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THE fAYTOWN SUN
Editorial Page
• Editorials
• Features
« • Opinion
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XMCMl«y< July 6, 1976
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Nuclear Energy
Go-Ahead Given
The reeent referendum in California on the future of
nuclear energy in that state may turn out to be a contest In
which everybody won.
By a 2 to 1 margin. Californians decisively rejected
Proposition 15, which would have mandated impossible
safety and performance standards for nuclear power plants
and. according to'opponents of the proposition, have
stopped the development of nuclear energy in its tracks.
Both sides expended millions of dollars in promoting their
- arguments -
" ”'*yC6htribuTm’gT6~Wen defe’S-oT Proposition 15, However!
was the action by the California Legislature on the eve of
the balloting in passing three measures relating to nuclear
plant safety, and signed by Gov. Edmund Brown, which
greatly counteracted the scary vision of atoms gone wild
Thus while Californians have signified that they want
nuclear energy, the industry has been put on notice (if it
were not already well aware) that the public is intensely
concerned about this issue and will demand the closest
monitoring of nuclear development from here on out. The
industry still faces similar referenda in other states.
Actually, the questions of reactor safety, the disposal of
radioactive wastes and the possibility of sabotage or theft
of nuclear materials have been grossly distorted, not only
in California but elsewhere in the country where nuclear
plants have been built or are planned.
The real problem facing the industry in the immediate
future may be a shortage of uranium and prohivitively high
prices for the ore, which have already escalated from $8 a
pound in January 1974 to around $35 or $30 today.
So much uranium will be needed soon just for currently
operating reactors that some industry executives are con-
vinced the U.S.. won't get by without substantial imports,
the Wall’Street Journal recently reported. ‘It is probably
too late to avoid an important uranium export program,'' it
quoted the president of Exxon Nuclear Co. as warning
It would indeed be ironic if nuclear energy, which is be-
ing counted on so heavily to help alleviate this country's
'dependence on foreign petroleum, were itself to become
dependent upon foreign supplies.
But this should not necessarily be cause for alarm, says
another authority. After all, there are very few natural re-
sources in which the United States is totally self-sufficient,
points out William Jackson, a vice president of Babcock &
Wilcox Co., which builds power generating equipment for
both the nuclear and fossil-fuel industries. Fortunately,
some of the largest known deposits of uranium in the world
are not in the volatile Middle East but in Australia and
Canada. . .
As Tor the cost of uranium, he believes the previous go-
ing market price was too low and is now about where it
should be to stimulate exploration for new deposits.
Uranium, anyway, is a relatively minor factor in the ul-
timate cost to consumers of nuclear-generated electricity.
The price of coal has also escalated in the past two years,
he notes, even though the United States has abundant sup-
plies of this fuel.
If Americans don't suddenly begin making inordinate
energy demands but maintain an annual increase in energy
consumption somewhere around the current five per cent,
Jackson foresees an orderly, crisis-free growth in the com-
ing decades both in nuclear energy, as more efficient reac-
tors are developed, and in alternate energy sources, such as
the much-discussed solar power.
The nation, in other words, should make haste slowly as
wp enter more deeply into the long-promised age of
nuclear energy - neither expecting it to be a cheap and
easy panacea for all our energy needs nor straightjacketing
its development with unrealistic and unnecessary restric-
tions.
Making nuclear haste slowly is, in effect, what the vot-
ers in California have wisely opted for.
From Sun Files - -
2 Killed In Gasoline
Barge Explosion, 1946
mMk
Jack Anderson - -
Ford Is Organizing
Energy Superagency
From The Baytown Sun files,
this is the way it was 40 and 30
and 20 years ago:
JULY 6, 1936
Goose Creek and Crosby
school trustees meet with the
Harris County Board of Educa-
tion to map final plans for
annexation of Highlands into the
Goose Creek school district and
de-annex it from the Crosby dis-
trict.
Grand Cleaners moves to 209
N. Goose Creek. E. D, Williams
is manager
Wjlt Baumbach is named
manager of Lack's Auto Supply
in Goose Creek
JULY 6, 1946
Thomas Merritt Jr, 810 E
Defee, and E. L Patureaux of
Channelview are killed when
lightning strikes a gasoline barge
and sets off an explosion at
Channel Shipyard.
L. G. Sanders is appointed to
the Port Commission. His
nomination is made by Com-
missioner Hugh May and second-
ed by E. A. (Squatty) Lyons in
Commissioners Court.
' JULY 6, 1956
James Sherwood is elected
vice president"td' the Baytown
PlanninjfrCommission.
Sidewalks are being built
along Lee Drive from Gulf to'the*
Lee Cd!lege entrance, report*
George Scott, maintenance ?
supervisor for the school district.
