There was quite a fuss at the University Mall recently when a baby – left asleep in the car while its mother went shopping awakened and set-up a howl. Mall officials were pressed into action, along with other volunteers. Some comforted the child while others looked for the parents. It was quite a while before peace was restored. This wasn’t an isolated incident. Police Departments of Provo and Orem say it isn’t an everyday problem, by any means, but one which does occur several times in a summer. The heattgenerated in a closed car makes e vehicle unbearably warm and uncomfortable for youngsters. Another problem is that small children, left in an auto, sometimes start playing with the car’s controls. In more than one instance in memory, a youngster has released the emergency break, causing the vehicle to bac up until it ran into the curb or another parked car. If the key is left in the car, the opportunity for mischief and even tragedy is multiplied. Orem and Provo have nearlyidentical city ordlnances which state it is unlawful for any person to lock or confine a minor child under 6 years of age in an auto, bus, trailer, or other vehicle or even leave the confined yoimgster unattended when the car is on a public street, property or facility. The ordinances set a time limit of 10 minutes and define the term “unattended” as meaning the oldest person left with the c ild is under age 12. Violation of the ordinances is classified as a misdemeanor. Most violators are wellmeaning and wouldn’t think of causing harm. Usually the parent or other person intends to be away from the car for only a few minutes. But time can get away from a person and a “few minutes” become a prolonged period. Being sure that youngsters left in a car are attended and comfortable is an important responsibility. Seeing that this responsibility is carried out can avoid problems that, under a particular set of circumstances, can be serious indeed. Briefly Noted Contrary to popular wisdom, them that has don’t always gitand when they don’t, w at happens? A mini-diplomatic incident in this case. The U.S. gasoline shortage is cramping the driving sltyle of delegations to the United ations and one of them wants the organization to pressure the United States into coming up with (jpeclal relief measures for the qlgmats and t.heir chauffeurs. e demand comes from the ambassador of Iraq, third largest OPEC producer and one of the leading price boosters. There has been no word from official quarters as to how the matter is going to be resolved, but the non-diplomatic American public could probably come up with a quick enough answer: Get in line. Capital Development If he had known he would end up providing evidence for his enemies, Karl Marx might have given up writing early in his revolutionary career. A first edition of his “Communist Manifesto,” the call to arms of the worldwide Broletarian uprising, recently rought $65,000 at a Paris auction. Only a do1en copies are known to exist of the work co-authored with Friedrich Engels in 1848. The record price only goes to prove the truth of a basic law of economics that capitalists have known about all along – supply and demand. Cool on Soup Demand can also drop, with a consequent effect on prices, as is happening with the work of pop artist Andy Warhol. The paintings of soup cans he was tuming out in the early ’70s for prices on the order of $60,000 currently might be expected to be had for as ittle as $30,000, according to a recent Wall Street Journa report quoting spokesman of the New York auction house, Sotheby Parke Bernet. Quite a drop in less than a decade, but that’s still a lot of chicken noodle.