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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Thursday, October 28, 1993
OPINION
Sun editorial
Please support
Proposition 2
Y'fcassage of Proposition 2 is extremely important
l^for the future of business and industry in this
JL area. It could save jobs both here and across
the state.
Proposition 2 would allow full or partial property
tax exemptions for improvements made by business
and industry to comply with federal environmental
regulations. The exemption would apply to new pol-
lution control devices — not existing equipment.
Complying with environmental regulations does
not make a business or plant more efficient. How-
ever, it does add a lot of cost. An unnecessary tax on
top of everything else is simply too much.
Local businesses and industiy would be especially
hard hit. Not only do the regulations cover major
petrochemical plants, but also small businesses such
as dry cleaners and auto paint shops.
If our local economic environment does not re-
main competitive because of this new tax burden, the
ultimate cost could be jobs. We all want clean air
and water, but it should not have to come at the
expense of local jobs and future economic growth.
Thirty-two states already offer tax exemptions for
pollution control devices. If Texas does not grant si-
milar exemptions, the state will be less attractive to
potential new businesses and industries. Addition-
ally, some Texas firms could be forced to re-allocate
assets to other states where these exemptions are of-
fered. That would be a blow to our community as
well as Texas.
Don’t let this happen. Vote for Proposition 2 on
Nov. 2. A vote for Proposition 2 is a vote for our
economy.
From Sun files
Kay Rives busy with
singing career in ’83
From The Baytown Sun files, this is the way it was:
; In 1943
• Lt. E.B. Travis receives the air medal and two oak leaf
clusters for outstanding work on reconnaissance flights over
Europe.
Lt. CoL Henry Dittman becomes commanding officer of the
new air field at Herrington, Kan.
In 1963
; Nick Jones, Peggy Cowhig, Bill Pohler and Chris Comeaux
are winners in the Columbus Day essay contest sponsored by
the Knights of Columbus, San Jacinto Council.
R.C. Halter is the adviser of a new Explorer Post organized
for Boy Scouts at St Mark’s Methodist Church.
In 1973
Guy Hayes, president of the Downtown Merchants Associa-
tion, reports die annual Christmas parade will be held Nov. 29.
Dr. Jim Sturgeon, acting president of Lee College, and Glen
Walker, public relations officer at LC, present a program for
the Baytown Chamber of Commerce. “Lee College is more
than just a junior college,” Sturgeon says. “It has grown into a
mature adult.”
A heart attack is fatal to I.G. Lea, Exxon annuitant and
longtime Baytown resident.
In 1983
Kay Rives of Baytown will sing the Chet Daniels Group in
Las Vegas, Reno arid Lake Tahoe. She has toured with Mickey
Gilley, Johnny Lee and the Marshall Tucker Band and has
appeared on TV in “Austin City Limits" and “the Dukes of
Hazzard.” Rives says her Baytown Junior School choir
teacher, Mattyebelle Durkee, was “the lady who helped me
find my voice.”
James Douglas will seek a third term as Precinct 3
Constable.
Officials of Citizens Bank announce their building at 319
W. Texas will be donated to Lee College when the bank relo-
cates to its new building next year.
MINI THOUGHTS
Enjoy yourself. These are the good old days that
you are going to miss in the years to come.
—WO
Cfie paptoton Jsmn
Gary Dobbs........................................................Editor and publisher
Wanda Orton.............................................................Managing editor
Bruce Guynn...........................................Associate managing editor
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’96 race could be over early
Walter
Mears
WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerhouse
in electing presidents, California has been
only an afterthought in nominating them.
That’s changing, and so will the race for the
White House in 1996.
Instead of waiting until the end of the
season, California will hold its presidential
primary on March 26, and the date makes all
the difference.
For Republicans out to challenge Presi-
dent Clinton, that means an intense and
costly campaign that almost surely will be
settled quickly, with a nominee-in-waiting
chosen by early spring.
That same, swift timetable would apply to
any Democratic rebellion against a second
Clinton term.
In-party challenges seldom succeed — the
last three have been losers — but they can
drag on, distractions that can be costly in
time, money and campaign attention. That
will be less likely without the California
primary as a final target
With die change in California’s schedule,
and Ohio joining a three-state Midwestern
combination one week earlier, the so-called
Super Tuesday primary elections in the
South will be part of a Super March, the
closest thing yet to a national primary.
That’s all but certain to settle the major
party contests, leaving Ross Perot’s role the
last question mark. He has said he doesn’t
plan to run, but not that he won’t. There’s
even been speculation that the third man of
1992 might wind up entering Republican
primaries in 1996.
Gov. Pete Wilson said when he signed the
California primary bill that voters in the
largest state have had one of the smallest
roles in picking nominees. Next time, he
said, they’ll vote early enough “so that the
race will be a contest and ... Californians
can still make a difference.”
All the difference, perhaps, among Repu-
blicans, since California will be awarding
nearly 20 percent of the delegate votes it
will take to win the nomination, and the
primary victor will get them all.
At this point, the earlier primary in
California would seem an advantage for the
best known GOP prospects, people like Sen.
Bob Dole of Kansas, the minority leader,
and Jack Kemp, a veteran of Congress, the
Cabinet, and, early in his pro football career,
the San Diego uiargers. Gov. Wilson had
been considered a potential candidate in
1996, but he is in political trouble at home,
up for a second term next year against
drfficult odds. He said he didn't even think
of presidential candidacy when he signed
the primary bill.