Dr and Mrs. W, T. Travis
return from St. Louis where he
attended a chiropractors'
meeting.
Business Mirror
Doubts Persist About U.S
Economic Indicator Data
NEW YORK (AP) — Doubts
about the accuracy of official
government economic : in-
dicators exists among what ap-
pears to be a growingmumber
of concerned Americans, in-
cluding economists and- "eyen
government officials.
Previsions, changes in con-
cepts, weighting and seasonal
adjusting help raise the doubts,
as does what would Seem to be
an element of human ex-
pectation in interpreting or an-
nouncing the figures.
In January, for example, just
days ptw -to the Gross Nation.,,
ah Product report for the final
quarter if 1975. a government
official indicated the rate might
be .as high as seven per cent, in
marked contrast to some pri-
vate forecasts oi a four to‘five
per cent increase.
The actual figure turned out
to be 5.4 per cent — strong, but
not nearly so strong . as that
projected by the official, al-
luded to in some other state-
ments by officials, and circu-
lated widely bv the media.
The inflation rate, as meas-,
bred by the GNP deflator, was
reported at 6.5 per cent, which
was called, an improvement
over the revised 7.1 per- cent
rate for the previous quarter —
originally announced at 5 per
cent.
But even as the encouraging-
figures for the third-quarter
GNP were revised earlier, so
were the fourth-quarter figures
destined for the same fate this
February. GNP growth was
lowered to 4.9 per cent: ,the in-
flation rate.was upped to 6 8
per cent.
{tovisrons continue in the
name of greater - accuracy.
Some advances may appear
oven larger because com-
parison figures for the preced-
- mg periods were simulta-
neously revised downward, of-
ten yvith very little notice
made.
In May of this year the Com-
merce Department announced
that April retail sales were al-
most unchanged from March.
But that statement could be
made onlv after, a downward,
revision of the March gain,
from 2.8 per cent to 1.3 per
cent
The potential impact of such
revisions, unintentional though
it might be. could be to produce
the impression of- a series of
vigorous advances when in fact
the advances were moderate.
The search for refinements,
which consequently results in
revisions, almost never ends.
The well-known Index of Lead-
ing Indicators, a barometer of
things to come; is revised each
month that is. even though ;t
is a forecast tool, the index for
each month is revised each
month, month after month.
To illustrate, the index for
June 1975 was announced in
July 1975 as having advanced
2.10 per cent. Thereafter it was
revised during 1975 to read 3.22
-per cent. 3.30 per cent. 3.52 per
cent and 3.60 per cent.
The highest figure occurred
in both. November and.Decem-
*ber and_may have been, as
JierejseveraLfigures in that pe-
riod. ..overstated.. In January
.1976 that June 1975 figure was
lowered to 3.46 per cent and in
February to 3.33.
It isn't only the revisions that
disturb critics, whose range in-
cludes some states, the City of
St. Louis, the American Hospi-
tal Association, the AFL-CIO,
statisticians and laymen too.
Some numbers may be mis-
leading to begin with.
Prof. Richard Kuggles, an
economist at Yale University,
is examining the scope and
quality of the Wholesale Price
Index, under a grant from the
Council on Wage and Price Sta-
bility. with the cooperation of
the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Agriculture and crude mate-
.rials are’probably too heavily
- represented! he believes. He
maintains "it is heavily weigh-
ted by things that don’t count
m the system or are double
counted.''
«. Buggies believes that the
WPL..one of the most cited of
all government statistics, con-
sidered by many to be a pre-
cursor of consumer price.
changes, is "quite mean-
ingless."
Today In History
By The Associated Press
Today is Tuesday, July 6th
the 188th day of 1976: There are
178 days left m the yearr-—-.....
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in. 1923, the Un-
ion of Soviet Socialist Republics
was formed.
On this-date:
In 1699. Capt. Wilhaqi Kidd,
the pirate,, was taken into cus-
tody in Boston. He later was
hanged in England.
In 1777. during the American
Revolution, a British force un-
der Gen. John Burgoyne. cap-
tured Ft. Ticonderoga, N.Y.
In 1837-.'the Republic of Texas
sent an ambassador to Wash
ington.
In 1919, the first crossing
the Atlantic by airship took
place as a British dirigible
landed If New York’s Roose-
velt field.
In 1945, Nicaragua became
the first nation to formally ac-
cept the-United Nations Char-
ter.
In 1952, Ruiz Cortines was
elected president of Mexico,
Ten years ago: U. S, pilots
flew safely thorugh a heavy
Communist missile barrage to
blast four missile sites aqd two
oil depots in North Vietnam.
