The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 123, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1983 Page: 4 of 28
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THE BAYTOWN SUN Thursday, March 24, iw
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EDITORIAL
We Hope Shakeup Will
Strengthen The EPA
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With appointment of William D. Ruckelshaus to head
the embattled Environmental Protection Agency, the
way has apparently been cleared for reorganizing and re-
directing one of the largest of federal bureaus.
That, obviously, is not going to be an easy task because
of problems within the agency brought to public attention
during the past few months.
Although it will be a difficult undertaking, President
Reagan believes Ruckelshaus, first head of the EPA, is
the man who can put the agency back on track.
Said Reagan, “It has become crystal clear there is one
than in this country better qualified than anyone else to
take charge ,,. .Bill Ruckelshaus is staunchly committed
to protecting the nation’s air and water and land. And I
have given him the broad, flexible mandate he deserves.
He will have direct access to me on all important matters
affecting the environment.”
Said Ruckelshaus, “It is our job, my job, the job of that
agency to serve the public interests. That includes all of
the public. And when we have charge, we are charged
with regulating a segment of our society, we’re going to
do so fairly ... I don’t think that necessitates confronta-
tion. I don’t think it necessitates us shaking our fist at
anybody.”
Ruckelshaus sees as his immediate task stabilization of
the EPA so it can resume as quickly as possible its con-
gressional mandate to protect the nation’s environment.
Ruckelshaus’ credentials are impressive. As acting
director of the FBI in 1973, he replaced L. Patrick Gray,
who was involved in the Watergate coverup, and helped
restore credibility to the bureau.
Later that year, as deputy attorney general, he was
fired for refusing to follow President Richard Nixon’s
order to dismiss Watergate special prosecutor Archibald
Cox.
And as head of EPA, Ruckelshaus also rejected appeals
from the White House staff to tone down enforcement ac-
tions against a prominent industrialist who also was a Re-
publican fund-raiser.
President Reagan, who is seeking to restore public trust
in the EPA, praised Ruckelshaus as a man who could
resist White House pressure.
Smarting under charges in recent weeks by congres-
sional probers that they have uncovered evidence sug-
gesting EPA leaders made environmental policy based on
political directives from the White House, President
Reagan has apparently adopted a softer stance toward
environmental leaders.
The president feels attacks on the EPA have been
Black Duck
Bay Buddies
Honored, '43
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•1983 Copley Now Service
Jj£ ^ Jack Anderson
^jj Nicaragua Is Powder Keg
WASHINGTON - Another civil
war is about to explode in
Nicaragua, less than four years
after Sandinista guerrillas over-
threw the U S.-backed dictator,
Anastasio Somoza.
Thousands of well-armed and
trained anti-Sandinista rebels
have already infiltrated into nor-
thern Nicaragua, and their
leaders say they’re ready to
launch an offensive against the
Managua regime. They believe
their chances of success are ex-
cellent.
Coordinated with this military
action, exile leaders of the
Nicaraguan Democratic Force
(FDN) plan a diplomatic move
designed to give their cause inter-
national credibility. They intend
to create a state-within-a-state
crucial points about their move-
ment:
— Though the core of the FDN’s
fighting strength is made up of
former members of Somoza’s
defeated National Guard, people
from all sides of the political spec-
trum have joined up. Their com-
mon bond is opposition to the San-
dinistas’ Marxist regime.
— Unlike the Sandinistas, FDN
leaders insist, they will hold com-
pletely free elections within 18
months; even leftist parties will
be allowed to take part.
— The FDN guerrillas say they
have no connection with the
much-publicized joint exercises
held across the border by the U S.
Special Forces and the Honduran
army, “We don’t have any gringo
trainers,” an exile leader stress-
ed. “We are all Nicaraguan
a “Free Nicaragua” - in the f fighters, fighting inside
area that comes under their con- Nicaragua.”
trol.
By moving into Nicaragua pro-
per from their sanctuaries in
neighboring Honduras, the FDN
units have already discarded the
ing. All I’ve ever proposed is that we be fair, ” he said. within Nicaragua’s borders would
There isn’t much doubt some of the attacks were be the next step in the fdn’s
politically motivated, aimed at discrediting the Reagan
administration. It is also obvious there were problems in
the EPA that might not have come to a head as quickly as
they did if the congressional spotlight had not been swit-
ched on.
Despite this claim of in-
dependence, intelligence sources
say the Reagan administration is
unquestionably giving at least
tacit support to the FDN move-
ment.
