The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 40, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 25, 1979 Page: 4 of 69
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$$$ Problem
A Miami bank has a money problem, but not of
the usual variety. - - - -----.......-
It is the local branch of the Federal Reserve and
it has too much of the stuff. So mudti, according to
a Wall Street Journal report, that it doesn’t find it
necessary to issue new currency, one of the func-
tions of the Reserve system, but is in the position
of a supplier, shipping much of its surplus to other
Reserve districts.
The principal source of Miami’s abundance is
the central bank of Colombia,.and thereby hangs
a tale of particular interest to another agency of
the government.
the flow suggests not so much that the South
American country suddenly has become unusual-
ly prosperous and has a high regard for the U S.
financial* system as a secure repository for its
holdings, but that Colombia has become the chief
supplier of marijuana and cocaine to the
American'market.
A study by the Justice Department’s Drug En-
forcement Administration, the Journal reports,
concludes that Colombia has replaced Mexico in
thiSTole. ‘ .
... Additional funris arc findingZtheir way into
Florida commercial banks, all as.a part of what
~7 the (Ini)! .study describes as a sophisticated inter-
national banking system evolved to facilitate the
" ’ To'the Reserve it’s all U.S currency and, as an
officialobserves, “.we’ll accept it.”
Well, business is business. But a businesslike at-
titude like, that could well get a private citizen a
stiff sentence as an accessory.
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Editorials And Opinion
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Pvt. Foster Awarded
Heroism Medal, 1939
Ast
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THE BAYTOWN SUIT
.Sunday. November 25, 1979
Saturday Night Feet
* . We’ve been hearing for some time about the
danger to hearing in all those decibels.
Now ij. develops that’s not all that’s hazardous
in contemporary preferences in music
According to the Health Insurance Institute, a
new recreational injury is rapidly gaining on jog-
.ger’s knee, tennis elbow and the like.
It’s disco foot, and some 25 percent of dance-
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‘‘Now don’t act prematurely... Wait until the quicksand is up under his nose.
Washington Report
Did White House Aide
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Use Job To Pressure?
Today In
History
From The Baytown Sun
files, this is the way it was
40 gnd 30 and 20 years ago:
NOV. 24, 1939
Mrs. A.M. Thomas,
postmaster, says mail
delivery in Goose Creek
will be extended to include
the 1000 blocks of North
Jones, Leavins. North
Gaillard and the 200 block
ofWestHunnicutt.
Pvt. Donald A. Foster, 21,
of Cedar Bayou receives
the Soldier’s Medal for
heroism for rescuing an
enlisted mail from drown-
ing in Limon Bay, Republic
of Panama, Son of Mr. and •
Mrs. C D Foster, be is ser-
ving with the 62nd Coast Ar-
tillery at Fort Totten, N.Y.
Gertrude Wiggen and
Mary Gaston of Baytown
are members of the Univer-
sity of Texas light opera
• cvirtiparty ulm I,
"The MerrV Widow.”
NOV. 24,1949
. A wooly creature is seen
trotting down a street and is
promptly loaded into a con-
vertible' by Dick Manne.
This was the sheep that had
been stolen from Mamie’s'
membership contest team
in the Jaycees.
Robert Edward "Little
Ed” Smith, member of a
pioneer Cedar Bayou fami-
ly, died today of an ap-
parent heart attack. He was
a former employee in Har-
ris County's Precinct 2 road
and bridge department.
W.M. House will be chair-
man of the annual
Christmas parade.
Mrs. L.J. Reilly is elected
president of the Book
Review Club.
NOV. 24,1959
Mrs. Pat Blackburn’s
sixth grade geography
class’at Burnet Elementary
School enjoys a Japanese
tea party. Pictured on the
front page in their Oriental
•attire are Joe Ross Aylor,
Debby Gardner, Theresa
Nelson, Barbara Martin,
Carl Holzheuser and Oliver
Coward.
Rudolph J. LeCompte is
featured in an article about
"* fi1FK6b5y'b7'making‘diicR*
decoys in the December
issue of Mechanix Il-
lustrated. LeCompte is a
chemical analyst with
Humble’s Baytown
Refinery. He's been whittl-
ing decoys from driftwood
' for 18 years.
