The figures are in from the Utah County Clerk’s office…and the total vote of 59,471 in the county in the 1972 general election was indeed a record. But we mustn’t pat ourselves on the back too enthusiastically until we examine the whole story. The record total vote was NOT a record in the percentage of… Continue reading 76% Turnout of Voters
Category: Liberty
Some Still Try to Suppress
Challenges to freedom of the press – the public’s right to know – continue at home and abroad. The year 1981 saw many actions to restrict news media, according to the International Press Institute. in evaluating press freedom over the past year. IPI said it is “Becoming increasingly difficult to find more than perhaps 20… Continue reading Some Still Try to Suppress
Man Tells ‘Responsibilities’
Editor, Herald: I agree with the comments made by N, La Verl Christensen in Feb. 7’s Daily Herald regarding a bill of responsibilities. There are five other statements that should be added to the list and repeated over and over again. 1. Responsibility is the key to freedom. 2. True freedom is the right to… Continue reading Man Tells ‘Responsibilities’
U.S. officials note growth of Cuban-backed violence
A warning by two United States officials of the activities of Soviet-backed Cuba in supporting violence and insurgencies in the Caribbean and Latin America should not go unheeded. Addressing the Subcommittee on western Hemisphere Affairs of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in Mid December, Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Enders said Cuba is most active in… Continue reading U.S. officials note growth of Cuban-backed violence
A Judge’s Message On Freedom From Crime
A Fourth Judicial District judge has expressed in a succinct and understandable way some cherished American principles as they relate to individual and family peace, freedom and security. Judge David Sam made his comments the other day in Duchesne County as he sentenced a defendant to prison for aggravated sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl. The… Continue reading A Judge’s Message On Freedom From Crime