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• Editorials • Features • Opinion
THE BAYTOWN SUN
Monday, Dacambar 5, 1977
Quebec: An Old
Question Stays
Some of history’s most bitter wars have been fought be-
tween men speaking the same language.
Yet once the issue that caused the conflict has been set-
tled - slavery in the U.S., for example - this commonal-
ity of language has helped knit a divided people together
again. Like a bone that is stronger for having been brok-
en, a nation that has gone through a civil war can be more
united than it was before.
But wherever the conquerors or the treaty makers have
drawn a political line around peoples speaking different
languages, there are found some of history’s most an-
cient and most insoluble enmities.
Language is much more than the means by which peo-
ple communicate with one another. It is the vehicle of
custom and culture and thought itself, and thus one of the
most potent forces in human affairs.
Because of language, a Frenchman may feel closer to a
Quebecois than he does to a German or an Englishman,
though the latter are fellow “citizens” with fam in tjje
European Common Market.
That is why the French government looks so fondly on
the prospects of an independent Quebec and why it strain-
ed relations by treating Quebec Premier Rene Levesque
on his recent visit almost like a. head of state.
And that is why it will take either an unparalleled de-
gree of levelheadedness among Canadians to overcome
the separating pull of language or sheer, raw power to
keep Quebec from eventually seceding from Canada.
Only when a linguistic minority is overwhelmingly out-
numbered by the majority can separatist yearnings be ig-
nored or suppressed. Indeed, as example of this is
French’s own ancient linguistic minority, the Bretons.
But Quebec is simply too large (twice as. big as Texas,
bigger than Alaska) and too populous (6.2 million, or 27
percent of Canada’s total population) to be prevented
from going its own way if that is what the majority of
Quebecois want.
Washington Report - -
Carter’s Human Rights
Push Is Losing Steam
._0y_
“Jaking them as a gift? -— HAH!’
Former Baytonian’s First
Book Rolls Off Presses
By MARY H. BROWN
Anyone who remembers Nan- standing'performances in her Nancy fans for years that our gal
cy Gould Gex and her many theater work. has made it.
... .t ..... ...... ...____ ... .. talents and activities will not be "The Beverly,” the title of her In fact, now that we’ve got a
tion. In the .meantime, unfortunatelyr by demonstrating-—* SUipjj^'tffTO#'eiiat^lB^he' -
We will know within the next two years or so, when
Levesque holds his promised referendum on the ques-
more fascination with linguistic chauvinism than concern
with what is best for Quebec or for Canada, France, the
mother country is hardly serving the cause of levelhead-
edness. '
IT’S
m ‘
POSSIBLE
By Robert Schuller
I went for a. ride withrny
brpthpr; once, a farmer in.
Iowa, Riding through the,
country, I saw a huge farm"
which I remembered as a
child to be stately, dignified
and beautiful with tall rows
of green corn-and golden
acres of waving grain. Now
that once-proud farm is cov-
ered with welds, bent and
dry and dead. Puzzled at the
sad decline, I asked my
brother why it was so and he
said, “That farmer is in soil
.hank. The government pays
him to raise nothing. It pays
him to let his land lie idle;”
But rich, fertile land will
not stay barren. Life churns
with energy in ground that
craves to create, that agon-
izes with a passion_to pro-
duce until that rich soil,
struggling against the tyr-
anny of barrenness, rebels
Is!
and shpots up weeds
A human being is far
greater than soil. We are
born to create and produce.
When our lives are not filled
with a sense of creative
purpose and we are frus-
trated in an effort to find
meaning in life, we will
produce the weeds of
divorce, drug addition,
alcoholism, and even’.sui-
cide. But when we cultivate
the grounds of our lives with
positive attitudes and plant
the seeds of possibilities, we
will produce a meaningful
harvest filled with hope.
Reverend Schuller, pastor of
the Garden Grove, Calif.. Com-,
munity Church, can be seen
weekly oh hf’s nationally syndi-
cated TV program, "Hour of
Power.'- . • .
From Sun Files - -
, Grigg Elected Shrine
Club President, 1957
From The Baytown Sun files^
this is the way it,was 40 and 30
and 20 years ago:
DEC. 5, 1937 ( :
Mrs. Bennie D, Ward is named
by the Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion to be in charge of the
Goodfellows’ annual Christmas
party for needy children.
Mrs, Joe Farr is hostess to the
Keep Busy Sewing Club in Mont
Belvieu.
Sixty children attend the story
tour at the Goose Creek Library ./
®oris Huie, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, L. L. Huie, recites Shirley
Temple’s favorite poems. 4-^— •
Billy Craig and A1 Taylor are
the only Gander basketball •
lettermen returning this season.
