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Patman Urges Preparedness
El Campo Leader-News, El Campo, TX, Sal., Jan 7,1984
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U,S. Must Preserve Liberty
By BILL PATMAN the events leading up to
U.S. Representative World War II. I believe
The price of liberty has we would agree that we do the things that we had
never been small, must never lose touch to do. Obviously, we don’t
Vigilance in safeguar- with the lessons of those
ding liberty has always events,
been costly, in dollars, in Defense Secretary
effort and in lives. Casper Weinberger
Many people have emphasized this point in
personal recollections of a recent interview. He
said, “We barely had adding to their military
time in World War II to strength, which are
primarily offensive in
character. They are
ever want to get in that acquiring bases, over-
situation again. flight rights and things of
“We have to do quite a that kind that indicate a
M
(iarner Male Park near ( oncan kat traditionally drawn heavy crowds in the
summertime, but in little uved in the winter montha, at are moat of (he parka in
the Parka and Wildlife System Overnight ramping facilities including cabins
are much more easily reserved during the winter, and the viaitoe may enjoy the
scenic beauty at a much more leiaurely pace.
Retirement Age Rises
To 65 In Year 2000
months. The
opinion
lot to make sure that a very, very aggressive
potential enemy doesn’t intention.''
get the impression, as With those words in
Adolph Hitler did, that it mind, we should
would be perfectly safe to remember that Soviet
attack us because they military leaders have
had a sufficient margin to been compared with
win.” great chess players.
The interviewer asked They are cautious but
Weinberger whether he determined to advance
would compare the their position whenever
current buildup of Soviet they think they can
military power with that succeed. As they have
of Hitler’s Germany. built up their military
Weinberger replied, power, relative to the
“It’s at least as great as Western Alliance, the
Hitler’s. It’s something possibilities for their
that’s been growing for 21 advancing have in-
years. It’s a threat that creased dramatically,
we can see because of There is no sign of a
their capabilities and the slowdown in their
ways in which they’re buildup. With this shift in
Under the original two
Social Security Act, the retirement age will then H/infAr Innaprvafinn
age at which a person continue to increase by YY 111 Id VjUIIoCI YatlUU
Reduces Water Bill
age at whicn a person
could retire with full two months each year
benefits was set at 65. until it reaches 67 in 2027
Since then, many people and after. A worker will
have come to regard 65 as still be able to receive
Today people
tially reduce the amount
means you are pro- of water you use for your
bably using more hot morning shower,
water. Here are some Finally, keep your hot cannot
who suggestions to help keep water tank clean by
rpiirp**at rp^pivp no your utility bill from mat- draining it every few
_ ... percentofthebenef^Uhat f^ing your water months. Remember, hot ________________________
terms of life expectancy would be of the benefit temperature. water conservation prac- because liberty is among
ler e expectancy...... -- - First repair your leaky tices might be just the the rarest and most
faucets. A leak of one thing to help you keep precious conditions that
drop per second can your cool when the utility we can enjoy,
waste more than 50 bill anises.
the retirement age. The reduced benefits at 62, as nter h ived d
fact is, however, that a now, but the rate will be inai
65-year-old man or lower than it is at
woman in the 1980’s is a present,
very different person
from the 65-year-old of
the 1940’s not only in
military power has come
an erosion in the key
element in keeping the
peace. TTiat element is
deterrence.
Wherever the Soviets
perceive an advantage
that would allow them to
advance — including the
possible use of nuclear
weapons against ob-
jectives in the United
States — our deterrence
becomes less effective.
The challenge is clear,
as our response must be.
America must have the
military capability and
the moral resolve to
persuade the Soviets
against adventurism and
to deter war at any level.
We must meet the
spectrum of threats,
which ranges from
special operations
through conventional
combat to strategic
nuclear war.
This requires con-
tinuing modernization of
our “triad” of strategic
forces —- submarines,
bombers and land-based
missiles.
We are continuing the
five part strategic
modernization the ad-
ministration announced
two years ago. I strongly
believe, and fervently
hope, that our progress in
improving our military
arsenal can form the
basis for meaningful
arms control and
reduction.
Freedom and liberty
be taken for
granted. Liberty is one of
the most expensive
commodities. That is true
Mik
but in relation to their that would be payable at
attitudes, activities, and 67.
self-perception. The
,. ... , Another provision of
rocking chair is no longer the 1983 amendments gallons of heated water
as accurate symbol of calls for a stu(jy 0f the each month. Also, turn
effects of the change in down your thermostat,
retirement age for people Water at 120 degrees or
lower may be adequate
for the needs of your
2000, the age at which a work or who, because of househoid. If you have
person will be able to reasons of health, may plenty of water pressure
retire with full benefits not enjoy increased in your hot water system,
will increase to 65 years, longevity. A report and you may want to install
recommendations are
due by January 1,1986.