Salvador and its neighbor to the
north, Guatemala.
The reasoning behind this
theory is that once the San-
dinistas are no longer in power,
there will remain no direct airlift
route for the Cubans to send arms
and advisers to a safe haven on
the mainland, from which they
can be transported easily to lef-
cist guerrillas throughout Central
America.
FDN leaders claim to have
wide support in their northern
Nicaraguan bridgeheads and to
have recruited not only many
peasants, but disenchanted San-
dinista militiamen as well. They
say that for months they have
been carrying out reconnaissance
and infiltration raids deep into the
country’s interior.
The FDN claims to have about
6,000 fighters in its various en-
campments; it needs and expects
support of city dwellers, mainly
those who helped the Sandinistas
From The Baytown Sun files,
this is the way it was 40 and 30 and
20 years ago:
MARCH 24,1943
Lt. Tommy King writes home
from Florida that in his outfit he
had a jeep named “Buster” for
Pvt. Ernie “Buster” Hunt of the
Marines and a tractor named
“Buddy” for Buddy Currie, also
in the Marines. He named the
motorized mammals in honor of
the two kids with whom he played
as a lad in Black Duck Bay.
Clay Lensing, pioneer Goose
Creek oil field worker, was
reported to be improved at Lillie-
Duke Hospital, where he is being
treated for injuries suffered in an
oil field accident.
E.A. Alfie withdraws from the
race for Pelly mayor, leaving the
competition to incumbent C.H.
Olive and former mayor W.C.
Williams.
MARCH 24,1953
Danubina Acres Garden Club
members plant the city’s official
tree, crape myrtle, along Wright
Boulevard. Pictured with David
Parrish, past president of the
club, and his wife, the current
president, are Mrs. Ted Lyman,
representing the Baytown Beauti-
ful Association, and City Manager
C.D. Middleton,
Elizabeth Ann Hruby is feted
with a party on her 16th birthday.
Mrs. A.S. Bynum becomes
president of the Baytown Jaycee-
ettes. Mrs. George Spangler will
be vice president. _ . _ ......
Mrs. B.F. Booth will represent
the Baytown League of Women
Voters at a meeting in Austin.
MARCH 24,1963
Mrs. E.R. Donnelly is elected
president of the James Bowie
Parent-Teacher Association.
The Rev. Robert Cheek, pastor
of First Baptist Church, will par-
ticipate in the Japan Baptist Cru-
sade. He will preach in revivals in
Okinawa and Japan and will be
gone for about four weeks
Mrs. Richard Turla is general
chairman of a flower show for the
Yaupon Garden Club.
overthrow Somoza, but bid their
weapons instead of turning them
in — “just in case.” The FDN
Today In
History
may also get help from Miskito
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Thursday, March 24,
the 83rd day of 1983. There are 272
Tjjt&wasro for Ihrs is the ad*.-' Indiflw-guerriiiss «'"Hays left in the veajK- «*'
ministration’s belief that
quest for recognition.
My associate Jon Lee Anderson
interviewed FDN leaders in
Washington and Miami. They em-
phasized what they feel are
Nicaragua is the key to Central
America’s future. In a sort of
reverse Domino Theory, U.S.
planners figure that an ouster of
the Sandinistas from Nicaragua
would cause the collapse of the
leftist guerrillas in both El
Footnote: A former Sandinista
diplomat says Fidel Castro may
try lifting troops to Nicaragua
if his Sandinista clients are
seriously threatened. In this case,
it would behoove the United
States to impose a blockade on
Nicaragua, he said
Synonyms And Semantics jT
A United Methodist task force has recommended that
“Lord” and “King” not be used as synonyms for God
because they suggest that the Almighty has male
characteristics
Lord God and King of Kings have been acceptable ap-
pellations to many Christians for centuries.
Unless one confuses God with the king of Siam, there
seems to be no reason for a hang-up on the subject.
How does one avoid ascribing male characteristics to
the persons of the Blessed Trinity commonly known as
God the Father and God the Son?
Perhaps a prayer to the Holy Spirit will solve all.
Robert Walters
Netherlands Antilles Tax
Treaty Unmatched Anywhere
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Leon Brown
Fred Hornberger
Fred Hartman
Wando Orton
Lynn Hughes
Mike Graxiola.
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ORANJESTAD, Netherlands,
Antilles (NEA) - What are
Xerox, Citicorp, Exxon, Coca-
Cola and scores of other major
corporations based in the United
States doing in a chain of sundren-
ched islands.
