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The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 4

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FT 7 ER THE EDIT have a little shadow that 4A OGDEN UTAH TUESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 2 1965 The Standard Examiner welcomes letters from its readers They must be in the public interest must not exceed 250 words and must be signed with the writer's name address and for verification telephone number Save the Charter Editor Standard-Examiner: Since arriving in Ogden just a few weeks ago I have become very interested in the campaign to repeal Ogden City's charter In fact I have become very disconcerted about it Because we plan to make Og noes in and out with me Proper Support Ufahns: 'Beware of Freeway Tieups den our home we are ot course interested in its future It seems tlwl i 'u iflniptPiv irrational that In the past many weeks much 111V VUlllKvvy i A has been said and printed regarding our city council and company its faults and short- citizens of Ogden would want to throw away their right to govern their own city There is i nothing to be gained but much coms am i na ye vo lnct lu lino t0If instance they would been like' to change the form of gov- gi ass-rool5 are to survive' We could have a 150-car pileup some morning in mid-Davis County where fog frequently settles on winter days if we're not careful Utah has hazards that even Southern California doesn't face That's the matter of snow ice and frost Mix these with fog and we'll really have a problem This frost danger for example is particularly acute on roadways that involve miita oociiv its many acmiueb rill II 111 i I ll I Til 1 1 1 UUJll Could some of these comments De aone unaer uui ciu svstem mnv nf nnr ritizens have taken the "time or trouble to sit shame to revert to an old pa with 'in on some of the many ramifi tronaee svbit-in Hntiac thpse 0 nntmn5 ot tne aunes Ol uics Drivers in Southern California should be used to freeways by now They've had these highspeed highways for years Despite their experience more than 150 Los Angeles" area drivers ran into problems Sunday when fog settled over theSanta Ana and Harbor Freeways In less than an hour two tieups on these roads resulted in mass collisions of near-record proportions More than 100 cars smashed together on one section of the Santa Ana Freeway At least 50 more piled up on the Harbor Freeway Twenty-seven persons were injured one seriously Thirty autos ere total wrecks Property damage was more "More than 41 police cars were used in clearing freeways: two of these were smashed in the process A highway patrol operations officer said it would take until all reports are inbefore they knew just how many separate accidents there were on "Foggy eii i i i ii i everv change ot aamiinbuauun Lnarier thev make mistakes The indi- employes i vidu'al who never makes mis- t-i-'iK i-c: 5 hp one who does noth 1 uu nut ruiuv int in thp ritv government there- but sit in the background (nro havp nn nersonal ax to trig anH ow ou can Dei erind If some want to rid the city of these people change the prnment but don't throw series of bridges and overpasses On freeway with a solid base frost and' snow and at a reasonably uniform rate except in areas shaded from the sun fe But on raised structures cold air passing below the highway keeps the surface colder than" adjoining stretches You come around a curve and onto an overpass Suddenly there a glazed pave-ment If you're not on your toes this spells trouble The worst offender in modern fast-moving traffic is the practice of "tail-gaiting" That's when you're too close to the car in front of you In any weather this is dangerous AVlen fog ice or snow shrouds a free-wav it's an invitation to suicide: I '0 nn hat can be the SS 'ein(K rals can cc away our city's freedom to gov- ern Throwing out thebaby with the bath water" does not seem the part of wisdom I lived in another city where they did repeal their charter and have since talked with some of those who led the fight for repeal and theV now admit that the c'itv vould have been better off to 'have saved the charter and changed the form of government We in Ogden should be mature enough to profit from others' experience Those who still can and do complain about some of our political actions but how much more industry and pavroll' might we have if we spend our idle conversation in" talking up our community Lock around us to the south and north and observe the new-business coming in to these places If we elect these individuals to do the job let us at least give them the proper supports and' when and if we discover inetiiciency that's the time to act Remember deeds speak louder than words Hearsay" is a very contag-eous and ot limes damaging ailment but- the" individual who has the knowledge ard the facts and does