The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1982 Page: 4 of 28
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(EDITORIAL
• Editorials
• Other Views
• Sun Files
• Features
• Letters
• Cartoons
'Feds' Unduly Delay
Redistrict Decision
Since It disapproved the entire Texas congressional
redistricting plan several days ago. the U.S. Justice
Department has remained silent on what more, if
anvthing. it will do or say about the reapport ionment. ,
.Meanwhile, much of the state s orderly elective pro-
cesses remain suspended while a three-judge federal
court in Austin waits for word from the Justice Depart-
ment about how it t the court > should go about settling the
redistricting dispute.
* The three-member court has delayed a second time the
filing deadline* for 16 congressional districts and has
blocked any elections for the U.S. House of Represen-
tatives untii the court takes further action.
After being forced to take this latest action that further
disturbs Texas' orderly elective processes, members of
the federal panel severely criticized the U.S. attorney
general's office for “foot-dragging.'*
The Justice Department disapproved the entire Texas
congressional redistricting plan because it said two of the
proposed new districts - District 15 in the Lower Rio
Grande Valiev and District 27 just north of it and in-
cluding Corpus Christi - .“packed" Mexican-Americans
and should be redrawn.
The agencv has let one deadline pass without telling the
Austin federal panel whether it (the panel) could com-
plete its study of the entire congressional reapporUon-
mdnt plan and hand down a ruling. * *
This,delav brought caustic criticism of U.S. Attorney
General William French Smith and the Justice Depart-
ment from Justice Sam Johnson of Austin, a member of
the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, who is serving on
the federal redistricting panel.
After delaying a second time the filing deadline for the
16 congressional districts and blocking any elections for
the U.S. House of Representatives until the panel takes
further action, Judge Johnson commented in the court’s
order: * .
• Assuming this court has jurisdiction to implement a
court-ordered congressional reapportionment plan, its
ability to function in the best interest of the people of
Texas by facilitating a timely and orderly elective pro-
cess. . ’have been substantially impeded.
“The impediment has been occasioned by the unseemly
delay, inattention and inactivity of the office of the At-
torney General of the United States.”
The Panel has also postponed the filing deadling for 16
seats on the State Board of Education, whose members
are elected from congressional districts.
Texas citizens deserve better treatment than they are
getting from the Attorney General’s office. The Baytown
Sun strongly resents the Justice Department’s meddling
in the state's election processes. Redistricting inequities
can easilv be corrected by Texas courts whose members
live here’ and understand our problems far better than
legal theoreticians in the Justice Department.
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■ Israel/U.S. Issues
Must Be Solved
WASHINGTON - The troubles extremists for his razor-thin
between Israel and the United parliamentary majority - and If
States are “behindus,“Secretary be fails, his successor might be
of State Alexander Haig has less able to resist their pressure
declared. What Weinberg. Veliotes and
Accordingly, the United States the Middle East experts are ad-
vetoed United Nations sanctions vising Reagan to do is forget the
against Israel over the Golan personalities involved and ad-
Heights annexation, and Prime dress himself to the issues that
Minister Menachem Begin per- divide Israel and the United
sonally assured President States— particularly the Palestt-
Reagan that Israel would not nian question. It’s the issues that
break the truce in Lebanon unless must be answered if close ties are
"provoked.” to be restored between the two
But there is still a residue of allies,
hard feelings against Begin inside Footnote: A spokesman for the
the White House. The president’s Israeli Embassy pointed out that
advisers blame the acerbic the signatures on the Sinai peti-
Israeli prime minister for the tion have not been verified and
lack of communication between that the secondary-school
Washington and Tel Aviv over the students who participated in the
annexation. poll do not vote.
On the other hand, sources told
my associate Ron McRae that LET’S BE BUDDIES:
Begin has his supporters in some Bureaucrats who get first-name
unlikely places within the Reagan letters from members of Con-
administration. Defense gress are in a bit of a quandary:
Secretary Caspar Weinberger, How familiar should the saluta-
Assistant Secretary of State* tion be on their response? And if a
Nicholas Veliotes and Middle first-name reply is called for,
East analysts in the intelligence what does the august member
agencies believe Begin is getting like to be called?
