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^EDITORIAL
Public against
early release
A report attributed to the state Board of Pardons and
Paroles announcing that 10,000 prison inmates would be
granted early release during the next two years stirred
up a storm of protest from prosecutors and citizens
across the state, and rightfully so.
No&vthe executive director of the board emphatically
.denies )anv such plans are contemplated and doesn’t
^^Jjere the 10.000 figure came from. He said it Is un-
fortunate the figure was published because it unneces-
sarily alarmed the public:"
News stories were based on what John Byrd, ex-
ecutive director of the board, described as an internal
working document, “only a draft.”
Apparently prematurely released by a board staff
member, the controversial document indicated inmates
would be freed early to comply with a state law and
federal court settlement of the state prison system
lawsuit capping prison population at 34,212 inmates.
Byrd said the document attempted to assess the
overall impact of the recent federal prison lawsuit set-
tlement. Ratified by £he State Board of Corrections in
May, tbe agreement limits the prison population and
calls for the state to build $173 million worth of new
prison facilities.
Therein lies the solution to overcrowded prisons —
more prisons. Both state and national polls show the
public opposes early, release of prisoners, primarily
dangerous felons.
There have been some early inmate releases since the
prison lawsuit was filed, but these were forced on state
prison officials by federal court orders to relieve prison
overcrowding.
The Texas Poll, among others, shows the public would
rather pay higher taxes to build more prisons than to
contend with early release of convicts. We feel the same
way. '
From Sun files
Hopper, Loy
get master's
degrees, '45
From Tbe Baytown Sun files,
this is the way it was 40 and 30
and 20 years ago :
SEPT. 5,1945
Two principals receive
master’s degrees at Sam Hous-
ton State Teachers College this
summer. They are Bonnie Hop-
per of Highlands Elementary
School, and Luther M. Loy of
Burnet Elementary School at
Wooster.
Off to the school for the first
time is Enid Marie Alleman, 6-
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A.P Alleman of Baytown
The new’ first gradeir at San Ja-
cinto Elementary School is pic-
tured on the front page, carrying
her books to school.
SEPT. 5,1955
R W Akridge and J.J Ober-
priller are division leaders in the
United Fund drive in Harris
County.
Lakewood Civic Association
will sponsor a games party at
the Lakewood Clubhouse. E.A.
Rose is president.
Gander football stars Bill
Laughlin and Earl Odom return
to practice after „ recovering
from injuries.
SEPT. 5,1965
James B. Cl op ton of Baytown
served aboard the aircraft car-
rier USS Lake Champlain, ^re-
covery ship for Project Gemini 5
astronauts Gordon Cooper and
Charles Conrad. -
Promoted to area supervisors
at Humble’s Baytown Refinery
are E.H. Adlong, machinist;
R.B. Battarbee, pipefitter; P.M.
Lounsberry, rigger; Conrad
Matysiak, electrician, and V.G.
Giles, boilermaker. Instrument
man R.Z. Mills becomes a train-
ing supervisor.
Jack Anderson
Death squads reported
WASHINGTON — As the <fc»ath toll in
South Africa mounts, disturb mg charges
'S^S!£SSS35S
random acts of violence but the wort of
"death squads” sanctioned by the white-
minority government.
The South African government, through its
embassy’ in Washington, has objected “stern-
ly” to the allegations. “All cases of unnatural
death in South Africa are investigated with
every resource. ” the embassy stated
Here is what our associate Vicki Warren
has learned, nevertheless, about tbe alleged
death-squad activities
— The assassination of Victoria Mxenge.
defense lawyer for 16 black activists on trial
for treason in Pietermartizburg. stirred
reports of government-encouraged death
squads. Ms. Mxenge was gunned down out-
side her home by four hooded blacks believed
to be policemen. The Lawy ers Committee on
Civil Rights Under Law has written to
Secretary of State George Shultz and to
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair-
man Richard Lugar. R-Ind . asking for an in-
vestigation into Ms. Mirages murder
In addition. Amnesty International has
called on tbe South African government to
conduct an independent inquiry into attacks
cm black opposition leaders......, ...........
— The Detainees' Parents Support Com-
mittee, originally formed in 1961 to help tbe
families of jailed dissidents, has now begun
to keep trade of the number of individuals
who are rounded up by the police, and the
number of those found dead and believed to
have been assassinated. One young leader of
tbe Congress of South African Students. Ed-
die Maluleke. was taken off the train by
police on his way home to the black township
of Soweto on May 10. He hasn't been sera
since
— The unexplained deaths of Matthew
Goniwe and three other members of a black
activist group called tbe United Democratic
Front led to demands for an investigation of
their killings. -
— In neighboring Namibia, occupied by-
South African troops, the Bar Council of
South West Africa two years ago asked for
the appointment of a judicial commission “to
consider tbe problem of security legislation
and practices; the abuse of power; deaths in
detention and other irregularities and
malpractices relating to detention without
trial; ways and means of protecting citizens
against abuse.’’