something about it is a r-refv y'V man to ride along wah be he' politician Utahns can learn lesson from the chain-reaction mishaps in Southern Cali- fornia As more and more miles of freeways rcome into use in our state many of us will have to alter our driving habits if we 1 i I A I I want to change the government ought to propose a 'referendum for such change which is the issue and not throw away to the state legislature our right to rule our own city Dr Qiiinn McKay 3376 dramercy Ave Friend or i The tragedy in South Viet Nam (luring the weekend when S' bombers killed 48! civilians and wounded 55 others in a DRE ARSON just plain Mr Cua a B-Tt 4lSTiarnsdn Blvd were thus and a friendly town bombed without warning Kasy but "itragic'-' Pioneer League Entry The- 1orn of professional baseball the pgdeii area next summer will be a vrV-ome addition to the sports scene in the Golden Spike Empire The community has missed organized it i- of one frionHlv 'illustrates b'lcms (if the Southeast i I a most critical pro matter is not circulated mrouu the 'mails One possible' explanation for Butter worth's picking Swarthmore 'for his post office is the location ot a vigorous right-wing radio station WXUR in Media onlv four miles away bast "March 19' the Federal Communications' Commis jo transferred WXUR to the Faith Theolopica-1 Seminary of which Rev' Carl Mclntire the right-wing Fundamentalist preacher is president 'flic licensing of WXUR to the Mclntire -group was made despite pron-sts by the Catholic interracial Council of New York the American Baptist Convention the Lutheran Church in Asia war: Kcfri's Northern Mail Plan Uses Swarthmore Postal Box the How do you tell thefriend from eball since? the old Ogden Hods had to op out 1 0 years ago High Taxes Fditor Standard-Fxaminer: The editorial in the Standard-Fxaminer on Oct 31 was mo-l enlightening It's great to know we have civic-minded people who are willinfi to donate time services and talents to the operation of the city at such a nominal fee If this is-the philosophy of the over-all picture op the operation hatth enemies Korea tK' was bad rr''' Completely Upset Fditor S'andard-Exaiiuner: At this moment I am com- pk-ieiv upset with tiie human races" I am beginning to wonder hat rraiN'-s 1 1 just mappened tv i'- out of a window aadoi a vers heart sickening 'ew ot a group of young people cali them young people becau-e the word teenager seems to tr- ail in ihe same category which 'they indeed are no- do not think badly of all young people but when they Hpstrov inst tor the sake of de 1 11 lines there were lainy wtji atiornev in the 'shadow ot Stone Mountain Ca Now ti3 Butter-worth has an excellent speaking' voice and does quite a business in recording anti-Jewish and anti-Negro tapes which are- SW ARTHMOHF Pa Most residents don't know it but tins quiet Quaker community has suddenly 'become the local point for the Northern maibcampaign of the Ku Flux Klan during 'the last few year 01 especially hostilities iht -Tn nu at ions -vvei But the council 1 lift' mixed ulated among hate groups Anwt- ht -nti-uetamaiion 01 utnv vai Wally Butterworth public re- eirc a in i iv 11 Hi iHvt innk at a Korean and termine whether he was loyal to rovn" government in Seoul or to the Communist regime in Pyongyang Vnwcmp in Vipt Nani The North very low It also stroying a puis them on mv list of likeable iations man tor the uniteu ju Klux Kians has rented Box 33 at the Swarthmore' post office 'and picks up his mail here two or three times a week mail that comes in as a result of a campaign to enlist right-wing "support in this liberal college town! the home of Swarthmore He frequently -alls upon wnnes to protect' their way ol lite by iolence For some years Butterwortli has been' publicity director ni the Fnited Klans ami reet-nily dritted up to lie Philadelphia area where lie rented a po-t oj-iice box- at Swarthmore Swarthmore noslal ottiiicals have not League the- Fnited Church of t(hnst the Creator Philadelphia Council of Churches the AFL-ClO the New Jersey Council of (liurches the" Presbytery of I'iijladelphia the National Urban League and the NAACP Si Idomlias there been such an array of religious and social urotius" opposing the award of manager -system of government whv is it that Ogden city residents must continually pay the highest tax rate tnot including one-half per cent city sales taxi suffering undue hardships to property owners and businessmen alike and encouraging progressive people to leave? It's not the question of how much ail individual is paid but the cost of the operation of Ogden Citv- as a whole that should be considered in our selection of all snd 11 IUC CU-mv Vietnamese- and the South Vietnam' look as did' the Knrtlierners makes me sck inside This group was apparently enjovtng a bright looking young man's exhibitions as -he "trumped on ms new