One of the best looking
prospects among the newcomers
is Tommy Rochelle.
DEC. S, 1947
John Sylvester is re-elected
president of the TH-Cities Girl ’
Scout Association! Mrs. J. D.
scout Association' mis. j. u. a, , ,
Giddings is organization ^ek°n W1 Jan
, from REL has a wiener roast at
San Jacinto Battlegrounds to the
accompaniment of music by Roy
Acuff, Spike Jones and Tommy
Dorsey (on records).
DEC. 5, 1957 ....
-Corporation Judge Jim
Fonteno begins a remedial
school for adults who have failed
to pass the driver’s license exam
because of the inability to read
and write.
Baytown City Council and
Planning Commission are at
odds on how the city should
carry out its bond-financed civic
improvements - whether t&e..
work should be contracted or the
city should do it. Mayor R. H.
(Red) Pruett sug$sts setting p
a separate construction depart-
ment under supervision of the
public works department to do
all of the work. ’’
D. F. Grigg is elected presi-"(
dent of the/ Baytown Shrine
Club. He will succeed Albert N.
author of a brand new book just
offrtie presses called "The Bev-
erly,” .
Nancy is the daughter of Syd
and Grace Gould, formerly of
Baytown. Syd was advertising
. manager for The Sun before
leaving Baytown to become pub-
lisher of the Cleveland, Tenn,,
newspaper. Now he has many
newspaper interests across the
South and he and Grace live in
Mobile,-Ala.
During Nancy’s school days at
Ashbel Smith Elementary, Bay-
town Junior High and one year
at Robert E. Lee her flair for
writing became widely known.
Even in those early years, Nan-
cy was always called upon to
perform — she wrote BJH
teen news for years and in the
ninth grade edited the BJH
newspaper. Though she left Bay-
town after one year of high
school, Nancy had already been
chosen one of four sophomores
to work on the annual staff for
the next year.
Nancy grew up here dabbling
in many hobbies but those of us
who were included among her
friends can readily remember
her “dramatic yearnings.” We
knew we’d someday see her
name in lights — to say nothing
of on book covers.
Well, time has proved us right.
Not only is she a regular in Lit-
tle Theater productions in and
around Waveland, Miss.-, where
she lives, but it is this very in-
terest in theater and the theatri-
cal- hfe„ that Inspired her re-
search and eventual book. '
Married to Lucien Gex, ah at-
torney, and the mother of four
children, Nancy ’has always had
an uncanny, knack of getting
things done. So running a home
and raising four children never
managed to . take up, all of her,
time. She was able even during
River Road dinner theater near
New Orleans whose popularity
in bygone eras has reached na-
tional proportions and is today
enjoying a colorful comeback.
jt is the history and present
day prominence of this New Or-
leans institution that* Nancy
handles so adeptly in her book.
In a true artist’s style, Nancy
uses historical data, correspon-
dences with numerous celebri-
ties wlio once played the old
Beverly, and scads of old photos
depicting past performances at
' the theatlr to tell its story:
Such notables as Van John-
son. Dana Andrews, Tab Hunt-
er, Virginia Mayo, Imogene
Coca, Gale Storm, Pat O’Brien,
Bob Crane and Mary Todd have <
made written contributions at
Nancy’s request. In fact, the
• book’s introduction is written by
Dorothy Lamour; (Nancy ad-
mits to having sent Miss La-
mour home with 20 pounds of'
. Gulf shrimp as a "thank you.”)
Although the book’s subject
matter is of special interest to
people in the New Orleans area,
it proves to us who have been
those of us who might just en-
courage her to come home fora
visit and see if she can’t sniff out
some local item from old Bay-
town memorabilia and write us
on to fame and glory, too.
What Waveland, Miss., flaunts
in the literary world today was
made possible only by a loss to
Baytown some 20 years ago. We
demand equal attention!
Anyone interested in getting a
copy of “The Beverly” can do so
by getting in touch with me. I
am Baytown’s official liaison to
the author and I’H be glad to
handle the matter. Nancy sends
word, “I just love to autograph.”
Today In
History
By JACK ANDERSON
And LES WHITTEN
WASHINGTON - President
f Carter’s voice in the wilderness,
defending the human rights of
the world’s oppressed peoples, is
losing its zeal. He has been lis-
tening to the backroom counsel
of his diplomatic advisers who
claim moral posturing makes
poor foreign policy.
Here are a few examples:
+ The president has muted
his criticism of the Kremlin’s hu-
man rights record. A pleased.