The assassination of a
defense lawyer for 16 black
activists on trial for
treason stirred reports of
government-encouraged
death squads.
This lawy ers' group also disclosed the ex-
istence of a death squad called Koevoet.
which is Afrikaan for “crowbar.” According
to judicial proceedings and news reports.
Koevoet gunmen tortured and killed presum-
ed opponents and buried tbe victims in un-
marked graves A leader of tbe detainees’
support group said there is a suspicion that
Koevijet was disbanded but that tome of its
hired guns are now operating in South
.Africa.
— Acting on reports that victims of official
violence were being buried in a cemetery in
Zwide Township, members of tbe United
Democratic Front uncovered a mass grave
containing tbe remains of three adults and 47
children. Authorities said tbe bodies were
those of paupers
— Members of tbe black opposition group
claim to have obtained a death list drawn up
by the South African government. According
to a source in the detainees' support group,
the list includes Nobel Peace Prize winner
Bishop Desmond Tutu, as well as United
Democratic Front official Terror Lekoga.
now being tried far high treason.
Amnesty International has written:
“Events have occurred in the context of
many allegations that other recent attacks
on known opponents of apartheid have been
carried out by, or with the knowledge of, the
police, and of reports suggesting the ex-
istence of death lists.”
WATCH Off WASTE:, Using federal sub-
sidies, a group ealled Deaf Independent
Residences is paying top dollar and then
some for homes in Wicomico County on
Maryland’s rural Eastern Shore. The homes
will be specifically fitted for deaf occupants
The group contracted to buy a four-bedroom
home for $89,900, even though tbe advertised
asking price was $87,500. It also has its eye on
two other homes priced at $72,000 each The
average price of a home in the country last
year was $47,900 The Housing and Urban
Development Department is looking into the
situation.
CLEANUP CAMPAIGN: Pinup girls have
come a long way, baby, since their World
War II heyday. Now they’re likely to go over
the line from titillation to outright por-
nography. One defense contractor, Avco
Aerostructures, has responded to pinups in
the work place by banning their display
“Our employees should not be subject to
open viewing of lewd, indecent, obscene or
disgusting materials of any type,” explained
the company bulletin. “It is company policy
to provide a work place. . . and environment
free of pornography materials. ”
MINI-EDITORIAL: It’s two years since
the Soviets shot down Korean Air Lines flight
007, killing all 269 persons aboard. The
Reagan administration has stoutly maintain-
ed that the plane was simply off course, not
up to any espionage activity. But two resear-
chers bankrolled by the Fund for Constitu-
tional Government have uncovered disturb-
ing evidence suggesting that the U.S. govern-
ment has not told everything it knows about
the tragedy. We don’t know what happened
to Flight 007; but we have our suspicions.
Isn’t it time the whole truth came out? Con-
gress should conduct a full-scale investiga-
tion.
Jock A ndenon is a columnist for Vfitted
Feature Syndicate
To The Sun: ,
We are in an er# of tbe compu-
ter explosion with a lot of
households having not just a
game machine, but something
much, much more. And that is a
machine that can process lots of
information very quickly. And
not only that, if can enable us to
communicate over the telephone
lines. f
For some people it is just a
hobby. But some of these hobby-
ists are giving some of us a bad
reputation.
I run a BBS. A BBS is A eoni-’
puterized bulletin board system.
Oh some of the BBS systems
they allow information such as
long distance access numbers,
credit card numbers, other
system’s numbers and
passwords to their systems to be
shown to anybody who uses their
BBS. And in turn, innocent vic-
tims are unaware that their bills
are going to have charges on
them that’s not put by
themselves.
But why is it that these
systems that allow this type of
information are the ones that get
the publicity? ... I am against
this sort of thing. I ruqa free in-
formation trade service that of-
fers such things such as as color
graphics, sigs and other
message bases
And now Congress is trying to
pass a bill that will regulate
systems such as mine and others
who run free BBS systems, that
will cost us more of our own
money just to keep records.
There are a lot of other BBS
systems in the Houston area that
operate legitimate systems at
the cost. But why is it that none
of these systems are told about
to the public? After all, where
else can you go and have hours
of free fun? We’re not all bad.
Scott Stansbury
406 Enfield Dr.
Highlands
Today
in history
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Thursday. Sept 5. the
248th day of 1985. There are 117
days left in the year.
On September 5, 1972. 11
Israeli athletes and the five .Arab
terrorists who had taken them
hostage were killed in a shootout
with West German police during
tbe Munich Olympics
In 1698. Russia's Peter the
Great imposed a tax on beards.