iy planted Lawn seeing how deep lie could dig his heels into it The new Ogden team ill probably be Mionsored bv the Los Angeles Dodgers v-otld's cliampions by virtue of their re- cent ''World Series victory over tbe Min- nesota- Twins Fans will see a different Pioneer Leagiit- too: In the loop with Ogden are three Idaho Caldwell Twin Falls: Idaho Falls Ten years ago Montana had-two entries and travel distances veie a pi oblein The sea-on- will be shorter Only 66 games -half at home half on the road-are played beginning in mid Tune and elo-ing late August In approving use of Affleck Park for the revived' ba ball club -Ogden fit officials made sure that it would not hamper play in existing amateur leagues a wise move since the professional teams depend -m the amateur organizations lor development of talent but renia -iic radio license uespucun Wally Butterworth is the tor-" neen napp ei York ra- under the law have nothing to tiuv FCL gave WXUR to the Mc-l)oxeS as i hi int a nublic Int croup iinoui a mum How could normal young a rvi nnnnrpr- wtio sav about who rents boe ire people with so many onder lived with James Venable KKK long as obscene and subversive government Bruce Ham pel 1445 27th St Southerners of the US Civil War a een- turv ago This difficulty is compounded by the "polka dot" nature of the lighting On maps one village -will be colored red to show Viet Cong possession an adjacent town will be blue for South Vid Nam It is easy to understand how numbers on a map could be mixed up-in Saturday's case two numbers were transposed bV a South Viet Nam offi or and' pilots heat ing and despite the tact that -the Ihree-vear license ot -the original twners had not expired Cliiet reason for this unusual transier was -the mercenary one that the station was -currently losing money" We have determined that a Retired Folks vj Editor Standard-Examiner When oh hen is the City HOLM ES ALE AND to call the re- hearing looking toward a pos- Council going allace Yarmolinsky Have ful things in this world to en-jov and do find pleasure in such disgusting actions They certainly have never had to do anvthing very difficult when it comes to phvsical labor or they would think twice before committing such acts Or would they'' So many people not just the voung vvant money clothes "cars individuamv freedom-along with ail of the better things from life' They do not want: work responsibility prouk-ms respect or any of" the many things that go along with it They- can spend all morning getting ready to go to church school the beer parlor or any place that appeals to them but they cant seem to find the time or energy it takes to put their beer baliles cigarette packs Trench 3 cartons hamburger wrap- at glasses or 'plain garble in their own eached Career Crossroads SOP A doing their share Thene was a mix of exports more repatriation of earnings and certain others as well as redwee'd overseas hy which the 500 indus- trial firms were' asked to contribute a $13 billion improvement to the payments balance Because of the other factors Secretary Connor still hopes his repotting firms will meet their SI 3 hililoir target But the fact remains 'that -less direct investment was hoped for and a lot more direct investment has re- si hie denial ol the application is not warranted" wrote the majority of the FCC Commissioners Thev said they relied" 11 lie pledge of the Mclntire group that it would "not slant the news or in any way distort 'factual material" LONE DISSENTER Commissioner Kenneth Cox issued a blistering dissent He demanded that the commission at least hold a public hearing before giving a radio license to the Mclntire organization "While I recognize that Rev Mclntire is not the applicant here think a sufficient showing lias been made to indicate that he will be the dominant figure in the proposed license "The fact that Rev Mclntire has a right to express' his views tired folks to talk over tne plans and do something regarding the location of the Golden Hours Club etc Don't you think the aged who have been the taxpayers of this city who have reared their families here are entitled to consideration? We all agree that Ogden City has reached a size of great importance And is no more the small town of few years ago And that Ogden City does not have adequate facilities to meet the conditions that confront the retired This condition is shameful and deplorable Ogden Citv claims we have no bonded indebtedness Therefore we request before other bond issues are allowed that the first issue shall be for a civic auditorium including facilities for WASHINGTON-Gov George Deep South and it could not Wallace T)-Ala and Defense happen without local resistance Department aide Adam Yarmo- Wallace has refused to be a lmsky won't be flattered at the Quisling who goes over to the joining of their names and yet other side rather he