Five years ago: Louis Arm-
strong, one of the most famous
men of American jazz, died at
"life age of 71.
—One year ago: Mauna Loa
volcano in Hawaii erupted for
the first time in 25 years.
Today’s birthdays: TV per-
sonality Merv Griffin is 51
years old. Actress Janet Leigh
is 49.
i Thought for today: Human
kind cannot bear very much
reality poet T. S. Eliot, 1888-
1965.'
Bicentennial footnote: Two
hundred years ago, the presi-
dent of the Continental Con-
gress . .John .......9, iuni’ i1 thijjr’ry plnnr fnr handling any
copy of the Declaration of Inde- future oil shortage and generate
WASHINGTON - Getting the
jump on Jimmy Carter, Presi-
dent Ford is preparing to
demonstrate that he can knock
bureaucratic heads together and
get more i efficiency out of the
federal government.
He will begin, unless the plans
go awry, with a dramatic over-*
haul of the scattered bureaucra-
tic enclaves that deal with ener-
gy problems. His reorganizers
are busy behind, closed White
House doors, pulling together
the widespread energy func-
tions and putting therh under
one giant superagency.
. The reorganization plan is sup- _
.....posed To be ready, according to,
, internal White House docu-
ments, on August 20. This hap-
pens to be the day after the Rer
publican national convention
will wind up.
If the President wins the
nomination, he could beat Jim-
my Carter to the punch with a
move to streamline the federal
bureaucracy. - The Democratic
candidate has made an issue of
the cumbersome bureaucracy,
promising a shake-up if he
should become President.____
Inside the Ford Administra-
tion, meanwhile, the reorgam-
zation move has'Touched* -off—
some savage infighting. Critics
claim that it not only is strictly a
campaign stunt but that the pro-
posecfsiipefSpncy''wotn8-nvar‘
such balkanized departments as
Health, Education and Welfare
or House and Urban Develop-
ment in mindboggling unman-
ageability.
But White House advocates
believe the reorganization would
increase bureaucratic efficiency
and speed U.S. energy indepen-
dence, thereby saving billions.
As laid out in the documents,
the superagency might include
the Federal Energy Administra-
tion.. Energy Reserach and De-
velopment Administration, Fed-
eral Rower Commission and Nu-
clear Regulatory Commission.
It probably would also draw in
bits and pieces of the Agricul-
ture. Commerce, Defense, Iif-’T
terior. State. Transportation and
Treasury- Departments, not to
mention the Council of Econ-
omic Advisors, Energy Resour-
ces Council, Environmental Pro-
jection Agency and Water Re-
sources Couricil.
. The White House documents
reveal that the work on this gi-
gantic shotgun marriage began
on May 20. The task force was
given three months to prepare a
"presidential decision paper"
for Ford to contemplate.
But the machinery to reform
the bureaucracy has already de-
veloped its own bureaucratic
barnacles, with the resulting in-
evitable delays. The timetable,
therefore, may have to be exten-
ded.
THE NEW superagency would
be charged with the responsibil-
ity for developing a ''compre-
hensive energy policy” to re-
place the present catch-as-catch-
can methods of dealing with cri-
ses.
Specifically, the agency would
be expected to increase produc-
tion, reduce energy demand,
promote "fossil, water, nuclear,
solar and geothermal" energy,
manage a 500-million-barrel stra-
tegic oil reserve, assure fair dis-
tribution of energy,,.set up con-
€fje Paptoton g>un
Leon Brown
John Wadley
Editor and Publisher
. . General Manager
Fred Hornberger .... ..............Assistant to Publisher
Fred Hartman .....■........Editor and Publisher, 1950-1974
(Chairman ot Board Southern Newspapers, Inc.)
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Preston Pendergrass ..................... Executive Editor
pendence to Gen. George Wash-
ington to have it proclaimed be-
fore the Army.
Bible
Verse
"And which of you by being
anxious can add a cubit to his
span of life? If then you are
not able to do as small a thing
as that, why are you anxious
about the rest?” - Luke
12:25,26.
/« * i
The Way
It Was
July 6, 1775 — Congress
,adopted Declaration of the
Causes and Necessity of Tak-
ing up Arms.
electricity.
Footnote: White House sour-
ces said' it is far too early to
know whether the task - force
study will result in formal ac-
tion. "We aren't at the bottom
line," said one presidential aide.
NIXON VS. PRESS: The
hostilities between the working
press and Richard Nixon during
his White House years produced
some extralegal and illegal gov-
ernment harassment. Now Sen.
Frank Church, D.-Ida., citing
our own case, has called upon
the Justice Dept, to investigate
whether "any violaiton of fed-
eral law" occurred.
Here are a few of the allega-
tions, which the senator has call-
ed to the attention of Atty. Gen.
