Reporting:
Preston Peterson 'Life Wrtter
Governor calls for perspective in ecology
"People are being turned off by the shock treatment used by many environ mentalists ," said Utah Governor Calvin Rampton, speaking
Monday
at
the
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nauguration of Quality of Life Week here at USU. Rampton called for perspective and balance in dealing with environmental problems. He said the shock treatment method has made the environmental movement lose its creditability, with many of its leaders regarded as kooks.
Must Save Economy "It is not conducive to the quality of life if we destroy our eco nomy," Rampton said about the attitude of many en-
vironmentalist against industry . As an example of this he said it wouldn't do any good for the children of workers at Kennecott Copper to have clean air if they didn't have anything to eat because their fathers were out of work. He said that the state policy is that industries already in Utah can work towards meeting pollution standards on a time schedule, whil e new industri es must meet the requirement before they locate in U~h. Irrational
Students
According to Rampt on, the most irrational approach to environmental problems is coming from the camp us . He said many students and professors are against a project before they find out if the plant can be constructed safely. Moreover, Rampton said , if Utah's colleges
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and universities are to be maintained , Utah must get tax' Support from industry . The governor said state figures show that automobiles and not industry are the largest source of pollution in the state. ')\.ccording to his figures , 57 per cent of the state's pollution comes from automobiles while 34 per cent comes from indu stry. Give Up Pollution "We each must be willing to give up our right to pollution ," Rampton said. He said that accord ng to a Salt Lake Tribune poll, 80 percent of the people in Utah are concerned about pollution but that 75 per cent are against paying higher taxes or prices to pay for the cleaning up of the environment. He quoted a comic strip character who said, " we . have seen the ene my and they are us."
Utah State University, May 5, 1971
Goodell, GOP liberal, to speak here tonite
Photo by Bill Wit.on
SPRING BRINGS OUT THE BEST - Student Life will have a new category in the Teeny-Weeny-Bikini contest this year. Along with the regular winner a Miss Hot Pants will be chosen. (See article p. 4.)
Charles E. Goodell, former US senator from New . York, will speak tonight at 8 in Old Main Auditorium in connection with Quality of Life Week. Goodell introduced the first legislation demanding an end to appropriations for US military forces in Vietnam and was undercut by the White House in his bid for reelection . He has been called the "Christine Jorgenson of the Republican Party" by Vice-President Spiro Agnew. In 1968Goodell was chosen to fill the unexpired Senate term of the late Robert F. Kennedy. In November 1970, he was defeated by Conservative party candidate James Buckley. Considered a Republican liberal, Goodell has stated that "somebody ought to challenge Nixon" in the Republican primary election and admits that he intends to become actively inv.olved in next year's campaign. From 1959 to 1968 Goodell served in the House of Representatives and was a member of the House Education and Labor Committee. In the Senate he served on Banking and Currency, Commerce, District of Columbia committees and was a member of the Select Committee on Nutrition and Huma!! Needs. The ex-senator sponsored and co-sponsored legislation on conservation, consumer protection, defense, foreign affairs, education, poverty, race relations and transportation. Other programs for Quality of Life Week include the designation of today as Agricultural Day, which will include a display from the Man and His Bread Museum, a cheese display and a sheep shearing demonstration; pottery, painting and sculpture displays in the Library and Sunburst Lounge Thursday from 10:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and a mid-day concert by the Scotsmen on Friday.
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