has tried there is a commonalty at this to represent 'the 'people who phase of their careers-for each chose him and has tried to mod-' is at a crossroads ernize his state by internal milt might be said in fact that provements in industry and edu-each is at a threshold which cation so that improvements US Balance of Paymenfs SiilL Suffers-a Shortage WASHINGTON Next to 'the problem was thought to be 11- tne ones iiarba'tie "cae w-ir the -tactor mosi mjiv so placed ft i ihclt- convenience Vietnamese cilwH nulf OW of Rinds COU cad 10 lueaiei mum wWiU vw UmJU Wvice public- ohlivun Heis not agains change and a ti iu iiifi 'ihove last Now tins country has an in- juies um Instead it has been onfy partly solved' primarily because ot the -enormous and continuing increase" in American corporate most directly: affecting this country's standing in the world is tlie state of theUS balance of And Zt US Jipirt exhausVibie-siockpile of techno- them about by economic hener energy in coal steel ment which takes aloUnor up more uAttL allowed yea i US imports are up logical I imnorts are up logical does not signify that he is en- are r- Qinminc hut time than has been him 1 rr-u even more nrmonti- is meiancnoiv 10 mvptnicn overseas ims jcui in 1 1 1 1 k- tio nraccmpn inside and ULi llIViVw' have to report therefore that President Johnson's voluntary Thus the nresent over-all human dynamos une wdiwic uoow prl "lion is another deficit in andjarmolinsky are scarce and ouhorders uJiic kiq nfnUmpnis ive I know them both and Ironically svauace taitti is firms will spend the gigantic sum of $73 billion on new nlant and equipment in titled to control a broadcast fa- the benefit of all retired associa- cility" wrote Commissioner tions and there are many Cox "The test the commission" When can we meet with the must apply is not whether the Ogden City Council and talk this applicant's' freedom of expres- important matter over? in'n should he served but We are anxious and ready nroeram for righting the pay 111c vju uuiuih -1 1 the order ot I nate 10 see eimer 01 ineiowc fr-cion i i n't i p' A pood deal for IflHT on been ments balance has only of this spending to be sure will billion (assuming that nothing lost to the manpower economy making so-so progress whether the public interest will Set the date we will be present I'll tell sou di -a if at the age of 25 v-t et what will I be when I am '50? I sincerely wonder ara ry a small prayer for my feilaw man -4 i 'M'der bl W' 8u0 Sunset I tah 'Well Done1 Editor Stanuuid-Examiner: On Oct -27 at approximately 6:15 am I had occasion to contact ihe Ogden City Fire Department My home was filled with smoke and while no flames were visible we felt the necessity of an emergency contact with the fire department These gentlemen of the Ogden MIDDLE LEVEL he financed either ny loieigo goes suaaemy wrong mc The voluntary program was not so much threatened by others as by a weak spot in his own" character Like many who have tasted power and success he finds it hard to set the intoxicating cup aside He has positioned himself as a traditional- Howard Revor be served by entrusting a scarce adopted last winter after a real borrowing (which does not af- fourth-quarter now in progress) These men are alike in anoth 3511 Ogden Ave frequency to his control crisis of confidence in the dot- fect the balance of payments) Since this is only nair or ldbi lOiJ iT er way Each is the bete noire -1 lar was caused by a l'Jb4 pay- or by spreading retained roreign year unneaitny aericn 11 wm of the-offenter political groups Afot nf $3 hillion: which-- Mmin05 renresent nrogress But there XTc' ruQ nQoriv a Neither is nearly anywhere as jst and a constitutionalist but 1 I irl i LJ A i v-i- Js Jv 3-t! 1 mm jrcKk ttv fx 'a is 1 bad to be announced in the cli- Even so the dollar outflow re- are few men in government who bad as his enemies pretend nor now ie Tries to change the rules as remarkable as his boosters jn the middle of the game In so ir if T7 if win it mate of extreme uncertainty suiting trom direct rnvehimems are wining 10 aigue umt it resulting from the acute ster- overseas of the 500 industrial represent entirely satisfactory claim but it would be hard to (j0jng he belies his own princi- ling crisis last December firms reporting to the Depart- progress fi a pair of men at the middle Dies 1P cmcwt meni or commei ee i3 1UC uim 1 Ipvel of the nublic nierarcny THREE-ELEMENTS nse by $1 billion in 1965 deficit is not that it contains el ot the puoiic SCAPEGOAT Three main elements had from ast year's $24 billion a threat of another crisis of 1U Adam Yarmolinsky has been 50 YEARS AGO Citv Fire Department respond- 20 YEARS AGO Lewis superintendent ed immediately They were at Thair Carver son of Mr and caused the l4 deticit: 11 l0 a level of $34 billion confidence in the dollar ine rnrao Waltacp has been