a bum rap on this one. Assistant Interior Secretary
They view Begin as - of all Ray Arnett prepared a list for his
things — a moderate in Israeli letter-writing underlings of the
politics. They’re advising the 171 members of Congress with
White House that Begin’s sue- whom he feels authorized to cor-
cessor is likely to be even more in- respond on a first-name basis. His
transigent and unpredictable. boss, Interior Secretary James
Personally, Begin is a likeable Watt, heard about Arnett’s list
and congenial man. But he is and prepared his own list — of 224
under continuous pressure from members,
extremist factions in Israel, and The odd thing is that Jim and
must respond with tough talk and Ray don’t always agree on the
hardline policies to keep their proper first name for their con-
support . Here are some examples gressional pals. Some examples:
of the pressures of Begin, as Rep. Morris Udall, D-Ariz., is a
presented by his reluctant but buddy-buddy “Mo” to Watt, but a
realistic defenders in the ad- prim “Morris’ to Arnett. Sen.
ministration: John Danforth, R-Mo., is "Jack”
— Though the Camp David ac- to Jim and “John” to Ray. Rep.
cords passed the Israeli parlia- Eugene Chappie, R-Calif., on the
ment, Begin was the only other hand, is “Gene” to Watt,
member of his own Cabinet who but a really insider “Gino” to
voted for them. Arnett.
— One million Israelis - out of - In general, Watt seems to feel
3.2 million — signed petitions last entitled to greater familiarity
December demanding that Begin than Arnett. Thus he addresses
stop the return of the Sinai to Rep. Silvio Conte, R-Mass., as
Egypt. “Sil,” Rep. Paul McCloskey, R-
— One hundred thousand Calif., as “Pete,” and Rep.
demonstrators called for the ex- Charles Pashayan, R-Calif., as
pension of Israeli territory to its "Chip.” To the more respectful-
onetime Biblical borders - from Arnett, they are Silvio, Paul and
the Euphrates River on the east to Charles.
the Nile on the west. This would One name the Jim and Ray
include nearly half of Egypt and showboats agree on is Rep.
most of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon Sidney Yates, D-Ill., chairman of
and Iraq. the Appropriations Subcommittee
— In a poll of secondary-school that handles the Interior Depart-
students last November, 60 per- ment’s budget requests. No back-
cent favored the radical right- slapping "Dear Sir” for Yates,
wing Tehiya (“revival”) party, It’s “Dear Congressman” all the
which calls for the physical expul- way.
sion of non-Jews from Israel and
the occupied territories. POLITICAL FILE: San Diego
— Settlers in the Sinai village of Mayor Pete Wilson is the choice
Yamit are threatening to secede of California Republican leaders
from Israel, and vow they'll resist in the primary battle for the U.S.
any attempt by the Israeli Army Senate seat of S.I. Hayakawa.
to force them out. Wilson is a known moderate, and
-^Radical Jewish terrorist the GOP sachems figure this is
groups have attacked govern- what they’ll need to counter Gov.
ment offices with Molotov Jerry Brown, the shoo-in
cocRtpHs to protest the Sinai Democratic nominee. But they’ve
withdrawal. 4 somehow got to get rid ot
With zealots like these snapping Maureen Reagan and Hayakawa
at his heels, Begin’s annexation himself. The president’s daughter
move and his intemperate is viewed as dead in the primary,
scolding of the United States are but so far she won’t fall down,
understandable If not particularly And Hayakawa seems to get more
palatable, argue Weinberger and determined to hang in there every
the others. Begin depends on the time someone suggests he retire.
From The Baytown Sun files;
this is the way it was 40 and 90 and
20 years ago:
FEB It, lM2
Goose Creek Mayor J.H. Meek
warns resident* to keep their dogs
from running loose. Dogs running
at large are destroying gardens
that are betng grown in the in-
terest of national defense. "This
has got to be stopped and if the
owners don’t restrain their pets,
the city will have to do it.” Meeks
says.
Mrs. Jewel Bemrose. formerly
Miss Jewel Moore, teacher at
Lamar Elementary School, is still
in the war zone in the Dutch East
Indies with her husband who is
employed by Dutch-Shell Oil Co.
Her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W.W.
Moore, said they talked over
radio telephone with them and
learned they were trying to get a
boat to leave.
FEB. 18,1952
George Munger almost had
"soaked" sausages today. He was
smoking sausages when two
passers-by turned in a fire alarm.
Highlands volunteer firemen
came rushing to the scene with
sirens screaming and were Just
about to turn the hose of the blaze
when Munger ran out of the
house,-waving his arms and yell-
ing for them to stop _
Injured in a two-car collision on
Market at Crow Road are W.L.
Moyers, Charles T. Cravens and
Harold Creamer
Emmett Belcher decides to
walk after escaping injury in
three auto collisions
Mr and Mrs. Gene Boynton are
on a wedding trip to Mexico The
bride Is the former Johnelia
Sparks, women’s editor ot The
Baytown Sun.
