There is a lengthy article in today’s Desert News about the Larry H. Miller Empire and a historical account of its growth. The article also describes Miller’s charitable causes.
Buried in the Utah section of the same issue is an article on ,a href=”http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,640186174,00.html”>Larry H. Miller’s Holdings:
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(Sources: Peace Buttons, War Resisters League, and the Peace Center.)
1880
Birthday of Jeanette Rankin, pacifist, 1st US Congresswoman. (1880)
1962
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held its founding convention in Michigan and issued The Port Huron Statement, laying out its principles and program.
“Making values explicit–an initial task in establishing alternatives–is an activity that has been devalued and corrupted. The conventional moral terms of the age, the politician moralities–“free world,” “people’s democracies”–reflect realities poorly, if at all, and seem to function more as ruling myths than as descriptive principles.”
1963
Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk from the Linh-Mu Pagoda in Hue, Vietnam, burned himself to death (self-immolation) in front of U.S. embassy in downtown Saigon to protest the the South Vietnamese regime and the war.
1963
University of Alabama desegregated when Governor George Wallace, facing federalized Alabama National Guard troops, ended his blockade of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and allowed two African-American students to enroll.
1968
Daniel Cohn-Bendit arrived in Britain, stirring up fears of campus unrest. The 23-year-old Paris law student had been given permission to remain in the UK just 24 hours, but immediately threatened to defy the authorities and out-stay his welcome. Mr Cohn-Bendit — a German citizen — had been expelled from France in May for being an organizer of the French student and worker demonstrations which almost brought the country to a standstill the previous month.
“I don’t know how long I will stay. I think it’s a free country”
1988
100,000 marched from United Nations headquarters to Central Park during the 3rd U.N. Special Session on Disarmament.
1988
100,000 march from U.N. to Central Park during 3rd U.N. Special Session on Disarmament
1994
Prairie Peace Park & Maze opens at Interstate 80 exit of Pleasant Dale, Nebraska.
I am starting to be asked my position on certain issues as my candidacy for Salt Lake County Council takes on its character and I get out and about more. One of the issues is mass transit, how it can be improved, if I support property and sales tax increases to improve it. Here is my position, which can also be read at my campaign website.
Current Spending and Funding:
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Small but lively!
That’s how I describe last night’s opening of the Sugarhouse Summer Farmers Market and Street Festival. It poured rain and it’s too early for produce, but several vendors and organizations held the event along the sidewalk on Highland Drive in Sugarhouse where a steady stream of shoppers stopped by. Everyone had fun and is looking forward to see this grow.
The Desert Greens Green Party of Utah provided recycling containers and boxes for donations of non-perishable food items for Utah’s Food Bank.
Vendors that were present included:
Free Speech Zone – organizer of the Festival
Cloe Hines of Elemental Inspirations
Sugarhouse Candle Co.
Home Strung Jewelry by Dena
Here are some photos:
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I received this from Kathy Dopp, Summit County Clerk Candidate for the Desert Greens Green Party of Utah:
If you live in Summit County and can work as a poll worker, please call 435-615-3203
More poll workers are needed and this is a good opportunity to learn the details of the new election process.
You might also contact your county clerk in other counties and ask if poll workers are still needed for the primary election. Early voting begins next week I believe.
The hourly rate of pay for poll workers varies by county. I have done it in the past and it used to be a enjoyable day signing in voters and saying hello to everyone.
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Kathy Dopp
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The Salt Lake County Clerk’s Office provides voters the option of voting prior to Election Day at an Early Voting Location. Voters do not need an excuse to utilize this convenient voting method. Registered voters may visit an Early Voting Location and cast a ballot in person using a touch screen voting device.
Early voting aims to maximize the opportunity to vote by allowing the County Clerk to designate Early Voting Locations and hours beginning 14 days before Election Day, ending the Friday before Election Day. In order to be eligible to participate in Early Voting, voters must be registered to vote at least
30 days prior to the election and provide photo identification.
Salt Lake County Government Center – 2001 South State Street, Suite #S1100
* June 13 – June 16 (8:00 am – 5:00 pm)
* June 19 – June 23 (8:00 am – 5:00 pm)
South Jordan Library – 10673 South Redwood Road (1700 West)
* June 13, 14, 15 (3:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
Hunter Library – 4740 West 4100 South
* June 16 (1:30 pm – 5:30 pm)
* June 19, 20 (3:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
Whitmore Library – 2197 Fort Union Boulevard
* June 21, 22 (3:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
* June 23 (1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
More info: Salt Lake County Clerk’s office
(Sources: Peace Buttons, War Resisters League, and the Peace Center.
June 10
1854
At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, James Augustine Healy was ordained as the first African-American Roman Catholic priest.
1917
The Women’s Peace Crusade in Scotland launched a three-week campaign of street meetings and demonstrations in dozens of towns to build support for peace in the midst of World War I.
1963
“Equal Pay Act of 1963” passed and signed into law; guarantees women equal pay for equal work
1971
A twenty-one year old trade embargo with mainland China is lifted by President Nixon.
1980
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Nelson Mandela‘s first writings while imprisoned on South Africa’s Robben Island were smuggled out and made public.
Nelson Mandela’s cell on Robben Island where he spent 17 years |
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1990
50,000 attend first March for the Animals in Washington, D.C.
Tonight will be the opening of the Sugarhouse Farmers Market and Street Festival in Sugarhouse, SLC, UT from 5:30 – 9pm. The festival will be held each Friday through August 25th.
The Desert Greens Green Party of Utah is providing recycling containers for plastic and paper, aluminum, and glass, as well as launching a summer long food drive for the Utah Food Bank. Containers for non-perishable food items will be strategically placed throughout the festival and will also be available at the Free Speech Zone shop in Sugarhouse during the week.
Please drop by and say hi – I’ll be at the Desert Greens table.
June 9
1623
English negotiate treaty with Potomac River tribes; after a toast symbolizing eternal friendship, Chiskiack chief & 200 followers drop dead from poisoned wine. (1623)
1954
Counsel for the U.S. Army Joseph N. Welch confronted Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) during hearings into alleged communist infiltration of the Army Signal Corps. McCarthy attacked a member of Welch’s law firm, Frederick G. Fisher, as a communist for his prior membership in the National Lawyers Guild.
Army counsel Joseph N. Welch (left) confronts Sen Joseph McCarthy (right)
Said Welch: “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” The entire hearings and this encounter were broadcast live on television, a first, and was the beginning of the end for McCarthy’s power to spread fear.
1963
Arinell Ponder of SCLC & 5 students arrested & beaten for using white Trailways bus bathrooms, Winona, Miss. (1963)
1984
150,000 marched in London, England, for nuclear disarmament, protesting the presence of U.S. Cruise missiles on British soil.
1993
Police banned a vigil by Women in Black in Belgrade, Serbia.
Women in Black demonstrations combine art & politics
I was on Midday Metro today on the show that Rocky Anderson, Salt Lake City Mayor, hosted. I represented the Desert Greens Green Party of Utah and other guests represented other parties in Utah. I appear about halfway through the program.
Tom was supposed to be in the studio today but he got the same bug I did and with all of our household being ill it totally threw our schedule off and we both completely forgot about it. So I ended up calling in.
I was overwhelmed by the fact that I was the only woman on the program and had a hard time expressing myself without being interrupted, with all due respect to the other guests. Therefore I wrote to the staff member at KCPW who handles that program to suggest a woman’s form of female candidates and politicians and she loved it and will start working on it!
Here is a link to the audio file from today’s program with me appearting halfway through:
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 