In 1774. tbe first Continental
Congress assembled in
Philadelphia. .«
In 1836, Sam Houston was
elected president of the Republic
of Texas.
In 1882, the nation's first Labor
Day parade was held in New
York.
I In 1905, the Treaty of Port-
smouth ending the Russo^
Japanese War was signed in
New Hampshire, President
Theodore Roosevelt having
mediated the settlement.
In 1939, the United States pro-
claimed its neutrality in World
Warn.
In 1945, Iva Toguri D’Aquino, a
Japanese-American suspected
of being radio broadcaster
“Tokyo Rose,” was arrested in
Yokohama. She was convicted of
treason in 1949. served six years
in prison and was pardoned in
1977 by President Gerald R.
Ford.
Ten years ago: President
Gerald R'. Ford escaped an
assassination attempt when
Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a
disciple of Charles Manson, tried
to shoot the chief executive in
Sacramento, Calif. ____> /
Five years ago: The Labor
Department reported that the
Producer Price Index for August
had risen 1.5 percentage points,
and that unemployment had
dropped to 7.6 percent from 7.8
percent in July.
Bob Wagman
Teamster Union
label on the GOP
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WASHINGTON Longstan-
ding ties between the Teamsters
and the Republican Party once
again have raised political
eyebrows
The 1.8 'million-member
Teamsters may be the nation’s
richest and most powerful labor
organization.
It’s the only major union that
stands in the GOP’s corner.
Now Teamsters President
Jackie Presser has escaped
criminal indictment thanks to a
high-level decision by the
Reagan Justice Department.
* For almost three years, the
Organized Crime Strike Force in
Cleveland has been in-
vestigating Presser’s home
union. Local 507; which his
father!1 W’illiam, dominated for
many years. Though he is the
Teamsters' president, Jackie
Presser remains secretary-
treasurer of Local 507 and still
runs its affairs.
In February. Strike Force of-
ficials , recommended that
Washington seek criminal in-
dictments of Presser and two of
his associate The strike force
believed the three made illegal
payments to “ghost” employees
of Local 507 as part of a deal
made when an independent
union was merged into the local.
But Justice Department of-
ficials in Washington ordered a
halt in presenting the case to a
grand jury in Cleveland; and
then ordered that the case be
abandoned. Justice spokesmen
deny the decision was politically
motivated.
However, that was greeted
with skepticism because of the
Teamsters’ history over the last
two decades — and the union’s
relationship with the Republican
Party, especially with the
Reagan administration.
The Teamsters’ relationship
with the GOP began in 1960,
when Jimmy Hoffa was the
union’s president. Hoffa had a
great fear of the Kennedys —
especially Robert Kennedy, with
whom he had a running feud. So
Hoffa threw his union’s support
to Richard Nixon. After the Ken-
nedy era, the Teamsters return-
ed to the Democratic fold, en-
dorsing afid supporting Presi-
dent Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and
Hubert Humphrey in 1968.
But the 1972 U.S. election put
the Teamsters permanently in
the GOP column.
At that time, Frank Fitzsim-
mons was the union’s president;
Hoffa was in prison for jury
tampering and mail fraud. Fitz-
simmons feared that Hoffa
would get out of jail and recap-
ture the union’s leadership. Yet
he was obligated to seek Hoffa’s
release.
Therefore, when President
Nixon sought the union's support
for his re-election, a deal was
struck. Nixon commuted Hoffa’s
sentence and freed him, which
made the union rank-and-file
happy. However, the commuta-
tion required that Hoffa refrain
from any union activities for 10
years — assuring that Fitzsim-
mons would continue in office.
Hoffa disappeared 10 years
ago, when his lawyers were
preparing to challenge the com-
mutation stipulation.
Fitzsimmons became a GOP
favorite and a frequent Wljite
House guest. In return, he
defended Nixon’s economic
policies, including the wage-
price freeze. Nixon responded by.
killing a move in Congress to;
draft emergency legislation that;
would combat, transportation'
strikes.
After Fitzsimmons retired due;
to ill health, Roy Williams was-
elected to the international-
presidency. During the Carter;
years, the Teamsters had a less
than happy relationship with th£
Democratic administration. -
Jackie Presser, an interna-;;
tional vice president, became sr
major Teamsters power. Sof
when presidential candidate'
Ronald Reagan wooed th®.
Teamsters, he focused his atten-:
tions on Presser.
In 1980, Reagan made a major;
campaign speech at the
Teamsters’ convention in CoU-
umbus, Ohio, where Presser waS*
his ho..t at a private luncheon.*
"he Teamsters were the onlyw
major union to back Reagan.*
Thev ware rewarded after thq;
election, when the administra-;
tion watered down plans to
deregulate the trucking in-!
dustry, which the union had op-;
posed.
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