writ- treated by those who don like rj rij j-ufi a r-r hnmp ess man live mm- a iti- i ho como nnnpspn pn Mrc rum a It rvc ui ridiii nf- no nmino rar hiiu iiuici uc- wui i- i vj vcuvci vi lain (r ine uiiniit urn anu "i- creased bank lending abroad lhis year This quite massive real point is that it leaves the ireaieu as a nun wim jj increased direct investments increase in direct industrial in US Treasury with little lev- ss contempt that has been accord- City was named Utah winner partment of the Union Pacific tes at ft" abroad by American industry vestment calling for export of erage-alnrost with minus lev- enuahtv am-'ed to Wallace of (he Four-H better farm and Railroad had been appointed tniJ5e lcv- and and he path--and am-ry much nut of a the path out ot a and mucn 4 nrnA Minct Qnpnnin? i u1t -Vt fni in the mnrp 7 1 i nlnnlnn pnntpet mnnnnr aF i Ho Hmincr rar and call wcic wuuwuj ana inucascu aouars coiUTasu auaipij eidgc in iau-i uv but in truth he IS very nine anudgdiu iiMvciicaiunumc iiwuagu hdnfnl and nhvinmlv ex- wnrlH lly uut 111 utL ru iotonf uai a Harriman- verV neiDIl 14 Vm nompH ho cdirt isu -Kiirtpnshaw SSSlSiani hntp flpnartnipnt tor narrilliaa vxn n- A -j abroad by individual Amen- the redUction of dollar outflows a slice-of-life-character mm nameu ab me pei pen mui vi am ndv uunciianaw ulti ucuduncu tremelv well trained and effi -r i a nprnp ra ar fi more urgent aica ui monetary reform- iiyahle niece of America some netanous scneme to down- waoer eoumy ageni tie wins nnes i 'i a coma nprr vfi vh i rinr uc ni a iiiii-1- mmton inn rhimn nPp ciem-Aimuugu- mc cans The Treasury under jor- througn bank lending pier Secretary Douglas DU- fhe banks reporting to the Ion was at first inclined to re- Federal Reserve are in fact ex- gard the problem as serious to contribute a $2 billion nniieh to call for government improvement to the payments tar trom represenung i f' 7 tak Logan was host to Ogden not to result in extensive dam- ohgarcy or plutocracy of-the thesuhversives but lhaetak were pre- recognition of the coming to age the response of these pub- QUICK QUIZ Deep south ne is a very orainy en icA" narin Christmas boxes for ser- Logan and Cache Valley the employes was extremely vorv flPtprminert noor DOV wno Sioneb imuhk ui uiciu hi uiv ca- i i ii A foci mo it-' During the administration -rnriilpt nprience has had anv substance vicemen saia Jaraii mtt- inieruruan uou grauymg ro mo mfn nnwpr a a controls balance bv reduced lending Q- I think we citizens of Ogden i fr pmpmarv si'iiinii miuci- ririiurHiri was uidiiiicii i iniiiis en Procipnt Johnson flatly re- tha lat nf the new Drob- of what president was the nf twp timpc vYet Adam perhaps because wO ST fnrtnnata in hflvincr nprsnn- and several hundred ii i rA i A Koft AAncrurn tnrio I noma ioUl It WOUld De laiUOUS expect uc naa a-uopiatuiu uuuv ihe mai i t- I Tl A TJuccian ovtrnntinn nn OOXeS Were HI TO Uldll The Orpheum Theater was this caliber available to featuring Theda Bara famous in emergencies and fused to grasp the nettle of re- ems now being mulled over is Ananias Club formed? strictions on tourism by some therefore the resentment among Theodore Roosevelt Ana-such device as heavy visa and the bankers who are increasing- nias Club was an expression passport fees But he asked the ly convinced that they are be- employed by the press to avoid American banks engaged in for- nfy railed on to make sacri- the word "liar" in connection Commissioner Harold vampire in the Fox movie times of nee(j jt js a comfort-Welch had been invited by Gov "Sin" ing thought to know that effi-Herbert Maw to the Nation- )nnjint1 ftnthP pient firemen are as near as Aiaoama to ue uuwu anu iun aim nudomu ii over for the revolution which one side of his family has be- was dictated by forces outside come a hapless scapegoat whose its jurisdiction I do not think promotions are blocked for no that Texas would fail to resist reason that does credit to the the exnroDriation of its oil blockers He has been scheduled eign lending and the 500 Amer- fices while the industrialists are with certain disputes al Heclamation Association con- t- ra- y0ur phone vention in Denver Nov 14-16 a'r ground at 171 vere rap- pjre being allowed to mane money QWhat flower is said to lands or that Pittsburgh would for' big jobs in the poverty war lJ ma wcii rwpi MIX OF FACTORS wake the robin's song? aswv nfl(pncp nonartmpnt Off fprs at tho llffrien HlSH wav tor SnODS lO De Wscicu wjr ican industrial firms with serious business overseas to join in a voluntary program of bal-ance-of-payments improvement Last spring the program seemed to be working so well that the: trLT wWch VZX mct Lfe given the Ogden "lgan and Idaho i- i nj i -nKm itfo hoc hfion imrnniwi in lub ccuuu mv tends that tne inausiriaiisis are caueu wane ivum.

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