FEB. 18,1982
Harris County Judge Bill Elliott
predicts the Baytown area would
become the "hub of tremendous
growth" in a speech at the
Wooster Chamber of Commerce
banquet
First place in the Boys' Poetry
Reading In the Forensic
Sweepstakes Division at the
Jones High School Speech Tour-
nament recently was won by
Robert Cupps, Junior speech stu-
dent and debater of Robert E Lee
High School. , s
Pictured on Page 3 are
Katheryne Masters. Jeanne
Chatham and Linda Sue Seeley,
who have been elected
sweethearts of their respective
Tri-Gra-Y Clubs, which are spon-
sored for girls in the fourth to the
sixth grade by the Baytown YM-
CA ......
Readers' Views
County Service Lacking
every comer I ’ask only that the
county provide adequate police
protection for everyone and allow
neighborhoods to hire private pro-
tection from privately owned
companies.
John E. Canady Jr.
438 Compass Rose Circle. North
Crosby, Tex.
Editor. The Sun:
The other night I was at a
meeting at which Judge Jon Lind-
say and Commissioner Jim
Fonteno were discussing plans for
the county bond election. The sub-
ject of discussion turned to law
enforcement in our area. This
was not planned, but instead, in-
dicates that law enforcement is
an issue in the minds of Crosby
citizens.
Mr. Fonteno mentioned that the
county makes sheriff’s officers
available to neighborhoods that
are willing to pay for additional
law enforcement. I took issue
with this practice and still main-
tain that for a government agency
to provide police protection on
this basis is an outrage. ... .
If we examine theories of why “ian* y°u very much
governments are formed, we find
that the basic reason is to provide
protection. Social contract
theorists claim that individuals
lay down their arms on the condi-
tion that the government protect
their rights to life, liberty, and- Keep Baytown First
property.
Currently, our county govern-
ment fails to allocated funds in
such a way as to provide adequate
police protection to the in-
habitants of Crosby. At the same
time, th$r county operates a
systeurof private police protec-
tion for those who can afford it. If
a part of the community cannot
organize Itself to purchase this
private police protection, it Is vir-
tually left to the mercy of the
outlaws.
I am happy to live in Newport, a
neighborhood that has purchased
protection. At the same time, I
am angry with county represen-
tatives who feel that the basic
human right to life, liberty, and
Sports Story Praised
To The Sun: —
*1 have read Jim Mashek’ s story
about Deer Park basketball and
me in the Baytown Sun on Jan. 24.
It was an excellent article, very
complimentary, and I appreciate
it.
As Deer Park and Baytown con-
tinue their athletic rivalry, I know
he and I will continue a mutually
beneficial relationship. Again,
Sincerely
Ray Landers
Head basketball coach and
athletic director of Deer Park In-
dependent School District
Editor, The Sun:
I have been a Baytown Sun
subscriber for many years and
have always enjoyed reading
about Baytown on the front page.
That is, until recently when
Baytown news seems to have
started taking a back seat to other
news, including that from other
counties and towns.
What has caused The Sun to
change its news policy? I think
the newspaper’s front page, for
the most part, should be devoted
first to Baytown news: We are in-
terested in news about area towns
and counties, but why can’t we
read about them inside The Sun?
Our hometown newspaper
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the pursuit of happiness should be should be about our hometown —
available only to those who can first.
financially afford to protect Jit. Leonard A. Derden
I do not ask for a policeman on ^ 5103 Somerset Drive
Today In History
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Thursday,
Feb. 18, the 49th day
of 1982. There are 316
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight
in history :
On Feb. 18, 1685,
the French explorer
La Salle established
the first settlement in
Texas.
On that date:
In 1564, the artist
Michelangelo died at
the age of 89.
In 1915, Germany
blockaded England
as the World War I
submarine war inten-
(ifipfi
In 1945, the World
War n battle for Iwo
Jima began.
And in 1978, a ter-
rorist killed Youssef
El-Sebai, the editor of
Egypt’s principal
newspaper, “Al
Ahram,” in the lobby
of a hotel in Nicosia,
Cyprus.
Ten years ago, the
California Supreme
Court declared an
end to capital punish-
ment in that state.
Today’s birthday:
Sen. John Warner, R-
Va., is 55 years old.
Thought For To-
day: A man is not old
until regrets take the
place of dreams. —
John Barrymore,
U.S. actor (l(tt2-
1942).
Bible Verse
“AND THE Lord God
formed man of the
dust of the ground,
and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of
life; and man
became a living
soul." Genesis 2:7.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1982, newspaper, February 18, 1982; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1019592/m1/4/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.