They’re all here because the
Netherlands Antilles is the only
place on earth where a corpora-
tion with its headquarters in the
United States can allow the
wealthy individuals and institu-
tions that buy its bonds to legally
evade federal taxes on the in-
terest payments they receive.
Those bonds are called
Eurobonds because they’re pur-
chased with Eurodollars, a vast,
virtually unregulated pool of
overseas dollars controlled by
sophisticated investors
throughout the world.
Eurobond marketing is a very
big business. The prestigious New
York-based investment banking
firm of Morgan Stanley & Co.
estimates that U.S. corporations
have floated $22 billion worth of
them in the past four years, with
virtually all of the transactions
conducted through the
Netherlands Antilles.
Even those figures may be con-
servative, according to a subcom-
mittee of the House Government
Operations Committee which has
been conducting an extensive in-
vestigation of the use of the
Netherlands Antilles as a tax
haven.
Eurobond sales totaled $8.6
billion in 1981, $14.5 billion in 1982
and undoubtedly will increase
substantially again this year, ac-
cording to an aide to Rep. D.
Douglas Barnard, D-Ga., the sub-
committee chairman.
The improbable venue for that
high-powered financial activity is
a group of six islands with a total
land area of only 383 square miles
and a population of 250,000.
The three Leeward Islands -
Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao —
are located at the southern end of
the Caribbean Sea, about 30 miles
north of Venezuela. The three
Windward Islands — Saba, St.
Eustatius and St. Maarten — lie
about 100 miles east of Puerto
Rico.
Although the Netherlands An-
tilles enjoy a negligible illiteracy
rate, political and economic
stability, substantial autonomy
from the Netherlands (granted in
1954) and a leisurely sans souci
atmosphere, they have few
natural resources except deep-
water harbors.
What they do have is a tax trea-
ty with the United States — signed
in 1955 and unmatched anywhere
else in the world — which waives
the requirement that U.S. cor-
porations withhold, for federal In-
come tax purposes, 30 percent of
all interest payments made to
foreign individuals or companies.
That unique provision has in-
spired the American Telephone &
Telegraph Co., Atlantic Richfield
Co., Fluor Corp., Time Inc.,
Warner-Lambert Co., Montana
Power Co., Sears, Roebuck & Co.
and a host of other corporations to
establish financial subsidiaries in
the Netherlands Antilles.
These companies’ activities
went unchallenged by the federal
government until last year when
the Internal Revenue Service
challenged the tax status of two
Netherlands Antilles financial
subsidiaries of the Houston-based
Texas Air Corp., a holding com-
pany which controls Continental
Airlines, Texas International
Airlines and New York Air.
Texas Air was forced to public-
ly acknowledge to Its
stockholders that it might owe the
IRS as much as $1.2 million in un-
paid 1979 withholding taxes, but
the issue remains unresolved.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On March 24. 1603, the crowns
of England and Scotland were
joined under Scotland’s James
VI, who began his reign as James
I.
On this date:
In 1683, Rhode Island was pur-
chased from the Indians.
In 1783, Spain recognized the in-
dependence of the United States.
In 1934, President Franklin
Roosevelt signed a bill granting
eventual Independence to the
Philippines.
And, in 1972, Britain took over
direct control in Northern Ireland
in an effort to restore order.
Ten years ago: Three British
soldiers were killed and one
critically wounded in an Ambush
in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Five years ago: Secretary of
State Cyrus Vance said the United
States would persevere in efforts
to bring peace to the Middle East
despite disappointing talks with
Israel’s Prime Minister
Menachem Begin.
One year ago: The Senate voted
94-0 to curb the power of federal
regulatory agencies and reduce
both the number and cost of new
regulations.
Reader's Views
Classified Section
Berry's [
World
“Isn't it OBVIOUS? They're hamburgers. One's
Burger King an' the other's McDonald's.
THEY’RE FIGHTING!"
To The Sun:
I would like to commend your
classified section for a job well
done. I placed my car in the paper
and had 12 calls the first evening
and sold it that same day. I had
five people looking at it all at
once.
I really like the changes you’ve
made in the layout of classified.
Makes it easy to find things.
Ray Kowalik
900 Meadowbrook
Bible Verse
“O Lord, I beseech thee, let now
thine ear be attentive to the
prayer of thy servant, and to the
prayer of thy servants, who
delight to fear thy name; and pro-
sper, I pray thee, thy servant this
day, and grant him mercy in the
sight of this man.
Nehemlahl:ll
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