Public Works Dire’ctor
C.W. *Grantham says
Southern Pacific crews will
repair 14 street crossings
Bernic
related injuries now coming to the attention of the
rilfthable to disco dancing,
medical experts ar6 attri
By JACK ANDERSON
WASHINGTON - White
House aide Richard Harden
was once described as (he
Achilles heel'' of Jimmy
Carter's gubernatorial ad-1
. .. ministration in Georgia He
according to one specialist, Dr. Joseph D’Amico may wind up filling that
at New York College of Podiatric Medicine, cited role in his boss's presides
in an institute report. tial administration -
Disco toot can involve numerous familiar SS&J&ffRTS
ailments such as sprained ankles, pulled tendons buddy Hamilton Jordan for
and bursit is. It is twice as common among women that dubious honor
as among men, most probably because of dif- Harden is already under
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ferences in footwear. Disco dancing, according to investigation by a federal
iv*™;..:. .1... ': I, ° ' grand jury, which is trying
D'Amico, is the only athletic'activity made more
difficult to perform by the equipment worn - high
heels. * ‘
There are, however, steps that can be taken to
reduce the -risk. First, it is advised, take a brisk
50. or so toe raises and some vigorous, ankle
movements. . .
That should get the old circulation going, loosen
the muscles and limber up the joints. And who
knows? After all that exertion, dancers a little
short on w ind to start with might even decide they
have already had enough and it is time to go
home.
Injuries wouldn’t be the only thing saved. Think
of all the money.
to find out exactly what his
involvement was in an
alleged attempt by fugitive
financier Robert V'csco to
buy legal favors from the
, Carter While House.
• VM .AT THAT AWKWARD STAGE - MAKIN”
-TOO MUCH MONEY To' GO ON WELFARE BUT
NOT ENOUGH TO.PAY MY BILLS; .
®fie JPaptotoft £>un
Now - we've- . uncovered'
evidence which strongly in
dieates that Harden misus-
ed his high position to help
his father. D.H Harden,
clear up a threatened libel
suit down home in Camilla.
Ga Our sources tell us
Harden got a subordinate.
While House legal adviser
William Pollack; to-, in-
tervene mi - the elder
Harden's behalf, improper
Iv invoking his official posi-
tion to head off the lawsuit
Pollack has admitted that :
he arranged an out-of court
settlement for I)'H Harden
at the son’s request, but in-
sists he didn't do it on the
taxpayers' time, and didn't
use his White House posi-
tion to bring pressure on
anyone
The younger Harden
tall, handsome.. affable,
prematurely graying at 33
— is a member of the
unofficial "Cornpone
Cabinet" of Georgians who.
are Jimmy Carter'smost,
trusted advisers. He was
Gov. Carter's controversial
director of human
resources, then became his
presidential- campaign
finance manager. His per
formance in that capacity
earned him a.sharp rebuke
from the Federal Election
Commission. which charg-
ed him with sloppy books.
keeping on the scores of
bank accounts he set- up to
handle cash deposits for the
Carter campaign chest
nal Revenue 'Service for
back luxes After the audit,
D.H: Harden was forced to
resign, and began a letter-
writing campaign aimed aT
discrediting his Critics:
One letter cast slurs on
the professional ability o(
an accountant who audited
the ca-op’s records. .This
was published on the front
page of a newspaper in
Albany. Ga' The accoun-
tant began libel pro-
ceedings against the elder.
Harden
That's when Pollack, the
White House leg'll aide,
pepped in A partjcjpani in
a • conference" call •from
Pollack to the accountant
and his -.attorney told qur
reporter Sally Ann Denton,
Harden's testimony,
because it so closely cor-
roborates statements made
by another witness who has
flunked two lie-detector
tests. Harden has not been
subjected tQ such tests.
FOGGY- BOTTOM''Foot-
Dragging: Foot-dragging
in Foggy Bottom may be
blowing the United States' -
chances to keep the new
revolutionary government
of .Nicaragua from tuco’mg ' .
into another Soviet satellite
like Cuba
By The Associated Press
Today is Sunday. Nov. 25,
" the 329th day. of 1979; There
' are 36 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in
history:
On Nov. 25, 1-783; the
British evacuated New
York, their last position in
the United States after the
Revolutionary War. ■
On this date:
In 1568, the inquiry into
conduct of Mary- Queen of
Scots reope-ned in
Berry's World
Westminster.