In addition to the California change, Ohio
has moved up its presidential primary, to the
third Tuesday in March, joining Michigan
and Illinois.
So the 1996 competition begins, as
before, with the Iowa caucuses and the New
Hampshire primary as the preview rounds,
then shifts rmmediately into the big states,
where the nominating delegates aire.
Super Tuesday, the Southern primary set
including Texas and Florida, is the second
week in March, then the Midwest, dien
California.
That’s going to send travel, television and
advertising costs soaring, a plus for candi-
dates who can build their campaign treasu-
ries in advance, a problem for the upstart
who might gain a sendoff in Iowa and New
Hampshire, but would have to shift immedi-
ately into a national campaign.
Today in history
Statute of Liberty
dedicated in 1886
By The Associated Press
On Oct. 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, was
dedicated in New York Harbor by President Cleveland in the pre-
sence of its sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.
On this date:
In 1636, Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts.
In 1776, the Battle of White Plains was fought during the Revolu-
tionary War.
In 1793, Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his cotton gin, which
was granted the following March.
In 1893, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted the first public per-
formance of his Symphony Number Six in B minor, “Pathetique,” in
St. Petersburg, Russia, just nine days before his death.
In 1919, Congress enacted the Volstead Art, which provided for
enforcement of Prohibition, over President Wilson's veto.
In 1922, fascism came to Italy as Benito Mussolini took control of
the government.
In 1940, Italy invaded Greece during World War II.
In 1958, the Roman Catholic patriarch of Venice, Angelo
Giuseppe Roncalli, was elected pope, taking the name John XXIII.
In 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the United
States that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in
Cuba.
In 1965, Pope Paul VI issued a decree absolving Jews of collec-
tive guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter and Republican presidential
nominee Ronald Reagan faced off in a nationally broadcast, 90-mi-
nute debate in Cleveland.
Ten years ago: The United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council
resolution “deeply deploring” the ongoing U.S.-led invasion of Gre-
nada. The council vote had been 11-1 for the resolution, with three
abstentions.
Five years ago: A French pharmaceutical company that manufac-
tures the abortion pill RU486 announced it would resume distribu-
tion of the drug after the government of France demanded it do so.
One year ago: With six days left before Election Day, surveys
indicated a tightening presidential race. Democrat Bill Clinton
sought to court Ross Perot supporters, while President George Bush
cast himself in the role of political underdog.
Today’s Birthdays: Medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk is 79. For-
mer baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn is 67. Actress Dody Good-
man is 64. Musician-songwriter Charlie Daniels is 57. The chairwo-
man of the National Endowment for the Arts, actress Jane Alexan-
der, is 54. Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner is 44. Olympic
figure skater Paul Wylie is 29. Actress Jami Gertz is 28. Actress
Julia Roberts is 26.
Thought for Today: “It is well known that the most radical revolu-
tionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.”
— Hannah Arendt, American philosopher-historian (1906-1975).
READERS’ VIEWS
Play local 4A schools
A thought occurred to me sometime back concerning Baytown
athletics and the escalating prices of travel, fuel for buses, food for
the teams, “Brig,” Stars, etc. and that solution is to stay home and
play some of our 4A neighbors in the vicinity. I’ve brought this
proposition up in recent years only to be told (not by anyone con-
nected to Goose Creek ISD) that a 5A team has nothing to gain by
beating a 4A school and everything to lose by losing to a 4A team
Why not play our neighbors: Crosby, Dayton, C.E. King, Chan-
nelview and Galena Park in the opening season non-district games?
Our crowd plus the good crowds that these small town schools have
would be a plus to both schools* coffers plus give the Ganders and
Rangers some good, hard-nosed competition. As it is, we have to
travel miles out of our way just to compete in district, and it’s no sin
to lose to or beat a 4-A team. The intermixing of classifications is
done all the time with great results, i.e. Galveston Ball vs. La
Marque, Texas City vs. La Marque, West Orange-Stark vs. Beaum-
ont West Brook and Vidor, Port Neches Groves and Nederland vs
Port Arthur Jefferson, West Columbia vs. Angleton, etc.
Let’s get our kids out to these respective local stadiums and have
them home by 11:3Q p.m. Save the profits for the travel we have to
do for the playoffs.
Hank Gupton
Baytown
PRESS COMMENTARY
Austin American-Statesman on sanctions in South Africa:
Until last week, most political and social reform in South Africa
had been heavier on symbolism than substance.
But the vote in parliament to establish a multiracial council to
govern the country is certainly a positive step toward establishing
democracy. Lifting of economic sanctions would ease the financial
burden when the new government takes over after the April 27
election.
South Africa’s white parliament voted on Sept 23 to approve a
multiracial Transitional Executive Council that, in effect, will put
many current parliament members out of office. ...
Within 24 hours of this historic vote in parliament, African Na-
tional Congress leader Nelson Mandela called for an end to sanc-
tions against the country.
Governments and international organizations should now remove
all remaining legal barriers to investment in South Africa. President
Bush lifted most federal sanctions in 1991 and Bill Clinton and
Congress have promised to eliminate the others. ...
BIBLE VERSE
Let us walk honestly, as in the aay; not in reveling
and drunkenness, not in immorality and wantonness,
not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Loid
Jesus Christ and make not provision for the flesh, to
fulfill its lusts.
—Romans 13:13,14
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