Edward Levi:
+ The Central Intelligence
Agency illegally assigned 20
agents to keep us under surveil-
lance, They alledgedly took
photographs of people entering
>- jmr offices and planted a micro-
phone in our cellutex ceiling.
The CIA file on us,.which Sen.
Howard.....Baker, R.-Tenn., has
described as a foot'thick, re-
ferred to the hidden mike cryp-
tically as “Celutex II." The CIA
project had the secret title,
"Operation Mudhen."
+ White^.House plumbers G.
Gordon Liddy and JET. Howard
Hunt sought -poison: from the
' CIA to slip into our drinks or ap-
ply to our steering wheel. The
plumbers also directed an inten-
sive investigation of us.
+ The FBI arrested our,asso-
ciate Les Whitten and" obtained a
charges were brought against
Whitten, and Judge John Sirica
ordered the FBI to destroy the
long-distance call slips.
+W. Donald Stewart, the Pen-
tagon security chief during the
Nixon years, has stated that the
military conducted at least 11 in-,
vestigations of us. One suspec-.
ted source, named Gene Smith,
was hauled before a grand jury,
but nothing came of it.—to'
"+ The Justice Department cce "
operated with International
Telephone and Telegraph in in-
vestigating us. ITT hired the fa-
mous detective firm; Intertel,
which worked with the Justice ,
iidic ixj Hiimt ii anu wwnrau « WHICH WOIfttfU W1UI U1C JUS lilt
list of our long-distance caHT Department in an attempt to dis
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Dr. Lamb
Hormone drug
for arthritis
DEAR DR. LAMB - I have
taken both cortisone and
ACTH-iQr,arthatjs..ofJhe.,arm
and back.’ Ybu-sfate in your
.column that the ACTH
sTirrmtates—your- heait-bv
adrenal cortex. How does a
doctor come to this delicate
conclusion without first
cortex to see if they are
' healthy’'What tests should be
given to check a patients
adrenaLxortex?
DEAR READER - When a
young boy's voice changes and
he starts shaving and has
other changes, we Mow that
he is forming male hormone.
When, a girl s appearance
changes and she starts
menstruating we know she is
forming female hormones
When a person starts losing j
weight.despite eating a lot
Teel’s hot, ar.d has a number ot
physical characteristics doc-
■ tors, recognize, the pateint has
too much thyroid hormone.
So it is with the adrenal cor-
tex: if it is producing too much
hormone certain changes in
the body will occur, including
changes in the face, called a
"moon face" Too little leads
to other'changes and symp-
toms, including fatigue, (but
fatigue, is caused by many
thingsi
The doctor, usfe> all .the -m
formation he gets, from his.
history and physical examine- ,
Ron to make a preliminary
judgment about his'patient s
health, and that includes How
the endocrine glands are iunc-
tioning Sometimes he can
. make, a definite diagnosis on
the. basis’oFthe history and
physical findings alone.
Beyond that he'uses tests'
the adrenal cortex' hor-
mones affect your Body
chemistry and the amount Jif
the hormones or derivatives
ol these hormones in the blood
or the amount eliminated in
the urine can be measured
The action of ACTH has
been: documented by
laboratory'studies in animals
and in humans. When a te§t is
done the levels of hormones or
..their^lerivativ.es.in thehLuad_ .
and urine»are measured. The
patient takes the ACTH and
the levels of the hormones,and
~tlreir derivatives- ate -again—
m e a sirred The ACTH
stimulates ' an increase in
these products formed by the
adrenal cortex "You may be
surprised to know that even
the blood sugar level is
affected It usually goes up
it is not necessary to test
these responses with
elaborate procedures every
time a patient is given ACTH. ,
We know what the action_of_
ACTH is A patient like
voursell with arthritis who is
given ACTH usually does not
have any defect or deficiency
of the adrenal gland Certain
jy if arthritis were that siTnple
it would be easy to control or
cure-, which- it is not By
stimulating the normal
adrenal cortex to increased
activity there will be changes
in the body Sometimes these
are in mood and personality'
Prolonged administration of
ACTH and cortisone can even •
cause significant psychiatric
changes in some patients -
with severe depression -id-
some and a maniacal behavior
in others ■
Chemical changes occur as
noted in blood tests and
ev idence of inflammation dis-
appear The subsidence of in-
flammation gives the arthritic
relief but the disease process
may be progressing Since
neither the ACTH nor the cor-
tisone stop -the disease and
both have a number of
adverse effects after prolong;
ed use. many doctors .prefer ,
not to use them except in,
.rStoerJed xa&esJoi-'special r-e——
quirements. and then only un-
der a watchful eve.
Berry’s World
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