In 1758, in the French and
that . Pollack identified
himself as a While. .House
attorney representing the
Hardens He then.tried to
persuade the accountant to
drop the lawsuit
Pollack denies saying he
worked for the White
.House, and even claim’s he
didn't try to dissuade the
accountant from filing suit
"I used no pressure what-
soever, "he insisted "I was;
just frying to prevent a
Hatfiefci-MeCoy-type feud
I can-assure you we didn't
use this office to coerce
anyone."• »"
He did get his client to
make a public apology, and
the suit was never filed
Young Harden has refus-
ed to comment on the case,
or-to explain his role in the
affair
Meanwhile, the grand
jury that's probing the
Vesco bribe charges' .'is
highly suspicious of young -
Continuing delays in the
delivery of long-promised-
■ aid to Nicaragua - its
economy shattered by
..decades of looting bv.the
-miste# Somoza-dK’talorshiif
Indian War. the British cap-
jured .Fort Duquesne.. in
what is.now Pittsburgh
In 1863. Union troops cap-
tured Missionary llidgo. en-
ding the battle of Lookout
Mountain in Tennessee.- •
In 1957. it was disclosed
that. President Dwight
Eisenhower had suffered a
you-
,ing the i
could gel yi
AQUARIUS
Before the;
jy io feel y-
as a sieve
financial j
placed on y
PISCES (I
Tactfulness
must becoi
armor loda
looking to ,
can ward
diplomacy
ARIES (M
Today s eve
you right in
not careful
5UICO.
TAURUS (i
you're mvol
activity todt
self to be o-
die of a squ
fight it out.
GEMINI (Ma
out effort wil
you hope to
ribbons C-
extremelv k
sures.won t\
CANCER (Ji
is not the tm
new ideas,
change youi
things that in
tionsarealre
LEO (July 2
been baftkir
cover tor yoi
oblig
disappomtmi
with an ob
9s*v^_.
It you down
!IRGO (At
Normally, ypi
s. Tt
for details,
is not as go-
You stand a
"Ingest fewer calories than your body burns/
ing somethim
LIBRA (Sep
Pit
followed by a bloody revolu-
lion — have led the- hard-
pressed government to turn
elsewhere for-, assistance
And "elsewhere" means
: the communist bloc
slight stroke.
vou're empli
this ;s not Ih
In Washington - -
The State Department
promised aid to t'jie
Nicaraguans in-September
but a department tijit force
.took an unreasonably long
time in its on-the-spot study
of the situation. It wasn't
till two weeks ago that the
cookie pushers managed to
present an appropriations
request to Congress, and
sources tell us the funds
aren’t likely to be.approved
Jefore Christmas
Me a n w hi 1 e , the
Nicaraguans have conclud-
ed a trade-and-aid pact
with East Germany, and
for the first time the revolu-
iionary. junta- is seeking
commercial ties with the
Soviet Union.
Politics In Louisiana
Unmatched In Any State
Your boss v
worth arid he
.SCORPIO (0-
is definitely m
yourself in
where you ha
purse for doll;
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Herbert
President
States,' diei
City on. Sep:
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HEALTH
Lawrence E Lamb, M.D.
DEAR DR LAMB
Leon Brown {Jitor'and Publisher
Fred Hornbeigei' Assistant to Publisher
Fred Hartman ' • Editot and Publisher 1950 1974
(Chairman ol Board Southern Newspapeis, Inc )
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
■* Executive Editor
. ■ Managing Editor
Associate Managing Editor
ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT
, "Display Advertising Manager.
Preston Pendergrai
jim Finley .
Wondo Orton
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EARLIER THIS year.
Harden took time'off from
his White House job and
flew home to help audit the
tax accounts of the
Georgia-Florida-Alabama
Peanut Association (GFAt,
which was then managed
by his 69.-year-old 'father
Young Harden later was
I read
your column about the woman
who had ringing in her ears
and I would like vour advice 1
used to have this problem and
I weht to my doctor and he
took wax out of my right car
and the ringing went away
The last time this happened
and l was having a buzzing
noise, just taking wax out of
my ear didn't help
They won't help everybody
but unless you try. you'll nev-
er; know
You say in the rest of your
letter mat you have excellent
hearing. If you have nerve
degeneration with some hear-
ing loss, you might not know it
because" it might involve
sound frequencies that aren't
in. the range of normal
conversation Sometimes
By MARTHA ANGLE
and ROBERT WALTERS
AMITE. La. (NEA) -
With a gubernatorial cam-
paign in its final frenzied
weeks, Louisianans are
once again demonstrating
that they prefer their
politics the way they take
•their chicory-based coffee
- (hick, strong'and steam:
ing hot.
First there's the state’s
unique mosaic of ethnic,
religious, racial, political
and geographic-diversity. '
In the bayou country
sprawling south of
Lafayette to the Gulf of.
Mexico—art the Acadian
parishes, .where French is
spoken almost as frequent-
ly as English and virtually
all of the residents are
Roman Catholic.
At the western end of
Acadiana lies the New
Orleans metropolitan area,
a.world apart from Cajun
countYv - and other rural
are^s of Louisiana — by
virtue of its status as the
feared (if not despised)
"big city." - ...
prison two years ago after
he pleaded, guilty to
charges of accepting illegal
campaign contributions.
Rep, "Claude "Buddy’
Leach, also a Democrat;
faces trial soon bn 30
federal charges of vote’
fraud. .