Chairman Leonid Brezhnev has
responded with a secret mes-
sage agreeing to step up the dis-
armament negotiations. The
message was delivered Nov. 18
., by Soviet Ambassador Anatoly
Dobrynin.
+ Carter also stroked the shah
of Iran during their recent con-
’ tabulation. Afterward, the presi-
dent put out the word that he
was “encouraged" by the im-
proving human rights environ-
°'ment in Iran. The shah re-
* sponded by ordering his secret
police to crack down on dissi-
dents. Police goons in civilian
dress have attacked the shah’s
critics with guns, knives and
truncheons.
+ The U S. has provided Nic-
aragua’s puffed-up dictator,
Anastasio Somoza, with
the munitions to keep his people
in submission. Yet the Carter
administration defended these
military offerings1 on Capitol
Hill and also sent a medical
evacuation plane to Nicaragua
last summer to fly Somoza to a
Miami hospital for treatment.
This made it clear to Nicara-
guans oppressed people whose
side Carter is on.
+ In a series of columns be-
ginning June 4,1975, we reveal-
ed the first grim details of Cam-
bodia’s subjugation. We re-
ported that communist fire-
brands had turned the country
■* into a nation of cattle. Cities had
been ^emptied , and the popula-
tion herded into the hinterland,
we disclosed, with no thought-.»
for their welfare. Hundreds of
thousands had fallen by the way-
side. This must go down in his-
tory as the greatest atrocity since
the Nazis herded Jews into the
gas chambers. Yet the Carter ad-
ministration has rejected en-
treaties to awaken the world
conscience to the Cambodian
horror.
+; For years, we have been re-
porting on the atrocities of
Uganda’s grand sachem. Idi
Amin; who appears to be a
comic-opera figure but is no
laughing matter. His goons have
slaughtered an estimated 150-,-
000 of his subjects", often for ■
frivolous reasons. Yet we found
out that a dozen of Amin’s crack ’
airborne police were getting
' their helicopter training-in Tex-
Amin’s. Police Air Wing.
Guddie Boruku, one of the
Ugandans still at Embry-Rid-
, die, is identified in the congres-
sional documents as an Amin
relative, with ties to ffie State
Research Bureau. Contends the
memo: "Boruku is in constant
telephone communications with
Kampala and makes visits there
frequently.”.
Still another group of Ugan-
dans are taking flight training in
, Vero Beach, Fla., from an outfit
called Flight Safety Internation-
al. A spokesman for the firm toid
our associate Larry Kraftowitz
that the trainees are;istudents,
but investigators have informa-
tion that the trainees are mem-
bers of the Ugandan armed '
forces.
The memo charges that U.S..
officials have helped promote
the brutal repression in Uganda
by its "lax" monitoring of train-
ing contracts and Ugandan cre-
dentials.
• Concludes the memo: "The
U.S. is acting in a way which is
totally inconsistent with its pol-
icy concerning human rights and
its policy of withholding aid to
the government of Uganda.”
Footnote: A State Depart-
ment spokesman said as far as
he was aware the trainees at
Vero Beach and- Melbourne
came to the U.S. as "govern-
ment employees on official busi-
ness.” Spokesmen for the flight
schools said they were unaware
of the backgrounds of the Ugan-
dan trainees.
Three of the Ugandans train-
ing at Melbourne, incidentally,
asked for political asylum in the
U.S. The three defectors, say our
sources, were the only Chris-
tians in the group and feared dic-
tator Amin's purge against
Christians,. . *
HEALTH
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By Lawrence E. liamb, M.D.
DEAR DR. LAMB - Sev-
eral years ago, I believe I
read in one of your columns
that <a person should take
potassium if he took a di- -
uretic because diuretics de-
plete the potassium supply
in one’s system.
My mother recently
moved and has a new doctor.
She is 76 years old. S^e was
taking several medications
since she has gallstones, a
heart condition, and
arthritis. The doctor gave
her Lasix (furosemide) for
the swelling of her feet and
ankles, but took away her
potassium. I am concerned
about this, and would appre-
ciate your comments.
DEAR READER - Lasix
is a potent diuretic and must
be used with caution in older
needed because of potas-
sium depletion when taking
Lasix. *
A good way to solve this
problem is to include foods
that contain lots of potas-
sium in the diet. I would
recommend at least a couple
of 8-ounce glasses of orange
juice a day to provide potas-
sium that will not affect the
small intestine in any way
and may protect .your
mother. Fresh fruits are a
good source of potassium.
