothing to compare with the collection of junk, cars,' litter, refuse, and disSurecarded trash that confronts travellers on ly a city with tlie civic pride and capacity to build a Salt Palace and maintain such a lovely, dean community can cope with such an eyesore. The impressive Temple grounds and other beautiful memories your city creates are forgotten as one passes this repulsive and despicable accumulation of rubble along tiie highway. For the 'Asian Games, the city of Bangkok, Thailand, erected a mile-lonbillboard fence along the main highway from the airport in order to shield the slum areas from the prying eyes of tourists. It is suggested that this approach would be an improvement-- in Salt Lake City. As former Utahns, we were disappointed and ashamed of the scandalous mess on the main apprpach to our fair state capital. We would appreciate anything you can do to help get it cleaned up. MR. AND MRS. HARVEY BROWN McLean, Va. g ; - Blunt Soviet Threat GUEST CARTOON One of the more fantastic statements out of y in the heat of tlie Washington came in historic ABM debate, it was Utah's own junior Frank Moss, who stated in a Senate speech that he doubts the wisdom of deploying ABM . . against a supposed Soviet attack which is utterly beyond any sane persons imagination.. mid-Jul- sen-atc- . Four points: us forget tlie similar ostrich assurances given of Hitlers intentions on tlie eve of the most horrendous war the world has ever witnessed? 2. Can we forget the similar assurances made during the early years after World War it as the Soviet Union forced all of Eastern Europe behind its Iron Curtain? 3. How soon will the freedom fighters of Hungary or Czechoslovakia forgot the hope of liberty that was brutally, snuffed out by Soviet attacks utterly beyond any sane person's imagination? 4. At least 50 percent of the U.S. Senate believe such a .future attack is at least possible. They support ABM. So does the Nixon Administration, which is privy to strategic intelligence about tlie USSR which Sen. Moss has no access to. 1. Can any of ' 7- "Six, five, four, three Christian Science Monitor' -F- f RANK THURSTON Brigham Cil |