Jack Maguire’s"Talk of Texas”
FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY— It was 152 years after the first im-
migrants from Germany arrived in the U.S. before they finally
discovered Texas That this ethnic group, now the state’s second largest,
came to Texas at all is something of a happenstance.
In 1683, the first Germans to come to America established a settlement
in Pennsylvania. It was a thriving community by 1829 when Friedrich
Ernst brought his family to the United States. He decided to stay in New
York rather than join his old friends in Germantown, however.
After a year in New York, Ernst decided to move west and decided on
Missouri. When he and another German immigrant, Charles Fortran, got
to New Orleans, however, they picked up a pamphlet on Texas. Missouri
was forgotten.
On April 1, 1831, they arrived at Harrisburg and drove an ox cart 50
miles inland to San Felipe de Austin There Ernst was given a league of
land by Stephen F. Austin. Next he began a one man letter writing cam-
paign to get his friends in his native Oldenburg to come and join him.
His letters had the desired effect. When his old neighbors read that
some new Texas settlers already had 700 head of cattle, that pork was a
nickel a pound and that an acre of land produced 40 acres of corn, they
started for the “Promised Land.” By 1838, enough Germans were in the
Austin Colony to form their own community.
Ernst fathered that venture also. He laid out town lots on his plantation
and sold them for $20. This was the beginning of Industry, the first Ger-
man town in Texas. It’s still a thriving Austin County community today.
THE READERS WRITE— Mrs. J.E.M. of Pleasanton wants to know if
the “Scotch-Irish” Texans are half Irish and half Scotch.
No. Actually they are Scots who became Irish by residency. In the early
1600s, Scots colonized Ulster (Ireland). Although Scotch by birth or
ancestry, their long residence on the Emerald Isle gave them a claim on
that country as well.
In the 1700s, many of these people arrived in the United States as im-
migrants. In the late 19th Century, lots of them came to Texas.
Although they have been in this country for more than 200 years, their
descendants still call themselves, “Scotch-Irish.” They are people who
feel a love for, and pride in, both Scotland and Ireland
(Copyright, 1983, by Jack Maguire)
their interests.
Under the 1983 Social
Security Amendments, who are engaged in
beginning with the year physically demanding
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ARMY RESERVE.
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there's I.hiikI In he ntir near ynu
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under “Recruiting"
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restrictor can substan:
WITH ONLY AN HOUR OF DAYLIGHT AFTER WORK,
WHY WASTE ITRUNMNGTOTHE BANK?
V
MEET TODAY’S
ARMY RESERVE.
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good coverage,
good price-
That’s State Farm
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Like a good neighbor.
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Cattlemen's
Restaurant & Bar
Announce* Now Woak night Specials
Starting Monday, Jan. f • 4 p.m. ‘til 9 p.m.
MONDAY STEAK NIGHT: All you con oat for *7 95 indudot
lakod Potato or Fronch Frias and Salad Bar
WEDNESDAY CATFISH NIGHT: All yaw can oat for »B.tB, In-
cludat Hush Puppiot. Bakad Potato or FF and Salod Bar
THURSDAY MEXICAN FOOO NIGHT:
AH yaw can oat far *1.94. Inclwdas Enchiladas. Rica. Boons,
Taco. Gwacamaia Salad and Chili Congwasa.
HAPPY HOUR IN OUR BAR EVERYDAY
S-7 p.m. SB* Draft Boar • 2 for I Bar Drinks
Nos Boon Groatfy Appreciated. Thank i
Susan made a mortgage payment in hi Campo Ibis morning on her way to work. In
Wharton. Roh deposited a check in their insured Money Fund Account during his
lunch hour Now their free lime is |ust that—free. They use United Savings for all
their family finances, and they use any branch Ihal s handy. It s like having a bank
wherever they need it. # - #
United Savings
TRANSIT TOPICS— Street cars began operating in Galveston in 1868.
Mules provided the power.
GUN-SLINGERS7 Texans own more macnine guns and other
automatic weapons than do the citizens of any other state except Califor-
nia.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Tex-
ans own 6,500 functioning machine guns. They own another 450 such
weapons that have been deactivated, but which could be made functional
by a gunsmith.
Individual Texans also own 40 cannons, 50 anti-tank guns and 20 mor-
tars. They’re perfectly legal. All one needs for such artillery is a Federal
license.
Californians can out-gun Texans, however. Citizens there own, 8,950
automatic weapons.
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 83, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 7, 1984, newspaper, January 7, 1984; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1018550/m1/11/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Wharton County Library.