The ogly precaution one
need follow here is that if a
person has badly diseased
kidneys that are not forming
urine, then potassium needs
to be restricted. That is quite
rare compared to the num-
ber of people who need addi-
tional potassium when tak-
peqple. in particular. It is _.....Jng a diuretic. ...........
easy to remove* too m'ucn DEAR DR. LAMB — Will
those busv years to find extra in-
terests. Of particular note was a
Today is Monday, Dec. 5, the
339th day of 1977. There are 26
days left in "the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1933, prohibit-
ion ended in the United States
as Utah became the 36th state
to ratify the 21st Amendment,
repealing the 18th.
On this date: •
In 1492, Columbus discovered
the West Indian island of Santo
Domingo, which now is shared
by Haiti and the Dominican Re-
public. • .
In 1782, the eighth American
president, Martin Van Buren,
was born in Kinderhook, New
York.
regional cook book she edited
and several awards for out-
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chairman and Paul AOSmali,
finance chairman.! .
Letter to Santa from Yvonne
Milner: "I want you to bring me
i a gifkioll, a radio, and that-is all
I want. Please bring thole things
a to me: I will try to be a verynice
little gifi.”
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In 1848, President James
Polk announced that gold had
been discovered in California.
The gold rush of ’49 followed.
.....In 1934. 66 people were exe-
cuted in (Russia after purge
trials.
In 1955, blacks in Montgom-
ery, Ala., began a bus boycott
to protest segretated seating.
In 1962, the United States and
the’Soviet Union agreed to co-
operate in peaceful uses of* out-
er space. ;
Ten years ago: One thousand
protestors against the Vietnam
War demonstrated at an armed
forces’induction center in New
York. Police arrested 264
• people, including baby special-
ist Dr. Benjamin Spook and
poet Allen Ginsberg.
Now congressional investiga-
tors are running down evidence
that some Ugandan trainees in
this country are tied to Amin’s
personal execution squad. In
Uganda, this killer squad is
•known euphemistically as the
State Research Bureau.
At least 21 Ugandans have re-
ceived communications train-
ing, for example, in Melbourne,
- Fla. A secret staff :memo, pre-
pared for Reps. Don Bonker, D-
' Wash., and Don Pease, D-Ohio,
alleges that 13 of the 21 trainees
worked for .the notorious State,
Research Bureau.
The memo, claims four othfers
were employed by the Ministry
of Defense. Still another worked
for the Ministry of Information,
although he may actually be an
undercover agent for the Re-
search Bureau.
salt pnd water causing
person to be dehydrated and
to upset the chemical bal-
ance. This is equally true of
most of the potent’ antidi-
uretics. It is aq excellent
medicine to remove excess
fluid.
It works by increasing the
elimination of sodium. The
sodium retention.is responsi-
ble for the excess fluid reten-
tion. It does increase the loss
of potassium as well. " ’
The doctor may have re-
moved the potassium be-
cause certain potassium
pills (enteric coated pills) in
combination with diuretics
have been shown to cause
ulceration and bleeding
from the small intestine in
some patients. That doesn’t
mean your mother doesn’t
need potassium. If she has
any increased loss of potas-
sium with the Lasix action,
she will indeed need more
potassium.
The Physicians’ Desk Ref-
erence that details all the
current drugs specifically
recommends a liquid potas-
sium supplement if one is
X rays show the clot in the
leg if you have thrombophle-
bitis?
DEAR READER - Ordi-
nary X rays show only shad-
ows for soft-tissue masses
and* you cannot see arteries
and veins. That is why doc-
tors inject an opaque dye
info the circulation. If there
is a clot in the leg vein and it
obstructs the vein, it will not
fill completely with the dye.
The filling defect may iden-
tify. the location of the
obstruction, which in the
case of a vein may be a clot.
An obstruction in an artery
may be from the build up pf
fatty-cholesterol deposit.
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The Way
It Was
December 5, 1776: Phi Beta
Kappa founded at College of
William and Mary
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THE . MEMO, citing several
sources, asserts that some
trainees were in constant tele-
phone contact with Ugandan of-
ficials at home in Kampala.
There allegedly were several
telephone, calls between Kam-
" pala and the Holiday Inri where
the trainees stayed in Florida: At
least twide a month, the trainees
were also visited by a Ugandan
official who apparently is at-
tached to Amin’s United Na-
tions delegation, the memo re-
ports. ; -
Still another group of Ugan-
dan’s received commercial flight ,
training at Embry-Riddle Uni-
versity in Daytona Beach, Fla.
They were sponsored, according
to congressional evidence, by
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us cleanse ourselves from all
filthiness of the flesh and spir-
it, perfecting holiness in the
fear of God. II Coriifthians 7:1
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