A state senator has just
been, .sentenced 40 a sixt
State Paul J. Hardy are
trailing Tr-een and Fitzmor-
ris in the most recent
political polls. 'Hardy’s
campaign offers several ex-
amples of the circus-like at-
mosphere that often
envelops Louisiana politics.
After Hardy spent mon-
ths haranguing against the
‘‘strong-arm tactics of
ACROSS
year'prison term'after be- . labor, bosses," the presi-
ing convicted on extortion dent of the state's AFL-
charges. a federal grand
jury, is -investigating the
state's Agriculture Depart-
' ment and the federal pro-
secutor in Baton Rouge is
probing vote-buying among
black groups' " ' - •
Democratic Gov. Edwin
Edwards remains the
state’s most popular-
political figure, even
though he admitted three
years ag5 that his wife
received a $10,000 gift from
South Korean rice dealer
■ TongsunPark.
CIO, Victor Bussie, reveal-
ed that Hardy "had secretly
sought the support of
organized labor but had
been rebuffed. . *■
Trailing in the polls are
probably the two most
capable and best qualified
men in the race - House
Speaker' E.L. "Bubba”
Henry and'State Sen. Edgar
G. "Sonny" Mouton Jr.
I am 72 years old ami have J 'because of nerve damage,
a constant buzzing in my'ear ' hearing aids are of limited
He sent me to an ear. nose and
throat specialist who said the
nerve in the ear was-degener-
ating and that because of that
and my age there wasn't any-
thing" he could do to help me 1
: use. However, even if one is of
partial benefit, it may. elimi-
nate the buzzing sounds that
people complain about.
TO THE north of the city
and Lake Ponchartrain lie
AG A 1NST THAT
background, a six-man
field is -vying for v.oter sup-
port in the Oct. 27 "open
primary.” with the two
leaders gaining the right to
compete in the Dec. 8 runoff
HENRY HAS been endors-
ed by a trio of Louisiana’s
roost prestigious “good
government” groups- and
three of the state’s four big-
gest newspapers.
That support may not
mean much, however, in a
state that once inspired
author A.J. Liebling to
comment: “Politics in
, 1 Nevz Deal. .
program
4 Bacteria
9 Accountant
(abbr)
12 Park for wild
animals
13 Furious
14 Long fish.
15.Prayer ,'
16 Fail in duly-
17 Genetic
material
(abbr)
18'Decorated
‘ .anew
20 Actions
22 Spanish hero
24 Confederate
States Army.
(abbr)
25 Ye'll
28 Almost-
30 Polynesian
god
34 Pastel
35 Storm
36 Snow slider
37 Novelist
Ferber
39 Seckei
41 Civil-War
general
42 Actor Parker
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• the race is Rep David C.
Treen, who is virtually cer-
alsiThave sinus troubif and-ran be nied“ Ttete bevrecs "Jor‘h. to Jihe Arkansas tain to gain one of the Two
, $350p*< mooTh. $4200pj* v«x s.ngie copy pi.ee 20 cents Do*!> 25 cents Sunday
on request Represented nottonolly b» Coostol Publicotkxys
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Baytown Sun/
throughout The
pomt
forced to make restitution
for his airline tickets, which
his father had charged off
to the farm co-op.
The elder Harden had
been accused of expense ac-
count abuses and
mismanagement of GFA’s
present a constant sound to
the ear and literally mask the
annoying buzzing or ringing
sounds’
have
am a very nervous person
Now that i ve learned that
"there are some methods of
treating this problem. Ini
wondering if I really couldti t
get some help for it.
DEAR READER - At ’
least vou could try. The meth-
SING UNTO the Lord; lor
the ear, called tinnitus, are he hath done excellent
i==
J‘bf,ralls,ffl Treen. who is virtually cer- the48states
‘ ... . The passage of time has
brought two more states in-
to the union and a veneer of
contemporary sophistica-
border is heavily Baptist
North Louisiana.
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runoff spots but far less
likely to win against a
'r^Tr,jasssiK. SI
Jo rules that ^ my" Fitzmorris Jr.,- the that probably will cost {he
favorite of th? petroleum, candidates more than $20
banking and other influen- million.
Bible Verse
good
ters
things: this is known in all
theearth. Isaiah 12:5 •
never will be endorsed by
Common Cause or the
League of WomeirVoters.
Former Democratic Rep,*
Richard A. Tonry was
packed off to a federal
tial industries in the state,. But politics in the Pelican
Public Service Commis- State remains a tradition-
sion Chairman Louis bound spectacle unmatched
Lambert and S^cret^t | " elsewhere in the nation.
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